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

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_ ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, PRINCI
The consecration of this splendid and capacious structure NEW CHURCHES IN 70XTETII-PARE.
took place on Thursday last, by his Grace the Archbishop of The first of three new churches, on a plan similar fa
Canterbury. All the interior fittings and decorations are those of St. Simon's and All Saints', is going on in the
quite in keeping with the magnificence of the building it- southern district of the town, where we observe its ex-
self. The Communion table, and plate, encaustic tiles, tensive foundations rising out of the bed of an old quarry,
tablets, &c., were much admired ; the contrivance also 50 to 60 feet under the level of Hill-street, in the thickly
for warming and ventilating reflects the highest credit populated district of Gore-street. It promises to be a
upon the talented architect. Indeed. the execution of noble structure, and is much wanted. As we believe the
the entire as completed by the Messrs. Holme, challenged foundation stone is to be laid shortly, at the level of the
scrutiny, and won universal approval. church floor, by our much esteemed neighbour, the Earl
At half-past ten o'clock the clergy met at the house of of Sefton, we will reserve the remarks that we had pro-
Mr. John Campbell, of " The Grove." The number has posed making until that time. Mr. Hay is the architect
been differently estimated at from sixty to seventy : it in- of this as well as St. Simon's.
eluded, in a word, all the clergy of the town and imme-
diate neighbourhood, along with the Rural Dean, the Arch-
deacon of Manchester, the Revds. Canon Stowell, Cohn
Campbell, S. Minton, A. R. Dallas, (Chaplain to the
Lord Bishop of Winchester,) and others from a distance.
Tney formed in procession, headed by Dr. M'Neile, and
Rev. John Jones, the Rural Dean, and marched to the
church, where the Archbishop soon arrived, rccompanied
by his Worship the Mayor and the Rev. Jonathan Brooks.
who > cted as Chaplain to his Grace. Some of the clergy
sat without the Communion rail, on chairs provided for

PS PARK

THE PROPHI

COBDEN

The House during t

past fortnight has been

too hard upon the

aver of the League, and

somewhat unmindful of the ordinary characteristics of
gipsy blood. It is true that he has been a little out is
his predictions of the amazing prosperity which was to

the purpose, while the Archbish.op and his Cliaplainoecii-
pied the costly chairs on the north and south extremities
of the Lord's table.
After the needful forms had been concluded, the con-
secration proceeded in the usual way, the Archbishop and
the Clergy moving slowly through the aisles, reciting al-
ternately the 24th psalm, after which his Grace returned
to the table, and the service for the day was proceeded
with. Dr. M'Neile occupied the reading desk, and read
the service. We are not now to offer any comment on
the rev. Incumbent of St. Paul's tone and manner of
reading : everything connected- with him as a reader and

and still more outrageously wn
spect to the certainty of Fran.

.taininga peaceable

mards the culti

vation of more li

with neigh-

bouring countries
of the Mez Merr

pended upon.

precious

metals. The inquirer into the n
touches the hand of the svl
where half-a-crown is looke

sterious future, who

y sixpence

El for, i

only a bare sixpennvworth, which c
e liberal ouerist. wh

ably gets in return.
be little depended

The tr.

preacher has been abundantly criticised during the four-
teen years of his ministry at St. Jude's, so that little re-
mains to he added now. Still, never were the first
sounds of his solemn voice more anxiously expected and
listened to than on Thursday morning last. Some dif-
ference of opinion heti obtained as to the hearing properties,
if we may be allowed the expression, of the new church
and upon a point of such paramount interest alike to the
minister and people, a corresponding anxiety prevailed.
The suspense, however, was of very short continuance,
inasmuch as the rich and familiar tones of their pastor's

.It should be borne in mind that Cobden has been ra-
ther ill used, with respect to the amount of his retaining
fee, as prophet in ordinary to the League. The hundred
thousand pounds testimonial, which was to have crossed
his palm, is still most of it in nubibus. The oracle has
received only a gilt shilling and some worthless promisee,

instead of the solid and-st,
Delphos would have felt indi
and either have turned her t

Even she of

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Merril

noes, would have al

her gang' to exchange th,

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for horn, -or to (

[i their orditnii;

co be honest

your oracle will be o

correctly

foreshadow the futu
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s before'voul Or it might

g ministry

3 rne payment of the promises
the prophet to his usually equa-
minient. Think what a benefit
re been warned tbri

t, and to

vide lodgin

TREAT,

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