The halls at Oxford are becoming absorbed in the colleges, in conformity to the scheme of the university commissioners. The principal of St. Alban Hall has placed his resignation of the hall in the hands of the chancellor of Oxford University. By a provision of the Oxford University commissioners, the hall comes into the possession of Merton College, and is annexed to it, while the resigning principal is to receive a pension from that society. St. Alban Hall is thus the first of the halls to suffer extinction. Magdalen Hall was some years since endowed by Mr. Baring, and received a charter of incorporation as Hertford College. St. Mary Hall, New Inn Hall and St. Edmund Hall are ultimately destined to absorption by Oriel, Balliol and Queen's colleges, respectively.