UNIVERSITY, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND PAROCHIAL INTELLIGENCE.

TRIBUTES OF RESPECT.

THE REV. JOHN HODGSON, Vicar of Hartburn, Northumberland, has been presented with a handsome silver tea-service, by his late parishioners in Jarrow and Heworth, upon his resignation of that living, as a testimony of their esteem and respect for his long and valuable services. Mr. Hodgson has been Perpetual Curate of Jarrow and Heworth for about twenty-five years.

REV. GEORGE NORWOOD.-The inhabitants of the parish of Harrietsham, in Kent, have lately presented to the Rev. George Norwood, a handsome silver salver, in testimony of their high respect and regard for the zeal with which he laboured to promote their spiritual welfare, as Curate, and the kind and prompt assistance he at all times rendered to the poor.

REV. JOHN GARBETT.-The congregation of St. George's Church, Birmingham, have entered into a handsome subscription to present a piece of plate to their Minister, the Rev. John Garbett.

REV. JOHN BlennerHasSET. The Rev. John Blennerhasset, Rector of Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset, was lately presented by Lieutenant-Colonel King, on behalf of himself and the parishioners of Folke, principally of the industrious poor, with a very handsome silver cup, as a grateful testimony of their high esteem for the Rev. Gentleman in the performance of his clerical duties, and general kindness to the parishioners, during the period of a twelvemonth, in which he officiated for the late incumbent, at the church of that place. The following inscription was engraved on the cup:-"The grateful tribute of the parish of Folke to the Rev. John Blennerhassett, as a token of their high respect. 1833."

REV. ROBERT EDEN.-The Pupils of Hackney Grammar School have presented a handsome embossed silver salver to the Head Master, the Rev. Robert Eden, M.A., late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, in token of their esteem and affection.

PRESENTATION OF THE ADDRESS FROM THE CLERGY TO THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.-Thursday morning, February 6th, having been appointed for his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to receive the Address of the Clergy of England and Wales, at twelve o'clock, the Clergy, who had previously assembled at the house of Messrs. Rivington, in Waterloo-place, proceeded to Lambeth Palace, where they were received in the library by his Grace the Archbishop, who was attended by his Chaplains: when the Venerable James Croft, Archdeacon of Canterbury, addressed the Archbishop in the following words:

"As Premier Archdeacon of England, I have the high honour of being deputed by my reverend brethren to approach your Grace, on the present important occasion, with the Address of the Clergy of England and Wales; nor will I, in my own person, venture to say more than that I feel entitled thus to designate an address, which, notwithstanding some few slight and immaterial variations, is, in all instances, substantially the same, and has received the signatures of 6,530 ministers of our Apostolical Church." The Archdeacon then proceeded to read the Address:

"We, the undersigned Clergy of England and Wales, are desirous of approaching your Grace with the expression of our veneration for the sacred office, to which, by Divine Providence, you have been called, of our respect and affection for your personal character and virtues, and of our gratitude for the firmness and discretion which you have evinced in a season of peculiar difficulty and danger.

"At a time when events are daily passing before us which mark the growth of latitudinarian sentiments, and the ignorance which prevails concerning the spiritual claims of the Church, we are especially anxious to lay before your Grace the assurance of our devoted adherence to the apostolical doctrine and polity of the Church over which you preside, and of which we are Ministers; and our deep-rooted attachment to that venerable Liturgy, in which she has embodied, in the language of ancient piety, the orthodox and primitive faith.

"And while we most earnestly deprecate that restless desire of change which would rashly innovate in spiritual matters, we are not less solicitous to declare our firm conviction, that should any thing, from the lapse of years or altered circumstances, require renewal or correction, your Grace, and our other spiritual rulers, may rely upon the cheerful co-operation and dutiful support of the Clergy, in carrying into effect any measures that may tend to revive the discipline of ancient times, to strengthen the connexion between the Bishops, Clergy, and people, and to promote the purity, the efficiency, and the unity of the Church."

To which his Grace the Archbishop returned the following answer.

"Mr. Archdeacon, and my Venerable and Reverend Brethren, I receive, with peculiar pleasure, this expression of your kindness towards me, and your approbation of my humble endeavours to do my duty; but I feel still greater satisfaction when I consider the object which you have principally in view, and the good effects which may be anticipated from this public declaration of your sentiments. If it has been ever surmised that the Clergy are wanting in attachment to the doctrine and polity of our United Church; that they have ceased to venerate the Liturgy, are distrustful of their spiritual governors, and desirous of change, this manifestation of your opinions and feelings will correct the mistake, and dissipate the hopes which may have been built on it. If, again, they are charged with partiality for defects and corruptions, and determined aversion to improvement, from bigotry or baser motives, such imputations are shown to be groundless by this Address.

"I regard it as a direct contradiction of misrepresentation and falsehoods of different kinds, which have been widely circulated; as an avowal of your unshaken adherence to our National Church, its faith and its formularies; and as a testimony of your veneration for the episcopal office, and of your cordial respect for your Bishops. By thus coming forward, you make known to the public the real dispositions of the Clergy; you place their love of order and of ancient principles beyond the reach of suspicion; you discourage rash innovation, without shutting the door against any improvements, which may be deemed sufficiently important to outweigh the evils incidental to change.

"To myself and the other Prelates, although we have never had reason to doubt of the affection of our brethren, this voluntary assurance of your co-operation will yield effective support, and impart additional confidence. The gratifying proofs which you on this day have afforded us of your approval in respect to the past, and of your reliance on our continued fulfilment of our sacred duties, are equally calculated to allay our anxieties, and to animate our exertions. For myself, I confess that, while I am deeply impressed with a sense of our danger, and conscious of my own infirmity, I look to the future without dismay, in the hope that, through the blessing of Almighty God, and the aid of his Holy Spirit, the Church may not only be preserved from the perils which now threaten its existence, but be securely and permanently established, with an increase of usefulness and honour."

The Archbishop then received and returned the compliments of each of the Clergy present, when they withdrew.

We understand that the addresses from some Dioceses and archdeaconries have not been yet received, but the aggregate number of signatures will probably exceed 8,000. An Address similar to the above, unaninously signed by the Clergy of the Diocese of Gloucester, was presented to their learned Bishop, whose reply was manly, elegant, and firm, testifying his "extreme satisfaction at seeing such a complete union and coincidence of sentiment as appears to actuate the Clergy in supporting the integrity of our scriptural Establishment; a union which must confound the hopes of those who reckoned upon internal divisions in the Church, as a means of advancing their designs for her overthrow."

REGIUM DONUM.-This was a sum of money annually allowed by the Treasury, as a royal bounty to Dissenting teachers. It originated, we are told, in the reign of George II., in 1723, when 5007. was given at the suggestion of a Mr. D. Burgess, a son of the celebrated Dissenting teacher of that name, who had been some time secretary to

the Prince of Wales. Since that period, the grant has been gradually augmented to nearly 2000l. per annum.

On the new arrangements of the Civil List, the annual bounty ceased to be a royal gift, and was therefore denominated the Parliamentary Gift, which is now annually voted, and paid, as aforetime, to a Dissenting Minister, as the receiver named in the Treasury warrant, who, with eight others, forming three from each denomination, distribute it in small sums to their needy brethren, at their discretion.

The distributors are a self-constituted body, and are only responsible to the Treasury, where their accounts have been scarcely ever demanded. Though acting for their brethren, yet, as they exercise no authority over them, their resolutions cannot affect this grant further than as the public and the Parliament shall know, that the great majority of those ministers and other gentlemen who constitute the Board of Dissenting deputies, the United Committee, and the body of Dissenting Ministers of the three denominations, have agreed, that the practice of receiving public money is inconsistent with the generally avowed principles of Protestant Dissenters, and that they deem it highly expedient that it be discontinued. At a general meeting of the Deputies, it was so determined, and at a very numerous assembly of the three denominations, held on Thursday, the 30th of January, at Redcross-street Library, a resolution to the same effect was carried by an overwhelming majority.

Query. Have the recipients of this bounty given their assent to the resolution of the wiseacres of Redcross-street?

WORCESTER. Our excellent Diocesan has, with his accustomed solicitude for the welfare and good regulation of his Diocese, determined on reviving in the various Deaneries within his Lordship's jurisdiction in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, the ancient office of Rural Dean, which has been discontinued in the Diocese for nearly a century; and we are happy to find that so proper a person, in all respects, as the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Aston has been the first of the Beneficed Clergy to accept, from the hands of the Bishop, the appointment to so honourable, useful, and important an office.-X.

BISHOP OF SALISBURY.-We feel it to be a duty to call the attention of our readers to another, among the numerous instances of liberality and beneficence, with which the name of the Bishop of Salisbury is associated. It is well known that the College for Clerical Education at Lampeter, in Cardiganshire, was founded by his Lordship when he presided over the see of St. David, and that he largely contributed by pecuniary donations to its erection. He still cherishes towards this useful institution feelings truly paternal, of which he has recently given a munificent proof, by the establishment of four scholarships of ten pounds each for the encouragement and reward of theological and literary proficiency among the students. The proceeds of 4001. 3 per cents. bequeathed to the College by the late Mrs. Hannah More, are, we understand, to be appropriated in a similar manner, and we are glad to learn that a subscription has commenced for a further increase of scholarships and exhibitioners. The price of tuition also, in the College, has recently been reduced. These concurring circumstances will operate most beneficially on the future prosperity of the College. We hear that the general merits of the candidates for orders, educated there, have reflected much honour on the institution.

BISHOP OF DURHAM.-Another instance of the munificence of the Venerable Bishop of Durham, in addition to the countless acts of his benevolence we have had to record, has come to our knowledge. All the leases of the property of Norton Grammar School having been suffered to expire, by the negligence of the late Master, and the school and house allowed to become a perfect ruin, part of the former having actually fallen, his Lordship has not only re-endowed the school, but contributed the greatest part of the funds requisite for restoring and ornamenting the buildings, which now form a neat and commodious residence. This is not all; for little more than a year ago, we understand, the Bishop contributed a hundred pounds towards the erection of a large and handsome "National School" in the same beautiful village. He has also, with his usual liberality, has given 50l. towards building a school at Cornforth.

CHELTENHAM. We have the greatest satisfaction in announcing to the friends of the Church of England, that the Cheltenham Clerical and Lay Declaration of attachment and fidelity to its discipline and ritual, and the Petition to the King, have received between two and three thousand signatures in this town and neighbouring parishes. We understand that the Chairman of the Committee of the Cheltenham Church of England Association, R. B. Cooper, Esq., has already forwarded the Petition to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, with a request that his Royal Highness would, from his well-known attachment to the Church and to this town, lay the same at the foot of the throne.

BURIAL OF UNBAPTIZED PERSONS. A letter from the Bishop of Exeter to one of his Clergy in Cornwall, relative to the burial of unbaptized children, has just been published. The Clergyman in question had refused to bury a child who had not been baptized, but had been named by a Baptist minister; in consequence of which refusal great excitement had prevailed in his parish, and he wrote to the Bishop of his diocese for instructions in the event of such a case recurring. The Bishop states in his letter, that it will be the Clergyman's duty to do as he has already done, as the Rubric expressly says, "The Office of the Burial of the Dead is not to be used for any that die unbaptized." - See CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, Vol. XIV.

NEW CHURCH AT EXETER.-The new church now approaches completion, and attracts the notice of the many visitors to the lovely Vale of Ide. It is a handsome structure, built by Messrs. Cornish and Julian, of that city, and in its erection reflects great credit on them, as well as the Rev. Mr. Erle, through whose great exertion the sacred edifice has been constructed.

NEW CHURCH IN STRATFORD-LE-BOW.-This church was lately consecrated by the Lord Bishop of London, assisted by his Registrar and other officers, and many of the Clergy of the diocese. The morning service was read by the Rev. Archdeacon Jones, Rector of the parish; and, after the usual ceremony had been gone through, the Rev. Prelate delivered a most excellent and impressive sermon to a very crowded congregation, composed of members of most of the respectable families in that extensive parish. A collection was subsequently made, and nearly 90% were subscribed towards a fund for erecting a charity school for the education of the poor of the parish.

NEW CHURCHES IN AMERICA.-Our readers will be delighted to learn, that the prospects of the Episcopal Church in America were never more flourishing than at the present period. In New York new churches are springing up in almost every direction. The truly excellent Bishop, some months back, completed his annual visitation of one section of the diocese, having travelled more than eleven hundred miles. He was then about to commence another laborious tour, when he expected to consecrate seventeen new churches. Among them is a beautiful stone edifice, built at Auburn, on the site of the one destroyed by fire last year. Dr. Rudd, the former laborious and distinguished Rector of this parish, has been obliged to relinquish his charge owing to ill-health and loss of voice.

HARPUR CHARITY, BEDFORD.-By the recently published accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the Harpur Charity, it appears, that the net income last year was 13,5387. 10s. 8d., and the expenditure 12,4751. 9s. 5d., including the following items: Schools, 2,1847. 19s. 8d.; exhibitions, 6401.; marriage-portions, 520%; hospital for children, 675l. 8s. 1d.; apprentice-premiums, 9797.; donations on going out to service, 671.; benefactions to apprentices after service, 3501.; alms-houses, 1,9971. Os. 1d.; distributed to the poor, 500%.; schools and other buildings, 1,2001. in addition to 6,000l. previously paid on that account.

DURHAM UNIVERSITY.-The Dean and Chapter have received the following books for the University Library :-from J. Ward, Esq., of this city, Carr's Historia Literaria, 2 vols. folio; Wood's Hist. Oxon.; Pignorius de Mensa Isaica, 4to.; Ross's Antiquitates Atticæ, and two other rare Tracts. From the Rev. Ralph

Tatham, Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge, and Public Orator: Fabri Thesaurus, and Petavius de Doctrina Temporum. From the Rev. T. Gisborne: the Works of Mrs. Hannah More, and his own Works. From Charles Whitley, Esq.: the Foreign Quarterly, 11 vols.

SHEERNESS. The question of building a new church or chapel of ease for Sheerness has been recently revived, and a certain portion of the inhabitants are extremely anxious to have it carried into effect. Dr. Poore, as Rural Dean, has paid a visit to Sheerness on the subject, and the Commissioners for Building New Churches have engaged to pay half the expense; the Archbishop of Canterbury has promised two hundred guineas; Sir Edward Banks, and two other gentlemen, it is said, two hundred or three hundred more; and the Board of Ordnance offered a site for the building.

GRAVESEND.-A handsome Proprietary Chapel is now building at Gravesend, calculated to hold 1500 persons.

HUDDERSFIELD PARISH CHURCH.-The subscriptions for the repair of this edifice now amount to nearly 1,6007. Sir John Ramsden, Bart. has given 4007.; Stansfield Rawson, John Starkey, Thomas Starkey, Joseph Starkey, and J. Brook, Esqrs., 100%. each. Joseph Armitage, and J. C. Laycock, Esqrs., and Dr. Walker, 501. each. The subscribers have resolved to relinquish the sum voted by the parish, and to defray the whole expense by subscription.

POPERY!!!- "The number of Roman Catholics in England is daily augmenting. At Bristol, Dr. Baines, V. A., lately administered the rite of confirmation to 300 persons, of whom 86 are recent converts to the Roman Catholic religion."!! Who believes all this?

The Roman Catholics of Birmingham met last week to consider the practicability of erecting a Cathedral in that town. Among those who took part in the proceedings was Mr. Hansom, the architect, who said he was sure they might set up a building which would outvie any place of worship in the town. Dr. Walsh, Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District, presided on the occasion, and expressed his intention of giving 2004. to the fund, and a monthly contribution of 17. towards payment of the interest of money to be borrowed.

ENGLISH ESTABLISHED CHURCH AT HAMBURGH.-The following official notification has been made by the authorities of this city:-" The privileges of our established congregation having now been constitutionally conferred on the professors of the Anglo-Episcopal Church, it has also been deemed expedient to remove any doubt on the subject of the official acts hitherto performed in this city by the Clergyman of that Church; it has, therefore, been constitutionally resolved: That all the official acts hitherto performed here since the abolition of the Court, by the Clergyman of the Anglo-Episcopal Church, who has been tolerated in his functions, shall be considered as if he had been formally confirmed by the State, and shall have the same force, which is hereby made known to, and recommended to the attention of all.-Given at our Assembly of the Senate, at Hamburgh, the 20th of January, 1834."

DOWAGER LADY LYTTLETON.-The Dowager Lady Lyttleton, of Peachfield Lodge, near Malvern, has transmitted, through the hands of the Bishop of Worcester, the very handsome donation of 20%. to the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts; and her Ladyship has also become an annual subscriber of two guineas.

EARL OF COVENTRY.--The Earl of Coventry has subscribed one hundred guineas towards the erection of a church in the Blockhouse.

IRISH REPRESENTATIVE BISHOPS.-The Archbishop of Cashel, the Bishops of Kildare, Derry, and Meath, sit as Irish Representative Peers during the ensuing ession of Parliament.