The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

ORDINATIONS TO BE HOLDEN,

Nov. 23.—8 y the Bishop of Norwich, at Norwich.
Dec. 21.—8 y the Archbishop of York, at York.
„ By the Bishop of London.
„ By the Bishop of Winchester (a), Farnham Castle
~ By the Bishop of Bath end Wells (b), at Bath.
„ By the Bishop of Carlisle (if required).
~ By the Bishop of Lichfield (b), at Eccleshall.
~ By the Lincoln (c), at Lincoln.
~ By the Bishop of Llandeff (b), at Landaff.
/) By the Bishop of Oxford, at Oxford.
~ By the Bishop of Peterborough, at Peterborough.
Jf By the Bishop of Ripon, at Ripon.
If By the B.shop of Rochester.
By the Bishop of Salisbury (b) at Salisbury.
By the Bishop of Worcester, at Worcester.

March 7.—By the Bishop of Chester, at Chester.
(a) Papers to be sent to the Bishop on or before Nov. 15,
(b) Papers to be sent to the Bishop on or before Nov. 22.

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(c) Papers to be sent to the Bishop on or before Nov. 8.
OBITUARY.
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Oct. 5, in Bedford-square, the Rev. James Endell Tyler, aged
62.—Oct. 2. at Felton Rectory, Herefordshire, the Rev. Edward
Freeman in his 76th year.— Sept. 27, in his 97th year, the Rev.
Thomas Peacock, Vicar of North Tuddenham, and father of
Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely.—Sept. 27, at Dilwyn, Herefordshire,
the Rev. D. P. Powell, in his 87th year.—Sept. 26, at Carlton-
le-Moorlands, aged 81, the Rev. W: Brocklebank, Vicar of
Norton-Disney, Lincolnshire.—Oct. 3, the Rev. T. Burnaby,
M.A., late Chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge, Domestic
Chaplain to the Marquess of Anglesea, and Vicar of Blakesley,
Northamptonshire, aged 65.—Oct. 1, at Little-heath, Potter's.
bar, the Rev. H. Reid, aged 45.—July 14, at sea; the Rev. J.
M'Evoy, A.M., of the Madras Ecclesiastical Establishment.—
Oct. 8, at Seagrave, Leicestershire, aged 74, the Rev. Robert
Gutch, for 42 years Rector of Seagrave.—Sept. 26, suddenly,
at Tulla, the Rev. R. Brew, 8.A., Vicar of Tullogh, and Pre-
bend of the diocese of Killaloe.

The Times announces that the " Sisterhood" formerly
settled at St. Barnabas, Knightsbridge, under Mr. Bennett,
and latterly resident in Margaret-street, Cavendish-square,
were publicly received in a body into the Roman Catholic
Church at Islington on Sunday evening last.
The Esse.r Standard, an active promoter of a projected
testimonial to Mr. Gorham, says :—" From a list privately
circulated of contributions to the Brampford Speke Fund,
for defraying the expenses incurred by the Rev Mr. Gor-
ham in the celebrated cause, Gorham v. Exeter, we learn
that the total expenses of the contest were £3,604 7s. Bd.,
and the total contributions £3,857 93. 10d., leaving a
balance in the treasurers' hands of £253 23. 2d , which
they have paid over to the private account of Mr. Gor-
ham."

A commission, issued by the Bishop of Exeter, has pro-
nounced, after the examination of several witnesses, that
there is a prima facie case for enquiry against the Rev.
Richard Antram, incumbent of Slapton, charged by his
churchwardens with neglecting to hold morning and
evening prayer on Good Friday, and evening prayer on
Easter-day, in his church, though at the time resident in
his parish, also that a child died unbaptized through his
gross negligence or wilful refusal to attend and baptise
the same.
The New York Churchman reports the election, after a
sharp contest, of the Rev. Milo Mahan to the Professor-
ship of Ecclesiastical History, vacated by the death of the
much•larnented Dr. Ogilby. Seven ballots took place,
Mr. Mahan and Mr. Spencer alternately heading the list
till the required majority was obtained. Speaking of the
appointment, the New York Churchman pronounces its
satisfaction at the result, Mr. Mahan's scholarship and
intellectual powers being of a high order. Much interest
is being excited in the annual Diocesan Convention of
New York, now about sitting, at which a Bishop is to be
elected to fulfil the duties of the suspended Dr. Onderdonk.
DIOCESAN SYNOD MEETING AT DERBY.—On Wed-
nesday afternoon a meeting of 300 clergy and laity
assemb!ed at Derby, under the presidency of the Rev. T.
Collins, of Knaresborough. A report was read and
adopted, and the following resolutions were moved,
seconded, and supported by Archdeacon Denison, Captain
Moorsom, J. D. Dickenson, Esq., the Rev. F. Mere-
wether, Canon Trevor, F. Merewether, Esq., J. Russell,
Esq., the Rev. Cooke, and the Rev. J. Sweete :—That
this meeting pledges itself to earnest and renewed prayer
to Almighty God, and perseverance among the members
of His Church, on the behalf of the revival of synodical
action, considering it to be essential to the completeness
of the constitution, and to the efficiency of tho practical
working of the Church. That the encouragement which
the committee have already received from nearly all per-
sons in official situations with whom they have had com-
munication, is an additional motive for their continuing to
press upon the minds of churchmen the necessity of
diocesan synods, with the same respect and deference for
ecclesiastical order and authority, which they have hitherto
exhibited. That this meeting request the committee to
return thanks to all persons and parties who have gene-
rously assisted them in their labours, and to Mr. Caswell
and Mr. Pound for papers presented to them, without
pledging itself to the statements and opinion contained
therein. A finance committee was appointed, and thanks
voted to the chairman, committee, and secretaries, and
the meeting adjourned to early in February, to London.
CHURCH SERVICES.—The Bishop of Llandaff held his
primary visitation on Friday last, at Newport, Monmouth-
shire. His lordship's charge was confined entirely to
reviewing the state of his diocese ; and he insisted in
urgent terms on the necessity of increasing Welsh ser-
vices, as the only way of meeting the spread of dissent,
which was fast overrunning the diocese :—" Dissent in
South Wales had originated in a desire for more efficient
and immediate ministration than the Church seemed
likely to afford in the last century, for the thousands and
tens of thousands of people in this district; and were it
not for the assistance thus rendered, said his lordship, our
people would have lived without hope and without God in
the world. Ihe circumstances of the diocese were now
such as showed that a positive good had arisen from the
evil of Dissent. Had the zeal, however, which produced
that ministration, but waited in prayer for His remedy of
the evils that existed, the result at this time would have
been far better, and would not have produced a multitude
of sects, and a diversity of doctrines, which could not be
observed without regret. He would not stop to inquire
whether the spirit of modern dissent partook more of a
political than spiritual oharacter ; though if he spoke at
all of its character in Wales, he must say that the tone of
certain Welsh Dissenting publications was anything but
calculated to produce a pleasant effect. In the restless
sea of agitation produced by the various creeds and doc-
trines, to which allusion had been made, what was there
to prevent the multitude from relapsing into indifference,
ungodliness, or Socinianism ? It would, indeed, be well
for the peace and the spirituality of the diocese, if all those
divisions were at an end, and if the different Protestant
denominations would sink their minor differences, and
unite against the common enemy. Whatever were the
state of things, however, let them have no cause of sepa-
ration and division among themselves; but by holy and
unblameable lives and conduct, show an example to those
around them."

RAILWAY RUMOURS.—Rumour now says that the
Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Companies
will not come together. It is likewise whispered about
town that something not very pleasant exists between the
London and Northwestern and the Midland, and some go
so far as to say that the latter talk of sending their traffic
over the Great Western's Birmingham and Oxford line.
It has, however, always been understood that the traffic
agreement between the London and Northwestern and
Midland, which has yet many years to run, is of too bind-
ing a nature to admit of being broken. Others say, and
probably more truly, that the difference, if any exist, is
about a working agreement which the London and North-
western want with the Midland over the Birmingham and
Bristol Railway for three years, by which the London and
Northwestern intend to compete with the Great Western
for the Bristol traffic. The distance round Birmingham is
200 miles, against 119. The Midland are said to have no
objection to the agreement provided it be for a long period,
but in a few years they think it possible the two great
companies may get tired of competition, come to terms,
and then, their line being no longer wanted, they may be
left in the lurch.—Herapaih's Journal of Saturday.