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

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

The proceedings against the Bishop of Hereford are not
to be carried into the House of Lords. _ _ _

THE LATE PRIMATE At the meeting of the Gospel
Propagation Society a few days since, there was a very

large attendance of members, including, among otners,
the Archbishop of York, the Bishops of London, Llandaff,
Exeter, Salisbury, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir R. H. Inglis,
Bart., M.P., the Dean of Manchester, Archdeacons Sin-
clair, Jones, Thorp, Hale, and Hamilton, Hon. and Rev.

C. Si H. R. Dukiufield, Rev. Drs.
Spry, Russell, Jelf, Wordsworth, Vivian, &c. &c, The
Archbishop of York presided. The Earl of Harrowby
moved, and the Bishop of London seconded, a series of
resolutions expressive of the grateful sense of the society
alt., and
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course of his remarks Earl Ilarrowby said :—How can I
—how can any one of us—forget that winning gentleness
of manner, that graceful simplicity of demeanour, which
so peculiarly distinguished our late Archbishop ?—qualities
which, in him, were by no means incompatible with firm-
ness of principle and even energy of action, whenever
Occasion called for them. It is no time now to go into
evidence on this point as to the general government of the
Church ; but, at any rate, within these walls this union
of qualities will not be questioned. By his conciliating
spirit, by the largeness of his views, he harmonised ele.
ments amongst us not always of themselves most harmo-
nious ; and the facts stated in the resolutions show the
spirit and the energy which he threw into our proceedings.
When he first guided the operations of the society the
principle of Episcopacy was scarcely admitted into our
colonies. During his administration. and under his
guidance, the absence of it became the exception—an
exception, happily, fast disappearing. He found 5 Bishops
in our Colonies, he left 21 ; he foimd 122 Missionaries in
the service of the society, he left full 334, and thew

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certainly not less zealous, not less fitted for the task of
spreading the Gospel of Christ amongst our extended
Colonies, than the smaller number."
CA LC UTTA CATHEDRAL.—From the final Report of St.
Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, we learn that " the sacred
edifice was consecrated according to the edifying forms of
our Protestant National Church, on Friday, October 8,
1847, being the anniversary of the day when the first
stone was deposited in 1839." It is recorded with grati-
tude to Almighty God, that, from its commencement to
the present time, this difficult undertaking has been one
of continued progress and success, without a single failure
in any part. The estimate of the cost was four lacs of
rupees ; the actual outlay has been rather more than five.
The building is now complete, inside and out, with clack,
bells, painted windows, and organ. The style is denomi-
nated by the Bishop " Indo or Christian Gothic." Some
parts are imitated from Norwich Cathedral, some from
Canterbury, some from York; some are new variations
occasioned by climate. The material is a kind of brick,
dressed with Chunar stone, and covered inside and out
with chunam, which takes a polish like marble. The
external length is 248 feet; width 83 feet; length across
transepts 116 feet ; height of the spire 206 feet. There is
no nave, but a western vestibule 46 feet by 22. The
Cathedral may be made to receive 1,300 or 1,400 people.
It is intended to be at once a Parish Church, a Mission
Church for service in the vernacular languages, and a
Metropolitan Cathedral. There will be a body of six
Cathedral Clergy, who will help forward the cause of the
Gospel by their literary labours. The staff of lay officers
is also complete. There are to be two full services on
Sunday, daily morning prayers at seven a.m., and Holy
Communion once a month, and on certain Festivals.—.
Colonial Chronicle.