The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

TUB EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1850.

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kg..Gawp Dodo= Noir, Patrick O'Briaa-131. Grovey's
heath= Bales—Haddanfield.
WUliaa Kirkra, Samuel Sharp Walker—Lastaasbtro
8a la 11.111a_Coat“ Chalmers, Henry Jethro:o,Bmnd
sha
P*—. wor uollea•
Williams Hoary Fryer—Quoin' College.
George Karoo, George Wslaaa Olivar—Weahoyaa
Intitate.

ZAOIIII,OI OF Laws.
C He/ Matthews, Matthew Amore Sharring—Usivenity
allege.

BAOIIIII.OIII OF 111DIOINI.
Whim Healy Clotho's*, James Morris, Simard Pree-
nlan SellaheM. Mann& Whitaker—University College.
Thema Reese Armitage, Samuel Janes Augustus Salter
Waa°4llll.•
ti_yre—Loadoet Hospital
Bileraal Beheld Barron, &noel Wooten Deeenisk—
Vhestallitt Hawley Bartley Bristol Medial School
Coessias lack—Bdieberel —School of Medieitt. •
Joseph Drew—Boyal Masobenter School of Medicine.
The pretreat/aim for honours and passe earns next in the
order of proesediaes. The name of all candidates who bad
obtained Mame I. the Doane of the peat year were reed ;
but these gekelemen only who hal gained scholarehips,
ezhibitioes, medals, sad prizes, were presented to the Chan.
seller, in the renewing order :

MASTIFF OF awn.
Bunnell Lew* Usiversity Collor—to native medal la
alassico;;moil Roberts, Manchester Collotte—modal is
asthmatics ; Richard Holt Hinton, Uaivertity College—
nodal is philosophy.

DACIALORS OP ARTS.
Edward John Routh, University College—mholarship in
mathematiesA Alfred Wilk, University Coilego—scholsnhip
in siamdles ; Frederick liedland, Hing's C
rantismnistry in Fnderick Williams Headland, Kiog's
rim ids issal physiology.
SACERLOR OF LAWS.
Henry Matthews, University Colmme—law scholarship.
SAOIIRLORS OF Ilaatotrn
Cornelius Black, Etinburgh School of 'laicise—scholar.
ship sad medal in paysiology sad comparative mummy ;
Jain Honk, Usiversity Coils., —medal in physiology and
eempanniva anatomy; Joseph Brow, JF,q., R ylsl Man-
chimer School of Medicine, and James Mania, Univend y
Callop—medal. In swim ; Bbarard Freeman Statham,
trotvenitv Calla medal is inadlaine • Cocaina, Bls.k,
Edinburgh —medal Is 'macaw.

K.l lI.AMIXAIIO3I.

Charles Palley. King's College—to receive exhibition and
medal in anatomy sad physiology; Henry Thompson,
Onivenity Colleen—medal in anatomy sad physiology ;
Charles Pardey, King's College—medal in chemistry ; Wm.
Oiling, Clay's rspital—medal in chemistry; Ororge May,
King's CAlege—exhibidos and medal in mateiU medics ;
Castles Pardey, King's College—medal in botany; William
Odliog, Gay's Rospital—medal in materia median.

MATRICULATION.

Henry French, Ww•le—janlnstiiniiirn. Institution—to receive exhibi-
tion its mithematim ; Edward J. 8 Dicey, King's College
--exhibition in classics ; Frederi. kJ. Money, St. Tnotas's
Hospital—prize in chemistry ; Edward Fry, University
Colleg•—prize in zoology ; John Zachutah Laurence,
University College—prise u botany.
At this stage of the proceedir.ge a deputation of graduates
of the university presented an sedreas to the Chancellor awl
Senate—a copy of which appeared in the Express of
yesterday.
The CHANCELLOR, in replying, said—" Gentlemen,
—la the name of the Senate, I beg to IMITO you that we
have received with much satisfaction the address you
have presented to us. This university owes its establish-
ment to the rccognition of • great principle—the obli
galas of rendering academical honours motieible, without
distinctim, to every elms and to every denemivation.
(Cheers.) We should have ill discharged the teak entrusted
to as, of giving practical effect to this principle, bed we not
regarded it as our par.mount duty to conks our degrees on
such principles ae should secure to them an honourable
place in public estimation. We therefore devoted originally
much time and attention to Ute system of examinations we
were called upon to institute, snit we have had the satisfac-
ti .n of finding that the emulations we adopted received, in
the ant unlearn, the approval of those engaged in conduit-
hag education in the colleges, and that the graduates of the
tutiversitykave now coins forward to record their approbation
of them. (Loud cheers.) We have also the additional
satisfaction of knowing, that, In any fastanoes, the credit
of those degrees we were empowered to confer his
been upheld by the subsequent distributions, and by the
high professional character of those who have obtained
them. (Hear, hear.) Tie number of degrees we have an-
nually to confer his now become considerable, and have
therefore no hesitation in agreeing with you that it is
desirable that henceforward an opportunity should annually
be offered of conferring them in public, and I anticipate that
this annual ceremony will in various ways conduce to the
advantage of the university. (Cheers.) It was unques
tionably the intention of the founders of this university that
it Amid take a high place among the great edacational in-
mitutiose of this country, and this object must ever he kept
steadily in view by all connected with it. But in order that
this end may be attained, not only is an enlarged view of
what is demanded from it r geisha on the part of the senate,
together with prudence and judgment in administering the
affairs of the university, but its future progress mast alto
materially depend upon the wisdom and energy displayed in
the management of the colleges connected with us, and most
of all, I may venture to say, will it depend on the future
career of yen who have obtained your degrees, by whom
conduct and attainments and reputation is the world the
public will most assuredly form Sr estimate of the value and
utility of the university itself."
The deputation then withdrew, and the proceedings ter-
minated.

ANTI-STATE-CHURCH ASSOCIATION.

A pabite meeting la ecesatice with the mad
oosforsses et the British AnU•BcuFCearek Also-
dation, took plass last 'mass at Fisslnuy Chspol, Near.
holds. TM. special's place of worship was densely crowded
oa tits motion.

Oa tho motion of Mr. C. Otuqn, Mr. (tassel Morley war
naaniaously called osi to preside.
The CHAIRMAN expressed his unabated anidesee
in those who were entrusted with the guidance of tho
association. The priaciple of the emaciation was that all
tegialatioa by a secular authority In matters of relief's
wee en infringement of the liberty of onseleaco, sad sea-
trary to the word of God. Hence they sought to dimly,
that most prominent embodiment of this legislative inter-
hallos, the COl/1107.100 of the church with the state. It was
only by the aid of public opinion that this conli be effected.
Ho held the union of church and state to be no lees opposed
to civil liberty than to religious freedom. (Applause.)
The Rev. Dr. COX mead • resolution, dale:lase'
satisfaction of the Raft at the weeessfal woekiag the
association, the progromive eheimeisa of its labours, sad he
study growth ia peaks soaddiese ; that so far fremi
garding the exhtona of dhauffeme I. the *arch selablkb-
sweat u rendering the opemalleme Of the assiety less began.
sat, such events were =Ma w iseressed vigUsaso sad
activity ; and that in the delis et a ladge_grepsedsa tithe
establiahed clergy to obtain eusseatreftl pessessisa et tais
ecolasiastioal property sow vested la the see* stimulant
was pesesated to redoubled energy end Ineness is seats;
the entire withdrawal of pAitieal privileges sad stets support
from every ecclesiastical body. Though Om olidentml
this assomatioc, that it had done seddag ku easteadsel
that it was prepared to do all (Appiaides.) Hitherto
nonconformity had beea slaping,—drommiag that groat
results would work out themselves. The AntbStato Church
Association had roused it to a proper degree of activity. la
another respect progress bad been made ; the young and
rang malaistry were impressed with the importance of vigor-
ously seeertiag the principles of the association. (Applause.)
The Rev. W. GRIFFITH, one of the expelled Wesleyan
ministers, seconded the resolution. After alluding to his
own sufferings from aciesisatical despotism, he expressed
his belief that the sep woman of church and state would be
the work of no eminent men or class of men, but of the
people at large, who, when thoroughly indoctrinated with
the principles of voluntaryism, would rise as one man and
demand the removal of the evil. (Applause.)
The resolution was then put, and unanimously agreed to,
as was each oldie succeeding ones.
Mr. 0. THOMPSON, M.P., was loudly cheered on rising
to move the wooed resolution. Ho held that all religious
establisbassats, all cuspuleory payments and larcrurnent
agencies, all agencies between the state and religion, were
&hal, coatrary to the universal and inalienable rights of
mankind. (Applauee.) He must congratulate the associa-
tion on everything being, auspicious; y thing, both Ia
and out of the church, segued the speedy downfall of that
machinery which had been nut up for interested and political
=His resolution referred to that colonel abomb '
he Irish church, which war more than uultristiaa—
it was inhuman. (Cheers.) More this half the Irish popu-
lation of eight millions were in a state worse than pauperism;
three millions were living in mud cabins; the regular wages
ranged from 4d. to 101. • day ; and yet in the midst of that
hunger•stricken, diseasaamitten people was a hierarchy,
with clergy of all orders. consuming not less than three
quarter, of • million sterling a year. (Hear, hear.) There
was the suoceesor of the ap,.sties, with his splendid eqaipage
drawing 10,0001. a year from the miserable people, In the
name of him who amplified the five barley loaves to feed the
poor. (Hear, hear.) The church stood to the Irish people
in the posi• ion of Devoe to Laguna ; the church was not sup-
ported for the good of the people, but the people were
allowed to exist for the benefit of the church. (Cheers.)
He lamented and reprobated the shameless recreant:,
of the government on this question, who had made it
the stalking hone to power more than once. (Hear, hoar.)
Lord John Russell (hisses), more than any other man, bad
exposed the iniquities of that church; but it was before the
seals of office glistered in his eyes, before he became the
patron of 200 church livings in England and Inland.
(Cheers.) The only qualification for a bishrp had been
declared by hie lordship, when in opposition, to be that his
political creed should square with that of the ruling party ;
he had also denounced this overgrown incomes of the Irish
hierarchy; but since acceding to °tea he had done nothing
to abate that nuisance.

A GIDITLEXAN in the body of the chapel said the
government could not possibly carry any measure for reform
of the Irish church, until they were backed by a House of
Commons elocted by universal suffrage.
Mr. THOMPSON said that was quite true; but the ems.
plaint against Lord J. Rumen was, that he had continually
agitated the question when in opposition, in parliaments
lees disposed to carry it ; and, on coming into office, when
touched by the torpedo baud of patron e, he had
refused to meddle with the question. (Hear, hear.)
There were 2,030 parishes in Intend, 16.5 of which were
without a church, and had not a single protestant inhabl- ,
tent ; in 895 parishes the protestaata did not number
50. Of 1,385 benefices, 233 had under 50 protestants in
each. Of 300 cathedral dignitaries,l7l were sinecures. Of
these the lieu of Ranh** received 1,491 a year ; the
Precentor of Unwire, 4481.; and the Archdeacon of Meath,
7311. a year ; without any duties whatever to perform, there
being no protestant souls to " cure." There were priests,
but co people ; ministers, but no altars ; shepherd?, but no
fl mks; salaries, but no services ; wages, but no work; aloes
and rich emoluments, but no duties attached. (Cheers.) He
concluded by moving:
" That in the judgment of this meeting the existence of the
Protestant Episcopal Effablishment in Ireland is not only
objectionable, u violating the principles of religion and jus
tics, but is indefensible on almost every plea usually urged in
rapport of an establishment ; that It is the church, not of the
poor, but of the rich ; not of the many, but of the few, and
those fee comprising the wealthiest of the community ; that
its clergy receive, in many instances, large emoluments
without rendering any service, while the people repudiate its
histnietion, and resist its authority; tel it has inflicted
irrepszable injury on the interests of true religion, and that
its abolition is imperatively demanded, not merely to satisfy
the requirements ofjestioe, but to rescue our common Chris-
tianity from disgrace."
The Rev. JOSEPH FLETCHER seconded the resolu-
tion. He denounced the Irish church as as " organised by.
powisy ;" and observed that the poor Roman catholic@ raised
by voluntary efforts for the support of their own religion a
UM nearly equal to the whole revenues of the established
church. (Cheers.)
The Rev. JOHN WAITE moved :

That inaemueh siltisresoTvetfic aim at accomplishing
the object of the association by such means only as are peace.
ful and conatitntional.(and that object, must be ultimately
elected by an ant of the legislature, this meeting earnestly
commends to the friends of the Association the necessity of
turning their immediate attention to the increase and faith-
fal use of their electoral power. That it urges upon them
to avail themselves of every opening which the existing re-
presentative system presents, for giving a more 'disgusts
parliamentary expression to the object they have in view, by
a systematic practice of placing on the register the names of
such as poem a claim to vote, by extending:in every comity
the number of forty-shilling freeholders, and by actively co-
operating with say movement having the approval of their
judgment, for strengthening the position of this question in
the Hoses of Commons."
Mr. E. liIALL, is seconding the resolution, expressed his
regret at the absence, through illness, of their treasurer, Dr.
Price. He attributed the present positioa of the question to
the apathy of its professed supporters, who were very enthu-
siastic in public meetings, but extremely cautious at all other
times. (Hear.)
The proceedings were closed with a vote of thanks to the
chairman.

CHIIRCH MISSIONARY Bocuirt.—On Tuesday, the
aimed sestina of the Meads of this society wu held at
Buser-hall—the Earl of Chichester in the chair. Free