The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-18 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

Mr. Wm. Henry Foy, of St. Bees' College, has been
appointed to the lucrative office of British chaplain to a
district in the north of India, by the Bishop of Calcutta.
MANCHESTER CATHEDRAL.—A lady has lately for-
warded to the Dean of Manchester the sum of £5O, for
the erection in the cathedral of any article of furniture or
ornament which might be thought advisable. The dean
has decided upon appropriating the money to the erection
of a font.

The Rev. J. Garbett, Rural Dean of Birmingham, has
been appointed examining chaplain to the Right Rev.
James Prince Lee, Bishop of Manchester, and is ap-
pointed to preach the consecration sermon at Whitehall
Chapel, on Sunday.
The Oxford Magazine for this month says, " We know
that the foreseen reaction has come. Puseyism has natu-
rally developed' into Infidelity in some of the •acutest
minds among the younger members of .the C

avocation.
They have not seceded to Rome : they remain where they
were born and nurtured. Many of them retain nothing
of their early Puseyism, but its hatred of evangelical and
scriptural truth. This is a most melancholy fact."
The articles presented by Mr. Gutteridge against the
Bishop of Manchester repeat the charges as to divers al-
leged acts of intoxication at the Blue Coat School and
Bishop Ryder's Church, as also at his lordship's own pri-
vate residence, the latter being alleged to be notorious to
the members of the household, and amongst others to
Mr. Abbott, one of the under masters of the school.
Mr. Abbott, since the publication of the statement, has
denied in tot° the truth of this allegation, to which he
gives the most unqualified and emphatic denial.
In the Arches Court, on Tuesday, Sir H. J. Fust sen-
tenced the Rev. J. Mayor, Perpetual Curate of Forest-
hill, to be deprived of that benefice, to which he had been
nominated in 1823, because in 1825 he procured himself
to be inducted to the living of Hadleigh without procuring
a legal dispensation. The Bishop of Oxford, through his
secretary, instituted the suit, relying upon a decree of the
Council of Lateran, binding upon the clergy of this

country, and which declares that whosoever shall take a
second benefice of souls without license shall forfeit the
first.

The new archbishop of York was enthroned on Thurs-
day with the usual ceremony. The lord archbishop was
conducted to the Chapter House, where be made his pe-
tition to be invested in all the rights of the archiepiscopal
dignity. A procession was then formed to the altar in
the choir, where the lord archbishop petitioned as before,
and he then took the usual oath. administered by the re-
gistrar. His grace was then conducted to a chair, near
the altar, and the president placing his hand on the head
of the archbishop, invested him with the pastoral and
archiepiscopal dignity.

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DR. HAMPDEN.—Among the signatures of the clergy
to the address of confidence in Dr. Hampden, we find
the following of reverend gentlemen connected with this
town and neighbourhood :—Revds. Drummond Anderson,
Dr. Booth, J. P. Boutflower, G. H. Bowers, Dean of
Manchester, Dr. Byrth, J. Cordeaux, H. Cowan, J. H.
Crowder, John Crump, George Cuthbert, Robert Davies,
George Dover, W. W. Ewbank, A. Hamilton, W. F.
Ancock, W. Hughes, Dr. Hume, Andrew Knox, A.
M'Conkey, W. Maynard, J. W. Milner, T. Nolan, A.
E. Obins, T. Radford, W. Rawson, E. Roberts, R. Wall,
R. C. Welsh, R. Wilde, J. E. Bates, and J. E. Gladstone.
The clergy of the Archdeaconry of Gloucester held a
meeting in the Cathedral of that city, on Tuesday, for the
purpose of presenting an address of sympathy to the Lord
Bishop of the Diocese on the rejection of the remonstrance
against Dr. Hampden's appointment to the Bishopric of
Hereford, transmitted by the Bishops to the Premier.
The Rev. Mr. Kennaway, of Campden, moved the address,
which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Estcourt. The Rev.
Dr. Jenne, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and
Canon of Gloucester, moved, as an amendment, that it
was inexpedient to address, and this was seconded by the
Rev. Mr. Close, of Cheltenham. Long speeches were
made by the gentlemen named, and, after a warm discus-
sion the meeting divided, when the address was carried
by 71 to 28 votes.
THE RIGHTS OF THE CROWN.—In the course of the
proceedings relative to the confirmation of Dr. Hampden's
appointment, Dr. Lushington touched the point of the
case, when he said—" No doubt there may be inconsis-
tency in these modes of proceeding; indeed I think it
would be in vain to deny that such is the case. But
really, what are the facts ? The times when this statute
was passed were times when we were emerging from the
power of the Papacy into the freedom of the Refofmation,
and when practices—and, I am sorry to say, principles
too—vacillated ; and is there any wonder that a Sove-
reign upon his throne in those times was anxious to re-
tain the ancient form, though at the same time anxious
to engross into his own hands the real power ?"—namely,
the power of the nomination of bishops, from regularly
ordained and qualified persons, instead of that power
being exercised by the Pope.
The Bishop of Exeter has put forward an appeal to the
Christian charity of England for aid in relieving the spi-
ritual destitution, " almost unequalled in intensity," from
which Devonport suffers. For 26,000 inhabitants there is
no parochial church or Chapel. There are two conse-
crated chapels, but they have no proper free seats. In
three districts, containing a population of 18,000, and
separated from the town under 6 and 7 Victoria, c, 37,
there is no church or even chapel whatever. There is
another district similarly unprovided. In no part of
Devonport is gratuitous accommodation afforded even by
Dissenting meeting-houses. The absence of free schools
is equally to be deplored. There is only one "ragged
school," recently established, and a day school for the
sons of seamen, &c. Applications have been made to the
Government ; but they have " no funds applicable to such
a purpose." Four large churches are required for the
four districts ; and to build and endow them a large sum
is nePilPri. ,j - is to meet " curb arrnmitlatinn ~f api_
ritual wants that the Bishop makes this appeal.
EXTRACT FROM ARCHDEACON HARE'S PAMPHLET ON
THE BAMPTON LECTURES.—The author, having shown
in detail the unfairness of the quotations made from the
Bampton Lectures by the Corpus Committee, he thus
continues :—" Here at length we may pass out of this
valley of death. There are still three or four propositions
that I have not noticed ; but they seem to be merely stuck
in to swell out the list, and, after what has already been
said, need no examination. Such a collection of frandu-
lent misrepresentations has hardly ever come under my
notice, though I have had much experience in this way ;
and it has been a painful task to oppose them. But, as I
have had to say, on a former occasion, a lying spirit is
stalking through our Church, and even taking possession
of some minds that would otherwise be among its pillars
and noblest ornaments : and this spirit we must endeavour
to cast out, at whatsoever cost. Who the collector of this
series of propositions may be, I know not. Most probably
he will befound:among those whose love of truth has sought
a congenial resting-place in the Rornish schism ; and his
natural end seems to be, unless some higher spirit arrest
him, to become a familiar of the inquisition."

CONFIRMATION OF THE ELECTION OF THE
BISHOP OF HEREFORD.

The confirmation of the Rev. Rena Dickson Hampden,
D.D., to the Bishopric of Hereford, took place on Tues-
day, at Bow Church, Cheapside. Long before the time
appointed for the ceremony the church was crowded to
excess, and numbers were unable to obtain admission.
The proceedings excited intense interest.
At 11 o'clock the commissioners of his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, viz., Dr. Burnaby, Vicar General
of Canterbury, Sir John Dodson, Master of the Faculties,
and Dr. Lushington, took their seats at the table in the
middle aisle of the church.
Proclamation having been made, calling on opposers
(if any) to come forward,
Mr. Townsend (Proctor) said he had a protest to pre-
s;:mt against the proceedings of that day, which was signed
by Dr. Walbroke Hendley, All Saints, Oxford • John
Jebb, Trinity College, Dublin ; and F. W. Powell, Cam-
bridge ;_ommissioners decided that the protest could not
which he prayed might be read.
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be azeceived ; they were assembled under a :commission,

s igned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to proceed with.
the confirmation of Dr. Hampden, Bishop Elect of the
see of Hereford, and if they neglected to do so they were
liable, under the statute of Henry VIII, to heavy pains
an dpenalties.

The Bishop Elect was here introduced, and took his
seat at the table where the Commissioners were assemb led,
and on proclamation being made a second time for the
op posers to come forward,

Mr. Townsend said, as 'the Court had refused to hear
the protest, he begged permission to hand in the copy of
a libel which the objectors wished to have argued in the
ecclesiastical courts.

Dr. Burnaby said it could not be received. The Com-
missioners were sitting that day under provisions of the
the statute of Henry VIII., and they were bound to pro-
ceed with the confirmation. The opposers had no legal
right to be heard, but the Court would not object.
Dr. Adams then, in a long speech, addressed the Com-
missioners. The learned advocate contended that the
protest against Dr. Hampden's election to the see of
Hereford ought to be fully considered in the Arche s
Court, and he trusted no impediment would be thrown in
the way. He considered that the statute of Henry VIII.
had no bearing in the present case, and therefore he
should be indeed surprised if the Court refused to enter-
tain the protest. If an individual had been unduly
elected to the office of Bishop, surely, on sufficient
grounds being shown, the Court would not proceed
with the confirmation . Now the opposers stated that
Dr. Hampden had not been duly and according to law,
elected Bishop of Hereford, as the election by the Dean
and Chapter was not unanimous. He would not speculate
on what other objections might be argued, if the Com-
missioners allowed the confirmation to be stayed until the
case could be heard in the Ecclesiastical Courts. If the
party elected was a Jew, Turk, or heretic, or infidel, would
not the Court, in such a ease, interfere ? Parties oppos-
ing the election were called upon to appear, and state
their objections, or otherwise they would be held contu-
macious ; and when they did so, was it not a farce, a
mockery of justice, to be told that the objections could
not be entertained ?

At the conclusion of a long argument,
Dr. Burnaby said he was decidedly of opinion that the
Commissioners had no power or authority to entertain
th e objections against Dr. Hampden's election.
Dr. Lushington and Sir John Dodson were of the same
opinion.

The ennfirmation was then proceeded with, and at its
conclusion the Bishops and Commissioners left the church.
THE BISHOPS OF HEREFORD AND OXFORD

The subjoined letter has been addressed by the Bishop
of. Hereford (elect) to the Rev. R. R. Faulkner. of Haver-
ing-atte-Bower, Essex :

" Christ Church, Oxford, Jan. 7, 1848.
" DEAR SlR,—Your warm congratulation on my pro-
motion to the see of Hereford demands my sincere thanks.
The sympathy of one who has himself stood his ground
so firmly against a violent Tractarian assault is most wel-
come to me. You did essential service by your resistance
to that outrageous attempt of the Camden Society to in-
trude on your rights in your parish, and overbear your
Christian conscientiousness. lam much obliged to you
for the report you have sent me of the proceedings in
that case. I shall have much satisfaction in going through
it when I have leisure from the engagements which press
heavy on me at this moment.

" 1 have had abundant matter of vexatious doings the
last few weeks. But I feel more than compensated for
any personal annoyance by the good which I am sure will
eventually come out of the present disturbance. The
strength and designs of the Tractarian party (the real
movers throughout, whatever may be said to the con-
trary) will have been disclosed, and the necessity of rally-
ing the true Protestant spirit of our Church will have
been demonstrated. I am deeply thankful to a good
Providence for the course which events ha ye taken.

" I am, dear sir, your's faithfully
" R. D. HEREFORD (Elect)

" P. S.—The Bishop of Oxford would insinuate, in
his letter to the Times, that I have made concessions to
him. I shall be obliged to you most positively to contra-
dict any such statement, should you hear it alleged—it is
not true.

" The Rev. R. R. Faulkner."

DR. HAMPDEN AND DR. WHATELEY

The Archbishop of Dublin has published his "thoughts"
on the proceedings against the Bishop of Hereford. It
occupies nearly a page in the London Times of Saturday.
We can quote but one passage to-day, and that we cite the
rather that it suits our space than that it has, of all
other passages in the book, the most excited our admira-
tion.

The Archbishop, after imagining a churchman who has
for years resided far away from the possibility of being ac-
quainted with the passing state of things in reference to
the church, and who suddenly returns at the present crisis,
points out several things that would raise his wonder, and
thus proceeds :

" And, to crown all, he would find the remonstrants
urging Ministers, on the very grounds of Dr. Hampden's
theological unsoundness, to leave him in the office of Re-
gius Professor of Theology. For if they bad thought it
possible, and desirable, to remove him from that office, by
bringing him to a regular trial for heresy, and obtaining a
sentence against him, of course they would have done so
many years.ago. _ _ . _ _ _

" And yet, one would think, soundness in religious
opinions must be, at least, not less requisite—perhaps even
more so—in a professor, who is necessarily occupied in
training for the ministry successive generations of divinity
students (who are required, generally, by the bishops, to
attend his lectures), than in a bishop, who may, and
sometimes does, take no part, personally, in the instruc-
tion and examination of candidates for holy orders—hand-
ing them over altogether to his chaplains.

From this most important and 'responsible office, held
by Dr. Hampden for so many years, no attempt was made
to remove him. The celebrated vote of Convocation only
deprived him of a seat at the board which appoints the
select preachers before the University, which was a post
of comparatively small importance; because, in the event
of any question arising as to a person's fitness to be select
preacher, the professor has only one vote among several.
But when it was proposed to remove Dr. Hampden from
the professorship, by raising him to the bench, then the
remonstrants loudly called for an enquiry into his doc-
trines ; not on the ground of any conviction that they
were heterodox, but avowedly on the ground of the cla-
mour that had been raised against him. ' And as they
cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into
the air, the chief captain commanded him to be brought
into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by
scourging, that he might know wherefore they cried so
against him" (Acts xxii. 23, 24).
" A stranger, then, such as I have been supposing,
would be struck with this as one of the most extraordi-
nary features of this strange transaction—that men pro-
fessing great zeal for purity of doctrine should be found
imploring ministers to ' make choice of some other person'
for a bishopric, and to leave Dr. Hampden in an office
especially calling for sound theological views, BECAUSE
his views are UNSOUND !