The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-26 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY 4• CLERICAL NEWS.

OXFORD, THURSDAY.—In a convocation held this day,
the Rev. Archibald Boyd, M.A., of Trinity College, Dub-
lin, was admitted ad eundem. In a Congregation held at
the same time time, the following degrees were con-
ferred :—Masters of Arts.—William Mordaunt Edward
Milner, Christ Church ; Rev. Thomas Aubert
Magdalen Hall ; Rev. Joseph Christian Moore, Edmund
Hall •, Rev. William Henry Stokes, Wadham •, Rev. Fre-
derick William Robertson, Brasenose. Bachelor of
Arts.—Thomas Tristem Spry Carlyon, Christ Church.
The Bishop of Worcester consecrated the new district
chapel at Whittington, near Worcester, on Tuesday last.
The Bishop of Hereford has consented to preach at the
one hundred and forty-third anniversary of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, which
will be held at St. Paul's, on May 2d.
CONVERSION OF SCOTT MURRAY, ESQ., M.P., FOR
BUCKS, TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH.—OXFORD,
MARCH 15.—A sensation has been produced in the uni-
versity by letters received among the Tractarians from
Rome, with information that Scott Murray, Esq., 8.A.,
of Christ Church, has just conformed iu that capital to
the Ron3ish faith.
UNION OF THE DIOCESES OF ST. ASAPH AND BAN-
GOR.—A meeting of the nobility, gentry, clergy, free-
holders. and the inhabitants of the county of Flint, con-
vened upon requisition, by the High Sheriff, Sir Richard
Puleston, Bart., was held in the County Hall, Mold, at
noon on Thursday last, "for the purpose of petitioning
the legislature for a repeal of that part of the act passed
in the 6th and 7th years of the reign of his late Majesty
William the Fourth, providing for the union of the sees
of St Asaph and Bangor.' The meeting was very nu-
merously attended. The High Sheriff presided ; and the
meeting was addressed by Mr. J. Wynne Eyton, Mr. E.
Pemberton, Mr. R. J. Moystn, Dr. Richardson, Arch-
deacon Clough, the Rev. Lloyd Wynne, and several others ;
after which a petition was unanimously adopted for pre-
sentation to the Houses of Parliament. This document
expressed the deep sorrow and continued alarm with
which the meeting regarded the act of Parliament by
which the ancient sees of St. Asaph and Bangor were to
be united in one diocese ; that in consequence of the ex-
tent of the two dioceses, the impediments to communica-
tion between the bishop and his clergy, and the actual
amount and rapid increase of population in North Wales
requiring additional churches and a greater number of
ministers, and the peculiar circumstances of the church
at the present time, which demanded a closer and more
vigilant superintendence, the petitioners considered the
proposed union as highly injurious, and calculated to im-
pair the efficiency and lower the dignity of the established
church in the northern part of the principality : that the
established church had been from time immemorial en-
dowed by the piety of our forefathers with funds so-
lemny dedicated to the maintenance and diffusion of re-
ligious instruction in North Wales, and it was inconsist-
ent with the interests of religion and the demands of
justice to divert those funds for the benefit of other and
more opulent districts : that it was admitted that the
episcopal revenues, now unappropriated, in the hands of
the ecclesiastical commissioners were sufficient to form
an immediate provision for the bishopric of Manchester,
without resorting to the destruction of an ancient see, and
therefore there was no reason for delaying the appoint-
menta
of a bishop to that populous district : that it was
great inconsistency to lessen the number of Bishops in
North Wales, whilst the importance of the episcopal
office was admitted in the establishment of new sees in
our colonies ; that the church in North Wales possessed
no overplus funds available for the benefit of remote
districts, and that all the income which could be obtained
from its ecclesiastical revenues, consistently with the pre-
servation of our present episcopal institutions, would be
required to augment the poorer livings, and maintain the
ministers of those churches which had been recently
erected, or which might hereafter be erected in that part
of the country. Tile petition closed with praying for a
repeal of the obnoxious act ; and, further, that provision
might be made, that any ecclesiastical revenues derived
from the suppression of sinecures might, in the first in-
stance, be appropriated to supply the spiritual wants of
the parishes from whence they arose, and, secondly, to
mneenwtacthiounroohfesthine pNooorrtehr
Nb‘eranieefisc.—esAanrodettnheoreinadl endow-
ment to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
interference to obtain a repeal
The usual thanks were then voted to the High
for his conduct in the chair, and the proceedings
requesting
of the act in
alsotqhmsh heseeensrtaatai
icuf
fdootgofni
active
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terminated.

THE Comm—We understand that arrangements have
been made for the court to leave town about Wednesday
or Thursday (the 3d or 4th proximo,) for Windsor Castle,
and that her Majesty will return to Buckingham Palace
about the 14th or 16th.
This day, (Tuesday,) his Royal Highness Prince George
of Cambridge will complete his 25th year.
It is calculated that by the new arrangements that are
taking place in the Queen's household, there will be an
annual saving of not less than £2s,ooo.—Court Journal.

March 26, 1841.

THE TEN HOURS' BILL.

At a meeting of the Loyal Orangemen of Liverpool,
represented in district by the respective masters of war-
rants, held at the Commercial Hall, on Friday evening
last, the 22d inst., the following resolutions were unani-
mously agreed to
lst.—" That we view with considerable satisfaction the
improved feeling manifested in the House of Commons
in favour of the resolution, brought forward by that noble
champion of the working classes, Lord Ashley, for re-
ducing the working hours of the distressed factory opera-
tives.
2d.—" That we desire to record our respectful,
but
hearty thanks, to our representatives, Lord Sandon an
Sir Howard Douglas, for their independent and truly
Christian 18th
votes in the House of Commons, on the 18t
inst., in support of Lord Ashley's resolution.
3d.—" That the Deputy Grand Master be respectfully
requested to convey the foregoing resolutions to Lord
Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas."

THE BERMUDAS.—Captain Matthew, late member for
Shaftesbury, is appointed Governor of the Bermudas.
YORKSHIRE PROTECTIVE SOCIETY.—The subscrlP;
tions to the Yorkshire Protective Society amount t
£7,683 10s. 4d.
A bill is before parliament for making a new suspensiott
bridge across the Thames, from Church-street, Larabeta,
to Market-street, Westminster..
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The King of the Belgians 14
expected to arrive this day (Tuesday) on a visit to ta`t
Queen. His Majesty will be accompanied by his augls
consort.

THE FACTORY BILL.—The Morning Herald of Yeti
day hints that it was not improbable that ministers wok
last night propose a compromise of an eleven hours' clause
in the factory bill.
WILLIAM EWART, ESQ.—Amongst the five gentlenal
whose strange votes against both propositions submitted
in the recent factory debates reduced Friday night's pr!:
ceedings in the House of Commons to a mere nullity', se'''
no less a personage than Mr. William Ewart.
There is a report in circulation that it is the intent!!!
of her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, some day
early part of next week, to make a similar excursion_n
the Isle of Wight CO that made by his Royal Highne"
Prince Albert on Monday last.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eit
land for the four weeks ending the 2d of March is state'
to be £16,011,000, being an increase of £531,000, el
compared with the preceding month, and an increase°
£5,027,000, as compared with the same period last Year'
FIRST ARRIVAL IN THE CLYDE OF GUANO FRO
AFRICA.—The brig Challenger is at the Broomiele!
loaded with this new manure, and has attracted much at-
tention. The quality has been analysed, and found to P 9
excellent.—Glasgow Guardian.
DR. WOLFF'S Missiosr.—Captain Grover has /leafa
from Dr. Wolff, Tabriz, Jan. 19, where he had been 10.
six days, and was on the eve of leaving. A Persian E°.l:,-,
chant had declared that our countrymen were in pm':
twelve months ago ; and that the missionary expresses'
favourable hope, founded on this testimony. fo
THE STEAM-SHIP GREAT BRITAIN.—The directors
the Bristol Docks have declined to alter the dock-gates
so as to admit of the egress of this mammoth steam-ship
to her proper elemeut, and in consequence she will WO_
to be uplifted by caissone or iron tanks, so as to clear Oa
dock walls in her passage through the narrow expanse.
The Dublin Evening Mail, of Wednesday last, stnte6'„/
that Sir Robert Peel had determined that the patronage„
the Irish Church should only be bestowed on those cle'
gymen who are favourable to the national system of en't
cation in Ireland. The Standard says this assertion
untrue.
Two seats are vacant—Hastings -and Christchurch.
Mr. Planta retired from the former owing to ill health'
Musgrave Briscoe, Esq., stands on the conservative int,e;
rest ; and is to be opposed by Mr. R. R. R. Moore, t",
leaguer. We have not heard the reason of Sir Georg'
Rose's retirement from Christchurch.
OUR NOBLE REPRESENTATIVES.—We have node%
elsewhere the independent votes given by Lord Sandon
Sir Howard Douglas, in favour of Lord Ashley's motiop.
on Monday night. We are gratified to find that both tOt'e,
honourable gentlemen were at their posts on Friday
and on two occasions recorded their votes against innu''
ters, and in favour of the interests of humanity.
A deputation on the wool duties, from LiverPo°,
Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Dewsbury, and the NI„,
Riding of Yorkshire, had an interview with Sir R. re. t,
`
on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-strtf
The deputation were accompanied by Lord Sandoet
Howard Douglas, the Hon. J. S. Wortley, Mr. Cherie
Wood, Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Stans-
field, Mr. Protheroe, and Mr. Aldam.
His Royal Highness Count d'Aquila embarked at SI;
ples for the Brazils at the end of last month, and sliorTs
after his arrival there his marriage with Princess Dovh,
,0
L
Januaria, sister to the Emperor of the Brazils, is to
solemnised. Count Aquila will permanently reside st,t,
Janeiro, and in addition to large estates which the f.:d
peror will present him with, receive the title of IniPe'l=
Highness.
nrge
MURDER.—At the York Assizes, on Friday, po
Lowther and Matthew Pearson were indicted for tboeflhe
ful murder of John Mott, the bead gamekeePer,lun
t, at
Marquis of Normanby, on the 29th of Jarman' found
the parish of Lyth, in the North Riding. Thwheiffearlied
Lowther guilty, and acquitted Pearson. ,_4',.„,011 LO
judge (Baron Rolfe) Reseed sentence of aeat',A
ther, and the other prisoner was discharge
Of A GREAT FACT."—A Preston corresp thoe
ondent
Morning Herald, alluding to the subscribers in that to
to the League Fund, states that the relative respectabt,•
and influence of the firms may in some degree be etis.
mated by the horse-power used in their manufactorisers.
The power used by the Leaguers (exclusive of l‘lelej
Horrocks, Miller, and Co. the firm of which are driers'
in opinion, is 160 hotwes ; the power of the Anti-Leg :10)
(also exclusive of Messrs. Horrocks, Miller and t.;
is 1306 horses. The above facts speak for themselves.
The
MEETING IN FAVOUR OF THE CORN-LAWS•
members of the Denbighshire and Flintshire Agricultn..eh
Society held a general meeting at the Black Lion 11°10%
in Mold, on Thursday last, for the purpose of petitilir,
parliament against any alteration in the corn-laws. , the
J. Wyne Eyton, president of the society, occupied
chair, and speeches were delivered against the proceedl,
and objects of the Anti-corn-law League, the chairto„t4,
the high sheriff Sir. Robert H. Gunliffe, Mr. Turner, ills
Hicklin and several others. Petitions in accordance tint
object of the meeting were unanimously adopted. 00
BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Several CStateSsfia
sidered to have been wound up for years past, are n°..1111
course of investigation, and creditors who had ealiii,io(
forgotten their claims have been surprised on recetitleo
notices from the official assignees of their being etbor?
to dividends. In the case of Walter Jacks (against `.peel'
the commission was issued upwards of forty years '-„Tal"
a dividend was declared on the Gth instant, on debts ri,t
ed to the amount of nearly £70,000. We learn t°o3o
dividend of at least 4s. in the pound will in a short ,
be declared on the estate of John Wood, a barlokiverinia-
Cardiff, in which the last proceedings before the c 1827.-,
sioners took place so long since as the year

Bristol Journal.
~ --The
GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHIP COMPI3-.',: 1, 03
this
pelmP stateanY ofw atsh things i nat the r 1 'IT°::
a7ns.niuda.l rarreeotitnhgeoifmtph
expenditure b beef
been only £25,573 45.3 d. ; the receipts for 1812 have b,eo
only £30,830 Si. 2d., while the expenditure was £2B,;vtej
Thursday,asrntaotuesntmedu ctiol theo:
3this
40i receiptss6tooosif.)e4tdha.etrGaibnreudatettahe; a Western
good
for
eall
close attention to expenditure ; hut the directors beliepo
still more to the circumstance of Liverpool having tithe the rendezvous for their' business this side el'er
Atlantic. A dividend of £2 10s. per share, or ' 1,3eil
cent. on the original cost, or 9.1" per cent. on the fed 4O
costs of the Great Western,- free of income tax -
andNs'eiesstiorny,of
theiro neplNaveheist
till another
declared.
tiler
FRANCE.—The French ministry has achieved ane_,,e
On Tuesday evening, the chamber of deputies canle'l, s
final division on the secret service money bill, wpost
eosthtehremsesisniognajoeftthalledchsalafle'l4'77;
majority appeared, in favour of the ministry, of 56. . 0,51 Y
the majority would be in favour of ministers was prev0..,,,011
expected, but the amount of that majority has come rg,
the public by surprise, and has put the friends ofoef
Guizot into great spirits. It makes the division of 000
importance, that both parties agreed to take the vote., rot
this subject as one of confidence in ministers, oi'cer
therefore, the best test of their respective strength.. the
tainly the cabinet has no reason to be dissatisfied "sOll
result of the struggle.
Wei

Am ERI CA . —By the packet-ship Oxford, which arri"
at this port on Friday, we have received New York etbe
to the 3d current, two days later than those brought l'iictr
steamer. They are chiefly occupied with further Pa„` ,00'
lars about the explosion of the gun onboard the Pritnil
The cotton market was quiet, and nothing doing.
belief was that the crop, although much below that of 0,00
season, would be an average one. It was estimate(Logl
there would be several hundred thousand bales inoreht
was originally calculated upon. The Oxford brouZ,lV,
ven cabin and twenty-five cabin passengers, inclual,qo,
C. Macrae, Scotland ; Rev. M. M'Clean, New .",40
wick ; J. E. Collins ; A. Moran and oervii
Florida ; L. J. North, New I ork ' • W. G. li.orpo°l,
Boston. On the 15 instant, in lat. 49 30, long; LI:
the Thomas P. Cope, from Philadelphia for 'e
The Oxford sailed on Sunday, the 3d.

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