The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has presented £5OO to
the Colonial Bishopric Fund.
The Dean of Hereford proposes making additions to the
library of Hereford Cathedral, and throwing it open to the
clergy generally, for perusal or reference.
On Thursday, tl:e Bishop of Manchester consecrated a
a new church at Burnley, in which the Rev. Thomas
Nolan preached in the evening of that day. The Duke of
Buccleugh gave £3OO towards the erection.
The Privy Council on Education have awarded a grant
of £2,200 towards the construction of the proposed
Training School, at Saltley, near Birmingham, for the
diocese of Worcester.

The Observer says aat the vacant deanery of Carlisle
has been offered to the Rev. Arthur Penryhn Stanley, son
of the late Bishop of Norwich. If this be so, the Rev.
James Aspinall will have to '• wait a little longer" for his
expected promotion.
An anonymous donor, under the signature of " Z,"
has presented to the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts the munificent donation of £2OOO
in the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Consols, to be applied
towards tht funds of the Colonial Bishoprics' Endowment
Fund.

The Lord Bishop of Victoria preached a farewell sermon
on Sunday evening, at the Chapel of Ease, Holloway,
prior to his departure for China. His lordship has se-
lected this chapel for the purpose, he having preached in it
a few years ago on the eve of his sailing for China, to enter
upon his missionary labours in that country.
OttniNATloNs. On Sunday week ordinations were held
by eight of the bishops, who ordained the following num-
bers of gentlemen :—Bishop of Worcester, 23 deacons and
17 priests ; Bishop of Lichfield, 13 deacons and 12 priests ;
Bishop of Ely, 4 deacons and 5 priests ; Bishop of Lincoln,
5 deacons and 3 priests; Bishop of Chester, 15 deacons
and 7 priests ; Bishop cf Carlisle, 1 deacon and 4 priests ;
Bishop of Ripon, 13 deacons and 13 priests ; Bishop of
Down and Connor, 7 deacons and 2 priests; Bishop of
Armagh, 3 deacons and 4 priests. In all 158.
PRIMARY VISITATION OF THE. ARCHBISHOP OF CAN-
TERBURY.—The charge of his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury was delivered on Thursday in the Cathedral,
Canterbury. There was a large attendance of the laity.
Dr. Spry preached the sermon, the text being from 2d
Corinthians, 2d chapter, 17th verse. His Grace adverted
in terms of warm eulogy to the liberality, virtue, and wis-
dom of his predecessor, and expressed his anxiety to act
in the same spirit, and acquire the same confidence. lie
referred to various subjects connected with the church,
which had during the last year engaged the attention of
the clergy. He wished that the views of the Committee
of Council on Education, and of many faithful friends,
had been more in accord ; but it depended on the clergy
themselves how far they should have a share in the go-
vernment of the schools. With respect to the interpreta-
tion given to the service of infant baptism, he prayed that
the spirit of a sound mind might be granted to all con-
cerned in the determination of a matter so grave, and that
differences on the subject might not be permitted to dis-
turb the unity of the brethren, or dissolve the bonds of
concord and peace. Against the proposed alteration in
the law of marriage the clergy could only protest. Leav-
ing these topics, the most rev. prelate proceeded to dilate
at great length on the duties of the clergy, as stewards of
the mysteries of Christ, reminding them that the doc-
trine of the atonement was to he preached in plainness
and simplicity. He touched on the advantages of extem-
poraneous exposition. Originally that which was now
called a sermon more resembled a conversation or discus-
cussion upon the use of the Scriptures ; and an essay,
however good, was far surpassed by that mode in its power
of appealing to the feelings, and inducing those who lis-
tened to alter their hearts Altd conversations. Some sup-
posed that this depended upon the extemporary delivery,
but that had been disproved by many preachers, whose
discourses were uniformly written, and indeed it was rare
for this country to produce talent, wisdom, and command
of language, sufficient to render it safe for any person of
the ordinary capacity to preach extemporaneously. The
advantage cf extemporary preaching was, that it was not
necessary to so great a degree to observe precision in the
exact scructure of the language; whereas a written dis-
course subjected the preacher to the necessity of arrang-
ing sentences and dividing his discourse into many clauses,
the effect of which was that the beginning was frequently
forgotten before the end was attained. The preacher, in
short, found the necessity of beirg understood, and if this
object was kept in view it might as easily be attained by
committing one's thoughts to paper as by preaching ex-
temporaneously from the text. Much advantage arose
from varying the mode of preaching. and exchanging the
regular sermon for the simple exposition.

COURT AND FASHION.

HER MAJESTY'S DEPARTURE FROM SCOTLAND.—Her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the members of the Royal
Family, left their Highland residence at Balmoral, about
eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and proceeded to the
station of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway at
Cupar-Angus, where a special train was in readiness for
their use. The journey was accomplished by posting, and
her Majesty reached Cupar-Angus at fifteen minutes past
three o'clock. About ten minutes were spent in affixing
the carriages and luggage trucks (seven in number), and
the royal party then proceeded on their way, passing
through Perth and Sterling, and reaching the Greenhill-
station (the point of junction between the Scottish Central
uis Eoitiburgl, ana Criasgow lines), about la minutes past
five o'clock.—Arrival of her Majesty in Edinburgh :
The authorities at Edinburgh, in their desire to respect
the wishes of her Majesty, dispensed with all formal pre-
parations. Precisely at five minutes to six o'clock the
train entered the station at Waverly Bridge, amidst the
enthusiastic cheering of the spectators. Colonel Anson,
Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, immedi-
ately afterwards alighted from a carriage in the royal
train, and introduced the Lord Provost to her Majesty
and her illustrious Consort, when the Queen said to his
Lordship—" I am very glad to see you in the city of
Edinburgh ;" to which the Lord Provost replied, that, in
the name of the inhabitants, he had to offer her Majesty
their most hearty welcome to her city of Edinburgh. He
was sorry that her Majesty's stay would be so short ;
but, again, in the name of the citizens of Edinburgh, he
heartily wished her Majesty a most prosperous journey.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert also said—" We are
sorry that our stay is so short in your beautiful city."
The change of engines having been effected, which occa-
sioned a delay of only a few minutes, the saloon train im-
mediately proceeded on its journey amidst the most
enthusiastic applause.
Berwick-on-Tweed was reached at eight o'clock in the
evening; and subsequently, en route. the line of railway
was illuminated by bonfires continuously established.
At the Little Mill station her Majesty alighted, and
thence drove to Earl Grey's, at Howick, where she diked
in her travelling costume. Her Majesty then retired ;
but early on Friday morning promenaded in the grounds
with Prince Albert and planted an oak sapling.
From Howick her Majesty departed at eleven o'clock ;
and arrived at Newcastle, where arrangements for her re-
ception had been made on a scale of grandeur, at twenty
minutes past two o'clock, welcomed by fully 60,000 people.
Thence her Majesty proceeded rapidly to Darlington,
York, where the royal party were joined by the Archbish-
op in the refreshment-room of the station, Normanton,
and Derby, arriving at the latter place by six o'clock.
Her Majesty remained for the night at the Midland Rail-
way Hotel, whither she was driven in the sheriff's car-
riage.

Her Majesty left Derby again at eight o'clock on the
morning of Saturday, arriving at Birmingham at ten
o'clock. Thence the royal train proceeded to Gloucester,
(where a general holyday was established in honour of the
visit,) and, subsequently, at the rate of forty miles an
hour, to Swindon, where her Majesty remained three-
quarters of an hour for rest and refreshment. The deafen-
ing cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs, with the play-
ing of the National Anthem, which greeted her arrival,
equally characterised her departure. She stood up in the
carriage and bowed to her subjects in token of her appre-
ciation of their loyalty. In a minute or so the royal train
was out of sight, and the vast assemblage gradually dis-
persed, highly gratified with the scene which they had
just witnessed.
The royal travellers reached Basingstoke at a quarter-
past three o'clock, and Gosport at a quarter-past four,
whence they immediately embarked in the Fairy, landing
at East Cowes, and reaching Osborne-house before six
o'clock.

Throughout the route great excitement prevailed ; and
repeatedly her Majesty was obliged to receive addresses
from corporations, civic authorities, &c., all of which were
rapidly disposed of in the hasty progress of the royal
family .