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May 16.-Dr. Buckland in the chair. The following gentlemen were elected members :--Rev. W. B. Allen, D. C. L. St. John's College; G. V. Cox, Esq. M.A. New College; C. W. Bingham, Esq. B.A. New College. A volume of the Asiatic Society's Physical Researches was presented by Professor Wilson. A Paper was read on Achromatism produced by the nature of the medium in which the focus is formed, by the Secretary. A Paper was read on the explanation of certain ocular phenomena, by the Secretary. A Paper was read by Professor Wilson on the ancient coins of India.

Dr. Daubeny pre

sented a copy of his inaugural lecture on Botany, and made a statement respecting the progress of the subscription towards the completion of the Botanic Garden, particularly referring to the munificent donation of 500l. from the Radcliffe Trustees. The Rev. J. Jones, of Christ Church, shewed an antique ring, lately discovered in the parish of St. Thomas's, in this city, and a short account of it by Mr. Black was read.

The following are copies of (1) the Declaration of the Tutors, and (2) of the Petition of the Bachelors and Undergraduates against the admission of Dissenters to University privileges:

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(1.) "The undersigned Members of the University of Oxford, immediately connected with the instruction and discipline of the place, make this public declaration of their sentiments concerning the admission of Dissenters among them.

"They wish to state, in the first place, that the University of Oxford has always considered religion to be the foundation of all education; and they cannot themselves be parties to any system of instruction which does not rest upon this foundation.

"They also protest against the notion that religion can be taught on the vague and comprehensive principle of admitting persons of every creed. When they speak of religion, they mean the doctrines of the Gospel, as revealed in the Bible, and as maintained by the Church of Christ in its best and purest times. They also believe in their consciences, that these doctrines are held by the Church of England, as settled at the period of the Reformation; and as on the one hand they cannot allow these doctrines to be be suppressed, so on the other they cannot consent that they should be explained or taught in any sense which is not in accordance with the recognized tenets of the Established Church.

"In thus stating it to be their solemn duty to provide for a Christian education,

they feel that uniformity of faith upon essential points is absolutely necessary; and that the admission of persons who dissent from the Church of England would lead to the most disastrous consequences; that it would unsettle the minds of the younger members of the University; would raise up and continue a spirit of controversy which is at present unknown; and would tend to reduce religion to an empty and unmeaning name, or to supplant it by scepticism and infidelity.

"They therefore deem it their bounden duty to Almighty God, and to those committed to their charge, to continue their present system of religious instruction; and they hereby declare, that it is their determined purpose to the utmost of their power to maintain the same inviolate."

A further declaration of approval and concurrence in the feelings and opinions expressed in the above, has been signed by 217 members of Convocation and Bachelors of Civil Law.

(2.) "Your petitioners having understood that a measure is in contemplation, the effect of which would be to admit Dissenters of all denominations to the studies and degrees of this University, and thereby to destroy the close and intimate connexion hitherto subsisting between that institution and the Established Church, beg most respectfully to assure your right honourable House that they cannot view with any feelings of indifference, but with the greatest anxiety and alarm, a proposition which, if carried into effect, must totally change, in its most vital and important branch, the system of education hitherto pursued in this place.

"Having been accustomed to consider the instruction in religion here received, comprehending the doctrines and principles of the Church of England, to which they are warmly attached, as the great and peculiar benefit derived from the existing course of University education, they would hold in little value a system deprived of this paramount advantage.

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They have also learned to prize too much that cordiality and concord which uniformity of opinion has established among its members, not to dread the prevalence of a contrary feeling, should this University become, as the proposed measure would render it, a theatre of rival sects and religious animosities.

"These considerations have induced your petitioners to frame this humble remonstrance against a measure of which it requires little experience in any acquainted with academical institutions and discipline to foresee the inevitable consequences."

MARRIED.

The Rev. John Parry, M.A. Fellow of Brasennose College, and Rector of the parish of St. John of Wapping, Middlesex, to Elizabeth, widow of Everitt Gaylard, Esq.

ELECTIONS.

Thomas Broadley Fooks, Esq. B. A. Fellow of New College, to Maria Susanna, eldest daughter of G. V. Cox, Esq. of Merton-street, in this city.

CAMBRIDGE.

The Rev. Richard Newton Adams, D.D. Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, has been elected to the office of Lady Margaret's Preacher, in the room of the late Rev. W. Jones.

Edward Warter, William Delancy Lawson, and William Foster, Bachelors of Arts, of Magdalene College, have been elected Fellows of that society.

Edward Harold Browne, B.A. of Emmanuel College, has been elected a Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholar of the first class; and Alexander Tate, B. A., of the same college, a Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholar of the second class.

GRACES.

The following have passed the Senate: To grant Mr. Lodge, the Librarian, leave of absence during the next Michaelmas

term.

To appoint Mr. Romilly, the Registrary, Deputy-Librarian in Mr. Lodge's absence.

To increase the salary of Mr. Glaisher, junior assistant at the Observatory, from 70%. to 80l. a-year.

To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Musgrave, and Mr. Blick, of St. John's College, a syndicate to consider whether any, and what remission of rent ought to be allowed to Mr. Dunn, for the year ending at Michaelmas last.

To extend the time allowed to the New Library Syndicate to make their report to the end of the present term.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.

Rev. Charles Jenkin, St. Peter's Coll.

HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS.

Hon. Atherton Legh Powys, Trinity Coll. Hon. Francis Richard Grey, Trinity Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. H. M'Intosh Crichlow, Trinity Coll.
Rev. Francis Owen, St. John's Coll.
Rev. Rd. Paul Amphlett, St. Peter's Coll.
Rev. W. G. Moore, Corpus Christi Coll.
Rev. John Shaw, Jesus Coll.

Rev. Thomas John Theobald, Christ's Coll.
George Paton, Trinity Coll.
John Lyons, Trinity Coll.
Rev. Martin John Lloyd, St. John's Coll.

BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. David Malcolm Clerk, St. John's Coll.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

John Horner Jenkins, Trinity Coll.
John Marsh, Catharine Hall.
Henry Kett Tompson, Trinity Coll.

PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

A meeting was held on Monday evening, April 28th, Dr. Clark, V. P., being in the chair. A Paper by Professor Miller was read, on the subject of a supposed relation between the axes of optical elasticity of oblique prismatic crystals, and the axes of their crystalline forms. Professor Neumann, of Königsberg, had asserted, on the strength of observations made on certain species of crystals, that the crystalline forms might be referred to the optical axes in a manner consistent with the simplicity of crystalline relations; but, in the instances of several other species examined by Professor Miller, it appeared that this law could not be maintained, A Paper by Mr. Earnshaw, of St. John's, was also read, on the laws of motion. Mr. E. is of opinion that the three laws of motion are not proved by experience, but by means of the axiom that similar effects are due to similar causes. Having established, by help of this principle, the laws which connect motion and force, we learn from experience in what cases force exists. Mr Willis exhibited and explained the construction and working of a machine which he had invented for the purpose of jointing together the bones of skeletons; the object being to connect the bones so that they may exhibit, in some degree, their natural motions. Mr. Willis's machine holds the bones firmly, however irregular their form, saws notches in their extremities, so that they may be jointed by means of a metal plate, and drills the holes by which the plate is fastened.

At a meeting held on the evening of the 12th of May, Dr. F. Thackeray, the

Treasurer, being in the chair, a Paper by A. De Morgan, Esq. of Trinity College, was read, containing observations upon the principles which have usually been referred to in treating of Series and of the fundamental doctrines of the Differential Calculus; several of which principles the author conceives have been assumed without due proof; and examples were given in which such principles are false. Professor Miller exhibited and explained the instrument invented by M. Say for the purpose of taking specific gravities, with some improvements of his own. Mr. Willis exhibited and explained an instrument constructed by him, which produces correct representations of the orthographic projections of irregular objects, as for instance, of bones: this he proposes to call an Orthograph. Mr. W. W. Fisher gave a statement of his views concerning the origin of tubercular diseases: such diseases, he conceives, arise from a deficiency of nutritive energy in the osseous system and from the modifications introduced by this deficiency into the character of other vital processes in the animal economy.

PETITIONS.

Copy of the Petition against the admission of Dissenters to Degrees :

"To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. "The humble Petition of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, "Sheweth

"That your petitioners view with the greatest anxiety and alarm the bill which has been recently introduced into your Honourable House, intituled 'A bill to remove certain disabilities which prevent some classes of his Majesty's subjects from resorting to the Universities of England, and proceeding to degrees therein.'

"That your petitioners are firmly convinced, that instruction in the Christian faith ought to hold the first place in the education of youth, and that to carry this primary object into effect, an uniformity of religious tenets and observances is indispensably requisite.

"That these principles have ever been recognized by this University, and that, subsequently to the Reformation, various provisions have been made by the legislature, as well as by the University itself, for the purpose of maintaining amongst all its members a conformity to the tenets of the Church of England.

"That this bill proposes to make it 'lawful for all his Majesty's subjects to enter and matriculate in the Universities of England, and to receive and enjoy all degrees in learning conferred therein, (degrees in Divinity alone excepted,) without being required to subscribe any articles of religion, or to make any declaration of religious opinions respecting particular modes of faith and worship, provided such applicants be of unexceptionable moral character, and of competent knowledge, and willing to conform to such rules of discipline as are or shall be established by the authorities of the several Colleges or Halls.'

"That in the event of this bill being passed into a law, the University will necessarily cease to be an institution for the education of youth in the principles of the Church of England, and thereby its most important object will be entirely frustrated.

"That the open recognition of dissent within the University, will either be a continual source of religious controversies and contentions, detrimenta! to its studies, and destructive of its internal peace, or will introduce an indifference to religion itself, the consequences of which would be still more fatal.

"Under a deep conviction of the evils which this bill, if carried into effect, would inflict upon the Universities, the Established Church, and the community at large, in their dearest and most important interests, your petitioners humbly, and most earnestly pray, that your Honourable House will not give its sanction to the measure now proposed, and that this bill may not pass into a law.

"And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray," &c. &c.

The following is a copy of the Petition from the Bachelors and Undergraduates of this University against the admission of Dissenters:

"The humble Petition of the undersigned Bachelors and Undergraduates of the University of Cambridge,

"Sheweth,

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middle course between the maintenance of one exclusive system and the abandonment of all.

"That your petitioners most earnestly implore your Honourable House not to sanction a measure which they believe calculated, by rendering the Universities no longer a seat of sound learning and religious education, to involve the subversion of its institutions, and ultimately endanger the existence of the Church itself. "And your petitioners," &c.

The above Petition to the House of Commons was signed by 809 individuals out of 1100 now in residence. We understand that a counter-petition was also circulated in the University, and obtained 82 signatures, with which number, we hear, it has been forwarded for presentation.

Lay Petition in favour of the Established Church:

"The humble Petition of the undersigned

Inhabitants of the Town of Cambridge,
in the County of Cambridge, being
Lay Members of the Established
Church of England,

"Sheweth,

"That your petitioners are warinly attached to the doctrines and discipline of the Established Church, but are, nevertheless, desirous that civil, religious, and political liberty should be enjoyed by all classes of his Majesty's subjects.

"On referring, however, to the demands made by many of those who are not in communion with the Church of England, your petitioners are at a loss to understand by what arguments of equity or justice the abolition of Church Rates can be maintained; inasmuch as they are a charge upon real property, of great antiquity, and equally borne by the Churchman and the Dissenter.

"Your petitioners also object to the Dissenters burying their dead by their own Minister in the church-yards of the Established Church. The church-yard, no less than the church, is devoted to the pur

poses of the Establishment, and in the opinion of your petitioners can no more be diverted from the exclusive use of the Established Minister than the church itself.

"Your petitioners also, with reference to the claims of the Dissenters to be admitted into the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, cannot forbear from drawing the attention of your Honourable House to the fact, that the Universities have hitherto been considered as the nurseries and the fountains of the Established Church; and that the removal of all religious tests on proceeding to degrees will not only be productive of perpetual dissension and schism in the different Colleges, but will entirely destroy that union of sound learning and religious education, for which the Universities have been long celebrated, and which, in modern times especially, has advanced the cause of religion, of morals, and of science, beyond all precedent.

"Your petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honourable House that, in legislating upon this momentous question, you will not suffer any measure to be passed into a law that can in any way tend to dissolve the connexion which has so long and so beneficially subsisted between the Church and State; by abolishing Church Rates, by permitting Ministers of every persuasion to officiate in the church-yards of the Established Church on the solemn occasion of burying the dead, and by allowing degrees to be taken in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge without any religious test whatsoever.

"And your petitioners," &c. &c.

The number of signatures to the Petition from the members of the Senate of this University, against the admission of Dissenters, is 971, which, added to the 259 attached to the same Petition already presented to the two Houses of Parliament, makes a total of 1230. Many additional names are expected.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

OUR best thanks to "T." for the Original Observations of Bishop Kidder on the Psalms, which shall appear as soon as possible. We are also gratified with his commendation of our Organo-Historica.

We are indebted to our friend at Manchester for the Legal communication.

In our Notices to Correspondents we lately intimated that we were preparing a selection of Psalms and Hymns for parochial worship: should our readers be disposed to aid us in this work, and would refer us to hymns that are excellent, or forward to us any they may possess, original or otherwise, we shall feel obliged. For the excellent selection sent to us by "E. B." we beg him to accept our sincere thanks.

We acknowledge the communication of " J. D. W. Z." Our publisher will attend to his request.

We are happy in accepting the kind offer of " R. P."

THE

CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER.

JULY, 1834.

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ART.I.-1. Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion. With Notes and Illustrations, by the Editor of "Captain Rock's Memoirs." London: Longman & Co. Second Edition, 1833. 2 vols. 12mo. Pp. 335, 354.

2. Guide to an Irish Gentleman in his Search for a Religion. By the Rev. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, A. M. Rector of Killyman. Dublin: Curry. London: Simpkin and Marshall. London: 1833. Pp.

viii. 348.

3. Reply to the Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion; in Six Letters, addressed to the Editor of the British Magazine, and re-printed from that Work. By PHILALETHES CANTABRIGIENSIS. London: Rivingtons. 1834. Pp. 171.

4.

Second Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion. With Notes and Illustrations, not by the Editor of " Capt. Rock's Memoirs." 2 vols. Dublin: Milliken. London: Fellowes.

WE adverted, in a former number, to the open assault directed by Popery against all our religious institutions, and her undisguised attempts to grasp once more at the complete political and moral subjugation of mankind. In all this there is nothing to surprise us; but for those who, five years ago, pronounced such results visionary and impossible, they must be pregnant with astonishment. Nor will we say, although not astonished at the events themselves, we are not surprised, nay, amazed, at the rapidity of their appearance on the scene. Can it be that, in five short years from the date of that fatal mistake, “the atrocious bill," as it was but too appropriately called, one half of the Protestant hierarchy has been swept from the Irish bench-without a Convocation, without an opinion asked? Can Can it be that nothing but a physical impossibility has saved the Irish Church from the pillage, as well as mal-appropriation, of her episcopal revenues? Can it be that, while we are writing, the administration are issuing a Commission for

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