The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. E. H. Bickersteth, M.A., to the Incumbency of Christ
Church, Hampstead.
Rev. W. H. Bland, 8.A., Rector of Sapperton, to the Vicarage
of Braceby, near Grantham.
Rev. W. Carr, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of All Saints,
Lambeth.

Rev. %V. Clawner, M.A., to the Vicarage of Crich, Wirkswortb,
Derbyshire.
Rev. R. J. Clarke, to the Vicarage of Towcester, Northampton-
shire.

Rev.
T. Clarkson, M.A., to the Rectory of Wyverstone, Suffolk.
Rev. M. Cooper, M.A. to the Vicarage of Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Rev. J. It. Cotter, 8.A., to the Curacy of Winterborne, Hough-
ton, Dorset.
Hon. and Rev. H. Douglas, to the Rectory of Hantury, Wor-
cestershire.
Rev. C. T. Erskine, M.A., Fellow of University College, Dur-
ham. Incumbent of Stonehaven, Brechin, to the Stipendiary
Curacy of Hingham, Norwich, and also to be a Chaplain to the
Lord Bishop of Brechin.
Rev. W. 22. Fox, 8.A., to the Curacy of Beeston, Nottingham-
shire.
Rev. W. G. Holmes, M.A., to the Vicarage of Little Haimpton,
Sussex.
Rev. Dr. W. Jack.i.on, Rector of Lowther, and Domestic Chap-
lain to the Earl of Lonsdale, to the Archtleaconry of Ca rIE sle:
Rev. I. F. Mackarness, M.A., Vicar of Tardebigge, Worcester-
shire, to the Rectory of Honiton, Devon.
Rev. W. Malpas, MLA., Curate of St. Paul's, Forest of Dean to
the Chaplaincy of the Mariners' Chapel, Gloucester. ,
Rev. W. Moir, Incumbent of Linton, Glasgow, to be Incumbent
of Stonehaven, Brechin.

Mulcaster, to the Rectory of Great Saikeld, Cumber-
land.
Rev. S. Simon, to he Chaplain to the Australian Agricultural
Company in New South Wales.
Rev. W. H. Simpson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Langriville,
with Thronton-le-fell, Lincolnshire.

ife;:lf.iii. Smith, 8.A., to the Curacy of Trinity Church,
Oswestry.
Rev. W. Thomson, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, to the
Rectory of All Souls, Marylebone.
Rev. It. 0. J. Thorpe, to the Vicarage of St. Clement's, Cam-
bridge.
Rev. H. Walker, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ludham, Norfolk.
Rev. H. N. Wheeler, lA., Curate of St. George's Southwark
to be one of Her Majesty's Chaplains to the Forces in the Eas:.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.
ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to hold his
next Ordination at Chester, on. Sunday the 23rd of September
next. Candidates are required to send all their papers to
Charles J. W. Parry, Esquire, Chester, his lordship's secretary,
on or before Monday, the 20th day of August at the latest,
after which day none will be received except under special cir-
cumstances.

CONSECRATION.—The new church at Willaston, in the
parish of Neston, Cheshire, was consecrated by the Bishop
on Thursday, it has been erected especially for the accom-
modation of the inhabitants of the township of Willaston,
who have hitherto had no church within three miles of them.
The church contains 200 sittings, of which 154 are entirely
free and unappropriated. It will be endowed with the tithes
of the township of Willaston by the Rev. R. W. Gleadowe,
the vicar of Neston, who has given, them up for the purpose,
with the consent of the Dean and Chapter of Chester- the
patrons of. the living. It is also proposed to raise a fund for
its additional endowment, towards which purpose a handsome
sum has been already collected, and was considerably increased
by a collection made after a sermon by the Bishop on the occa-
sion of the Consecration. It is proposed forthwith to assign the
township of Willaston as a district to the new church, which,
will then become a distinct incumbency in the patronage of
the Vicar of Neston ; at present it is simply a chapel of ease
to be served by a stipendiary curate. The church is a re-
markably neat and commodious structure, and has been very
substantially built of stone found in the immediate neigh-
bourhood.
THE Convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province
of Canterbury stands prorogued to Thursday, June 28, not
to Friday, June 29.
THE REV. SAMUEL SIMM has been appointed to succeed the
Ven. Archdeacon Cowper as chaplain to the Australian Agri-
cultural Company, in New South Wales, diocese of Newcastle.
LAST WEEK the daily service at St. Paul's Cathedral, which
has been suspended for some time past in consequence of repairs,
&c., was resumed, and will take place. at ten o'clock in the
morning and half-past two in the afternoon, until further notice.
THE barque Jane Morice, with the Bishop of Natal and
other passengers on board, was in latitude 22 degrees south
and longitude 29 degrees 10 minutes west on the 16th of April
all safe and well.

LIE great and material alterations in the interior of Lan-
caster Church, which have long been in contemplation, are en
the eve of being effected. The whole of those unsightly erec-
tions; the north, north-west, and the organ galleries are to be
removed; and the organ itself, which will receive considerable
additions, will be brought down to within five or six feet. from
the floor,

ErPon.Ts are now snaking by the Bishop of Sodor and Man
to erect a cathedral chapel at Bishop's Court, Isle of Man, as a
centenary memorial to Bishop Wilson. If the bishop suc-
ceeds in this endeavour, it is further contemplated (as the Manks
Church is at present with difficulty supplied with clergy) to
connect with it a limited staff of deacons to be under training
for the practical work of the ministry, this bein g Bishop Wilson's
own plan for securing a succession of clergy in this diocese.
For carrying out this desirable object a committee has been
formed, consisting of the Revs. Hugh Stowell, H. Montagu
Villiers, R. Oreenall, John Keble, J. J. Hornby, and J. Slade;
Lord Robert Grosvenor, J. W. Paten, M.P., Sir William Page
Wood, Sir William Heathcote, H. Hoare, Esq., and J. Nark-
land, Esq. About £I,OOO has already been subscribed.

WORKMEN engaged in taking down Culford Church, Suf-
folk, in removing one of the monuments from against the east
wall of the chancel, exposed to view a singularly curious and
most interesting relic of church decoration of a very early
period. It would appear from this discovery that the chancel
was part of a Norman church, and had been lighted not only
by the great east window, as it is commonly termed, bat by
two small loop lights, one on either side of it, deeply splaying
in the interior. The recesses or niches thus formed, and now
re-opened, had been decorated by paintings on the plaster and,
stone-work, representing in roundels or medals various inci-
dents from the legendary history of the Romish Church.
Three of these roundels are placed in the head and sides of
each recess, and are for the most part in admirable preserva-
tion, the figures being very distinct and the colours almost as
fresh as when painted in the twelfth century. They refer
apparently to the history of St. Barbara.
RESTORATION OF PRESTON CILTIRCIL—On Thursday, this
fine edifice, which has just been rebuilt, was reopened for the
first time for divine service, :when the church was densely
crowded. The mayor and town council attended in -their
robes of office. Full cathedral service was performed, and the
sermons, both morning and evening, were preached by, the
Rev. William Pollock, M.A., Incumbent of St. Mark's, Liver-
pool. The great object of the Vicar of Preston, the Rev. John
Owen Parr, who was chiefly instrumental in having the old
edifice demolished, and the present noble structure erected,
was to do away with the pew system, and throw open the
whole of the seats to the public, to whom he contended they
belonged. , In this he has succeeded, due respect having been
had to pew owners who have been fully compensated, and the
town of Preston may now boast of possessing one of the finest
specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in the country. The
new edifice is large enough to accomodate upwards of 3,000
individuals.
ONE admirable effect has been produced by the refusal of
Fier Majesty's Ministers to grant the usual Royal Letter for
maliing collections for increasing the funds of the Incorporated
Society for Promoting the Enlargement, Building, and Re-
pairing of Churches and Chapels. On Thursday last, by the
kindness of the Sub-Dean and Chapter of Westminster, a
festival service was performed, with the assistance of portions
of the choirs from the Chapel Royal, St. George's, Windsor,
and St. Paul's Cathedral. The anthems selected were highly
appropriate, beautiful in themselves, and admirably executed.
A powerful sermon was delivered by the Bishop of Oxford,
and a collection made, which, with a gift afterwards eoatri-
bated, amounted to above 1;280, This is a good starting-
point. in the refusal of the Royal Letter two points are
especially worthy of notice. First, it disregards a promise
made by the Secretary of State, in introducing the act which
incorporated this society, by which it was to be enabled to
add to its former objects that of repairing dilapidated Churches,
and supplying, by its grants, the place of briefs formerly
issued in the name of the Sovereign. Secondly, the Queen
is patron of the society. Yet we have been assured, on excel-
lent authority, that when the late Primate was requested to
appply iu the proper quarter for a subscription from Her Ma-
jesty, his reply was that he had been forbidden to do so.
Have Her Majesty's Ministers, then, prevented the perform-
ance of an act of grate on the part of their royal mistress,
both as regards her private bounty and the exercise of her
priYilege to authorise the making of public collections?—
Guardian.

THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL appoints the Earl of
Burlington, the Bishop of Chester, Lord Monteagle, Mr. S.
H. Walpole, Sir E. H. Alderson, Mr. J. G. Shaw Lefevre and
Mr. J. Cowling commissioners for the purposes of this act—
their powers to endure till the Ist of Jan. 1858, or, if continued
by Her Majesty, to the Ist. of Jan., 1859, and no longer. The
commissioners_ are..empowerecUo_require the productien of
doiuments from the, officers of the university. On the 6th of
Nov. next the functionS of the Caput Senatfis will cease, and
on the following day is to be elected a " Council of the Senate,"
to consist of the chancellor, the vice-chancellor, four heads of
colleges, four professors of the university, and eight members
of the senate. The heads of colleges are to be elected from
among themselves, and the professors by the professors also.
The vice-chancellor is authorised, before the 10th of Oct. next,
to make regulations for the election of the council and the fill-
ing up of vacancies. The council is to meet on the day of elec-
tion (the 7th of Nov. next) for the despatch of business, presided
over by the chancellor or vice-chancellor, five members to be
-the. quorum. The vice-chancellor is empowered to license
members of the senate to open residences for the reception of
students, who will be admitted to all the privileges of the Uni-
versity without being ex necessitate entered as members of
any college. These parties are to be called "licensed masters,"
and their residences " private halls." The university. is
specially empowered to make statutes for the regulation of
these halls before the Ist day of Michaelmas Term, 1856. If the
university omit to frame statutes, &c., it will be incumbent on
the.commissioners to do so. Colleges may anielidlitii-filler
with respect to eligibility to headships, and power is given to
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be laid before parliament, and all ordinances and regulatit:ris
the Queen in Council. Declarations and oaths on matricu-
lating and taking degrees are abolished, as also the stamp
dufieson matriculations and degrees.

THE robbery of the mail-bags by the Cat-list insnrgcnts, a
few days since, has been attended with a loss of jewellery to
the' CounteSs of Montijo, the mother of the Empress of France,
amounting to £B,OOO sterling.
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of innumerable Chemists and Naturalists, and although there
have been various compounds professing to accomplish this
from the
desirable end, still nothing really capable of restoring and pre-
one of the most beautiful of Nature's gifts was discovered
suenrt'illnll2l, when the result of a series of experiments, tried f;;ra.
long previous period upon persons of all constitutions, tally
established the infallible 'virtues of
C. and A. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA.
The wonderful efficacy of this inestimable compound, in restor-
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its conservative agency operates in preserving it, has received, as
expected,gmriagtieltilbteliott it,sv perienceul its
nhe -Oldridge's
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