The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NET'V

PRESENTATION.—The R;v. Thomas Greenall to tile
rectory of Grappenhall, on the presentation of Thos
Greenall, of Grappenhall Hall, Esq.
1-1'
The Bishop of Worcester has appointed the Rev., 1, to
Hastings, Rector of Areley Kings, and Rural Dear',,Do
the Honorary Canonry vacant by the promotion 01:4,
Rev. James Prince Lee, D.D., to the See of Manclies',l3o
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are in treaty for Ltbe
entoanm,eadndfofrourcomnfiilrems
confirming purchase of Alkrington Hall for the residence af46
Bishop of Manchester. Alkrington. Hall is about a '
Sumner as Archbishop of Canterbury, is Friday, the ~-,' 0
froTmheMdidadyl
of March. The ceremony will take place as usual at P
Church. Meanelcolacetsiotenr.
of
iproo:

The Cambridge Chronicle, a tolerably good author'
states that Dr. Waddington, Dean of Durham, and a surat
porter of Quaker Bright, will be the new Bishop
Chester.

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The stall in the Cathedral of Durham, which tet
13:c3nie vacant by the elevation of the Bishop of Chep
to the, Archbishopric of Canterbury, has hitherto the
an income attached to it of £2284, but, under be
provisions of an act of parliament, it will hereafter ,e 4
limited to £lOOO, the'surplus going to the augmentav
of small livings.
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual ins!, 00
for Oxford and its vicinity was held at the town 13.5%0,.
Monday. The Lord Bishop of Oxford in the chair ; 5
pet
orted by the Rev, the Vice Chancellor, the Master e,
Pembroke College,. the Provost of Worcester Colle
many influential Members of the University, and se%:4l
of the parochial clergy. The Bishop of Oxford hrl",oevol
aG
addressed the meeting, and expressed his gratification
being again able to preside over its anniversary. ik
THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.—A strong desire is felt PC
many of the clergy in the diocese of Chester, to Pre'. 01
to our beloved bishop on his translation to the seew
Canterbury, a more substantial testimonial than 01'0,,
addresses from the several deaneries, as a grateful ackooo
ledgement of his many services to the church ; and as the
expression of the high respect in which he is held bY„„0
clergy over whom he has been an affectionate and Yiine
overseer for nearly twenty years. The suggestion, 0
doubt not, will readily meet with a general rest°"
-t
throughout the diocese.
RUGBY SCHOOL. —The Rugbeians have, within 01°40
two years, carried off no less. than 25 first-rate Unive'iiis'
honours. In the list of those who have thus highlY.aget
tiuguished themselves may be enumerated, at Cambri. eir
four wranglers ; five first class men in the classical trg

one of these senior; one senior Chancellor's ineaajfist;
one Browne's medallist, for Latin ode ; one Br°7o",pefir
medallist, for Greek and Latin epigrams; and one,,.,sjer'
ber's prizeman. At Oxford, six first class men in er'
—;eoetuarteretaidieetrsenmea
one Hertford Latin scholar, one Ireland scholar, 0,,e,-,111/1
Latin verse _pri.emen, one senior mathematical soli
and one Johnson theological scholar.
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The Manchester Courier, speaking of the new wi the
appearance
pl\elaarnanchcee Manchester, swayhsen:
kind of feeling that has been inspired by his 101115'0
already communicated to the Archdeacon his intentl,"o",
give £lOOO towards the endowment of a church ; another has offered an estate suitable for the epi9-.0%
palace, including a house which contains six entertBV
rooms and ten bedrooms, at whatever price the surl of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners may fix as reasons
be it £5OOO or £lO,OOO, that amount, whichever end
may be,. to be expended in the building of c,hurco"
this parish."
DR. HOWLEY AS A PREACHER.---Amidst all Le mop
rent gentleness of the late Archbishop of Canteruoc
there might at all times be seen a certain force of.
ter which tended to augment the deference that his 01
commanded, while the moral purity of his life all set,:
eminence of his'station gave a sort of prestige to 131
mons whenever it happened to be the pleasure of
Grace Grace to occupy a pulpit. Notwithstanding these ad
titious aids, however, he was by no means a distill/In/et
ygejnutdlegraea;l7:ok
preacher ;—without much ingenuity, without the 10,04
to render learning popular, without imagination. wzo
fervour, he was scarcely even impressive ; but the,,,fC
of preaching " not being a necessary qualification foe
office of a bishop, he may be pronounced worthy !:fle,
high station which he filled even by those who ;74 1"
help admitting that eloquence could not be inclef
the catalogue of his accomplishments, or politica',
fil)°011
pendence in the number of his virtues. He was not
no great preacher, but he was not even successful ie.tode;
may be called compositions of supplication or got.,lrae,t
It is well known that all occasional forms of pub& rt
or thanksgiving go forth under the imprimatur 0_10)0
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. They may not wis
be written by his own hand, but the presumption 010P-
that effect ; at all events, for the literature and the, 13/,';
of such productions the Priraate for the time beilWfiii,
usually been considered responsible ; and it ee.r"g
must be acknowledged, that, amongst the great P.'" 1b f
the church-going population of the present cV;,
prayers and thanksgivings ordered by lithe Sove rbor
Council, and prepared by the Archbishop. of Conte ed t.
did not greatly excite either the addm a twe
aged pr the femur Qf rho PiQu4