15 by the rev. John Marshall, who has been appointed mi- ling, and sir P. M. Threiplend. The total amount of subscriptions already received is upwards of 9,000l.; but it is calculated that the lowest amount of capital which would justify the commencement of the institution is 20,0007.; and as soon as that sum is raised, a meeting of the subscribers is to be called to confer with the bishops on the permanent constitution of the college. The proposed Trinity college in Scotland is to be capable of accommodating and boarding from 150 to 200 youths from eight to eighteen years of age; and also afford a soundment has just been erected in St. John's episcopal church, clerical education to young gentlemen destined for holy orders, "of whom a considerable number, in addition to those required in Scotland, may be usefully employed in supplying the demands which are now made for clergymen in the British colonies." DUNKELD, &c., &c. Blairgowrie.-A requisition, on the part of upwards of one hundred individuals in Blairgowrie and its neighbourhood, having been sent to the bishop, soliciting his permission to form themselves into a congregation in connection with the episcopal church, the bishop complied; and on Dec. 19, the town-hall having been appropriately fitted up for the occasion, divine service was performed EDINBURGH. The late Bishop Walker.-A beautiful marble monuEdinburgh, to the memory of this venerable prelate. The clergy of his diocese, some lay friends, and the vestry of St. John's, joined in defraying the expenses. The form is pure Gothic, and arched pannel, terminated by an ogee canopy, and supported by buttresses. The brackets and other enrichments taken from Henry the Seventh's chapel, Westminster, and the whole effect most graceful and in perfect ecclesiastical character. On the centre of the pannel is a shield of pure Carrara marble, containing the inscription, and surmounted by a mitre, which stands out in bold relief. GLASGOW. Hamilton. It is proposed to erect a chapel in Hamilton or its immediate vicinity. NEWFOUNDLAND. COLONIAL CHURCH. On Sunday morning last (10th Oct.) the bishop held a general visitation at the church of St. Thomas, which was attended by seventeen clergy from the different parts of the island, whilst five others were prevented, on account of their distance from St. John's, and the roughness of the weather for the past week, from being present on the interesting occasion. It was extremely gratifying to witness this large assemblage of faithful and devoted servants of the Most High, listening to the admonitions of their earthly head with that deep and fixed attention which the very excellent "charge" will not fail to excite. After the charge had been delivered, the bishop admitted Messrs. Martine and Cowan to the order of priesthood, and Mr. W. J. Hoyles, student of the collegiate institution in this town, of which his lordship's chaplain, the rev. C. Blackman, is principal, to the order of deacons. We cannot but congratulate his lordship and the church on the very great addition which has been made to the number of labourers in this portion of the Lord's vineyard; and we trust the scattered members of the establishment in the hitherto desolate parts of the island, will be no longer as sheep without a shepherd.-St. John's Times. CALCUTTA. At a meeting of the clergy in and near Calcutta, at the bishop's palace, September 6, 1841, the following statement was read by the bishop : 1. It has long been acknowledged that the number of the clergy in the diocese of Calcutta falls very far short of the spiritual necessities of our Christian population; though few, perhaps, are aware to what extent our destitution goes, and how regularly it is increasing. Such, indeed, have been our necessities now for eight or nine years, that the time seems come when we are imperiously called on to make a strenuous effort to check the evil, if possible. 2. The chief circumstances of our deplorable state are easily understood. What are termed the old stations of the diocese, i. e., the stations for which chaplains are allotted by government, are thirty-two, and with the new cathedral thirty-three, of which five have two chaplains each. In these old stations there are at this time eight vacancies; last January the vacancies were fourteen. The new stations, chiefly of smaller populations, for which the assistant chaplains were in August, 1836, designed, are thirty-three, and with Assam thirty-four; and of these, after a lapse of five years, only two are filled, thirty-two being vacant. The number of clergy required to supply these places, old and new, is sixty-seven; and eight of them being large and scattered populations, and demanding each two chaplains, seventy-five; or, if some of the smaller stations be for a time grouped in twos or threes, sixty may be taken as the lowest number that can be considered at this time sufficient. But this is not all: it is found, by long experience, that one-third of the reverend clergy are disabled by sickness, or are absent at sea, or at home. In order, therefore, for us to have sixty at the same time in the field of labour, we shall require ninety on our list of chaplains. We have, however, actually on our establishment only forty-one at this moment; and in the vineyard of duty, twenty-nine; and last January 1st only twenty-three. Our ultimate establishment, indeed, is fifty-one, and with Singapore fifty-two; of whom, however, not more than thirty-five can be expected to be in their work at the same time. 3. Here, then, is the sum of the case-ninety clergy are required on our permanent establishment, and sixty in the field of labour; we have only forty-one on our establishment, and twenty-nine in the field of labour; nor can we look forward to more than fifty-two on our list of chaplains, and thirty-five in their actual duties when our establishment is complete. Such is our melancholy state of destitution; and such, relatively, it has been nearly ever since the present bishop has been in the diocese. 4. The honourable company, indeed, have from time to time augmented the number of chaplains. On one of the last of these occasions twelve were announced as about to be added, raising our establishment from thirty-eight to the fifty above-mentioned; but so slow is the progress of appointment (two and one alternately) that now in September, 1841, five years from the first design being formed we have only forty-one, as just stated, on our list instead of fifty, and only twenty-nine in the field of duty instead of thirty-five. However much, therefore, we may hope that the honourable court will proceed gradually still to enlarge our establishment (and two more have been promised for the new cathedral, raising the gross number to fifty-two) we must expect, judging from past experience, that the Christian population will continue to outrun the increased provision; especially as regards the mercantile and East Indian communities in Calcutta and our larger stations, who are not in the company's service, and therefore not so directly under their protection. , 5. Accordingly, it is thought that an attempt may be made in India to form an institution similar to those which have been attended with so much advantage at home-the Additional-Curates, and Pastoral-Aid Societies. The object of these excellent and most successful institutions at home is to assist the incumbents of populous and widely-scattered parishes in the discharge of their spiritual duties, with such aid as may enable them, in concurrence generally with local subscriptions, to maintain one or two additional clergymen as curates, and in some few cases lay-persons to help in visiting the sick and teaching schools. We may be encouraged to a like attempt in India by the great success of our Church Building Fund; which, having begun in 1834, has in seven years raised altogether about 40,000 company's rupees, by subscriptions of a single rupee per month, and has aided in erecting between twenty and thirty churches. Indeed, the preparations made by the help of government and this fund in furtherance of local subscriptions, for increasing the accommodation for the public worship of Almighty God (the whole number of churches being now about seventy), is an additional encouragement to this new and more important undertaking for supplying each church and each station with sufficient clergymen. 6. The especial object of such a society would be to assist stations destitute of chaplains in the support of a minister; and to aid large and widely-scattered stations with only one chaplain, in maintaining an additional clergyman. There is no reason to fear but that Christian families will cheerfully educate some of their devout youth, qualified, as far as can be judged, to become candidates for holy orders, for the sacred office, when it is known that there are openings for useful and honourable employment in the church in India. Bishop's college, Calcutta, has now for twenty years been standing on the banks of the Hoogly as a monument of the foresight and piety of the first learned and able prelate of this sec, bishop Middleton. All the arrangements for an education, unquestionably superior to anything else known in India, have been long made and most successfully employed in connexion with our missions, and may be expected to be equally available, under the vigilant care of the bishop and visitor, for the designs of this new society. Aid may also be extended, in certain cases, by the trustees of the Powerscourt Foundation, and the Begum Sumroo's Church-Fund, to deserving students. In the same view the endowments and benefices of St. Paul's cathedral, Calcutta, the building of which is now considerably advanced, will tend to form what is so imperiously required -an indigenous ministry; and with the chaplains on the establishment, and the reverend missionaries of our two great societies, will go to fix our apostolical protestant church on a broad and permanent basis in this wonderful country. 7. Never was there a moment when gratitude to God, love to the holy gospel, regard to the honour of our country, sympathy in the highest welfare of our fellowChristians, and a desire for the permanence and success of Christ's cause in India, should more powerfully persuade us to the formation of such a society than at present, when God is opening Eastern and Western Asia to our rule, and raising aloft the power and influence of our country throughout the world. 8. The main requisites in the individuals aided by the funds of our new institution should be-a decided personal piety and devotedness of heart to the Lord Christ and the good of souls; a fixed and enlightened attach ment to the doctrines and discipline of the protestant episcopal church of England and Ireland, as settled by the great archbishop Cranmer, and his fellow-martyrs and labourers, at the blessed reformation in religion in the sixteenth century, under our Edward VI. and Elizabeth; and, lastly, competent talents and acquirements, so as not to dishonour the sacred cause of Christianity in this heathen land. 9. The society may properly be called, "The Calcutta Diocesan Additional Clergy Society." 10. Our plans should be dutifully submitted, in the first instance, to the lord archbishop of Canterbury, under whom we are all placed; and proceed as much as possible under his grace's direction and guidance, and always with his approbation. It will be necessary to appoint a committee to manage its concerns, consisting probably of the bishop and archdeacon of Calcutta, the principal and professors of Bishop's college, the rev. chaplains in Calcutta, and a few gentlemen from amongst the laity resident in Calcutta-perhaps three, known for their sound piety, discretion, and warm and steady attachment to our church. Corresponding members in the Moffusil and at home may possibly be added. It wil be an object of the greatest importance to raise, as early as possible, a fund to be invested in proper securities, so as to yield a permanent income, and secure, under God's blessing, the continued efficiency of the society. When an application is made to the bishop to receive a candidate for holy orders, whose stipend is partly to be furnished by this society, the bishop would require a guarantee of the due payinent of that stipend for at least two years, according to the custom prevailing with regard to curates at home. The bishop would recommend that, except in special cases, the stipend of a clergyman should not be less than 300 company's rupees a month. 11. Hitherto India, after eighty years of British rule, has had no indigenous ministry, no students trained for holy orders, except in the department of missions, no benefices, no encouragement for a parent to dedicate any of his family to the high and sacred offices of the ministry of the church. Possibly this society may be the honoured instrument of beginning this great and necessary work. We may make the attempt at least, in humble hope of that divine blessing which it is earnestly recommended to every one who may join it, to seek by fervent persevering prayers for the effusion of the grace of God's Holy Spirit upon its subscribers, its officers, its proceedings, and the clergy supported by its funds. Since the above proposals were issued by the bishop, the honourable East India company have determined to increase at once the number of assistant chaplains to the full complement of fifty-two, without waiting for vacancies. Miscellaneous. Colonial Bishoprics.-We have reason to believe that, | among other beneficial arrangements, the church in the West Indies is about to be placed on a far more efficient footing. Instead of two bishops, there will certainly be four, and in the end perhaps six in that part of the world. The bishopric of Barbadoes, which is now vacant by the resignation of Dr. Coleridge, is about to be divided into three, each of which will receive an endowment of 2,000l. a-year. To meet this, the bishop's revenue-at present 4,000l. a-year-will be distributed; and the three arch deaconries, each of which is now worth 1,5001. a-year, reduced to 6001. So also it is stated that, at the Cape of Good Hope and in New Brunswick, sees will immediately be established, and that the same excellent arrangements will be entered into throughout the colonies in general. This is, indeed, to act as becomes a Christian government. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The lectures which our friends occasionally read us are very amusing. "Presbyter" is indignant because the names of one or two dissenting preachers have sometimes slipped into our obituary. Will he be so good as to furnish us with an infallible rule for detecting such intruders? Our authorities are the public prints, especially those of the two universities. We are as careful as we can be; but it is palpably absurd to imagine that mistakes will not sometimes occur, and to reproach us with them as if they were made intentionally. London: Joseph Rogerson, 24, Norfolk-street Strand. OF Ecclesiastical Intelligence. MARCH, 1842. Ordinations. Doligrion, B.A., Ball.; W. Ewing, B.A., Of Cambridge.-J. A. Ashley, B.A., Je- Of Dublin.-H. M'Master, B.A: DEACONS. Of Oxford.-R. Firth, B.A., New; G. F. Of Cambridge.-W. P. Borrett, M.D., By BP. of SODOR AND MAN, at Bishop's PRIEST. Of Dublin.-A. Williamson, B.A. By BP. of TUAM, Jan. 30. PRIESTS. Of Dublin.-R. G. Dickson, B.A., for Derry; A. Hickey, B.A., for Cork; E. Lowe, B.A., for Tuam; W. Newman, B.A., for Cork. DEACONS. Of Dublin.-J. Ashe, B.A., for Tuam; F. Cassidy, B.A., for Dromore; A. B. Clarke, B.A., for Ferns; J. Crookshank, B.A., for Derry; R. Eaton, B.A., Achenry; J. G. D. La Touch, B.A., R. J. Moffat, B.A., for Dublin; T. Olpherts, B.A., for Kildare. Archdall, G., D.D., can. of Norwich, vice Fisher, deceased. Atkinson, M., head mast. of St. Bees' gram. sch., Cumberland (pat. prov. of Queen's coll., Oxon). Christmas, H., librarian of Sion coll. Churton, H. W., chap. bp. of Chichester. Crowther, H., eve. let. St. Peter's-at Arches, Lincoln (pat. the bp.) Drury, C., preb. Warham, in Hereford cath. Preferments-CONTINUED. Foster, J. W., treasurer Linc. cath. (pat. the bp.) Frampton, J., rural dean Stonehouse. Hale, ven. W. Hale, archd. of Middlesex, to Laying, T. F., mast. Brist. dioc. and Mid dle sch. Lodge, B., Brit. chap. at Buenos Ayres. Morgan, O., chap. Vindictive. Maunsell, G. E., chap. earl of Westmoreland. Smith, E., mast. of abp. Tennison's gram. sch. and chap., St. Martin's-in the-Fields workhouse, vice Eyre, deceased. Thornton, W. J., preb. Wellington, in Hereford cath. Clergymen deceased. coll. Oxford); vic. Whaplode, Linc. (pat. lord chanc.) Hext, F. J., rec. Landevally and Crickarden, Brecon (pat. G. P. Watkins, esq.), 76. Howels, H., late cur. St. Lythan's, Glouc., 92. Kuhff, H., late fell. Cath. H, Cambridge, 38. Marwood, G., Bushy Hill, Cleveland. Unibersity Intelligence. OXFORD. Jan. 27.-Rev. J. Garbett, late fell. of Brasen., elected unani mously professor of poetry, vice rev. J. Keble. BACHELORS' COMMENCEMENT. JANUARY 22, 1842. MODERATORS. Thomas Gaskin, M.A., Jesus college. Paris, S., at Leamington, 88. Powys, hon. L., rec. Titchmarch, Northamp. (pat. lord Lifford). Pyemont, J., cur. Eyke, Suff., 36. Smith, G., vic. gen. Elphin. Feb. 8.-Rev. R. M. Dukes, M.A., Line., admitted Michel fell. of Queen's. Feb. 5.-W. E. C. Austin, admitted act. fell. New coll. Duncan Farquharson Gregory, M.A., Trin. college. EXAMINERS. Wolfe ........ Joh. 36 Buckham Joh. 17 Morse .......... 18 Clubbe........ Joh. Alexander Thurtell, M.A., Calus college. 20 Ridley Jes. 40 Lloyd Jesus. Richard Potter, M.A, Queens' college. Trin. 41 Postle.... Corpus. Pemb. Marie..... Corpus. 24 Tabor....... ........ 25 3 Mayor, R. B..... Joh. 28 Bryan Trin. Swann 7 Shortland Christ's. 29 28 Green................. Hughes, J. ...... Trin. Christ's. Caius. 46 Balderstone Joh. Queens'. 49 Salkeld Pet. Joh. 81 Davies, H. Joh. 12 Parnell 14 Castlehow Emm. 84 Baily ........ Christ's. 2 Maul... 8 Vaughan ...... ... 4 Wilkinson Joh. ... 17 Yeoman ...... Trin. 87 Tandy Joh. 18 Hough Cafus. ........ 19 Sheepshanks Trin. 7 Sheringham Cath. Goode Pemb. 9 Peter.......... 10 Webster......... Sid. 11 Smythies Pratt Cath. Jes. Emm. Emm. Joh. Trin. 22 Worlledge....... Clare. 23 Barstow ......... Trin. Magd. .......... Trin. Joh. Jan. 28.-G. Jervis, B.A., and J. Fenwick, B.A., Corpus Christi coll., were elected fellows of that society. Proceedings of Societies. NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIETY. The report of the society for the last year is now in the course of distribution. In the appendix will be found a reprint of all the papers issued by the society during the last year; a very valuable report on the diocese of Worcester, by the rev. E. Field, M.A.; and a digest of statistical returns, showing the state of elementary education in the diocese of Rochester. In this digest are contained accounts of every parish throughout the diocese, transmitted by the officiating minister, and including such particulars as are strictly speaking statistical, and can be reduced to a tabular form. The following summary is appended :-The diocese of Rochester contains 134 parishes, or ecclesiastical districts, with a population of about 276,393. There are 328 schools: 137 in union, either directly or indirectly, with the National Society, and 191 not in union. There are 19,821 scholars receiving instruction, i. e., 1 in 14 of the entire population. SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR PIOUS CLERGYMEN. The remark has often been made in our hearing, that there is something invidious in the expression-poor pious clergymen. We make no comment on this; we can only say, that we rejoice to find that the society is still in active operation; that it has, during the last year, remitted upwards of 2,000l. to the poor clergy; and that it confers very great blessings on a most meritorious class of men-the poor clergy. Why, is it conceivable that such a class of persons should exist in Christian-nominally Christian-England? But more of this hereafter; we can only say we wish the sum distributed had been multiplied a hundred-fold. 19 Biocesan Intelligence.-England and Ireland. CHESTER. The Casterton Schools, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland.-These schools, under the patronage of the archbishop of York, the presidentship of the bishop of Chester, and direction of the rev. W. C. Wilson, consist: 1. Of the Clergy Daughters' School, established in the year 1823. It is open to the whole kingdom; but its benefits are confined to the clergy with the smallest incomes. 100 pupils are clothed and educated for 141. a year, and 31. for drawing or music. The greater part are provided for on leaving the school, as governesses in respectable families, for which there is always a larger demand than can be met. The twofold benefit is thus conferred upon a clergyman of a sound education and future provision. About 700l. a year is required from charitable sources. It is greatly desired to be enabled to fix the payment with each pupil at 10 a year, including every thing; nor will the school adequately meet the circumstances of the most necessitous clergy till this is the case. It is anxiously hoped that the day may arrive when, by donations or legacies, an endowment may be formed to render this practicable. 2. The Preparatory Clergy Daughters' School, established in 1837, is situated close to the parent institution. It provides on the same terms, for 24 little children, chiefly orphans, and from missionary stations abroad, who, when fit, are advanced into the other school. It requires 150l. a year at least from charitable sources. 3. The Servants' School was commenced in the year 1820, at Tunstall; but only permanently established at Casterton in the year 1838. 100 poor girls are clothed, lodged, boarded, and educated for service and for teachers, for 101. a year each. Promising young women are received into the school to train for national-school teachers, on paying 5s. a week. school requires 100l. a-year from charitable sources, to cover all expenses; and, if there were larger means at command, more extended good could be done in the way of taking in the entirely friendless and destitute gratuitously. The satisfactory manner in which the schools are progressing is calculated to excite much thankfulness to God for the evident tokens of his blessing, and to commend them with confidence to the liberal co-operation of a generous public, as affording one of the least equivocal and most extensively beneficial channels for their benevolence. All communications to be made to the rev. William Carus Wilson, Casterton Hall, near Kirkby Lonsdale. [We cannot too earnestly recommend these schools to the beneficent consideration of our readers. This With the extremely small pittance which many of the clergy receive, how are their families to be supported and educated? We have had repeated testimonies to the excellent mode in which the institution is managed, and to the care and anxiety on the part of those who chiefly manage it.] CHICHESTER. Ignorance of the Lower Orders.-The Chaplain's Report on the Lewes House of Correction.-The above annual document, for the year 1841, has been printed by order of the court, for circulation among the magistracy of the county. This speaks sufficiently as to the value and importance of the information which it contains. It consists of the report itself, which was presented at the October sessions, and an appendix of statistical matter since added. We are induced to transfer to our columns the following extracts, in the hope that they will not only prove interesting to our readers, but serve to draw a larger share of public attention to the painful but most important subjects handled in them. The mental condition of our criminal population is thus drawn from the life by the reverend writer. It can lead but to one conclusion; that which the chaplain draws:-" It may, perhaps, place in a more satisfactory light this subject-so important to those who have at heart the welfare of the poor, as well as the security of property-if, instead of confining my statement to the prisoners of last year, take a review of the whole number, whom I have similarly examined during the three years of any office. I Omitting all re-commitments, the number of individual offenders of all sorts who came under my observation during that period, was 2,616. About one-seventh part of these were females. The portion under sixteen years of age was less than one-tenth of the whole. The great mass of them were young men ; and the proportion of strangers, gathered from all quarters, may, upon the whole, be reckoned the same as in the prisoners of last year*. I will therefore proceed to give a true and explicit account, as fully as this brief report will admit, of this large body of criminals, touching their general and religious information. 1680 of these persons-i. e., about two-thirds of the whole-were either strangers to the alphabet, or unable to join their letters correctly together. Of the remaining 936, only 111 could read fluently and write a legible hand, uniting with it correct spelling, and some knowledge of arithmetic; the writing of the rest being very incorrect, and their reading not much better. Concerning this more educated portion, I should add tha a large part, say two-thirds, were ignorant of the m nings of the most important words in any book given them to read. In short, I shall, to the best of my jument, state the matter truly if I say, that but one twenty-fifth part of those twenty-six hundred prisoners were intelligent persons, at all possessed of useful information; while the remaining 24 parts were either almost or altogether ignorant of whatever has been written for their good. I will now confine my descrip❤ tion to their knowledge of religion. Out of the whole number, not more than 61 persons, i. e., a 43rd part, were found acquainted with the leading doctrines of the Christian faith. Among these, persons of nearly all religious persuasions in this country, with one or two Lutherans, are included. The same is the case, nomi. nally, with the more ignorant mass of the prisoners. In reality, few of them belonged to any class of Christians, or attended any place of worship, except at very irregular 344 more had some idea of the history of our blessed and lengthened intervals; very many never went at all. Redeemer. They could tell me something of his birth, miracles, and death; but they were very seldom able to enter into any particulars upon these points, and they showed little understanding of what they said. These being left aside (of whom, as I noticed in a former report, vagrants, being often reduced from a better condition, form the larger portion), there remain 2211 persons out of the 2016. I am at a loss for language to convey a proper impression of the deplorable ignorance of these two From 800 of these persons, by unhappy thousands. patient efforts, and with ten years large experience of the poor, I could not elicit any idea as to the person, miracles, sufferings, and office of our Saviour: they, literally, knew not his name. When I mentioned it, some of them thought they had heard it; but that is all. To the other 1400 the Saviour's name was known, and that he died; but when, or how, or why, or any thing more upon the subject, they could not say. Those were in the darkness of heathenism; these in its shadow. I do not mean to imply that any of these criminals were without the idea of a God, or devoid of some notion and persuasion of a future state and a judgment to come: no one was so, although some were very near it; and the notions of all upon these points were grossly deficient and erroneous. The foregoing statement, as I have said, presents their condition in regard to Christianity. I have not drawn it from general impressions, which are apt to deceive, but from the carefully-ascertained and registered particulars of each individual case. That the criminal habits of these persons contributed much to this deplorable ignorance, must not be denied. Such habits not only alienate their subject from means of grace and instruction; but, together with the drunkenness and debauchery that accompany crime, awfully It is shown in the appendix that 468 prisoners were strangers; i. e., two-fifths of the whole number. Of these 61 were natives of Kent, 22 of Surrey, and 28 of Hants. + Acquainted to such an extent as might reasonably be expected of the labouring poor. |