The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

of temperance saieties. The Botanic Garden, the largest
in Great Britain, and affording one of the most interesting
promenades, is next described; and next the village of
Finglas, formerly the scene of many stirring events ; and the
town and castle of Swords ; the town of Lusk, &c., Malabid
castle, the old fortified mansion of " the Talbots
church of St. Doulough are then brought under review
Connected with the last, a story is introduced of a poor
young and beautiful widow, whom our author found (with
her child) at the grave of her husband, who had been drowned
by the upsetting of a boat a short time before. This brief,

and the

but painful narrative, is told with a degree of pathos and
simplicity, (in the language of the sufferer,) at once deeply
touching, and highly characteristic of the tenderness, devo-
tion, and fidelity of the women of Ireland. Nothing more
affecting has, we think, appeared in the pages of modern lite-
rature—not excepting Sterne's Maria; but, as our limits
preclude us from quoting it, we must refer our readers to
page 350 of the work. Of the " Ordnance Survey" of Ire-
land, undertaken by government, and now, we believe, com-
pleted, we have an interesting notice. This survey is one of
the most accurate, valuable, and complete, ever accomplished
in this or any other country. It was superintended by Colo-
nel Colby, of the Royal Engineers, by direction of the Duke
of Wellington, at the time of its commencement Master-
General of the Ordnance. Upwards of 2000 surveyors, sap-
pers, and miners, and others, were employed upon it, and
nothing can exceed the beauty of the maps—(some of which
the writer of this has seen)—and which, from the large scale

on which they are contructed, comprise the most minute
objects, geological as well as topographical. Our authors
then supply a review of the various plans for promoting na-
tional education in Ireland, a subject which, from its im-
portance, has excited much public attention. They express
a favourable opinion of the present system, and make use
of arguments which have been too often refuted to require
further notice.

The concluding portion of the part is devoted to the
scenery, character, and antiquities of the county of Meath—
comprising the town of Trim, the ancient castle of the De
Lacys, Dangan, (the former but now decayed seat of the
Wellesleys, and erroneously supposed to be the birth-place
of the Marquis of Wellesley and the Duke of Wellington,)
Newton Abbey, the church of Clonard, Bective Abbey, Don-
aghmore Round Tower and ruins, &c.—of all of which there
are beautifully engraved representations on wood. The pre-

sent condition of Dangan, as contrasted with its former
grandeur, is told with great feeling and effect, and the anec-
dotes introduced throughout, illustrative of the warmheart-
edness, and attachment to home and its early associations, of
the Irish peasantry, are replete with interest. The part is
also embellished with a map of Cavan, Westmeath, and
Meath, and two splendid engravings on steel—one a view of
Ciirlingford, and the other a very sweet picture of Trim, in
the finest style of the art.

UNIVERSITY

AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)
On Thursday last the following degrees waY conferred

MASTERS OF ARTS.
John Hickson Mahony, Student of Ch. Ch. grand comp.
Rev. George William Brameld, Lincoln College.
Rev. Henry Thomas May, Fellow of New College.
Leopold George Browne, Exeter College.
Rev. James Murray, New Inn mall (incorporated from
Trinity College, Dublin.) _ .

BACHELOR,

F ARTS

Charles John Smith, Christ Church.
Edward Humphrey Ballard, Wadham College

William Rogers, Balliol College.
The Pitt Scholarship, the highest classical honour of the
University of Cambridge, hap been recently adjudged to Mr. '
E. 11. Gifford, of St. John s College. Mr. Druce of St.
Peter's, was the competitor who ranked second to Mr. Gif-
ford. Both these gentlemen were educated at Shrewsbury
School; Mr. Gifford, the successful candidate, was recently
head boy, and Mr. Druce was second boy of that distin-
guished institution. The number of candidates was about
fifty ; the competition, which was very close, was finally be-
tween the school-fellows, Messrs. Druce and Gifford, the
final award being in favour of the latter. It is a remarkable
fact that, with one exception, every holder of the Pitt Scho-
larship has been educated at Shrewsbury school. The late
success of Mr. Gifford, and the almost equally excellent ex-
amination of Mr. Druce, sufficiently indicate the high value
of the classical education there received ; and likewise show
that Dr. Kennedy is not only willing, but able to maintain
and even to extend the high reputation which the school ob-
tained under the late Bishop Butler. It isgratifying to state,
that a great increase has recently taken place in the number
of pupils in this distinguished seminary.
The Rev. C. J. Quartley, 8.A., of St. Edmund Hall, and
Vicar of Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset, has obtained a dis-
pensation for holding with his former preferment the Rectory
of Melcombe Horsey, in the same county, vacant by the
death of the Rev. John Davies; patron, Lord Rivers.
The Rev. E. Q. Ashby, M.A., of Christ Church, to the
Rector of Dunton, Buckinghamshire, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Hon. and Rev. 0. W. Forester ; patron, Earl

Spencer.
The Hon. and Rev. C. B. Bernard, M.A., of Balliol Col-
lege, son of the Earl of Bandon, to the Living vacated by
the promotion of the Rev. Horace Newman to the Deanery
of Cork.
The Rev. Alexander James Howell, B.A ~ late of Magda-
lene Hall, Curate of Jesus Chapel, Southampton, has been
appointed by the Duke of Cleveland one of his Grace's Do-
mestic Chaplains.
The Rev. W. H. Lloyd, M.A., Scholar of Jesus College,
to* the Perpetual Curacy of Pentre Voelas, Denbighshire,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. P. Price ; patron, C.
W. G. Wynne, Esq.
The Rev. Thomas William Allies, M.A., late Fellow of
Wadham College, to the Rectory of Launton, in this county,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Jas. Blomfield, B.D. ;
patron, the Bishop of London.

PROMOTIONS

Rev. T. Tunstall Smith. M.A., of St. Peter's College,
Cambridge, and Curate of St. Luke's, Chelsea, to the
Vicarage of Whaplode, Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Philip Fisher, D.D., of University College.
Rev. Richard Roberts, M.A., to the Vicarage of Milton
Abbas, Dorset, vacant by the death of the Rev. 11. Master-
man ; patroness, Mrs. Eliza Dawson Darner.
Rev. J. D. Hare, LL.B., is appointed Curate of Aylesbury,
Bucks, and Chaplain to the Union.
Rev. J. H. Hall, LL.B., and Fellow of Trinity Hall,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of Keyword', Nottinghamshire,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. E. Thompson ; patron,
the Rev. E. Thompson.
Rev. W. Haughton, to the Vicarage of Potterspury, North-
amptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Gowen Evans;
patron, Earl Bathurst.
Rev. T. B. Paget, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Eviagton, Leicestershire, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. J. Davies ; patron, the Bishop of
London, _ _ _ _

Rev. Edward Sunderland, to the Vicarage of Glentham,
Lincolnshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Wilkin-
son ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln.
Rev. J. 0. Dakeyne, M.A., of Downing College, Cam-
bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Benedict's, Lincoln,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. F. Swan; patron, the
Rev. J. H. B. Mountain.
Rev. W. C. Leach, M.A., formerly of Trinity College,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of Little Stoneham, Suffolk ;
patron, W. Haydon, Esq., of Guildford Murray.
Rev. Thomas Kettlewell has been appointed by Lord Or-
mond and Mouncashel to the Endowed School of Clonmel,
vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Dr. Bell to the Living
of Ballydruid.
Rev. Mr. Wayte has been elected Chaplain of Giltspur-
street Compter, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Boddington,
resigned.
Rev. Arther Brooking, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, Assistant Curate of Streatham, Surrey, and haplain
to Earl Spencer, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bovingdon, Herts,
vacant by the resignation of the Rev. T. M. Macdonogh ;
patron, the Hon. G. D. Ryder.
Rev. T. M. Allen, 8.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge,
to the Chaplaincy of the Longport Union, Somerset.