The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The number of new churches erected during the last 30
years is estimated at from 1,100 to 1,400.
The Precenthrship of Gloucester Cathedral, vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. E. Webb, has been filled up
by the appointment of the Rev. E. K. Luscome. The
minor canonry will be filled up on the 31st inst.—Church
and State Gazette.

The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is en-
gaged in raising a special fund for the purpose of securing
the services of a clergyman or schoolmaster on board the
emigrant ships which are now every week proceeding to
Australia. A library of religious, educational, and enter-
taining books is provided for each ship by the Coloniza-
tion Commissioners, who also undertake to give a free
cabin passage to each clergyman or teacher, of a superior
class, who shall be approved of by them as schoolmaster
to the emigrants.
PROPOSED INCREASE OF THE INDIAN EPISCOPATE.—
It is rumoured that as soon as circumstances will admit,
the present diocese of Calcutta is to be subdivided,•by the
erection of a Bishopric of Agra, stretching over the Pun-
jaub. A large number of additional Clergymen are to be
sent out, and will be maintained by the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The Vene-
rable Thomas Dealtry, B.C.L, formerly Archdeacon of
Calcutta, and at present Minister of St. John's Episcopal
Chapel, Bedford-row, is mentioned as the first Bishop of
the new diocese. A second new Bishopric is to be erected
in Tinnevelly, in the present diocese of Madras, where
there are about 14,000 native converts under instruction
in the Propagation Society's Missions ; besides nearly
12,000 more in the new Missions in the diocese of Madras.
The Bishopric of Tinnevelly will probably be conferred on
the Venerable Archdeacon Shortland, 8.D., who, in addi-
tion to his Episcopal duties, will have the supervision of
the Collegiate Grammar-schools at Vediarpooram and
Sawyerpooram, with a view to train up a body of native
Clergy and catechists.
NEW BISHOPRICS IN INDIA.—It is intended, as soon
as circumstances will admit, to subdivide the present
enormous diocese of Calcutta, and to erect a bishopric of
Agra, stretching over the conquered Punjaub. A large
number of additional clergymen will be sent out, and will
he maintained by the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts. It is stated that the first bishop
of the new diocese will
mini.t
be the
of
Ven.st. Tjohhonm,sasEDpiesaclotpryal,
8.C.L., the officiating
Chapel, Bedford-row. Mr. Dealtry held for many years
the archdeaconry of Calcutta. A second new bishopric
will be erected in Tinnivelly, which is at present under
the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Madras. Within
the last three years there have been built, in one single
district of the Tinnivelly mission (Edeyencoody), four
large and seven small churches, with accommodation for
2,940 worshippers, four central and ten village schools,
calculated to hold 680 boys and girls. There are about
14,000 native converts under instruction in the Propaga-
tion Society's missions in the province of Tinniv,elly, and
nearly 12,000 in the new missions in the province of-Tin-
nivelly will be conferred on the Ven. Archdeacon Short-
land, 8.D., who, in addition to his episcopal duties, will
have the supervision of the collegiate grammar-schools at
Vediarpooram and Sawyerpooram, with a view to train up
a body of native clergy and-cate-chists. To these institu-
tions several foundation scholarships are attached. At
Vediarpooram there are at present upwards of fifty native
students, and at Sawyerpooram one hundred and forty
boys and young men.

CHURCH STATISTICS OF JAMAICA.—The following
statements are taken from the bishop's reply to an address
presented to him by the clergy of the diocese :—" Under
the teaching of the several pastors throughout the diocese,
not fewer than ten thousand persons have been presented
to me in my second visitation to be confirmed ; sixteen
new churches, and as many burial grounds, have been
consecrated. Within the six years since my translation
to the see of Jamaica, the clergy have been increased by
nearly a fifth of their number, whilst the general popula-
tion has slightly decreased. The present ecclesiastical
establishment cousists of four archdeacons, twenty-seven
rectors, fifty island (or perpetual) curates, three colonial
chaplains, and twenty-nine stipendiary curates or mis-
sionaries, all residing and ministering at their several
stations in the diocese. Our schools are one hundred and
ten in number, and afford instruction commonly on the
national system, and everywhere under the vigilant super-
intendence of the clergy, to 7,500 pupils, principally the
children of the poor. The want of a college or fsemin-
ary in this large and once opulent colony is universally
admitted and deplored."
INTERESTING PROTESTANT ESTABLISHMENT. We
give in another column a short notice of five sermons re-
cently published by the Rev. C. J. Furlong, minister of
Trinity Church, Boulogne-sur-Mer. The church in
which Mr. Furlong is the highly-respected minister is
connected with so many interesting associations that a
short sketch cannot but be interesting to every Church-
man. The building, which now administers so efficiently
to the spiritual wants of the British residents at Boulogne-
sur-Mer was built in the early part of the 17th century,
and formed a part of a considerable estate, consisting of a
spacious convent, church, cloisters, gardens, grounds,
and wood,—of which all that remains (with the exception
of some traces still to be observed in the adjacent houses
and gardens) is the church in question, denuded of its
lofty square tower,—the base of which is still distinctly
visible. It was built by Raoul, of the noble house of
De Lannog, of Flanders origin. When perfected for its
intendod purpooco, the proporty umq subsequently con-
signed to the uses of the mendicant Friars of the order or
St. Francis, who were styled " Capucius," from the hood
or capuchou affixed to their ample robes. On the intro-
duction of the Capucius and Ursaitno nuns into the dio-
cese of Boulogne, Jean Dolee, the second bishop thereof,
dedicated 'the Chapel of Capuceu seminary to holy pur-
poses, by the name of his own cathedral in the upper
town—" Notre Dame de Boulogne." It is somewhat re-
markable in connexion with the purposes for which the
Chapel of" Notre Dame" is now serving under the name
of "Trinity Church," that Pierre de l'Angle, who made
his solemn entry into Boulogne as Bishop, in 1699, may
be said to have been a Protestart,—indeed, his great
uncle, Claude de l'Angle, was a Protestant minister. He
certainly deprived the Capucius of many of their privi-
leges ; and it is recorded that on the door of the house
where he lodged, at Calais, after a confirmation held there,
was found written in the morning, "a l'lndel Geneve,"—
words evidently intended to denote his Protestant ten-
dencies. 120 years, however, elapsed since a bishop
officiated within 'these walls. The revolutionary storm
which burst over France in the latter years of the past
century, both annihilated the noblesse of the Lannoy
family and the Seminary of the Capacius ; their retreat
was confiscated, and sold to those who built the streets
and alleys now covering its site, and the church itself
variously converted from time to time into a saltpetre
manufactory ; a military hospital—an " atelier d'ouvriers
militaires," and finally into a government repository for
common salt. At length the light of Heaven was once
more permitted to shine through its sacred casements.
The admirable situation and proportions of the empty
and abandoned edifice for the purposes of a British Pro-
testant Church had for some time attracted the attention
of the English residents in Boulogne, and suggested many
an application to the proprietor, whose terms precluded
the possession of the wished-for prize. However, in the
spring of 1847, Mr. Furlong, who had no thought of the
undertaking, was induced by the importunity and promise
of friends to comply with their wishes and renew the at-
tempt ; and after a very considerable expense had been
incurred—rendered heavy in consequence of the action of
the salt on the floor and walls—the task advancing rapidly
and cheerfully. Tn August, 1847, the Church of the Holy
Trinity was opened for divine worship according to the
rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, and the
Rev. R. Burgess, rector of Chelsea, (who has very recently
visited Liverpool,)preached a sermon on the auspicious
occasion to a crowded and attentive congregation. On
the left hand of the church at the entrance is a deep re-
cess, or transept, forming one arm of a cross, which has
been named St. Mary's. Chapel, and beyond this, a door
leads into the spacious vestry. At the far S. E. extremity,
and facing the entrance-door, are the ample tables, with
the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Commandments,
in deep blue and gold, rising in elegant proportions nearly
to the cornice, and extending, on either side, somewhat
beyond the neatly railed-off space devoted to the services
of the Holy Communion. On the right hand side of the
Church, opposite to St. Mary's Chapel, and where the
ancient once existed, are placed the reading desk'
and pulpit, commanding every seat in the building. Over
the entrance has been erected a spacious gallery, which,
with the exception of the portion required for the organ
and choir, is entirely devoted to free sittings. Shortly
after the urch was opened, the Lord Bishop of London
signified his intention of holding a confirmation at Bou-
logne, but indisposition preventing him, his lordship em-
powered the Right Rev. Bishop Coleridge to officiate in
his stead, who, accompanied by the Chaplain of the
Bishop of London, on the 19th of October, confirmed 174
young persons at Trinity Church,—exactly 127 years after
Bishop De l'Angle had held a confirmation in the church.
The solemn and interesting ceremony was attended by
nearly all the resident clergy, the French and English
authorities, and the principal French and English in the
town and neighbourhood. The native population thronged
the porch. the garden, and the street, and were much and
favourably impressed by the sight of this solemn rite of
our reformed and truly Catholic Church. We have heard
it stated, on such authority as we can place implicit re-
liance, that so impressed are numbers of the French Re-
monists with the beauty and simplicity of our Liturgy,
and the ceremonies of our church, that they have stated
it as their conviction that if it were generally adopted
numbers would embrace it ! And what would appear to
substantiate this, is the fact, that when Bishop Coleridge
was leaving Trinity Church, after the confirmation, some
of the people knelt down and asked him to bless them !
We are induced to mention these facts as an encourage-
ment to missionary exertions everywhere, and not because
we are at all surprised that the simplicity of our beautiful
Liturgy should produce such an effect,—in contrast to the
mummeries daily practised before their eyes. Trinity
Church, from that period to the present, has progressed,
under the Divine Blessing, beyond the speculations of its
warmest supporters, being well attended by resident sub-
scribers, and greatly resorted to by strangers ; and even
during the temporary confusion attendant on the recent
changes from a monarchical to a republican form of go-
vernment, there were found 130 devout Communicants
kneeling at the Table of the Lord.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

THE READING ELECTlON.—Appearances promise a
contest for this seat. Besides Sir John Hare, Mr. John
Frederick Standford, of Foley House, Portland-place,
London, has announced himself a candidate upon " mode-
rate Liberal" principles. Mr. George Bowyer, of North-
court House, Abingdon, and a magistrate for the county,
is also in the field upon the Liberal interest.
CLOSE OF THE SESSION.—The end of the session
may now at length be fixed with some degree of certainty.
By force of sitting every night and almost all the days
during the past week, the House of Commons has got

July 31

be#
through the indispensable measures left over, ee/
of the session. The Lords will sit Tuesday 0
day. The Commons will not sit to-morrow,
_lbest,
quence of ,a court io be held at Osborne house, 14,h0,
presence of the ministers will be required:
ttSt
sit, however, on Tuesday to dispose of the bills weal
await the final stage of the lower house, and oO4.RjU
day it is confidently expected that Parlia men"
prorogued for the session of 1849.-Observer. efr:
The Carlton and Conservative Clubs are ahesstsejs;
funds to prosecute the petition against Bardnl:peet•
Mr. Mrangham, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Meres,,:lo.ls7s
'
retained for the petition ; and Mr. Hill, Mr. o°"0 toy
and Mr. Compton to defend the return of Bar°
child. 1)1°
ao IS
REPRESENTATION OF BOSTON.-There-re - tw
see)
candidates in the field for the honour of ILP-C
Boston in place of Sir James Duke. They 'of v
W. Wire and Capt. D. A. Pelham (the brother
itlo
Yarborough).
REPRESENTATION OF READING.--We tind,fi Pc%
Mr. C. Russell, chairman of the Great Wester-saS"
and one of the late members for the borougue.rds?y
invited to come forward as the Conservative eiSisa
It is doubtful, however, whether the new .4
issued this session.
MR. COBDEN AND PEACE.-011t Or Pi 1,0,1, sniteeet CiF
,Iff
sd
have been, this week, a few notable Peitati.l,o
among which, perhaps not the least, is inere,le
speech from Mr. Cobden, delivered at a Piwn.The
meeting in the city, got up by Mr. Osborne.
loseefo,
ing is a specimen of the pacific temper and kss sil
the great leader of the movement for abolisbleusoseey,
and substituting arbitration in its place-'` You
eep
pie and army and navy of England) would in sor tY
crumple that empire up (the empire of Rutiss'is sly)
her into her own dreary fastnesses, as I erwrf,,)' iyi
paper now in my hand. (Tremendous cheero4l.o
to make it evident what were the means by
sooo'oo
crumpling was to be effected, Mr. Cobden Psf,sis
compare the military and financial resouToss?so
empire of Britain with the results produced c'o'p`
those of Russia, drawing inferences from "i'ilergt,"o
by no means favourable to Russia. And an° that
amidst much cheering openly proclaimed t
English people, are ready to go to war for the saser,'w•
to-morrow. So much for arbitration, and ttfe;etb%acll
t
these new apostles of peace. We really be'. oft'
Cobden does not quite know what he is abod.A.;
adulation has turned his head.-The Guard>
sn O
e:ss...a.s.asssesse.ssessseeserssiss.„
THE USES OF AN IRISH BOG. AsaavleSl''
MORE VALUABLE THAN CAL
orol3l.ri
iod
The problem of the regeneration of Ire' 00'05'
shortly to be solved, by one of the most es„f 115%ei
modes which ever occurred in the historY 4",tboliss
The bogs of Ireland have ever been regarde?,i,ins!se
blots upon her fair face. We have bad erc
rable for draining them, and converting at's,
profitable use. Yet, all along it would see, s'itsistll#o
very excrescences of the soil have contained :ieseloPoss
selves mines of incalculable wealth, in the the 0111)
of which the surplus labour, now leavieg t 01
might for years have been most profitably erPvstee'l 0
which are capable, by the application of aaegeratie° tie
and skill, of employing its people for geTtbeforerot
come. So wonderful is the fact, first bros,dius deeseo
House of Commons on Friday night, by ""_ll%,,edt° 00
Mahon, that we should almost have been I,dri"sssaistio,lo,,
it as the effect of a hallucination which firoo4o'
the honourable gentleman, but for its c°°_,
Lord Ashley, in the following circumstantlaidieel
which we shall new quote, premising that the pro' 0
a usesm o
wasde on of
announcedconverting he the
abuotghso or
authority
yl roefl r. (YeP
era
Englishman : spbes'
" Lord Ashley, being so appealed to by t•ssea, amp
ber, said, that as to the gentleman, Mr. dad of
his full testimony that a more high-min
_sues-se °se,
religious man he never had the good fob's--oeies' i;
(Hear.) He was one whose friendship be pa-alaylri
many years, and a man more incapable of e
exaggerated statement he did not knoW• if:000144
hon. gentleman had told him it was his int.rr'll9oBs
to him with respect to his knowledge of "irs'sites tips
he (Lord Ashley) in order that he might be s's b!w
the facts, requested Mr. Owen to call
w, el"; ev;per
morning, and he then took down in scrs,",":7sts,t.,eA
gentleman had to state on this subject. iih-sstPir
he admitted, was one which must appear l:10044r,
tic'e
ble. (Hear.) But what he said, they alustel't"Ofs
was not a theory, but was the result of exPe, 3lr. as's
ally made. (Hear.) The things of wh'c'tsso
months.' been now in operation mor,e o
OPIPtil
This gentleman had invested 3 ith'frx
them, and had obtained considerable returassoth ityt
s,
He here sought to obtain nothing from 010'00 se
his desire was that profitable investment of P.' nelPhill
be made in Ireland, and employment therebsgrof";,43.
in
e
these
hehcooHuhasedethtsunaesreetaelet+t
hs,m2e
(Cheers.)
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vdrit.
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uoatmotser.trat,:ograttvfet:oki
sxanetnee:c
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tapoeweiehbiboeixywnosstfnhu.d3atcpiehrosht
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rnwrdaaslero..tdeoeas:rBf;
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:taet.
heohtwptggegi,itaha
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an
shoe.
hde
ascaer;rdi et,
ether of Pri!
n
to state were obtained ; and they were to re Deb 04,
tons but upon thousands of tons of peatieel
labour was £B, were found to contain-a'
ammonia, 2,602 lb., the value of which 10011)s'odi;
£7 10s. ; naptha, 30 gallons 'a"
Otd
AOO it., re.lue ZI/ WS. • carepLiZ 00._1 i;
1"V 1C0')
and ashes, £1 sas. ad.-making a total of
his operations ; and he added that when, e Ea°
actaThlgnehoraiiscrwi eeutwydel
cat:susa
cnwrivnaenaore.
cannot
te,
;Nbthyh hueooetkoirnistydoortiwe;lhahebbtatreuvhsel
etuao
etwtebh,hoeeewuee:snedjsbefuuuoneslputct nefinondaeof
ju esPe
stified
sosnr;::;Abh°l:
iv,
with ammonia as to be invaluable for tibilest that
t
nore
rl
results had been attained ; but taking that 044
of what was stated was true, it was rnsatilsll a.
greatest benefit must he conferred upon tre-90ed!
had been made."
possibility of these results being achieved Wee', f,
incredulity. Chemicalscienceoflate years bebos 0
ders, which our fathers never dreamt of. f'' .4"
s 004
the most loathsome garbage to the uses eyesTria °c);,`01411
The refuse of the slaughter-house and the dreP
dyes the beautiful blue, which adorns the fel";
fair. The vinegar upon our tables is dilry° 014 of
charcoalmakers' stove. Hundreds of the elsesse§e:siel4l,
series of life are procured from chemical ,t-soa'''ol'oo
nature of which we dream not ; and OP aqte,"
the peat bogs of Ireland may be only anothcror 'pre
that knowlege which will enable us to aPP
God has created, everything to man's use' at'
is .r
" Dennis, darlint, och, Dennis, what „t d
" Whisht, Biddy, I'se trying an' experiale."-:tiP
tber ! what is it ?" "What is it, did Y,„,)-;O3P'
it's giving hot water to the chickens ark
after laying boiled eggs !" •
f
At York, Miss Burland, daughter 0f
of
South Cave, sued Mr. Briggs, an officers°,.ristsel"
goon Gusrds, for breach of promise of eer' t 5;
the case was fully opened, the defendaruSs'' 5 ; litre
mitted to a verdict for the plaintiff. Dan'est;Ploofir
YOUNG GUIZOT.-At the distribution (.'„
King's College, London, considerable pr°S,pes pot,"„,.
to the son of Mons. Guizot, who had, it 3s,rdies'fote're
bited very great skill in the pursuit of bra s'-as 'ass'
standing the difficulties he had to overcotnesok
The young man's father, the celebrated see
present on the occasion. I 0/
5.
IMPORTATION OF PRESERVED 11,P-eS,
Louis Charles has just arrived in the Thames- ale;seossfi(o
and has brought an entire cargo of preser' ror,,
prising 34,170 tins of the article. This 'but OA
undergoes no preparation of manufacture:4s 5e11;0015„
boiled in tin canisters and then hermeticar'sve4ooll
required for use. It is imported in considechanttheV
for the use of the royal as well as them e! bt ef sert:,
a contract for nearly a million pounds welgio•der4,l
is at present under supply to the Adroirereseata;l4
It was at first considered that the meats, Past)", ore
manner mentioned were chargeable with oe 'fore
been determined that having undergens, be Itf
manufacture, further than the presercatiy
tioned, they are admissable free.
otsi,
MORE POISONING CASES.-The utmost Woofs Os
been produced in the usually quiet towns%siod
conshire, in consequence of the apere"e es,sad;;,
tl
woman named Mitchell, and Ebenezer of pOlogrof
whom she had cohabited, upon the chargebis sOtooe
son of the former. Arsenic was found in and
is believed that the husband of Mitchell oadtioreol':
children have been poisoned in a like way it .40 t 41./
are about to be exhumed. A verdict of I'ligats,iso
regard to the first case, has been returne 0 arm' bo`
ther.-It is now suspected that the wolll3ssilit' all'e
tody at Devizes for the murder of herti s gi(ese%o.
crimes to answer for. The prisoner beljet, esb
eleven children, all of whom, except the WI/ 9,
in n
d theirpo sionnfadnicsyco.
veTrewdoinoftthheeirbstie;riErn
jottoptaoliot#l
SAVINGS-BANK STATISTICS.-A re; ct thesiottete
shows that on the 20th of November ul'aoralwoofoo43
ber of savings-banks in the United ICW,10;
584; the number of paid officers to 10. sectlr'sas°4l's
unpaid officers, to 635; the amount of th4o, tbe'os'ives
officers, both paid and un paid, to £679e),54 ; tbieolg,ess
allowances of the paid officers, to £7se' of al .)tot'e
penses of the management, inclusive 401008?
£103,102; the number of accounts re'; dteiliesest:
£1,054,663 • the total amount clued scith_t
£28,046,129;' the total amount investe_atisiersst dit;
sinners for the reduction of the 'lO
in b
427,777,367; the average rate of the totwober'of
depositors, 42 lls. Itd. per cent.; bosteed to I,
the separate surplus fund on the 20tl! o
aOl
ton
t3h5e9,115M360n;
THE NATIONAL LAND SCHEME.
..„odenoo eqe
munication, from an intelligent correfruires 011'0,4'
of ample experience in rural affairs, rciotser,s4bstili,
tory comment :-" Herringsgate i 5 31; opt
will shortly burst. The fact is that xi ivre
uPpopoere
none I believe ever will be, paid'chs-o es'lll,
ments-from two to four acres ea Ise;
ssst el es
the latter, including a dwelling-Wl', the '''sel,'Jbc',"
been expended. Now, at 3i per cell wee 'boo' 110
ntth e
thereof,n um b number ofx iaonsn,
0u6120..e er e 11,15
ten guineas per annum. No rentahn if it sc,os
years-this is the fourth year : pigs,
tier io 0.1
acted, the whole of the crops
required to pay it, leaving the Pt'sos hrbs 00.0gr0,4
complete destitution. Several all
ere hells
and one or more of the allottnensssssa sA-testsist
; goatsLr so, tlev
sevrAi
the weeds growing on the uncultivr- geniis then
cut and secured as a great prize- sasite°
despairs of the scheme, and has not
ban a year."-Daily News.

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