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A NEW OPERA, by Maestro Buzza, Il Convito di Baldassare, has been produced at La Scala in Milan. The first performance went off smocthly, but without exciting any gre at enthusiasm, Mmes. Novello and Brambilla, and MM. Guicciardi and Bre mond, sustaining the principal characters. On the same night a new ballet was brought out entitled Il Diavolo Inamorato, but called down a tempest which abruptly terminated its career. WE rejoice to hear that a great desideratum at the present moment will shortly be supplied by the re publication of "Travels in Turkey, Greece, itc., and of a Cruise in the Black Sea with the Capitan Pacha, in the years 1829, 1830, and 1831," by Adol phus Slade, Esq., now virtual commander of the Turkish fleet, and which has been long out of print. Of all the recent works upon the Ottoman empire we know of none which equals this in intrinsic merit, apart from the interest conferred upon it by the pre sent position of the author. As Mrs. Kerr observes, in a preface to her recent translation of Ranke's " Bosnia," " It is most agreeable to meet with a name tor who enables us while sitting comfortably at home to participate in some degree in all he sees and en counters, and who amuses and informs without wearying us. Slade has keen and subtle powers of observation : he possesses the power of reproducing things and setting them vividly before our eyes : he abounds in striking anecdotes, but not to excess ; at the same time he appears to be of a shrewd sarcastic turn, never omitting an opportunity of making a caustic remark. We accompany him with lively and unflagging enjoyment throughout his whole journey." From our own remembrances we can endorse this testimony with our unqualified approbation. MR. WEBSTER and MR. E. T. SMITH are now the only two managers of theatres of importance on this side the water who unenviably distinguish themselves by puffing their own performances. Both these gentlemen have thought it advisable to do some thing in favour of their Christmas pieces; but, though Mr. Webster is a puffer of great experience, he is ob viously inferior in originality and ability to Mr. E. T. Smith. While the Adelphi manager can invent nothing better than a transparent picture of a scene from The Thirst of Gold, executed in the worst cara van style, and placed over the principal entrance of his theatre, after the manner of a booth at a country fair, Mr. E. T. Smith has actually excogitated a new genus of puff—the puff charitable—and announces an intention of dist►ibuting soup to two hundred poor persons twice a week at his stage-door. Still, as Mr. Smith cannot undertake to furnish jugs to the "par ties applying," his charity is to a certain extent limited to the possessors of crockery. Not to be out done, perhaps Mr. Webster will next week, at his stage-door, supply this deficiency. MR. CHARLES DICKENS has cleared 4001. by his readings at Birmingham, which sum is to be devoted to the new local educational institute. OPERATIONS have been carried on for some time in New Palace-yard, in front of the main entrance to Westminster hall and the House of Commons, pre paratory to the erection of a statue to the late Sir Robert Peel. The pedestal has been erected in a direct line opposite to the statue of Mr. Canning. It is expected to be now completed in a very short period. MR. WARREN is engaged ou a " Life of Sir Astley Cooper." ettitsiastital. PREFERMENTS AND ♦PPOINTMENTS. The Rev. J. W. Hammond, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Martin'e in•the•Fielde. The Rev. Simon G. Fraser, 8.A., to the Curacy of Grosvenor Chapel. Theßiir. C. M. Church, 8.A., to the Curacy of Curzon Chapel, Mayfair. The Rev. It. W. Bush, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Merylebone. The Rev. T. Macintyre, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Dunstan's in the West. The Rey. W. li. Foy, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Simon Zelotee, Bethnal•green. The Rev. A. P. trust, 8.A., to the Rectory of Cheddington, near Aylesbury. The her. F. J. Walker, M.A., to the Rectory of Finmere, Ox fordshire. The Rev. Willlaw Jephsoo, MA., to the Rectory of Iliuton Waldust, Berkshire. The Rev George Rainier, M.A., to the Vicarage of Muff.ld, near Rattle, Sussex. The Rev. Johu Griffiths, to the Incumbency of Trinity Church, Brighton. The Rev. John Laurence Prior, M.A., to the Rectory of Pap plewick, near Nottingham. The Rev. M. S. Edgcll, M.A., to the Curacy of Camberwell Surrey. The Rev. Dr. Rowley, to the Rectory of Willey, near Brossley, Salop. The Rev. H. Chidden, M.A., to the Rectory of Atwiek, Hull. The Rev. James Halls Croft, M.A., to the Vicarage of Tim. berecombe, near Booster. The Rev. Samuel Hosegood, M.A., to the Rectory of Wilyfora, near Crewkerne. The Rev. John Dowell lout, M.A., to the Rectory of Bourn, near Caxton. The Rev. T. Barry, 8.A., to the Incumbency of St. Ilmosbas Church, Liverpool. THE PRESS. The Rev. Howard St. George, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Bil. 'lnge, near Wigan. The Rev. C. J. Westropp, Id.A., to the Incumbency of Hun- Hingham, near Southern. The Rev. Launcelot Capel Bathurst, M.A., to the Incumbency of Wythall, near Birmingham. The Rev. Walter James Sawyer, 8.A., to the Curacy of Strat ford-on-Avon. The Rev. Frederick Bennett, M.A., to the Vicarage of Shrew ton, near Devizes. The Rev. Ilugh F. Bacon, M.A., to the Vicarage of Castleton, Derbyshire. The Rev. J. D. liassingliam, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's, Derby. The Rev. T. G. M. Luckock, M.A., to the Incumbency of Little Berwick, Shrewsbury. The Rev. T. Z. Davies, M.A., to the Curacy of Selattyn, Shrop- shire. The Rev. John Smallpiece,lLA., has been appointed Vice Principal of the Diocesan College at Chichester. The Rev. Charles Nutt, M.A., to the Vicarage of East Harp tree, near Bristol. The Rev. Henrry Alfred Barrett, M.A., to the Rectory of Chod grave, near Beccles, Norfolk. The Rev. E. M. Clessold, M.A., to the Rectory of Wrentham, Suffolk. The Rev. G. Harrison, M.A., to the Rectory of Sutcombe, near llolsworthy, Devonshire. The Rey. A. E. Aldridge, to the Incumbency of Warton and Marston, near Devizes. The Rev. John Macbride Davide Crofts, 8.A., to the Curacy of All Saints' Church, Lewes. The Rev. It. F. Whistler, M.A., to the Curacy of llollingLon, near Hastings. The Rev John Manley Hawker, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Peter's, Earley, near !Leading. 'the Rev. J. Townsend Bennett., M.A., to the Rectory of St. Mary Aldemary and St. Thomas the Apostle, in the city of Lou- don. The Rev. John Hart, M.A., to the Rectory of Somerby, near Grigg, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Matthew Jefferys, to the Rectory of South Thoresby, near Alford. The Rev. R. J. S. Valentine, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Tri nity Church, Portisea. The Rev. Joseph Woolley, 8.D., to the Incumbency of St. George's, Portsea. The Rev. Henry Dale, M.A., to the Rectory of Wilby, near North ampton. The Rev. J. H. R. Sumner, M.A., to the Rectory of Brasted, near Sevenoaks. The Rev. William Lee Attleck Parker, 8.A., 'to the Curacy of Wiuterborne Zelstone, Dorset. The Rev. George Morris, clerk, to the Curacy of Blandford Forum, Dorset. The ROY. George Burd, M.A., to the Rectory of Sheinton, Shrop shire. The Rev. Frederick Broome, M.A., to the Rectory of Adderley, near Market Drayton, Shropshire. The ltev. Edward Synge, M.A., to the Incumbency of Trinity Church, Matlock. 'rhe Rev. Robert Hawes, M.A., to the Incumbency of Tunstall, Staffordshire. The 11ev. Beaufoy S. Pattiick, M.A., to the Rectory of Weston Regard, near Hereford. The 11ev. Dr. Rowland Baldwin East, to the Curacy of Made ley, near Hereford. The 11ev. Boyle W, Coghlan, M.A., to the Curacy of Charbury, near Montgomery. The Rev. James Hodges, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Middle. ton, near Rothwell, Yorkshire. The Rev. William Smith, MA., to the Incumbency of Cowick, near Snaith, Yorkshire. Tle 11ev. Einillus Bagley, M.A., to the Vicarage of Woburn, Bedfordshiro. 'rhe Rev. William Gelb M.A., to the 'Vicarage of Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire. The Rev. Adam C. Smith, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Andrew's, Holborn. The Rev. James Eilbee Stuart, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street. The Rev. H. A. Rowes, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Bartholo mew's Church, Moortields. The Rev. Thomas Woolley, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bedford Episcopal Chapel, Bloomsbury. the Rev. Richard Bingham, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's Church, Marylebune• ' The Rev. John tilllmer, M.A., to the Curacy of Regent-: quare Chapel. The Rev. G. M. Braune, M.A., to the Ministry of Lung-acre Episcopal Chapel. The Rev. Simpson B. Maughlui, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Wid drington, near Morpeth. The Rev. W. Hooper, M.A., to the Incumbency of Marian sleigh, near Southampton. The Rev. William Lewis Morgan, M.A., to the Incumbency of Bradshaw, Yorkshire. The Rev. S. H. Gersten], 8.A., to the Curacy of Kirk Deighton, near Wetherby. The Rev. James Gratrix, M.A., to.the Vicarage of Kensworth, Hertfordshire. The Rev. Morton Shaw. M.A., to the Curacy of 13ulmer, Essex. The Rev. Henry Garth, M.A., to the Curacy of Trinity Church, Lambeth. The Rev. Edward Fe rier, MA., to the Curacy of Northam, Southampton. VACANCIES. The Rectory of Ilambledon, near Godahning, Surrey, by the death of the late William Wilkinson, M.A. Value 2501. a year in the gift of the Earl of Radnor. The Vicarage of Toiler Fratrum, with Wynford Eagle, near Dorchester, by the resignation of the Rev. Christopher Brown Rodwell. Patron. J. Fleming, Esq. The Perpetual Curacy of the consolidated Chapelry of Broad Town, near Swindon, Wilts, by the resignation of the Rev. Wil liam Farley. Patron, J. Fleming, Esq. The Vicarage of Barling, Essex, by the preferment of the Rev. J. T. Bennett, M.A. Value 2501. per annum; iu the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. The Rectory of Folke and the Perpetual Curacy of North Wootton, by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Eking. The former living is in the gift of Mr. W. N. Milord, of Sherborne, and is worth about 3001. per annum ; the latter is in the patron age of Earl Digby, and is of small value. The Incumbency of Emmanuel Church, Bolton-le-Moors, by the death of the Rev. George Levy, M.A. Value 2001. a year; in the gift of the Rev - James Slade, M.A., canon of Chester. The Curacy of St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, diocese of London. Iu the gift of the Rev. James Murray, M.A. Enthasitg 3uttiligtutt. CAMBRIDGE. THE nomination of two persons to be returned to the Senate,' of whom one is to be elected to fill the N avant office of an Esquire Bedell, will take place in the Senate- SATURDAY, house on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The election will take place on the following day. THE examination for the Moral Sciences Tripos will begin on Monday, February 0. The order will be a s follows :—Monday, Moral Philosophy; Tuesday, Aloderu History, Political Economy; Wednesday, Gene ra l Jurisprudence, Laws of England; Thursday, mi xe d Questions. A prize of •201. will be given to the person whe shall show the greatest proficiency in Moral Philoso• phy in this examination among the Middle Bachelor candidates, and two prizes of 151 each to the two highest proficients among the Commencing Bachelor candidates. The special subjects are :—Plato, " Cluirmides " an d " Republic," B. ix.; Aristotle, " Nichomachean Ethics,' 11. v. ; Butler's Sermons ; Bentham, " Principles of Morals and Legislation." Wheaton," International Law," Part I. I gilt gum. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 0. 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards--Lieutenant Orlando Frederick Cavendish Bndgeman to be Adjutant, vice (.Is ments, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 7th Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Augustus Purefoy Lockwood to be Surgeon, vice Mitchell, promoted on the Stuff. oth Foot—William Claude Elliot, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, who retires. 10th Foot--Cuptain George Hamilton, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Chancellor, who exchanges. Dith Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Preston, from the 26th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Kennedy, appointed Paymaster of a Recruiting District. 27th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Hamilton Twemlow, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice O'Loghlin, who exchanges. 30th Foot—Enaign Lachlan Macpherson to be Ideate. mutt, by purchase, vice Hepburn, who retires; John Simon Chandos Harcourt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macpherson. 34th Foot—Lieutenant John William "Brooke °Ughlin, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Twemlow, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Henry Atherley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rundle, who retires; Ensign Thomas Macpherson Bruce Gardyne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Atherley; Jacob Francis Bryant, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gardyne. 41st Foot—Lieutenant William Johnston to be Adjutant, vice Barnard, promoted. na Foot—Ensign Arthur Henley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gervis, who retires; William Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henley. s:lrd Foot—Ensign Wale Rymer Byrne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grubbe, deceased. 75th Foot—Captain Alexander Chancellor, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges. 2nd West India Regiment—Major Stephen John Bill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Mein's, who retires upon full pay; Captain John Miller to be Major, without purchase, vice Hill; Lieutenant John Hatpin to be Captain, without purchase, vice Miller; Ensign Edward James Laughlin to be Lieutenant, without purchase. vice Harpur ; Christopher Frederick Holt, Gent., to Le Ensigu, without purchase, vice Laughlin. Hospital Staff—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Charles Whyte to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, rice Shanks, deceased; Surgeon John Mitchell , M.D., from the 7th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First ('lass, vice Whyte, promoted; Assistant Staff-Surgeon Patrick Sin clair Laing to be Statf-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Lockwood, appointed to the 7th Foot ; Frederick Moore Smith, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vies Laing, promoted on the Staff; Thomas Macdougal Bleck ley, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Lightbody, promoted; William Henry Brice, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Itootonalecool, deceased. BREVET.—Captain George Floyd Duckett, of the Cul West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 5. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant Mark• ham le Fer Taylor to be First Lieutenant, vice MoJdy, deceased. Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain Char' Fanshawe to be Captain, vice Denison, Seconded ; last Lieutenant John Marshall Grant to be Second Colitis, vice Fanshawe ; Second Lieutenant Henry George ba A. to be First Lieutenant, vice Grant. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to le Second Lieutenants : Arthur Kennedy Ititleont, vice Price, promoted ; William Henry Watson, vice King, prow eta(' ; Henry Percy Tillard, vice Cairnes, promoted ; Edward Chichester Bolton, vice Whitehead, promoted ; Oliver Henry Atkins Nicolls, vice Jones, promoted; Donald George Campbell Maclachlan, vice Collington, promoted; James Barton, vice J. H. Brown, promoted ; t bade; James hope Johnstone, vice Prosser, promoted ; 1 oberi• Horsley Cockerell, vice Strangways, promoted ; Bei pupi n Humphrey, vice Harrison, promoted; Charles \\ s ow Wilson, vice Higgon, promoted ; Legh Delves Broughton, vice Ilarward, promoted ; George Albert Augustus IS siker, vice Vibart, promoted. Corps of Royal Engineers--Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants with temporary rank : The Roma: able Cameron Wrotteeley, vice Grantham, The, Lonsdale Augustus Hale vice Neville, promoted ; 'bury . William Hart Davis Dumaresq, vice Barber, pror!iote d, Arthur Reid Lempricre, vice Igoe, promoted; tieole Longlcy, vice G. R. Lempriere, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED In THE LORD-LIEUTENAN TS. . Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Li . e, l * tenant Edward James Dyson to be Cap tain, vice 00'nel. resigned ; George Crozier Cole, Gent., to be Ens * . Thomas Tropimus Hodges, Gent., to be Ensign. J 1 ....-- 3nl ladle Th Jolla to be TN noa haVir 1 %etc Col Lent raid Co to be \ tad Co vtost kora (185 NI It N wt(