The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREFERMENT, 27TH JANUARY, 1853.—The Rev. J.),
Aston licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of Bollington,ll
the parish of Prestbury, in the county of Chester, void h
the resignation of the Rev. William Pearson. patroll
the Vicar of Prestbury. Value £174, with a house.
The Rev. John Stedman to the Stipendiary CuracO,
the Chapel of Scarisbrick, in the parish of Ormskirk,ll
the county of Lancaster, on the nomination of the Bel
W. E. Rawstorne, Vicar of Ormskirk.

THE BAPTISMAL QUESTION.—A candidate for Orde!
Mr. Hayward, has been rejected by the Bishop of RiPe
on the ground of unsoundness in his views of the Sam
ment of Baptism, the Bishop giving the following cert!,
cate of the ground of rejection :—" This is to certify tiP.
the Rev. George A. Hayward was examined by me as a Oft
didate for Priests orders ; that his examinat-inr, in el
otner respect was satisfactory ; but that I found my,
unable to ordain him, because he persevered in maintain?'
that the inward and spiritual grace of baptism is '
grace,' which he explained as meaning a grace wbl,.,
effectually ensures salvation,' so that none but those 11
are ultimately saved can have received of this Ow
(Signed) T. C. RIPON."

NEW CHURCHES.—The Marquis of Blandford has?,
tamed a parliamentary return of the new churches requite
in parishes in England and Wales where the populated
exceeds 3,000 souls, as also to the subdivision of parislo
the additional church accommodation required, the pog:
lation of each place, and the amount of church room,
the proportion of free sittings now provided therein.
return extends to 37 folio pages. In the 26 dioceses
England and Wales the new churches required, as alres:l
stated, number 580. In the diocese of Canterbury 5 a
required, in York 17, in London 58, in Durham 26,,
Winchester 30, inßangor 11, in Bath and Wells 2, in Cep
isle 6, in Chester 21, in Chichester the number is
stated, nor any remarks made, in Ely 4, in Exeter 20,„/
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Gloucester and Bristol 23, in Hereford 3, in Lichfield
in Lincoln 11, in Llandaff 35, in Manchester 80, in lq
wich 6, in Oxford 14, in Peterborough 11, in Ripon 67!,1,
Rochester 7, in Salisbury 5, in St. Asaph, 5, in St. David
10, and in Worcester 21. There is no remark as to td
diocese of Sodor and Man. The largest number of net
churches are required in the diocese of Manchester, who
it is stated that £lO,OOO can be provided and sites for Ir;
churches. Several parts in the diocese of London 5
pointed out—one part (Hatchatn) where there are upwn
of 7,000 people without a church, at which place £6,
is required and only £1,500 raised.

CHURCH REFORM.—.I society has been projected ier:l
the purpose of effecting a reformation in the governor
of the Church of England. It is proposed :—That
clergyman should hold more than one living, and that 1]
shall be resident thereon ; and that every attempt to 5S
a presentation to a living shall be punished by confiscats
of the said patronage to the parish ; and every attemPtv
purchase a nomination shall be visited by the clerical c,
linquent, by a deprivation of holy orders ; that no elerq
man shall fill the office of a civil magistrate ; that Sj
canonries, deaneries, and prebendal stalls be abolished,ls
their revenues applied to the general purposes of %i
church - that the property of the church shall be rani
nisteredby a board of corn missioners, composed exelusice,,o
of lay churchmen, appointed by the government, subjectvt;
all points to the jurisdiction and investigation of parliacali
that patrons shall submit the names of six persons to
tty
congregation, that one may be chosen therefrom as A
incumbent—each of the six so nominated to perfet,
duty one whole Sunday before the election ; that all 14
jogs, now in the gift of the crown, bishops, and otPO
church dignitaries, shall be withdrawn from the same, 90
the future occupiers of the said livings be chosen by tee
communicant members of the congregation ; that tb
shall be 100 dioceses, the same to be divided as equalliiir
possible ; that each diocese shall be divided into font 00,
tricts, each district to be presided over by an archrleof'°o
as an assistant bishop ; that an annual meeting shall
place of the clergy and churchwardens in each dioCeSeVie
the proportion of one-half of each, presided over *llO
bishop, to take into consideration the spiritual
state 01 7,1,1
diocese—a report of the same to be submitted to a gefleand
council of the church, meeting in June every year, to
consisting of the archbishops, bishops, and lay delegiiial
from each diocesan synod, who shall decide apes
matters of doctrine and discipline. It is also preP°;,
that curates shall be paid £l5O a-year ; country iacucti,
bents £250 a-year ; town incumbents £350 a-year ' • are,
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deacons £750 a-year ; bishops £2,000 a-year the A-1
bishop of York £4,000, and the Archbishop of Cantero:l
£5,000 a-year ; that church-rates, marriage and baptiSty
fees, and Easter offerings, be abolished ; and that of
bishops shall cease their attendance in the House 1,
Lords. Such a scheme is too preposterous for coroale"

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