The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-09-07 00:00:00

VISIT OF ANOTHER
ev• Dr. Whittingharc

'n England, in ac
York and Michigan

„MOVEMENT IN THE SWEDISH CHURCH.—The Arch-
"hop of Upsala is about to hold Et voluntary, unofficial
sYnod of the clergy of his diocese—another indication that
the Swedish Church is awaking from its long slumber.
NEW COLONIAL BISHOPRIC.—Arrangements have
been made for the formation of a bishop

thus, whieiiTaiPresent under the ecclesiastical jurisdic-
tion of the Bishop of London. The Society for the Pro-
tgation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts has contributed
44,009 towards the formation of the new see.
FREE CHURCH" SCHISM AT STOKE NEWINGTON.—
swhile a new church, to be dedicated to St. Matthew. is
tn progress of erection in the parish of Stoke Newington.
-London, the Sun announces the proposed c rection in that
Parish of " a church free from tbe Bishop of London's
controul." The edifice is intended to be " registered in
the Archiepiscopal Court of Canterbury, for the perform•
ance of Divine worship, according to the rites of the
Church of England."
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TORQUAY.—On Tuesday morning the Right Hon. Sir
John Matteson, the Venerable Archdeacon Fronde, and a
large number of the clergy, took part inlaying the founda-
tion-stone of the new chancel of the parish
t. Mary, South Devon. Many of the not

hurch of
ility and

gentry have liberally contributed, am _
anonymous donor of £l,OOO. A substantial dinner was
-Provided for 100 widows and aged poor, on the vicarage
Lawn. In the evening a supper was given to the workmen
employed in the building.

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OXFORD Rumouus.—There are some whisperings astir
(Confined, however, so far, to very exclusive circles), of
Fertain rather startling changes being about to take place
lo the episcopal bench. The contemplated retirement of
a distinguished prelate is likely to give rise tc
Portant translations, one of which, if what is s
tree, may affect the diocese of Oxford ; while anotnt

certain im-

!xpeetedto lead to the elevation of a popular divine.
few weeks may probably develope the expected arrange
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NEW CONFRATERNITY.--A pastoral letter of the
rrince-Bishop of Lavant, in Corinthia, announces the
estE!blisiament of a new confraternity for the conversion of
~,,sellismatics, especially of the Sclave nations, of which
'349,000 are Roman Catholics, 54,000,000 belonging to
!he Greek Church, 1,531,000 Protestants, and nearly
POO,OOO Mahometans. Each member of the confraternity
tg to recite daily a Paler and Ave, with the invocation of
T. Cyril and St. Methodius, and, if a priest, to say mass ;
a layman, to confess and communicate, on March 3rd,
the feast of those saints.

THE MADEIRA CHAPLAINCY.—The English Church-
man announces, on what it considers indisputab:e
ration, that the Bishop of London, notwithstanding the.
":211C defiance of his authority by the Rev. K. Brown, of
Madeira, has determined on licensing that gentleman to

the office of chaplain in Madeira. No particulars are
itiren of the terms on which this arrangement has been
Inade,•or of the manner in which it will affect the position
of the Rev. A. H. Hosmer, the successor of Mr. Lowe in
the chaplaincy hitherto endorsed by the Bishop of Lon-
don's license.