The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFERMENT.—The Rev. Chas. Augustus Perring has been
licenced to the perpetual curacy of Saint James's Church,
Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, upon the nomina-
tion of the Right Honourable the Earl of Lonsdale, the patron.
CONSECRATION.—The new cemetery at Kendal, provided
by the burial board for the townships of Kendal, Kirkland,
and Nethergraveship, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of
Chester, on Thursday last, being the first cemetery consecrated
in the diocese of Chester under the provisions of the Burials
Acts of the 15th and 16th, and 16th and 17th years of her
present Majesty. The portion appropriated for the interment
of members of the Church of England, and consecrated as
above, contains upwards of five acres. The cemetery is con-
veniently and beautifully situated close to the town of Kendal,
on the slope of a hill, commanding extensive views on all sides,
and, from the undulating nature of the ground, will itself form
a very picturesque object when the shrubs and trees with
which it is planted have grown up. A remarkably neat and
appropriate chapel, for the performance of the burial service,
capable of accommodating upwards of 100 persons, has been
erected on the ground, and, like the laying out of the ground
itself, reflects great credit on the good taste of the designer,
of whose plans economy was a necessary ingredient.

Tun Rev. Thomas William Jones, Welsh minister of St.
Paul's Church, and chaplain of the Northern Hospital, Liver-
pool, has been presented to the incumbency of Llanavan.y-
Trawscoed, Cardiganshire.

CHURCH REFORM.—The Lord Bishop of Salisbury is at
present engaged in the primary visitation of his diocese. In
his charge to the clergy his lordship states that henceforth he
shall expect a higher standard of attainments from the can-
didates who offer themselves to him for ordination than has
hitherto been' deemed sufficient by other bishops ; and that
for the future, with a view of keeping his diocese free from
such clergymen as are undesirable, he shall require every
minister who comes to officiate therein to hold his licence to
do so. He recommends that clergymen be appointed who
shall travel from place to place for the purpose of open-air
preaching, and he wishes to see the revival of the periodical
meetings of the clergy. lie deprecates the introduction of
any change in the established order of the services, so long as
the subject remains unsettled by proper authority.
The consecration of Trinity Church, Trefuant, in the parish
of Henllan, by the Bishop of St. Asaph, took place on Thurs-
day. " This beautiful church," says a correspondent, "is the
pious offering of two sisters, (Mrs. Townshend Mainwaring, of
Galttfaenan, and Mrs. 3lainwaring, of Oteley Park) to the
glory of God and to the memory of their beloved parents, the
late Colonel and Mrs. Salisbury. It is built on a commanding
site, in one of the richest parts of the celebrated vale of Choyd,
looking towards the fine range of the Mod Famma chain of
hills. The design is worthy of the European fame of the
architect, G. G. Scott, Esq., of London, and infinitely sur-
passes every similar structure erected within the principality
for many centuries. The transcendent beauty of the day well
accorded with the blessed and joyful occasion, and the hearts
of all present warmly responded to the words of the Psalmist,
" I was glad when they said unto me we will go into the
house of the Lord." The church was thronged with all the
leading familiesin the neighbourhood, and many distant friends
and relations. The usual ceremonies for the consecration of
the churchyard having been gone through, and the sentence
of consecration read and signed, the Morning Service was pro-
ceeded with in English. The prayers were read by the Rev.
David Lewis, incumbent of the new church. The first lesson
by the Rev. E. Smart, vicar of Henllan, and the second by the
Rev. E. Duncombe, rector of Barthomley, Cheshire, The
Communion Service was read by the Lord Bishop, assisted by
the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Asaph, and the Venerable
Archdeacon Wickham. A sermon was preached by the Rev.
T. L. Claughton, vicar of Kidderminster, from Luke vii. 4,5,
and part of 6. This was succeeded by the offertory, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be devoted to the erection of another
church in " the hill country," at the upper portion of the
parish of Henllan. The collection amounted to £144, includ-
ing a cheque for £5O from P. W. Yorke, Esq., of Dyffryn Aled.
The Holy Communion was afterwards administered to a very
large proportion of the congregation. An entertainment was
prepared at Galttfaenan, where between one and two hundred
of the clergy and laity partook of the hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Townshend Mainwaring. At half-past six o'clock there
was a Welsh service, when the church was crowded to over-
flowing. The prayers were again read by the Rev. D. Lewis ;
the first lesson by the Rev. M. Davies, rector of Llanrwst, and
chaplain to the Bishop, and the second lesson by the Rev.
Watkin Williams, curate of Tremeirchion. A sermon was
preached from Exodus xxv. 8, by the Rev. Hugh Jones, vicar
of Holywell, and honorary canon of St. Asaph. The singing
at both services was led by the Rev. C. W. Heaton, Fellow of
Jesus College, Oxford, who presided at the harmonium, and to
whom much praise is due for his unwearied exertions in train-
ing the choir."