The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. F. Sa

A.M., to the new church of Southtown, Suffolk.—Rev.
A. Cocte, 8.A., to the rectory of Marsh Gibbon, Buck-
ingham, void by the resignation of the Hon. and Rev. J.
Douglas.—Rev. P. rind, M.A., to the vicarage of South-
stoke, with Woodcor chapel, Oxfordshire.—Rev. F.
Baugh, M.A., to the preachership of Charter-house,
London.—Rev. S. Waldegrave, M.A., to the vicarage of
Great Ilford, Essex.—Rev. W. F. Audland. M.A., to
the curacy of St. Ebbe's, Oxford, vacant by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. S. Waldegrave.—Rev. R. Clutton, 8.D.,
to the vicarage of Saffron Walden, Essex.—Rev. H.
Foulis, M.A., to the honorary prebend of Welton West-
hail, with Gorehall, in Lincoln cathedral.—Rev. F. A.
Crow, M.A., to the rectory of Alcester.—Rev. F. Garden,
M.A., incumbent of Trinity church, Greenwich, to the
assistant ministry of St. Paul's church, York-place,
Edinburgh, in the room of the Hon. and Rev. G. Yorke.
—Rev. F. R. Inge, M.A., to the curacy and evening
lectureship of All Saints, Hereford.—Rev. C. B. V.
Johnstone, M.A., vicar of Feliskirk, to be a canon resi-
dentiary of York, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. S.
Markham.—Rev. W. Laing, to be junior assistant curate
at Oldbury, near Birmingham.—Rev. S. F. Page, per-
petual curate of Farnham, to be chaplain to the county
gaol, Ipswich, in the room of the Rev. J. F. Tunney, re-
signed.—Rev. J. B. Reynardson, 8.A., to the living of
Careby, with the chapelry of Holywell cum Aunby, near
Stamford, vacated by the death of the late J. R. Deverell.
—Rev. C. Collins M.A., to the rectory of Milton, near
Canterbury.—Rev. J. B. Marsden, M.A., late rector of
Tooting, Surrey to the vicarage of Missenden, Magna,
Bu3ks.—Rev. P. P. Smith, 8.A., to the chaplaincy of
H.M.S. Volcano.—Rev. J. Bickerdike, M.A., to the
lectureship of the parish church of Bradford, vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. T. Atkinson.—Rev. T. Lund,
8.D., rector of Morton, to be rural dean for the Alfreton
district, in the place of the Rev. J. Wood, resigned.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Eglinton and Wintnn.has
been proposed as Lord Rector for Glasgow university:
Lord Francis Egerton was last week unanimously re-
elected, for the fifth time, Lord Rector of the University
and King's College, Aberdeen.

The Rev. IL Phelps, D.D., and Master of Sidney Sus-
sex College, has been elected Vice-Chancellor of Cam-
bridge for the ensuing year.
NOBLE MUNIFICENCE.—On Friday last an unknown
lady sent a donation of £lOOO to the Society for the En-
largement and Building of Churches and Chapels, and
£5OO to the Society for Promoting the Employment of
Curates in Populous Places.

The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, who has recently returned
from the United States of America, has lately commenced
a series of lectures on that unhappy country, before the
Church Institution of Bradford, of which he is the
President.

The Earl of Harrowby, Viscount Sandon, Lord Cal-
thorp, Lord Kinnaird, the Hon. F. and Lady Georgiana
Ryder, the Hon. F. Calthorpe, and Sir Juckes Clifton,
have recently contributed liberal donations to the fund
for the restoration of the ancient and beautiful church of
St. Marv, Nottingham. The subscription already ex-
ceeds £3,000.

FREE SITTINGS IN CHURCHES.—By the church build-
ing acts, no new church can be consecrated unless one-
third at least of the sittings be set apart as free for the use
of the poor. Nor can any church be consecrated unless it
be first endowed with at least £l,OOO in the funds, or in
land. Any individual who shall declare his intention of
endowing a church with the sum required by the act, may
become, on his performance of that intention, perpetual
patron of the said church. There is always a check upon
improper persons entering upon a benefice, in the person
of the bishop, who will, upon just grounds, refuse to in-
stitute.

THE COURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert will take their departure
from Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace this morn-
inF (Tuesday.) _ _

The Queen 'and Prince Albert, the Court, and the do-
mestic household attended divine serviceon Sunday morn-
ing in the private chapel of the castle.
Sir Robert Peel arrived in town on Saturday morning
from a visit to Her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Sir
James Graham and the Chancellor of the Exchequer bad
interviews with the right hon. baronet. In the afternoon
Sir. R. Peel left his residence in Whitehall gardens for
Brighton.
The Prince of Wales completed his third year on Sa-
turday last.
Her Majesty and Royal Consort, when leaving their
" Highland Home," left to the poor of the parish of
Blair, £lOO. _

The Queen has appointed the Right Hon. Edward Ear]
of Ellenborough a Knight Grand Cross of the most ho-
nourable Order of the Balh.

RAILWAY IIVTELLIGEIVCE.

The West Yoikshire, Leeds and Thirsk, and Leeds
and Dewsbury railway projects are about to be amalga-
mated. The proposed railway from Bolton Percy to
Knaresborough and Harrogate is abandoned.
SHIPLEY AND COLNE RAILWAY.—PubIic notice has
been given of a meeting of the shareholders in the Leeds
and Bradford Railway Company, to be held at Leeds on
the 20th instant, to consider the propriety of applying for
an act in the next session of parliament, to make a railway
from the company's line at Shipley, near Bradford, to
Colne' in Lancashire, with a branch railway from Keigh-
ley to Haworth.

The Great Western Company have launched a new pro-
ject. In consequence of the Hereford Company having deter-
mined to walk alone, the Great Western have given notice
of their intention to apply to parliament for a line to Ross
and Hereford, with a branch to Monmouth. This scheme
has taken many people by surprise. Its construction would
involve the necessity of making two bridgesoyer the Severn.
THE QUEEN V. THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL
RAILWAY COMPANY.—This was an indictment against
the defendants for a nuisance, for obstructing the public
highway in New Bailey-street, Salford, by the erection in
the carriage way of that street of four pillars, on which
they had erected a bridge, over which they had carried a
portion of their railway. The case was tried at Liver-
pool, before Mr. Justice Cresswell, and a verdict passed
for the crown. The affair is to be turned into a special
case, for the opinion of the court.

THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER AND NORTH
UNION RAILWAYS.-At a meeting, in Liverpool, on
Monday, an amalgamation of these railways was agreed
upon. The North Union £lOO stock to be equal to £75
of the Liverpool and Manchester. This amalgamation
has caused the North Union shares to rise considerably.
According to the new arrangement, when the dividend
declared by the joint companies shall be 9 per cent., the
original North Union shareholders will receive 7 per
cent. on their paid-up capital, and the holders of Bolton
stock 4 per cent. When the dividend shall be 10, 79 and
41. As one advantage of the amalgamation, we hear it
stated, that the trains to Preston will, in a short time,
be worked through, by which the delay which has hitherto
frequently occurred at Parkside will be avoided. This
will be a great convenience to passengers. An amalga-
mation with the Grand Junction Company is gkely to
take place shortly.