The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-17 00:00:00

ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.
VAcANcrss.—The vicarage of Neston, Cheshire, Ine
the death of the Rev. R. Yarker. Patrons, Dean and
Chapter of Chester ; value, £535, with a house.—St•
Stephen's Perpetual Curacy, Liverpool, by resignation of
Rev. T. S. Acland. Patrons, Rectors of Liverpool;
value, £l5O.
VISITATION. The Rev. Chancellor Raikes held
his visitation for the admission of churchwardens and
sidesmen, at Nantwich and Middlewich, on Monday, the
9th instant ; at Macclesfield and Stockport, on Tuescla3rr
the 10th ; at Knutsford and Warrington, on Wednesdays
the 11th ; at Frodsham, on Thursday, the 12th ; and St
Chester on Saturday last. To-morrow (Wednesday)' °la
18th, ho holds a visitation at Ormskirk, at eleven o'clock,
and at the parish church of St. Peter, Liverpool, at three
o'clock in the afternoon, for the like purpose.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. E. Bickersteth, M.A., Vicar of Aylesbury, to the Arch'
deaconry of Buckingham.
Rev. J. Drury, B.A. Curate of Clonmel, to the ChaphlinCY
of the barracks, and of the troops stationed in that town. a,
Rev. J. Fortescue, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy Of
Anne Bewdley, Worcestershire.
Rev. J. James, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Heading
Quarry, near Oxford, to' the Rectory of Avington. near
Hungerford.
Rev. M. Kinsey, M.A., to be British Chaplain at Dunkirk;.
Rev. C. Maxwell, 8.A., to the Rectory of Leakpatne"
diocese of Derry.
Rev. J. Mules, LL.B., to the Curacy of West WrattiaP
Cambridgeshire.
Rev. H. R. Pattinson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Rye, Susse:(l
Rev. W. F. Rawes, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of
John's, Wembley, Middlesex.
Rev. Dr. M. Vaughan, to the Incumbency of St. Jolall
Church, Angell-town, North Brixton.
Rev. T. B. Walpole, to the Curacy of St. John's, Greenoc'
Rev. S. Walton, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Fenstanton, 101)
the Curacy of Hilton, Hunts.
Rev. T. Westmorland, M.A., to the Vicarage of Leominster.
Herefordshire.
THE BISHOP OF RIPON will visit Berlin in June, 1.0
the purpose of confirming such youthful members 0
the Church of England as are prevented from celebrating
this rite in England.

THE FOUNDATION-STONE of the new diocesan trainllls
college at Exeter, will be laid on the 19th inst., by ,4
J. Kennaway. The bishop of the diocese has signified
his intention of taking a part in the important ceremonfi
THE NEW CHURCH of St. John, Angell-town, North
Brixton, the first stone of which was laid by Mr. \%
Stone, of Herne-hill, on April 21, 1852, was consecrate,'
last week by the Bishop of Winchester.

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THE REV. AUGUSTUS P. SAUNDERS, D.D., former
student and tutor of Christchurch, Oxford, and sines
Head Master of the Charterhouse School during twenty"
one years, has been appointed to the deanery of Peter'
borough, vacant by the death of the Very Reg. George
Butler, D.D.
THE FOUNDATION-STONE of a new church, dedicated
to St. Ann, was laid on Saturday week, at Sale Moor•
within four miles of Manchester. It is intended to suPPII
the spiritual needs of a large population which I,P
migrated thither from Manchester, the Altrincham R£o4
way affording a cheap and ready means of access.

CONVOCATION.—To-morrow Wednesday, has bee°
appointed for the meeting of the Convocation of the pre'
vince of York, and the proceedings will take place in the
Chapter-house of York Minster. It is not expected thS5
the archbishop will attend, but that he will delegate hi
authority to the Rev. E. C. Hawkins, and the
W. 11. Dixon, two of the canons residentiary, who i
act as his grace's commissioners.
RURIDECANAL CHAPTERS IN BANGOR DIOCESE.---AC
a meeting of the Clergy of the Deanery of
' Arfon, held ea,.
the 28th ult. at St. Mary's, Carnarvon, the Very Rev- the
Dean of Bangor, Rural Dean, in the chair, arrangement
were made for a regular cycle of meetings of the Clergle
the Deanery, for conference on matters connected with
the welfare and efficiency of the Church in their respee'
tive parishes, as well as on subjects of a more general
character ; the meetings to be held quarterly and in re'
tation at Bangor, Carnarvon, L!andwrog, and Clynneg%
the proceedings to close with a service and a sermon 01:
the Parish Church. The next meeting is to take place of
Bangor, on Thursday, the 7th of July. .
SONS OF THE CLERGY.—On Tuesday the 199th annv
versary of the Sons of the Clergy was celebrated at St'
Paul's Cathedral, the sermon being preached by Arch'
deacon Sinclair, from Thessal. v., 25. in urging the
claims of the clergy upon the laity, the archdeacon ob'
served that there were 2,000 parishes in which the income
of the clergyman was less than £l5O a year, and thence
argued that a society for assisting clergymen who werero
pecuniary distress was well deserving of support.
annual banquet took place in the evening at Merchant
Tailors' Hall, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The collet'
tion, the 1 rgest upon record, amounted, at St. Pall'9.l
to £95, at the dinner to £1,315, which, with the annual
subscriptions, and legacies and donations, made the re:
ceipts £4,168. At the next festival, being the 20°tFI
anniversary, efforts will be made to give additional in-
terest to the proceedings.
GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.—On Thursday, tbewlabli,s-
dren attending the day schools attached to St•
su-
Church presented, through Mr. Joseph White, the Rev.
perintendent of the Sunday school, their curate, t
R. Brown, on his retirement from amongst them,
handsome copy of Bagster's Polyglot Bible and Praye
book, bearing the following inscription Presented to
the Rev. Robert Brown, M.A., by the children of St'
withr a ,
Silas's Church daily schools, as a token of their esteetri
and affection, in acknowledgment of his zealous labours i. 12
promoting their temporal and spiritual welfare, and of IA
uniform kindness towards them. Numb. vi. eh. v. 24-2 E.
Liverpool, May 13, 1853." The rev. gentleman, whose
indefatigable labours amongst the poor of the district al
most exemplary, was much affected on the occasion, and
returned thanks in suitable terms. Several ladies f the
congregation were present, as were also the Rev. Messrs.
Sutton and Butler. On Sunday, also, the teachers encl,
children of the Sunday-schools evinced their love anal
regard for the Rev. gentleman by presenting him with t!
neatly bound copy of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, 001
Mr. Birk's Memoir of the late Rev. Edw. Bickersteth.