The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

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Among the gentlemen present we observed the Rev. Robt
Davie's, the Rev. David Roberts, J. B. Clough, Esq., Eli
Jones, Esq., David Evans, Esq., Thos. Roberts, Esq., Johi
Richards, Esq., John Price, Esq., Hugh Jones, Esq., J

Esq., and W. C. Davies, Esq.
,e motion of J. B. Clough, Esq., seconded by Thos
, Esq., the Rev. Robert Davies was called to th,

The CuAIRAI
him to enter i

would not be necessary fo
respecting the object of thi

ninary to a meeting of a mor

public character. He then bri

ly explained the plan by
yhich it is proposed to unite the Bishoprics of St. Asaph and
Bangor. It appeared from an order in council, dated Sept.
7, 1838, that when either of the Sees ofSt. Asaph or Bangor
shall become vacant, by death ortrmshtion, the Bishop who
shall succeed thereto shall take the same as Bishop of St.
Asaph and Bangor, and that on the union of the sees taking
place, the Collegiate Church of Manchester shall forthwith
be constituted a Cathedral Church, and the seat of a Bishop,
within the province of York. The whole county of Lancas-
ter, excepting the deanery of Fumes, is to be detached from
the diocese of Chester, and to be made and constituted the
Diocese of the Bishop of Manchester. This new bishopric is
to be endowed with an average annual income of £4500. by the
transferof tithes, lands, or hereditaments, in part from the sees
of St. Asaph and Bangor. The latter part of the plan is that
which was so objectionable to the friends of the Principality.
The legislature seemed to have left the question undecided,
in order that an 'opportunity might be afforded for the ex-
pression of .public opinion on the subject on the part of the

inhabitants of the Welsfr dioceses. The chairman then pro-
ceeded to animadvert upon that part of the proposed scheme
which related to the abstraction of the aevenues of the Welsh
bishoprics. for the purpose of endowing the Bishopric of
Manchester. He said that it would be very unfair to alien-
ate any portion-of the funds of the dioceses of St. Asaph and

nenta-

Bangor, until ample provision was made for the at
Lion of poor livings in North Wales. (Hear, ht
DAVID EVANS, Esti: in moving the first resolution
that he did so because die proposed scheme withdraw
a country already poor the advaut

lerivable from a resi-

IN income within his

dent bishop. expendin and
because it was unfair, supposing the juncture of the two
bishoprics to take place, to apply any surplus revenue in en-
riching another see, while so many livings in the principality
remain without any adequate incomes. He concluded by
moving the following resolution :

" That this meeting views with considerable apprehension
the contemplated plan, which is about to be brought before
Parliament during the approaching session, of uniting the
dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor, and of abstracting from
the income of their sinecures revenues to be applied else-
where, while so many livings in those dioceseS remain inade-
quately endowed."
J. B. CLouGm, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was
carrie&unanimously. •

ELIA JONES, Esq., then rose to move the followhig reso-

" That immediate steps be taken in order to call a public
meeting, for the purpose of memorialising the Queen and
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and of petitioning the
Houses of Lords and Commons against the intended mea-
sure."

THOMAS ROBERTS, Esq., seconded the resolution, which
was carried unanimously. •

THOMAS ROBERTS, Esq., then moved the following reso-

lution :

" That a provisional committee be formed to carry the
above resolution into effect, to consist of the following gen-
tlemen, with power to add to their numbers—Rev. R. Davies,
Rev. D. James, Rev. D. Roberts, J. B. Clough, Esq., It.
Griffith, Esq., D. Evans, Esq., E. Jones, Esq., 0. Williams,
Esq., J. Richards, Esq., Sir J. Sainsbury, Robert Wynne,
Esq., Thomas Simon, Esq., Thomas Roberts, Esq., Thomas
Barber, Esq., and John Rigby, Esq. ; and a sub-committee,
to whose immediate care the arrangements for summoning
the public meeting are to be entrusted."
JOHN PRICE, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously.

A. sub-committee was thc,ii formed, for the purpose of con-
certing measures for a public meeting.

It was then -moved and seconded that a subscription be
entered into, to defray the expenses of printing, &c., and
that J. li. Clough, Esq., be requested to act as treasurer,
and W. E. Davies, Esq., as secretary. .
A.vote of thanks to the chairman was then moved by EL-
LIS JONES, Esq., seconded. by THOMAS ROBERTS, Esq.,
after which the meeting separated.

A curious circumstance occurred at Lewes Sessions last
week. The grand jury had ignored the bills preferred against
two prisoners, which being by some means overlooked, the
men were placed at the bar, Where they pleaded guilty.
The chairman was just on the point of passing sentence on
them, when the error was discovered, and they were dis-
charged.—Brighton Guardian.
BRANDY AND SALT.—The Conde Aimanack gives the fol-
lowing as a testimonial of efficacy by one of the grateful pa-
tients of that extraordinary and universal physician:—" sur
—i Take the libberty of addressing yew about the brandy &
sawlt. i was aflicted with dreadfull lownes of sperits and
rewmatism wich having freely aplide the ahoy has boath Dis-
apeard. sir my way of Aplying is the sawlt outside wonst a
day & the brandy in twice evvery our. its of ea is sunitims
really Astonishin. my wife also taks the abuv Meddisin in
her tea, and finds grate bennefits.—surr yewr Most obediant
TUMMAS SPOONEY.—P.S. sir a neyber of min Tride the
abuv on his wife bean bad skalded killing a pig but Unlukky
forgot to put in the sawlt. owevver it was awl Verry well
for the brandy alonan Cured his wife and now hes got the
Sawlt to Cure his bakun."

THE QUEEN'S CHEESE IN CHANCERY.—This leviathan
of a cheese, weighing upwards of 10 cwt., and which has al-
ready arrived in London, and was to have been placed on the
royal table at the christening of the Princess Royal, has, by
an unforeseen event, unluckily " got into Chancery." A split
in the camp having occurred among the proprietors of the
cheese, a part of them had a model made of it, and sent to
London for the purpose of exhibition. Some other proprie-
tors, finding what had occurred, immediately had the original
transported thither. The model, which had been placed in
the-Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, for the purpose of exhibitionz

was ejected therefrom vi et aimis by the other parties, and
the original placed there in its stead. In consequence, au
injunction was applied for to the Court of Chancery, to re-
strain the parties from exhibiting the original, which was
granted. The probable consequence, therefore, is, that the
royal christening is likely, through this unlucky mishap, to
be minus of the leviathan cheese.—Since the above was writ-
ten, the Lord Chancellor has dissolved the injunction, with
costs.

THE IRISH WITNESS AND HIS OATH.7-Does not an
Irish witness, who meditates telling wile, think that he has
laid no perjury upon his soul, if he succeeds in eluding the
vigilance of the crier, in kissing not the cross, but his thumb?
The words of the Lord himself are beneath the cross which is
to be kissed, and in these words lying and perjury are strictly
denounced, but the popish swearer cares not for that. God
himself, present in spirit, is there to witness the false inten-
tions of the man, but he cares not for that. He thinks no-
thing, he knows nothing of type or symbol ; he would not
understand the meaning of the words if he heard them, and
his conscience is to be bound only by his own god ; no sha-
dow, but direct substance staying him in the face. Swear
him not by that cruciform deity, and lie swears not at all.—
Praser's Magazine.