The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-08 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

In the House of Lords on 3londay night, the Archbishop
of Dublin gave the important notice of his intention to
bring in a bill to authorise the restoration, by the Crown,
of some, or all, of the suppressed Irish bishoprics ; as a
measure almost indispensable for the effectual progress of
the Protestant Church in Ireland. This announcement,
in opposition to which no intimation was given on the part
of the government, derives additional weight from his
Grace's known character as a liberal in politics.
THE PROPER MORNING SERVICE FOR SUNDAY, THE
20TH INSTANT.—The Church and State Gazette reminds
its readers, not only that the anniversary of the accession
of her gracious Majesty to the throne of these realms will
fall this year on a Sunday—viz., on Sunday, the 20th
inst. ; but that, in such case, the proper office for the
Sovereign's accession is appointed to be " wholly " and ,
" solely ' used as the morning service of such Sunday.
Of the beauties of that particular service we need not
speak. We will simply notice, in a congratulatory spirit,
that not a solitary word can be found, in any portion of
it, at which any political partisan could venture to cavil.
DIOCESE or CHESTER.—The ceremony of laying the
foundation stones of St. Mark's Church and schools, in
the township of Dukinfield, by Francis Dukinfield Palmer
Astley, Esq., Lord of the Manor, took place on Friday
se'nnight, amidst a vast concourse of persons. This
church, the site for which has been given by Mr. Astley,
is intended to supply the wants of St. Mark's parish,
Dukinfield, with a population of 7,000 people, by pro-
viding sittings for 923 persons, 800 of which will be free
for ever.—On Saturday last, the ceremony of laying the
corner-stone of the new church in St. James's district,
Congleton, was performed with the customary formalities,
by R. Wilbraham, Esq., the High Steward of the bo-
sough.
PEWS IN CHURCHES.—At the confirmation at Norwich
last week, the bishop of that diocese, in the course of his
address, said he should consider it to be a dereliction of
duty were he to pass over without notice or observation
the most splendid and imposing . sight, affecting and
touching to the heart, which he then saw before him--
one of the finest churches in the town divested of its
pews and incumbrances, and become, as the Church of
England ought to be, the poor man's church. Here the
sittings were open to all ; here the rich and poor might
alike praise their common God ; here might they alike
offer up their thanks to their common Saviour. The
change that had been wrought indeed demanded the gra-
titude of every true friend of the Church of England •,
and he hoped and trusted that the noble example afforded
by the church in which they were now assembled would
not only be followed up by every other church in the dis-
trict, but that in future the Church of England generally
would not be embarrassed by pews, to the exclusion of
the poor, ; so that, as he had said before, the rich and
poor might be able to kneel alike offering their thanks-
givings together under the same sacred roof.
THE LATE BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN.—Some
time since a letter appeared in the Times on the subject
of the rectory of Brailsford, in Derbyshire, for some
time past in the hands of the family of the late Dr. Shir-
ley, Bishop of Sodor and Man. Dr. Shirley, it will be
remembered, held the rectory of Brailsford at the time
of his promotion to the episcopalbench, so that the next
presentation to the living, as is usual in such cases, fell
to the Government, and the Rev. J. Simon Wilkinson
was appointed. The Bishop enjoyed his dignity but a few
months, having died soon after his arrival in his new dio-
cese. These were the facts stated in the letter alluded to,
I and our correspondent proceeded to show that by the sad-
, den death of the Bishop his aged father and mother were
reduced to something like destitution, at the same time
urging upon the Government, under the circumstances,
to take the aged gentleman's case into consideration.
The Government has adopted the suggestion, and in the
most delicate, as well as in the most handsome manner,
has restored Mr. Shirley to the family living, by trans-
ferring Mr. Jenkinson to the rectory of Battersea, falling
to its gift by the promotion of Mr. Eden to the bishopric
which the untimely death of Dr. Shirley rendered vacant.