The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Charles Augustus Perring has
been nominated to the perpetual curacy of St. James's Church,
Whitehaven, in the county of Cumberland, vacantby cession of
the Rev. James Robinson. Value £200: Patron, the Right
Hon. the Earl of Lonsdale.

The Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson has been nominated to the
stipendiary curacy of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, by
the Rev. H. Pearson, the vicar.

CON BECRA.TION.—the new cemetery, provided by the Burial
Board for the townships of Kendal, Kirkland, and Nether-
graveship,under the provisions of the Burials Acts of the 15th
16th, and 17th years of her present Majesty, is to be conse-
crated by the Lord Bishop of Chester on Thursday next, at 11
o'clock.

IT is reported that, as the Archbishop of Canterbury will
probably refuse to proceed against Archdeacon Denison—a
course in which his grace would be supported by nearly, if
not quite the whole bench of bishops—a mandamus will be
applied for to compel the primate to proceed. —English
Churchman.

THB Archbishop of Canterbury has complied with the re-
quest of the Church Building Society, to invite the Bishops to
issue pastoral letters to their clergy, authorising them to make
collections for the benefit of the society—the usual Queen's
letter having been refused by the present ministry. One half
the collection, in each case, is to go to the Diocesan Church
Building Society. The Bishop of London has already issued
his pastoral letter, together with an official " statement" of the
society's position and claims.

ARRIVAL OUT OF THE BISHOP OP MA.rißims. Port
Louis, Mauritius, 20th June, 1855. Our first Protestant
Bishop, the Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, arrived on the 13th by the
Malabar. The Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, Bishop of Mauritius,
comes here under the most favourable circumstances, and the
highest opinion was formed of him previous to his arrival,
from information that preceded him. He preached at St.
James's Church on Sunday last, and from the excellence of his
introductory sermon will, no doubt, attract large congrega-
tions to hear him. Dr. Ryan is bent on doing good in many
other ways, and we heartily wish him success, for there is a
vast field to labour in this colony.
A CATHEDRAL SERVICR.—A correspondent of The Guar-
dian sends the following interesting account of a scene at
Peterborough Cathedral, of which he was a gratified spectator :
—" On Monday last, the cathedral of Peterborough presented
an appearance such as it has not often shown. There was a
great gathering of temperance societies in the city, and the
Dean and Chapter, at the request of the managers, had post-
polled the morning service from ten to eleven, in order that
visitors by the special trains might have the opportunity of
attending the cathedral, if so disposed. The result was that
every seat in the choir was filled, and every corner crowded,
and extra forms so blocked up the floor that a passage could
scarcely be gained for the Dean and Canon Pratt when they
went to the lectern to read the lessons. There must have
been at least eight hundred people in the choir and galleries,
and an equal number in the nave and aisles. Though many
had never heard cathedral service before, some probably never
been within a church, as the use of the Prayer-book seemed to
puzzle them, yet the conduct of the congregation, on the
whole, was most becoming and decorous. The music was appointed by the Dean appropriate for the occasion, and on .)
the suggestion and selection of the managers of the meeting
themselves. They showed much judgment in their choice,
and though the anthems were very long, the excellent per-
formance of the choir, in full strength, rivetted the attention
of all present, and in "Comfort ye my people," and the Hal-
lelujah Chorus, must have raised the hearts of the dullest
and the coldest. In the Old Hundreth, which was also sung,
the great body of the people joined; many had brought their.
Prayer-books, some their music. The attention of the vergers
and other officials, in offering places and books, was very -
noticeable, as being contrary to the received notion of such
persons, and as showing how soon the spirit of obligingness
and wish to accommodate may be made to pervade a whole
body when once heartily adopted in head-quarters. The same
may be remarked of the choir, who evidently were animated
with the desire of giving the best effect to the part assigned
them. In the afternoon the cathedral was almost equally;
crowded; the people joining in the Evening Hymn; the only .
inconvenience arising from want of sufficient room.; had
benches been placed in the nave, a far greater number
might have been accommodated, and a greater stillness have.
prevailed. Though thousands after service walked round the
aisles of the cathedral, and viewed all its objects of interest,
not the slightest irregularity occurred, nor did there appear
any marks of that scribbling propensity which so often de-
faces the walls of our most narrowly watched public buildings.
The Church and country at large owe great thanks to the-
Dean and Chapter of Peterborough for being the first to
throw open their cathedral, without fee, to all comers ; but in
continuing to develope this principle as they did last Monday,
and offering every facility for the attendance of a large body of
the middle and lower classes collected in the city for a great
social and moral object, they have done more to popularise the
cathedrals and endear them to the mass of the people, than the
recommendation of a dozen Cathedral COMMiSSiOUS._