of the Hebrew language displayed by him in the examination. CAIUS COLLEGE. Frederick William Hill Jerrard, B. A. of Caius College, has been elected a Wortley Fellow of that Society. DEGREES CONFERRED. DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. H. Robinson, St. John's Coll. (comp.) DOCTOR IN PHYSIC, John Barr, Emmanuel Coll. BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. J. Hymers, Fellow of St. John's Coll. Rev. J. Gibson, Fell. of Sidney Suss. Coll. LICENTIATE IN PHYSIC. Ferguson Branson, Caius Coll. MASTERS OF ARTS. Sharpe Rev. Thos. N. Hamilton, St. John's Coll. Abraham R. Ford, St. Peter's Coll. (comp.) John Campbell, Queen's Coll. Edward Charles Awdry, Catharine Hall. Martin H. Gosselin, Christ's Coll. The Rev. Thomas Spence Phelps, M.A, of Balliol College, Oxford, has been incorporated M.A. of Emmanuel College, in this University. Charles Abel Heurtley, M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, has been admitted ad eundum of this University. Thomas J. Marker, of Exeter College, Oxford, has been admitted ad eundum. Cowie MARRIAGES. At Ruanlanihorn, in Cornwall, the Rev. Robert Morris, of Great Russellstreet, Bloomsbury, to Harriet, eldest daughter of the Rev. R. Budd, Rector of Ruanlanihorn. At Abergavenny, the Rev. D. J. George, of Wormbridge, Herefordshire, to Frances, youngest daughter of the Rev. W. Powell, Vicar of Abergavenny, and Prebendary of Llandaff. At Aberley, in the county of Worcester, the Rev. Henry Griffin, M.A. of St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight, to Frances Sophia, relict to Thomas Maling Welsh, Esq. of Merefield Lodge, in the county of Essex, and niece of the Countess Dowager of Mulgrave. Rev. D. Jones, Vicar of Cadoxton juxta Neath, to Sarah Anne, eldest daughter of At Lisburn, the Rev. Stuart Smith, At Christ Church, Marylebone, the At St. James's Church, the Rev. Henry At St. Neot's, the Rev. Robert Wade The Rev. Charles Turner, Vicar of Rev. E. Kerrison, of Dereham, Norfolk, to Harriet, only daughter of the Rev. J. Dashwood, of Beccles. At Bolney, Sussex, the Rev. Hamilton Sydney Beresford, of Brailes, Warwickshire, to Louisa, fourth daughter of the late George Brown, Esq. of Russellsquare, London. The Rev. John Cooke Faber, B.A. of Christ Church, eldest son of Charles David Faber, Esq. of Swinton Hall, Yorkshire, to Emily, youngest daughter of the late Sir William C. Bagshawe, of the Oakes, Derbyshire, and 34, Rivers-street, Bath. At St. Paul's Church, Bedford, the Rev. John Brereton, B.A. of New College, to Emily, second daughter of the late John Edwards, Esq. of Silsoe, Bedfordshire. At Cheam, the Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham, M.A. of Balliol College, to Emma, only child of Archdale Palmer, Esq. of Cheam Park, Surrey. At Albourne, in the county of Sussex, the Rev. Wm. Blackstone Lee, M.A. Fellow of New College, second son of the Rev. Harry Lee, Fellow of Winchester College, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Charles Thomson, Esq. Master in Chancery. At Batcombe, Somerset, by the Rev. W. J. Coney, the Rev. F. D. Foster, M.A. of Balliol College, and Rector of Dodington, Gloucestershire, eldest son of the late Rev. Edward Foster, of Wells, to Caroline, daughter of the late Rev. W. Coney, of Cookham Elms, Berks. At Brompton, John Cole Miller, B.A. of Lincoln College, to Elizabeth, daughter of John A. Edwards, Esq. late of St. Aldate's, Winchester. At Walcot Church, Bath, by the Rev. G. E. Deacon, M.A. the Rev. John Wm. Richards, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Corpus Christi College, to Frances Augusta Anne, eldest daughter of Captain John Thicknesse, R.N. of Bath. Rev. John Francis Edwards, Rector of South Runctoncum-Holm, Norfolk, to Caroline, third daughter of Harry Brown, Esq. of Diss. At the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, the Rev. Edward Horton, of Dudley, to Mrs. Susanna Barlow, widow of John Barlow, Esq. of Walton Villa, Staffordshire. At Henstridge, Somerset, the Rev. William Wilkinson, late of Weymouth, to Frances Anne, eldest daughter of the late John Gapper, Esq. At St. Alban's, the Rev. Martin John Lloyd, M. A. of St. John's College, domestic chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, and Rector of Depden, Suffolk, to Sarah Loretta, eldest daughter of Joseph Timperon, Esq. of New Barneshouse, in the county of Herts. At St. Mary's, Stoke Newington, John Baily, of Lincoln's inn, Esq. Fellow of St. John's College, to Susan, daughter of Richard Smith, Esq. of Stoke Newington and Basinghall-street. Chas. Rowlandson, Esq. of the Madras Army, third son of the late Rev. Michael Rowlandson, D.D. of Queen's College, Vicar of Warminster, to Ellen, second daughter of C. F. Sorensen, Esq. of Bathwick-hill. BIRTHS. The lady of the Rev. Robert Lingen Burton, Rector of the Abbey, Shrewsbury, of a son and heir. At Woodhall Park, Yorkshire, the lady of the Rev. Richard Wood, of a daughter. At the Slad, near Stroud, the lady of the Rev. Arthur Hill, of a daughter. The lady of the Rev. C. Lane, of Kennington, of a son. At the Rectory, Buckworth, Hunts, the lady of the Rev. John Duncombe Shafto, Brasennose College, of a son. At the Vicarage, Somerton, the lady of the Rev. W. R. Newbolt, M.A. late of Christ Church, of a son. At Torquay, Devon, the lady of the Rev. J. O. W. Haweis, M.A. of Queen's College, of a daughter. At King's Walden, the lady of the Rev. Ralph Berners, M.A. late Fellow of Magdalen College, of a son. The lady of the Rev. H. Chaplen, of Welbeck-street, London, of a son. The lady of the Rev. Dr. Lewellin, Principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, and late Fellow of Jesus College, of a son. The lady of the Rev. W. P. Purvis, Rector of Kirklinton, Cumberland, of a daughter. At Crawley Rectory, near Winchester, the lady of the Rev. Philip Jacob, Prebendary of Winchester, of a daughter. The lady of the Rev. C. C. Beaty Pownall, Vicar of Milton Ernest, Bedforshire, of a daughter. At Manningford Bruce, the lady of the Rev. Peter Still, of a son. At the Vicarage House, Huish Episcopi, the lady of the Rev. John Dennis Brown, of a daughter. The lady of the Rev. John Blennerhasset, of Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, of a daughter. In Beaumont-street, the lady of the Rev. W. Hayward Cox, of a son. At Becket House, the Viscountess Barrington, of a daughter. At Burghfield Rectory, Berks, the lady of the Rev. Henry Curtis Cherry, of a son. At Baldock, Herts, the lady of the Rev. Wm. Gould, M. A. of Balliol College, and Curate of Whickham, Durham, of a daughter. At the Vicarage, Shapwick, Dorsetshire, the lady of the Rev. W. Scott, of a son. At Clifton, the lady of the Rev. James Daubeny, M.A. late of Brasennose College, of a son. At the Rectory, Wootton, Northamptonshire, the lady of the Rev. J. P. Lightfoot, M.A. late Fellow of Exeter College, of a son. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The suggestion of " B. J. W." would gratify some, but we fear would also give offence to many. We are greatly obliged by the very flattering remarks of "R. B." upon our Psalmedy. Had he given us his address we should have acknowledged his kindness by letter. Our thanks are due to our friends at Manchester and at Brompton. We fear that "Swift" will think we are slow. THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. AUGUST, 1836, REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ART. I.-Natural Evidence of a Future Life, derived from the Pro perties and Actions of Animate and Inanimate Matter. By FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL, Author of Philosophical Conversations, &c. London: Longman & Co. 1835. 8vo. Pp. xxiv. 372. It has been said, we know not with what truth, and we forget by whom, that ladies have a mortal antipathy to Prefaces and Introductions. Reviewers, on the contrary, rejoice exceedingly in them, as the easiest means of ascertaining the spirit and intention of a book; nor can authors avail themselves of a surer method of propitiating their favour, than what is afforded by such preliminary guide-posts. They save us infinite trouble and vexation, and are just as necessary to facilitate the review of a volume submitted to our official inspection, as a chart and compass are for safe and expeditious navigation over the trackless sea. We owe many thanks to Mr. Bakewell for his prudence in these particulars. His clever volume has the benefit of Preface, Introduction, Table of Contents, with a threefold division into Parts, and to each part is a chapter of Preliminary Observations. But it is not merely on the selfish ground of personal ease, thus vouchsafed to ourselves and his readers, that we acknowledge our obligations: we take a higher position, and class these friendly clews amongst the earnests of a writer's integrity and intelligence: his integrity, because he ingenuously manifests his designs,-his intelligence, because he who thoroughly understands a subject will be most competent and willing to impart clearly the knowledge of it. Such a guide is Mr. Bakewell in the excellent publication before us. He begins his book with telling us what he means to accomplish; he steadily adheres to his declared purpose throughout; and he conducts his argument with singular skill and happy tact to a triumphant conclusion. He has pursued a new path in the delightful study of Natural Theology. Whilst other writers have directed their attention to the subject, with the view of establishing the existence and illustrating the character of the First Great Artificer of the universe, by different parts of the great argument drawn from final causes, it is the design of Mr. Bakewell to consult the same sources of evidence respecting "the ulterior objects for which man was created;"-a question, it will be admitted, of the very highest importance! How then, it may be asked, are we to account for the fact that a truth of such moment has been chiefly confined to moral philosophers and metaphysicians, who have endeavoured to illustrate it by arguments founded on the attributes of the Deity and the constitution of human nature, to the exclusion of natural phenomena; as if the evidence to be derived from the actions of matter were either not favourable to, or at least insufficient to establish, the doctrine of the immortality of the soul? The advocates of materialism, to whom this ground has been hitherto abandoned, as if in deference to some prescriptive right, have at length encountered a champion who has prowess and skill to vanquish them, and to invade their favourite fastnesses. It has been left to Mr. Bakewell to accomplish this gallant enterprise. He says The results to be attained by a careful examination of natural phenomena, afford, it is conceived, the best answer that can be given to the objections urged against the immateriality of the sentient principle; for if it can be shewn that the balance of evidence derived from those phenomena preponderates in favour of the existence of an immaterial, indestructible agency, distinct from matter and from animal organization, that truth will be thus established on the very ground on which alone it is attempted to be disputed. To accomplish this object to deduce from the consideration of the ulterior and more hidden causes of physical processes and of the animal functions, the existence of the mind after death-is the design of the present work.-Preface, p. vii. 1 In pedantic, or incompetent hands, a subject of this nature, connected with metaphysical as well as with physical science, and drawing its multifold evidence from such various sources, would be involved in endless technicalities difficult to be understood, and in intricate mystifications repulsive to general readers. Under the auspices of Mr. Bakewell these defects have been avoided; and the work before us is essentially popular -attractive in its form-simple in its style-clear in its statements and convincing in its argument. The author has secured these indispensable qualities, by dividing his Treatise into three parts; the two first of which relate to matter and its properties in the inorganic state; and the last, to the manifestations of the living and intellectual principles, by a system of organized material particles. Whether we consult the First Part, which treats of the "Indestructibility of Matter," or look to the Second, which is conversant with "the Properties of Matter," or read the Third, which discusses" the Phenomena of Life," we see the accumulating evidence of "a future life" |