The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-06-20 00:00:00

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Ecrlnsiasstical Enteligmet.

Ma. WILLIAM GIFFORD PALGRAVE, ho is acknow-
ledged as the ablest Arabic scholar of the day, has
announced his secession from the Roman Catholic
Church, which he joined some years ago. He has
accepted an appointment to proceed to Bagdad as
Prus-ian Consul-general. This is the second return to
the Englith Church within the last week or two.

THI COLYTON BUSI&L CASE.—JODGMIFT OF THE
BISHOP OF Exstim.—The ease of the Rev. Mamerto
Gneritz, against whom proceedings have been taken
under the Church Discipline Act for refusing to inter
the body of John Pavey, a parishioner of Colyton, of
which parish the Rev. Mr. Guerits is the vicar, came
before the Lord Bishop of Exeter for judgment. The
main facts of the case appeared in this paper a short
time since on the occasion of the preliminary proceed-
ings before the commission appointed by his lordship
under the above-mentioned act. John l'avey was bap-
tised as a member of the Church of England, but died
in the Unitarian faith, and upon this ground Mr.
Gueritz refused to read the burial service at the funeral.
His lordship now gave a written judgment to the fol-
lowing effect —Be: said that Mr. Gueritz had admitted
the charge, and had consented to judgment being pro-
nounced upon him without further proceedings, provided
that such judgment dii not exceed that which might be
pronounced in duo course of law. As Mr. Gueritz bad
admitted the charge, stating that he had acted on con-
scientious grounds, and not from any ill-feeling towards
the deceased or any of his friends, and as the complai-
nants had disclaimed any desire to press the case vin-
dictively, or that any sentence beyond that which would
show Mr. Gueritz that he was not justified in his re-
fusal, and that it was his duty to perform the burial
service, his lordship thought the ends of justice would
be met by exercising that power which under the statute
was given him, at that stage of the prooeedings, by
pronouncing his judgment, that Mr. Gueritz was not
legally justified in refusing to bury the deceased, against
the plain law of the Church, and that he be admonished
not again to offend in like manner; and, further, that
he be adjudged to pay the legal costa of the prooeedingv.

PR /FERMENTS AND APPOINTMINTS.— Rev. C.
Barnes, curate of Cottingham, Northants; Rev.
Frederick Bathurst, vicar of Diddington, rural dean
of St. Neot's ; Rev. J. T. Drake, vicar of Cottee-
brook. Patron, the Queen; Rev. E. Edwards,
incumbent of Eglwysfach, Aberystwith ; Rev. H.
G. T. Elton, curate of Downham, Ely; Rev. C. J.
Evans, rector of Ovington, Norfolk ; Rev. P. A.
Fothergill, rector of Heighten and Tarring Neville,
domestic chaplain to the Earl of Limerick ; Rev.
Jabez Greenwood, rector of Middleton St. George,
Darlington. Patron H. A. W. Cocks, Esq., of
Middleton-hail; Rev. Alexander Greet, RA., rector
of Wheathill ; Rev. R. A. H. Hodgson, curate of
Samleebury, Lancashire; Rev. A. H. Hughes,
curate of St. Nicholas, Durham, incumbent of
Trinity, Darlington, vacant by the resignation of
of the Rev. T. W. Minton. Patron, Archdeacon
Prest ; Rev. A. Martineau, rector of St. Mildred,
Bread-street, chaplain to the Bishop of London;
Rev. J. Mould, vicar of Oakham, Rutland; Rev.
K Colnett Oldfield, M.A., rector of Minchin-
hampton. Patron, H. D. Ricardo, Esq. ; Rev. D.
Olivier, curate of Wilton, domestic chaplain to the
Earl of Pembroke; Rev. William Holmes Orr,
chaplain to the labourers on the Bristol and North
Somerset Railway; Rev. T. B. Paget, M. A., canon
and prebend of Ulltskelf ; Rev. G. H. Scott, vicar
of Gringley-on-the-Hill, chaplain to the Earl of
Gosford ; Rev. R. V. Taylor, curate of Wortley,
Leeds ; Rev. A. S. Teutschel, incumbent of
East Hardwick, Pontefract; Rev. W. Thorold,
incumbent of Middleton, Leeds, rector of Weeton,
Blackpool; Rev. Tom Arthur Vonles, rector of
South Bradon ; Rev. F. Way bt, vicar of Otterton,
Devon.—Vacancies : Heysham, R. Lancaster, £504,
with residence. Patrons, representatives of the
late rector ; Little Dewchurch, P.C., Ross,
Herefordshire. Patron, Rev. il. H. Morgan ; Stow,
P.C., near Gainsborough, £3OO, with residence.
Patron, Bishop of Lincoln and Prebendary of Stow,
alternately; Swepetone, it., Leicestershire, £894,
with residence. Patron, Rev. W. C. Hodgson.

HAS THE lINPZEESITY OF LoNDON BEEN A FAILURE?
—Lord R. Cecil, now Lord Cmnborne, and Mr.
Gathorne Bardy attempted on Wednesday to justify
the retention of religions tests at Oxford, by the allega-
tion the. the University of London has failed, and
failed for the want of such tests. Dr. Storrar, Chair-
man of Convocation of the London University, now
writes to deny that that institution has been a failure,
and cites some formidable facts in support of his argu-
ment. "Degrees were first conferred," he remarks, "by
the university in 1839 ; the number conferred in that
year was only 31, but the increase has been progressive.
At the end of 1864 the number of graduations amounted
to 1,743; and if from this be deducted 62, to allow for
cases in which two or more degrees are held by the
same person, the actual number of graduates for 1866
may be accurately stated at 1,681. Surely (Nays Dr.
Storrar) • result such as this ought not to be represented
as a failure. But the number of graduations in the
university by no means presents the whole picture of its
educational work. For matriculation in the university
an examination is required which, on the score of
difficulty, is, to say the least, not inferior to " respon-
sione" at Oxford. Indeed, to such importance has this
matriculation examination risen in public estimation,
' that for many purposes it holds the place of a minor
degree. It is accepted, for example, by the Council of
Military Education, in lieu of the entrance examination
otherwise imposed on candidates for admission to the
Royal Military, College at Sandhurst, and by the
College of Surgeons in lieu of the preliminary examina-
tions otherwise Imposed on candidates for its fellowship.
It is also among those examinations of which some one
must be paned by every medical student on commencing
his professional studies, and by every person entering
upon articles of clerkship to an attorney." "In 1864,"
continues the:Chairman of Convocation, "no less than
513 candidates presented themselves for this examination.
Of these 324 passed. Space will not admit of my
describing the nature and extent of the examination.
I must refer you to the calendar; but an examination
which results in the plucking of about a third of the
candidates is not likely to be open to the charge of
superficiality. Until about the middle of next month it
will not be possible to say what the result of the 1865
matriculation will be, but, from the state of the entries
it this time, the number of candidates will not be under
600. Now, if it be true, as I a.n informed, the number
of youths whe matriculate annually at Oxford, where
no university matriculation examination is required, is
under 500, 1 venture to suggest that the true history of
the University of London reads • good deal more hie
f success than failure"