The Press.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

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THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF GLOCESTER CATHEDRAL,
following the example of the capitular body at
Rochester, Durham, and elsewhere, have determined
on throwing open the cathedral gratuitously for two
hours daily.
THE REV. ALFRED POOLE, whose opinions on the
subject of the confessional have lately made his
name familiar to the public, has been appointed
to a mastership in the grammar school at Harlow,
Essex.

IN ST. CATHEDRAL the large windows in the
cupola are undergoing a change. The prison like
bars, which tended more than anything else to obscure
Thornhill's paintings, are being exchanged for large
sheets of ground glass with divisions of a geometric
and appropriate character.
THE BISHOP OF NORWICH continues to improve in
health. His lordship has made arrangements for
holding a confirmation at Norwich on the •26th inst.
The restoration and extension of the episcopal palace
has been steadily proceeded with, and on the north
side a new wing has been so far completed that the
"roof raising" took place a few days since, an enter-
tainment being given to the workmen on the occasion.
One effect of the alterations is that the palace is now
quite detached from the cathedral. During the
progress of the works the foundations of an ancient
chapel have been traced.
THE REV. WILLIAM BURTON CRICKMER, M. A., of St.
Edmund-hall, Oxford, curate of St. Marylebone, has
been appointed a missionary chaplain for the gold-
fields in British Columbia.

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND has it in contemplation
to establish a permanent service in Paris. For the
present the service is performed at the Oratoire, the
French Protestant Church, which has been gene-
rously lent at stated terms for the purpose ; but it is
expected that a more central place of worship will
soon be obtained.

A NICE POINT was raised before the revising
barrister for East Surrey on Tuesday. The Rev.
Mr. Grenville claimed to vote in respect of pew
rents in St. James's Church, Hatcham. The revising
barrister said he did not consider that the rev.
gentleman had made out his claim, and he could not
allow him to vote. A long discussion ensued, and
in the afternoon Mr. Grenville produced several
documents in support of his right to vote, after
which the barrister altered the description and
allowed his name to be on the register. The
claim of the Rev. Thomas Mitchell was objected to
on the ground of improper description, having
described himself as perpetual curate of the district
chapel of St. Feu], Newington ; but the barrister
altered the description and allowed the claim.
His GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, who was to
have preached the sermon at the approaching con-
secration of the parish church of Doncaster, has been
obliged to decline that duty in consequence of his
feeble state of health. As a result of the step which
his grace has been compelled to adopt, the consecra-
tion sermon will be preached by the Right Rev. DT.
iB ckersteth, Bishop of Ripon.
THE How. AND REV. FRANK SI:GDEN, MA., of
Trinity College, Cambridge, domestic chaplain to
Lord St. Leonard% bas been presented by the Lord
Chancellor to the vicarage of Great Hale, near
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, rendered vacant by the death
of the Rev. Richard Bingham, M.A. The benefice
is worth about 1,0001. a year. Mr. Sugden's ap-
pointment to Great Hale renders vacant the vicar

ge of Brignall, near Greta-bridge, Yorkshire, which
is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and worth 350 t
a year.

THE Bisuor OF LONDON has presented to each of
his clergy a programme of the order of his approach,
ing visitation, and with it the following letter•—

London-house, October, 1A.58.
Rev. and dear Sir,—T beg to forward to you a statement
of the order of proceedings intended to be observed at the
coming visitation. You will perceive that to avoid the
formality of repeating the seine address for five days in
the same place, I have postponed the charge to the fifth
day, on which 1 hope to see the whole clergy of the diocese
assembled in our metropolitan cathedral. 1 trust that you
will not by this arrangement be exposed to any incon.
venience which is not compensated by the better division
of the time. Indeed, I have reason to hope that for
most of the clergy in London it will be more convenient
to attend on two days, for a short time on each day, than
to be kept for several hours on one day.—T remain, rev.
and dear sir, your faithful servant and brother,

A. C. Losnox.

SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE WORKING
CLASSES will be commenced, with the sanction of the
Bishop of London, at the close of the present month
and continued at stated intervals it various churches
of the metropolis. Several clergymen of distinction
have offered to conduct these services, and they will
iu all probability be continued throughout the whole
of the winter. Similar arrangements aro in progress
in Lambeth and Southwark and those other portions
of the diocese of Winchester which closely abut upon
the metropolis.