The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-04 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREPEBMENT.—The Rev. James Cronshaw has been
licensed by the Bishop to the perpetual curacy of St.
Thomas's Church, Wigan, in the county of Lancaster,
void by resignation of Rev. P. T. Simmons—patron, the
Rector of Wigan.
VACANCIES.—The perpetual curacy of Guilden Sutton,
in the county of Chester, by death of Rev. Peploe Wm.
Hamilton. The perpetual curacy of Great Crosby, in the
parish of Sefton, Lancashire, by death of the Rev. R.
Walker—patron, Rector of Sefton.
CONSECRATION.—The ground surrounding the new
church at Great Crosby, and forming the yard thereof, is
to be consecrated for interments by the Bishop of Chester
on Tuesday (this day), at eleven o'clock.

ST. JOHN'S, KNOTTY Asll.—From the account of a
presentation of plate to the Rev. G. F. Greene, late curate
of this church, which appeared in our last number, it
might be inferred that Mr. Greene, having been appointed
to the curacy by the late Bishop, was removed from it
without regard to the wishes of the congregation by the
present Bishop. We take the earliest opportunity of
stating that neither the removal of Mr. Greene, nor the
nomination of the present incumbent of Knotty Ash, was
the act of the Bishop—that Mr. Greene's curacy termi-
nated, as a matter of course, with the death of Mr. Tuer,
the late incumbent, in consequence of whose non-residence
he was appointed to it, and that the present incumbent
was nominated to the benefice by the Patron of it, and
not by the Bishop.

TnE Manor OF CHESTER intends to hold his next
ordination at Chester, on Trinity Sunday, June 11th.
DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—Preferments : The Rev.
Gage Freeman to the perpetual curacy of Emanual
Church, Bolton. On Tuesday the Bishop of Manchester
collated the Rev. Richard Durnford, M.A., rector of
Middleton, to an honorary canonry in the Cathedral
Church of Manchester, and issued his mandate for his
induction and installation thereto. His lordship, also, on
the nomination of the Rev. John Owen Parr, vicar of Preston,
licensed the clergymen named last week to perpetual
curacies in the parish of Preston ; and the Rev. William
Benjamin Findley, 8.A., to the stipendiary curacy of
Atherton, on the nomination of the Rev. Samuel Johnson,
the incumbent.
A NEW CHURCH NEAR BLACKBURN.—It is in contem-
plation to build another church in the township of Livesey,
to be called the church of the " Atonement," for the
rapidly increasing population of the neighbourhood of Mill
Hill. The site will be near the hamlet of Waterloo. Mr.
Joseph Eccles, of Mill Hill, with his usual liberality, has
consented to endow the minister.—Manchester Courier.
THE AMERICAN Caumen.—News has been received
of Bishop Kip's safe arrival at San Francisco, after a long
passage, the steamer having been nearly wrecked. He
arrived on Sunday morning, and preached within three
hours afterwards. Bishop Scott has sailed for Oregon, a
cheerless and uninviting region at present, but which may
become the nursery of active and daring men, like New
England, which, in its natural features, it somewhat re-
sembles.
CHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BITILDING SOCIETY.—
The annual meeting was held on Wednesday, at the
Savings' Bank, Bold-street ; the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks
presiding. From the accounts of the honorary treasurer,
Charles Groves, Esq., it appeared that the amount in hand
on the Ist of January was £3,946 168. 9d., against which
there were outstanding accounts amounting to £3,450,
leaving an available surplus of £496 16s. 9d. The annual
report stated that a sum of £1,150 had been distributed,
during the year 1853, upon the following districts :
Crosby, Rostherne, Woodchurch, Liverpool, Bebington,
Bollington, and Nantwich. The first grant was an addi-
tion of £5O to a previous grant of £250, made during the
year 1852, to Crosby, to enable the incumbent to prepare
for the consecration of the new church. On the same day,
Rostherne, a small parish, received £l5O, it being consi-
dered important to provide a separate chapel for a hamlet
of 800 persons, in a large straggling district. The cha-
pelry of Orton, in the district of Woodchurch, received
£5O for additional accommodation. The district of Vaux-
hall, in Liverpool, received a grant of £5OO towards pro-
viding a new place of worship. £lOO was granted for a
new district church in Bebington. Bollington, near Mac-
clesfield, obtained a grant of £126. Towards providing
400 additional sittings in the parish church of Nantwich,
£2OO was granted. The report mentioned that, in the
sister dioceses of Manchester and Chester, twelve new
churches had been consecrated during the past year,—
namely, four in Manchester and eight in Chester diocese.
The Rev. B. Greenall, in moving the adoption of the re-
port, observed that every one must feel that the mission
of the church-building societies was.not yet accomplished.
Large as was the nnmter of churches built during the
past year, it could hardly be felt that they were sufficient
to meet the increasing wants of the great towns. The
provision made in the new churches was generally made
for the middling classes, who felt the want of places of
worship, and were able to pay money to supply them.
What they wanted was more free accommodation for the
poorer classes. Charles Inman, Esq., in seconding the
motion, remarked that the efforts of their society were
principally directed to the latter object, and instanced the
church of St. Chrysostom's, Everton, to which they had
granted money, and in which there were 600 free sittings,
or nearly half of what the church would hold. The report
was unanimously adopted. The Rev. F. Hordern, vicar
of Rostherne, moved the appointment of officers, which
was seconded by C. Jones, Esq. A resolution, acknow-
ledging the blessing which had attended their efforts, and
urging the claim of the society to public support, was
moved by the Rev. F. Fenton, of Wavertree, and seconded
by W. M. Collet, Esq." The following important resolu-
tion, extending the operations of the society, was moved
by the Rev. Rector Campbell :—" That it appears advisable
to this meeting that a fund be provided in connexion with
this society, and subject to this committee, for the purpose
of assisting in the provision of endowment of churches,
and the building of parsonage-houses ; and that such fund
should be dispensed on the following conditions :—That
the patronage of such churches shall be in the hands of
ecclesiastical persons, or in trustees possessing no bene-
ficiary interest in the same. That, in a grant of aid, re-
spect shall be had to comparative destitution, the amount
of local aid, the character of the population, and the num-
ber of free sittings in the church for which aid is sought."
The motion was seconded by the Rev. W. Pollock, and
carried unanimously, after which the meeting concluded.