The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

CONSECRATION.—ST. MART'S, GRASSENDALB..—The
new church of St. Mary, Grassendale, in the parish of
Childwall, and county of Lancaster, was consecrated by
the Bishop of Chester on Tuesday last, being the ninth
church consecrated by his Lordship since the commence.
went of March last. The building is a handsome and
commodious structure, erected from the designs of Mr.
Arthur Holme, of Liverpool, and contains sittings for 777
persons, of which one-third are free, or let at very low
rents. The church has an endowment for the minister,
in addition to the pew rents, and it has been erected and
endowed entirely by voluntary subscriptions. The pa-
tronage has been vested in Trustees, by agreement under
8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 70.
PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. William Blake has been
licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. George's Church,
Liverpool, on the nomination of the Rev. J. B. Monk, the
Incumbent.—The Rev. James Adair McAllister has been
licensed to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Simon's Church,
Liverpool, on the nomination of the Rev. J. R. Conor, the
Incumbent.—The Rev. Edmund Edward Allen has been
presented to the Vicarage of Milloms, Cumberland, void
by the death of the Rev. J. Pickthall, by the Queen, pa-
tron in right of her Duchy of Lancaster.
The Bishop has licensed the new church at Sale, in the
parish of Ashton-upon-Mersey, Chester, for the perform-

ante of Divine service, accommodation for Divine worshiP
being very much needed, and the church not being suffi'

ciently complete for the purpose of consecration

WEIVERHA.M.—The Bishop has licensed the School ill
connexion with the Parish Church of Weaverham, Che'
shire, for the performance of Divine service while the
church is closed for repairs.
THE BET. THOMAS NoLAN, formerly of this town, Oaf
latterly of London, has been appointed to the vicarage
Acton, Cheshire, vacant by the translation of the Rev.
Story to the rectory of Brenchley, Kent. Patron, Job'
Tollemache, Esq., M.P.
CLERICAL PERVERT.—The Rev. Thos. A. Pope, IdJ'
incumbent of the church and district of St. Matthias'
Stoke Newington, has resigned his benefice, for the par'
pose of joining the communion of the Church of Rome.
ARCHBISHOP WHATELET'S VISITATION.—The Are'
bishop of Dublin has just held his triennial visitation io
St. Patrick's Cathedral. His Grace's charge, which (Ow
pies nearly four columns of the • Dublin papers, is almost
exclusively devoted to the great doctrinal question of
" faith" as opposed to " works" in the sense in which each_;
is taught and understood by the respective churches °`
England and Rome. There was no allusion whatever to
the subject of national education, nor, indeed, to any toPic
likely to attract the attention of the mere lay reader. 0
ECCLESIASTICAL EXCITEMENT IN EXETER.
greatest excitement has prevailed in this city during the
past week in consequence of the incumbent of St. Sidwell's,
the Rev. J. L. Ggton, having cited his churchwarden,
Palk, into the Ecclesiastical Court for removing a credence
table from the chancel of the church. It appears that
this credence table- has been recently introduced by JO
Galion, much, against the wish of many of his parishioll;
ers ; and at the last visitation of the Archdeacon of
it was presented, and the Archdeacon- told the
churchwarden he might remove it. Mr. Palk accordinglit
did so, and was then sited in the Consistory Court. if:
large number of the inhabitants were present during ti-w
hearing of the case on Frklay. The Chancellor said, there
was no doubt Mr. Palk had exceeded his duty in removia
the credence table, as he' ought to have applied for
faculty for that purpose ; but the incumbent had also el:.
ceeded his duty in placing it in the chancel without
faculty. Under these circumstances, he recommend
that Mr. Palk should admit his error, when he would 11°
order him to restore the table; and Mr. Galion could try
the question by applying for a faculty to replace it.
RosrAszsr LYING.--The following letter, addressed by
the-Dealt of Dromore to Mr. Serjeant Shee, is worth the.
whole of the heavy and bootless debate of Wednesday
the Church Spoliation Bill of the'member for KilkennY[:
" Newry, July 6, 1854. Sir,—l have lately met with
work of yours, professing to give- a true account of tho
revenues of the Irish Church, in, which I find the foliose_
ing statement :—" The Dean of Dromore has, by virtu!,
of his Deanery, £1,400 per annum and no duties to Pear
form.' I have been Dean of Dromore for nearly o
years, and have never received one penny of income'
though I have duties to discharge as-Dean, and am put I°
an expense in discharging them. I should, thereforel
feel exceedingly obliged to you if you will kindly infer/
me where and to whom I am to apply for the payment
this very handsome' and verylp.cceptahle income 3:cf
your very obedient servant, DANIEn BAGOT, Dean 6
Dromore."—We are curious to see the answer which F 4,
learned Serjeant will make to the pertinent question l'O`
which the Dean concludes his epistle.—John Bull.