The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

THE NEW YEAR.

0, happy may the New Year be—to each bring joy and bliss;
Throughout that year may all our friends know nought but
happiness;
And still, as comes to each the thought of what-was done last

year,
The Coats must needs recur to mind which those good friends
bought here.
And now, when on the wintry breeze come cold and frost and

storm,
When, chilling from the icy blast, shrinks back the shivering
form,
'Tis now the Tailor's matchless skill becomes a thing of note ;
Those friends in quick succession come to buy an Overcoat.
And many, too, o'er frozen ponds in freedom schoolboys play,
And plass in clothes' destructive games their Christmas holi-
day.
To JOSEPH HARP'S their parents come those garments to

renew :
Whose style can better be than his—whose cut can be more
true 7
And far away to distant climes the Emigrants will speed t
Well may the Emigrants, their ships, their captains, too,
succeed !
But, ere they leave old Liverpool, to .1. EARP'S Mart they hie :
What Mart, to suit their many wants, can better goods supply?
A blithe New Year for one and all I Whatever fate they see,
If J. EARP'S wishes are fulfilled, their lot will happy be;
And oft he trusts his many friends in future years to meet,
And sell them many another coat, at No. 3, CHURCH-STREET.

EFFECTS OP FRIGHT.--A few days since a person at
Bordeaux, finding one of his chimneys out of order, sent
for a sweep to remedy the evil. A boy went up and swept
it, but it still smoked, and his master then determined to
ascend himself, as he had formerly done. Unfortunately
he had forgot that since he had become a master sweep he
had acquired a degree of corpulency which rendered him
rather unfit for such a work, and the result was, that on
arriving at an elbow in the chimney he became jammed
in, and could neither advance nor recede. After making
ineffectual struggles for some time, he became much
alarmed, and cried loudly for assistance. The people of
the house hearing him, ascended the roof, and, letting
down a rope, succeeded, after some difficulty, in releasing
him from his unpleasant position. As may be supposed,
he was black from head to foot from the soot, but his hair,
which before had been rather dark, was turned quite
white from the extreme fright he had undergone.
AN OLD SOLDIER'S TALL—A curious statistic of the
mass of fire brought by the enemy on our troops, during
the siege of eleven days, from 48 pieces of ordnance, is
given in Jones's " Sieges in Spain." He states that
21,000 rounds of shell and shot were launched against our
approaches. Confined as these were in space, and narrow
in dimensions, it was astonishing, from the concentrated
direction of the missiles, that our casualties were not
greater. Now, supposing all these to have occurred from
the cannonade only, which was very far from being the
case, and transferring the cause of loss of those who fell
on this occasion from musketry, the bayonet, and mines,
to the enemy's artillery alone, we should then have some
five men killed or wounded for about every hundred rounds
of cannon shot or shell fired. From the above circum-
stance I may be allowed to state to the uninitiated, how
much more numerically destructive is the fire of musketry
to that of round shot and shell. In confirmation of this
I will here recite the following remarks made on the
subject by other authorities. At Cambrai, in 1817, at a
dinner at the Duke of Wellington's, I heard Sir George
Wood (then chief of artillery to the army of occupation in
Prance) state, that in Lord Howe's great action on the Ist
of June, two barrels and a half of gunpowder were fired
for every man killed or wounded. Ay," said the duke,
taking up the conversation, "and at Trafalgar, where
about 25,000 British sailors were engaged, under 1,300
were killed and wounded, while at Talavera de la Reyna,
out of an army of 19,000 men I lost 5,000 principally by
musketry." The duke, whose economy in action of the
life of his troops was well known to us, merely meant to
state a simple fact in illustration of the effects of the
different species of fire. He hated a " butcher's bill,"
and never made one if he could possibly avoid it. To
quote his own words, in writing to the relative of one
of his personal staff who fell at Waterloo, speaking of
the victory gained, he says, " the glory resulting from
such actions, so dearly bought, is no consolation to me."
Among other random recollections, I noted the above
conversation at the time ; it is more forcibly brought
to my mind, as I well remember a feat of endurance
of fatigue which I performed at the same period. I
had reached Cambrai at a quarter past two p.m.
that day, with despatches for the duke from
our ambassador, Lord Stuart de Rothsay, at Paris. After
' a ball, I quitted the embassy at half-past three the same
morning ; was in my saddle by four, and rode the distance
of 22 French posts (or 110 English miles) franc drier in
ten hours and a quarter; delivered my despatches ; dined
at head quarters, by the duke's invitation ; attended that
night another ball at the Hotel de Ville ; had an early
field day the following morning, played a cricket match
against the garrison of Valenciennes, succeeded in getting
60 runs ; attended a lively dinner under a tent, which,
somehow or other, lasted till sunrise the following day,
and was, after all, fresh and fit for duty, as if I had done
nothing. From the example of energy of mind and acti-
vity of body set before us by our great chief, we were all,
from spirit, training, and emulation, ready for, and up to,
anything by night or day, in " camp, or court, or grove."
—Recollections of Campaign under the Puke qf Wel.
iington, in Bentley's Miscellany,

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

PREPERILENTS.—The Rev. Charles Andley Assheton
Craven has been licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of the
Parish of Liverpool, on the nomination of the Venerable
Archdeacon Brooks, the Rector. The Rev, Henry James
Wilkinson has been licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Windermere, on the nomination of the Rev. Sir Richard
Fleming, Baronet, the Rector. The Rev. Henry Cooke
has been licensed to the Stipendiary
.Curacy of St.
Matthew's Church, Liverpool, on the nomination of the
Rev. H. B. W. Hillcoat, the Incumbent.
ItICENSED ROO3l FOR DIVINE SERVICE,—The Bishop
has licensed a Room at No. 38, Regent-road, Liverpool,
for, the performance of Divine Services, for the accommo-
dation of the inhabitants residing in that part of the
Parish.

NE W CHURCII—On Thursday, January 5, a new church
was consecrated at Northwood, in the parish of Rinslip, a
hamlet distant three miles from the parish church, and on
the borders of the parishes of Rickmansworth and Wat-
ford, and the district assigned to the new consolidated
chapelry is composed of portions of the three parishes.
The edifice, which is a little more than a mile distant from
Moor-park, has been built by subscription. Lord R.
Grosvenor, in whom the patronage is vested, has given
the ground and endowed it. Although the district is in
the two dioceses of London and Rochester, the ceremony
of consecration was performed by the Bishop of London,
on account of the building being situate within the county
of Middlesex. The Bishop was entertained by Lord R.
Grosvenor, at Moor-park, on the previous day, but was
obliged to return home after the termination of the ser-
vice. An evening service was performed, when the ser-
mon was preached by the Rev. Henry Loring, rector of
Cobham ; and on the following day, being the Epiphany,
lectures were delivered after both morning and evening
service by the Rev. Joseph Baylee, D.D., principal of the
college at Birkenhead. The church, which is intended to
accommodate 30() persons in nave and chancel, is in the
early decorated style.
THREATENED REMOVAL Or LONDON CHITROUES.—
Pull down ! level the churches !is the cry. Why Be-
cause the population of London has become so small that
they are useless, and may be transferred to the suburbs.
Stop a moment. By " special command from the Right
Honourable the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council,"
the population of the several wards appears to have been
taken in August, 1631 (7 Charles I.), and the number,
including the liberty of Southwark (18,650), was 130,268.
This may, therefore, be taken as a fair statement of what
the population of London was at the time of the fire.
Now it was 128,269 in 1801, and 127,869 in 1851. Long
previous to the fire of London, there were, according to
the London topographer Fitzstephen, in London and the
suburbs, thirteen churches belonging to convents, besides
126 parish churches. These latter, no doubt, continued
until the fire, which destroyed upwards of eighty at once :
before this fire, London must have appeared a forest of
steeples. Only thirteen of the present structures escaped
its ravages, and thirty-four of the old churches were never
rebuilt. Surely it cannot be intended to remove any of
the thirteen which are now existing. Will not every citi-
zen of London respond to an appeal for his churches ?
Shall it be said in the nineteenth century, and shall it go
forth to the world, that in London, the first city in the
universe, thirty Protestant churches are to be destroyed at
once !--The Builder.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. J. T. Bennett, Sub-dean of St. Paul's Cathedral,
and Vicar of Barling, Essex. to the Rectory of St. Mary
Aldermary and St. Thomas the Apostle.
Rev. G. M. Braune, MA., Vicar of Wiston, Yorkshire, to
the Ministry of Long-acre Chapel.
Rev. H. A. Barrett, M.A., to the Rectory of Chedgrave,
near Beccles, Norfolk.
Rev. H. F. Bacon, M.A., to the Vicarage of Castleton,
Derbyshire.
Rev. E. Bagley, M.A., to the Vicarage of Woburn, Bed-
fordshire.
Rev. F. Bennett, M.A., to the Vicarage of Shrewton, near
Devizes.
Rev. F. Broome, M.A., to the Rectory of Adderley, near
Market Drayton, Shropshire.
Rev. G. Burd, M.A., to the Rectory of Sheinton, Shropshire.
Rev. H. Caddell, W.A., to the Rectory of Atwick, near Hull.
Rev. B. W. Coghian, M.A., to the Curacy of Charbury, near
Montgomery.
Rev. A. P. Cust, 8.A., to the Rectory of Cheddington, near
Aylesbury.
Rev. H. Dale, M.A., to the Rectory of Wilby, near North-
ampton.
Rev.. T. Z. Davies, M.A., to the Curacy of Sallattyn,
Shropshire.
Hon. and Rev. A. Douglas, to the-Rectory of Curry Mallet,
Somerset.
Rev. W. A. Frith, to the Curacy of St. Nicholas, Warwick.
Rev. Dr. R. B. East, to the Curacy of Madeley, near
Hereford.
Rev. M. S. Edgell, M.A., to the Curacy of Camberwell,
Surrey.
Rev. E. Ferrier, M.A., to the Curacy of Northam. South-
ampton.
Rev. H. M. Fletcher, M.A., to the Rectory of North Stoke,
Somerset.
Rev. S. H. Garsford, 8.A.; to the Curacy of Kirk Deighton,
near Wetherby
Rev. W. Gell, M.A., to the Vicarage of Polloxhill, Bed-
fordshire.
Rev. F. Et Gourrier, 8.C.L., to the Incumbency of Christ
Church, Clapham.
Rev. J. Griffiths, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church,
Brighton.
Rev. J. Gratrix, M.A., to the Vicarage of Kensworth,
Hertfordshire.
Rev. G. Harrison, M.A., to the Rectory of Sutcombe, near
Holsworthy, Devonshire.
Rev. J. Hart, M.A., to the Rectory of Sonaerby, near Drigg.,
Lincolnshire. •
nee. ts. naves, hI.A., tO the Incumbency of Tunstall,
Staffordshire.
Rev. W. Hooper, M.A., to the Incumbency of Mariansleigh,
near Southampton.
Rev. M. Jefferys, M.A., to the Rectory of South Thoresby,
near Alford.
Rev. W. Jephson,' M.A., to the Rectory of Hinton, Wal-
dron, Berkshire.
Rev. J. W. T. Lee, M.A., to an Asssistant Curacy at Honi-
ton.
Rev. T. G. M. Lucock, MA., to the Incumbency of Little
Berwick, Shrewsbury.
Rev. J. D. Massingham, M.A., to. the Incumbency of St.
Paul's, Derby.
Rev. S. B. Maughan, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Widdrington,
near Morpeth.
Rev. W. L. Morgan, MA., to the Incumbency of Bradshaw,
Yorkshire.
Rev. H. Munn, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ
Church, Nailsea, Somerset.
Rev. S. Newall, M.A., to the Rectory of Clifton-upon-
Dunsmore, Warwickshire.
Rev. C. Nutt, M.A., to the Vicarage of East Harptree,
Somerset.
Rev. B. S. Pattrick, M.A., to the Rectory of Weston Be-
gard, near Hereford.
Rev. J. L. Prior, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of
Rosse, to the Rectory of Papplewick, near Nottingham.
Rev. G. Rainer, M.A., to the Vicarage of Ninfield, near
Battle, Sussex.
Rev. Dr. Rowley, to the Rectory of Willey, near Broseley,
Salop.
Rev. H. C. Seller, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Trull,
Somerset.
Rev. S. G. Selwyn, M.A., to the Vicarage of Milton Cleve-
don, Somerset.
Rev. M. Shaw, M.A., to the Curacysf Bulmer. Essex.
Rev-. W. Smith, to the Incumbency of Cowick, near Snaith,
Yorkshire.
Rev. H. F. Strangways, M.A., to the Rectory of Kilming.
ton, Somerset.
Rev. J. H. R. Sumner, MA., to the Rectory of Brasted,
near Sevenoaks.
Rev. E. Synge, M.A., to the Incumbency of Trinity Church,
Matlock.
Rev. R. J. S. Valentine,B.A., to the Incumbency of Trinity
Church, Portsea.
Rev. F. J. Walker, M.A., to the Rectory of Finmere, Ox-
fordshire.
Rev. C. J. Westropp, M.A., to the Incumbency of Hon-
ningbam, Warwickshire.
Rev. J. Woolley, 8.D., to the Incumbency of St. George's,
Portsea.

LICENSES TO CtrnAcins.—By the Bishop of London
The Revs. J. W. Hammond, M.A., to St. Martin's-in-the-
Fields ; Simon G. Fraser, 8.A., to Grosvenor Chapel ;
M. Church, BA., to Curzon Chapel, May-fair; R. W.
Bush, M.A., to St. Marylebone ; T. Macintyre, BA., to
St. Dunstan's-in-the-West; W. H. Foy, 8.A., to St.
Simon Zelotes, Bethnal-green; A. C. Smith, 8.A., to St.
Andrew's, Holborn ; J. K. Stuart, M.A., to St. Bride's,
Fleet-street ; H. A. Rawes, M.A., to St. Bartholomew's,
Moorfields ; T. Woolley, 8.A., Bedford Episcopal Chapel,
Bloomsbury ; R. Bingham, M.A., to St. Mary's, Maryle-
bone ; J. Hillnaer,M.A., to Regent-square Chapel.

TUB CONVOCA.TION oa Yonit will meet in the Chapter-
house at York, immediately after Divine Service, in the
Minster, on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1. The Canon in
residence (Rev. W. Vernon Harcourt) will preside as
Commissioner for the Archbishop.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1854.