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The Rev. H. Law, Rector of Downham, near Ely, has given directions for the supply of any of the labouring poor at Downham, who may be afflicted with Cholera, with medical assistance, and all other necessaries, at his expense. He has also engaged to abandon the right to tithes for any land let to the poor.

On the evening of Wednesday, March 28, York Cathedral was lighted up with gas, for the purpose of enabling the Judges, the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and several others who were invited by the Dean, to inspect the renovated choir. The south entrance was opened to the public; and when the company who had attended by invitation began to retire, the choir was thrown open by order of the Dean. A universal smile of gladness prevailed to see the pride of the city of York and the admiration of Europe so far and so well restored from the ruins of a ruthless devastation.

A subscription has been lately made for the purpose of presenting the Rev. John Noble, Curate of Corsham, Wiltshire, with a testimonial of respect and regard of the parishioners.

We are informed that Sir Alexander Croke has set out half an acre of land upon the Otmoor allotment, to the hamlet of Studley, Oxfordshire, to every poor man within that hamlet, to be cultivated by spade husbandry; and it is recommended to the owners and occupiers of land in the townships of Charlton, Fencot, Moorcot, and other Moor Towns, to do the same, if they have any wish to benefit the poor inhabitants.

In an appeal wherein the Rev. Mr. Jodrell was plaintiff, and the parishioners of Yelling the defendants, the opinion of the bench was, that the rates be amended one sixth in favour of the rector.

The Rev. N. Armstrong, who lately seceded from the Church of England, has been in Cambridge, endeavouring to propagate the belief of his opinions respecting prophecy and the miraculous gifts of the Spirit. On Wednesday evening, 4th ult., he delivered a discourse on this subject in the Primitive Methodists' chapel.

A meeting of the members of the Church of England was convened on Wednesday, April 18, at Exeter Hall, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning for an alteration of the Conventicle Act. Mr. Rhind stated the object of the meeting to be to place the members of the Church of England on an equal footing with Protestant Dissenters in respect of their assembling their neighbours or tenantry for the purpose of religious worship. By the 22d of Charles II. commonly called the Conventicle Act, not more than five persons beyond the family were allowed to assemble to perform religious worship, and an offence against the act was punishable by a fine of 207. to be paid by the preacher, and 5s. by each of the audience. The Toleration Act of William III. relieved the Protestant Dissenter from the effects of this statute, by enabling him to preach in any building, after obtaining a license for the place and for himself, the granting of which was rendered compulsory on the magistrate. By the 52d of George III. the act of Charles was modified so as to allow of twenty assembling; and what he had now to suggest was, that they should petition the legislature to extend the number to 100. By this alteration, many gentlemen living in hamlets or villages in the country, where the Church was distant, or where there was no evening lecture, would be enabled, without any infraction of the law, to assemble their tenantry and neighbours in their halls, and there read to them the Church prayers, and expound the Scriptures. Mr. Platt inquired if any practical inconvenience had been sustained from the present state of the laws. Mr. Rhind said, yes; the present Lord Barham, when Sir Charles Noel, having been in the habit of assembling his neighbours for religious instruction, was informed against, and the case being carried to the quarter sessions, he was there fined 201.-After a few words from Mr. Christie, the Rev. Mr. Howell, and some other gentlemen, a petition was read and agreed to, and the meeting separated.*

We regard the above, however plausibly expressed, as nothing but an insidious attack on the Church. The Conventicle act is injurious enough, because it prevents the Clergy from giving public instruction under circumstances where private is wholly or nearly impossible. But whatever affords facilities to laymen, calling themselves Churchmen, for usurping the functions of ministers, cannot, especially in these days, be too much deprecated. We have seen parishes thrown into commotion by this practice, which, in defiance of the law, is not unusual; and we recommend the real friends of the Church to look to it.

A public dinner was lately held at the London Tavern, Mr. Briscoe, M.P. for Surrey, presiding, to commemorate the restoration of the " Ladye Chapel," St. Saviour's. The company was numerous and of the first respectability. The music sung was chiefly of the Elizabethan age. Total sums already subscribed 2,000l., but 1,2007. more is wanted to complete the Chapel.

The Rev. Daniel Wilson, M. A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Vicar of Islington, has been gazetted to the Bishopric of Calcutta, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Turner.

A large and very handsome full-toned organ, made by the celebrated Mr Bishop, who so much improved the one in St. Mary's Church, is now erecting in the Church of the parish of All Saints, in the city of Oxford. The beautiful interior of this noble edifice, the architect of which was Dean Aldrich, has never until now had the advantage of such an useful decoration as an organ! This has often excited the surprise of those who have visited this Church, one of the ornaments of Oxford; who have admired its beautiful Corinthian pilasters, its richly-executed altar, and its pulpit of exquisite workmanship. At length the desideratum is supplied by a subscription amongst the parishioners, and by the anticipated receipts at the opening of this fine instrument, with full Cathedral service, which will, we understand, take place early in the next month, when a sermon will be preached on the occasion by the Provost of Oriel. For the origin of the subscription, and for the carrying into execution what has been so much talked of, and so much wished for, the parish and the public are, we learn, mainly indebted to the persevering and praiseworthy exertions of Mr. T. Taylor, of the Highstreet.

The Rev. C. N. Barne, on his retiring from the Curacy of Chittlehampton, Devonshire, has been presented by his late parishioners with an elegant silver salver, in testimony of their great respect for his piety and ministerial duties whilst among them.

The foundation-stone of the New Church, intended to be erected at Corsley, near Warminster, Wilts, has been laid with the usual ceremony. The Marquis of Bath gave 300 guineas towards the building.

The Lord Bishop of Norwich will hold an ordination at Norwich, on Sunday, the 20th May next.

The Bishop of Lincoln intends to hold his next Ordination at Buckden, on Trinity Sunday. Candidates are required to send their papers thither to his Lordship before the 6th of May.

The Lord Bishop of Oxford intends to hold an Ordination in the Cathedral at Christ Church, on Trinity Sunday next. All persons who desire to be ordained, must send the necessary papers to J. Burder, Esq. 27, Parliament - street, Wesminster, before Saturday, May 5th. The Archdeacon begs to inform those Candidates who are resident in Oxford, that they may present their papers to him any morning before the 5th day of May.

The Committee of the National Society for the Education of the Poor, &c. have received a donation of 10007. 3 per Cents. in trust, to apply the interest thereof for the maintenance of a school at Cherry hinton, Cambridgeshire. This liberal donation was presented by the Vicar of the parish, the Rev. Bewick Bridge.

On Maundy Thursday, according to annual custom, his Majesty's Maundy was distributed among sixty-six elderly poor men, and a like number of elderly women, at the Military Chapel, Whitehall. The Rev. the Sub-Almoner, delivered a very appropriate prayer, and then gave to each person the usual presents. The Secretary and the Groom of the Almonry-office then placed before each person about a pound and a half of bread, and about four pounds of good beef. The Sub-Almoner then said grace, and the Maundy people had some refreshment; and large leather flaggons, filled with ale, were placed upon the tables, and poured into wooden cups, out of which the people drank.

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Walford, Edw. Gibbs Chipping Warden, R.

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Lord Chancellor

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Devon Exeter R. Melhuish, Esq.
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Regulations for the Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew Scholarships, agreed upon in Convocation.

I. That the sum of 307. shall at the first be annually paid to each of the three Scholars who shall be elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned; and that this stipend shall continue, provided the circumstances of the estate shall permit the required payment; and shall be from time to time increased, whenever the proceeds shall allow the addition of 51. to each Scholarship.

II. That all Members of the University under the degree of M.A. or B.C.L., and any persons who having taken either of those degrees shall not have exceeded twenty-five years of age, shall be eligible to these Scholarships.

III. That the Scholarships be holden for three calendar years from the day of election, provided that the following conditions be complied with. Every Scholar shall reside in the first two years after his election to a Scholarship, as follows: viz, not less than seven weeks in the Michaelmas and Lent terms respectively of each year, and seven weeks in the Easter and Act Terms of some one of the two years. During this residence the Scholars shall be required to attend the Lectures of the Professor of Hebrew, unless he dispense with their attendance, and shall pursue studies in that and the cognate languages as the Professor shall advise. The residence of every Scholar shall be certified in writing, to the Trustees hereinafter appointed, by the Head of his College or Hall, or by the Vicegerent in the absence of the said Head. And his attendance upon the Lectures of the Professor of Hebrew, or his dispensation from attendance on them, shall be certified in writing by the said Professor. The Trustees may dispense with the residence of a Scholar during any two of the said periods of seven weeks for any very urgent cause, and during any two more, if he can make it appear to the Trustees that he can pursue any branch of these studies to a greater advantage elsewhere; but in either case such dispensation must be approved of by an absolute majority of the whole number, of whom the Regius Professor of Hebrew, or the Reader in Arabic shall always be one.

IV. That the Proceeds arising from this Benefaction be payable to the Trustees hereinafter appointed.

V. That these Trustees be the ViceChancellor, the President of Magdalen College, the Dean of Christ Church, the Warden of Wadham College, the Regius

Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew, and the Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic, respectively, for the time being. The presence of three Trustees shall be necessary to form a board.

VI. That the Trustees pay the Scholars the sum specified in Regulation I, on their producing the requisite Certificates; discharge all other expenses incident to the Trust; and submit their accounts annually to the Delegates of the University Accounts, to be audited by them.

VII. That the Trustees shall invest in the Public Funds, in the name of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University, any surplus which may remain after the above payments have been made; unless the Trustees shall think it advisable to appropriate any part of it in prizes, either to meritorious, though unsuccessful Candidates, or for Compositions on any subject connected with the object of the foundation.

VIII. That the Electors be the Regius Professor of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew, and the Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic, for the time being; and the same Electors shall be judges of any prize compositions, whenever any prizes (as contemplated in Regulation VII.) may be given. And if in either case any one or more of these official Electors decline acting, or if the office of Professor or Reader be vacant, the Trustees shall appoint an Elector or Electors for that time in his or their stead.

IX.-1. That only one Scholar be elected in one calendar year. And if the Electors at any time shall not think any of the Candidates worthy of the Scholarship, they may decline to elect till the next year.

2. The Examination shall always take place in Act Term, and the first shall be in the year 1832.

3. The Electors shall give a notice of not less than ten days of the time for the holding the Examinations. This notice shall be affixed to the door of the Convocation House and to the Buttery door of each College and Hall, and distributed to the Heads of Colleges and Halls, and to the Common Rooms.

4. Every Candidate shall signify his intention of offering himself by delivering to the Electors a Certificate of the consent of the Head or Vicegerent of his College or Hall, together with a certificate of his age, if necessary, two days at least before the commencement of the Examination; and without such Certificate or Certificates the Electors shall not proceed to examine any Candidate.

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