The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-01 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICJE LLIGEY CE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Win. and Rev. W. Byron, to the Vicarage of Pyrton, Oxford.
shire.
Rev. J. Caner, Rector of Westport, to the Archdeacoury of
Tnam _ .

liet•. E. Herb, rt, incumbgnt of Kilpeacon, to the Union of
Ratrikeale and Chancellorship.
ReY. J. Eirkman, M.A., to theVicaraze of Field Dalliag,Norfolk.
Rev. It. P. Little, 8.A., Curate of llerksweilt Aar:via:hire, to
be a Chaplain, Hon. East India Company Service, on the Madras
Establishment

CLERICAL (~B["fUARY.
Dec. 15, at Chard, Sornersetshire, the Rev. Henry Thurston
Thomson, curate of Cudworth and chaplain to Chard Union.
Dec. 23, at `Noolvtich-commoth.the Itev. John Watkin Downes,
incumbent of St. John's, WOolwich, and for many years curate of
St. Philip's, Birmingham.
Dec. 23, at Lympstone, Devon, the Rex.. .William James, M.A.,
rector of South Moreton, Iterks, aged 68.
Dec. 24, the Rev. John P. Mills, rector of Hockerton, near
Southwell, Notts, aged 55.
Dee. 25, at Bath, the Rev. Allen Wheeler, vicar of Old-Sod-
bury, Gloucestershire, in his 82d year.
Dec. 25, at Marlborough-place, Walworth, the Rev. William
Slowman Rowe, M.A., chaplain of her Mijesty's County Gaol for
Surrey, aged 60.
Dec. 21, at his residence, Burntwood, the Rev. It. L. Townsend,
vicar of AU Wandsworth,t4ed 55. -

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.
GAWSWORTIL—The Bishop has granted a license of non-
residence to the Hon. and Rev. 11. W. Stanhope, rector of
Gasysworth, in the county of Chester, on the ground of
ill-
health, to expire 31st December, 1856.
ORDINATION.—The examination of candidates for ordina-
tion by the Bishop of Chester, on the second Sunday in Lent,
Will commence on Thursday, the 14th of February next, at the
Palace, Chester, at ten o'clock. Candidates' papers should be
addressed to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., secretary to the
Bishop of Chester, on or before Alonda,y, the 14th instant.

MANCHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.—
The .quarterly rneeting_was held._ at the Town-hall, on Thurs-
day, the Lord Bishop of. Manchester in the chair. Grants were
made towards the erection of a gallery in St. Peter's Church,
Manchester, and also for parsonages for St. Bartholomew's,
Salford, Holy Trinity, Blackburn, and Glodwick, near Oldham.
TRINITY CHURCH, SOUTHPORT.7-A stained glass window
has just been erected in the south transept of this church, to
the.memory of Mrs. Mary Ann Gaskell, late of Southport.The window_ is divided into three. compartments. - The trefoil
in the top is filled with the arms of the family, draped back
ground, and vine-leaf border; two other compartments con-
thin very rich. specimens of the transition period of stained.
glass decoration. The harmonious effect of the colouring is
exceedingly striking, and reflects great credit upon the artists,
Messrs. Forrest and Bromley, Lime-street, Liverpool. At the
bottom of the window is the following inscription :—" In me-
mory of Mary Ann Gaskell, who died in this town, 7th Sept.,
1854." The window is the gift of John Fowden Hodges, Esq.,
of Bouley Court, Henley-on-Thames.-- Southport Visitor. '
CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, MILES PLATTING.
—The new church of St. John's, Miles Platting; Which has
been erected by Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart., at a cost of
£3,500, was consecrated 'on Thursday, by the Right Rev. the
Lord Bishop of Manchester. The district contains a populk
tion of 6,000, and divine service has, hitherto, been held in the
School-room adjoining the church. The church is Italian in
style, and similar in general character to the ecclesiastical edi-
fices erected in (principally the north) of Italy, previous to the
revival of classic architecture. It is constructed mainly of red
brick, with stone string courses, &e., and black brick
decorations. In plan it consists of vestibule, tower. con-
taining staircase, north porch, nave of six bays, north
aisle; of five bays, chancel of one bay, semicircular
apse, and vestry. All the seats in the south side of the nave
have been set apart as free. The church contains sittings for
507 adults, and 200 children. The church was much needed,
and affords proof..pf the interest taken by Sir Benjamin Hey-
wood
in the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of the district.
—Manchester' Caviler.