The Letters Patent of his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as Chancellor, appointing the Right Honourable William, Earl of Devon, High Steward of the University, in the room of John, Earl of Eldon, deceased, have been communicated to Convocation, and unanimously confirmed by an unusually large assemblage of Doctors and Masters.

With the design of remedying the hardship which might in some cases arise out of the interpretation of some enactments of the Statute, tit. VI. sect. I. § 2. addenda, p. 175, the following form of a paragraph, to be introduced into that Statute, immediately after the words "sequenti aliquo Termino respondere," in the page above mentioned, will be submitted to Convocation in the course of the present term :

"Cuivis etiam licebit, veniâ ejusmodi non impetrata, in sequenti aliquo Termino respondere: in Registro autem peculiari penes Procuratorem Juniorem asservando inseratur nomen ejus, et repellatur a Gradu per unum Terminum, et sic deinceps, pro ratione Terminorum, Responsionibns scilicet assignatorum, quibus coram Magistris Scholarum ad respondendum comparere neglexerit. Proviso insuper quod nomen ejus in Examinandorum Schedulam a Procuratore Seniore non referatur, nisi post tres Terminos exactos inter Responsionem suam et Examinationem publicam subeundam."

The Professor of Poetry will read his Terminal Lecture on Tuesday the 13th of March, in the Clarendon, at two o'clock.

The Examiners appointed by the trustees of Dean Ireland's Foundation have given notice, that an examination will be holden in the Clarendon, on Saturday, the 10th of March, and the following days, for the purpose of electing a Scholar on that foundation. Gentlemen, who desire to offer themselves as candidates, are requested to leave their names with Mr. Carr, of Balliol College, together with certificates of their standing, and of the consent of the head or vicegerent of their College or Hall, on Monday the 5th, or Tuesday the 6th of March, before half-past two o'clock. The Scholarship is open to all Undergraduate Members of the University who have not exceeded their sixteenth term. The examiners are Mr. Short, Christ Church; Mr. J. Carr, Balliol; and Mr. G. Denison, Oriel.

The examiners appointed by the trustees of the Mathematical Scholarships have given notice, that an examination will be holden on Monday, the 12th of March, for the election of a scholar on that foundation. The scholarship is open to all members of the University who are Bachelors of Arts, or have at least passed the public examination, and who have not exceeded the twentysixth term from their matriculation inclusively. Candidates are to call on Professor Powell, with certificates of their standing, and of the consent of the head or vicegerent of their College or Hall, on Monday, March the 5th. The examiners are Mr. Professor Powell, Oriel; Mr. Twiss, University; and Mr. Pocock, Queen's.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. F. P. Hodges, Fell. of New Coll.

BACHELOR'S IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. R. R. Stephens, Fell. of New Coll. Rev.G.K.Morrell, Fell. of St. John's Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Charles Cobbe, Exeter Coll.

H. B. Mayne, Student of Christ Church. Rev. F. J. Kitson, Fell. of St. John's Coll. Rev. T. W. Mason, Queen's Coll. incor

porated from Trinity Coll. Dublin, Grand Compounder.

Rev. C. Evanson, St. Edmund's Hall.
H. L. Dodds, Christ Church.
E. Evans, Scholar of Pembroke Coll.
Rev. J. H. Stuart, Trinity Coll.
Rev. W. Birley, Trinity Coll.

Candidates are required to call on the Sub-Rector, on or before Thursday, March 22d, and to present the usual testimonials, accompanied, in the case of Exhibitioners, by an affidavit of the place of their birth.

GRACE. At a convocation it was agreed to affix the university seal to the forms of consent on its part to an agreement for the commutation of tithes in the parish of Ingatestone and Kelvedon Hatch, Essex.

ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY, Feb. 12.-The President in the Chair.-W. H. Ridley, Esq. B.A. of Christ Church, and J. S. Hodson, Esq. B.A. of Merton College, were elected Members. The Secretary announced the receipt of Mr. Hope's Work on the Lamellicorns of Linnæus and Fabricius, presented by the author. The Secretary read a letter from Dr. Daubeny, dated Philadelphia, December 26th. In the letter, the writer detailed the progress which the science of Meteorology is now making in North America. From a series of observations kept for the last seven years at Montreal and Cape Diamond, it appears that no amelioration of the annual temperature has taken place in consequence of the cutting down of the woods. The temperature of the springs of Balston and Saratoga is more than two degrees higher than the annual temperature of the surrounding country. The recommendation of Sir J. Herschell, of the quarterly observations, has been attended to at several places in North America.

He

then entered into a description of the theories by which Mr. Redfield and Mr. Espy account for the circumstances of tornadoes; and related the circumstances of a storm which happened to himself in crossing, which was calculated to prove the existence, in the tornado, of a gyratory motion about an internal axis, as well as of a progressive motion. In conclusion, he slightly alluded to Davenport's machine for producing motion by electromagnetic power. A conversation ensued, in which the President and other members took a part. Mr. Stroud, of Wadham College, presented to the Society some specimens from the Illinois and Arkansas territories, of galena,limestone, and magnetic iron. The specimens of magnetic oxide of iron presented to J. Stroud, Esq. by A.M. Stirret, were taken from a ridge about twelve miles from the famous hot-springs of the Arkansas territory. The abundance of the mineral is such as to prevent the survey of the government lands in the vicinity of the magnetic region, by the use of the compass. These two specimens are not so magnetic as specimens are generally found. Dr. Buckland said that the limestone was of the tertiary era, and coralline. On the table were exhibited a series of casts of the great seals of great Britain, presented to the Museum by Mr. Kirby, of New College. The President presented a copy of his work "On the Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth," and made a few remarks on the nature of inductive reasoning-a subject which forms the basis of the argument of that work.

The Vice-Chancellor has given notice, that the following letter and notification have been transmitted to him from the Chancellor of the University; in order that the circumstances therein stated may be known to its members:

"British Legation, Florence, "Jan. 18, 1838.

"MY LORD,-A vacancy being about to occur in the Chaplaincy to the British residents in Florence, those gentlemen who form the committee for the direction of the affairs relating to the Protestant Church in this city, are extremely desirous to appoint a person to fulfil the duties of Chaplain, who shall be fully qualified, on the score of clerical as well as literary acquirements. They have therefore requested me to transmit to your Lordship the enclosed notification of the vacancy

that is about to take place; in the hope that your Lordship, by forwarding this document to the University of Cambridge, will assist them in their object of making it known to such qualified Clergymen of the Church of England, as may feel disposed to offer themselves for this situaation; and that in consequence of the applications the Committee may receive, they may have it in their power to select an individual, who may exercise his ministry among his fellow-countrymen, with credit to himself, and satisfaction to his congregation.

"I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your most obedient humble servant, "RALPH ABERCROMBIE. "The Rt. Hon. the Marquis of Camden, K.G., Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.