The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-13 00:00:00

(FROM LAST :MET'S GAZETTE.)

WmarrtaLL, Ocr. 10. —The Queen has been
leased to appoint Stephen Temple, one of her Ma-
jesty's
counsel, to be her Majesty's Attorney-General of
the county palatine of Durham, vacant by the death of
William Mathewson Hinaniarch, Esq.
WHITEHALL, Ocr. 11.—The Queen has been
pleased to present the Rev. John Dawson to the church
and parish of Dunnichen, in the presbytery and county of
Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alexander Roes.
WiirretteLL, Ocr. 12.—The Queen has been
please'l to present the Rev. Charles Edward Hadow, 8.A.,
to the rectory of East Barnet, in the county of Hertford,
and diocese of Rochester, the same being void by the
death of the Rev. Thomas Henry Elwin. The queen has
also been pleased to nominate the Rev. Robert Roseeter
Hutton, M.A., to the perpetual curacy of Chipping Bar-
net, in the same county and diocese, the 110110 being void
by the death of the Rev. Thomas Henry Elwin.
DowNiNcr-sTREET,Oc7.II.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Julian Pauncefote, Esq., to be Attor-
ney-General for the colony of Hong Kong. and Hoary
Watson, Esq., to be Administrator-General for the colony
of British Guiana.

THE LATE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.—Just ten years
ego Dr. George Edward Lynch Cotton preached the
sermon in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, on the consecra-
tion of the present Bishop of London, by whose influence,
two years afterwards, he was appointed to the chief bishop-
ric in India. The late bishop was educated at Westminster
School, from whence be proceeded to Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1836, being
eighth in the first class of the classical tripes and 41st
senior optime in mathematics. For some years he was an
assistant master at Rugby School, under the late Dr,
Arnold, and in 1832 was appointed to the head mastership
of Marlborough College, which appointment he held until
1838, when he was consecrated to his Indian see. He was
the sixth Bishop of Calcutta, Dr. Middleton, appointed in
1811, having been the first ; Dr. Reginald Heber, appointed
in 1822, the second ; Dr. J. T. James, appointed in 1827,
the third ; Dr. J. M. Turner, appointed in 1829, the fourth;
Dr. Daniel Wilson ;formerly Vicar of Islington), appointed
is 1632 ; and Dr. Cotton, the late bishop, in 1858. The
diocese of Calcutta includes the Presidency of Bengal, with
the North West Provinces, Oude, the Punjab, Assam,
Arracan, Tennasserem, and the Straits Settlements. The
area is 301,102 square miles, the number of the clergy in
TEg CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND ArSTRALIAN MAILS. the diocese about 200, and the income of the bishop being
—lLeaszniss, Ocr. 12.—The Delta, with the above mails, a government allowance of 4,6001. a year. The nomination
arrived at Marseilles at 7 a.m. this day. No quarantine.
r London at 11.30 a.m. Letters in .to the vacant see will rest with Lord Stanley, M.P., the
The mails leave fo
London on Saturday Secretary of State for India in Council.
evening.

MELBOURNE, Aucul 26.

News received here from New Zealand states that
the natives were quiet except at Taranaki and
Wangiri, where they were still discontented.
The new Governor of Victoria, Mr. Manners
Button, on his arrival here met with a fair, though
not enthusiastic reception.

ADELAIDE.
Parliament assembled on the 28th of August.

SYDNEY.

A bill is about to be presented to parliament,
proposing to reduce the Governor's salary to 5,0001.
The first mail rid Panama arrived in 28 days.
. . .

A petition to the Home Government is in circu-
lation in Queensland for the recall of the present
Governor, in consequence of his conduct during the
late dissensions. A new Ministry has been formed.