The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-17 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFEEMENT.—The Rev. Edward Pearson has been licensed
by the Lord Bishop of Chester, to the Stipendiary Curacy of
St. Martin's Church, Liverpool, upon the, nomination of the
Rev. Cecil W-ay, the incumbent.
SALE CA truc.d.—The Lord Bishop of Chester has renewed
the license for the performance of divine service in this church
for another year. It is expected however that the necessary
preliminaries to consecration will be very shortly completed,
and that this important ceremony will not be long delayed.

DIOCESE Or MANCHESTER.—APPOINTMENTS :—The Rev.
John Graham Hollingworth,-B.A. to the Perpetual Curacy of
Coppull, in the parish of Standish, near Wigan, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. William Harper Brandreth, rector of Stan-
dish, the patron, vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry
Worsley Jackson, the late incumbent.
ME Rev. Fielding Ould, A.M., is, we understand, about to
leave Liverpool, having had conferred on him the Rectory of
Tattenhall, worth about £330 per annum, with a rectory.
house and a small glebe, situated about ten miles from Chester.
OPEN-AIR PREACHING.—The Rev. B. Addison, Rector of
Collyhurst, Manchester, is carrying on open-air preaching in
his district with increasing success.
THE Bishop of London has interdicted a sacred concert in
one of the churches of the metropolis, in aid of the school and
organ funds, on the ground of the "indecency of making any
charge to an edifice devoted to Divine worship, according to
the forms of the Established Church."
PRESENTATION TO A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. H. Lomas,
-is about to be presented with an elegant silver inkstand, by
the candidates for the late confirmation in Walton district.
It has been manufactured by Mr. John G. Jacob, silversmith,
Church-street, and is now on view for a few days in his win-
dow. It has an elegantly-pierced round stand, bearing the
crest of the reverend gentleman, and inscription—" Presented
to the Rev. Holland Lomas, RA., by the Candidates for Con-
firmation belonging to Holy Trinity Church, Walton Breck,
as a mark of their affectionate esteem. Liverpool, A.D., June,
1855."

THE INCUMBENCY of GR_E.AT 01?0SBY,

IN the York Ecclesiastical Court on Tuesday, the case of
Myers v. Clarke was heard. Mr. Blanchard was advocate, and
Mr. Mills proctor for the promoter, and Mr. Shepherd was
advocate, and Messrs. Lawton, sen., and W. Lawton, were
proctors for the defendant.
This suit was brought by letters of request from the diocese
of Chester, the office of the judge being promoted by John
Myers, Esq., of Crosby-house, Great Crosby, near Liverpool,
against the Rev. Joseph Clark. of Lunt, in the parish of
Sefton, in Lancashire, of which parish he is now curate,
under the Rev. R. Rainshaw Rothwell; the rector, and had
been so for twenty-five years.
From the statement of Mr. Blanchard, it appeared that Mr.
Clarke had been presented to the incumbency of Great Crosby,
and that rumours having reached the ears of Mr. Myers, one
of the principal inhabitants of that place, respecting Mr. ark's
alleged propensity for intoxicating liquours, he felt it his duty
to bring the matter before the court. It had been admitted
that the clerk, Thomas Williams, had a public-house, near
the church-yard, and that the custom had been for the clergy-
man to go there before and after christenings and funerals,
and take a glass of spirits, or something of that kind. A
general charge was made, and particular instances were ad-
duced by the witnesses in which, during the years 1853 and
1854, the defendant was said to have been in a state of
drunkenness, and had staggered to and fro. Mr. Blanshard,
therefore, prayed that Mr. Clark might be canonically cor.--
rected. _

Mr. SICEPTIERD, in praying that his client might be dis-
missed from this suit, delivered a long address. He would
say, with unbounded confidence, that whilst this was one of
the most painful cases a court could investigate, it was a case
in which there was not the slightest ground or foundation
for the charge which had been made. He denied there was
any truth in the allegation brought against the defendant,
and one of the parties who had given publicity to the accusa-
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to have a commission appointed to inquire into this matter,
by which an enormous expense and great delay might have
been avoided, and he also regretted that Mr. Myers had not
done something by way of atonement for the charge which
had been preferred. Mr. Shepherd then went through the
whole of the evidence, noticing the great amount of testimony
there was to rebut the accusation of intemperance, besides
that of the defendant himself, and to prove that, except at the
christening of his eldest child, when he became, unintention-
ally, a little elevated, he had invariably being an abstemious
and temperate man. It was also shown he was a zealous,
amiable, and kind-hearted man—a man, as one of the witnesses
described it, in whom there was no guile—a man who was
generally loved and esteemed in his parish—a man in whose
religious teaching his parishioners had confidence, and one
who was constant in his attendance upon the sick. He was a
person, however, of a curious and staggering gait whilst walk-
ing, which might give rise to the impression that he was in
liquor when he was perfectly sober, and he frequently had a
swimming in the head after he had been preaching. He had
likewise a scorbutic affection in the face, which did not arise
from drinking. These circumstances might have given the
witnesses a colourable reason for having fallen into the mis-
take which they had done. _

Mr. Blanshard having replied, the Chancellor, after stating
his reasons at some length for having come to the conclusion
he had done, dismissed the case, leaving both parties to pay
their own costs.

A nomination had, previous to these proceedings, been pre-
sented to the Bishop of Chester, through Mr. Brabner, Mr.
Clark's solicitor.

COURT AND FASHION.

HEIL MAJESTY has appointed Miss Fanny Cathcart, second
surviving daughter of the late Sir George Cathcart, to be one
of her Maids of Honour.

Tan visit of his Majesty the King of the Belgians to this
country will, it is understood, be prolonged to the end of the
present week. _

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO PARIS, which had at first been
intended to take place on the 2nd of August, is now defini-
tively fixed for_ the 17th. Parliament will, of course, be
prorogued before Her Majesty's departure.
Mn, Pussy, of Pusey, formerly M.P. for Berks, died at his
brother's residence, Christ Church, Oxford, on Tuesday after-
noon, after an illness of several months' duration. The Puseys
are said to have been settled at Pusey prior to the Conquest,
and to have held that estate by cornage or the service of a
horn, under a grant of Canute. Camden and Fuller mention
this circumstance. The horn is still preserved at Pusey.
AN INCIDENT TO ROYALTY.—Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent embarked from Southampton docks, on
Friday, on board the Fairy, Captain Crispin. Just as her
Royal Highness embarked an incident occurred which caused
some little sensation and amusement. A respectably-dressed
elderly gentleman, wearing a profusion of rings, evidently of
great value, and carrying a cane, the top of which was set
majestically
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Sir George Couper's attention was instantly drawn to the
circumstance, who politely bowed the gentleman ashore, inti-
mating that he must take some other method of communicating
with the Queen. The gentleman, much chagrined, retired
into one of the offices of the docks, and calling -for pen, ink,
and paper, hastily wrote a letter, which he declared he would
immediately post to Osborne ; and, having sealed it with a
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avowedly for that purpose.
DEATH OF REAR-AMID:LAM SIR W. E. PANEL—This
distinguished and most estimable officer, born in 1790, died at
Ems, in Germany, on Sunday week, at half-past ten. He had
held the post of Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital since
the 19th December, 1853, and while in that institution gained
the universal esteem and respect of all with whom he was
associated. In every relation of life he was exemplary. As
the commander of four Arctic expeditions he gained
high pro-
fessional renown, and as a parent and Christian was equally
estimable. The following epitome of his services is from the
" New Navy List ."—Sir W. E. Parry, •mid. of Vanguard, in
the Baltic, engaged with Danish gun-boats, 1808-9. Lieut.
of Hogue, and in 1814 served in the boats at capture of three
American privateers, and destruction of naval stores at Petti-
page Point. Lieut.-Commander ofAlexander, and accompanied
Captain Ross in 1818 in an expedition to the Arctic regions.
In 1819 commanded an expedition which crossed the meridian
of 110 deg. W. lon., in 74 deg. 44 rain. N. lat., and returned
1820. In the same year fitted out a second expedition, con-
sisting of Hecla and Fury, which sailed 1821, and returned'
1823. Commanded a third expedition in 1824-5; and in 1826
commanded a land expedition, which, reached 82 deg. 45 min.
N. He was knighted for his Arctic services, and received
£l,OOO from government as a portion of the reward offered for
reaching the meridian of 110 deg W. within the Arctic circle.
TnE QUEEN AT ALDERSHOT.—The Queen paid her first
public visit to the encampment at Aldershot, on Tuesday.
Her Majesty was accompanied by the King of the Belgians,
the Prince Consort, and their royal highnesses the Prince of
Wales and Prince Alfred. Her Majesty first drove through the
Guard's quarters, and after making the circuit of this portion
of the encampment, ascended the elevated plateau opposite
Caesars' camp, where the whole of the troops at present en-
camped were drawn up in review order. After Her Majesty
had passed along the line, the royal party took up a position
near the flag staff, on the saluting point, while the several
regiments marched past in review order. As soon as the
troops had defiled past, the Queen proceeded to the open
ground where the various regiments formed in square allow
,ofstirie 55th Regiment,
her majesty an opportunity of conferring the Crimean
on three gallant men whose bravery at Alma and
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royal party proceeded by special train to Gosport, en route for .co
Osborne.
before four o'clock, aud returned Farnborough, whence the