October 10. This being the first day of Michaelmas term, the following gentlemen were elected University Officers for the year ensuing :

PROCTORS.-G. Macfarlane, M.A. Trinity college and L. C. Powys, M.A. Corpus Christi college.

PRO-PROCTORS. James Scholefield, M. A. of Trinity college; and Chas. Smith, M.A. of St. Peter's college.

TAXORS.-S. B. Vince, M.A. King's college; and E. T. Bidwell, M.A. Clare hall.

SCRUTATORS.-J. G. Whaley, M.A. St. Peter's college; and J. Croft, M.A. Christ college.

MODERATORS.-J. P. Higman, M.A. Trinity college; and J. Hinde, M.A. Sidney Sussex college.

T. Worsley, B.A. scholar of Trinity college, was elected a travelling bachelor on the foundation of Mr. Worts.

Oct. 29. The following persons were ordained by the Lord Bishop of Chester, at the cathedral of that city.

DEACONS.-R. Bullock, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge; N. Germon, B.A. Oriel college, Oxford; J. M. Kirby, Queen's college, Cambridge; N. D. Sturt, Christ's college, Cambridge; R. B. Pidcock, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge; R. R. Mendham, B.A. Wadham college, Oxford; A. A. Barker, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge; W. J. James, B.A. St. Peter's college, Cambridge; J. Hargreaves, B.A St. John's college, Cambridge; J. S. Master, B.A. Baliol college, Oxford; W. A. C. B. Cave, B.A. Brazenose college, Oxford, R. Baty, E. T. Parsons, C. B. Dunn.

PRIESTS. R. Myddelton, M.A. Clare hall, Cambridge; J. Leigh, M. A. Brazenose college, Oxford; P. Horden, B.A. Brazenose college; W. Armstead, B.4. Brazenose college, Oxford; J. H. Johnson, B.A. Lincoln college, Oxford; O. Fielder, M.A. Brazenose college, Oxford; A. Browne, B.A. St. John's college, Cambridge; G. Salt, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; T. H. White, B.A. University college, Oxford; W. T. Birds, B.A. Queen's college, Cambridge; J. Turner, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; J. Grisdale, J. Todd, C. S. Coxwell, J. Clay, J. A. Wedgwood, J. Clarke.

Died.-At Grindon, the rev. T. Edmonson, vicar of that place, and master of the free-school, Fremington.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Married. The rev. J. Newport of Mitcheldean, to Miss F. Read.

Died. At Toddenham rectory, the rev. W. Elliott, curate of Welford, Warwickshire.

Died. At Cheltenham, the rev. W. S. Willes, of Astrop House, Northamptonshire, prebendary of York, and rector of Preston.

HEREFORDSHIRE.

Died. In the 86th year of his age, the rev. R. Hodges, rector of Knill.

Married.-At Whitchurch, the rev. J. Alington, rector of Little Barford, Bedfordshire, to Eliza Frances, second daughter of the Right Honourable Sir T. Plumer, Master of the Rolls.

Died. At Kilburne, in his 33rd year, the rev. T. S. Woodman.

Died. The rev. H. Porter, B. D. vicar of Enfield, Middlesex, and rector of Springfield,Essex. He was formerly fellow and tutor of Trinity college, in whose patronage the living of Enfield is vested.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

Married.—The rev. W. Crawley, son of the late Sir T. C. Boevy, Bart. to Charlotte, daughter of the rev. C. Crawley, rector of Stow, with the nine churches.

Died. At Northampton, the rev. R. Thornton, M.A. vicar of Cold Ashby, and of Weedon Beck, both in that county.

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Died.-At North Wingfield, near Mansfield, the rev. H. Hankey, M A.

NORFOLK.

Married.-At Dickleburgh, the rev. T. F. Green, rector of Gravely, Herts, to Mary, fourth daughter; and on the same day, the rev. W. Barlee, of Barham, to Margaret, the ninth daughter, of George Lee, of Dickleburgh, Esq.

Died. The rev. H. Bell, rector of Thorpland.

Died. The rev. W. Robinson, B.A. perpetual curate of Longwood, in the parish of Huddersfield.

WALES.

At the late Confirmation in Cardiganshire, the number of persons confirmed at Llanbadarn-fawr was greater than at any former period. The progressive increase since the year 1809 deserves to be the neighbouring Clergy. In 1809, the known for the credit of the Vicar, and number was 225; in 1812, 252; in 1815, 354; in 1818, 482; in 1822, 702.

SCOTLAND.

Died. The rev. William Crawford, D.D. professor of moral philosophy in the University of St. Andrew's.

Died.-At Scone, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield, the very rev. George Markham, D.D. dean of York, and rector of Stokesley, Yorkshire. The Dean died in the arms of his sister the Countess of Mansfield. He was the second son of the late most rev. Dr. William Markham, Archbishop of York, who died in 1807. The deceased deanery in April, 1802, on the death of was appointed to the Dean Fountayne.

A Volume of Sermons, by the Rev. John Hayden, of Londonderry, in Ireland, will soon appear, in One Volume, Octavo.

The Life and Remains of the late Rev. Dr. E. D. Clarke, are in the Press,

"Some Remarks on Mr. Southey's Life of Wesley," will soon appear.

Blossoms, by Robert Millhouse, with prefatory Remarks on his Genius and Situation, by the Rev. Luke Booker, LL.D. will speedily be published.

Letters and Conversations on Public Preaching, including Rules for the Preparation of Sermons, is nearly ready for Publication.

The Rev. Thomas H. Horne, M.A. has in the Press a third Edition of his "Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures," in Four Volumes, Octavo, corrected and illustrated with numerous Maps and Facsimiles of Biblical Manuscripts.

Times Telescope, for the year 1823, will appear in November,

An Essay on the Proof of the Inspiration of the Scriptures, deduced from the Completion of its Prophecies, by the Rev. Thomas Wilkinson, B.D. Rector of Bulvan, Essex.

Mr. John Rutter will speedily publish, A History and Description of Fonthill Abbey, illustrated by Engravings.

Mr. D. Johnson, Surgeon to the Hon. East India Company, is preparing for publication, "Sketches of Wild Sports," as followed by the Natives of India, with Observations on the Animals.

Memoirs of the French Court, by the late Madame de Campan, First Lady of the Bedchamber to the late Queen, Maria Antoinette, and Directress of the Establishment of Ecouen under Bonaparte, will shortly be published.

Mr. James Malcolm proposes publishing, by Subscription, in Two Volumes Octavo, The Past and Present State of the Agriculture of the County of Surrey.

THE amount of the revenue for the last quarter is a proof that, in spite of agricultural distress, the nation is still in the enjoyment of substantial prosperity. The landed interest is subject to severe privations-rendered severer by a long course of increasing wealth, and by the belief that property which depended upon the product of the soil was exempt from those fluctuations to which every thing else is exposed. The commercial interest hear no more of those immense and

rapid profits which were realized during the war, when the whole world paid tribute to the courage and skill of the English marine, and to the capital and enterprize of the English merchant. But these circumstances, grievous as they are, can by no means be interpreted into symptoms of national decay. They have no dependence upon the peculiar situation of Great Britain-upon its debt, its taxation, or its currency. They result from much more exten. sive and general causes, and they

extend to countries which are neither indebted nor taxed. The root of the whole matter is, the diminution of consumption throughout the world. This country does not want, and therefore does not buy the wheat of Europe and America, the timber of Russia and Norway, or the salt-petre of Asia; and the consequence is, that the people of these various lands are unable to purchase our manufactures. They paid us heretofore in their own produce -our demand for their produce has ceased, and they have nothing else to offer in exchange. While these causes are affecting the whole community, and diminishing profits and value and labour, the farmer is subjected to the additional mortification of perceiving that he has the greatest quantity of corn to sell at the very moment when it is least in demand. The remedy, and the only one, is to throw much of the newly inclosed land out of tillage, to withdraw a part of the vast capital which has been expended upon the soil, and has rendered it more productive than profitable, and patiently to bear the heavy losses which such a transfer inevitably occasions. They have been aggravated by the alteration which has taken place in the currency-and they do not hitherto appear to have been diminished by the reduction of taxes. We trust that they will derive a more sensible relief from the gradual improvement which is taking

place in the manufacturing districts, from the gradual increase of consumption, which cheapness will produce, and from an improved administration of the poor laws.

That our expectations upon the subject are not over sanguine, we infer from the extraordinary effect which has already been produced by the reduced price of the necessaries of life. For, year after year, nothing has been heard in our streets but complaints of the rapid growth of crime, and of the utter inefficiency of our criminal code. After ingenuity has exhausted itself in shewing the connection between our laws and our vices, and when the determined resistance of our practical men was on the point of giving way before the rage for alteration, a year of cheapness intervenes, and empties the prisons faster than starvation and suffering had filled them. What will be said upon the occasion by the patrons of a new criminal code, we are somewhat curious to hear. They will not be able to deny the fact their sophistry will hardly suffice to explain it away. We recommend them to acknowledge honestly that they have been under a mistake, and that the chancellors and judges, and magistrates of Great Britain, were more accurately acquainted with the real situation of the country, than the amateur ameliorators of criminal law.