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

UNIVERSITY AND CGARICAL 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, Worcester College.—Ba-
ehelors of Arts: Ewan Hugh M'Lachlan, Pembroke
College; Alexander P. Forbes, Brasenose College. On
Wednesday the followi. g gentlemen were elected Proctors
for the present year :—file Rev. Mr. Guillemard, Tri•
pity ; 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 T.-don, 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, bat received an anonymous note, enclosing the
munificent sum of £350 in aid of the subscriptions for
building now eiiiirehpg ut. Woolwich, in connection with
the Established Church of England.
ADDRESS TO TIIE 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 CHURCH.—WC
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 Gazelle 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 R ill 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
5,410; in 1844 it is 5,682. The only colleges in which
there is a falling off is Baliol (from 323 to 295), Oriel
(front 331 to 321), Jesus (from 134 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 (.4 endowments to three parishes ; and the annual sum
of .t 2515, to meet £4BO, was voted for additional curates
to 38 pax fishes or districts, whose aggregate pepwp.tions
amount to 335,096 toulF. In the diocese of Ripon, the

sum of £BO was gratite,-. t,, v, it, tim ►41141 fq 11411.
fax, the population of tlit.ittct hvitig 20,000; t.• Wtls-
den, £BO, population of the tlistttct 6000. of the parish
70,000 ; to Alverthorpe. pari-11 ttl .£63,
tmpn-
I •lion 5000; to Kildwlck..l:7o, population of tile, tlisttlct
2346, of tie parish 10,476.

Itkv. F. CLOSE.--ThiS Oluch-n-brected gentleman has
published a reply to the sdclre,s presented to him
:Atm of the late mysteriou, pr,,cerding: To-
wards himself. Tne reveir ,od ,4eritka an is, the cour,e
it says, " It may tend 'o ,htr'SV ,otrw light on the true
character of that out ago, whic;r has called fnr,h thi, ex-
pression of your kind feelings, if I mention the fact, that
during this winter I have received letters threatening my
lite; the first of which I placed in the bands 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 ue that a considerabk
nurry,er of clergymen were about to secede from 6.
tablished Church. On inquiry we have ever-
believe that the extent of the mischief *__s-o, Itt?loltituctho
exaggerated. The number of maicT.itents% .
ybe
et be brought
b no means
formidable; and we trust that, they may y
to see and acknowledge their error.—John Bull. The
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Record, in
.9naking of the advertisement in its columns
which gave rite to the rumour, says We have not the
react notion from whom the adverAisement proceeds—
most likely from some Papist or Tr actarian ; :and with the
proposal we have no sympathy, wild regard it with unmi-
tigated disapprobation.

KING WILLIAM'S COLLWjE.—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.