The Press.
London, England, 1858-12-04 00:00:00

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THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE has issued the following
handbill to the working men of Carlisle :—" Friends,
—The Rev. Mr. Marshall, of St. Cuthbert's, has
thrown open his church for two nights in the week,
Tuesdays and Thursdays, for the working men of
Carlisle. lam thankful to hear it. I am glad to
have the pleasure of delivering to you the first
address. The pews are to be opened freely to you
all. Our object is to speak earnestly to you on
matters which concern your souls as well as our own.
Let me, as your neighbour, your friend, your Bishop,
entreat you to come to St. Cuthbert's Church. We
have named eight o'clock in the evening, because
we thought this would be the most convenient hour
for you and your families. Come in your working
dresses. God grant a large blessing on our meetings
together, for Jesus Christ's sake.—Your friend and
Bishop, H. Montagu Carlisle."
THE CONSECRATION Of the Rev. George Hills as
Bishop of British Columbia will take place on the
24th of February. Among the gentlemen mentioned
as likely to succeed Mr. Hills in the perpetual
curacy of St. Nicholas, Great Yarmouth, are the
Rev. H. R. Neville, incumbent of St. Marks, Laken
ham, Norwich, and the Rev. Mr. Pellew, a relative of
the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Norwich. The
appointment is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter
of Norwich, and is worth 3001. per annum. A
requisition in favour of Mr. Fellow is in course of
signature. Mr. Hills was offered, it is said, the
Bishopric of Natal five years since.

THE SUNDAY SPECIAL SERVICES WILL COMMENCE
AT ST. PatiL's every Sunday, at 7 p.m. The west
doors will be opened for the public. As soon as the
Cathedral is filled the doors will be closed, which will
be clearly announced. The preachers appointed by
the Bishop of London for the present month are :
The very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's, on the sth ;
the Lord Bishop of Ripon, on the 12th ; the Rev. Dr.
Hook, Vicar of Leeds, on the 19th ; and the Rev. W.
Cadman, Rector of St.. George's, Southwark, on the
20th.

THE REVISION OF THE BOOK OF CONNOR PRAYER
has been the subject of a conference held at the Ca.
ledon Hotel, in the Adelphi, on Tuesday afternoon,
for the purpose of considering the best means of se-
curing a revision of the Book of Common Prayer.
General Alexander presided; and Lord Ebury, who,
it will be remembered, brought the subject before the
House of Lords towards the close of the last session
of Parliament, was present, and took an active part
in the discussion. His Lordship adverted to the cir-
cumstances under which he hail made his motion and
to the manner in which the bishops had stood aloof.
Two or three members of the right rev, bench op-
posed his motion, but the great body of them had
nothing to say upon the subject. He believed this
was a question for the laity, and that they would get no
assistance towards the accomplishment of their views
from the high ecclesiastical authorities of the Church.
From the clergy generally he expected great aid,
as there was a growing feeling among them that
many modifications of our church services
were, from various causes, absolutely necessary.
If this movement were of God it would prosper, if
not it would as undoubtedly come to nought.—Seve-
ral gentlemen addressed the conference, expressing
their desire to build up the Church by the movement
they were commencing, and not to destroy it, or in
any way to impair its efficiency. The tone of all
their remarks was of a thoroughly evangelical cha-
racter, and it was not concealed that one great aim
of the promoters of the proposed revision was to ex-
purgate those passages of the Prayer book which
were mainly relied upon by " Tractarians " as proofs
of the soundness of their dogmatic teaching, and of
certain points of ecclesiastical discipline which have
recently engaged a large amount of public attention.
It was stated frequently during the progress of the
discussion that the present proceedings were in.
tended to be the inauguration of a great national
movement in favour of liturgical revision, and steps
were taken to procure the presentation of petitions to
Parliament, and especially to the House of Com-
mons, from all parts of the country, in favour of that
object.