The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-01-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)
PROMOTIONS.
Rev. James Venables, M.A., to the Prebend or Canonry
of Alton Borealis,' in the Cathedral Church of Sarum.
Rev. John Chapman, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge,
to the Rectory of Milton, near Cambridge ; patrons, the
Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge.
Rev. A. Boyd, M.A. of the Cathedral, Derry, has been
appointed to succeed the Rev. C. E. Kenneway, at Christ
Church, Cheltenham.
Rev. R. Thompson, 8.A., Citrate of Stanhope, to the
Perpetual CtiraC'y of Shotley, Northumberland, vacant by the
death of the Bev. J. Messenger.
Rev. W. H. E. Bentick, Rector of Sigglestliorne, to be a
Rural Dean for the district of North Holderness, in the
Archdeaconry of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Rev. F. J. Walker, to the Curacy of Eccles, Manchester;
patron, the Vicar of Eccles.
Rev. R. Moore, jun., 8.A., of Christ Church, to the
Rectory of Wetheringsett with Brockford, Suffolk ; patron.
the liev. R. Moore.
The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay, M.A., of Christ
Church, third son of the Earl of Devon, has been presented
to the Vicarage of Broadclist, Devon, vacant by the death of
the Rev. W. Barker ; patron, Sir T. D. Ackland, Bart.
On Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. John Clayton, M.A ,
of Pembroke College, was instituted to the Vicarage o'f
Weston-on-Avon, Gloucestershire, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Dr. Davenport.
The Rev. Thomas Vere Bayne, M.A., of Warrington,
Lancashire, late Scholar of Jesus College, has been presented
to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Broughton, Lan-
' cashire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Wood;
patron, the Rev. John Clowes, of Broughton Hall, and
others.
The Rev. J. Gregson, M.A., of Brasenose College, has
been presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Upton Over-
church, Cheshire ; patron, W. Webster, Esq.
The Rev. Charles Drury, M.A., formerly Fellow of
Queen's College, and Rector of the first portion of Pontes-
bury, Salop, has been presented to the Prebend of Warham,
in the Cathedral Church of Hereford.

The Rev. J. J. Trollope, 8.A., of Pembroke College, has
been presented to the Vicarage of Wiginore, Herefordshire,
void by the resignation of the Rev. J. Taylor, D.D. ; patron,
the Bishop of Hereford.

SHEFFIELD.—Lord Wharncliffe, a member of the present
cabinet, has intimated to deputations from the inhabitants of
Sheffield, that a charter will be granted to that town, pursu-
ant to a petition recently presented.

AN INSANE CLAIMANT TO THE QUEEN'S lIAND.-At
the Kensington Police-court, on Friday, a person, respect-
ably dressed, about 25 years of age, having the appearance
of a foreigner from his moustaches, and wearing a large brim-
med white hat with a low crown, entered the court, and de-
manded to have an interview with the magistrate. Mr. Ni-
chols, the clerk, who was still in the court, informed him that
the magistrate had just left, and inquired what was the na-
ture of his business, as he appeared much disappointed at
being too late. The applicant then said, in broken English,
that he wished to see the Queen, as she was his wife, and had
left him in New York two years ago. After some further
conversation, he said he would go to Windsor, and if his wife
would not own him, he would get Prince Albert to pay his
passage back to Saxe Meinengen.