The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS TESTS.
OXFORD, SAX. 21.
A memorial, to he presented to the Hebdomadal
Council, the Rome of ConFtion, and the House of Con-
voretme, in fa memo of ore. After referring to the
Wind UMW,* Ad (1 sad 18 Vidalia. esp. 81), by
width mead*, (sr meatienhika, sad for • •We de-
glee to the tr., wore emepted ham subscriptions to
adobe, the twe pmesis The object of the
tare In waft the Awe est loar semmate to
be OM me me tho to the pry -Whole( la es seedeas rr
m* te amid be 'WNW by nigiollllllthemese,
rev=
phs et reemelmeo, hem paMeipMag intim
Es of the Univirsith." The memerhi then them that,
dam the waft of the est seared to, the Unlasele y hes
mead a dines, Wier wake eolith It says . " The abet
of the above Meath le le every reerahm of the
University to sobs* to amt ml annabetioe, =-
km the heed of the Who amthhe that seek
mumble is exam Neolsolssi Axeliceorge: For, eves
Net the metlitemee espleal )7 the statute
ahmerile heed of • 1e Inamied slim to
Ise* to the Sot Net the Nada*, Weal to be
mewed ea the pearl et h " extra Emiseime Anglici-
sms," yew mseowiellets mien that and a emillionte mold
Mdse ether toi tima be Inelify to the Imo of the
mama The Mea provides to tat for the of the
heed of the hear In mach • • bet year
of seam* aped to tamereieties of the Univirsity, the of say le
to
alga the Thirtrathe Artistes be Mina es • poet of
his Ming Zothaisaa Angthenem." The madidete,
thwelthe, Orli! la this Moray: either be mad meth
use
• dethim atmitea, or admit to me Meth se shell
jualq • methisehe OM be Is "mkt Neeletion Amber
' nem or he mai onlenk to the examthstion In the Thirty-
nine Articietamweed by the 'teatime( the University ;
or, oa • loth bowel give up el hope of obtainim
tie; dimes lisahriar Altevilidu the Unbanity of Oxford.
The kees of the antidote, moreover, indiestom en intention
that we the amethatisa be the Sour mark now requited
at the foot emminentes, will be mania to doctrinal
points; • thillesers of "gibe amearning Which, between the
amillete nod the ale, might involve his rejection.
Uaim eirwmaelemos, ale obvious that this statute is

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opts to to. olloctires urged by the minirainners, with
rapeot to the satocriptions on matriculation, and on taking
depots In It. practical working also, this statute to slready
Mid% lo isconsistent with the intentions of the legislature.
This aro many mem who, by its operation, will be
psokadod maim themselves of the educational
=di of WUnivmsity. There are, as your
Ma mint to believe, many persona, who,
MY they immstly desire that ram over whom
oinealisa ,lhoy hose cestrol should be fully instructed in
Christi's_ Mih, in yet unwilling that they should be
bsmil to a dooltinsl aumbtation such ere is now required by
rinlslie of mite University, except under mho penalty of
Milarligthmoolves, orbiting declared to be "rubs Ecclemuni
Milkmen." Another large clue of persons excluded
hunt tho University degree by the operation of this Mamie,
am those who, while they do not wholly assent to the discip-
ihra and doctrine ?mbar to the • eel church, are yet
mrsciiilg to dis. themshis "extra Emission. Angli-
cism! They oldiot to NAM to an examination in the
TldeapsisaAaW.a bal at lir same time consider that no
b•pdond Mills dr torritorial limits of the Church of
whalaali W mandsla of the Christian faith, and
who his sot hiss memwssioielod is a reragnind authority,
ii,o= hi hi willmt dispels of ths Cimek of
°adding's& naked alma and • lima at do
church (Mona"

ri7entwlslislowitagest that Wined et andidetes being
required to stele list they wish to be errassilbm tkologtral
autadeaties, mile; emirs Etetesirs Aeglieweeeseist,' it
sheeldle selle for them to Mate that tbsy seu pop.' de
sand,"' and died sm alteration to s libeller egad should be
seas homage strewte lasi the filewpteaseetary Statute,
pawl at Or Nam Mae MS the ether before-throti.ned.
The weeemird ham already her Aimed by twenty or thirty
I=izen, gat whom are :—The Earl id Shoftesbury,
the ltev. Lord Wriottesley Atwell, M.A.,
seder et Quake ; Lord Charke Rumen, the 1100. Arthur
Ninnabd, Sir Culling B. Eardley, Bart., the Bishop of
Ripon, the Rev. W. Walden Champurf s, M.A., Rector of
Whitechapel and Canon of St. Peas ; Rev. John HoppMs,
LL D.. Professor tinivemity of London ; Vice-Adiniral Sir
Henry Hope, Rev. C. W. Bingham, MA., Rector .4 Mel-
oombe Derby, late Fellow of New College ; Venerable
Henry Lew, M.A., Archdeacon of Wells; Rev. Hugh
Stowell, M.A., Honorary Canon of Chester; ltev. John
Hatehard, MA., Vicar of St. Andrew's, Plyinnuth ; Rev.
Gabriel Yelpy, M.A., Rector of Blieklealiory ; and the
Rev. Charles Townsend, MA., Rector of Thorpe, late
Fellow of Megdakei College.

PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO THE NEW BISHOP
or DI ONAM.—An influential meeting et the clergy and
tilrof the diem,. of Ripon was held at Leeds yeetcrday,
the presidency of the Earl of Harewood, the Lord-
Lieutenant of the West Riding, to reminder the propriety of
eatablishing • fond to aid of poor livinga throughout the
diocese of Ithaca, to be called "The Bishop Longley
Endowment Fund." This mode of expressing the
respect of the clergy and laity of the diocese to
their bishop has been decided upon beesume it is
known that, for some time prior to his trmisla-
lien Bishop Lingle, was contemplating the establish-
ment of a fund fur ouch a purpoie. It appears that there
am 253 benefices in the diocese, the endowment, of which are
below 1501., and it is proposed to raise, during the next two
rare, a rasa of not less than 10,0001., fir the permute of
morealing sock endowments, and of aiding clergymen in
obtaining the grants to be made by the &clads/Ai/al Com-
mimic/nem under the new regulations for the distribution of
the fonds at their disposal. The meeting was addrewed by
the chairman, the Rev. Dr. Hook, Mr. John Gott, Colonel
Tempest, the Her. W. Sinclair, the Rev. Mr. Martineau,
Archdeacon Hodgson, and others and a series of resolutions
were passed in accordance with the object of the me. Ling.
THE CHURCH-RATE farESTION.—A committee of
laymen, imisiming of Rir J. Pskington, M.P., the hiammis
of Blandfonl, M.l'., Lord John Menner., M.P., Sir Staff od
Northoote, M.P., Mr. J. Napier. M.l'., Mr. Adderley, M.P.,
Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., Sir Reich Bridges, Bart., Mr.
Smith Child, M.P., Mr. J. E. Coleuheim, Mr. II A. Hamil-
ton, 10. P., Mr. Henry Hoare (banker), Me N. Kendall,
M.P., Mr. R. D. Seeley, Mr. Spooner, M.P., and other.,
bee been formed, inconsequence of an announcement recently
made by the Attorney-General that the church-rate riumition
would form one of the first TOOMIII4I for diocese/on end
settlement in the ensuing session. In an address they have
issued, they may —" This will render it necernary for every
exertion to be made to prevent parliament Isglida-
t* on the eubject without full knowledge of the crimsons
and inches of the people. The committee trust that church-
men will enable them to act with rigour mud efficacy in
residing any proposal to despoil the &web of one of her
most ancient sources of income.'
FEMALE MEFORILATORY.—A meeting of gentlemen
connected with the county _of Devon, among whom were Sir
S. Northcote, M.P., the Hon. W. W. Addington, Mr. T. D.
Acland, Sir J. Duckworth, M.P., and Mr. Commissioner
Here, wee held at the Castle of Exeter, on Tuesday, Mr. John
Mifant la the chafe, when it was stated that upwards of
2,8001. had been received towards the erection of • female
reformatory and refuge for Devonshime which it wee rewired
should be erected in • field in St. /Admit!' s, Exeter. About
Mt more is required in ceder to comeiste the benevolent
end when this sum is obtained, which it is expectedVtivery soots, the work will be immediately commenced,
and there will than be two reformatory inetitutiona for the
reclanation alma. end kmale offenders for the county of
Divas.