The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

The Chancellor of the Diocese has appointed the Rev. Thos.
F. Redhead, Incumbent of St. Peter's, Rock Ferry, a Surro-
gate for granting probate of wills and marriage licenses.
VACANCY.—The rectory of St. Peter, in the city of Chester,
by resignation of the Rev. Frederick Ford. Patron, the Lord
Bishop of Chester.
THE Rev. Augustine Howie Bull has been nominated to the
perpetual curacy of the newly-consecrated church at Toft, in
the county of Chester, by Charlotte Leycester and Emma
Theodosia Leycester, the patrons for this turn.

THE Rev. John Kingsley has been licensed to the perpetual
curacy of the newly-consecrated church of St. Margaret, at
Dunham Massey, in the county of Chester, upon the nomina-
tion of the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the patron.
THE Rev. Richard Oates has been licensed to the stipendiary
curacy of Christ Church, Everton, in the county of Lancaster,
upon the nomination of the Rev. William Henry Wright,
clerk, incumbent of the same church.
PEEFEEMENTS.—The Rev. Joseph Clark, clerk, has bee'
licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Luke's Church, Great
Crosby, void by the death of the Rev. R. Walker, upon the
nomination of the Rev. Richard Rainshaw Rothwell, the
patron.

CONSECRATION—TOFT.—The new. church. of Saint John
the Evangelist, Toft, in the parish of Kuutsford, Cheshire,
erected in memory of the late Ralph Gerard Leycester, of
Toft Hall, Esq., by his widow and sisters, was consecrated
by the Bishop of Chester, on Tuesday last. The church,
although small, is a very beautiful specimen of ecclesiastical
architecture both internally and externally, and forms a very
striking object in the view from Toft Hall, the family man-
sion of the late Mr. Leycester. From its distance from the
Parish Church, it will be a great accommodation to the in-
habitants of the district which is intended to be assigned to
it. It contains sittings for 205 persons, 90 of which are alto-
gether free and unappropriated, but is capable of holding
many more persons. The founders of the church, Mrs. and
the Miss Leycester's, have provided a fund for its endowment
and repair. The patronage has been vested, under the
powers of the church building act, in Mrs. and the Miss
Leycester's alternately during their lives, the first turn being
in the Miss Leycester's. On the death of the survivor it will
be in the son-and-heir of the late Ralph Gerard Leycester,
now a minor.

THE churchwardens of Runcorn have, up to this date, suc-
ceeded in collecting £1,200 of the rate granted for paying the
debt of the church. They have also received from Daresbury
Chapelry £423; in all £1,623 towards the £2,250 required.
ALL SAINTS' DISTRICT, BLACKBIIIIN.-On Sunday, the
Rev. Dr. Rushton, the vicar, opened the station of the Bolton
Railway Company for divine service. The use of this building
has been obtained at a nominal rent, and has been well fitted
up for the purpose. An additional place of worship in this
populous neighbourhood has been long required.
THE London Gazette, of Friday, contains a notice that the
Queen has been pleased to constitute the island of Labuan and
its dependencies to be a bishop's see and diocese, to be called
the bishopric of Labuan, and to appoint the Rev. Francis
Thomas Macdougall, D.C.L., to be ordained and consecrated
bishop of the said see.
REFUSAL OF TIIE QUEEN'S LETTER.—The offertory plate
of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Roehampton, was found
to contain, on Sunday last, three one hundred pound notes,
destined respectively for the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, the Church Building Society, and the National So-
ciety for the Education of the Children of the Poor in the
principles of the Established Church. If wealthy churchmen
would generally adopt this method of testifying their senti-
ments, the three venerable societies would suffer but little
damage from the recent refusal of the Prime Minister to issue
the customary Queen's letter.

WIGAN Ciinicn BAZAAR.—A bazaar, to liquidate the debt
of £750 incurred for the rebuilding of the parish church of
All Saints, was opened on Wednesday in the public hall,
King-street. This bazaar was got up by a committee of
ladies, consisting of the Lady Sarah Lindsay, the Lady
Frances Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Coombs, Mrs. Lord,
Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. Peace, Mrs. Byrom, Mrs. Fisher, Mrs.
Fergie, and Miss Hilton. The following ladies also promptly
offered their services to preside at the various stalls :—The
Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Gunning, Mrs. Woodcock, Mrs. Peace,
and Mrs. Fisher. In addition to the numerous articles con-
tributed for sale, the Hon. Colin Lindsay received the fol-
lowing donations in aid of the fund : —The Lord Bishop of
Chester, £10; Lord Ellesmere, £5; Colonel the Hon. James
Lindsay, £5; Joseph Acton, Esq., £5; the Hon. T. P. Leigh,
£5 ; J. Eckersley, Esq., £10; A. Heron, Esq., £5 ; J. Ingram,
Esq., £5; W. Marsden, Esq., £5. At the entrance, under
the gallery, and upon either side of the door, were stalls
amply provided with refreshments of all descriptions, pre-
sented to the committee by the Lord Crawford, the Rev, the
Rector, J. Woodcock, Esq., H. Woodcock, Esq., Mrs. Lord,
R. Preston, Esq., of Rock Farm, Ince ; Mr. Sumner of
Haigh ; Messrs. Byrom and Young, Mr. William Byrom,
Mr. Rothwell, &c., &c. The hall was divided into six
stalls, ranging three on each side, each stall being
about twenty feet in length. These were tastefully
hung with blue and white drapery, and the flags of
different nations were judiciously suspended in various-
parts of the room. Along the centre of the hall were placed
a double range of seats, for the accommodation of the visitors,
covered with crimson cloth. The gallery over the entrance
was occupied as an orchestra, and suspended from the front of
it were the national flags of England and France. At the
further end of the hall a rising platform was erected, covered
with crimson cloth, and arranged upon it, tier above tier, was
a choice collection of plants and flowers. Many of them were
valuable, some exceedingly rare. Twelve of the largest and
most valuable of these were sent by the Mayor, Mr. Thomas
Tayler, nine being for ornament and three for sale. A great
number have also been sent by the Lord Crawford, and many
of the others were collected by Mrs. Peace. On Thursday
morning there was received a valuable addition to this collec-
tion from Mr. Ingram, of the firm of Wood and Ingram, at
Huntingdon. Over this platform was suspended a beautiful
oil painting in gilt frame, representing " The Holy Family."
This was presented by James Taylor, Esq., and is valued at
£4O. The band of the Lancashire Hussars, under the leader-
ship of Mr. Charles Robins, was present, by the kind permis-
sion of Sir R. Gerard, Bart. A party of Hand Bell Ringers
also attended. On Wednesday morning the attendance was
numerous, in the evening the room became quite full. A great
number of articles were sold. In the evening numerous raffles
were got up, and many articles were thus disposed of. The
pecuniary result was highly satisfactory, for when the bazaar
closed shortly after nine o'clock, it was found that, indepen-
dently of tickets sold elsewhere, the amount of money taken
in the room was £289 2s. 111 d. The proceeds on Thursday
were g 141.135. 41d., making a total for the two days of £430
18s. 4d.— Wigan Examiner.

Mr. BAKES, the President of the Poor-law Board, has re-
signed that office, on account of the state of his health. In an
address to his constituents he expresses a hope that he may be
able, when unconnected with office, to devote himself with in-
creased zeal and assiduity to his duties as their representative
in the House of Commons.
Sir GEORGE BROWN has refused an offer of eleven hundred
guineas for the gray hunter which carried him at the Alma.
The horse is quite recovered from the bullet-riddling
.he re-
ceived, and is at present at Coates's repository at Leamington,
in which town his gallant owner has been located since his
return from the East.
THE LATE BANK FAILITRE.—In an action tried at Croydon,
on Thursday, to recevor £54, the amount of a cheque drawn,
on Strahan, Paul, and Co., the defendant, who was the drawer
obtained a verdict, because the judge ruled that a person re-
ceiving a cheque was bound to pay it into the banker's the day
after receiving it.

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was
held on Wednesday : it was not numerously attended. The re-
port was read. It approved of the appointment of clerks by ex-
W, a
dreadful amination, and satisfaction was expressed with the appointment
of Mr. Wines and Sir W. Molesworth. Mr. Rowland Hill
en recommendeddy
DREA.DFUL STORM IN CIIMI3ERLAND.—About noon, on
esda
judges at the time were on their way from Carlisle to rfor
fal the
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The
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over Cumberland.
Lan-
caster, but the flood WAS so immense that it carried away a
great portion of the line, and the learned dignitaries were de-
tained three hours. Yesterday morning all the low grounds
oboto Warrington were almost under water,