The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFERMENT.—The Rev. John Kingsley, M.A., has been
nominated to the perpetual curacy of St. Margaret's Church,
Dunham Massey, recently consecrated. Patron, the Right
Hon. George Harry, Earl of Stamford and Warrington.

THE REV. C. J. FORMA W, son of the Rev. C. Forshaw, in-
cumbent of Altcar, has just been appointed rector of Cricket
Mallerbie, in the county of Somerset. _

A NOi-RESIDENT - The Bishop of Oxford, in
reply to the petition from the inhabitants of High Wycomb,
praying him to compel the vicar to return, or appoint a person
to do duty for him, writes I sympathise, as you are well
aware, deeply with you under the painful circumstances which
your letter too truly details ; and I am, at this moment,
engaged in taking the legal steps needful to compel your vicar
to return into residence."

ALL SAINTS, KINGSWESTON.—This church, erected at the
cost of F. H. Dickenson, Esq., was consecrated on the 13th
instant. It will accommodate about 150 persons. The oak
seats are all open, and of the very convenient form of those in St.
Mary Magdalene's Church, Munster-square, London. The altar
is of stone, and the whole chancel and the furniture are very
richly ornamented. The service was choral, and the bishop
preached and administered the Holy Communion.
Ox Sunday week the Bishop of Brechin held a Confirmation
for the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the little church of
Markbeech, near Edenbridge. Five persons—four of them
adults—were confirmed; and the quietness and solemnity of
the proceedings formed a striking contrast to the bustle and
confusion necessarily consequent on a large Confirmation.
Prayers were said by the Rev. J. M. Neale, the Litany by the
Rev. H. Glynne, Rector of Hawarden, the lessons were read
by the Rev. E. Palmer. At the conclusion of the Litany the
candidates were presented by the Rev. R. S. Hurst, Incum-
bent of Markbeech ; and, after the Confirmation, the Bishop
celebrated Holy Communion, and delivered a most impressive
charge, in which he considered Confirmation under the three-
fold aspect of a seal, an enlistment, and a dedication. It is
believed that, with the exception of one Confirmation held by
the Bishop of Moray for the Bishop of Lichfield, this is the
first time in which a Scottish prelate has thus officiated in the
province of Canterbury, since the disestablishment of that
Church.

CONSECRATION OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH, LEYLAND,
NEAR PRESTON.—The Lord Bishop of Manchester consecrated
this church on Wednesday (St. James's day). His lordship,
who was accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Burder, was met
at the church by the Venerable Archdeacon Master, Revs.
Canon Master (Chorley), Thos. R. Baldwin (vicar of Ley-
land), Canon Parr, R. A. Rawstorne, and several other clergy-
men of the neighbourhood. John Master, Esq., of Creston ;
Mrs. Ffarington, and the Misses Ffarington, of Worden-hall,
and several ladies, were also present. The church has been
built by Mrs. and the Misses Ffarington, at an outlay of
between £3,000 and £4,000, and they have also provided the
endowment and repair funds. The usual ceremony was gone
through by the bishop, the archdeacon reading the prayers.
The vicar of Leyland read the epistle of the day ; Mr. Burder
read the petition for consecration ; and the Rev. Canon
Master (Chorley), in the absence of the chancellor, read the
sentence. The sermon was preached by the bishop, but there
was no collection. After the ceremony, the bishop and a
numerous party partook of a sumptuous luncheon at Worden
Hall.

CHURCH ORNAMENTS.—At the Consistory Court, on Tues-
day, the cases of Westerton v. Liddell, and Beal v. Liddell,
came on before Dr. Lushington. These were suits pramoted
by Mr. Westerton, one of the churchwardens of St. Paul's,
Wilton-place, and by Mr. James Beal, an inhabitant of the
district conventionally assigned to the chapel of St. Barnabas,
Pimlico, against the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, the in-
cumbent, with a view to procure the removal from those
churhes of certain articles of ecclesiastical furniture and deco-
ration. The petition on behalf of Mr. Westerton alleged
that the district church of St. Paul's was consecrated on the
31st of May, 1843, and that dissensions had of late sprung
up between Mr. Liddell and certain of his parishioners in
consequence of his having introduced various articles of
church furniture and decoration unauthorized by, inconsis-
tent with, and contrary to the laws, canons, customs, and
constitutions of the United Church of England and Ireland.
That these articles consisted, Ist, of an altar, or high altar,
of carved wood raised upon a dais, or platform ; 2nd, a
wooden cross two feet high, placed upon it; 3d, a pair of
large gilded candlesticks, with tapers at least a yard in
height; 4th, a credentia, preparatory altar, or credence table;
and sth, five different coloured altar coverings, embroidered
and adorned in a fanciful manner, which were used at different
seasons, namely, a white one from the evening of Christmas
eve to the Octave of the Epiphany inclusive (except on the
Feasts. of St. Stephen and the Holy Innocents), from the
evening of Easter eve to the vigil of Pentecost, on Trinity
Sunday, the Purification, the Conversion of St. Paul, the An-
nunciation, St. John the Baptist, St. Michael, St. Luke, and
All Saints ; a red one from the vigil of Pentecost till the next
Saturday, on the Holy Innocents day (if on a Sunday), and all
other feasts ; a violet one from Ash Wednesday to Easter eve,
from Advent to Christmas eve, during the Ember week in
September, and on the Holy Innocents, unless it falls on
a Sunday ; a darker violet one on Good Friday and at funerals;
and a green one on all other days. It was also complained
that at the time of the administration of the Holy Communion
the altar was vested with an embroidered white linen cloth,
with ends of elaborately-worked lace, and that other articles
of linen, enriched with lace borders, were also used.—The
court was occupied on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday hearing arguments pro and con, and the court reserved
judgment.
PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL.—The following letter from
the Dean of Peterborough to Mr. Scott, the architect who has
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able communication is to offer to put ourselves into your hands,
by nominating you henceforth the cathedral architect, and annu-
ally placing at your disposal such a sum as we can safely spare
from our ordinary Fabric Fund, aided by any grants from the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or other offerings, for which,
though we make no public appeal, we shall not feel less obliged
than we were in 1830, under Dean Monk's extensive repairs
and improvements. We entirely approve your idea of a
steady, gradual, pari-passu progress of the twofold work of
repair and embellishment. I may be allowed to say, on the
part of the chapter generally, that the nearest object to
their hearts is to make the cathedra/ practically useful for
the noble ends for which it is designed; and for myself more
specifically, that my earnest object is to admit the largest num-
ber of humblest worshippers within the reach of our church
ordinances. I shall then only be satisfied that we are on the
bare threshold of our duty, when the nave is filled front end to
end with a congregation in their wo,-king dress,- on a work day,
when every individual ear and heart shall be penetrated, an
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here. Believe me, dear air, yours very truly
"G. G. Scott, Esq. "A. P. MAUNDERS.
" P.S. I may add, apropos of the enlargement of our cathedral
sittings, that we are on the point of extending our parochial de-
ment, by engaging deeper in the work of visiting and almsgiving
through the revival of cathedral deacons."