degree, the electors, at their meeting, shall have the power of declaring vacant the Scholarship of the person so non-resident in preference to that of the senior Scholar: if it appear to them that such nonresidence is without sufficient excuse. W. WEBB, Vice-Chan. J. KAYE. J. W. GELDART. J. H. MONK. UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE PRIZES.. The prizes for the encouragement of literature, free and open competition for the whole University, amount to near £1200; three-fourths of which are given for classics and English composition, the remainder for mathematics. The amount of the annual prizes in the different colleges is more than £300, two-thirds of which are given for the encouragement of classical literature. WHITEHALL PREACHES. The Whitehall Preacherships were established by George I. in the year 1724. The preachers are 24 in number, twelve from each University. They must be Fellows of colleges during the whole time they hold the office to which they are appointed by the Bishop of London, as Dean of his Majesty's Chapel.-The figures after the name shew whether the turn is in the first or second part of the month. January......Thomas Musgrave, M.A. Trin....... August........ September...G. Skinner, M.A. Jesus... October......Thomas Dickes, M.A. Jesus....................... November...Henry Kirby, M.A. Clare......... .2 December....Bewick Bridge, B.D. Pet........................k PATRONAGE, IN THE GIFT OF THE UNIVERSITY. When a benefice becomes vacant, the senior Proctor declares the vacancy, and a candidate is chosen by the Senate. In regard to the vicarage of Burwell, the University, within four months after a vacancy, names two candidates, and the earl of Guilford presents one of them to the Bishop of Norwich. Counties. Benefices. Val.in Lib.Reg. *20 0 0 Incumbents. |B.A. Baines, M.A. 1800 Simons, M.A. 1804 By an Act of Parliament passed in the 3rd year of James I. (cap. 5. §. 20.) it is enacted, "That the Chancellor and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, shall have the presentation, nomination, collation and donation, of and to every benefice, prebend, or ecclesiastical living, school, hospital, and donative, belonging to any popish recusant convict," in the following 27 Counties of England and Wales, viz. This privilege has been further confirmed by William and Mary, Sess. 1. Cap. 26. 12 Anne, Stat. 2. Cap. 14. and 11 George II. Cap. 17. §. 5. EXHIBITIONS, IN THE GIFT OF THE COMPANIES IN LONDON. For Students in this University. BOWYERS', three, £10. per annum each, requiring residence according to the Statutes of the University, tenable for seven years, but vacated earlier on receiving any preferment. CARPENTERS', one, £4. per annum, not confined to any college. CLOTHWORKERS', one or two, £10. per annum each, tenable till M.A. CORDWAINERS', two or three, £10. per annum each, tenable till M.A. FISHMONGERS', ten, £10. per ann. each, for either University, and tenable till M.A. They have also one of £6. or £8. per annum, and confined to Sidney college. GOLDSMITHS', one, £5. per ann. tenable seven years. GROCERS', four or five, £5. per ann. each, tenable till B.A. IRONMONGERS', four or five, £5. per annum each, tenable till B.A. There is also one in the gift of this company, tenable as the preceding, and confined to Corpus Christi College. LEATHER-SELLERS', five, four of £4, and one of £5. per ann. for either University, tenable for four years. MERCERS', twelve, £12. per ann. each, and tenable till M.A. Six to each University. SKINNERS', Sixteen of £100. each for either University, for Scholars from Tunbridge school, also six of £10. from do. four of £15. two to Oxford and two to Cambridge, tenable during residence, and one of £5. tenable till M.A. Independent of the before-mentioned, some other commercial bodies have exhibitions in their disposal. The parish of St. Sepulchre has two exhibitions for either University, one of £5. the other of £4. per ann. each, and tenable for five years. These exhibitions are in the gift of the vestry, and preference is given to a parishioner. Respecting the Fishmongers' Company, as before stated, each member of the Court of Assistants in his turn nominates a candidate, whom all the others elect. All the other exhibitions are disposed of by the Court of Assistants of the respective companies; those six excepted which are in the gift of the Mercers', and confined to Cambridge; of them the whole Livery has the disposal. TRIPOSES, OR, Lists of those who have obtained Honors on commencing Bachelors of Arts; with the names of the Moderators of the respective years. On the Tripos papers originally published, the names of the Honors, till the year 1755, seldom appeared; and in the Registrary's book, where all degrees, in the order of seniority, are inserted, no mark of distinction was ever observed, previous to that time, between the Wranglers and Senior Optimes.-As it was formerly the custom for the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors to confer Honorary Senior Optimes, a mark of distinction not then unfrequently conferred upon Wranglers, the regular order of previous years cannot he precisely ascertained, especially as these Honorary degrees were placed ad libitum. The years 1752 and 1753 are copies from the Registrary's book of Entry. The year 1754 was arranged according to the wrangling paper. The custom of conferring Honorary Senior Optimes has of late years been abolished. The Chancellor's Medals were first instituted in 1752; (4) denotes senior, (B) junior. Dr. Smith's Mathematical Prizes were founded in 1769; (1) denotes senior, (2) junior. The designates late or present Fellows. James Backhouse, M.A. Trin. John Barnardiston, M.A. Corp. 1747. MODERATORS. Wranglers and Sen. Optimes, | Ds. *Carr, Jes. *Dockuray, Joh. *Gaskarth, Pemb. prioribus. Ds. Bates, Caius. *Frampton, Joh. *Cranwell, Sid. 1米 *Fowler, Trin. Bleasdall, Joh. Price, Joh. *Wright, Clare. Tatham, Chr. 1 Formerly Lord Archbishop of Dublin. |