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Η γραφὶς ἀργυρέη μέν, ὅτ', ἐκ πυρὸς ἦλθον, ἐτύχθην
Σαῖσι δὲ καὶ χρυσέη γίνομαι ἐν παλάμαις.
Which may be thus rendered, the pen be-
ing the speaker:—

"Silver I started from the artist's mould,

But in thy plastic hand I turn to gold.” On the shield of the inkstand the following lines were inscribed:

"Apt is this gift, how plain soe'er it be,

From pupils taught its classic use by thee;
And apter still, if with thy thoughts it blend
The hearts which love this teacher, guide,
Times.

and friend."
CHURCH-RATES.-SIGNAL DEFEAT OF
THE RADICALS AT WEST HACKNEY.-The
dissenters and abolitionists, who last year,
by a maneuvre, succeeded in their at-
tempts against a church-rate, mustered
their forces on Friday, the 29th of June,
and, in their own language, threatened to
give the friends of religion a" second good
thrashing." On this occasion, however,
their anticipations were not realized, for
the church party defeated them upon a
division. At the close of the poll on Sa-
turday, at five o'clock, the numbers were,
for the rate, 186; against it 14-majority,
172.-Ibid.

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE EMPLOY. MENT OF ADDITIONAL CURATES IN POPULOUS PLACES—A meeting of this society was held at No. 4, St. Martin's-place, on Thursday, 19th July; his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chair. There were present the Bishops of Lincoln, Salisbury, and Chichester, the Rev. Chancellor Dealtry, the Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart. ; the Rev. B. Harrison; T. D. Ackland, Esq., M.P.; Joshua Watson, Esq.; Benjamin Harrison, Esq.; S. F. Wood, Esq., &c. Grants were made to the incumbents of fifteen parishes and districts for the employment of additional curates. The society has to this day granted the sum of 6,0751. to 83 parishes and districts, the aggregate population of which is one million six hundred thousand, and includes parishes in manufacturing and mining districts, provincial towns, country villages, and places in or near the metropolis.-Times. KING'S COLLEGE. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. The annual distribution of prizes took place at King's College on 30th June, when his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided. The Bishops of London and Chichester, the Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Bute, Lord Bexley, the Rev. Drs. D'Oyly and Shepherd, the Rev.

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J. Lonsdale, and upwards of 500 of the relatives and friends of the students and scholars connected with the establishment were also present.

Professor HALL commenced the proceedings of the Meeting by apologizing on the part of the Rev. H. J. Rose, the Principal of the College, for his inability, owing to a severe cold and hoarseness, to read his usual annual report of the state and prospects of the Institution. Hall, therefore, proceeded to read the Mr. Report, which was in every respect a highly satisfactory one. The connexion

of the College with the two great universities of the land was daily being drawn closer, no less than 150 of its students having subsequently become members of those ancient seats of learning, and four or five of that number having attained the highest position in the different classes, both at Oxford and Cambridge. Report also stated that a new class was to The be opened at the college next year for civil engineers and miners, the great ad. vantage of which was at once apparent in the excellent and useful results of the establishment of a similar class in the University of Durham.

The following is a list of the prizemen in each class:

Thrupp, Shaw, May, Brookes, and Gibbs.
Theology-Messrs. Cayley, Musgrave,
(for Latin essay) Powles.
Classics-Shaw. Bulwer, Boteler, and

Mathematics-Fenn, Simms, Sargent,
Boteler, Good.

English Literature-Ball and Stutzer.
History-Stutzer and M'Lachlan.
English Composition-May.
Translation-Butterworth.

Oriental Languages-Von Dadelszen.
Hebrew-May.
French-Paterson.

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German-Loder and Milton.
Associates (those who have
through a three years' full course of educa-
tion at the College are so called).—Erse,
Thrupp, Dumergul, Paterson, Cayley,
Binney, Randall, and Wolfe.

King's College School, Sixth Class.
Gibbins, Hutchings, Edwards. Stooks,
Iliff, Bailey, Bulwer, Cosgreave, Leaf,
Fowler, Prentice, J. Brown, Ince, and
Eaton.

Fifth Class.-Young, Hackshaw, David-
son, Hodges, Rumsey, French, and Vin-

cent.

Prizes were also distributed to the head boys of ten schools in the vicinity of the metropolis, which are, 80 far as the system of education pursued at them is concerned, in union with King's College.

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In assigning to each boy his appropriate prize, his Grace the Archbishop expressed, in a few kind words, the pleasure he had in rewarding his industry, and encouraging his future exertions.

After the prizes were distributed, The Bishop of London addressed the meeting.

After a few words from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the meeting separated.Ibid.

The University of Edinburgh has determined that three out of the four years of study required by the University for its degree of M. D. may be passed in studying at the medical school of King's College, London. The regulation thus made places this College on the same footing as the Universities of Dublin and Paris with regard to Edinburgh medical degrees.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.-The council have appointed a deputation, consisting of the Duke of Somerset, Mr. Greenough, Mr. Romilly, Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Tooke, to confer with Lord J. Russell on the subject of the impediments to the working of the University.-Globe.

A very stormy meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, took place on the 13th of July, for the purpose of making a church rate. After a number of motions and amendments to the same had been put to the meeting, and much uproar and personality, the original motion for a rate of 3d. in the pound was declared to be carried by a majority of 31.-Ibid.

The amount of expenses paid by the Church Commissioners, "in and about the execution" of Acts of Parliament, passed for building new churches, from 25th March, 1837, to 25th March, 1838, is 3,436l. 10s. 6d."-Ibid.

NORFOLK.

On Sunday, the 17th of June, the church of Upwell was re-opened for divine service, after having been restored. The Lord Bishop of Norwich preached on the occasion, and in the afternoon his lordship held a confirmation for this and the adjoining parishes of Outwell and Welney, when 248 partook of the rite. At the end of his address, his lordship took occasion to observe upon the boundless munificence of the rector, the Rev. William Gale Townley, through whose exertions, and mainly at whose expense, had been produced one of the most richly ornamented edifices in the kingdom. The pews are fitted with stall heads and deeply carved panels, the pulpit and reading desk, the

gift of the rector, are of the same costly workmanship, and the new east window (which is to be glazed with ancient stained glass) and the stone screen around the altar, are supplied after designs by Mr. Buckler, from the same liberal source.-Norfolk Chron.

OXFORDSHIRE.

The workmen have commenced the erection of a new cupola on the roof of the theatre, after a design by Mr. Blore. This, when finished, will remove the objection so long and so generally made to the large flat and unrelieved space that arrests the eye, when looking upwards between the Clarendon and the Museum. The cupola will be octagonal; and on the top of the outer walls, and round the Theatre itself, stone vases of a very elegant and classical shape are to be placed, which will, we hope and believe, give harmony and effect to the whole building.-Oxford Herald.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

On Thursday, June 21st, a vestry was held in the parish of Walcot, for the purpose of fixing a church-rate of 2d. in the pound; Captain Marsh, a churchwarden, in the chair. Mr. G. King opposed the rate, on the ground that there was 7001. of the last rate uncollected. He thought, therefore, it was not right to call upon the parishioners to pay another rate. He did not wish to distress the poor; but there were many, he had no doubt, who were able and willing to pay, if proper application were made to them, and he thought that at least 2001. of the 7001. could be got in, and that would meet the demands of the churchwardens. Under that impression Mr. King moved that no rate be fixed till that day six months, which would give time for the churchwardens to get in the last rate. Mr. G. Edwards spoke on the same side. He thought that the rate was not required, and called the attention of the meeting to St. Saviour's church, which he thought ought to support itself, instead of being a burden to the mother church. After much discussion, it was agreed that the motion to be submitted to the vestry should be a rate or no rate, and there were only 17 hands held up for the rate. A poll was then demanded, which closed on Saturday afternoon, when the numbers were-for the rate, 337; against it, 792: majority against the rate, 455. A scrutiny was demanded, the result of which was as follows:-829 persons voted for the rate whose votes amounted to 806; 805 persons voted against the rate, about 451 of

whom were not qualified to vote. The number of good votes against the rate was therefore only 528, which left a majority in favour of the rate of 278.-Wilts Stand. BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN CHURCHBUILDING ASSOCIATION.-At the quarterly meeting of the general committee, held at the Palace at Wells, on the 3rd of July, the Lord Bishop of the diocese in the chair, among other business transacted, grants were voted of the sum of 155l. towards rebuilding Tiverton church; and of 751. towards building a chapel-of-ease in the hamlet of Edington, in the parish of Moorlinch. This chapel was commenced at the sole expense of a lady, who has kindly expressed her intention of giving towards its endowment a sum equal to the grants from the Incorporated and Diocesan Societies towards its erection.

It was

agreed also by the meeting to recommend the formation of a Diocesan Curates Fund in aid of the society established in London, and a sub-committee was nominated to prepare rules and regulations to be proposed for adoption at the annual meeting of the Diocesan Church-Building Associa tion, which was appointed to be held on the 3rd of October. A Curates Fund for the Deaneries of Bath and Bedminster has been some time established.-Bath Chron.

Wm. Hyatt, Esq., has presented a handsame velvet cushion, with gold tassels and fringe, to the clergyman of Shepton Mallet Church, for use in the beautiful old Gothic pulpit; and the ladies of the congregation have also entered into a subscription to present a cushion of a like description for the reading-desk, as well as carpets for the stairs. Salisbury Herald.

SURREY.

ST. PETER'S, SOUTHWARK.-The first stone of a new church, to be called St. Peter's, was, on July 19th, laid on a spot of ground at the back of the extensive premises of Messrs. Pott, the vinegar merchants, near Bridge-street, Southwark. The ceremony of laying the stone was performed by the Rev. W. Dodsworth, (one of the trustees to carry into effect the munificent bequest of the late Miss Catherine Hyndman,) who pronounced an impressive address on the occasion, setting forth the importance of the object they were assembled to witness. The rev. gentleman, in the course of his observations, informed the company that the Bishop of Winchester had given his interest in the ground on which the church was about to be erected gratuitously; that Mr. Pott, the lessee, had given his interest gratuitously for the same purpose; and that the inhabitants had very liberally subscribed a sum, VOL. XIV-August, 1838.

which would enable the architect not only to build a substantial fabric, but to render it an ornamental one; that Miss Catherine Hyndman, out of whose bequest the far greater portion of the expense was pro. vided for, had, in point of fact, made no written will, charging her large fortune with this and similar bequests, but had shortly before her death orally expressed to her brother (who was present yesterday) her wish to that effect, and that he had, with the most scrupulous honour, taken care that her last wish was complied with, by immediately appointing trustees for carrying it out. The building is to be a Gothic one, and is to contain 1,200 sittings. The usual prayers on these occasions were pronounced, and a hymn was sung by the charity children of the adjacent parishes. The children were afterwards regaled with bunns and other good things in the grounds of Messrs. Pott. Those gentlemen also entertained a very numerous party of ladies and gentlemen with an elegant repast, spread beneath a marquée. The sight was a very pleasing one, and every thing was conducted with perfect order and decorum.-Times.

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LAMBETH COMMERCIAL CHURCH ENGLAND SCHOOL.-On Monday, July 9, the above School, being the first in connexion with the Metropolitan Institution, was opened in the new room adjoining St. Mary's Chapel, under the direction of the Rev. H. S. Plumptre, the minister. Notwithstanding considerable opposition bas been manifested, and attempts made to create a prejudice against the Institution, there is every reason to anticipate that the most sanguine hopes of its projectors will be realized. It is intended for that class of persons who require an education superior to that which is given to the children of the poor, yet somewhat different from the course of instruction pursued at the proprietary schools, embracing all those branches of knowledge which may be useful in after life, based upon Christian principles, and the occupying the intermediate place between the classical and parochial schools. The whole is under the superintendence of the clergy of the dis trict, and a committee. It is hoped the school will support itself without any other resources than the payments made by the scholars.-Surrey Standard.

PARISH OF CHRISTCHURCH, SURREY.In this parish, where a church-rate has been twice refused during the last twelve months, a rate of twopence in the pound for the necessary expenses of the church, and the recent performance of divine service, has been triumphantly carried after two days' contest.-Ibid.

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SUSSEX.

On the 22nd June a Chapel of Ease to Ticehurst Church, situate at Stonegate, erected at the sole expense of George Courthope, Esq., of Whilegh, Ticehurst, and endowed by his family with the burial ground, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Chichester, attended by a numerous body of clergy. The morning service was read by the vicar, the Hon, and Rev. J. E. Boscawen, the bishop's chaplain reading the communion service; the sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Hadlow Down, in this county, from 1 Kings, viii. 27. The rev. gent. made an elaborate and impressive discourse suitable to the occasion.-Brighton Herald. WILTSHIRE.

The committee of the Wilts Diocesan Church Building Association, held their last quarterly meeting for the year in the School-room, in St. Thomas's church-yard, Salisbury, on the 10th of July. The following grants were made :-To the parish of Woodford, for adding accommodation in the church for 118 souls, 401. This sum was voted to meet a liberal rate of nearly the same amount. To the parish of Cann, St. Rumbold, Dorsetshire, 160l., towards re-building the parish church on so extended a scale as to afford room for nearly three times as many souls as the present small and dilapidated building will accommodate. Notices of five more applications for aid have been given to the secretary. Among the grants paid was the sum of 2501., voted at a previous meeting to aid in the completion of St. Thomas's church in that city. The anniversary meeting was fixed to take place at Devizes, in the third week in September, when it is understood the Marquis of Lansdown will take the chair.- Bath Herald.

YORKSHIRE.

IDOLATRY IN INDIA.The petitions from the borough of Leeds that the sanction of the British government may be wholly withdrawn from Hindoo idolatry, received not fewer than seven thousand nine hundred and twelve signatures within five days.-Leeds Mercury.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager has sent to Marshal Fowler, Esq., of Preston Hall, near Stockton-upon-Tees, several handsome presents, (many of them the work of her own bands,) for the Middle. borough bazaar, about to be held in aid of the fund for building the proposed new church at that place.-Durham Advertiser.

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICAL CHAIR.(From a Correspondent of

the Scottish Guardian.)-June 13, 1838. Yesterday, the Town Council elected to this chair in the University the Rev. Philip Kelland, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queen's College, Cambridge. There were about a dozen candidates, including almost all the mathematical teachers in town, some of whom have been exceedingly successful; but the contest lay chiefly betwixt Mr. Kelland, Mr. D. F. Gregory, B.A., scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, and son of the late Dr. Gregory, and Mr. J. S. Russell, a private lecturer in Edinburgh on natural philosophy and mathematics. Mr. Gloag, of the academy, and an able teacher, was the only other candidate proposed. This is the first time an Englishman, with an English university education, has been elected to a chair in this college.

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"William Colles. John Lanigan. James Murphy. Gregory Kearney.

John Rice.

Michael Lanigan. James Tallent."

"In compliance with the above requisition, I hereby convene a meeting of the thirty-five landholders of the parish of Blackrath, to be held at one o'clock on Tuesday, the 17th inst., at the ruins of the parish church.

"EDMOND LANIGAN, Churchwarden."" In the same paper is a requisition for a meeting of the barony of Shillelogher. The following memorandum is appended:

"Up and agitate! Attend the great meeting at the race-course, on Sunday, the 15th, and record your determination not to submit to the payment of tithes in any shape."

ANTI-TITHE MEETING AT COPPENA.A resolution of thanks to the Marquis of Normanby was passed at the immense meeting recently held on the hill of Coppena. The secretary, who transmitted the resolution, has received the following acknowledgment:

"Viceregal Lodge, Dublin, July 9, 1838. "Sir,-1 bave laid before the Lord-Lieutenant your letter of yesterday's date, with a copy of the resolution which accompanied it, and I am to convey to you his excel

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lency's thanks for the favour of the communication. I have the honour to be, &c., "C. YORKE,

"Thomas Cloney, Esq., Graig."-Times.

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