an university-fence, are persons that have attained to the baccalaureate, or who have taken the first degree in the liberal arts and sciences. Before a person can be admitted to this degree at Oxford, it is necessary that he study there four years; three years more may entitle him to the degree of master of arts; and in seven years more he may commence bachelor of divinity. At Cambridge, the degrees are usually taken much the same as at Oxford, excepting in law and physic; in either of which the bachelor's degree may be taken in six years. In France, the degree of bachelor of divinity is attained in five years' study; that is, in two years of philosophy, and three of divinity.