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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

VERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 185,1.

men forward to their full capacities. And yet it is
this poor progress which just now it is-the fashion
to exalt and cry up. Men have pulled down their
barns and built greater, and multiplied their cities,
and magnified their resources. But our home
parishes, our colonies, and distant missionary
settlements, bear witness that there is a great lack
somewhere of the liberality and self-denying energy
which should characterise a prosperous Christian
country.—Allorninj Post.

EDUCATION IN INDIA.—Most of the crying
abominations of Indian mis-rule have been one by
one abolished, since the actual Government passed
away from Leadenhall-street to Cannon-row. The
practice of requiring soldiers to fire salutes in
honour of idols, is, we believe, not yet obsolete,
although Sir PEREGRINE. MAITLAND'S resignation
of his command at Madras, was the means of call-
ing public attention to a practice which could not
bear the light of day. But it is in regard to
Christian education, that the Government in India
is now most worthy of censure. To give no educa-
tion at all was the object of the Company when
merchandise was its chief pursuit. Mr. WILBER-
FORCE'S efforts to surmount these prejudices were
at first circumscribed by the manceuvres of the
Directors ; and when after thirty years' continuance
of Mr. PITT'S double form of Government., Parlia-
ment interfered, it was only to compel the Govern-
ment to give £lO,OOO a-year for the education of a
people paying no less than fifteen millions in taxes.
We have no confidence in any scheme of education
likely to be proposed by Mr. BRIGHT, but it was
humiliating to hear him say, and say with truth,
before the House of Commons, that the City of
Manchester; with 400,000 inhabitants, expended
yearly twenty times as much, "in improvements
for the benefit of the people," as the India Company
had expended for the education of the millions and
millions of human beings committed to their care.
—Record. '

of Montenegrins, which had passed the night in a
-convent on the frontiers of the nahia Piperska (probably
Piperi), at break of day fell upon the van, while a
stronger cerrps took the Turks in the rear. Omer Pasha
attempted to bring his artillery to bear upon the enemy,
but this, owing to the nature of the ground, was soon
found to be impossible. The Turkish General had
calculated on finding Osman Pasha's corps at Dioklea
(the birth-place of the Emperor Diocletian), hut that
commander, it appears, had already been obliged to
evacuate Montenegro. Half-dead with fatigue, the troops
pushed on to a place called Rogani, which they did not
reach till after midnight. The Montenegrins did not lose
eight of the retreating corps for a single moment, although
bodies of horse were continually sent out to disperse
them. On the approach of the cavalry the Montenegrins
threw themselves flat on the ground, and fired with such
deadly effect that the Turks, who did not know where to
seek the enemy, became confused and dismayed. During
the following night the Montenegrins threw up strong
entrenchments, and as the Mnssulmans marched in the
morning towards Beni, they were exposed to a most
galling fire. As the inhabitants of the mountainous
districts of the Berda nallias continually poured in to the
assistance of their countrymen, it wain vain that fierce
attempts were made to force the entrenchments. Late in
the evening of the 26th the Pasha succeeded in reaching
Podgorizza with his worn-out troops. The loss on the
part of the Turks must have b3en very great, as the line
of retreat was strewed with their dead bodies. The
bodies of 1,913 horses, which had fallen victims to the
inclemency of the weather, have been counted on the
table-land of Grahovo. -

AMERICA.—By the United States mail steam-ship
Humbchlt, which touched off Cowes, on Thursday night.
en route for Havre, we have accounts from New York
to the 13th instant, being four days later.
On the 13th instant. when fifteen miles east of Sandy
Hook, the Humboldt spoke the British and North Ame-
rican mail-steamer Africa, bound in, and then fifteen days
out from Liverpool.
The screw steam-ship Glanovv arrived at New York,
from the Clyde, on the 12th instant.
On the 20th instant, in fait, 48.30, long. 29.23, the
Humboldt passed the wreck of a• large ship with mainmast
gone a few feet above the deck, fore and mizen masts
gone below the tops ; the bulwarks were gone and the
decks swept. She appeared to, be waterlogged. Her
model appeared to be English.
The American papers are chiefly occupied with accounts
of the prt,ceedings in the senate at Washington, and of
the immense intriguing going on at the capital by the
swarms of office-seekers who are laying diligent siege to
the new President and his cabinet.

Intelligence from New Orleans, of the 9th instant,
says :—Cotton has been in brisk demand-during the last
four days, the sales reaching 54,000 bales-. The increased
receipts at all the southern ports over the same time last
year now amount to 529,000 bales. Prices•are firm.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

Prffertnents • The Rev. Thomas Joyce Whittington has
been instituted to the Rectory of Lowton' in the county
of Lancaster, void by the death of the Rev. J. Pennington ;
patron, for this turn, the Rev. J. J. Hornby, Rector of
Winwick.—The Rev. J. W. Kewley, to the Stipendiary
Curacy of Wavertree, in the county of Lancaster, on the
nomination of the Rev. Wm. Badnall, the Incumbent.—
The Rev. Philip Raulin Robin, to the Stipendiary Curacy
of Woodchurch, in the county of Chester, on the nomina-
tion of the Rev. Joshua King, the Rector.—Consecration
at Lowton : The addition to the church-yard of the parish
of Lowton, in the county of Lancaster, was consecrated by
the Bishop of Chester, on Wednesday last. Prayers were
read by the Rev. T. J. Whittington, the newly-instituted

• Rector.
PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. A. D. Abbott, to the Curacy of Beccles, Suffolk,
Rev. F. J. Ald rich, to the Rectory of Stanningfield,Su Ik.
Rev. T. H. Ball, to the Curacy of Illackrod Lancashire.
Rev. J. L. Balfour, M.A., to the Mastership of the Kepler
Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham.
Rev. H. Bewsher, to the Rectory of Knaresdale, Northum-
berland.
Rev. G. Burmester, M.A., Rector of Little Oakley, Essex, to'
be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Surrey.
Rev. J. Carroll, to be Chaplain to the Belfast Lunatic Asylum.
Rev. J. Cautley, 8.A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Cam-
bridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.
Rev. J. W. Charlesworth, M.A, Curate of Sedgford, near
King's Lynn, to the Vicarage of Heacheni, Norfolk.
Rev. A. W. Chatfield, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of
Herefordshire.
Rev. A. Coda, 8.A., Curate of Witham, Essex, to the Rec-
tory of Hawridge, Bucks.
Rev. C. NV. Doherty. M.A., to be Doinestic Chaplain to the
Marquis of Ely.
Rev. T. Emerson, of Bishop Hatfield's. Hall, Durham, to the
Vicarage of Allendale, Northumberland.
Itev.G. de Guille, 31. A., to the Rectory of Little Torrington;
Devon.
Rev. J. Flower, to the-Curacv of St. Paul. Huddersfield.
Revf J. Goodacre. LLB., Curate of Wilby-with-Hargliam,
near East Harding, Norfolk, to the Rectory of those parishes.
Rev. It. Griffith, M.A., to. the Rectory of Wiaterhorne Gun-
ner, Wilts.
Rev. E. Gurdon, 31. A„ to he Chaplain to the Sheriffof Essex.
Rev. S. G. Harris. late Assistant Curate of Diptt'ord, Devon,
to the Assistant Curacy of Menheniot, near Liskeard;Cormvall.
Rev. G. B. Hill, 8.A., Curate of Melton Mowbray, tcrthe In-
cumbency of the Chapelries of Burton Lazars, Sysonby,- and
Welhy, Leicestershire.
Rev. J. Hope, M.A., to the Curacy of Copley, Yorkshire.
Rev. J. R. P. Hoste, 8.A., to the Rectory of Stanhow, in
Norf3lk.
Rev..R. Jenkyn, to the Curacy of Maynor, Merthyr Ttttvii.
Rev. B. -Tones, to the Curacy of Ll•anymowddwy,
Rev. F. King.-8.D., Senior Curate of Oswestry, Salop, to the.
Benefice of Sr. Patrick's, Newry.
Rev. T.G.. Livingstone, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bloxhani).
near Barrhury.
Rev. C. S.:Lock, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy. of St. 80,
tolph, Colchester.
Rev. T. D. Milner, LL.B., to be Domestic Chaplain to the-
Earl of Carlisle;
Rev. J. S. Reeves, to the Rectory of Caheragh, in the diocese •
of Cork.
Rev. C. P. Reichel, Professor of Queenra College, Belfast, to
be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Rev. W. Taylor,-31.A., to the Rectory of Swinnerton, Stat. -
fordshire.
Rev. W. Turpin, A.M., Incumbent of Ballycommon, King's
County, to the Living of Clara.
Rev. J. Webb, ALA., Master of the Endowed Hospital, Ra-
vensbourne. Ashby.de la Zouch, to the Rectory and Vicarage
of Culworth, Northamptonshire.
Rev. G. F. Weston, 31. A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of
Westmoreland.
Rev. T. H. Wilkinson, 8.A., late Assistant Ciirate of Dawn-
try, to the Incumbency of Grosmont, near Whitby, Yorkshire.
Rev. W. R. Williams, M.A., to be Vice-Principal of the
Training Institution; Carnarvunshire.
Rev. H. J. G. Young, to the Rector of Hollesley, Suffolk.

THE DEAN OF LINCOLN is suffering from a rather
severe attack of bronchitis.

DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. - Prqfermettizt. —On
Tuesday, at the Diocesan Registry, the Bishop of Man-
chester licensed the Rev. J. Homan, M.A., to the-Perpetual
Curacy of Ellel, near Lancaster, vacant by the death of
Rev. Robert Thompson, on the nomination. of Rev.
Francis Hill Sewell, Vicar of Cockerham, the patron.—
Resignation.—The Rev. Henry George Price hasresizned
the incumbency of St. James's, Heywood, in the gilt of
the Bishop of Chester..

THE SEE OF LINCOLN.—Tbe Rev. Dr. Jackson, Rec-
tor of St. James's, Westminster, was on Thursday .unani-
mously elected by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln
Bishop of that diocese, rendered vacant by the death of
Dr. John Kaye, in virtue of her Majesty's conge crelire,
empowering and recommending them to elect the rev.
gentleman to the vacant see.
THE REV. ALFRED HAMILTON, late curate of St.
Barnabas, in this town, has been presented with a piece
of plate, as a testimonial of respect and affection, by the
parishioners of Silsoe, Beds, on his leaving there, and
on his appointment to the incumbency of Mellipont,
Ireland, by the Marquis of Drogheda.
THE CHURCH IN THE SOUTH SEAS.—The friends of
the Melanesian Mission will be rejoiced to hear that the
Bishop of New Zealand returned in good health and spi-
rits to St. John's College, Auckland, October 19, 1852;
after a voyage of exactly four months, to and among the
Solomon Isles and New Hebrides. He was received
everywhere gladly, and treated with the utmost kindness,
and no where more so than at Eromango, where Williams
lost his life, and at Mallicolo, where he himself was
exposed to so much danger last year. He has brought
home with him to St. John's College for education twenty-
two Lays and two girls, and might have brought hundreds,
had he had the means of conveyance and maintenance.