UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. The following gentlemen have been elected Scholars : Mr. Joseph Cox Algar, of this College, on the Bennet Foundation; Mr. Louis Page Mercier, of Trinity College, and Mr. William Bolland, from Sherborne School, on the Open Foundation; and Mr. Joseph Robertson Moorsom, from Rugby School, on the Yorkshire Foundation. DEGREES CONFERRED. BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. Rich. Lane Freer, Christ Church. MASTERS OF ARTS. C. R. Strickland, Trin. Coll. grd. comp. Rev. Herbert Geo. Adams, Christ Ch. Gordon Whitbread, Brasennose Coll. Fred. Pyndar Lowe, Fell. of Mag. Coll. H. T. Estridge, New Inn Hall, grd. comp. Andrew Ramsay Campbell, Balliol Coll. William Dunlop, Balliol Coll. Rev. Wm. Cottrell Lefroy, Christ Ch. Howard Elphinstone, Merton Coll., (incorporated from Trinity Coll. Dublin), grand compounder. Fitz Roy Blackford, Brasennose Coll., grand compounder. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Lord Levison, Christ Church. Jno. Edw. Lemuel Schrieber, Balliol Coll. CAMBRIDGE. THE following Graces have passed the Senate : To confirm the appointment of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Esq. M. A., of Trinity College, to the office of Deputy High Steward. To give the consent of the University to an agreement for the Commutation of Tithes of the parishes of Torrington St. Clement's, and Torrington St. John's, in the county of Norfolk. To give the consent of the University to an agreement for the Commutation of Tithes of the parish of Pidley with Fenton, in the county of Huntingdon. To purchase the stoves and apparatus now used in the Senate-house, for a sum not exceeding twelve guineas. The To agree to the terms of an application from Dr. Woodhouse, in which it is proposed to change the boundary between his property and the intended site of the new Botanical Garden. plan, which has been examined and approved by the trustees of the Botanical Garden, will be laid upon the Registrary's table. CHRIST'S COLLEGE. John Smith, Esq., M.A., has been elected a Foundation Fellow; and Joseph Clark, B.A., a Fellow on the Finch and Baines Foundation. DEGREES CONFERRED. Rev. James William Worthington, Trinity College. Rev. George Dodsworth, Catharine Hall. HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS. The Hon. John Thomas Manners Sutton, Trinity Coll. Sir John Hamilton Lighton, Bart., St. John's Coll. Alexander Leslie Melville, Trinity Coll. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Martin Stephen Cole, Christ's Coll. Charles John Bailey, Trinity Coll. George Augustus Addison, Trinity Coll. Osman Park Vincent, Magdalen Coll. MARRIAGES. At Laxton, the Rev. Augustus Otway Fitzgerald, B.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, Rector of Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, to Sarah Anne, only child of the Rev. Richard Proctor, M.A. Vicar Laxton, Nottinghamshire. At Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, by the Rev. J. H. Holdich, the Rev. Thomas Peach Holdich, M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, to Susan, fourth daughter of the late Wm. Atherton Garrard, Esq. of Watlington. At Blissworth, Northamptonshire, the Rev. James F. Egerton Warburton, M.A. late of Brasennose Coll. Oxford, Rector of Lymn-with-Warburton, Cheshire, to Anne, daughter of John Stone, Esq. of Blissworth. THE FOLLOWING WORKS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. Practical Christian Literature. The Rule and Notes on the Four Gospels and Acts of the Supplementary Pages to the Seventh Edition of The Penitent's Cave, and other Poems. By a Sermons preached at Chester. By C. B. Tayler, Spiritual Pleadings and Expostulations with God in Prayer, &c. By T. Harrison, D.D. New Edit. by Rev. P. Hall, M.A. Bellingham; or, Narrative of a Christian 'in Search of the Church. By the Rev. W. Palin, B. A. Hora Successivæ; or, Spare Hours and Medi- Sermon for the Society for the Propagation of the Ecclesiastical Commission-A Letter to the Remarks on a Note appended to Dr. Hook's Ancient Christianity, and the Doctrines of the The Act for the Abridging of Holding Benefices The Quarantine Laws. By A. T. Holroyd, Esq. land Metropolitan Commercial Schools. By Romanism successfuly opposed only on Catholic Principles. A Sermon. By W. Dods worth, M.A. Christ's Kingdom not of this World. A Sermon. Christian Literature. A Practical Treatise on Regeneration. By J. Witherspoon, D.D. The Christian Treasury of Standard and Religious Works. Part I. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. By Thomas The Notes of the Church, as laid down by Car- NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We wish some of our Correspondents would adopt the motto from Shakspeare-" Brief let me be." The "Apotheosis of Dr. Hampden" is too good for us, but any fair exposé shall appear. "D. I. E." We much regret that the Sermon and Review of our talented friend arrived too late. The Review in our next. To "F." we feel much indebted, and shall have great pleasure in inserting the Article in our April Number. "Richard Hart." We shall be most happy to receive further communications. "A Churchman." We do not altogether agree with our respected Correspondent; but as we intend to enter fully into the Oxford Controversy, we publish his Letter, and take the opportunity of soliciting Contributions from our friends on the subject. "C. E. B." Thanks. "X." Our zealous and able Correspondent would much oblige us by making his valuable articles rather more brief. "Mans." We fear we shall not be able to avail ourselves for two or three months of the favour of our Correspondent, having several Poetical Contributions already in hand. Mr. Rowlatt's omission of the Anathasian Creed, and the Cheltenham Divine's alteration of the Lessons to suit the subject of his Sermon, renders them obnoxious to ecclesiastical censure, which we have no doubt their excellent Diocesans will administer. Several valuable papers have been received, and many friendly hints, for both which we beg to offer our acknowledgments; and have the pleasure to state that the CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER is increased in circulation, and is generally recognised as THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. "T." and "T." Press of matter compels us to postpone the articles of both Correspondents. Unfortunately we have had three Reviews of "the Charges." THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. APRIL, 1839. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ART. I.-An Essay on Apostolical Succession: being a Defence of a Genuine Protestant Ministry, against the exclusive and intolerant Schemes of Papists and High Churchmen; and supplying a general Antidote to Popery. Also an Appendix, containing a Review of Dr. W. F. Hook's Sermon, Vicar of Leeds, &c., on " Hear the Church,” preached before the Queen at the Chapel Royal, in St. James's Palace, June 17, 1838. By THOMAS POWELL, Wesleyan Minister. London: Ward & Co. 1838. Pp. 175. A DILIGENT investigation of the claims of Episcopacy to a divine origin, and its universal prevalence in the Church, having long since convinced us that it was the only form of church government which received the sanction of our Lord and his apostles, we were much startled at the character which the work at the head of this article received from certain reviews, extracts from which have accompanied the advertisement of its publication in several provincial journals. We verily thought we had been building our arguments upon "the quicksands base," and that the superior diligence, and profound investigation of Thomas Powell, Wesleyan minister, had enabled him to raise such a tempest, that the edifice which we had with so much pains erected, would come tumbling about our ears with terrific ruin; nay, we even thought that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury would be obliged, out of deference to an enlightened public opinion, to set the example to his Episcopal brethren of resigning his apostolical authority, and quietly retiring into the more scriptural ranks of the Presbytery. Indeed we saw no end to the great and important changes which this doughty champion of the spiritual Philistines would bring about. The Eclectic Review tells us, that "the Apostolicals are bound in honour and conscience to attempt to answer his book. To grapple fairly with his arguments would take the whole coterie seven years."-Here is a tremendous announcement! and this high note is repeated by at least half a dozen other dissenting reviews and newspapers; reminding us, however irreverent the idea may seem, of certain animals occasionally found in considerable numbers upon commons, which repeat each other's bray till the welkin rings. The comparison notwithstanding is worthy of the subject of our remarks, for a more unfair, illiberal, unchristian publication, never bore upon its title-page the name of one professing to be a minister of religion ! When the Eclectic tells us that it will take the Apostolicals, as he is pleased to designate those members of the Church of England who believe that they are regularly appointed "ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God," seven years to grapple with Mr. Powell's arguments, we admit the truth of that statement, for we believe that it would take at least twice that period to discover any argument in the book, that is, any thing which can fairly be called an argument. The title-page speaks largely of the work, but "Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu ? Mr. Powell's position is, that in the New Testament, elder and bishop are interchangeable terms;-that the ancient fathers always asserted that the bishop was not superior in rank to a presbyter, but only a kind of president-the mere organ, as it were, of a college of presbyters ;that this opinion has always been held, except in the Church of Rome; -and finally, that those ministers of the Church of England who maintain the apostolical authority of the bishops in the church of Christ are semi-papists; a term, by the way, which we do not quite comprehend, as we have always imagined that a man either did, or did not hold a certain opinion. If a man holds an opinion which is exclusively popish, he is virtually a papist; if he does not, he is free from such an imputation. If any one holds an opinion which, having always been held in the church of Christ, is maintained by papists as well as others, he cannot fairly be called a papist; otherwise every one holding the doctrine of the Trinity is a papist, as a belief in that doctrine has always been maintained in the Church of Rome. But how a man can be a semipapist we are at a loss to discover. The virulence with which Mr. Powell attacks Dr. Hook is even greater, if possible, than the arrogant pretension to deep research which pervades the book. But this virulence furnishes us with a key to the whole affair, and exposes not only the animus of the writer, but also the object which he has in view. Since Dr. Hook's appointment to the vicarage of Leeds, numbers have been convinced, by his powerful arguments, of the unscriptural and schismatic character of dissent, and have forsaken the con gregational bodies to which they belonged, declaring themselves decided members of the Church of England. To accommodate the increasing numbers who are now the admiring hearers of Dr. Hook, and who are become sincere worshippers in that holy Church of which he is an honoured minister, the parish church has been considerably enlarged; but this is a sad state of affairs for the dissenting interest in that town. Many of the dissenters, like the Pharisees of old, are ready to say among themselves," Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him!" and in order to maintain their ground, they endeavour to malign Dr. Hook's character, that they may impede his influence, as the Jews did that of Dr. Hook's heavenly Master. Before we conclude this article, we shall make a few remarks on Mr. Powell's review of Dr. Hook's sermon preached before the Queen, which sermon, we rejoice to say, is finding its way into nearly every cottage in the realm, and is even eagerly sought for in America! The divine origin of Episcopacy, and the apostolical authority which our bishops possess and exercise, have been so clearly, and, we may add, so irrefragably proved, both by Taylor and Hooker, to say nothing of the host which have followed in their train, that to enter into a formal defence of these important truths would be not only superfluous, but presumptuous; since it would appear as if those illustrious defenders of our holy religion had left something undone, or as if we fancied that we could improve upon their arguments, both of which sentiments we utterly disclaim. We shall confine ourselves to the ungracious task of exposing Mr. Powell's unsound, and in many instances false statements. Dr. Hook (says Mr. Powell) and the authors of the Tracts for the Times, are evidently introducing popery into the Church of England, and spreading it in the nation..... An opinion, too, of the divine right of Episcopacy has spread extensively in the Church of England: most of them seem willing to believe it. Hence the clergy, generally speaking, are not the men from whom a refutation of this doctrine of apostolical succession is to be expected. Yet it evidently increases popery in the Church and nation. Its exposure may be a general benefit to Protestantism.-Pp. 2, 3. When men hold opinions, they generally believe in their truth, and therefore it is not a matter of surprise to people generally, however it may be to Mr. Powell, that most of the Clergy of the Church of England, (for we presume Mr. Powell means the Clergy when he says "most of them,") seem to believe in the divine right of Episcopacy. If there is one truth connected with the external condition of the church of Christ more clearly developed in the Scripture than another, and more clearly proved, not only by the writings of the fathers, but also by the uniform practice of the Church in its primitive and purest ages; if there is any subject to which the celebrated rule of Vincentius Liri nensis can be clearly applied in order to prove its truth; it is the appointment of episcopacy as a DISTINCT ORDER from the presbyterate, |