Tindall, William

Lewis Welsh Owen has been elected, from Tiverton School, a Scholar of Balliol College; and Arthur Dene, from the same School, an Exhibitioner on Mr. Ham's Foundation.

HEBREW SCHOLARSHIPS.

The following has been sent to the Members of Convocation of this University.

The Rev. Edward Ellerton, D. D. Fellow of Magdalen College; the Rev. Edward Bouverie Pusey, M. A. Regius Professor of Hebrew; and Philip Pusey, Esq., having engaged to transfer 3000l. sterling to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, to be invested by them in adequate securities for the foundation of three Hebrew Scholarships; it will be proposed to Convocation in Michaelmas Term to accept this Benefaction; and the following Regulations for these Scholarships will then be submitted for the approbation of the House.

It is proposed,

I. That the proceeds annually arising from the said sum be equally divided between three Scholars, who shall be elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

II. That the candidates be Members of the University of Oxford, who shall not have exceeded the twenty-fifth year of their age.

III. That the Scholarships be holden for three calendar years from the day of election, provided the following conditions are complied with. Every Scholar shall reside six Terms in the two first years after his election to a Scholarship. Not less than seven weeks in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms respectively, and also in the Easter and Act Terms, reckoned as one,

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shall be considered as residence. During this residence, the Scholars shall be required to attend the lectures of the Professor of Hebrew, unless he dispense with their attendance, and shall pursue their studies in that and the cognate languages as the Professor shall advise. residence of every Scholar shall be certified to the Trustees hereby appointed, in writing, by the Head of his College or Hall, or by the Vicegerent, in the absence of the said Head. And his attendance upon the lectures of the Professor of Hebrew, or his dispensation from attendance on them, shall be certified in writing by the said Professor. The Trustees may dispense with the residence of a Scholar during one Term for any very urgent cause, duly certified to them; but this dis

pensation must be approved by them all, and shall never be granted more than once to the same individual.

IV. That these Scholarships be not tenable with the Kennicott or any other University Hebrew Scholarships which may hereafter be founded.

V. That the proceeds arising from this Benefaction be payable to the Trustees hereby appointed.

VI. That these Trustees be the ViceChancellor for the time being, the President of Magdalen College, the Dean of Christ Church, the Warden of Wadham College, the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew, and the Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic. The presence of the Vice-Chancellor and two other Trustees shall be necessary to constitute a board, and in cases of equality, the Vice-Chancellor shall have a casting vote.

VII. That the Trustees pay the Scholars their salaries, on their producing the requisite certificates; discharge all other expenses incident to the Trust; and submit their accounts annually to the Delegates of the University Accounts to be audited.

VIII. That the Trustees lay out the remainder of the Dividends in presents of inoney or of books for meritorious though unsuccessful candidates, the amount to any individual being always short of the annual payment to a Scholar; or in prizes for compositions on any subject connected with the object of the foundation; or in the purchase of stock in the name of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University, to be employed in promoting Hebrew literature, at such times and in such manner as the Trustees shall think expedient, and that they shall recommend a change of the investment of the money, if at any time they shall deem it desirable. IX. That the Trustees shall appoint the day of election of a Scholar.

X. That the electors be the Regius Professor of Hebrew, the Regius Professor of Divinity, and the Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic for the time being. If one of these official electors decline acting, he may nominate an elector in his stead; but in default of such nomination, or if the office of Professor or Reader be vacant, the Trustees shall appoint an elector for that time only.

XI. 1. That only one Scholar be elected in one calendar year; the money accumulated in consequence of vacancies shall be employed as directed by Regulation VIII.

and if the electors at any time shall not think any of the candidates worthy of the Scholarship, they may decline to elect till the next year.

2. The examination shall always take place in Michaelmas Term, and the first shall be in the year 1831.

3. A notice of not less than ten days shall be given by the electors of the place of examination, and of the time, which shall be always in full Term. This notice shall be affixed to the door of the Convocation House, and to the buttery door of each College and Hall, and distributed to the Heads of Colleges and Halls, and to the Common Rooms.

4. Every candidate shall signify his intention of offering himself, by delivering to the electors a certificate of his age, and of the consent of the Head or Vicegerent of his College or Hall, two days at least before the commencement of the examination; and without such certificate the electors shall not proceed to examine any candidate.

5. All the three electors shall act in the examination, and vote at the election. They shall also be entitled to bestow presents of books upon candidates whom they shall judge worthy of that distinction.

6. The mode of conducting the examination is left entirely to the electors. They may require, in addition to a grammatical acquaintance with the Hebrew language, the knowledge of any points of criticism relating to the Old Testament, or to the Oriental Versions of the New and the original text, as far as it can be illustrated by a knowledge of the Semitic languages, or whatever may be considered as questions of Hebrew literature. Moreover, as Hebrew cannot be thoroughly understood by persons unacquainted with the other Semitic tongues, it is recommended that candidates, where it is practicable, shall be examined in these, especially in the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, it being one

object of this Institution to promote the study thereof. But a Scholarship shall not be awarded to a candidate, how well soever acquainted with any of them, who is not also a proficient in Hebrew; the primary object of the Founders being the promotion of a solid and comprehensive knowledge of Hebrew as the means of advancing sound theology and the welfare of the Church, through a right understanding of the original text of Holy Scripture.

7. The electors, on electing a Scholar, shall certify the election to the Vice-Chancellor, who shall cause it to be announced to the University by a paper affixed to the door of the Convocation House.

XII. That since, through the changes to which all human institutions are liable, an adherence to the letter of these Regulations may defeat the very object which the Founders have in view, the Trustees be at liberty (with the consent of the Convocation, but during the life-time of the Founders, or any one of them, not without their or his concurrence also) to alter or dispense with any of these Regulations (not even excepting the number of the Scholarships), as may seem to them advantageous, provided that they never lose sight of the main object of the foundation-the promotion of sound theology through a knowledge of Hebrew and the other Semitic languages.

MARRIED.

At St. Werburgh's, Derby, by the Rev. S. Fox, the Rev. W. B. Thomas, M. A. Fellow and Tutor of Pembroke College, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late T. T. Pitman, Esq., of Derby.

CAMBRIDGE.

Mr. Edmund Durnford, Scholar of King's College, has been elected Fellow of that Society.

We beg" H. S.". to accept our best thanks.