The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

CLERICAL NEWS.

The Bishop of London arrived in Chesteron Thursday,
and is the guest of his brother, the Rev. Canon Blom-
field. The Rev. Prelate preached in the Cathedral on.
Sunday and yesterday; he and family were to proceed
on a tour in Wales, and then return to Chester for a fort-
night.

The venerable Unwin Clarke, archdeacon of Chester,
has been pleased to appoint Mr. Francis Boydell principal
registrar of all the rural deaneries (12) within the modern archdeaconries of Chester and Manchester, on the resig-
nation of Mr. Simpson, the late principal registrar, who
is about to praotise as a proctor, at York, in the courts of
His Grace the Archbishop.
THE ROUND CHURCH.—The Rev. R. R. Faulkner, the
incumbent of the Holy Sepulchre Church, Cambridge,
having appealed to the Court of Arches against the deci-
sion of the Consistory Court of Ely in favour of the erec-
tion of a stone altar and credence table, has obtained a
decree inhibiting the churchwardens from all further pro-
ceedings in the matter.

THE CASE OF THE REV. JAMES SHORE.—The West-
ern Luminary records the judgment given on Tuesday in
the case of the Rev. James Shore, of Bridgetown, by the
commission appointed by the Bishop to inquire and report
whether there were grounds for instituting further pro-
ceedings against the rev. gentleman for having officiated
in an unconsecrated building without license from the
Bishop. It will be remembered that Mr. Shore's de-
fence was that he had made the declarations required by
the Toleration Acts, and that the meeting house in which
he had preached was regularly registered under the act 52
Geo. 111. The commissioners, after taking time to con-
sider, adjudged that by the present proceeding the Bish-
op's jurisdiction over Mr. Shore was established. The
effect of the further proceedings will be to divest Mr.
Shore of his character as a clergyman of the church.
LEEDS PARISH CHURCH.—The committee for re-
building this edifice, in their report, state to the subscri-
bers, that owing to the pressure of the times, the canvas
for further subscriptions, in accordance with the resolu-
tions of October, MIL shortly after the opening of the
church, was not carried on with adequate vigour and
effect, and thus it became necessary to make another ap-
peal to the churchmen of Leeds. The original cost was
estimated at about £2,000 ; but now that the work, with
additions,•alterations in pews, gas fittings, stained glass,
&c., is measured off, the total sum now owing is £5,165,
being £3,770 more than was estimated at the last meet-
ing. The total amount expended by the committee is
£29,770, but this includes pulling down the old building,
and preparing for the new, which items amount to £2,462.
The total deficit is £.1,801, which, however, we trust the
spirited churchmen of Leeds will, for so noble a purpose,
speedily make good.

NEW CH uncnEs.—On Thursday, the 24th annual re-
port of the commissioners for building new churches was
printed. In the last report it was stated, that in the year
316 churches had been completed, in which accommoda-
tion had been provided for 379,662 persons, including
209,323 free seats, appropriated to the use of the poor.
Since the last report 10 churches have been completed,
in as many counties, in which 10 churches accommoda-
tion has been afforded for 9,979 persons, including 216,596
free seats appropriated to the use of the poor. Thus, is
the whole, 326 churches have now been completed, and
provision has therein been made for 389,641 persons, in-
cluding 216,586 free seats appropriated to the use of the
poor. It is further stated by the commissioners, that 28
churches are now in the course of building, to the erec-
tion of which pecuniary aid has been granted by the com-
missioners out of the funds at their disposal. Plans for
18 churches have been approved of, and two additional
plans are under consideration.