The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

DIOCESE OIT CHESTER.

THIVAITES ii Ml.lllost.—The Bishop has licensed; the'
School at Thwairesift the Parish of Rom, in the amity
of Cumberland, for the performance of Divine Serviceuntil
the church, which is about to be taken down, is rebuilt
and ready for consacratian.

TIIE REV. C. A. Agontrorr CIINVEN, 8.A., Trinity Coil
lege, Cambridge, 1os• been' nominated by Archdeacon;
Brooks to one of the afoistant cnineies in the parish of Mt;
'Peter's.

DR. GRAY, Bishop of:Capetown, and Dr. Colenso, Bishoy
ofNatal, sailed from ectuthampton on Wednesday week,,
Ar. their distant dioceses.• Dr. Armstrong, Bishop of Gra—
ands-town, is expectedteleave England early in thespring.
310•ZE CHURCHES. ST: MAIMJLEBONE.—A vestry
iteeting -was held in this parish.; on Tuesday, when it was
proposed to contribute .1.94)00 from the parish funds
towards the construction of the new churches about to be
erected there. An amendment WAS lest on a division by
ab•to.a.

Tll3 RM. A. M'CAuL, D.ls.;:iS,elected to fill the chair
of Avlesiastical History at lanes.-Coliege, lately held by
the ltev.. F. D. Maurice, in addition to that of Hebrew and
the*Old. Testament, which he has-hitherto held. Mr. G.
W. Dasent, of Magdalene Hall,Oxfordr Doctor of Civil
Law; Vas, seen elected to the chair of English Literature
and Modern History.
CADaltliE: CATIIEDEAL.-lUkaystoratieci is proceeding
rapidly, and. when completed so.fli dit is intended, con-
siderable,alteratiotis and improvements will have been
effected.: In cleansing or scraping-nno of the large pillars
of the south transept the workmewhave discovered a rude
paintin.somewhat similar to these with which the fre-
quenters• the cathedral are.alrea4 familiar on the side
aisle. 'Tlie•subject of the picture iteoarcely intelligible, as
the figure:tare- very indistinct.

THE EA.STRICS estacnas.—At rxecon# meeting of the
Society for POomotiag Christian Knowledge; the following
resolution was adopted :—" That thesuggestious made by
the joint committee, consisting of a sommittee appointed
by the American Board of Missions and..the deputation
sett out Ilytlie Society for the Pronotion of the Gospel,
with respect' toy the state of the Orieviinli Churches, and
the best moaner of acting towards dampen the part of
the Chureliespof England and America ber,ransed to the
standing committee for consideration."
NEW FaLnoWsisirs.—The scheme farthe application of
£O,OOO, lately left by the testator, named. Faraday, to
found Feltowslikis in Magdalen College; Oxford, was
approved anticcratirmed by Vice-Chancelkir. Kfiadersley, at
his court, ca+Thursday. The Fellowsltips.,were directed
under the sea to,be established in 3lag,dalen College, with
a preferenceto the founder's next of kirop relatives ; but,
if Magdalen should refuse to accept it it:dux-this limitation,
it was to be offered to some other college,iiii Oxford. Mag-
dalen refused 'abut it was accepted by St John's. Another
offer, with m. new scheme, was made, by:.direction of the
Master, to Magdalen College, but theirvoriginal refusal
was adhered2to sad therefore it was finally determined
that the biwase4 should go to St. John's...
- Diocrsr ov!MANCllESTEß.—Prefernvents: At the dio-
cesan Registry, St. James's-square, Manchester, on Tues-
day, the Bisilap:of Manchester licensed the school in Ger-
mar-street, Oldliaari-road, for the performance of divine
service; his lallship also licensed the Rev.. Richard Pearson
Greaves, (lute curate of St. George's.etturch, Bolton-
le-Moors), toofficiate as minister therein,it being intended
to raise a fund for the purpose of builditg_rand endowing
a new churali, ,and forming a new district; to be called
the district oft`St. Peter's, Oldham-road", such district
to be bounded, by New Cross and Oldham,-„road to Prussia-
street, from Prussia-street to Union-street from Union-
street to Great Ancoats-street, from Great rAncoats-street
to New Cross, Ohiham-road, the botiodarty where such
district commences, such new intended district containing
a populationiof 14,000 persons.
THE COIiC,NZAL CLERGY. NEWEOCNDLAND.—For
some time paat certain reports, injurious to the character
of the Bishop of Newfoundland and oneof his most exem-
plary clergyi,have been industriously circulated in this.
country. They were to the effect that the clergyman in..
question, tha Rev. W. K. White, had refused:to baptise
child unties his father should contributeatertain sum b
the Church-, Society ; and secondly, that ha had refusedta
administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to a dying
woman until she should have made particular confession
of her sits, to him. Both these statements, which. for
months—one of them for two or three years -have been
brought. against the bishop and clergy of Newfoundland,
as well as; against the Society for the Propagation .olthe
Gospel at-home, have at length been. proved to be, mall-
dots calumnies.—Moruiny Herald.
TUE, VACANT VICARAGE OF CREPITION, DEVON-
SHIRE.—On Sunday last, three of the seven seleetest can-
didates for the vicarship read prayers in the church by the
sanctioilt of the Rev. James Dews, 3evds.
Messrs. Cooper, Smith, and Whidbovne, in order to try
the suitability of their voices to the; church. The other
fotreandidates will also be allowed4he sametriat.sithin a
few weeks. Great excitement prevails here among the
different partizans of the candidates, but the. inhabitants
appear to be in favour of the Res'. James- Deans,, who has
forrthe last sixteen years been the• assistant-minister in
the. church. On Wednesday morning,. the wails of the
town exhibited a number of placards, with; the words
4-Deans for ever," and " Vote £oo:)eana,.a mast. you know."
—teeter Gazette.

ECCLESIASTICAL COSTS.-11( will be. remambered that
some three years ago this case —one of sane celebrity—
came before the Court of Arches, being a. suit promoted
by the Bishop of Glocester and Bristol against the vicar
of Berkeley for alleged grass immorality, Judgment was
given by Sir Herbert Jencer• Eust ISM upon it, when
the accused was sentenced, to be admonished for his con-
duct; but the Dean of the. Arches, theugh approving the
course taken by the bishop, yet, on the ground of
the prosecution haviag been unneeessaril
Y expensive,
decreed that the promoter and the accused should
each pay his own costs., The bill of costs of the proctors
for the prosecution being considered excessive, the bishop
was advised to resist it ; and it was thought that the
matter would come• before a court of law, but the proctors
having reduced their•bitl by nearly £l,OOO, the matter has
just been settled by the bishop paying the amount of the
amended claim, winch is no less a sum than £6,000 !
PEESENTATIOIia VACAISL—The Rectory of Nortourinr
the-Moors, with, the Incumbeney of Brown Edge annexed,
near Newcastle-under-Dyne ; value, £6OO a-year • patron,
Mr. C. B. AdderleY, M.P. The Rectory of lioughton,
near Stoke Ferry, Norwich ' • value, £4OO a-year ; patron,
Sir W. J. B. Folkes, Bart. The Second Classical Master-
ship in the City of London School ; patrons, the Governors
of the School. The Second Mastership of All Saints:
Grammar School, Bloxham, near Banbury ; patron, the
Rev. J. W. Hewett, M.A., Fellow of St. Nicolas' College,
Shoreham, The Incumbency of Grimsargh, Lancashire ;
value, £lOO a-year ; patron, the Vicar of Preston. The
Incumbency of Oban, Scotland • patron, the. Bishop of
Argyll and the Isles. The Chaplaincy of Dieppe ; patron,
Mr. George Chapman, the Vice-Consul, and others. The
Rectory of Kingstone Seymour, near Axbridge, Somerset,
value, £3OO a-year. The Incumbency of Wigg,inton, near
Tying, Herts ; value, £l5O a-year ; patroas,Christ Church
Oxford.

ORDINATION BY THE BISHOP Or MINCHESTER.—The
Bishop of Manchester held an ordination in • the parish
church of Prestwich, near Manchester, on Sunday
week, when the following gentlemen were ordained, and
afterwards licensed to the stipendiary curmies set opposite
their names, viz :—Deacons z—Benjamin North Rockley
Batty, M.A., St. John's College, Oxford, to Walton-le-
Dale; James Chell, St. Bees' College, Cumberland, to St.
Barnabas, Manchester ; Edmund Creek Hore, St. Bees',
to St. Philip's, Bradford-road, Manchester; Joseph Lowe,
8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to Chipping; Arthur
Townley Parker, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, to
Dean ; Francis Deacle Rabbitts, 8.A., St. John's, Cam-
bridge, to Haborgham Eaves ; William Sheldon Reece,
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to Audenshaw ; John
Reynolds, 8.A., Trinity College Dublin, to St. Matthias',
Salford; Frederick Heap, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to St. Clement's Rochdale.—Priests : William
Hodgson Blamire, St. Bees' College, Cumberland ; Thomas
Badcock, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge ; Philip
Henry Lee, 8.A., Worcester College, Oxford ; John Mar-
shall, St. Bees' ; Owen Owen, St. Bees'; Arthur Packer,
8.A., St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford ; George Frederick
Prescott, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; James
Davenport Kelly, 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford ;
Frederick Wm. Ripley, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam-
bridge : John Edmund Sedgwick, 8.A., Trinity College,
Dublin ; Thomas Wade, M.A., Exeter College, Oxford.
Lt; SHREWSBURY.—The disputed question as to the living
of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, has been decided in favour of
the burgesses, and against the presentation of the Rev. F.
Morse. On Tuesday the case was heard before Vice,
Chancellor Sir W, P. Wood, the trustees, the relators,
the Rev. F. Morse, and the Rev. W. Sandford being se-
verally represented by counsel. On Friday his Honour
delivered a lengthened judgment in favour of the relators
(Ow burgesses), deciding that the disputed words ClacPid