The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

The queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William.
Darwin Fox, M.A., to the rectory of Delainere. in the diocese
and county of Chester, void by the resighatiou of the hey.
Bernard Minie, the last incumbent.

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The Marchioness of Westminster has conferred the living of
St. Thomas's Church, Ratcliffe, vacant by the death of the late
Rev. Mr. Parkinson, upon the Rev. Mr. Stone, M.A.,.curate
of Prestwich. the anther of several works.

BRADFORD.-It is in contemplation to erect a new church in
some suitable part of this town. Measures to promote this good
work have been resolved upon by a committee, and are in
active operation. The number of sittings is intended to be not
less than twelve hundred.

WETHERBir.—There was -a meeting of the inhabitants of
Wetherby, on Tuesday week, to consider whether the present
chapel of ease should be repaired or a new one built. The
latter being agreed upon, a subscription was set on foot for tkratt
purpose, and in the space of half an hour near one thousand
pounds was subscribed. Froni, the liberal manner in which the
inhabitants.caut.e forward, it is to be hoped the landed pro-
prietors will also manifest their good wishes by a further sub-
scription. so that a good and substantial church may bewrected,
which has been,much wanted a, long time.—)wk. Chronicle.
PREFERMENTs.—The Rev. Dr. French, Precbuter of Christ
Church, has presented t he liviugof Kitcuilen, diocese of Dublin.
to the. Rev. Me..Shertard, void by the death of the Rev. J.
Hardy.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been
pleased to appoint the Rev. Matthew Dawson Duffield one of
his Royal Highness's domestic plains.--The Rev. George
Anthony Denison, M.A., has been instituted to the vicarage of
Broadwinsor, ill the county Of Dorset, void by the death of
the Rev l. D.iwland, the last incumbent: patrol'. the Lord
Bishop of Salisbury.—On the 27th ult.. the Rev. George
Couleher, M.A., of *Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was
presented by the Masters rid Fellows of that society to the per-
petual curacy of St. Benedict, in the town of Cambridge.—On
the instant, the Rev. Edward Robert Earle, M.A., of
Christ's College, Cambridge, was instituted, to the tectory of
Wardley with Belton, in the county of Rutland, and diocese of
Peterborough, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Henry Hodges,
on the presentation of the Queen.—Ou Thursday, the 12th
instant, the Rev. R. Andrews, M.A., was instituted by the
Bishop of Ely to the vicarage of Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire:
patron, the Lord Chancellor.—On the 10th instant, the Rev.
John Wetherell, M.A., was instituted to the rectory of Rush-
ton All Saints, with St. Peter's, in the comity of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough. vacant by the death of his father,
the Rev. John Laycock Wetherell. ou the presentation of
William Williams Hope, Esq., of Rushton-hall.—'The Rev,.
James Bradshaw -Tyrwhitt, M.A., has been presenttet:bft.the
rectory of Claxby .Plockacte, in this county, by Henry Dyntoke,
Esq., of Scrivelsby.Cuurt, the patron.
The consolidaterlivicarav,es of Sutton and Eisey, in the county
of Wilts, and deanery of Cricklade, are both now vacant by the
cession of the Rev. 'Henry Jones Burton, the vicar and rural
dean of that deanery, who has been presented to the vicarage of
Wicken, in the county of Cambridge.—Dorset Chronicle.

NEwcAsTt,t AND CARLISLE RAtt_wAv.—We beg to direct
the attention of oar readers to an advertisement In our paper of
to-day. announcing the opening of the middle portion of this
railway in dune next. The advantages which will result from
this arrangement will be found very considerable.

APPROPRIATE Pi: ESENT.—Sir Samuel Whalley. previous to
leaving England, ,enl, it is said, his whole stock of strait
waistcoats as a !resent to the leading men among-his late con-
stituents.

M e. 11 UME.—The Kilkenny Journal says. that Mr. Hume's
vote against Sir George Strickland's motion " has excited much
dissatisfaction among his constituents, who cannot account for
the reasons that induced Mtn to go with ministers on. this
occasion."

Notwithstanding the precaution professed to be:al-opted, more
than one lady is said to have been received at court who would
not have been received at that of Queen Charlotte ur Queen
Adelaide.
The' Duke of Richniond Chichester coach was overturned on
'l'ue•dac, at Chittingfield, 'through the reins breaking; 'and
lady, inside passenger, looking out at the moment, the touch
fell on her head, and killed her on the spot.— Brigham Ilerald.

A "4cllul.A Hoo."—There is now exhibiting, on board a"
flat boat, opposite the Custom-house, the largest specimen of
pork have that we ever seen. lie is from the Buck-eye state ;.
measures nine feet ten inches from tail to snout ; four feet seven
skinim h eis of
high and weighs one thosaad si.v hundred poiriids ! His
fa:ieculiar u
kind and is covered with a thin coat, "each
particular hair" of which is as stiff as "the quills upon the fret-
ful porcupine," He is very lazy, and loves to lie upon his saw,
dust bed; but, when roused to his feet, he "roars like a lion
from the swellings of Jordan." If converted into baron, ho
would till an entire toncke-house, G and see him; for he is a
hog that, ~take him all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like
again.''
New Orleans Pieayane.
SOUTH Dtlllll A M.—The coronation of her Majestv being fixed
for the 26th of June, and the probability of Mr. Bowes's elevation
to the peerage at. that time, determines at once the period wheu
the electors of South Durham may be called. upon to elect a
knight of the shire, in the room of their preskit hon. member.
In this state of affairs, with little inure thau two months fur de-
cision and organisation, we must continue to impress upon the
minds of the conservatives of South Durham the necessity fur
prompt action, and for being instantly prepared with .1 suitable
candidate, whose character, influence, and talents. winild do jus,
Lice to their cause. It is useless funning conservative societies,
without an object, and we hope South Durham is now about to
be roused to emancipate itself from the degrading thraldom in
which whiggery boasts it has v 0 spell-bound it. We shall freely
give our zealous labours to the cause, and endeavour to anirnat.:
all good conservatives in the' count.v to a hold, unflinching, and.
untiring discharge of those important duties, which theirowe•
, prosperity, and the safety and honour of the empire, require .of
all men who love freedom, alid who deserve to be free,—Sunder-
land Beacon. ,

JEWS' ALMS HOUSES AT HAmuu Gumpel, Esq. for-
merly an eminent merchant of the city of Hamburg, has lately.
foundedthere a range of alms houses, for families of the Jew-
ish persuasion. The different dwellings are tiyhe allotted rent
and tax free to such members of the Jewish commuuity as, al-
though industrious and hard working, any one living oil public
charity being excluded, may find it nevertheless difficult to raise
their rent. The charity is endowed with the necessary funds to
keep it for ever in thorough repair; and should at any time the
income exceed the actual necessary expenditure, such surplus is
to be laid out in clothing and other necessaries, to be distributed
amongst the needy inhabitants of the alms-houses, and the poor
in general. Independent of this splendid and lasting monuruent
of their benevolence, Mr. Gumpel and his lady have how been
known for their great and indiscriminate charily, not confined
tee any one sect or religion. Gusiavns Gumpel, E50.,.0t tha
firm of G. Gumpel and Co., of this town, is a sou of this gentle-
man.—Leeds Intelligencer. . .
DREADFUL ACCIDENT oN WANSFORD.IIIvER.-011 Thll,lB-
- morning Mr. Girdiesione, jun., of Stilibmg,ton Hall, tic,
companied by Mrs. Wing, the wife of the lieu. J. VI tog, the
rector of Thornhaugh, and their; daughter, Miss Ellen Wing,
aged 20, were enjoving- the lieautror the day, in •a pleasure-
boat on the Nene, near Wansford. There was also It Ibe boat
a Wansford boy, to assist in its management. About half-least
11, when they were at that part of the stream, rather beyond
Wansford Staunch, a sodden gust of wind capsized the boat on
its tack, and they were all precipitated into the water, which
is of a coniideralite depth. The accident was seen from the
bridge, and Mr. Compton, of Water Newton, Mr. Clapham,
of WansfOrd. Mr.- Charles Haycock, of Stamford, and Mr_
Rawlings, of Wansford, were soon ou the spot and cudeavotung
by every means to render assistance. On arriving, they fuundt
that. Mr. Girdlestone had reached the shore with the boy, .in a
most dreadful state of distraction, but both the ladies had dis-
appeared. Expressing his opinion that they might still be under
the bout which had drifted about 100 yards from the 'soot +, he
it first capsized, Mr. Girdlestoile s*nni to it, and LIS! en iitg a
rope to the mast, it was hauled to the shore, but, alas! do to.
were no signs of the unfortunate lathes. Drags weir tic this
-
lone procured, and other assistance 01,1,11111 ed, acheo, in about
20 minutes, the body of Miss Wing floated close to tslipeosth:ndrie :
and every means were resorted to by Mr Clapham, to restow
• animation—but life was. ttuite. extinct. In about 10 minim.,
• after. Mr. Haycock, whnivas managi,ng the drags,. boat in
the centre of the au eam, iu trying the hottonviia
!tithed the body of the other lady, v. hicit immenitively
was lifted into the boat, awl conveyed On shore; but :ell the
means that were used proved also in this ease to Le a no avail
—the vital spark was fled.—Nuititamptint