Kent; Chester; Coggeshall, Essex; Eg- Civil Engineering, and some other subjects ham, Surrey.-Morning Post. Harrow School.-The Easter examination for two scholarships on the foundation, closed on Friday, 15th inst., before Dr. Burton (Oxford), and the Rev. Mr. Hughes (Cambridge), when Mr. Egerton (brother to the Member for Cheshire), and Mr. Leslie (Captain of the school), were de-. clared the successful candidates. Sabbath Petitions.-A weekly Report is printed by the Committee of the House of Commons for the use of the House, in which is set forth the names of all the petitions arranged under distinct heads, together with the number of signatures attached to each petition. Under the head of the Sabbath are arranged, up to the 12th of March, 131 petitions with 29,918 signatures. The Report observes:— "These petitions urge precisely the same grounds for a more effectual law respecting the observance of the Sabbath, which are to be found in the various petitions noticed in former Reports." The Society for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy. The Committee of this Society assembled at their rooms in Sackvillestreet, to receive the report of the Chairman's application to the parishes of Marylebone, and St. Giles's, and St. George's, Bloomsbury, to aid the Society in sending out their paupers as agricultural servants to the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Brenton informed the meeting, that the guardians of the poor in Marylebone, having consented to advance the sum of 200l. towards the expense of sending out twenty of the parish boys, provided the Vestry approved of the proposition, he (Captain Brenton) attended before that body on Thursday week, when a motion was made and carried, that if Viscount Goderich, as Colonial Secretary, would pledge himself that the protection of Government should be extended to the boys, after their arrival at the Cape, the Society should have the sum in question at their disposal. The Secretary announced that Lord Kenyon had transmitted a donation of 20., and Major Revell had collected 631. The other business having been concluded, the Committee adjourned. The day appointed for the General Thanksgiving for the cessation of the cholera is altered from the 12th May to Sunday, the 14th April. The London University.-The Athenæum states that it appears from a Report of the Council of the London University, that the University was, in October last, in debt 2,9461.; and it infers that at the end of the present Session the University will be about 4,000l. in debt, and that it will be impossible to proceed unless the proprietors consent to raise by subscription 1,000l. a year at least. The Council state, that they have now under deliberation the question of instituting Professorships of not hitherto taught in British Universities. NORTHUMBERLAND. The Duchess of Northumberland has just established a Sunday School in Alnwick, and her Grace pays the most minute and constant attention to her poor scholars. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. At the late Association Meeting at Bulwell, the Rev. Alfred Padley, in consideration of the heavy pressure upon all classes in the village occasioned by the levying of the damage done in the late riots, presented to the parish the sum of 2501., which he had previously advanced for its use, together with a five pound note, to be applied by the curate in the purchase of blankets for such of the poor as were unable to obtain them-an example worthy of record and imitation. OXFORDSHIRE. Oxford Church Missionary Association.— The Annual Meeting of this Society was held on Wednesday, 6th ult,, in the Grand Jury Room, adjoining the Town Hall. It appeared from the Report read to the Meeting, that the Church Missionary Society has succeeded in establishing efficient Missions in Western Africa, Egypt, and Abyssinia, in Greece, in India, and Ceylon, in New Holland and New Zealand, in North West America, and the West Indies. Above sixty clergymen, and more than six hundred catechists, readers, schoolmasters, and schoolmistresses, are in connexion with the Society. The Meeting to establish a Diocesan Society for Promoting the Education of the Children of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, took place on Thursday, March 7th, and it was attended by many of the clergy and laity resident in, and in the neighbourhood of Oxford. The Archdeacon of Oxford was called to the chair, and opened the business of the Meeting, which was addressed by many distinguished persons present, on the nature and objects of the societies similar to the present, and on the state, advantage, management, and origin of English charity schools. Several of the Nobility and Gentry of the county, together with the leading Members of the University, and Gentlemen of the City of Oxford, were proposed as VicePresidents, by the Rev. V. Thomas, and seconded by B. Morrell, Esq. It was proposed that the Archdeacon be requested to accept the office of Secretary; and that Herbert Parsons, Esq., be requested to take the office of Treasurer. It was proposed, that the Committee for the present year be the parochial Clergy of the City of Oxford, the Provost of Oriel College, the Warden of All Souls' College, the Principal of Magdalen Hall, the Rev. Dr. Burton, the Rev. Mr. Pusey, and the Rev. Dr. Ashhurst. Thanks were voted to the Mayor of Oxford for his kindness in lending the Town Hall for the business of the day, and subscriptions were received, and there appears to be every prospect of the success of a Society, the operations of which will be found to be very beneficial in many parts of this county. Ashmolean Society.-Feb. 22nd.-The following gentlemen were elected members-Joseph Walker, M.A., Brasennose College; T. Stevens, B.A., Oriel College; R. W. H. Cox, Queen's College; S. Walker, B.A., Balliol College; Mr. Curtis, F.L.S., (Author of the British Entomology,) Honorary Member; Rev. W. L. Brown, M. A., Christ Church; H. Kynaston, B.A., Christ Church; A. B. Orlebar, B.A., Lincoln College; H. Randall, B.A., Queen's College. A communication was read from the Rev. C. Wilton, New South Wales, giving an account of petrified wood found there. Mr. Parigot read a paper on the history of the discovery of oxygen. Mr. Curtis read a paper on the structure of insects, and the modifications of their different parts. SUSSEX. A meeting was held at Linfield on the 11th February, at which a branch Society of the Sussex Association for the improvement of the conditions of the labouring classes, was formed. The Earl of Chichester presided on the occasion. The following constitutes the plan of the Association. 1st, an arrangement by which the labourers will be provided with small allotments of land at a moderate rent, and in some cases opportunities afforded them for keeping a cow. 2ndly, a Loan Society, upon the plan of the Benevolent Loan Society at Chelsea. 3rdly, a Depository for Savings. 4thly, a Penny Clothing Society. The amount of money levied for the relief of the poor for the county of Sussex for the year ending 25th of March last, was 327,861. 148.; out of which 44,0221. 7s. was expended for other purposes than the relief of the poor. The increase on the rate for the year was about 8 per cent. There were only three counties in England and Wales in which a decrease had taken place -namely, Bedford, 5 per cent.; Cornwall, 1 per cent.; and Westmoreland, 2 per cent. The total sum expended for Middlesex was 981,6947. 9s. SOMERSETSHIRE. The Report of the Frome Savings Bank, for the year ending November 20, 1832, states the balance due to depositors to be 23,130l. 11s.; total number of depositors, 666; viz. 353 whose respective balances (including interest) do not exceed 201. each; 165 above 20l. and not exceeding 501.; 86 above 50l. and not exceeding 100l.; 35 above 1001. and not exceeding 150l.; 13 above 150l. and not exceeding 2007.; 6 exceeding 2001.; besides two Charitable and six Friendly Societies. Total expense with the said year, for salaries, rent, taxes, printing, stationery, banker's commission, and incidentals, 711. 5s. 3d. Parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe.-Nearly 400 poor families were lately supplied by the churchwardens of this parish, assisted by T. P. Clarke, Esq., with bread and coals at half price; viz. bread at 3d. the quartern loaf, and coals at 5d. per cwt. (quantity distributed-16 tons of coals, and 520 quartern loaves), a plan the churchwardens can with confidence recommend for the adoption of other parishes, as it will be found to relieve the really deserving and industrious poor who seek the accommodation with the greatest avidity; and it also enables the donors to distribute a double quantity of the articles to be so disposed of. Sacrilege.-Bathwiek church was broken open on Wednesday morning, 6th Feb., and the poor's boxes robbed of the money which they contained. The door of the vestry, in which the church plate is kept, was attempted by the villains, but without success. The Rev. E. Wilson, the late highly respected curate of St. Michael's, Bath, has been presented with a handsome silver salver, bearing the following inscription:"To the Rev. Edward Wilson, M. A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late curate of St. Michael's, Bath, this salver is presented, by members of his congregation and other Christian friends, in testimony of the affectionate regard which they entertained for one, whose simplicity and godly sincerity' so eminently exhibited in his ministerial faithfulness, Christian devotedness, and bright example of all that is lovely and of good report,' have won the admiration and esteem, not only of themselves, but of the inhabitants at large of the city of Bath. 1833." The annual meeting of the Bath Auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Soeiety, took place at the Assembly Rooms, on Tuesday, the 12th March-Sir William Cockburn, Bart., in the chair. The Annual Report stated, that the number of Bibles 1007, falling short, by 300 copies, of that and Testaments issued during the year is of last year. As this Auxiliary alone has Testaments, and these books are procured furnished no less than 31,445 Bibles and at low prices, at more than one institution in this city, a decreased circulation is what may be naturally expected. The subscriptions and donations for the year amount only to 300l. 18s. 10d., which is full 907. less than the receipts of last year. The disbursements of the year are 72l. 19s. 4d. ; and the whole balance of 227l. 19s. 6d. had been remitted, as a free contribution, to the Parent Institution. The Committee deplored the loss of some kind friends by death; and others had left the Society, to circulate the same Scriptures, through a channel which they seem to think more desirable. Several of their former allies are now changed into resolute adversaries; and many members of a rival association appear more anxious to detach friends from the old institution, than to increase the numbers employed in promoting the common objects of both Societies.-Abridged from the Bath Herald. WARWICKSHIRE. Among the subscriptions towards the restoration of St. Peter's Church, Birmingham, we observe the name of Lord Sandon for 501. "A friend," by the Bishop of Lichfield, has also given 50l. On Saturday, Nov. 3, 1832, the prizes offered by Sir Eardley Wilmot to the labourers renting garden ground in Berkswell, were awarded by him to the successful candidates. The prizes were, (1) the whole year's rent-(2) the half-year's rent (3) the quarter year's rent,-for the three greatest quantities of wheat on one quarter of an acre, and the three greatest quantities of potatoes on the other quarter of an acre. The produce of the wheat in the three successful gardens was 11 bush., 10 bush., 9 bush.; and of potatoes 111 bush., 107 bush., and 106 bush. The average produce of all the forty gardens was, for each garden, as follows: Thus leaving a sum which, if subdivided into weeks, will give to each labourer 2s. per week per annum, obtained by his own industry and exertion. The pecuniary advantage of this plan to poor-rate payers, as well as to the labourer, is too evident to need any comment. But nobody can sufficiently value the moral improvement resulting from the possession of property, however small, and the having an occupa tion to resort to in leisure or unemployed hours, rather than going to the beer-shop. -Gardener's Magazine. WORCESTERSHIRE. Broomsgrove. It is in contemplation to erect new school-rooms for the use of the Sunday Schools of the Established Church at this place. The dean and chapter of Worcester have liberally offered to grant the committee a lease for twenty-one years, at a pepper-corn rent, of a piece of ground contiguous to the church-yard, suitable for the purpose; the erection of the structure is estimated at 1000l. The Earl of Plymouth has signified that he shall contribute 300l., and the committee have already_a fund of 3501. available for the purpose. In addition to the above desirable measure, the inhabitants are looking forward to the commencement, ere long, of the building of a chapel of ease, which is much wanted, as the population exceeds 8,600, and there is at present only one church, and which does not afford adequate accommodation for more than one-third of the parishioners. WALES. Denbigh. The inhabitants of this town and parish beg leave most respectfully to return their grateful thanks to the Rev. William Cleaver, A. M., Precentor of the Cathedral Church of St. Asaph, (their former much esteemed and highly beloved Rector,) for his valuable donation of books, recently conferred upon them, through the hands of the Rev. John Jones, for the use of the organist and choir of the parish. This gentleman, we may add, has also been a great benefactor to the Denbighshire Dispensary; having, from time to time, out of the abundance of a most munificent and princely heart, contributed towards its funds upwards of 70%. besides the many countless hundreds, which he and his benevolent sisters expended there in charity, during their short residence at Grove House, circumstances which are still new in the recollection of many.Welshman.-From a Correspondent. The Lampeter District Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, last year distributed 150 Bibles, 355 Testaments, 71 Prayer Books, and 324 Tracts; and from their funds remitted a benefaction of 501. to the Parent Society, and 57. to the Committee of General Literature and Education. It appears by the last annual report, that the small village of St. Arvan's, near Chepstow, has contributed the sum of 13091. to the funds of the Church Missionary Association, in the course of the last 12 years. SCOTLAND. Edinburgh Anti-Patronage Society.-The Church Patronage Society of Glasgow has merged itself into a general society for the defence and reform (!) of our national church including the abolition of patronage amongst other objects. The Church Patronage Society of Edinburgh has abandoned its original object of purchasing patronages, for the more likely one of extinguishing the evil, by calling the national attention to it, and pressing its abolition on Parliament.Scottish Guardian. IRELAND. Attack on a Church.-A few nights back the windows of the church at Maliffe, in the county of Tipperary, were all broken, the communion-table smashed in pieces, and various acts of daring sacrilege committed. This is the parish in which the Rev. Mr. Going, the rector, was inhumanly butchered, and his successor, the Rev Mr. Lee, again and again attacked, until he was compelled to give it up and leave the country. Westmeath Journal. NEW BOOKS. JUST PUBLISHED. Coedmon's Anglo Saxon Paraphrase of some Parts of the Holy Scriptures. Royal 8vo. 21s. bds. Plates to Illustrate ditto. 4to. 7s. sewed. Rev. R. Hampden's Bampton Lectures for 1832. 8vo. 13s. bds. Mede's Key to the Apocalypse, translated by R. B. Cooper. 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds. Emmanuel, by the Rev. R. P. Buddicom. 12mo. 5s. bds. Geology of Scripture, with Plates, by George Fairholme. 8vo. 14s. bds. Dr. H. F. Burder's Memoir of Rev. G. Burder. 8v. 10s. bds. The Christian's Manuel. Post 8vo. 8s. cloth. 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The Odes of Anacreon, by James Usher, Hebrew Professor to the Eclectic Society. The Mahávánsi, the Rájá-ratnácane, and the A new and improved edition of Heeren's Manuel Italy, with Constructions of a later Epocha, from Drawings by E. Dodwell, F.S.A. The Life, Times, and Correspondence of Dr. Isaac Watts, by the Rev. T. Milner, A.M. Observations on the United States, and Canada, during 1832, by the Rev. Isaac Fidler. A Volume of Sermons by the late Rev. W. Howels. Fancy Fair; to which is added, Star light, or a Scene at Tweeddale. The Narrative of two Expeditions into the Interior of Australia, undertaken by Captain C. Sturt, of the 39th Regiment, by order of the Colonial Government, to ascertain the nature of the Country to the west and north-west of the Colony of New South Wales. An Historical Sketch of the Princes of India, Stipendiary, Subsidiary, Protected, Tributary and Feudatory; prefaced by a Sketch of the origin and progress of British power in India with a brief account of the Civil, Military, and Judicial Establishments of the East India Company, by an Officer in the Service of the East India Company. The Second Edition of Prinsep's Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land, comprising a description of that Colony during a Six Months' residence. The First Number of the Series of Illustrations to Prinsep's Journal. The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power, Wis. dom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation: Astronomy and General Physics, considered with reference to Natural Theology, by the Rev. W. Whewell, A.M. Trinity College, Cambridge. On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man, by John Kidd, M.D. F.R.S. regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford. The Treatises by the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, Sir Charles Bell, Rev. Dr. Buckland, Rev. W. Kirby, and Dr. Prout, are in great forwardness, and will shortly appear. |