The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

4, 1854.

TUESDAY, JULY

there was at

KING'S • COLLEGE SCHOOL.—On F _
election of three Scholars at Wadham College, Oxford
when the first was gained by Mr. Samuel L. Warren,
eldest son of the author of Ten Thousand a Year. This

his term at Oxford

makes the fourth Scholarship gained t
by scholars from King's College School
TITHE REDEMPTION TETST.—The annual meeting c_
the Tithe Redemption Trust was held at St. Martin's Hall
on Tuesday, Lord Robert Grosvenor in the chair. The
report stated that during the past year Parliamentary
returns had been obtained, showing the manner in which
tithes had been dealt with by the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners, and gave individual instances in which the opera-
tions of the Society had produced a beneficial effect.
CoNvocArioN.--The Convocation of the Province of
Canterbury, which stood prorogued to the 30th ult., was
on Friday further prorogued, in order to give sufficient
time for the completion of the reports of the committees.
The reception of the reports will then take place, but the
consideration of them will, it is understood, be reserved
for another session.

EPISCOPAL AND CAPITITLA.B ESTATES MANAGEMENT
BlLL.—This bill, which has already passed the House of
Lords, continues for one year from the end of this ses-
sion the act of 1851 for the enfranchisement of church
leaseholds. Two clauses are added for remedying some
difficulties of a technical nature in the transactions au-
thorised by the act.

THE SUNDAY QuATtorr.—A petition, signed by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Arch-
deacon Sinclair, and 159 other clergymen, was presented
to the House of Commons last week, praying "that a
law may be passed prohibiting the sale of intoxicating

liquors in any part
portion of the Lord's

he united kingdom during ar

BISHOP OF BATH AND IVELLS.—The ceremony of
confirming the election of the Right Hon. and Right
Rev. Lord Auckland, late Bishop of Sodor and Man, to
the See of Bath and Wells took place on Saturday, at
Bow Church. After morning prayers, which were read
by ➢Lr. Vine, the rector, the Queen's letters patent were
read by Mr. F. Dyke, the registrar of the province. The
usual form having been proceeded with, his lordship took
the oaths prescribed. The sentence pronouncing for the
election was then read and signed by Dr. Travers Twiss,•
who presided as Vicar-General of the province, and the
ceremony terminated.

THE NEW BISHOP.—OD the motion of Mr. Beamont,
the following resolution was unanimously agreed to at
the meeting of the Warrington Guardians :—" The Hon.
and Rev. Horace Powys, one of the guardians for War-
rington, having tendered his resignation, in consequence
of being about to leave the neighbourhood, it was resolved
that this board acknowledges the value of Mr. Powys's
services, and regrets to lose them, bat at the same time
feels much satisfaction that such less- is occasioned by his
removal from the rectory of Warrington to a more exalted
sphere of duty as Bishop of the Isle of Man."
THE CLERGY ORPHAN SCHOOL.---The ceremony oflay-
ing the foundation stone of the new schools of this excel-
lent institution took place on Thursday at St. Thomas's
Hall, Canterbury, in the presence of a numerous company,
among whom were the Lord Bishop of London (who per-
formed the chief part on this interesting occasion), the
Bishop of Adelaide, the Bishop of New Zealand, Arch-
deacon Harrison, Archdeacon Croft, Canon Spry, Canon
Moore, Canon Russell, the Mayor and Corporation of Can-
terbury, Mr. A. Beresford Hope, &c.
A NOBLELADy.—From the following- paragraph, to
which we willingly give insertion, it will be seen that a
lady has devoted herself to a good and charitable work,
under more than ordinary difficulties, and.we understand
that, in addition to the pecuniary responsibility assumed
by the noble-minded lady alluded to, nineteen of the
twenty-four hours are devoted to the promotion of the
work : —MOTS:US CHURCH (CONNEMARA.) BUILDING
FravD.—The collection for building a church, parsonage,
and school-house far girls at Moyrus, county Galway, is
being vigorously carried on by the collector, who, iu order
to admit of these buildings progressing while the weather
is. favourable,-has,-on her own responsibility, signed all
the contracts necessary, though they amount to a much
larger sum than she has yet been privileged to receive.
This lady's desire•is that (God willing) the church should
be ready for consecration by the period of the Lord Bishop
of Tuam's autumnal tour. It may be truly said " she
hath done what she• could to forward this single-handed
undertaking." May she not then rely with confidence
on the generosity of all to whom she has so earnestly ap-
plied (above 4,000'0f whom have not yet answered) to for-
ward her at least the small sum she has- specified Any
donation addressed to "The Collector, MiseMoore, War-
ren Cottage, Lisburn, county Antrim," will be gratefully
received.

UNIVERSITY RX-PENSES.—As many misstatements have
been circulated with reference to the expenses incurred
for a university education, we give the following from the
Cambridge University Calendar for 1851: —The following
table of average expense regularly incurred by-the student
is calculated for one of the colleges. The diarence is not
much at any other college :—Tuition, £10; rent of rooms,
£lO ; attendance;. assessed taxes, &c., £6 Gs. ; coals, £3
10s. ; college payments, £5 7s. d. per annum. Cost of
living : Breakfast; dinner, and tea, at 16s. 6d. a week for
twenty-five weeks, making the average three terms' resi-
dence in the year, £2O 12s. 6d. ; laundress, BS- Bs.: total,
£6l 2s. 10d. Rent of rooms varies in the several colleges
from £L to £3O. Price of lodgings, Bs. to 28s. per week ;
the most frequent payment is 14s. to 160.,,and half-price
is paid in vacations. Entertainment inzooms, attendance
of a gyp, orders in hall, are extra and optional. Private
tuition is for the most part £l4 or £7 a term. Personal
expenses and tradesmen's bills are • independent of the
place ; they are paid -by the student himself, or through
the tutor, as may be found expedient. The above calcu-
lations are, perhaps, for the most part too low. Many
students, however, at Cambridge do not spend more than
£BO or £9O a year whilst in residence ;. and certainly the
college expenses of at least one-half of the students do not
average, with. private tuition, more. than. £l3O or £l4O a
year each.

THE CLERGY COLLEGE.—The foundation festival of
this institution was held on Wednesday, at the London
Tavern. The object of the society is.to form a home for
the superannuated and disabled. clergy of the United
Church of England and Ireland. In order to carry out
this object the promoters have proposed to found an
establishment after the model. of onr Collegiate Insti-
tutions, with dining-hall, library,. and chapel, in which
there shall be daily service, morning and evening, and in
which two rooms shall be reserved for each married or
single fellow, while three rooms.shall be placed at the dis-
posal of a limited number of fellows; so that the widower
or unmarried inmate shall be solaced by the society and
care of some sympathising relative or friend. The founders-
of the establishment have expressed a hope that the
sympathy and liberality of a Christian public will be
extended to an institution which seeks to afford relief in,
their, declining years to those clergymen who, in youth.
andithe maturity of their powers, had cheerfully devoted.
their energies to the duties of their holy calling. Mr.
T.. W. Booker, M.P. for Herefordshire, presided at the
dinner. The subscriptions.of the day amounted to £2,7'19;
among which were one hundred guineas from the ckair-
man, with an annual donation of ten guineas ; one hun-
dred guineas from "Anonymous," and £250 from. "A
Gentleman "

CLswEa HOUSE op MBucY.—Tuesday witnessed?, the
ceremony of laying the first stone of the new building for
the House of Mercy at Clewer. The funds only admit of
a portion of the plan being begun upon at present, namely
three sides of the intended quadrangle. This wilt give
accommodation for about fifty penitents ; the fourth and
more important portion is to contain the chapel;, the in-
firmary, and the rooms of the sisters ; about £2,500, is
required before this can be entered upon. Tuesday's
ceremony was very simple, as in the first instance it had
not been contemplated to assemble so large a number of
friends as were ultimately invited. The choristers from
Windsor came over to lead the chanting, which was very
heartily joined in by those around. The procession was
formed a little after twelve o'clock, and proceeded to the
spot where the stone was suspended in readiness, singing
Psalm Exurgat _Deus, the Bishop of Oxford with the
Warden and Subwarden leading and the sisters following
in the rear. The 125th, 126th, andthe 122nd Psalms
were afterwards chanted, and some appropriate prayers
offered np by the Bishop and Warden ; and when the
Bishop had laid the stone, "in the faith of Jesus Christ,
land in. the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost ; that within these walls the true faith and
fear of God, with love and peace, may flourish ; and that
this place may be a refuge for the lost sheep of Christ,.
and for the training of His children in faithful and de,
voted service, " &c., the Te /Amu was sung, and all
knelt upon the grass to receive the Bishop's benedictimls
and the procession passed from the ground singing: the
anthem, _" Praise God in His. Holiness." All afterwards
adjourned to the little chapelwhich had been enlarged-by a
temporary aisle, with its floral decorations,—,"
,"By virgin fingers meetly spread,"
.. - .

presented a strikingly ittstive appearance. Here. the
Bishop celebrated, and the Holy Communion. Was. a -
ministered to between 150 and 200. The amount of the
offertory was nearly £l5O. The visitors we'e very bes•

pitablyentertained:at luncheon before dispersing.
TIIE OXFORD COZCABMORATION.-The usual university
celebration took place on Tuesday, in the. Sheldonian
Theatre, which, was crowded with undsrgraduates and
visitors anxious to see the presentation of candidates for
honorary degrees, and hear the recital of the prize essays.
Before the formal proceedings commenced, the under-
graduates adopted the usual boisterorks.method of showing
their personal or political predilections. The warmest
feelings of the academic youth seemed: to be about equally
shared between the chief naval and military leaders en-
gaged in the war against Russia, and" the officers under
whose discipline they themselves either are now or have
been recently placed. The popularly of the late and
present proctor was only equalled by that of Sir Charles
Napier, Lord Raglan, and Omar Pasha. Of the Russian
war heroes " Charley Napier" had very clearly the Mil;
and in connexion with the same subject Louis Napoleon
received very hearty applause, while the Emperor-Nieholas'S
was more groaned than perhaps any other name which was
given. Political leaders were but little mentioned, and
their names often excited neither approval nor disapproval.
Oxford reform, as might be expected, occupied a more
prominent place in their thoughts, and a-storm of hisses
and groans greeted the name of Mr, Heywood and the
watchword " Admission of Dissenters," while Sir William
Heathcote, and afterwards Mr. Henley, were loudl9.
cheered. Soon after eleven o'clock the procession entered
the theatre, but it was much smaller and less imposing
than usual. Of the Heads of Houses no more than eleven
n
were present, and only twelve or fourteen Doctors. No
accompanied the procession. Amongst the can-
didates for honorary degrees were,--Prince Lucien Bona-
parte, Dr. Colenso, the Bishop of Natal, Mr. Henley, M.P.,
Admiral Moresby, Colonel Pane, of the Oxford militia,
Mr. M`Dougall, and Sir George Grey, all of whom were
well received. Of the poems composed for the occasion,
the Latin one, recited by Mr. A. Blomfield, son of the
Bishop of London, was very warmly applauded by the
more learned among the audience.

SHAKSPEARE TO THE LADIES.—TIIO shade of 31r.
William Shakspeare, late of Stratford-on-avon, presents
his compliments to the ladies, and begs to refer them to s
short speech, written by him for a certain Hamlet, and
addressed to one Osric. The speech is this—" Your
bonnet to its right use."

THE RIGHTS of WOMAN.-It is sometimes asked what
would be the consequence if ladies were eligible to sit to
parliament ? One result of admitting individuals of the
fair ;ex to vote in the House of Commons might be to
crease the practice of pairing.