The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

ORDINATION AT RIP-ON.

On Sunday, July 29, the Lord Bishop of Ripon held an
ordination at the Cathedral in that city, which was attended
by a large congregation. Service commenced at 10. The
Rev. J. Jameson read the prayers, and the Rev. R. Poole,
M.A., Vicar, read the lessons. After which the Rev. Mr.
Dodgson, Chaplain to the Bishop,- ascended the pulpit, and
delivered a very excellent and appropriate discourse from 1
Corinthians, chap. 12, verse 1, and patticularly impressed
upon the several candidates fur Holy Orders, the serious
charge they were undertaking in dispensing the Word of
God to fallen man. At the conclusion of the sermon the
Bishop, accompanied by the clergy present, proceeded to the
altar, and the ordination service was performed with the
greatest solemnity. The following gentlemen were received
into Hoiy Orders:—

• DEACONS.
Joseph Abbot, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
Joseph Loxdale Frost, B.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge: •
John Henry Gorch, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.
John Haigh, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford.
Watson King, 8.A.. St. John's-College, Cambridge.-
James Marryat, 8.A., New Inn Hall, Oxford.
David Roberts, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
Henry Bullivant, 8.A., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge..
Wm.llermonn Schwabe, 8.A., Caius' College, Cambridge.
Alex. Jas. W. Morrison, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge.
John Peel, B.A, Trinity, College, Dublin.
Wm. Bates, 8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge.
Charles Bushe Battley, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
William Simpson, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge.•
John Bartholomew Phillips, 8.A., All Soul's College, Ox-
ford, by Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Chester.
Philip Wm. Tallents, 8.A., Watlhom College, Oxford, by
Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield.
Charles Wheatley, 'B.A., St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, by-Let-
ters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lichfield. . ,
PRIESTS.
James Boustead, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford.
George Saunders Elwin, 8.A., Catharine Hall, Cambridge.,..
Alfred Gatty, 8.A., Exeter Hall, Oxford.
John Henry Greenwood, Literate.
Samuel Baxter Smyth, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge, ~;,1
Isaac Close, St. Bees, Cumberland. •
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Frederick Tolber, St. Bees, •Cumberland.
Edward Roberts, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford.
Edmund Clement Sneyd Kinnersley,.lll.A. Trio. Col. Oxon.
At the evening service. the Very Rev. the Dean of Ripon.,
preached a most impressive sermon, suitable to the occasion::
from text, Ist chapter of the Acts, Bth verse,-" 13ut ye shall
receive power, after that the Holy Gltot is come upon you," and
was listened to by an attentive and numerous congregation,
who appeared truly affected with the awfulness of the charge.

LANCASTER, SATURDAY.

OPENING THE COMMIStION OF ASSIZE.
The Assizes for the northern part of this county com-
menced to-day, when the High Sheriff and Judges-entered,
the town, accompanied by the usual procession • of javelin
men, &c. The Mayor and Council went in the. afternoon as,
usual to the Judges' lodgings to compliment their 1°0'4)0
on the lightness of their labours, which reflects the higliest.
honour on this part of the county, being unusually liglii;and
the offences of the most trivial description, being such as are
usually presented at a Petty Session. The Cause:List.up to
the present time is a very short one, and does not promise
much occupation for the gentlemen of the long robe, nor
we hear of any cause of the least public interest beirkiet •,"?1
down for trial. It is supposed the business of the Assizes
will be concluded on Tuesday. This is the first- time
Baron Williams has • come this circuit since his elevation to
the bench. Their lordships proceeded to open the Commis- •
sion immediately on their arrival. - To mortow morning the
Judges will attend the parish church in state, on which occa-
sion a sermon will he preached by the Rev. Jonathan Brooks,
Rector, of Liverpool, the Sheriff's Chaplain.
Following is a calendar of the Crown cases for trial:—
William Gregg, aged 2G, and John Sheridan, 32, charged
with having uttered at .Lancaster, two counterfeit
and also with having in their possession twenty counterfeit
shillings.
Thomas Riley, 33, charged with killina• and slaying Henry
Scholefleld, at Oswaldtwisle.
Thomas Swarbrick, '22, charged with baring obtained at
Lancaster, by fraudulent pretences, a pair of boots, the pro-
perty of Richard Wearing. • •
Robert Howson, 18, and William Niminn, 14,• charged • •
with stealing, at Catteral, a•Oir 6rehoes, tire - .
Margaret Postlethwaite and Margaret Pearson,ehargect,ao,
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with stealing, at Dalton, a quantity of bacon; peals, the.,+sss
property of William Wilson • and •
last
William Shaw and Mary Shaw, charged with receiving the tr!tr
above, knowing them to be stolen. • • •
aen
James Tattersall, the younger, 26, charged with kdlitr ,1;2;
James Tattersall, the elder, at Newchurch, n 1 Rossendale.

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