to the very end of his life acted as Treasurer to that Institution, and would come over to Durham in all weathers to attend meetings. He continued to the last to take an interest in mathematics, reading the latest mathematical papers of Cayley and H. J. H. Smith. He was a first-rate modern linguist, and for many years spent his holiday at Ober Ammergau fishing; though, strange to say, it is recorded that he never heard of the Passion Play. His death excited a feeling of universal regret throughout the Blyth and Tyne district. Full of years and full of honours, esteemed alike by rich and poor, and held in reverence by men of all political connexions, of all creeds, nationalities and denominations, he was buried in the churchyard of St Cuthbert's, Bedlington, on the 28th April.

REV ARCHIBALD ENEAS JULIUS.

The Rev A. Æ. Julius (B A. 1842), who died at Southery Rectory, Downham Market, on the 4th March last, aged 76, had an unusual interesting clerical career. He was a son of Dr George Julius, Physician to George IV, whose first act on coming into his father's estate in St Kitt's was to liberate the slaves. While at St John's Mr Julius was a distinguished athlete. He was one of the five members of the College Boat Club who took part in the first race for the Colquhoun Sculls, and he rowed as No. 2 of the First Boat in 1838 and 1839.

After leaving College Mr Julius was ordained by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1842, and was curate at Collingham, near Newark, to the Rev Joseph Mayor (Fellow of St John's), whose daughter Charlotte he afterwards married. He then became successively Curate of St Martin's-in-the-Fields, Chaplain to Lord Sidmouth, and Chaplain at Hampton Court Palace. While holding the latter position he had the singular opportunity of preaching on one occasion before three Queens: Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, Adelaide the Queen Dowager, and the Queen of the Belgians. His next move was to the sole charge of Great Staughton, Hunts. In 1850 Lady Cowper, a relative of his wife's, presented him to the Vicarage of Myland near Colchester. This living he exchanged for the Rectory of Southery in 1855, which he held for exactly forty years, his death, by a curious coincidence, occurring on the fortieth anniversary of his entering the living.

A genial, happy, and companionable man, a keen lover of all manly sports, he was just the man to command practical Christianity and Churchmanship to a rural people on the borders of the Fens. Every parishioner resorted to him with perfect confidence upon all occasions, sure to find a sympathetic, wise and kindly adviser and friend.

JOHN HENRY MERRIFIELD.

Mr John Henry Merrifield, who was born 18 July 1860 (B.A, 1884), was the only son of Mr Charles Watkins Merrifield F.R.S., Principal of the Royal School of Naval Architecture at South Kensington (see his life in the Dictionary of National Biography). Soon after taking his degree Mr J. H. Merrifield went out to Burma, and in 1885 accompanied General Cox's column throughout the campaign in Upper Burma, receiving the Burmese medal. At the close of the war he became editor of the Mandalay Herald for a short time, and then joined the staff of the Rangoon Times. In 1889 he became Headmaster of St John's S.P.G. College, Rangoon, but held this office for a short time only, as in October of that year he entered the Burmese Civil Service as an Extra Assistant Commissioner, being posted to Maliwun in the Mergui district. This is one of the most unhealthy spots in the Province, and its swampy malarial atmosphere had proved fatal to his two predecessors. Three years in such a station would try the health of the most robust, and Mr Merrifield's constitution proved unequal to the strain. He was transferred to Amherst, Moulmein, but early in the present year was compelled to take sick leave, leaving Rangoon in a state of health regarded by his medical adviser as hopeless. His one wish was to reach England before the end came. This, however, was unfulfilled, and he died on board the steamship Cheshire" in the Suez Canal on February 27th at the early age of 34. He was buried at Port Said.

OUR CHRONICLE.

Easter Term 1895.

The Rev Augustus Jessopp D.D., Rector of Scarning, has been appointed Honorary Canon of Norwich. This distinction. will give great pleasure to Dr Jessopp's many friends in the College, as well as elsewhere. We are glad to remember that the author of Arcadia and Trials of a Country Parson has found time to contribute to the Eagle.

The Rev C. N. Keeling (B.A. 1864) has been appointed Honorary Canon of Manchester.

Mr John Elliott (M.A. 1872), late Fellow, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Mr Elliott was Second Wrangler and First Smith's Prizeman in 1869, and is now Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. He has superintended the publication of daily Weather Charts for the Bay of Bengal and other parts of India, as well as general charts for the whole Peninsula. His special work has been connected with storms and cyclones in India and the Indian Seas. According to Nature, May 9, Mr Elliott has contributed very largely to establish the Indian Meteorological Department on a thoroughly scientific basis, and to maintain its high character and recognised practical importance to our great Indian dependence.'

Mr T. T. Groom (B.A. 1889), Lecturer and Demonstrator at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, has been appointed Professor of Natural History at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

Mr E. L. Levett (B.A. 1870), formerly Fellow of the College, has been elected a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn, in place of the late Earl Selborne.

Mr A. T. Toller (LL B. 1880), of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, has been appointed Recorder of Leicester.

Mr H. M. Bompas Q.C. (Fifth Wrangler 1858), and Prof. T. G. Bonney Sc.D., F.R.S., have been appointed Examiners in the University of London. Mr R. B. Hayward F.R.S. has been appointed an Examiner in Mathematics in the new University of Wales.

Mr H. F. Baker, Fellow of the College, has been appointed University Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, in succession to Professor A. R. Forsyth. Mr Baker is also Moderator for the ensuing academical year.

Mr A. Harker, Fellow of the College, has been appointed an Assistant on the Geological Survey of Scotland, and will investigate the volcanic rocks in the Island of Skye. He will retain his post of Demonstrator in Petrology in the University.

Mr J. B. Mullinger has been appointed a member, and Mr J. R. Tanner Secretary, of the Special Board for History and Archæology. Mr Mullinger is the new Vice-President of the Cambridge Archæological Society.

At a College meeting held on June 1, Mr Heitland, Mr Larmor, and Mr Bateson were elected members of the College Council

Mr Ward having resigned his office as Tutor at Midsummer, Mr Graves has been appointed Tutor, with Mr Tanner as his assistant.

The College has presented the Rev J. Palmour (B.A. 1860) to the Rectory of St Florence, Pembrokeshire, vacant by the death of Dr Lermit.

Mr H. T. E. Barlow, Junior Dean, has been nominated Pro-Proctor for the ensuing year.

Mr Henry Lee Warner (B.A. 1864), formerly Fellow, has been nominated by the College a Governor of King's Lynn Grammar School.

Professor A. S. Wilkins Litt.D., of Owen's College, Manchester, has been appointed a Governor of The Yorkshire College, Leeds, on the nomination of the Governors of Sedbergh School.

We omitted to notice in our last number that Mr H. B. Stanwell (B.A. 1884), Assistant Master at Uppingham School, has been appointed Head Master of King Edward's School, Saffron Walden.

The Rev Frank Dyson (B.A. 1877), formerly Fellow, and late Principal of Liverpool College, has been offered the Headmastership of Eastbourne College, but was compelled to decline the post owing to ill-health.

Among other recent scholastic appointments the following will be of interest to Johnians: Mr E. H. Hensley (B.A. 1884), late Senior Mathematical Master of the Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to be Head Master of the Granımar School, St Saviour's, Southwark; and Mr R. R. Cummings (B.A. 1893) to be a Master at Clifton College.

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Mr S. A. Strong (B.A. 1884), has been appointed by the Duke of Devonshire to be Librarian at Chatsworth, in succession to the late Sir James Lacaita, the Italian Senator.

The Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science will be held at Ipswich on Sept. 11. Principal W. M. Hicks, formerly Fellow of the College, is to be President of the Section of Mathematics and Physics; Mr J. E. Marr is Vice-President of the Section of Geology; and Mr A. C. Seward, Secretary of the Section of Botany. Professor Liveing and Dr D MacAlister are members of the Executive Committee.

We have received news of the following distinctions accorded to Johnians in the Japanese Empire: Ds Masanao Inaba to be Lord-in-Waiting to H.I.H. The Crown Prince of the Empire of Great Nippon; and Ds Michimasa Soyeshima to be a Gentleman-in-Waiting at the same Court.

Ds S. S. Hough has been appointed to the Isaac Newton Studentship in Astronomy.

Ds L. Horton-Smith, late Editor of the Eagle, has been awarded the Members' Prize for a Latin Essay. The subject Our was: Ars tragica Sophoclea cum Shakespeariana comparata. He has also gained the First Winchester Reading Prize. hearty congratulations are due to our late colleague on this double success.

Three Scholarships recently awarded on the Stewart of Rannoch Foundation have been won by Johnians. H. A. M. Parker (Classical), H. M. Adler and H. L. Pass (Hebrew) were the successful candidates, the second Scholarship in Hebrew being divided between H. L. Pass and G. H. Ardron, of Caius College.

The Leathersellers' Company's Scholarship, on the foundation of Mr Robert Rogers, has been awarded to P. Greeves, Proper Sizar of the College.

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In the Lent Term number of the Christ's College Magazine, First Classes," we notice an article by Mr E. S. Thompson on with a table showing the number of First Classes taken by members of each college in the various Triposes, from 1883 to 1894 inclusive. From this table it appears that Trinity comes first, with 362 "Firsts"; St John's second, with 254; followed by King's (153), Christ's (111), and Caius (110). Another table shows the per centage of First Classes to Matriculation, from Here King's easily heads the October 1880 to Easter 1892. list, with a per centage of 510, though this pre-eminence, as Mr Thompson notes, is largely due to the policy adopted by Excluding King's, we that College in regard to admission. find that Sidney is first with a per centage of 23'5 (42

Firsts"