The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-10 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

OXFORD, MAT 9.—ln a convocotiou to be hidden OR
Fiitt.y. the 17th will be proposed to allow the sum
*f I,Blfl. 6i. Id., is the N w 31 per Cent, Ancuitits, (*sing
the moiety of a lead raised by the 'fiends of the late Dr.
Arrisld, the other moiety having been expended in the
erection of a sew library at Ragby schoel,) to ba transferred
into the lames of the chancellor, muten, sad "cholera in
trust for the institution of a pug., to be cia:led The Arnold
Prize," under the following regulations:-
1. That •rize be Put ded in the University of Oxford, to
be „The Arnold Piiy," for the enosuraßement of the
study of history, ancient asd modern.
2. That a prize be awarded every year in the Lent Terra
to the writer of the best essay or disserta. ion on some 'abject
of arc:ent or modern history, if such e,say shall be deemed
worth of the prig.... The candicia.es to b.: graduate* of the
University of Oxford, who shsll not, on the day apptinted
for sending in the compositions to the regie.rar of tee Uni-
versity, have exceeded eight years from the time of their
matriculation.

3. That the judges be the Regius Professor of Modern
His: ry, the Regius Professor of Rco:esisatical History and
the Camden Professor of Ancient History fl. the time
being; or substitutes appointed by th, trurets hereinafter
mentioned tor any of these professors who nay decline tie
act. Such substitutes being unkduatcs 01 °Mead of the rank
at lean of ai A., 8.C.L., or &NI.

4. That after the present year, the subj:ct for the essay in
the succeeding year be annGuneed by the judg• s before
the close of the Lent term ; the atNect to be connected with
' ancient and wilt modern history in -herniae years.
5. That the trustees or managers of the institution be the
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, the Provost of
Oriel College, the Warden of New Coelese, and the Presi-
dent of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for ti.e time being, in
case of an eq•aality of votes, the Vice-Chancellor having a
casting rote.
6. That the duties of the trustees abavementioned be to
receive t►e dividenJs, audit the accounts, pay 40 guinea'
each yesr to the successful candidate of the ye ir, make pre-
sents of books, at the r• e,mmend.tion of the judges, 'o
meritorious, though unsuccessful candidates, or app:y any
accumulation to the increase of the trust fund; app.int sub-
stitutes for any of the professors declining to act as judges,
or do any other acts incident to the trust.
7. That the trustees shall have power to make any sub-
ordinate rules or by-laws for the purple of carrying these
regulations into effect; and that the convocation shall hare
power at any time to alter the regulations thvmse:ves, but
only an such ways as shall appear calculated to promote the
object of the institution, viz , " the encouragement of the
study of history ancient and modern."
In the same convocation it will he proposed to grant from
the university c►est, the sum a 2.04)01. towards the fund for
the endowment of colonial Material.
The mathematical eaamioauuu es to
There are nine eandulates.

May 30.

On Monday, the 6.h instant, the Au. C Pilkington wu
chosen by the Dean and Chapter of Chichester • canon
residentiary. Mr. Pilkington resides in Warwickshire,
when he is the incuenhatt of what is called " • god living."
We understand that his duties as a residentiary wi:l be very
onerous. He will be compiled, we believe, to deprive him-
self of the pleasure of attending to his parochial duties tor
three months in every year, and to reside in the Hesidentiary
House at Chichester during that period. This will, of
course, entail on him and, if he so chooses, on his lankily,
the inconvenience dais annual journey to Chichester. He will
also, we apprehend, be expected to attend ( whilst in reside nee)
the meetings of the chapter, when they.< x mute leases, and
to receive his proportion of the fines then naid, and to gall
discharges for the same, and it is probable that he may
preach two or three sermons in the cathedral during his
three months of residence. For the pertormanos of thew
various, important, and complicated duties he will receive
about 6001. per annum.

NAVAL
ADMIRALTY, MAY 9.—AprotsruaNTS.—CoomnamlelT
H. R. Foote, to the l'rometheu r. Lieutenant : W. Graham,
to ditto. Muter: It W. Ward, to ditfo. Muter.' Awis-
tent :F. T. Carr, to ditto. Parser: G. 0.-ant, to ditto.
Midshipmen: F. Parke, A. P. Willis, If F. Marsden, and
A. M. Wells, to ditto. Clerk :J. C. Moll to ditto.
Naval Cadets: C. Hempsted, to the Stronssoh ; W. H.
Childers, to the Queen : D Morsel, to the I aspregnable ;
P. W. Fellow, to the Indefatigabk ; and L. Reppel, to the
Meander.
Blatswain : R. West, to the I'l omit hew.
Gunner: J. Brown, to ditto.
Carpenter: W. T. Gibson, to ditto.
M•l' 7. the it. PrOtrIPTO. with Lieut.-Col.
Victor, chief engineering officer of the district, left Pembroke
yard yesterday morning to survey the Stuck Rock, near tug
entrance of the harbour, preparatory to the erection thereon
of a Martell° tower, for tho further protection of the pert.
The Admiralty have just given the sum of 1001. to be divided
amongst the workmen of Pembroke y aid employed in framing
the Windsor Castle, as a reward tur their exertions, having
accomplished that ice in a much quicker time and conse-
quently at a considerably less cap, nee to the country than
was incurred at Portsmouth yard in framing a sister ship.
The officer, also, was rewarded by a promJtion from the
second to the first class of inspectors, at an increase of 251. a
year salary. The field pieces are brought oa the drill ground
fur the use of the tbckyard battalion; and, but for tee ex-
treme coldness of the weather—the Welsh mountains being
tipped with snow—the men would yesterday hove com-
menced their ennem-r practice. The Saturn, 74, is at length
completed in her fi•tings as a guard ship, and bearing the
pendant of Captain-Superintendent Sir T. S. Pai.ey, Bat.

TOWN MISSION AND SCRIPTURE READERS
SOClWfT.—Yrstorday the anniversary meeting of thi. so
eiety was hel I at the Hanover-square Rooms. J. Dean
Paul, B,q , presided. From the report it appeared that
the number of agents now employed by the society was 45.
During the year the total number of d visits had
been 185,940, in sddition to 18,339 cells. 26,011 of these
viein were paid to the apartments of the invalids sad wing;
b.-ing an increase of 4,429 over those of the previous yetr.
and making a total increase of 19,234 visits. 4,148 met qnes
had likewise been held, 1,295 copies of the bible had been
dirpned of, and 115.870 tracts had been distributed. The
number of children brought to day schools wee 693. and to
dandy schools 697. 1,183 persons bad been inducted to
attend church, and 283 to become members or communi-
cants at various places of religious worship. The total re-
ceipts amounted to 4,4821. 12s. lld. and the balance against
the society lent Tea of 1,7871. bad ban reduced to 5171. The
report was adopted.