The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

Hall, Oxford, has
been appointed Principal of the-Church of England Me.

The Rev. W. V. Ryat

of Magda

Copies of the Sun, the Standard and the Morning Post,
London newspapers, are flying about the country in'great
profusion, on the Quixotic errand of " white-washing"
Mr. George Hudson.

At the Rhuddlan Eisteddvod the Rev, D. James, in
the course of an eloquent address to his countrymen, pro-
posed, amidst great applause, the establishment of an

university conferring degrees

THE WEATHER.::-WO' have had during the past week
heavy rains and high winds. Much rain has also fallen—
on Sunday night it was unusually heavy. Yesterday was
stormy, and dense clouds were visible the whole day.
WIGAN REVISION COURT.—The revision of the bur.-
gess list for the borough of Wigan took place on Friday
before T. S. Brandreth, Esq., the result of which was
a clear gain on behalf of the Conservatives of twenty-five

ELECTRO-BIOLOGY.—Mr. Stone will resume on two
evenings this week his extraordinary experiments in elec-
tric biology. His achievements with the subjects brought
casually: before him are inconceivable, and must be wit-
nessed in order to convince.

FREEMASONARY.—We understand the Right Hon. Lord
Combermere, the R.W.P.G.M. of Cheshire, has fixed the
23d instant for the assembling of the Grand Lodge of
free and accepted masons of the province. The meeting
is to be held at Birkenhead ; and after the transactions of
the usual business, the brethren will attend divine service
at St. John's Church, when there will be full Cathedral
service, and a sermon preached by the Rev. Incumbent of
Oxton. The banquet will take place at the Monk's Ferry
Hotel, at which the noble lord will preside.
SHOCKING DEATH.—A man named George Maclean,
who resided at No. 5, Field street, died on Sunday, under
the following shocking circumstances :—On the previous
night ho returned home in a state of intoxication, in
company with a friend, who left him asleep on a sofa ;
on the following morning, the unfortunate man was
found prostrate on the floor, bleeding from a wound at
the back'of the head, insensible. Mr. Gill, a surgeon,
was called in, but could not prevent the fatal effects of
the injuries, as death ensued soon afterwards.
THE CHURCH.—On Sunday week several of the Bishops
held ordinations at their respective cathedrals. The num-
bers ordained were as follows :

Deacons
By the Archbishop of York 9 ..
„ Bishop of Ripon
„ „ Lincoln
if Ely 8
„ Lichfield
„ „ Durham
„ „ St. David's.... 4
„ „ Worcester 27
Amongs the gentlemen ordained to the diaconate by the
Bishop of Durham was " Wesley Farrar, M.A., New Inn
Hall, Oxford," the son of the late Rev. A. E. Farrer,
Wesleyan minister, and whose success at the Liverpool
Collegiatg Institution we have repeatedly had to report.
WELSH BISHOPS.—We have seen the silver medal pre-
sented to the Rev. D. James, of Kirkdale, at Rhuddlan
Castle hit week, for his successful essay on the subject of
Welsh bishops. It is of large size and very superb work-
manship, bearing on one- side a richly chased device, re-
presenting a Christian bishop wearing a mitre. His right
hand is uplifted, as in the act of blessing the people ; his
left holds a book closed, whilst the pastoral crook rests in
the curve of the arm. On his right is a female sitting,
wearing a Welsh hat, with an infant on her knee. On his
right is a young man in the attitude of prayer, kneeling
and looking up with clasped hands. The whole is sur-
mounted by a passage in Welsh from the Acts of the
Apostles, of whieh the following is the Fnglish version :
" Speaking in our own tongue the wonderful works of
God." We believe that the design of this beautiful medal
and the execution of the mode were the work of Frank
Howard, Esq., of this town, and both reflect the highest
credit on his artistical skill.

Pristes
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AMUSEMENT FOR THE WINTER EVENINGS. WC
would direct the attention of our readers to Mr. Colles's
advertisement in our paper of this day, by which it will be
seen that he has replenished his stock of magical novelties,
which was nearly exhausted, and has added some which
we have not seen before no less surprising and amusing
than those which have already called forth the admiration
of his visitors. Amongst others, one particularly strikes
us as being little less than miraculous—performed with a
marked sovereign. Indeed, so perfectly unaccountable is
this illusion, that we will not attempt even a description
of it, as we should fail in doing justice to its merits : it
must be seen to be appreciated. Now that the long even-
ings begin to make fireside amusements more sought after,
Mr. Colles's harvest begins, and we imagine that few have
contributed more to enliven the domestic circle than he
has done, and will do, long after he has taken his depar-
ture. All who desire to lay in a stock of innocent amuse-
ment for themselves and friends, for years to come, should
pay him a visit ; and even those who desire only an hour's
amusement, will find it at Mr. C.'s apartments in Bold-
street. His rooms are open daily from eleven till dusk.