The Sun. — London, England, 1829-07-11 00:00:00

PA.ItISII OF ST. ANNE'S, WESTMINSTER. In consequence of the following circular, a numc toils meeting of the inhabitants of the above parish Was held yesterday in the vestry-room adjoining St. Anne's church, Soho t " ST. ANNE, R. " The inhabitants are respe WESTMlNST ctfully i E nformed, that a Vestry 'lli be held on Friday next, at ten o'clock in the isiornihg precisely, to consider a Report then to be made by a Committee appointed on the 27th of June last, to in- Vestigate the affairs of Mr. Josh. Davies, the late Collector Of the Pew Rents, the Receiver of the Churchwardens' Dues, and one of the Collectors of the Paving Rates ; and to ascertain the income and expenditure of the church, and take an account of the church debts ; and also to de termine on the measures to be adopted for the recovery of the balances due from Mr. Davies, and for the payment of the demands upon the church. (Signed) "JOHN KELK, " THOS. TOMKISON, Churchwardens. The Rev. Dr. M`LEoD,Rector of the parish, was unanimously called to the Chair. The CittAlumAN briefly opened the business of the 'netting by observing, they were met to discuss a tktwstion of great importance to the parish, which Would be best explained by the Vestry Clerk reading the R eport of the Committee. He would only say, he trusted the discussion would be carried on quietly. Mr. Allen, the Vestry Clerk, being absent from 111ness, the Report of the Committee was read by his son. It in substance stated, that the Com mittee had inquired into the affairs of Mr. Davies, and found that he was a defaulter in his account with the parish to the amount of 63G1. 2d., 1 2041, of which he collected out of the paving rates, without any authority, and the remainder was out of monies he received from new rents. He was also a defaulter in his accounts with the Charity School in the sum of 2351. 10s., viz. '204/. Gs. re ceived by him in subscriptions, and 311. 4s. received for tickets, to commemorate the anniversary of the Charity. The whole amount of his debts, includ ing the above sums, and a debt of 977/. Is. 7d. due to the Rector, was 2,305/. 6s. 7d., and Isis assets were sufficient to pay 3s. in the pound. The Com mittee therefore recommended to avoid litigation— that the parish should accept of this sum of 3s. in the pound with the other creditors. ' Mr. NortmAN said;before the Report was received he wished to state a circumstance which he con- Sidered most unwarrantable and overbearing. He had been appointed one of the Committee to inquire into the affairs of Davies.—( Mr. Norman here said he wished the Vestry Clerk had been present, as he did not like to make accusations behind any person's bli :k.) - --When he enter e d th e C omm i ttee - room, k Allen said, " Mr. Norman, I will answer the questions of any individual on the Committee except yourself, and your's I will not answer." He considered this most unfair; but he would remind the Meeting that the day for electing a Vestry Clerk was near at hand, and there would be another gentle. man proposed for the situation ; and for the ad ministration of justice in the palish, he trusted he would meet with support.—(Hear.) Mr. WATTS was present when an angry discus sion took place been the Vestry Clerk and Mr. Norman, but he really thought it arose from the latter gentleman asking more questions than all the rest of the Committee together.—(A laugh.) Mr. KELK—Yes; Mr. Norman was not con tent with as ki ng a quest i on once, b ut h e repeate d i t several times, and compl e t e ly ste pp e d the business. Mr. NORMAN —Becau se I was interrupted in every thing that I stated, as is always the case. Several Parishioners here said, that:in their opinion the ch arge aga i nst the Vestry Clerk was unfounded, and that his conduct had been most proper. Mr.NORBIAN—WeII, well, this is only the key to future inquir who is wrongy:. we sh a ll t h en see w h o i s r ight and On the motion that the Report of the Committee Mr. NORMAN said it was proper that every item of the Rep ort s h ould be discussed separately, for, taken in the wh o l e, h e did notobject. to the substance of it, but there w ere some parts j that he did. He would say it was not th at R eport wh i ch t h e par i s h had tL_ ..a,right to exp ect — t h ey ought to have secur i ty of t r Von who c o ll ecte d the rates in future; b ut m Repo r t recommend e d none; so t h ey m i g h t b e exactly- the same state next year as they were at Present. He was aware the present Churchwardens 141 ,, d Overseers were respectable men, and he thought ? 4 eY wo u ld l oo k a f ter t h e par i s h , affairs; but it was I :l 4 n P 3 ssible to tell what future Churchwardens might ion, If an honest man was appointed to the situa i h e could have no objection to give security, if 'Ha he were good. The Churchwardens and Oversee rs say t h ere i s no occas i on f or secur i ty, as we _ examine the accounts every month. That might ' . 7 the c ase now; b ut t h e hi story o f t h e par i s h showed rs th a t f ormer l y t h ose o ffi cers were mere ci rri, and it was not t oo muc h t o su pp ose th e y ght again bec ome so . Th e p ar i s h were now etllled upon to pay over again nearly 1,0001. and— Mr. WOOD spoke to order. What Mr. Norman w as now speaking of might be very good, but it was ir regular as the Report had not been received. QROn the Motion of Mr. WooD, second e d by Mr. ‘ I ANT, the Report was then received. C RAInmAN—I . think the Report had better be est' clause by clause, for although it was agreed to . 11 Mr. Norman's presence without his objecting, it 4 ,PPeared such would not n ow b e t h e case . the first clause stating th e amount o f D av i es ' s def alcations having been read, Mr. NORMAN again addressed the meeting. He c o uld Contend, that the parishioners never ought t o called on for the payment of Davies's deficiencies, as they arose ent i re l y t h roug h th e neg li gence o f t h e nurc hwardens and Overseers. He was sorry that t he Vestry Clerk was not present, as it was his rout to have given advice to the parish officers; he tuhl not plead'ignoratice of the manner in which the -- I,_ Bllt ess was conducted, for he had publicly stated :iat the Churchwardens and Overseers did not do their duty, and that he knew of Davies's insolvency or s ortie time p a st.—(C r ies of no, no.) tamto answer to a question from a Parishioner, it stated, that the yearly salary Davies received "he parish amounted to about 3201. ti l i7 r • WOOD said, it should be borne in 1 0 :) that however they might deplore the 1), - ,, ; the Charity Schools would sustain by p a - , 4 , e4'11. defalcations, yet that did not affect the b - 1 4 -. 2 o charity alone would suffer. He did not ne the Churchwardens and Overseers, for Davies 1 1 1 4' a Plan of keeping them in ignorance respecting ts.,..aeconnts. 6 „ .14 r. GRANT said, unless the different items were •."'lSidered abstractedly the meeting could come to no satisfactory result, for it would most likely turn out .that part was owing to the negligence of one ti t ' f tCel' and part to another. He was convinced the n e h ue :lencies could not in a legal way be made up 4 7, t of the . poor's rate. Neither could the parties ~,"o had once paid be called on a second time. tile question, therefore , for the meeting to consider 1 . 4 '4 what plan was to be adopted. He thought the !Inner Overseers culpable in not examining strictly oT' I bevies's accounts at the time they went out of °fi lee, f or t h ere could be no d ou b t t h ey h a d b een defective for year s , an d the deficiencies ought to e been deducted out of his salary.—(Several v oices, " yes, certainly.") ;,„Mr- Wooo—Nothing can be more clear than the possibility .of meeting the tleficiences out of the tioor rate, unless by consent of a parish meeting. then is it to be met ? Mr. NORMAN.—It is proposed to pay it out of the Nor's-rate. tMr. WARD—There is no such recommendetion in he Rep ort , or I , as one of the C omm i ttee, wou ld 11 ' 1 ! opposed it, and the very system of pew.-rates tit illegal, every house in the parish being entitled to l LPew in th e c h urc h f ree o f expence .—(" Yes, 1.- `"q," from the Rector.)—These rates were in tended solely for the repairs of the church, and the P i urchwarden cannot make us pay for the dQfi- Parishioner—" You will see they will hou gh; we shall have an additional rate.") a Inr..WOOD—That cannot be, only with the con -ent °' the pariah. On the 28th of August last year Davies 's accounts were audited, there then ap peared no deficiency ; but he (Mr. Ward) supposed he had been rob!,ing Peter to pay Paul—he meant collecting rates that Were not due to make up the balance of old ones, which he had applied to his own purposes. He had no objection to security being required of the collector, but as it never had been the practice of the parish, he did not see that the Churchwardens were at all culpable, unless it could be shown they had a knowledge of Davies' manner of keeping accounts before it was generally known to the parish. He thought their conduct had been such as entitled them to commendation. Mr. NORMAN was again about to speak, when lie was interrupted by several of the parishioners. Mr. NORMAN—This is the way I am always in terrupted. I was about to ask if this sum was to be paid out of the poor's-rates, which were 3s. Id. last year, what reliance can we place on the assu rance that those rates would be reduced this year? Several of the COMMITTEE said, it never Was in tended to pay it out of the poor's-rates. The CHAIRMAN—It certainly was proposed thus to pay it ; but it was afterwards agreed to leave it for the consideration of the parish. Mr. BEAUCHAMP—The Vestry Clerk certainly never suggested such a course; he said it would be contrary to the Act of Parliament. Mr. NORMAN—I will again repeat the question. How is the parish to pay defalcations amounting to 1,0001, and yet have decreased poor's-rates? Mr. TOMKISON—That is what we have met to consider. Mr. GRANT-It appears there is no actual law to compel us to make good the deficiencies of Mr. Davies, but how necessary it is that the parish should liquidate the debt. Mr. Davies is a man that has been much respected and trusted, and there has been a great deal said about his defalcations. I am of opinion further inquiry into his conduct ought to be made. If the reports in circulation are true, he ought to be shunned and prosecuted; but if it arises from unavoidable misfortune, would it not be charitable and proper to give him another trust. I will here notice a paragraph in a newspaper of last Sunday, the News, which stated one of the collec tors of St. Anne's, Westminster, had, after em bezzling the parish motley, absconded, and left hiS wife and family. Such statements demand quiry ; and if his character should turn ont good, let us retain him in his situation : by so doing, we should enable him at some future period to liquidate his deficiencies. Mr. WooD—We have now a considerable debt, and I think, under all the circumstances, it would be prudent to make a rate of a penny or twopence in the pound to pay it off. The principle of leaving a debt that we have contracted, for our successors to pay, is not fair. Mr. GRANT—This is a new doctrine with Mr. Wood; he used to think differently. Mr. WooD—Never, Sir; that was always my opinion. Mr. BEAUCHAAIP—I here beg to state, Mr. Davies newer deserted his wife ; in fact, I believe he has never been absent from home a single hour since his defalcations were known, and the reports are not tine. Mr. NORMAN agreed with Mr. Grant that further inquiry ought to take place, and if Davies was honest, retain him. The CHAIRMAN—I beg to remind the Meeting, that it is not in their power to retain Davies. The gift is not in the parish. Mr. NORMAN—The inquiry is necessary to decide whether or not we prosecute him. Mr. BEAucllAmP—There have been most inju rious reports respecting Mr. Davies's character. CHAIRMAN—We had better not make those re ports a subject of discussion. Several parishioners said there ought to be a ju dicial inquiry. CHAIRMAN—If Mr. Davies was to pay me every farthing, I am out of pocket in his account, I would not again employ him. I know a great deal of the man, therefore all inquiry would be useless. Several voices—Then let us adjourn the discus sion for a week.—(Here there was a general cry of " No, no," that will do no good.) - Mr. BEAUCHAMP said Davies had had many losses, and a great expenditure. Some time since he re paired his house, which before he commenced be thought 2001. would have paid, but the painting and glazing amounted to 2801. and the whole ex pense to 7501.---(" And that was paid out of the parish money ; shame, shame.")—Mr. B. then en tered into a minute statement of the affairs of Mr. Davies, and contended that he was not in so great difficulties now as he was is the year 1818. Mr. GRANT, after this statement, did not think lie had acted dishonestly, but imprudently. It was certainly clear that Davies had all along been em barrassed, and men in such circumstances seldom acted prudently; but he did not think that his im prudence ought to brand him as a public delinquent. The CHAIRMAN—I feel called upon to state some facts. I have borrowed money to enable Davies to go on, in the hopes he would make all right. I did not like to refuse my security for fear things should be worse. I at length, however, demanded to see his books, when I found he debited me for 291., when I was at the very time his creditor for 320/. (Hear, hear.) _ _ . - Mr. TomKiNsoN—There is the rent for three years of a house, that he received, not accounted for. The CHAIRMAN—When I saw the books it sur prised me; at one period, when we made up the ac counts, there was 601. due to me. A new account was commenced, and I afterwards found, instead of his giving me credit for the 601., he actually made me his debtor for that sum.—(Hear, hear.)—l gave him the books back to correct. I should tell you that he collected the rents of twelve houses for me, and only returned an account of eleven. When I pointed this out to him, he said he thought there were but eleven ; yet he had collected the rents for 12 or 13 years.—(Hear.) Mr. NORMAN---After such a statement ought we not at once to institute a prosecution ? It is shameful for any one to bolster up such a case, and astonishing to me he is not held up as as a public delinquent. I hope all future collectors will be obliged to find security. The CHAIRMAN said the difficulty in that case was the expence of the bond. Mr. ALLEN, jun. said, the expence of a bond for 5001. would not be more than 31. After a very long and somewhat noisy discussion, resolutions to the following effect were unanimously agreed to. That all future collectors should give security in the amount of 3001. Secondly, That they should make daily entry of all money received. Thirdly, That the churchwardens be ordered to in vestigate the accounts at least once every month. Fourthly, That the Churchwardens in future should give all orders and pay all bills. The fifth resolution proposed was that the parish accept of three shillings in the pound for the amount of Davies's defalcations. This Resolution led to a long discussion. Mr. Norman contending that the Paving Board was liable to make good the sum of 2041.95., the amount of the defalcation in that rate. Whilst on the other hand, it was contended that as the money so collected was without the authority of the Board, they were not responsible.—ln the midst of which a parishioner good humouredly observed, " That the parish would not be inconvenienced. It was only necessary for so much the less paving to be done."—(Laughter.)—lt was, however, agreed on all sides that it would be unfair and unjust to call on those who had once paid to pay over again, but if loss must be sustained, it ought to fall on the parish generally. The Resolution was at length agreed to. The next question for the consideration of the Meeting was, the propriety of continuing Davies in his situation of Sextun. This, like the lust reso lution, led to a great deal of discussion. The CHAIRMAN said he took a legal opinion on the subject. He did not pay for it, though. — (Laughter.)—That opinion was, that if Davies was dismissed, it must be by a meeting called for the special purpose ; and even then, he or his friends might apply to the Court of King's Bench for a mandamus, and a rule world be granted calling on the parish to spew cause why they dismissed him, and the probable consequence would be, when cause was shewn, that the Court would direct an issue, and the parish wouli be involved in an expensive litigation. Under these circumstances he thought it better for him to he retained in his situation; although when tAereising:his sacred duties, he would certainly rather not meet him, because if he forgave he could not forget. It was at length agreed that he should hold the situation of Seaton, without any salary from the parish, but to receive all the legal fees. Mr. GRANT said the next question for their con sideration was the Church Debt, amounting to 1,0471., 650/. of which bore interest at the rate of five per cent., but as it was a question . of great im portance to the parish, he should move that the con sideration of it be 'adjourned for a fortnight, for the purpose of letting it be generally known amongst the inhabitants. The motion having been seconded was agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the Rector for his able conduct in the chaiWand the meeting adjourned. THE SINKING FUND. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) By attending to the following particulars, and by comparing the amount of fresh debt contracted with old debt redeemed, it will be found that taking the period from January, 1825, to July, 1829, we have in reality had no sinking fund whatever. From the sth January, 1825, to July, 1829, the sums applied to the discharge of the national debt appear, according to the quarterly returns of the in come and charge on the consolidated fund, to have amounted, in totaliter, to 19,136,6594 But during the same period fresh ►debt, in various ways, and to a very large amount, has been con tracted. 1. The deficiency bills on the sth of January, 1825, amounted to 1,550,2761.; but on the sth of July, 1829, the same deficiency bills amount to 7,274,2271.: under this head, therefore, there is an increase of debt of 5,723,9511. 2. In the year 1826 the 4 per cent. loan, amount- ing to 8,560,0001. was negociated; and if it should be objected that of this loan 3,500,0001. was paid up in Exchequer-bills, and that therefore to this ex tent credit must be taken as fur unfunded debt re deemed, this will amount to nothing, because in the following year, 1817, a vote of credit was taken and fresh Exchequer-bills to the same amount were re-issued. The net sum received from the Bank from Ja nuary, 1825, to July, 1828, on account of the dead weight annuity, amounted to 6,707,8701. At this period (that is, in July, 1828) the transaction was completed ; nothing has since been received, and in consideration of these and other monies antece dently received from the Bank on - the same account, we are charged with an annuity of 585,740/. These being the particulars, the account will stand thus : Monies applied by the Sinking Fund to the redemption of debt, from Jan., 1825, to July, 1829 £19,136,659 Debt contracted during the same period— Increase in deficiency bi115...X5,723,951 Four per Cent. Loan, 1826 8,560,000 Received from the Bank on account of the dead weight annuity 6,707,870 X 20,991,821 £1,855,162 And therefore the fresh debt contracted exceeds the old debt redeemed in the sum of 1,855,162/.: and therefore during the period from' January, 1825, to July, 1829, there has been no sinking fund, and the expenditure of the country has exceeded its income. Not merely have the operations of the sinking fund (supported as they hate been by borrowed money) been entirely illusory, but they have also been attended with positive loss to the community. For if we remember right, the four per cent. loan of 1826 was brought out at 92 per cent., and conse quently giving an interest to the subscribers of V. ss. per cent.; and the dead weight annnity was sold to the Bank upon terms which were also equiva lent to about 4J,. ss. per cent. in a permanent annuity, and this borrowed money having been laid out in the purchase of Consols and Reduced, at prices giving about 33- per cent. interest for money, the difference between the rate at which the money was borrowed, and at which it was laid out, is equivalent to 181. 15s. per cent. in the four per cent. stock, which, on 15,300,0001., amounts to a capital of '2,869,250/. in a four per cent. stock. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Justice BAYLEY and Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, Yorkshire and City--Aug. 1, at York. Durham—Aug. 15, at Durham. Northumberland—Aug. 19, at Newcastle. Cumberland—Aug. 22, at Carlisle. Westmoreland—Aug. 27, at Appleby. Lancashire—Aug. 29, at Lancaster. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL and Mr. Justice BUR FLouGH. Hampshire—July 27, at Winchester. Wiltshire—Aug. 1, at New Sarum. Dorsetshire—Aug. 6, at Dorchester. Devonshire—Aug. 10, at Exeter. Cornwall—Aug. 17, at Bodmin. Somersetshire—Aug. 22, at Bridgewater. Bristol—Aug. 29, at Bristol. Lord and Lady GRANTHAM gave an elegant ball on board their yacht, off Greenwich, on Wednesday evening, to a select circle of fashionables, not exceeding 60 persons. It was one of the most beautiful sights we have witnessed for some time. The boom of the yacht was brilliantly illuminated, and the deck was very tastefully fitted up as a ball-room. At ten o'clock dancing com menced, and was kept up with great spirit till three o'clock. Quadrilles, waltzes, and galloper were danced during the evening. The whole of the arrangements were contrived with great taste and superior skill, and all went off with great eclat. QUICK WORK.—On Thursday night a noto rious thief, Wil.r.tim Hooc, stole a footman's great coat from the box of the lion. Miss Fox's carriage, in attend ance at the Opera Douse. He was apprehended on the spot by IVIMY, an officer of Queen-square, committed for trial at the Westminster Sessions, and at four o'clock yes terday (Friday) afternoon received sentence of seven years' transportation,—being just 20 hours from the time of com mitting the offence. DOG FISH.—It was mentioned in our last, that the dog fish have made their annual visit to the Frith, and as they are making dreadful havoc among the haddocks and fishing apparatus, it is to be apprehended that they have arrived in more than their usual numbers. These unwelcome visitors are as epicurean as they are voracious : they visit the captive fish for the whole length of the line, tasting them as they glide along, devouring the best, and leaving the heads alone to the fishermen. On Thursday last seven men set out from Newhaven in one boat, and shot their lines off the Isle of May. On drawing them they found that the dogs, besides 300 fish, had robbed them of 700 fish hooks, and the fish into the bargain. On that day the smallest haddocks sold at 35., and the largest at 9s. a hundred. Taking the average at 65., this was a dead loss of 3/., besides the destruction of their lines, which the men at one trip suffered from these fierce and voracious creatures.—Scotsman. In the ministerial reign of Sir R. WALPOLE, it was the practice to purchase honour, either by money paid, or by the discharge of debts due from the Crown, of which the following is a remarkable instance :—The Duke of MoNTAGuE, as Master of the Wardmote, had, on ac count of his office, a demand on the Crown for the sum of near 40,0001., which not being convenient for the Trea sury to pay, it was agre e d b e t ween th e Mi n i s ter and his Grace, that thirty-six Knights of the Bath should be cre ated, each to pay for the honour 1,0001. His Grace to be at the head of the creatio n , b y w hi c h means h e was satis fied his debt, and gratified with a dignity without expence. Is not this the way to make titles as plentiful as red her rings UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JULY l 1.-On Thursday last Mr. Frederic Wickham was admitted actual Fellow of New College. On Sunday se'nnight the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucester hell a general Ordination in the Cithedral, when the following persons were admitted into Holy Orders : II?TESTS. Rev. John C. Campbell, A.B. University College, Oxford Rev. J. Gotdter Dowling, A.B. Wadham College, Oxford Rev. Robert Peel, A. B. Trinity College, Cambridge Rev. John Duffus, A B. Queen's College, Oxford Rev. William Mayo, A.B. Magdalen Hall, Oxford Rev. John Chell, A.B. St. John's College, Cambridge. DEACONS. Mr. J. Mickleburgh, A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge Mr. W. S. Bricknell, M.A. Worcester College, Oxford Mr. W. H. R. Bayley, A. DI. St. John's College, Comb. Mr. John Tordiffe, B.A. Queen's College, Oxford Mr. John Askew, A.B. Emanuel College, Cambridge Mr. J. Weybridge, A.B. St. John's College, Cambridge Mr. C. 'Frye, B.A. Brazen-Nose College, Oxford. ECCLESIASTIC A L PREFERMENTS. The Rev. Richard Salwey, B.A. of Christ Church, in this University, to the Rectory of Fawkham, Kent; patron, P. Posey, Esq. of Pusey House, Berks. The Rev. Henry Crane Btice has been presented to the Living of St. Peter's, Bristol; patrons, the Mayor and Corporation of that City. The Rev. J. Allgood, M.A. Vicar of Felton and Frani= lington, to the Rectory of Ingrain, Northumberland. The Rev. Edward Thorold, M.A. on his own petition, to the Rectory of Morcott, Rutlandshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Corrie. CAMBItIDGF, JULY 10.-On Tuesday last, being coin mencement-day, the following Doctors and Blasters of Arts were created : DOCTORS IN DIVINITY.-The Rev. 'Win. Dealtry, late fellow of Trinity College, rector of Clapham, and Chan• cellor of the Diocese of Winchester; Rev. Hugh Allen, late of Trinity College, prebenddry of Westminster; Rev. Gil bank Ackland, St. John's College, rector of St. Mildred's, Bread-street, and lecturer of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Lon don ; Rev. Martin Joseph Naylor, late Fellow of Queen's College; Rev. Samuel Thomas Bloomfield, Sidney Col lege, vicar of Bisbrooke, Rutland. DOCTORS IN PHYSIC. - Henry Shuckburgh Roots, Jesus s College ; George Shaw, Cali's College ; Richard Pinckard, Caius College; John Burdett Steward, Pem broke College.' MASTERS OF ARTS. DOWNING COLLEGE.-WilliaHl Gurdon, Wiliam Ford Bally, Alfred Power. JESUS COLLEGE.-William Goodwin, Henry William Crick, James Hayes Sadler, Harvey Bawtree, William Warren, James Carver, Edward Richard Otter, George Sharland, William Steggall, George Otter, Richard Mount ford Baddeley. CAIUS COLLEGE.-Richard Day, Francis Offley Mar tin, Robert Willis, William Henry Hanson, Henry Clin ton, Samuel Stone, Thomas Hulton, Charles Dade, Chas. Paul, George Oakes Miller, Henry Beaumont Leeson, John Theophilus Debrisay, John Day Hurst. KING'S COLLEGE.—George Usborne Townshend, Wm. Gifford Cookesley. TRINITY COLLEGE.--John Bishop, Robert Maitland, Henry Collins, John Hodgion, William Law, Marmaduke Prickett, Henry Ashington, Francis Ford Pinder, William Margetson Heald, Evan Jenkins, Richard Atkinson, Wil liam Hopwood, Charles Nairne, William Mason, Mark land Barnard, Robert Hutchinson Lewin, William Webb, John Dixon Hales, Rudolph Bourne Baker, Jas. Darnell, Jos. Butterworth Bullmer Clarke, Henry Peter Daniell, John Fitz-Gerald, Thomas Stratten, John Roach Bovell, George Henry Bower, William Overton, Oswald Head, John Warner, Edward Arthur Smedley, James Losh, Geo. Darby St. Quintin, David Ricardo, Charles John Symp son, John Lane Freer, George Thornton, Pierce Morton, Edward Heneage, John Alexander Kinglake, James Allen, W. Marriott, Smith Marriott, Thomas Rawson. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.—George Hepper, Gawen Hodg son, William H. Ricketts Bayley, John Hymers, Edward Bower Sparke, Henry Jesson, William Keeling, William Hallows Miller, Wm. Metcalfe, J. Alex. Deverell Meakin, Rice Davies Powell, Win. Rolph Richards, Samuel Revell, Henry Reginald Yorke, Richard Foster, John Lyneham Tanner, Benjamin Muddy, William Woolhouse Robinson, John Henry Fludyer, John Lloward Marsden, John Ped der, William Leonard Suttaby, Henry Fox, Edward Cole, Wm. Everest Stevens, Fres. Henry Stoddart Say, George Henry Lee Warner, Jas. Henshaw Gregg, John Greensall, Josiah Francis Flavell, Thomas Mee Gorst, John Henry Rowlatt, Frederick Jacob Hall, Frederick Edw. Gretton, Nathan Hubbersty, Thomas Hollway, Derwent Coleridge, William Henry Foster, Geo. James Philip Smith, Ed ward Gibson, Daniel Rose Fearon, Robert Lowe. ST. PETER'S COLLEGE.—John Gautier Milne, William Stone, Benjamin Franklin Couch, Samuel Hudson, Robert Montagu Poore. CLARE HALL.—Thomas Bonney, John Champion, James Young Cooke. PEMBROKE COLLEGE.—Robert Smith, Richard Trott Fisher, John Holt Simpson, John Wreford Budd. Courns CHRISTI COLLEGE.—WiIIiam Milner Farish, John Bragg, Philip Booth, William Wells. EMMANUEL COLLEGE.—RaIph Clutton, Alexander Henry Small, William Jones, George Ainslie, Henry Prescott Blencowe, Charles Tyrell, Robert Wilson. QUEEN'S COLLEGE. —James Rawlings, Thomas Bell, Thomas Clark, John Simons, John Harington, Nicolas Chinnery, Richard Gascoyne, Heury Bagnall, Thomas Rainshay. CHRIST COLLEGE.—James Pedder, Charles Walling ton, Thomas Sheldon Green, Barwick John Sams, Oliver Arthur Heywood. SIDNEY COLLEGE.—John Gibson, Henry Alford, William Sykes, William Bagshaw Harrison, George Gib bons, George Geoffry Wyatville, Anthony Boulton. CATHARINE HALL.—John Gibson. MAGDALENE COLLEGE.—George Marriott, Thomas Lovick Cooper, Thomas Husband, Theodosius Wood. At the congregation on Saturday last the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELORS IN DIVINITY.—Rev. John Neville White, St. Peter's-college ; Rev. John Thomas, St. John's-coll. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.—Rev. Wm. Brown Hall, St. Peter's-college. BACHELOR IN PHYSlC. —Leonard Richard Willan, St. Peter's-college. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Chas. Quale Constable, Trinity college; Roger Smith, Magdalen-college; William Francis Raymond, St. Peter's college. At the congregation on Monday the following gentlemen were admitted Bachelors in Civil Law : Rev. George Pocock, Trinity-hall ; Harris Prendergast, Esq. Trinity-college; Rev. Alexander Benn Russell, Em manuel-college. At the same congregation the Rev. William Spencer Phillips, B.D. late fellow of Trinity-college, Oxford, was admitted ad eund m. At the same congregation a grace passed the Senate— " To adopt the recommendation of the Syndicate ap pointed on the 6th of May last, to consider the arrange•• ments to be made concerning the Old Court lately pur- chased of King's College.'" At a congregation yesterday, the Rev. Edward Cox, of Trinity College, and Thomas Newbery, of Queen's Col lege, were admitted Masters of Arts. At the same congregation, the Rey. Richard Cresswell, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem There will be congregations on the following days of the ensuing Michaelmas term : Saturday, Oct. 10, at ten; Thursday, Oct. 29, at eleven ; Wednesday, Nov. 18, at eleven ; Wednesday, Dec. 9, at eleven; Wednesday, Dec. 16 (end of term), at ten. The Lord Bishop of Lincoln has appointed, by letters patent, Richard Smith, Esq., of Buckden, and Robert Swan, Esq., of Lincoln, principal registrars of the whole Diocese and Consistorial Court of Lincoln, in the room of the Right Hon. Lord Thurlow, deceased. A correspondent hi the Gentleman's Maga zine attempts to remove the difficulty which has hitherto existed in accounting for the manner in which the ancient Monuments at Stonehenge have been erected, by proving that there would be no difficulty at all to remove stones of the same size by the mechanical means daily employed for removing large weights. He calculates the weight of the largest atone at Stonehenge not to exceed 30 tons ; while the weight of the stone on which the equestrian statue of the CZAR PETER, at Petersburgh, is mounted, is com puted to amount to about 1,430 tons; and that was car ried a distance of eight miles over most difficult roads. He states further, that ➢lr. WESTMA COTT has now in his study a block of marble weighing 19 tons, which was dragged by as many horses. The weight of the eques trian statue of Achilles, in Hyde park, is about two tons heavier than the largest stone at Stonehenge, and was taken from the Artist's without horses, and suspended in the air before lowered on its pedestal. As there are quarries within 20 miles of Stonehenge, those pieces of rock might have been carried to their present position with out any very wonderful exertion of mechanical power. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. We almost begin to despair of seeing a real (that is to say any, other than a make-believe) sinking fond dstaliliAol, or, if established, long maintained by the practice of any British Admi nistration. Lord Grenville has, with great dig nity and noblness, abjured his old opinions upon the subject of a sinking fund, created out of borrowed money, like that for malty years re , commended to the country by the eloquence and influence of Mr. Pitt, anti adhered to with the constitutional pertinacity of that Right Hon. Gent. Lord Grenville 's authority has perhap§ done more towards gaining proselytes to the true faith upon this matter, than was effected by that of all the authors who had preceded him, those included to the force of whose reasonings his Lordship's own conversion might fairly be ascribed, The present understanding seems to be, that a man who borrows from one party a thousand pounds, wherewith to discharge a previous debt of a thousand pound to another party, has only changed the name of his creditor, without dime• nishing the amount of his incumbrances. The former orthodox, though now inconceivable no tion, was, that a mail might borrow on Monday, even more than he paid in liquidation of an old debt on Tuesday, and all the while fancy that when the account came to be investigated, the payment of the old debt would stand to his credit, while the new loan which he had raised for the discharge of it was to go for nothing on the debit side. A long time elapsed before the utter folly of a system founded on such delusion was ever so slightly hinted at by those official persons who have since appeared to be most deeply penetrated by the sense of it. A longer period went by before it was thought prudent or decent—or something of that sort—to admit the thing freely, as if it were an unquestionable truth ; and even at this hour we can hardly vouch for the new light, with regard to what really con stitutes a sinking fund, having beamed upon the finance department in its inmost sanctuaries and recesses. Parliament has more than once pro fessed its conviction that the country ought to have a " real sinking fund," and that some por tion of debt ought to be annually redeemed, out of an excess of income over expenditure. This was in one sense hitting the nail upon the head ; but then Parliament, having driven the nail a certain length, forgot, unhappily, to clinch it. Thus it was the best thing in the world to pay of without being obliged to borrow : it was, considering what Parliamentary finan= tiers often are, a grand discovery for them to make—that a surplus fund is the only fund out of which a debt can be liquidated. So they voted this wise and useful applica tion of the surplus. But, as ill-luck would have it they failed in a requisite no less essential than that of providing their surplus. They began to dress the hare before they had caught it. Eight millions as a " real sinking fund " was talked of by some honourable gentlemen, but this was be yond all bounds. Five millions (to make sure work) was modestly proposed by a Treasury con juror of a former session, and voted, we believe, by the House. The vote, however, not bring ing the " wherewithal," and it being still found necessary to build the excess of income out of borrowed money, we pitched our level about 40 per cent. lower. The surplus was voted down to 3,000,0001., and we actually began to hope that, by some miracle or another, the vote would turn out to have a small degree of correspond ence with the fact. We fancied that symptoms were here and there visible —and, indeed, since the ,Duke's accession to the GOverninent, they have become so—of a common-sense way of going to work, not. by votes of paper surpluses, but by creating the surplus through the only means which, in a country where the taxes cannot be increased, could effect an improvement in the re lations between income and expenditure—namely, by reducing the latter ; when there comes down upon us an ill-omened bird,—an inquisitive and calculating raven of a letter-writer, who proves, as clearly as arithmetic can demonstrate any thing, that the result of all the fine speeches, votes, budgets, and surpluses—the several raw materials of the sinking-funds--the five millions cat's ever —the three millionsL•the millions indefinite, i which have within these few last sessions been appropriated by Parliament to the "- gradual" (very gradual) redemption of the debt—is the leaving the nation deeper in debt than it was nearly five years ago ; inasmuch as we have paid off a little more than 19,000,0001. sterling of our old incumbrances, and have contracted a little less than 21,000,000/. of fresh ones. With this remark upon the present state of the case, we leave our correspondent to narrate his own history.— Times. In the Bishop of Lincoln's Primary Charge, to which we alluded some days ago, we find one of the most important questions which affect the Church treated with more boldness and discrimi nation than by any of his brethren since the days of Harry the Eighth. We allude to the tenure of Church property. The prevalent doctrine with Churchmen is that the property of the Church is absolutely freehold, and, therefore, as sacred from interference as from violation on the part of the Legislature. Against this doctrine the Bishop protests. He tells his Clergy that the property they enjoy was devised—but for certain purposes which imply certain conditions ; and that the State is the Trustee to see that those .conditions are fulfilled. He does not speak positively of penalties in case of failure on the part of the Clergy ; but he says quite suffi cient to justify the interference of any Govern ment, should such failure occur. Dr. Kay is too sensible a man to talk of a Trustee, 'seeing that certain obligations are performed, without having any remedial power in the case of their being neglected. With respect to such lay im propriations as were acquired by the robbery of the Church, the Legislature cannot interfere ; and the speculations, therefore, on this head, in which the Orange Press in Ireland have lately indulged, are idle_ The original robbers, at the same time that they seized the property, dis claimed and annulled the obligations attached to it. They had as much right to do the one as the other ; and that right being acknowledged by the sufferance of the State, cannot be disturbed now, according to the civil axiom that the injustice of the original appropriation does not affect the justice of the tenure, provided that it has been permitted by the State to acquire the qualities of security and transference. To reclaim such property, and to reinforce the obligations at tached to it before its misappropriation, are evi dently one and the same question. In fact, when the deed of the donors was set aside as to the possession of the property, so, also, was it as to the purposes for which it was devised; and how ever wrongfully in either case, the wrong is now past remedy—Libitina sacravit. But with Clerical incumbents the matter is different. The tenure by which they hold Church property is virtually the same, and the obligations the same, as prescribed by the donors. The State, says Dr. Kay, is the Trustee to see that these obli gations are performed. By this declaration the Reverend Doctor must be aware that he invests the Legislature not with any defined, but with an equitable and almost discretionary jurisdiction over church property. In fine, Dr. Kay admits that, although the Legislature has no power of disposal thereof, it has a direct power to re late its disposition. The question how the Legislature has, and low it may, exercise that power for the improvement of Church discip4ine , That the State is Trustee over the Church is tier new doctrine in fact, as the several Acts of Par liament for its regulation show. The trust, hon'ever, as these Acts also show, has been so equivocally exercised, that Dr. Kay was some what generous (for a Bishop) to have acknow edged its existence. Whenever the Legislature as interfered, it has merely been as the :Taw of the Clerical Benth. What power it has created is not oval' but for Church. It has invested Bishops with plenty of power, but attached to them no duty of responsibility. It has ordained that a Bishop may prevent a poor parson from holding two livings, but has not forbidden him to institute a rich one to a dozen. It has given him authes rity to enforce residence upon the most needy, but has left a capricious indulgence in his bands to the most wealthy. The consequence is ob vious ; but any man of common sense can find a remedy for it. All that is wanted is simply this—an enactment to which the inferior Clergy shall not only be liable, but which the Bishops must enforce, with exceptions at their discre tion. But this discretion should be a discretion within certain limits, to be exercised in foour of the poorer Clergy, and not, as it is now, an. aly solute discretion, exercised only in favour a those who have wealth and affluence. The re sult would be not only a more just and effective system of discipline, but a more equal distribu tion of Church property. The working Clergy would thus become more respectable, as they would be better provided for ; and the drones less obnoxious, as they would consume less. The trust, however, says Dr. Kay, is vested in Par liament. The obligations to be fulfilled it is not for us to define ; but they certainly are not that Bishops and Archdeacons should be mere non resident staff officers—that one indisdual shall hold half a dozen preferments without the ycr formance, of any duty at either and most c6:- tainly they are not confined to the poor Vicars and Curates, who seem to be flogged for the sing of a diocese, as Prince Jamie's poor chum was flogged by George Buchannan for the neglect , and errors of his more dignified pupil.--illortge • ing Chronicle. The Dublin Evening Post of Tuesday last has the following passage : • "We learn that Lord Leveson Gower des- , patched upwards of two hundred letters last sight to the country, calling upon the Magistrates to s,c , &; their best exertions in preserving the public trail- . quillity. This may be productive of good—but we . confess we should rather see a Proclamation, headed by the name of Northumberland, and signed by as many Privy Councillors as are now in Dublin, Such Proclamations were of ordinary occurrence prerioug to the Rebellion of 1798. The country is now almost in as great a state of agitation as it was at that period—and nearly as well organized—and, we verily believe, better armed." So far from being surprised that Ireland is in a disturbed state, our surprize is that it should ever be other than a theatre of outrage. The cause of the malady in its social condition lies far deeper than religion ; and we can even con- ceive, that without religious excitement of any kind, it might have exhibited, at this day, nearly the same appearances. But though religion had less to do with the misery of Ireland than is gene rally supposed, it is difficult to conceive how, without clearing the question of religious perse cution, a remedy could be applied. The one of Ireland are now freed from their foreign ingredient. When any man considers the state of Ire land ; that the country is crowded with inha bitants, without capital, and in the lowest state of poverty—that every addition of wretchedness on the part of the peasantry is a cause of addi.' tional rent to the landlords—that the latter con sider the wretched creatures on the land as born to give their all to them, saving the meal of potatoes and water which keeps them in exists ence—that a peasant, when he approaches his landlord, or his landlord's agent, would b looked on as little better than a robber, if he had a decent coat on his back, or a hat on his head, or shoes on his feet, and therefore he al ways endeavours to appear in as sorry a plight as possible, in order to impress the landlord or agent that no more can be wrung from him.— When any man reflects a moment on this state of things, he must soon satisfy himself that Ire land can only be kept quiet by the bayonet, and that the resources of England can alone enable the Irish Proprietor to maintain his ground.— Ireland is constantly on the brink of a servile war : and we fear many unpleasant events must occur before that country can afford any gua rantee on her own condition for peace and tran quillity. We question if Ministers are aware of the•extent of the danger presented by the social condition of Ireland ; and whether, if they are aware, that they dare adopt measures adequate to the emergency. One thing is certain—that the Landlords of that country will oppose any measure at all equal to the wants of the Po pulation.—lbid. It seems that the Greeks are now as discon tented with their deliverers as they were with their lawful masters the Turks, but whom Mr. Canning, and the other philanthropic classical recollectionists, choose to call their oppressors. What a lesson does this same Greek affair, from first to last, hold out to Statesmen of all coun tries, and of all parties and opinions! It does not happen once in a hundred times, that either the voluntary or arbitrary interference of one e c ‘ o ,e u r n p t o ry w lves it s h the G atisfact o io v n ern e m ve e n nt o to r affais of tho r sew ialonohtle have solicited it, or for whose benefit it may have been honestly intended. Of the truth of this, our Portuguese, as well as Greek interference, afford recent and convincing proofs. Who would think that a country entangled as this is in domestic difficulties of her own, could ever have possessed Statesmen so evidently unwise as to cut out for her new and unnecessary foreign entanglements, from which, in neither case, is she likely to withdraw herself without much ex pense and some loss of character ? But we are so enamoured of our own liberty and Constitu tion, forsooth, that we must needs hawk them l r e r toot. a tsih b i 00 0 l tw u i ea t h a f e s e pedlars ao r tt s thl e d dni o elnpoe t pm r o e os s ii ; lrw o hicii those hseer a in lii t a h n e ce a s ffa ci i a l . of tha P t or G tu, o ff l a , l er ma nm y en a t o some s— h ven nded d upon t offoel interference c' n oe t ex ternalb danger, which was never clearly made out by Mr. Canning, either in his spoken or his printed speech. But for our Greek interiis-enee, any more than for the Philhellenism which gave it birth, there never existed a shadow of pre•