The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-08 00:00:00

APPOINTMENT OP SHERIFFS.

(From Ist night's Gazette.)
At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
es the 6th cast., the following sheriffs were appointed by her
lisdeety in Council for the year 1862.

INGLAND
(exeeptieg Cornwall sod Lemoubire.)
Bedfordebtre—Crowe Alston, Esq., of Odell.
Berkshire—Robert Campbell, Esq., of Bused-park, near
Loeblade.
Becks—William Beeniegtoe, Esq., of Femora*
Clarobridgeakire and Huntingdonshire—John Richardson
Fryer, Eq., of Chatteris.
Cemsod—Samuel Lindow, Esq., of Motor.
Chapin—Tbooms Aklarsay, EN., of Alders* Hall.
Derbyihire—Haughtos CharlesOkeover, of Me-
m* lielL
Havonaloire—Major-General Edward Seudd, of Oxtrat.
Horeetabirs—Joesph Guidry, Esq., of the Hyde, &id-
' port.
Herbage—Hamm George Stuteea, Fwq., of Hinsdale.
Earist—Josoph Samuel Leacher, Esq., of Boyles Court,
Brentwood.
tilonosetankins—Sir George Samuel Jenkinion, Bart., of
Eastwood, tsar Berkeley.
Hertfordshire—Jobs Hungerford Arkwright, rag., of
Hampton Court, near Leominster.
Hertfordshire--John Hodgson, Eq., of Gilatou Park.
Rent—Henry Brenemon, Eq., of Heaton Court, near'
Maidstone.
Leicestershirs—Jams Beaumont Winstanley, Ng., of
Braunstoee.
Liooolosbire—Tbomas John Dixon, Eq., of Holton-lo-
Moor.
Monmouthshire—Jelin Best Stead, Fwq., of Chepstow.
Norfolk—Hobert John Harvey Harvey, Fag., of Brundall.
Northamptonehira—William Smyth, Esq., of Little
Houghton.
Northumberland—Jobe Cookson, Esq., of Harlon Park.
Nottiogbamsbire—Thomss Bhickhome Tborotoe au.
yard, Esq., of Flintbam Houle.
Oxfordshire—Edward Mackenzie, Esq., of Fawley Court.
Rutland—Tbe Hun. William Chart* Evans Forks, of
Biabrooke.
Sbropaire—Sir Virreent Bowlaad Corbet, Bart.,* Acton
Rayncld.
Somersetshire—Ralpb Neville Grenville, Fwq., of But-
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lash Court.
Maffordshire—Henrylick, Esq., of Walton Hall.
County of Southampton —Sir Henry Bouverie nutlet St.
John Whimsy. Batt., of DcgmersSeld Park, Winchfield.
Suffolk—Sir John Ralph Blois, Bart., of Caildfold Hall,
Yoxford.
Burry—Jo seph Godnisn, Eq., of Perk Hatch, Godal-
miog.
Suseex—The Hon. John Jervis Carnegie, of Fair Oak,
Horde.
Warwickshire—The Hon. Charier Lennox Butler, of
Cotoo Howe, Rugby.
Westmoreland—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic Gandy, of
[eaves, Milntliorpe.
Wiltshire—John Blton Mervyn Prover, Ewa., a Parton
lore, Swindon.woestershire—Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Limbo:we,
The Ithyd, Worcester.
'Trey Wentworth, Esq., of Woolley Park,

sear Wakefield.
WALES—NORTH AND BORTH.
Aalora—Robert Davies, Es q., of Bolayfes.
i ire—David Wallops Lloyd, Esq., of Aberlleels.
Carosmonabire—David Williams, Esq., of Castle Ded•
moth.

John Stepney Cowell Stepney,
of Llanolly House.
Cardigaoshire —Herbert Vaughan, req., of Brynog.
Denbighehire—Sir kinghWilliama, Bart., of Bodeltklan.
Tennant Pennant, Peg., of Bodfazi.
Ghunorganshire—Sir Ivor Bert/. Guest, Bart., of Sully
House.

Mootgomeryshire—John Lomax, FAq., of Bodfaeb.
Merioaetluthire—Samuel Holland. Lc.. of Plaryn-Par

rhyo.
Pembrokeshire--Jemes Berea Bowels, req., of Llwyn-
gwair, Newport.
Badootsture—walter De Winton, Esq., of hieeellwc.b
Cootie.

(ram ran mires (alarm)

Ducal or Luteasres., Fes. s.—The Queen has
been this day pleseed to appoint William Allen Francis
Bounden, Esq., of Wennington Hall, to be sheriff of the
comity palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
Tan Planes or WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMHZI4I,
BUCIUMOHAIII.GIATZ, Fe& 6.—pTilzereen has been pleased
to direct letters patent to be , in the name and on
behalf of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, appoint-
ing the Mat Noble Henry Pelham, Duke of Newcartle,
8.0., Lord Warden of the Stannaries in Cornwall and
Devon, and Rider and Master Forester of Dartmoor ; the
Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed, in the name and on behalf of his Royal Highest*
the Prism of Wales, appointing Thomas Tristram Spry
Carlyon, of Tregrebao, in the county of Cornwall, Esq.,
shenif of the county of CorowalL
Foams-cornea, :Lae. 25.—The Queen ham been
' graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Francis Wads, Eaq.,
C.R., now Chinese secretary and translator, to be secretary,
Chinese secretary, and translator to her Majesty's Legation
is Chum.
Dowsisa-striae, Fes. 6.—The Queen has been '
pleased to reconstitute the bishopric of Toronto, in the
province of Canada, and to erect a portion of the said
bishopric into a new see, to be called the Rishopnc of Ontario
and her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint the
Rev. Jobe Travers Lewis, LL.D., to be the lint bishop of
the new see.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON THE CLYDIL-011
Wednesday afternoon, two men named Hector ll'Pberson
sad Hugh Campbell, while engaged in the divisg.tisff ap-
paratus at Bilderslie (where operations far blasting the reek
there have beau carried ea for some time), met their
death by the sudden hareling of the air pipe. They were
at the tiros under water at • depth of 22 feet, and engyred la
slinging stoseswidek bed hoes blown off the rock and hoisted
on bowl the hell, whew by the air pipe bursting the water
rushed in from buses* in en& vetoes that they must have
instantly bees &wised of life. Timi pipe burst about 12
feat from the seep. the rent being about four inches long.
Althoeer& wee instantly teepee for the bodies, It was
not till-pest fee en Theeeley imseelegrehatOmpbtro '
body wee reertered. It wee • hreeibt up lies dierlemadeat
wharf Li eilltaipw, by the toe ebertmeLle
vend to the Clyde Yohoe Itenshrieg Seem ,llThereoe's
Areganit been diteorteed. Bea mere snaterded,
yearesiewrizti=pliell W. The
plite, list* • was *eft teethe
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(ram ova ors 00/111/IPONDINT.)
' MALTA, FIB. 2.
The Bishop of Gibraltar preached a sermon in
aid of the fund for building a protestant church at Naples,
in which he pre some valuable iaformation on the present
state of religion in Italy. He pmmised that he had very
lately traversed Italy from the Alps to Sicily, that every-
where he had found a strong spirit of enquiry among the
inhabitants, evincing itself in a desire for copies of our
liturgy, and one ineuential person informed him that two
thousand copies of a translation of oar Communion Berries
were disp9eed of in a very short time, and there was a
great anxiety to obtain more. The natives were not only
tailing the established church of Eaglaod, but also the die-
cauters ; and in one town he had found no less than eight
different sects of those who bad quitted the church of Rome.
These are only a few items from what his lordship stated in
his very interesting sermon.
Oa the other hand, the English have bad possession of
Malta for over sixty years during which large sums of
money Dave been expended freelyin propagating the protestant
faith; the Church Missionary Society had a printing press,
and a very large establishment in the very centre of
Valet* and disseminated much knowledge among the in-
habitants, published many translations of protestant works,
both in Italian and Maltese, end these were liberally distri-
buted among the people. The Bible Society have a larp
depth, under the direction for many years of one of th
meet maths ',pats, who, while in Malta, was universally
respected by -anf,s and catholic*. There are many
ease pretest's! ertaidishments. Many private individuals
have alee 10.11911•11 math in the ho” of religiously basalt-
r lap the lakalsiMats. There is • large staff of
eilemmea. The Queen Dowager gave the hinds for: gnat
nilleset protestant church. The Scotch have also built •
very floe kirk in the very centre of the town, and the
government have built several chapels for the use of the
troop. and some of the mom eloquent of the preachers of
the different sects have at various times preached in Malta.
The results of all these efforts in favour of protestantiens
have not been encouraging, for there is scarcely a
proselyte among the Roman catholic, is
single
while very many protestants have turned
to the Boman catholic faith. Many protestant, have an
erroneous impression that the Bible is not allowed to be
read by Roman catholic,. This is not the case, the Douay
edition is freely circulated, and even recommended by the
priests, particularly the edition published by Dully, tot
Dublin, but the cost (65.) is • bar to its free circulation
among the poor Maltese. If this could be supplied to
them at about la., great numbers would purchase it, and
thus, the Bible, tb• beet missionary in the world, would
have a much larger circulation in Malta. It is useless dis-
tributing the protestant Bible among people that are for-
bidden to read that maws, and if any sue will take the
trouble of rsediog the Deasy edition, published by Duffy,
he cannot fail amass the bassi, et the distribution of such •
book, which will convey consolation and hope to all who
read it. This edition is mentioned, as it is the one ap-
proved of by the archbishop.