University of Oxford.-At a meeting of the Hebdonadal Board, on the 20th instant, a resolution passed unanimously, commissioning the vice-chancellor to enjoin upon the regius professor of divinity a return to the statutable form of divinity exercises. This resolution involves the overthrow of the whole practice of divinity exercises as at present existing, and upon which the regius professor has based his claims of setting the theses, testing the candidates' orthodoxy, and the rest; and it is the very point which Mr. Macmullen has been trying to obtain by all the solicitation and litigation of the last two years.

Vacant Fellowships, &c., at Oxford.— A fellowship is vacant in St. Mary Magdalene College, open to graduates of this university, who are natives of Lincolnshire. It will be filled up on the 25th of July next, being the festival of St. James. Gentlemen who desire to be candidates, are requested to call on the president between the 18th and 21st of July. They must bring with them a copy of their baptismal register, and a testimonial of good conduct from the college to which they belonged.

It is intended to hold an election in Wadham College, on the 30th of June next, to two scholarships. Natives of any county in Great Britain, under nineteen years of age, are eligible; but for one of the scholarships, natives of Somersetshire, who shall be found otherwise duly qualified, will be entitled to a preference. Candidates must present themselves to the warden some time on Wednesday, the 26th of June, with certificates of the marriage of their parents and of their own baptism, competent evidence of the day of their birth, and testimonials of good conduct.

Cambridge.-B.A Examination, 1846. In addition to the fixed subjects of examination for the degree of B.A., the following are selected for the year 1846 :—

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

2. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians, and the Epistle of St. James.

3.-The Ajax of Sophocles.

The Bellum Jugurthinum of SalJust.

4. The second, third, and fourth Books of Paley's Moral Philosophy.

Extensive Improvements at Eton College. At a recent meeting of old Etonians, it was agreed that extensive alterations and additional buildings should be made in Eton College, for the accommodation of the scholars on the foundation, at the estimated cost of £23,000. It was proposed to erect the new building on the side of the coach-houses and stables of the provost and fellows, to alter and improve the present long chamber, to form proper sewers, and provide an apparatus for warming with hot water the apartments in which the scholars will be lodged. It is also intended to form, on the ground-floor of the new buildings, one large room for the reception of the library of the school. There will be also two rooms appropriated in the tower for the use of the upper boys in the evening.

National Society.-The general annual meeting was held on the 22nd instant, in the Central School-room, Sanctuary, Westminster. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided; and among those present were the bishops of London, Hereford, Bangor, Lichfield, Sodor and Man, Newfoundland, Exeter, Norwich, and Ripon; Archdeacon Sinclair, Mr. T. D. Acland, M. P., Mr. T. W. Bramston, M.P., the Earl of Dartmouth, Bishop Coleridge, Sir G. Rose, Lord Clive, M.P., Sir R. S. Ainslie, Bart., Sir Geo. Eyre, Bart., Mr. F. H. M'Geachy, M.P., the Earl of Yarborough, Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart., Sir W. James, Lord Courtenay, Mr. F. W. Childers, M.P., Mr. T. G. B. Estcourt, M.P., Mr. J. Hardy, M.P., &c., &c. The room was crowded to excess.

The Bishop of London commenced the proceedings by reading several prayers from the liturgy.

A number of the children educated in the schools (about 30 of each sex), underwent an examination, conducted principally by the Bishop of London, in scriptural knowledge, the church catechism, geography, English grammar, history, and arithmetic. Their answers were generally ready and correct; and the examination was most satisfactory, and highly creditable to the conductors of

the schools. The children then went through some vocal exercises, under the direction of Mr. Hullah, and sang several chants and other musical pieces.

The secretary (the Rev. W. J. Kennedy), then proceeded to read the report, extracts from which will be found in another part of the Journal. Resolutions were proposed and seconded by the Bishops of Ripon, St. David's, London, Exeter, Newfoundland, Sodor and Man, Bishop Coleridge, Mr. Whateley, Queen's Counsel, Rev. H. H. Milman, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Acland, M.P. The special fund now amounts to above £150,000, and grants out of that fund have been voted to the amount of £32,834.

Not less than £12,516 have been already received from 2,362 places, under the Queen's letter for this year and £1,870 have very recently been granted out of this fund towards the establishment of schools, chiefly in agricultural and seafaring districts.

During last month the committee agreed to appoint the Rev. P. Moore, M.A., to succeed the Rev. James Hill as Clerical Superintendent of the Training Institution at Westminster.

Queen's College, Birmingham -The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the chapel about to be erected at Queen's College, took place on the 17th inst., in the presence of a very numerous company, who were invited to witness the proceedings of the day. The Rev. Chancellor Law, and the Rev. Vaughan Thomas came specially to assist, and previously to the ceremony taking place, a deputation from the professors, officers, and students, waited upon the latter gentlemen, and presented a resolution: "That he be respectfully requested to sit to Mr. Hollins for a bust, to be placed in the dining hall of Queen's College, in Birmingham." The Rev. gentleman having expressed his willingness to comply with the request of the deputation, an adjournment took place to the dining hall of the college, where breakfast was served to the clergy and council, and a select party of gentlemen. Letters of apology for unavoidable ab

sence were read from the Earls of Dartmouth, Bradford, and Howe; Lords Lyttelton and Sandon; G. F. Muntz, Joshua Scholefield, and C. N. Newdegate, Esqrs., M.P.; and at the conclusion of the breakfast, a procession was formed, consisting of the Rev. Chancel

lor Law, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, R. W. Winfield, Esq., the high bailiff, the the council of the college, a large number of the resident clergy, the professors and students, who proceeded to the site of the intended edifice, at the rear of collegiate building. The approach was tastefully decorated with flowers and evergreens, tiers of benches covered with an awning, were erected for the accommodation of the ladies who were present. The preliminary arrangements being completed, the Rev. Vaughan Thomas commenced by pronouncing an exhortation, which was followed by an appropriate prayer from the warden, and responses from the assembly. The architect then advanced and presented a trowel to the Rev. Chancellor Law, who laid the stone in the usual manner, dedicating the chapel, and calling it by the name of the Apostle St. James, the high bailiff depositing beneath the stone a case hermetirically sealed, containing "The address of the Rev. V. Thomas on Collegiate Education," and a brass plate with the subjoined inscription :

"This tablet is to commemorate the laying of the foundation-stone of the Queen's College Chapel, at Birmingham, on Friday, May the 10th, 1844.-Samuel Wilson Warneford, LL.D., Visitor; Edward Johnstone, M.D., Principal; James Thomas Law, M.A., Vice-Principal; John Edwards Piercy, Esq., Treasurer; William Sands Cox, Dean of the Faculty; Messrs. Bateman and Drury, architects; Thomas Pashly, contractor."

The Rev. Vaughan Thomas then delivered a very powerful address, after which Rev. Chancellor Law closed the proceedings and services of the day with a benediction, and the company separated. The chapel is to be built in a style corresponding with the architecture of the college, and will be completed previous to the annual meeting of that institution in August next. The Rev. Dr. Warneford has munificently contributed £500 towards the erection, in addition to his previous princely donations to the college and hospital.

Church of England Sunday School Teachers' Institute.-OBJECTS:-1st. To promote union among the several sunday schools, in connection with the church, in and around the metropolis.

2nd. To supply teachers with such information upon various subjects, as shall

tend to the better instruction of their classes.

3rd. To collect and communicate information as to the best methods of organizing and condicting sunday schools.

4th. To afford fac means of colecting and recording statistical detalls as to the condition of church sunday schools throughout the country, as well as in the metropolis.

MEANS-1st. By establishing a li

brary.

2nd. By the delivery of lectures.

3rd. By providing a room for the use of the members, and for the general purposes of the institute.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:-1. That the library be the property of the members, and consist of books and other publications, either purchased or presented gratuitously) chiefly on biblical or educational subjects, and periodicals; all subject to the approval of the committee.

2. That the persons entitled to the advantages of the institute, be

1st. All clergymen, who are subscribers.

2nd. Life Members - donors to the amount of £5 58.

3rd. Sunday School Teachers, of both sexes, subscribing 5s. per annum, or is 6d per quarter. All subscriptions to be paid in advance, and every member to be furnished with a ticket (not transferable) which, when required, must be produced to the librarian or secretary.

3. That every sunday school teacher desirous of becoming a member, be recommended by the clergyman or superintendent of the school to which he or she may belong, or by a member of the committee.

4. That the library be open for gentlemen every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday evening, from 6 till 10 o'clock; and for ladies, every Monday evening, from 6 till 9, and Wednesday afternoon, from 2 till 6 o'Clock, when the librarian will attend to issue and exchange books.

5. Books of reference shall be used only in the room of the institute, but all other books may be taken and read at home, subject to the regulations contained in the bye laws.

6. It being the paramount duty of christian people to acknowledge Almighty God in their ways, the business of meetings and lectures shall com

mence with a short and suitable prayer taken from the liturgy. In the absence of a clergyman, this duty to be performed by some member of committee.

7. The whole affairs of the institute shall be under the direction of the committee, which shall consist of all clergymen who are subscribers, the treasurer, secretaries, and eighteen other members, who shall be chosen annually. The committee shall meet on the last Wednesday in every month (or oftener if requisite,) at such time and place as shall be appointed by themselves; five to form a quorum. A special meeting may be called by three members of committee, and a general meeting of the members by twenty members of the general body, notice being given in writing to the secretaries. The committee shall also be empowered to fill up all vacancies, subject to the approval of the general body.

8. Three clergymen, who are members of the institute, shall be chosen annually by the committee, for the purpose of determining upon the books and lectures recommended by the committee. The opinion of the majority to be decisive.

9. The anniversary shall be held in the month of November, when the annual report shall be read, and the officers of the institute chosen.

All communications to be addressed to the Secretaries at the Institute, Trinity Church Passage, Fetter Lane.

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Elucation in the Colonies.-At the annual meeting of the Newfoundland and British North America School Society it was stated, that the society was founded in the year 1823, with a view to benefit the poor settlers in Newfoundland, then in a most deplorable condition. founders hoped that they might be able to extend their operations to others of the North American colonies, and in the sixth year of the society's existence attempts were made to carry out their wishes in Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, not in the spirit of rivalry or interference, but of love for the souls of those who were sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, and with a desire to aid every other christian association. But this design was not practically carried into effect until 1839, when the society established its first school in Lower Canada, where upwards of se venty schools had been established, and

had prospered under the auspices of the late Bishop of Montreal. About the same time Newfoundland was constituted an episcopate; and without deviating from its course, employing the same agents, conducting the same education, and acting on the same rules, the society received the most decided and unqualified approbation of the late Bishop of Newfoundland, upon whose translation to Jamaica the committee passed a resolution expressive of their lasting obligations to that prelate for his zealous labours in promoting the object of the society, and rendering their schools efficient. His lordship had declared this society to be the greatest bulwark of the protestant faith in that dreary and benighted land; and the best practical proof of his sense of its value was his selecting nine of the society's teachers, and instituting them deacon schoolmasters, besides licensing most of the others to conduct the church service in destitute places. In reply to the resolution of the committee, a letter was received from the bishop, in which he stated, "During the four years of my episcopate in that dark and dreary land, my hands were indeed strengthened by the support of your board, and their judicious selection of teachers, whose hearts and minds were evidently consecrated to the good cause. Their ready and prompt attention to my suggestions, and their truly christian spirit, were among the means by which God permitted me to procure the results to which you allude." The bishop also said,-"It will give me inexpressible satisfaction to be instrumental in extending their labours to other colonies. I should heartily welcome your teachers in this land, and I hope the period may soon arrive when the society may assume a more general name and character, and be so supported by the British and Colonial public as to become the Colonial School Society in connection with the established church." With respect to the proceedings of the past year, there had been multiplied applications for aid which the committee were unable to meet, although, in most cases, a very small sum would have sufficed to originate or maintain schools. In Canada seventy schools were in operation, amongst a population overrun with superstition and irreligion. The grant made by the committee had stirred up the Canadians to subscribe the sum of £2,000; an incentive, this, to in

creased liberality at home. The society had only one school in Montreal, choosing rather to go among the poor and destitute, and to establish schools on the very edge of the wilds, where the people were half savages. Along the frontier were sprinkled twenty schools at intervals of ten, twenty, or thirty miles, according to the wants of the settlers, from the upper diocese down to the district of Quebec. In eleven French parishes, schools were established containing 700 scholars; they were attended by many French children. In the eastern townships were thirteen schools with 1,300 scholars. Along the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa rivers were scattered twenty-four schools, having had on their books 1,000 scholars; making a total of 4,600 children benefited by the society. The superintendent had written,-"Our schools have generally elicited praise from all who visited them. I attended the examination of that at Lachine, and after a protracted scrutiny of about two hours, three commissioners declared their highest approbation of the system. Many Roman Catholic children attend some of the schools. In Newfoundland the progress of education was steady, and the desire for schools almost universal, some new ones had been opened in compliance with the conditions of an increased government grant. The Rev. Mr. Meek was proceeding most successfully at St. George's Bay, where, says he,-"There is a sabbath now." tain Darley bore testimony to the wonderful moral change in the community there, effected by the labours of Mr. Meek. There were equally gratifying accounts from the Bays of Placentia, Fortune, and Hermitage, the Isle of Valen, and other parts where the society had opened schools, in which the poor people were so greatly interested, that they had in some cases erected with their own hands the school-rooms and the residences for the teachers. By the liberal aid of a christian lady, two new branch schools had been erected in poor places, which had excited her sympathy. The committee had to thank the Bible Society for a grant of 300 bibles and 500 testaments, and the Religious Tract Society for a grant of the value of £20. To the Bible Society £65 9s. 3d. had been remitted for copies of the scriptures sold during the year. Nearly 20,000 copies of the entire word of God, and of portions of it, and nearly half-a-million

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of tracts had been distributed through the instrumentality of the society; besides 1,000 books of prayers and homilies. The Sunday School Union had made a grant of the value of £10. One donor had paid the cost of one mission, he being a resident at Newfoundland, and a witness of the beneficial effects of the society. The report noticed in appropriate terms, the appointment of the Rev. Dr. Feild, late Felow of Queen's College, Oxford, and rector of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, to the vacant see of Newfoundland.

The Rev. Dr. Feild moved the second resolution, which was to this effect,"That this meeting, deeply convinced that the system of education which has succeeded so well in Newfoundland and Canada, is well calculated, under the divine blessing, to confer the same benefits upon other colonies, would unfeignedly rejoice in any well-matured plan for extending the operations of the society, to give effect to the important suggestions of the Bishop of Jamaica; and they would commend this subject to the prayerful consideration of their committee for the ensuing year." The bishop elect expressed his grateful acknowledgments of the kind feeling displayed towards him, assuring the assembly that he felt his new duties to be both important and difficult, and that he must depend upon the blessing of God and their prayers for that blessing, for success in his labours. From the testimonies he had heard and received respecting the character of the education given by this society, and the results of its efforts, he was ready to believe that if its labours were extended to other colonies they would, under the divine blessing, be equally benefited. It was specially men. tioned in the report, that the teachers of the society would not be suffered to intrude into places contrary to the will of the constituted authorities. Of that he was glad, for no system of church education could proceed unless under the sanction of those authorities. He supposed it was the wish of the society to occupy in some degree the same position in the colonies as the National Society does at home. Having been a labourer for that society, he was able to say that it had conferred, and was still conferring, great benefits upon this country; and, proceeding on the same principles, this

society would do the like in the colonies. It was his intention to inspect the society's schools very narrowly, and to report to the committee the result of his examination. If he found, as no doubt he should find, them confined to the purposes of education, he should render every assistance in his power. But should he discover proceedings and endeavours which he could not consider as belong. ing to schools and schoolmasters, he should report it to the committee, because he was persuaded that was what they would expect from him as an honest man. Moreover, by that means they would be better able to work together for the benefit of their fellow creatures and the promotion of the glory of God.

Chichester Diocesan College.-There is no truth in a report which has been prevalent of a contemplated abandonment of this institution. It is true that the domestic establishment is about to be broken up at the end of the present term, and that the college house is now announced for sale. It is intended that the students, instead of being domesticated in one family (a part of the original plan, which has been found productive of inconvenience), should reside in lodg. ings approved by the principal. This, and a consequent reduction of the expense of admission, and an improved arrangement of terms and vacations, are the only changes contemplated by the authorities of the college.

Liverpool Collegiate Institution. — A committee appointed to get up a testimonial to the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, has decided on the foundation and endowment of one university exhibition for the upper school of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution, at a cost of £1,000; of two scholarships in the middle school of the same institution, at a cost of £500; and of two in the lower school, at a cost of £150. The masters of the institution, with a laudable desire to increase the utility of the institution, have founded another university exhibition in connection with the upper school, the value of which will be £50 a year, so that, when the promised Gladstone and Canning exhibitions are added, which will shortly be the case, there will be one university exhibition to be annually competed for.