The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 4 CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, Nov. 14.—1 n a congregation held this day
the following degrees were conferred :
Masters of Arts.—Archer Robert Tawney, Merton
College ; Rev. Alfrsd Thomas Wilmhurst, Magdalen
Hall; Rev. John Towlson, Magdalen Hall.
Bachelors of Arts.—Charles Kipling, Lincoln, Grand
Compounder ; George Mapletoft Paterson, Lincoln ;
Denham William Jephson Norreys, New Inn Hall;
Charles Lyford, New Inn Hall ; John Grove, New Inn
Hall; Edward Henry Hoare St. Mary Hall; Henry
Hughes, St. Mary Hall ; Arthur Dyott Thomson, Ballot ;
John Joshua Proby, 13aliol ; Thomas Dundas Harford
Battersby, Baliol ; Raymond Samuel Daniell, Magdalen
Hall ; Horase Philips White, Magdalen Hall; Robert
Emans Crawley, Magdalen Hall ; Francis Thomas
M'Dougall, Magdalen Hall; James Frith, Christ Church ;
George Cressner Tufnell, Wadham ; Frederick Godfrey,
Wadham ; James Lewis Walker Venables, Wadham ;
Charles Harris, Wadham; Thomas Morgan Davies,
Scholar of Jesus ; Edward Jones, Jesus ; Martin Edgar
Benson, St. John's; Thomas !Bowdon Banner, Scholar
of Brasenose ; John Ducker, Scholar of Brasenose ;

Hon. Llewellyn Charles R. Irby, Brasenose ; Arthur
Evans, Brasenose ; Edward Pickering, Brasenose ; Tho-
mas Pulvertoft Thirkill, Brassenose ; David Barttelot
Matelot, Scholar of Corpus ; Edward Hooper Kiltoe,
Exeter; Thomas Sanctuary, Exeter; John Acton,
Exeter; Francis Rai kes, Exeter; Heathcote Allen Wake,
University ; John Turner Fisher, University; Egerton
Douglas Hammond, Merton; John Beauvoir Dalison,
Merton ; Walter Eaton, Merton ; William Henry Rich-
ardson, Oriel ; Jefferys Wilkins Murray, Oriel; Henry
Nowell Barton, Scholar of Pembroke; William Bell,
Trinity ; Thomas Horace Cookes, Scholar of Worcester :
John William Russell, Worcester; John James Culman,
Worcester; Harvey Alexander, Worcester ; Matthew
Fletcher, St. Edmund Hall (incorporated from Trinity
College, Dublin.)

CAMBRIDGE.--On Wednesday, the following degrees,
were conferred :—Doctor in Physic.—William Francis
Price, Emmanuel College (grand compounder). Master
of Arts.—George Nicholas Vansittart, Trinity College
(grand compounder). IncorporatedM.A.from Dublin.—
Clotworthy Gillmor, St. John's College. Bachelors of
Arts.—Augustus Barker Hernsworth, Trinity College;
Edward Sendall, Trinity College; John Warren Trot-
man, Trinity College ; Alexander Anderdon Weston,
Trinity College ; William Barker, St. John's College.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. H. Stock-
en. incumbent of Ashendale within Knaresborough, to the
perpetual curacy of Wilton within Kirk Leathern, near
Redcar ; Rev. E. D. Tinling, M.A., to the rectory of
West Worlington, Devonshire, void by the cession of the
Rev. J. R. Whye ; Rev. C. H. Archer, 8.A., to the
vicarage of Lewannick, Cornwall, void by tin cession of
the Rev. A. 11. Gore ; Rev. W. H. Graham, to the per-
petual curacy of Egton, Yorkshire ; Rev. S. J. Wilson,
M.A., master of Acton Grammar School, to the rectory
of Weston, near Nantwich ; Rev. G. Dineley, 8.8., to
the rectory of Peopleton, Worcestershire ; Rev. It. P.
Blackeney, 8.A., to the incumbency of Ison Green, Nott-
ingham; Rev. W. Mathias, M.A., to the incumbency of
Burtle, Edington, Somerset; Rev. T. H. Sotheby, to the
vicarage of Milverton-cum-Llangford Budville, Somerset;
Ven. S, Wilberforce, Archdeacon of Surrey, and chaplain
to Prince Albert, has been appointed by the Archbishop
of York to the office of sub-almoner' in the room of the
late Dean of Carlisle ; Rev. G. W. Newnham, M.A., to
the perpetual curacy of Monckton Combe, Somerset;
Rev. R. G. Swayne, to the curacy of Slimbridge, Glou-
cestershire ; Rev. E. East, 8.A., to the curacy of Long
Ashton, Somerset ; Rev. G. G. Casham, 8.A., to the
curacy of St. Mark, Lyncombe and Widcombe, Somer-
set; Rev. F. F. Hole, M.A., to the curacy of Shepton
Mallet ; Rev. W. 'Marriott, to the curacy of Bedminster;
Rev. A. C. Richings. 8.A., to the assistant curacy of the
Abbey, Bath ; Rev. R. Collyer, M.A., to the rectory of
Warham St. Mary Magdalene and Warham St. Mary the
Virgin, with the rectory of Waterden, annexed, Norfolk;
Rev. C. J. Syrnpson, 8.A., to a living in the neighbour-
hood of Scarborough, Yorkshire; Rev. C. P. Wilbraham,
to the vicarage of Audley, Staffordshire; Rev. S. Ashby,
M.A., to the vicarage of Corpusty, Norfolk; Rev. T.
Coldwell, vicar of Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, and do-
mestic chaplain to the late Duke of Grafton, to be chap-
lain to the present duke; Rev. H. Goodwin, 8.A., of
Christ Church, Oxford, to the vicarage of Twyning,
Gloucester.

The decision of the Vice-Chancellor in the Ottery St.
Mary case, allows the governors to cut down old trees in
the churchyard, when such trees threaten the safety of
the church.

The Rectory of St. George's Hanover-square, London,
is to be divided into at least two parishes, by the express
desire of the Bishop of London. The Bishop's son-in-
law, the Rev. H. Brown, will be appointed to one. The
Globe has published a paragraph, which is undiluted false-
hood about this matter.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE CHURCHWARDENS
OF WARE.—His lordship having justified the vicar of
Ware, Mr. Coddington, for his suspension of the rubrics
during the harvest month, and urged the churchwardens
to be more respectful and conciliatory towards their
spiritual pastor, the wardens have replied by a somewhat
stringent letter, implying partiality in the bishop, and ex-
pressive of their resolving that " as the rigid observance
of the rubrics has been made the pretence for the intro-
duction of all the changes which have proved injurious to
the interests of the Church, they are determined to per.
mit no deviation from them by the minister of the parish
(he it Mr. Coddington or his curate), without his being
warned of his inconsistency."—Church and Slate Gaz.
INTERDICT AGAINST THE SOCIETY FOR PROPA-
GATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.—The Society in
Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at an
extraordinary general meeting held on the 22d of Decem-
ber, 1810, came to a resolution, by a vote of 61 to 28,
whereby it considered, " That the society is at liberty to
select its teachers in any capacity" (with special qualifi-
cations specified in the patents), " for the purpose of
instructing the people in the Reformed Protestant reli-