The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-09 00:00:00

OBITUARY,

August 27, in the Close, Lichfield, in his 60th year, the Rev.
Spencer Madon, M.A. Canon Residentiary of Lichfield Cathe-
dral, and Vicar of Batheaston, and Twerton, Somersetshire.
August 21, aged 79, the Rev. Andrew Cheap, LL.D., Vicar of
Knareshro', Yorkshire, having held the living upwards of
forty years.
September 1, at Shenley Rectory, Herts, in his 74th year, the
Rev. Thomas Newcome, for twenty seven years Vicar of Tot-
tenham, and for nearly half a century Rector of Shenley, which
Incumbency he resigned in the year 1849.
The Rev. James Mockler, one of the Vic..rs Choral of the
Cathedral of Lismore, and Rector of Kilronan,county Waterford.

BISHOPRIC OF SIERRA LEONE,—The Rev. Owen
Emery Vidal, perpetual curate of Holy Trinity, Arlington,
Sussex, has been nominated, and is willing to go out as
the first bishop of Sierra Leone. The Archbishop of Can-
terbury and her Majesty's government have signified their
consent to Mr. Vidal's consecration, if a moderate endow.
ment can be secured.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick has given a piece
of land at Emscote for the erection of a new church ;
towards which a donation of £l,OOO has been received
from an anonymous friend, together with £lOO each from
the Hon. C. B. Percy, H. C. Wise, Esq., Mrs. Landor,
K. Greenway, Riq., and the executors of the late Rev. J.
Staunton.

THE LORD BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.—A para-
graph recently appeared in the Sherborne Journal, stating
that the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells had been ob!iged
to undergo amputation of three of his fingers, in conse-
quence of mortification, and that the painful operation had
become necessary to save his lordship's life. The above
statement is entirely without foundation, and his lordship
is going on most favourably.
VACANT SEATS OF UNPUNCTUAL WORSHIPPERS AND
PEW-RENTERS.--in a recent debate. the Solicitor-General
(Sir W. Page Wood) said :—" With regard to keeping
the seats empty after service had begun, no person had a
right to do so, whether they were paid for or not. He
knew a case in which a person holding a pew in a church
objected to having any persons admitted into his pew, and
used to put a padlock upon the door, and come himself
after the service had begun. The clergyman, however,
had the padlock taken off, and put persons into the pew
when it was empty at the commencement of service, and
he was upheld by the courts in that course."

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

TUESDAY.—The number of visitors was 49'
,896; the
amount received, including £1 103. for the sale of a season
ticket, being £2,409 ss. Among the visitors were 1,000
workmen from Sunderland, who were accompanied by the
mayor of that town.

WEDNESDAY.—The number of visitors was 41,917, the
receipts for admission being £2,080 12s.
THURSDAY.—The receipts amounted to £2,137 18s.,
the number of visitors being 44,209'. There were no less
than five schools in and around the metropolis preient
and the paupers of St. George's, Southwark, were also
treated to a view of the Crystal Palace.
FRIDAY.—The receipts amounted 'to £1,593 7s. 6d.,
the number of visitors being 15,726.

SATURDAY.—The visitors numbered 12,672 ; season
tickets, £1 10s.; at the doors, £1,196 155.; total receipts,
"X 1,198 ss.
With reference to the removal of goods from the Exhi-
bition when it closes, it has been determined to leave ex-
hibitors almost entirely to themselves in that matter.
Each must look after their own property, and get it re-
moved as speedily•as possible. The two blank days inter.
vening between Saturday the 11th and Wednesday the
15th of October, will be devoted to the clearing of space
for packing operations by the removal of carriages and-
such like bulky objects. During that quiet interval, also,
jewellers and silversmiths will be allowed to take away
the valuable objects contributed by them.