The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-15 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Bishop of London h squite recovered.
It is stated that the Bishop of Oxford is about to pro-
hibit Dr. Pusey from preaching in his diocese.
The Leeds Intelligeneer contradicts its statement that
Mr. Wilberforce has joined the Church of Rome.
Sir Robert Peel voted on Friday night in favour of Mr.
Disraeli's motion, and his brother Frederick against it.
The members for Liverpool also voted against it.
The foundation stone of a new church at Harewood,
near Leeds, to he built by Lord Harewood, was laid on
Thursday week by the Bishop of Ripon.
ORDlNATlCN.—Candidates for ordination by the
Bishop of Chester, on Trinity Sunday, must send all ne-
cessary papers to his lordship's secretary, C. T. W.
Parry, Esq., on or before the first of May.
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'Tlie clergy of Leeds have addressed the Bishop of Ri-
pon on the recent perversions in that town. They renew
their expressions of attachment to the great principles of
the Reformation, and protest against the corruptions of
Rome. The address is signed by Dr. Hook, Rev. W.

Sinclair, &c

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BIRMINGHAM.—The Rev. Dr. W.
Warneford has given the munificent sum of £1,400, in
addition to his former gift of £3,000, towards the endow-
ment of the Professorship of Pastoral Theology,—the
appointment to be vested in the senatus of the arts de-
partment.

ANOTHER EPISCOPAL DIFFICULTY.—A difficulty has
arisen in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney. the Bishop of
London having refused to license the Rev. S. G. Poole to
the afternoon lectureship of the parish, to which he has
been elected by the inhabitants. A meeting of ratepayers
has taken place, presided over by Mr. R. Beeton, Church-
warden, at which a resolution against the refusal of the
Bishop of London to license the nominee of the parishio-
ners was carried unanimously. A deputation was ap-
pointed to wait upon the Bishop, to remonstrate against
his opposition. In the event of his refusing to reconsider
his decision, the parishioners are determined to bring the
matter before Parliament

THE LATE EPISCOPAL ADDRESS.—The Manchester
Guardian says, with reference to the non-appearance of
the Bishop of Manchester's signature to the recent epis-
copal address :—" We believe we may state that his re-
fusal to sign was solely grounded on a perception that it
would be inconsistent with the episcopal dignity to esk
as a favour from his clergy what he felt entitled to de-
mand as a measure of obedience !" The Church and
State Gazette says that the address, as originally drawn
up, was much more decided in its tone, and that subse-
quently it was much modified ; and that to these changes
among other reasons may be attributed the omission of
the names of Manchester and Hereford. Our contem-
porary justly adds—" The more we reflect upon this do-
cument, the more we despair of its conciliating tie
obedience of the clergy, or satisfying the just expectations
of the Protestant laity of our church."

THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.—The following letter has
been addressed by Sir George Grey to the Archbishop of
Canterbury :—" Whitehall, April 1, 1851.—My Lord
Archbishop,—l have received the Queen's commands to
transmit to your grace the accompanying address, which
has been presented to her majesty, signed by a very large
number of lay members of the united church of England
and Ireland, including many members of both houses of
parliament. Her majesty places full confidence in your
grace's desire to use such means as are within your power
to maintain the purity of the doctrines taught by the
clergy of the established church, and to discourage and
prevent innovations in the modes of conducting the ser-
vices of the church not sanctioned by law or general
usage, and calculated to create dissatisfaction and alarm
among a numerous body of its members. I am, there-
fore. commanded to place this address in your grace's
hands, and to request that it may be communicated to
the Archbishop of York, and to the suffragan bishops in
England and Wales, who, her majesty does not doubt,
will concur with your grace in the endeavour, by a judi-
cious exercise of their authority and influence, to uphold
the purity and simplicity of the faith and worship of our
reformed church, and to reconcile differences among its
members injurious to its peace and usefulness.—l have,
&c., G. Grey."

TIIE BISHOP OF LONDON AND FOREIGN PROTEST-
ANTS.—The Bishop of London has addressed a letter to
the Marquess of Cholmondeley, as President of the Fo-
reign Aid Society, stating that, in his opinion, " we may,
in perfect consistency with our obligations as members of
the Church of England, assist in providing those of our
guests who belong to Protestant Churehes, and hold the
great doctrines of Evangelical truth, with the means of
attending the public service of God, according to their own
forms of worship, during the short period of their visit to
this country, although such services could not be per-
formed in our Churches, nor could any of our Clergy pro-
perly take part in them," and suggesting that the Society
should lend its aid in making arrangements for the pur-
pose. In consequence of this communication the Com-
mittee of the Society have addressed a circular to foreign
Protestant Ministers, in which they say :
The precise object which is contemplated by the two Bishops,
whose jurisdiction extends over our metropolis, and by the
Archbishop, who concurs in their view, is to afford to you, if
you desire it, the opportunity of renewing friendly intercourse
with the Established Church of this country, so far as the sanc-
tion of the diocesan avails ; and if you desire to place yourself
in a position analogous to that which you hold in your own
country, as an ordained minister of a national Church, we shall
be glad to receive your communication, and provide a place
where, without necessarily joining in our rites and ceremonies,
you may celebrate the worship of Almighty God according to
your own forms and order.

-
ZIETROPOLIS CHURCHES FUND.—The Bishop of Lon-
don has addressed a letter to the clergy and laity of his
diocese, informing them that in consequence of the com-
pletion of more than fifty new churches contemplated in
the appeal made by him fifteen years ago, " the opera-
tions of the Metropolis Churches Fund will now be ex-
tended to the whole of the diocese of London, and con-
tributors to it may give their subscriptions to any parti-
cular church, and with such conditions respecting patron-
age as they may think best." The following are the
principal facts set forth in the appeal :
Since the first appeal was made in July, 1836, the sum of
-€240,000 has been collected and expended in building, or as-
sisting to build, 64 churches, the total cost of which has been
upwards of .e 445,000. Six additional sites have been obtained
by gift or purchase, on which churches will be built as soon as
the requisite funds are subscribed. In addition to these, two
other churches have been erected by the pious munificence of
individuals ; one in Westminster, with an endowment, parson-
age•house, and schools; the other in the parish of St. George's-
in-the-East. Another is building in Westminster at the sole
charge of one of the canons and his lady. These 67 new
churches will not, however, supply the deficiency which ex-
isted when the fund was first set on foot, as since that time the
population •f the metropolis has gone on increasing at the rate
of 30,000 a-year. In 13 of the most destitute parishes, con-
taining, according to the census of 1841, a population of about
700.000, not fewer than 100 additional churches and 200 clergy-
men are required to carry out with full effect the parochial
system of our church.