Bedford, R. G., M.A., Vicar of St. George's Downing, S, Rector of Fenagh, county Carlow. Graham, J., Rector of St. Saviour's and St. Hall, A., of Hensingham. Holmes, W. A., D.D., Chancellor of Cashel and Lumb, J., of Methley. Maber, G. M., Rector of Merthyr Tidvil. Powell, W., Rector of Shelley, Suffolk. Turner, J., Rector of Hagley and Frankley, Westropp, T., M.A., Rector of the united pa- Williams, B., P. C. of Pentraeth, Anglesea. Winstanley, J. R., D.D., of Bampton. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. Dr. Jeune has been appointed Master of Pembroke: but the nomination is disputed. CAMBRIDGE. BACHELOR'S COMMENCEMENT, JANUARY 20, 1844.-EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS. Moderators.-Matthew O'Brien, M.A. Caius College; Robert Leslie Ellis, M.A. Trinity College. Examiners.-Harvey Goodwin, M.A. Caius College; George Fearns Reyner, M.A. St. John's College. QUESTIONISTS NOT CANDIDATES FOR HONOURS. Mathematical Examiners.-D. T. Ansted, Esq. M.A. Fellow of Jesus College; Rev. W. C. Mathison, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College. Classical Examiners.-Rev. W. Bates, Fellow of Christ's College; Rev. E. Warter, M.A. Fellow of Magdalene College. Examiners in the Acts of the Apostles and Paley's Moral Philosophy.-Rev. J. Clark, M.A. Fellow of Christ's College; Rev. S. Lewthwaite, M.A. Fellow of Magdalene College. INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ENLARGEMENT, BUILDING, AND REPAIRING OF CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. A MEETING of this Society was held at their chambers, in St. Martin's-place, on Monday, the 15th January. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. There were also present the Lord Bishop of London, the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart, M.P., the Very Rev. the Dean of Chichester, the Revs. Dr. Spry, J. Jennings, and B. Harrison; Messrs. James Cocks, N. Con nop, J S. Salt, W. Davis, E. Badeley, A. Powell, W. Cotton, &c. The reports of the sub-committees having been read, the meeting proceeded to examine the cases referred to their consideration, and finally voted grants of money towards building churches or chapels at Seacroft, in the parish of Whitkirk, Yorkshire; at the Link, in the parish of Leigh, Worcester; at Blaydon, in the parishes of Ryton and Winlaton, Durham; at Thorpe Acre, Peterborough; at Great Wyrley, in the parish of Cannock, Staffordshire; and at the Groves, in the parish of Sutton, near Hull; also towards enlarging, by rebuilding, the church at Bednall, Staffordshire; and towards enlarging, or otherwise increasing the accommodation in existing churches at Usk, Monmouth; Hunmanby, Yorkshire; Spernall, Warwick; Lewes, St. Ann, Sussex; Buckley, in the parish of Hawarden, Flintshire; and Stoke, St. Gregory, Somerset. These parishes contain a population of 34,831 souls, and possess church accommodation in seventeen churches and chapels for 7,611 persons, including 2,149 free seats, to which provision of church room 3,826 sittings will be added by the erection of six new churches, and by the rebuilding, enlarging, or increasing by other means the accommodation in seven existing churches, and of this additional accommodation 2,942 sittings will be free. Certificates of the completion of the erection of three new churches and chapels, and the enlargement, or other increase of accommodation, in seven existing churches and chapels, were examined and approved, and orders were issued for the trustees to pay over to the treasurer the sum awarded in each case, in order that he may remit the amounts of the grants to the respective applicants. The population of these ten places is 85,115 persons, for whom church accommodation to the extent of 7,729 sittings only were provided, previous to the execution of the works now certified to be completed, of which 2,580 were free. To the church room then provided 3,796 seats have been added, 3,266 seats of which are free. Since the last meeting of the committee, the requisite forms have been forwarded to twenty-four applicants, to enable them to submit to the board the applications they propose to make for aid. In ten of these cases assistance will be solicited towards building additional churches. The Rev. Thomas Bowdler has been appointed to succeed the late W. J. Rodber, in the office of secretary to the Society. MISCELLANEOUS. OXFORD CEMETERY. At a meeting convened by the Archdeacon of Oxford at his rooms in Christ Church, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, for the purpose of considering the propriety of providing additional burial ground for the several parishes of Oxford, the Ven. the Archdeacon in the chair, the following resolutions were agreed upon : Moved by the Rector of Exeter College, seconded by J. Parsons, Esq. 1. That the crowded state of some of the church-yards in Oxford renders it desirable to provide additional burial ground or grounds, to be placed on the same footing as the present church-yards. Moved by the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, seconded by Baker Morrell, Esq. 2. That a Committee be formed for the purpose of considering the best means of giving effect to the principle embodied in the foregoing resolution, and that they report on the same to an adjourned meeting, to be convened by the Archdeacon. Moved by Dr. Ogle, seconded by the Principal of Brasennose College, 3. That in addition to the parochial clergy and churchwardens of the several parishes, this Committee consist of such heads of colleges and halls and canous of Christ Church as may be willing to lend their assistance, together with the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, Rev. R. Greswell, Rev. R. Walker, Baker Morrell, Esq. Henry Walsh, Esq. J. Parsons, Esq. Guy Thompson, Esq. F. J. Morrell, Esq. Joseph Parker, Esq. Dr. Wootten, Dr. Ogle, C. Wingfield, Esq. M. Johnson, Esq. J. M. Davenport, Esq. G. Hitchings, Esq. Lewis Parker, Esq. D. V. Durell, Esq. Mr. Combe, Mr. J. H. Parker, with power to add to their number. Moved by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, seconded by F. J. Morrell, Esq. 4. That these resolutions be printed and circulated. Moved by G. Thompson, Esq. seconded by H. Walsh, Esq. 5. That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Archdeacon, for his kindness in taking the chair. THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. MARCH, 1844. Appeal to the Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on Doctrinal Changes lately introduced in the Series of Tracts circulated under their Authority. London: Burns; Stewart; Leslie; Darling. Oxford: Parker. Cambridge: Stevenson. Pp. 58. "Ir is a very sad business," as Mr. Rowland Alston pathetically expresses the Lament of the Churchwardens of Ware," It is a very sad business certainly, that when we have gone on doing wrong so comfortably for a great number of years, we should not be allowed to continue in the same course." This was the plea of the worthy churchwardens. And this has been the plea with which, of late, all efforts have been met, by whomsoever made, for bringing back the venerable Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge to its old principles. At length, however, the progress of mis-rule seems to have reached its zenith; and we want only a little faith in an old proverb to assure ourselves, that things which are now at the worst, must shortly mend;-a proverb not in any sense the worse for wear. We have come to a point, from which it seems expedient to take a retrospect of the growth of "the cankers of a calm world and long peace," as they have become matured amongst us, to inquire what these thirty years of immunity from foreign wars have done for the advancement of our christian state at home, and especially for those institutions, which, after panting through the long term of strife, began at length to hope for a breathing-space, and enlarged means of promoting the sacred objects comprised in their original design. Now it is an historical fact, that the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge was not directed at that important period by timid or unstable hands. The efforts which had resulted in the foundation of the new episcopate for our Indian possessions, had been fostered and directed, in great measure, by the benevolent and wise counsellors, who, with equal prudence and zeal, then guided the course of the Society. The National Society for the Education of the Church's poor children was the work of the same excellent men, of whom one or two still survive; we wish we need not add, that they survive to reproach an ungrateful generation, who reap the fruit of their labours, but have forgotten their principles. The old obscure townhouse in Bartlett's Buildings had grown too small for the depository of the Society's sacred stores, and for the management of the different departments of its labours: and under the same counsel it was exchanged for that well-chosen site in one of the most frequented thoroughfares between east and west, where it has ever since continued. These things were done, and were appreciated: the public importance of the interests involved in these efforts was seen and recognised; the Society was becoming daily better known and more worthily supported. In short there was nothing but a stifled clamour, half afraid and half ashamed, from a party which never loved the old Society, which called for some undefined and unknown changes. At such a time, unhappily for the Society and the Church, there began to appear among the London Clergy a small party of men, who, not pretending to pronounce any judgment of their own on the questions at issue, could not be content without an attempt to legislate for them, who, having studied Burnet on the Articles, and satisfied themselves that the Church never meant all her children to agree in one interpretation, thought it intolerable that the Society should be more restrictive in her code of doctrine,-who wondered why others felt so deeply what they had never found of force enough to sink beneath the surface of their own minds,-who asked, with a face of piteous candour, what harm could possibly be done by a little concession, a little widening of the basis, a little opening of the door to those who would be far too grateful for the boon to abuse such kindness. In short, they made their appeal to men of principle, but not unmerciful: they professed to mean no mischief; and who can say they did mean any? They wished that ancient man, Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge, who had once been black-balled at Bartlett's Buildings, to be admitted at Lincoln's Inn Fields. Their wish was granted; for who could refuse a request so trifling in itself, and so modestly urged? And at least it was not then supposed, that the admission of Simeon was to make way for the admission of all his skeletons after him. Yet, as coming events cast their shadows before, there might, perhaps, be an indication or two, that an act of amnesty to the old champion of heterodoxy was not the ultimate end of these movements. There were some of these moderate reformers, who made it their business to associate as much as they could with the chief doctors on either side, and to negotiate terms of comprehension and compromise. It was their merit, that they saw worth to be |