elected taxer, in the room of the late rev. B. P. Bell; and Charles French Bromhead, M.A. fellow of Trinity college, was appointed proproctor in the room of the rev. J. Hallewell, resigned. The following gentlemen were, at the same time, appointed examiners of the questionists: R. Jeffery, M.A. fellow of St. John's college; John Hallewell, M.A. fellow of Christ's college; J. P. Higman, M.A. fellow of Trinity college; John Graham, M.A. fellow of Christ's college. The rev. John Burdekin, B.A. of Clare hall, was, on the 29th, elected a fellow of that society. John Cautis, esq. B. A. of Christ College, was, on Tuesday last, elected a fellow of that society, on the foundation of Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Barnes. December 14.-There will be congregations on the following days of the Lent term: Saturday, January 19, bachelor's commencement; Wednesday, January 23, at eleven; Wednesday, February 13, at eleven; Wednesday, February 27, at elevea; Wednesday, March 13, at eleven; Friday, March 22, (M.A. inceptors); Friday, March 29, (end of term) The Norrisian premium, for the best essay on The Connection between the Jewish and Christian Dispensations, has been adjudged to the rev. W. Trollope, B.A. of Pembroke hall, curate of Colne Engaine, in Essex. The Plumian professorship of experimental philosophy being vacant by the death of Archdeacon Vince, the Vicechancellor has appointed the 3d of January next for the election of a new professor. The salary of the professorship is 2501. per annum; and the appointment is vested in the Vice-chancellor, Masters of Trinity, Christ's, and Caius, and the Lucasian professor. An ordination was held in Winchester college chapel, on Sunday last, by the 'Bishop of Hereford, and the following gentlemen were ordained : DEACONS.-William Henry Bury, B.A. fellow of New college; William Cotton Risley, B.A fellow of New college; Henry John Urquhart, B.A. fellow of New college; Richard Rocke, B.A. Lincoln college. Charles Henry Ridding, PRIESTS. B.A. fellow of New college; William Master, B.C.L. fellow of New college; George Robinson, B.A. fellow of New college; James Nourse, B.A. Worcester college; Thomas Rowley, B.A. Christ Church; Henry Augustus Holden, B.A. Worcester college. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. only daughter of Philip Bennett, Esq. of Rougham Hall, Suffolk. Married. The rev. Lort Mansel, B. A. of Trinity college, and vicar of Minsterworth, Gloucester, to Isabella Mansel, eldest daughter of the late Bishop of Bristol. Died.-Mrs. Matthews, relict of the rev. T. Matthews, rector of Tyd St. Giles's, Cambridge, whose death we announced in our last number. CHESHIRE. Died.-At Lane Ends, near Holmes Chapel, in his 89th year, the rev. Thomas Hodges, M.A. vicar of Bromfield, Salop, and for more than 60 years minister of Holmes Chapel. CORNWALL. Married.-The rev. Edward Rogers, M.A. vicar of Constantine, Cornwall, and a prebendary of Sarum, to Catherine, daughter of J. Boulderton, Esq. DEVON. Died.-At Sidmouth, the rev. Charles Hardy. DORSETSHIRE. Died.-At Handley, the rev. Edward Fleet, rector of Monckton, in this county. DURHAM. Died. At the Vicarage, Norton, Elizabeth, wife of the rev. Christopher Anstey. ESSEX. Died. At Elmstead, the rev. J. Brooke, M.A. F.R. and L.S. vicar of that parish, and of Whittlesford, Cambridge, formerly fellow of Jesus college. The vicarages are in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of that Society. Died. The rev. James Filewood, B.Ð, of Jesus college, Cambridge, rector of Sible Hedingham and of Stifford, in this county. Died. On the 26th, the rev. William Wood, rector of Lawford, aged 75, formerly fellow of St. John's college, Cambridge. Died.-On the 25th, at Barking, the rev. Alfred Baker, aged 33. HERTFORDSHIRE. Died.-Aged 74 years, the rev. Samuel Ryder Weston, D.D. rector of Thirfield, near Royston, one of the canons residentiary of St. Paul's, and formerly of St. John's college, Cambridge; B.A. 1767, M.A. 1770, and B.D. 1770. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Died.-At Alconbury, the rev. M.Williams, aged 62. Died At the Fountain Inn, Huntingdon, aged 65, the rev Mr. Sharpe, of Stamford, rector of Roughton, near Horncastle. Married. KENT. The rev. J V. Vashon, reetor of Salwarp, Worcestershire, to MaryAnne, daughter of the late C. Mayhew, Esq. of Ramsgate. Died. At Ramsgate, the rev. Samuel Vince, M.A. F.R.S. Plumian professor of astronomy in the university of Cambridge, and archdeacon of Bedford. Died. On the 30th of November, at St. Paul's Cray, Mrs. Chittock, aged 93, the oldest inhabitant of that village. She was the widowed daughter of Dr. Stebbing, (an orthodox and loyal divine, who died in the year 1763) preacher to the Hon. Society of Gray's inn, chancellor of the diocese of Sarum, and chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty George the Second. LANCASHIRË. Married. At Manchester, the rev. Thomas Ainsworth, of Trinity college, Cambridge, to Eliza, daughter of the late Michael Bentley, Esq. of the former place. Died. On the 18th, in his 63d year, the rev. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LL.D. and F.S.A. vicar of Whalley and of Blackburn, and for many years a magistrate of the county of Lancaster. He was formerly of St. John's college, Cambridge. Died. The rev. William Thornton, B.D. minister of the Parochial Chapel of Garstang. LINCOLNSHIRE. and formerly fellow of King's col lege, Cambridge; B.A. 1784, M.A. 1787. This valuable living is in the gift of the Provost and Fellows of that Society. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Died. At Ossington, near Newark, the rev. John Charlesworth, M.A. late fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge, in his 80th year; and upwards of 50 years a member of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge. OXFORDSHIRE. Married. The rev. William Attfield, of Oriel college, to Mary Anne, third daughter of S. Cooke, esq. of Swan-hill house, Shrewsbury. Died. At the Mitre inn, Oxford, on his return from Southampton to Cheltenham, the rev. Charles Shuttleworth Holden, of Aston, in the county of Derby. Died. The rev. Mr. Faulkner, vicar, of Deddington, in this county. SOMERSET. Died.-Aged 71, the rev. J. Symes, of Midsomer Norton, curate of Ashwick and Stokelane, YORKSHIRE. Died. The rev. Edward Greenwood, vicar of Sowerby. Died. In his 92d year, the rev. T. Faber, M.A. vicar of Calverly, and curate of the perpetual curacy of Bramley, in the parish of Leeds. He held the former preferment 50 years, the latter above 64, and was for many years past the oldest member of St. John's college, Cam bridge. Died. The rev. William Oddie, vicar of Stillington, in this county. Died. The rev. Joseph Shrapnell, late of Bradford. Died.-At Halifax, the rev. John Philips, D.D. vicar of Bersted, Sussex, in the 69th year of his age. WALES. Died. The rev. Robert Morris, M.A, rector of Edern, Carnarvonshire, and perpetual curate of Llanffachreth and Llanelltyd, Merionethshire. MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. Hulsean Lectures for 1821. Twenty Sermons on the Evidences of Christianity, as they were stated and enforced in the Discourses of Our Lord; comprising a connected View of the Claims which Jesus advanced, of the Arguments by which He supported Them, and of his Statements respecting the Causes, Progress, and Consequence of Infidelity. Delivered before the University of Cambridge, in the Spring and Autumn of the Year 1821, at the Lecture founded by the Rev. John Hulse.By James Clarke Franks, M.A. Chaplain of Trinity College. 8vo. 12s. The Policy of educating the Children of the Poor considered, with a brief Sketch of the State and Progress of National Education; from the Reformation to the present Times. By the Rev. J. Trist, M.A. Vicar of Veryan, Cornwall. 8vo. 2s. 6d. The Cottager's Monthly Visitor, for the Year 1821. Vol. I. 65. bds.; 6s. 6d. half-bd. A Reply to "some Strictures" of Samuel Lee, A.M. Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, on a Tract, entitled "Remarks upon the critical Principles," &c. Oxford, 1820. By the Author of the Remarks. 8vo. 3. 6d. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. Contemplations on the Last Discourses of our Blessed Saviour with his Disciples, as recorded in the Gospel of St. John. By the Rev. John Brewster, M.A. Rector of Eg. glescliffe, Durham. In One Volume 8vo. A Second Volume of the Village Preacher; a Collection of short plain Sermons; partly original, partly selected, and adapted to Village Instruction. By a Clergyman of the Church of England. 'A Necessary Doctrine and Erudition for any Christian Youth, set forth in a Series of Sunday School Lectures, with a Catechism; or, Preaching Conference on the Doctrine and Principles of the Church of Christ, suited to each Lecture. To which is prefixed, a View of the Progress of popular Education from the Reformation to the present Time. By the Rev. J. Trist, M.A. Vicar of Veryan, Cornwall. In Four Volumes, 12mo. The Pleasures of Fancy. A Poem. In Two Parts. POLITICAL RETROSPECT. NOT more than three months have elapsed since we congratulated our readers on the unanimity and joy which had been produced by the King's visit to Ireland. The tables are now completely turned. While every other part of the United Kingdom is at rest, troops are marching to reinforce the army in Ireland, special commissions are sitting to try the disturbers of the public peace, magistrates petition par liament to revive the insurrection act, and in spite of these precautionary and coercive measures, every newspaper brings an account of some new atrocity. It is difficult to reconcile these contradictory statements. The facts can hardly be disputed. Every man in the country is acquainted with the particulars of his Majesty's reception in Dublin. All classes agreed in giving him a hearty welcome. But the town which displayed so much loyalty and good feeling, is now a besieged city in an enemy's country, its environs patrolled, its streets watched, and its gates and avenues barricadoed and guarded, with all the pomp and ceremony of a fortress. Are we to attribute this instantapeous change to duplicity or to fickleness? Were the Irish populace merely playing a part when they astonished and delighted their breth ren on this side the water, or are the horrid butcheries by which the delight has been done away, and the astonishment redoubled, a sudden and transient ebullition of irritated and injured men? Neither of these suppositions are maintainable. The fact appears to be, that a rebellious spirit has been afloat for a considerable period in one particular neighbourhood; and that it has recently spread into other parts of the country. The reception given to the King originated with the gentry, and the flame spread among the populace and burned brightly for a season. There is no ground for believing that the gentry have changed their minds; all reports concur in stating, that they will defend the country and the constitution. But the populace are as easily agitated by faction as by loyalty; and the prospect of their King's arrival in Ireland has been succeeded by the more flattering hope of their landlords' departure out of it. A new stimulus has been supplied, and it urges them to rush forward in an opposite direction. Their hearts, and their characters remain precisely what they were, but the circumstances of the moment are changed, and the Irishman changes with them. Should this be the true solution of the difficulty which perplexed us, the next subject of enquiry will be the cause of the disturbances. It is fashionable in many quarters to speak of the White Boys as banditti. But who ever heard of banditti caring little for money or food, and breaking open houses and murdering whole families in quest of a fowling-piece or a pistol? The love of plunder has not been manifested in one case out of an hundred. A desire for arms, and a determination to terrify such as withheld them has been the moving principle in every undertaking; and it would have been just as rational to call the Yankees smugglers when they destroyed the tea that had been taxed in England, as to call the Irishmen thieves when they collect gunpowder and muskets. The object in both instances is independence. But the Americans effected their purpose by separating themselves en masse from the mother country, while the Irish confine their ambition to an escape from rent and tithes, and seek to establish their liberty by the destruction of the land-holder and the capitalist. The end at which they aim is to free their territory from the English yoke. The proprietors of estates are considered as intruders and tyrants, and arms have been collected for the purpose of expelling them from the soil. We do not apprehend any open or general revolt. The mere peasantry of such a realm as Ireland are formidable marauders, but could make no stand in a regular engagement. Of this they are well aware, and the system upon which they now act is to harass and alarm, rather than to provoke the government and the soldiery. Yet in what a state are the disturbed districts found. Every village garrisoned with troops every magistrate sleeping with a pistol on his pillow-every yeoman in danger of having his house burnt over his head, and seeing his wife and family perish in the flames. It is impossible that so large and vaTuable a portion of the United King'dom can be suffered to remain in this condition, and the only subject for deliberation is-how can it best be changed? In addition to the old and permanent causes which unsettle and distract our Irish neighbours, new ones have been added of late, which must in the first place be removed. The patient's digestion is weak and ́irregular, and this irregularity may be the foundation of all his disorders. But it is absurd to think of remov. ing this long established complaint, while the sufferer is in the crisis of an inflammatory fever, and threatens him with instant death. During the secretaryship of Mr. Peel these obvious truths were understood and acted upon. The distress and wretchedness of the people was alleviated and assuaged, and their violence firmly repressed. Mr. Grant has been advised to pursue an opposite course, and the present state of the sister kingdom is the unhappy result of his labours. He has weakened and discouraged the magistrate, repulsed and disregarded the clergy, and trusted that he should be able to preserve the tranquillity of Ireland by an undistinguishing commendation of the Popish priesthood, and by the institution of Bible societies and school societies formally separated from the Church. Had the Irish been a far-sighted or calculating people, the plan might have experienced some temporary success. For they would have seen that it must terminate in the annihilation of the Protestant establishment, and when the clergy shall be disbanded, and sent over to England, the laity will prove an unresisting prey. But the thoughtlessness of the people has spoilt the whole. Trusting that the government would be misled by Mr. Grant's confident declarations respecting the good spirit that universally prevailed, feeling relieved from the superintendance and restraints of the local magistrate, observing that the clergy were neither in credit or power, they thought that a favourable opportunity had occurred, and that Ireland might be revolutionized before the secretary awaked. The delusion was kept up by his dilatoriness and indecision; and au ill. timed act of mercy towards a flagrant offender was construed into an admission of the fears and weak ness of the ruler. The rest has followed as a matter of course, and the only consolation which has been hitherto afforded, is the government's open disapprobation of Mr. Grant's conduct. His recall has been the signal for a total change. It has opened the eyes of thousands whom he had induced to slumber on their post, and is a pledge that the new administration will act with vigour and resolution. We shall not be suspected of advocating military executions, or any other avoidable punishment. We are confident that severity alone will never tranquillize Ireland, but we are equally certain that its inhabitants will obey no man whom they can frighten; and that their religi. ous and political attachments are too sincere and too vehement to be broken through by the caresses of a secretary. If the quiet with which our own part of the United Kingdom is flattered, should prove of long continuance, government will be enabled to devote a double portion of their care to the improvement of the sister island. They will have to contend with the deplorable poverty and not less deplorable ignorance of the people, with the small farms of the peasantry, and the scandalous non-residence of the landlord, with the bigotry of the priest, and the fanaticism of the sectary. The catalogue might easily be increased, but there is already enough to puzzle the most persevering politician. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. WE have received a letter from Oxoniensis on the subject of the Controversy respecting Original Sin, which was reviewed and concluded in our last Number. Our reason for refusing to insert his communication cannot be better expressed than in his own words. "Such a practice would lead to endless replication." But we are willing to publish the substance of his letter. He contends that his summary of N. R's doctrines was not a misrepresentation of them; and that he has himself been misrepresented by being "treated as if he maintained the doctrine of total corruption in its fullest extent and darkest character." On the first point we shall merely refer our readers to the passages in dispute; if they are satisfied that Oxoniensis has not been guilty of misrepresentation, we are contented to leave them in that opinion. If they conceive that our observation on the subject was correct, we trust that they will have no difficulty in going a step farther in our company and acquitting him of all wilful and intentional mis-statement. On the second, it must be observed that we have not treated Oxoniensis as maintaining the doctrine of total corruption in its fullest extent and darkest character; nor have we said that he asserted the doctrine in any shape whatsoever. But we certainly did think that he believed and defended it, and are happy to find ourselves mistaken. He expresses himself perfectly satisfied with Bishop Jewel's summary, and contends that Rom. vii. cannot be applied to characters truly renovated without affording a cloke to the grossest autinomianism. He also requests us to say that he shall not return to the consideration of the question before him, either in our or in any similar publication. We must not omit to state, that he speaks of N. R's last letter as greatly diminishing the weight of the objections to his opinions-and "cordially accepts and returns his candid acknowledgment, that they are both engaged in the pursuit of truth only." M., M., and S. K. shall appear. R. U. has been received, and is under consideration. |