The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

LOWER WITITLEY.—The yard or cemetery, recently,
attached to this chapel, was consecrated by the Bishop
of Chester, for interments, on Tuesday last, the 15th inst.
CREADLE.—The piece of ground recently added to the
churchyard of Cheadle is to be consecrated, by the Bishop
of Chester, to-morrow, (Wednesday,) the 23rd instant.
PREPERMENT.—The Rev. Arthur Francis Sheppard to
the'Rectory of Lumplugh, in the county of Cumberland,
void by the death of the Rev. Joseph Gilbanks. Patrons,
the Trustees of the late John Roper, Esq. Value, £256,
with a house.

The Rev. Russell Cope has Ilipicensed to the Stipen-
diary Curacy of St. Peter's Ch , Chester, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. Frederick Ford, the Rector.

DIE REV. E. BOTELER CRALMER, jun., A. 8., senior
curate of Tintwistle, near Manchester, has been appointed
Association Secretary for the Northern District to the
Colonial Church and School Society.

A SEE NOT A SINECIIRB.—The 'Bishop of the Cape of
Good Hope observes that his diocese is four times as large
as Great Britain; that many of his journeys have to be
made in a cart or on foot ; and that he is to a large extent
responsible for the support of each clergyman whom he
appoints. Natal is 1,200 miles from his see ; Graham's
Town between 500 and 600 ; and at present the whole
population of the diocese is 800,000. He mentions one
truly astounding fact—that some English emigrants have
actually been converted to Mahomedanism by certain
Malay settlers!
PRESENTATIONS VACANT.—The Rectory of Little Sax-
hom, near Bury St. Edmund's ; value, £3OO a-year; patron
the Marquis of Bristol. The Vicarage of Bramford, near
Ipswich ; value, £lOO a-year ; patrons, the Dean and Chap-
ter of Canterbury. The Rectory of Little Plumstead, with
the Rectories of Blundall and Wilton annexed, near Nor-
wich ; value, £BOO a-year ; patrons, the representatives of
the late Incumbent. The Vicarage of Neateshead, near
Coltishall ; value, £240 a-year ; patron, the Bishop of
Norwith. The Rectory of Curry Mallet, Somerset ; value,
£4OO a-year ; patron, the Crown. The Rectory of Sal-
combe Regis, Devon ; value, £l5O a-year ; patrons, the
Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
THE AMERICAN Cnuncrr.—A letter from New York,
dated 28th ult., says Since my last, our general con-
vention has met and adjourned. Its session, which was
held in this city, has now become a matter of history, and
we propose merely to give you a few remarks on its general
character, and a short summary of its acts. It may be
interesting. however, to some of your readers to learn how
the convention or council, which the American church
calls its general convention, is composed. It is composed
of two houses, sitting separately, and the concurrence of
both of which is necessary to the passage of any canon.
The upper house, which sits with closed doors, is composed
of all the bishops of our church; and the lower, of four
clerical and four lay delegates from each diocese, who are
elected by the diocesan conventions, which meet annually,
and are composed of all the clergy canonically resident in
the diocese, and a lay delegation from each parish. The
upper house now numbers thirty-two bishops, The senior
bishop present presides, and the Rev. Dr. Balch, of Pennsyl-
vania, is its secretary. The lower house elects some pres-
byter for its presiding officer, or speaker. The Rev. Dr.
Creighton, of New York, at present fills that office, with
great acceptance. The proceedings of this house are
conducted with regard to parliamentary rules ; and its
proceedings are open to the publie, i.e., spectators are
allowed to occupy the gallery of the church in which it is
held, and large numbers of both sexes are usually present.
Questions in this house are often decided viva voce, but
when required by the delegation from any one diocese, the
vote is taken by orders, the clergy and laity voting sepa-
rately. The delegation from each diocese has but one vote
for either order, and a majority of both orders is required
for the passage of any qusstion. This principle, which is
observed in all our diocesan conventions, secures either
order from any undue aggression on the part of the other.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.
—An incumbent of the diocese of Manchester draws a
doleful picture of the mode in which its affairs are admi-
nistered Like other ambitious ones mentioned in
history, who prayed for a King, we once prayed for a
Bishop to be sent among us ; and we had every confidence
that as soon as the old Chester diocese should be divided,
it would be a happy day for the Church in these parts.
But I solemnly assure you, sir, and it is the almost unani-
mous feeling of the Clergy here, that the work went on
much more systematically and prosperously under the old
regime than it does now ; and that any progress which has
been made under the present system has consisted chiefly
in a more careful looking after the fees. When the present
Archbishop of Canterbury ruled over us, we never made a
reasonable request in vain, and we were never disappointed,
if once we had a promise. If he were written to, he
scarcely ever lost a post in his reply. Now, excepting in
extraordinary cases, we either get no answer at all, or it
comes so late as to be of no service, or else greatly toin-
terfere with our other arrangements. lam told, indeed,
that influential laymen, and one or two popular preachers,
of whom the Bishop has a salutary fear,
done they may wial for at any time. can get anything
But an ordinary