The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-23 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

The Guardian says that it is intended to offer an oppo-
sition to the confirmation of Dr. Hinds as Bishop of
Norwich.

The Lord Bishop of Chester and his lady have been
sojourning at Cae Gwyn, the delightful residence of John
Finchett Maddock, Esq.
The Church of England Quarterly Review states that
the widow of the Rev. William Romaine, who died in
1795, still survives.
On Wednesday, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese arrived
in Blackburn, previous to the examination of candidates
for the ordination which took place at the Parish Church,
BlackbUrn, on Sunday.
The Whigs have not been a very long time in office, and
yet they have had the appointment of the two Primates—
the promotion of Bishops to the sees of Hereford, Chester,
Manchester, Norwich, and we know not how many sees
in Ireland, and the Colonies! Now they have another
mitre to dispose of.
BISHOP 0.1, LLANDAFF.—A public meeting of Welsh-
men was held in London, on Friday, to secure the appoint-
ment of a Welshman to the vacant Bishopric of Llandaff.
Strong resolutions were passed, as it appears that there
has not been-a Welshman appointed to a see in Wales
since ttie accession of the House of Brunswick.
The Hull Radical papers are again sounding the praises
of the Rev. James Aspinall as the fittest man for the
vacant see of Llandaff. The reverend gentleman would
be quite as likely to succeed in his views if his friends
would not be quite so noisy. The Hull Advertiser says
that he has done the " State" some service, but our con-
temporary should have told us what " service" he has
done his parishioners.
DIOCESE OF CHRSTER.—The Lord Bishop of the Dio-
cese has licensed the Rev. Thomas Donkin, clerk, 8.D.,
to the preachership of the parish of Bunbury, in the
county of Chester, void by the resignation of the Rev.
John Egerton, late preacher there,—patrons, the Master
and four Wardens of the fraternity of the art or mistery
of Haberdashers in the city of London. The Bishop has
also licensed the Rev. William Armitstead, clerk, to the
perpetual curacy of Lorton, in the parish of Brigham, in
the county of Cumberland, on the nomination of the Right
Hon. William Earl of Londsdale, the patron.
MUNIFICENT BEQUEST. —Died, Sept. 22, Dudley
Fereday. of Ettinghall Park, county of Stafford, Esq.,
not long since High Sheriff of Van Diemen's Land. He
became a Gentleman Commoner of this College in 1811,
and in 1814 was created Honorary Master of Arts. He
has munificently bequeathed £20,000 to Oxford college, far
the purpose of founding four Fellowships to be called by
his name, a preference to be given primarily to the
donor's kin, afterwards to natives of Staffordshire. In
case Magdalene College is unable or declines to accept
the bequest, the executors are empowered to offer it to
the other colleges in this university in succession, until
some one shall accept the same upon the conditions before
mentioned.

COLLEGE EXPENSES.—What we are going to say may
excite no little surprise; but we speak neither without
experience nor information when we assert, that in no
single cam: in Oxford or Cambridge need the yearly
expenses of a student exceed £lOO, and they are often
actually brought considerably within this sum by men
maintaining in all respects the character and position of
gentlemen. There are no lodgings in England so cheap
as college rooms, no dinners in a London club-house so
cheap as college dinners, and few lectures at a popular
institute so cheap as college tuition. For £l5 a-year a
man may have as good rooms as he can possibly need ;

the most expensive set in the college would probably not
exceed £3O. Those of our readers who have ever taken
respectable lodgings in a country town will know how to
estimate these figures. The charge for tuition, including
lectures on every subject required for the academical
degree, is £2 ss. per quarter at Cambridge, and £4 4s,
at Oxford ; and every single necessary charge for board,
lodging, and education, may be. and ofton io, brought
under £25 a-term. The addition of another £lOO a-year

for personal expenses, is amply sufficient for the wanis of
any right-minded student during his academical career.
All above this has reference only to those demands to
which we have before alladed, and which are solely
chargeable with the hazards of a collece life.— Times.