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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

rnE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

UNIVERSITY 6- CLERICAL _NEWS.

OXFORD, Nov. 21.—The followine degrees were this
day conferred :-111-asters of Arts.—William James Gar-
nett, Christ Church; Rev. Algernon Coote, Brasenose.
—Bachelors of Arts.—William Packer Colston Butt,
Trinity, Grand Compounder; Samuel Johnson Butler,
New College ; John Cawood, St. Edmund Hall; John
Aubray Scott, Balliol; Hugh Daniel Harper, Jesus ; J.
H. Jenkinson, Christ Church; Alfred Roberts, Brace-
nose ; Charles Patters Good, Exeter ; Henry Manus
Walker, Oriel ; John Arundell Leakey, Qceen's.
TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—The prize of £lO,
left by Mr. Greaves, of Fulbourn, for the best disserta-
tion, by a Bachelor of Arts, on the conduct and character
of King William 111., has been adjudged to Jos. Holme,
B.A.

DURHAM UNIVERSITY.—A Professor of German has
been founded in this University, to which Herr Lowen-
berg has been appointed.
It is said that Dr. Symons, at the request of the Mas-
ter of Balliol College, has appointed a board of six Doc-
tors as in the late case of Dr. Pusey, to examine the re-
cently published book of Mr. Ward, who is a Fellow of
Balliol College, entitled " The Ideal of a Church."

APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. Frederic Alfred Crow,
M, A., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Alcester,
Warwickshire : Value, £259. The Rev. William Meyler,
8.A., of St. John's College, to the rectory of Rudbazton,
Pembrokeshire : value, £199. The Rev. John Flower-
den Colls, D.D., of Trinity College, to the perpetual
curacy of St. Ann's, Wandsworth, Surrey : value, £162.
The Re. John Carysfort Proby, M.A., of Trinity College,
to the perpetual curacy of Farnham, Suffolk : value, £7B.
The Rev. Thomas Hugh Bird, M.A., of Magdalen Col-
lege, to the perpetual curacy of Morton Jeffreys, Here-
fordshire : value, £l5. The Rev. Edward Ramsey
Prather, M.A., of Magdalen College, to the vicarage of
Queenborough, Leicestershire : value, £B5. The Rev.
Charles Brummall, 8.A., of St. John's College, to the
curacy of Straithwaite, near Huddersfield. The Rev.
John James Webster Harris, M.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, to the curacy of Insworth, Essex. The Rev. Tho-
mas C. Onion, 8.A., of Catharine Hall, to the curacy of
Sudley, Warwickshire. The Rev. William Henry Plume,
8.A., of Queen's College, to the curacy of St. Clement,
Norwich. The Rev. William Brett, M.A., of Corpus
Christi College, to the vicarage of Linton, Cambridge-
shire : value, £204. The Rev. Richard England Brooke,
8.A., of Caius College. to the curacy of Kirkburton,
Huddersfield. The Rev. Richard Rigg, M.A., of Caius
College, to the curacy of St. Michael Coslany, Norwich.
It is said that Dr. 'Wilson, a supporter of the National
Board, is to be appointed to the Deanery of Limerick.
On Friday, the Bishop of Winchester consecrated Cam-
den Chapel, so long the scene of the Rev. Henry Mel-
ville's labours.

The Cambridge Theological prize for the present year,
has been adjudged to W. H. Bodley, 8.A., of Queen's
College.

The parishioners of St. Sepulchre, London. have pre-
sented the Rev. T. Dale, evening lecturer of that pirish
for sixteen years, with an elegant silver epergne, weighing
about 100 ounces.

The Archbishop of Dublin and the Bishop of Kildare,
have addressed the Board of heads of Houses on the
subject of the prevailing errors in the University ; and a
committee is now sitting to concert measures for check-
ing their progress.

The King of Prussia has conferred the gold medal " in
Science and Arts," on John Dlurray, A.M., resident
master of Trinity CoPege, Dublin, "as an acknowledg-
ment of distinguished merits" in the composition of
Latin poetry.
The Londoiltritnes, which has for a length of time
been the thick nd thin supporter of Tractarianism, is
veering round, and scarcely a day elapses without several
coiumns of thunder hurled against the innovations now
tried to be foisted on the Church.

THE RUBRIC.-At the meeting of the whole Chapter of
Exeter Cathedral on 'Thursday, the Bishop and Dean
being present, a proposition for a stricter obedience to the
directions of the rubric, was carried by a majority of 12
to 6.

MUNIFICENT COLLECTION.—On Sunday being the
anniversary of the opening of St. George's Free Church,
under the Rev. Dr. Smyth, a collection was made for the.
educational and other local purposes, on which occasion
the Rev. Dr. Gordon, of Edinburgh, officiated three
times. The collection amounted to the handsome sum
of £3OO Ils. 6d.—Glasgow Paper.
THE BURIAL OF DISSENTERS.—In the Arches Court,
on Thursday, Sir H. J. Fust dismissed the suit against
the Bev. W. H. Chapman, vicar of Basingbourne, Cam-
bridge, for having refused to bury the body of an infant
because baptised by a dissenting minister.' The learned
judge was of opinion, that it had been proved that Mr.
Chapman did refuse to bury the child, and that the child
was not unbaptised within the meaning of the ruin ie, but
he did not think that there was sufficient evidence that
the rev. gentleman had had due notice of the intended
funeral ; and on the latter ground he dismissed the suit.
TRACTARIANISAL—Tbe parish of Tottenham has been
for some time past in considerable agitation, caused by a
dispute between the seatholders of the churches and the
clergymen of the parish, as to the introduction of certain
practices in the services of the churches, which the pa-
rishioners consider as novelties. After several ineffectual
attempts to induce the clergy to abandon the practices, a
deputation was appointed to wait upon the Bishop of Lon-
don ; and at an interview with his lordship they stated
that their object was to get rid altogether of the changes
complained of. The bishop opposed their wishes in this
respect, and suggested that if they went back to their fel-
low-parishioners their influence might be used to allay all
unpleasant feeling on the subject, and that ultimately all
might be arranged. His lordship was informed that such
a result was not likely to occur. One of the deputation
then suggested that the new forms should be suspended
for a year. The other members of the deputation objected
to any compromise, but ultimately the bishop intimated
his readiness to accede to the suggestion as to the-post-
ponement, and promised to make a communication to
that effect through the clergy, which was done, and notice
has been given that the novelties will be relinquished at
present but will be again attempted at the expiration of
the twelve months. The deputation have, however,
published a strong letter, intimating that they said no-
thing whatever, at their interview with the Bishop, which
could lead to the supposition that they would consent to
the introduction of the forms at that period.

CONSECRATION OF THE NEW CHURCH AT MALTA.—
The English residents in Malta have at length had the
gratification of seeing their magnificent new church con-
secrated and opened for divine service. This church,
which has been built at the sole expense of her Majesty
the Queen Dowager, is placed on a commanding site,
overlooking the Quarantine Harbour, and is one of the
first objects which meets the eye of a stranger on approach-
ing the island from the north or the west. The spire,
when finished, will be about 200 feet high, and about 300
above the level of the sea. The body of the church and
the portico are not much unlike those of St. Martin's-in-
the-fields, London, in their exterior aspect ; and the
beauty of the stone of which it is built gives it a very
striking appearance. The internal effect is still better.
It has a semicircular chancel, and is divided into a nave
and two aisles by two rows of beautiful Corinthian pillars.
With the exception of two pews, one for the governor and
the other for the admiral, the seats are all open with
backs. The whole of the seats, stalls, pulpit, and reading
desk, are of English oak. The cover for the communion
table, with the cushions and other fittings, is of crimson
velvet, and the general interior appearance is that of a
very handsome English church. The communion plate,
which is of silver gilt, is the gift of Sir H. F. Bouverie,
the late governor, and other benefactors. The furniture
of the interior, together with the organ, bells, &c. were
provided by a subscription, at the head of which stands
the present governor, the Hon. Sir P. Stuart, and the
principal English inhabitants, aided by friends at home.
'The font is of white Carrara marble. The church is to be
called "The English Collegiate Church of St. Paul in
Malta." This being the first English church which has
been built in this part of the world, the curiosity of the
Maltese on this occasion was very great. The church
was crowded with visitors of all kinds for several days
previous to the consecration. Priests, friars, and persons
of all classes, came in crowds to satisfy their curiosity,
and to see whether it really was a church ; for they could
hardly persuade themselves that the English were to have
one after a neglectof more than forty years. The conse-
cration was performed on Friday, the Ist of November,
All Saints' Day, by the Lord Bishop of Gibraltar.

On Thursday. Camberwell Church was consecrated by
the Bishop of Winchester. It is dedicated to St. Giles,
and is one of the most magnificent ecclesiastical struc-
tures in the neighbourhood of London. It is built on
the site of the old church, which was destroyed by fire
early in 1812. Shortly after that occurrence a rate for
£20,000, in addition to the amount from the insurance of
the late church, was voted for the work.

GOWN AND SURPLICE.—II will be seen, by referring
to " Burnet's History of the Reformation," that the
affair of gown and surplice is stated to have been settled
and arranged by convocation. There was never a
thought of preaching in a surplice. The dispute was,
whether the surplice should be worn at all. Bucer,
Balliger, Peter Martyr, Jewel and the great Reformers
were universally against it. The convocation met, and
it was therein decided that the surplice might be. used
" at morning prayer and sacrament," by a majority of
eight. The decision was objected to, because proxies
were not admitted. These were introduced, and it was
then carried by a majority of one, the proxy of an
absentee, that the surplice was a Popish figment, and
should not be used at all.
CONDITION OF THE CHURCH.—II is a strange and a
sad sight, to observe, at one and the same moment, an
unusual alacrity and desire of the Dissenters, to rejoin the
Church ; and a sineular endeavour on the part of the
" Romanizing section of the clergy, to disgust, and
drive them away from it. We heard the other day, and
we believe, on a pretty good authority, of a single pro-
vincial college, into which, on a recent annual admission,
no fewer than ten Dissenting ministers and one Wesleyan,
gained entrance, in order to their being added to the
ministry of the Church; and the next thing we meet with,
after this gratifying prospect of returning unity, is the
frightful case of Mr. Blunt, at Heiston, refusing the
sacrament of the Lord's supper to one, burial to another,
and marriage to a third, because they were not able to
prove their baptism by a clergyman of the church of
England ! Nay, even endeavouring to go so far as to,
prohibitF the burial of Dissenters at all, until after eight
o clock in the evening? Besides this, making such
alterations in the Church service as to disgust all the
wavering, and even to drive away many of the most at-
tached members of the church.—RiTord.