The successful candidate is required to become (if not already) a student of Trinity College, and he may retain the exhibition for three years, on the condition that he keep by residence every university term of that time.

THE UNIVERSITY PRIZES.

New statutes have been ordained for the Seatonian, Sir William Browne's, the Norrisian, the Hulsean, the Porson, the Sir Peregrine Maitland, the Burney, and the Le Bas Prizes.

The University is authorized to alter and determine, from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the regulations respecting the persons by whom the subjects for the essays or poems, &c., are to be appointed, and the prizes adjudged; and also the regulations respecting the time and mode of publication of the subjects, and the times of sending in the exercises, of adjudging the prizes, and publishing the exercises for which the prizes are given.

The foundation deeds and rules prescribed by the founders of these prizes are subject to further amendment and alteration, from time to time, by the University, with the approval of the Queen in Council.

It was determined on March 19, 1858, that in the case of every exercise to which hereafter a prize shall be adjudged, and which is required to be printed, the prize be not given unless the exercise be printed within twelve months after the adjudication; and that the author be not at liberty to make any alteration or addition without the leave of the adjudicators.

THE SEATONIAN PRIZE.

See Lib. Cant., Part I., p. 182.

The following subjects have been proposed for this prize since 1854 :

THE MEMBERS' PRIZES.

See Lib. Cant., Part I., p. 183.

The following subjects have been proposed for these prizes since 1854:

1855. Quasnam præcipue ob causas bellica virtus ac rei militaris gloria longo pacis intervallo integræ superfuerint. (B.)

Milites Græci, Romani, Gallici, Anglici inter se comparantur. (U.) 1856. Servorum hominum Conditio apud antiquos et apud hodiernos comparata. (B.)

An Cicero Platonem bene intellexerit. (V.)

1857. An ulla de morum probitate doctrina a Deorum cultu apud veteres Græcos et Romanos profluxerit. (B.)

O Præclaram emendatricem vitæ poeticam. (U.)

1858. Quidnam commodi populus e picturarum et statuarum studio percipere possit. (B.)

Omnis fere error verum quiddam simulat. (U.)

1859. Ptolemæis regnantibus quantum profecerit scientia. (B.)

Possunt quia posse videntur. (U.)

1860. Ex Philosophorum veterum disciplinis quænam ad fidei normam Christianæ proxime accesserint, quæritur. (B.)

Semperne in Oratore probando aut improbando vulgi judicium cum intelligentium judicio congruit? (U.)

1861. Quantopere sibi invicem prosint Africa interioris et Angliæ populi libere mutandis inter se mercibus. (B.)

Utrum belli apparatus hodierna arte ad cædem magis expediti paci gentium servandæ melius conducant. (U.)

1862. Clarendonus et Macaulaius inter se comparati. (B.)

Quosnam fructus ex ædificiis Deo sacris reficiendis decorandisque percipiat Ecclesia? (U.)

SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S MEDALS.

See Lib. Cant., Part I., pp. 189, 190.

The new statutes order that no candidate shall be entitled to receive a medal who has not commenced his residence in the University when the exercises are delivered.

The adjudicators shall be at liberty to require candidates for the medal to be given for Greek verse, to write their exercises in hexameter, elegiac, or lyric metre; the metre being named in every year when the subject is appointed.

If in any year the best Greek epigram and the best Latin epigram shall not be produced by the same candida e, two

medals shall be given in that year, each of the value of two guineas and a half; one to the candidate who produces the best Greek epigram, and the other to the candidate who produces the best Latin epigram.

The following subjects have been proposed for the Greek ode since 1854 :

The following subjects have been proposed for the Greek and Latin epigrams since 1854 :

1855. Δίνος βασιλεύει τὸν Δί ̓ ἐξε

1860. Δῶρον ἄδωρον.-Gr.

ληλακώς.-Gr.

Græculus Esuriens.-Lat.

Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit.-Lat.

1856. Κακὸν τὸ καλὸν, ἤν τι μὴ 1331. Σκόπου ἄντα τυχεῖν.—Gr.

THE NORRISIAN PRIZE.

The new statute for the Norrisian Prize repeals the order of the founder, which directed the prize to be given every year, and ordains for the future that the prize shall be given once in five years only, and it shall be the sum of the annuities of the five years preceding the adjudication.

The candidates are required to be graduates of the University of Cambridge, and of not more than thirteen years' standing from admission to their first degree when the essays are sent in. They shall not be required to be between the ages of twenty and thirty, nor to have attended the lectures of the Norrisian Professor.

The successful candidate is to receive the gold medal described by Mr. Norris, together with books, to be selected by himself and approved by the Norrisian Professor, not exceeding in value £15; or money instead of the gold medal or books, according to his option; but in no case shall the medal or books be given, or the money paid, till the essay has been printed and published. The new statute was confirmed by order of the Queen in Council, April 6, 1858.

The following subjects have been proposed for the essay

since 1854

1855. The Providence of God has been signally manifested by the manner in which error and heresy have been made subservient to the indication and confirmation of truth.

1856. There is evidence, both internal and external, that the prophesy in St. Matthew, XXIV., was delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem, and that event has verified the prophesy.

1857. The Christian doctrine of the Atonement is not inconsistent with our belief in the justice and goodness of God.

1858. The internal evidence of the antiquity and inspiration of the Pentateuch.

THE HULSEAN PRIZE.

The new statutes give power to the University to alter and determine, from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the regulations respecting the times when, and the persons by whom, the subjects of the dissertations shall be given out and the prize adjudged.

The rules prescribed by Mr. Hulse shall be subject to further amendment and alteration, from time to time, by the University, with the approval of the Queen in Council.

The following subjects for this prize have been proposed since 1854:

1855. The influence of Christianity upon the languages of Modern Europe. 1856. The benefits of the establishment and of the overthrow of Monastic Institutions.

1857. The adaptation of Christianity to the human mind, as illustrated by the intellectual characters of the Greek and the Latin Churches respectively.

1858. The history of Christian oratory during the first five centuries. 1859. The history of Christian oratory during the period from the beginning of the sixth to the beginning of the fifteenth century.

1860. The influence of the Septuagint translation of the Old Testament upon the progress of Christianity.

1861. The mutual influence of Christian doctrine, and the School of Alexandria.

1862. The mutual influence of Christian morality and the Stoic School.

THE CHANCELLOR'S MEDAL FOR ENGLISH VERSE.

See Lib. Cant., Part I., p. 199.

The following subjects have been given for this prize since 1854:

1855. The War in the Crimea.

1856. Luther at the Diet of Worms.

1857. Slavery.

1858. Delhi.

1859. Lord Clive.

1860. The Comet of 1858.

1861. The Prince of Wales at the Tomb of Washington.

1862. The Death of the Prince Consort.

THE PORSON UNIVERSITY PRIZE.

The new statute for this prize authorizes the University to alter and determine, from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the regulations respecting the persons by whom the passages for translation are to be selected and the prize adjudged.

Passages for translation may be chosen from the works of any standard English poet.

No candidate shall be entitled to the prize who has not commenced his residence in the University when the translations are sent in.