The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

The queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Williaiui
Darwin. Fox, M.A., to the rectory of Delainere, in the diocese
and county of. Chester, void by the resignation of the Rev.
Bernard Moone, the last incumbent.
The Marchioness of Westminster has conferred the living of
St. Thomas's Church, Ratcliffe, vacant by the death of the late
Rev. Mr. Parkinson, upon the Rev. Mr. Stone, M.A., curate
of Prestwich.' the author of several works.
BitanFotto.-11 is in contemplation to erect a new church in.
some suitable part of this town. Measures to promote this good
work have been resolved upon by a committee, and are in
active operation. The number of sittings is intended to be not
less than twelve hundred.
WEruEtter.—There‘ was a. meeting of the inhabitants of
Wetherby, on Tuesday week, to consider. whether the present
chapel of ease should be repaired or a new one built. The
latter being agreed upon, .a subscription was set on foot .for that
purpose, and in the space of half an hour year one thousand
pounds was subscribed. From the liberal manner in which the.
inhabitants came forward, it, is to be hoped the landed pro-
prietors will also manifest their good wishes by a further sub-
scription. so that a good and substantial church may be erected;
which has been Much wanted a long time.—Fork Chronicle.
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PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Dr. French, Precenter of Christ
Church, has presented the living of Kitcullen, diocese of Dublin,
to the Rev. Mr. Sherrard, void by the death of the Rev. J.
Hardy.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been
pleased to appoint the Rev. Matthew Dawson Duffield one of
his Royal Highness's domestic chaplains.—The Rev. Georle.
Anthony Denison, M.A., has been instituted to the vicarage of
Broadwinsor, in the county of Dorset, void by the death of
the Rev. J. J. Dowland, the last incumbent: patron, the Lord
Bishop of Salisbury.—On the 27th ult.. the Rev. George
Coulcher, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was
presented by the Master and Fellows of that society to the per-.
petual curacy of Sr. Benedict. in the town of Cambridge.-70n.
the 6th instant, the Rev. Edward Robert Earle, M.A., of
Christ's College, Cambridge, was instituted to the rectory of
Wardley with Belton, in the county of Rutland, and 'diocese of
Peterborough, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Henry ,Hodges;
on the presentation of the Queen.—On Thursday, the .12th.
instant, the Rev. R. Andrews, .M.A., was instituted by the
Bishop of Ely to the vicarage of Spaldwick,,Huntingdonsiaire:
patron, the Lord Chancellor.—On the 10th instant, the Rev.
John Wetherall, M.A., was instituted
.to the rectory of 'gush-
ton All Saints, with. St. Peter's, in the County of Northampton;
and diocese of Peterborough. vacaut by the death of his father,,
the. Rev. John. Laycock We!heraU, tin the presentation of
Wiiliam Williams Hope, Esq., of Rusliton-hall.—The Rev.,
James Bradshaw Tyrwhitt, M.A., has been presented ttOthe
rectory of Claxby Pluckacre, in this county, by Hen, y Dyinoke,
Esq., of Scrivelsby Court, the patron.
'1 he consolidated vicarages of Sutton and Eisey, in the county
of Wilts, and deanery of Cricklade, are both now, vacant by the
cession of the Rev. Henry Jones Burton, the vicar and rural
dean of that deanery, who has been presented to the vicarage of
Wicken, in the county of Cambridge.-,Dorset Chronicle.

NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—We beg to direct
the attention of our readers to an advertisement in our paper of
to-day, announcing the opening of the middle portion of this,
railway in June next. The advantages which will result from
this arrangement will be found very considerable.
APPROPRIATE PRESENT.-Sir Samuel Whalley, previous to
leaving England, sent, it is said, his whole stock of strait
waistcoats as a present to the leading men among his late con-
stituents.

lie. HniktE.—The Kilkenny Journal says. that Mr. Hume's
vote against Sir George Strickiand's motion't has excited much.
dissatisfaction among his constituents, who cannot account for,
the reasons that induced him to go with ministers on this.
occasion."

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Notwithstanding the precaution professod to be adopted, more
than one lady is said to have been received at court who would
not have been received at that of Queen Charlotte or Queen
Adelaide.

The Duke of Richmond Chichester coach was overturned on
Tuesday, at Cbittingfield, through the reins breaking; and
lady, inside passenger, looking out at the tuoirlent, the coach
fell on her head, and killed her on the spot.— Bii:yhton Herald.

A " WHOLE Hoe."—There is now exhibiting, on board a
flat boat, opposite the Custom-house, the larOst specimen of
pork that we have ever seen. He is from the Buck-eye state
measures nine feet ten inches from tail to snout ; four feet seven
inches high ; and weighs one thousand six hundred pounds ! His
skin is of a peculiar kind and is covered with a thin coat, "each
particular hair" of which is as stiff as " the quills upon the fret-
ful porcupine." He is very lazy, and loves to lie upon his saw-
dust bed; but, when roused to his feet, he "roars like-a Boit
from the swellings of Jordan." If converted into bacon, be
would fill an entire smoke-house. Go and see him, fur he is
a.
hog that, "take him all iu all,.we ne'er shall look upon his like
again."—New Orleans Picayane..

SOUTH Du A m .—Th e coronation of her Majesty being fixed
for the 26th of June, and the probability of Dlr. Bowes's eleVation
to the peerage at that time, determines at on-ce the period when
the electors of South Durham may be called upon to elect a
knight of the shire, in the room of their present hon. member:
to this state of affairs, with little more than two months for de-
cision and organisation, we must continue to impress upon the
minds of the conservatives of South Durham the necessity for
prompt action, and for being instantly prepared with a suitable
candidate, whose character, influence, and talents, would do jus-
tice to their cause. It is useless forming. conservative societies
without an object, and we hope South Durham is now about to.
he roused to emancipate itself from the degrading thraldom in
which whiggery boasts it has so spell-bound it. We shall freely
give our zealous labours to the cause, and endeavour to animat—
all good conservatives in the county to a bold, unflinching, and
untiring discharge of those important duties, which their owe
prosperity, and the safety and honour of the empire, require of
all men who love freedom, and who deserve to be free.—Sunder-
land Beacon.

JEWS' ALMS HOUSES AT HAMBURG.—L. Gumpel, Esq. for-.
tnerly an eminent merchant of the city of Hamburg, has lately
founded there a range of alms houses, for 40 families of the Jew-
ish persuasion. The different dwellings are to be allotted rent
and tax free, to such members of the Jewish community as, al-
though industrious and hard working, any one living nu public
charity being excluded, may find it nevertheless difficult to raise
their rent. The charity is endowed with the necessary funds to
keep it for ever in thorough repair; and should at any, time the
income exceed the actual necessary expenditure, such surplus is
to be laid out in clouting and other necessaries, to be distributed
amongst the needy inhabitants of the alms-houses, and the poor
in general. Independent of this splendid and lasting monument
of ►heir benevolence, Mr. Gumpel and his lady have long been
known for their great and indiscriminate charity, not confined.
to any one sect or religion. Gustavus Gumpel, Esq., of the.
firm of G. Gumpel and Co., of this town, is a son of this gentle-
man.— Leeds Intelligences.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON WANSFORD RIVER.—On Thurs-
day morning Mr. Girdlestone, jun., of Stibbtngton Hall, ac-
companied by Mrs. Wing, the wife of the Rev. J. Vi ing, the
rector of Thornhangh, and their daughter, Miss Ellen
aged 20, were eujoing the beauty of the.da.y, in a pleasure-
boat ou the Nene, near Wansford. There was also iu the boat
a Wansford boy, to assist in its management. About half-past.
11, when they were at that part of tue stream, rather beyond.
Wausford Staunch, a sudden gust of wind capsized, the boat•on;
its tack,, and they were all precipitated into the Water, which,
is of a considerable depth. The accident was seen from the'
bridge, and Mr. Compton, of Water Newton, Mr. Clapham.
of Wansford, Mr. Charles Haycock, of StaMford, and „Mr.
Rawlings, of Wansford, were soon on the spot and eudeavouing
.by every means to render assistance. On arriving, they found,
that Mr. Girdlestone had reached the shore with the boy, .in a
most dreadful state of distraction, but both the ladies -)011.0ig-..
appeared. Expressing his opinion that they might stilt be under,
the boat, which. had drifted .about 100 yards from the root a hero
it first capsiied, Mr. Girdlestone swam to it, and f,,-truing a,
rope to the mast, it-was hauled to the shore, but,. this! there.
were no signs of the unfortunate ladies. Drags were try this
time procured, and other assistance obtained, when, in about
20 minutes, the body of Miss Wing floated close to the shore,
and every means were resorted to by Mr Clapham,. to, estore.
animation—but life was quite extinct. In about, 10
after, Mr. Hayctwk, who was manauing the drags. in a boat in_
the centre of the soca''', in trying the bottom with a.spyit,
.dis-
turbed, the body. of the oth.er lady, which immediately rising,:
was lifted into the 't3at,• and conveyed on shorei, but sill gyi
means that,were used proved also in this case to be-of do av
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