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Mr. Rolt replied that the unanimity of all parties in carrying the regulations into effect, for the benefit of the school, was the best proof of the desire to extinguish political differences in all that related to the advantage and prosperity of the borough of Warwick. Mr. Bayley, on the part of the corporation, consented to all the alterations in the scheme, and the report of the master was then confirmed.

The costs of all parties were to be paid out of the fund.

Intelligence.

CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS,
JAN. 18, 1845.

MODERATORS.

Rev. S. Blackall, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. Harvey Goodwin, M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College.

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3. The Old Testament History. 4. The 16th Book of the Iliad. 5. The Bellum Catilinarium of Sallust.

Cambridge, Voluntary Theological Examination.-On Tuesday the 14th October next, and the succeeding days, there will be an examination in the following subjects:-"The Greek Testament, The First Apology of Justin Martyr, Ecclesiastical History, the Articles of Religion, and The Liturgy of the Church of England;"—which examination will be open to all students who have at any time been admitted ad respondendum quæstioni; or who can produce certificates from the Regius Professor of Civil Law or his deputy, of having performed the exercises required for the degree of bachelor of that faculty. The names of those students who shall pass this examination to the satisfaction of the examiners, will be published in alphabetical order, and registered in the usual manner. Immediately after this examination there will be an examination in the first twentyfive chapters of the book of Genesis, in Hebrew, for such students as, having their names published as above mentioned, shall offer themselves to be examined; and the names of the persons who shall pass this examination to the satisfaction of the examiner, will be published and registered in the manner already described. Persons desirous of presenting themselves at these examinations must signify their intention of so doing on or before the 10th of October next, by a letter addressed to each of the examiners, who are the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Margaret Professor of

Divinity, and the Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Cambridge, the Hulsean Prize.-£100 has just been awarded to Frederick James Gruggen, B.A. of St. John's College. The subject was-"What is the relation in which the moral precepts of the New and Old Testament stand to each other!" The subject for 1845, just announced, is as follows:-"The influence of the Christian religion in promoting the abolition of slavery in Europe."

The subject just announced for the Seatonian Prize is "The Loosing of the Four Euphratean Angels." Rev. ch. ix. ver. 14, 15.

Jesus College, Cambridge.-The fellowship at Jesus College, in the appointment of the Bishop of Ely, has been conferred by his lordship on Mr. Thomas Dixon, B.A., scholar of St. John's College. In this case, as in the former instance at St. John's College, his lordship, with the desire of encouraging and rewarding academical merit, threw the fellowship open to general competition for all bachelors of arts in the university, bringing from their respective colleges testimonials of their good moral characters. The gentlemen who, at the request of his lordship, conducted the examination, recommended Mr. Dixon for the appointment; expressing at the same time their high satisfaction at the ability and knowledge displayed by the candidates generally in the examination.

Durham.-The Bishop of Durham has made the munificent donation of £300, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Askew £10, and the Misses Askew £5, towards erecting a suitable building for the Durham Diocesan Training School Society. The Duke of Cleveland has made a donation of £20; Sir John E. Swinburne, Bart., C. J. Bigge, Esq., and several ladies and gentleman, have given various other sums to the same institution, for general purposes.

Vacant Scholarships at Durham.—An open scholarship, of the yearly value of £60, tenable for three years, will be awarded, on examination, in Michaelmas term, 1845.

Candidates, who must be under the age of 19, are required to send in their certificates of baptism and testimonials of character to the Warden, on or before October first.

Any other particulars may be learnt on application to the Rev. B. E. Dwarris, University college, Durham.

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. At the General Meeting held on Tuesday, the 7th January, 1845, the Standing Committee proposed the following members of the Society as the Committee of General Literature and Education, for election at the February meeting :-Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester; John Leycester Adolphus, Esq.; Rev. John Allen; Thomas Bell, Esq.; Rev. R. W. Browne; Rev. Thos. Dale; Rev. T. G. Hall; J. R. Hope, Esq.; J. H. Markland, Esq.; John Diston Powles, Esq.; Rev. William Short; Dr. Thomas Watson.

Giggleswick Grammar School.-The pupils and friends of the Rev. Rowland Ingram, B.D., formerly of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Master of the Grammar-school, Giggleswick, Yorkshire, have resolved upon having the portrait of that venerable gentleman painted for presentation to his family, as a tribute of esteem due to his character, and to his eminent abilities and assiduity as a public instructor. The portrait, when completed, is to be engraved, and the proceeds from the sale of the print are to be applied in the establishment of an annual " Ingram prize" in the school.

Ripon Diocesan Commercial School.It is intended to discontinue this valuable institution, which for nearly six years has had difficulties to contend with, preventing it from being so extensively useful as it would have been, had it met with adequate support. The committee appointed by the Ripon Diocesan Board of Education to conduct the school, have addressed a letter to the Rev. C. H. S. Nicholls, on his retirement from the mastership, expressive of their high sense of the ability and zeal with which he has for several years conducted the school.

Bishop's Stortford, Herts.-The Sunday teachers and friends of the national schools held their third annual entertainment on Wednesday evening, the 15th instant, in the boys' school. The room was handsomely decorated with evergreens, flags, pictures, &c., &c.; the floor was covered with matting, and the tables were arranged down two sides,

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and across one end of the room.
the chair was a canopy of evergreens,
surmounted by a transparency repre-
senting charity, painted and presented
to the school by a member of the Choral
Society. At the other end of the room
was a temporary orchestra for the singers
and a grand piano. Upwards of one
hundred persons were present, including
the Rev. C. Spencer, vicar, who occu-
pied the chair, the Rev. J. E. Surridge,
the Rev. C. C. Spencer, curate, Dr. Star-
ling, J. Baynes, Esq., and Mr. G. Sey-
mour, church warden. After tea, the
tables were cleared of the tea services,
and supplied with fruit, wine, and cake.
The chairman then gave-The Church
and Queen ;-and in proposing this toast
he passed a high compliment on the Sun-
day teachers of these schools, and return-
ed them his personal thanks for the va-
luable assistance which they rendered
him by their regular and unwearied at-
tention to the Sunday schools. He,
a minister of Christ, looked upon the
teacher of schools in connection with the
Church as subordinate ministers of the
Church; and though they may not be
ordained ministers, yet they render im-
portant services to the Church by their
kind assistance in the religious education
of the rising generation." The national
anthem was then sung by the whole
company in a very pleasing and credit-
able manner. The chairman afterwards
proposed the health of the master and
mistress of the schools, after which the
members of the Choral Society, some of

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Books Received.

SINCE Our last acknowledgment, the following Publications have been received :— Remarks on the Fable of the Bees, by William Law, M.A., Author of “. A Serious Call," &c. With an Introduction by the Rev. F. D. Maurice, M.A., and an Appendix, containing the Poem of the Fable of the Bees, &c. 12mo. pp. 130. (Cambridge, M'Millan; London, Bell.)

The Position and Duties of the Clergy with respect to the Religious Education of the People. A Visitation Sermon. By the Rev. C. Dodgson, M.A. 8vo. pp. 23. (Bell.)

Advice on the Care of the Health. By J. H. Curtis, Esq. 8vo. pp. 56. (Whittaker & Co.)

On Elizabethan Furniture. A Paper read at a Meeting of the Decorative Art Society. By George Fildes. 8vo. pp. 37. (Calder.)

The Preparatory Latin Book; or, Easy Steps to Latin Construing. By the Rev.

G. H. Stoddart, M.A. 18mo. pp. 110. (Whittaker & Co.)

The German First Book; or, Conversations and Dialogues for the Use of Schools. by Morris Miehnaur. 12mo. pp. 53. (Groombridge.) Clarke's Grammar in Rhyme. Arithmetical Tables.

ston & Stoneman.)

Chants for Both. (Houl

HOW TO ENSURE COMMUNICANTS AS SPONSORS.

(Continued from page 40.)

In reply to the objection, that it is likely the proportion between the number of voluntary sponsors and the number of children baptized will be found less favourable than the author has supposed, he allows that it is of course impossible to ascertain the proportion exactly by any general rule, because it is in each particular case more or less dependent upon contingencies. He points out, however, the following method of ascertaining pretty nearly the proportion that would exist in any parish between the number of persons acting as sponsors, and the greatest number of children that would at any one time be under the superintendence of each sponsor-a method, framed upon the averages which are found to exist throughout the kingdom, and which, he says, will lead us to a conclusion sufficiently correct for all practical purposes. (p. 37.)*

It has been already stated, that the parliamentary report of the population for 1833 justifies us in assuming that there occurs on an average one baptism a year for every 33 inhabitants of the kingdom; and that of every fifteen children that would, according to this calculation, be baptized during a period of fifteen years, there would be nine or ten survivers at the end of that period.

"Upon the supposition, then, that one child a year is brought by baptism under the superintendence of the voluntary sponsor, he would have nine or ten children under his care at the end of the fifteenth year." (p. 40.) And it is obvious, that if, during the course of the sixteenth, and every successive year, one of his children be removed by death or confirmation, and one added to the number by baptism, the number under his care at some period during the course of the year may be, under different circumstances, either eight, nine, ten, or eleven . . and we may say, that upon the ordinary probabilities of life and death, such a sponsor would never be likely to have more than eleven children under his care at one time.

"Having thus ascertained the greatest number of children likely to be under his care at any one time, upon the supposition that one is added to his charge every year, we discover at once a general expression for the greatest number likely to be at any time under his care, whatever were the number annually added to his charge; for we have number of inhabitants+ : number required. 33 × number of sponsors

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* Sponsors for the Poor, by the Rev. Montague Hawtrey, M.A. (Hatchard.) The author had previously obtained this expression thus :-assuming that there occurs on an average one baptism a year for every 33 inhabitants of the kingdom, it follows that the whole number of the inhabitants of any district, divided by 33, will give the number of baptisms that are likely to take place in that district during the year. "But since three sponsors are required for every baptism, three times this 3 x number of inhabitants, number, or, giving to the expression an algebraical form,

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