The see of Rochester was committed to the charge of Paulinus, and Eadburga found consolation during the remainder of her life, and purchased a posthumous canonization, by the foundation of a religious house at Liminge. Unsubstantial, however, as were the dioceses, the foundation of which is attributed to Honorius, there were those of his clergy who were adventurous enough to penetrate into the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms; among whom Birinus, by his restless itinerancy, has established his name as the first bishop of a diocese comprehending at once the kingdoms of Mercia and of Wessex. The Anglo-Romish Church, however, acquired perfect stability in Kent during the primacy of Honorius. It had been countenanced, indeed, by Ethelbert and Eadbald, but many of the companions of Odin pertinaciously maintained their temples, even in Kent, at the death of the latter, in 640. Ercombert, his successor, took the work of conversion out of the hands of the Church, and decreed the extirpation of the Saxon idols; at least, as he is not ranked among the heretical Iconoclasts, it is to be presumed that his warrant was not indiscriminate. He is recorded also to have enforced the observation of the fast before Easter, which retains, to this day, the Saxon appellation of Lent. By this effectual co-operation, the primacy of Honorius, which extended to the year 654, was eminently successful. In defiance of the language of encouragement, however, which the Pontiff addressed to the mission, the station of the British Isles was no object of ambition to the Roman clergy. It was eighteen months after the death of Honorius, before a successor was consecrated by the name of Deusdedit. His original name is said to have been Frithona; but the evidence of the Saxon Chronicle contradicts the report of his having been a native of Britain. His learning and piety are commended in general terms; but his primacy was not distinguished by any accession of power or revenues to his own church, or any progress in the work of conversion in the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy. He is said to have written the Lives of his Predecessors. He was gathered to them in the year 664. Again there was considerable difficulty in finding a person to accept the uninviting charge. The plague, which raged at Rome, is said to have been fatal to one candidate, who had been recommended to Vitellianus by Ercombert and Oswy. Adrian, who, at a later period, accepted the rule of St. Augustine's Abbey, rejected the appointment, though repeatedly urged upon him by the Pontiff and when by their persuasion, Theodore of Tarsus had undertaken the office, he lingered some time at Rome; and the church of Canterbury was left to the casual administration of Wilfrid, who had been recently consecrated to the see of York. But the time of Theodore should not seem to have been unprofitably employed. If he was not in haste to take up his staff, it was only that he might effectually provide for the success of his legation; and his arrival, at length, upon the shore of Britain constitutes an era in the history of her Church scarcely less marked than that of Augustine. (To be continued.) STATE OF THE DIOCESES IN England and Wales. Exhibiting the PREFERMENTS from July to December inclusive, and the recent ORDINATIONS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS of the Clergy in each Diocese. COLONIAL BISHOPS. The Rev. C. Lipscombe, D.D. late Fellow of New College, Oxford, has been consecrated to the Bishoprick of Jamaica; and The Rev. W. H. Coleridge, D.D. late Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Bishoprick of Barbados and the Leeward Islands. DIOCESE OF CANTERBURY. PREFERRED. Hill, S. B. A. to the rectory of Snargate; Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Marriott, G. P. Vicar of Eynesford, Kent, and Rector of Haseleigh, Essex, to be a Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral. MARRIED. Barlow, Rev. William, M.A. Vicar of St. Mary Breden, Canterbury, second son of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, K.C.B. and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, to Louisa, second daughter of the late Robert Jones Adeane, Esq. of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, at Mary-le-bone Church. DECEASED. Bennet, Rev. Thomas, one of the Minor Canons of Canterbury Cathedral, Vicar of St. Alphage and Rector of St. Mary, Northgate, Canterbury, and Vicar of Stone, Isle of Oxney; in the precincts of the Cathedral, Canterbury. YORK. PREFERRED. Bardgett, Joseph, M.A. one of the Chap lains of Christ Church, has been pre sented to the Vicarage of Broughton, in this county, by the Dean and Chapter of the above Society. Elliott, E. B. M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire; Patrons, the Masters and Fellows of Trinity College. Fetton, W. C. to the Rectory of Cowthorp, in this county; Patron, T. D. Bland, Esq. of Kippax Park. Goodenough, E. D.D. late Student of Christ Church, Head Master of Westminster School, and Sub-Almoner to his Majesty, to the Prebendal Stall of Warthill, in the Cathedral Church of York; Patron, his Grace the Archbishop of York. Kilvington, O. W. to the Vicarage of Snaith, Yorkshire. Knight, late of Halifax, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Paul's Church, Sheffield. Metcalf, F. M.A. Rector of Kirkbride, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Rigton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire; Patron, Sir William Strickland, Bart. ‹ Overton, J. M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bilson, in Holderness; Patron, Hon. and Rev. W. H. Dawnay. Torre, H. to the Rectory of Thornhill; Patron, Hon. and Rev. J. L. Savile. of Huddersfield, and Chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late John Scholefield Firth, Esq. of Kipping House, near Bradford. Hoskin, Rev. T. B.D. Rector of Kemp stone, and of Basford, Notts, and late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge to Miss Blount; at Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire. Ibbotson, Rev. A. Incumbent of Ramden, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr. B. Rawling, of Leeds. Wyvill, Rev. Edward, M. A. of Brasenose College, and Rector of Fingall, to Mrs. Dodsworth, of Cowley Hall; Oct. 13. King, Hon. and Rev. Mr. to the Rectory of Chesterford, Essex; Patron, the King. Lewis, John, M.A. by Dispensation from the Great Seal, to hold the Reetory of Revenhall, on the Presentation of C. C. Western, Esq. with the Rectory of Ingatestone, and the Perpetual Curacy of Buttsbury annexed, all in Essex. Musgrove, George, M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford, nominated by the Rev. John Hume Spry, D.D. to be his Assistant Minister at the New District Church of All Souls, St. Mary-lebone. Newcome, Thomas, Rector of Shenley, Hertfordshire, to hold by Dispensation, from the Great Seal, the Vicarage of Tottenham High Cross, in the county of Middlesex, together with his Rectory of Shenley; Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. Pott, J. H. M.A. Archdeacon of London, Martin in the Fields; Patron, the Lord Spry, J. H. D.D.. Minister of Christ of the new church, in Langham Place, London; Patron, the King. Wharton, Thomas, to the Ministry of St. John's Wood Church, in the Regent's Park; Patron, the King. Wood, John Page, LL.B. of Trinity College, to the Rectory of St. Peter's, Cornhill; Patrons, the Common Council of the City of London. MARRIED. Bunter, Rev. John, of Finchingfield, Essex, to Miss Wright, eldest daughter of the late Benjamin Wright, Esq. of Clapham, Surry; Oct. 5, at Battersea. Hobart, Hon. and Very Rev. H. L. Dean of Windsor, to Charlotte Selina, second daughter of Richard Moore, Esq. of Hampton Court Palace; at Hampton. Ottley, Rev. John Bridges, M.A. and Fellow of Oriel College, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Travers, Esq.; Oct. 1, at Waltham stow. Parry, Rev. Thomas, M.A. Fellow and late senior Dean and Catechetical Lecturer of Baliol College, Oxford, to Louisa, fifth daughter of the Rev. Henry Hutton, of Beaumont, Essex; on the 21st of October, at Colchester. Smith, Rev. Robert, of Little Berkhampstead, Berks, to Jane, eldest daughter of R. Chapman, Esq. of John-street, Bedford-row, at St. Andrew's, Holborn. Wesley, Rev. Charles, of Christ College, Cambridge, to Eliza, eldest daughter of John Skelton, Esq. of Hammersmith. DECEASED. Hockley, Rev. John, formerly of Magdalen College, Oxford, Oct. 27, in Fitz. roy-square, London. Milward, Rev. J. F. at Astley's-row, Islington, aged 71. Moselee, Rev. Stephen, son of the Rev. S. Moselee, of Little Baddow, Essex. Parke, Rev. Gilbert, formerly of Wadham College, Oxford, and Chaplain to his Majesty; Sept. 24, aged 65, at the Parsonage House, St. John's Wood, Regent's Park. Roberts, Rev. Thomas, Vicar of Tottenham, and Rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill; Oct. 5, aged 74. Robinson, Rev. John, Rector of Althorne, and Cricksen, both in Essex. Smythies, Rev. Yorick, upwards of half a century the Rector of St. Martin's, Colchester, and of Little Bentley; aged 89, at Colchester. WINCHESTER. PREFERRED. Blackstone, Frederick Charles, B.C.L. Fellow of New College, Oxford, to the Vicarage of Heckfield, in the county of Hants; Patrons, the Wardens and Féllows of that Society. Harriott, W. M.A. to the Vicarage of Odi ham, with the Chapelry of Grewell, Hants; Patron, the Hon. H. Percy. Wilson, W. D.D. Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Oakeley, in the county of Southampton, and also to the Vicarage of St. Cross, in the town of Southampton; Patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College. MARRIED. Jackson, Rev. G. C. B.C.L. Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Chaplain in the Hon. East India Company's service, at the Presidency, Bombay, to Arabella, daughter of the late Rev. T. Knightley, of Cherwelton, Northants; Nov. 2, at Southampton. BATH AND WELLS. PREFERRED. Gate, J. of Angersleigh, to be Vicar of Taunton St. James. Jenkyns, R. D.D. to the Prebend of Din der, in the Cathedral Church of Wells; Patron, the Lord Chancellor. Law, H. to the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester; also to the Rectory of West Camell, in the Diocese of Bath and Wells; Patron to both preferments, the Lord Chancellor. Madan, Spencer, Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to the Vicarage of Batheaston, Michell, Bennett, B.D. Fellow of Einmanuel, College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Winsford, Somerset, by the Masters and Fellows of that Society, Phelps, William, M.A. of Mellifont Abbey, near Wells, to the Vicarage of Meare, near Glastonbury. Tuson, G. B. curate of Bathwick, Somer- blotton, Somersetshire, void by the re- Vaughan, J. M.A. Rector of Wraxall, Somerset, to the Rectory of Walton in Gordano, in the same county; Patron, P. J. Miles, Esq. MARRIED. Hawkins, Rev. John Browne, M.A. late of Bitteswell, Leicestershire, to Miss Whitmore, of Perry Hill, Kent; at Thorn Falcon, near Taunton, Somersetshire. Hous, Rev. George, Rector of Laverton, to Janc, second daughter of Richard Newcome, Esq. of Burcot House, Somersetshire; at Wells. Pitman, Rev. John, Rector of Porlock, Somersetshire, to Kathariane Maria, eldest daughter of the late Rev. H. Northcote, of Upton-Pyne, Devon. DECEASED. Slade, Rev. E. D. M.A. late of Queen's BRISTOL. PREFERRED. On Tuesday, the 30th of November, being the Annual Meeting, of the Venerable Dean and Chapter of the Bristol Cathedral, the Rev. John Parsons, the Rev. Henry Green, and the Rev. John Latey, having resigned their Minor Canonries, the following gentlemen were elected to make up the full number of six, as prescribed by the Statutes of Henry VIII. the Rev. Joseph Cross, the Rev. Ames Hellicar, the Rev. Frederick Roach, and the Rev. Lambert. ORDINATIONS. By the Lord Bishop of Bristol, in the Chapel of Christ College, Cambridge, on Monday, December 12. DEACONS. Stevenson, Charles, Emmanuel College; and Streatfeild, John, Christ College, Cambridge. PRIESTS. Barnwell, John, B.A. Pembroke College, Oxford. Colvile, Nathaniel, B.A. St. John's By Lett. Dim. from the Bishop of Grasett, H. James, M.A. University College; and Lambert, Richard William, B.A. Pembroke College, Oxford. |