The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

BY jOITANNES RIISTICITS.

XV. EDUCATION.—As a matter of curiosity, I should
like to see a prospectus of the course of instruction which
would meet the views of the popular declaimers against
our national ignorance. It is the fashion now-a-days of
some leading characters to attribute everything that goes
wrong to a want of education in the people ; and perhaps
this may be true in the abstract ; but can these learned
philosophers devise any scheme of education which will be
a remedy for all our physical, moral, social, and political
evils ? Mr. Cobden attributes the reappearance of cholera,
juvenile depravity, the Preston strikes, and the Russo-
Turkish war, alike to the ignorance of the people, and
quotes how many out of thirteen jurors signed with a X,
but can Mr. Cobden or any of his " school" point out what,
and what degree of, education would prevent all these
calamities ? The old Tory doctrine was that the clergy-
man was the best schoolmaster; but Toryism, it is said,
is exploded now—the clergyman, as a teacher of the
young, gives place to the popular lecturer, and the church
is less resorted to for instruction than the Mechanics' In-
stitute. This " emancipation of the intellect" has been
the boast of the nineteenth century, but its fruits are
crabbed and unwholesome. The poor peasant who
makes his mark on the register of his child's baptism
is, in nine cases out of ten, a more honest and respectable
man than the town operative who divides his leisure be-
tween the newsroom and the debating class, the shilling
novel and the penny concert. Let us be just : the educa-
tion that makes a human being an honest man—" Gbd's
noblest work"—is not a matter of alphabets and numerals,
but of right principles and proper feelings. He who fears
God, honours the king, and loves his neighbour as him-
self, is sure to be a respectable member of society, both
morally, socially, and politically, whatever amount of so-
called ignorance he may happen to be convicted of by Mr.
Cobden.

XVI. THE FREE LENDING LIBRARY.-If the branch
of the library at the North Corporation Schools is to be
of any extensive benefit to the public, it will be necessary
to extend the hours of delivery, or to increase the efficiency
of the librarian's staff. Even if the benefit be gratuitous,
parties who have come a long distance should not be com-
pelled to wait half an hour or more, and then, seeing no
chance of being served, have to return without the desired
volume. Some allowance must, of course, be made for
want of expedition at the commencement, but it ought
not, under any circumstances, to take a quarter of an hour
to issue three volumes, when thirty or forty people are
waiting, as has, it appears, been the case hitherto. Then,
as respects the hours of delivery—it may be very conve-
nient to the tradesmen and apprentices in the neighbour-
hood to attend between seven and nine in the evening,
but it is not so for clerks and others residing at Everton,
Kirkdale, and Walton, who leave their offices at six, and
have to loiter about for an hour before the library opens.
Nor is it particularly pleasant, especially during the win-
ter nights, to find oneself, between seven and nine, in the
very midst of one of the worst localities in Liverpool,
obliged to elbow the way through crowds of drunken and
quarrelsome Irish, in Scotland-road, or Marybone, or Bur-
lington-street. The managers of the Free Public Library
will do'well to re-model the arrangements for the north
branch, and so extend its usefulness.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. G. Aldington, M.A., to the Curacy of Boughton Mon-
chelsea,near biaidstone.

Rev. Samuel Arnott, M.A., to the Curacy of St. James's,
Westminster.

Rev. F. Borradaile' M.A., to the Vicarage of Bishop's
Norton:cum-Atterhy,Lincolnshire.

Rev. H. T. Deacle; M.A., to the Curacy of Holy Trinity,
Bungay, Suffolk.
Rev. D. C. Delafosse, M.A., Rector of Shere, Surrey, to be
one of the Domestic Chaplains to His Majesty the King of
Hanover.

Rev. H. Dowson, M.A., to the Curacy7of Church Eaton,
Staffordshire.

Rev. J. Dunkley, 8.A., to the Curacy of :St. Stephen's,
Birmingham. _ _ _

Rev. H. Farish, M.A., to the Incumbency of Eccleshall,
Bierlow Yorkshire.

Rev. J. C. Gregory, late Curate of St. Clement Danes,
London, to the Incumbency of Barnard Castle, Yorkshire.
Rev. M. W. Gregory, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Roade,
near Northampton.
Rev. W. Holls, M.A., to the Rectory of Bradfield, with the
Rectory of Rushbrook annexed, near Bury St. Edmund's.
Rev. W. H. Hugel!, M.A., to the Incumbency of Tad..
dington, Derbyshire.
Rev. R. Huxtable, M. A ~ to be Prebendaryin Wells Cathedral.
Rev. W. Keene, M.A., late Haad-Master of Bishop Corrie's
Grammar School, Madras, to the Perpetual Curacy of Whitby,
Yorkshire.

Rev. F. V. Mather, to the Curacy of St. Paul, Clifton.
Rev. R. Mitchell, 8.A., to the Curacy .of Hope, near
Ca st leton, Derbyshire.
Rev. %%. B. De Moleyns, M.A., to the Curacy of Wrington,
Somerset.

Rev. A. P. Morris, M.A.,to be Morning Preacher at Arch-
bishop Tenison's Chapel, t. James's. Westminster.
Rev. G. Naylor, 8.A., to the Rectory of Rougham, near
Bury St. Edmund's.
Rev. J. P. Oliver, 8.A., to the Chaplaincy of Her Majesty's
ship Minden, . . .

Rev. C. Otway, 8.A., to the Curacy of; Stoneleigh, War-
wickshire.

Rev. F. Spurrell, M.A, to the Rectory of Faulkborn, Essex.
Rev. D. L. Williams, M.A., to the Curacy of Carnarvon.
Rev. E. Wood, MA., to the Incumbency of Bradfield, near
Sheffield.
DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

LOWER WIIITLEY.—The yard or cemetery, recently,
attached to this chapel, was• consecrated by the Bishop
of Chester, for interments, on Tuesday last, the 15th inst.
CHEADLE.—The piece of ground recently added to the
churchyard of Cheadle is to be consecrated, by the Bishop
of Chester, to-morrow, (Wednesday,) the 23rd instant.
PREFER3IENT.—The Rev. Arthur Francis Sheppard to
the Rectory of Lumplugh, in the county of Cumberland,
void by the death of the Rev. Joseph Gilbanks. Patrons,
the Trustees of the late John. Roper, Esq. Value, £256,
with a house.

The Rev. Russell Cope has been licensed to the Stipen-
diary Curacy of St. Peter's Church, Chester, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. Frederick Ford, the Rector.

THE REv. E. BOTELER CHALMER, jun., A. 8., senior
curate of Tintwistle, near Manchester, has been appointed
Association Secretary for the Northern District to the
Colonial Church and School Society.
A SEE NOT A SINECURB.—The Bishop of the Cape of
Good Hope observes that his diocese is four times as large
as Great Britain ; that many of his journeys have to be
made in a cart or on foot ; and that he is to a large extent
responsible for the support of each clergyman whom he
appoints.. Natal is 1,200 miles from his see ; Graham's
Town between 500 and 600 ; and at present the whole
population of the diocese is 800,000. He mentions one
truly astounding fact—that some English emigrants have
actually been converted to Mahomedanism by certain
Malay settlers!
PRESENTATIONS VACANT.-The Rectory of Little Sax-
horn, near Bury St. Edmund's; value, £3OO a-year ; patron
the Marquis of Bristol. The Vicarage of Bramford, near
Ipswich ; value, £lOO a-year ; patrons, the Dean and Chap-
ter of Canterbury. The Rectory of Little Plumstead, with
the Rectories of Blundall and Wilton annexed, near Nor-
wich • value, £BOO a-year ; patrons, the representatives of
the late Incumbent. The Vicarage of Neateshead, near
Coltishall; value, £240 a-year ; patron, the Bishop of
Norwich. The Rectory of Curry Mallet, Somerset ; value,
£4OO a-year ; patron, the Crown. The Rectory of Sal-
combe Regis, Devon ; value, £l5O a-year ; patrons, the
Dean and Chapter of Exeter.
THE AMERICAN CHURCH.—A letter from New York,
dated 28th ult., says :—" Since my last, our general con-
vention has met and adjourned. Its session, which was
held in this city, has now become a matter of history, and
we propose merely to give you a few remarks on its general
character, and a short summary of its acts. It may be
interesting. however, to some of your readers to learn how
the convention or council, which the American church
calls its general convention, is composed. It is composed
of two houses, sitting separately, and the concurrence of
both of which is necessary to the passage of any canon.
The upper house, which sits with closed doors, is composed
of all the bishops of our church ; and the lower, of four
clerical and four lay delegates from each diocese, who are
elected by the diocesan conventions, which meet annually,
and are composed of all the clergy canonically resident in
the diocese, and a lay delegation from each parish. The
upper house now numbers thirty-two bishops, The senior
bishop present presides, and the Rev. Dr. Balch, of Pennsyl-
vania, is its secretary. The lower house elects some pres-
byter for its presiding officer or speaker. The Rev. Dr.
Creighton, of New York, at present fills that office, with
great acceptance. The proceedings of this house are
conducted with regard to parliamentary rules • and its
proceedings are open to the publie, i.e., spectators are
allowed to occupy the gallery of the church in which it is
held, and large numbers of both sexes are usually present.
Questions in this house are often decided viva voce, but
when required by the delegation from any one diocese, the
vote is taken by orders, the clergy and laity voting sepa-
rately. The delegation from each diocese has but one vote
for either order, and a majority of both orders is required
for the passage of any qusstion. This principle, which is
observed in all our diocesan conventions, secures either
order from any undue aggression on the.part of the other.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.
—An incumbent of the diocese of Manchester draws a
doleful picture of the mode in which its affairs are admi-
nistered :—" Like other ambitious ones mentioned in
history, who prayed for a King, we once prayed for a
Bishop to be sent among us ; and we had every confidence
that as soon as the old Chester diocese should be divided,
it would be a happy day for the Church in these parts.
But I solemnly assure you, sir, and it is the almost unani-
mous feeling of the Clergy here, that the work went on
much more systematically and prosperously under the old
regime than it does now ; and that any progress which has
been made under the present system has consisted chiefly
in a more careful looking after the fees. When the present
Archbishop of Canterbury ruled over us, we never made a
reasonable request in vain, and we were never disappointed,
if once we had a promise. If he were written to, he
scarcely ever lost a post in his reply. Now, excepting in
extraordinary cases, we either get no answer at all, or it
comes so late as to be of no service, or else greatly to in-
terfere with our other arrangements. lam told, indeed,
that influential laymen, and one or two
popular preachers,
of whom the Bishop has a salutary fear
, can get anything
done they may with for at any time. - But an ordinary