The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

An Oxford paper states that the Hebdomedal Board of
that university has resolved to appoint a committee to
consider the possibility of framing regulations for the ad-
mission of a class of poor scholars.
At a meeting of the Church Building Society on Wed-
nesday week, the Archbishop of Canterbury stated that
Miss Burdett Coutts had expended £70,000 in church
building and endowment.
In the Free Church Assembly the Education scheme
has triumphantly been approved of by a majority of 295 to
5. The conclusion of the last resolution runs thus :—"ln
the meantime the general assembly being of opinion that
there is no valid objection in principle in the way of ac-
cepting aid from public grants•given unconditionally and
freely for the support of the schools of this church, remit
to their educational committee to give advice to such par-
ties as may wish to apply for grants."
SCHISM IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH.—It is said that
proceedings have been commenced in the Ecclesiastical
Court against Archdeacon Woodhouse as the author, and
Messrs. Longman and Co. as the publishers, of a pamph-
let, entitled Subscription the disgrace of the English
Church." When Mr. Woodhouse was recently made
Archdeacon of Norfolk, a number of the clergy in the
arehdeaconry were dissatisfied with the appointment, in
consequence of the doctrines the reverend gentleman had
expressed in his work. They obtained legal opinions that
the writer and publishers of the pamphlet were amenable
to the Church Discipline Act; applied to the archdeacon
to' retract the offensive doctrines ; and, on his refusal,
commenced an action.

THE MAY MEETINGS.—It is a matter for congratula-
tion that the reports of our great religious societies, whose
annual meetings have been held this month in the metro-
polis, present a considerable increase in point of income,
and a most cheering prospect of successful enterprise.
Church Missionary Society, £116,827 18s. 11d., being
an increase of £14,369 18s. 6d. above the receipts of the
preceding year. British and Foreign Bible Society,
£117,440 9s. 3d., shewing an increase of £16,134 14s. 3d.
The Jews' Society, receipts, £29,046 Os. 6d. ; increase,
£3264 9s. 10d. The Tract Society, receipts, £59,416
3s. 9d. ; increase, £3305 10s. ld. Church Pastoral Aid
Society, receipts, £29,940 6s. ld. ; increase, £7425 9s.
3d., &c., &c.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE CHURCH.—Mr.
Bridges gave in a statement of the revenue of the Church
for the year ending 31st March, 1847. The sums col-
lected amounted in all to three hundred and twenty thou-
sand, two hundred and seventy-four pounds, eleven shil-
lings and twopence three farthings. Adding this sum to
the contributions of former years, it was found that the
people of Scotland had raised for the Free Church, since its
establishment, not a less sum than one milliori three hun-
dred and twenty-two thousand, five hundred and forty-
five pounds, nine shillings and twopence three farthings.
A communication was then read from the Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of Ireland, together with a letter
from Dr. Morgan, the Moderator of the Assembly, ex-
pressing regret that he was unable to appear personally in
the Assembly of the Free Church, and entering at some
length into the present fearful state of Ireland. Dr.
Buchanan then gave in the Report on the Foreign Mis-
sions. In Kaffirland the Mission had been reduced to al-
most ruin by the late war. In Poonah several converts
had been admitted by baptism, and one of these was a
Mahomedan. In Madras eight native converts had been
admitted by baptism. Of the more advanced converts,
three have been licensed to preach the Gospel, and others
have announced their resolution to devote themselves to
the same glorious work. In Bombay, the Report men-
tions the admission of several young Parsis into the Insti-
tution. It was declared that greater efforts were requisite
especially to obtain the assistance of native teachers.
From fifteen to twenty thousand pounds, in addition to
the munificent contributions made in India, would be re-
quisite to accomplish this object. A contribution of two
shillings from each member of the Free Church would be
sufficient.