The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

The Scotch bench of bishops has lost one of its members.
Dr. Moir, diocesan of, Brechin, a gentleman of much amia-
bility, died last week. He was ordained fifty years ago,
and consecrated in 1837.

The Rev. George Henry Moore has been presented to
the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas' Church, Heyhouses,
in the county of Lancaster, and diocese of Chester, on the
nomination of Le Gendre Nicholas Starkie, of Huntroyd,
Esq.

The Rev. A. Hume, LL.D.., late of the Collegiate In-
stitution, has been appointed by the Crown to the incum-
bency of the Vauxhall district in this town, on the recom-
mendation of the Lord Bishop of Chester. For the four
years ending at midsummer last, Dr. Hume performed
the duties of curate of St. Augustine's gratuitously and
without interruption ; and during nearly three years of
this period he conducted a separate service for the poor in
the school-room of St. Augustine's district, Upper Beau-
street, the position now occupied by the Rev. H. Marlen,
of All Saints.

LIST OF PERVERTS.--We have to add to the victims of
Dr. Pusey and his confederates, at Oxford, the following :
—5B. Rev. Francis New, M.A., St. John's College, Ox-
ford, a second curate to the Rev. Mr. Dodsworth. 59.
Nicholas Darnell, Esq., M.A., Fellow of New College,
Oxford. Mr. New, whose intention to join the church of
Rome we intimated many months before he relinquished
his cure, conformed about five weeks ago to the church of
Rome ; and was followed last week by Mr. Darnell. We
believe that Mr. Darnell recorded his vote at the late Ox-
ford election in favour of Mr. Gladstone.—Church and
State Gazette.

RECONVERSION.—Miss Marriott, eldest daughter of the
Rev. Harvey Marriott, formerly rector of Claverton, near
Bath, and now vicir of Loddiswell, in the diocese of Ex-
eter, signed her abjuration of the fatal errors of Roman-
ism, through the impression made upon her mind while
in one of the Roman convents, by a simple reference to
the word of God. The document was read in her pre-
sence before the congregation assembled for the usual
public service in Trinity Church, Plymouth, on the 18th
of the present month, by the Rev. Hinton Smith, the re-
spected incumbent. He afterwards delivered an impres-
sive discourse on Luke xxiii. 31, 32, upon this deeply
solemn occasion.—Plymouth Times.

HER MAJESTY'S TOUR TO SCOTLAND

Our last publication recorded the progress of the Royal
squadron to Staffs on Friday night week. On the follow-
ing morning (Saturday) the weather was again wet and

from an early hour of approac

ng rain, the country peo-

pleeameinth the village in g

mained all night—and by 8 ci'clock the street was thronged
with chieftains in their brilliant garbs, gay ladies who not
many hours before had been threading the mystic dance,
and plain country folks clad in rude tartan or in plain
" hoddin grey." It was no longer a matter of uncer-
tainty whether the Queen should land or not. It had
been announced on the previous day, by her Majesty's ex-
press commands, that she would leave the Royal yacht,
and proceed on her way to Ardverekie Lodge, on this
morning, and the most perfect confidence was reposed on
her Majesty's well-known punctuality. Long before the
appointed hour the stands were filled with eager specta-
tors ; and great numbers stood along the shore, or occu-
pied the windows of the neighbouring houses.

b, a party

•iigivanuers, clad in the celti,
of Enniskilleners, and a posse special sonstables, were sta-
tioned at the pier-head to welcome her Majesty, and to
guard her to the Royal carriage.

On landing upon the pier (Fort William), her Majesty
was saluted by Lord Lovat, Lord Ward, Sheriff Ty tier,
and other gentlemen of the county, and loud cheers were
given by the people. The huzzas and waving of hats in-
creased to the utmost degree of enthusiasm as her Majesty
proceeded up the pier, followed by Prince Albert, who led
the Princess Royal by the hand. The Queen and her
royal consort bowed repeatedly to the people on all sides ;
and her Majesty, with the condescension which has
marked her conduct throughout the whole of the royal
progress, gave every opportunity to the assemblage of
gazing upon the features of their beloved Sovereign.
After leaving the village, the royal carriages proceeded
at a rapid pace, along the base of Ben Nevis, and were
soon far advanced on the journey to Loch Laggan.

The road from Fort William fo I
deeply-interesting country, and, to t
will afford ample food for meditation
from Fort-William the eye falls upon the grey ruins of In-
verlochy Castle, situated a little to the left of the road, on
the banks of the Lochy, noted chiefly for its being the
scene of several feudal conflicts, and for its allegel though
certainly exaggerated antiquity. Tradition, which always
loves to throw an air of mysty magnificence around myste-
rious objects, alleges that Inverlochy was the residence of
the Pictish kings when they came to hunt deer in the
neighbouring glens ; and many other stories are told of a
league which was signed here by Achaius and Charle-
magne, and of its being at one time the seat of an opulent
city, and so on. Its round towers and quadrangular for m
mble the castle built in Wales by Edward I. ; an
11 given to certain parts of the ruin, it is g
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decessor of the Itoym
cy of Stuart, and by the family
of Cumming, who bore great sway in the Highlands in
the age of Edward I. It is obvious, from the thickness of
the walls, the height of the towers, and its deep moat,
that it must have been a place of great strength; and in
the grandeur, almost princely, which still hangs about its
mouldering ruins, there is a marked superiority' to the ar-
chitectural remains of a similar kind which are commonly
met with in the Highlands.
About two miles from Fort William the road enters an

ive mora

which, together with ti.

braes o:

Lochaber, by which it i

by the floating bridge • and a little after six o'clock com-
menced to serenade the Prince, by singing in excellent
style Bishop's fine glee—" Hail ! Smiling Morn !" The
deep swell of their voices, mingled with the dulcet strain,
of the violin, resounded over the bosom of the Loch, and
was echoed back by the hills. The sweet sound fell with
delight on the ears of all who heard it. It startled the
Prince from his slumbers, and his Royal Highness,
astonished and delighted; presented his thanks to the jolly
tars. The party were afterwards entertained to breakfast,
and remained at the Lodge during the rest of the day.