The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

DIOCESE OY CHESTER,

THE BISHOP OF CHESTER and family are staying at New
Brighton for the season. His lordship comes to town every
other day, to despatch such diocesan business as may require
his attention.—Chester Courant.

PREFERMENTS rN enEsTan.—We hear- that the Rev. John
Watson, of St. Michael's, is to be appointed rector of St.
Peter's;- the Rev. G. Salt, rector of St.- Bridget's ; and that
the Rey, F. Grosvenor, curate of St. John's, is to succeed Mr.
Watson, at St. Michael's.—Courant.
PREFEgMENTS.—The Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has- been
licenced to the Perpetual Curacy of the newly-consecrated
church at Toft, in the county of Chester, upon the nomination
of Charlotte Leycester, and Emma TheodosiA Leycester, the
patrons, for this the first turn.—The Rev. Stephen Lea Wilson
has been licensed to the stipendiary curacy of the parish
church of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, upon the nom-
ination of the Rev: Henry Pearson, the vicar of the same
church.—The Rev. William Henry Strong has been presented
to the rectory of Newchurchi in the county of Lancaster, void
by cession of the Rev. F. A. Bartlett ; patron, the *Rev. J.
Hornby, rector of Winwick, for this turn.

A DESPATCH from Stockholm, dated August 27, states that
the Archbishop Holmstrom, Primate of the Swedish Lutheran
Church, and the most important ecclesiastical dignitary of the
kingdom, died that morning, at Upsala.
Tim: BISHOP of LONDON is under the necessity of having
recourse to the advice of an oculist. His lordship, is at Dus-
seldorf, .under the care of Dr. Leuw, by whose treatment his
sight has been improved. The bishop,preached at the English
Church on Sunday.
THE Ray.. DB. AND MRS: 3,l`Dor-GALL arrived safely at Sa.
rawak, Borneo, on April 24th, -after a tedious passage of,
twenty-four days from Singapore. They were most cordially:
welcomed by Rajah Brooke and the inhabitants, European and
native.

THE thirty-fifth annual report of the- Commissioners for
Building New Churches has- been issued. Twenty-seven
churches, containing accommodation. for .1.9375 persons, in-
cluding 11,7141 free seats, have,, by aid of grants, been com-
pleted since the last report, and twenty-one new churches are
in course of erection.
DEATH or ARCHDEACON FroDscrn—The V'en. George
Hodson, M.A., Archdeacon of Lichfield, and. Canon Resi-
dentiary of Lichfield, Cathedral, died .a few days since at Riva.
The archdeaconry and canonry thus rendered. vacant are in
the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield.. The reverend gentleman
was also vicar of St Mary's, Lichfiiid, an appointment which
is worth about £soo.a_ year, in the gift sof-the•Dean and Chap-
tot of Lichfield..

Sr. NrcuoLas,Otrunclx, Bristol, is now closed: for the pur-
pose of being repainted, Sm., and meanwhile, the- crypt,. which
is'spaeious and lefty—and is supposed: by some to,be- theorigi-
nal church of St.. Nieholas—will be fitted, up and lighted for
Sunday evening service. "The effect of a large congregation
worshipping down.amongst -the tombs, at says a local
paper, "cannot fail,to be at once picturesque and impressive."
Tian REv. R0u.1‘37", FREEMAN, assistant chaplain tothe army
in the East, diedi at sea- on August 19th. Mr: Freeman left
the Crimea some weeks ago, exhausted by his• severe and in-
cessant labours. Fever confined him for time to the hospital
at Scutari ; but he-was returning home with reduced strength
when he sunk under anattack of internalinfiammation and
ulceration. He is,. we believe, the third of the chaplains con-
nected with the Society for the I'ropagaton of the Gospel
whose lives have beeneasrificed in. ministering.to the sick and
wounded.

eorrespondente"eLL.,7 sends-us the following remarks on
" How to Employ an Agricultural Population on Sunday
Evenings." He writes--""A few months ago I was appointed
to a vicarage in the 'diocese of Lincoln, with a noDubtinn of
360: I offlulatea there for the: arses ..r the lath of June
last, when I found, the singing very bad indeed. In conse-
quence, I at once gave notice that there would be a singing-
meeting at the chteteehevery Sunday evening.atsix o'clock. It
was attended the first Sunday by about sixty people, the
second by about seventy, and ever since it has, been attended
by about 100 to 120: We work hard for rat hour and a half at
the Gregorians andgood old psalm and hymn tunes,. and then
for half an hour I examine the whole assembly, young and old,
in some portion of scripture, such 2.s the history of Moses or of
Jonah, &c. The hymnbook I use is Harm se far Public
Worship, published by the Society for Promoting- Christian
Knowledge, price 4.1 d. In. all this the people take theliveliest
interest, which is manifest from the feet that they have pur-
chased of me, since- the 17. th of June, seven: dozen Prayer-
books, eight dozen -.Hymn-books, and several Bibles. These
and other means have been so far blessed as.to add twenty-
four to the list of communicants.—The guardian.
THE Cancel:l Fneeeez.—Gallicanism is not dead. There
is. again a stir among the dry bones which-the. Ultramontanes
would fain persuade, us are the moulderingerelics of past days.
There has been a. double cause for this revivification the pro-
mulgation of theenew dogma, and the -Liturgical question.
The form of the enunciation of the newdeeree is diStasteful to
The Gallicans ; and the matter still more. soe: for there has
alwayS been apparent in this part a love of ,historic truth, and
a genuine and honest appeal to antiquity while their oppo-
nents, satisfied as,. they are with the•theory of present infalli-
bility, care only; for the voice of the-Fathers-when it favours
themselves, and is useful against an: adversary. The person
in whom the spirit of the Galilean party recently found voice
on this point was the Abbe Laborde. The.Abh4 Laborde is
dead,—at a critical, intent, when his fearlessness might have
done much for his countrymen, and, might have seriously
interfered with. the plans of the Ultraneontane party. It does
not yet appear on whom his mantle has fallen. The Liturgi-
cal question, again, is one calculated, to. stir the slumbering,
sparks of Gallieaniare. For some years- past, the Ultramone-
tanes have, been straining every nerve to destroy all the
native Liturgies throughout France, and, to introduce a unie.
formity in, the Roman use throughout the whole kingdom.,
The chief_Ultramontane writer on this. point has been Dome
Gueranger; and the man who has. dared to speak out for,
motherechurch and country mostboldly. on the other side is _
the Abbe Prompsault. The latter has been condemned at
Rome. Thus the two Galilean champions are—one dead and.
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sower will be very important.—Literary Churchman..
lii-OFFIZTING OF ST, PBTER'S CHURCH, NIMTQX-1,11-
WlLLows.—On Sunday week this church was re-opened- for
maneece°aderi.,eamprirew
divine service after undergoing various repairs and decorations-.
It has been reseated throughout; new windows of. cathedra
glass have been inserted; and an east window of stained glass.
has been given by the Rev. Peter Legh, the incumbent. New
altar cloth and furniture• have been provided ber private sub-
scription. We and eretand £lO more has been offered towards
a new pulpit, and it is, expected that two memorial, windows
will also be contributed. Notwithstandingz-this gratifying
liberality, there remained a deficit to meet the general total
expenditure of about £BO., This necessitated appeals to the
congregation generally, from the pulpit.. There were large
and attentive ccngregations, not only at the morningebut also
at the afternoonand evening services. The morning prayers
were read by the Rev. Peter Legh; the-lessons and litany by
the Rev. R. 13rowne; the communku service by the Rev.
P: C. Claughten; and the sermon IN-28 preached by the Rev.
Henry Gunning, rector of Wigan. The organist of Warring-
ton parish,church presided over the musical services, the ordi-
nary choir: accompanying. The canticles wore sung to ser-
vices, and, the psalms chanted. At the afternoon and evening
services," two sermons were deliv.ereed by the Rev. P. C.
Claughton. After the three sermons the sum of £45 was col-
lected—a handsome sum, considering the church is not large,
and, the congregation chiefly rural. The re opening of their
eh arch will long remain a memorable day among the inhabit-
ants of that pretty and picturesque village.
Tai NEW Btsuor or Sx3)NEt.—The Right Rev. Frederic
Barker, D.D., the receetly-appointed successor of the late Dr.
Broughton, as Lord Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan, of
Australia, arrived in Sydney on the 25th of May. As soon as
his arrival in Sydney became known, a deputation of the
clergy and laity of the Church of England waited upon his
lordship, and a number of the ministers, and several members
"of the diocesan committee, met in the school-halt of St.
Andrew's, when a congratulatory address to his lordship from
the archdeacon, clergy, and laity of the diocese of Sydney, was
read by the Yen. Archdeacon Cooper. To this address his
lordship made an appropriate reply, in which, after ex-
pressing his thanks for the kind reception which he had met
with from the clergy and members of the church, he stated
his earnest desire so to fulfil the duties of the station to which
he had been called that he might be found by experience to
be such as their desires and expectations had led
them to imagine he might be —" a promoter of godly
union and concord—a preacher of the Word in truth
and righteousness—and an example to the flock of God."
The ceremony of the installation of the bishop took place in
St. Andrew's Cathedral on the 31st of May. A very numerous
-assemblage attended to witness the ceremony : many persons,
indeed, were unable to obtain admission. James Norton,
Esq., registrar for the diocese, then read a notarial document
certifying the consecration of Frederick Barber, Doctor of
• Divinity, to fill the see of Sydney, and to be Metropolitan
Bishop of Australia. He also read Her Majesty's letters
patent, addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, requiring
the consecration of the Rev. Frederick Barker. After the
reading of Her Majesty's letters patent, the Ven. the Arch-
deacon of Cumberland formally installed the right rev. prelate
by reading the letters of introduction. The communion ser-
vice was afterwards read to the close of the Nicene Creed by
the Bishop, assisted by the Rev. Mr. King. The rev. pre-
late then delivered an eloquent discourse, appropriate to the
occasion, from Ephesians iv. 11, 12 :--" And he gave some,
apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
Christ."
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