Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-28 00:00:00

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-scientific attailiints; Mid' that his principles were
Perfectly sound. . Some suggestions were, thrown out.,
with regard to the, nature and site of 'a memorial,"
• :yid Mr. Burke stated tli'at not being in the habit of
attending Westminster Abbey t e was shocked, when he
went to the' ftineral Stephenson, 'to see:the -Manner in.
which the aisles were disfigured. It was mentioned
also, that the Dean of St. Paul's mid the Dean of West-.
Minster would be. consulted as to the memorial.
Mr. Burke alSo incidentally mentioned , that Mr.,,
Brunel, like Mr. Stephenson, was.-a man who Was l•
largely devoted to charity',' and that the parish in which
they Were assembled, (St: Margaret'S,- WeStminster,)
might count his 'charitkS by thousands. (Hear; hear.) •':
• A vote of thanks was !awarded to Mr. St. ,George
Burke for his exertions in this case.
Thanks were also awarded to the noble chairman, and
the greeting., which was a most satisfactory one in every
respect, -separated.

COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.'`'

Her Majesty and his R=.val Highness the Prince
tfonsort left 'Windsor Castle on Saturday forenoon,. at?'
ten o'clock, for the . camp at Aldershott. ;His Royals)
Highness Prince Frederick William and her Royal ,
'Highness Princess Frederick William of Prussia
s'
(PnncesS Royal) accompanied the Queen and Prince.
The Princess Alicealso accompanied Her Majesty. A
party of the Ist Life Guards formed the Queen's escort.
The Queen and thel:Oyal party lunched at Aldershott,
and returned to the castle in the afternoon. .
Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, the Lord
Chancellor and Lady Stratheden, Earl and CountesS
Delawarr, Lady Dunmore, Lady Susan Murray, and
Sir C. and LitlyMary Wood arrived at the Castle on
Saturday afternoon:
In addition to the visitors who arrived on Saturday,
the dinner party at the Castle in the, :evening comprised
Prince and Princess Frederiel;. William of Prussia, the
Princess Alice, Countess Lynar, Count Perponcher,
Captain' von Schweinitz, and Major Elphinstone.
To-morrow, the 29th instant, her Majesty will hold a
Privy Council in the Castle.
Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highnesi the
Prince Consort, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Prince Frederick William and Princesses Frederick
William of Prussia (Princess Royal), the Princess Alice,
and Princess 'Helena, have been to Eton College, and
inspected the memorial windows lately erected the
chapel to commemorate the Etonians who .fell in the
Crimean campaign, 1854-55.
His Royal Higless the Prince of Wales will honour
the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough by a visit to
Blenheim Palace in the course of this week. The duke
and duchess will give a grand ball. in compliment to his
Royal Highness, to ;which the leading nobility and
gentry of the county are invited.
A meeting was held on Saturday at. the Board of
Trade, which was attended by several of the Cabinet
Minister,

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The' ReV. Stafford Bushnell, M.A. late Scholar of
Pembroke College, Oxford, and Vice-Principal of St.
Paul's Mission College, Dean-street, Soho, London,' has
tendered his resignation as a missionary of this institu-
tion to the president, the Lord Bishop of London. • •
Churchmen are en all sides putting -forth protests
against any change of the law which shall set aside that
ancient mode of supporting the fabric of the establish-
ment by church-rates. A petition, signed by 1,397
freeholders of the county; has been presented to the
High Sheriff of Somersetshire, requesting him to con-
WHO a public meeting for the purpose of petitioning
Parliainent thereupon.
Arrangements are in progress for renewing the special
Sunday evening services in the metropolis. It is feared,
however,.that the alterations at St. Paul's will not be
_completed in time to commence them by Advent Sun-
day, as originally contemplated. The Bishop of London
has undertaken to preach the first sermon, and he will
be followed by the Bishops of Oxford, Ripon, Bangor,
and Carlisle; the Deans of Chichester, Ely, and St.
Paul's, and several clergymen of eminence. The West-
minster Abbey evening services are expected to commence
on the first Sunday in the new year.
The Rector of Warrington, the Rev. W. Quekett,
has originated a scheme for the restoration of
the beautiful parish church in that town, which has
been completely ruined internally by the erection 'of a
large fiat whitewashed ceiling, and by the introduction
of over-hanging galleries, and large ill-constructed.
pews. Liberal contributions have already been sub-
scribed by the rector's friends, and by the inhabitants of
the town and district; 'and in a short space of time the
sum necessary to restore the church, and to enlarge it
by a new side aisle to correspond with the one already
existing, would have been obtained, had not the tower
of the church been found to be in such a dangerous co: -
dition that it was necessary to take it down and re-
build it from the foundation. The inhabitants and
friends of the rector are .now exerting theinselves to
endeavour, by means of a bazaar at Christmas, to make
up the deficiency in the restoration fund.
It appears from a circular that the Dean and Chapter
have resolved upon the complete, restoration of the choir
of Lichfield' Cathedral. They have already expended
£5,020 out 'of :their ordinary Fabric Fund, on which a
surplus had 'accumulated. Towards the expenditure,
necessarily large, which remains, they have only. that
fund to rely on, and this they estimate will suffice for
the restoration of the stonework. For the fitting up of
the choir in such a manner' as becomes a cathedral
*church, they' look with confidence to those who are
unwilling that the work of restoration Should be sus-
Lended. in the beautiful , building which the diocese of
ichfield possesses.

2porting 4atettigente.