The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-06-03 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 4 CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, MAY 28.—1 n a congregation held this day
the following degrees were conferred :—Bachelor of Di-
vinity.—The Rev. James Morris, Brasenose College.—
Bachelor of Arts,—George Seton, Exeter.
• PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. T.
Davy, to the curacy of Tideswell, Derbyshire.—Rev. J.
Y. Booker, to the curacy of Hathersage.—Rev. J. Glen-
dall, M.A., to the office of morning preacher in the
Foundling Chapel, in the room of Archdeacon Robinson,
who is appointed to the mastership of the Temple.—Rev.
T. G. Hall, M.A., to a prebendal stall in the cathedral
church Jf St. Paul.—Rev. D. Haigh, M.A., to the in-
cumbency of Trinity Church, Halifax, vacant by the re-
signation of the Rev. F. Russell.—Rev. G. E. Winslow,
to the rectory of Alexton, Leicestershire, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. Lord Berners.—Rev. R. N.
Wood, M.A., to the curacy of St. Martin, Salisbury.—
Rev. J. I. Smith, M.A., to the vicarage of Marsworth,
Bucks.—Hon. and Rev. J. Gifford, M.A., to the curacies
of Grimley and Hallow.—Rev. M. Wright; curate of Sun-
derland, to the perpetual curacy of Ingleton, near Stain-
drop.—Rev. John William Devlyn, 8.A., curate of Bod-
ney, to the, vicarage of Stanford, Norfolk, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. George Miller, M.A., prebendary
of Ely.

M4YNOOTll.—Within the last two or three weeks, an
address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, praying him to
lead the opposition in the House of Lords against the
Maynnoth grant, has been signed by three hundred and
sixteen clergymen of the diocese of London. Similar ad-
dresses are in course of signature in various parts of the
country. So much for the agitation against the measure
being " a dissenting movement."

The Rev. T. S. Escott, the suspended vicar of Gedney,
in Lincolnshire, " has addressed to the clergy a statement
of the expenses in the late burial case of ' Martin v. Es-
cott," and of the subscription raised by the fifteen thou-
sand clergymen of the Church of England to relieve the
burden of that trial," in which be says—" The sum ex-
pended by the defendant in costs, &c., is £lOl7, and the
sum subscribed by the clergy. as far as it has reached the
hands of the defendant, is £137 ss. 6d , being the muni-
ficent sum of rather more than twopence farthing, but not
quite twopence-halfpenny each."

CHURCH Ex•rENstoN.—The annual meeting of the
incorporated society for building, &c. churches was held
on the 26th ult. The report stated that the applications
for aid during the year just completed was 192, exceeding
the number received in any preceding year, with the
exception of the years 1840 and 1844. The number of
grants voted has been 140. Of these no less than 61, it
appears, have been for the building of new churches and
chapels; a remarkable fact, deserving of great attention.
The remaining 79 grants were—for rebuilding, with en-
largement, 19 ; for simple enlargement, 28 ; and for re-
arrangement of seats and internal improvements, by which
increased accommodation has been obtained 32. The
amount of churchroom provided by the grants thus made
during the past year is, it appears, sufficient for 42,800
persons; and of these sittings 36,196 will be free of ex-
pense, which is a larger number by above 1000 than has
been provided in any preceding year. Thus it is evident
that nearly six•sevenths of this number are free and unap-
propriated. Last year it appears that more than four-
fifths of the whole additional churchroom provided was
made free, and this year not less than 25 of the new
churches, containing accommodation for 11,813 persons,
will be wholly free and unappropriated. The report ststes
the important financial fact, that in its anxiety to aid all
the cases brought before it, the society has rendered itself
Fahle for the sum of £4019 2s 6d beyond its present means ;
the amount of outstanding grants on the 31st of March
last being £59,432, while the sum at its di•p-sal was only
£55,382 17s. 6d., and that the balance against the society
has been increased by the grants made at the last meeting
to upwards of £6,000. Of the increasing demands upon
the society's funds, the report observes that the annual
average amount of grants voted in the seven years ending
in 1831 was only £12,192; while in the seven years ending
in 1838, it had increased to £16,647; and in the seven
years ending on the 31st of March last, it has amounted
to £21,600 per annum.

CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—The General Assembly of
the Established Church of Scotland commenced its sit-
tings on Thursday week, in the New-hall, Edinburgh,
the Marquis of Bute presiding as Lord High Commis-
sioner. Dr. Alexander Hill was unanimously appointed
Moderator. The sittings of the General Assembly of the
Free Church commenced the same day, in the hall at
Cannon-mills, and Dr. M'Farlane, of Greenock, was ap-
pointed Moderator. The contributions to the five schemes
of the church and college were £82,398 Is. 2d., an in-
crease of upwards of £50,000 compared with the year
preceding. The Moderator, in his opening address, de-
nounced the Maynooth Bill, and called upon all Protes-
tants to unite against the Church of Rome, whose pro-
gress in every country he thought most alarming. A
petition against the bill was carried by a large majority.