Star.
London, England, 1830-07-02 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGEACE.

OXFORD, JettrE 30.—This day, exactly at half-after 11, the
Vice. Chancellor, heads of houses, doctors and proctors, together
with all the members of convocation now in Oxford, assembled at
the convocation house, where the warrant of the Privy Council being
first read by the senior proctor, the Vice. Chancellor read the procla-
mation announcing the death of his late Majesty, and the accession
of King William the Fourth. Being now joined by the noblemen in
their dress gowns, the procession, preceded by the verger and the
bedels, the esquire bedels wearing their gold chains, moved on In
regular order to St. Mary's church, and having taken their respective
stations on a platform, raised for the purpose in the church-yard, wit.
nessed the ceremony of proclaiming his Majesty, by the Mayor of
Oxford and the civil authorities of the city. Having joined in the
acclamation of his Majesty's subjects on the happy succession of
King William to the Throne of his ancestors, the members of the
University separated, the organ playing " God save the King," and
the University bells ringing a merry peal of congratulation.
This diy the following gentlemen were elected at Wadham Col.
lege : •
Prohationary Fellows—Wm. 11111, B.A. of kin to the founder;
Rev. James Peter Rhoades, M.A. Thomas Vora, M.A. and John
Griffiths, B.A.
Scholars—James Philip Keigwin, of kin to the founder; Thos.
Brancker, Charles Maul, Alfred Lloyd, Charles Badham, Orlando
Bridgeman Hyman.
The following is a copy of the petition to Parliament by the Rev.
John Amster, of York :
" To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
" The petition of the undersigned, the Vicar of St. Helens, in the
City and Diocese of York.
" Humbly shewetly—That your petitioner, regarding the United
Church of England and Ireland by law established, sr the chosen
instrument of ALMIGHTY 00D, to preserve in those realms the
light of Christian truth, to uphold and foster our civil and religious
privileges, and to meet, in every way, the spiritual wants of the
nation, he is anxious, by every lawful means in his power, to ad.
vance her interests, and to extend her usefulness.
" That although your petitioner is thus fully sensible of the bles-
sings which the Established Church has conferred upon the country,
he cannot but deeply deplore that abuses exist in the administra-
tion of her affairs, which operate so strongly to impede her iniluence
in the promotion of religion, as to weaken her hold upon the affec-
tions, to accelerate the progress of dissent, and to endanger her ex-
istence es a national establishment.
" That your petitioner, considering a plurality of benefices un-
der the charge of one individual—the non-residence of the beneficed
clergy—evils which there is reason to believe are on the increase;
together with the few opportunities afforded by the clergy to their
parishioners, for attending public worship in a great number of the
parish churches throughout the kingdom. as mainly tending to the
aforesaid calamities ; he therefore humbly prays that your honour.
able house will take these matters into its serious consideration, and
not suffer the tithe commutation bill to pass, without introducing
such clauses therein, as your honourable house. in its wisdom, may
think necessary to remedy these alarming evils.—And your peti-
tioner will ever pray? &c. "2_I(2OHN ACASTER."
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
Firld-Maishal W. Earl llarcourt, 1i.C.8. Col. of 16 Dr. (ion.
of Plymouth.
OzwartaLs—Tho. Meyrick, late of 21 F, London ; (I. War&
LIEU T.-GENZZALII-811 J. S. 111szwell ; Raymond; J6ll.
,klnson.

• Major-General Leith, R. I. Comp. Sere. Madras.
LIEUT.-COLOYELS—jabea Mackenzie, E. I. Comp. Sm.
don ; Yule, R. I. Comp. Serv. Edinburgh ; HaVeffititl, 43 F; Fos,
late 3 Vet. Bn ; George Malay, h. p. 14 F. London.
1114101 S - Lutyens, 20 F. on passage from Bombay ; Robertson,
h. p. 72 F. Margate; Cleves, h. p. Art Ger. Leg. Hull.
CAPTAINS—Van Kempen, Ceylon Rifle Regt. Colombo; Curren,
h. p. 3 Line Oct. Leg. kmden ; Griffith, late W V. B. Bedminster;
Cordernaun, h. p. 8 do. Verden ; Gilham, h. p. 12 Gn. 80.
141E1ITENANTS—StOre, I F. 2 En. Bangalore, Madras; T. B.
Thompson. 18 F. Corfu ; Dickson, 07 F. Edinburgh ; Pigot, 90 F.
Corfu ; Clayton, 95 F. Fort George, Guernsey; Moore, R. Stall'
Corps ; Duncan, h. p. R. Art. Dundee ; 11I'Lean, late 6 Vet. En.
Russell, late 8 do. France; Phillips, late 10 do. J. H. Thompson,
h. p. 103 F. (Dep. Barrack Master at Gibraltar) Gibraltar; Moore,
h. p. 2 Garr. En. London; Waters, h. p. 22 F. Trefurt, h. p. 2
Huss. Ger. Leg. Hanover.
CORNET AND ENstax—Fricke, h. p. York Huss ; Clarke, 2
W. 1. R.
Paymaster Rae, h. p. 8 Vet. En. Cork.
4:viTza.mA,TE,„_.surtee., late Rifle Br; SteMnlOn, h. p.
Schilvester, h. p. 2 Line Ger. Leg. Hombergonderolim.
Veterinary-Surgeon Anderson, 7 Dr. Gds. Canterbury.
Physician-General Sir L. Pepys, 51. D. h. p.
Suutatorre—Lawrie, h. p. Staff (Bt. Dep. Insp.) Edinburgh;
P. Hughes, do.
AssisvAxv-Suanzotts— Poole, 2 F; Walker, 33 F. New,
Romney, Kent.
Deputy-Purveyor Kidston, h. p. Edinburgh.

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i more than one shilling, the ewe.
such Sugar shall not exceed in value such average
price by more than one shilling, the cut.
such Sugar shall be of leu value than such average
price by two shillings, the cwt.
such Sugar shall be of lees value than such average
.price by four shillings, the cwt.
such Sugar shall be of less value than such average
price by Svc shillings, the cwt. .... ......... .. 1 0 0
Upon all Brown or Muscovado, or Clayed Sugar, the produce
and in:ported from, the British Posses.ions in the 1. ast In-
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by more than one shilling, the cut .l 15 I;
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If swerSugar shall be of less value than such average
price by four shillings, the cut 1 12. 0
If such Sugar shall be of less value than ouch average
price, by five shillings the cwt
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ODD EFFECTS OF SOME ACTS OF PARLIAMEAT•

The negotiation about the re.butlding of St. Dunstan's Church
has, we are given to understand, terminated, and in favour of the
object of those who wish the City improvements to vie with those
which are going on at the fashionable quarter of the metropolis.—
The City Finance Committee have recotomcnded to the Committee
of City Istnes and the Commissioners of Sewers, to advance the re-
quisite sum for the improvements or St. Dunstan's, on condition
that the trustees of the parish will provide that the three houses
between Clifford's Inn.passage and Praed's bank be set back
as fax as the front of that house. It is said that there would
never have been any dispute upon this subject were it not for
an extraordinary clause in the St. Dunstan's Improvement Act.—
The preamble of that Act states that " increas it is expedient
and necessary to take down and rebuild St. Dunstan's church on
a new site, to widen the street," &c. In a clause introduced in
Committee on the Bill, it is however provided, nevertheless, that
" if the trustees think fit, they can rebuild it on the self.aanie
site ;" whereby they are empowered to perpetuate for hundreds
of years a nuisance which, in the natural course of things, would
sot continue twenty years. Upon the strength of this ingenious
clause the trustees threatened the Commissioners of Sewers that,
if they refused to give all that was demanded of them for effect-
ing the required improvements, the church should begin to
rear its head exactly in the old obnoxious spot. This menace having
been found, upon examination of the act, to be capable of twig
fulfilled, it was thought advisable by the Finance Committee to
give the above-mentioned recommendation. This mode of legis.
loLion has been long the darling of Parliament. in muititutles of
bills, passed every session through Parliament, the profes,ed object
is completely overthrown by a clause, and the originators often
abandon their projects In despair. An odd clause, though not cal.
culated to interfere with the avowed object of the act in question,
appears in another part of it. When a professional man wants to
look fur an act for removing a coach-stand from one place to another,
he will naturally turn to a paving or sewer act, or an act for the re.
gulation of htsekney.coaches ; but if he wants to find by what means
the Fleet-street stand of coaches has been removed to Farringdon.
street, he must look into the St. Dunstan's Church Act.