The Rev. Robert Meadows White, B.D. Fellow and Tutor of Magdalen College, has been elected Professor of Anglo-Saxon on the Foundation of Dr. Rowlinson.

The Rev. John Radford, B. D. Senior Fellow and Tutor of Lincoln College, has been unanimously elected Rector of that Society, in the room of the Rev. Edward Tatham, D.D. deceased.

On Wednesday, May 21, being the first day of Act Term, the following gentlemen were nominated Masters of the Schools for the year ensuing :-The Rev. William Jacobson, M. A. Vice-Principal of Magdalen Hall; Rev. Francis Atkinson Faber, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College; Rev. Thomas French Laurence, M.A. late Fellow of St. John's College.

Arthur Downes Gardner, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College, has been chosen a Fellow of that Society, in the room of the Rev. William Goddard, M.A. deceased.

Mr. R. W. Ashby Smith, of Merton College, has been elected Scholar of Jesus College.

William George Ward, of Christ Church, John Cole Miller, of St. John's College, and William Cole Beasley, of Lincoln College, have been elected Scholars; and John Boucher, of Exeter College, and Deodatus William Eaton, from Aynhoe School, have

been elected Lord Crewe's Exhibitioners of Lincoln College.

Mr. John Baron has been elected an Exhibitioner on the Michel Foundation, Queen's College.

The following gentlemen have been elected Students of Christ Church, from Westminster : John James Randolph, Ambrose St. John, Frederick Luttrell Moysey.

There will be an election in Exeter College on the 30th of June, to two Fellowships, founded for natives of the county of Devon, who, at the time of their election, shall be of at least two years' standing in the University.

Also, on the 2d of June, to a Scholarship, open to all persons who have not passed the examination for the Degree of B.A. without any further restriction.

Candidates for the Fellowships are required to signify their intention to the Rector on or before the 25th of June.

There will be an election of three Postmasters in Merton College, on Monday, June 2. Candidates must have attained the age of seventeen, and not exceeded the age of twenty years.

The Second Election of an Eldon Scholar will take place on Monday, June 2, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street.

Wednesday, the 25th of June, is appointed for the Election of a Scholar on Colonel Boden's Foundation. The Scholarship is open to all Members of the University who shall not have exceeded their twenty-fifth year on the day of Election; and Candidates are required to bring to the Professor of Sanscrit, on or before the 23d of June, satisfactory proof of their age, and permission to offer themselves for examination, signed by the Heads or Vicegerents of their respective Societies.

IN CONVOCATION.

The nomination of the Rev. Edward Denison, M.A. Fellow of Merton College, and the Rev. Francis Atkinson Faber, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College, to be Select Preachers in the room of Mr. Jenkyns, of Oriel College, and Mr. Mills, of Magdalen College, has been approved.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.

The Rev. J. Radford, Rect. of Lincoln Coll.

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.

Rev. H. B. Wilson, Fell. of St. John's Coll.

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE.

Stephen Love Hammick, University Coll. one of Dr. Radcliffe's travelling Fellows.

BACHELORS IN MEDICINE,
With License to practise.

Summer Dyer, Worcest. Coll.

Wm. E. Page, Stud. of Christ Church.
Thomas Small, Magdalen Hall.
George Lloyd, St. John's Coll. Gr. Comp.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Thomas Freeman, Brasennose Coll.
Robert Francis Wilson, Oriel Coll.
Rev. Wm. H. Boulton, Trinity Coll.
Henry Foster, New Coll. Superior Bedel of
Theology.

Rev. Robert Cox Clifton, Worcester Coll.
Rev. R. B. Fisher, Pemb. Coll. Gr. Comp.
A. A. Francklyn, Exeter Coll. Gr. Comp.
Rev. Thos. Henry Hawes, New Coll.
Henry Denison, Trinity Coll.

Viscount Bernard, Oriel Coll. Gr. Comp.
T. G. Corbett, Christ Church, Gr. Comp.
Rev. James R. Burgess, Oriel Coll.
Rev. T. B. L. Browne, Jesus Coll.
Edward Hulse, Fell. of All Souls' Coll.
H.G.Randall, Mich. Schol. of Queen's Coll.
Reginald Smith, Balliol Coll.

Henry C. Brooksbank, Wadham Coll.
Rev. J. H. Dewhurst, Worcester Coll.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk, Christ
Church, Grand Comp.

Rev. John Thornycroft, Brasennose Coll.
John E. Walker, Fell. of Oriel Coll.
Rev. F. Thomas, Fell. of Pembroke Coll.
Wm. Borlase, Michel Fell. of Queen's Coll.
Edward Stewart, Oriel Coll.

E. Odell, Christ Church, Grand Comp.
Wm. E. Gladstone, Christ Ch. Gr. Comp.
Chas. Francis Newmarch, St. Alban Hall.
Rev. Wm. Butterfield, St. Edmund Hall.
Rev. Stephen Thackwell, Pembroke Coll.
Rev. John A. Herbert, University Coll.
Edward Green, University Coll.
Rev. Thomas Farebrother, Queen's Coll.
Rev. Michael Dand, Queen's Coll.
Fred. Holme, Schol. of Corpus Christi Coll.
Isle G. Overton, Fell. of Corp. Chr. Coll.
Rev. John Robinson, Brasennose Coll.
Henry Auldjo, Brasennose Coll.

N. J. Merriman, Brasennose Coll.
Rev. H. D. C. S. Horlock, Magdalen Hall.
Wm. John Morrish, Magdalen Hall.
Alfred Cox, Lincoln Coll.

Rev. John P. Taylor, Lincoln Coll.
Charles G. Prideaux, Balliol Coll.
Rev. Morgan Davies, Wadham Coll.
Charles J. Crawford, Wadham Coll.
Edward Thomas, Wadham Coll.
John Niblett, Exeter Coll.
Rev. Henry Deane, Exeter Coll.
Rev. George D. Ryder, Oriel Coll.
Rev. John F. Turner, Worcester Coli.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Thomas Clark, Pembroke Coll.
Stanley Pemberton, Christ Church.
Roland G. Alston, Christ Church.
Anthony C. Lefroy, Christ Church.
John T. White, Corpus Christi Coll.
Samuel F. Auchmuty, Brasennose Coll.
Charles F. Baldwin, St. John's Coll.
Richard J. F. Lambert, St. John's Coll.
George T. C. Lamotte, Balliol Coll.
Edward L. Barnwell, Balliol Coll.
James A. Emerton, Magdalen Hall.
J. Byng, Merton Coll.

Charles G. Bethune, Trinity Coll.
Henry M. Barlow, Wadham Coll.
Wm. D. Roberts, Jesus Coll.
John H. Nurse, Worcester Coll.
Henry Allen, New Inn Hall, incorporated
from Pembroke Coll. Camb.
Peregrine Allen, New Inn Hall.
Isaac Spencer, St. Mary Hall.
Henry Sugden, Alban Hall.
Nicholas Watts, University Coll.
William Grice, University Coll.
Lord Charles Thynne, Christ Church.
Robert Smith, Worcester Coll.
John H. Harding, Magdalen Hall.
Arthur S. Gem, Magdalen Hall.
Thomas Taylor, Magdalen Hall.
Alfred Stackhouse, Lincoln Coll.
Thomas C. Burrow, Queen's Coll.

Edmund Telfer Yates, Oriel Coll.
Aldred Twining, Oriel Coll.

Henry Heming, Fell. of St. John's Coll.
F. J. Kitson, Fell. of St. John's Coll.
John Joseph Pratt, Fell. of St. John's Coll.
Henry J. Fellowes, St. John's Coll.
James Lacy, St. John's Coll.

Thomas Smallbone, St. Edmund Hall.
Robert H. Davy, St. Edmund Hall.
John Richard Hill, University Coll.
Wm. H. Egerton, Brasennose Coll.
Daniel Tupper, Brasennose Coll.
Charles Thorp, Magdalen Hall.
George Roberts, Magdalen Hall.
Edmund C. Streeten, Queen's Coll.
Thomas E. Abraham, Balliol Coll.
Wm. John B. Estcourt, Balliol Coll.
Brabazon Lowther, Merton Coll.
Wm. T. Sillifant, Exeter Coll.
John Thomas, Jesus Coll.
John Rawlin Trye, Jesus Coll.
Ebenezer Wm. Davies, Jesus Coll.
Thomas Jackson, Worcester Coll.

W. E. C. Wood, Magdalen Coll. Gr. Comp.
P. H. Williams, Christ Church, Gr. Comp.
Wm. Hall, St. Edmund Hall.

James Bateman, Magdalen Coll.
H. J. Onslow, Schol. of Corp. Christi Coll.
G. Renaud, Schol. of Corp. Christi Coll.
Samuel F. Dickson, Brasennose Coll.
James Macdougall, Brasennose Coll.
Richard Thompson, Brasennose Coll.
Henry Hamer, Queen's Coll.
John Higginson, Queen's Coll.
Alfred C. Bishop, Queen's Coll.
Richard Wm. Barnes, Queen's Coll.
Richard Snowden, Queen's Coll.
Roundell Palmer, Schol. of Trinity Coll.
Emilius Lewin, Trinity Coll.

Charles Rew, Fell. of St. John's Coll.
Edw. E. Chambers, St. John's Coll.
George Austen, St. John's Coll.
Edward Elder, Balliol Coll.

Edward Sampson, Balliol Coll.
Hewett Carey, Oriel Coll.

Octavus Fox, Scholar of Lincoln Coll.
John Stuart Hippisley Horner, Exeter Coll.
Charles George Villiers Bayly, Exeter Coll.
Thomas Chapman, Exeter Coll.
Eccles James Carter, Exeter Coll.
Edward William Barlow, Exeter Coll.
Thomas Kingdon Kingdon, Exeter Coll.
T. W. Goodlake, Scholar of Pembroke Coll.
Rev. Charles Wetherell, Worcester Coll.
John Richardson Bunbury, St. Alban Hall.
Charles Evanson, St. Edmund Hall.
Arthur Evans, Pembroke Hall.
John David Day, Brasennose Coll.
John Wilkinson Edwards, Brasennose Coll.
Evelyn Philip Shirley, Magdalen Coll.
Charles James Fox, Magdalen Hall.
Charles Hayes, Magdalen Hall.
John Henry Oldrid, Magdalen Hall.

Alexander James Howell, Magdalen Hall.
Robert Blackburn, Scholar of Balliol Coll.
A. E. Somerset, Student of Christ Ch. Coll.
E. F. Talbot, Student of Christ Ch. Coll.
E. Thornton, Student of Christ Ch. Coll.
G. T. Marsh, Student of Christ Ch. Coll.
John Mayow Talmage, Christ Church Coll.
Thomas Lloyd, Christ Church Coll.
John Ralph Dobson, Lincoln Coll.
Richard Ward, Oriel Coll.

George Winne Langmead, Exeter Coll.
Arthur Dene, Exeter Coll.

Stephen Terry, Trinity Coll.

Benjamin E. Winthrop, Wadham Coll.
Nicholas Brooking, Wadham Coll.

John Tracey, Wadham Coll.
Thomas Floud, Wadham Coll.
Thomas Evans, Jesus Coll.

William Henry Carwithen, Worcester Coll.
Frederick Thomas Scott, Worcester Coll.
Samuel Luscombe, Worcester Coll.

Lord Viscount Alford, M. A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, and the Rev. William Prettyman, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, have been admitted ad eundem.

The honorary degree of Doctor in Civil Law has been conferred upon William John Burchell, Esq. the African traveller.

The name of the Most Noble Arthur, Duke of Wellington, Chancellor, has been entered upon the books of Christ Church.

ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY.

Friday, May 2.-The Society met at the Botanic Garden. The President stated that the following gentlemen were proposed by P. B. Duncan, Esq. as Honorary Members, in consequence of their joint and most liberal benefactions to the Ashmolean Museum:-Major Stacy; J. P. Stacy, Esq. of Calcutta; J. E. Stacy, Esq. of New South Wales: and the Rev. D. G. Stacy, B.C.L. of New College, as an Ordinary Member. They were unanimously elected. A Paper was read, communicated anonymously by a member of the Society, containing some account of a curious and scarce tract on the building of a large ship by Charles I. in 1637. A Paper was read by the Rev. Dr. Burton, on the evidence for the existence of the unicorn. A verbal account was given by Professor Wilson, of the facts relative to the existence of a species of antelope in India, which has been described as a unicorn. Further remarks on the subject were made by Mr. Stafford, Dr. Buckland, Mr. Black, and Mr. Bigge.