examination for their respective degrees, the lectures delivered during one term at least, by one or more of the following Professors : Regius Professor of Laws, Regius Professor of Physic, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Modern History, Professor of Botany, Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Downing Professor of Medicine, Professor of Mineralogy, Professor of Political Economy; and shall have obtained a certificate of having passed an examination satisfactory to one of the Professors whose lectures they have chosen to attend. That all Students, who, being candidates for the degree of B.C.L., do not pass the examinations for the first class in that faculty, shall, in addition to what is now required of them, have attended, before they be allowed to keep their Act, the lectures delivered during one term at least, by one or more of the following Professors: Regius Professor of Physic, Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Modern History, Professor of Botany, Woodwardian Professor of Geology, Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Downing Professor of Medicine, Professor of Mineralogy, Professor of Political Economy; and shall have obtained a certificate of having passed an examination satisfactory to one of the Professors whose lectures they have chosen to attend. That this regulation shall apply to all students answering the above descriptions who shall commence their academical residence in or after the Michaelmas Term of the year 1849. (B). That a new Honour Tripos be established, to be called the Moral Sciences Tripos, the places in which shall be determined by an examination in the following subjects: Moral Philosophy, General Jurisprudence, The Laws of England. That the Examiners for the Moral Sciences Tripos be the Regius Professor of Laws, the Professor of Moral Philosophy, the Professor of Modern History, the Downing Professor of the Laws of England, the Professor of Political Economy, together with one additional Examiner to be nominated by the Vicechancellor and appointed by grace of the Senate; and in case any of the abovementioned Professors be prevented from examining in any year, deputies to examine instead of them shall be nominated by the Vicechancellor and appointed by grace of the Senate. That the examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos shall commence on the second Monday after the general admission ad respondendum quæstioni, and shall continue four days. That all students who shall have passed the examinations and kept the exercises required for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, or of Bachelor of Physic, or who shall have passed the examinations entitling to admission ad respondendum quæstioni, may be candidates for honours in the Moral Sciences Tripos next succeeding such examinations. That the candidates for honours in the Moral Sciences Tripos whom the examiners shall deem worthy of an honour shall be arranged by them in three classes, the places to be determined by estimating the aggregate merits of each candidate in all the subjects of the examination. And that in these classes marks of distinction shall be affixed to the names of such of the candidates as have shewn eminent proficiency in particular subjects. That the first examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos, under the regulations now proposed, shall take place in the year 1851. (c). That a new Honour Tripos be established, to be called the Natural Sciences Tripos, the places in which shall be determined by an examination in the following subjects:- Anatomy, Comparative Anatomy, Chemistry, Botany, That the examiners for the Natural Sciences Tripos be the Regius Professor of Physic, the Professor of Chemistry, the Professor of Anatomy, the Professor of Botany, the Woodwardian Professor of Geology, together with one additional examiner to be nominated by the Vicechancellor and appointed by grace of the Senate; and in case any of the above-mentioned Professors be prevented from examining in any year, deputies to examine instead of them shall be nominated by the Vicechancellor and appointed by grace of the Senate. That the examination for the Natural Sciences Tripos shall commence on the sixth Monday after the general admission ad respondendum quæstioni and shail continue four days. That all students who shall have passed the examination and kept the exercises required for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law, or of Bachelor of Physic, or who shall have passed the examinations entitling to admission ad respondendum quæstioni may be candidates for honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos next succeeding such examinations. That the candidates for honours in the Natural Sciences Tripos whom the examiners shall deem worthy of an honour shall be arranged by them in three classes, the places being determined by estimating the aggregate merits of each candidate in all the subjects of the examination. And that in these classes marks of distinction shall be affixed to the names of such of the candidates as have shewn eminent proficiency in particular subjects. That the first examination for the Natural Sciences' Tripos, under the regulations now proposed, shall take place in the year 1851. (D). That, with a view to encourage attendance at the Lectures of the Mathematical Professors, and to secure a correspondence between those Lectures and the Mathematical Examinations of the University; and also as a means of communicating to the Students themselves, from a body of experienced Examiners and Lecturers, correct views of the nature and objects of our Mathematical Examinations, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, the Plumian Professor of Astronomy, the Lowndean Professor of Geometry and Astronomy, and the Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, together with the Moderators and Examiners for Mathematical Honours for the time being, as well as those of the two years immediately preceding, be constituted a Board of Mathematical Studies; whose duty it shall be to consult together from time to time on all matters relating to the actual state of Mathematical Studies and Examinations in the University; and to prepare annually and lay before the Vicechancellor a Report, to be by him published to the University in the Lent or Easter Term of each year. The Syndicate, having respect to the great importance of the study of Theology, and with the view of giving increased efficiency to the regulations already established for the promotion of it, further recommend— (E) That all persons who present themselves for Examination at the Theological Examination, established by Grace of the Senate May 11, 1842, be required to produce a certificate of having attended the Lectures delivered during one term at least, by two of the three Theological Professors, viz. the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Margaret Professor of Divinity, and the Norrisian Professor of Divinity. That the Regulation now proposed shall first come into operation at the Theological Examination in the Michaelmas Term of the year 1850. All the Graces were carried, the votes being as follow At the election of two Councillors for each Ward on the 1st of November, there was a contest in Trinity Ward. The votes wereJoseph Wentworth, 174; James Johnson, 127; John Dennis, 100; James Martin, 56. On the 7th of November, a piece of land, containing about 10 acres, situate near the Mill Road, which had been purchased by subscription for the purpose of a Cemetery for the twelve Parishes on the southern side of the river Cam, was consecrated by Dr. Turton, Bishop of Ely, attended by the Parochial Clergy, and the Mayor and Council in their formalities. On the 8th of November, a Grace passed to authorize the removal of the University Muniments from the room they then occupied in the Pitt Press, and which was damp and ill ventilated, to the great room in the same building, which had been occupied by the Mesman collection of pictures. A large number of members of the Civil Service of India, who were students at the East India College at Haileybury at various intervals during the thirty years that the Rev. Charles Webb Le Bas, M.A. (formerly Fellow of Trinity College in this University,) was connected with that institution, in testimony of their regard to Mr. Le Bas, and to perpetuate the memory of his services, raised a fund, amounting to about £1,920, 3 per Cent. Consols, for founding, an annual Prize in this University (1) The subscription originated at a town meeting held at the Guildhall (the Mayor in the chair) on the 6th November, 1844. The sum subscribed up to the 20th November, 1848, was £4948 19s. 6d.; of which sum £364 1s. has been reserved for the erection of a Chapel, £300 for a repair fund, and £53 for the procuring an additional burial-ground for the transpontine parishes of St. Giles and St. Peter. The principal contributions were as follow-Trinity College, £400; St. John's College, £200; Peterhouse, £100; Caius College, 100: Corpus Christi College, £100; Catharine Hall, £100; Jesus College, £100; Trinity Hall, £50; Christ's College, £50; Emmanuel College, £50; Duke of Northumberland, Chancellor of the University, and Thomas Mortlock, Esq., £100 each; Dr. John Graham Bishop of Chester, £70; Christopher Pemberton, Esq., and the Rev. J. Brown, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, £65 each; Ralph Tatham, D.D., Master of St. John's College, and William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, £60 each; Rev. George Maddison, M.A., Vicar of All Saints, Rev. John Cooper, M.A., Vicar of St. Andrew the Great, Dr. Charles Perry Bishop of Melbourne, Gilbert Ainslie, D. D., Master of Pembroke Hall, Benedict Chapman, D.D., Master of Caius College, William French, D.D., Master of Jesus College, Rev. Edmund Mortlock, B.D., Fellow of Christ's College, and Rev. Francis Martin, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, £50 each. for the best English Essay on a subject of General Literature: such subject to be occasionally chosen with reference to the history, institutions, and probable destinies and prospects of the Anglo-Indian Empire. Regulations with respect to this Prize were approved of by the Senate on the 22nd of November. 1849. In the early part of the year, a fund for the relief of the poor during the more severe portion of the winter, was raised by general subscription. The Dissenters also raised a separate fund for the like purpose. On the 14th of January, the Rev. J. J. Smith, of Caius College, proposed a Grace for the appointment of a Syndicate to consider whether it is advisable to institute an Examination of Students previous to residence. It was rejected in the Non-Regent House: the votes being, Placets, 11; Non-Placets, 29. On the 7th of March, the Senate appointed a Syndicate to revise the Statutes of the University. On the 2nd of April came on the election by the Council of a Coroner of the Borough, that office being vacant by the resignation of Charles Henry Cooper, the Town-Clerk. The votes were, for David King, 16; for Joseph Deacon Fetch, 14. On the 21st of April, a County Meeting, convened on the requisition of above 300 owners and occupiers of land, was held at the Shire-House near the Castle, to take into consideration the distressed state of agriculture: Ebenezer Foster, Esq., High-Sheriff, presided. Alexander Cotton, Esq., proposed a resolution to the effect that if the free-trade system were persisted in the tenant-farmer would be ruined. This was seconded by John Fryer, Esq., and carried. Thomas St. Quintin, jun. Esq., proposed, and Mr. Charles Culledge, of March, seconded a resolution affirming the opinion of the meeting, that in a highly-taxed country like this protection was necessary to "enable the sons of native industry successfully to compete with the cheap labour of other lands." Edward Hicks, Esq., proposed, and Mr. Edward Ball, of Burwell, seconded Petitions to both Houses of Parliament for the restoration of protective laws; whereupon Mr. Edmund Wells proposed, and Henry Hall, printer, seconded amended Petitions in favour of a reduction of the public expenditure, vote by ballot, and a further reform in the representation. This amendment was lost (only 20 hands being held up in its favour) and the original petitions adopted. The Hon. Elliot |