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small number of them who have made this progess, and the
departure of some of them from the University, have made
an examination of this-ilivi,ion of tl:c class impracticable.
Of the others, Own.: Moe have sulostitted to examination,
four of whom have obtained certificates cf distinction.
" In the junior mathematical class a division was ren-
dered absolutely necessary very soon after the commence-
ment of the session, by the very different state of prepa-
ration in which the individuals composing it came to the
University. Unfortunately for the progress of mathema-
tics in this country, the rudiments of geometry and al-
gebra, simple as they are in themselves, are generally
postponed during the first years of education, to make way
for studies, the rudiments of which are certainly the more
difficult of the two. The only subject of a mathematical
nature to which the attention of a young student is di-
rected in the science of arithmetic, and this, composed as
it is in general only of a set of rules for the ordinary
operations of commerce, affords no exercise whatever for
the reasoning powers. The Professor has bad ample oppor-
tunity of verifying these observations by the experience of
this session, although under all the circumstances he has
no reason us be dissatisfied with the progress of his junior
pupils, some of whom have, under these disadvantages,
made themselves masters of four books of Euclid and of
algebra, as far as equations of the second degree. The
second division of the junior class, consisting of those who
came to the University with a little previous preparation,
have read six books of Euclid, the ordinary parts of Al-
gebra as far as the Theory of Equations of the second de-
gree, the Binomial Theorem, the theory and practice of
Logarithms, the Elements of the Theory of Series and
Plane Trigonometry. The number of those who have sub-
mitted to examination in these two divisions is about 65.
" The number of students to whom certificates of ho-
nour have been awarded is 17, viz., nine in the lower di-
vision of the junior class, four in the higher division, and
four in the senior class. Of these six have obtained prizes,
of which two are awarded to each division. But here it
is necessary to state, that it does not follow, because any
individual has not obtained a certificate, that he has, there-
fore, not acquitted himself well and respectably. These
documents are what they purport to be, certificates of ho-
nour, and imply something more than mediocrity.
" In the course of study usually pursued by students
entering a University, the various departments of natural
philosophy hold an advanced place, owing to the necessity
of some previous attainment in pure mathematics. In the
singular case of the opening of a new University, it there-
fore happened that no regular class of academical students
Presented themselves in this science. It was therefore
thought advisable for the present Session to adapt the lec-
tures principally for students whose knowledge of elemen-
tary mathematics was very limited. Lectures were ac-
cordingly delivered three times a-week during the Session,
embracing the princ'pal parts of mechanics, hydrostatics,
and pneumatics. A few students having attended who
were found to have made some attainment in mathematics,
additional lectures were delivered twice in each week for
their particular instruction. These students have sub-
mitted to examination, and prizes have been awarded
to two of them.
" A very large class of students, composed of persons of
all ages, from 15 to 30, attended several of the courses into
which the business of the Session was divided. So many
as 100 attended one of the courses on mechanics.
" The attention of the Professor has continued to be
directed to the improvement and extension of the appara-
tus, and especially that class which has for it exclusive
object the purposes of instruction. The sectional models
have been extended, and other instruments of illustration
have been constructed.
" The Professor of English Law will deliver a separate
report of the progress and state of the class, when the
students of that department are called upon to receive their
prizes. The number of the class of English► law is 144,
but from the great variety of pursuits and different situa-
tions in life of the gentlemen attached to this class, the
number of those who were desirous of submitting to this
public examination has been comparatively small."
The prizes, which consisted of handsomely bound
copies of various ancient and modern classics, were
distributed as follow :

LATIN.-THOMAS 11. KEY, ESQ., ILA. PROFESSOR.
Third or highest class—J. C. Means, C. Dunkin,
Kimbolton. Second class—William Johnson; the
second prize was adjudged to a young gentleman
who was called the Earl of Leicester. (?) First
class—J. R. Burchett, C. H. Barton, Peckham.
GREEK.-GEORGE LONG, ESQ. M.A. PROFESSOR.
Third cla,s—J. C. Means, W. A. Salter, Den-
mark-hill; C. Dunkin. Second class—W. John-
son, Earl of Leicester. (?) First class—T. Fisher.
ENGLISH.-REV. T. DALE, 1.A.1 PROFESSOR.
R. Saunders, Great Titchfield-street; Frederick
Lucas, Wandsworth. English composition—Fre-
derick Lucas.

MATHEMATICS.-AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN, ESQ. B.A.
PROFESSOR.
Third class—R. L. Powell, T. A. Mitchell. Se-
cond class—W. G. Turner, J. C. Means, equal.
First class—A. M'Culloch, Spring-vale, Hatniner-
smith ; W. Johnson.
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.-REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER,