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Towards the close of the seventeenth century the They were to be £6 per annum each, £4 was to go to the College according College began to receive bequests for the purchase of to the Statute. The Examiners were to receive £4 out of money which was Exhibitions. The annuity was to be a advowsons. Some explanation seems to be needed to accrue during vacancies in the charge on estates in Hunts. Mr. James Chul11berlaine, also a Senior Fellow of any the frequency with which these succeeded each and Benefactor, was left sole execntor with full power to alter or all the other. provisions of the will. In place of the annuity the College accepted £340 We may notice that the donors were often Seniors from Mr. Chamberlaine and charged the Exhibitions on our estate at who held country livings together with their Fellow Rawreth. Isaac Worral, son of Jal11es Won'al, Minister of the parishes of Great at Jesus College ships to the end of their lives. . Even the President, Peckhal11 and Wateringberry in Kent, was admitted Sizar was Dr. Thurlin, held a living near Lynn. The value in 1633, and ' [or his relation unto Dr. Beale whose Sizar he was' he He was of the Fellowships may have tempted those even who allowed to remove to St. John'S after Dr. Beale was made Master. elected Foundress' Fellow in 1643 although there was no actual vacancy; had distant cures to reside in College instead of at in he was to receive no emolnment until a vacancy occurred. He lectured their livings. Having thus l.ong. enjoyed their Fellow College both in Mathematics and in Greek. He was President for one year, ships they may have been actuated solely by a 1649, and afterwards Bursar, Steward, &c. He reta,ined his Fellowship desire to make better provision for younger' Fellows until his death, March IO, 1670. and quicker promotion fo r their successors. tCLEMENT BAR LING, M.A., of Horton, Clerk, Political motives may have operated. The College founded two Scholarships. was a stronghold of Jacobite principles. The Master, Dr. Gower, was about this time prosecuted for allowing , Benefactor intentione sola, nam caruit effedu' says Baker. Kent, was to be charged with £10 a year for two twenty non-jurors to retain their Fellowships. An estate at Ulcombe, Francis Scholars 'to be paid upon the 1st June in the south porch of the parish Roper, ejected from a Canonry at Ely and a Rectory. church of Ulcombe belween the hours of twelve and one to the Scholars in Norfolk, was welcomed in College, and was Tutor themselves or their parents, guardians . ... ' came to though not a Fellow. Probably Fellows missed the If Clement Barling, eldest son of his nephew ChristQpher, St. Johl\'s he was to enjoy the exhibitions united., promotion they used to receive under the Stuarts The benefaction must have heen soon lost to ju.stify the note on from the Court and Members of the Government. :M:r. Barling which we have copied from the margin of Mr. Baker's copy of It was natural therefore that the older and wealthier Calamy. The first Scholar on this foundation seems to have been Ds. he was of E. MoIling, should desire to provide for the younger, with, it Gostlinge, appointed to one Exhibition June 26, 1673; Kent, educated at Rochester School, and admitted at St. John's October 21, may be, also the hope and purpose of sending staunch 1668. Others were John Lister, 1676, and John Ling, of Yalding, Kent, Jacobites abroad into the country livings. elected May 3, 1684. Whatever may be the true explanation of the Clement Barling was past 16 when admitted 30 Jllne, 1632, M.A. 1639. Denton, Kent, September 23, 1644, whence he was fa is remarkable that the commonest He was Rector of cts it form of ejected in 1662. He died in 1671. bequest for a quarter of a century should be money. Another Clement Barling, Clerk of Ashford, by will dated 1688 left for the purchase of advowsons left by men who were £3 per annum to the Parish of Lid, out of lands and tenements, iI;l Fellows at the time of the Revolution. Dengemarsh. e tISAAC WORRAL, RD., Senior Fellow, bequeathed t WILLIA¥ LAC"'(, D.D., R ctor of Thornhill, Yorks, an annuity of £ 16 fo r two Exhibitions. left £ 16 a year for Exhibitions, and gave £ 5 to the The Exhibitioners were to be of Tonbridge School, elected by the Third. Court. Skinners Company; two Fellows of the College were to go down to conduct The Exhibitions were attached to the Grammar School 0f Beverley, the Examination. The Exhibitions were to be tenable with Scholarships. where he was brought up. He left £350. in consideration of which £16 208 Founders and Benefactors of Se. John's College. Foundt-rs and Benefactors of St. John's College. 209
was charged on Gyles's Crofts, at Beverley. In default of suitable Matthew Hewitt was admitted at St. John'S 14 May, 1639, ret. 18. He candidates for the scholarships the money was to go to the poor of was appointed Rector of Linton by the Crown. He died 4 May, 1674. His Beverley. monument in Linton Church records the foundation of the school, his gifts W. L. was Ducket Scholar 1629, Fellow 1636/ afterwards Preacher, to the poor and the endowments of the Exhibitions. Some brasses in the J:.ecturer in Greek and Logic. Ejected from his Fellowship in 1650 for same church shew that members of the family continued to reside in the refusing the engagemen.t/ he entered the King's army and bec�me parish. Chaplain to Prince Rupert. During t4e civil war he was lI).ade prisoner, and we find Dr. John Barwick visiting hilI). and rendering hiIT). much assistance in his confinement when he had been reduced to great want. THOMAS BRAITHWAIT, of Ambleside, gave £30 He was one of the writers of the Querela Cantaorigiensis, &c., as mentioned towards the Third Court, and in Nov. 1674 bequeathed IIbove in the Note on Bp. Gunning. At the Restoration he was re-admitted £ 250 fo r two Scholars. to his Fellowship, and the following year, 1661, became a Senior. He was Sir Jolm Otway, who had married Elizabeth, niece of Thomas Braithwait, inducted to the Rectory of Thornhill, Nov. 8, 1662. There he died in 1671, paid the £250 to the College. leaving a widow but apparently no children. A sQn had died iIJ. infancy in 1(563: The Scholars were to be chosen by preference, first from the schools of Th'e following is the inscriptioIJ. on a Tablet in Thornhill Church: Kendal in Westmoreland or Hawkshead in Lancashire, and secondly from any school in the Counties of Westmoreland or Lancashire. Gulielmus Lacy S.T.D. e Nobilissima LaciorulI). Familia oriundus postquaIT). B., the son of Gawen B., succeeded to the property of his uncle iura Regia et Ecclesiastica cum Vitae Periculo summo Fortunarqm omnium T. Recorder of Kendal in 1648. He et Libertatis ipsius Jactura Deploranda strenue Asservasset, ad hujus Ecclesire Thomas B. of Ambleside. He became Nov. 30, 1674, and was buried at Grasmere. He bequeathed to the Regimen taIJ.dem Accessit, Rectoris lEdes sa�rilegio Colla ps as a solo died of Oxford a collection of coins )Jlade by his father and uncle', Restituit, Bonorum postea omnium a solutis Debitis Residuum pijs usibus University £10 to purchase a silver goblet which Legavit, et in Christo Placide Obdormivit Maij 12 A.D. 167I. and left to the Corporation of Kendal is ��ill in the pos�ession qf that body. MATTHEW HEWITT, of Threshfield, Rector of one A brother, Francis B., was admitted at St. John's in 1632. Mediety of Linton in Craven, YQrks ., left £ 50 per annuII}. Hawkshead Grammar Schpol, near Ambles�de, was founded in 1585 by to found fo ur E*hibitions. Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, formerly of this College, whose arms may be seen in the great oriel window of the Hall. The school boasts The Exhibitions were ch�rged upon his prQperty at Gomershall and of having contributed to the education of Dr. Wordsworth, Master Burstall near Leeds, out of which estates it is still paid. By the same will of Tlin. Coll.; Wm. Wordsworth, the poet; Dr. King, Master of Queen's Mr. Hewitt founded a school at Thresl)field/ with an endowment of £30 per Coll.; and Lord Brougham. The name of "Wm. Wordsworth" cut on annum, £20 for the Master, £10 for the usher, and directed that Scholar& ,one of the desks is protected by a piece of glass, and extracts from his �ducated there should be preferred before others for his ExhiQitious. Four poems are painted around the school room. The sch.ool library contains Scholars were nomiuated 'ab ipsius executore ' Nov. 5,1677. Dr. Whitaker 'Abp. Sandys' own folio Bible, of date 1572, of which he himself translated in his History of Craven, 1805, after remarking that 'the depreciation of Ple books of Kings and Chronicles. money in the last century proves the impolicy of such pensionary endowments,' Hawkshead School has in past times sent away students to the adds 'the school has been so little distinguished either for able masters or .college. At its Tercentenary Commemoration, from the account of 'which hopeful scholars that it has not been unusual in St. John's College to apply �he foregoin2' information is derived, it was presided over by the Rev. to it the text Out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.' Dr. Whitaker was himself R. 1�. Samson of this College. It is interesting to find amongst its a Hewitt Exhibitioner, and mentions amongst others of distinction Dr. Law; prizes one for Literature and Declamation endowed by the Rev. Wm. Wilson, Dr. Dodgson, Dr. Craven our 30th Master, �nd William Sheepshanks, Platt who founded the Prizes for reading in the College Chapel. Fellow, and afterwards Canon of Carlisle. These were probably not all educated at Threshfield School. Dr. Whitaker may have been at the school for a short time, but in consequence of ill health was unable to pursue his ROBERT CLARKE, B.D., Senior Fellow, bequeathed studies regularly, and was sent for a time to read with Mr. Sheepshanks, who ;£ 00 then resided at Grassington, about half a mile from the school. Several 2 to fo und a Scholarship. admitted together as Ducket members of the Sheepshaul(s family, who are highly spoken of by Dr. Whitaker, He and Wm. Lacy, above mentioned, were Scho School. Clarke was elected were educated at the school. We owe to Dr. Whitaker the ancient stone altar lars in 1629, both being from Beverley poth ejected in 1650 for which stands at the foot of the covered bridge. Fellow a few months after Lacy. They were ! Seniors the year Thre3hfield school is now an elementary one. refusing the engagement.' Restored in 1660 they became 210 Founders and Benefactors of St. John's Oollege. Founders and Benefactors of St. John's College. 2 11 following. Clarke was appointed Catechist in 1644, Lecturer in Greek 1646. Professor of Modern History, Recorder of Bury, &c. A younger son, Thomas, ran away to sea, became a Captain in the Navy, and was the College Preacher in 1666. He retained his Fellowship until his death, Jan. 14, 1675. father of tlie Naval Architect, Rear·Admiral Sir William Symonds, C.B., RS., the Surveyor of the Navy from 1832 1847 (See the The Scholarship given' to St. John's College where I thankfully had my F. to Memo£.- of Symonds by Jas. A. Sharp). education ' was to be awarded by preference to his own ldndred and Sir Wm. Dr. Symonds of Horringer appears to have left that Rectory in 1738. He connexions, and ;fter them to boys from Beverley School. Small bequest!; in 1757. There are monuments to Dr. Symonds, and to his wife were left to the witnesses of his will, two of whom, Hy. Paman ancl. died and two sons, in Pakenham Church, Suffolk. Peirce Brackenbury, were Fellows, and afterwards Benefactors. The Scholarships on this foundation and that of Mr. Spalding have been replaced by a 'Spalding and Syrnonds ' Exhibition of £18 per annum, JOlIN SYMONDS, B.D., of Gislingham, Suffolk, left limited by way of preference to Bury School. £ 100 for an Exhibition, £ 10 to the Third Court and £ 5- to the Library. tSAMUEL NEWTON, Vicar of Great Sampford, Essex, J. s. was admitted Jermin Scholar 160.6, elected Fellow 1613, College gave £60 in 1681 to augment. the Commons of the Preacher 1625, and held various College offices-Dean, Bursar, &c. He wail Proper Sizars. associated with the Puritan party in Colleg,e. He was one of the witnesses. He became Vicar of Sampford c. 1642, died there, and was buried of Hy. Alvey's will, and exor. to Dl'. Robert Metcalfe, one of the ben,efactors 12, 1683. In 1681 he paid the money, £60, to the College, on the Lib.rary. Aug. of He left College for the Rectory of Gislingham about 1628. that the allowance of the proper sizars should be raised to 13d. per and there. condition laboured until his death. He is clescribed on a monumental slab ill week. See the benefactions of Dr. Dowman and Mr. Highlord. Gislingl1Jj.1Jl Church as { } { A Samuel Newton, the son of John Newton, 'yarne seller,' of Ashton Zealous Piety Lancs. was admitted sizar 2 Aug. 1654. A Faithful Lover of Loyalty under-Line, Constant Hospitality We find also, mentioned by Calamy, that one Samuel Newton was and Who departed this life aged 85 years ejected from Rivington, Lancs" in 1662, lived afterwards at Crampton, December 2�th 1675 removed back into Rivington, where he sometimes read the prayers and had years of age, but Yet still liveth in the memory 0 f ye Just liberty to preach. He died, March, 1682-3, not above 40 He and wife, his Alice Symonds, were both benefactors. to the parish of , very ripe in Parts and Grace.' Gislingham. We have followed the official Catalogue of Benefactors in ascribing the JOHN AMBROSE, B.D., Senior Fellow, bequeathed, Exhibition to the Rector of Gislingham. But at the end of a Corn.l1ook in moiety of the Tithes of Addingham, in the Treasury is entered in 1681, a a 'copy of a clause of Mr. Symonds' will who died 1703.' "I give to towards the maintenance of the Choir. in the Master and Fellows £100 towards an Exhibition Cumberland, for a poor Minister's Gregson Fellow 1629-30. We find him as son or one of my ow.n relations of that College from Lupton Scholar 1624, Gislingham School or Bury in Suffoll( at the discreti'on Chaplain in the Navy, 1638, and in 1640 allowed to receive the profits of his Fellows." The first [or refusing the engagement; he wasof inthe Master Exhibitioner, Styles, was elected in 1704. The Fellowship. In 1644 he was ejected and Exhibition seems therefore the civil war, and was restored to his Fellowship to be the foundation of the son of the Rector of arms for the king during Gislingham, possibly in accordance with his father's wishes. 3 Nov, 1660 [the College had never deprived him]. He was a Senior from John Symonds, son when he retired per voluntariam cesst'oncm_ of the R. of Gislingham, was educated at Bury, and 4 Nov. 1661, to 26 Feb. 16n-8, came to St. John'S, ret. 17, H Preacher 3 Nov. 1662, and was for a time Sacrist. in 1648. Two persons of this name, probably his e was admitted College father and himself, are He mentioned together in a MS. in the Treasury amongst died in his Fellowship, July 1684. the contributors to the Third Court. One o[ the charges brought against Dr. Lane, when he was a candidate A third John Symonds, son for the in 1633, was' his ill carriage o[ elections in pl'eferring some of J. S., deceased, born and educated at Mastership Bury, admitted 1712, was unw whom was Ambl'ose. Spalding Scholar, Symonds Exhibitioner, and orthy persons,' one of elected Fellow in 1718. He By will, dated Jan, 18, 1681, Ambrose declared that 'his will and appears to have quitted his Fellowship in 1725, his when he was appointed Rector mind was ' that the Addingham tithes 'should be and remain for and of Horningsheath or Horringer, near Bury. He married Mary, second daughter towards the maintenance of a Quire in the chapel of the College or to of Sir Thos. Spring, Bart., of Lavenham. A son, Jermyn, b. 1726, probably be disposed of for the greatest good and benefit and advantage of the died early, his heir being the next son John, who graduated at said College as the Masters Fellows and Scholars shall thillk fit.' St. John'S in 1752, became Fellow of Peterhouse, 212 Pounders and Benifactors of St. John's College. Founders and Benefactors of St. John's College. 213
By a deed, dated April 26, 1682, the tithes were assigned to charity; and benefactions the for apprenticing boys, known as the Rroadtown College, who on their part granted Ambrose a lease of them for 20 years at Westminster. to the poor and to the green-coat schools if he should so long live. Until the middle of the present century we There is a full length portrait of the Duchess in the Hall. the held the tithes as Lessees of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. Our present· The fame of Shrewsbury School 'is said to have prompted Duchess's interest might rise to the is represented by £106. Ss. of Tithe Rent Charge and a farm generosity to the three schools, which she hoped like of 120 acres, both held in fee simple. eminence in their localities.
SARAH, DUCI-IESS OF SOMERSET, left an estate at tJAMES C HAMBERLAINE, B.D., Senior Fellow, left March and her Manor of Wotton Rivers for Scholars £ 100 in 1684. from the Schools of Manchester, Hereford, and Sizar, ret. r6, 28 Jan. 1650-1, from Oakham School, Johnson Marlborough. She also gave the advowson of Wotton Admitted Exhibitioner, and Fellow r655. He held various offices in College-Steward, active man of Rivers to St. John's and Brasenose ColI. Oxford Dean, Principal Lecturer, &c., and seems to have been an to him, alternately. business. There is a bundle of letters in the Treasury addressed already stated, chiefly relating to the will of Mr. William Platt. As There were two Foundations by the Duchess, the former during her life-' amend or alter the Mr. Worrall left him exor. of his will, with full power to time, in r682, by which she settled upon the College an estate at March fop to his conditions of his bequest. He himself attached no conditions the maintenance of 5 Scholars. The Duchess was to nominate during lier The money was paid to the College by his sister and life, and unless the'Posers and Lecturers' refused benefaction. them they were to be died in executrix, Sarah Chamberlaine of Yeldham, Essex. Chamberlaine admitted within 3 days after presentation. Afterwards they were to be 8 Sep. r686. his Fellowship. His books were sold at Stourbridge Fair, chosen from Hereford School. ' The Scholars to have one or two chambers with 5 studies neither ground chambers nor garrets and yt they wear gowns BOUGHTON, B.D., Senior Fellow, bequeathed of cloth with open sleeves like ye students of Christ Church Oxon: and ' JOHN square caps without tassels while they are undergraduates.' 'That there be' the advowson of Barrow in Suffolk. a Commemoration once a year upon ye day of ye Foundation of these School, son of Admitted Mar. 4, r65r-2, ret. r6, from Peterborough scholarships, ..•• and a speech to be made in ye Hall in Latin by ye Scholars· he was Hare Exhibitioner in Thomas Boughton, of King's C1i:ffe, Northants; in their turns.' lectured in Mathematics, was· r654, &c., 'and elected Fellow 16553. He The other Foundation was by the Duchess's will, dated May r7, r686 •. r692 Senior Bursar. He died in , Steward, Junior Bursar, and from 168r to She left the Wotton Rivers property to the Cflllege to maintain 14· 1693,' and was buried in the Chapel, Nov. additional Scholars, equal to those already founded, to be chosen 'the first was to give preference (r) to· In appointing to the living, the College from Marlborough, the second from Hereford, the third from :Manchester his name and kindred, (3) to the' his nephew, Christopller Boughton, (2) to schole and so by turns for ever.' Senior Divine in College. By a codicil to the will the advowson of Vlotton Rinrs was given t to the living in r714· He was o Christopher Boughton was presented St. John'S and Brasenose altcmately, St. John's to have the first tum; the r692, B.D. 17°0. admitted Oct. 21, r684, was B.A. r688, Fellow r69r-2, M.A. Colleges to present one of the Somerset scholars and no other person. The special dress, &c., of the Somerset Scholars ceased bequeathed to be worn when WILLIAM GOULD, B.D., Senior Fellow, the statutes of r860 came into force. By special statute there are now as £ 500 for the purchase of advowsons. many Exhibitious of £40 a year each, limited by way of preference to were bought of Great Snoring and Thursford in Norfolk Hereford School, as the March estate will maintain, and as many of The Rectories £50 for £400, Thos. Verdon, B.D., Fellow of the College, each, similarly limited to the three schools, as the Wotton Rivers property in 1690 of Mr. will maintain. being part of Mr. Gould's gift. he had been 2 Ap. 1657, ret. 18, from Dorchester, where The Duchess was the daughter of Sir Edward Alston, Kt. She W. G. came up M.D. following elected Scholar, pro Cardin. Morton, the was first married to George, elder brother of Sir Samuel Grimstone, and at school 7 yrs., was B.D. r671. He was N B.A. 1660, M.A. r664, Fellow r664, secondly to John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset, whose portrait is in the ovember, Greek Lecturer. He succ Sacrist, Dean, Junior Bursar, H'ebrew and Master's Lodge. She was left a widow for the second time in r6i 5, and died essively died 4 Dr. Gower was hi.s executor. in r692. There is in Westminster Abbey a fine marble monument her July, 1690. to was one of the from whom the advowson was purchased, memory, upon which she is represented in a reclining position. on Thos. Verdon, The inscripti for against th'e twenty respecting whom a mandamus was applied upon it mentions amongst her many charities the foundation ool Fellows of a sch non-jurors in 1693. Master, Dr. Gower, to compel him to eject them as at Tottenham, of a Hospital for widows at Froxfield, Wilts, of a fund FF VOL. XIV. 214 Founders· and Benifactors of St. John's Oollege. Founders and Benefactol·s ofSt. John's Oolleg-e. 215
The prosecution was unsuccessful. But in 1716, after the accession of George I., the Abjuration Oath was ordered to be administered to' all THE BRIDGE INTO THE GROUNDS. Fellows. Of the eight Fellows ofSt. John's who were ejected fo r refusing to take the oath, six were among the twenty above referred to, namely Lecbe, Our beautiful stone bridge of three arches leading Verdon, Billers, Thompkinson, Dawkins, and Tbomas Baker tbe College ' 696, the year after historian. Thirteen of the otbers had ah'eady vacated their Fellowships, into the grounds was begun in 1 and tbe remaining one, Matthew Pearson, had taken the oaths to Queen Paman's death. In two years £300 was spent on Anne which he refused to King William. labour and materials. The work was then stopped, but resumed eleven years later, in 1709, and completed HENRY PAMAN, M.D., LL.D., contributed £500 to the before Christmas 17 12. The undertaking proved a erection of the south bridge over the river (elegantem very expensive one, the cost of the bridge and adjoining et magnz/icum pontem lapideum). He also gave all gate being £ 1353 6s. 7d. Besides Dr. Paman's legacy, his books not specifically bequeathed and £ 50 to a small donation is mentioned, £40, from Ant. Hamond, purchase other books. but the bulk of the expense was borne by the College. His name has always been associated with the building af the bridge. The Clare C()llege bridge was built in 1640 for about From his will it appears that the bequest of £500 was made uncenditienally. £ 300. Money was. doubtless cheaper in 1700, but It was paid in 1695, shertly after his death, by the representatives ef his was considered excessive. exor., Sir Henry Nerth. P. was bern at Chevingten, the cost of our bridge I-I. Suffellr, and to entered Emmanuel Cellege, given for the parape�, pf both of which portions were SAMUEL FULLER, D.D., Dean of Lincoln, sometime adopted. No drawings are given of the panels and Fellow, gave £500 to purchase an advowson. bas-reliefSI which however deserve notice. Above the The Rectory of Medboum-cum-Holt, Leicestershire, was purchased in 1700 arches are the Royal Arms, the Rose and Portcullis ; from Hen. Nevile, Esq. and others with this benefaction. The son of John Fuller, Clerk, he entered 9 Sept. 1650, ret. 15, elected Scholar the same year, and above the piers Father Camus with an urn, repre and Fellow in 1656. Preacher 1664. He became Chancellor of Lincoln in senting the source of the river, and the Genius or 1670, and Dean in 1695. He died 4 Mar. 1699-1700, ret. 65, and was Divinity of the Bridge itself, shewing an elevation of buried in the Cathedral. There are two inscriptions to his memory, one on a the adjoining part of the Third Court. black marble gravestone on the floor, the other on white marble, formerly affixed with his bust to the wall at the hack of the high altar, hut now The stone bridge replaced one of wood, a view of removed to Bp. Russell's Chapel. The latter inscription is fu lsome and . which is given by Loggan (1688), and which was elaborate, ending" Exoriantur usque qui sic ornent hanc ecclesiam." perhaps that built by Robert Booth (c. 1600). THOMAS SMOULT, D.D., Senior Fellow and Professor of Philosophy, gave £500 to purchase an advowson PEIRCE BRACKENBURY, M.D., Senior Fellow, and £ 100 fo r the Library. bequeathed the impropriate Rectory of Marton-cum Grafton, Yorks, together with the advowson of the The son of Edmund Smoult of Latham, Lancs, he entered as a sizar 19 May, 1650, ret. 10" fr om Winwicke School. Fellow 1664, College Vicarage of that place, and £ 1000 in money, and Preacher 1667, Senior Fellow 1685. He held in succession numerous offices lands at Deeping St. James in Lin�olnshire, the in College-Sacrist, Dean, Librarian, Hebrew Lecturer, &c., and was money and rents of the property to be flpplied to the appointed in 1683 the firstKnightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy. He purchase of advowsons. was also Rector of Northchurch and Vicar of Barkway, Herts. He died 9 July, 1707, and was buried at Barkway. He is enrolled amongst the P. B., the second son of John :E\rackenbury, Esq., of Gainford, was born Benefactors of the University because of a bequest of £300 for the augmenta in 1633, educated at Gisborough, sent to St. John's in 1650. Fellow 1656� tion of the Knighthl'idge Professorship. Senior 1671; he was for a time Linacre Lecturer, also Steward, Bursar, &c. His executor, Edward Chester, purchased the advowson of the Rectory of His Father died in 1677, and was buried Nov. 9 at Durham Abbey. His Marwood, N. Devon, for £400, and paid the balance to the College to be elder brother, Robert, having died the previous July, Pejrce became the head added to other funds for the purchase of advowsons. By Dr. Smoult's will of the family. He had two other brothers, Henry, who entered Gray's Inn, his exor. wa� to have for life the right of presenting some Fellow or Scholar, and Francis. Peirce Brackenbury died June 12, Iq92, leaving Marton and in case the College should ever fail to present within one month after a Rectory, &c., to his brother Francis for his natural life, and after that to the vacancy, the heir of his executor was to present some Fellow or Scholar. College. Francis B., who was at the time liying in C'Imbridge, paid £1000 The Rectory of Marwood was conveyed to the College under two to the College in 1693. He probably die� early in 1700, as the College indentures dated 1715 and 1725. :rhe Rev. Richard I-larding, whp was then ' became Rector and Patron of Marton in that year. Rector, held the living about 68 years, and died, ret. 95, in 1782, in which Marton formerly belonged to the Priory of Malton. At the Dis&plution year the first College Rector, S. R. Weston, was appointed. it was taken by the King, who sold it in 1553. It passed into the Slingsby family and from them descended to the Brackenburys.. who lived at �elaby WILLIAM BEVERIDGE, Bp. of St. Asaph, devised �ear Bamard Castle. the advowson of Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire, The estate at Deeping St. James has been exchangeq for one at Whaplode, p.ow in the possession of the College. and gave books to the Library. Many of our College livings were purchaseq with the money left by The son of the Vicar of Barrow, he was admitted ret. r6, 24 May 1653, Dr. Brackenbury, Mr. Robins and others. Of recent years however there from Oaldlam School. He held an Exhibition but was never a Foundation s been ha in College an increaSing dislike to this kind of traffic, and the funds Scholar. He would doubtless, says Baker, have been elected a Fellow had have been allowed to accumulate. By the present Statutes the funds have it not been for the restriction of Fellowships to particular counties. He been diverted from their original purpose to form a Pension Fund for graduated in 1656 and almost immediately afterwards wrote in Latin a Lecturers and other officers, of the CGllege on their retirement. treatise on the study of Oriental Languages and a Syriac Grammar, which he .2 18 Founders and Benefactors of St. John's Oollege. jpublished in three volumes in .658. He dedicated his work to Ant. Tuckney, the Master, and John Maynard, his patron, in whose house he then lived. He was M.A. 1660, D.D. 1679. At the restoration he was in one month ordained Deacon and Priest, Jan. 3 and Jan. 31, 1661. He was vicar of Ealing 1661-1672, Rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill, 1672, Canon of St. Paul's 1674, Archdeacon of Colchester 1681, Canon of Canterbury 1684, Chaplain to King William and Queen Mary 1690. In 1691 he refused to accept the Bishopric of Bath and Wells in succession to the ej ected non' juror, Bp. Ken. In 1704 he was consecrated Bp. of St. Asaph. He died 5 March 1708, let. 71, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral., lIe was associated with Dr. Hornecl{ in promoting the 'religious soci.eties which THE AUTOCRAT AT OUR BREAKFAST began to be formed in London in the reign of James II ' and from which TABLE. have sprung the two great Societies for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge and for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. For his zeal, learning and goodness he has been styled 'the great Reviver and _VERY one has heard of the visit of Oliver Restorer of Primitive Piety.' His published worli:5 are of great variety and Wend ell Holmes to England last spring-how erudition. Those of a popular character by which he is perhaps now best 1.. known, his Private Th oughts, Serm ons, Exposition of the Articles, ar-c., he was interviewed, and feasted, and discussed, were for the' most part published after his death by his executors. and made much of by society, both fashionable and He was an ardent supporter of the Society for Promoting Christian literary. He had let it be known that he had come Knowledge, and left to it the bull, of his property. He left some charities to the old country in his seventy-seventh year 'for to his native parish of Barrow. He increased the value of the benefice, and left to it and to the curacy of Mountsorrell endowments, on condition social purposes only,' and though he was much that prayers should be said daily at the churches. He is depicted on the pressed to let his voice be heard in public he stead ceiling of the College Chapel among the worthies of the 18th century, and. fastly declined : he wouldn't speak-at least in London. his arms are in the great oriel window of the Hall. The advowson of the Cambridge was more fo rtunate, and some of us will living of Barrow was bought fr om the Rustat fa mily by the Bishop's grand•. father. The Bishop'S father died there in 1640. The next Vicar, Anthony always remember with delight the gentle words, the Benidge, was ej ected during the Commonwealth, and was succeeded at the genuine feeling, and the rich tones of his after Restoration (1661) by the Bishop's elder brother, John, whose son als o. breakfast table-talk in our Combination Room. This became Vicar, after whom there were two more Vicars before the first presentation was made by the College in 1730. is how it came about. The value of the endowments left to Barrow and Mountsorrell jointly He was hardl y landed in England when it was is now nearly £300 per annum. In accordance with the terms of the proposed that the University should bestow an honorary Bishop's will the Vicar of Barrow can only claim a fixed stipend of £36, degree on so honoured a representative of the New the remainder going to the Curate of Mountsorrell. The patronage of Mountsorrell, which was a Perpetual Curacy in the gift England Cambridge, which is in a sense a daughter of the Vicar of Barrow, has recently been transferred to the Bishop of of the old. The idea was heartily taken up, and Peterborough in exchange for the Vicarage now united to the Rectory of Dr Holmes having as heartily assented, the day of Fulbourn. the Maxz1'1ta Comz·tt'a (June 17) was appointed fo r the ceremony. He came to Cambridge on the 16th as the (To be continuld.) guest of Professor Macalister, our Fellow, and we took him that evening to see the Boat-procession from King's Bridge. A keen oarsman himself, as every reader of the Autocrat knows, he took a special interest in the proceedings, impressive rather by reason of the -The AutoC1'at at ow· Breal ust-table. 220 TIl e Autocmt at our Bl·ea1.fast-table. rf 221 picturesque surroundings than from any brilliant qModa71'l suo 'contz'ngentz': Ille vero ne qu'lnquages'l1'/Zum oarsmanship displayed. quzaem vziae annum v'la'll ,. hzc autem fe re eodem aetatzs The next day in the Senate House the recitation tempore nova fa ma ejjJ oruz't,-velut oHm ubz' 'In 'lpso of the prize exercises and the fame of Dr Holmes audumno novus rej'ulget aestatzs sp le ndor . Vz aeor m�hz' brought together a crowded audience, the galleries vatem quendam canentem audz'vzsse, zllum cuzus Z1Z corde being crammed notwithstanding the near approach aestas aeterna jloreret, non vocandztm esse senem . Equz' of the Long Vacation. The Orator was in a happy de m z'uventutzs jerpetuae fo ntem z"llum quem trans aeqztor vein, and nO one, not even the undergraduates, seemed Atla nhcum Hz spanorum nautae fr ustra quaerebant, nautam to fo llow his oration with greater zest than did the hunc fe lzczorem, non fa bulosas znter znsulas sed Acade ... subject of it : mzcae z'uventutzs Z?'l amore perpetuo, zn amore mutuo, Tr ans aequor Atlantzcum, said the Orator, ex z?'lvenzsse credzaerzm. Trans occzaentz's amplum z'llum A cademza 7Zobzscum n07nzne non uno consocz'ata, nuper stnum, levz' phaselo vedus, dzu navzget : nautziz' z'llzus ad nos fe lzczier advedus est vtr non scz'entiarum tantum rztzt, quem vers'lous tam pulchrzs descrtpszi, 'lnd'l'es 'per amore sed fz'tterarum quoque la ude znszgn zs, quz" 'Phoebo amplzora ad altt'ora ' tendat. Suam Academ'lam, per tot ante altos dzledus ' do num Apollznzs non unum accepzi, saecula fe lzczier conservatam, znt-m paucos menses carmzne sed medendz' artem cum eloquendz' perzlza et carmzna saecularz' zierum celebret, dzuque supe1"stes 'lpse exornet : pangendz' fa cultate conzunxzi. Iuvat nuper audzvzsse nostrae de nzque Academzae honorzs causa adscrzptus, dzu eum cuzus carmen prope przmum 'foHum ulkmum ' et nostrum et to tz'us lz'tterarum rezpublzcae ad fr udum nomznatum est, fo lza adhuc plu?'a e scrz'nz'zs JUZS esse jlo1"eat, vzgeat, valeat, lz'ttera1"um dodor, OLIVER WENDELL prolaturum. No vzmus quanto lepore descrzpserzi colloquza HOLMES. zlla antemerzdzana, sy mposza tl/a sobrza et severa sed One man in the gallery called fo r Ho lmes, sz()eet eadem fe stzva et fa ceta, zn quzous to tz'ens mutata persona, Ho lmes, and a familiar air was duly sung ; another modo poeta, modo professor, modo przncep s et arbt'ter shouted We ll rowed ! when the levzs phaselus was loquendz', z'nter convzvas suos regnat. Ta lzous hoellts mentioned ; hearty applause from the floor of the house comz'tatz� etz'am SCandZ1'laVZae solziudznes to lerare possemus ; welcomed the renderings colloqz6za zl/a antemerzazana ta lzous lzoellzs edodz� vziae humanae socz'etatem meHzts and prznceps et arbz'ter loquendz' ; and all broke into dzlzgere dzsczmus. So czetatzs vt1'lculo artzsst'n'lo cum huzusce inextinguishable cheering when the new-made Doctor popularzous con'lunctz', vz'x recordarz' volumus, hoc zpso of Letters took his place upon the daIs. There were dte fe re centum abh'l'nc annos proelzum 'l'llud znter colonos loud cries fo r a speech, but though once or twice he nostros et nosmetzpsos esse commzssztm, cu'lus monumentum. seemed to be on the point of complying, tradition fo rtz'um vzrorum zn honorem condztum, Cantabrzgzae and his resolution were too strong, and the crowd Transatlantzcae vzcznzam prospzczi. Iuvat potzus memz' melted away ungratified. msse dzem eundem cum scrzptorzs egregz'z� Addzsonzz' nostrz� That evening the Vice-Chancellor invited a great memorza consoczatum esse. Iu vat verba zn 'l'llzus la udem company to meet him in the hall of Christ's, where olzm scrzpta mutuari. dum grat'las hodze ag zmus 'haud he conversed freely and sympathetically as his manner 'lgnobzlz' poetae, 'l1z oratzone soluta contexenda summo artijicz� is, and charmed everybody by his frank delight in censorz' morum gravi sane sed et perzucundo, lev'lorzous zn seeing and being seen. argumentz's subrzdentz' suavzler, res eham serzas lepore On Friday morning about fifty of the Fellows and VOL. XIV. GG 222 The Autocl'at. at our Breakfast-table. The AutoC1'at at our Brea7ifast-table. 223 their fr iends, including Dr Westcott, Dr Humphry, ments which rush from every side upon a traveller Dr Porter, Mr Frederick ponock, Mr Gosse, Dr Reid, from my country when he visits yours ; my words Mr Haweis, and two or three American gentlemen must be more from the heart than the head. It is sat down with the Autocrat to breakfast in the Co m not a speech fitting this occasion and this company pinatiqn Room, Dr Sandys taking the chair. After that I can offeryou ; I am conscious only of an emotion, ' the sQlider part 'of the meal was over Dr Mac Alister an emotion of many blended fe elings. You will bear rose, at the call of the Chairman, and said : "When with me if I fail to express all I feel. Let me dwell p.t the close of a British public dinner the Chairman fo r a few moments on some of the new impressions solemnly rises a;nd begins-I?Z ev/!ry assembly of Brztz"sh that I have gained on this second visit to England. subJects-even the least experienced diner knows what How green are your shores as we come to land, js coming : he is about to drink to the health of the how richly strewn with flowers unfamiliar to the eye, Queen. A-nd it is fitting that at such fo rmal British but oh ! how familiar to the heart, to the mind. I functions the British 1!overeign shQuld be fo rmally look over the rich sward, and lo ! it is dotted close' �cknowledged and loyally pledged. We are gathered with tiny white stars-they are daisies. Think what pere this II).or!).ing not as Britons but as Englishmen it is to see a daisy fo r the first time, out of a flower jn the larger sense-men of Englisl). race and speech, pot at least. The wee modest crz11Zson-#jj ed flower we' whether we dwell on this or that side of the Atlantic. r'ead about and sing about from childhood onward" f\.nd we are met at a meal whicl)., properly regarded, lYuf it is a new emotion to see it and to touch it. is specially and peculiarly Englis!}. Other nations "Why c1'Z1nson-tz'pped?" li asked Tennyson one day" pine, some indeed (such as the French, jqce Mr Heitland) "white and yellow I see', hut where i:s the crimson ?" 1Uay eyen be said to dine well. But their so-called And he plucked one and showed me the delica:te redt de/tuner, which some have mistakenly translated break bene:ath. And the primroses by the river's brim, much fa st, is a meagre jejtj.ne apology fo r a morni!).g meal, more' than yellow primroses to me. I fo rget whether' and not to be compared with the q.mple generous they are scented or not, but the violets', aIh ! they' two-hcmded breakfast of the English race. Gathered are sweet. I remember Fanny Kemble throwing down then as Englishmen at our ethnic feast it behoves Us in disgust a bunch of American violets on findingthey' to do homage to our sovereign, uncrowned but uni had no perfume, and I wondered why. Our American versally acknowledged anq beloveq, tfie A�tocrat of lilies' however are sweet, while yours have' no' smell this and every English Breakfast-table. I give you at all [meaning water· lilies]. And again, I WCl)S just Health, hajjz'ncss, and z7nmorta1 youth to Pr Olzver. in time to see your great trees of hawthorn covered We ndell I-Iolmes." with mayflower : that was a li'evelation. I had con The toast was abundantly honoured, and though ceived the mayflower as growing on low roadside plainly taken somewhat by surprise our guest at once hedges, and I wondered how young people, as the r esponded.-" How shall I express the fe elings of poets sing, could makB love under tlte 'lzawtlzorn shade, my heart, how speak my thanks fo r this and all the It seemed to me that a d,itch by a hedge was' an kindness that has met me since I came to your unfavourable place fo r a declaration ; but when I saw shores ? I have no words prepared. You will no� your glorious standard trees with domelik;e spread ing expect me to give fit utterance to the mingled senti- branches in full blossom I understood it better. Then 224 Th e Autocrat at our BreaAfust-table. Th e Autocrat at OU?' Brealr;fast-table. 225 your birds, how they sing, there is little green st'lmce fo llowing verses which he had prepared : in your woods. I have not yet heard the nightingale, Lz'nes of gredz'ng to Dr OHver 'Wendell Ho lmes though I am told he is here-perhaps 'tis my fault, al brealifa sl z'n Combz'nalz'on Room, SI Jo hn's College, he may have been sing ing all around me and I may Ca m brzdge, Engla nd. have missed his high note, as we know some ears do. So I have seen plenty of clouds in your skies, Welcome, good friend; your hand ! now you're in reach of us we'll freely say what else were unexpressed ; but no sky-lark as yet : I shall still hope to catch a strain of his unpremeditated mirth. for friend you surely are to all and and each of us, and these old walls ne'er held a worthier guest. "To turn to another of my emotions, think what it is to an eye accustomed to the modern grandeur and new No guest more well-beloved, more soul-unbending, magnificence of American cities to light on the hoary since the frail Mayflower bore the Pilgrims bold ; buildings of a town like this, dating perhaps from stern hearts, in hard New England still defending Alfred's time, their old stones with the rust of ages on whate'er was best and noblest in the Old. them, like the green patina upon an ancient coin or Here round your chair unseen in gathering number medal dearer to the heart of the antiquary than the throng eager shades, no feeble band nor few, shiniest of polished surfaces. And as I go through ghosts of a fruitful past, awaked from slumber these old streets there is another keen delight : I meet to give their gracious benison to you. in the flesh, going to aud fro as if it was quite usual, Says rare Ben ] onson 'Ha l one more good fellow ! quite a matter of course, men of distinction whose 'od's life, we'll add him to our tuneful quire' ; names have for years been to me as household words. and bids you stay and pass an evening mellow Yesterday I asked a friend in the street who a certain with Herrick, genial soul, and courtly Prior. gentleman was, and he told me it was Professor A da ms, Then gentle Wordsworth brings his ghostly greeting whose name will be handed down to future ages as wafted from northern dales and mountains lone, the discoverer of the planet Nep tune ; and in the beaming with eye serene for joy at meeting evening I had the happiness of meeting him and a heart as large and single as his own. being shown by him a volume of lvewton's own writing, A charred and bl I requested my late father, also an old Johnian, to allow me to use his name as Founder. Thus the prize stands in the name of " J ames" instead of .. Patrick." SIR PATRICK COLQUHOUN ON THE 'SCULLS: I have a younger brother James, late of Trinity Hall, and some 10 or 12 years my junior, who has been our note in last Term's Chronicle on the recently sometimes confounded with his father with reference �ml}1J� N elected Honorary Fellows, it would be observed to this prize. It is also supposed that I contended fo r by some of our readers that no mention of the it myself, but that is not so ; not only would such a fa mous Colquhoun Sculls was made in connexion with course have been improper, but I at that time held the Sir Patrick's name. We were aware that tradition amateur Championship of England, which by custom made him the fo under of them, but on endeavouring to precluded the holder from contending for any other verify the fa ct by reference to the only available prize. I however trained the first two winners, Berney Un z'vtrsZty Almanack, document, namely the we were and Antrobu5. The match was originally rowed from stumbled by its statement that they " were presented to Westminster to Putney, but the L.M.B.C. as trustee Lady Margaret Boat Club in 1835 by J. Colquhoun, the very properly threw it open to the University, and Esq." As Sir Patrick took his degree in 1837, there removed the venue to the Cam. was clearly something to be explained, and we preferred "About this time a remarkable incident oG:curred silence to error. On the first opportunity, our repre with reference to the University Boat-race. The 2nd sentative interviewed the learned and genial knight, Lady Margaret -Boat had bumped the 1 st, of which who in the most fr iendly manner supplied us with the I was 7, and we fo und ourselves 14th on the river, fo llowing account. It will be read with interest by all , The stroke, Curtis, at once resigned, and the Club who go down to the river in ships, and will settle fo r elected me in his place with fu ll dictatorial powers ever the apparent conflict between tradition and ne quid detrimenti respubl ica capiat. In two Terms the authority. J ohnian flag waved at the top of the staff, to the Sir Patrick says :- intense disgust of many who spoke with ill-disguised "In reply to your request fo r authentic information annoyance of "Colquhou:n and his little lot." On with reference to the origin of the so called " Colquhoun taking my degree I resigned the after-oar, but having Sculls," I am happy to be still alive to afford it. stayed up to attend the Civil law lectures, had no "At that period (1835) I was very enthusiastic, and peace tlll I consented to row some oar in the boat. had set my mind on obtaining the cordon bleu of the I chose No. 2, with Alfred ShadwelI as bow, and we rowing world, the Wingfield Sculls, the holder of which instituted a successful device of laying out or easing considered was the amateur Champion of England. In alternately at the corners to save the rudder. effort this I succeeded, being the first light-weight "At this time a match was arranged with Oxford, 6l (9 st. bs) and the first Scotsman who had held them. and the boat was filled with Trinity men. I did not "It occurred to me that it might encourage sculling like this, as the L. M. was head of the' rivet, so I at Cambridge were a similar prize established there, proposed to give the University et "start." This was but fe eling that my junior position and age might draw accepted, and when within bumping distance the cock down on me the imputation of unbecoming assumption, swain cried "easy all," which was repeated often VOL. XIV. HI! 230 Si?· Pa tricl, OolqullOun on the ' Sculls.' between B�itsbite and the finish. This produced a communication intended to seduce myself, who was known · to be at the bottom of the conspiracy, fr om my allegiance. I replied that I could not accept the ®bftuar». proposal, but they could have any of my men they pleased ; they chose the stroke, Robert Hurt, where REv. WILLIAM BARNES, B.D.,· "THE DORSETSHIRE upon I resumed my oId place aft, put in a spare POET." man at 2, and repeated the operation ; thereupon the WILLIAM BARNES, well known, at any rate to University took a second man, and on the next trial a third. I then told the Club I thought we might be West-countrymen, as 'the Dorsetshire poet,' was born 1800. satisfied, having now %ths of the boat. This broke at Sturminster Newton,t Dorset, February 22nd, up the Trinity compact, and I believe since then the He belonged to a good fa mily of hereditary farmers University has been properly represented in the boat. who had owned their land in the time of the Tudors, " On going down the Club presented me, in remem but the fo rtunes of his house had gradually declined brance of deeds past and gone, with a handsome silver until at the beginning of the century there remained O€7Ta<; ap.cfl£lCU7r€)...)...ov, the first token of approval I had to it only one small farm in the Vale of Blackmore. then received, and of . this I am justly proud. Some He was educated at the village school, and at the age of about fo urteen entered the office of a solicitor as years later the Leander made me, as its Secretary during It was, however, always his ambition many years, a similar present, on my judicial appoint a copying-clerk . to teach, and when some years later he settled in ment to the Court of Appeal in the Ionian Islands. "In conclusion, I am fa in to admit a clannish Dorchester he opened a school there which was speedily successful. Though not at this time a scholar and diathesis in all matters, and have ever regarded my scarcely even an educated man, Barnes appears to old hereditary College as a part and parcel of myself, have exercised great influence over his boys. Years maintaining my "loyalty " to it, which after he himself described his method to Dean Bradley, "is all the same, Whether it win or lose the game ; then head-master of Marlborough, in a characteristic True as the dial to the sun, sentence :-' I didn't trouble my boys overmuch with Although it be not shone upon ;" , Latin and Greek, and I fear their Latin prose would 'have made you Marlborough Quintilians stare and but in my case it has been " shone upon," fo r to my , gasp ; but I did teach them something.. I took them great surprise I fo und myself brigaded as an Honorary 'out into the fields, and made them admire' with me Fellow among those eminent scholars, "the latchet of , the wonderful works of God: whose shoes " I l1ever presumed " to loose " in scholar ship. It is to me a great satisfaction to have this • See also :-Athent1!um, Oct. 16, 1886 ; Wo rld, Oct. 13, r886 ; Saturday R�ie7JJ, Oct. r6, r886 ; Fo rtnightZJI Review, Nov. r886 ; Sp ectator, Oct. r6. opportunity of assuring the College in its own organ, r886 ; Chambers' Joumal, vol. XXXIX. p. 281, vol. XLV. p. 48j, vol. XLIX· t,hat I appreciate the compliment it has conferred on p. 730 ; Ma emillan's Magazine, vol. VI. p. 154 ; No rth British Review' me far above all the honours I have hitherto received. vol. XXXI. p. 339. t Another authority gives Rushay Bagber as Barnes' birthplace. P. COLQUHOUN." 232 Obituary, Obitua?'Y· 233 It was during his career as a schoolmaster that It is not widely known that the Dorsetshire poet Barnes took his degree at the University. At this time was a linguist and archreologist of no small dis it was possible under the statute of 9 Eliz. fo r persons tinction.'" He contributed papers on Language and above the age of 24 to take the degree of B.D. by Archreology to various magazines, and published a keeping their names upon the books of a College for Phtlologzeal Grammar (Berlin 1863), an introduction to ten years,· during the last two of which only they the science of the grammar of all languages. grounded were obliged to keep three Terms. It was under this on English, the result of an industrious comparison of statute that Barnes entered St John's College, and was no less than sixty languages. Tt"" or Englzsh as a admitted March 2, l838.t Te utome tongue, appeared in 1862. He also wrote No tes He was ordained deacon in 184 i, and priest in 1848, on Anct'ent Brz'taz'n and the Britons, and Early England and proceeded to the degree of B.D. on October 24, and the Saxon EngNsh-two papers full of speculations J850• on some of the problems that have perplexed genera At the close of his University residence Barnes tions of archreologists. returned to his school. It was during- this later period It was not as an archreologist, however, that the of his life q.s a schoolmaster, early in the fo rties, that name of William Barnes became famous ; he was 'a he wrote the rural poems which have made him famous. lyric writer of a high order of genius.' His " Poems For a time he was curate of Whitcotnbe, a very small of Rural Life" t have given the Dorset dialect the parish near Dorchester, the church of which is now dignity of a written language. There is a simplicity almost a ruin. In 1862 he relinquished his school and and directness about these which gives them a peculiar retired to the rectory of Winterbourne Came. This he charm when once the difficulty of the dialect is over held in conjunction with Whitcombe till his death on come. As one critic said of them, they contain 'a October 7th of the present year. 'most sweet and prevailing perfume of the simplest , country life.' • The statute provides that a C' Person having been admitted of any College after the age of 24 years and having continued a member for 10 years • 'In later years academic scholars were sometimes found to remark upon at the least, during the last two of which he has resided in College the 'the unsystematic character of his linguistic attainments, but it cannot be greater part of three several 'l'erms, may p�oceed to the degree of RD." , gainsaid that he was almost always ready with definite and often exclusive Such persons appear in the Calendllf as "ten-year men," At S\ John's 'information on whatever slightly known fo rm of human speech might occur they dined in Hall at the High Table like Fellow-Commoners. , to the mind of his questioner, from Persian to Welsh, from the contemporary t There seems to be a discrepancy here between the College and Univer. , vernaculars of India to the tongues of the Ancient British tribes. Over and sity records. The REV, W1LLIAM BARNES appears among the 'ten-year 'above these subjects, his mind was occupied after his removal to Dorchester, men ' at Christ's: ill th� Calendar for 1831, aoel continues there till 185Q, 'to judge from his letters to old local newspapers, with investigations of when the Dorsetshire poet took his deg,.ee ; the name then disappears 'Roman remains, theories on the origin of Stonehenge, and kindred arch reo ;altogether from the Christ's lists, and is not to be fo und even among the 'logical matters ; while among his other hobbies about this time was ;S.D's. On the other hand, though he was admitted in 1838, the name 'engraving on wood and on silver, crests and initials upon old pieces ' WILLIAH BARNES does not appear in the Calendar among the Johnian , of plate in the neighbourhood still remaining to testify to his skill in the art. ten-year men till 1844 ; but after 1850 it is on our list of B.D's. Whether (AthentEum, Oct. 16, 1886.) 'the Rev. William Bames ' of Christ's is the same person as 'William t In 1844 he published a volume called Poems of Rural L£fe , containing Bames ' of St John's we have at present no means of ascertaining. Perhaps poems written since r825 ; in 1859 he published Hwome/y Rhymes ; and in 186 collected as an application to the editorial committee of the Christ's College Magazine 2, Poems in the Dorset Dialect. These were subsequently will clear this up. 'Poems of Rural Life £n the Dorset Dialect. Obituary • .234 Obituary. 235 The use of the dialect was no affectation with Barnes-� the poet of cultivated domestic life as Barn>es himself He preached his sermons in the same language in was the poet of rural domestic life. We find, as we which he wrote his poems. It was in oil: sense his other� should expect, that the one poet understands, the mother-tongue. He spoke it as the language which with for they have much in common ; they deal 'he belonged. He was an impressive figure- while a successful rendering of a school Exercise brought on he lived and he leaves behind him that monumentum him a severe punishment, on the ground that his that it could not have been cere perennzus which more ambitious men have striven rendering was so good hard fo r and failed to win. honestly done, the desire to escape fr om such an uncongenial sphere grew too strong to be resisted. The next few years brought small improvement in his educational prospects, and it was not until little more than a year remained before the date fix.ed fo r his entry THE REv. J. F. ISAACSON. at the University, that he fo und an opportunity of By the death, on the' 19th August 1886, of the Rev. turning his natural gifts to good account. At that John Frederick Isaacson, D.D., Rector of Freshwater, date, he had the good fo rtune to be placed with the Isle of Wight, and Honorary Canon of Winchester, the Rev. F. Howes of Norwich, a tutor in whom sound College has lost one of its most distinguished membe:rs. scholarship was united with a rare fa culty fo r' imparting The second son of the Rev. John Isaacson, Rector' of knowledge, and who was thus excellently qualified Lydgate, Suffolk (a Johnian who graduated as' 7th to supply the defects of his pupil's former training. Iml Wrangler in 1791), he was born on October 15th 1801. Determined not to miss this last opportunity, the latter As a boy he gave proofs, of industry and thorougn,ness worked with astonishing industry. In six months he in the prosecution of his studies, but the circumstances had read through the whole series of standard Greek of his education were not such as to give promise and Latin authors, a work which he completed a second of the success which he ultimately obtained. His time befo re the end of the year, and this without school life, which was passed at Norwich Grammar neglecting other subjects. In 182 I he gained an School, then raised to a high state of efficiency by Entrance Scholarship, coming into residence in October its connexion with the celebrated Dr Valpy, proved of that year, and in the fo llowing spring he carried (,)f little assistance to him. His peculiarily sensitive off the Senior Bell Scholarship. After passing the temperament rendered the rough atmosphere of school usual Colleg e Ex.aminations with distinction, he took a source of constant unhappiness j and when at length his degree in the beginning of 1825 as Senior Classic, Senior Gold Medallist, and 3rd Senior Optime. His • Mr Gosse writes thus concerning a visit to M� Barnes shortly before place in the Mathematical Tripos would probably have his death. 'Hardy and I went on Monday last to Came Rectory where been much higher, but fo r a painful affection of the • he lies bedridden. It is curious that he is dying as picturesquely as he 'lived. We found him in bed in his study, his face turned to tile window, eyes, which fo r some time threatened serious conse • where the light came streaming in through flowering plants, his brown quences, and rendered it necessary fo r him to give up' • books on all sides of him save one, the wall behind him being hung with this branch of study. In this same year he was old green tapestry. a , He had a scarlet bedgown on ; kind of soft biretta ordained by Bishop Sparke of Ely, and shortly after , of dark red wool on l'lis head, from wBkh his long wBDte hair escaped on to • the pillow ; his grey beard grown very long upon his breast ; his complexion, he was elected Fellow and Tutor of the College. The • which you recollect as richly bronzed, has become blanched by keeping next thirteen years were passed at Cambridge in , indoors, and is now waxily white where it is not waxily pink ; the blue eyes the active discharge of the duties of his office, in which < half shut, restless under languid ...••• lids I wish I could paint for you the he displayed so much zeal and ability that the post • strange effect of this old old man lying in cardinal scarlet in his white bed, , the only bright spot in the gloom of alJ those books.' of Lecturer at King's College was also, conferred upon VOL. �V. 11 238 Ob1·tua?·y. Obituary. 239 him, a remarkable compliment at that period. In most honoured officers. He was the grandson of a 1838 he accepted the College Living of Freshwater, West Indian landed proprietor, whose son, Dr Farre, and there the remaining 47 years of his life were spent. also a J ohnian, practised fo r many years in Charter Of his work there this is hardly the place to speak. house Square, and used to be a fa miliar object at It will be enough to say that it was ever marked by the close of the last century, as he walked home every the same high standard, and the same conscientious evening, with his fo otman behind him, to his country loving care for those under his charge, as had hitherto house in Islington. Frederic was educated at the characterised his life. Two visible memorials of his Charterhouse, where he was Gold Medalist in 1821, work remain in the admirably arranged School build and Captain of the School in 1822. He obtained a ings, and the beautifully restored Parish Church. Foundation Scholarship at St John's, and sustained In a letter to the Bursar, Dr Hymers says-" As I the reputation of the College by being classed as a was nearly of the same standing as Isaacson (about two wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos of 1827. Having years his junior), I was of course well acquainted but taking the B.A. degree, he chose medicine as a not intimate with him during our common residence in profession, and entered as a student at St Bartholomew's College. He was an eminent classical private tutor ; Hospital. In 1830 he proceeded to the degree of M.A., and in lax days a man of noticeable piety and irre and in 1837 obtained that of Doctor of Medicine. Very proachable conduct in every respect. He suffered much shor�ly after qualification he was made Lecturer on fr om weak sight, and might at one period be seen Botany at St Bartb:olomew's Hospital, and later on always taking his exercise at night in the College became Lecturer on Materia Medica, holding the chair courts to escape the glare of day. I recollect hearing till 1876. In 1841-2 and 1854 he was Censor (that is from the late Dr Almack that Isaacson during his to say, Examiner in Medicine) of the Royal College residence at Freshwater had prepared a critical com of Physicians. In 1842 he became Assistant-Physician ment on the Text of the whole Scripture, which might to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and was one of the see the light after the author's death. I suppose it was first to hold that appointment, Sir George Burrows' on the Greek and Hellenistic Texts, as I never heard being the very first. By 1843 he had become the that Isaacson was a profound Hebraist. I am sorry Senior Assistant-Physician, Drs Hue, Roupell, and that I cannot supply you with fu rther reminiscences, Burrows being fu ll Physicians. Dr Farre was the first but I am glad thus to bear testimony to the worth full Physician appointed (May loth, 1854) when the of so learned and good a man." hospital determined to have fo ur instead of three Physicians on the staff, and he held that appointment for sixteen years. Dr Farre was a member of the Council of the College of Physicians in 1846-48, Treasurer fo r fifteen years, DR FREDERIC JORN F AR,.RE. and Examiner in 186 1-62, 1866-67, and when last By the death of Dr Frederic Farre at his residence year he was nominated Vice-President of the College, in Kensington on Wednesday, November loth, St John's it was generally felt that no one had a better claim has lost its senior Doctor of Medicine and the Royal to the distinction. In 1883 he presented to the College College of Physicians one of its oldest Fellows and of Physicians a manuscript history of that institution. 240 Obituary. Obituary. 241 which he had spared no pains to render fu ll and Ut Farre had a grave and reverend aspect, calculated complete. Some day it may be fo un d possible to ttG inspire confidence in a patient. To students he was publish it to the world. He was for a time Examiner always kind and considerate. He held several other in Materia Medica at the Un iversity of London, and appointments besides those already noted, being practised fo r some years in Montague Place and after Physician to 'Charterhouse, Consulting Physician to the wards in Pimlico. Dr Farre was, however, chiefly London Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, and Physician to known as an authority on Materia Medica and Thera the Rock Assurance Office. He married comparatively peutics, subjects with which he was deeply conversant. late in life , and has left two daughters, one of whom He was one of the editors of the first Brzksh is married to the Rev. H. Spencer, of Oxford. His Phal"macopceia, and wa� known to students and teachers brother, the distinguished obstetrician Dr Arthur Farre, as the editor of Pereira's once widely-studied work survives him. on Materia Medica. Several generations of students (See Lancet, and Jo urnal, 20, 1886.) of St Bartholomew's Hospital attended his lectures in British lI On betng aroused out of an algebratcal revert't by a la dy. FAREWELL ! sweet scene of all my best of days, As Adam fe lt when, waked from leaden trance, At this sad hour of parting most 'tis known II And blind presentment of his drowsy moodl How much I love thy towers of crumbling stone ' With drooping head and half-averted glance, And mellowed brick, thy silent cloistered ways, Like Venus risen naked from the flood, Thy halls, and chapels loud with loftiest praise, The paragon of perfect womanhood- Thy wondrous skies by morn or evening lone ; Unblotted page of virgin life's romance- Thou hast besides a glory all thine own His dream's embodiment before him stood Not drawn from tree or flood or sunset blaze And smote his heart with pleasing sufferance' ; The souls of saint and bard and scholar dead, So feeling, when as soft as Zephyr's sigh Trailing rich perfume of the days that were, Or fall of leaves in mossy Arcady Walk thy old halls and courts with noiseless tread, One breathed my name and dawned upon my �ight Seen by the fe w whoso their spirit share- Like foolish bird who in the fowler's cry So too where' er in life or death I be Hears her lone mate's soft amorous melody, My soul, fair Cambridge, knows a home in thee. My soul sought earth from Heaven's)nfatuate height. J. S. MILLS. J. J. S. A LETTER OF WORDSWORTWS. Rydal Mount Jany 26th [r·832] My dear Sir The proposal to paint my Portrait was made to> Mr Pickersgill thro' my Friend Mr Quillinan, & an answer was received thro' the same channel, which led me to expect Mr P. at Rydal in October last. I have deferred answering your obliging Letter a fe w days in the expectation of hearing that Mr Quillinan had returned from Paris to London, & would be able to tell me why I had neither seen Mr P. nor heard fr om him. All that I know is that about the time \;}ewas expected OUR CHRONICLE. here, he was at Paris painting several distinguished Persons there, La Fayette and Cuvier among: the number-these engagements probably detained him longer than he expected. October. Te rm , 1886. as I am this moment told that it is only a.bout a week since he returned to London. I have no doubt but that as soon as The Editors of the Eagle invite the attention of subscribers Mr Quillinan returns he will see Mr P., and I shall be able to to the new arrangement b.y which for the single payment in answer more satisfactorily the enquiries which yours-elf and advance of one guz'nea the magazine will be supplied terminally other Fellows of yr Col : have done me the honor to make upon for five years, dating from the Term in which payment is made. the subj ect ..... In the annually published list a mark will be placed opposite The obliging reference in your Letter to Henry Cookson was the name of each guinea subscriber to indicate the date at mentioned to his Mother, who is at present at Ambleside with which his subscription expires. The Editors trust that this her daughters. We were glad to see his IlIa me so· high after the arrangement will find favour with members of the College who fears which had been felt by his fr iends lest he should break dislike being troubled for frequent small payments. down altogether. I congratulate you upon one of your Pupils Dr Taylor, our Master, has been elected Vice-Chancellor, being so high upon the Tripos, & notice with regret that his tenure of office commencing in January next. St John's has not made so great a figure as usual. of the Would you be so kind as let me know, at your leisure, what Dr Donald Mac Alister has been elected a member College advantages, on the score of economy, a Sizar has at St John's, Council of the Senate to serve for fo ur years. The by the Master, Prof. & whether there are any seriOUS objections to a person entering will thus be represented on the Council & remaining in that rank ? My Brother in Law Mr 'rhas Liveing, Mr Hill, and Dr Mac Alister. Hutchinson is about to send his Son to Sedbergh School. with At the Annual Election on November 8th, the fo llowing a view to his going to 8t John's and would be glad, as we all were elected Fellows of the College :-J oseph Robson Tanner, would be, to be able to form an estimate of the experrse-& M.A. (Second in the Historical Tripos 1.882), College Lecturer particularly as compared with that of a Pensioner. in Modern History, and Lecturer to the Indian Civil Service The state of my Eyes (tho' not bad) oblige me to use an Board ; Duncan Mackenzie Kerly, B.A., LL.B. (Ninth Wrangler Amanuensis which I hope you will excuse-The Ladies beg 1884, Senior in Law Tripos 1885), Mac Mahon Law Student and their kind remembrances to you Real Pmperty Law Scholar, Inner Temple ; Augustus Edward & I am my dr Sir very truly your's Hough Love, RA. (Second Wrangler 1885, first div. Part III WM WORDSWORTH. 1886). Dr Tay10r, our Master, was appointed th.e Del:egate of the John Hymers Esqre St John's College Cambridge Univ.ersity to convey our congratulations to Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which celebrated its 250th anni- [This letter is one of the Wordsworth papers presented to the College by sailed for Dr Hymers (see p- 252). The portrait referred to is that in the Hall. Henry versary on November 6, 7, and 8. The Master Cookson was the late Master of Peterhouse, who was 7th Wrangler in 1832, America on October 23. On November 8 he received the Reath of Trinity being Senior Wrangler, and Laing and Cotterill of St John's. honorary degree of LL.D., and at the great banquet in the Second and Third respectively. In 1830 and in 1831 the Senior Wrangler had Memorial Hall ().f the University replied to the toast of 'the been a Johnian, We have not succeeded in tracing Mr Thos Hutchinson's. Coll Master intends son. ED.] eges and Universities of Europe.' The to return before Christmas. VOL. XIV. KK A LETTER OF WORDSWORTH'S. Rydal Mount Jany 26th [f8pJ ..� My dear Sir The proposal to paint my Portrait was made to Mr Pickersgill thro' my Friend Mr Quillinan, & an answer was received thro' the same channel, which led me to expect Mr P. at Rydal in October last. I have deferred answering your obliging Letter a few days in the expectation of hearing that. Mr Quillinan had returned from Paris to London, & would be able to tell me why I had neither seen Mr P. nor heard from him. All that I know is that about the time 11e was expected OUR CHRONICLE. here, he was at Paris painting several distinguished Persons there, La Fayette and Cuvier among. the number-these engagements probably detained him longer than he expected, Odobe'/: Term, 1886. as I am this moment told that it is only about a week since he returned to London. I have no doubt but that as soon as The Editors of the Eagle invite the attention of subscribers Mr Quillinan returns he will see Mr P., and I shall be able to to the new arrangement by which for the single payment in answer more satisfactorily the enquiries which yourself and advance of one guinea the magazine will be supplied terminally other Fellows of yr Col: have done me the honor to make upon for five years, dating from the Term in which payment is made. the subject ..... In the annually published list a mark will be placed opposite The obliging reference in your Letter to Henry Cookson was the name of each guinea subscriber to indicate the date at mentioned to his Mother, who is at present at Ambleside with which his subscription expires. The Editors trust that this her daughters. We were glad to see his name so high after the arrangement will find favour with members of the College who fears which had been fe lt by his friends lest he should break dislike being troubled fOI frequent small payments. congratulate down altogether. I you upon one of your Pupils Dr Taylor, our Master, has been elected Vice-Chancellor, being so high upon the Tripos, & notrce with regret that tenure of office commencing in January next. St John's has not made so great a figure as usual. his Would you be so kind as let me know, at your lei'sure, what Dr Donald Mac Alister has been elected a member of the advantages, on the score of economy, a Sizar has at St John's, Council of the Senate to serve fo r four years. The College Master, Prof. & whether there are any sm'ous objections to a person entering will thus be represented on the Council by the & remaining in that rank? My Brother in Law Mr Thos Liveing, Mr Hill, and Dr Mac Alister. Hutchinson is about to send his Son to Sed bergh School with At the Annual Election on November 8th, the following a view to his going to St John's and would be glad, as we all were elected Fellows of the ColLege :-J oseph Robson Tanner, would be, to be able to form an estimate of the experrse-& lVI.A. (Second in the Historical Tripos ),8Sz), College Lecturer particularly as compared with that of a Pensioner. in Modern History, and Lecturer to the Indian Civil Service The state of my Eyes (tho' not bad) oblige me to use an Board ; Duncan Mackenzie Kerly, B.A., LL.B. (Ninth Wrangler Amanuensis which I hope you will excuse-The Ladies beg [884, Senior in Law Tripos 1885), Mac Mahon Law Student and their kind remembrances to you Real Property Law Scholar, Inner Temple; Augustus Edward & I am my dr Sir very truly your's Hough Love, RA. (Second WrangleF 1885. first div. Part III WM WORDSWORTH. (886). Dr Taylor, oUI Master, was appointed the De1'egate of the John Hymers Esqre St John's College Cambridge University to convey our congratulations to Harvard University, its 250th anni [This letter in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which celebrated ' is one of the Wordsworth papers presented to the College by The Master sailed- for Dr .H:ymers (see p, 252). The portrait referred to is that in the Hall. Henry versary on November 6, 7, and 8. Cookson was the late Master of Peterhouse, who was 7th Wrangler in 1832. America on October 23. On November 8 he received the lIeath of Trinity being Senior Wrangler, and Laing and Cotterill of St J aIm'S honorary degree of LL.D., and at the great banquet in the Second and Third respectively. In 1830 and in 1831 the Senior Wrangler had Memorial Hall of the University replied to the toast of • the been a Johnian, We have not succeeded in tracing Mr Thos Hutchinson'S Coll The Master intend$ son. ED.] eges and Universities of Europe.' to return before Christmas. VOL. XIV. KK 246 Ohrort£cle. OUt· Our Ohronicle. 247 Mr C. M. Stuart, Fellow of the College, has been awarded It is a peculiar use, with curious old English rubrics, compiled the Medal of the Royal Humane Society for l).is gallantry in apparently for the nuns of the monastery' sancti 8alvatoris de risking his life to save that of a youq.g mq.n, named Burgess, 8yon,' and sanctioned by the express permission of the Bishop who fell through, the �ce on Alsager Mere last February. of London. It is a somewhat rare volume, but it so happens Another yqung man, Mr William McKee, who had first plungeq that another copy is in the Librairy of St john's College, Oxford in to the rescue of Burgess, was hjmself drowned. (MS no. 165). A visitor to the Inventions was struck by the An excellent engraved portrait of Professor A.dams h,as been resemblance, and on subsequently examining the copy at Ox pres,eq.ted to th,e College by Messrs Macmillan. It is one of ford, was able, as he believed, to identify two leaves as the the 'Scientific Worthies' series appearing in Nature, and Sir very same as those which had been exposed to view at the Ropert Ball, Astronomer-Royal for Ireland, con.cludes the aC7 Inventions. Under these circumstances it is not very surprising c,ompanying biographical noti,ce that the Librarian at Oxford should have been half disposed by saying that 'on Professor Adams every honour which science can bestow has been to imagine that the manuscript really had been spirited away �onferred.' The picture is hung in the Combination Room. for the time from the College Ltbrary and as mysteriously replaced, and should have thought it his duty to ascertain By the kin,dness of Mr Warren, late Fellow of the College, whether such a manuscript really existed in our coHection. the collection of paintings in the Hall has been enriched The result of the enquiry was, of course, quite satisfactory;, py the addition of a portrait of Sir Isaac Pennipgton, formerly but such disappearances' do sometimes occur. Chassant's ;Professor of Chemistry and afterwards Regius Prqfessor of PaleograpMe des Charies, for example, which was for a long ;Physic, a munificent benefactor of the College. time so mysteriously missing fr om the Library, has reappeared The Rectory of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, having become recently just as unaccountably as 1t went. ;vacantby the death of the Rev. J. F. Isaacson, B.D. (B.A. 1825), The opinion of eminent counsel has been taken on t.he ques the !i\'ing has beep accepted by the Rev. Eric John Sutherlanq tion pending between the College and the Postmaster-General" Rudd, Fellow of the College, late Head-master of Hereforq as to the latter's right of sllppressing College messengers. Cathedral Schopl, and Vicar of Horningsey. We regret to say the opinion is adverse to the College, the' The Rectory of Aldridge in Staffordshire having become Post Office Acts apparently giving the authorities quite despotic' vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. Finch Smith (B.A. 1837), power in such matters. It appears, however, that we can ask the College has presented the Rev. J. Slade ffoster Chamberlain the Post Office to deliver at our rooms all letters that are fully (B.A. 1869) tp the benefice. addressed (to (Zourt, staircase, &c.). and the Junior Bursar has We rejoice tp hear that Dr Pearson, Bishop of Newcastle, arran�ed for such delivery in future., Our correspondence IS' New South Wales, and formerly Fellow of the College, is !'lOW brought to us six times a day by a smart official in Her' about to return tp England. He has accepted the Vicarage Majesty's uniform and (0n dark evenings) a bun's-eye lantern., of Blackburn, offered him by the Bishop of Manchester, apd Thi,s service in great measure makes up for the loss of the' will act (so it is said) as a coacljutor to Dr Moorhouse. messenger, and if we only blew the full addresses of all our college fr iends, we should have little left. to complain of. We' The Rev. W. Allen Whitworth, Vicar of St John's, Hammer under-stand that an attempt is being made to induce some loca1 smith, and formerly fellow, has acceptep the Vicarage of printer to undertake the preparation of a coned list of all All Saints', Margaret Street, London. resident members of the University, with their full addresses in The Editors of the Eagle acknowledge with becomipg College or in the town. This list, if it can be ananged for and modesty the sincere flattery of the members of Jesus College kept up term by term, would be eJOtremely useful and should and of Christ's College ill startillg magazines pf their own. find a ready sale. The Chanticleer and the Clmst's ColI�ge Magazz'nt are promising Mrs Georgiana M. Pennee, the s'i ster of the late Rev. :ventures in the field of College journalism, and the Eagle, taking A. R. Ward. President of the University Cricket Club (whO' an elder-brotherly interest in their welfare, has placed them on died Sept. 25, 1884), has presented to the College some hand its exchange-list. Some and valuable pieces of plate as a memoFial of her brother's' An amusing instance of mistaken identity has recently long connexion with St John's. One piece, a tureen, bears occurred in connexion with one of the College Library manu the following inscription. VI . M scripts. Last year. among other MS8 lent to the Inventipns RO . REVERENDO . ARTVR()' ROBERTO ' WARD ' A STRENVO . RERVM . DIVINARVM • ADSERTORI . FIDO . ET Exhibition, was MS F. 2, a Processionale, or collection of BENEVOLO' . AMICI ·PLVRIMI . ME ' DEDERVNT in processions round a churcq AMICO IN chants used q+ monastic ch;WeL FESTO' B· CLEMENTIS . A . S· MDCCCLXXIII 248 Our Oh1·onicle. Our Chronicle. 249 Another is a fine tankard and has the following: Firth College, Sheffield, of which Mr W. M. Hicks, F.R.S. and Fellow of our College, is Principal, has become ' affiliated'to ARTVRO • ROBERTO . WARD· A . M the University. Students who pass through a specified course EGREGIO' PILAE . CLAVIQVE • LVSVS . FAVTORI (If three years' study at Firth College are exempted from a D·· year's residence for a degree at Cambridge. D AMICI· CANTAB· ET· OXON Mr J. E. Sandys, the Public Orator, has been admitted to XXVIII· JVN . MDCCCLXXV the degree of Doctor in Letters, and Mr F. E. Hilleary to that On July I the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was of Doctor 'of Law. . conferred by the University of Dublin on Dr Kennedy. In Mr Whitaker, our Junior Dean, has been appointed a presenting him, Dr Webb, Professor of Law and Public Orator, College Lecturer in Theology. Mr Frederic Watson has made the following speech: resigned the Rectory of Starston and accepted that of Quy, Praesento vobis, Academici, Porsoni successorem et baeredem. Sabrinae near Cambridge, so we shall still retain his valuable services corolla redimitus adest. Hujus nomen Arundines Cami adsidue susurrant. as a Theological Lecturer. Hujus ope mille veneres Sophocleas ren')rescunt. Hunc in lilteris Graecis atque Latinis Elegantiarum Arbitrum unicum atque supremum nos quoque Mr R. T. Wright (Fifth Wrangler 1869), Barrister-at-law Dubliuenses salutamus. Sed vereor ne si multus sim in hoc tam eximio and late Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College, has been ap Latinitatis correctore laudando, ipse, leguleius tantum, in Latinitate titubem. pointed to lecture in Law and to supervise the work of the Law Praesento igitur vobis Benjamin Hall Kennecly, Regium Graecae in students of the College. Dr Bryan Walker, the late Law Cantabrigia Professorem-inter Graecos hodiernos nostros Nestorem-nec Nestorem solum sed, quod de Aristophane ait Persius, Praegrandem Senem. Lecturer, has retired after seventeen years' service. The following rather happy rendering of the above by Dr Webb was At the Annual Election on June 12 Mr J. T. Ward was . Circulated ; - chosen a member of the Council to serve for three years in the Give ear, oh ye Members of College room of Mr Torry. Mr Mason, Professor Mayor, and Professor Who to greet Alma Mater repair! Liveing were re-elected. I'm presenting a man of rare knowledge He's Porson's successor and heir! Mr Heitland has been appointed an Improvement Com missioner representing the College, in the room of Mr Haskins He comes crowned with Sabrinre Corolla; who has resigned. The Reeds of Cam whisper his name; And the steps of the Cantabs to follow The Rev. Alfred Caldecott, Fellow of the College, has re We enrol him in our list of fame! signed the Principalship of Codrington College, Barbados, and has returned to Englan'j, Even we in this Island of Sinners Eudeavour his praises to speak; Dr Donald lVIacAlister has been appointed Gulstonian Lec And we hail him the Scholar of Scholars turer at the Royal College of Physicians. The master of Latin and Greek. The Seatonian Prize for a poem on The Message 10 the Angel But before such a critic of Latin, of the Church z"n Sardzs has been awarded to the Rev. E. W. I fear. I may trip in my song; The classics I've ceased to be pat in, Bowling. And, in short, sir, I must not be long! The first Whewell International Law Sc.holarship has been The Senex Praegranclis of Persius awarded to George Edward Green (Senior History Tripos 1885), Is present-deny it who can- Scholar of the College. The contest appears to have been So long life to the N estor of Scholars! warm, for after the two scholars no less than three candidates Long life to the true G-- 0 -- M--! receive honorable mention. The Bishop of Rochester has appointed Mr Lewis Tonna Ds E. J. Rapson, Scholar and Hutchinson Student, has Dibdin (M.A. 1878) Chancellor of the Diocese, in place of the gained the Le Bas Prize for an essay on The Struggle between late Mr Hugh Cowie, Q.C. Mr Dibdin was called to the Bar England and France formpnmacy £11 bldz"a. It will be remem in 1876, and has since practised in the Chancery and Eccle bered that lVIr Murray was the prizeman last year. siastical Courts. He is the author of "Church Oourts, Alt Ds A. C. Seward, who was mentioned in our last number as hz"storical Illquz"ry into the Slatus of the Ecclesiastical Courts," and receiving a grant from the Worts Travelling Scholars' Fund, other works, and was summoned as a witness before the recent has been elected to a Hutchinson Studentship in order to Ecclesiastical Courts Commission. enable him to pursue his researches in Fossil Botany. 250 Our Cll1·onicle. Our Chronicle. 25I The first award of the Hockin Prize in Electricity has been COINs.-A few more coins have been presented to the made to Ds Stroud (First Class in Physics, Nat. Sciences Library by Mr Cox and Mr Ward, whose excellent example Tripos Part II 1886), who has also obtained the deg�ee of D. Sc. other members of the College are invited to follow. Mr Heit to begin arranging them in the Easter (in Electricity) at the University of London. He IS now .L�c land hopes Term and to turer in Physics at the Durham University College of Medlcme see the number increased in the meantime. and Science, N ewcastle-on-Tyne. Mr Heitland has been appointed an Adjudicator of the Owing to Mr Kerly's election to a Fellowship, there were Members' Latin Essay Prize ; Mr H. M. Gwatkin an Examiner this year two vacant Mac Mahon Law Studentships: Ds L. H. for the Lightfoot Scholarship ; Mr J. E. Marr, an Examiner in Edmunds, LL.B. (First Class Nat. Sciences Tripos 1883), Geology ; Mr Tottenham, an Examiner for the Classical Tripos ; Barrister-at-Iaw, has been elected for three years, and Mr J. A. Foote, an Examiner fo r the Law Tripos ; Mr H. M. Ds L. H. K. Bushe-Fox, LL.B. (Twelfth Wrangler 1885, Gwatkin and Mr J. R. Tanner, Examiners for the Historical Law Tripos 1886) for fo ur years. Tripos ; Mr C. E. Haskins, an Examiner for the Scholarships The Council has decided that the Hughes Exhibition, founded and Chancellor's Medals ; Dr D. MacAlister, an Elector to the by the liberality of Canon Colson, shall be governed by the Downing Professorship of Medicine. following regulations : In the March number we printed a striking sonnet written I. There shall be an Exhibition called the Hughes Exhibi by Professor Sylvester in honour of another of our Honorary tion of the value of thirty-five pounds. Fellows, Professor Pritchard. We regret that our copy was 2. It shall be awarded annually for proficiency in Bibll�cal now able to present the poem in its finished and Ecclesiastical History. imperfect, and are form. With it we print a worthy companion, which will appeal 3· Any undergraduate member of the College who hClisnot to the best proficients in mathematics and in classics. already held the Exhibition may be a candidate. equally 4· The Examiners shall be the Examiners for the annual To the Savz'NcZ1t Professor of Astronomy in the College Theological Examination. Unlverszty of Oxford. 5· At the time of the annual Examination in each year the Examiners shall give notice of the papers in the Examination Aut)1or of A Memoir on the Proper Mot£ons of Forty of the Stars in the Pleiades, on his receiving the Gold Medal of of the succeeding year and of any additional papers whereof 1'he Royal Astronomical Society for his researches into account will be taken in awarding the Exhibition. The Relative Brightnesses of the Fixed Stars. 6. If no award shall be made in any year the sum of thirty PRITCHARD! thy name is lifted to the skies five pounds shall be distributed at the discretion of the Council Who in the starry fields find'st pure delight among deserving students of Theology. To note each ray that gilds the brow of night, And the near hour of severing worlds surmise. \ THE NEW BUIL!HNG.-Since the last number of the Eagle Press on, where Fame's sublimest summits l"ise appeared a great deal has of course been done, but a great deal Time's stroke falls lightly on his sacred might more ought to have been done. The walls of the main building Who ploughs from mom to eve his furrow right are practically finished and those of the junction building are Then sinks to rest, midst sunset's gorgeous dyes. well up. The floor of the lavatories is Hail! faultless herald of the bright-eyed throng, laid, and this part of Heir to the wand, once Tycho's, to assign the work will soon be carried up. The main roof is already What place and precedence to each belong in skeleton, and a start has been made with the lantern. On Whilst yet with watery ray yon Pleiads shine November 19, something over a year from the beginning of Or strew with sands of gold their hair divine, song. operations, the workmen hoisted a Lady Margaret flag to Thy praise shall flourish in immortal announce the completion of the first stack of chimneys. But of a Famz'/y Group of Terms owing to the frequent delays caused by the '/'0 a Mz'sSz'1tg Member slackness of the in a cerlairl algebraical formula. contractors we have been pushed on late in the year, and the wood-work of the roof, which should have been tiled in long Lone and forsaken one! whom envious fate ago, is not improved by the constant rains of this November. Snatched from thy fellows, whither art thou flown lnside there is everything to Where lingerest thou in thy bereaved estate do. We hope to get the Building ! ready for opening at the end of Like some lost star or buried meteor·stone the Easter Term, and the rooms Thou mind'st me much of that presumptuous one occupied by students in October. Any undergraduate who Who, loth aught less than greatest to be great, wishes to see over the building should call on the Junior From Heaven's immensity fell headlong down Bursar between 5.30 and 7 p.m. and make an appointment for To live forlorn, self-centred, desolate: the purpose. 252 Our Ohronicle. Our Ohronicle. .253 Quae proxima cernis Or who, new Heraklid, hard exile bore, Coctilibus muris, parilique rub entia saxo, on rack of fear, Now buoyed by hope now stretched Qua super alta sedens postarum limina custos Till the pale Sibyl, wafting to his ear Arduus auratis toUit se cornibus hircus, Atlantic roar, Words of dim portent through the Margaris erexit, fausto quam Derbia partu Bade him 'the sanctuary of the :Muse revere Edidit. And sprinkle flame on dust of Isis' shore.' Gilts Fletcki!f' (1633) : Mullinger's University of The following hooks by members of the College have re Cambridge, vol. ii, p. 637. A fine piece of sculpture found at Ribchester was built up in ne ilie Lab01at01Y of the o of cently appeared :-Studz'es fr om the Bz'ologz'cal walls of Salesbury old hall. It is an altar, dedicated to Apollo. Owms College, vol. I (Cornish), by Prof. A. M. Marshall, F.R.S. ; On one side the deity is represented as elegantly leaning on one elbow. SolId Geometry, Third Edition (Macmillan), by Dr Percival with a quiver on his back, a lyre in his hand, and a loose mantle flowing Frost ; Companion to WeeklY Problem Papers (Macmillan), by gracefully behind him. On the other front appear two of his priests, attired in long robes. wiili the head of a bull between them ready to be sacrificed. Rev. J. J. Milne ; The Influence of Italz'an upon Englz'sh Litera- (Deighton), by J. R. It has been conjectured that this was a native altar, erected either to 11l1'e during the XVI and XVII cmttlries acknowledge or obtain a safe voyage to the port of Ribchester. This fine Murray (Le Bas prize 1885); Ziegler's Text-book of Pathological piece of Roman antiquity Dr Whitaker by favour of Lord Bulkeley, the IH Anatomy and Pathogenesz's, vo!. (Macmillan), by Dr Donald then owner of Salesbury, was allowed to detach from the wall in the year 1814. MacAlister ; Aritll7lUlzc fo r Schools (Deighton), by Charles and it is now lodged in St John'§ College, Cambridge. this number.] Thomas Jolmson.' Pictorial Handbook to ury ; The Earth Hzstory of the remote past (Deighton), by [Seep. 208 of Pendleb the Valley of the Ribble (Blackburn of the Theory of Elastzcliy, vo!. I (U niver J. E. Marr ; A HIstory p. 22. lVLA. ; 1884), sity Press), byDr Isaac Todhunter, edited.by Karl Pearson, His education was according to his birth; for as he was born a gentleman. The Student's Handboo/� of Hlstorzcal Geology (Bell), by A. J. so he was bred like a gentleman. To school learning he never showed a great Jukes-Browne; The Kernel and the Husk (Macmillan), by the inclination; for though he was sent to the University, and was a Student of Author of Phl'lochrzstus; Tlze Mec1zamsm of Nature (Cornish), by St John's College in Cambridge, and had his tutors to instruct him, yet they could not persuade him to read or study much, he taking more delight M. Stapley ; Etruscan arId Basque Languages (Triibner), by A. in sports than in learning; so that his father being a wise man, and seeing the late Robert Ellis, B.D. ; Luck or Cunnz'ng? (Triibner), that his son had a good natural wit, and was of a very good disposition. by Samuel Butler, Author of Erewhon; First Lessons in Science snffered him to follow his own genius. (Ridgway), by the late Bishop Colenso ; Lz"beralzsm in Relz'girm J,fargaret Duchess 0.1 Newcastli!.' Life of (Smith, Elder & Co.), by W. Page Roberts; Heroes of Scz'e1lce: William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle (Fifth edition 1886), p. 193. PIZ)'siczsts (S.P.C.K.), by W. Garnt::tt. Verum cum olim arbitrio elegantiaeque eorum obsisti oportuerit, qui Iuvenalem quod perperam interpretahantur aut gibberosum sic ut est et erat aspicere non sustinebant, ideo amputare et excidere cogitarant, nunc JOHNIANA. cum maxime tempus est adhortari illos, qui verbosas communesque defen siones componendo quasi cum ventis nec quidquam adferunt quod [The Rev. Dr Hymers, Rector of Brandsburton, and formerly Tutor, has litigant lector saturarnm lledum instructus ab Heinrichiis Madvicis MaY01-i kindly presented to the College the original copy of the following sonnet ignorarit, bus existimator, ut reputent quanto graviora et fructuosiora non solum in in the poet's handwriting. The MS is placed in one of the cases in the ceteris litteris sed etiam in ipso Iuvenale nostri saeculi curae studiisque Library. Its text differs from that given in the Collected WOl·ks. The portrait is that hung on the west side of the Hall.] demandata sint, et ad horum aliquid peragendum ne minore accingantur industria. Fr. Bucheler.' Jahn's Iuvenalis saturae (second Go, faithful Portrait! and where long hath knelt edition), Berlin 1886. Margaret, the saintly Foundress, take thy place; And if Time spare the Colors for the grace COLLEGE EXA}UNATIONS, 1886. Which to tlle work surpassing skill hath dealt przzemm. Thou, on thy rock reclined, tho kingdoms melt In the hot crucible of Change, wilt seem MATHE�IATICS. To breathe in rural peace, to hear ilie stream, THIRD YEAR. SECOND YEAR. FIRST YEAR. To think and feel as once the Poet felt. First Class (Dec. 1885). First Class. First Class. Whate'er tlly fate, those features have not grown Fletcher Baker Orr Unrecognized thro' many a starting tear Foster, A. E. Flux Sampson More prompt, more glad to fall, than drops of dew Hill, F. W. Norris Harris, H. H. By morning shed around a flower half-blown; PreSSland } Varley Palm er, J. J. B. Tears of delight, that testified how true Tate Card Carlisle To Life thou art, and in thy truth how dear! Bradford Hancock Brodie M Wordsworth.' To the Author's portrait painted iddlemast Rudd at Rydal Mount by W. Pickersgill, Esq., Sainsbury MiIlard for St John'S College, Camblidge. Greenidge Nicholson, E. B. Tillyard Salisbury Roseveare VOL. XIV. LL Chronicle. Our Ohronicle. 254 Our 255 SIR OHN HERSCHEL'S PRIZE. CLASgICS. J Fletcher THIRD YEAR. SECOND YEAR. FIRST YlIAR. Proxime accesserunt: Fir,t Class. First Class. First Class. Foster Pond Heath Diy. 1. Tillyard Pope Brooks CaHdidates for Part I. Russell, W. A. Smith, H. B. HUGHES' PRIZEMEN. WRIGHT'S PRIZEMEN. Diy. I. Fletcher Paton Orr Paton Diy. 2. Rolleston Baker Brooks Fo:dey Davis, R. F. Lake Groom Forster HOCKIN PRIZEMAN. HUTCHINSON STUDENT. 2. Watson Diy. Stroud Seward Smith, W. L. . Ram FOUNDATION S CHOLARS. PROPER SIZARS. NATURAL SCIENCES. THIRD YEAR. SECOND YEAR. Cowell Bradford Flux Pope Candidates for Part II. of the Na.tural Sciences Tripos. Foxley' Harris, W. Russell, W. A. Middlemast Lake Palmer, J. J. B. THIRD YEAR. First Class. Pressland Salisbury Smith, W. L. Evans, F. P. Rolleston Tate Rendle Seward E�HIl!ITlONERS. Candidates for Part I. of the Natural Sciences Tnpos. Brooks Groom Palmer, J. J. B. Card Harris, H. H. Paton FIRST YEAR.. THIRD Yr£AR. SECOND YEAR. Davis, R. F. Harris, W. Ram First Class. First Class. Fint Class. Fletcher Hill, F. W. Rolleston Cowell d' Albuquerque Flux Lake Scullard Harris Groom Foster, A. E. Millard Seward Lake Foxley Norris Varley Turpin Greenidge Orr THEOLOGY. ENTR.ANCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. THIRD YEAR. SECOND YRAR. FIRST YEAR. Foundation Scholarship of £80.-Monro, A. E., King William's College, First Class. First Class. First Class. Isle of Man. Ewing, A. G. C. Ewing, G. C. Dean Minor Scholarships, £75 for two years.-Cooke, A. G., City of London Williamson Greenup School; and Sikes, E. E., Aldenham School. Wolfendale Judson Minor Scholarships, £50 for two years.-Backhouse, J., St Bees' School; Legg Kahn, A., Cowper Street School; and Lawrenson, T. A., Liverpool Macklin Institute. Scullard Exllibitions, £50 for two years.-Hankin, E. H. and Locke, F. S., St Bartholomew's Hospital. LAW. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. Exhibitions, £40 for three years.-Rox, W. H., University College, SECOND YEAR. FIRST YEAR. Fagan Aberystwyth; Humphries, S., Cowper Street School; and Stout, J. F., Grey, G. I Bagley Windsor Private tuition. 'I Femando UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. Prizes. Easier Term. GREEK TESTAMENT. HEBREW. MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS-Part I, June 1886. 3rd e r y a . (Williamson 3"d year. Davies, Daniel Wrantlers. Senior Opti1lles. Junior Opti1lles. l Wolfendale 2nd year. Ewing, G. C. 2nd year. Adeney 1st year. Greenup Fletcher 2nd Tillyard 13th Clark, H. brkd lOth Hill bracketed 3rd Harris, A. S. brkd 14th Cleeve, A. ,, 14th 1st year. Dean S Foster 8th Allen, R. 23rd l Symonds Rec01ltmendedfor an Addt'tionalPn'ze : Middlemast" IOth Jackson, C. W. 24th Holmes, E. L. " . 29th Ewing, A. G. C. Pressland 12th Richards 31st Barnes 31st Tate " 16th ENGLISH ESSAY. READING. Bradford 21st Schiller 1st Sheldon Greenidge " 25th 2nd Dadley Sainsbury 32nd Commended Martin, C. Part Il, January 1886 (already published). zS6 Our O/wont·ole. Our Ohl·oniole. 257. CLASSICAL TRIPOS-Part lI, June 1886. HISTORICAL TRIPOS, June 1886. FIRST CLASS. SECONP CLASS. FIRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. Darlington Leake Ds Prowde Ds Hughes, R. Fowler Part I, June 1886. Tatham FIRST CLASS. �ECOND CLASS, THIRD CLASS. SEMITIC LANGUAGES TRIPOS, June 1886. 1st Division, 1St Division. 1St Division. ItIRST CLASS. Si.COND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. Darbishire Hoekin Paton Ds Lewis Heath pugh Russell, W. A. Toppin MKDI..EVAL AND MODERN LANGUAGES TRIPOS, June 1886. 2nd Division. �nd Division. �nd Division, �IRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. Cumberland-Jonei Foxley Clay, S. Badham Smith, W. L, Fedden Livesey 3rd Division. 3rd Division. 3rd Division. MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS, JUNE 1886. Atherton Ram Brereton FIRST M.B. Howell Charters l'horntoll ¥andy ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY (109). Mitehell, W. M. Basden Lees Sharp, G. Bindloss Maxwell MORAL SCIENCES TRIPOS, June 1886'. Cat'ling Parry Ds Drysdale Philpot FIRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS. THIRD tLASS. Mag Edwards, J. H. Simmons, W. W. Aulsebrook El'ans, T. H. Simpson, H. Godson West NATURAL SCIENCKS TRIPOS, Part I1, June 1886. Grabham Young, F. C. !.'lllST CLASS. SECOND CLASS, THIJ.D CLASS, Holman Hunt Anat. Evans, A. J. Coyle Rolleston (D CHKMISTRY AND PHYSICS (63). with Physiology) Evans, F. P. Leon Simmons, W. W. Seward (Geology) Martin, J. Evans, T. H. Simpson, H. Stroud (Physics) Grabham Lewis, S. Ware NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS, Part I, June 1886. Newnham West FIRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. SECOND M.B. . Harris, W, ChapIin Herring PHARMACY Lake Cowell HilI, H. H. L. (23). Turp�n Curwen Wait Heward Franeis, H. A. Ps Kirby Noteutt GENERAL ATHLETIC CLUB. THEOLOGICAL TRIPOS, Part IT, June 1886. President: Mr W E Heitland. J'IltST CLASS, SECOND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. Treasurer: Mr F. L. Thompson. Ds Ayles (a). (b) Ds BIaxter (a) Committee : (with H�lmw pr£ze) Ds Branscombe (a) Mr R. W. Hogg C. H. Heath (R.U.F.C.) Hon. See. H. A. Francis (L.M.B.C W. Barnett (A.C.) THEOLOGICAL TRIPOS-Part r, June 1886. ) W. Greenstock C. C.) L. H. K. Bushe-Fox (L.T.C.) l'JRST CLASS. SECOND CLASS, THII.D CLASS. ( W. H. Ainger (A.F.e.) E. Curwen (L.C.) Ds Barlow ps Chadwick Davies, Daniel Cole, A. R. In pursuance of the decision arrived at last Easter Term, Ewing, A. G. C. Sandys the above Club has been formed, amalgamating the finances WilIiamson Whincup of all the Athletic Clubs of the College. For the first term the Wolfendal� Club can only be regarded as an experiment, to whose success, LAW TRIPOS, June ,886, however, all members of the College fervently look, in the l'IJ.ST CLASS. SECOND CLASS. THIRD CLASS. hope not only of avoiding those financial difficulties which Ds Bushe-Fox Jeffens have beset more than one important club in the past, but also Clay, I. W, Barraclough that by union we may at once escape useless waste of energy 258 Our Ohronicle. Ou�' Ohro'lt£cle. 259 and money, and keep awake the too often slumbering patriotism Prescott, Backhouse, and Hibbert were chosen to represent of Johnians as a whole. We look also for great strides in all St john's in the University Freshmen' s Match. departments of Athletics, from the wider fields of competition Our scrimmage possesses great weight and shoving power, thrown open by the scheme. which it is lamentable to see often frittered away by a slowness Judging from the crowded football games, and from the in packing, and a deadly holding on to the scrimmage after never-flagging daily succession of rowing enthusiasts bent on the ball is out, which, against strong forwards, is quite fatal enduring cheerfully the hard tasks of the river, we may infer to the chances of the outsides getting away, while it gives the a large initial success for the project. We regret to say that, opposing three-quarters plenty of time to start. Fortunately owing to unavoidable delay in getting the new machinery to we shew the old J ohnian aversion to letting our opponents work, the Collector was sent late on his errand, and his efforts over our line, but the only result of this is that we play a have not yet made themselves felt by all intending to join; stubborn losing game, a losing game which we have made and we are therefore at present unable to give a complete for ourselves by our slackness in pushing an advantage. return of the number of members of the Club. But there Speaking generally, the great thing lacking is life, which is evidence that it will be large, and we hope that it will should be a common life-the forwards are often like nine be large enough to make the scheme an immediate success. units, working with nine impulses, instead of a living combina Once fairly started, we may safely predict a rosy future of tion with one motive power and one object in view. They are, growth and prosperity. ' The necessity of making a good start however, a harc;l working lot, and when well together present need not, we hope, be impressed on J ohnians : while the a formidable front. abandonment of the heavy entrance fee to the Boat Club, and The combination behind has greatly improved, but there is the opening of all sports to members for one regular subscrip room for more unselfishness still. The halves do not use their tion, are advantages which recommend themselves. voices enough, which often explains our sluggish scrimmage, The Committee, consisting of the Captains of the several but does not excuse the forwards failing to watch the ball Clubs, with three senior members, according to the vote of for themselves. Hibbert, if he did not stand too near the a General Meeting early in the term, has since been hard scrimmage, and would pass more cleanly, would make a good at work framing a set of rules, which will probably be in the player. hands of members by the time this notice is in print. At three-quarters Kendall has proved very useful and often brilliant, but might pass more with advantage. In the first few UNION FOOTBALL matches Greenstock ran too much for himself and passed too RUGBY CLUB. late, but has since developed into a really unselfishand generally useful centre three-quarter. L. E. Wilson has proved a valua'ble Captain: C. H. Heath. 2nd Cattain and Secretary: W. C. Kendall. substitute in the Captain's absence. In the first six matches Treasurer: R. P. Roseveare. Noaks played full back for us ; his kicking and tackling were generally good ; Beaumont has since proved a surer and quicker Our opening practice games this Term gave great promise substitute. for the season, as we had an average attendance of 45 in the Our place kicking has been very weak ; but White has three practices. Among these were only eight old Colours, brought offone or two brilliant goals. H. D. Rolleston, H. S. Ware, C. H. Heath, W. A. Russell, We congratulate Rolleston on playing for the University W. Greenstock, W. C. Kendall, C. T. Phillips, and G. D. against the United Hospitals. White. The first two, however, have not been able to play On Wednesday, Oct. 2>oth,we were to have played Trinity, but for us, but we had the advantage of W. G. Price at half back an inopportune thunderstorm caused the match to be abandoned. after the first few matches, until an accident in the Pembroke On Friday, Oct. 22nd, we beat Christ's by 4 tries to nil. match robbed us of his services. We had besides three hard Pressed once 'by them at first, as we warmed to the work we working forwards in R. P. Roseveare, A. A. Woodhouse, and played much better together and were never agaip in danger. G. A. Mason ; and a quantity of newly available talent For us, Kendall (3 tries), White I try), Russell, Mason, Rose itself E. ( shewed in the early games-notably L. Wilson at three veare, and Back house were conspicuous. quarters, B. Noaks at full-back, and among the freshmen, On Wednesday, Oct. 27th, a strong second XV had a ridicu J. Backhouse, E. Prescott, R. H. Stacey, and A. n J. Wilso IOt�sly (Casy walk over against Trinity 2nd, winning by 4 goals and F. A. Hibbert at half-back. Prescott, who should forward, 6 tries to nil. L. E. Wilson obtained 3 tries, Wooclhouse 2, prove a useful man next year, was unfortunately disabled in Hibbert 2, and Backhouse I. Roseveare, Mason, and Stacey 2, second game, and has consequently us: the never played for A. ]. Wilson also played well. 160 Ou,' Chronicle. OU?' OMdnicle'. 261 On Monday, Ndv. 15 On Friday, Oct. 29th, we went to Caius ground to play Caius th, Pembroke suffered defeat, after a , good fight, by 2 goals (placed by Kendall while second XV's of the same Colleges played on our ground. and White from tries by L. E. Wilson and Roseveare) to nil. Price, Kendall, and The 1st XV won a hard-fought game by I goal 2 tries to L. E. Wilson pla yed very well behind, nil. White and Russell played best for us. Phillips, Stacey, Price particularly shewing quite a return of his old fotm. He did several and Noaks deserved mention, while Nicholl put in some strong also runs, but at the end of the ma:tch he badly injured hard work. Caius played a rough game, and besides the his knee. The fo rwards showed their o'ld slowness at the beginning of Captain, for 3 weeks by an injury received, who was disabled the match. Of them, Wh ite, Roseveare, Woodhouse, there were several other victims. We were very weak at the and A. J. Wilson played best. throw out from touch. The following day Pembroke 2nd XV scratched just before The 2nd team was beaten by 3 goals to a goal and a try. the time for the match, and On On Monday, Nov. 1st, Corpus beat us by a dropped goal to the Wednesday Trinity followed suit. We must strongly a try. If anything we had the best of the game, and suffered protest against this inconsiderate practice, which seems to be taking root ill SO'me quarters of defeat from our usual inability to kick a goal from Cl centre try. the University. There The 2nd XV the same day lost an even match with Sidney was no reason apparent why Clare; Pembroke" and Trinity might not have given us much more by a try. Price, Alien, Forster, and Ashburner played well. notice than they thought Knight as usual spoilt his strong running by trying to force his fit of their inability to raise a team. We would point out that apologies or explanations afterwards way through the scrum. �annot make up for Clare were unable to raise a team for the following Wednes the il1convenience and disappointment, as well as the loss of practice, caused to' the team suffering id day, but we arranged a match instead for Friday, Nov. S, when consequence of such thoughtless delay. we suffered defeat by 3 goals I try to n�l. The ground was On Friday, Nov. 19th, very wet and it rained hard all the time, and the result by no against Trinity Hall, the forwards at di·fferent times shewed all means represented the game throughout. Clare were playing their faults though when well together they were' too much for the without Le Fleming and Duncan, but we must ascribe our good combination of the Hall scrimmage. It was a common defeat chiefly to the difficulty some of our backs found in thing at first to see the nIne Hall forwardS, starting with holding the ball, which the Clare backs seemed to pass as one consent, carry before them the five or six of our forwards who were up in time for the accurately as if it were dry. Greenstock and Kendall both scrimmage. RusseJl, White, played a brilliant defensive game behind, and the forwards A. J. Wilson, Woudhollse, and Backhouse at times shewed very played a hard game throughout with great pluck and perse good and useful work, but were' on the whole indifferently backed up. The match was verance. W oodhouse was the best forward, and was well drawn' after a hard .struggle, backed up by Russell. Phillips, and Nicholl. White was not no point being' stored. �llen played half-back in Price's place with some at home in his unaccustomed place at three-quarters, and success, but he was not qt'fick enough in getting on to the opposite halyes. N oaks was evidently non-plussed by the wetness of the ball. The match v. Queens; fixed fo One goal was kicked from a fair catch. r Monday; Nov. 21.,' was scratched at their request, on account of the Bradford match. On Monday, Nov. 8th, we beat Peterhouse easily by 2 goals R. P. Roseveare (after the Pembroke and a try to nil. The score should have been much more, but we matCh), and Wood house, Backhouse, and A. 1- Wilson (after the Hall match) were demoralised with victory after the first quarter of an hour. have received their colours. Peterhouse were litigious, and our umpire presented them two . We lost an even match with Jesus on points to comfort them. We were glad to see Hogg in his old Friday, :Nov. 26th, by a goal and a try to a goal and two place. He obtained our first try, from which White kicked tries. Mason, Stacey, Hibbert, L. E. 'WiI a beautiful goal. At first he showed quite his old form, but son', and Beaumont have since earned their colours. afterwards want of training had its usual effect. On Friday, Nov. 12th, we beat Emmanuel by I goal 7 tries to a goal. Kendall was the best man on the field and got ASSOCIATION' FOOTBALL CLUB. 4 tries, while Greenstock's passing contributed to nearly every As fa r as we c;an Judge at present, the season, now entered try obtained. L. E. Wilson (2 tries) ran very well. The upon, appears likely to prove fairly satisfactory. So far we forwards played much better together, Emmanuel playing a have won 5, lost 3, and' drawn 2 matches ; no less th'an 9 out good uphill game ; Stacey did a lot of hard work in the of 18 matches have been put off, we being the defaulters in one scrimmage. White, Phillips, and Woodhouse also deserve case only, the day on which we pla yed our Cup Tie. The special mention. Our place kicking was lamentable. Price eleven have been materially strengthened by the presence of tackled splendidly. VOL. XIV. MM 262 Our Ohronicle. Our Ohronicle. 263 H. Hanmer, and the freshmen F. A. Walsh, A. P. Field, whilst H. C. Barrac1ough, though not in the regular eleven, realised-again we have no great achievements to chronic1e has on more than one occasion proved himself a valuable and it is still for a future (but we trust not for a very remote substitute. The forwards at the beginning of the Term could future) generation of L M.B.C. men to assert the ancient not work together at all, chi efly owing to the absence of the supremacy of the scarlet blazers. Captain, have improved but since the beginning of November Although the First Boat had to acknowledge defeat from' wonderfully both individually and collectively, though the Clare on the fourth night of the races, too much cannot be said passing might still be a little more accurate. The half-backs, for the pluck with which the whole boat rowed ; on the second though slow, are very fair, but should feed their forwards better, and third nights inches only separated them from Clare at whilst both backs are decidedly good. Though at first it was Ditton, and yet they succeeded in getting home in safety. rather hard to find a goal keeper, T. T. Groom has proved Clare made a bump on every night except those two, and were himself thoroughly efficient at that post. Our chief successes considered by many as fast as any boat in the division. Great were the defeat of Trinity (6-2) in the first round of the praise is due to Symonds for the magnificent way in which Challenge Cup, Jesus (6-1), and the Trinity Harrovians he rowed, for he had never been well the whole Term, and was ( I I-I), whilst the defeats at the beginning of the Term, obliged to go away for a change a few days before the races. by Trinity (1-4), Pembroke (0-3). and Corpus (1-2) were Stroke also rowed with great determination and judgment. chiefly owing to our inability to get a regular team. In both The crew were carefully coached by E. H. Craggs. drawn games we may fairly say we had the best of the play. With great difficulty eight men were found to fill the Second The following is the eleven as at present constituted : Boat : it is to be hoped that in fu ture members will shew more S. Mundahl} .W. H. Ainger (Capt.) devotion to their Club. It was not till within a few days -H. b ae k s. \ *W. Barnett *H. C. Newbery f of the races that the boat was finally made np, and in conse -C. Collison , *H. R. Armitage forwards. quence they were never able to get together ; the result was H. Hanmer half-backs. ]. K. Jaeques F. A. Walsh } A. P. Field } that they lost four places. They were coached at first by T. T. Groom, goal. Wilson and afterwards by Bushe-Fox. • Colours. The following were the crews : The list of matches played at present is :- Firs t Boat. st. lb. Goals. J. A. Beaumont (bow) 10 2 Dale. Cltt b. Won. Lost. 2 L. H. K. Bushe·Fox 10 10 L. E. Wilson 10 10 S. Oct. 16th ••••Old Carthusians ...... 2 2 3 I R. R. Hall II 2 Tu. " 19th ....Trinity ...... <4- 4 W. C. Fletcher l[ 12 Th. .. 21st ....Pembroke ...... 0 3 5 I 2 6 N. P. Symonds 10 IQ S. .. 23rd . . ..Corpus ...... A. C. Millard 0 M. No v. 1st ...•Nondescripts ...... 4 7 12 U Tu. " 2nd ••.•Trin. Harrovians ..••..•....••• 1 1 J. Collin (stroke) 9 C. J. Gibbons (c�.t) 0 Th. " 4th ....Jesus ...... _ ...... 6 8 M. " 15th .... Pembroke ...... _ ... . 2 2 Second Boat. st. lb. Tu. " 16th . . ..Trinity (Cup tie) ...... 6 2 E. Simmons (bow) 6 S. .. 20th . . . . Caius ••.••• •••••• •.••.. .•..•. 2 o 9 2 W. Ashburner 10 0 Matches played (10), Won (5), Lost (3). Drawn (2). 3 G. S. Turpin 10 l[ Goals won ( 5), Goals lost 3 (18). 4 H. H. Brindley 1 1 l[ The second eleven have been unsuccessful, losing the only 5 ]. G. Bradie II a, two matches they have played, the victors being Trinity 2nd 6 R. P. Roseveare 13 7 G. A. Mason II 3 (6-1) and Sidney (4-1) ; in the latter match we played 10 men G. Sharp (stroke) 10 11 only. However, we wish them success for the future. J. B. Sellwood (cox) 7 12. The Freshmen's Sculls, rowed in the May Term, were won LADY MARGARET BOAT CLUB . by A. C. M illard. Great were the hopes, when in the Lent races the Second A Four composed of Boat carried off the Granta Cup, that the tide of ill luck, L. H. K. Bushe-Fox (bow), steerer 3 H. A. Francis by which the L.M.B.C. has been overwhelmed for the last 2 A. C. Millard I J. Collin �str.oke) three years, had at last turned. But our hopes were not to be began practice on Oct. 2nd, and went fairly well at times ; but, with Our usual luck, a few days before the races Francis became 264 QU?' .o/trpm'cle. Our Ohronicle. 265 unable to ro'.\' thTc>ugh broIJ.cqitis, '!-lld it Wi!-$ ill consequence May 18th. A close match with Selwyn ended in a draw, decided that we should not enter. though in favour of the XI, who would undoubtedly have ' won, had time allowed. Selwyn scored 12S (Mott, 38 ; Leake, The Pearsop,- and yvright Scull� were rO�\led on November loth, and produced four entries, vi?=. A... �. Millard, R. R. Hall, 33)' The XI came within 4 of their opponents' total, and 3 wickets still to fall (Chilcott, 26 ; Harding, 23 ; and H. fr. Brindley, and T. r. fIartley.. Th� former won an had exciting race qy 5 yard�. Barnett, 2 I). The officers of the Club for this Term are : May 19th and 20th. The XI had a field-day with the Assyrians, who brought a weak team, composed chiefly of Pnsidmt-Mr W E Heitland 5th Captain-R. R. Hall Toppin Treasurer-Mr R. F. Scott 6th Cap tain-R. P. Roseveare men at the University. Assyrians, 68 (Villiers, 24). 1St Cap tain-H. A. Francis 1 7th Cap tain-G. S. Turpin took 7 wickets for 26, no one being able to play him. In 2nd Cap tain -L. E. Wilson Ho n. Treasurer-J. F. Tarleton the 2nd innings the visitors lost 2 wickets for 59. The XI 3rd Captain-J. Collin Ho n. Secretary-L. H. K. Bushe-Fox scored 396, (Toppin, 1 I7; Chilcott, 129 ; Ainger, 54)· 'tth C� tain-4. C: �iI1ard May 21st and 22nd. The Jesus match ended in an easy I victory for our opponents by 10 wickets, which would have CRICKET CLUB. been even easier, had not Greenstock kept up his wicket well The cricket season o enep with a match, on May 3rd, Jesus scored 207 (Lowry, 59, not out ; p' in the 2nd innings. between the XI and the next XVII captained by C. Toppin. Orr, 26) and 4 for no wickets. Greenstock got 6 wickets The XVI went in first and made a feeble shqw, Noaks and for 48. The XI made a poor show against Clark's bowling in White being the only batsp1en able te> make any resistance the 1 st innings and could only make 60. Greenstock redeemed against the bowling. Greenstock took 7 wickets for 41 runs, the 2nd innings from insignificance, and scored 74, not out, and the total amounted to 142. The display of the XI was, out of 149. Clark took 7 wickets for 29 in the I st innings , if anything� worse than that of the XVI; a�d if it had not of the XI. peen fo r the plucky batting of Mr Thompson and Barnett, May 25th. Trinity kept us out all day and scored 220. the innings would have been a total failure. The match (Bridgeman, 7 I; Coulby, S9). Coulby was let off shamefully was left unfinished, the XI having made 127 runs with 2 at the wicket, and several other mistakes allowed our opponents wickets to fall. to make a good deal more than they ought to have made. , May +tl1. The first CQllege match was played against Thompson took 4 wickets fo r 17 runs, and Greenstock 5 for Magdalene. The XI went in first and stayed in all the after 55. The XI had half-an-hour to bat and lost I wicket for noon. 6 wi{::kets fell and 353 runs were scored. Notcutt 26 runs. headed the list Qf scqrers with 88 ; Tho�pson alsQ made 69 ; May 26th. The Corpus match was lost, owing to the feeble Price, s I not out ; Gren[�ll, 42 ; Ware, 40 ; and Barn�tt� 31. display of a weak XI of the College. Corpus 67 and 50 for May 6th. Against Queens' the XI made 2 � 5 [Q r 4 wickets 5 wickets for 21, and Bourne 4 for 9 ' 5 wickets. (Schiller (Hanmer, 83 ; 'Gre�nstPck, 52 ; and Ware, 34, I1Qt out) ; runs). The XI could only reach 42. (Dixon 5 wickets for Queens' scWed 144 (Clqr1c, 30). The XI thus won by 69 5 runs). runs, with 6 wiclcetsto fpJI. May 29th. Newmarket brought a team to play the XI, and May 7th and 8th. A two days' match agqinst Clare �nded lost by 200 runs and 8 wickets. Toppin took 8 wickets for �n a draw. Clare had. a strong t�am, and disposed Qf the 22 runs, and made 142, not out. The XI made 254 and lost XI for 101 in the first illnings� Greenstock" 2 5; BQurne, I7 ; 2 wickets. Grenfell, 60 ; Hanmer, 34, not out. �md Hanmer, 16, were alone able to resist �ock's powling. June 1st. Christ's were kept out most of the afternoon,the that bowler getting 6 wi{::kets for 43 runs. Clare dill not XI scoring 219 (Notcutt, 38 ; Thompson, 38). Christ's made fa re much better against bowling, and their tptal Tppp' ill'S 48 for 3 wickets, the match thus being drawn. amounted to 125 (But{::hel'� Trask, 30 ; and :u . 3' 0 ; Rod�, ) June 2nd. The XI scored 274 against Trinity Hall (Notcutt, Toppin 6 wickets for 54 runs. In the 2nd innings things 62 ; Ainger, 62 ; White, 54 ; Schiller, 31, not out). The Hall were very much changed, as t�e XI r�qla,ned at the wickets lost 3 wickets fo r 5 I, and the match was leftunfinis hed. nearly all day, and ran up 230 for 5 wickets. Greensto{::� June 7th. Pembroke were beaten, owing mainly to the played a long innings of 96, not out, witho\lt Cl, chlince, while efforts of Greenstock. Pembroke scored 168 (Waggett, 41 ; Bourne played a free innings of 40.. Hairland, 31). The XI went in and lost several wickets May loth. The XI kept King's in the fielll all day. and quickly, but Greenstock with 83 and White with 35, not out, made the excellent score of 385 for 8 wickets.. Hanm�r,. 98 ; finally won the match . Toppin, 52 ; Greenstock, 50; Price, 39 ; Notcu�t� . . 3) Our Chronicle. 267 266 Our Oll1'onicle. Batting Averages. Thus a fairly successful season ended with the following No. of No. of Times Total Most in Matches. Innings. Dot out. runs, an inns. Average. results : 9 drawn matches, 3 won, 2 lost. The want felt W. Greenstock...... 8 9 ...... 407 960 ...... 58.1 throughout was that of a regular bowler who could be more 0 C. Toppin ...... 7 ...... 333' ...... '42 ...... 55.3 or less relied upon. We had lots of moderate material, but F. L. Thompson ...... 2 o 107 69 53.1 nothing above the average, with the exception of Toppin. S. A. Notcutt '''''''''''' 9 9 ...... 0 .8.1' 88 JI.4 The batting was by no means above the average, and at W. H. Ainger ...... 9 II 148 54 29.4 times lamentably weak. The fielding was more spirited than J-I. Hanmer ...... 12 12 315 98 28·4 in the former season, but we hope to see a great improvement E. W. Chilcott ...... IS IJ 369' 129' ...... 28·5 A. A. Bourne ...... 4 82 40 ...... 26.:> also in this department of the game next May Term. 4 W. G. Price ...... '" 13 10 3 """,,, 170 SI- .. .•.... 24.2. H. Hanmer was a good captain, and set his eleven a good G. D. White' ...... 12 12 232 SI ...... 23." example of energy in the field ; as a bat, was not so successful F. N. Schiller ...... 4 4 ...... 6, 31 ...... 20.,3. as last year. though he retained all his freeness in hitting H. S. Ware ...... 10 10 3 ...... IJJ 40· 19' bowling of every description with great impartiality ; has lost J. G. Grenfell ....., ..... & o 12<> 60 ... " .... 16 nearly all his bowling power, but was as good as ever at • Signifies ' not out.' coverpoint. C. Toppin, in the few matches in which he was able to Bo'Wtint' Averages. help the College, made plenty of runs, compiling two centuries amongst other scores. His average of 55 marks his success Overs. Maidens. Runs. Wickets. Average.. C. Toppin ...... 6'1.1 12 125 24 ...... 5·5 in batting, as does his average of 5' 5 in bowling. A. A. Bourn'e ...... 36.J 9 7I 9 ...... 7.8 W. Greenstock was very successful as a bat, and had an W. Greenstock...... 81.1 2J I9� 17 ...... 11.6 average of 58'1 fo r 9 innings, which speaks for itself. Rarely E. W. Cbilcott """ 8 0 24 2 ...... 12 failed to make runs, and on several occasions was of the F. N. Scbiller ...... 78 22 158 II ...... '4·4 H. Hannter ...... 105.1 36 199 '3 ...... I5·4 greatest assistance to his side. His bowling was useful, but W was inclined to become verymod erate at the end of an innings. . H. Ainger ...... 82.2 20 346 II ...... 22.4- Pretty smart in the field. J. G. Grenfell very often failed to come off, though occa sionally played a good innings. Has a faulty style and plays LON<1 VACATION C RICK.ET CLUB. back at the wrong ball, often thereby losing his wicket. Kept wicket very fairly. The L.V.C.C. brought a very fairly successful though rather H. S. Ware might be a very decent bat, but was disap unsatisfactory season to an end on Aug. 24th-suc€essfuE pointing on the whole last season. Kept wicket at times, inasmuch as no matches were lost, unsatisfactory on account though not always as smartly as might have been wished. of the large number of draws. We quite held our own with S. A. Notcutt was a fa irly good bat with a curious style, most Colleges, King's and Clare combined, and Christ's., alone and made runs frequently, though nervous at the beginning clearly overmatching us. In batting we were especially strong, of an innings. A painstaking out-field. as E. may be gathered from the fact that there were ten double W. Chilcott, a free-hitting bat with no idea of defence. figure averages ; the fielding was ver y fair except at times, Very partial to weak bowling. An energetic out-field and good Harker and Collison particularly distinguishing themselves, but thrower. the bowling was uncertain and not tremendously killing. Not F. L. Thompson played but seldom, but on those rare cutt, who was most reliable, Ainger, Lees, Price, Fletcher, and occasions was of the greatest service as a bat and bowler. lIogg generally did well with the bat, while Schmer and A. A. Bourne made runs freely at times, and bowled well, Woodhouse also played some good innings ; in bowling, though he has lost much of his break. Active field. Schiller was distinctly the best, though he did not always come W. G. Price, a very fair left-hand bat. Fielded well at up to our expectations, and Sherrington, towards the end of point, and sometimes bowled. the occa N. o season, proved decidedly useful ; Harker on several F. Schiller, a fair bat and plain b wler. sions came to our rescue with a magnificent ball, just as the W. H. Ainger, as a bat, was fairly successful, and had batsmen appeared set, and N ewnham and Ainger at times a decent average. Not so good a bowler as last year, and bowled with good effect. As further changes, Hogg, Notcutt, might bowl faster without harm. and Lees were most useful. G. D. White, a goodish bat, making runs against weak bowling. Took the wicket sometimes. Our Ohrom·cle. 268 Om' Oh ronicle;. 269 Our first match, against Corpus and Emmanuel, was left Result of Ma tches. 109. Lees 67, Price 66, drawn greatly in our favour, Notcutt Matches played, '2 ; Won. 2; Drawn, IQ ; Lost, o. and Hogg 33, all scoring freely. We easily defeated Caius. Notcutt 52, hitting the very weak s. J. C. opponent.. Ainger '53� Fletcher 98, and Date. o.pponents. 1St Inn. 2nd Inn. Istlno. 2nd Inn . liked, while Schiller did ly 16 & I7...... , ....COIpus and Emmanuel ...JJI ...... bowling . of our opponents where they Ju ...... 128 very well with the ball. We drew with Queens' and Peterhouse, Drawn. first innings ; 19, 20 & 21 ...... Caiu! ...... 415 ...... '59 ...... IJ2 Hogg 46, and Ainger 34, in the WOD by an 'i onine-s and 124 runs. Price 55 not out, d in the secon innings, " 22, 2J &. 24, ...... Queens' and Peterbouse ,,1g6 .. ••• 197 Lees 60, Notcutt 44, and Woodhouse 35, I6J SS' 37, and Drawn ; -3 wickets down. making most of our runs, while J erard 41, and Hayter Victoria, H. French, .. 26 & 27 ...... Cambridge Victoria...... I2,5 ...... 67' ...... '79 �p not out were their highest SCOTers. For Drawn ; -2 wickets down. I , and thou:gh their /I; .. . 14° . helped by our fielding, knocked up '3 29. JO 31 ...... Trinity ...... 21' ...... 140 36 not Drawn. bowling was not strong, Price 38, and Notcutl 22t and We easily won the match Aug. 2. J "4 ...... St. Catharine' ...... 209 ... .. 29 ...... 4J ...... 194 out, alone made any stand for us. Won by 10 wickets; • DO wickets down. efu'� play by against the College Servants, thanks to some car .. 5. 6& 7 ...... Trinity Hall ...... 159 ...... zS9...... 221 hitting of Price 7·Z, and Schiller Drawn j *7 wickets down. Notcutt 43, and the vigorous & . . I ...... result of the match 9, 10 11 ....•.Christ's ...... S . JJ7 4-' not out. A fairly even draw was the Drawn. ubling us most, wln,i:le' the 12. IJ & '4 ...... Pcmbroke ...... 5 IJ ...... _ with Trinity, Murray 59 and 39 tro 31" .••••• ing of N. K. Stephen was much too good to' �ake Drawn ; • no wickets down . bowl .. 16. 17 & 18 ...... King·. and Clare ...... 60 ...... IS· ...... 21, Frice< 215,' and - 178 liberties with. For us, Schiller 30, Ainger DL'awn ; 4-.wick.ets down. - SchiHe1' alsol bewJing J 20 &. 21 ••.••• •••••Old Persean...... 12.3 ..... IX ' ...... "..... 49 Woodhouse 2 I not out, scored best, I . . 94 Drawn ; • DO wickets down. well. IlJ ..... on " 2J Sc,24 ...... L. C. BurrelJ's Team ...... 72 '78' bowling of Schillcr md .t\p!Iliger Drawn ; *8 wjckets down. St Catharine's found the . up some' good a sticky wicket too good, which', followed I:>-y Battz'ng Averages. by Hogg and Schiller, who scored +7 and & Several members of the College, both senior and junior, TOYNBEE HALL. visited the mission during the Long Vacation ; and it is hoped that a good many will avail themselves of the opportunity of Professor Marshal! presided at a large and influential gather studying South London in the coming Vacation. ing in connexion with Toynbee Hall, held in the College Hall At the end of July a Fete was held in the College Gardens on Saturday, Nov. 27th. The Rev. S. A. Barnett, the Warden l!1nder the auspices of the Ladies' Committee. In spite of of Toyn bee Hall, in introducing the subject, said that the' the unpropitious weather, it was acknowledged to be a success ; fundamental aim was to br ing about an atonement between two things in particular being marked-the interest shewn by the centres of industry in the large towns, and the centres the townspeopJe, and the willingness of the college servants of learning as represented by the Universities. He proceeded to give every assistance in their power. And a word of thanks to illustrate this by the saying' of Ruskin, 'that life without' is especially due to the Misses Mason, who by their inde industry is guilt, and industry without art, brutality.' He fatigable efforts contributed much to the success of the day. strongly urged those present to consider the utter joylessness The Executive Committee was elected at the beginning of the lives of the vast number or toilers in our great cities, and of this Term ; the senior members being the same as before, it was therefore their duty to go among the poor and share while D. T. B. Field and A. C. Millard take the place of with them the benefitsof their own lives. Toynbee Hall indeed E. T. Sandys and T. L. Palmer, who have retired. The latter in was one expression of this feeling, but he hoped that the seed particular will be a great loss, having been a member of the would multiply, and that in course of time there would be Committee from the foundation of the Mission. many Toynbee Halls, each the centre of varied social thought By an une xpected piece of fortune the services of Mr and effort. The thought seemed to be gaining ground that the Watson are again secured on the Committee, as for the present East end was getting pampered by having so much done for it, he is coming to re side in Cambridge. The two Secretaries but he would ask them to reflect for a moment on the size and the Treasurer were re-appointed. of London, seeing tbat in the Tower Hamlets Division alone On Sunday evening, Nov. 7, the Bishop of Rochester there were 500,000 pE'fSons. Much indeed had been done, but preached in Ohapel, and late in the evening a meeting was a great deal more reqllired to be done, and for this purpose held in Lecture-Room H. The meeting was well attended both men and money were greatly neecled. and enthusiastic, the President occupying the Chair. The Mr Barnett was followed by the Rev. T. G. Gardiner, the speakers were : Mr Whitaker, as Senior Secretary ; Rev. F. H. Sub-Warden, who gave an eloqllenl sketeh of the aims and Francis, the Junior Missioner ; T. L. Palmer 1 and the Bishop. workings of the different c1uh5 in and around Toynbee. Dr The latter in his speech strongly supported the proposal to Roberts also addressed tbe meeting. After various questions build a Church. He also spoke of the good work to be done had been put and amwered, the Treasurer (Dr Vines) read his by men going to stay at the Mission, and mixing with the report, which sbewed a deficit of £117, owing to marked people ; and of the use of lectures, &c. given them. With falling off in donations, and after expressing a hope that such regard to this last point (though arrangements are not yet a discreditable state of affairs would not be allowed to occur complete), it is hoped that a course of really good lectures again ; he said that he felt it his duty to dispel one possible will be given by different members of the College during this misconception with regard to Toynbee Hall. They had been winter at the Mission. told that it was their cluty to pour out their vast wealth of learning into the East end : now they mllst not regard ' wealth ' in anything but a relative sense, and undergraduates need therefore feel no alarm. Everybody could do some good at Toynbee Hall, and all sorts and conditions of menwere welcome, even the man whose only accomplishment was the playing of a one-stringed banjo-not so much perhaps from the intrinsic value of this accomplishment, but from the expression of sympathy which it contained-and he would therefore advise people to go and see fo r themselves. After a vote of tbanks to Mr Barnett and Mr Gardiner, to the College for lending its Hall, and to the Chairman, tJad been put and carried, the meeting closed. The L·ibrar·y, 277 Spratt (De.vereux) Autobiography of, -froJU bis own Manuscript. Ed. by T. Spratt. THE LIBRARY. 8,vo. ;Lond. 1886 ...... 'fhe Editor, The Toynbee Journal. Vol. I. NU1llbers 7, 8 and 9. 1886 ...... ••••...... 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