The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-27 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

On Ash Wednesday, his Grace the Archbishop of Can-
terbury preached in the church of St. Mary, adjoining the
Episcopal Palace, Lambeth.
A CLERICAL HERO !—One of the new war medals has
been conferred on the Rev. Dr. Symons, vicar of All
Saints, Hereford, chaplain to the forces, who, under the
fire of the enemy, assisted to bear to the grave and per-
formed the funeral service over the remains of the lamented
general, Sir John Moore.
NEW CHURCH AT BOWDEN, ALTRINCHAM.—Some
months since the Earl of Stamford announced his inten-
tion to erect, at his own expense, a new church at Bow-
den. His lordship's intention is about to be carried out
immediately, the necessary preliminary steps having al-
ready been taken. The church is to be built of York-
shire stone, and with a tower, from designs by Mr. Smith,
architect, London. The interior will be calculated to ac-
commodate from 800 to 1000 persons on the ground floor,
it not being intended to have any galleries. The church
will be endowed, and of the number of sittings, estimating
them at 800, 350 will be free.
THE ACCRINGTON MEMORIAL.—The memorial of in-
cumbents agreed to at Accrington, for the complete sepa-
ration of ecclesiastical districts, of whatever kind, into
distinct parishes, has been forwarded within the last few
days to the Archbishop of York, and to the Frst Lord of
the Treasury. A copy was also laid before the bishop of
Manchester, by deputation on Tuesday last, at the Dioce-
san Registry Office. His lordship was pleased to receive
the same most graciously, and admitted the importance of
extending the parochial system, but at the same time, in
a very kind and frank spirit, pointed out some of the
difficulties which stood in the way of accomplishing all that
the memorialists desired. Incumbents whose pastoral
charge extends over 175,000 souls, have signed the memo-
rial. The whole subject is likely to engage the attention
of parliament during the present session.
THE SCOTCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH.—We have it upon
authority, on which we place great reliance, that Mr.
Gladstone, M.P., for Oxford University, will, during the
present session of Parliament, introduce a bill for the
purpose of lvaliziny the admission of Scotch Episcopal
ministers to English benefices ! Such a step, we need
hardly observe, would, in the present temper of the
Scotch Episcopalians, which leads them into a close alli-
ance with the Romanizing section of our own Church, be
strenuously resisted by the great body of the Church of
England who still adhere to Protestant principle,. A
pamphlet has, however, lately appeared in Edinburgh
, which has created some sensation, suggesting the desira-
bleness of an alteration of that canon which makes the

use of the Scotch communion office (savouring as it does

of transubstantiation) imperative in the case-of all new
chapels ; and which, while it is unaltered, compels us to
look upon every English clergyman who unites himself
with the Scotch Episcopal Church as a seceder.—Church
and State Gazette.

A CONTRAST.—The present Archbishop of Canterbury
has appointed the Rev. C. Smith, as our readers are
aware, to the Bishopric of Victoria, at Hong Kong. He
is a gentleman pre-eminently well qualified in every re-
spect for the important sphere, and intimately acquainted,
from a residence there, with the manners and wants of the
people ; and yet, because he is a true evangelical minister,
and has spoken at several meetings of the Church Mis-
sionary Society, he is singled out by the London Times,
and made the subject of most shameful attacks by various
correspondents, who also make base insinuations against
the Primate himself, and all explanations are scrupulously
excluded. The Times, in this department, is as is well-
known in the hands of a full fledged tractarian. This is
only another lie to the deference for the episcopal bench
so vauntingly professed by these tractarians. The nomi-
nation of colonial bishops, as every one knows, is placed
by law in the Primate of the Church. And assuredly the
late Primate, surrounded by a clique of such persons as
could perceive no Christian beauty in Milner, and no
truth in Fox, exercised his powers in a way which gene-
rally could give little satisfaction to men of evangelical
principles. What, in these circumstances, did they do ?
Did they begin to disparage the nominees ? To pry into
their past history, so as to discover whether in their
health, their habits, their ministerial unfaithfulness, their
worldliness, or otherwise, they could discover a specious
ground to cavil at them, and hold them up to the ridicule
or contempt of the Church and the world ? Nothing of
the kind. However much they might grieve and mourn
over the appointment, as the act of lawful authority exer-
cised under the permissive providence of God, they were
quiet and hoped the best.
GLASGOW CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY'S CHURCHES•
—These Churches are fifteen in number ; and since the
Secession in 1842. thirteen of them have been in the pos-
session of the Free Church. In September, 1844, an
action was instituted by certain members of the Society,
for the purpose of having these places of worship sold, and
thus severed from all connexion with the Established
Church. This action was resisted by certain other mem-
bers of the society, and also by the Presbytery of Glasgow,
and by the Home Mission Committee of the Church of
Scotland. The case was first tried in the Court of Ses-
sion, where, some time ago, it was decided against the
Free Church pursuers. They then appealed to the court
of last resort, the House of Peers ; and judgment has at
length been pronounced there. After the case had been
fully pleaded on both sides, during two days, the Lord
Chancellor and Lords Brougham and Campbell, on
Tl.ursday, the 22d instant, unanimously affirmed the
judgment of the Court of Session, with costs. The noble
and learned lords held that the Free Church pursuers
required to establish two points in order to maintain
their ease (1.) That the chief object of the rhorch
Building Society had been the erection of twenty separate
parishes ; (2.) That that object could not now be attained
The Free C. 1 failed t -tablish

church pursuers hat o esta- both
these points; the erection of new parishes having been
proved to be merely the -cleans -which were thought best
fitted for securing what was truly the primary object o
the Society,—the religious instruction of the poorer
classes of Glasgow by the erection of churches and the
ministration of clergymen in connection with the Estab-
lished Church of Scotland,—and this object, even as
avowed by the statement of the Free Church pursuers,
not being yet incapable of fulfilment. The Lord Chan-
cellor said, that even should the erection of these churches
into parochial charges never be accomplished, still much
of the original object of the society could be fulfilled by
their being occupied as Chapels of Ease in connexion with
the Established Church of Scotland, as their titles and
constitutions directed and contemplated. The judgment
of the House of Peers has thus been plafled on such
grounds as should settle all the other cases of a like kind
now in dispute between the Established Church and the
Free Church.—Glasgow Paper.

CHESTER DIOCESE.—WANT OF CHURCH Accommo-
DATION.—A. variety of returns from the respective dio-
ceses through the country were read at the meeting last
week of the incorporated society for building, &c.,
churches. From the diocese of Chester the returns were
obtained from 12 places, with a population of 94,087, the
churches in which accommodate 22,845, including 6,828
free seats; 14 places in the diocese of Manchester which
contain 174,378 inhabitants with barely church accomoda-
tion for 35,594, of which not more than 15,404 are free
seats. On the deficiency of church accommodation in the
dioceses of Chester .and Manchester, the Archdeacon of
Manchester reports that the (on the founding of the latter
see in September, 1847) "the diocese of Chester has 48.
and Manchester 30, entire townships, or parishes, within
the limits of each of which there is a population averaging
in number from 500 to 1,000 souls, without church or
chapel! Chester has 22, and Manchester 18 townships,
with a denser population—viz., from 1,000 to 2,000 each,
equally destitute. The former has five, the latter four
townships, with populations varying from 2,000 to 4,000,
similarly situated ; and be former diocese has two town.
ships each with 5,000 to 6,000 souls, for whose religious
instruction no adequate provision had been made." The
following townships, with their respective populations
stated, have each but one church :—Chester diocese.—
Dukinfeld, 25,000 souls; Hyde, 10,000; Cheadle, 9,000;
three of 7,000 to 8,000 ; seven of 5,000 to 6,000. Man-
chester diocese. Castleton, 15,000 souls • Burnley,
10,000; Habershaw and Haslingden, 9,000. ft is gratify-
ing to report that 10 churches for these districts are more
or less in progress; yet here alone 18 new churches are
urgently required. The lowest proportion of church
room, as compared with the population, is 4i per cent. in
Dukinfield, parish of Stockport, and 5 per cent. in Cas-
tleton, the parish church district, the town of Rochdale.
In the former one church is building, and means have
been provided for erecting a second ; in Rochdale is a
licensed school-room. In the two dioceses above-named

some parishes have church room varying from 5 to 10, 15,
20, and even in a few instances 25 per cent. It has been
ascertained that 15 new churches will be completed here

required may follow with God's blessing, and a return of
more prosperous times, especially when we are told that
at present the aggregate amount of bequests lately an-
nounced for special cases, or now being laid out by private
individuals in the diocese of Manchester alone, is £35,500.

RAILWAY

AFFAIRS

A company is about being formed to construct a railway
between Armagh and Dundalk.

The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead Railway for
the week ended 18th February, 1849, was as follows :
Coaching traffic, £734 18s. 6d. ; parcels, £34 14s. lid. ;
goods and cattle, £228 3s. ; steam-boats, £lO2 10s. 6d.
Total, £llOO 6s. 11d.
SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—It is now understood that
this great project, which was to be the connecting link
between London, Bristol, and the south of Ireland,
through Wales, will be stopped at Swansea. The capital
is (to be) guaranteed by the Great Western Company,
and 5 per cent. interest, ad interim • so also is the Com-
pany's subscription to the Irish and Welsh lines.
ASSESSMENT OP RAILWAYS.—On Thursday an influ-
ential meeting of gentlemen interested in the great lines
of England was held at the. Queen's Hotel, Birmingham,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning
both Houses of Parliament for an alteration in the present
mode of assessing railway property ; Samuel Thornton,
Esq., mayor, in the chair. After several speeches had
been delivered, petitions to both Houses of Parliament,
praying for an alteration in the present mode of rating
railway property, were unanimously adopted.
The formation of libraries at railway stations, according
to the project of Captain Huish, which we mentioned a
fortnight since, is coming fast into execution. One was
to be opened on Thursday last at the Great Western ter-
t to
charge and
ofu . f o
Thei
ter-
minus at Paddington, with upwards of one thousand vo-
lumes of modern works, chiefly of fiction and amusement.
sethe London papers,
Among other novel features which will be introduced,
everylibrary
bbrara;
yy
twaipassengerbiillee will
waitingbesupplied
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for ha vt reai freenw s t
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all
lbs
periodicals, and other publications for sale.
ALARMING COLLISION ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE
RAILWAY.—On Tuesday night, is the passenger train
to Manchester, a little after eight o'clock, was slackening
speed to run into the station at Haslingden, it was met by
a heavy goods train, coming from a siding. The two en-
gines, on coming in contact, were dreadfully shattered,

Feb. 27, 114 f,

and both thrown off the line. The first passenger
was of the third class, and contained eightee„cf/
but the force of the collision was broken by the
ell {elf/
of this carriage being lifted up, so that it rode P 3 er,o
the tender. The under part of the carriage, hovel
much shattered. roV
THE RECENT ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONI.O p
wAy.—The inquest was concluded on Wednesdal.i
question_ turned entirely upon the proper fittillg?

wheels of the carriages to the axles, if ha.ving been
that the accident was caused by one of the whe'
tender having become loose, and thus thrown the
the line. Upon this point several witnesses were
but their evidence was of so technical a characclo,
is unnecessary to state more than the result, w!'1',11,0!
found embodied in the following verdict : cs#
deceased met their deaths in consequence of tue
1
in which they travelled on the Caledonian 11ai ~a
thrown off the line; that the cause of the acciden •
,%
displacement of one of the wheels of the tendert
axle; that the wheel had originally been imprope
on its axle by the workman formerly in the 041%1;
Caledonian Company, but- whose name has
proved. It does not appear that blame attaches Do
the officers of the Caledonian Company, attach 1e59
ci
party who had the charge of the construction
of the wheels and axles of the tender."

MISS KEALE'S GRAND CONCERT A
THEATRE-ROYAL.

raise
We anticipated a rieh treat from the asse-
eminent talent engaged for this concert, and we
been disappointed, except in observing that the,
drawn together to enjoy it was not quite so 0)1,1
deserved. Mons. Thalberg alone was a host;
such vocal ability as is possessed "..iy Lablache,bis;o,°
Nicolla Lablache, Mdlle. Vera, and Miss 133'1011
surprise is that the audience was not an overflow si
We trust, however, that it has been rernuneratiogroto!
spirited young lady, whose ability as a pianistesc beo'
acknowledged by every musical critic, even ,
played in contrast with her accomplished master,
the powers of Lablache, senior, require frootio,
description or comment. It is sufficient to seal
was on this occasion in great force, and was It,
nearly every piece in which he sung. We ean1);011P,
ever, pass over his name without echoing the Jrnej
remarks of the musical critic of the Manchester
that it is a pity that a man endowed with so sP,le
organ should confine his efforts so much to WC(
UP I

What would we not give to hear Lablache 111'y
sublime strains of Handel, Mozart, Mendelsohn'
in the more serious songs of Rossini ? No Oe:if,
aware, can sing the " Non piu Audria " like hirse,
such powers are thrown away upon such a then; be
zart himself never intended a voice like his t°
desecrated.
Signor N. Lablache, who appeared on this 00 0
the first time in Liverpool, is a most promisittibt
i
and executed what was set down for him s
gramme with great ability. In both his duets,
great relative he shared in their claims to ~
which rewarded them. Of Mdlle. Vera and :Nlis°„fe
too, we cannot speak too highly. The former:a
is a most accomplished vocalist. The instrumen'ile
of the concert, however, was its great feature. 00
from " Norma," for two piano-fortes, by Tinid
Miss Keale, was beautifully played by both, al' fo
applauded ' • and the new grand fantasia on thee,'
airs sung by Jenny Lind in " l'Elisire d'Aur°eP
formed for the first time here by Thalberg,
by acclamation ; the performer,. however, subsilbo
it the air " Come e Geutil," with variations, 11
most delightfully played.

COUR/

AND FASHION

Her Majesty and Prince Albert on Tuesday 7if
Louis Philippe and the royal exiles at Claret°
visit.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the
anee of the French plays, on Tuesday, with their Pee
The Dutch dwarf, Van Tromp, had the hoe°
tending at Buckingham Palace, on WednesdaY.„o
The Queen held a levee (the first this season) 'l,l
day afternoon, in St. James's Palace. His Illy,
ness the Duke of Cambridge was present, and the
Highness the Prince of Orange also attended
Among the presentations were Mr. Baines, •m'i
dent of the Poor-law Board, by Lord J. Russeli,,
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the
Theatre by a visit on Friday evening, when they
the performance of the Messrs. Brough's
" Camazalzaman and Badoura."
The Queen, Prince Albert, and the rolsl
visited M. Dejean's Cirque Nationale, at DrI?"
Saturday evening. Her Majesty appeared P;
lighted with the performances, and frequently
by clapping her hands.
Her Majesty is expected to revisit Osbo isor
Wight, early in the ensuing month. The Fair,Y,„
to be in readiness for the royal embarkation 1.,;',,cel
The new arrival and departure room in the tlieef,
ence victualling establishment, Gosport, for eeSr
of which a sum of £3,500 was asked in the last
is nearly finished.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

,_This

THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLE-CHASE
cat A_inta.a. Phcs

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Next the

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Stakes, of 10 sous. each,
Earl of Sefton, &c.: 9 subscribers

Ipnng Cup, of 100 sovs., subscriber
add/
Sefton Welter Cup, of 100 sovs., with 30 secs Of
there were 6 subscribers. For the great deed of
the Grand National Steerle-chase Handicalk.,
each, with 100 sovs. added, &c., no fewer ti..""
accepted, and 24 or 25 are likely to start.
Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, h. ft., with 30 soil' op
be next contended for, by two and three-Yesr"
finishing race is the Selling Stakes, of 5 sons'
30 sovs. added.

THE

CHASE

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will illeet,p3T
To-morrow, (Wednesday,) Feb. 28th, at DO ford,
Thursday. March Ist, at
Saturday, March 3rd, at Pare
At half-past ten. ea/
Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS Will TO lit
11°
This day, (Tuesday,) Feb. 27.
Thursday, March Ist
Saturday, March 3rd

At half-past ten

ALTERATION OF OATHS I-30

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In this new bill there is a very remark
from the bill of last year. By that bill no sPod.,
made in the oaths now taken by persons retnrolY
'lament, who were not Jews : but in the prese
subtle and important alteration is introduced'
At present all members not Roman v'to
obliged to swear that they "ado not believe 'to
of Rome, or any other foreign prince, pre
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sincere Protestants, on the ground that thO'yor,
scientiously swear that they believe that tne.„e

any spiritUal power in this country, seelPiftl
power has been more or less recognised, as a
by the acts of the present Administration.
Now this objection could easily be remescli?",
sertion of the word " lawful" before ` Pio"
advantage has been taken of the objection',
into the present bill a complete alteration Tenet,
ant oath ; and the alteration is such that, %OS:
with reference to the existing oath, no Prote-01
it without a constructive admission that theoliF.,
undeniable and spiritual power within this 04:
For, the Protestant members would, in fat f
the alteration, no longer have to swear t?0,0l
neither hath, nor ought to have, any spin s „1y
siastical power within the realm," but of
neither hath, nor ought to have, any ciri
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When, therefore, it is remembered, t
claim to a spi en ritual authority is notorious'o4
Protestant members have been compelledtr,
that claim,—deliberately to cease to requirief."
nothin" less than an insidious, but nevertbe
moveuthm, towmas 611 v Lvcognlttoni- by: 601'
of this spiritual authority—a recognition'
Ministry are covertly aiming.
It is true, as the Premier remarks, tb±' 4
admit Roman Catholics, from them th;. 1181 i
been dispensed with ; but if this is to be ti-er
dispensing with it in the case of all other 0'
Legislature, it raises a very grave question+ co
indulgence can any longer, with safety, _be,tll:;
Roman Catholics. For, so long as the grn't"
Legislature is compelled to swear that, I,‘;
Rome neither 'oath, nor ought to have, sTa,„
ual or ecclesiastical power within this re° e-pt!!
safeguard exists against Popish encroach
safeguard is to be done away, on the sOPt.4
that we are requiring a more stringent u`i-at:
Romanists than from Protestants, it is attigyo,,,
for obtaining a tacit, but most significant toeli
Protestants themselves can no longer Ye.tc',`l°r
Pope's claim to spiritual power over Br"I,
For men who have acted as the meraboLdv,
Government have acted, no doubt it is eietf
sant to be compelled to swear that they be'
Pope neither hath, nor ought to have, on'set':
thority in this country." But this only otvlY
the practical importance of the existing oe,'
withstanding such restraint, they have gfil
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their power, as members of Parlianie,,l'ot
n°' Established Church. Now. it is plain t,iiiii9
proposed new oath for Protestants, ,11:,
which Roman Catholics cannot swear i s', irreol
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fess their faith ; so that, by taking thcifig
they can altogether escape taking that ° the
my the Established Church, which was the 4
exactedfor the Protestant religion by e Dii
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