The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS.

CAMBRIDGE.—The following degrees were conferred on
Thursday :—Bachelors of Divinity—Rev. William henry
Bateson, St. John's College; Rev. Gilbert Beresford, St.
John's College ; Rev. Frederick William Collison, St.
John's College; Rev. James Cartmell, Christ's College;
Rev. John Smith, Christ's College; Rev. Matthew
Gallye Lamotte, Sidney College. Masters of Arts—
Rev. James William Mark well, Christ's College ; John
Cartmell, Pembroke College. Bachelors in Medicine--
Henry Goode, Pembroke College; 'William Francis
Chorley, Caius College.
The Rev. E. Horne, M.A., of Peterhouse, Cambridge,
has resigned the living of St. Lawrence, Southampton,
valua £2OO per annum, into the hands of the Bishop of
Winchester, preparatory it is stated by the Cambridge
Advertiser, to conforming to the Roman Catholic
Church.

THE ROMANISTS AND THE CHURCH.--The founda-
tions of a new Roman Catholic college and church, to be
erected within two miles and a half of the cathedral of St.
Asaph, have been laid. The government are seeking to
abolish the bishopric which the Roman Catholics are thus
apuropriating to themselves as it were.
LORD FRANCIS EGERTON.—This distinguished noble-
man, the learned rector of King's College and University,
has been at the ,xpense of printing, for the members of
the Spalding Club, a volume of " Selections from the
Ecclesiastical Records of Aberdeen," comprising the re-

cords of the kirk-session of Aberdeen, 1562-1.659; the

records of the presbytery of Aberdeen, 1598.1610; and
those of the synod of Aberdeen, 1651-1681.—Scotch
paper.

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DURHAM CATHEDRAL.—Considerable alterations have
been for some time going on in this venerable building,
under the auspices of the Dean, with the view of restoring
the interior to something like its original state. Last
week, workmen were employed to restore the chapter
room to its former appearance. The fine columnar work
and tracery had been covered over with stouthing and
plaster, and the room curtailed in its dimensions, to add
to the size of the deanery gardens.
PARISH OF ST. MARY, DONNYBROOK.—The petitions
of the Protestant parishioners, adopted at the late meeting
at Sandymount with reference to the proceeding of the
Archbishop of Dublin in the case of the Rev. R. W.
Kyle, were forwarded on Wednesday for presentation to
Parliament. The documents 'are very voluminous, each
petition extending the length of forty-five feet, and signed
by the churchwarden, the two ex-churchwardens, and
nearly eight hundred of the inhabitants, amongst whom
are many of the oldest and most influential parishioners.
KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE, ISLE OF MAN.—The an-
nual meeting for the distribution of prizes took place yes-
terday week. The trustees were his Excellency the Go-
vernor (chairman), the Lord Bishop, and the Archdea-
con. The prizes consisted chiefly of handsomely-bound
books. The Principal said he was enabled to give most fa-
vourable report of the past year. The check sustained by
the fire was got over; admissions bad been greater than
in former years, and the number cf boys was larger than
before. Much improvement had also been evinced by
the pupils, owing, in a great degree, to the successful
working of the quarterly ( xaminations. A report of the
results had circulated amongst the friends of the boys,
with good effect upon both. Good accounts had also been
received of the latter from the Universities, especially
Cambridge, where some of them had taken honours in
January. Of those who had left them for various profes-
sions, the most gratifying accounts had also been re-
ceived. When the prizes had been distributed, the
Bishop expressed great satisfaction at the progress of the
pupils, and congratulated the respectable assemblage in
the room for the first time since it was repaired. The
Principal expressed his gratification to bear such a testi-
mony from the rev. prelate. He thanked the vice-princi-
pal and masters, for their kind co-operation, and con-
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eluded ny an affectionate and admonitory address to the
boys on their leaving the college for the holidays. The
pupils expressed their feelings by reiterate plaudits, and
the meeting separated with feelings of the utmost gratifi-
cation.

A TRACTARIAN EXPLANATION,

(From the Record )

Our readers no doubt remarked in our last the an-
nouncement of the establishment of an institution at
Harrow Weald, in the diocese of London, for training
boys " to receive deacons' orders, or to go out as school-
masters to the Church, in the colonies or at home."
The account was sent to us for publication (not of
course by Mr. Monro) in the shape of a lithographic
circular—to which was added 'the following important
and emphatic postscript :
"THE PLAN IS SANCTIONED BY TETE BISHOP, and
is supported by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Keble, Mr. Mar-
riott, Me•. Hope, Mr. Acland, and many others whom
you may know."
" Harrow Weald, Stanmore, Middlesex, May 28."

Since our last we have received the following most
extraordinary letter from the Rev. Edward Monro, and
the Incumbent of Harrow Weald. He says :

" TO THE EDITOR. OF

THE RECORD

"Ste,—As yru have published a letter of mine which was
strictly private, I will beg you to insert one or two statements
with reference to it, which the fact of your having thus made it
public requires. _ _ _

"The statement at the end with reference !o the Bishop's
sanction, was simply intended for the individuals to whom the
letter was sent, and to receive the kind of interpretation which
I knew they wuuld put upon it. But since the public m,y not
attach the same meaning to the words, I must distinctly state,
that the Bishop is not to be considered as sanctioning the plan
lin soy letter) in any other way than as having had-ft placed
before him by myself, with a request that he will take any
notice of it he may please. Beyond this, the school, in its
detail and woridng, must not be considered to have received
the Bishop's sanction.
" I did not expect that a private letter of any one would have
been thus made use of, or, of course, I should have telt it
neeA.ul to guard the expression more.

"I remain, your obedient servant,
"Harrow Weald, June 10, :846." "En. MONRO

It has never certainly been our lot to have presented to

us a more striking illustration of the Tractarian spirit,
and the Tractarian practice, than this transaction affords.
A lithographic circular, intended to be " strictly pri-
vate," (but on which neither the words private nor confi-
dential appear,) is circulated, in which it is uncorupu-
lously stated that " the plan is sanctioned by the Bishop."
It is published, and then it appears that it has received no
sanction from the:Bishop whatever. It is "sanctioned by
the Bishop," " was simply intended," says Mr. Monro,
" for the individuals to whom the letters were sent, and
to receive that kind of interpretation which I knew they
would put upon it."
How the Bishop may regard this use of his name ; how
his Lordship may view this explanation of it, we may not
presume to decide : but how common sense, and common
honesty will view it, every one of our readers will decide
for himself without any comment of ours.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE QUEEN V. THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.
In Hilary Term last, a rule was granted by the court,
calling on the Bishop of Chester to show cause why a
writ of mandamus should not issue, commanding him to
assign two pews in the new church at Blackley, in the
parish of Manchester, to Mr. Thomas Travis. Mr.
Travis claimed the pews in question in lieu of two pews

which he alleged that he was entitled to by prescription in
the old chapel of Blackley, now pulled down, and he sup.
ported his claim by affidavit that the new church was
erected on nearly the same site as the old chapel. The
court said the question of prescription could only arise
where the new church was on precisely the same site as
the old one; and, looking at Mr. Travis' affidavit alone,
without reference to those filed on the part of the bishop
in answer, that fact was not established, but, on the con-
trary, it was sworn that the church was built on nearly
the same site, an expression so ambiguous as to deprive
Mr. Travis of any right to be heard, and therefore that
the rule must be discharged with costs.—Rule discharged
with costs.

ROLLS' COURT-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10

RYVES V. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON

The bill in this case was filed by Lavinia Jannette Hor-
ton Rvves, the wife of Anthony Ryves, claiming, under a
will of his Majesty George 111., cla`ed the 2nd of June,

Princes Olive, the daughter of Henry Fr

ck Dut

Cumberland. To this bill the Duke of Wellington, as
the executor of his late Majesty George IV., who took
possession of the assets of his father, put in a demurrer,
insisting that the claim was barred by the Statute of
Limitations, passed in the 3rd and 4th William VI., c. 27.
They also insisted that a petition of right ought to have
been presented to his Majesty George IV., in his life-
time, and that the plaintiff could not enforce a claim in
the absence of the personal repesentative of his Majesty
George 111.

Kindersley considered that the claim could not
have been enforced during the life of his Majesty George
IV. The petition of right was nothing more than act of
grace and favour, and the Crown could not be cited to
prove the will. He insisted, therefore, that the Statute
of Limitations did not apply in a case when there was no
person in existence who could be sued adversely.

Mr. Turner replied.
Lord Langdale postponed his judgment

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—FRIDAY.
(Sittings in Banco.)

WALSTAB v. SPOTTISWOODE. RAILWAYS. IM-
PORTANT JUDGMENT.—The Lord Chief Baron pro-
nounced the judgment of the court on an action brought
by the plaintiff against the defendant as one of the pro-
visional committee on the Direct Birmingham and Oxford
Railway Company, to recover the sum of .£7B 15.. the
amount of deposit paid for shares allotted to the plaintiff
in that company. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit.
The jury returned a verdict in her favour, subject to the
opinion of the court above as to some of the pleas. A
rule had been granted for a new trial, or to show cause
why a nonsuit should not be entered. Cause bad been
shown against it, and the rule fully argued, and he (the
Chief Baron) had now to state that on the second count,
namely, for money had and received, the judgment of the
court was in favour of the plaintiff. It appeared that the
company failed before any scrip was issued, and therefore
the answer of the secretary on that point was sufficient
and proper evidence to go to the jury. The jury found
that the company was at an end, and the court were of
opinion that ;was a proper finding. There was another
question raised—viz , whether the company were entitled
to a claim of 2s. 6d. per share for expenses. Now, the
provisional committee stated that it was intended to raise
a company for a specific purpose, but if their scheme was
not carried into execution, no such claim as set up could
be maintained, and therefore the plaintiff was entitied to
irPcover On that point also. The judgment of the court

June 16, 1846°.

was in favour of the plaintiff on the second count, and
therefore there would be no new trial.

The effect of this judgment establishes the right of the-
allottee (the plaintiff) to recover the full amount of
deposit. _

COULTAS v. BOWES CLERK.—On Friday, in the Court
of Common Pleas, Mr. Sergt. Talfourd showed cause in
this notorious case against the rule nisi for a new trial,
but the Court, after hearing him, decided upon granting a
rule for another trial.

An attorney has just been discharged from custody by
order of Mr. Justice Wightman, on the ground that when
arrested he w discharging his duty to certain clients in
the Gloucester county court. The learned judge said the
privilege claimed was not for himself, but his clients.
NORTH WALES CIRCUIT.—(Before Lord Denman.)—
Montgomeryshire, Monday, July 13, at Newtown ; Me-
rionethshire, Thursday, July 16th, at Dolgelly ; Carnar-
vonshire, Saturday, July 18, at Carnarvon ; Anglesey,
Wednesday, July 22, at Beaurnaris ; Denbighshire, Sa-
turday, July 25, at Ruthin ; Flintshire, Wednesday, July
29, at Mold ; Cheshire, Saturday, August 1, at the Castle,
Chester; Chester and City, the same day, at Chester.
IMPORTANT DECISION : A THREE-POUND WEIGHT
ILLEGAL.—Mr. Maude, the stipendiary magistrate of the
Manchester Borough Court, reputed a very able lawyer,
has decided that inspectors of weights and measures are
not legally bcund to stamp three-pound weights. The
consideration of the subject arose on a summons at the
suit of certain shopkeepers against Mr. Mellor, inspector
of weights and measures, at Manchester, for an alleged of-
fence, under the statute of the sth and 6th Wm. IV., cap.
63, sec. 29, as being guilty of a breach of duty in refusing
to stamp a three-pound weight tendered to him for that
purpose. On Wednesday Mr. Maude delivered judg-
ment, showing that, according to his interpretation of the
acts of Parliament, the legislature had intended that
weights which were copies of the model or standard
weights should alone be used, and that to the verification
of such weights the inspectors should be restricted. In
reply to a question from Mr. Harding, who appeared for
the complainants, Mr. Maude said, " I have decided that,
in my opinion, the inspector is not authorised to stamp
any weights of which he has not, for such weight, brought
to him a copy. Therefore, of course, the result of that is,
that there is no conviction of Mr. Mellor for breach of
duty." It appeared from what subsequently fell from
Mr. Harding, that an appeal will probably be made to a
higher tribunal, in order that the question may be decided
without possibility of cavil.

RAILWAY

INTL LLI UEh CE.