Both Houses of Convocation sat yesterday at Westminster. In the
Upper House a letter was read by the Vicar-General from Sir George Grey, in reply to the address of Convocation to the Queen, praying that her Majesty would grant her Royal licence to enable Convodation to consider and agree upon a canon modifying the representation of the clergy in the Lower House. The Queen "has not been advised to com- ply% with its prayer." The Bishop of Oxford, moving that the Lower Reuse should be requested to consider and report upon the law relating to the discipline of the clergy, commented on the refusal of her Majesty to grant their prayer, in the sense that it should not be taken as a reproof fronn the Crown. The Government could not be blamed for saying, not rudely, "We will not grant the prayer, but will postpone it.' The meetings of Convocation as a consulting body are now an established fact.
The proceedings of the Lower House were confined to the presenta- tion-of petitions. Both Houses were prorogued to the 15th April.
The election of a member of the Hebdomadal Council of the Univer- sity of Oxford, to replace the Provost of Oriel, whose ill health compels hin—i to retire, took place yesterday afternoon. There were two candi- dates—Dr. Liddell, Dean of Christchurch, and Dr. Plumptre, Master of University. At the close of a poll, the numbers were—Liddell 74, Plump- tre 45; majority for Liddell, 29.
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