whose names are on the electoral roll, instead of the whole Senate. Also, that the University shall have power to determine, from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the time for which the professor is required to reside in the University in every year, such time not to exceed eighteen weeks. THE LOWNDEAN PROFESSORSHIP OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOMETRY. This professorship was founded by Thomas Lowndes, Esq., of Overton, in the county of Chester, in 1748. The endowment consists of two farms at Overton and Smallwood, in the county of Chester, producing an annual income of about £436. The electors named in his will are, the Lord High Chancellor, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Commissioner of the Treasury, and the Lord Steward of the Household. Statutes were authorized to be drawn up for the regulation of the professorship, a draft of which is in existence; but there is no evidence that any deed founded upon it was ever executed. It prescribes a course of duties, and directs that the subjects of the lectures should be Astronomy and Geometry, alternately. The new statutes repeal the provision made in Mr. Lowndes' will for the appointment of the professor; and enact that the professor shall be, from time to time, chosen and appointed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the President of the Royal Society of London, the Astronomer Royal, the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, and the Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy; and when the Sadlerian Professorship of Pure Mathematics shall have been established, the Sadlerian Professor and the President of the Royal Astronomical Society of London shall also be electors. They also require the professor to comply with all the provisions of the statute issued as a common statute for the Lucasian, the Plumian, the Lowndean, and Sadlerian Professorships. THE NORRISIAN PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY. This professorship was founded by John Norris, Esq, Whitton, in the county of Norfolk, in 1760, and was endowe with a yearly stipend of £100. Mr. Norris has left i his own handwriting the following account respecting hi intention to found a Professorship of Divinity at Cam bridge: "It was a great pleasure for me to find (in one of th Reviews) the following extract from Dr. Porteus's sermo in 1767, preached at Cambridge:-'If there be any defect in the plan of education adopted in this place, it is perhaps i this-that revealed religion has not yet a proper rank assigned it here amongst the other initiatory sciences; is not made an indispensable qualification for academical honours and rewards; has not, in short, all that regard paid to it which its own intrinsic worth, and the peculiar circumstances at present attending it, may seem to demand.' These sentiments correspond with mine, formed many months earlier than the date of my first seeing this extract. And I hope it will please the Lord Jesus Christ to prosper an institution designed to promote His pure and holy religion, and to accept my praise and adoration for the bias on my mind to the formation of such a design, and bestowing on me the pecuniary means of accomplishing it." The late Dr. Chapman, Master of Caius College, bequeathed £1000 to augment the income of the Norrisian Professor, and Lord Wodehouse, the owner of the late Mr. Norris' estate, gave to the University, to augment the stipend, the professor's salary, £102 13s. 6d. for the year 1850-51, which had reverted to him in consequence of no lectures having been delivered that year while the professor held the office of ViceChancellor. Under the new statutes, the electors of the professor are the heads of the several colleges in the University, and the professor is entitled to hold his office for life, to which he was not entitled by the provisions prescribed by the founder. The professor is required to reside in the University, within one mile and a half of Great St. Mary's Church, eighteen weeks at least during term time in every year, six of such weeks being in the Michaelmas Term, and the remaining twelve being in the Lent and Easter Terms. The rules respecting the duties, &c., of the Norrisian Professor are the same as those of the Lady Margaret's Professor, and in the like manner he is required to deliver to the ViceChancellor once in every year, before the end of the Easter Term, a statement in writing of the number of lectures given by him during the preceding year, and of the times of delivery, together with the number of weeks in each of the three terms during which he has resided within one mile and a half of Great St. Mary's Church. The professorship is not tenable with a deanery or with any ecclesiastical preferment with cure of souls. The new statutes provide that a portion of the tithe rentcharge, amounting to £799 19s. 6d., of the Lady Margaret's Professorship shall be appropriated as an additional endowment of the Norrisian Professorship, either on the next vacancy of the Lady Margaret's Professorship, or as soon as the present Lady Margaret's Professor shall give his assent to this priation. appro The new statute comes into force on the establishment of the additional endowment from the funds of the Lady Margaret's Professorship, or at such earlier time as the existing professor may declare, in writing, to the Vice-Chancellor his acceptance of the same. THE JACKSONIAN PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL AND This professorship owes its foundation to the Rev. Richar Jackson, in 1783. The Master and Fellows of Trinity College are the trustees of the foundation estates, which are said to be worth about £140 per annum. The professor used to receive £100 a year by grant of Parliament. That candidate is to be chosen professor who, in the judgment of the electors, is the best qualified, by his knowledge of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry, to i struct the students of the University. The new statutes prescribe that the electors for the futu shall be the persons whose names are on the electoral r of the University, instead of the Regent Masters of Arts; a that the University shall have power to determine, fro time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the time for which t professor is required to reside in the University, such tim not to exceed eighteen weeks. They also repeal several pri visions contained in Mr. Jackson's will relating to minc points of detail respecting the lectures and duties of th professor. THE DOWNING PROFESSORSHIP OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. The Charter of Foundation of Downing College gave the first example of the complete incorporation of professor of the University with the constituent and governing body of a college. Next in order and rank to the master of this college succeed two professors, one of Medicine and the other of the Laws of England; the study of law and medicine, as well as other useful arts and learning, being the declared objects of the foundation. The Professor of the Laws of England is elected by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, and the Masters of St. John's, Clare, and Downing Colleges. The professor is required by the statutes to give twenty-four lectures in the University every year. There is a lodge in Downing College attached to the professorship, with the college stipend of £200 a year, and some other advantages. THE DOWNING PROFESSORSHIP OF MEDICINE. This professorship is founded on the same principles, and subject to the same conditions, as that of the Laws of England. It is provided by the statutes that the candidate for the Professorship of Medicine shall be, at the time of his election, a Master of Arts, who shall have been licensed to practise physic for the space of two years; or a Doctor or a Bachelor of Physic in one of the two Universities of England (Cambridge and Oxford); or a member of some one of the Scotch Universities of seven years' standing; and twenty-five years of age; at least who shall have attended the medical lectures in one of the Scotch Universities for four years. The professorship is tenable for life. There is a lodge within the college for the residence of the professor, with the college stipend of £200 a year, with some other advantages for his maintenance. He is required to give a course of lectures during the academical year. THE PROFESSORSHIP OF MINERALOGY. The Professorship of Mineralogy originated in a Grace of the Senate, passed on December 15, 1818, conferring the title of Professor of Mineralogy on Dr. Edward Daniel Clarke. There is no endowment, but the professor in later times used to receive £100 by annual grant of Parliament, upon producing a certificate that the lectures had been delivered. The new statutes provide that the Professor of Mineralogy shall be chosen and appointed by the persons whose names are on the electoral roll of the University. Also, that the University shall have power to determine, from time to time, by Grace of the Senate, the time for which the Professor of Mineralogy is required to reside in the University in every year, such time not to exceed eighteen weeks. THE PROFESSORSHIP OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. The title of Professor of Political Economy was conferred, by Grace of the Senate, in the year 1828, on Mr. Pryme, who had been accustomed to give lectures on this science for many years previously. There is no endowment. The professor delivers a course of lectures every year. THE DISNEY PROFESSORSHIP OF ARCHEOLOGY. This professorship was founded, in 1851, by John Disney, D |