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lowing week, if neceffary, of the Eafter 
term. The fubje&ts of thefe examina- 
tions are the fame as for the ordinary ex- 
aminations: but all the examiners are 
bound to be prefent at them, or if from 
juft caufe one or more cannot attend, the 
examination cannot be held unlefs four 
are prefent. Any fcholar may be admit- 
ted to this examination who has entered 
on his twelfth and has not completed his 
Zixteenth term, by giving in his name to 
the fenior proctor fix days before the exa- 
mination: and the names of the twelve 
beft in thefe examinations, written in a 
lift, figned by each of the examiners, are 
to be read in the congregation by the un- 
der-examiner, according to this form, 
Scholaris facultatis........-+. gui fe 
examinatoribus publicis maxime commendave- 
runt. ‘The lift is then to be printed, and 
a copy fent to the vice-chancellor and 
heads, to the proctors, to the Bodleian 
Library, and to each college, hall, and li- 
brary. In the fupplicat for the degree, 
the honour obtained is to be mentioned. 
The examiners are at liberty to make 
another lift of candidates, to be read, 
printed, and diftributed in the fame man- 
ner as the firft lit, with the infertion 
only of the word egregie inftead of max- 
27720. 
The nomination of the firft fix exami- 
ners is to be made to the regent matters 
of arts in the firft congregation after Ath 
Wednefday 1801, and the examinations 
are to take place after the tenth day of 
the October following, on which day the 
examiners, in future, are to enter upon 
their office. 
At a future opportunity I fhall beg 
leave to fuggeft a few remarks on this im- 
portant event, which prefages much good 
to the country. Your’s, &c. 
ACADEMICUS. ~ 

For the Monthly I4agazine. 
4 DESCRIPTION of MODERN SWEDEN. 
From LE NORD LITTERAIRE, NO. 12. 
conducted by PROFESSOR CLIVARIUS. 
(Continued from page 449.) 
HERE arc in Sweden four ordet’s of 
_ knighthood. The firft is the order 
of the Seraphim, one of the moft Wuftrious 
in Europe, which is compofed cf twenty- 
four Swedes and eight others, exclufive of 
= > 
foreign princes. ‘The fecond is the order 
of the Szvord, which is referved for mili- 
tary merit. Befides an indefinite num- 
ber of knights, this order is farnifhed 
Oo 5) 
with commanders of the great crofs, or- 
dinary commanders, anda great number 
of particular knights, who are created on 
the field of bat:le, and who are diftin- 
A Defeription of Modern Swedete 
[ Jan. Is 
guifhed by the title of Knights of the Great 
Croft. ‘The late king was himfelf created 
a knight of this clafs in the laft war. The 
third is the ordef of the Polar Star, 
which is intended to diftinguifh civil of- 
ficers, and has twelve commanders and 
an indefinite number of knights. Gufta- 
vus II. added a degree for the clergy, 
without the title of knight, but fimply 
that of member of the order. The eccle- 
fiaftical commanders bear the girdle (cor- 
don) in faltier, with the crachat, like the 
other commanders, and the fimple mem- 
bers have the little crofs attached to the 
button-hole. The fourth and laft order 
is that of Vafa, eftablifhed by Guft. LT. 
in favour of thofe who have deferved 
well of their country, by fuccefsful dif- 
coveries in zgriculture, mineralogy, com- 
merce, or the other arts. This order has 
fix great crofles, eight commanders, and 
fifty knights. 
Sweden has preferved an archbifhop, 
(which is more than Denmark has done), 
and has thirteen bifhops. In the former 
country, it is no uncommon thing to fre 
a bifhop, when preaching, adorned with 
the girdle (cordon) of his order, a practice 
which has no parallel in Denmark; but 
perhaps it is agreeable to the genius of a 
country, where the kings, always ftrug- 
gling againft the nobility, have inftituted 
feveral orders of chivalry to augment the 
number of their partifans, and have in 
this manner decorated the clergy, with a 
view to attach them to their intereits, 
and thus to increafe their own power. 
The inferior clergy confiit of 192 provoj?s 
(prevots), ,1378 pricits, who have the 
charge of 2537 parifhes, and 134 vicars. 
Some of the parifhes are fo very exten- 
five, that the peafants can only attend 
the church once a year; fo that the 
priefts are obliged to be continually mak- 
ing journies to vilit their flocks. Such, 
for example, is the parifh of Eaitern Both- 
nia, which is fifty-two French leagues in 
length, and fixteen in breadth; and one 
of the parifhes in Lapland is fixty fuch 
leacues in length, and from fix to thirty 
in breadth. In the Ruffian provinces, 
conquered by Sweden, there are fome 
parifhes, whofe prieits are Lutherans, fent 
by the confiftory of Borgo. ‘The parifh, 
pricits of the refpective diocefes of the 
kingdom elec the archbifhop and the 
bifhops; the confiftory prefents the three 
candidates, who have the moft {uffrages, 
to the king, who appoints one of them. 
The parifhes are diftinguifhed into royal 
and confiftorial. When a royal pariih is 
vacant, the confiftory nominates three in- 
dividuals of the moft diftinguifhed merit, 
who, as a teft of their abilities, preach 
three feveral Sundays. The coniiitory is 
then 
