to Helen Frances, only d. of Thomas Utton, Esq. of Broome. Bradford, Rev. W. B., to Mary Elizabeth, only child of the late Rev. Charles Woodcoot Keysall. Briscoe, Rev. James Rhynd, to Barbara, d. of the late- - Ricky, Esq. Bunbury, Rev. Robert Shirley, incumbent of Cotter, Rev. John Rogerson, second son of the Dundas, Rev. Thomas Henry, B.A., incum bent of Warton, and third son of Major Dundas, Holly Court, Dublin, to Dinah Frances, second d. of James Cummings, Esq., Carr Hill, Kirkham Ebsworth, Rev. John Joseph, c. of St. Thomas's Church, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, to Sarah, y. d. of Thomas Matthews, Esq. Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Evans, Rev. Henry Herbert, M.A., incumbent of Leytonstone, to Fanny, only d. of Nicholas Charrington, Esq. of Ley Spring, Leyton stone. Fell, Rev. R. C., c. of Chelsham, Surrey, to Eleanor, d. of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Watts, and relict of the late Samuel Brooke, Esq. of Oakfield, Croydon. Fitch, Rev. Frederic, B.A., of Cromer, Norfolk, to Mary, y. d. of the late Edward Colson, Esq. of South Lambeth. Hemery, Rev. James, Dean of Jersey, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Ellen Charlotte, y. d. of Thomas Newcomb, Esq. Hervey, Rev. Thomas, M.A., of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to Anne, second d. of George Hirst, Esq. of Leeds. Lamb, Rev. William D., incumbent of Sneyd, Staffordshire, to Alice Mary, d. of the late Richard Moon, Esq. Lillingston, Rev. E., to Lydia, d. of the late Rev. Ley Brooks, Limerick, Rev. John, of Crewe, Chester, to Emma, y. d. of the late Archdeacon Corbett, of Longnor Hall, Shropshire. Mann, Rev. Robert, of Saxmundham, to Harriet, fifth d. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Sugden. Mills, Rev. John, M. A., r. of Orton Waterville, to Emma, eld. d. of the Rev. William Strong, of Standground, and chaplain in ordinary to her Majesty. Morice, Rev. Charles, to Augusta Mary Anne, y. d. of the late Richard Zouch, Esq. of Dublin Castle, Ireland. Parks, Rev. William, B.A., incumbent of Openshaw, to Jane, second d. of George Whyatt, Esq. of Openshaw. Pulteney, Rev. R. T. P., B. A., to Emma, third d. of M. D. D. Dalison, Esq. of Hamptons, Kent. Ramsbotham, Rev. Thomas, to Eliza, y. d. of the late Theophilus Smith, Esq. of Middleton Hall. Read, Rev. Frederick Rudston, to Louisa, second d. of the Hon. and Rev. Henry David Erskine. Townshend, Rev. George Fyler, to Georgiana, second d. of the late John Ditmas, Esq. of Walkington Lodge, Beverley. Williams, Rev. George, v. of Wichenford, Worcestershire, to Mary, eld. d. of the late John Lowsley, Esq. of Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. Waller, Rev. D., c. of Oldham, to Timmissona, d, of Mr. Thomas Lowe, of Sleaford. by four Rural Deans and about twenty other clergymen, assembled at the house of the Rev. John Pearson, rector of East Horndon, who succeeds Dr. Chapman in his office of Rural Dean. "The proceedings of the day commenced with appropriate prayers from the liturgy of our church; after which the Archdeacon, in a most admirable and truthful address, presented the Bishop with the communion service in question; his lordship's touching acknowledgment of which drew tears from most of those who had the happiness of being present on the affecting occasion. At the conclusion of the bishop's address, and the apostolical benediction which followed it, the Revds. C. T. James, of Brentwood, P. W. Ray, of Greensted, and W. B. Dalton, of Little Burstead, severally stated to his lordship that collections had been made, or were now making, in their respective spheres of ministerial duty, in aid of the projected cathedral church of Columbo. "The whole party then partook of a repast, elegant and substantial in its character. The Rev. R. Croft, rector of North Ockendon, in proposing the health of the Archdeacon, which he did in a speech replete with eloquent feeling, requested that he, the Archdeacon, would allow his address to the Bishop to be printed, and that the clergy present might be furnished with copies of it; to which a tacit assent was understood to be yielded. "The assembled guests were further gratified by appropriate addresses from several of the clerical subscribers to that testimonial of their sincere regard, which had originated the meeting; and after the health of their munificent host and hostess had been proposed and most feelingly responded to, the company retired to their respective homes. "The communion-plate, which was very handsome, and peculiarly chaste, was supplied by Messrs. Garrard, of the Haymarket, and bore the following inscription: "In Dei opt. max. honorem et in ecclesiæ usum Jacobo primo sedis Colombonensis Episcopo ex Anglia profecturo amici ejus quidam in agro Essexiensi sacerdotes pietatis ergo pecunia conlata detulerunt A.D. MDCCCXLV." Rev. Clotworthy Gillmor, late Rector of Shelton, Staffordshire. A deputation from the congregation of Trinity Church, Leeds, have waited upon he Rev. Joseph Holmes, D.D., to present o him a testimonial on his retiring from he curacy of that church, consisting of VOL. XXVII.-June, 1845, two silver waiters, tea and coffee service, inkstand and basket, in value about 1507. Rev. E. Jenkins, Rector of Dowlais, Glamorganshire. Rev. W. D. Lamb, late Curate of Colridge, Staffordshire. WARWICKSHIRE.-" The parishioners of Nuneaton have testified their respect to the Rev. G. P. Lockwood, upon his leaving that parish, by presenting to him an elegant silver salver, after a public dinner, held for the purpose, at the town-hall. The poor parishioners, and the children, have also presented him with testimonials of their regard." Rev. Thos. Nunns, of St. Paul's Church, Leeds. Rev. Octavius Freire Owen, for sometime officiating minister of St. John's, Southwark. A handsome silver tea-service, with salver to match, has been presented to the Rev. Alfred Phillips, D.D., formerly of Jesus College, late Principal of the Cheltenham College, by the proprietors of that establishment and other friends of the rev. gentleman, in testimony of the able, zealous, and successful manner in which he superintended the college. The inhabitants of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, have presented the Rev. James Sutherland, their curate, with a purse of 120 guineas, in token of personal esteem, and of gratitude, for the fidelity of his ministrations among them. The indefatigable zeal and earnestness of the Rev. R. H. Tuck, M.A., Fellow of King's College, during the short period of five months for which he has held the curacy of Waterbeach, near Cambridge, has called forth a strong feeling of respect and gratitude from the whole of the parishioners. He preached his farewell sermon on Sunday last, to a full congregation; after the service an address, signed by the inhabitants generally, accompanied by a Communion-service for private administration, was presented to him as a testimony of their gratitude for ministerial energy and untiring zeal in carrying out the parochial system amongst the poor and the sick. Rev. J. Weighell, late Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. SETTING FIRE TO A CHURCH.-Government have offered a reward of 50%., and the like sum from the churchwardens of the parish of West Wycombe, for the apprehension and conviction of the parties who set fire to the parish Church, between the 13th and 17th days of May; also for 3 в the robberies committed therein. Superintendent Davies, of the Wycombe police, has used his utmost exertions to trace the diabolical offenders, but unfortunately without success. A free pardon is promised to any accomplice (except the individual who attempted to fire the sacred edifice.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. CAMBRIDGE.-Jesus College Chapel is now in course of being rescued from the melancholy state in which it has been for many years. From a legacy, benefaction, and other sources, the Master and Fellows are enabled, and have determined to spend about 1000l. on its restoration; the works were commenced in the Easter vacation under the superintendence of Mr. Salvin, who was employed on the Holy Sepulchre, and are to be continued in the long vacation: the ceilings are to be removed, and the arcades set free, and the whole to be brought more nearly to its ancient character. Jesus College succeeded a nunnery, dissolved 1496; the chapel was the parish church of St. Rhadegund, which was given to the monastery in 1241, and on the change of the nunnery into a college, the church became the chapel; it consists of a chancel, nave, north and south transepts, and a tower at the rood, and was built in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; it has however much later additions. There is a very old stone bearing the following inscription in the chapel:- Moribus ornata jacet hic bona Berte Rosata.' It was stated, incorrectly, in the papers that the Faculty for the restorations of the Round Church had been prayed for on the part of the vicar. It has been granted to the parties representing the Restoration Committee, on the petition of the (late) churchwardens, as a guarantee for the integrity of the restorations effected, and is now in their possession. Cambridge Chronicle. We understand the appeal threatened against Sir Herbert Fust's judgment on the Round Church stone altar at Cambridge, has been finally abandoned. This decision may now be considered as the law of the land. DEVONSHIRE. THE BISHOP OF EXETER AND THE MAYNOOTH BILL-His lordship, in a letter to a gentleman who had requested him to present a petition against the increased grant to Maynooth, says, "I shall have much pleasure in presenting the petition which you mention. I return to Bishopstowe on Monday, or the following day. I shall, however, if God give me health, come again hither, for the sole purpose of joining in a resistance (however hopeless of success) to the Ministers' measure, when the bill shall reach the Lords." It has been decided at the Archdeacon of Exeter's Visitation Court, in the case of the parish of St. Paul's Exeter, that a parish having by custom the right to elect a churchwarden or wardens, once ceasing to exercise that right, if it only were for a year, lost it for ever. DORSETSHIRE. DORCHESTER.-The parish Church of All Saints, in this town, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, on the 7th May, and his lordship held his visitation in the same church, on the following day. DURHAM. The Bishop of Durham has contributed 5007, and the Rev. George Fielding, the incumbent, 100%., towards the enlargement of St. George's Chapel, Bishop Auckland. GLOUCESTErshire. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has just administered the ordinance of confirmation, in the churches of Bitton, Pucklechurch, and Yate, to nearly 800 candidates, from those and other parishes in the deanery of Hawksworth. HAMPSHIRE. The Worshipful John Haggard, LL.D. [LL.B. 1813], of Trinity Hall, Chancellor of Lincoln, will succeed the Rev. Dr. Dealtry in the chancellorship of the diocese of Winchester. HEREFORDSHire. KILPECK.-We are gratified in being able to announce that a meeting will be held on the 14th of June, for the purpose of determining on a plan for the restora tion of Kilpeck Church, one of the most interesting edifices in the county. We trust that subscriptions will be furnished to such an amount as may complete this work in a manner worthy of the taste and liberality of the county of Hereford. Hereford Journal. KENT. PROJECTED MISSIONARY COLLEGE AT CANTERBURY.-Proposals are in circulation for the establishment of a missionary college, on the ruins of St. Augustine monastery at Canterbury, principally in connection with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; and his Grace the Archbishop has given his sanction to the scheme, upon the understanding that it is to be conducted in all respects upon the principles of the Es tablished Church, and to be under the superintendence of the Archbishops of Canterbury as visitors. NEW CHURCH, AT WOOLWICH.-The foundation-stone of a new Church, to be named St. John's, was laid on Wednesday, the 7th of May, on a piece of ground granted by the Board of Ordnance, and situated on the south-side of Wellington street, opposite Brewer-street. LANCASHIRE. DEPARTURE OF THE LORD BISHOP OF FREDERICTON.-Liverpool, May 20.This morning the Rt. Rev. Dr. Medley, the first elected Bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick, preached a sermon in St. Peter's Church, previous to his departure to assume the duties of his newly-formed see. A number of the most influential of the clergy and laity were amongst the congregation, and the sermon was in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. At the close of the service the Bishop received the holy Eucharist from the hands of the Rev. A. Campbell, one of the rectors of Liverpool; and at three o'clock he proceeded to the pier-head, accompanied by a large body of clerical and lay friends, whence he embarked on board the royal mail steam ship, Cambria, which will land him at Halifax. The proceedings throughout created great interest. The collection at the church amounted to 591, LEICESTERSHIRE. ST. MARY'S CHURCH, LEICESTER.— Within the last few days an interesting discovery has been made by workmen who are employed in repairing this ancient church. In the north aisle, a little below the surface, were found two stone coffins, in which, when first exposed, the skeletons were found entire. The bodies were those of a male and a female, the latter having died young. built by Robert de Bellomont, Earl of Leicester. His son, when coming to the Earldom, made extensive additions to the Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis, and selected it as his place of sepulture; so that it may be presumed that the remains recently This church was discovered are those of the father, Robert de Bellomont, and his wife or daughter. The remains are to be placed in a mortuary chest, and preserved, as those of the Saxon monarchs and chieftains have been, in the cathedral of Winchester. MIDDLESEX. KING'S COLLEGE.-At the fourteenth annual Court of governors and proprietors of King's College, held in the large theatre of the institution, Somerset-house, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided, and was supported by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Winchester, Lord Radstock, Sir R. H. Inglis, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, the Dean of Chichester, the Rev. Dr. Jelf (Principal of the College), &c. The report showed the increasing prosperity of the institution, which was attended by a greater number of students than during the corresponding term of the last two years. The number of matriculated students was 307; in general literature and science, 125; civil engineering, 30; and in medicine, 152. Of occasional students there were 35 in the general classes, and 36 medical; and in the juvenile school the numbers were 471; making the total number of students amount to 849. The efficiency of the medical department had been mainly attributable to the establishment of the hospital, which, in order to show the estimation in which it was held by the poor, had received 1,000 patients more this year than during the year preceding. The total receipts for the year, including the fees of pupils, was 22,2761. 6s. 7d., and the expenditure 21,4344 13s.; leaving a balance in favour of the College of 1,441l. 13s. 7d. There was now funded, in Exchequer - bills, 4,442/.; whilst the estimated liabilities of the establishment was 4,275l. 6s. 6d. Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., having been re-elected treasurer, a ballot took place for the election of seven members of the Council, in the room of that number who went out by rotation. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.-At the last general meeting of this society it was announced that her Majesty had graciously presented a donation of 100 guineas towards its funds. At the monthly (May) meeting of the members of this society letters were read from the Lord Bishops of New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Toronto, and Tasmania. The Bishop of New Zealand stated that the liberality of the society in aiding the establishment of colleges in other dioceses encouraged him to hope that some assistance might be granted towards the buildThe nucleus of this institution had already ing of St. John's College, New Zealand. been formed in the buildings belonging to Waimate, but it was desirable that a perthe Church Missionary Society at the manent position should be taken up nearer to the seat of government. The Bishop intended to reside in the college himself, so that the expense of the establishment would be comparatively small. The com mittee gave notice that they would propose, at the next general meeting, that the sum of 500l. should be granted to the Bishop of New Zealand towards the erection and endowment of the proposed college. Grants were made to the other Right Rev. Prelates, in compliance with applications contained in their respective letters. The secretaries laid before the meeting the annual account of the society for the past year, from which it appeared that on balancing the receipts and disbursements there remained in favour of the society, in cash and bills, the sum of 3,4291. 3s. 2d. The circulation of books and tracts between the audit of 1844 and 1845 had been as follows:-Bibles, 118,148; New Testaments, 101,385; Common Prayer-books, 283,985; Psalms, 6,133; books and tracts, 3,438,817. Donations for the month were announced, amounting to 4821. 98. 10d. Various grants of books and money were voted. SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL.—On Tuesday, 20th of May, the 144th anniversary of this society was celebrated in St. Paul's Cathedral. There were present-the Archbishops of Canterbury and Dublin, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Durham, Bangor, Llandaff, Rochester, Ely, and St. David's; the Deans of Chichester, Westminster, and Hereford; Archdeacons Hale, Sinclair, and Robinson; the Lord Mayor, Alder men, Recorder, and other civic functionaries. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of Peterborough. The Annual Festival of the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated on Thursday, the 8th of May, by a choral service at St. Paul's Cathedral, before his Royal Highness the Prince Albert; the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Bishops of London, Winchester, and others; the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, &c. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Jelf, canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and principal of King's College, London. In the evening, the friends of the charity dined together. A collection was made at the doors of the Cathedral, and we understood produced no inconsiderable sum. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.-On Thursday, the 8th of May, the annual general meeting of the members of this society was held at the Hanover Square rooms. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was in the chair. The report stated that the receipts during the year, including 6,000l. ladies' payments for annuities, amounted to 11,9594, and the expenditure, deducting the sums in vested, left a balance in favour of the society of 1,0741. The annual meeting of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, was held on Friday, May 9, at Exeter Hall. The great room was densely crowded. The president of the society, Sir T. Baring, Bart., was in the chair; which was subsequently filled by the Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P., on the former being compelled to retire from indisposition. Resolutions were moved and seconded by the Lord Bishop of Chester, Lord Ashley, Rev. E. Bickersteth, Rev. Hugh Stowell, Rev. T. S. Grimshawe, Rev. F. C. Ewald, (Missionary to the Jews at Jerusalem,) Rev. Dr. Wolff, Rev. Hugh M'Neile, Rev. W. W. Pym, and Rev. Dr. Marsh. It appeared from the report that the income of the society during the past year was 25,7114. 2s. 8d., being an increase of 3851. 148. 8d. above the receipts for the stations occupied by the society:-London, preceding year. The following are the Liverpool, Bristol, Jerusalem, Safet, Hebron, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Frankforton-the-Maine, Creuznach, Strasburgh, Berlin, Breslau, Posen, Frankfort-on-theOder, Stettin, Konigsberg, Dantzic, Gothenburg, Warsaw, Lublin, Kalisch, Cracow, Smyrna, Beyrout, Aleppo, Bagdad, and Morocco. The number of missionaries and agents is 75. The baptisms of Jews, referred to in the report as having taken place during the year at some of the stations of the society, exceed 120; 36 of these tine-place, Bethnal-green. The number took place at the Jews' Chapel, in Pales of adult unconverted Jews who have attended at the services in Hebrew, English, and German, is stated as having often been very considerable. The other institutions of the society in Palestine-place are the Hebrew Schools (in which 50 boys and 50 girls, children of Jewish parents are educated,) and the Hebrew College, for training missionaries. The principal of the College is the Rev. Dr. M'Caul, Prebendary of St. Paul's. There is another establishment on the premises of the society, (the Operative Jewish Converts' Institution,) but which is quite distinct in its management from the Jews' Society. Jewish converts are there taught the trade of bookbinding; they receive religious instruction, and their conduct is watched over, both before and after baptism. PRAYER-BOOK AND HOMILY SOCIETY. On May 12, the anniversary meeting of the Subscribers to this society took place in the lower room Exeter Hall.-The |