on Monday, the 9th, at 10 o'clock in the morning.

There will be an election of a scholar on the foundation of Mrs. Eaton, in this college, on the 7th of June next. Candidates must deliver to the Provost, on the 4th of June, testimonials of moral and religious character, and certificates that they are sons of clergymen of the Church of England, and want assistance to support them at the university, signed by the ministers of their respective parishes, and by two or more respectable inhabitants of the same, and countersigned by the bishop of their diocese.

On Thursday, the 29th of May, an election to a Bible clerkship, to which an exhibition is attached, will be held in Pembroke College. Candidates, who must be under 19 years, are required to present to the master baptismal certificates and testimonials of good conduct, no or before Tuesday, May 27.

Sir Robert Taylor's Institution at Oxford.-The proposed Regulations" have been submitted to convocation, and the portions relating to the curators and library adopted. The portions specifying the appointment and duties of professor of languages, of the assistant librarian, and of the teachers of the French, German, and Italian languages, were rejected by considerable majorities.

It is understood that new regulations, on the rejected portions, more in accordance with the views of the majority, will be brought forward next term. The reduction of the fixed stipend to the teachers, whose hours of attendance will probably be fewer, the establishment of scholarships, and the creation of two professorships for the northern and southern languages of Europe, are said to be among the changes contemplated.

Oxford University Latin Scholarship. -Mr Henry Barnes Byrne, scholar of Oriel College, was on Tuesday elected to the University Latin Scholarship. There were 36 candidates.

Regulations of Lodging-houses at Oxford. The keeper of a lodging-house is expected to make the following engagement to the head or other officer of the college, or hall, before any junior member of the same be permitted to occupy his lodgings:

1. I will lock the door of my house at 10 o'clock at night, and note down the

hour after 10 o'clock at which any junior member of the university lodging in my house shall enter or leave his lodgings.

2. I will deliver or send a list every morning to the porter of the college, or hall, to which any such lodger in my house belongs, in time to be by him inserted in his gate-bill.

3. I will report at the same time to the dean, or some other officer of the college, or hall, if any such lodger in my house shall pass the night out of his lodgings.

4. I will not allow on any account a key of any outer door of my house to any such member of the university lodging therein.

5. I will not supply or receive into my house, except from his own college, or hall, a dinner or supper for any such lodger, without a written permission from some officer of his college or hall.

University of Cambridge.-Notice has been given, that in addition to the fixed subjects of examination for the degree of B.A., the following are selected for the year 1847 :

1. The last fourteen chapters of the Acts of the Apostles.

2. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ro

mans.

3. The first Three Books of the Odyssey.

4. The Germania of Tacitus.

5. The first Three Books of Paley's Moral Philosophy.

Eton College.-Mr. Day, K.S., captain of the collegers, has obtained a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, in consequence of the resignation of the Rev. John Hawtrey, M.A., occasioned by the Rev. gentleman's marriage with the third daughter of the late Lieutenantcolonel Proctor, of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Immediately the resignation arrived at the college, intelligence was forwarded to Mr. Day, who was spending the vacation in Norfolk. Mr. Day, on his arrival at the college, went through the usual ceremony of being "ripped" of his college gown in the presence of Mr. T. Batcheldor, the registrar, and immediately proceeded to Cambridge.

National Society.-The meetings of the National Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Esta

blished Church, during the last month, have been attended by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lords Bishops of Bangor, Chester, Hereford, Lichfield, and Ripon; Thos. D. Acland, Esq. M.P.; Very Reverend the Dean of Chichester; Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair; Rev. H. H. Milman; Rev. H. H. Norris; Rev. John Jennings; Rev. William Short; and Gilbert F. Mathison, Esq.

Grants from the Special Fund, to the amount of £1,590, and from the Queen's Letter Fund to the amount of £520total, £2,110-have been voted in aid of schools at the following places, viz. Buckley; Pemberton; Macclesfield, St. Peter; Headingley; Slaithwaite ; Penkhull; Llandudno; Sowerby, St. George; Jackfield in Broseley; Wednesbury, St. James; Painswick; Leeds, St. James; Macclesfield, St. Paul; Birmingham, St. Stephen; Poulton-le-Sands; Chatteris ; Chirton; Goole; Ashby-de-la-Zouch'; St. Pancras, Gordon Square; Great Chart; Aldringham; Wymeswold; Saxilby; Nefyn; Maidenhead, &c.

Schools in twenty-seven places have been received into union.

One of the Society's organizing masters has been placed under the Salop Archidiaconal Board. The Report of the Society for 1844 is in the course of distribution; and the next annual general meeting of the Society has been fixed for the 28th of May.

A legacy of £100 has been bequeathed to the Society by the late Mrs. Jackson of Normanby Hall, Yorkshire.

Betton's Charity remains still unsettled. It is expected that the Master of the Rolls will fix upon some final scheme and rules for its distribution in the ensuing term. It is hoped that Lord Langdale will place the charity under such supervision as shall afford a sufficient guarantee for an impartial and beneficial distribution of the fund.

St. Bartholomew's Hospital.-The annual distribution of prizes, and other honours, to the students of this hospital, took place on the 18th instant, in the great hall. The president, Alderman

Lucas, was in the chair, and there were present, the Bishop of London, the Rev. Drs. Russell and Rice, Mr. J. Bentley, treasurer, Mr. J. Watson, and many of the governors of the hospital. The proceedings were commenced by Mr. Skey, who spoke favourably of the operations

of the school during the past year; and in the addresses made by him and the other teachers, when presenting the prizemen of the several classes, it was stated that the medical officers and lecturers had resolved to found three scholarships of the value of £45 a-year each, of which one, tenable for three years, would be given each year to the student who, in open examination, proved himself most meritorious. The importance of this measure as a further step in carrying out the collegiate system which had been adopted, and already proved so advantageous in the school, was pointed out by the warden of the college, who stated some of the benefits that would be conferred on the scholars, by enabling them to prolong their studies beyond the usual period-on the public, by insuring that all the pupils would be incited to more labour in their studiesand to the school, by providing that the best student of every year should remain for some years more in the school, setting a good example to all the rest. The Bishop of London expressed his entire concurrence in the proposal of applying, as far as possible, in medical schools, the collegiate system as adopted in our two ancient universities; and addressed himself to the students on the high responsibility of the profession they had chosen, the peculiar temptations of their studies, and the best means of overcoming them -subjects which the Rev. Dr. Russell also treated with much force.

Education of Attorneys.-On Saturday the 19th of April, a deputation from the Metropolitan and Provincial Legal Association had the honour of an interview at Westminster-hall with the Lord Chief Justice of England on the subject of the better education of attorneys and solicitors. The deputation suggested that every clerk should at the period of his articles, or at some time during his service under them be examined on the ordinary subjects of school education-namely, Latin to the extent of proficiency which will enable the examinant to translate with readiness Virgil and Cicero; a competent knowledge of French, and perhaps Greek to the extent of the Greek Testament; history; forensic medicine; mathematics as far as the first four or six books of Euclid, and the algebraical signs. This examination, it was submitted, should be added to one on the practice and principles of law. It was also proposed to re

serve to the Judges a power of dispensation with such part of the examination as under the circumstances of any case they might think proper. The deputawas very graciously received. His lordship took notes of the proposition, and promised to confer with the other judges on the subject.

Governesses' Benevolent Institution.The second anniversary festival of this institution was held on Wednesday, April 16, at the London Tavern, Viscount Sandon presiding. The chairman said it was not necessary for him to dwell on the distress and sufferings to which those ladies were too often subjected, who were entrusted with the care of those most dear to us in their most tender age, and who had not only in their charge the cultivation of the infant intellect, but the inculcation of moral and religious principles. How often did it happen that ladies of cultivated minds and refined manners, after having for years toiled in this valuable vocation for the advantage of society, were in the decay of life left to be the victims of poverty and destitution! Nor were their mental sufferings less than their personal privations; because, from the secluded nature of their habits and duties, and their intellectual acquirements, they were more susceptible, and liable to become the victims of diseases of the mind than almost any other class. Was it not, then, to be wondered at, that such an institution as this was not thought of before? But now that it had been commenced, he was happy to say that, in the twenty months only that it had existed, 197 objects of its bounty had been relieved, six perpetual annuities established, and £10,000 accumulated from the savings of governesses themselves. The secretary (the Rev. Mr. Laing) announced the amount of subscriptions for the evening to be £1,551, including the chairman, 10 guineas; Viscount Ingestrie 5 guineas, and 5 guineas annually; and Lady Ingestrie 2 guineas annually; Sir J. Scott, £25; the Earl of Ellenborough, 10 guineas; Lord Stanley, 20 guineas; M. D. Hill, Esq., 10 guineas; Chief Justice Tindal, 10 guineas; Lady Hay, 20 guineas; Mrs. Frew, 20 guineas; Mr. V. Richards, 10 guineas and 20 guineas annually, and £50 towards furnishing the home that is proposed to be established for the reception of governesses while unemployed. After the

health of the Rev. David Laing, to whose exertions the public are mainly indebted for the success of this institution, the chairman proposed the health of Mohun Lal, who had rendered eminent services to several of our countrymen in India. He returned thanks in a few brief words.

Proposed Training Institution for Private Governesses. We beg to call the attention of our readers to the following prospectus:

There is a class scarcely to be considered inferior in importance to any, when we regard the interests of social and domestic life, which has hitherto been treated with a strange indifference. It is that from which mothers expect to be supplied with faithful and intelligent assistants in their anxious duties, and on whose judgment and conduct so much of family welfare depends. An honourable exception to this general neglect is found in the few institutions designed to ameliorate the condition of governesses in the course of their unsettled and often friendless lives, and the patrons of these must be particularly sensible of the benefits which would be conferred on the objects of their benevolence by an education adapted to prevent many of the evils which they seek to alleviate. In fact, every deficiency in the training of early years is not only a disqualification for the task of an instructress, but is productive, more or less, of future unhappiness to herself. Too many pass their youth in a kind of slavish apprenticeship, during which a mere technical routine is substituted for the cultivation of the taste and the acquisition of valuable knowledge, not to speak of the still more lamentable disregard of religious principles and of moral feelings. On first undertaking the duties for which they have been so little fitted, they will, according to their respective characters, either act with vain presumption or lose all self-reliance; they will become, in short, either tyrannical directors or servile instruments.

It is submitted to the public, that an attempt should be made to remedy this evil, by founding an establishment, under experienced and careful superintendence, where young women, properly qualified, may be prepared for their future responsibilities.

In order to form governesses who may hope eventually to be regarded as the friends of the parents, after establishing

a claim to their gratitude, we must select minds whose natural endowments will enable them to profit by the advantages bestowed, and ascertain that they have also a turn for imparting instruction. Accomplishments must hold a due place, and remarkable talent in any line will not be neglected. Cheerfulness and energy will be promoted and encouraged, as being among the first qualities of a good education, and these may be aided by the cultivation of kindly affections, the encouragement of innocent amusements, and the formation of habits of self-control.

Three months' gratuitous instruction will be offered to pupils properly recommended and willing to go through the required probationary residence. If admitted, £50 annually paid by them will include the best masters and every other expense during three or four years of training.

To carry out this plan, funds must be secured for the erection of a building, as well as annual subscriptions, amounting at least to £1,500. It is evident the proposed payments by pupils would not be sufficient to cover all expenses.

Patronesses.-The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe; the Countess of Rosebery; the Dowager Lady Lyttelton; the Lady Noel Byron. Visitor-The Hon. Miss Murray. Directress.-Miss —. Superintendent of Languages and Music.Mademoiselle Economical Superintendent. Miss Chaplain and Auditor.-Rev. Edward Hartopp Grove, 16, Lowndes-street. Assistant Chaplain. -Rev. C. Grenfell Nicolay, King's College. Treasurer.—Edward Marjoribanks, Esq. Consulting Physicians.-Sir James Clark, Bart. &c.; Dr. Bence Jones. Surgeon, &c.-James Teevan, Esq.

Agricultural College, Cirencester.The committee of management of this institution have elected Mr. John Scales, an experienced Norfolk farmer, to the situation of head master. The committee have also elected Mr. Way chemical and scientific master. He was educated under Professor Graham, of the London University; he afterwards was his assistant, and took the higher classes of the university for two years, and is now engaged with Dr. Daubeny in agricultural analysis. It is intended to receive some pupils at midsummer.

The London Orphan Asylum. — The supporters of this benevolent institution assembled at the London Tavern, April 17th. Lord Robert Grosvenor presided, and was supported by Colonel T. Wood, M.P., Mr. J. Somes, M.P., Mr. Capei, and others; the general company amounting to about 150. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts, the children at present under education in the asylum, amounting to 393, of whom 120 are girls, were introduced and paraded round the room. Their healthy and pleasing appearance was the general theme of observation. The chairman then recapitulated the claims of the charity, and after alluding to the gratifying circumstance of the presence of two individuals who had been educated in the school, and now came forward to further its purpose by their subscriptions, proposed "Success and prosperity to the London Orphan Asylum." The Secretary then read a long list of subscriptions, amongst which were, Her Majesty, £21; the Queen Dowager, £10 10s.; the Chairman, £26 5s.; Rev.Mr. Treacher, £100; Lord Ashley, £10; Colonel Wood, £10 10s.; Mr. Dobree and family, £31 10s. ; Mr. Somes, £10 10s., &c.-the whole amounting to £1,610. After the healths of the Rev. Mr. Champneys and Mr. Cotes, the secretaries, the remainder of the business was disposed of, and the party broke up.

Marine Society. The anniversary dinner in aid of the funds of this society, was held on Wednesday, April 17th, at the London Tavern, W. Astell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The usual loyal toasts having been disposed of, the Chairman proposed "Success to the Society," the usefulness of which was seen in the exhibition of the children sustained by it, who had passed through the room on that occasion, and whose appearance must excite the zeal of all present to assist in their support. The toast having been warmly received, the amount of subscriptions for the evening was announced to be £1,500, including £1,000 derived by the society through the Marquis of Westminster, from the remains of a fund which the late Captain Brereton, had collected for an unsuccessful attempt at infant colonization at the Cape of Good Hope.