The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY lj- CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, DECEMBER 17.—1 n a congregation holden
to-day, the following degrees were conferred:—Bache-
lors in Divinity.—The Rev. William Thompson, Princi-
pal of St. Edmund Hall; Rev. John Hill, Vice Principal
of St. Edmund Hall; Rev. James Alexander Emerton,
of Magdalene Hall • Rev. John Fisher, Fellow of Mag-
dalene
.College.—Masters of Arts.—Edward Warner,
Wadham, Grand Compoonder ; Rev. Charles John Smith,
Christ Church ; Rev. Anthony Hart Smith, St. Edmund
Hall.—Bachelors of Arts.—Clement Moody, MagJa-
lene Hall ; James Gordon, St. Mary Hall ; William
Grassett Clarke, Oriel College ; Robert Ogle, Brasenose
College ; George Scaife, Lincoln College.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. J. Pros-
ser' M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Upton St. Leo-
nard's, Gloucester, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
H.- Parsons.—Rev. W. W. Walsh, 8.A., late curate of
Winterbouroe Stoke and Berwick St. James, Wilts, to
the rectory of Triborough, Somerset, with the perpetual
curacy of Withiell Dorey annexed, diocese of Bath and
Wells.—Rev. T. Dean, curate of Berrow and Little Mal-
vern, to the vicarage of Warton, Chester.—Rev. Preben-
dary Woolleombe, M.A., vicar of Kingsteinton, with the
chapel of Highweek, Devon, to be a Surrogate for grant-
ing marriage licenses.—Rev. A. B. Hill, 8.A., to the
vicarage of Morebatb, Devon, void by the death of the
Rev. W. B. Bere.—Rev. J. S. Townsend to the perpe-
tual curacy of Brushford, Devon, void by the cession of
the Rev. J. W. John.—Rev. D. A. Browne, 8.A., to be
minister to the new)r-erected Church of the Holy Trinity
at Salterton, in the parish of Woodbury, Devon.—Rev.
T. Chamberlain, M.A., incumbent of St. Thomas's, Ox-
ford, to be a rural dean of the deanery of Oxford.—Rev.
W. Airey, M.A., to the vicarage of Bramley.—Rev. H.
Milne, M.A., to the rectory of Holm Hale, Norfolk.—
Rev. G. Dowell to the donative of Werrington, Devon.
—Rev. W. H. Dyott, 8.A., vicar of Austrev, Warwick-
shire, to be domestic chaplain to Viscount Combermere.
—Rev. R. C. Trench, M.A., to the rectory of Abboteon,
with the vicarage of Itchen Stoke, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Hon. and Rev. F. Baring.—Rev. D. Gillert,
8.A., curate of Beighton. to the curacy of Wickhamp-
ton, Norfolk.—Rev. G. W. Manning, perpetual curate
of St. Juliot, to the curacy of Lesnewth, Cornwall.—Rev.
F. G. Rawlins. M.A., to the rectory of Leaden Roding,
Essex.—Rev. R. M. Frost, B.A. to the curacy of St.
Michael, Lewes, Sussex.—Rev. S. Bradshaw, 8.A., to
the Incumbency of St. George's Church, Darlaston, Staf-
fordshire.—Rev. A. Packe to the rectory of Caythorpe,
Lincolnshire.—Rev. J. Davies, 8.A., to the lectureship
of St. Phillips, Birmingham.—Rev. H. G. N. Bishop,
8.A., to the vicarage of Great Clacton, with Little Hol-
land, Essex.—Rev. T. Atkinson to the perpetual curacy
of Copmanthorpe with Upper Poppleton, Yorkshire.--
Rev. F. T. Attree to the curacy of Lastingham, York-
shite.—Rev. S. Creyke to the rectory of Beef() d, York-
shire.—Rev. H. Owen, curate of Llanllechid, Carnarvon-
shire, to the vicarage of Llanynys, Denbighshire.--Rev.
M. Williams, curate of Bangor, to the curacy of Llan-
llechid.—Rev. S. C. Poole to the perpetual curacy of
Gludwick, near Oldham.—Rev. T. S. Mills to the perpe-
tual curacy of Littleborough.—Rev. A. Peyton, jun., to
the rectory of Lackford, Suffolk.—Rev. H. Goodwin,
8.A.,t0 the vicarage of Twyning, Gloucestershire.—Rev.
H. rey, M.A., late curate of Jarrow, to the living of
Trent Vale, Staffordshire.—Rev. F. Gould to the perpe-
tual curacy of New Hall, Burton-on-Trent.—Rev. J.
Adeney to the rectory of Flowton, Suffolk.—lion. and
Rev. T. Pelham, 8.A., to an honorary canonry in Nor-
wich cathedral.—Rev. J. Trollope, M.A., to the rectory
of Crowrnarsh, Gifford, Oxon.—Rev. C. D'Ovley Applin
to the perpetual curacy of Stanley, near Wakefield.—Rev.
H. F. Beckett to the curacy of Dodworth, near Barnsley,
Yorkshire.—Rev. E. W. Wright to the vicarage of Great
Malvern.—Rev. T. Williams, late curate or Merthyr
Tydfil, to the perpetual curacy of Llanllwch, near Car-
marthen.

The Chancellorship of the Diocese of Norwich has
been conferred on Charles Evans, Esq., M.A., barrister.
Dr. Henry K. Bonney, Archdeacon of Bedford, has
been appointed to the Archdeaconry of Lincoln.
Dr. Scoresby has resigned the Vicarage of the parish of
Bradford. Tire advowson of the vicarage is vested in the
truAees of Ole late Rev. C. Simeon.

The Rev. Mr. Higgin, Rector of Roscrea an advocate
of the National System of Education, has been appointed
Dean of Limerick.

EXETER.—Parochial meetings have been held in the
parishes of St. Martin, St. Paul, and at Heavitree, ad-
joining the city, containing a population of 3000 persons,
where resolutions were unanimously adopted reprobating
the proposed innovations in the church service.
HARROW ScnooL.—The Rev. C. T. Vaughan, rector
of St. Martin's, Leicester, was elected on Wednesday
to the office of Head Master of Harrow School. This
gentleman was a distinguished and favourite scholar of
the late Dr. Arnold.

PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL SOCTETY.—In anse er
to the appeal that is now making in the country for this
society, some very handsome contributions have been
announced ; amongst others, Lady Arden, £lOO per an-
num ; F. H. Dickinson, Esq., M.P., 30 guineas yearly ;
a beneficed clergyman, £5OO don. ; Mr. Long, £1000;
a contribution by a family, £2OOO ; Rev. C. J. Plumer,
£500; Mrs. Mary Gee, £1000; Miss Fanshaw, £200;
fifteen individuals have increased their subscriptions to
ten guineas a year, and thirty-one to five guineas.
A new Metropolitan Church Building Association has
been formed in London, for the purpose of supplying
certain wants in the present incorporated society. The
Reverends Dr. Tattersall, Hugh M'Neile, and J. H.
Stewart, are the corresponding members for Liverpool.
Hitherto scarcely anything has been done to meet the
public provision made by Sir Robert Peel, who brought
forward £600,000 for the endowment of new parishes,
stating that the people would soon build churches in the
districts so endo,ved. We hope the new society will be
soon able liberally to meet Sir Robert's judicious proposal.
POPERY V. SCRIPTURE.—In the protest against the
" Charitable Bequest Act." signed by one archbishop,
thirteen bishops, and above one thousand priests, is the
following sentence --" Instead of a concession. it is a new
penal law of the old cannon, forbidding the dying sinner
in his most sincere moments—the time or his last sick-
ness—to redeem his sins by the bequest of a single acre of
landed property for any religious or charitable purpose in
our communion." Thus speaks Popery ; now hear what
St. Paul saith—" Christ bath redeemed us from the curse
of the law being made a curse for us." Hear, also, what
St. Peter saith—" Ye know that ye were not rdcemed
with corruptible things, as silver and gold, but with the
precious blood of Christ."
CHURCH EXTENSION.—The second meeting of the In-
corporated Society for promoting the Enlargement, &c.,
of churches and chapels for the season was held on Mon-
day last, at which the Lord Bishop of London presided.
Grants were voted towards the erection of six new
churches, and the enlargement of four existing churches.
Four of the new churches are for districts endowed under
the act of last session—at King Cross, in the parish of
Halifax • Little Drayton in the parish of Market Drayton ;
Rhos-y-Cae, near Holywell; and South MilforJ, in the
parish of Sherburn, Yorkshire ; the other two new
churches are for Armitage-bridge, in the parish of Hud-
dersfield, and North Moor-green, in the parish of North
Petherton. The churches which are to be enlarged' are at
Coniscliffe, near Darlington ; Marros, near Langharne;
Areley Kings, near Stourport ; and Great Wilbrat am,
Near Cambridge. The treasurer reported that the grants
voted at this meeting had almost exhausted the funds at
the disposal of the society. The total population aided
by the grants made at this meeting amounts to ]83,824
souls, and the number of existing churches is 41; the ac-
commodation they contain is for 30,150 persons, about
5700 of which are free ; to this provision of church room
3950 sittings are to be added, of which 2600, or nearly the
whole number, will be free and unappropriated.

DIOCESES OF CHESTER AND EXETER.—In what a state
of excitement and confusion are the city and diocese of
Exeter, from the Tractarian innovations of the Bishop!
But the present effect is of little comparative moment,
but as surely portending, if the innovations be persevered
in, extensive secessions from the church, and a vast
weakening of its legitimate influence and power. It is a
merciiul thing that the dioceses of England in general
are not in such a state as this. And if passing over the
generality of them, we reach that of Chester, one of the
largest, and we rather think, the most populous of the
whole, and perceive not only new churches rising
in all directions, but Dissenters in multitudes joining the
church, not a few Dissenting ministers waiting for ad-
mission into her service, and one pastor with his entire
congregation passing into the bosom of our communion
at once,—we see the legitimate effect of the true catholic
spirit and labours of one Bishop ; while looking brick to
the other end of the kingdom, we perceive the legitimate
effect, also, of the true Tractarian and lordly rule of
another. The one is cherishing and building up the
church; raising it to higher honour in the eyes of ell
men ; and increasing its intelligent members and effective
power with prodigious rapidity. The other is scattering
and wasting the pastors and the flocks, first with Trecta-
rian doctrine, and now with Tractarian innovations; he
has become the " monster" promoter of Dissent through-
out the kingdom ; and is doing the work of an unhealthy
dissent, and of a vigilant Popery, to the heart's content
of these two distinct classes of the enemies of our church.