The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

A sum of £2,576 has already been subscribed toward* build-
ing and endowing a neW church at Chesterfield. —Derby Mir,
cur_y.
Sites have been given by Lord Southampton, the Mercer's'
Company, Mrs, Wheeler, and the Rev. Joseph Molhurst for
new churches about to be built from the 'Metropolis Churches'
Fund. We hope soon to announce other similar grants for the
same excellent purpose.
UNIVERSITY AND ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.— Ot•
FORD, DEC. 18.-In a convocation holden yesterday, being the
Last day of Michaelmas Term, the following d.grees were con*
ferred ; —Doctor in Divinity, the Nev. J. Cooku, Magdalen
Hall; Bachelor in Divinity, the Rev. F. C. Plumptre, Master
of University College; Bachelors in Civil Lau, R. W. Higgs,
Fellow of St. John s College. and F. T. Pratt St. John's Col-
lege (by commutation); Master of Arts. the Rev. T. Turner,
Exetur College; Bactr-lor of Arts. R. VV. Keate. Ch. ch.
PR EPERSIs.NTs AND A I'eDIN,I MENTs.—.I. Haggard. D,C.L.,
tots been appointed Chanchetior of Lincoln. -1 he Bishop of
Durham has appointed the Rev. R. Chotioe. 8.A.. of Trinity
College, Dublin, to the Curacy of Whickham. The Rev.
R. E. Hughes, to the Rectory Compton, Wingate,:, with the
Vicarage of Ty sae annexed, Warwickshire. The Rev. J.
Russell, M.A., to the Rectoryofjacobstow, Devon. The Rev.
E. Fuldson, A.M., to the Vicarage of Lamertun, Devon. The
Cr. E. G. M.A., one of the assistant masters of Harrow
School. has been appointed to the Head Mastership of the
Free Grammar Sehotti, founded by Queen Elizabeth. ttt Ash*
bourn, in Derbyshire. The Rev. F. Lear has been appointed
Archdeacon of Smoot, vice the Rev. L. C;arke, resigned.
PTotooTioNs.—Rev. W. A. Shirley, vicar of Shirley, Der-
-11% shire, to the rectory of Whiston, Yorkshire; liev. E. B.
Allen, curate of Salisbury, to the parish chi.pel of Goodshstw,
neat Burnley.

The Earl of Ilarrowby has appointed the Rev. Richard
Gwiii)m, M.A.. incumbent of Ulverston, to be one of his lord-
ship's domestic chapiains.
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Thi• Rev. George Peacock, Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Col-
lege, Cambridge, has been appointed ',own(lean Professor of
Astronomy, iu the room of the late Rev. Mr. Lax.

MISCELLANEOUS,

Lady Fitzgerald, of Clare, has given £lOO to the Mendicity
Society of Clare.
Lord Willoughby has caused a quantity of beef to he distri-
buted to the poorer iuhabitaists of Grinisthorpe and its vicinity.

On 'l'h►+rsdav last our member, Captain Polhill, with his
usual benevolence, distributed amongst the' poor inhabitants of
the boroug,h nearly 100 tons of coals.—Bedjord paper.

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SPINNERS' DISPUTE AT PRESTON.-111IS lIIIfortURRIP dis-
pule still remains unsettled, and the masters hate determined
not to admit of the interference of a third party in the mater.
COUNTY CONSTITUENCY.—TheeIectoraI lists or hot b divisions
of this minty stand as follows :—West Worcestei shit 4,651;
Nast Worcestershire, 5,995. The fist returns it, 1832 were—
West Woreestershit e, 1,112; East Worcestershire, 5,161.—
Worcester Herald.
The approaching marriage of the Earl of Winchilsea to the
Hon: Miss Bagot, Maid of Honour to the Queen. will take
place at Brighton, and it is expected that *heir Majesties will
give the bride away. Lord Mary borough intends to be present
at the ceremony, which, we understand, takes place the begin-
ning of the new year.
Feet. ships from British North America, timber-laden,
hvai:v.e,
the Othello, the Christopher, the Asia, and the Egfred, are re-
potted to have become water-logged and abondoued in the"
potted Ocean, Several othesrislsdpasr,eontatkhiensgatinoewvaor(yisagfoer,ming
sustained considerable damage.
a rN„;hlw".”l,llA'riaLii‘rr AMY:ll7:llAerl'itti,l7to Andon. One disci is contem-
plated from Bolton to Preston. The latter is to enabie the
goods of the bleacher to he cotiveyed with more spOed than
heretofore. The expense in crossing the valley of the Ribble
will be enormous. An embankment of three miles)ong a ill be
necessary. one mileof which will requite the removal of 2,000,000
cubic yards, and, with the bridge over the Ribble, will cost more
than £2OO 000.
Tuatssrat.aNTic STEAM NAVIGATION.—The British and
American Steam NavigationCompan v have entered into con-
tracts for the building of vessels. 'l'he engines, of 460 horse-
power, to be ready to go on board on the Ist of September ; and
the f ist vessel to start on her passage the Ist of March following.
She is to have capacity for twenty-five days' fuel, 600 passen-
gers, and 8(Xl tons of measurement goods.
MARRIAGES IN HIGH Lms.—The contemplated marriage
between C. W. Codringion, Esq., M.P., and Lady Georgians.
Somerset. second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will lie.so-
lenmised on Tuesday, at Badminton. The president' of the
boatel of controut has artived it Corshant Ilouse, Wilts, on a
visit to Mr. Methuen, M.P. It is repotted toe right tEin. baro-
net is on the eve of mariying one of the daughters of Mi. Me-
thuen.
A -SHIP T A CREW.—Sunday morning a ship without
a Crew way., blow n lull, BL4IIII Bay. l'he coast-guards as soon
as they hoarded her, were much surprised to find by her appear.
ance, that she had been in that deserted tiontlittoo for a lung
time. as a peat deal of seaweed was adhering to her sides, and
no unusual quantity of water was in her hold; consequently no
leak had been sprung. We stippo.se she had Capsurd at sea,
and after much fruitless toil to bring her to rights her despair-
ing crew had deserted her.—Gafway Adqrti,er.
TEA —The Treasury letter and Custom,' arder, the foi'mer
dated the 26th of November, and the latter the Ist of December,
lately published, relative to the return of the duty on bohea tea
exported, apply only to such bohea tea as may now remain in
the bonded warehouses on which the duty of Is 61 pet pound
was paid on or before the 31st of July last, and the expartation
ot which must be duly cettitied by the proper officers.
TnE OLDHAM Trats-our.--The contest. at ()Awn still con-
tinues; Messrs. Ogden and Ilaaorth's hands 'closing to aban-
-442n their demand of an advance 4,1 bit. per thousand hanks.
Hitherto no unusual disturbance has occurred, anulation d the I
were
OW ri
is :le pea,.eable and orderly as it all the factory pop
I well and rutty emplot ed. *The number of hands at stand is
about 4000. ;skim/ the spinners at 41(1). ;tier ers 1000, card,
frame, &c. hands 1300, power-loom weave" 1341
jaarney men shoemakers
the in:meters. except on
THE OLDHAM SHOh SI A KFRA.—Thie.t.
uf,Oidbant, who are members of a trades' union, have for several
Imiestirni%fraisse47lb,to,:,:ift.,,itko lime
their
rsiiillo
pleased to
dictate.
The
such
ch,liisiosare enlist queidiy obliged obtain whet txorktneu,
who . have (teen :mss,mimed y !dolt s, amid ()Iher personal injuries,
front the tutu—u!,, and the windows 4,1 houses occupied by them
have been broken almost every night. In consequeinie of
revresentations made to the umag strstes on the subject, 54 of
the inhabitants were sworn special constables at the petit
sessions on Thursday.
OWENITFS AT AItDDLETON.—A party of Owenites attended
at Middleton, oti Monday last. to introduce to the radicals there
which includes a community of pro-
tiheert;.laiew srejeVi on" en',- m
;tsftthe
i Holy Scriptures and their great Author,
and a complete change in the several relatoms of tiost.and and
wife. master anti srlivatit. patent and child, &e. A meeting
was got up in the political schoodroom' but, alter lrctoring for
two hours and a half, the apostles of atbeisin were obtigett to go
sway without having gained a single convert.