The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD.—The following degrees were conferred last
week.—Master of Arts.—Robert Jackson Butler, Scho-
lar of Brasenose.—Bachelors of .Arts,—George Montagu
Warren Percocks, New Inn Hall; Thomas Norton Har-
per, St. Mary's Fall; Henry Herbert Wyatt, Queen's
College ; Thomas Frederic Smith, Queen's College ;
Theodore Joseph Prichard, Demy of Magdalen ; Matthew
Arnold, Scholar of Brasenose ; Philip Swanwich, Scholar
of Ballo) ; William Wheeler Thornton, Trinity. Mr. H.
Boothby Barry, Michel Scholar of Queen's, was this day
elected a fellow on the same foundation. Mr. Barry
gained the Chancellor's Prize, in 1913; for the best Eng-
lish Essay on the advantages and disadvantages of the
feudal system.
OXFORD, Nov. 39.—Last night the following gentle.
men were elected Scholars of Balliol College :—Messrs.
H. J. S. Smith, from Rugby, and A. Grant, from Har-
row, schools on the old and open foundation. At the
same time Messrs. F. Newman Rogers, from Eton school,
and Charles T. Hoskins, commoner, of Balliol College,
were elected to Somersetshire exhibitions in the said col-
lege.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. A. Ram-
say, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Tintinhull, Somer-
set; Rev. S. Goodav, M.A., to the curacy of Christ
Church, Chelsea ; Rev. A. G. Hildyard, M.A., to the
curacy of King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire; v. E. D,
Green, master of the grammar school, Langport, and as-
sistant curate of Petney, to the chaplaincy of Lanport
union workhouse, Somerset; Rev. S. Cragg, curate o:
Ilarborough Magna, to the newly formed district of Si.
Thomas's, Coventry ; Rev. J. Y. Hughes, 8.A., to the
perpetual curacy of Trinity church, Greenwich, Kent ;
Rev. J. Bywater. 8.A., to the perpetual curacy of St.
Simon and St. Jude, Manchester; Rev. W. H. Barber,
8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Belper, Derbyshira ;
Rev. J. N. Dalton, M.A., to the vicarage of Greetham,
Rutlandshire ; Rev. R. W. K. Wood, to the cu-
racy of Husband's Bosworth, Leicestershire ; Rev. S.
Charles, 8.A., to the curacy of Denham near Newmarket,
vacant by the preferment of the Rev. E. Bosanquet to the
vicarage of Harston ; Rev. E. H. Hunter, 8.A., to the 1
assistant curacy of St. Ann, Limehouse : Rev. Sir H.
Thompson, Bart., to the living of Trent, near Tunbridge
We!ls ; Rev. T. H. Lloyd, to the rectory of Hamerton,
Hants ; Rev. E. Kitson, M.A., to be chaplain of Pem-
broke Dockyard, vice Bloxham, retired ; Rev. T. J. Or-
merod M.A., to the new church of St. Mark, Lakenham,
Norwich ; Rev. E. W. 'Foley, to the vicarage of Great
Malvern, Worcestershire ; Rev. S. \Valker, 8.D.. rector
01 St. Columb Major, Cornwall, to be private chaplain of
Lord Viscount Valentia; Rev. H. Blake, 8.A., to the
rectory of Hesset, Suffolk ; Rev. R. Merry, ALA., to
the rectory of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire ; Rev.
R. Spofforth, to the vicarage of Weighton Market, York-
shire ; Rev. G. Wright, to the vicarage of Conisborough,
Yorkshire ; Rev. R. Bingham, to the perpetual curacy of
Harwood, Bolton, Lancashire ; Rev. J. H. Cartwright,
8.A., to the perpetual curacy of Winterborne Dantsey,
Wilts ; Rev. H. P. Naughton, to the rectory of Markfield,
Leicestershire; Rev. J. E. Surridge, to be chaplain to
the Royal Hospital Greenwich.

The Rev. Dr. Mcon, of Spalding, has been appointed
Archdeacon of Lincoln.

The Rev. G. Fisk has resigned the vicarage of Walsall,
on account of ill health and the ruinous deficiency of the
income to meet the incessant calls of charity.
The Archbishop of Canterbury's reply to the Exeter
memorialists, as to the present critical state of the church,
consists of a simple acknowledgment of the memorial.
MR. OAKLEY.—Dean Chandler has withdrawn from
Mr. Oakley the district over which he was recently pastor,
in the dean's parish of All Souls, Marylebone.—Record.
It is stated that at the Bishop of Ely's recent ordina-
tion, a young disciple of Mr. Newman was at once dis-
missed by his lordship, on his admitting that he interpreted
the articles in the sense of No. 90.

CONSECRATION.—On Sunday morning last, the cere-
mony of consecration was performed at Christ Church,
Bolton, (a building which formerly belonged to the Me-
thodistical Connection,.) to which a new front has been
added in the German style of architecture, by the Lord
Bishop of Chester. His Lordship afterwards preached.
In the afternoon, the Rev. Canon Parkinson, of Manches-
ter, preached ; and the Rev. the Chancellor of Chester
also preached in the evening. The collections amounted
to £69.

REV. MR. WARD.—This gentleman, who, as we stated
last week, has been summoned before the Vice-Chancel-
lor of Oxford, and asked whether he would avow himself
the author of the notorious work, "The ideal of a Chris-
tian Church," has stated that acting under legal advice, he
must decline answering any questions vihatevcr, until he
should know more definitely the course which it was in-
tended to adopt against him. A committee of the H ebdo-
madel Board is now sitting, with a view to further pro-
ceedings.

The ex-churchwarden of East Farleigh (Kent) Las for-
warded a complaint to his Grace the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, respecting the Rev. H. W. Wilberforce, vicar of
that parish. Mr. Kennard's complaints of the innova-
tions introduced by the rev. gentleman induced his Grace
to appoint two dignitaries of the church, the Rev. Dr.
Griffiths, Provost of Oriel, and the Archdeacon of Maid-
stone, to inquire into the matter, whose report was in Mr.
Wilberforce's favour. One of the charges against the vicar
is, that he introduces the word " blessed" before the name
of the Virgin Mary, in the Creed. Concerning this his
Grace says :—" The introduction of any word not found
in the creed is wrong; otherwise the application of the
term blessed to the Virgin Mary is justified by the rubric
of the Common Prayer, as well as by the authority of
Scripture. (St. Luke, chap. i.)"

TIIE OFFERTORY.—On Friday, a large meeting of the
inhabitants of Hurst took place, to consider the reply of
the Rev. Mr. Cameron as to the course he intended to
pursue relative to the recent changes introduced by him
into the church service. The reverend gentleman ex-
pressed his determination to read a portion of the offer-
tory service every Sunday. Resolutions were then passed,
" that Mr. Cameron's introduction of the novelties was
not marked by that previous caution which his diocesan
(Oxford) thought so proper," and "that the Bishop be
appealed to to redress the grievances of which the pa-
rishioners complained, and thereby allay the increasing
discontent in the large and populous parish." The meet-
ing was attended by nearly every male parishioner in the
place. Mr. Nash, a very old farmer, who stated that he
had lived in the parish of Hurst nearly 90 years, here
stood forward, and said that he had attended the parish
church for above 80 years, and that he had known five
clergymen before the present one (Mr. Cameron.) They
had never had a word of difference with the churchwar-
dens or inhabitants, and they had always finished the
service in the pulpit.

THE RUBRIC.—The clergy of the Rural Deanery of
Exeter met onMonday last, on the summons of the Dean
Rural. The Bishop's letter was read, but it was not
thought desirable to come to any immediate decision on
any of the points embraced in it. The meeting was
therefore adjourned. A Ruri-decanal meeting of the
Clergy of the Deanery of Aylesbery, was held on Mon-
day last, at the parish church of Ottery St. Mary, after
Divine Service, and was numerously attended. The
Bishops letter was read, and met with unanimous and cor-
dial approval. It was resolved, by a majority of those
present, that the Bishop in his letter, bad ruled tbree
points :-1. The use of the Prayer for the Church ili-
tant.-2. The use of the Surplice at all times.-3. The
use of the Bidding Prayer or a Collect, before the after-
noon sermon. The only discussion on these points was
as to the time they should be carried into effect, all agree-
ing that these three points are ruled. It was, however,
resolved by a majority, that they should be carried into
effect on or before the first Sunday in January, 1843. It
was determined also to arrange a future meeting.