the purpose at the Office of the Trustees of the FERGUSON BEQUEST FUND, 66 George Square, Glasgow (or to apply by letter, stating the Scholarship they intend to compete for), not later than 1st September 1868, and due intimation will be sent to those enrolled, as to the place and hours of examination. PITT CLUB DIVINITY SCHOLARSHIP. This Scholarship was instituted in 1862 by the Pitt Club, and is of the annual value of about £100, tenable for three years. By Ordinance No. 77, of the Universities' Commissioners, this Scholarship is open to competition to all Masters of Arts of any of the Universities of Scotland who have given regular attendance in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh for three complete sessions, and who are in the course of studying, with the view of becoming clergymen of the Church of Scotland. No person is admissible who has been entered as a student of Divinity more than six years prior to the time of the competition. Candidates are to be examined on (1) The Evidences of Revealed Religion; (2) Systematic Theology; (3) Hebrew; (4) Church History; (5) Biblical Criticism. It cannot be held with any other Scholarship, Fellowship, or Bursary of any Scottish University, or along with any parochial or pastoral charge, whether as minister or assistant. The next appointment will be made in April 1869. The holders have been Thomas F. Johnstone, M. A. 1863. MAXTON DIVINITY SCHOLARSHIP. This Scholarship was founded by the Trustees of the late John Maxton, Esq., in 1867, and is of the annual value of about £40, tenable for three years. It is open only to students who are members of the Established Church of Scotland, and who have completed the course of study in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh. The next competition for this Scholarship will be in March 1871 (See Deed of Foundation, at p. 234 of Calendar for 1867-8). The present holder is John Fairley, M.A., 1868. RHIND SCHOLARSHIPS. These Scholarships are in accordance with the will of the late A. H. Rhind, Esq. of Sibster, directed to be founded by his trustees on the reversion of his estate. They are to be two in number, each of the value of about £100. FETTES SCHOLARSHIPS. These Scholarships are two in number, each of the annual value of £100. They are to be held by Graduates in Arts of the University of Edinburgh, who have been educated for four years at least, at the Fettes Colleges now in course of erection in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. GILCHRIST SCHOLARSHIPS. These Scholarships were founded in 1865 by the Trustees of the late Dr Gilchrist: they are three in number, each of the annual value of £100, and are open to natives of India who have passed competitive examinations at the Presidential Colleges of India. They are attached to the Medical, Law, and Literary Classes in the University. ETTLES MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP. This Scholarship was founded in 1868 by Miss Mary Ettles of Inverness, and consists of the free annual proceeds of the sum of £1000 mortified for the purpose. It is to be awarded annually to the Graduate in Medicine of the University of Edinburgh, whom the Medical Faculty may consider the most distinguished of that year. The first award will be made at the Medical Graduation in August 1869. See Deed of Foundation, at page 243. University Fellowships, &c. GUTHRIE CLASSICAL FELLOWSHIP. This Fellowship was founded in 1866 by James Guthrie, Esq., London. It is of the annual value of about £100, tenable for four years. By the terms of the Deed of Foundation (given at p. 210 of the Calendar for 1866-7) it is for proficiency in Classical Literature. It is tenable by Graduates in Arts of the University who may have taken their Degree since the period of the last competition. Students, however, who have passed their examination for a Degree since the last competition, but deferred graduating for the sake of obtaining Honours, are also eligible. It cannot be held along with any other Fellowship or Scholarship in any Scottish University in the same department. The next vacancy will will be in November 1870. The present holder is George Watson, 1866. HAMILTON FELLOWSHIP IN MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. This Fellowship was founded in 1866 by the Subscribers to the fund for a Memorial to the late Professor Sir William Hamilton, and the Association for the better endowment of the University. It is of the annual value of about £100, tenable for three years. By the Deed of Foundation (given at p. 213 of Calendar for 1866-7), it is open to all Graduates in Arts in the University of Edinburgh of not more than three years' standing at the time of the competition. The subjects of examination are Logic, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy. The next competition will take place in 1871. The present holder is Thomas M. Lindsay, M.A., 1867. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT CLASSICAL FELLOWSHIP. This Fellowship was founded in 1866 by the Association for the better endowment of the University of Edinburgh. It is of the annual value of £100, tenable for three years. It is open to competition among Graduates of the University of Edinburgh of not more than three years' standing at the time of the competition. The present holder is John A. Stewart, M.A. THE SHAW FELLOWSHIP IN MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. This Fellowship was founded in 1867 by Contributors to a Memorial to Sir James Shaw, Bart., a native of Ayrshire, afterwards Lord Mayor of, and M. P. for, London. It is of the annual value of about £160, tenable for five years, and is in the patronage of the Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh. It is destined for the encouragement of the study of Logic, Metaphysics including Psychology, Moral Philosophy, and the History of Philosophy, and is awarded after competitive examination on these subjects. It is open to Graduates in Arts of any of the four Scottish Universities, of not more than five years' standing at the time of the competition, and is tenable for five years. It is not to be held along with any other Fellowship, Scholarship, or Bursary in any Scottish University, and it will not be open to the competition of any person who already holds a Fellowship in any English or Irish University, though the holder of the Shaw Fellowship will not be precluded from afterwards obtaining an English or Irish Fellowship. Candidates will be examined on the 26th, 28th, 29th, and 30th December 1868, at ten o'clock each day. Candidates must give in their names to the Dean of Faculty of Arts, on or before the 2d November 1868. Deed of Foundation at p. 237. THE SWINEY LECTURESHIP ON GEOLOGY. See This Lectureship-candidates for which must have taken the Degreǝ of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh—is in the patronage of the Trustees of the British Museum, and is of the annual value of £144. The office is tenable for five years, at the expiration of whioh period the Lecturer is ineligible for the next election. The number of lectures is not to be less than twelve in each year, nor more than three in the same week. The first course is to be delivered at Edinburgh before the end of July 1868, and each subsequent course between the first of November and the end of July following at such public places in the United Kingdom as the Trustees shall approve of. The public are to be admitted without fee. The Lecturer will be required at the termination of each course to deposit a copy, or full extract of such course of Lectures with the Principal Librarian of the British Museum, to whom application may be made for further particulars. FELLOWSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND BURSARIES, OPEN FOR COMPETITION IN THE YEAR ENDING 30TH APRIL 1869. Faculty of Arts. FELLOWSHIP. The Shaw Philosophical Fellowship. Value about £160. See above, and at page 234. SCHOLARSHIPS. See P. 228. 1. Baxter Philosophical Scholarship. Value about £60. 2. Baxter Physical Science Scholarship. Value about £60. 3. Baxter Natural Science Scholarship. Value about £60. 4. Greek Travelling Scholarship. Value about £70. See p. 229. 5. Bruce of Grangehill and Falkland's Scholarship in Mathematics. Value about £100. See p. 230. 6. Drummond Scholarship. Value about £100. See p. 229. BURSARIES. 1. One Tyndall Bruce Bursary of about £30 annually, open to Students of the second year. Candidates will be examined in Latin, Greek, Arithmetic, and the elements of Geometry, on the 7th November 1868. The names of intending candidates may be sent to Professor Fraser, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, on or before the 31st October 1868. 2. Óne Horsliehill Scott Bursary, value about £40 annually, open to Students entering on their third year. Candidates will be examined in Classics, Mathematics, and Logic, on the 7th November 1868. Names of candidates may be sent to Professor Fraser on or before 31st Oct. 1868. 3. The Macpherson Bursary, value about £90, tenable for one year. It is open for competition in April 1869. The subjects of examination are the seven subjects embraced in the Arts Curriculum. Candidates must intimate their names and addresses to Professor Fraser on or before the 23d of March 1868. 4. The Bidder Bursary, value £40. See No. xxxiii., page 221. In addition to two Heriot Bursaries (for which Candidates are referred to the "Treasurer of Heriot's Hospital, II Royal Exchange, Edinburgh") appointments will be made, among others, to the following Bursaries, not in the gift of the Senatus Academicus: :- 1. One Ford Bursary of 4. 3. One Trotter One Shortt 5. Four Lennie 6. Four Bruce do. of 4 IO O O O O O O O Further information relative to these Bursaries will be obtained from the Patrons of the Bursaries or their Agents. Candidates for Bursaries in the gift of the Town Council are referred to the "City Clerk, Council Chambers, Edinburgh." The attention of all Bursars in the Faculty of Arts is called to the following regulation of the Faculty :— "That no holder of any Bursary payable by the Factor of the University shall receive any payment of such Bursary until he shall have presented a Certificate, signed by the Librarian, in the name of the Faculty, attesting his fulfilment of the conditions, as regards attendance on the Classes in the Faculty, and Departmental Examinations for the Degree of Master of Arts, required for the year to which the said Certificate applies." Certificates, in terms of this resolution, will be given to Bursars, by the Librarian, after the opening of the Classes in November, and at the close of the Session in April. Bursars in the Faculty of Arts must attend, in the order required by the Dean in name of the Faculty, the Classes necessary for the Degree of Master of Arts, and pass the Departmental Examination necessary for that Degree. Faculty of Theology. I. At the commencement of Session 1868-69, the following Scholarships, &c., will be open for competition 1. One of the Ettles Scholarships, of about £28, tenable for three years, open to Students entering on their first Theological Session, who have passed all the examinations for the Degree of M.A., whether they have actually graduated or not. 2. The Struthers Bursary, of £13, 175. 9d., tenable for three years, open to Masters of Arts of any Scottish University who are entering on their first or second Theological Session. 3. One of the Buchanan Bursaries, of £10, 8s. 4d., tenable and open for competition as No. 2. 4. The Leighton Bursary, of £7, IOS., tenable and open for competition as No. 2. The competition for the above will take place in the Divinity Hall, on the first Friday of December 1868. The subjects of examination will beLatin-Livy, Book ii. Greek-Gospel of St John. Moral PhilosophyMackintosh's Dissertation. Natural Philosophy-Statics and Dynamics. Biblical History-i. and ii. Samuel, and the first Three Gospels. Evidences of Christianity-Paley, part i. 5. Hepburn Prize, of 20. This Prize, which is not restricted to Graduates, will be open for competition soon after the commencement of Session 1868-69, to all Students of Divinity who shall be entering on their second, third, or fourth Session in Theology as regular Students. One or two other prizes will be given by the Professor of Divinity, according to the merits of the competitors, to those candidates who are not successful in obtaining the Hepburn Prize. The subjects of examination will be:-Paul's Two Epistles to Timothy, and his Epistle to Titus, in the original, with the Prolegomena, including |