The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-13 00:00:00

THE COURT.

The Queen and Prince Albert left town on Wednesday
for her Majesty's marine residence, Osborne, Isle of
Wight.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS•

The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, for
the week ending the 3rd inst.. amounted to £763 13s. 2d.
The arrangement which has been pending some time
for. the lease of the Scottish Midland Junction to the
Caledonian Railway Company is completed. The agree-
ment guarantees six per cent, in perpetuity to the share-
holders of the Scottish Midland upon a capital of £600,000,
including both the old and the new stocks.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 Monday. as the workmen en-
gaged in constructing one of the viaducts on the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway, near Dewsbury,
were employed in keying one of the arches, a stone that
was being raised for the purpose, weighing about a ton
and a half, fell to the ground. Four men were passing
along the road at the time, and two of them were caught
by the falling stone and crushed to death. The unfortu-
nate men have left wives and families.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE RAIL-
WAT.—A special meeting of this company was held on
Thursday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Wilson Ffrance in
the chair. The only business transacted was the appro-
val by the shareholders of a bill for the dissolution of the
.company, and the increase of the number of directors to
sixteen, in order to carry out the business incidental to
the winding up of the affairs of the concern, all of whom
were formally empowered to act in concert for that pur-
pose. According to the bill, no further calls will be made
except for the purposes above-mentioned, and 110 further
liabilities will be incurred by the directors.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

Dean Pakenham, Dean Hoare, Dr. M'Neile, and Dr.
Elrington, are all spoken of as likely to succeed to the see
of Cork • but the appointment will most likely fall on Dr.
Hinds, Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
THE CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA.—We have a communi-
cation from our Sydney correspondent, dated Feb. 7th.
By it we have accounts of the three bishops who were
last year appointed to take charge of portions of the hi-
therto-unwieldy diocese of Australia. The Bishop of
Adelaide arrived at his see on the 28th of December; the
Bishop of Newcastle at Sydney, in January ; and the
Bishop of Melbourne at Melbourne in the same month.
The whole of these prelates had been received in the most
cordial manner, and there was in all the colonies but one
opinion, that there was much cause for thankfulness to
God for putting it into the hearts of the rulers of the
Church at home to select such men for the episcopate.—
Church and State Gazette.

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.—The yearly general meeting
of the national society for promoting the education of the
poor on the principles of the established church, was held
on Wednesday, in the Central School Rooms, Sanctuary,
Westminster. The chair was taken by the Archbishop of
Canterbury, who was supported by the bishops of Man-
chester, St. David's, Lichfield, Ripon, Hereford, Bangor,
Worcester, Chichester, Norwich, Gloucester, Oxford,
Salisbury, Lincoln, and Bath and Wells. A great num-
ber of clergymen also attended ; and among the laymen
present, were Sir R. H. Inglis, Mr. Baron Alderson, and
Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M.P. After the annual report
had been read, the Bishop of Ripon moved that it be
printed and circulated, and this motion was seconded.
The Rev. Mr. Sugden said, that the report (lid not give
satisfaction to him and other members because it did not
say what part of the management clauses the government
proposed to alter, and he should therefore move that the
report be not printed until a clear statement could be
given of the offer made by the society and the answer of
the government. This amendment was seconded, and
was carried by a show of hands, for although few hands
were held up in its favour still fewer were held up against
it. The Bishop of Salisbury observed that no substantial
difference existed between the resolution and the report,
as it was the intention of the committee to furnish the
subscribers with the information required. The Rev.
Mr. Dennison then rose to propose a resolution, the effect
of which was to declare that the society rejected compul-
sory clauses, and that any conditions whatever imposed
on the church ought not to be accepted. He contended
that the committee of the privy council had violated the
understanding between the government and the church,
and recommended that, if the government were not pre-
pared to concede anything to the church, the society
should resign all government aid. This resolution was
seconded by the Rev. Canon Wordsworth, who observed
however that he did not participate in the apprehensions
which some entertained respecting imaginary difficulties
in which the society and church were involved. The
Bishop of Oxford then rose, and after urging the inexpe-
diency of adopting the resolution at a time when negocia-
tions were in progress between the government and the
church, proposed an amendment which, without affirming
the expediency of the management clauses, left the subject
in the hands of the committee of the society. After
speeches from Mr. W. P. Wood, M.P., and the Bishop
of Norwich,—the latter of whom caused a " loud explosion
of adverse opinions" by a remark that some persons were
hostile to all systems of religious education, except one
conducted on Tractarian principles,—the Rev. Mr. Den-
nison, at the request of many clergymen, withdrew his
resolution, and the Bishop of Oxford likewise withdrew
his amendment. A vote of thanks to the Archbishop of
Canterbury was then passed, and the proceedings termi-
nated.