The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFERMENTB.—The Rev. Francis Gell has been li-
censed to the Stipendiary Curacy of Saint Paul's Church,
Prince's-park, Toxteth-park, in the county of Lancaster,
on the nomination of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, D.D., the
Incumbent.—The Rev. Philip Slater Swanwick has been
licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of Prestbury, in the
county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. H. Pear-
son, the Vicar.—The Rev. Cecil Jervis Clarke has been
licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of Eccleston, Cheshire,
on the nomination of the Rev. Richard Massie, the Rector.
—The Rev. John Chorley Reade has been licensed to the
Assistant Curacy of the Parish Church of West Derby,
in the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Rev.
John Stewart, the Rector.—The Rev. Richard Vance to
the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Jude's Church, West Derby,
ou the nomination of the Rev. Josiah Beatson Lowe, the
Incumbent. —The Rev. Howard England Tunnicliff Gough
has been licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of St Silas
Church, Liverpool, on the nomination of the Rev. Samuel
Minton, the Incumbent.

VACANCY.—The Rectory of Aldford, in the county of
Chester, by the death of the Rev. F Brandt. Patron, the
Marquis of Westminster. Value, £330, with a house.

THE REV. G. A. TODD, late curate of St. Mary's, Kirk-
dale, has been presented by the members of that congre-
gation with a copy of the Holy Bible, superbly bound, a
pocket communion service, and a handsome timepiece.
RECTORY OF }TALTON, NEAR LANCASTER.—The next
presentation to the rectory has been purchased by
Hastings, Esq., father of the curate of the Preston parish
church. The present incumbent is the Rev. T. Mackreth,
who was inducted into the living in 1825, the value of
which is near £5OO per annum.
DIOCESE OF MlNCHESTER.—Preferments: On Tues-
day, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Manchester
licensed the Rev. Wm. Whyatt, M.A., to the stipendiary
curacy of St. Mark's, Cheetham Hill, on the nomination
of the Rev. Hart Ethelon, the incumbent ; Rev. Robert
Fisher, M.A., to the pendiary curacy of Shaw, near
Oldham, on the nomination of Rev. Daniel Braman, the
incumbent; and the Rev. Hugh Weightman, M.A., to the
stipendiary curacy of Emanuel Church, Bolton, on the
nomination of the Rev. Geo. Levy, the incumbent.

CATHEDRAL IN INVERNESS.-It is in contemplation
to raise a fund for the two-fold purpose of increasing the
efficiency of the Church in the north, and erecting a
cathedral in Inverness as the future seat of the Bishops
of Moray and Ross. A subscription of £7,000 has been
received from " Englishman, who desires the prayers of
the Scottish Church." Other gifts, amounting in value
to about £3,000, have been offered, and hopes are enter-
tained of the ultimate success of this extensive ecclesias-
tical scheme.

CONVERSION FROM WESLEYA.NISM.—Dr. Alder, for-
merly secretary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and
one of the leading ministers of that body, was admitted
to holy orders, by the Bishop of Gibraltar on Sunday,
November 20, in the cathedral of that city. His Lord-
ship preached on the occasion to a large mixed pangrega-
tion of churchmen and dissenters, and the sermon was
marked by a kind and friendly tone towards the Wes-
leyans, and by expressions of regret that they should
remain separate from the Church, with hopes that some
measures might be devised for bringing them within
its pale.

fIIESENTATIONS VACANT. - The Rectory of Little
Horsted, Sussex ; value, £4OO a-year. The Rectory of
Brobury, Herefordshire ; value, £2OO a-year. The Rec-
tory of Lockington, near Beverley, Yorkshire ; value,
£560 a-year. The Rectory of Cottered, Herts ; value,
£350 a-year. The Vicarage of Wethersfield, Essex ; value,
£350 a-year ; patrons, Trinity-hall, Cambridge. The
Vicarage of Bredwardine, Herefordshire ; value, £2OO a-
year. The Vicarage of Laxton, Northamptonshire ; value,
£2OO a-year ; patron, Lord Carbery. The Rectory of
Fennoa ; value, £4OO a-year ; patron, the Bishop of Cashel.
The Rectory of Inniskenny ; value, £2OO a-year ; patron,
the Bishop of Cork. The Incumbency of Kilnwick, near
Walton, Yorkshire ; value, £l2O a-year.
TIIE COLONIAL Cnußcm—At this moment, when the
attention of the Church is directed to the rapid increase of
our colonial episcopate, the following table will b 3 interest-
ing. The number of home and colonial Bishops is now
exactly equal, viz., twenty-eight. Exactly twenty Bishops
for the service of the Church abroad have been conse-
crated within the last fourteen years

Diocese. Founded. Diocese. Founded.
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Calcutta lBl4 Fredericton
Jamaica 1824 Colombo
Barbadoes 1824 Capetown 1847
Madras 1835 Newcastle 1847
Sydney
Bombay 1837 Adelaide
Newfoandland ...... 1839 Rupert's Land
Toronto 1839 Victoria 1849
New Zealand
Jerusalem ....... ..... 1841 Sierra Leone 1852
Antigua 1842 Graham's-town... 1853
Guiana

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THE METROPOLITAN SEE OP SYDNEY will be offaed
to the energetic Bishop of New Zealand on his return to
England. This tribute to the virtues and success of one
who has been, without exaggeration, called the Apostle
of the South,' reflects credit on the authorities who offer
it. Directly, it shows that labour is considered the true
test of efficiency in making such appointments; and,
indirectly, it may be considered a proof that tried colonial
experience is deemed the best credential for the important
post of head of the Australasian episcopate. Translation
in the ordinary administration of colonial dioceses, the
Church is reasonably averse to. But Bishop Selwyn will
occupy a metropolitical see, and one of that importance
which eminently requires a Bishop personally habituated
to colonial wants and feelings, already skilled in missionary
work, and with age and practical knowledge such as shall
attract the confidence of an important people. Without
doubt the appointment will be as popular in Australia as
in England. The Venerable Octavius Hadfield, Arch-
deacon of Waimate, will probably succeed Bishop Selwyn
in the see of New Zealand.—Morning Chronicle.

TESTIMONIAL TO REV. G. DovEl.—Within the last
few days, a mural tablet has been placed in St. Barnabas'
Church, to the memory of Mrs. Dover, the deceased wife
of the Rev. George Dover, M.A., late minister of the
church, but now incumbent of St. Mary's, Kirkdale. This
simple but appropriate testimonial was raised by a few
friends of the congregation, and appears the most delicate
and pleasing mode of evincing regard for their worthy
pastor on his retirement from among them, and of mani-
festing their affection and esteem for his late beloved
wife, whose name will never be effaced from the recollec-
tion of those who were once privileged to judge of and es-
timate her worth. The surplus of the sum subscribed
has been presented to Mr. Dover in a purse, and the fol-
lowing is the inscription on the monument :

In affectionate remembrance of
ANNE DOVER,
who died 21st May, 1852, aged 55 years.
Shelves the wife of the Rev. George Dover, M.A.,
late Minister of this Church,
and now of St. Mary's Church, in Kirkdale.
That her honoured name and bright example
May never be forgotten in this place,
Some friends, who loved and valued her,
Not only for her amiable qualities,
But also for her active and untiring Christian kindness
To the poor, the afflicted, and the young,
of her husband's flock,
Deeply sympathising with their beloved Pastor
in his bereavement,
Have placed this monument to her memory.

The tablet, in shape resembling one end of a sarcophagus,
is the work of Messrs. Spence and Son, Brownlow-hill, and
is executed with much taste.
PRESENTATIONS TO TUE Ray. T. MAJOR LESTER.—The
Rev. T. Major Lester having been appointed curate of St.
Mary's, Kirkdale, the following testimonials were pre-
sented to him upon his resignation of the curacy of St.
Barnabas :—A silver pencil-case, the most costly of the
kind that could be procured in the town, was presented by
the boys, and an elaborately-carved paper knife by the
girls, of St. Barnabas' schools. A silver pocket Commu-
nion Service, bearing the following inscription : " Pre-
sented to the Rev. Thomas. Major Lester, 8.A., by the
ladies of St. Barnabas' Church, as a token of their affec-
tionate regard. Liverpool, 1853." The following books,
elegantly bound in Morocco—viz., "Christ on the Cross,"
and " The Lord my Shepherd," by the Rev. T. Stevenson,
and " Tupper's Proverbial Philosophy." In each volume
is inscribed—" Presented to the Rev. T. Major Lester,
8.A., by the teachers of St. Barnabas' Sunday and day
schools, in testimony of their esteem of his character as
an ambassador of Christ. Lives-pool, 1853." " The Lord
bless thee and keep thee."—Num. vi. 24. A highly-
finished rosewood desk, with fittings complete ; also, a
silver inkstand. On the lid of the desk appeared the fol-
lowing inscription : " Presented to the Rev. T. Major
Lester, 8.A., by his Sunday and Wednesday evening

classes, together with a few members of St. Barnabas'
congregation, as a mark of their regard and esteem." On
the inkstand are the initials of Mr. Lester's name, and his
crest. It is impossible to speak too highly of the manner
in which Mr. Lester has uniformly discharged his pastoral
duties during the period of his connexion with St. Bar-
nabas' Church and district. His great attention to the
schools—his daily visits to the poor, proclaiming to them
the glad tidings of salvation through Christ, and relieving,
so far as his means enabled him, their temporal necessi-
ties—the anxiety he has invariably manifested for the sick,
both at their homes and at the hospital, together with his
unceasing exertions in promoting the spiritual welfare of
the people generally,—have won for him the warmest
esteem and affection of all classes, from the princely
merchant to the child of abject poverty. Mr. Lester is a
member of the University of Cambridge, and, during the
time he officiated at St. Barnabas' Church, was engaged
under the Local Curates' Aid Society.