The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-12 00:00:00

OXFORD LOCAL EIABINAZIOJ

The ninth annual report of the delegate u,a_
the Oxford Local Examination statute was
Saturday. The number of candidates at the kat nss,..???
tion, which commenced at nineteen different esais---"••
the 29th of May, and ended on the 6th of June
juniors, and 311 seniors, making a* total of Liss.-"%tin
candidates were thus distribuuniors.ted: lie
J
Examined. Pissed. ExamZierek
Oxford
'London
Bath
Birmingham lB ? I
chlidezumn
19....12 10
Exeter
Yavezdtam
Leeds
Lincoln
Liverpool
Manchester
Northampton
Nottingham l9
Southampton
Taunton l6
Truro
IS
West Bucklared
Windermere
Of the 1,204 candidates examined, 569 janisi,
seniors passed, making a total of 772. Last year shofi
ber of candidates examined thatZl (920 juniors 847.
aeniors) • and the number passed was rya (1,7
juniors sad 209 seniors). " The examinations," ass
report, " have probably now reached a.point at whiiiits
no longer to be expected that the experience of ►40,2
will make any perceptible difference in the ooneinans7o,
vionsly obtained. The remarks of the ensuing!" 066
statistics alike indicate that little change is
the character of the work either for thebetterlps,,,,tl
Among the subjects of examination that of the ran
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of faith and religion appear to deserve special assiis—Ta
this the number of junior candidates has Manuel bia
660 to 695, and of seniors from 236 to 243 ; the sanh.4.,
satisfied the examiners from 527 juniors to 567, sag;
191 minion to m. This is probably due to the elisms,
the regulations which enabled this subject to be espy
towards a certificate. Before this year, a lcnowlnizsd,„
rudiments of faith and religion had given s suslido`:
higher place in the lists if he paved, but had dayask.
to save him from rejection if he failed in other sal
This year junior candidates were required to tap fa,
optional =Menne instead of one as heretofore, hiss,
allowed to count the rudiments of faith and mhos*,
in certain cases, the Holy Scriptures only) as ceedihsi
It is obvious that this was equivalent to a slight las.
the standard. But, inasmuch as very many of gig
candidates had always received instruction rs thissinak
the rise was expected to be slight • and the Get *7;
larger number obtained certificates than ma Was.
proved that this expectation was well gromedel heir
candidates bad been previously required to jigg
two sections. They were now allowed to coed thsisss
of the examination as one of them. Mir
slight lowering of the standard, but while aho
plainly encouraged the study of the Eike eas as
Prayer-book, it has bad even leis effect ca ths hhl
result than tin corresponding change in the ens des
junior*. It is satisfactory to find that, in &mks ati
a matter in which the delegates bad so many ilifishis
encounter, the arrangement which they have nate in is
far worked tolerably well. The examiner is
grammar and analysis reports a great deficiency sant*
seniors, very few of the candidates being able to awn
fair proportion of the simplest questions, whilmaithimel
to the juniors, he remarks that trent the ?antonymous
failures in the paper on analysis and parsing, itnightdc.'l
haps, be suspected that the standard of prima:ism sissi
at an unduly high mark. But the facts of the ens
bear out than assumption. The dictation exercise
hardly so good as usual. The astonishing bloodies it ins
and orthography show that the practice of wring he
dictation does not form a regular branch of biennia
the schools which supply the majority of the masa
The short English compositions are, for the most pet, ra
creditable ; and in geography, the average of the mai
was decidedly higher. Im English history, a great sari
the questions, especially in the higher psper, wen
fairly answered by the seniors ; hut with mut he
juniors, the examiner remarks :—" far the lager to
of boys have apparently acquired by rote—and Ilia*
—a knowledge of the principal events of history." him
and Greek, there was great inequality in the Edda
seniors ; but the juniors showed upon the whole deity
marks of progress. The French examination va, a n
w• ole, satisfactory ; but the German papers wee is
deserving of general approbation than last year. Tema
in arithmetic, mathematics, and mechanics was, ottle
whole, favourable. The senior candidates were, se
less successful in arithmetic than the j u niors, the perm"
of failures in the two divisions being in the pr,poniad •
6to 1, respectively. There was a decided improvemei
the drawings both of the senior and junior candidata.
music, too, there was a marked impravement. Tk
Isle
gates, in conclusion, report the establishment las
scholar hips in connexion e 'ill the local exami, aka—
" On the death of the late lard Ha•herton, a mikes
sum of money was raised by subscri ,tion, in Stem* '
for tare purpose of doing hot our to hi+ wee cry. Ton
been appropriated to the foundation of two , bale,
each of the value of 501. a year, tenable for three pm
any college or ball in Oxford or C.inibridg,:. by penesas
or educated in Staffordshire ; and it has bees rewind&
they shall be awarded in accordance with the red d
the local examinations of the two universities ahem*. 4,
A 'Netherton Scholarship ' has been awardedtkhit
for the lint time, and has been given to A. Shahs, Na '
of the senior candidates examine,l at Birmingham.' The
statistical tables appended to the report are of orient
end interesting character, and chow that since these gob
nations commenced, in 1858, 9,:gg candidate, hanks
examined at the various centres, of whom sills
juniors and 2,737 seniors • and that of these, ..randlif
former obtained certificates, and 1,330 of the latter pi
the distinction of Associate in Arts.

One

THE ROYAL VISIT TO NORWICH.—LoriI SG*
who entertained the Prince and Princess of Woes osier
reeeat visit to Norwich, has acceded to a request wise
him by the town council of Norwich to sit fors our
morative portrait to be placed in St. Andree'elull.
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accounts of the Norwich Festival are still not hay nit
up, but it may be observed that further examuuswe
the past of the secretary and tn./sourer show the tine
cellists were somewhat more than the amonntsereseeb'
exiled, some of the wealthy patrons of the Winne%
purchased tickets without using them. It is al ekr
latest that the combined concert and bell reeeiP6 d 6
festival of 18641 exceeded those of the (tainsl ollffibi
the suns of 4eol. On the other hand, the royal ria •
tailed on the to Immittee an extra expenditure of Mee
700 L, so that the earplug available for the local ems
if not likely to exceed 1,0001., as previously
DEATH CF VICE-ADMIRAL RAMLEY.—We
to announce the death of Vice-Admiral Wilke Bele
which occurred on Wednesday last. He enteral 6,01
at the age of 13, and was lieutenant of the Neel"
Walcheren expedition; and of the Havannab, rte •
wee officially reported for his gsllant conduct st el
capture ofeome vessels near the l'enninska in let
was present at the capture and destructioe of 10 em"
vessel and convoy ander the towns of Vane sna Fate
in 1813, besides several other minor boat sctiorA
also commanded the batteries at the siege sad elleeet
the fortress Zara in the same year ; anti was bowels.;
mentioned in the Gazette four times in 1111. '
placed on the retired list under her Majesty's en.,
council in 18441. The deceased was a Knight of MEM
of Austria, and had received the Austrian eeld,e*a±....
ALARMING ACCIDENT TO THE REV. 60M.A
SELWYN. —An accident of a serious chancier *ewe
on Saturlay afternoon to the Rev.
of St. John's College, Lady Margaret Professor of el
in the University of Cambridge, Canon of giA,
Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty. Abe.
3 o'clock, the rev. professor, accompanies
Selwyn, and some other members of his family, fle
pr
e:
their way to visit Lade, King, at blisdingleyese.
tenor Selwyn was on horseback. csne•riug by the
which contained Mrs. Selwyn and party.On ,
the Madingley turnpike-gate a member of the
the
was riding in the direction oiCambridge, and at
of this gentleman that of the profes,or appease*
started, and then increased his pace into • geletmeit';
rev. professor looked round and smiled, as •
allay any suspicions of danger by the inentilimpoi
carnage, and the horse he ogli/
its pace. The servants in wniting ,
saw the profeesor's bat fall
viewer(
sm. :41
the professor himself was lost to view by rases te,,
horse turning a slight angle in the road. On the
me eel
rounding this spot, about 300 yards from where ll
lioltstl, the professor was found on the ground,
wsensibk, and bleeding from the mouth an ever,
placed in the carriage and conveyed withd ve efee,
his residence on the Trampingtoorotal, ance% ,te
nid of Paget and Mr. Seat, surgeon, WasC da
vied ss;
u' to Lester!yy, at past four o'clock, it had ell to
acivissible to thoroughly undress the rare°, 'of
bulletin in the morning was that he had piss'
se “!_j
able night and was progressing as well se eei
expected. At half-past four, just before the
our report, it was found that he had ree'r."4_,,el
injuries to the head, and groat fears were stall sew
as to the ultimate consequences. Thal far. sr—
the_patient is believed to be proceedingeftese77 ele
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