The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

THE "REFORM ASSOCIATION.

TO THE EDITOR. OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—The annual report of the above body mentions,
amongst its other successes, the result of the town's
meeting on Parliamentary Oaths ; and I think that, con-
sidering that the majority of that meeting consisted of a
picked corps of Irish Romanists, fresh from the classical
regions of Fontenoy-street, Marybone, Vauxhall-road, &c.,
who cowardly created an uproar during the .peeches of
Dr. McNeile, &c., but were as quiet as lambs during the
speeches of Messrs. Simon, Earle, and Rathboue, that the
" Reform Association" deserves every credit for their sin-
cere attachment to "civil and religious liberty."
Your readers are probably aware that it was these Irish
gentlemen who attacked, and almost murdered the Rev.
Mr. Wolseley in 1851, and who have, at various times,
almost caused the death of several scripture readers,
which, I suppose the " &form Association," had it been
in existence, would have considered as " Triumphs of
liberal principles over tory bigotry."
Hoping that this patriotic body may ever enjoy the
sympathy of the Roman Catholic " Bishop" and clergy of
Liverpool (and none else).—l remain, Sir, yours respect-
fully, G. W. M.
Liverpool, 21st April, 1854.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. W. Alford, M.A., Curate of F.)lke, Dorset, to the
Rectory of that parish.
Rev. R. Cage, M.A., to the Rectory of Rathconnell, West-
meath.
Rev. J. R. Crowfoot, 8.D., to the Incumbency of South-
vvold, Suffolk.
Rev. C. H. Ford, to be Junior Curate of Sedgefield, Durham.
Rev. G. H. Faussett, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Ox-
ford. to the Incumbency of South Littleton and Middle Lit-
tleton, Evesham.
Rev. H. J. Garrod, 8.A., to be Chaplain of the Liverpool
Royal Infirmary.
Rev. E. Gilson, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Wanley, near
Brentwood.
Rev. E. B. Hawkshaw, M.A., Rector of Brampton Abbotts,
to be Organising Secretary for the Society for the Propoga-
tion of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the Diocese of Here-
ford.
Rev. R. Hughes, 8.A., to the Curacy of West Bagborough,
near Taunton.
Rev. R. T. Jenkins, Vicar of Mydrim, near Carmarthen,
to the Incumbency of Llanginning, near St. Clears.
Rev. J. Keeling, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's
Church, Lisson—rove.
Rev. B. Lee, M.A., to the Curacy of Woolley and Barham,
near Kimbolton.
Rev. E. Lewis, Curate of Llanllechid, Carnarvonshire, to
be Diocesan Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts in the Diocese of Bangor.
Rev. J. Macbean, to be Chaplain of St. Andrew's Church,
Colombo. in the Island of Ceylon.
Rev. W. Marsh, M.A., Vice-Master and Senior Tutor of
Trinity-hall, Cambridge. to the Vicarage of Wethersfield, near
Braintree, Essex.
Rev. M. Mitchell, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kirtling, near
Newmarket.
Rev. J. P. Murphy, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Holy Trinity Church, Preston.
Rev. C. F. Norman, 8.A., to the Rectory of Portishead,
near Bristol.
Rev. G. A. Poole, M.A., to the Curacy of Holy Trinity
Church, Huddersfield.
Rev. F. Reade, 8.A., to the Incumbency of the new Church
of St. John the Baptist, Hove, near Brighton.
Rev. W. L. Sharpe, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's
Church, Whippingham, near Newport, Isle of Wight.
Rev. T. Sikes, ALA., to the Vicarage of Chevening, near
Sevenoaks.
Rev. J. Spading, M.A., to the Rectory of Eccleston, near
Chorley, Lancashire.
Rev. S. W. Steedman, M.A., to the Rectory of Fyfield, near
Andover.
Rev. A. Tatham, M.A., Minor Canon of Sonthwell, to the
Incumbency of Halam, Nottinghamshire.
Rev. J. H. Theodosius, M.A., to be Chaplain of the Stafford
Poor-law Union.
Rev. G. D. Thomson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Queen-
borough, Kent.
Rev. J. B. Vale, M.A., to the Curacy of Theberton, Norfolk.
Rev. E. Whitehead, M.A.. Rector of Godmanstone, Dorset,
to the Ministry of Laura Chapel, Bath.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

CONSECEA.TION.—Christ Church, Claughton, in the

parish of Bidston, which has been for some years past
open, by license, for divineservice, is to be consecrated by
the bishop of Chester on Monday nest, the first of May.
VACANCY.—The rectory of Eccleston, in the county of
Chester, by the death of the Rev. Richard Massie. Patron,
the Marquess of Westminster. Value £403, with a house.
ORDINATION.—By the Archbishop of Armagh, at the
Cathedral, on Sunday, the 9th inst. :—Deacoles —T. D.
Barlow, A.B. ; C. L. McClean, A.B. ; for the Diocese of
Armagh. H. Hutchinson, A.B. ; C. C. Boomer, A. 8., for
the Diocese of Chester. "7-iests —E. J. Gausses, for the
Diocese of Armagh ; J. W-Laurin, for the Diocese of
Clogher.
DE. SHORT, Bishop of Adelaide, who is at present in
England, is making arrangements for the establishment
of a new bishopric in Western Australia, the seat of which
shall be at Perth.
CAPACITY OF CELEBRATED CIIIICTIES.—The following
is the comparative capacity for accommodation of the most
celebrated churches in Europe :—St. Peter's, Rome, 54,000
persons ; Milan Cathedral, 37,000 ; St. Paul's, Rome,
32,000 ; St. Paul's, London, 25,000 ; St. Petronia, Bologna,
24,000; St. Sophia's, Constantinople, 23,000; Florence
Cathedral, 24,300 ; Antwerp Cathedral, 24,000; St. John,
Lateran, 22,900; Notre Dame, Paris, 21,000; Pisa Cathe-
dral, 13,000; St. Stephen's, Vienna, 12,400; Cathedral of
Vienna, 11,100 ; St. Peter's, Bologna, 11,400 ; St. Domi-
nic's, Bologna, 11,000 ; St. Mark's, Venice, 7,000.
ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF SALISBEHT.—A special
chapter of Salisbury Cathedral was summoned on Saturday
week for the purpose of proceeding to the election of a
bishop of the see, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Edward
Denison, deceased. After the usual formalities had been
gone through, Mr. Hamilton was elected without a dis-
sentient voice. It is stated that the consecration will take
place at Lambeth on the Ist of May, being the festival of
St. Philip and St. James.
CIIIIRCR PREFERMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—The Right
Rev. Dr. Carr, late Bishop of Bombay, has accepted the
Rectory of Bath at the hands of the trustees of the late
Mr. Simeon, of Cambridge, the patron. The Rev. J. Brod-
rick, who has for the last fourteeen years been rector of

the parish, announced his resignation in vestry last Mon-
day, and stated that the late bishop, in his anxiety to
become useful in the church, had accepted parochial duty.
The annual value of the benefice is £750.