Smith, Caius; Ellis, Joh.; Maltby, Joh. ; Hitchin, Pemb.; King, Joh.; Stanford, Chr.; Bersey, Joh. ; Lyttleton, Ld.,Trin.; Goodwin Corp.; Cook, Corp.; Burrow, Emm.; Green, Pet.; Goldfinch, Trin.; Bird,Trin.; Gibbons, Pemb.; Koe, Caius; Turner, Chr.; Prowett, Caius; Almond, Pet.; Green, Chr.; Hardcastle, Trin.; Parkinson, Job.

Junior Optimes.-Kingdon, Trin.; Bramah, Clare; Green, Cath.; Budd, Joh. ; Foot, Pemb.; Bromehead, Caius; Bowles, Pomb.; Pennington, Trin.; Christie, Trin.; Fowler, Sid. ; Venua, Jesus; Jennings, Queen's; Lingwood, Chr.; Forsyth, Trin.; Marshall, Jes.; Baker, Trin.; Jones, W. H., Trin.; Walmisley,

Jes.; Metcalfe, Joh.; Montriou, Pemb.; Darling, Joh.; Thornton, Trin.; Wood, Pet.; Woolcock, Cath.; Wilson, Cath.; Wood, Job.; Fitzgerald, Joh.; Venn, Pet.; Boddy, Joh.; Smith, Trin.; Halsted, Trin. H.; Simpson, Queen's; Buckworth, Trin.; Drake, Jes.; Smith, Magd.; Spencer, Pemb.; Pooley, Joh.; Thompson, Joh., Napier, Trin.; Cohen, Pemb.; Sewell, Caius.

Boggis, Cath.; Butt, Corp.; Cottingham, Magd.; Crake, Jes.; Ede, Magd.; Green, Caius; Hutchinson, Joh.; Naylor, Queen's; Wood, Trin.

Egrotut.-Boggis, Pet.; Fulton, Trin.

Of Sons

BIRTHS.

The lady of the Rev. Dr. Hook, v. of Leeds; of Rev. R. S. Smith, Stafford R.; of Rev. H. Stebbing, Hampstead Road; of Rev. J. A. Hansom, Lane House, Burghill; of Rev. W. Master, Bucknell R., Oxon; of Rev. E. Dix, Truro R.; of Rev. R. T. P. Pope, Montpelier parade, Kingstown, Ireland; of Rev. C. Craven, minister of St. Peter's, Birmingham; of Rev. R. Swann, Brandsby R. (still born); of Rev. Dr. Cornish, Duryard House; of Rev. T. Maude, Otter Belchamp R.; of Rev. J. Hough ton, Matching V., Essex ; of Rev. F. Ould, Liverpool; of Rev. F. E Gretton; of Rev. T. Woodham, Farley Chamberlayne R.; of Rev. J. J. Scott, Linton, North Devon; of Rev. R. Ward, Cadogan place, London; of Rev. B. S. Broughton, Washington R., Durham.

Of Daughters-The lady of the Rev. W. Plunkett, jun., Dorset-place, Dorsetsquare; of Rev. W. Murray, Colchester; of Rev. W. P. Purvis, r. of Croscombe, Somersetshire; of Rev. H. T. Atkins, Langley House, Berks; of Rev. A. Fitch, Cottenham R. ; of Rev. G. B. Hamilton, Hounslow; of Rev. F. Borradaile, Clapham Common; of Rev. W. G. Barker, Shrewsbury; of Rev. J. Letts, St. Olave's R., Hart-street, London; of Rev. W. Abbott, St. Andrew's, Lower Canada; of Rev. G. H. Scott, Ifield, Sussex; of Rev. R. Isham, Kilby Lodge, Leicestershire; of Rev. Archdeacon Wilkins, Nottingham; of Rev. E. P. Whinfield, Bradford Leigh; of Rev. A. Pearson, Springfield

R., Essex; of Rev. E. H. Abney, Holdgate, near York; of Rev. the Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge; of Rev. H. T. Wheeler, Berkeley R., Somerset ; of Rev. H. Livius, Torquay, Devon; of Rev. E. J. Ward, East Clandon R., Surrey; of Rev. H. Todd, Penryn; of Rev. J. G. Harrison, Morval V., Cornwall; of Rev. R. Handcock, Marlbrough-street, Dublin; of Rev. A. H. Barker, Wouldham, Kent.

MARRIAGES.

Hon. and Rev. Arthur Pomeroy, to Frances L. Knox, d. of the late Bishop of Derry, at Lifford; Rev. J. Sweete, D.D., of Redland Hill, Bristol, to Marianne, second d. of the late F. de Medina, Esq.; Rev. E. Payne, v. of Swacliffe, Oxon, to Margaretta, second d. of the late C. Cooke, Esq., of East End House, Hants; Rev. S. Tennant, Head Master of the Blackheath Proprietary School, to Charlotte, d. of the late R. Ogden, Esq., of Leeds; Rev. L. Cameron, to Frances, third d. of F. Sapte, Esq., of Codicote Lodge, Herts; Rev. T. G. Simcox, of Harborne, near Birmingham, to Hannah Nicholson, fourth d. of the Rev. T. H. Kingdon, B.D., r. of Pyworthy, and v. of Bridgerule, Devon; Rev. J. Sutcliffe, Incumbent of Knockholt, Kent, to Caroline, youngest d. of R. T. Taynton, Esq., surgeon, Queen-street, Bloomsbury; Rev. J. Wright, of Shipston-on-Stour, Worcester, to Maria, youngest d. of T. Minster, Esq., of Cambray, Cheltenham; Rev. Mr. Padden, of Atworth, to Miss Ann Locke, second d. of the late W. Locke,

Esq., M.P.; Rev. J. Hodgson, v. of Bumpstead Helion, Essex, to Elizabeth, only surviving d. of J. Law, Esq., of Cambridge; Rev. J. B. James, to Mary Lloyd, eldest surviving d. of the late Rev. J. L. Jones, of Plas Madock, Denbighshire; Rev. J. M. Maxfield, c. of Marsden, near Huddersfield, to Mary Anne, second d. of H. Oates, Esq., of Springhouse, Heckmondwike, near Leeds; Rev. J. H. Greenwood, minister of the Episcopal Church, Thurston-land, near Huddersfield, to Betsy, second d. of J. Sunderland, Esq., of Heptonstall; Rev. S. W. Gardner, of Mynyddyslwyn, Monmouthshire, to Eliza, d. of W. Fearn, Esq., of Freezy Water; Rev. L. J. Nolan, c. of Athboy, county Meath, Ireland, to Eliza, d. of Captain Nickson, of the county of Wicklow; Rev. J. K. Glazebrook, c. of Wigan, to Mary, fourth d. of J. Hargreaves, Esq., of Hart Common; Rev. R. P. Pigott, r. of Ellisfield, Hants, to Emma Phillips, third d. of the late Lieut.-General Sir F. Wilder, Manor House, Binfield, Berks; Rev. J. Jackson, Head Master of Islington Proprietary School, to Mary Anne Frith, youngest d. of the late H. Browell, Esq., of Kentish Town; Rev. C. T. James, of Great Glen, Leicestershire, to Elizabeth Anne, eldest d. of the late N. Proctor, Esq., of Rye, Sussex; Rev. C. C. W. Goodchild, of Magdalen College, Camb., to Jane Theophila, eldest d. of F. Turner, of Queen-square, London; Rev. J. M'Donall, minister of the parish of Old Luce, Scotland, to Miss Jane Hill White, d. of the late Mr. J. White, of Bullyet; Rev. J. Morish, of Cheltenham, to Elizabeth Hanbury, d. of J. Pressdee, Esq., of Stanford, near Bromyard, Herefordshire; Rev. R. D. Evans, eldest son of the Rev. W. Evans, r. of Kingsland, Herefordshire, to Caroline, third d. of the

late Rev. F. Halifax, of Batchcot, near Ludlow; Rev. C. J. Quartley, c. of Kenilworth, to Marianne, only d. of T. Slater, Esq., of Bath; Rev. R. Crosse, B.A., of Balliol Coll., Oxon, second son of A. Crosse, Esq., of Fyne-court, to Mrs. Archer, widow of the late Lieut. Archer, of Her Majesty's 16th Regt. of Infantry; Rev. E. N. Henning, Evening Lecturer at Langport, Somersetshire, to Catharine George, niece of the Rev. F. Skurray, of Winterborne Abbots, Dorsetshire, and p. c. of Horningsham, Wilts; Rev. C. Gray, Prebendary of Chichester, and v. of Godmanchester, to Agnes, d. of J. Norris, Esq., of Hughenden House, Bucks; Rev. R. Main, M.A., Fellow of Queen's Coll., Camb., to Mary, only d. of the Rev. P. Kelland, r. of Landcross, Devonshire; Rev. T. Bull, Chaplain to the Brixworth Union, Northamptonshire, and c. of Haslebeech, in the same county, to Mary Eleanor, only d. of J. Slatter, Esq., of that place; Rev. G. R. Harding, son of C. Harding, Esq., of Milverton Lodge, to Elizabeth, youngest d. of the late J. Winter, Esq., of Watts House, Bishop's Lydiard; Rev. J. J. Davies, of Tottenham, to Rachael, eldest d. of J. Fletcher, Esq., of Bruce Grove; Rev. A. N. Bull, of Sidney Sussex College, son of the Rev. N. Bull, v. of Saffron Walden, to Williamina Alexandria Jane, third d. of the Hon. and Rev. R. F. King, v. of Great and Little Chesterford, Essex; Rev. R. M. Atkinson, M.A., late of Wadham College, to Frances Anne, youngest d. of the late Rev. Dr. Nicholas, r. of Fisherton Anger, Wilts; Rev. W. J. Clarke, B.A., of Balliol College, Oxon, third son of Lieut.-General Clarke, to Mary, eldest d. of the Rev. H. D. Brough ton, of Broughton Hall, county of Stafford.

Carlisle. There are so many and such powerful reasons for the preservation of this ancient see in its integrity, that we have little doubt the petitions will be signed by every clergyman in the county. -Salisbury Herald.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Dr. Warneford, whose name has been of late so frequently associated with works of beneficence and utility, is contemplating the formation of a school upon a new plan, in the neighbourhood of Gloucester. This, if the report be correct, will make the fourth laudable or charitable donation of the doctor's within the last two years, comprehending an expenditure of nearly 10,000l. Legacies are occasionally bequeathed for eleemosynary or other purposes, where the testators (satisfied with the goodness of their intentions) commit entirely to others the carrying of their designs into effect, as well as the control and management of the funds for the purpose-but too frequently have pious views been by such means either wholly changed or only partly attended to. The Rev. Doctor has thought proper to avoid such perversion, by having his plans carried into operation during his life and under his immediate direction, wisely considering that intentions left to be performed by others are only half accomplished; but that if they are but once set in motion under regulations conformable to the wishes of the donor, future guardians cannot easily deviate from the prescribed course.-Gloucester Chronicle.

PEMBROKE COLLEGE. At a recent meeting of the town council of Gloucester, Dr. Shute in the chair, to appoint trustees under the powers of the Act 5th and 6th William IV. cap. 76, sec. 73, it appeared that the only instance in which a particular portion of the old body corporate of that city had acted as jointtrustees was, in electing an exhibitioner to Pembroke College, under the will of Mr. Townsend, and after some discussion the following resolution, moved by Mr. Cother, and seconded by Mr. Stanley, was adopted :-"That the Mayor and the Aldermen for the time being be appointed to continue to discharge the duty of electing, under Townsend's will, to the scholarship of Pembroke College, Oxford, in conjunction with the master of the chief school of this city."-Oxford Herald.

Several new churches will be built from the funds of the Bristol and Gloucester Diocesan Church-Building Association. The site of one is fixed upon, to be

near King's parade, Durdham-down-road, Bristol.-Gloucester Journal.

HAMPSHIRE.

THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS.

To the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,

We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the archdeacon and clergy of the archdeaconry of Winchester, beg leave humbly to approach your Majesty, as defender of the faith and supreme governor of the church within these your dominions, with the expression of our loyal attachment to your Majesty's sacred person and authority, and praying your Majesty to be pleased to take into your royal consideration this our humble petition and address.

"We beg most dutifully to submit to your Majesty that the ancient laws and constitution of this kingdom, pursuant, as we conceive, to the tenour of holy scripture, have ever left the internal arrangements of the church to her own proper authorities; and deemed her own concurrence needful for any organic changes in her constitution.

"That this is even more needful since the admission into the national councils of those who are not in communion with her.

"That your petitioners have viewed, with unfeigned alarm, the erection of a perpetual commission, which has been invested with those powers hitherto deemed inherent in the church herself.

"They, therefore, humbly, but most earnestly, implore yonr Majesty, in the cxercise of your royal prerogative, to stay the proceedings of the said commission until such time as the full and free consent of the church herself, through her proper organs, shall have been obtained to such changes and arrangements.

"And your petitioners," &c. (Signed by 272 clergymen of Hampshire.)

The new church at Hawley Green, Yately, was consecrated on Thursday, the 21st of December, by the Lord Bishop of Winchester. This church was built and endowed by the Rev. J. Randell, of Yately, with the liberal support of J. Norris, Esq., and other of the neighbouring gentry, as well as 5001. granted by the Diocesan Society.

At a recent meeting of the Committee of the Winchester Diocesan ChurchBuilding Society, the following grants were voted, and have since been confirmed by the Lord Bishop of the dioceseviz., 150l. towards building a district church on Holmwood Common, in the

parish of Dorking. A like sum towards enlarging the church of Windlesham, in the county of Surrey. Towards a church, already in course of erection, at Burghclere, the sum of 300l. As it was known that other applications were forthcoming, the committee adjourned to the 10th of February, instead of waiting till the end of the quarter.-Salisbury Herald.

HEREFORDSHIRE.

TITHE CASE. This was an appeal made from the decision of Messrs. Marriott and Jones, magistrates of the county of Hereford, by Sir H. Hoskyns, bart. The Rev. W. Coke, vicar of the parish of Pencoyd, summoned the worthy baronet before the bench of magistrates for refusing to pay the tithe of certain fields of clover belonging to him in that parish. The defendant pleaded that, as the clover was not intended for seed or to be sold, but was for fodder for his own cattle, he was not amenable for tithes. The magistrates overruled the defence, and adjudged Sir Hungerford to pay 41. for tithe and the expenses. The appeal came on for hearing at the Herefordshire sessions on Monday. For the appellant it was stated that Sir H. Hoskyns was the lay-rector, and had the right to the large tithes, and that Mr. Coke, the vicar, had the small tithes, of which the seed of clover was one. The appellant did not set out the clover for seed, but for fodder; and the defendant contended, that as a part of the clover had run to seed, the vicar had a right to have the whole crop laid out, and the seed rubbed from the tenth part, and delivered to him. In reply, cases were cited proving that the crop, as fodder, was to be considered as large tithe, and not as vicarial or small tithe.

After a

Journal.

KENT.

LANCASHIRE.

the past month the agents of this society have made 3,501 visits, 650 of which were to sick persons. They have held 168 small meetings, attended by about 5,220 persons, and circulated 2,277 religious tracts. They have also lent numerous copies of the scriptures and religious books among the poor, and have induced many parents to send their children to school; one agent alone has sent eleven children to school during the month.-Liverpool Standard.

The new church in Higher Broughton, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, was opened for divine service on Sunday, 7th Jan. There is no doubt that the church will be extensively frequented by those of its communion who are residents of the neighbourhood, and who are at a great distance from any other place of worship. -Manchester Guardian.

A very bandsome subscription has been commenced in Liverpool, for the erection of a church at Waterloo, on the sea coast, near Liverpool, a place much frequented by visitors, and where the want of church accommodation has been much felt.-Manchester Courier.

OPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. JAMES, HEYWOOD. This church was opened on new year's day, by licence from the bishop, when three most appropriate and fitting discourses were preached by the Rev. Messrs. Stowell and O'Leary, of Manchester, and Jones, of New Church. The interest taken on the occasion, and the attendance of all ranks, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, was truly gratifying, and augured well for the interests of the church in this neighbourhood. As it is the intention of the Rev. Mr. Bowman, the incumbent, to have an evening service on Sundays, the church is provided with gas fittings, which looked extremely well when lighted up in the evening. The choir, composed of members of the Heywood Choral Society, with the able assistance of Mr. Hacking, of Bury, as leader, and of Miss Hardman, of Manchester, performed a selection from the works of Handel, Haydn, and others, in the most effective manner. The collection during the day amounted to upwards of 120l. We cannot but congratulate the people of Heywood on their having thus witnessed the completion of a structure, raised by their own unaided exertions, and at a cost of little more than 2,600l., in the erection of which they have at once shewn their affectionate attachment to our venerable establishment, and a most

LEICESTERSHIRE.

MIDDLESEX.

OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD'S-DAY.(Chiefly abridged from the Morning Herald.) The first of a series of annual meetings of the united parishes of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, and St. Anne, Blackfriars, St. Bride's, St. Dunstan's, and the district of Bridewell, for the promotion of a due observance of the Lord'sday, was held at the London Coffee House, on Friday, Dec. 29th the room was crowded.

The chair was taken by the Rev. John Harding. The report concluded thus :"The committee would desire to suggest the importance of paying wages at an earlier period than is usual on the Saturday. It is the late payment of wages on the previous evening which leads to a large portion of the trafficking which goes on upon the Sunday mornings. also be a great advantage if heads of famiIt would lies and others would order their weekly bills to be sent in to them at any other time than the Monday morning. The general custom of settling bills on the Monday morning induces too many tradesmen to employ themselves in making out their accounts during the Sunday.'

The society was then addressed by the Rev. Mr. Munro, Chaplain to St. Bride's Hospital; the Rev. Thomas Dale, of St. Bride's; Mr. Conyers; the Rev. Michael Seymour, Senior Lecturer to the united parishes; Mr. Rochfort Clarke; the Chairman; and the Rev. Samuel Jones.

Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.The fourth occasional paper published by this society, after requesting the attention of the Christian portion of the community to the nature of this institution, proceeds to give several instances of the services which it has rendered, by the appointment of additional curates and lay-assistants in districts

which were in great want of such assist ance. The number of cases for which grants bad been made, at the date of this (20th Dec., 1837,) in aid of 100 incumpaper, bents is 110, that is, 92 for curates, and 18 for lay-assistants; and the aggregate population under the charge of these clergymen is stated to be 869,977, which would give an average of not less than 8,699 souls to the care of each incumbent. The average income of each of these additional assistants is about 157., and of the num ber 16 are unprovided with either a glebehouse or parsonage.-Watchman.

A general bill of the christenings and burials within the city of London and bills of mortality, from December 18, 1836, to December 12, 1887.-In the 97 parishes within the walls-christened, 958; buried, 958; in the 17 parishes without the walls -christened, 6,363; buried, 3,863. In the 24 out parishes in Middlesex and Surrey christened, 25,948; buried, 13,883.In the 10 parishes in the city and liberties of Westminster-christened, 2,437; buried, 2,359. Christened: males, 17,701; females, 18,005; total 36,706. Buriedmales, 10,605; females, 10,458; total, 21,063.

NORFOLK.