DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL.

-The bishop formally took possession of the see of Bristol on the 19th of October. He arrived in Bristol, and was met at the cathedral by the mayor in his official costume, accompanied by the rev. prebendaries Lord W. Somerset, Lee, and Harvey, the minor canons, his lordship's chaplain, and upwards of seventy of the clergy of the city and neighbourhood. After attending divine service, he proceeded to the chapterroom, where he was presented with an address by Mr. Harvey, on behalf of the clergy, couched in terms of affectionate regard and personal respect towards his lordship; but regretting that the ecclesiastical commissioners had thought it necessary to deprive Bristol of its separate bishopric. His lordship returned a suitable reply.

DIOCESE OF LIMERICK.-The committee of the Episcopal Chapel and Blind Asylum in Limerick have presented an address to the Rev. John B. R. Atkins; also a beautiful Bible, with suitable inscription, in return for his faithful and zealous superintendence of the chapel, &c., during the absence of the Rev. Mr. Hoare on his mission to England.-Dublin Record.

DIOCESE OF LINCOLN. The new church of St. Michael's, Stamford, has been consecrated by the bishop of the diocese, being rebuilt by subscriptions, aided by a grant from the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches. A collection was made after a sermon by the bishop of the diocese, amounting to upwards of 171.; and on the following Sunday a further collection of nearly 801. was made.

DIOCESE OF NORWICH.-Lieut.-Gen. Sir E. Kerrison, M.P., has presented an organ worth 200 guineas to Hoxne church, Suffolk, the oldest ecclesiastical establishment, it being the first Christian church erected in the kingdom of the East Angles.

A new church, in the parish of St. Clement, Ipswich, has been consecrated by the Bishop of Sodor and Man. It is an elegant building, of the Doric order, and has been erected at the cost of the Rev. J. T. Nottidge, who has munificently provided an endowment for the minister.

DIOCESE OF RIPON.- Huddersfield Parish Church. This beautiful and commodious structure, entirely rebuilt and restored, at an expense of about 8,0007., has been opened for public worship. The first sermon was preached by the Rev. John Lowe, A.M., of Wentworth, who was inducted vicar of Huddersfield fifty-two years ago. The collection amounted to 1651. 19s. 8d. The sermon in the evening was preached by the Rev. H. Stowell, M.A., of Manchester, to an immense congregation, there being at least 3,000 persons present. The collection 1247. At the closing of the service the vicar read a letter from the Bishop of Ripon, much regretting his inability to attend, and enclosing 501. as his subscription to the building.

The Rev. Dr. Longley was consecrated first bishop of this diocese on Sunday Nov. 6, in York Cathedral, by the Archbishop of York, assisted by the Bishops of Lincoln and Chester. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Short.

Bradford. The ceremony of laying the first stone of St. James's church took place on Monday, October 31st, in the presence of nearly 25,000 persons, who seemed in general to take an interest in the institutions to which it referred. John Wood, Esq., of Thedden Grange, Hants, erects this church, and also endows it, at his own expense. He also provides a school-room and a minister's house, which are now in progress. A platform had been provided for the ladies, and for those who went to take part in the proceedings. A number of gentlemen had arranged to meet at the Exchange, and a very considerable body of the most respectable in station proceeded at the ap

pointed time to the house of the late Mr. Wood, where they were joined by a considerable body of the clergy. With some difficulty, the clergy, and a part of the gentry, reached the platform; and the proceedings having been opened by a hymn, Mr. Wood proceeded to address the assembly. The address was received with the utmost satisfaction; and he laid the stone with the usual formalities. The vast concourse of persons then separated, after having sung the national anthem. We regard such men as Mr. Wood as among the best benefactors to their fellow-creatures, and the truest friends to their country. May the number of such be increased an hundred fold! Mr. W. expends on this church, including endowment, nearly 20,0001.

DIOCESE OF SARUM.-The bishop has appointed the following rural deans for the archdeaconry of Dorset: -Deanery of Dorchester. Rev. E. Bankes, rect. of Coate; T. Dade, rect. of Broadway.-Whitchurch. Rev. J. M. Colson, rect. of Piddlehinton; G. Pickard, rect. of Bloxworth; J. Venables, vic. of Buckland; T. Tyrwhitt, vic. of Turnworth.-Bridport. Rev. F. Goforth, rect. of Whitechurch Canonicorum; J. J. G. Dowland, vic. of Broadwindsor; F. M'Carthy, vic. of Loders; L. Foot, rect. of Longbredy.-Pimperne. Rev. R. Moore, rect. of Wimborne, St. Giles; J. Watts, rect. of Gunville.-Shashston. Rev. H. Deane, vic. of

Gillingham; R. Grant, vic. of Bradford Abbas; J.

Wilson, rect. of Holwell; W. Blennerhassett, vic. of Iwerne Minster.

The church at Charmouth, Dorset, was opened for the public worship of God, having been rebuilt on a considerably enlarged scale, on Friday the 28th of last month; and a collection of nearly 601. was made after a sermon by the archdeacon of Dorset.

UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.-It is proposed to esta blish a professorship for the Irish language in this university, as soon as the requisite funds shall have been raised. The Archbishops of Armagh and Tuam, the Earl of Roden, Lord Mountsandford, the provost of Trinity College, &c., are already among the subscribers. We intend in a very early number to bring this subject prominently before our readers.

CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.-Since the formation of the society there has been received in donations 3,4861. 11s. 7d., in annual subscriptions 1,003 11s., making a whole of 4,4901. 2s. 7d. The grants, however, which have been made for clerical and lay assistance are rapidly advancing to a sum three times the amount of the annual subscriptions. The committee are now allowed to place on the list of their vice-patrons the names of their lordships the Bishops of Winchester, Salisbury, Norwich, Llandaff, Chester, and Chichester.

SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PIOUS CLERGYMEN. The claims of this excellent institution are not sufficiently known to the members of our Church. Society has existed, it has distributed to distressed In the course of forty-seven years, during which the clergymen, two thousand three hundred and twentyfour grants of various sums of money, according to the nature of the respective applications and the exigency of each case; the whole sum distributed by such grants being sixty-eight thousand two hundred and twenty-nine pounds. The class of pious and diligent persons, in behalf of whom this society labours, is highly deserving of the consideration and assistance of all who wish well to the efficiency of our ecclesiastical Establishment, and who rightly view it as a most powerful instrument, under Divine Providence, for promoting true religion and sound morality in the more sequestered as well as the more populous parts of England and Wales. The income of the last year amounted to 33841. 16s. 11d.; and many of the cases of clerical distress relieved by means of the Society were of the most painful character.

Of Oxford.-A. Dean, B.A., R. H. Fortescue, B.A., J. J. Scott, M.A., Exeter; W. K. Sweetland, B.A., Wor.

Of Cambridge.-G. B. Gibbons, B.A., E. Rendell, B.A., St. John's; J. R. Hogg, B.A., Christ's; W. E. Good, B.A., N. Tindal, M. A., Trin.; J. Smart, B.A., Pet.; S. H. Weddrington, B.A., Mag.

DEACONS.

Of Oxford.-R. W. Barnes, B.A., Queen's; I. D. Cock, B.A., Exeter; W. Gilbard, B.A., Wor.; G. Lowe, B.A., Merton.

Of Cambridge.-R. W. Needham, B.A., W. J. Thomas, B.A., E. Tippett, B.A. Pet.

By ABP. OF CANTERBURY, at Croydon Church, Oct. 30.

PRIESTS.

of Oxford.-J. G. Hodgson, B.A., Ch. Ch.; W. J. Irons, M.A. Queen's; F. C. Polhill, B.A., Univ.

Of Cambridge.-R. Fraser, B.A., St. John's; J. G. Hodgson, B.A. Trin.; J. Peat, M.A., Pet.

DEACONS.

Of Oxford.-W. B. Holland, B.A., Wad.
Of Cambridge.-J. H. James, B.A., C.C.C.

By BISHOP OF LICHFIELD AND COVENTRY, at Eccleshall Church, Oct. 30.

PRIESTS.

Of Oxford.-E. Hardwicke, B.A. Queen's; J. Macdougall, B.A. Brasenose; J. F. F. Boughey, M.A. Ch. Ch.; G. B. P. Latimer, B.A. Pemb.; E. C. Swainson, B.A. Worc.; E. C. Streeten, B.A. Queen's; W. Sinclair, B.A. St. Mary H.

Of Cambridge.-R. Barber, B.A., J. Berrington, St. John's; E. L. Clarke, B.A. Trin.; W. H. Dearsley, B.A. Sid.; J. F. Garrett, B.A. Queen's; H. Richardson, B.A. Trin.; T. Stoneham, B.A., J. Wix, M.A. Pet.

DEACONS.

Of Oxford.-F. J. Smith, M.A. Ball.; J. Dodson, B. A. Ch. Ch.; J. Bright, B.A. Wad.; F. Parkes, B.A. Ch. Ch.; A. Hawkes, B.A. Wad.; E. J. Edwards, M.A. Ball.; J. H. Coke, B.A. Pemb.; L. P. Dykes, B.A. Queen's; T. N. Stephenson, B.A. Worc.; J. Webster, B.A. Trin.

Of Cambridge.-J. H. L. Cameron, M.A., H. S. Dickenson, M.A., J. H. Jenkins, B.A., Trin.; J. Holley, B.A., R. M. White, M.A. Pet.; J. Stackhouse, B.A. Cath. II.

By BISHOP OF ELY (for Bishop of Norwich).

PRIESTS.

Of Oxford.-J. King, B.A. St. Alban H.; R. C. Windham, B.A. Brasenose.

Of Cambridge.-G. Barlow, M.A. Sid.; C. Clarke, B.A., E. Hoare, B.A. Trin.; R. Cooper, B.A. Pet.; C. J. Dashwood, B.A. C.C.C.; A. Fennell, B.A. Queen's; H. R. Gilbert, B.A. Emm.; A. Greville, B.A. Pet.; L. A. Norgate, B.A. C.C.C.; T. B. Platten, B.A. Emm.; E. St. John, B.C.L. Down.; I. M. Theobold, B.A. Jesus.

DEACONS.

of Oxford.--W. C. Adams, B.A. Ball.; J. Bond, B.A. Exeter; J. B. Bond, M.A. Univ.; E. Eyre, M.A. Mert.; E. James, M.A. St. John's; E. S. Lewis, B.A. Ch. Ch.; W. Willett, B.A. Magd. Hall.

Of Cambridge.-H. C. Arden, B.A., W. Herring, B.A. Trin.; E. C. Brown, S.C.L. Trin.; H. C. Boutell, B.A., H. S. Cerjat, B.A., J. Chapman, B.A., C. Fellowes, B.A., Hon. W. C. Henniker, M.A. St. John's; P. Carlyon, B.A. Emm.; T. Chapman, B.A. Pet.; N. B. Dennys, B.A. Queen's; R. Gwilt, B.A., W. W. Wright, S.C.L. Caius; J. H. Love, B.A. C.C.C. By BISHOP OF WORCESTER, at Hartlebury Castle, Nov. 30 (St. Andrew's Day).

DEACONS.

Of Oxford.-A. G. S. Shirley, M.A. Ch. Ch.; R. E. Hughes, B.A. New Inn Hall.

By BP. OF WINCHESTER, at Farnham Castle, Dec. 11.

PRIESTS.

Of Oxford.-J. A. Giles, M.A. C.C.C., H. Comyn, B.A., E. H. Dewar, B.A. Exeter; G. Austen, B.A., C. Jackson, B.A. St. John's; S. Terry, B.A. Trin.; C. E. Harwood, B.A. Oriel.

Of Cambridge.-W. S. Fowler, M.A., G. W. Smythe, B.A. Trin.; E. F. E. Hankinson, M.A. Trin. Lett. Dim. from Bp. of Norwich.

DEACONS.

Of Oxford.-J. Connell, B.A. Ball.; R. Stevens, B.A. Magd. Hall.

Of Cambridge.-W. Hamond, B.A. Jesus; C. B. Hue, B.A. Trin.; C. K. Jones, B.C.L. Downing; G. C. Hoste, B.A. Caius. Lett. Dim. from Bp. of Norwich,

Parish.

Goodshaw, Ch. Bartholomew, C. St. James, P.C. - Sinnington, P.C. - Lapley, V.

Bellwood, W.

Bewsher, J. Bromehead, R.

Brooke, T. R.
Carlyon, C. W.
Cooper, R.

Furnival, J.
Fursdon, E.

Normanton Temple, P.C. Avening, R.

St. Just, R.

Bazeley, C. H. B. rector of Southchurch, Essex, 33.
Brown, T. vicar of Tideswell, Derbyshire, 82.
Burder, S. D.D. lect. of Ch. Ch. Newgate Street, Lon-
don, 65.

Dixon, W. of Yadhurst, Hants, 83.

Fisher, T. late of Harleston, Norfolk, 65.
Forward, E. C. rec. of Limmington, Somersetshire.
Giraud, F. in Jamaica, 30.

Halton, J. per. cur. of St. Peter's, Chester, 72.
Haworth, G. per. cur. of Goodshaw, Lancash., 54.
Hind, P. R. V. senior fellow of King's coll., Camb.
Jones, Evan, 61, formerly cur. of Odiham.
Lacy, C. at Birdholme, Derbyshire, 43.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

Earl of Bradford.

Lady Boughton.

Sir I. G. Woodford. Rev. T. Randolph. Bishop of Lichfield. C. F. Burton, Esq. Earl Spencer.

Lord Howard of Eff.

D. & C. of Sarum.

Lord Chancellor.

Preb. in Wells Cath.

Gepp, G. E. master of Ashbourn grammar-school, Derbyshire.

Giles, J. A. head master of City of London schools. Heap, H. commissary of Ripon.

Kidd, J. T. D. third master of Yarmouth school. Knight, J. mastership of Hungerford hospital, Heytesbury. Patron, D. & C. of Sarum.

Jarvis, G. chap. of Buxton workhouse.
Phelps, E. S. chap. of the Stag frigate.
Rankin, T. chap. to Lord de Saumarez.

Short, T. V., Millett, G., Hall, J. C., Smart, N., to be chaplains to the Bishop of Ripon; Dodgson, C. examining chaplain.

Rev. I. Keble, re-elected prof. of poetry; F. Hessey, law-fellow of St. John's; L. W. Owen, B. A. prob. fellow; A. H. Clough, and S. H. Northcote, scholars of Ball. ; J. Fereday, B.A. fellow of Worc.; W. F. Donkin, B.A. fellow, and G. Mellish, scholar of Univ.; J. P. Frye, exhib. of Linc.; R. R. Duke, and C. K. Dean, exhib. of Queen's.

Nov. 15.-W. Linwood, and J. C. Ryle, of Ch. Ch., elected Craven scholars, out of twenty-five candidates. Classical Honours at the Examination in Michaelmas Term. CLASS I.-W. Adams, Merton; R. W. Church, Wad.; A. Kensington, Trin.; J. Wickens, Ball.

CLASS II.-C. M. Collins, Exeter; J. R. Cornish, Ch. Ch.; H. T. Erskine, Ball.; F. W. Faber, Univ.; G. Hardy, Oriel; F. Hathaway, Worc.; G. Mellish, Univ.; D. Melville, Brasenose; G. Moyle, Linc.; P. Mules, Brasenose; G. F. Noad, Worc.; J. R. Peake, Magd. Hall; C. G. Wynne, Ch. Ch.

CLASS III.-H. G. Allen, Ch. Ch.; F. R. Apletree, Ball.; J. Armstrong, Linc.; C. Badham, Wad.; E. C. Egerton, Ch. Ch.; L. Evans, Wad.; T. Fisher, R. Fitzgerald, Exeter; L. Gilbertson, Jesus; M. J. Green, Linc.; II. Jones, Jesus; J. B. Phillips, All Souls'; H. S. Templer, New Inn Hall.

CLASS IV.-D. Anderson, Exeter; J. A. Ashworth,

Ch. Ch.; H. S. Baker, Exeter; J. Bandinel, Wad.; R. Bromley, Ch. Ch.; R. P. Burton, Pemb.; Lord W. P. Clinton, Ch. Ch. ; D. O. Cotes, Univ.; J. T. Darby, St. John's; H. P. Foulkes, Ball.; T. French, Queen's; J. Hamilton, St. John's; F. M. Knollis, Magd.; J. Lewis, Wad.; W. Miller, New; H. Rawlinson, St. John's; C. C. Smith, Wad.; W. Talmage, Linc.; W. C. F. Webber, Ch. Ch.; G. D. Wheeler, Wad.; W. H. Woodhouse, Ch. Ch.; J. E. Wyndham, Oriel.

Mathematical Honours at the Examination in Michaelmas Term. CLASS I.-W. Adams, Mert.; J. A. Ashworth, Ch. Ch.; D. O. Cotes, Univ.; A. Kensington, Trin.; I. Wickens, Ball.

CLASS II.-T. Hussey, Brasenose; I. R. Peake, Magd. H.; W. G. Penny, Ch. Ch.; C. G. Smith, Wad. CLASS III.-D. Anderson, Exeter; L. Evans, Wad. CLASS IV.-R. Bromley, Ch. Ch.; A. Capel, Ball. ; R. P. Hull, Brasenose.

DIOCESE OF BATH AND WELLS.-A very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Diocesan Association for Building Churches was held on Tuesday, December 6th; the bishop in the chair. The archdeacon had preached at the Abbey in the morning.

DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY.-A new chapel at Bexley Heath was consecrated on the 6th November by the archbishop.

DIOCESE OF EXETER.-St. James's Church, in the parish of St. Sidwell, Exeter, has been consecrated by the bishop. After the ceremony, a handsome piece of plate, value one hundred guineas, was presented to the Rev. R. H. Tripp, perpetual curate.

The church lately erected at Newton Abbot has been consecrated.

DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL.-The newly-constituted archdeaconry of Bristol comprises the city and deanery of Bristol, and the deaneries of Hawkesbury, Cirencester, and Fairford.

DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD.-A meeting has been held at Chesterfield for the erection of a new church in the parish, to which Mr. Hill, the incumbent, has promised 1000l. as an endowment, in part.

DIOCESE OF LINCOLN.-John Haggard, D.C.L., late fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, has been appointed, by the bishop, chancellor of the diocese.

DIOCESE OF LLANDAFF.-St. Paul's Church, Newport, was consecrated by the bishop, November 10th. It contains upwards of 1500 sittings.

DIOCESE OF LONDON.-An address of congratulation on his recovery from illness was presented to the bishop by the fellows of Sion College, at London House, on the 16th of November; and by the clergy of the diocese generally, at the house of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on the 23d of December.

DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH.-New churches are being erected at Connah's Quay, parish of Northop; Gwernafield, parish of Mold; Cefn, parish of Ruaban; Brymbo, parish of Wrexham; and in the town of Oswestry.

DIOCESE OF ST. DAVID'S. A new church has been erected, by voluntary subscription, at Alltyrodyn, in the parish of Llandyssull.

Rev. T. Jones, rector of Creaton, has given 2001, the interest of which is to be applied as a premium for the best Welsh essay on some doctrinal subject, in St. David's College.

DIOCESE OF SARUM.-The bishop has appointed the Rev. T. Patterson, rector of Patney, rural dean of the deanery of Potterne; and the Rev. R. V. Law, rector of Christian Malford, to the same office in the deanery of Malmesbury.

DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER.-It is in contemplation to form a Church Building Society for this diocese, in connexion with the Incorporated Society in London. In his first and second charges, the bishop had impressed upon the clergy and others assembled at his visitations, the necessity of providing further churchaccommodation; and the consequence has been, that since the year 1830 thirty-three churches have been built, providing about 15,000 additional sittings; ten more are now in progress, and upwards of twenty have been so materially improved and enlarged as almost to deserve the name of new buildings. Besides this, additional accommodation, amounting in the aggregate to no less than 14,000 sittings, has been provided in about 130 churches. In Hampshire, the number of churches is 342, which would, if equally distributed, afford sittings for rather more than one-third of the population. In Surrey, there are 128 churches, which, on the same arrangement, would provide accommodation for rather less than one-third of its inhabitants. These statements are from an important document drawn up by the bishop.

DIOCESE OF WORCESTER.-The portion of the diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, which comprehends part of the county of Warwick, will immediately be added to that of Worcester, and which at present contains 248 benefices, with a population, according to the last census, of 357,548. In its increased state, will contain 355 benefices, with a population of 573,028. The preferment in the county of Warwick, hitherto in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield, will be transferred to the Bishop of Worcester.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-The death of the Rev. C. Simeon having been reported to the committee on the 14th November, the following resolution was adopted by them :-

"That the committee receive the intelligence of the death of the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. with mingled feelings of sorrow and Christian resignation; and would, at the same time, record their deep gratitude to Almighty God for his great goodness in having prolonged the life of that venerable man to so great an age; and for having extended and perpetuated his ministerial usefulness in the University of Cambridge, and throughout the Church of Christ, through evil report and good report, during a period of more than half |

a century; and that especially would the committee express their sense of the important services rendered by him to the Church Missionary Society, from its very commencement, both by large pecuniary contributions, and by his patronage and advocacy of the Missionary cause in the University, and in the country generally."

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE, -The report for the last year has been published, containing the sermon preached at the anniversary meeting of the Charity Schools at St. Paul's, by the Archbishop of Armagh, on Matt. vi. 22, 23., in which his grace manfully opposes that pernicious system of education which would exclude the Bible as a whole, and confine instruction in sacred things to selections, however judicious, and historical abridgments. The decided part which his grace has taken with reference to Scripture education in Ireland, and his practical acquaintance with the subject in all its bearings, rendered him well qualified to discuss the subject.

"The past year," says the report, "has been one of more than usual interest in the history of the society. In its ordinary operations it has not indeed varied much from that plain course of usefulness which it has so long pursued; yet the magnitude to which its transactions have now reached must render it an object of increasing interest to all who rejoice in the progress of Christian knowledge upon the principles of the Church of England. But there are this year some points of more than ordinary importance to be noticed in its proceedings, as bearing upon its future welfare, and on its adaptation, under existing circumstances, to the great end of its institution."

We have already laid before our readers the financial state of the society, the number of books issued, &c., as taken from the quarterly papers. We can only add, that as the resources of the society are enlarged, and its operations extended, the reports become annually more interesting; and that there can be little doubt but that of 1836 will be read with deep interest and lively gratitude.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND TRACT SOCIETY.-From the twenty-fourth report, we learn that the total number of tracts issued during the preceding year was 140,621; and that six tracts, chiefly on the errors of popery, have been added to the list. The publications of this society, the head-quarters of which are in Bristol, are truly Scriptural and excellent in every point of view. They set forth the doctrines of the Gospel faithfully and unreservedly, and have a decided tendency to strengthen the Established Church in the hearts and affections of the people. They are far too little known; but wherever they are, they will be duly appreciated. In a more especial manner, at the present day, the tracts which bear on the subject of popery will be found eminently useful.

The Rev. R. S. Brooke has received from his most gracious majesty the King, the munificent donation of 1007, in answer to an application made by him in behalf of the Kingstown Episcopal Mariners' Church.—

Dublin Record.

MERCHANT TAILORS' SCHOOL.-On the 15th inst. the court of the Merchant Tailors' Company, patrons of the school, elected the Rev. John Bathurst Deane, M.A., first under-master, vice the Rev. J. J. Ellis, M.A., resigned, after a service of 41 years. And on the same day, the Rev. W. Blunt, B.A., was elected second under-master, vice the Rev. J. B. Deane, M.A., promoted. The third under-mastership is vacant.

CHURCH IN IRELAND.-A most atrocious attempt was lately made to burn the glebe-house of Cloone, with its inmates, and to assassinate the Rev. Andrew Hogg.