The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-03 00:00:00

abow of the Christian's sky,
aft from out affections tears

s his wondering glance on high
dissipates his fears.

le lead

star of time,

o'er a troubled sea
gh unclouded clime

. ,
rip of truth that sheds its light
le believer's beavenward way,

ai! darkest night

lawn of endless day

TY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

E, April 9.—The following degrees were eon-
. congregation held on Wednesday, the 27th

OF ART.

—Hon. R. H. Dutton, Trinity

OF ARTS.—Edward Walker, King's College ;
St. John's College ; J. White, John's, ditto;
.11, Clare Hall ; C. Thornton, ditto ; R. Bag-
College ; G. Ross Lewin, Catherine Hall; Ed-
n, Emmanuel College ; F. Fulford,
rd. ad eunden

_ A. Anson, Jesus College;
College. J. C. Chase, Queen's
Downing College ; W. de St. Croix,
, A. G. Creyke, Catherine Hall; Clement
Hall ; Thomas Richardson, Jesus College ;

Viagdalen College.

hop. of Ripon has announced his intention of
.al ordination at Ripon, on Sunday, July 31.
Worcester will hold an ordination at Wor-
seventh Sunday after Trinity. Notice has
the tenths due at Christmas last, from the
payable to the treasurer to the governor of
bounty ; the amount is the same as marked
gis, with the addition of sixpence.
ation holden on Thursday last the following

MASTERS OF ARTS.
therell Rowden, Fellow of New College.
m Pearson, Exeter College.
ew Anstis, Exeter College.
Jones, Jesus College.
?.s Nevile, Trinity College.
Carless Swayne, Scholar of Corpus Christi Col.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

n, Christ Church, grand compounder.
nsittart, Oriel College, grand compounder.
; Holmes, Brasenose Coll., grand compounder

Brasenose College

tcher, Brasetiose College
xeter College.

a, Exeter College.

New lan Hall

Inn Hall

aipbell Day, New Inn Hall
arding, New Inn Hall.
my Froude, Oriel College.

nson, Queen's College

), Queen's College

n's College

tt Turner, Queen's College.
r Hawkins, Magdalene Hall.
Wilmshurst, Magdalene Hall.
H. Evans, Magdalene Hall.
Mason, Jesus College.
reff Dudman, Wadham College.
lowley, Wadham College.
Stillingfleet Bowles, Wadham College

ke Colleg,

broke College

)istin, Pembroke College

Worcester College

center College.
Wright, St. John's College.
nice, Balliol College.
k Seymour, University College,
x, University College.
N. Eking, Trinity College.
PROMOTIONS.

of Ossory bas appointed Dr.Monntford Long-
Professor of Feudal and English Law, Trinity
in, to the office of Vicar-General of the Diocese
aant by the death of the Rev. A. Pack, LL.D.
rd John Howman, M.A., of Corpus Christi
bridge, Rector of Hockering and Bexwell, to
Curacy of West Dereham, Norfolk; patron,

hfiand, to the Vicarage of Lanebam, Notts,
death of. the Rev. Edmund Wallis ; patrons,

)ter of York.
Savage, M.A., of St. John's College,
Perpetual Curacy of Tamworth, Stafford-
: death of the Rev. Francis Blick ; patron,

Fayrer, has been nominated by Sir E. B.
the patron, to Emmanuel Church, Camber-

klston, M.A., Curate of Kirkheaton, York-
cumbency of St. Philip's Church, Bethnal-

y Trimmer, BA., to the Perpetual Curacy of
Tombland, Norwich ; patron, the Bishop of

Henry Heathcote, M.A., formerly of Clare
,e, and Vicar of Leek, Staffordshire, has been
ke Earl of Macclesfield one of his Lordship's

ously stated last week, that the Rev. Charles
oeen appointed to the Curacy of Zeal Mona-

NEW POOR LAW A FAILURE

(From Oastler's Fleet Papers.)

true, that, in the agricultural districts, it was
iot sanctioned by law) the custom, under the Old
ly the labourerers their wages partly out of the
rs, and the residue out of the poor-

such misappropriation of the poor-rates in the
districts one very strong argument adduced by
If the New Poor Law for its enactment?
id that we can have no difference of opinion on

uth, which everybody in the manufacturing
kshire and Lancashire will confirm, that in
under the Old Poor Law, such misappropria-
-rate was unknown. _ _ _

facts in mind, read the following, and then
New Poor Law should any longer be main-
he pretence of preventing the appropriation
to the wages of the working people?
a IT agistrate of the West Hiding of York-
onour to call here. Without being asked,
the following very important fact to me.
magistrate said, (you will remember he is
in, so I could not have better authority,)
Iradford] we have now begun to eke out
ectory workers with an addition from the
came before us of this nature: when I
relieving officer, he assured me • the case
, Jut of frequent occurrence.' "
the friends of the New Poor Law are reason-
Ms fact will be enough to convince them that
Die LAW IS A FAILURE! Instead of counter-
great evil which it was intended to eradicate, it
led, with other causes, in reducing the wages of
cturing operatives, so as to require the aid of the
" to eke out" their subsistence !
..an foresee the tremendous consequences which
if this system becomes general in the manufac-
rricts.i The only alternative, if the Poor Law Com-
e:a
will be
interdict the payment of wages out of
into the union
be, to drive the operatives by tens of
as I dare eni°n
iert PeerleZt. workhouses, or such a convulsion
attempt to describe.
e himself, de well to look into this matter. He
cosen, that if he •
enforced in the is determined to have the New
is now sending mtoat,it.ifacturing districts, the troops
Ike our poison, the Chinese because they
rejected our meddling e Agghans, because they very
maintain
in their national
ill be required to
inc,s " in England! the usurpation of the

table condition of the Whole country, but more
in
the inhabitants of the
reasonable
districts,
e
3ich ought to satisfy any
eke has been made by those asonuble person that
supported the
a,zges and cha.
i thereby.
,aw, in the expectation that le o
working people would be improved
;nt state of things proves that this ex
lle other causes which emanate from the
produced a very material reduction in,:zeiz
engthened by the fact I have now communicated
also a deterioration in the character of the pen.
2 I am constantly assured, by persons who visit
, :,,,,,,„sible, without a personal examination, to

,ority which never deceives me, that
arly and con stantly in many districts,
lar to pass eday without such an oc-
/ of the basket" is no longer mentioned
aenly proposed, as the only preservative
;donned, on the same authority, that
he markets for their homes, are under
'hey arm themselves, and travel in
'past three or four person.
society more astounding than
me cause or other, li
fe and
onsidered safe. Tus, is the
--"sit LAW h
Is A FAILURE.

from

EW Pc

DREAM.—An editor of one of the New York
lately dreamt that he was out of debt ! The
found out his mistake when he awoke.
_

!cent lecture on the science of entomology, at Bir-
1, the :lecturer computed that the fly, maggot, slug,
off the turnip crop once in ten years, and inflicted
of ss. an acre on the cro- Upwards of 20 out of

in Hackney churchyard had been destroyed in
the ravages of the scolytus destructor, and the
.1 St. Philip's churchyard, Birmingham, were suf-
m the attacks of insects ; and unless means were
prevent their ravages, the trees would speedily pe-
lie ravages of the hop.tly were so great, that the re-
' the country had been affected to the extent of up-
£4oo,ooo in the year 1825, by the destruction of hop