Rev. William Ragsdell, the former of whom has been appointed by Mr. Bateman, one of the trustees, and the latter by the other trustees. On Friday, bills announced that a missionary meeting would be held in the evening, Mr. Campbell in the chair, upon which counter bills were issued, forbidding the meeting as unauthorized, and announcing the usual service to be performed by Mr. Ragsdell. Mr. Wilks, M.P. one of the trustees, thought it advisable to obtain the assistance of the police; and no sooner had Mr. Ragsdell been locked in his pulpit, than a tremendous uproar was raised by hooting, hissing, and stamping of feet. Several persons were apprehended, but proceedings were pressed against the defendant only. He was held to bail in the sum of 501. Of late there have been frequent disturbances at both the Tabernacles, City-road and Tottenhamn-Courtroad, which were originally built by subscription for the celebrated Mr. Whitefield, and have at length devolved to twelve trustees, the chief of whom appears to be Mr. John Wilks, M.P. for Boston, whose father, the Rev. Matthew Wilks, was long the popular minister of the Tabernacle.

EDUCATION OF CLERGYMEN'S DAUGHTERS.-A plan is in embryo at Brighton for the establishment of an institution for educating the daughters of poor clergymen as governesses. It is proposed to receive 100 pupils, the daughters of poor clergymen, to be clothed, boarded, and educated as governesses, at a charge of 201. per annum to each pupil. Similar institutions have succeeded in Westmoreland and Gloucestershire. Sunday morning the Rev. Dr. Everard, one of her Majesty's chaplains, preached a sermon at St. Andrew's Chapel in aid of the funds.

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KINVER CHURCH.-The parish Church of Kinver, which has been re-pewed during the present year, was re-opened for public worship on Sunday, the 5th ult. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry preached in the morning; and the Rev. Wm. Villers, M.A. Minister of St. George's Church, Kidderminster, in the afternoon.-A Selection of Sacred Music from the works of Handel, Haydn, &c. was performed in a very superior manner by members of the Birmingham Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Fletcher. The singing of Miss Aston was exceedingly admired. The collections at the doors in aid of the funds for re-pewing, &c. amounted to 140l. 5s. 11 d.

NEW CHURCH, EAST GRINSTEAD.-On Friday the ceremony of laying the first stone of a church was performed at Forest Row, a hamlet in the parish of East Grinstead, Sussex, by the Countess De La Warr, assisted by Earl De La Warr, the Right Hon. Lord Colchester, and the neighbouring nobility, gentry, and clergy. Prayers and collects suitable to the occasion were offered in an impressive manner by the Rev. C. Nevill, curate of East Grinstead, to whose exertions the church mainly owes its origin. After this interesting service an elegant déjeûné was given at Kidbrook by its noble owner. The chapel is to be built of excellent stone, presented by Earl De La Warr, on ground given by Lord Gage. It is in the pure lancet style, from the tasteful design of Mr. Moseley, the architect to the county of Middlesex.

THE CHURCH.-The following facts and comparisons may help to give some misled persons juster notions of the comparative wealth and benevolence of the clergy, than those which they have acquired from the enemies of the Church. It is now ascertained that the gross annual revenue of the bishops, dignitaries, and inferior clergy of the Church of England is 3,723,2737. (their net income is only 3,491,1907.) Add to this 263,3401. for Scotland, and 810,956l. for Ireland, and the gross income of the Clergy of the three great divisions of the empire will be 4,788,569. The Irish Tithe Bill, should it ultimately pass, will considerably diminish this amount. According to the late Dr. Hamilton, of Aberdeen, the gross income of the British empire at home, including the payments made by government, is 316 millions. The earnings of the labourers he estimates at 90 millions, and six millions may be added as to the pay of common soldiers and sailors, and others receiving public money who are not above the rank of labourers. Deduct these 96 millions from the gross national income, and there will remain as the income of the middle and higher classes, 220 millions. Of this sum the revenue of the Clergy is about 1-47th; and were it equally divided among those actually engaged in their professional duties it would not give 300l. to each. Immense deductions have to be made from this gross amount;

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tenths, visitation charges, expenses of collecting, abatements, and losses. sary deductions would reduce the average income of the Clergy to less than 250%. Then come subscriptions to infirmaries, and other charities. There are no means of ascertaining with accuracy the amount of their private benevolence in their parishes. It cannot however be estimated at less on an average than thirty or forty pounds a year. Of the annual subscriptions to public charities, they appear to contribute fully one-tenth. The ascertained proportions of clerical to lay subscriptions to the infirmaries of the following places are, Bedford 1 to 7, Derby 1 to 13, Hereford 1 to 4, and Stamford 1 to 4. Birmingham 1 in every 13 of the subscribers to the General Hospital is a Clergyman, and it may be presumed that their subscriptions are nearly in the same ratio; suppose it 1 to 17, which is making a large allowance for the average inferiority of the subscriptions of the Clergy, as compared with laymen. These five places may certainly be regarded as a fair specimen of what may be found in other parts, and they give the proportion of clerical to lay subscriptions as one to nine, i. e. the subscriptions of the Clergy to these five infirmaries are one-tenth of the whole. The reports of some other charities which have been examined give a similar result. From a calculation founded on statements published by persous locally connected with upwards of forty institutions, comprising almost every kind of charity in the country, and embracing a fair proportion of places where dissent abounds, such as Nottingham, it is found that the contributions of dissenters to those of Churchmen are as one to eighteen. Hence it appears that Churchmen subscribe for the benefit of the poor eighteen times as much as the dissenters, and the Clergy alone nearly twice as much. If the Wesleyans were deducted, and none counted dissenters but those denominations who avow themselves such, the contributions of Churchmen in general to public charities would be thirty-six times as much as those of the dissenters, and the subscriptions of the Clergy alone nearly four times as much.

REV. HUGH JAMES ROSE.-The Rev. Hugh James Rose, of Trinity College, has resigned the Divinity Professorship at Durham.

CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. JOSEPH ALLEN, D.D. of the University of Cambridge, one of the Prebendaries of Westminster, Vicar of Battersea, and Rector of St. Bride's, London, has been gazetted as Bishop of Bristol, in the room of Dr. Gray, deceased. Dr. Allen was tutor to Lord

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Catharine Hall, Examiners of the Questionists in January, 1835.

2. To appoint Mr. Kuhff, of Catharine Hall, and Mr. Tucker, of St. Peter's College, Classical Examiners of the Questionists who are not Candidates for Honours.

3. To allow the Wardens of the Market the usual stipend.

4. To allow Mr. Martin, of Trinity College, and Mr. Hildyard, of Trinity Hall, to resume their regencies.

A grace also passed to empower the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Haviland, and Professor Musgrave, to take such steps on the part of the University as they may think necessary with reference to the following clause in the Shelford Inclosure Act:

"And whereas there is a channel or watercourse which for a great length of time has been enjoyed by the residents and inhabitants of the University and town of Cambridge, running from the Nine Wells, in the bounds of the said parish of Great Shelford, to the town of Cambridge aforesaid, and supplying the said town with water, and such channel or watercourse doth take its source from the Nine Wells aforesaid, and part thereof doth run through a portion of the lands and grounds hereby intended to be allotted and divided; now, therefore, for the preservation of such channel or watercourse, as far as respects the source thereof and such part as runs through the lands and grounds hereby intended to be allotted and divided, and in order that the same may for ever hereafter be had and enjoyed by the residents and inhabitants of the University and town of Cambridge aforesaid without any interruption or disturbance whatsoever; Be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall, and they are hereby authorized and required, upon payment to them of such a sum of money as shall in their judgment be equivalent to the full value

thereof, to set out and allot unto the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, and the Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses of the said town of Cambridge, any portion of land not exceeding three acres in the whole immediately surrounding and contiguous to the Nine Wells aforesaid, to be for ever vested in the said Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars, and Mayor, Bailiffs, and Burgesses, and their respective successors, in trust and for the better preservation and protection of the aforesaid channel or watercourse and the source thereof; the hedges, ditches, mounds, and fences of which said portion of land so to be set out and allotted as aforesaid on all sides thereof shall be made, and for ever thereafter maintained and kept in repair, by and at the expense of the parties interested in the said channel or watercourse, and having the use and enjoyment thereof, not being proprietors or occupiers of lands in Great Shelford aforesaid."

DEGREE CONFERRED.

BACHELOR OF ARTS.

Leeds Conyers Booth, St. John's Coll.

The Norrisian Professor of Divinity has begun the first part of his Course, which will consist of Twenty-four Lectures. The Lectures will be continued every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, to the end of term.

MARRIED.

At St. John's, Hampstead, Richard Heathfield, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law, Fellow of Jesus College, in this University, to Miss Helen Hetherington, of Frognal, Hampstead.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We are obliged by "T.'s" communication of the Psalms and Hymns. His Sermon will be acceptable.

"T. U." will oblige us by sending any other Air similar to that by Lord A., or to that adapted to the 84th Psalm of the version by Bishop Mant. Our intention is to publish a choice selection of music, suited to our projected volume of Psalms and Hymus, as well as for the use of our churches in general; if, therefore, any of our readers would refer, or forward to us, such as may be beautiful and simple, we shall feel greatly indebted.

For the sake of economy, we should recommend "E." to procure our present Number from his own bookseller.

We have accidentally mislaid a small portion of the MS. of Bishop Kidder's observations on the Psalms: will our correspondent "T." oblige us by forwarding a supply for the hiatus between the termination in our last Number and the words "to me. Ps. XXXVII. 8. else thou shalt be moved to do evil," &c., where the remainder of our MS. commences.