The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

V.ERSI 2 Y CLERICAL AEJViS.

CARllitliitik, May 9:—At the Congregation just held,
the r Bowing degrees were conferred :—B.D.: John Henry
Howlett, St. Johns College. L.L.8.: John George
Middleton, St. John's College. M.A.: William Mason
Dudley, St. Catherine's-hal; Wm. Huntingdon Pilaus,
JeSits College; Willoughby John Guthrie Loudon, Cor-
pus Christi College; and George Augustus Langdalet,
St. John's College. Ad Eundem: John Harrison, M.A.,
Trinity College, Dublin ; and Thomas Page, M.A., Mmg-
daleti-hall, Oxford. B.A : John Fearenside, St. John's
College; Joseph Kay, Trinity College; Matthew Piers
Wait Boulton, Trinity Colllege ; John Gorham, St. John's
College; Alexander Edward Ktlso Hamilton, Trinity
College; and Joseph Clarke, Corpus Christi College.

OXFORD, May 9.—ln a Convocation holden this day,
the Rev. Charles Maunder, M.A., of Queen's College,
Cambridge, vi as admitted ad eunde►n. In a Congregation
holden at the same time the following degrees we, e con-
ferred :—Masters of Arts: Rev. Edward Moore, Brase-
nose ; John Walker, Brasenose ; Rev. Lionel Carden,
University ; liev. William Percival Walsh, Worcester ;
Rev. Thomas Hammond House, Worcester; and Rev.
Samuel Hope Unwin, Worcester. Bachelors of Arts:
Charles Hill, Lincoln; William Richards, New Inn Hall;
John Tripp, New inn Hall; Amelius John Ter-Broeke,
Magdalen-hall; James Dowland Haskins, Magdalen,hall ;
Ayscoghe Floyer, Wadham ; Edward Henry Quicke,
Wadham ; Wm. Mortimer Heath, Exeter : John Bargus
Yonge, Exeter ; William Vaughan Yarworth, St. John's ;
William Green, Scholar of Pembroke ; Edward Henry
Armitage, Trinity ; Charles Chapman, Trinity; Arthur
William Breedon, Trinity ; Paul Augustus Dodson, Wor-
cester ; William Grreme Gibson, Worcester ; and Henry
Daniel Pearson, Worcester.—Mr. Macnaullen presented
himself on Thursday last for his degree for the second
time, but it was refused by Dr. Hampden.

The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, Vicar of Bradford, has recently
sailed on a short trip to America and Canada.

The Rev. Wm. Ellis, incumbent of Armin, near Goole,
has been presented by James Lister, Esq., of Sandon-
terrace, Liverpool, to the vicarage of Luddington, in the
county of Lincoln.

The Bishop of London has introduced a bill into the
House of Lords, entitled " An act for better regulating
the offices of lecturers and parish-clerks, and for encou-
raging the making better provision for the spiritual wants
of parishes and districts."

The Prince of Wales's donation of 100 guineas in aid of
the subscription fund for the restoration of parts of the
interior of Chester Cathedral heads the list of noble do-
nors. The Marquis of Westminster and the Earl of Stam-
ford and Warrington, have respectively given donations
of the same amount; the Bishop of Chester, £100; the
Bishop of London £5O; and Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Sir 0. Mosley, Bart, &c:, smaller amounts. The sub-
scription already reaches £1,500.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON..—The annual dis-
tribution of prizes in the medical department of this Col-
lege took place in the lecture-room a few days ago. Lord
Brougham presided. A brief report was read, in which it
was stated that the number of students attendinz the
medical classes was the same as last year, viz., 300, of
whom 93 had entered this year. The financial affairs of
the institution were in a flourishing condition. The late
Mr. Brindel, a barrister, had lately left them £20,000,
and ?Ir. Bacon had left them, subject to the life of his
widow, a sum which was expe •ted to realise £28,000,
making in all nearly £50,000, which is now at the dispo-
sal of the council.

LONDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.—The thirty-eighth
anniversary meeting of this society (and the first since its
amalgamation with the Church Education Society for Ire
land) was held on Thursday, in the Queen's Concert-
room, Hanover-square. The Marquess of Cholmondeley
presided. From the report read it appeared that at the
union of the two societies there were 474 schools, of
which 302 were formerly transferred to the Church Edu-
cation Society. There were at preent 1694 schools, with
101,302 children, of whom 13,895 are Protestant Dissen-
ters, and 33,187 Roman Catholics. Total income £3876 ;
expenditure, £3384. The contributions towards schools
in connexion with the Church Education Society amounted
to £29,535, making the gross receipts £33,402.
PRAYER BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this society took place on Thursday, in the
Lower Room of the Exeter Hall. The society has been
now 31 years established. Its object is to circulate—at
home, by members of the society, by agents, or otherwise,
amongst landsmen, seamen, fishermen and bowmen ; and
abroad, by clergymen, missionaries, and others amongst
our own countrymen or the inqdring heathen, the book
of common prayer, and all other works of the church set
forth by authority, at or about the time of the British re-
formation, in entire volumes, or in portions or parts in
English and in foreign languages. The amount received
was only £1753, being £BOO less than the previous year :
but since the report has been prepared, their prospects
has been assuming a better aspect. The Rev. Mr. The!.
wall, Rev. Mr. Armstrong, Rev. Dr. Marsh, Mr. Chris-
tian, the Rev. Francis Cunningham, and some other
gentlemen addressed the meeting.