The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD.-MONDAY.

At a congregation holden this morning, being the first
day of term, the following degrees were conferred :
MASTERS OF ARTS.—Thomas Green and Hugh Pigot,
Brasenose College; Robert Walker, Lincoln College;
William Hungerford Colson, S.C.L., Fellow of New
College; Rev. Arthur Motley, Oriel College; Win. Gill.
Exeter College.

BACHELOR Of ARTS.—William E. Dickson Carter,
Fellow of New College ; Thomas J. Breretou, Christ
Church ; William Boyde, New Inn Hall.

CAmi.irtinor.:, Jan. 19.—Ths list of Mathematical Tri-
pos .
.just published, by which it appears that G. W.
Hemming, of St. John's is the Senior Wrangler ; Second
Wrangler, W. B. Hopkins, of Caius • the first Senior
Optime, C. Hardwick, of St. Katherine's; first two
Junior Optimes, equal, R. E. Robertson, of Coins, and
G. F. Snowball, of St. John's.
CONSECRATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, DEF.BY.—On
Tuesday last, this imposing ceremony was performed by
the Lord Bishop of Lichfield, and derived an additional
interest from the fact, that this is the first time the Right
Rev. Prelate (Dr. Lonadale) has assisted at the solemn
dedication of a building to the service of Almighty God,
since his promotion to the Episcopal chair. Upwards of
50 clergymen were present, besides a large number of the
laity.
CHELTENHAM.—The Rev. Alexander Watson, has
issued an address to his congregation, in which he says :
" That you may form some idea of what may be done by
a congregation, if only all its members would do accord-
ing to their power as almoners of an Almighty Father's
bounty, I may mention that those who worship in this
sanctuary, have, during the past year, contributed for our
own schools, and the general purposes of the church
(over and above their gifts to other local objects), the sum
of £684. 3s. 7.

CHURCH EXTENSION.—A meeting of the Incorporated
Society for Promoting the Enlargement, &c. of Churches
and Chapels was held on Monday week. His Grace the
Archbishop of Canterbury was in the chair. The meeting
proceeded to examine the cases referred to their consi-
deration, and finally voted grants of money towards
building churches or chapels at Seacroft, in the parish of
Wbitkirk, Yorkshire ; at the Link, in the parish of Leigh,
Worcester ; at Blaydon' in the parishes of Ryton and
Winlaton, Durham ; at Thorpe Acre, Peterborough ; at
Great Wyrley, in the parish of Cannock, Staffordshire ;
and at the Groves, in the parish of Sutton, near Hull ;
also towards enlarging, by rebuilding, the church at Bed-
nall, Staffordshire, and towards enlarging or otherwise
increasing the accommodation in existing churches at Usk,
Monmouth ; Hunmanby, Yorkshire ; Spernall, Warwick ;
Lewes, St. Ann, Sussex; Buckley, in the parish of Ho-
warden, Flintshire ; and Stoke St. Gregory, Somerset.
These parishes contain a population of 34,831 souls, and
possess church accommodation in 17 churches and chapels
for 7611 persons, including 2149 free seats, to which pro-
vision of church room 3826 sittings will be added by the
erection of six new churches, and the rebuilding, enlarg-
ing, or increasing by other means the accommodation in
seven existing churches, and of this additional accommo-
dation 2924 sittings will be free. Certificates of the com-
pletion of the erection of three new churches and chapels.
and of the enlargement or other increase of accommodation
in seven existing churches and chapels, were examined
and approved, and orders were issued to the trustees to
pay over to the treasurer the sum awarded in each case,
in order that he may remit the amounts of the grants to
the respective applicants. The population of these ten
places is 85,115 persons, for whom church accommodation
to the extent of 7729 sittings only were prcviied, previ-
ously to the execution of the works now certified to be
completed. of which 2580 were free. To the church room
then provided 3796 seats have been added, 3266 seats of
which are free. Since the last meeting of the committee,
the requisite forms have been forwarded to twenty-four
applicants, to enable them to submit to the board the
applications they propose to make for aid. In ten of these
cases, assistance will be solicited towards building addi-
tional churches. The Rev. Thomas Bowdler has been
appointed to succeed the late Rev. W. J. Rodber in the
office of secretary to the society.