The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lord Bishop of Chester will consecrate the new
church at Seacombe this (Tuesday) afternoon. His
lordship will, we learn, preach on the occasion.
The Rev. T. Tenison Cuffe, A.M., T.C.D., minister of
Carlisle Chapel, Kennington, has been instituted to the
vicarage of Colmey Heath, near St. Albans.
The rule of the Bishop of London to exclude Irish cler-
gymen from his diocese, has, at the instance of the Lord
Primate, been rescinded.

The Rev. George Dugard, M.A. of St. John's College,
Cambridge, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of
Barnardcastle, in the parish of Gainford, vacated by the
death of the Rev. John Davidson. Mr. Dugard has ar-
rived in Barnardcastle.

The venerable Bishop of St. Andrew's is eighty-five
years of age. When he first entered on the sacred ministry
he had no other place to celebrate the rites of religion ex-
cept the kitchen of a private house. The father of the
Scottish prelacy, even now, only receives on. hundred and
ten pounds per annum, from the Episcopal fund!
The Gazette of Tuesday contained the following an-
nouncement :—" The Queen has been pleased to present
the Reverend Charles Baring, M.A., to the district rec-
tory of All Souls, in the parish of Saint Marylebone, in
the county of Middlesex and diocese of London, the same
being void by the resignation of the Very Reverend Doc-
tor George Chandler, Dean of Chichester." Upon read-
ing the above, a waggish neighbour of ours exclaimed—
" What ! another of the•clique ! Well, now, indeed, the
Whigs have got past BARING'!"
CHURCH EXTENSION IN THIS DIOCESE.—Few persons
are aware of the vastness of the efforts which have been
made during the last twenty years to supply the means of
religious instruction to the great population of the diocese
of Chester. From the time the diocese was constituted
up to the time the present bishop was appointed, the
number of churches built in the diocese was 166. Since
he became bishop there have been 227 churches built and
consecrated, averaging 13 each year. In 1828, there were
720 clergymen performing divine service in the diocese;
at present there are 1025 clergymen, and there are now
1140 schools, exclusive of Sunday schools.
EXTENT OF THE MISSIONARY WORK.—At a mission-
ary meeting, last week, the Rev. Charles Bridges said
that " about one hundred missionary stations were scat-
tered throughout the world, to which were attached a
.great number of devout men, anxious for the missionary
work. At the missionary stations in India, New Zealand,
and other places, there was a full and faithful preaching
of the word of God, which shed a blessing on all connected
with them. The subject of native agency was of great
moment ; for, to adopt a simile very familiar, they could as
soon take a flower and hold it up to the heated furnace,
and expect it to retain its freshness, as to suppose that an
Englishman could retain his wonted energy and spirit in
the heated and pestilential portions of Africa. It was an
utter impossibility. There were at the present time
eleven or twelve native preachers in the Church ; one
thousand three hundred as Scripture readers in the differ-
ent missionary stations. Another great portion of the
missionary enterprise was the establishment of schools
for the children, and in connection with, the Church were
between thirty thousand and forty thousand of them in
the different missionary stations.
IMPORTANT DIOCESAN MISSIONARY MEETING.—An
important meeting of the clergy of the diocese of Ely, in
aid of the Church Societies—for the Propagation of the
Gospel, the Church Missionary, and for the Conversion
of the Jews--was held at Ely last week. The Bishop of
Ely presided, and there were also present the Bishop of
Melbourne, Dr. Whewell, (Master of Trinity,) Lord Ar-
thur Hervey, the Rev. the Dean of Ely, Canon Selwyn,
Professor Scholefield, the Revds. Grimshawe, Millers,
Madison, Carus, Rooper, Clay, &c. The following were
announced to be the objects of the meeting :-1. To bring
together, from all parts of the diocese, those who desire
to further the great work of preaching the Gospel of Christ
to the world. 2. To offer up united prayers in the cathe-
dral church of the diocese for the Divine blessing on this
holy work. 3. To receive reports of contributions to the
four societies of the church, viz.—The Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, the Society for the Promotion
of Christian Knowledge, the Church Missionary Society,
and the Society for the Conversion of the Jews. 4. To
take counsel for the more effectual support of these four
institutions throughout the diocese. The meeting having
been opened by the Right Rev. the Chairman, and its
objects explained by the Rev. Canon Selwyn, the meeting
was addressed by the Bishop of Melbourne, the Dean of
Ely, and the Rev. Professor Scholefield.

THE COLLECTIONS ON THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING.—
Ihe Rev. Sir George Robinson has addressed a letter to
the Bishop of Peterborough, in which ( after alluding to
the last Queen's letter for collections for the Scotch and
Irish) he says—Another letter for the same object is now
issued, and, after a very short interval, we are again re-
quired, by the Queen ( in other words, by the Queen's
government ), to make collections in our several parishes,
and remit the amount to " the Bank of England." The
time allowed on this occasion is so short that I ,shall be
unable to communicate with my clerical brethren around,
but, as regards myself individually, T have no hesitation
in declaring that my conscience and judgment both forbid
my submission to so unreasonable a demand, unless the
laws of the church compel me. If they do (and this is a
question on which I respectfully ask your lordship's
opinion), then we may expect that similar encroachments,
on the part of the state upon the church will speedily fol-
low ; and we shall many of us be led to the opinion that
the advantages of the connection between church and
state are too dearly purchased, when it is seen that the
officers of the former are degraded into tax-gatherers, at
the whim and caprice of the latter. It seems generally
allowed that no inconsiderable portion of the large funds
collected in England last winter found their way, directly
or indirectly, into the pockets of the Irish landlords and
Roman Catholic priests—and, at all events, to call upon
us again so soon, and at a moment when the barns and
granaries of Ireland must be overflowing with the late
abundant harvest, is more, I own, than my patience will
readily listen to. * I certainly
do not mean to give a single sixpence myself ; and how,
under such circumstances, the " excitement" which I am
required to stir up from the pulpit will be either "effec-
tual "or consistent is not easy to say. Still, if it is your
lordship's opinion that obedience is compulsory, I shall
respectfully submit to your decision, and content myself,
in that case, with the hope that my brother churchmen,
lay as well as clerical, will forthwith join in memorializing
the Queen and the archbishops and bishops on the sub-
ject, and strive, by all legitimate means, to get relief from
such obligation for the future.

, DTOCESE OF CHESTER.

ORDINATION AT CHESTER.

The Lord Bishop of Chester held an ordination at the
Cathedral Church of Chester, on Sunday last, the 10th
instant, when the following gentlemen were ordained-:

Pi-rests.
Edmund Clay, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge,
William Bent Grenside, 8.A., ditto,
William Laidlay, 8.A., St. John's College, ditto,
Benjamin Jesse Wood, 8.A., ditto,
Thomas Daniell Halsted, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin,
Richard Mitchell, 8.A., ditto,
William White Talbot, B.A. ditto,
William Avery, St. Bees College,
William Robert Bridge Arthy, ditto,
William Hodgson Coates, ditto,
James Morrison Morgan, ditto,
George Henry Preston, ditto,
Alfred Wightwick, ditto,
Thomas Wilson, ditto,
David Jacobi Hirsch, Berlin.

Deacons.
John Cannon, M.A., Magdalen College, Oxford,
Stanford Harris, 8.A., St. Edmund Hall, ditto,
Thomas Croft, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge,
John Owen Picton, 8.A., ditto,
Lorenzo Smith, 8.A., Emmanuel College, ditto,
Michael James Anderson, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin,
William Alfred Hamilton, 8.A., ditto,
William Hume Mayston, 8.A., ditto,
Peter King Simmons, St. David's.
By letters dimissory from Winchester.
John'Burleigh Colvin, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.

On Wednesday, the 6th instant, the worshipful Chan-
cellor Raiken presided at the election of members for the
convocation, when the following rev. gentlemen were duly
elected :

FOR THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH.
The Rev. Canon Eaton, Vicar of Eastham, in the county
of Chester.

FOR THE DEANERY OF CHESTER.

The Rev. Charles Augustus Thurlow, Rector of the
Higher Rectory of Malpas, in the county of Chester, and
the Rev. Richard Greenall, Incumbent of Stretton, in the
county of Chester.

FOR THE DEANERY OF LIVERPOOL.

The Rev. Jonathan Brooks, Senior Rector of Liverpool,
and the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, Rector of War-
rington.

CONSECRATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, WHITEHAVEN.

On the 29th ult., a new church whiCh has been erected
in one of the populous and poor districts within the town
of Whitehaven, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of
Chester, in the presence of a numerous concourse of per-
sons. The morning prayers having been read by the
Rev. J. Rimmer, the incumbent of the District, the Bishop
preached a sermon appropriate for the occasion. A portion
of the town of Whitehaven, surrounding the church, will
become a new parish, by the name of the parish of Mount-
pleasant, under the provisions of Sir Robert Peel's act.
The Rev. Thomas Molineux has been presented by Lady
Muncaster to the Rectory of Waberthwaite in the county
of Cumberland, on the death of the Rev. Joseph Stanley.

DIOCESE Or afAiicnEsTEß.
The new and elegant church of St. Paul, West Leigh,
Lancashire, was consecrated on the 4th instant, by the
Lord Bishop of Chester, by virtue of a commission from
his grace the Lord Archbishop of York, in the presence of
a veal large assembly of the clergy and concourse of per-
sons. After the reading of evening prayers by the Rev.
James Irvine, vicar of the parish, the bishop delivered an
appropriate sermon.