The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-27 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev. Alfred Poole has been licensed by tire
I:ishop of Winchester to the perpetual curacy of
Purbrook, in the county of Southampton' and diocese of
Winchester, on the nomination of the Rev. E. T.
Richards, rector of Furlington.
BAPTIST MEETING AT THE METROPOLITAN TABER.
N ACLIL Tueoday, in oelebration of the centenary of
the hints of the celebrated Dr. Carey, the founder of
the Baptist Missionory Society, and translator of the
Bible into forty Eastern language., the inembera of hitt
eliurch and of other ev ingeheail churches held • soirit
at the Metroteditan Tabors/it le, after which • public
hem glair-Awn was held, when Sir S. Morton Peto
presided over a vast awiernbly, which crowded every
,diner of the spacious edifice. It had been announced
that the o!luir would be taken by Mr. Mortham, the
brother-in-law of the late General Havelock, but that
gentleman was unavoidably abeent, in consequence of
o domestic affliction. Amongst the ministers present
we notice.' the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, the Rev. J. P.
chrism of Brsdfunl, the Rev. J. H. Hrntoti. and the
Rev. W. Tucker, of Camrlen-town. The Rev. Mr.
Ili.ntor opened the proceedings with a prayer.._

BISIIoPKIC OF TUC SAuDWjCIt iSLANUIL—Hir ()rare
the Arilibiallop of Canterbury Ii wing consented, in
compliance with the request of the King of the Sand-
wich Islands, to consecrate a bishop for the superin-
ten erice of a Church of England mission in his
dominions, the Society for the Propagation of the
(lospel in Foreign Parts, of which the archbishop is
president, have resolved to grant • sum of £lOO • year
in aid of that mission. to be applied to the uiaint sauce
of three clergymen, who will be required to minister
, apecislly to the British subjects on the islands, and to
British 'adore frequenting the portA. The Re.. Thomas
Nettleship Staley, MA. formerly Yellow of Queen's
Co ' :lege G.inbtidge, and subsequently tutor lat St.
Mark's Gilles'. Chelsea, who has been nominated to the
bishopric, will be consecrated as soon as the necessary
preliminary arrangements will be wade. The rest of
the bishopric will be at Honolulu, and the mission will
he reinforced by three clergymen. who will be sect to
act under the direction of the bishop by the Episcopal
Church in America.

The new Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at Wimbledon
was opened on Sunday, when two sermons were
preached by the Rev T. P. Allen, of London. The
present body of Methorthste is the first that has been
gathered together in Wimbledon, and, from the an..
'amity which prevail* amongst the members, a career of
prosperity is Urvently anticipated.
Tau VACANT Bunioritte or DUNNAM.—The Western
Daily Press says:—" Dr Baring, Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol, bar been selected for the vacant
see of Durham. This is well-merited tribute to his
rkship. All classes have adimresi his zeal and enerip,and
especially kis readiness to meet the wants and wishes of
the clergy. In his new sod more important position be
will and a good deal of rough work, and much leas
agreement with the strong views of doctrine and dis-
cipline which his lordship holds, than in the diocese he
has occupied."

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