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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-18 00:00:00

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

The Rev. E. A. Brooks, to the Curacy of Seend, Melk-
sham, Wilts.
The Rev. J. Collingwood, M.A., to the Assistant
Morning Preachership of St. Marylebone.
The Rev. C. P. Cotter, to the Curacy of Holy Trinity,
Trowbridge.

The Rev. C. Crossley, to the Perpetual Curacy of Bel-
leek, county of Armagh.
The Rev. H. H. Dickenson, to the Assistant Curacy of
St. Anne's, Dublin.

The Rev. W. L. Eames, to the Curacy of Castlepollard,
county of Westmeath.

The Rev. C. Faloon, Curate of Lurgan, to the Vicarage
of Magheragal, near Lisburn.
The Rev. J. C. Grainger, 8.A., Vicar of St. Giles',
Reading, to the Chaplaincy of the Royal Berkshire Hos-
pital.
The Rev. J. H. Hill, A. 8., Rector of Cranoe, Leices-
tershire, to be a Surrogate.
The Rev. J. Jenkins, to the Rectory of Bowness, Cum-
berland.

The Rev. J. Lawrell, M.A., to the Preachership of
Archbishop Tenison's Chapel, Regent-street.
The Rev. NV. L. Lewis, Vicar of Sedgley, to the Rural
Deanery of Himley, Diocese of Lichfield.
The Rev. J. M. Lowther, incumbent of St. John's,
Hensingham, to be a Surrogate.
The Rev. A. Major, to the Rector of Derver, county of
Louth.

The Rev. H. W. ArGrEth, to the Incumbency of St.
Paul's, Kersall Moor.

The Rey. E. Nangle, to the Rectory of Skreen, county
of Mayo.
The Rev. E. J. Nixon, M.A., Curate of the Marsh
District, West Ham, Essex, to the Chaplaincy of the
London Hospital.

The Rev. J. Richardson, to the Rectory of St. Ann's,
Manchester.

The Rev. J. Rowe, to the Curacy of Sturminster Mar-
ahell, Dorset.

The Rev. R. Vance, to the Assistant. Curacy of Wicklow.
The Rev. P. Whitfield, M.A., to the Vicarage of Hat-
field Peverill, near Chelmsford.

The Rev. W. Willock, M.A., to the Rectory of Bally-
money.

THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ROCHESTER AND MR
WHISTON.—ThiS case is again adjourned, and this time
sine die.

DIOCESE OF BATH AND WELLS.—The Bridgewater
Times says, " We hear that an application is in contem-
plation for the placing this diocese under a commission."
PRESENTATIONS BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—The
Lord Chancellor has made the following appointments :
The Rev. 0. V. Goodrich. to the vicarage of Leppington,
Salop ; the Rev. John Griffiths, to the vicarage of Nevern-
with-Kilgwyn, Pembrokeshire.

EXTRAORDINARY MUNIFICENCE. —At the annual
meeting of the London Missionary Society, held at Exe-
ter-hall, on Thursday last, the Rev. Mr. James announced
that on the preceding evening, a note of £5OO had been
put in the plate after Dr. Beaumont's sermon, in support
of the society, and that another gentleman had promised
a guinea a day. These facts were received with tumul-
tuous cheering.
ARCHES COURT.—The case of the Bishop of London
against Mr. Gladstone was called on at the sitting of the
court on Wednesday morning. The rev. gentleman did
not appear in person as on former occasions, but Mr.
Tebbs, the proctor, stated that he had been instructed by
Mr. Gladstone to conduct all the further proceedings,
and he therefore begged an extension of time. The
Dean of Arches at once granted the application.
THE NEW BISHOPRIC OF BORNEO.—The Rev. F. T.
M'Dougal, who was formerly a medical gentleman at.
tached to King's College Hospital, will be the first Bishop
of Borneo, and will be consecrated so soon as the ar-
rangements for the formation of the bishopric are com-
pleted. Mr. M`Dougal entered into holy orders a few
years since, and proceeded as missionary to Sarawak.
He appears to owe his promotion to the strong recom-
mendation of Sir James Brooke.

CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The seventeenth
anniversary of this society was held on Monday, in
Exeter-hall, London, the Earl of Shaftesbury in the
chair. The report gives a favourable account of the pro-
gress of the society during the year. The income has
amounted to £34,095 Os. 2d., being an increase over that
of the previous year of £2,500. The total expenditure
of the year was £33,047 Os. Bd., being an increase of
£2,986. The society now furnishes the incomes, either
wholly or in part, of 317 clergymen, and 115 lay assist-
ants. Through its operations, 569 additional public ser-
vices on Sundays have been instituted ; besides 307
week-day services, 376 school-room and cottage lectures,
and 279 Bible classes. Its grants have also led to the
opening, or keeping open, of 150 churches or chapels;
and by all these means, additional and more systematic
pastoral visitation has been provided for a population of
about 2,600,000. The Rev. W. Pollock, of Liverpool,
amongst other gentlemen, addressed the meeting.
FESTIVAL OF THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.—The one
hundred and ninety-eighth anniversary of the Festival of
the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated on Wednesday in
St. Paul's Cathedral. This society was instituted when
great distress prevailed among the clergy, and it has been
continued under the presidency of the successive Arch-
bishops of Canterbury. Its objects are to afford pensions
and other assistance to necessitous clergymen and their
widows, and to aid in the education or apprenticeship of
their sons and daughters. There was on Wednesday a
full choral service, in which the choirs of the Chapel Royal,
St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, and St. George's Chapel,
Windsor, assisted. One portion of the choir was occupied
by the Archbishop of Canterbury. the Bishops of Oxford,
St. Asaph, Chichester, Bangor, Ripon, and a number of
other Church dignitaries, and opposite the Archbishop a
place was provided for the Lord Mayor, who was sur-
rounded by the sheriffs and a number of other civic officers.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. G. B. Blomfield,
M.A., Canon of Chester. The service in the cathedral
was brought to a close at five o'clock ; and shortly after
six o'clock a party, consisting of about one hundred and
fifty supporters of the institution, sat down in Merchant
Tailor's Hall to an excellent dinner. The Lord Mayor
presided at this entertainment, and was surrounded by a
greet number of prelates, clergymen, noblemen, and gen-
tlemen. The total receipts this year are £1,520, the
largest since 1720.