The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-10 00:00:00

AN ADDRESS,

UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO BY TILE CLERGY OP THE DEANER?'
OP AMOINDERNESS, ASSEMBLED. AT GARSTANG, ON TIES-
DAY, JANUARY 14;18435.
To the Right Rev: JOHN BIRD, Lord Bishop of Chester.
TOT E., the CLERGY of the Deanery :of Amounderness,_
V beg toapproach..your Lordship with the expression of
our sentiments in the present state of Church affairs.
We are anxious to give utterance to the unditninished at-
tachment and reverence which
.we- feel towards the Rulers, the
Polity, and the Doctrines of the Established church, of which
we cl;.',eati it an honour to be Ministers; and our anxious desire
that measures should be taken for raising the Church to the
highest possible state of efficiency.
While we would strenuously repel the too prevalent thirst
for alteration, for its own sake, we cannot reflect, without an
eager desire for well-emisidered improvement, upon the evils
incident to Pluralities and Non-residence—the uncertainty and
difficulty attending the collection of Church-rates, Easter-dots,
and Tithesthe want of Churches, Parsonage-houses, and ade-
quate stipends in many districts—and the impracticability of
restraining immoral and unprofessional conduct in Clergymen,
which, in a human institution, must be occasionally xpeeted
to appear.
It cannot be necessary for us to enlarge upo . cse topics,
neither would we presume to dictate th metho most suitabie
fur giving effect to our wishes; but we oul umbly suggest,
(and we hope your Lordship may see g d make known our
desire to the King, and to the Archbi. of Canterbury and
York,) that the most likely way to ni the end, 'which we
believe to be considered desirable b,y arge body of the wise
and good it, the land, would be for the Crown to issue a-Com-
mission, similar to those which have been appointed at for Mer
periods of our History, to promote beneficial alterations in the
points before alluded to, and any. others which investigation Way
show to be desirable. -
In conclusion,"we beg leave to assure your Lordship of our
cordial .willinguess to co-operate with our rulers in all'safe and
friendly measures of Church Reform, and of our honest and
anxious desire td do our part, in dependence upon GOd's bles-
: sing, towards rendering the United Church of England and
Ireland, the great bulwark of Truth and Righteousness, and
the honoured -dispenser of spiritual blessings to all 'Classeli of
his Majesty's subjects.
Roger Carus Wilson, M.A., Vicar of Preston.
Robert Harris, 8.D., Minister of St. George's, Preston.
Hugh Horuby, M.A., Vicar of St. Michael's.
Charles Hesketh, M.A., Vicar of Poulton-iu-the-Fylde.
R. Watson, Minister of WYersdale..
William Thoruber, 8.A., Incumbent of Blackpool.
John Dobson, M.A., Curate of Poulton.
Thomas Raven, M.A., Minister of Trinity Church, Preston.
T. Rowley, M.A., Incumbent Minister of Stalinine.
William Peachy Mellersh, 8.A., Curate of Hambleton.
Isaac Mossop, Curate of St. Michael's-upon-Wyre.
Robert Sttidhohne, Incumbent curate of Goosuargh.
James Pedder, Curate of Gantang.
John redder, M.K., Curate of Garstan".
Joseph -Rigge, M.A., Minister of 'St. Watirs, Preston.
William Dixon, Minister of Broughton.
William Fenton, Minister of Admaria
Thomas Banks, Incumbent of Singleton.
Robert Buwnes, Curate of Poulton.
"noting Benn, Curate of Whitechapel.
Richard Moore, Perpetual Curate'of Lund.
Charles B. Howard, Curate of Kirkham.
Frederick Maude; Incumbent. of Lougridge.
Thomas Duell, Minister of St. LaWrente's Chapel.
William Hamby, 111. A., Curate of St. Michael's.
David Umpleby, Chaplain to the Lunatic Asylum.
John Hull, M.A., Cut ate of Lancaster.
Charles Bury, M.A., Incumbent Curate of Skerton.
Thomas Butcher, Curate of Hambleton.
Robert Housman, Minister of St. Ann's, Lancaster.
Thomas M. Postlethwaite, Curate of Cockerhatn.
Thos. Britton, Incumbent Curate of POulton-by-tbe-Sands.
William Dixon, Incumbent Curate orEllel.
Thomas Clarke, M.A., Curate of Preston.
Garstatiy,'Jthtttary'la, 1835.

THE BISHOP'S ANSWER.

Palace, Chester, January 29, 18.;5.

MT DEA it Sta,—l heg to convey to you, as Chairman of the
meeting at Which it was subscribed, my acknowledgment of the
address which you have forwarded to me, containing the sem i-
Ments of a large proportion of the Clergy of Amouuderness, on
the affairs of our Church; andi have received with satisfaction
the renewed assurance of attachment to the essential excellence
of our Estahlisbnieht, Which is there declared by valuable
body of Inv Clergy.
9f the disadvantages under which the Church is labouring,
and which arc noticed in the address, some may admit of easy
remedy, others I fear are closely interwoven with our state of
society. and will hardly disappear till a mole general convic-
tion prevail, that public or private resources can never be mole
wisely employed than in promoting the glory of God, and the
interests of religion.
At the same time, I roncur with those who have signed the
address, in thinking that much benefit might be derived from
an authorised inquiry into the circumstances of the Church,
into the causes whichh-in different pasts of the country are im-
peding' its eftitiencv 'and the best' means of removing thew.
It will be my duty Co communicate your senthrientS Upon this
subject in accordance with your desire.
Meanwhile, I rejoice in the concluding paragraph of your
address, whieh'asiiires me of yohr'vvillingness to co7operate in
all those measures which may bCniost likely, under the divine
blessing, to advance the great object of old Church Establish-
ment. For it is 'certailr,.that under any general system,'Many
local difficulties and deficiences must occur, which• can only' be
remedied lit local exertions and individual zeal, and that they
may be thus remedied ev(n under our present ciretnstatiFes,
is proved •by what' has taken pla‘ce Muhr try'otvii
in many parts oftlie Deanery of Amounderuess.
I Rev. and Dear, Sir,
Yuur affectionate Brurber, •
-Rev. R. Ca'ruS' Wilson, J. 13, e H ESTER.
Vicar of Preston.