contingencies, ornamental work, &c. will reach another thousand, but there will be no difficulty in meeting this, as the zeal with which the work has been undertaken, and the energy with which it promises to be prosecuted, are, when we recollect the parties into which Dorking has for this half century been split, truly surprising. On Sunday, the 9th of August, being the day previous to the commencement of the demolition, a most powerful and eloquent discourse was delivered by the Rev. S. Isaacson, who touched upon the numerous generations who had once worshipped in that house of prayer, and now slept their last sleep within the hallowed precincts. He alluded to the many ties by which all the congregation were more or less bound to the church, and made a strong appeal to those whose means would not allow them to enroll themselves publicly among the restorers of the fabric, to cast their mites into the treasury. The collection amounted to 361. 7s. 6d., which, when we reflect that Mr. Isaacson, only three weeks before, had collected 40%, for the school, must be considered a most liberal sum. It is worthy observation, as a sign of the powerful feeling existing in this neighbourhood, in respect to the undertaking, that many servants were seen to drop their half sovereigns and five shillings into the plate, whilst one poor widow, out of her hard-earned hoard, actually contributed two golden guineas! The widow's mite! Divine service will be performed in the national schools till the church is rebuilt, which will probably be about the first Sunday in August next, 1836. We hope the new church will be honourable to the town, creditable to the architect and contractor, and beneficial to all. Amount of subscriptions . £5,400 0 0 Independent of this, about 1007. is expected to be raised for a new Gothic font. With reference to the above we have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following Memorial, signed by W. J. Denison, Esq. M.P., H. T. Hope. Esq. M.P., W. S. Fuller, J. Rudge, Churchwardens, twenty of the Committee for the rebuilding of the church, and upwards of sixty of the principal inhabitants of the town and hamlets thereunto belonging : "Memorial of the Proprietors of Lands and Houses, and Inhabitants in general, of Dorking, and the adjoining Hamlets thereunto belonging. "TO THE MOST NOBLE HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. "The erection of a new church having been unanimously resolved upon, and a large subscription having been raised for this purpose, the undersigned deem it of the highest importance to the interests of religion, and the extension of sound moral principles, to secure the services of a minister, capable, both by inclination and ability, of carrying these objects into effect. "They therefore respectfully submit for your Grace's consideration, the name of their present Curate, the Rev. Stephen Isaacson, as a person eminently qualified for the performance of the arduous duties of a parish priest in this extensive parish. And they earnestly hope, that the long connexion which your Grace's family has had with this town, will induce you to lend a favourable ear to this memorial. "That the gentleman they would recommend possesses the requisite qualifications, will be manifest from an inscription upon a piece of plate presented to him by his late parish in London, which states that it was given from a high sense of his sincerity of devotion, and great abilities in the discharge of his responsible duties, and as a testimony of their very strong approbation of, and gratitude for his excellent ministry.' "Could they secure the next presentation to the vicarage for this gentleman, it would, in their estimation, be an incalculable blessing conferred on the Parish, and a lasting memorial of your Grace's great kindness." Signed by W. J. Denison, Esq. M. P., H. T. Hope, Esq. M. P., twenty of the Committee, and upwards of sixty of the most respectable parishioners. STRETHAM INCLOSURE ACT.-An Act for inclosing the parish of Stretham has recently received the royal assent. It provides for the commutation of tithes by land, in the usual proportions of one-fifth to one-eighth, and we understand a question of great importance to the owners of fen land, as to the proportion to be deemed arable and pasture, was discussed in the committee, and fixed at one-third of the former and twothirds of the latter. G. B. AIRY.-The King has been pleased to appoint George Biddel Airy, Esq. Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, to be Astronomical Observator in the Observatory at Greenwich, in the room of John Pond, Esq. resigned. Appointment. Curacy of Claughton, near Lancaster. Domestic Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Norwich. CLERGYMEN DECEASED. Appointment. Formerly Assistant Curate at Ripponden. Curate of Knoddishall, Suffolk. Curate of St. Anne's, Dublin. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. Head Master of Dilham Grammar School, Staffordshire. ELECTIONS. OXFORD. The following gentlemen have been admitted Actual Fellows of Magdalen College: The Rev. John Posthumus Wilson, M.A. Lincolnshire; Charles William Borrett, M.A. Diocese of Norwich; the Rev. William Richardson, M. A. York; and Roundell Palmer, B.A. Oxfordshire. The following Demies of Magdalen College were elected Probationary Fellows:William Robertson, M.A. Somersetshire; Thomas Harris, B.A. Warwickshire; Rev. George Ayscough Chaplin, B.A. Lincoln shire; John Montague Cholmeley, B.A. Lincolnshire; Rev. John Rouse Bloxam, B.A. Warwickshire; and Charles Reade, B.A. Oxfordshire. Robert Lowe, B.A. of University College, was elected a Probationary Fellow on the Nottinghamshire Foundation. J. Meyrick has been elected an Exhibitioner on the Michel Foundation at Queen's College. John Hawkins has been elected Founder's Kin Scholar of Pembroke College, on the Foundation of T. Teasdale, Esq. ELECTIONS. CAMBRIDGE. James Butler, Esq. has been elected a Fellow of King's College. G. W. Money, F. E. Durnford, W. Young, G. Seymour, and F. E. Long, have been elected Scholars of King's College. DEGREE CONFERRED. The Archbishop of Canterbury, with the concurrence of his Most Gracious Majesty, has conferred upon the Rev. George Oliver, Perpetual Curate of Wolverhampton, the degree of Doctor in Divinity. MARRIAGES. At the cathedral, Lichfield, the Rev. George Hamilton, A.M., and minister of Christ's Church, Bloomsbury, to Lucy, daughter of Henry Chinn, Esq. of Lichfield-close. At Marylebone Church, the Rev. Edward Fanshawe Glanville, M.A., a Fellow of Exeter College on the Cornwall Foundation, to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Sir Scrope Bernard Morland, Bart. M.P., and widow of the Rev. F. C. Spencer, of Wheatfield. At Trinity Church, Marylebone, the Rev. William Bannerman, late of Brasennose College, and of North Bank, Regent's Park, to Felicia, second daughter of J. Rawlinson, Esq. of Wimpole-street, London. Rev. Sir Edwin Windsor Bayntun Sandys, M.A. Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, Rector of Winstone, Gloucestershire, to Mary Ann Turner Merywether, eldest daughter of William Stevens Merywether, Esq. of Grove-field, in the same county. Rev. Joshua S. Hird, of Ringwood, Hants, to Elizabeth, daughter of Philip Bedwell, Esq. of Clapham-common. At St. George's Church, Bloomsbury, the Rev. William Holmes, B.A. Rector of West Newton, in Norfolk, and Perpetual Curate of Flitcham, in the same county, to Jemima, youngest daughter of the late Sir Charles Flower, Bart. At East Charleton, Norfolk, the Rev. George King, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Rector of St. Lawrence, Norwich, to Elizabeth, third daughter of the late John Steward, Esq. John Minter Tong Wratislaw, Esq. of Trinity College, to Eliza Golling, daughter of the Rev. Henry Bishop, Vicar of Ardleigh, Essex, and of Great Clackton, in the same county. Rev. Robert Deedes Wilmot, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, Vicar of Kennington, in Kent, to Jane, youngest daughter of Charles Turner, Esq. A.R.A. Rev. William T. Sandys, M.A. Vicar of St. Mary's, Beverley, to Catherine Elizabeth, only daughter of the late William Wootton Abney, Esq. Rev. James Robertson, to Sophia Hopkins, daughter of the late Mr. Boote, of Milton, Berks. Rev. David Hilcoat Leighton, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of Thornton, Lancashire, to Caroline, third daughter of the late Thomas Kesteven, Esq. At Bath, the Rev. Richard Pritchard, of Stratford-upon-Avon, to Francis Fisher, third daughter of the late W. Hodges, Esq. The Rev. John Leyborne Popham, B.A. of Wadham College, Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts, to Frances, eldest daughter of Edward Lloyd Sanders, Esq. At Fulham, by the Bishop of London, Edward Villiers, Esq. Fellow of Merton College, to the Hon. Elizabeth Charlotte Liddell, youngest daughter of Lord Ravensworth. At Shinfield, near Reading, the Rev. Henry George Talbot, M.A. late Student of Christ Church, eldest son of the Lady Elizabeth Talbot, and the late Very Rev. Charles Talbot, Dean of Salisbury, and nephew of the Duke of Beaufort, to Mary Elizabeth, third daughter of the late Hon. Sir William Ponsonby, K.C.B. and niece of Lord Ponsonby. At St. Mary Magdalen Church, by the Rev. the Vice-Principal of St. Edmund Hall, the Rev. William Stone, B.A. of Wadham College, to Susan Anne, youngest daughter of Symonds, Esq.of Beaumontstreet, Oxford. At St. Pancras Church, the Rev. David Jackson, M. A. of Queen's College, to Margaret, youngest daughter of M. Davis, Esq. of Burton, Westmorland. Rev. J. R. Inge, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Marianne, eldest daughter of the late John Ryley, Esq. of Hertford House, near Coventry. Rev Thomas Powell, Curate of Tintern, Monmouthshire, to Clara, third daughter of the Rev. Thomas Prosser, of Snodhil Court, and Rector of Dorstone, Herefordshire. Rev. Robert Wedgwood, son of John Wedgwood, Esq. of Abergavenny, to Fanny, youngest daughter of the Rev. Offley Crewe, Rector of Muxton, Staffordshire, and of Astbury, Cheshire. At Lamerton, Devon, the Rev. William Cowlard, to Sarah Phillis Clode, widow of Capt. E. Kelly, late of H.M. 51st Regiment of Light Infantry. George Houghtam Skelton, Esq. B.A. of Christ's College, to Eleanor Sarah, second daughter of Thomas Gresham, Esq. of Barnby-Dunn, Yorkshire. At Finchley, Middlesex, (by the Rev. Edward Ventris, M.A.) the Rev. H. L. Ventris, B.A. incumbent of St. John's, Whetstone, to Anne, youngest daughter of James Newman, Esq. of Soho-square, London. At Hackney Church, Middlesex, John James Ramsay, Esq. B.A. of Pembroke College, to Harriet, youngest daughter of Mr. John Harvey, Clerk at the Pitt Press. At Bayfield, Ross-shire, the Rev. James Henry Hughes, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College, to Margaret Sutherland, second daughter of the late Colonel Mackenzie, of Royston. At St. Marylebone Church, the Rev. John Oliver W. Hawcis, M.A. of Queen's College, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Hugh Davies, Esq. of Spanish-place, Manchester-square, London. Rev. J. Chapman, Rector of Dunton, Essex, to Frances, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Keate, Canon of Windsor. Rev. E. Evans, Vicar of Llangranog, Cardiganshire, to Miss Webb, of Carmar then. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are much pleased with the Music from our unknown Correspondent. Others of the like nature will greatly oblige us. We are in want of a solemn air to the metre, 8. 8. 6. Our numerous other friends are not forgotten. |