OXFORD.

Master of Arts-Rev. C. Childers, Ch. Ch. Bachelors of Arts-W. E. Elwell, University; G. Garrick, University; A. J. Sutherland, Student of Ch. Ch.; C. Leslie, Ch. Ch.; W. Hornby, Ch. Ch.; A. G. S. Shirley, Ch. Ch. ; J. Barrow, Wadham College.

On Friday, the 22nd ult., W. Burton Dyn han, M. A., of Magdalen Hall, was nominated and admitted to practise as a Proctor in the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Preachers at St. Mary's-Rev. Dr. Nolam, Exeter, Bampton Lecturer, Sunday morning; Rev. W. Griffiths, Wadhamn, Sunday afternoon.

March 9.

In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the nomination of the following gentlemen to be Public Examiners was approved, viz. :The Rev. A. Short, M.A., Student of Christ Church, in Literis Humanioribus; The Rev. Arthur Neate, M. A., Trinity, in Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis.

In a Congregation holden the same day, the following Degrees were conferred :

Masters of Arts-Rev. T. Brooke, Brasennose; Rev. A. Daniel, Exeter.

Bachelors of Arts-T. P. Lethbridge, Ch. Ch.; F. W. C. Whalley, Ch. Ch.

Preachers at St. Mary's-Rev. Dr. Nolan, Exeter, Bampton Lecturer, Sunday morning; Rev. Mr. Smart, University, afternoon.

March 16.

The Examiners appointed to elect a Scholar on Dean Ireland's Foundation, have elected Robert Scott, Student of Christ Church. There were more than thirty candidates.

On Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred ;

Master of Arts-Rev. T. Tolming, Brasennose College.

Bachelors of Arts-F. Anson, Probationary Fellow of All Souls' Coll.; J. Ralph, St. Edmund Hall.

Preachers at St. Mary's-Rev. Dr. Nolan, Exeter, Bampton Lecturer, Sunday morning; Rev. Mr. Williams, Trinity, afternoon.

March 23.

Worcester College.-On Thursday, the 9th day of May next, there will be an Election of a SCHOLAR on Dr. Clarke's Foundation.

Such persons only are eligible as were born of English parents, in the province of Canterbury or York; and they are required to deliver certificates of these qualifications to the Provost or senior Fellow, on or before the 4th day of May.

A preference is given, "cæteris paribus," to the orphans of clergymen.

Candidates, who are Members of the University, must not exceed four years' standing, and will be expected to deliver, with their certificates, testimonials of good conduct from the Heads and Tutors of their respective Societies.

On Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred :

Masters of Arts-Rev. E. T. Lewis, University; Rev. C. A. S. Morgan, Ch. Ch.; Rev. F. C. Parsons, Worcester; W. Dod, Magdalen Hall; J. W. Bruce, Exeter.

The Examiners appointed to elect a Mathematical Scholar, have announced to the Vice Chancellor their election of H. A. Jeffrey's, B. A. Student of Christ Church.

Preachers-Rev. Dr. Nolan, Exeter, Bampton Lecturer, Sunday morning; Rev. Mr. Hughes, Trinity, Sunday afternoon, at St. Mary's; Rev. Mr. Williams, Annunciation, at New College.

A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Professor Sedgwick, the President, being in the chair. Among the members elected were Lord Braybrooke, M.A., of Magdalene College, and the Hon. Peter John Locke King, M.A., of Trinity College. Various presents of books were announced, among which was a Memoir, by Cacciatore, the astronomer at Palermo, concerning the reduction and comparison of Meteorological Observations made in different places. The Rev. W. Whewell read a continuation of his Memoranda on the Architecture of Normandy. After the meeting Professor Airy gave an account, illustrated by models and diagrams, of his recent researches concerning the mass of Jupiter, by means of observations of the fourth satellite. It was observed, that the proportion of the quantity of matter of Jupiter to that of the Sun, is the most important datum in our reasonings concerning the Solar System, after the elements of the planetary orbits. But though this is the case, considerable uncertainty has recently prevailed concerning this quantity. The calculations of Laplace and Bouvard made Jupiter 1-1070th of the Sun, by means of the perturbations of Saturn; but the German astronomers, Nicolai and Encke, by means of the perturbations of Juno and Vesta, obtained a mass larger by about 1-80th than that of Laplace. But in the mean time the observations which seemed to promise the most simple and decisive means of obtaining the value of Jupiter's mass, those of the periods and distances of his satellites, had never been put in practice since the time of Newton, at whose request Pound made such observations. The question concerning this mass is not only of consequence in the calculations of other perturbations of the Solar System, of which Jupiter is "the tyrant," (to use Sir John Herschel's expression); but was also of sufficient magnitude to decide the existence or not, of a resisting medium as deduced from Encke's comet. Professor Airy determined therefore to repeat these observations, and to endeavour to calculate from them the mass of Jupiter, with greater certainty and accuracy than had hitherto been obtained. In his statement on Monday evening, he described the various adjustments which he found it necessary carefully to make in order to insure the requisite degree of accuracy in the observations; and the

The Chancellor's gold medals for the two best proficients in classical learning among the commencing Bachelors of Arts, were on Wednesday last adjudged to Edward Herbert Bunbury, of Trinity College, and James Hildyard, of Christ's College.

Herbert Jenner, Esq., LL.B., of Trinity Hall, eldest son of Sir Herbert Jenner, the King's Advocate-General, has been elected a Fellow of that Society.

A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, the president, being in the chair. A memoir by the Marchese Spineto was read, containing objections, founded on astronomical considerations, and on the examination of ancient authors, to the chronological system of Sir Isaac Newton; and reasons for preferring the more extended chronology which is suggested by the study of Egyptian antiquities. After the meeting, Dr. Jermyn exhibited various ornaments of glass and enamel, a bronze bracelet, and other implements of metal, and vessels of earthenware, some of them of the kind called "Samian." These relics were found in association with bones, partly interred and partly deposited in urns, which have been discovered at Exning and at Bartlow, in this neighbourhood. The skeletons have invariably been found lying in threes, with their faces downwards. Professor Sedgwick also gave an account, illustrated by drawings and sections, of the geology of North Wales. He stated that, by various traverses across Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire, it was ascertained that the strata of that district are bent into saddles and troughs, of which the anticlinal and synclinal lines occur alternately, and are all nearly parallel to the "great Merionethshire anticlinal line." The direction of these lines is nearly N.E. by N., and S. W. by S.; and they appear to pass through the following points:-(1) Near Caernarvon, (2) Mynydd Mawr, (3) Garn Drws y Coed, (4) Moel Hebog, (5) Moel Ddu, (6) Between Pont-Aber-glas-lyn and Cnicht, (7) The great Merioneth anticlinal, (8) The West side of the Berwyns,

(9) The calcareous beds to the West of Llanarmon Fach. The bearing of these facts upon the general views of Elie de Beaumont was noticed; and it was observed that the approximate parallelism of the most prominent mountain chains of Wales, the Isle of Man, Cumberland, and the South of Scotland, corroborate the justice of this theory up to a certain point; although on a wider scale these apparently parallel straight lines may be found to be portions of curves of small curvature.

British Association for the Advancement of Science.—It is fixed that the next meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science shall commence in this University, on Monday the 24th of June next, and end on the following Friday.

The objects of this Association are, to give a stronger impulse to scientific inquiry; to promote the intercourse of those who cultivate science in different parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers; to obtain a more general attention to the objects of science, and a removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. We extract the following from the Rules, for the information of our readers :

1. The Fellows and Members of Chartered Societies in the British Empire shall be entitled to become members of the Association upon subscribing an obligation to conform to the Rules.

2. The office-bearers and members of the councils or managing committees of Philosophical Institutions shall be entitled, in like manner, to become members of the Association.

3. All members of a Philosophical Institution, recommended by its council or managing become members of the Association. committee, shall be entitled in like manner to

shall be eligible, upon recommendation of the 4. Persons not belonging to such Institutions general committee, to become members of the Association.

N.B.-Persons wishing to become members of the Association in virtue of Rule 4, are requested to apply to any member of the Council of the Philosophical Society.

5. The amount of the annual subscription shall be one pound, to be paid upon admission; and the amount of composition in lieu thereof, five pounds.

N.B.-Subscriptions will be received by J.
Crouch, at the Rooms of the Philosophical
Society.

March 22.

Notice was given that at the congregation on Wednesday last petitions to both Houses of Parliament would be proposed to the Senate against "A bill to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church of Ireland." The petitions were, however, withdrawn, in consequence of the motion upon the subject being postponed.

At a meeting of the Syndics appointed by a grace dated Feb. 18, 1833, to consider of what standing candidates for the degree of B.A. ought to be, before they are allowed to be