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the world. The highest honour that can be rendered to him will be not so much in the costliness and magnificence of the Monument which may be raised to him, as in the numbers of those who shall contribute to raise it. It should be like those sepulchral cairns which were heaped in former times upon the graves of the illustrious dead, by every individual of the country laying a stone upon them; and every person within tuis Presidency, high and low, rich and poor, European and Indian, who vene. rates that religion of which the late excellent Bishop was one of the brightest ornaments and best supporters, should have the gratification of being able to say, "I, too, have contributed a stone to his monument."

On the motion of Lieut. Colonel Conway, it

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and that the Rev. W. Roy and the Rev. R. W. Moorsom be requested to officiate as Secretaries, and Mr. Gwatkin as Treasurer.

Mr. Hill, in seconding this Resolution, spoke as follows:

"I beg leave to second the motion. My own name is included in the list which has been read, and I shall derive a sincere though melancholy gratification from testifying by any means in my power, the veneration and affection which I entertained for the late Bishop. I shall make it a matter of conscience to acquit myself of any trust which may be confided to

me for the purpose of doing honour to his memory; and I take the liberty of proposing that the name of Colonel Conway be added to the list of the Committee."

On the motion of Sir Ralph Palmer, it was Resolved,-That the thanks of the Meeting be presented to Sir Thomas Munro, for his kindness in acceding to the request made to him, that he should preside on the present occasion, when the community were anxious that their sentiments should be embodied in the manner most honourable to the memory of the late Bishop.

The Reverend W. Roy rose, and spoke as follows:

"The duty of seconding the Resolution which has just been read to you, Gentlemen, devolves upon me; and although it is a Resolution which you are doubtless prepared to pass by acclamation were such an expression suitable at such a season-a Resolution embracing our united sentiments of cordial acknowledgment-yet I cannot refrain from adding a few words of address to the distinguished personage who has condescended to preside at our meeting. As a man I do but faintly express the feelings of this numerous, this respectable assembly, when I assure the Honourable Gentleman, that the kindness which he has evinced in taking the Chair on this mournful occasion, has poured the balm of consolation into our afflicted spirits. But as a Minister of the Gospel (using the term in its most extensive meaning) I may be permitted to add in the name of my brethren and myself

that long as we shall have reason to deplore the loss which the cause of divine truth and humanity has sustained, so long shall we re member with feelings of respect and gratitude the honor, which the head of the Government has this day shown to the memory of Himwho was the zealous friend-the affectionate brother-of each and every the humblest labourer in the same vineyard as himself-our revered, our beloved Bishop.

[Government Gazette, April 13.]

UNIVERSITY AND

OXFORD.

Degrees Conferred, October 10. M. A.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Adams, R. Student of Ch. Ch. Grand Comp.
Hellier, Rev. T. S. Lord Crewe's Exhibi-
tioner of Lincoln College.
Henderson, Rev. T. Student of Ch. Ch.
Short, Rev. A. Student of Ch. Ch.
Thomas, Rev. H. L. Student of Ch. Ch.
Webber, Rev. G. H. Student of Ch. Ch.
Welsh, Rev. J. Queen's College.
B. A.

Parson, William Henry, Magdalen Hall.
October 19.
M. D.

Bishop, Charles Joseph, St. Mary Hall.
D. C. L.

Bellamy, Charles, Fellow of St. John's College, and one of the Fellows on the Vinerian Foundation.

M. A.

Bramston, John, Exeter College.
B. A.

Bosanquet, George Henry, Trinity College.

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CAMBRIDGE.

Degrees Conferred, October 10.
M. A.

Andrew, Richard, Trinity College.
Franklyn, Rev. T. Ward, St. John's Coll.
Hargreaves, Rev. James, St. John's Coll.
Major, Rev. J. Richardson, Trinity Coll.
Taylor, Rev. Thomas, Catharine Hall.
Wilton, Rev. C. P. Neale, St. John's Coll.
B. A.

Denham, Joshua Frederick, St. John's Coll.
Gattey, Joseph, Sidney College.
Law, Francis, Queen's College.

Martin, R. F. Wykeham, Trinity College.
Power, A. Catharine Hall, (Compounder.)
Tenison, Edward King, Trinity College.
Tyson, Milnes, Catharine Hall.

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an extract;

"Enclosed I have the honour to transmit to you a copy of the regulations for the examination of candidates for Writerships in the service of the East India Company, which have been prepared by the Court of Directors, with the approbation of the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India. You will find that it is proposed that two Examiners should be appointed from the University of Cambridge, by the Vice Chancellor and Regius Professors, with an annual stipend of 801. one of them to be annually replaced." Plan for the examination of candidates for admission to the Civil Service, who have not resided at the College of Haileybury. "The candidates will be examined in the Greek Testament, and in some of the works of the following Greek Authors,

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BRINKLEY, JOHN, D. D. to the BISHOPRIC OF CLOYNE.

Alderson, W. A. to the Perpetual Curacy

of Seaton Ross, Yorkshire. Patron, M. C. Maxwell, Esq.

Baylie, J. to the Chapelry of Bloxwich,

Walsall. Patron, (by lapse) the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry. Bright, John, M. A. to the Prebend of Combe and Harnbam, with Ruscombe Northbury, annexed in the Cathedral Church of Sarum. Patron, the Bishop. Bruce, Courtenay Boyle, of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to be Domestic Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.

Burkett, T. B. A. to be Minister of the
New Church, Chorley, Lancashire.
Cotes, C. Grey, to the Rectory of Stanton

St. Quintin, Wilts. Patron, the Earl of
Radnor.

Close, Francis, to the Perpetual Curacy of
Cheltenham. Patron, The King.
Curtis, George William, M. A. Chaplain to
the Lord Bishop of Oxford, and Rector
of Padworth, Berks, to the Rectory of
Winnington, Essex. Patron, the Bishop
of London.

Green, Charles, B. A. to the Rectory of Buxhall, on his own petition, and to the Rectory of Harlston, Suffolk. Patron, R. Pettiward, Esq.

Hall, F. Russell, B. D. Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. Patrons, the Master and Fellows of that Society. Henderson, Thomas, M. A. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to be Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Verulam.

Hughes, C. W. B. A of C. C. C. Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's Chapel, Lacey Green, Bucks.

Martin, S. to the Rectory of St. Mary Magdalene, and Vicarage of St. Nicholas, Lincoln. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter. Master, J. Streynsham, M. A. of Balliol College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Chorley, Lancashire. Patroness, Mrs. Master. Major, J. R. B. A. to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School, Wisbeach. Mair, William, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Fulbourn, All Saints, Cambridgeshire. Patron, the Bishop of Ely.

Napier, Hon. Henry Alfred, M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Rectory of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire. Patron, The King.

Rous, Hon. Hugh Anthony, M. A. to the Vicarage of Reydon, and Perpetual

Curacy of Southwold, Suffolk. Patron, the Earl of Stradbrooke. Ridsdale, Robert, M. A. Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and Vicar of Knochin, Salop, to the Vicarage of Kirdford, Sussex. Patron, the Earl of Egremont. Skillicorne, Richard Skillicorne, to the Rectory of Salford, Oxfordshire, on his own petition.

Stone, George, M. A. to the Vicarage of Longburton, with the chapelry of Holnest, Dorset.

Swatman, Edward, M. A. to the Vicarage of Dulverton, Somerset. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells.

Turton, Thomas, B. D. Fellow of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, to the Rectories of Gimingham and Trunch, Norfolk. Patrons, the Master and Fellows of that Society.

Tyler, J. E. B. D. Fellow of Oriel Col

lege, Oxford, to the Rectory of St. Giles's in the Fields, London. Patron, The King. Ward, John, B. A. to the Vicarage of

Great Bedwin, Wilts. Patron, the
Marquis of Aylesbury.

Wilton, C. P. N. of St. John's College,

Cambridge, to be Chaplain to the Colony in New South Wales. Patron, the Secretary to the Colonial Department. Woodcock, G. M. A. of Trinity College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire.

CLERGYMAN MARRIED. Ridsdale, Robert, M. A. Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to Audrey Harriet, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord John Townsend.

The Political Retrospect, Literary Report, and the remainder of the Clerical Intelligence, are unavoidably omitted for want of room.

CHRISTIAN

REMEMBRANCER.

DECEMBER, 1826.

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ART. I. Sermons, delivered chiefly in the Chapel of the East-India College. By the Rev. CHARLES WEBB LE BAS, A. M. Professor of Mathematics in the East-India College, Hertfordshire; Rector of St. Paul, Shadwell; and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo. London: Murray, 1822.

(Concluded from page 662.)

THE tenth Sermon, preached at the East-India College, on the Sunday after Ascension Day, was originally published at the request of the Students. We record this circumstance, because it is highly honourable both to their principles and their taste: and we accept this very creditable fact as evidence, either that generally speaking, they have been in some important particulars much misrepresented, or that the race of Students in 1819, when this Sermon was delivered, is to be carefully distinguished from those of some other years. We congratulate them on this proof of their judgment; and are willing to hope, that if we knew them better, we should be still louder in commendation of them.

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The text is Psalm cx. 1.-The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right-hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool:—and it leads the Preacher to contemplate the progress of the kingdom of Christ, from the period of his Ascension, to the consummation of all things. The subject is one, on which it would be difficult for any Minister of divine truth to expatiate, without awakening considerable interest both in his own mind and in the minds of his hearers :-but it has here fallen into no common hands and we can well imagine, with what solemnity and elevation of feeling every Student in the place must have listened to this admirable discourse. Neither would its impressiveness be diminished by those very striking remarks, (p. 226-229,) which bring home the subject so pointedly to the peculiar situation of the Students themselves;-shewing them the obligations under, which they are personally laid to promote the kingdom of Christ in the country of their future residence, and inciting them in their appropriate sphere to the fulfilment of the duty.

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"Since the beginning of the world," as Mr. Le Bas justly observes, "a more commanding position has never been granted to human enterprize for co-operation with the merciful purposes of Providence, than that which is now afforded by our Empire in the East. But proportioned to its importance is its awful responsibility: and the steady recollection of this responsibility will be the best pledge for the happiness, the virtue, and the usefulness of all, who presume to mix themselves with interests of such tremendous magnificence." P. 229.

The character of the civil servants of the Company is indeed very closely connected with the extension of Christianity in those populous regions. We are taught to believe, and we do believe, that the conduct of Europeans in India is much more creditable to them, as Christians, than it was some years ago. We sincerely wish that this improving state of things may increase and be accelerated, and that every successive flight of young men in the service of the Companyno longer, as Burke represents them, birds of passage and plunder, for those days are happily past-may, by their conduct, at least co-operate with the Christian labourers, who are sowing in that wide field the good seed of the word of God. This volume of Sermons will be a lasting monument of the sound principles which have been inculcated upon many of their order, and of the energy and faithfulness with which they have been admonished of their duty: and we gladly trace, in the original publication of the discourse which has suggested these reflections, some evidence that they have not heard in vain. Mr. Le Bas takes occasion, in a Note, to speak in terms of deserved praise of his friend, Bishop Middleton. Another Prelate, likewise honoured and beloved by all that knew him, has, by the mysterious appointment of Divine Providence, quickly followed his predecessor to the grave: but the effects of their pious labours will long be felt: and if we could speak of those labours in no other view than as they have contributed to promote among the European population a growing sense of the value of religion, and of the conduct which, as Christians, it behoves them to maintain, we should consider them as of incalculable impor

tance.

Of the passages which we had selected from this Sermon, we can cite only one; it follows some remarks on the general improvement which has taken place in the condition of nations by the knowledge of the Gospel.

"It must, however, be confessed, that the gratitude naturally excited by these indications of amendment, is liable to be sometimes oppressed by feelings of perplexity and dejection, when we reflect on the hitherto partial diffusion, and imperfect influence of the Christian Revelation. Our impatient nature often tempts us to regret that the designs of Providence should demand so vast a lapse of ages for their full development. One generation follows another to the grave, and millions after millions are passing into eternity, while the Gospel, which seems so indispensable

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