The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

BISHOP OF HEREFORD.

We are informed, on good authority, that the in-
ferences drawn by the Bishop of Oxford, in his published
letter to the Bishop of Hereford (eleet) es to any altera-
tions in a future edition of the " Baropton Lectures,"
or virtual withdrawal of the "Observations en Re-
ligious Dissent," are entirely groundless. We are
assured that no engagement of any kind wu au-
thorised to be made, or was (it is believed) actually
made to the Bishop of Oxford by any third party. -Vitt'
respect to the "Observations on Religious Dissent," the
case, we hear, is this, that a university bookseller, at the
outbreak of the recent agitation, sold some copies of the first
edition of that pamphlet; on being informed of which,
the Bishop elect of Hereford expressed to a mutual
friend of himself and the Bishop of Oxford his dis-
pleasure at the sale of the former edition, which he
believed had been exhausted, and which had, in fact, been
superseded by a second edition, containing several altera-
tions. This being communicated, as it would appear, in
friendly conversauon to the Bishop of Oxford by the coin.
mon friend, must have given occasion, hut obviously gave
no authority whatever, is the bishop to represent the case
as • " virtual withdrawal " of the " Observations on Re-
ligious Dissent."—Morning Paper.
The Archdeacon and clergy of the Archdeaconry of
Glendalagh having requested the opinion of the Archbishop
of Dublin as to the soundness of Dr. Hampden's opinions,
Dr. Whately has returned the following answer :
" PALACE, Jan. 6, 1848.—Dear Mr. Archdeacon.—linder
any ordinary circumstance., I am convinced that neither you
nor the rest of the clergy who have signed the application to
me, would ever have thought of making any inquiries of me
respecting the appointment of any one to a bishopric, or to
any other situation in the patronage of the Crown.
" But I cannot wonder at your doing so in the present
instance, for the occasion is no ordinary one. The commo-
tion connected with. Dr. Hampden's appointment is of a
nature to affect very materially the credit, the peace, and
the safety of the united church, and the cause of the
christian religion altogether. I shall be ready there
fore to give you such information as I am able on all
points connected with the present most extraordinary and
important movement, and to offer such remarks thereon as
may tend to dispel the misapprehensions that are afloat.
" As it is probable that besides those of the clergy whose
signatures are before me, several others also would have
axed their names to the application bad they known of it,
I will in a few days lay before the clergy generally of all my
dioceses such statement and observations as the occasion
seems to cat for.—l remain, dear Mr. Archdeacon, yours
very faithfully, " RICHARD DUBLIN.
" The Venerable Archdeacon Strong."

FRANCE.—STATISTICS OF CRIME IN FRANCE..
In the course of the year 1847 the Court of Assize of France
pronounced 67 sentences of death; during the year 1846
there were but 57. Of these 67 sentences of death, 43 were
for assassination, 8 for robberies and murder, 5 for poisoning.
4 for parricide, 3 for infanticide, 3 for wilful conflagration,
and 1 for assault and battery. The courts-martial estab-
lished in France and Algeria havepronouncedduringtheyear
1847, 102 sentences of death, classed in the following man-
ner : 82 for having struck superior officer, 12 for assassina-
tion, and 8 for desertion. The average of crimes committed
'yearly against persons and property varies from 5 to 6,000;
' the number of accused perivins from 7to 8,000, of whom
one-third are generally acquitted. The affairs of correc-
tional police were much more numerous. During the year
1847, 77,000 affairs of this nature were brought before the
Tribunal di Premiere Instance, comprising 98,000 accused,
of whom 23.000 were dismissed without prosecution. Dur-
ing the same year the magistrates have bad to bring in a ver-
dict of 7,400 accidental deaths; 3,000 by drowning; 600
accidents by carriage ; 400 caused by the falling in of
ground ; 200 by the immoderate use of spirits; 80
by lightning ; 14 by railway accidents, &c. Suicides
were shoo very numerous. In 1847 they amounted
to 3,000 ; men always form at least the two-thirds
of the number of suicides which take place every year. The
business of the cultivator, or the daily workman, generally
furnishes one-third of the number ; in 1845, upon the num-
ber of suicides, 1,000 were of this class, while there were but
2 artists, 4 wood-cutter, and 6 chiffonier, who had re-
course to such violent means to put an end to their nfferings.
The greatest number of suicides are caused by strangulation,
submersion and asphyxia, very few by poison. It has been
observed that May, June, and July are the months which
i offer the greatest number of suicides.