The Press.
London, England, 1853-06-25 00:00:00

taltsiastical.

The new church built on Bovey fleathfield, by the Hon.
and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, vicar of Ilevey Tracey, and
Chaplain to the Queen, was consecrated on the 161 by the
Bishop of Exeter, together with the bulial•ground adjoining.
NEW ASUICAN BISHOPRICS.—The bishopric of Natal has
been conferred upon the Rev. J. W. Coleus°, M.A., of at.
John's College, Cambridge, rector of Forncett St. Mary,
Norfolk. The bishopric of Graham's Town has not yet
been provided for, but it is said to have been offered to the
Rev. Daniel Moore, incumbent of Camden Chapel, Cam.
berwell.

It is currently rumoured in clerical circles that the
Bishop of thith and Wells intends resigning his diocese,
on account of his great infirmity, and the difficulties which
have recently occurred, and which are beyond his power to
control. _ .

We are authorised to state that the late Hon. and Rev. A.
P. Perceval was not, at the tune of his decease, one of the
chaplains to her Majesty. He resigned that appointment
in 111.50.
The new chapel lately built for the Royal Naval School
was consecrated, on Wednesday, by the Lord Bishop of
London:
APPOINTMENTS AND PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. H. Hwet Burrow, 8.A., to the Curacy of Levens
near Milnethorpe, Westmorland.
The Rev. J. Edgworth Close, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin,
to the Curacy of St. Bridget and St. Martin, Cheater.
The Rev. F. T. Cusine, 8.A., of Sidney Sussex College, to the
Curacy of St. James's Church, Latchford.
The Rev. Henry• Melvin, M.A., has been appointed Chaplain
in Ordinary to her Majesty.
The Rev. S. It. Mackerness, to St. .Mary the Virgin Perpetual
Curacy, Romney Marsh.
The Rev. E. Ewen, 8.A., to the Curacy of Belchamp Otton,
Essex.

The Rev. J. W. Conway Hughes, BA., to the Curacy of
Mistley, in Manniugtree.
The Rev. W. S. spencer, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bradfield, near
Manningtree.
The Rev. P. J. Davies, M.A., to the Incumbency of Bettws-
Leike, Cardiganshire.
The Rev. Rees Herbert Morgan, to the Incumbency of Lim-
guick, near Neath, Glamorganshire.
The Rev. Theophilus Pelly, 13.1)., to the Rectory eof Church
Bnuuptou, near Northampton.
The Rev. G. J. Ilitiewell, to the Curacy of Castle Douingto u,
Leicestershire.
The Rev. J. Parry, BA., to the Curacy of Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire.
The Rev. Walter James, 8.A., to the Rectory of Faulkbouru,
near Witham, Essex.
The Rev. H. Moseley, one of her Majesty's Inspectors of
Schools, to the Canonry in Bristol Cathedral, rendered vacant by
the promotion of the Rev. Dr. Jackson to the bishopric of
Lincoln.

The Rev. Gordon Calthrop, MA., has been appointed Chap-
lain of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The Rev. Thomas Daniels, 8.A., has been licensed to officiate
in a room in the Commercial School, Stranonl.road, Holum.
The Rev. R. D. Dingle, M.A., has been appointed Mathematical
Master of the Durham Diocesan Training College.
The Queen has presented the Rev. Malcolm Munro Ross to the
church at 'foulintoul, in the parish of Kirkunchael, in the pres-
bytery of Abernethy, and shire of Baud; vacant by the death of
the Rev. George Bruce.
VACANCIES.

The Rectory of Sopworth, near Mahneabury, Villtdhire, by the
death of the Rev. Robert Trotunin Coated, M.A. Value, SUM. a
year, in the gift of the Duke of Beaufort.

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The Rectory of Steeple Langford, near Heytesbury, also by
the death of Mr. Coates. Value, 6001. a year, in the gift of the
President and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
The Rectory• of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, by the death of the
Rev. Robert Little, ILl). Value, 1201. a year, hi the gift of the
Lord Chancellor.

The Vicarage of Cockney, near Mansfield, by the death of the
Rev. Taylor White, M.A. Value, 2001. a year, in the gift of Earl
Moment.

iinit(trsitn aintclilynte.

OXFORD.

The Rev. Edmund James Smith, M.A., scholar of Wor•
cester College, has been elected a fellow, on the foundation
of Sir Thomas Cookes. Mr. Alan Marmaduke .klington,
from Bromsgrove School, has been elected a scholar on the
same foundation.

The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's
Prizes for the ensuing year, viz.:--For Latin verse, " Suis
et ipsa Roma viribus mit." For an English Essay, " The
effects of Commerce upon Christianity." For a Latin
essay, " ()Italian) fueriut priecipue in cans& good Aristotelis
Philosophiu in Seholis prievaluerit." For the Newdegate
prize poem the subject chosen is, " The Martyrs of Vienne
and Lyous."