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commandments of men.—Murk, vii, 7.

Sta,—As you have deemed it wise, under the plea of de-
fending your own conduct and blaming that of others, to
"nd forth as the champion of the Tracts for the Times, and
Messrs. Newman and Pusey, and thus rr.ake
public character, I trust you will not take amiss
my making a few remarks for the good, I hope, of yourself
and others, and thus extracting good out of evil. In the first
place I must confess to you that I am one of those poor igno-
rant laymen who have never perused the aforesaid tracts ;
Ins for several reasons : Ist, I have heard their doctrines re-
-tedly denou--

authors,

-need by men whose piety you allow to be great,
ad are willing to believe is sincere; men deeply read in the
Word of God, and whose reading I believe, (and I dare say
you will not disagree with me,) has been accompanied with
much prayer, for the help of God's Holy Spirit, to give them
understanding to understand what they might read. 2nd,
my daily avocations leave me little time in the week days for
reading any other work than the Scriptures of truth, those
sure guides for time and eternity, and by the aid of which
when 1 go to the. House of God on the Sabbath, I am able to
try the doctrine preached by my pastor, and to know whether
it was of God or not. Thus, Sir, I know no theology, or ec-
clesiastical learning beyond that taught in Sacred Writ, and
have seldom atr- -sy, save with the world, the flesh,
and the Devil

controv
You wii

.1, therefor(

perhaps, consider it very

presumptions in one so unlearned, so illiterate as myself, to
dare to make any remarks, or draw any inferences from your
acknowledged conduct, awl from your most learned letter
lately published ; but, Sir, though unlearned in tractarianism,
I nevertheless can discover in yourself one more instance of
the worse than folly of reading those soul-perverting works;
so true is it that "evil communications corrupt good man-
so true is it, to use a homely adage, that " you can-
Ai pitch without bring defiled." Though no reader
of these works of Roman emissaries, I have, nevertheless,
led closely the effect produced by them almost invaria-
on laymen, particularly when the individuals have been
-it talented, and of an intellectual turn, which proba-
though I am totally unacquainted with you, ex-
- necessary that they should

not touc

t through your letter

have read the tracts themselves,
trines are put forth, we all know
s, and poems, adapted to a _
people, inexperienced Christians, in whose hearts and
Understanding the good seed of divine truth has scarcely taken
root, tasting this forbidden fruit, become suddenly puffed up
with vanity and self-conceit. Tie beauty of holiness, the
meekness and lowliness of our blessed Saviour, is displaced
by pride and arrogancy, easily discovered through a specious
veil of sanctity thrown over them in the guise of forms and
ceremonies, which the convert is uninitiated in and does not
comprehend; the reading of the Word of God no longer ap-
pears half so important as the reading of works containing
and bearing upon the doctrines and practices put forth in the
Oxford tracts ; no other conversation half so interesting as
that relating to the same subject,—a species of mania* ap-
pears to seize the mind of the individual.

for the sar

pernicious doc-

T the disiuiseOino;e7s ,

In penning these few lines my chief aim is to warn fellow-
Christians against following your example, leaving tha clear
crystal stream which flows from that pure fountain, the Word
of God, to drink cf those muddy waters from the Roman

marshes with which Rome's emissaries are now irrigating this
Christian land. That you, Sir, may be able to retrace your
steps is my sincere desire, though I doubt if you can. The
spurious learning of the Oxford Professors is evidently suited

to your natural -mind, and it flatters the vanity or Arid

that intellect which you evidently in some degree possess.
He who has bestowed this intellect upon you direct you
er use of it than studying to attain a knowledge of
ings denounced by our blessed Saviour himself in the
chapter with which I commerce this letter.
I remain yours, a lover of that true Christianity which
Christ himself taught, which is learnt only from His word,
and by the help of His Holy Spirit.

to a bett
those thi

* More properly, perhaps, to be called demonia

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT

There will be an election at Balliol College on Tuesday,
November 29, to fill a vacant Fellowship and two Scholar-
ships, on the old foundation of that college ; the former is
open to candidates who have taken the degree of 8.A., the
latter are open to candidates who have not exceeded the 19th
year of their age.

Exhibitions will be filled up at the same time ; candidates
•om the county of Somerset and from Ludlow and Hanley
astle Grammar Schools have a preference.

The usual certificates and testimonials are to be presented
to the master by the respective candidates for the Fellow-
ship on the 21st, and for the Scholarships and Exhibitions
on the 19th of November.

The following gentlemen have been appointed to be publi

examiner

IN LITER'S lITJMANIORIIIIIS.
The Rev. J. A. Hessey, Fellow of St. John's College.
The Rev. N. Pocock, Fellow of Queen's College.
The Rev. P. C. Claugbtou, Fellow of University College.
IN DISCIPLINIS NATITEMATICIS' ET PRYSICIS.
The Rev. S. Waldegrave, Fellow of All Souls College.
Yesterday the following gentlemen were elected Scholars
of Corpus Christi College :
Mr. Hughes, Trinity College.
Mr. Prince, Brasenose College.
Tne Lord Bishop of London has nominated the Rev. T.
Henderson, of Christ Church, to an unendowed canonry in
the Cathedral of St. Paul's,
The Lord Bishop of Glocester and Bristol has presented
the Rev. C. Holder, of Trinity College, to the perpetual

curacy of Hanham, dlo-c-esie;slTre

. _
he Venerable W. H. Hale, of Oriel College, Archdeacon
of Middlesex and canon of St. Paul's, has been presented to
the Archdeaconry of London:
The Rev. J. B. Morris, Fellow of Exeter College, has had
awarded to him the prize of £2OO for the best essay on refu-
.-year, and tation of Hindooism ; this prize was offered by an unknown
laid a rate upon them. The opinion of the Solicitor was benefactor, through the Bishop of Calcutta.
against the legality of the rate, and he recommended men- The University Seal has been affixed to a letter of thanks
sures to be taken in accordance therewith, but after some to Messrs. Rnnd 11 and Bridge for their gift to the Univer-
conversation the matter was deferred. A return of dock sity Galleries of ea
bronze cast of the shield of Achilles by
Flaxman.

dues receiv
during the

in the port of Liverpool for the several docks
t year was submitted, and ordered to be printed

his effi

mittee then adjourir

Aikin,

was presented to Mr. Mellor for.
committee, of which, as he re-

s to be a member

The com-

retiring members are

Sandbach, Mellor, and Shand

DEATH OF TER LATE MR. BIBBY.—We last week stated,
that, in consequence of a communication made by a female
on the eve of transportation, a rumour had been circulated,
that the circumstances which led to the death of Mr. Bibby
would no longer remain a mystery. The character of the
woman was such that no credence was given to her testimony.
For some reason, which has not yet transpired, it was judged
expedient, at the commencement of the past week, to appre-
hend Henry Simpson, the driver of Mr. Bennett's car, in
which the deceased was driven homewards on the night of
the lith July, 1840, and William Ratcliffe, who was at that
time a police-officer. These two individuals were appre-

headed at the beginning of the past week, and at half-Past
twelve o'clock, on Friday last, an examination took place in
the magistrates'-room, before the Rev. Jonathan Brooks and

John Formby, Esq. The testimony taken altogether gave
the same account of the preliminary and collateral circum-
stances attending the melancholy event as was given by the
various witnesses at preceding examinations. The vvitne,ses

'ere Charles Chalk, a v

Mersey Hotel

7, keeper of the Royal Bank. who told of
to the time of Mr. Bibby's departure ;

county coroner, who produced the depOsition of
the inquest ; Celia Ledger, of Stand Park farm ;
the boy who found the body ; James Broom:

ville,lkeeper of a beer-house at Aintree; Richard Ewing and
Richard Murray, toll-gate keepers; Thomas Kennedy, po-
lice-officer ; and Charles Stewart, a superintendent in the
county police. The last named individual had apprehended
the prisoners, whom he had cautioned and cross-examined.
The Rev. Jonathan Brooks remarked that the principle of
examining witnesses was a very improper one, and that the
constable had not given them the proper caution. An inno-
cent man might entangle himself by answering que •
case of mere suspicion, without knowing th

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 29.
Cabs COLLEGE.—The following gentlemen have been
selected Fellows of this society :
On the Ancient Foundation.—Frederick William Hill
Jerrard, M.A.
On the Frankland Foundation.—John Thomas Walker,
M.A.
On the Wortley Foundation.—John Rustul Crowfoot,
M.A.
On the Wendy's Foundation.—Alfred Tolver Paget, M.A.
PEASE FELLOWSHIP.—At a meeting of the Perse Trus-
tees, the Master. and four Seniors, Richard Baggally was
elected a Perse Fellow of the same college.
ST. PETER'S COLLEGE—Frederick Fuller, 8,A., has been
elected a Foundation Fellow of this society'
CHRIST'S COLLEGE.—The following gentlemen have been
elected scholars of this society :—Edward Rogers Pitman,
William Chantler Izard, John Thomas Layard, Arthur Da-
venport, William Osborn Jenkyn, Francis Lambert Cur-
shawe

ms in a

F. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
has been appointed Head
Kirby Ravensworth, Yorkshire

•
—The Rev. Charles Easther,
raster of the Grammar-school of

prisoners being so questioned was bad in itself
not to be practised. Tne prisoners were remov
magistrates communed together. In a few mint

ought in, v

s, addressing them, said that they (the

---A monument

TRINITY' COLLEGE.
- has been raised by
public subscription to the memory of the late Rev. John
neyrick Macauley, Head Master of Ripon School, a gentle-
man of great classical learning, and possessing all the good
qualities of a benevolent disposition. The monument con-
sists of a massive white marble table, with base and mould-
ingse of the same, containing an eloquent inscription, from the
pen of the Rev. Henry Thompson, of Wrington, formerly
scholar of St John's, in this U •

a ystery h

liversity

case their n

THE CHURCH

sent for trial

over tt

Isaction,

the prisoners being deprived of t

ately connec

was'seen for the last time

The following appoint;entshavetalien Place:—
The Rev. Frederick William Hill Jerrard, M.A., of Coins
College, to the rectory of Strytton St. Mary, Norfolk.
The Rev. Richard Barber, M.A. of St, John's College, to
the perpetual curacy of Henget in the county of Derby.
The Rev. Joseph Wix, M.A.' of St Peter's College, to be
domestic chaplain to Lord Braybrooke.

some extraordi
but the magist

EXTRAORDINARY FISH IN THE THAMES.—The lovers of
the marvellous have been gratified by the finding of an
enormous eel in the river Thames and the capture of a small
whale, a very unusual visiter, during the last few days. On
in a scoop what they first took to be a
Saturday the ballastmen engaged in one of the Trinity
lighters brought up
large snake, but which was soon ascertained to be an eel,
measuring nine feet six inches in length, and two feet hi cir-
cumference. The captain of a Waterman steamer offered a
large sum for the eel, but it was finally disposed of to a fish-
monger in Shadwell. The ballastrnen stated that the eel
snorted and barked at them like a dog when they first took
it out of the water.

In cast(

in proceeding
vb no were, therefore, dis-
aarged. Tile allusion to Simpson drew tears from that per-
m]. The parties then left the court, which broke up at five

ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS IN CHINA.—An English news-
paper has been lately established in Hongkong, called the
Hongkong Gazette, and conducted by a gentleman until
recently residing in London. It is intended soon to com-
mence one in the Chinese language. Indeed the Gazette
sometimes contains extracts in that strange and extraordi-
nary language. The Chinese are represented as very anxious
and persevering in their efforts to learn English, as well as
to learn all relating to this country. Certainly they. need
learn something true of us, if they still hold opinions similar
to those of one of their own treatises in geography, which
describes England as " the kingdom of Yingkeihle, a de-
pendent or tributary estate of Hulan (Holland)."

We understand that a meeting of the clergy of this dis-
trict
expressed s
London'sed
that
'laid downby the rev. pre'late should be car-
riedtrict took place awf.tieierataheednealeil,meroyaoaffetehleinßo,ivvshaos
out, where practicable, in the several parishes. The
alterations were commenced in our church on Sunday
tsiilteataiaognaecahtatergnes.
jest. The usual hymn at the beginning of the service was
omitted, and the clergyman gave out the psalms which were
sung; he also preached in his surplice, and after the sermon
proceeded to the altar, and read an offertory sentence, and
the prayer for Christ's Courch militant, as prescribed
by the
rubric. The rector, in his discourse, alluded in a very able
manner to these changes, which he said, though he consider-
ed some of them of small moment. be had adopted in com-
pliance with the wishes of his diocesan. He also announced
that daily service would be performed in the Church at eight
o'clock in the morning, and the vigils of saints' days would
be observed.—Chelmsford Chronicle.