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ciety for Promoting Christian Knowledge" for the past year has just been distributed to the subscribing members; from which it appears that the extent to which its beneficent operations have been carried far

exceeds that of any other period of its

history.

The circulation of books and tracts, since the last report, has amounted to two millions two hundred and seventy-eight thousand and forty-eight, being an increase of 116,855 upon the circulation of the year preceding.

"This amount does not include the publications of the Committee of General Literature and Education. The number of publications circulated by that committee during the year, including the Saturday Magazine, is 4,747,187.

The general receipts of the society during the year have amounted to 72,6301. 14s. 11d., to which must be added the sums received on account of the special fund for the Foreign Translation Committee, amounting to 605l. 17s. 3d., making a total of 73,236l. 12s. 2d."

NORFOLK.

The parishioners of Waxham and Palling, being desirous of expressing their feeling of regard for the curate, the Rev. John Johnson Tuck, entered into a subscription, and purchased a piece of plate, which has been presented to the rev. gentleman. The inscription is "To the Rev. John Johnson Tuck; presented by the parishioners of Waxham and Palling, in Norfolk, 1835."Norfolk Chronicle.

NORTHUMBERLAND.

On Friday, the 23d of October, the new church of Dinnington was consecrated, by the Bishop of Carlisle, officiating for the Bishop of Durham, in the presence of a numerous congregation. Prayers were read on the occasion by the Rev. John Reed, Vicar of Newburn, after which an excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. J. R. Furness. The clergy, &c., after the ceremony, were entertained at Woolsington, the residence of Matthew Bell, Esq., M.P. The endowers of the new church are, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, as rectors of the parish; the Rev. J. Lightfoot, Vicar of Ponteland; and Matthew Bell, Esq., M.P. The new church was consecrated by the name of the Vicarage of St. Matthew, Dinnington, and is now separated from Ponteland, and made parochial with a considerable district. The Rev. J. Lightfoot, B.D., Vicar of Ponteland, has presented the Rev. J. R. Furness, M.A., and late

Scholar of Merton College, Oxford, to the vicarage of the new parish.

OXFORDSHIRE.

It is rumoured that the heads of the

University of Oxford are about to hold a meeting, for the purpose of considering of late visit to that place.-Orford Paper. some permanent memorial of the Queen's

SOMERSETSHIRE.

A vestry was held in the parish of Lyncombe and Widcombe, Bath, on the 5th of November, for the purpose of figuring a church rate. A rate of 3d. in the pound was required by the churchwardens, and was proposed to the vestry; whereupon, a quaker, named Arthur West, moved an amendment, to postpone the question for twelve months. The rate was, however, upon a division, carried by a considerable majority, 45 of the parishioners, possessing 60 votes, having signed the parish vestry book in favour of the rate, and only one vote being recorded against it.-Salisbury Herald.

STAFFORDSHIRE.

SEDGLEY CHURCH RATES.-Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to patronize with her subscription a publication of the Bible, with a commentary, by the Rev. Mr. Girdlestone, (late Fellow of Balliol College,) which is undertaken in the view of paying off the debt on Sedgley church rate. Mr. Girdlestone is also authorized to dedicate the publication to Her Majesty. -Worcester Guardian.

There is at present no religious instruction provided for the numerous patients at the Staffordshire County General Infirmary, beyond what is administered by the voluntary exertions of the neighbouring clergy, with some inconvenience to themselves, though at irregular periods. In most other populous counties there is a regular chaplain to the infirmary. The projected erection of a new church, nearly opposite the infirmary in question, led to a proposition, coming from numbers of the most liberal supporters of the charity, including the bishop of the diocese, to connect a regular infirmary service on the Sunday, as well as at other necessary periods, by the minister of the new church, with the allowance of 50l. per annum. This truly Christian proposition was objected to by Sir John Wrottesley, one of the Whig county members, at the last sessions, and the subject has been taken up in the rudest spirit of personal virulence by others. The further consideration of the question is adjourned; but when the figure which these men cut in the infimary subscriptions is seen and

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made known, they must, from very shame, abandon their opposition. From a Correspondent of the Albion.

SUSSEX.

Wednesday, the 14th Oct., an examination of the school for educating young chimney-sweepers in Brighton, took place in the National School Room, Warwickstreet. There were sixteen boys, who were strictly examined respecting their knowledge of Scripture, the Church Catechism, and the principles of religion. They answered in a manner highly gratify. ing to many respectable persons present; several of them repeated select portions of scripture, hymns, &c.; many read remarkably well, and have made considerable progress in learning to write. They are all well-conducted boys, and it was evident that every one of them had benefited by the zealous exertions of Mr. Bannister, their instructor. We cannot too strongly express our approbation of this charitable institution; its effects must be gratifying to all who have contributed to its support, or interested themselves in the welfare of this formerly neglected class of their fellow-creatures. We trust that similar institutions have been, or soon will be, established in different parts of the United Kingdom.-Brighton Gaz.

PROTESTANT MEETING AT BRIGHTON.Meetings of the most influential gentry and clergy of the town were held on Wednesday, Nov. 11th, and Saturday the 14th, at the Old Ship Rooms, to adopt measures for making collections on behalf of the distressed clergy in Ireland, The Earl of Chichester, Lord Clanmorris, Sir P. Maitland, Sir T. Blomefield, Sir David Scott, Mr. L. Peel, &c. &c., were present. The Rev. Vicar presided, and C. Thornton, Esq., secretary to the London committee, stated, among other important facts, that the Lord Primate had recently enclosed him an order for 2001. as his contribution on behalf of the above object. The Rev. H. V. Elliott reported that he had received information from Ireland of the most appalling kind. In some parishes, the daughters of clergymen had neither shoes nor stockings; and in others the sons were actually obliged to till the land themselves to preserve their families from starvation. It should be mentioned, that application having been made, at the request of the gentlemen present, to the Bishop of London, his lordship stated that there were 15,000l. now in the treasurer's band, as yet unappropriated.-Ibid.

WARWICKSHIRE.

A great Protestant meeting was held at

the Town-hall, Birmingham, on Wednesday, Nov. 18th, for the purpose of hearing the statements of the Rev. Messrs. M'Ghee and O'Sullivan with respect to the doctrines and practice of the Roman-catholic church in Ireland. There were at least 3,500 persons present, and among others there were on the platform the Rev. W. Marsh, the Rev. J. Garbett, the Rev. Mr. Alfort, and the Rev. Mr. Foye; Lord Viscount Lorton, Mr. Richard Spooner, Mr. J. Taylor, &c.

The Rev. J. Greensall, M.A., on retiring from the curacy of St. Paul's Chapel, in Birmingham, has been presented with a silver tea-service, and an elegantly chased silver waiter, bearing a suitable inscription, by numerous members of the congregation, as a mark of their respect and friendship for that gentleman, and in acknowledgment of the able and zealous manner in which, during a period of six years, he discharged his clerical duties among them.—Birmingham Journal.

WILTSHIRE.

On Friday, the 30th of Oct., a meeting was held at Devizes, in behalf of the Irish Society, the object of which is to teach the peasantry of Ireland to read the Scriptures in their native language. The Rev. Edward Phipps being called to the chair, a series of resolutions were then proposed and seconded by the Rev. S. Littlewood, Perpetual Curate of Edington; the Rev. F. Bayley, Curate of Devizes; the Rev. S. Barnett, Curate of Bromham; and Thomas Cook, Esq., secretary to the society. liberal collection was made at the doors. Salisbury Herald.

WORCESTERSHIRE.

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The rector of Hartlebury, the Rev. S. building the parish church of Hartlebury, Picart, has bequeathed 1,000l. towards reprovided the work be commenced within two years from his death.-Old England.

THE IRISH CLERGY.-Worcester, Nov. 14th. The good work of benevolence in aid of the suffering Irish Clergy goes on as we could wish. The sum received up that it will yet be greatly augmented. We to last night was 1,220/. 14s., and we trust rejoice to hear that a similar subscription has been opened in Cornwall.-Worcestershire Guardian.

presented to the Rev. J. Cawood, M. A., An elegant silver tea-service has been of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, by the ladies of Bewdley and its vicinity. Oxford Paper.

YORKSHIRE.

We have great pleasure in noticing a token of respect recently paid to a clergy. man in this city. On the 21st October,

the Rev. John Graham attained the age of 70 years, during 39 of which he has been rector of St. Saviour's Church. A few friends, unknown to the reverend gentlemen, had determined on this occasion to present him with a token of their affectionate esteem for his labours; and, accordingly, he was agreeably surprised by receiving from them a bandsome pulpitgown and cassock, which were presented at his own residence.-York Chronicle.

The Rev. Henry Heap, B. D., vicar of Bradford, has presented to the Rev. J. Fennel, of Cross Stones, in the parish of Halifax, for the use of the new church at that place, an elegant folio Bible and Book of Common Prayer.-Ibid.

It being apprehended, that the Church Commissioners mean to take away part of the income of cathedrals, and curtail their services, particularly the week-day services, a petition to the commissioners against such innovation has been this week most numerously and respectably signed.— Ibid.

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since considerably decreased; and yet, as far as I can learn, the amount for Dublin this year will be nearly 2000., or almost double. The "tribute" in Dublin is considered a pretty fair criterion for the rest of the country.

The managers of the tribute, it is said, calculate upon 25,0007.-a good round sum from the "poorest and most impoverished country in the world."

Dr. Kinsella, Roman-catholic Bishop of Ossory, has subscribed 57.; Dr. Murray, the Roman-catholic Archbishop, who has hitherto opposed it, has subscribed 102.; and Dr. Abraham, the Roman-catholic Archbishop of Waterford, 201., with the use of his chapels.-Camb. Chron.

RESISTANCE TO TITHES. COUNTER LAY FUND.-There was an immense assemblage of the peasantry of the Queen's County, on Sunday, Nov. 7th, in the chapel-yard of Raheen, for the purpose, as the Leinster Independent, a radical journal, describes it, "of marking, by strong and energetic resolutions, the unabated hatred of the people of this large and influential district to the odious tithe system, and their fixed determination to resist, by every legal means, any attempt by the reverend vultures of the law church to enforce the payment of tithes." The following resolution was agreed to :--

"That we are determined to raise a fund in this parish for the purpose of remunerating all who may suffer by legal persecution for the recovery of tithe within this parish, and that we earnestly recommend the adoption of a similar mode to all the other parishes in Ireland."

DIOCESE OF LIMERICK.-A meeting of Saturday, Nov. 14th, at the Cathedral, for the clergy of this diocese took place on the purpose of receiving a communication aiding the clergy in obtaining their tithes, from the Lay Association in Dublin, for and for which purpose a liberal fund is now at the disposal of a committee, to be allocated to the suffering clergy of the different dioceses, to enable them, by legal means, to recover their property.-Old England.

On a recent sabbath, fifty Roman catholics embraced the protestant faith in the church of King's Court, county Cavan, and received the sacrament.-Ibid.

A scene of the most disgraceful nature was exhibited, says a correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail, at the chapel of Cahir, on Sunday, Nov. 15th, when the O'Connell tribute was enforced in the most savage manner. The gate was occupied by a gang of ruffians, armed with bludgeons, some decently dressed, and headed by two coadjutor priests. As the unfortunate peasants

arrived, they were ordered to pay "for O'Connell and their country;" if they refused, they were grossly abused and brutally forced out of the chapel-yard. Every species of intimidation was used to extract their pence; a female, large in the family way, was struck a severe blow on the side, and is much injured, because she refused complying with the demands of those patriotic plunderers. The same description of wholesale plunder was carried on in Cashel, Fethard, and Clonmel, and other places, in which the priests are the principal demagogues. (Mr. Inglis says he saw the same sort of scene himself.)

DARING ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN. About halfpast seven o'clock on Thursday evening, an attempt was made to assassinate our esteemed and worthy clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Banner, Rector of Bansha; the particulars are as follow:-As Mr. Banner and his servant were returning from the stables, he was attacked by five armed men, two of whom broke in over a wall eight feet in height, which they levelled in two places; and the other two effected an entrance by forcing in an iron gate. They knocked down the rev. gentleman, and beat him with the butt ends of their guns in a desperate and barbarous manner; they also succeeded in wresting a pistol from him; his skull was fractured, and his arms and body severely bruised. They took the handle of a shovel from the servant, with which he gallantly defended his master, and broke it on his head. The tumult and confusion were heard by Mrs. Banner, and the females of the house, whose screams caused the assassins to retire without having effected their purpose. About half-past eleven o'clock the same night, two men, one named Ryan, and the other Burke, both of Ballinlough, near Golden, were arrested by constable Lalor, of Golden, and constable Nowlan, of Bansha, who went in pursuit of the assassins. A black silk handkerchief, with five holes to serve as a mask, was found in the hat of Ryan, who had been a servant to Mr. Banner about twelve months ago, and was discharged for bad conduct.-Clonmel Advertiser.

The Irish Government have issued a circular, informing the clergy, in answer to their application for the aid of the military and police, that such assistance cannot be granted.

COLONIAL.

BARBADOES.-The following is a brief abstract (abridged from the Barbadian) of an Act passed in September last, by the Council and General Assembly, to assist such of the parishes in the re-building of

their parish churches as were destroyed by a hurricane on the 11th of August, 1831, the inhabitants having been unable to rebuild them, from the great losses they sustained :

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"The majority of the vestry of any parish may, on or before the 1st of January, 1836, make an application to the treasurer of the island for a loan out of the public treasury not exceeding 2000. current. The vestry of every parish applying for a loan, within one month after, to submit to the bishop of the diocese a plan of the church proposed to be built, for his approval: the loan to be appropriated in no manner otherwise than according to a plan so approved. vestry, with the consent of the bishop, may change the site of any church, and purchase for, or take a gift of, any land more convenient; the land so acquired to be conveyed to the rector of the parish and his successors, to be devoted, when consecrated, to ecclesiastical purposes for ever. Every parish to which such loan shall be made, to be subject to a tax of sixpence per acre annually on all land in such parish, until the sum lent be repaid, but not to extend to crown lands.

"To encourage the building of such churches, all parishioners who shall contribute by subscription towards the re-building of any of the aforesaid churches, to have the choice of pews, at such rent as may be fixed by the vestry, subject to the approval of the rector and bishop, and in the order of their amount of subscription. The vestry and churchwarden of any parish, with the sanction of the rector and bishop, may discharge any subscribers to the re-building of any such church, wholly or in part, from the payment of pew-rents therein, for a limited time or for life, in such proportion to the amount of their respective subscription as they shall think fit, and may allow any such subscriber, on removal from the parish, to assign the remainder of his time to any other parishioner and inhabitant. And as the grant of a certain sum of money to some of the parishes may be more acceptable to them than a loan, should the vestry prefer a grant to the extent of 500l., such vestry may elect to take such grant, provided that, before the treasurer of the island shall be authorized to pay such grant, he shall be satisfied, by proper certificates to be furnished by the vestry requiring the grant, that 5001. will complete the building of such church for which the grant shall be asked. And the vestry of such parish shall also furnish the treasurer with a certificate, under the hand of the bishop of the diocese, signifying that the erection of such church is according to a plan approved by him.”

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