The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

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the 15th day of Michaelmaser

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Convocation of

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is retained. There are various enactments as to the
power of making and repealing statutes, &c. Fromothe
Ist day of Michaelmas Term it will not be necessarrt
make a declaration or to take an oath on matriculating-
The University is henceforth to be subject to the rulessog
common law, and not of civil law. Stamp duties-pakable-
on matriculation and degrees are to be abolished so soon
as provision has been made by the University to the
satisfaction of the Treasury, in lieu of moneys heretofore
voted annually by Parliament.
ALTERATIONS IN THE PRAYER BOOR.—There has been
laid before the House of Commons a copy of the altera-
tions proposed in the Book of Common Prayer by the
bishops and others appointed by the Crown to revisethe•
book in 1689. The alterations suggested by the commis-
sioners were no less than 598 in number. Many, thougfc
decidedly improvements and quite unobjectionable, were
merely of a verbal nature. One of the most notable o£
the changes proposed was to add (on the great festivals*
after the Ten Commandments a recital of the eight beati—
tudes, with a suitable response from the people. So far asr
the alterations suggested affected doctrine the key to therm
will be found in a desire to conciliate objectors, and pre—
vent the spread of dissent. The word " priest" was tcrhe
altered to " minister -" the apocrypha was to be disused!,;.those who scrupled kneeling at the sacrament were to 1*
allowed to receive it in a pew in some posture of reverence:
in baptism the sign of the cross was not to be made if tlirg
parties thought it sinful, the parents might upon occasiono-
be the sponsors, and the words " by baptism regenerate
were displaced by the single word " regenerated." The
most curious part of the publication is the diary kept b*
Dr. Williams, afterwards Bishop of Chichester, one of the
commissioners, who every night, after he went home from
their several meetings, wrote an account of the day's pro—
ceedings in a familiar, chatty style. The discussiomseem
to have been conducted in an orderly way, though, per—
haps, not without vehemence, for on the 24th of October
we have an entry in the diary—" Here Dr. Tenison
proving Dr. Beveridge, he took so ill that he was leavingi,
but Dr. T. asked his pardon." The office of baptiser
seems to have been much debated. At one meeting-ia.
was asserted " that it was hard to find an instance or ap
child baptised before St. Cyprian's time." The following
conclusion may be thought a little vague :—" Abort dirs.
ping, said it was the custom to dip in England:4.
Bishop of St. Asaph said it was so still in some parts. 0E-
Wales—putting in the head and letting it run over the
body. Ordered that both be inserted." The examina—
tion of the Prayer Book version of the Psalms was come.

raided to the 'fey. Mr. Kidder, one of the London clergy;
" he showed that the first half was faulty, the latter mucle.
better, awl from thence he collected that the translatur
by the time he had gone through the first half grew wear3t
of his work, and rather chose to translate it anew thazat
patch it up as before." A subject at this moment under
consideration was discussed by the commissioners, but
they came to no decision upon it :—" There was a debates
about shortening the service. Bishop of Sarum mover
that on Sundays the Epistle and Gospel should go forth?:
lessons ; but it was answer'd that that wou'd be offensive.
and, besides, it wou'd not be so proper and beneficial! tcp-
the people as to read the Scriptures in course. It was-
ausweed this might be in the afternoon. It was proposed
by others that rather they would abridge it, by ending
the Litany at the Lord's Prayer (the latter part seeming-
now but a botch, and chiefly respecting times of persecu-
tion), and after that read the Commandments, and Bacon--
elude." This last proposition deserves consideration- Ties
following distinction seems a little subtle
alterations and amendments in the A.thaassit Creed'
t t
nd no hes
was suggested that they were the articles, a
expressed that weirs
terms in which those articles wereexp
right through ther
assented to." The commissioners wentproceedings, and Bishop.
book, and then reviewed theirP
proceeded to review the rest at
and execan.-
Williams's diary ends—"
„" —";lade so
it
the offices, and finished. The ~
ot Sarum proposed be--
fore there was a quoruni,,
f but it was too late. Rose.:upw
munication was spoke 9
of subscription (
this assembly concluded, after above"
sine die. And thus
which
thebßuitshiotpwas forgot)
s- weeks'
• '—Times...
about six sub- committees there and elsewhere."
ix continuance and eighteen sessions, besides,

A WEILTIIT TAILOB.—Mr. Brunskill, a tailor, at Esse_
ter, who, in early life, was without a shilling, basdietu
leaving a fortune of £200,000 to three children, bops 4
ttreanddeesrmyanea,rsh.e
worked
etldie
seventeen
tseeevnenhoyuersarsa
doafy, his life
as: as
eluded. He boasted thatwas the only man in Elere=
who could ride forty miles a day, and cut out for fort
men." In addition to his large tailoring business, whi
returned above £25,000 a year, he was a money:broker
and made speculative ventures occasionally with "yo
men of expectations," realizing large interest thereby,