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London, England, 1846-04-06 00:00:00

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW.

After a hiatus of one rmmth, the Oxford and Cam-
bridge -Review is revived. From -the circumstances of
this interval, one might reasonably have anticipated a
new infusion of vigour into its lucubrations; but such
"an_ anticipation would, on the perusal- of the *sent
number, have proved thoroughly erroneous. Far from
any ridgitional ability tiehig incorporated in' this really
clever periOdieal,- there is it mournful' deficieney of that
ability which has hitherto decorated its pages. The gap
in its publication has virtually' deteriorated its merits.
A non-issue of a Month has, as it were, salivated a very
healthy constitution - to •the most remarkable stage of
debility. Two articles only are at all compatible
with its reputation, " Horace .Walpole's Memoirs—
George III.," and " A Chapter of Roman His-
tory"—the latter of which is terse and erudite. For
one paper, however, we can express our cordial thank-
fulness to the reviewer, we mean the notice of Thomas
Carlyle's " Oliver CroMwell." It is indeed more than a
satisfaction to us when we see a great, bold, muscular
effort like that of Carlyle recognised and appreciated.
We acknowledge there are obstacles to such a recogni-
tion and appr:ciation in the case of that strange biogra-
pher ; the obstacles of diction almost his own ; the
obstacles of a quaint and startling mannerism. Carlyle
indeed is apart from all writers, and all thinkers of
which there is any record ; he is neither German or
English in his style, wholly; neither is he a combina-
tion of the two. He is, as Gilfillan has said, " above us
like a star—apart from us like a spirit." In rolling for-
ward the great, solid body of his thought to a conclu-
sion he seems like some vast Titan groping his way on-
wards through the darkness of a moor—stumbling con-
stantly—F haking the ground with his footsteps—yet
striding ever towards the lights of truth that blaze up in
gleams upon the horizon. His words are harsh and
onant, but they burn with intellect : his books aro in
defiance of the commonest rules of rhetoric, but they
are luminous with something above rhetoric—they are
glorious in this very deformity. Before we conclude
our remarks upon the Review, we would utter
our protest avainst another of those unseemly
personalities which occasionally bespatter the arena
of letters with anything but harmless ink. What
we allude to is a most irrate diatribe upon a
gentleman whom one would have imagined common
delicacy, not to say common decency or common
gratitude, would have forbidden them alike to attack—
namely, one of the former contributors to the Review,
and one whose " most successful essays," according to
the acknowledgment of the reviewer himself, " have ap-
peared in its pages 1" To the habitual readers of this
periodical we need scarcely say that the gentleman in
question is M r.Keon —one of whose papers in the Oxford
and Cambridge Review attracted such general and de-
served attention to the publication. On this account,
to say the least of it, the present unaccountable ebulition
of spleen is indicative of absolute ingratitude. That i
there is something exceedingly like spleen in the so-
called criticism must be evident from such expressions
as—" satisfied apostacy," " ferocious audacity," " a rich
mixture of folly and fustian," " exotic impertinence,"
"itinerant writer," and so forth: phrases which go for
less than nothing in argument, and are scarcely con-
sonant with the character of a gentlemanly critic.
Though we cannot coincide with Mr. Keon in regarding
the writings of Carlyle as " rugged nonsens?." (and
why we do not, the foregoing paragraphs will testify),
we are not inclined to asperse Mr. Keon on that
account, in the terms of the reviewer, as an "arrogant
author." Surely writers may indulge in a diversity of
opinion without descending to sheer abuse !

THE BANKERS'.
The article on "Banking for the Poorer Classes" is
deserving the attention of the philanthropist, the finan-
cier, and the statesmen. Our present banking system
offers to the rich either eligible investments or pecuniary
accommodation, on the most advantageous terms ;
whereas the poor man, if he seek a safe investment, can
find it only in the savings' bank, where he gets but
three per cent. for his money, and if he wants accom-
modation, he must have recourse either to the pawn-
broker or the loan society, and then he can only obtain it
on ruinous terms. Having thus described the situation
of the poor man, the writer proceeds to propose his plan.
" It will be seen from what has been already stated, how
completely the poorer class of borrowers are left in the hands
of unprincipled sharpers, and pettifogging attorneys. We
think it is deserving of consideration—whether the present
system of savings' banks might not be so far modified, as to
render available a portion of the futu:s invested with them,
for loans to parties who can give satisfactory security. It
this could he done. it would protect the borrowers from the
rapacity of these' loan societies,' and would realise for the
savings' bank depositors a much larger rate of interest than
they can at present receive. The chief objection would, of
course, be that the savings of the poor depositor would not
be so secure as at present; but we think there are few depo-
sitors who would not .give up some portion of this security
for the great advantages he would derive from the increased
rate of interest. The objections, too, might be altogether
I avoided, if the present savings' bank system was continued
1 Or those who dolrectit ; allowing others to invest their

OUR OWN TIMES. Illustrated by George Cruihshank.
And where can " Our own Times'. find an illustrator
more graphic ? Who is there who combines wit and
wisdom, grace and gt o.escpieness, fun and pathos, with
the truthfulness of -Cruikshank ? The announcement
alone is sufficient, to give the world assurance of a treat.
Cruikshank has secured the services of a host of literary
collaborat,urs,. and we hcpe that he and they will continue
every month to give us illustrations of " Our own
Times," as long as " Our own Times" they continue
to be.

money in a new institution, which should combine the savings' of that enthusiasm of life, of eye, and of heart, which
' banks' with the loan societies' plan." r is a characteristic almost peculiar to the children of Hi-
The plan seems to be a feasible one, and should it
succeed, it will do much to raise the social condition of hernia. It betokens considerable shrewdness of obser-
vation and forcefulness of thought—ragged perhaps at
the labouring classes. At all events, it is worth a trial. times,
but genial and spontaneous. "The Vicissitudes
of Illustrious Men" will ultimately form a serial, which
we presume, will not be unacceptable to the subscribers
and readers of this magazinv,—s(eing that it will forte
(if persevered in) a perfect library of the lives of illus-
trioui men of nil ages, and of all countries. It create.,
indeed, quite a new species of biography. The inci-
dents are grouped together in a popular strain, while
historical accuracy is strictly adhered to—the different
authorities being acknowledged in almost every
particular. Thomas I-Becket is the subject of the
present article. "My Heart and Myself" is a charming
little poem ; we would gladly transcribe it but for the
length to which our notice has already extended. Of
" The Catholic Man of Letters in London," by the
Editor, we could scarcely, with any propriety, speak at
the present moment, the story having just reached a
transition point. But that the chapters before us are
adorned with Irish landscapes, most delicately pencilled,
we should miss those subtle delineations of character,
and those battles of badinage and satire which charac-
terised the preceding numbers. Dolman's Magazine it;
altogether a worthy expositor of a class, a system, and
a creed ; if the Roman Catholics of this country have
an eye to their own interests, they will rally round it in
a spirit of unanimity.

UNIVERSITY INT.I&LLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 3.
PREVIOUS EXAMINATION LENT TERM, 1846.
EXAMINIRS.—John Pewer, M.A., Pembroke College ;
Joseph Edleston,_ M.A., Trinity College ; Lewis William
Sampson, M.A., King's College; Charles Wycliffe Goodwin,
M.A., St. Catherine's Hall.
FinsT CLASS.—Abraham, Queen; Adams, Trinity;
Allied, Emmanuel; Allen, Christ; Allevne, Magdalen;
Anderson, Trinity ; Anthony, Caius ; Appach, Trinity ;
Arkwright, Trinity ; Bainbridge, Caius; Barber, Tri-
nity; Barker, Trinity; Barlee, Caine; Barnard, Tri-
nity ; Barry, John's; ,Barry, Trinity ; Bateman,
Cams; Benthall, Clare; Berry, Trinity; Billington,
Emmanuel; Blackden, Trinity; Blackiston, - Trinity;
Blenkin, Caius; Blenicison, Christ; Blnmefield, Trinity;
Bodley, Queen ; Boltoc, Corpus ; Bowes, Corpus ;
Bridgewater, Magdalen; Brock, Trinity; Brome-
head, Trinity; Brcoks, Trinity; Brown, Catherine;
Buckley, Corpus ; Burke, Catherine ; Burn, John;
Burrard, Clare ; Burrard, Down ; iflarrell, Bur-
rower, Magdalen • Butler, Trinity ; Calvert, John;
Cameron,_ Peter; dampbell, Queen; Campbell, Christ;
; Carrington, Trinity ; Cass, Emmanuel ; Chilton,
Trinity;. Clark, John • Clay, Trinity ; Clifton, Queens; Cob-
bold, 'Trinity; Cole, 'Johns; Collings, Trinity; Compton,
Lord A. 'trinity ; Col bet, Trinity . Corker, Trinity ;
Corrie, Emmanuel; Cridge, Peter ; 'Crutch, Catherine;
Cumming. Christ ; Cutts, Queen ; Dacre, Trinity ;
Dale, Trinity ; Dance, Peter ; Dasent, Trinity ;
Davies,-Christ; Davies, J. L., Trinity ; Davies, T. Trinity ;
Deacon, Queen; Dent. Trinity; newes, Queen; Dillon,
Corpus; Dick,worth, Trinity; Duffin, John; Dunn, John;
Dusantoys, John; Edwards, Catherine; Fendall, Sidney;
Fenn, Trinity; Ferguson, Trinity; Fielder, Jesus; Fletcher,
Corpus; Foord, R.. Tri ity ; Fox, John; Fox. Trinity; Frost,
John; Fuller, Clare; Fussell, Trinity; Gotland, John;
Gaudy, Trinity ; Gardner, Queen ; Garrard, Queen ; Gathorne,
Trio; Gee, John; Gibson, Queen; Glennie, Christ; Glover,
John ; Goodday, Queen ; Grainger Caius ; Graves, Jobn ;
Green, Trinity ; Greenland, Corpus ; Grose, Peterho. ;
Grylly, Trinity ; Groyn, Madalene • Hammond, Trinity ;
'Hannay, John ; Hanson, Coins ; Hardcastle, Trinity ; Hardy,
Trinity; Harkness, John; Harley, Magdalene; Harris, Ca-
therine; Harvey, John ; 11&tiegs, Christ; Hastings, Trinity ;
Hathornthwaite, Caius ; Hawkins, Corpus ; Haworth, John ;
Haynes,Trinity ;'Heath, Corpus ; Heaven, Trinity ;
John ; Harvey,Clare ; Heygate, Queen; Hoare, frinity ; Hob-
son, Catherine ; Hodgson, Corpus ; Hodgson Trinity ; Holme
Emmanuel; Harley, Emmanuel; Howell, Corpus; Howson
Christ; Hudson, Trinity ; Hughes, Corpus; Hughes, John;
Humber, John; Hutchins, Emmanuel; Hyde, Trinity;
Jackson, Queen ; Johnson, Caius ; Johnson, R. G.. Trinity ;
Jones, Caius; Jones, A., John ; Jones, R. D., John ; Kempson,
John ; Kenyon, John ; Kinsktbrd, John ; Kingsbury, Trinity ;
Klugh, Clare; Knapp, John; Kynaston, Trinity; Lamb,
Caius ; Leaehman, John ; Leake, John ; Lee, John ; Leicester,
John ; Leighton, John • Letts, Trinity ; Lewis, Emmanuel ;
Little, Sidney; Lloyd, Trinity; Lodge, Trinity; Long, Tri-
nity; Lovett, Christ; Mackenzie, Caius; M.Niven, Trinity;
ill'lnson, Trinity; Male, Emmanuel; Mandall, Trinity;
Marshall, Caius; Marson, Trinity; Marston, Caius; Martin,
John ; Mettle, Trinity; Mayor, John ; Meredith, Mag-
dalen; Moncrieff, Trinity ; Moore, John; Motile, Corpus;
Newham, Emmanuel; Nightingale, John; Noel, Trinity;
Norton,
John ; O'Brien, John ; Ord, John ; Owry, New
Trinity; Owston, Catherine; Packer, John; Paley, Christ;
Parkes, Queen ; Paul, John ; Pearse, John ; Pearson, Trinity ;
Pengelly, Corpus; Pettigrew, Trinity; Petty, Trinity •
Phillips, Ti inity ; Philpott, Catherine; Pinhorn , John;
Pocklington, Catherine; Poots, Emmanuel; Pratt, Trinity;
Prendergast, Trinity Hall; Pridham, Clare; Pye, Trinity;
Ramage, Caius ; Reece, Queen ; Richards Queen ; Ripley, Caius ;
Roberts, Trinity ; Robinson, Trinity; Roe, Corpus; Rogerson,
John • Ross, Pembroke ; Rowe, John ; Rowell, Emmanuel ;
Russell, John ; Russell, Trinity ; Rutland, Emmanuel ;
Ryan, Trinity; Symmons, John; Samuel, Sydney; Sand-
berg, Corpus; Sandilands, Jesus; Sawyer, Trinity; Schole-
field, Trinity; Scott, Sidney; Scott, Trinity; Sherwin,
Trinity; Shirley, Trinity; Shore, Trinity; Simons, Queen;
Simpson, Clare ; Simpson, Queen ; Slater, Queen ;
Smith, F., Catherine ; Smith, G. E., Catherine ; Smith, C. ,
John ; Smith, H. W., John ; Smith, Queen ; Smith, T., Queen ;
Smith, J. 8., Trinity; Smith, 0. A., Trinity; Smyth, Trinity ;
Snape, John; Soames, Caius; Southgate, Emmanual ;
Sperling, Trinity; Spurway, Trinity; Stanley, Hon.
E. H., Trinity; Stanley, Emmanuel; Stansfield, Down-
ing; Starkey, Trinity; Stephen, John; Stevenson,
Christ ; Stockdale, 'John ; Stuart, John ; Swain,
Pembrook ; Swan, Christ ; • Taylor ; Catherine ;
Taylor, Trinity Housa ; Taylor, John ; Temple, Trinity ;
Todd, Christ ; Todhunter, John's ; Trail, Corpus ; Turing,
Trinity • Turner, Caius; Turner, Trinity ; Twells, Peter;
Tyas, Queen ; Valentine, John ; Vaughan, Trinity ; Veasey,
Trinity; Vincent, Trinity Vizard, Trinity; Wade, John;
Walker, Trinity; Watson, Corpus; Watson, Queen; West,
John; Westcott, Trinity; Weston, Trinity; Whinfield,
Christ; White, Trinity; Wiglesworth, Came; Wilcox,
' Queen ; Wilder, Magdalen ; Williams, Christ, Williams,
Trinity; Willington, John; Wilson, John; Wilson, Pem-
broke; Wisken, Caius; Wood, Clare, Woodhouse, Christ;
Wroth, Emmanuel; Yeoman, Trinity ; Young, Trinity;
SECOND CLASS.—Adams, John; Barnes, Jesus; Bird,
Trinity; Bishop, Trinity; Blincoe, Queen; Brettingham,
Emmanuel ; Caldecot, Trinity ; Canning, Emmanuel;
Cerjat, Trinity; Clark, Magdalen; Crake, Trinity; Drew,
John; Farmer, _Trinity; Godfrey, Catherine; Gordon,
John ; Haviland, Pembroke; Hayward, Trinity ; Hod-
son, Trinity ; Holloway, Trinity ; Holmes, Pem-
broke ; Inglis, Trinity ; Jackson, John ; Jessop,
John; Lambe, John ; Lloyd, John ; Mitchinson, John ;
Poynter, Trinity ; Peake, Sidney ; Pope, Christ; Radford,
Trinity; Ram, 3ohn ; Rawlinson, Trinity; Rhodes, Christ;
Rippenhall, Peter; Rick, Peter; Rutzeo, Magdalen; Ged-
don, John ; Smart, Trinity; Stewart, Clare; Streatfield,
Christ ; Townsend, Trinity ; Twisden, Trinity; Vallinge,
Trinity • Watson; John .; Weston, Trinity Hall ; White,
Clare; Wilding, Trinity ; Wilkinson, John ; Wilson, Em-
manuel; Wynne. John ; Tate. John.