The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-07 00:00:00

CHURCH INTELLIGENCE,

(From the Oxford Herald.)
In a congregation holden on Thursday last, the followi
degrees were conferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rev. Henry Sweeting, University College.
James Anthony Froude, Fellow of Exeter College

BACHELOR OF ARTS
Joseph Henry Wilson, Exeter College

BRASENNOSE COLLEGI

A Fellowship is vacant in this college by the resignation of
the Rev. William Henry Egerton, and if a qualified
candidate shall offer himself, will be filled up in the course of
the present term.
Natives of the city or county Palatine of Chester, being
" of the cousinage or lineage of John Williamson, clock, some
time parson of the parish church of St. George, in Canter-
bury, or of the name, cousinage, or of the lineage of John
Port. Sergeant-at-Law, or of his heirs born within the said
city or county of Chester," are eligible.-
This claim of kindred must be sustained with a pedigree
authenticated by the seal of the College of Heralds, and with
the opinion of counsel that such pedigree brings the claimant
within the relationship above described.
These papers, together with the certificate of birth within
the city or county of Chester, and the usual testimonials,
are to he presented to the Principal on or before the 17th
of March.

The Rev. Charles D. Everett, 8.A., of Queen's College,
has been licensed, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to th
Curacy of Ullingswick, Herefordshire.
We are authorised to state, that the announcement which
appeared in our paper of the 18th of February, of the ap-
pointment of the Rev. J. Dallas to St. Luke's, Charlton-on-
Medlock, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
A. Hepworth, is erroneous in this respect, that that chapel
is still vacant.
Rev. D. B. Seymour, to the Curacy of Athlone, Ireland.
Rev. Charles Henry Bromby, M.A., of St. John's College,
Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Paul's, Chelten-
ham.
Rev. Edward Jones Walmesley, M.A.. of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridgesto the Rectory of Whaddon, Wilts, vacant
by the death of the Rev. J. Eddy ; patron, W. Long,
Esq., M.P.
Rev. Edward Henry Langford, M,A., formerly of Sidney
Sussex College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Marksbury,
Somerset, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Kitson
patron, General Popham.
Rev. George Woodley, of Taunton, late Missionary of the
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Martindale, Westmorland.
Rev. Edward Hawkins, Perpetual Curate of Coleford.
Gloucestershire, to the Vicarage of Newport, Monmouth-
shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. A. Isaacson ;
patron, the Bishop of Gloucester.
Rev. Thomas Boyle Murray, M.A., of Pembroke College,
Cambridge, Rector of St. Dunstan 's-in-the-East, London,
to a Prebendal Stall in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Rev. Thomas Maling Nicholson, 8.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of South Mimms, Middlesex ;
patron, W. P. Hamond, Esq.
Rev. William Thomas, M.A., late Curate of Cheadle,
Cheshire, to the Rectory of Oakham, Surrey ; patron the
Earl of Lovelace.
Rev. Stephen Wilkinson Dowell, to the Curacy of Bath-
wick, Somerset.
Rev. Richard B. Suckling, to the Rectory of
of Dunsbourne
Abbots, Gloucestershire, Suckling by the death the Rev. C.
Mesman • patron, D. Mesman, Esq.
Rev. T. Booth, to the Curacy of Thurlton-with-Handley,
Norfolk.

(From the Cambridge Chronicle.)
At the congeegation the following degrees wereconferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Henry John Whitfield, Downing College.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Samuel Harvey, Corpus Christi College.
John Samuel Bage, St. John's College.
James Grant, Pembroke College.
Thomas Burnaby, Trinity College.
Arthur Childe, Trinity Colleg e.
Charles Philip Lindsay, Trinity College.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has collated the Rev.
Robert Bell, M.A., late Curate of All Saints, Northampton,
to the Perpetual Curacy of Eye, near Peterborough, vacant
by the death of the Rev. James Henry Stone.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the Rev.
Thomas James, M.A., to the Vicarage of Theddingworth, in
Leicestershire, vacant by the death of the Rev. William
French Major, on the presentation of J. Cook, Esq., of Ho-
thorpe, Northamptonshire.
bent of Littleworth, Berks, has
The Rev. Joseph Moore, M.A., of Lincoln College, Ox-
ford, Domestic Chaplain to the arl of Morley, and incum-
been resented to the
Vicarage of Buckland, in the same county ; patron, James
Moore, Esq.
The Rev. Fderick Bi, M.A., formerly Student of
Christ Church,re Oxford, hasscoe been presented to the Vicarage
of Coombe Bissett, Wilts, vacant by the resignation of the
chelnßceovilegAer,tohuxrfo rT dh,
has been present Rev. R. Bird.
The Ray. Theodore Coleridge, M.A., of E
xeter College,
has been elected Chaplain to Exeter Workhouse.
formerly
Perpetual
Curacy of Flixton, Lancashire, vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. W. C. B. Cave.
ma sr
el 3 d • At
0.
the
Lin o
The Rev. George James Cornish, M.A•, formerly of Cor-
pus Christi College, Oxford, Vicar of Kenwyn and Kea,
Cornwa, as bee presented to a Prebendal Stall in Exeter
Cathedral, h vacant bye thet death of the Rev. Whittington
Landon.
The Rev. H. Robins, 8.A., of Wadham College, Oxford,
has been elected Head Master of the Stepney Proprietary
Grammar 001.
The Rev. Sch William Cockin, M.A., of Brasenose College,
Oxford, has been unanimously elected to the Head Master-
ship of the Grammar School at Kidderrninster.
The Rev. William Pulling, Fellow of BraSellOSe College,
Oxford, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Earl
Somers.
. W. Bousfield, of Lincoln College, Oxford, has
The Rev
to the Curacy of the third portion of Bamp.
been presented
ton
The Vicarage Rev. o Francisrd Rose,
, Oxfshire.
M.A., to the Rectory of Little
Wool.ston, to hold the same by dispensation, together with
the Rectory of Woughton-on-the-Green, Bucks; patron, the
Queen.
to the 'Vicarage of Turkdean, Glou-
The Rev. Roger Bird,
cestershire.
The Rev. W. Harrison, to be Sunday evening Lecturer of
_ _ _

The Rev. J. Otter, g.A., to the Vicarage of Ludford
....., ..
m:A., Vicar of King's Langley,
St. Mary, Aldermanbury•
yI.A•+ late Curate of Hatnpstead
Magna,
TThehe RReevv.. Lincolnshire;
jjo John
nwß. ißi
su !trail: o n G . F . Hene a g e , Esq.
Herts, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Clarendon.
Norris, Berks, to that Vic,arage, vacant by the deuth of the
Rev. J. Reed ; patron. the Marquis of Downshire.

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CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS.
.Byrtem, prevalent at the Custom-house,
(Front the London Times.)
temA
,coarser,atnhoetrotnbley important for its illustration of the sys-
'peCcouuliratr.
but also singularly noveln in the conduet of its investigation,
was tried before asp ecial commission in the Sheriffs' Court
last Thursday. The object of the commission was to inquire
It was
whether Mr:Dean, (who is an importer of silk,) was indebted
in any sum to her Majesty for duties on forein oos im-
ported into this countr thatand,if so, to what amount? lt
will, therefore, be seen this differed in two respects from
this
not have appeared
not simply to assess damages on an undefended action; nor
the generality of cases tried in the Sheriffs
was it an ordinary prosecution of a subject at the suit of the
Crown. It was promoted, indeed, for the two-fold purpose
of proving a tort and assessing damages ; but it professed to
be rather in the nature of an inquiry conducted both by the
Crown
astCh raot
awt nh
witness
int
persondn theess diwnei 11 io7sucsei
vnditif
esanundi dr I tat: dac
so tuhil
ndi
summoned to
attend as witness, and did attend by counsel in that caps-

city.t It is not our intention to discuss the propriet goodeed-
mlonesanneateueurer.; thea
vese l
daonmd
ings so unusual as these were, nor to halTasn.eceeaynyh
occurred ; believe that,
certain be-
evil effects
tohfetyhveieriyanseolmdea
and
however unconstitutional in their form, th .e
likely to create positive mischief as to eau eY are as little
nefit.
Our business is with the main facts that
the examination, which are briefly follow
were elicited dur-
ingas
Mr. Dean, in the month of February,lB4l, :
cases of silk from Boulogne. These twt imported two
to the Queen's warehouse, and were enteredicases were brought
sumption by a Mr. Tighe, on behalf of Mr for home con-
custom, when goods are entered for ho • Dean. It is the
an agent to attend on the part of the imme consumption, for
or limits any mistake or overcharge Porter, who corrects
the crown, as the amount of duty de made by
of the goods. On this occasion, a
Afirends upon the warrant
the part of the customs. He, and Mr • Berners attended on
out a warrant specifying the weight • Tighe together, made
and the weight of the silk 401 b. ,of the cases to be 501 b.,
duty was paid by Mr. Dean. . upon which, and no more,
Several witnesses, connected
for-
ward, and declared that the twowith
the silk trade, came
capa-
ble of containing 4201 b. of onk cases in questi9n were
and 84017. of a third. Of
he kind of silk, 7701 b. of another,
nearly £7OO, and of the t e first kind the value would be
Mr. Tighe, who acted as second £2400. It also appeared that
sensed custom -house agent for Mr. Dean, wns not a lit
Mr, agent, and
that he would not have been
allowed to act in that capaci had it been known that he was
without a licence ; also, that
the document vouching to the
accuracy of the return made was in the writing of Berner;'
an accredited officer of the customs, and countersigned by
M'Vicar, the .
Thus we haveinspector a gross and palpable fraud upon the re
venuevenue
of the country practised by a rich and " respectable
rich people always are highly respectable) silk merchant, con-
nived at by one officer of the Customs, and overlooked by
another, and that other one whose special business it we, to
prevent or punish the malversation of his subordinates. The
parties in this transaction are guilty of a triple iniquity—ti first,
in defrauding their SOVEREIGN ; next, in taking the bread
out of the mouths of the bumble operatives of Spitaltields ;
and lastly, in tempting the officers of Government to become,
like the unfortunate Mr. Caiger, whoes" delinquencies were
exposed in the trial in Thursday's paper, accessories post
factum to the crime they have perpetrated;
and then as to
these latter functionaries themselves, it is true
fine they are
supported at an expense of nearly LBOO,OOO per num, for
the express purpose of protecting the integrity o revenue
from fraud ; but what of that ? What is a man's country
compared with his friendships ? What the duties of his office
with the demands of generosity.? And what generosity at
once so comprehensive and so cheap, as that which gratifies
the solicitations of private friends at the national cost ?
We are not ironical. This mode of reasoning is by no,
means rare or new.
" Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona."
y There have been many Bernerses and M'Vicars before this;
and, unless Government take tirnel steps to prevent it, there
will be many more.
Let us now see the beautiful effects of this amiable eombi
nation of social economy said political extravagance. M -
• r.
Beckwith, a silk manufacturer, thus deposes—
., I have given up importing foreign silks, because
smugglers beat me. I fouud that they could sell full the
cnt. under me or any other fair trader. . .w 30 per
system of cheating the revenue is being carried on, While this
smug-
glers of the weal-end are prospering, and the the
weavers starving. Spitalfields
If frauds on the revenue are •
crimes (which some folks
ers are visited on the
doubt), and if the crimes of the fath
children, WO to the little Deans, Bernerseal and the M
as fit unborn or unbegotten. irean
l