The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-01 00:00:00

OXFORD CONVOCATION.

(From the Standard,)
We have this day the howour to present to our readers and
tcrthe Chula, of England the most important documents con-
nected with the interests of christianity which have appeared in
modern times. To the members of convocation in the Univer-
sity of Oxford who have so nobly stood forward on the present
occasion a large debt of gratitude is due by every Englishman,
whether lay or clerical. They have evinced at once their reso-
lution to defend the cause of christianity from an inundation of
scepticism and unitarianism, and to maintain the inalienable
rights of conscience against the insolence of arbitrary power.
The documents to which we allude, and which will be perused
ttat further the profes-
sors, glowing feelings of gratitude,. are the resolutions adopted
unanimously, as we arc informed, in very crowded • meetings of
members
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pretace.these resolutions stand as follows
At a meeting of members of convocation, holden this day,
it was unanimously resolved—
" That a respectful, requisition be signed, and presented to the
Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, praying that he will be pleased to
convene a meeting of the heads of colleges and halls fur the
purpose of considering the propriety of submitting to convoca-
tion an address from. the flniversity. of Oxford to the most
reverend the archbishops and the right reverend the bishops of
the united church.to the following effect:—
" That their lordships would be pleased to accept from can-
didates for holy orders a certificate of attendance at the lectures
of the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity in the Univet say
of Oxford. in lieu of the certificate of attendance at the lectures
of the Regius Professor of Divinity in the same university, so
long as the chair of the Regius Professor of Divinity continues
to he filled by one, iii the soundness of whose doctrinal opinions
the university can place no confidence,'
" Oxford, Feb. 24, 18.36."
" At a meeting of Members of Convocation, holden this day,
it was resolved unanimously,
"'That a respectful requisition be signed and presented to
the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor, that he would be pleased to sum-
mon &meeting, of the heads of houses, to take into consideration
the best means of giving convocation an opportunity of dis-
avowing and condemning the evil principles and doctrines con-
tained in the l3ampton lectures and other writings of Dr.
Hampden.
".oxford, 'Feb. 25, 18313."

GRAND ORANGE LODGE.

(From the Dublin Packet of Saturday.)
At a very full meeting of the Committee of the Grand Orange
Lodge of Ireland held this day, J. Greer, Esq., Grand. aster of
Tyrone, in the Chair—the following .address and resolutions
were adopted :

" TO THE ORANGEMEN OF IRELAND.
" Brethren—. The Committee of the Grand Lodge feel they
should betray the 'confidence' reposed in them by the Grand
Lodge of Ireland, if they did not protest against the conduct
imputed to some of our hitherto most confided in members, who
are alleged in the public newspapers to have pledged themselves
to withdraw from the Orange Institution, and even to exert
their influence for its supPression, in the event of the King ex-
pressing his disinclination for its continuance.
" The grounds of this protest are contained in the last report
of the Grand Lodge of Ireland, by which all our brethren, who
would continue in the Institution, are bound until its authority
shall have been abrogated by the Grand Lodge of Ireland, or
bestla c-
by a legal enactment. And we would entre-Lt the attention of
the biethren at large to the following extract from that report,
which certainly cannot harmonize with the opinions of any
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discreditable
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"'lnthe first-place; to depart from our original cOnititatiOn',.
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and to adopt another name, would carry with it, especially at
the present time, an appearance of conscious guilt, which would
afford no little countenance to the accusations of our enemies.
We never can advise the brethren tp adopt any course of con-
duct which might give colour to the remotest implication, that
there was any part, of their previous conduct of which they have
to be ashamed."'
"Acting Acting on this advice, the Grand Committee most decidedly
protest against any voluntary abandonment of the principles of
our legal and constitutional order.
6.l'las-committee would also entreat the attention of those
brethren who are said to have thus pledged themselves to ano-
ther extract from the same report—a report, they will recollect,
unanimously assented to, and signed by one of their number :
" We do think that the alarm of our ever anxious friends is
misplaced, and that in joining in the outcry that has been raised
against us, they are unconsciously falling in with the designs of
the worst enemies of the constitution."

"After a warning so clear and forcible, it is difficult to ac-
count for the line of conduct they are alleged to have adopted.
" The Grand CoMmittee feel here called upon to warn the
brethren at large against the novel doctrine that the mere wish
of the sovereign, expressed through his ministers, in answer to
an address from the House of Commons, has the force of LA w,
or can restrain the subject in the legal exercise of constitutional
rights. The Orangemen of Ireland have the most sincere
respect for the will of the sovereign; but the liberty of the sub-
jecf they respect still more; and they are not ashamed to con-
fess that they will persevere in the exercise of those rights, of
which, while the British constitution remains unsubverted, they
cannot be deprived, save by .the co-operation of the three
branches of the legislature. 'I he Orange institution has ever
been distinguished by obedience to the law, and we fearlessly
promise on behalf of our brethren that support of and submis,
son to the laws of our country shall ever characterise the mem-
bers of the Orange Institution.
-
"The Grand Committee cannot omit this opportunity of
once more indignantly repudiating the atrocious and unfounded
accusation against their loyalty, alleged in the public news-
papers to have been laid to their charge by Mr. Hume in his
place in the House of Commons, the only foundation for which
most absurd imputation has its existence in the bombastic cor-
respondence of an absurd functionary of the English Grand
Lodge.
"The Committee, in conclusion, earnestly intreat their bre-
thren in the country to observe the strictest respect for the law
and the commands of the civil authorities? and to prove, by
Their strict preservation of the peace, under their new trial, that
their love of order remains unshaken.

"JOSEPH GREENE, Chairman,
IAIM. SWAN, Secretary."