on the Essay, and the same on the sheet inclosing the name. A candidate for this prize must be above twenty years of age, and under thirty at the time when the Prize is adjudged. He must be, or have been, a Student of this University; and must produce a certificate, under the hand of the Norrisian Professor, that he has attended twenty of the Norrisian Lectures in the course of some one year. The three above-mentioned persons compare and decide which is the best Essay, and are directed by its motto to the letter which contains the name of the successful candidate, to whom the event is communicated on the Thursday in Passion week. The prize he receives within 14 days, giving at the same time a promissory note for the payment of £12 if he neglects to publish the Essay within two calendar months. The rest of the sealed papers are burnt unopened. No doctrine must be advanced in the Essay contrary to the Liturgy, Articles, and Homilies of the Church of England. 1781 J. Whiteley, Magd. 1804 J. G. Durham, Corpus. 1827 W. M. Mayers, Cath. HULSE'S PRIZEMEN. THE REV. JOHN HULSE, B.A. of St John's College, bequeathed to the University certain estates for the advancement of religious learning, and directed in his Will that out of the rents and profits, an annual premium of £40 (since increased to £100) should be given to any member of this University, under the degree or standing of M.A., who composed the best Dissertation in the English Language, on the Evidences in general, or on the Prophecies or Miracles in particular, or on any other particular argument, whether the same be direct or collateral proofs of the Christian religion, in order to evince its truth and excellence. The subject is delivered out on Christmas-Day, or New Year'sDay, and the Dissertations are to be sent to the Vice-Chancellor, 1 Prebendary of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. or to the Masters of Trinity and St John's, who are the trustees, on or before the 20th of the ensuing October, with the names of the respective authors, sealed up. The writer of the Dissertation best approved is to print it at his own expense, and not to offer himself a second time for the premium. 1802 J. B. Sumner, King's. SIR PEREGRINE MAITLAND'S PRIZE. THE friends of Lieutenant-General Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, K.C.B., late Commander in Chief of the forces in South India, being desirous of testifying their respect and esteem for his character and principles, and for his disinterested zeal in the cause of Christian truth in the East; have raised a fund for the institution of a Prize in one of the Universities, and for the establishment of two native Scholarships at Bishop Corrie's Grammar School at Madras, such Prize and Scholarships to be associated with the name of Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND. In pursuance of the foregoing scheme, the sum of £1000 has been given to the University of Cambridge for the purpose of instituting a Prize, to be called "Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND'S PRIZE," for an English Essay on some subject connected with the propagation of the Gospel, through Missionary exertions, in India and other parts of the heathen world, subject to the following regulations: 1. That the Prize shall be given once in every three years, and shall consist of the accruing interest of the principal sum during the preceding three years. 2. That the subject shall be given out in the Michaelmas Term by the Vice-Chancellor, and the exercises sent in before the Division of the Easter Term. 3. That the candidates for the Prize shall, at the time when the subject is given out, be Bachelors of Arts under the standing of M.A.; or Students in Civil Law or Medicine, of not less than four, or more than seven years' standing, not being graduates in either faculty, who shall be required, before they are admitted I Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. 8 Author of Jewish, Classical, and Oriental 2 Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart. Author of Antiquities, &c. Travels through Albania, &c. to become candidates, to produce from their respective Professors certificates that they have kept the exercises necessary for the Degree of Bachelor of Law or Medicine. 4. That the Examiners for the Prize shall be the Vice-Chancellor and two other members of the University, either Masters of Arts, or of degrees superior to the degree of Master of Arts, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and approved by the Senate, and that their names shall be announced together with the subject of the Essay. 5. That the Essay be printed at the expense of the successful candidate; and that fifty copies be distributed to each of the three following institutions:-The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; the Church Missionary Society; Bishop Corrie's Grammar School at Madras. Besides the £1000 before mentioned, the sum of £100 has been given for the first Prize. 1845 G. Nugée, B.A. Trinity. BURNEY PRIZE. THE late RICHARD BURNEY, Esq., M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, previously to his death on the 30th Nov. 1845, empowered his cousin, Mr. Archdeacon Burney, to offer, through the Vice-Chancellor, to the University of Cambridge, the sum of £3,500 Reduced Three per Cent. Stock, for the purpose of establishing an Annual Prize, to be awarded to the Bachelor of Arts in his first year of standing, who should produce the best Essay on a subject to be set by the Vice-Chancellor. On the day after this offer was communicated to the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Burney died; but his sister and executrix, Miss J. Caroline Burney, being desirous of carrying her brother's intentions into effect, generously renewed the offer, subject to the following regulations, which have been sanctioned by the Senate: That the prize be awarded to the B.A. in his first year of standing, who shall produce the best English Essay "on some moral or metaphysical subject, on the Existence, Nature, and Attributes of God, or on the Truth and Evidence of the Christian Religion." That the successful Candidate be required to print his Essay; and that after having delivered, or caused to be delivered, a copy of it to the University Library, the Library of Christ's College, the University Libraries of Oxford, Dublin, and Edinburgh, and to each of the Adjudicators of the Prize, he receive from the ViceChancellor the year's interest of the Stock, from which sum the Candidate is to pay the expenses of printing the Essay. That the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Christ's College, and the Norrisian Professor of Divinity, be the Examiners of the Compositions and the Adjudicators of the Prize. That in the event of the exercises of two of the Candidates being deemed by the Examiners to possess equal merit, if one of such Candidates be a member of Christ's College, the prize be adjudged to him. 1848 G. H. Forbes, B.A., Downing. LE BAS PRIZE. A large number of Members of the Civil Service of India who were students at the East India College at Haileybury at various intervals during the thirty years that the Rev. C. W. LE BAS, M.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, was connected with that Institution, desirous of testifying their regard for Mr. LE Bas, and of perpetuating the memory of his services, raised a Fund amounting to about £1920. three per cent. Consols, which they offered to the University of Cambridge for founding an annual Prize, to be called in honour of Mr. LE BAs the Le Bas Prize, for the best English Essay on a subject of General Literature, such subject to be occasionally chosen with reference to the history, institutions, and probable destinies and prospects of the AngloIndian Empire. The Prize is subject to the following Regulations, confirmed by Grace of the Senate, Nov. 22, 1848. 1. That the LE BAS Prize shall consist of the annual interest of the above-mentioned Fund, the Essay being published at the expense of the successful Candidate. 2. That the Candidates for the Prize shall be, at the time when the subject is given out, Bachelors of Arts under the standing of M.A.; or Students in Civil Law or Medicine of not less than four or more than seven years, standing not being graduates in either faculty, but having kept the Exercises necessary for the degree of Bachelor of Law or Medicine. 3. That the subject for the Essay shall be selected and the Prize adjudicated by the Vice-Chancellor and two other Members of the Senate, to be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor and approved by the Senate at the first Congregation after the tenth day of October in each year. 4. That the subject shall be given out in the week preceding the division of the Michaelmas Term in each year, and the Essays sent in before the end of the next ensuing Easter Term. 5. That for the present year the two Examiners to be selected by the Senate shall be appointed, and the subject for the Essay given out before the end of the present Term. CHANCELLOR'S ENGLISH MEDALLISTS. H. R. H. the Duke of Gloucester, formerly Chancellor, gave annually a gold medal, to be conferred upon a resident Undergraduate, who shall compose in English the best Ode or best Poem in heroic verse1. The present Chancellor continues this prize. The subject is given out at the end of Michaelmas Term, and the Exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the 31st of March following, and are not to exceed 200 lines. Each candidate is to send his exercise privately: each is to have some motto prefixed; and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up, with the same motto on the outside, which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the candidate's name and college written within. The papers containing the names of those persons who do not succeed are destroyed unopened. No prize will be given to any exercise which is written, wholly, or in part (or of which the title, motto, superscription, address, &c., are written), in the hand-writing of the candidate ; nor to any one who has not, at the time for sending in the exercises, resided one term at least. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise printed or lithographed. The successful candidate recites his Poem in the Senate-House on Commencementday. Examiners the same as for the Classical Medals. THE REV. THOMAS SEATON, M.A., late Fellow of Clare Hall, bequeathed to the University the rents of his Kislingbury estate, now producing clear £40. per annum, to be given yearly to that Master of Arts who shall write the best English Poem on a sacred subject. The Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Clare Hall, and the Greek Professor (who are the disposers of this premium) determine the subject, which is delivered out in January, and the Poem is to be sent to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the 29th of September following. The poem is to be printed, and the expense deducted out of the product of the estate; the remainder is given as a reward to the composer. The prize is determined a few days previous to the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor's office3. 1 Several of these poems have been published under the title of "Cambridge Prize Poems." 2 A second prize, value seven guineas and a half was adjudged to T. E. Hankinson, Corpus Christi college. 3 These Poems have been published in 2 Vols. |