The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Saviour's South-
wark, held on Wednesday evening, on the subject of a Church-
rate (the further consideration of which was postponed for a
week,) it was stated that a few years ago some of the parish-
ioners had thought proper to object to the payment of £2OO.
per annnm for the services of a Clergyman connected with
the parish, contending that £lOO. was an ample remuneration.
The immediate consequence was an application to Parlia-
ment on the subject, and the ultimate result that, in addition
to 1,000 expenses, the sum to be paid was settled at £300.. the
recusants having a very narrow escape from a burthen of £4OO.
The ceremony of laying the first stone of the new Church
at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which was performed by the Earl
Howe, took place on Saturday last. The funds for building
this Church were raised by a subscription, headed by the Rev.
Marmaduke Vavasour, M.A., Vicar—a grant of £450. from
the Incorporated Society for Promoting the Enlargement,
Building, and Repairing of Churches and Chapels, and £4OO.
from the Church Commissioners, secure fur ever to the poor
of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 600 free sittings. John Mammatt,
John Davys, Churchwardens; H. 1. Stevens, Architect. At
six o'clock a party of about seventy gentlemen partook of an
admirable dinner at the Royal Hotel. The Right Hon. Earl
Howe occupied the chair. Several addresses were delivered
during the evening, and the meeting, which was a very in-
teresting and agreeable one, broke up about ten o'clock.—
Derby Mercury.
The new church at Donisthorpe was consecrated on Satur-
day morning last, by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, on behalf
of the Bishop of Litchfield, in the presence of Earl Howe,
and a numerous body of the gentry and clergy of the neigh-
bourhood. This very neat country church, built of Harts-
horne stone, has been provided, in great measure, by the
munificent contributions of those valued friends of our be-
loved Church, the Misses Moore, of Appleby. These excel-
lent ladies, besides a bell, church clock, and other fittings
for the church, gave, in the first instance, £1,500 towards the
erection and endowment of this house of prayer, and are now
building, at a short distance from the church, a commodious
parsonage, for the residence of its future minister. Sir John
Brown Cave, Bart. of Stretton-le-field, subscribed £2OO, and
C. S. Greaves, Esq. gave an acre of land for the site. The
Marquess of Hastings, on behalf of the village of Moira,
besides a subscription of £2OO, gives a rent charge of £3O
per year for ever, thus securing a second service and sermon
in the church at all times.—Leicester Journal.

BRISTOL, AUG. 29.—We are informed that C. Bathurst,
Esq., of Dydney Park, has forwarded to the Diocesan
Church Building Association, through the hands of the
Lord Bishop, the president, the munificent donation of £950
towards the endowment of the proposed new church at Cin-
derford, in the Forest of Dean. We are much gratified to
learn the success which has attended the Church Building
Association : more than £14,000 have already been sub-
scribed, of which sum nearly one-third has been contributed
by the clergy.
An elegant silver tea kettle and stand, value fifty guineas,
were, on Saturday evening week, presented to the Rev.
Edward Sneyd, Perpetual Curate of St. Margaret's, Dur-
ham, by his parishioners and other individuals, in testimony
of their high regard for him as a Christian minister, and of
their regret at his approaching removal to another and a
distant parish—Mr. Sneyd having been appointed to the
living of Wookey, Somersetshire.
CHURCH-RATES.—Never, perhaps, was there a more
signal victory achieved by the friends of order and religion
than in the case of Church-rates. We need not remind our
readers of the efforts which a year or two ago were made,
too often with success, to defeat the making of a rate, whereas
now it is a rare event to find the friends of the Church on the
losing side. Much was owing formerly, no doubt, to trickery
in one case and despondency in the other; but, be this as it
ma)', the fact is undoubteA that Chutch-rates were a year or
two ago refused, whereas they are granted now.—Brighfon
Gazette.

STALYBRIDGE.—On Monday last the foundation stone of
St. John's Church, Dukinfield, and that of St. George's
Church, Stalvbridge, were laid by Lord Viscount Comber-
mere, P.G.M., with masonic honours and solemn prayer.
There was a very large procession of masons and others on
the occasion. In evening there was a public dinner in the
Town Hall, when about 175 persons sat down to partake of
it. Captain Hollingworth was in the chair, and he was sup-
ported on his right by Lord Viscount Combermere, the Rev.
C. K. Prescot, rector of Stockport, and David Harrison,
Esq.; and on his left by J. Preston, Esq., Rev. J. France,
James Adshead, Esq., and others.
ISLE OF MAN.—When the Lord Bishop of this diocese ar-
rived at Kirk Michael, on Monday last, on his way to Bishop's
Court, the inhabitants of the village took the horses from his
lordship's carriage, and drew him in triumph, accompanied
by a band of music, to the delightful residence of his prede-
cessors in the bishoprick.—Munn

When James I. transferred the custody of the great seal
from Bacon to Bishop Williams, the monarch is reported to
have said, I am pained at my heart where to bestow it; as
for my lawyers, I think they be all knaves."
DEATH OF A REFORM ASSOCIATION.—On Saturday night,
died a natural death, " The Reform Association" of Cli-
theroe, leaving four members to deplore its loss.—Wigan
Gazette.

So severe was the cold during Wednesday night, that in
the neighbourhood of Arundel the brooks were frozen to the
thickness of a shilling, and the fields covered with a white
frost.—Briyhton Herald.
AMERICAN SUMMER FASIIIONS.—A slight squint over the
left eye; the right hand over the bosom; the thumb and fore-
finger lightly touching the watchguard. The hat should
stand upon five hairs; a corner of a silk handkerchief just
shewing itself at the left temple. The whiskers should be
long, and ear-locks descending halfway down the face. A
light cane may bearried under the arm, which should be
dexterously curledrhowever, when you meet a dun. In such
cases the eyes should be steadfastly fixed on the clouds, and
the step be brisk and hurried. Ou meeting a lady the upper
lip should be gently curled ; and, if you have handsome teeth,
be suddenly struck with a comic idea, which creates a broad
smile. If you- see a poor acquaintance, stop to brush the
dust off yoar trowsers' leg, or pause a moment to look at a
picture if any should be near. He will pass by as a matter
of course. Carry a pocket full of pomice always with you to
fling into the eyes of the tailors' boys, if there is no other
way to get clear of them.—Boston Pearl.

TIPPERARY ASSIZES—AN IRISH QUACK DOCTOR.—Jobn
Ryan, a stupid-looking old man, was tried on a charge of
having bled William Ryan to death, on the 13th of June, at
Baroinore. Mr. Scutt, Q. C., stated that the crown would
not go on with this case, but for the hope that the result of
the trial would be such as to warn many illiterate persons
who, he understood, were going about the country in the
practice of bleeding. Daniel Ryan sworn—Deposed that
the deceased was his brother, and that the deceased lived in
his house. I'll tell your lordship all about it (said he.) The
deceased came to my house, and says he to the prisoner,
" John." says be, f` the first turn you bled me you relieved
me for six years, but now I am very bad again," pullin' out
a raiser. (Laughter.) " Here, John," says he, " gi' me
a couple o' tips now." (Laughter.) Wid that, my lord, he
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"Oh !" says the deceased, " I'd be in bed for a week wid
wan leg, so you may as well tip every leg I have." (Great
laughter.) So wid that, my lord, the deceased tuck off his
stockin's and settled himself with his hack to a chair, and
says he to the prisoner, " John," says he, if von tip
all, now, do it well, and dhraw blood." (Laughter.) me
•\ so,
my lord, the prisoner tuck the rasier. and rev the deceased
tip, tip, tip, on wan leg —(loud laughter)—and then two or
three more on t'other— (continued laughter)—and when be
was done the deceased turned round this way, and looked at
his legs bleedin' away, an' says he, •4 Ha! I like that."
(Shouts of laughter.) Well, my lord, he was standin' there
till he bled about a quart, an' thin he tell over the chair, an'
was a corpse in about an hour.—Dr. Bradshaw proved that
the loss of blood sustained was sufficient to cause death. The
legs of the deceased were full of varicose veins. The pri-
soner was found guilty; but from the mitigating circum-
stances of the case, sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment
only, on the condition that be would never again attempt to
bleed any one.