1817. The Rev. ROBERT TYRWHITT, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus College, by his Will bequeathed £4000, Navy 5 per cents., for the promotion and encouragement of Hebrew learning, and left the mode and disposition of his bequest to the University.

In 1818 the Senate founded three Scholarships, to be called "Tyrwhitt's Hebrew Scholarships." It was decided that the examination shall be, primarily, in the Hebrew Scriptures of the Old Testament: secondarily, in such other Hebrew Works, and in such exercises, as may be judged most likely to assist and advance the knowledge of the Sacred Writings.

The candidates for these Scholarships shall be Bachelors of Arts who are not of sufficient standing to be created Masters of Arts, and Students in Civil Law or Medicine of not less than four or more than seven years' standing. That four-fifths of the clear annual proceeds of the bequest shall be equally divided among the three Scholars, who may retain these Scholarships for three years: and that the remaining fifth shall form a fund, to be employed from time to time, by the Electors, in such manner as they shall deem most conducive to the promotion of Hebrew learning.

In 1824 the Senate decreed that there should be six Scholars, three to be called Scholars of the first class, (if judged worthy), and the other three, Scholars of the second class: and that two Scholars should henceforth be elected every year, if found qualified on examination.

That £150 should be yearly divided among the six Scholars, £30 to a Scholar of the first class, and £20 to a Scholar of the second class.

That the residue of the proceeds, together with all accumulations which may arise from the want of deserving candidates to fill these Scholarships, shall form a fund to be employed in the following manner: namely,- "That a premium of not less than £50 be given, as often as this fund will allow, for such a Latin Dissertation, upon some subject connected with Hebrew Literature, as may be agreed upon by the Electors, or the majority of them."

That the examiners, if they think it expedient, be empowered to print any Prize Dissertation at the expense of the

fund; and that all Prize Dissertations, not printed under their direction, be deposited in the Public Library.

In 1836, it was added, that in case of equality of merit of the two Scholars elected at the same time, the stipend of each be £25 a year. And, if no one of the candidates in any year is deserving of a Scholarship with the stipend of £30 a year, it shall be competent for them to elect one Scholar only with a stipend of £20 a year. Also, in case there shall be a deficiency of deserving candidates in any year, for the two Scholarships, the Electors shall have the power, in the second or third succeeding year, to elect additional Scholars into the vacancy or vacancies thus occasioned.

It was also decreed that not more than one third part of the accumulated fund should be expended in any year.

In addition to the Scholarships, gratuities of £20 or £30 have been occasionally awarded after the examination to such as have appeared deserving, in consequence of their knowledge of the Hebrew Language.

Subject of the Hebrew Dissertation:

1828 The nature and extent of the Hebraisms found in the writings of St Paul, including the Epistle to the Hebrews.

1832. The Rev. JOHN CROSSE, late Vicar of Bradford in Yorkshire, left to George Buxton Browne, Esq., on trust, the sum of £2000, free of legacy duty, for the purpose of founding three Theological Scholarships, "for promoting the cause of true Religion."

By a Grace of the Senate, of Dec. 4, 1832, it was decreed that these Scholarships should be called "The Crosse Scholarships," and that the examination should turn upon a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in their original tongues, Hebrew and Greek, of Ecclesiastical History, of the earlier and later Heresies, and such other subjects of useful enquiry as may be thought most likely to assist in the formation of valuable characters, fitted to sustain and adorn "the cause of true Religion."

These Scholarships are open to all Bachelors of Arts in their first year, and are tenable for three years. The annual interest arising from the fund is divided equally among the three Scholars.

1840. The most noble the MARQUESS CAMDEN, wishing to mark his sense of the respect shewn to his late father, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has been pleased to give yearly a gold medal, called “The Camden Medal," as a prize for the best exercise in Latin Hexameter Verse.

The subject is appointed by the Vice-Chancellor, and the exercise must not exceed one hundred lines.

All undergraduates who have resided not less than two terms may become candidates for the prize, and the successful candidate is required to print his Exercise and recite it in the Senate-House at the Commencement.

The following subjects have been proposed for the prize:

1841 Quique sui memores alios fecere

Ecclesia Cathedralis nuper apud
Indos exstructa.

Iona Insula.

1847

merendo.

Mare Arcticum.

1851

Scythia.

1844 Archimedes.

1845

domus Albuneæ resonantis, Et præceps Anio, ac Tiburni lucus,

et uda

Coorta est

Seditio, sævitque animis ignobile vulgus.

1852 Themistocles apud Admetum. 1853 Australia.

1854 Brennus in Capitolio.

1844. 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 triennial 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.

Candidates for the Prize must be Bachelors of Arts, under the standing requisite for the degree of Master of Arts, or Students of Civil Law or Medicine, of not less than four nor more than seven years' standing.

The successful candidate receives the interest of the fund accruing in three years, and is required to print and publish his Essay. Fifty copies are to 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 £1000 for the institution of the Prize, £100 was given for the first Prize.

The following subjects have been proposed for the Prize : 1845 The necessity for Christian Education to elevate the Native Character in India. 1849 The respective peculiarities of the Creeds of the Mahometan and the Hindoo which stand in the way of conversion to the Christian Faith. 1852 The Duty, as well as Policy, of Christian States to encourage Missions for the Conversion of the Heathen.

1845. The late RICHARD BURNEY, Esq., M.A., of Christ's College, formerly in the service of the Hon. East India Company, previous to his death on Nov. 30, 1845, empowered his cousin, the Ven. Archdeacon Burney, to offer to the University the sum of £3500, reduced 3 per cent. Stock, for the purpose of establishing an annual Prize 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.”

On the day after the offer was communicated to the ViceChancellor, Mr Burney died; but his sister and executrix, Miss J. Caroline Burney, being desirous of carrying her brother's intention into effect, generously renewed the offer, which was accepted by the Senate,

The subject is set by the Vice-Chancellor, and candidates are required to be Bachelors of Arts in their first year. The successful candidate must print his Essay, and cause copies to be delivered to the University Libraries of Cambridge, Oxford, Dublin, and Edinburgh, to each of the Adjudicators of the Prize, and to the Library of Christ's College: and, in case of equality of merit in two of the candidates, if one be a member of Christ's College, the Prize is to be adjudged to him.

The following subjects have been proposed for the Prize:

1847 The Goodness of God.

1848 The Doctrine of a Divine Providence is inseparable from belief in the existence of an absolutely perfect Creator.

1849 The Divine Attribute of Mercy as deduced from the Old Testament. 1850 The unity of design, which pervades the successive dispensations of Religion recorded in the Scriptures, is an argument for the truth of Revelation.

1851 The eternal duration of future punishments is not inconsistent with the Divine Attributes of Justice and Mercy.

1852 To compare the Doctrine of the Love of God, and of our Neighbour, as deducible from our Natural Reason, and as Revealed in the Scriptures.

1853 The Scriptural doctrine of the influence of the Holy Spirit as illustrated by the Analogy of Nature.

1854 Faith in Natural and Revealed Religion is necessary for the purification and perfectibility of Man.

1848. Several members of St John's College, desirous of testifying their sense of the honour which JOHN COUCH ADAMS, Esq., M.A., had conferred on his College and the University, by having been the first among the Mathematicians of Europe to determine from perturbations the unknown place of a disturbing planet exterior to the orbit of Uranus, raised by subscription a Fund, and offered it to the University for a biennial Prize Essay, to be called " The Adams Prize."

The subject of the Essay is selected by the Adjudicators of the Prize, which may be on any question in Pure Mathematics, Astronomy, or other branch of Natural Philosophy. Any graduate of the University may become a candidate for this Prize, and the successful candidate is required to print and publish his Essay. The successful candidate will receive about £130 for his Essay.

The following subjects have been proposed for this Prize: 1849 The theory of the long inequality of Uranus and Neptune, depending on the near commensurability of their mean Motions.

1851 An investigation of the perturbations of the Moon in latitude produced by the action of Venus, and particularly of the secular movement, and the inequalities of long period in the movement of the Moon's node.

1853 The Theory of Biela's Double Comet.

1848. 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. CHARLES WEBB LE BAS, M.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, was connected with that institution, desirous of testifying their regard for him, and of perpetuating the memory of his services, raised a fund, amounting to about £1920, 3 per cent. Consols, which they offered to the University for founding an annual Prize Essay, in English, to be called the " Le Bas Prize."

The offer having been accepted by the University, it was decreed that the subject for the Prize Essay shall be selected and the Prize adjudicated by the Vice-Chancellor and two members of the Senate each year.