The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE,

The proceedings against the Bishop of Hereford are not
to be carried into the House of Lords.
THE LATE PRIMATE.-At the meeting of the Gospel
Propagation Society a few days since, there was a very
large attendance of members, including, among others,
the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Llandaff,
Exeter, Salisbury, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir R. H. Inglis,
Bart., M.P., the Dean of Manchester, Archdeacons Sin-
clair, Jones, Thorp, Hale, and Hamilton, Hon. and Rev.
C. L. Courtenay, Rev. Sir H. R. Dukinfield, Rev. Drs.
Spry, Russell, Jelf, Wordsworth, Vivian, &c. &c. The
Archbishop of York presided. The Earl of Harrowby
with moved, and the Bishop of London seconded,
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resolutions expressive of the grateful sense. of the society
whenever
of the late Primate's great exertions. on its behalf, and
sorrow at the loss it had experienced in his death. In the
course of his remarks Earl Harrowby said :—How can I
--how can any one of us—forget that winning gentleness
of manner, that graceful simplicity of demeanour, which
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incompatible
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occasion called for them. It is no time now to go into
evidence on this point as to the general government of the
Church ; but, at any rate, within these walls this union
of qualities will not be questioned.
. By his conciliating
spirit, by the largeness of his views, he harmonised ele-
ments amongst us not always of themselves most harmo-
nious ; and the facts stated in the resolutions show the
spirit and the energy which he threw into our proceedings.
When he first guided the operations of the society the
principle of Episcopacy was scarcelyarcely admitted into our
colonies. During his administration, and under his
guidance, the absence of it became the exception—an
exception, happily, fast disappearing. He found 5 Bishops
in our Colonies, he left 21 ; he found 122 Missionaries in
the service of the society, he left full 334, and thew

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certainly not less zealous, not less fitted for the task of
preading the Gospel of Christ amongst our extended
Colonies, than the smaller number."
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CALCUTTA CATHEDRAL.—From the final Report of St.
Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, we learn that ••the sacreo,
edifice was consecrated according to the edifying forms of,
our. Protestant National Church, on Friday, October
1847, being the anniversary of the day when the first
stone was deposited in 1839." It is recorded with grad'
tude to Almighty God, that, from its commencement to
the present time, this difficult undertaking has been one
of continued progress and success, without a single failure
in any part. The estimate of the cost was four lacs of
rupees ; the actual outlay has been rather more than five-
The building is now complete, inside and out, with cloar
bells, painted windows and organ. The style is denomi-
nated by the Bishop `•lndo or Christian Gothic." Some
parts are imitated from Norwich Cathedral, some from
Canterbury, some from York; some are new variations
occasioned by climate. The material is a kind of brick.
dressed with Chunar stone, and covered inside and out
with chunam. which takes a polish like marble. The
external length is 248 feet ; width 83 feet ; length acrost
transepts 116 feet ; height of the spire 206 feet. Therein_
no nave, but a western vestibule 46 feet by 22. The
Cathedral may be made to receive 1,300 or 1.400 people-
It is intended to be at once a Parish Church, a Mission.
Church for service in the vernacular languages, and so
Metropolitan Cathedral. There will be a body of sit
Cathedral Clergy, who will help forward the cause of the
Gospel by their literary labours. The staff of lay offrcero
is also complete. There are to be two full services es
Sunday, daily morning prayers at seven a.m., and Bar
Communion once a month, and on certain Festivals..."
Colonial Chronicle.