throne. Don Carlos, the legitimate King of Spain, has arrived in England. His Majesty, however, has peremptorily refused to abandon his rights; and will not listen to the insidious policy of the Grey cabinet.

RUSSIA.-Prince Lieven, after having been twenty-five years ambassador in this country, is recalled, to fill the important post of Governor to the Imperial Heir. In the meantime, the Emperor looks upon Great Britain as of too little consequence to be in haste to appoint a successor. So much for the Whig maintenance of England's glory!

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.-General Jackson is king of this Republic in all but the name. Discontent, indeed, extensively prevails; and it is

quite clear that brother Jonathan begins to think that, in Irish phrase, "the best of all possible republics is a monarchy." In less than a quarter of a century we prophesy that the United States will be dis-united, and that our waggish friend, General Jackson, will be crowned for one of the divisions, as Andrew the first-Merry Andrew ! !

THE COLONIES remain tranquil.

Such is the present position of the most important portions of the world at the termination of the first half of the "Annus Mirabilis," 1834. If our readers will take the trouble to reperuse our political recueil, we are sure they will agree with us in thinking that we are walking

CALENDARIUM ECCLESIASTICUM.

JULY, 1834.

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REV. CHARLES JERRAM. -The late Vicar of Chobham, was, on Tuesday week, presented with a silver tea-urn, bearing the following inscription :-" To the Rev. Charles Jerram, A. M. the Parishioners of Chobham present this Urn, in grateful remembrance of his zealous and unwearied discharge of the pastoral duties as their Vicar, from 1811 to 1834."

REV. RICHARD HODGES.-The inhabitants of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, have presented their curate with a handsome silver salver, bearing the following inscription:-"To the REV. RICHARD HODGES, Curate of Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, from his Parishioners, in grateful remembrance of his exemplary character and conduct, and especially of his unremitting attention to the interests and comforts of the Poor. April, 1834."

REV. WILLIAM ATKINSON.-The inhabitants of Barton, near Richmond, have presented this gentleman with a handsome piece of plate, as a token of the sense they entertain of his services, in establishing a Sunday School, and officiating, for some months past, in the duties of the parish, during the illness of his father, the present incumbent.

NEW CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.-David Pennant, Esq. jun., of Downing, has offered the sum of 1000l. towards building a new Church at Bagilt, in the parish of Holywell; and his father has promised to give a piece of land for the erection of the Church, and likewise to endow it.

Lady Olivia Sparrowe is building a Sunday School, of the Established Church, on the hill at Leigh, of which the first stone was laid on the 13th of May.

The University of Oxford have voted 200l. towards the proposed new Church near the University printing-house.

The new Church of St. Leonard's on the Sea was consecrated by the Right Rev. the Bishop of the diocese, on the 22d of May last.

CENTRAL NATIONAL SCHOOLS. The examination of the children in these schools took place on Friday, the 13th instant. Their proficiency was highly creditable, and excited general admiration.

DECLARATION OF THE KING.-At the last levee the following were presented to the king

An address of thanks to his Majesty for the very seasonable declaration of his Majesty's firm purpose, to preserve unimpaired to his people the blessings of pure Christianity through the ministry of the Established Church, signed by 2095 of the nobility, clergy, and gentry, assembled in Oxford at the Commemoration; by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

A petition to his Majesty, from the graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, resident in the county of Nottingham, against the admission of Dissenters to graduate in either of those Universities; by the Archbishop of York.

REV. HENRY HART MILLMAN.-It is stated, in the Berkshire Chronicle, that a subscription has been commenced by members of the Jewish persuasion, for the purpose of presenting the Rev. Henry Hart Millman, M. A., of Brazennose College, with a piece of plate, as a mark of gratitude for the justice he has rendered the Jewish nation in his " History of the Jews." Will the Rev. Neologian regard this as adding to his reputation as a Christian Divine ?

UNIVERSITIES.-It appears, from the Dresden Paper of the 4th instant, that the University of Bohn receives 90,000 dollars; that of Breslaw, 70,000; and Halle, 69,000, annually, from the Prussian Government. That of Leipsic has, annually, 56,000.

BISHOPS' SEES.-The exact number of British sees which existed before the seventh century has not been ascertained, and there are doubts as to the number of new sees which were created after the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons. Twenty-one, however, of the present twenty-six sees were in existence before the Norman conquest.

WELLS CATHEDRAL.-The brazen desk which, for years past, has been standing in the Lady Chapel of this Cathedral has been removed to the nave. It stands about eight feet high, and, beneath the high arched roof of this very beautiful column or structure, it presents, from the great western entrance, a noble object to the beholder, and relieves and sets off to great advantage the tout ensemble. It bears the following inscription, and appears to have been cast by W. Burrows, of London, 1667 :"Dr. Robert Creyghton, upon his return from a fifteen years' exile with our Sovereign Lord King Charles II., made Dean of Wells, 1660, gave this brazen desk, with God's holy word thereon, to the said Cathedral Church."

DUBLIN DIVINITY COLLEGE.-A charter is now in progress for the incorporation and establishment of a Divinity College. By this most unjustifiable measure, the education of the Clergy will be entirely taken out of the hands of Trinity College.It is said to be projected by Archbishop Whately.

R. M. BEVERLEY, the notorious calumniator of the Universities, has received a convincing proof of the esteem in which his character is held among his neighbours. He has been expelled from the office of President of the Beverley Auxiliary Bible Society, and the Rev. W. R. Gilby is appointed in his stead.

DEATH OF DR. DOYLE.-This bigoted Catholic prelate died, June 16, at ten o'clock, at his residence near Carlow.

METROPOLITAN CHARITY SCHOOLS.-On Thursday, June 5, pursuant to annual custom, the children belonging to the different charity schools of the metropolis and the surrounding districts, attended divine worship at St. Paul's Cathedral. The number of children, both male and female, ranged round upon the vast decagon under the dome, could not be less than 8000; and it was computed that the whole assemblage within the walls of the sacred edifice comprised about 15,000 souls. The Bishop of Chester preached upon the occasion, taking for his text the 13th chapter of Matthew, 28th verse: 66 The good seed are the children of the King, the tares are the children of the wicked." At half-past five o'clock several of the influential friends and supporters of the institution dined together at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. The Lord Mayor presided, and the spirit that pervaded the company, from the commencement to the close of the festivities of the evening, fully proved that the slightest allusion to the interests of the Church, as associated with those of the community at large, found in every bosom the warmest sympathy, both being considered inseparable. The collection amounted to 600%., which is nearly 2007. more than has been received on any former occasion.

CAMBRIDGE.-The Dissenters have forfeited all claims to integrity and consistency, and have clearly shown the cloven foot, by returning Mr. S. Rice, the sworn enemy of the Church. The numbers at the close of the poll were :-Rice, 615; Sugden, 590; majority, 25.

THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.-On Tuesday a numerous deputation of gentlemen from the Central Committee for the promotion and circulation of a Declaration of the Laity of the Church of England, accompanied by Colonel Clitherow, T. G. Bucknall Estcourt, Esq. M. P. for the University of Oxford, and Joshua King, Esq., Vicechancellor of the University of Cambridge, the Chairmen, and R. W. S. Lutwidge, Esq., and John Pearson, Esq., the Honorary Secretaries of the Committee, waited upon his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at his palace at Lambeth, with an address, requesting permission to deposit in his Grace's hands the original signatures to the declaration.

Colonel Clitherow, after briefly stating the facts connected with the Declaration, to which the signatures of upwards of 230,000 laymen of mature age had been affixed, informed his Grace that an Address, embodying the Declaration, had already been laid at the foot of the throne, of which he begged leave to present him with a copy. Colonel Clitherow, then, after a few preliminary observations, read the Address, which was to the following effect :

"To the Most Reverend William, by Divine Providence Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan.

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We, the undersigned, having been graciously permitted to lay at the foot of the throne our expressions of the devoted attachment of the Laity of the Church of England to her pure faith and worship, and her apostolic form of government, confirmed by the signatures of upwards of 230,000 male persons of mature age, are desirous to approach your Grace with our congratulations on this unparalleled demonstration of affection to the National Church, affording as it does the strongest evidence that the Laity of the Church of England feel in her maintenance an interest no less real and no less direct than her immediate ministers.

"In craving permission of your Grace to deposit the proofs of this feeling among the archives of Lambeth, to be there preserved with the other evidences of attachment to the Church, on the part of the Clergy and Laity, already in your Grace's hands, we gladly avail ourselves of the present occasion to assure your Grace of our hearty concurrence in those sentiments of veneration and affection for

your Grace's person and office which have emanated from so many quarters, and which we feel assured are entertained by every friend of the National Church.

"That your Grace may long be preserved by the blessing of Divine Providence to that Church of which you are so distinguished a support and ornament, and may enjoy every earthly happiness, is the fervent prayer of your Grace's dutiful

servants."

[Here follow the signatures.]

To this Address his Grace was pleased to return the following answer:

“Gentlemen,—I receive your assurance of respect and kindness towards me, and of veneration for the office in which it hath pleased the Almighty to place me, with more than ordinary satisfaction, and I request you to accept my grateful acknowledgments of your zeal in the cause of the Established Church, at a time when in England and Ireland, and in all our colonial possessions, it stands so much in need of defence against the machinations of enemies avowedly intent on its destruction. "Amidst the perils which are multiplying around us, the Clergy will derive the greatest encouragement to persevering exertion from these public professions of your devoted adherence to the Church, and your implied approbation of the character and conduct of its ministers. While such are the sentiments of the wisest and best among our fellow countrymen, we may look forward with hope; and whatever may be the event of the hostility with which we are threatened, we shall find consolation in their sympathy, and in the consciousness of not being altogether unworthy of it.

"With great pleasure I take on me the custody of these important documents; they will be deposited among the archives of Lambeth, and will there be preserved as authentic memorials of your filial reverence for the National Church, your attachment to her polity, her faith, and her formularies; and your deep sense of the blessings which, through the mercy of God in our Lord Jesus Christ, are diffused by her agency through the whole of her social system."

ORDINATION. The Bishop of Lincoln's next ordination will be held at Buckden, on Sunday, the 21st of September next. Candidates are required to send their papers to his Lordship before the 10th of August.