The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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that which he desires to repair. The wisest Nonconfor-
mists, Owen, Baxter, Howe, and Robert Hall, recognised
many excellencies in our system ; Doddridge and Matthew
Henry expressly gave God praise for the national estab-
lishment of our religion ; and the great body of the
Wesleyans support the Church upon all critical occasions.
Besides believing its existence amongst to be a good in
itself, they perceive also that it affords the surest pledge
of toleration, which, in the event of Popery gaining the
ascendant, they could not expect.—Berkshire Chronicle.
THE MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC.—One thing is certain,
that the bishopric was offered to Dr. Waddington, Dean
of Durham, and declined by him. From all that we hear,
it is most likely that the party selected for the newly-cre-
ated dignity will be the Hon. and Rev. Henry Montague
Villiers, M. A., Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury,
London, a prebendary of St. Paul's. He was named six
months ago, and of late there appears to be some reason
for believing that he is to be the new bishop. Mr. Villiers
is a younger brother of the Earl of Clarendon, and of the
Hon. C. P. Villiers, M. P. for South Lancashire. If
elected, he will be the youngest bishop, being only in his
35th year. He married, in January, 1837, Miss Hulton,
the eldest daughter of William Hulton, Esq., of Hulton
Park. He was then rector of Kenilworth ; but in 1841 he
was appointed to the rectory of St. George's, Bloomsbury,
on Dr. Short, the former rector, being elevated to the see
of Sodor and Man. As yet, we believe, her Majesty's
conge d'elire has not been sent to the (now) cathedral
chapter of Manchester ; but we may expect it in a very
short time. Meanwhile, we are in the-anomalous position
of an episcopal see that never had a bishop. Since Wed-
nesday last, the Bishop of Chester has ceased to be our
diocesan ; and there being no Bishop of Manchester ap-
pointed, any matter arising in the new diocese which may
demand episcopal recognition, we suppose, must go to the
Archbishop of York. in whose province the see of Man-
chester is ecclesiastically situate.—Manchester Guardian.
THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY,—The commit-
tee of the National Society, considering it highly impor-
tant at the present juncture that the Church should make
great efforts to supply the country more adequately with
duly qualified teachers, have recently sent letters of in-
quiry to the diocesan boards, in order to learn what force
the Church possesses, or is likely soon to possess, in the
department of training institutions. It appears that the
institutions at York, Chester, Warrington, Durham,
Winchester, Sarum, Chichester, Brighton, Reading, Ox-
ford, Exeter, and Lichfield, continue to be efficiently
conducted, according to the wishes and the means of their
respective bishops and supporters. Three of those insti-
tutions (Exeter, Winchester, and Oxford) are about to
be enlarged, and five new ones (Derby, Bristol, Carmar-
then, Cambridgeshire, and Hertfordshire), on a sufficient
scale, will, if the public afford adequate support, be ere
long opened. The committee of the National Society
having considered the foregoing facts, and the importance
of stimulating the establishment of Church training insti-
tutions on an adequate scale, agreed to authorise endea-
vours to raise a fund for promoting the establishment and
enlargement of diocesan training institutions throughout
the country. They are resolved that grants should be
offered out of the special fund towards the establishment
of training institutions in those dioceses in which there
are considerable mines and factories ; that such grants
should be at a rate varying from £lO to £25 for every
student whom the institution can accommodate and train ;
and that this offer shall be in force for the next two years.

BORNEO CHURCH MISSION INSTITUTION...--We have
great satisfaction in stating that an institution was last
year formed, under the most favourable auspices, for the
foundation of a church, mission-house, and school in Sa-
ranak, in the island of Borneo, from which incalculable
benefits may be anticipated, by the propagation of Chris-
tianity provided the British people contribute some por-
tion of their means towards that desirable object. The
committee include the Earl of Ellesmere (chairman) and
many exalted members of the church and laity. A gen-
tleman (James Brooke, Esq.) recently obtained a grant
of territory from the Sultan of Borneo, and now governs
the extensive district with undisputed authority. He has
already, by his own individual exertions, done much for
the improvement of the Dyak and Malay races there, and
will encourage, by all means in his power, any well-devised
scheme for their education and elevation in the scale of
social beings, the crowning object being to instruct them
in gospel truths. Peace, order, and harmony already
reign where this philanthropist located himself, about
seven years ago. As is stated in a well written and
authentic report of his labours, under his mild and peace-
ful sway, the rights of property are now respected, perso-
nal violence has abated, piracy has been suppressed, and
his neighbours begin to understand that the peaceful pur-
suits of industry and commerce are preferable to roving
warfare and aggression. The grateful Dyacks are ready
to welcome any instructor who may come amongst them
in the name of their " white friend." The land requisite
for the church, school, &c., he has already offered gratui-
tously, on a favourable site. All our bishops encourage
and support the scheme, and the subscriptions already
received have encouraged the committee to recommend
the Rev. F. T. M'Dougall, M. A., and the Rev. W. B.
Wright, both of Oxford, to head the mission. Mr.
M'Dougall is, in addition to his clerical vocation, a mem-
ber of the College of Surgeons, and it is anticipated that

commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court whose cir-
cuits are abolished by the act, will hold several courts at
the same time, but such an arrangement would seem to be
unnecessary, as the business under the two systems now
committed to them could be disposed of by one court sit-
ting daily, without huddling parties into a room, and
destroy the respect due to the, administration of public
justice.
CHURCH-RATES.—At the recent Stafford Assizes, Mr.
Justice Pattison, delivered judgment in the case of Regina
v. Bedwell, awhich had been previously tried at Staf-
ford before Mr. Baron Parke, at the Spring Assizes, 1845,
when the defendant was pronounced guilty, but judgment
was deferred, in order that certain objections which the
defendant had urged, might be fully argued in town be-
fore the learned Baron. These objections having been
disposed of, the defendant was brought up at the recent
Stafford Assizes for judgment, and Mr. Justice Patteson,
for Mr. Parke, sentenced him to six months' imprison-
ment in the County Gaol. He had been indicted for dis-
obedience to the order of two justices for the payment of
15s. assessed for church-rate in St. Botolph parish, Staf-
ford, and £1 12s. 3d. costs. His lordship, prior to pois-
ing the sentence, asked the defendant if he could pay the
amount, and on hearing that he could not, passed the
sentence. We do not refer to the case in any spirit of in-
timidation, but we would earnestly entreat the attention
-of those who oppose (conscientiously we hope, and not
factiously) the collection of the Church-rate in this town,
to the remarks of the learned Judge in delivering judg-
ment. He said—" It does not become any individual to
set up his own private and obstinate opinion in opposition
to the law; and if such a course is carried on, it will
certainly turn out that the law is the strongest." It is
not our intention to argue the legality of Church-rates, as
it has been over and over again established, and in allud-
ing to the above case we are only influenced by a desire to
prevent the parish money from being squandered in use-
less litigation, and to avoid the unpleasant consequences
which must inevitably fall on those who resist the collec-
tion of the rate.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

THE APPROACHING DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
" Martingale," the well-known sporting writer in the
Doncaster Gazette, after a minute examination into the
qualities and pretensions of the horses likely to appear on
Wednesday next for this race, concludes :—" Disregarding
reports from private training grounds ; relying upon the
test, the indisputable truth, of public running ; estimating
all circumstances, probable or improbable, all twists and
turns, in whatever shape, point, form, or degree ; viewing
facts as they have presented themselves, and as they now
stand, and using them as stepping-stones to arrive at a
correct conclusion, the question again recurs,—What' to
win Cossack, first ; Von Tromp, second."
THE DONCASTER CUP.—The cup this year, executed
after the model of Mr. Cotterill, consists of a cup and
cover, very handsome in figure and elaborate in execution.
The cup itself is richly decorated with tasteful ornaments
is the early Italian style, and the cover is surmounted by
an animated equestrian group of Richard Coeur de Lion
and some Saracens, one of whom he has cut down with
his battle-axe, and is preparing to repel the attack of an-
other, who is threatening him with his spear. The inci-
dent is supposed to have occurred at the battle of Ascalon,
where Richard displayed, according to the old chronicles,
great power and dexterity with his mighty axe. The height
of the cup and cover is 3 feet 3i inches, and its weight 263
ounces.

WHITSTABLE OYSTERS.—TO obtain, a few years since,
in the provinces, these celebrated oysters—which are bet-
ter known as " natives"—was considered more than a
rarity; but so rapid is the progress of emula • g competi-
tion and transmission, that they are now eceived with a
promptitude and rapidity that could n be excelled were
they under the auspices of the post aster-general him-
self. To those—and their names a • legion—whose tastes
at such a season are only to be sa • ated with a plump and
well-fed native, the following co munication from a local
contemporary will prove grati •ng, more particularly as
we can vouch for the unpara •led excellence of the fish.
The letter is addressed to ie patrons of the Oriental
Divan and connoisseurs in • • sters, and is as follows :
"GENTLEMEN,—It is with treme gratification I inform you,
that during a visit to the Tetropolis, I have succeeded in
making arrangements wit , Mr. Bateman, of Billingsgate-
market, by which I shall y ily receive, by rail, an abundant
supply of the choicest W tstable Oysters, which for fulness,
freshness, and excellenc , are promised to exceed anything
that has hitherto been s mitted to the palate of the provincial
public. In size, they ar equal to those of the past year, which
was one of the best se tons ever known, while in flavour they
far exceed even descri ,tion. The prices at which they will be
this year sold, owin: to the extensiveness of the contract into
which I have entere. will be considerably reduced. Packed
in Barrels for the ountry they will be charged 7s. or Three
Barrels for .el. 0 ened at the Stall, or supplied in the Saloon,
Is. 4d. per Score. A single trial, I feel satisfied, will establish
their character, a d ensure a continuance of patronage to

" Your obedient Servant,
" 17, Clayton- uare. " JOSEPH FEENEY.
"N. B.—The riental Divan, which is splendidly fitted, is de-
cidedly the best house out of London, for ,a Chop, a Steak, or a
Dinner. Soups and Jonas from one to Aix o'clock,
Billiard Rooms are attaclied.,,