The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Rev. T.
Pearse, to be domestic chaplain to Baroness North, of
Wroxton Abbey.—Rev. H. W. B. D'aubeny, to the
rectory of Kirk, Bramwith, orkshire.—Rev. C. G.
Davies, lately of St. Paul's Church, Cheltenham, to the
vicarale of Tewkesbury.—Rev. J. C. Burnett, to the
vicarage of North Curry, with West Hatch and Somerset.
—Rev. E. Carlyon, to the vicarage of Lamerton, Devon.
—Rev. G. Scaife, to the curacy of Darfield Barnsley,
Yorkshire.—Rev Lane, to the living of Wrotham, Kent.
—Rev. A. Pat-in, A.M., to the vicarage of Tuddenham
St. Martin.—Rev. I. Gaskarth, incumbent of Haverth-
waite, to the perpetual curacy of Lowick, near Ulverston.
THE LATE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.—The will of
Alexander has just been proved in London ; the personal
effects in this country were sworn under £7,000. It ap-
pears to have been made just previous to his lordship's
departure from this country for Egydt, and about a
month after his consecration to this foreign see, being
dated Ist December, 1841. He has left to his executors
and trustees. the Rev. John Christian Reicherdt, clerk,
and C. El, Corbett, Esq , both residents of London, the
whole of his property, real and personal, in trust for his
wife, to receive the interest for her life while unmarried,
and at her death, or second marriage, then to his childen
absolutely.
PERMANENT PAY.—A writer in the Times, advocating
the cause of the working clergy, asks—Would it be a very
astounding thing for a member of parliament to bring be-
fore the house a bill for so ameliorating the lot,of t'te clergy
as to provide for a'l incumbents £l5O per annum certain..
and not dependent on their places ; awl for all curates at
least £lOO per annum, also certain ; and to be so arranged
that the incumbent could not in any way evade the law ;
and this might be done by having his salary paid by the
churchwardens, and not by the rector. Would it als ) be
likely to meet with opposition to propose setting by a
fund tor the support of meritorious clergymen in sickness
and old age; the two afflictions which bring certain ruin
to curates as well as small incumbents without private
means

IMPORTANT ECCLESIASTICAL DECISION.—The Arch-
bishop of Dublin has just decided a very important ques-
tion affecting the constitution of unconsecrated places of
worship, and the rights of rectors of parishes. We allude
to the case of the North Strand Chapel, licensed by the
present Archbishop during the incumbency of the Rev.
Mr. Maguire, the late rector of St. Thomas's, and who
also gave his formal consent ; and the important point
decided by his Grace (under advice of his Vicar• General
and Judge of the Consistorial Court) is, that the consent
of the future incumbent, for the time being, is nece sary
to validate such license. We believe there was nothing
personal in the transaction, and nothing further sought or
contemplated, than that of legally sustaining an abstract
question of right. The case was brought forward by
Archdeacon Magee.—.Dublin Mail.

THE COURT 4• FASHIONABLE WORLD.

The Court still remains at Windsor, but neither her
Majesty nor Prince Albert have been able to take their
accustomed exercise on account of the boisterous and
inhospitable state of the weather.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel. and a select party, have been
on a Christmas visit to the Queen.
The Earl of Lincoln, Sir James and Lady Graham, and
the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, left Windsor Castle on
Friday.

The Duke of Devonshire, on leaving Worsley Hall,
Lancashire, after a visit of several days to Lord and Lady
Francis Egerton, went to Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

We believe that, in the arbitration inquiry, relative
to the Wallasey land, the Solicitor-General's fee was 250
guineas with the brief, 360 guineas f',r coming down, and
100 guineas per day while the arbitration continued.
THE PROTECTIVE SOCIETIES.—The question of the
legality of these societies has been exciting a great deal of
discussion, their opponents referring to the old books to
prove that their promoters are open to be prosecuted cri-
minally fur maintenance ; but it appears by more recent
opinions that they are not illegal, a decision of Lord
Ab'nger being cited to the effect that persons believing
they have a common interest in defending a❑ action are
not guilty of maintenance.

LEEDS AND YORK RAILWAY.—A general meeting of
this company was held at Leeds, on Monday. A long
report from the directors wrs read, from which it ap-
peared that 5,000 shares in this company had been allotted
to ten gentlemen as the parties who were to hold the shares
as trustees for the Aanchester and Leeds comyany. These
were subsequently accepted by the Manchester and Leeds
directors, and the board sanctioned the payment of
£12,500 as a deposit on those shares. The Manchester
and Leeds board, however, subsequently intimated that
it had been found necessary, in carrying out certain ar-
rangements with Mr. Hudson, that the support of the
Manchester and Leeds board should be withdrawn from
the Leeds and York Company. The report also stated
that for the purpose of union with the northern parts of
Lancasiire, and the port of Fleetwood, the directors had
made an arrangement with the directors of the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Noi th Eastern Railway Company, between
the point of junction between Wetherhy and York. The
directors expressed their confidence that the Leeds and
York line would command such decided parliamentary
support as would lead to the passing of the bill in spite of
all competitors. During the discussion which ensued,
the conduct of the Manchester and Leeds board formed
the subject of animadversion.
"No PEACE WITH" RAILWAYS.—A meeting was held
at Cheltenham, on Monday, for the purpose of receiving
a report from a committee appointed at a former meeting,
to guard the interests of the inhabitants against " the in-
vasions and incursions of railways." The Rev. Francis
Close presided ; andlthe Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.P. fur
the borough, is reported to have concluded some observa-
tions (on the lines affecting Cheltenham) with the follow-
ing denunciation :—" So much for my public connexion
with this railway ; now for myself—Gentlemen, as an
individual I hate your railways, I detest them altogether,
I wish the concoctors of the Cheltenham and Oxford, and
the concoc'ors of every other scheme, including the soli-
citors and engineers, were at rest in Paradise. (Laughter
and loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I detest railroads : nothing
is more distasteful to me than to hear the echo of our hills
reverberating with the noise of hissing railroad engines
running through the heart of our hunting country, and
destroying that noble sport to which I have been accus-
tomed from my childhood, and to which I would humbly
hope the good town of Cheltenham owes some little of its
prosperity, (Loud and repeated cheers.) Such are my
feelings against railroads ; but I know it is useless for me
to attempt to stem the stream of public opinion ; and my
object in joining the Cheltenham and Oxford Company
is to secure to Cheltenham a more direct means of com-
munication than she now possesses. My object has been
to benefit Cheltenham ; and although I know I have in-
curred great unpopularity by so doing, I feel that I could
do nothing else. By promoting facilities of communica-
tion I have felt that I must benefit this town, which de-
pends so much upon its visitors ; and whether those
visitors come to enjoy the sports of the field, or to reno-
vate their health, or to avail themselves of the meagre
religious consolation which your reverend chairman can
afford"—[the remainder of the sentence was lost amid
storm of hisses, groans, and " shame."]