The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLARICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, FEB. 29.—This day the following degrees
were conferred :—Masters of Arts: Rev. William Hall,
St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. Matthew Calley Morton, Exeter
College; Rev. John Morton, Wor,.ester College.—Ba-
chelors of Arts: Ewan Hugh Nl`Lachlan, Pembroke
College ; Alexander P. Forbes, Brasenose College. On
Wednesday the following gentlemen were elected Proctors
for the present year :—The Rev. Mr. Guillemard, Tri•
nity ; the Rev. Mr. Church, Oriel.
ORDINATIONS.—Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Lich-
field, at London. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of Car-
lisle, at Rose Castle. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of
London, at London. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of
Lincoln, at Lincoln. Sunday, March 3, Bishop of
Peterborough, at Peterborough. Sunday, March 3,
Bishop of Ripon, at Ripon. Sunday, March 3, Bishop
of Salisbury, at Salisbury. Sunday, April 14, Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol, at Gloucester. Sunday, June 2,
Bishop of Salisbury, at Wells. Sunday, June 2, Bishop
of Chichester, at Chichester. Sunday, June 2, Bishop of
Exeter, at Exeter. Sunday, June 9, Bishop of Ely, at
London.

The Lord Bishop of Hereford has instituted the Rev.
John Richard Teflon, M.A., to the first portion of the
rectory of Pontesbury. in the county of Salop, on the
presentation of the trustees of the late Rev. Hamlet
Harrison, B.D.

On Sunday week the Rev. Mr. Sibthorp received the
Holy Communion from the hands of the venerable Presi-
dent in the chapel of the Magdalen College, Oxford,
where he is now staying on a visit. This leaves no doubt
as to the fact of his having really joined the Church of
England.
The Rev. W. Greenlaw, rector of the parish church of
Woolwich, hat received an anonymous note, enclosing the
munificent sum of £350 in aid of the subscriptions for
building new churches at Woolwich, in connection with
the Established Church of England.

ADDRESS TO THE REV. F. CLOSE.—An address, signed
by more than 500 of his parishioners, was on Monday
week presented to the Rev. Francis Close, of Chelten-
ham, as a mark of their respect, and to manifest at the
same time their detestation of the vile insult recently of-
fered to their esteemed vicar.

ANOTHER MUNIFICENT GIFT TO THE CHURCII.—We
learn that the example of the Lord Bishop of Gloucester
and Bristol, who has given £2OOO towards erecting
churches in the poor districts of his diocese, has been
imitated by the Rev. Dr. Warneford, who has given
£lOOO towards the same objects.
POPERY AND THE PRESS.—We have the gratification
of announcing that the Pope has prohibited the Church
and State Gazette from passing the Roman frontier. We
could desire no better proof of our usefulness. To our
subscribers in " the eternal city" we can only say that
this weak invention of the enemy will not prevent them
receiving our journal as usual.— Church and State
Gazette.

It has been asserted that the members in the Oxford
University have decreased within the last few years. Such
is not, however, the fact, but the very reverse. In 1840
the number of members in the twenty-four colleges was
5,4.10 ; in 1844 it is 5,682. The only colleges in which
there is a fallin?•off is Baliol (from 323 to 295), Oriel
(from 331 to 321), Jesus (from 13.4 to 132), Pembroke
(from 173 to 147). St. Alban (from 23 to 20), and St.
Edmund's (from 98 to 49). The greatest increase is in
Christ Church, viz., from 891 to 934.
ADDITIONAL CURATES FUND.—At the meeting of the
committee for the administration of this fund, held at 4,
St. Martin's-place, London, on the Bth and 25th of Jan.,
under the presidency of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of London, grants amounting to £7OO, to meet £2400 in
aid of endowments to three parishes ; and the annual sum
of £2515, to meet £4BO, was voted for additional curates
to 38 parishes or districts, whose aggregate populations
amount to 335,696 souls. Jo the diocese of Ripon, the

Sulu of £BO was granted to Coley, in the parish of Hali-
fax, the population of the district being 20,000; to Was-
den, £BO, population of the district 6000, of the parish
70,000; to Alvet thorpe, wiri,h of Wakefield, £6O, popu-
lation 5000; to kildwick, £7O, population of the district
2346, of the patibb 10,476.

REV. F. CLoSE.—This much respected gentleman has
published a reply to the address present'ed to him on occa-
sion of the late mystrrious but -stm,r,ii proceedings to-
wards himself. The reverend gentleman in the course of
it says, " It may tend to throw s'Ome light on the true
character of that out age, which has called forh ex-
pression of your kind feelings, if 1 mention the tact, that
during this winter I have received letters threatening toy
life ; the first of which I placed in the hands of the Super-
intendent of the Police. There can be little doubt that
these attempts to disturb my peace, or to turn me from
my path of duty, may be traced to the same evil spirit of
personal malice and revenge.

THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.—We alluded, last week,
to a report which had reached u that a considerable
number of clergymen were about to secede from the Es-
tablished Church. On inquiry we have every reason to
believe that the extent of the mischief has been much
exaggerated. The number of malcontents is by no means
formidable ; and we trust that they may yet he brought
to see and acknowledge their error.—John Bull. The
Record, in speaking of the advertisement in its columns
which gave rise to the rumour, says :—" We have not the
least notion from whom the advertisement proceeds—
most likely from some Papist or Tractarian ; and with the
proposal we have no sympathy, and regard it with unmi-
tigated disapprobation."
KING WILLIAM'S COLLEGE.—Active measures are in
progress for the restoration of this building. The neces-
sary timber has been purchased, a cargo forwarded to
Derbyhaven, and workmen are employed in clearing the
ruins. Advantage will be taken of this opportunity, to
introduce some improvements in the structure, more es-
pecially in the chapel, the great resonance in which, in its
former state, was a subject of general complaint. We
understand that the sum insured has been received, which,
together with the amount of nearly £7OO already sub-
scribed in the Island, (to which the munificent donation
of £3OO was contributed by our excellent bishop) will, we
hope, go far in enabling the trustees to replace the college
in a much superior style to its former condition. It is
fully expected that every thing will be ready for the recep-
tion of the students after the Midsummer vacation.—
Manx Liberal.