The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-13 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

The Bishop of London in using his powerful interest to
obtain for Mr. Wood the stall at Canterbury, was, no doubt,
influenced by a most laudable motive ; that reverend dignitary
being at the same time Prebendary of St. Paul's ; Rector of
Fulham, Middlesex ; and Rector of Coulsden, Surrey : and
these pluralities of cures of souls, this considerate divine
thought incompatible and inexpedient. By the excellent sug-
gestions, therefore, of his Lordship, Lord Grey was induced
to make a different " regulation"—a favourite term of Bishop
Blomfield. By Mr. Wood's removal to Canterbury, the liv-
ing of Fulham falls to the disposal of this prelate, who may
be truly said to be wise in his generation. The Rev. Mr.
Baker is patron and incumbent of the rich (though not quite
so rich a benefice as Fulham) benefice of Stevenage, in Herts.
The Bishop of London, by presenting his brother the Pre-
bendary of Chester, to that living, or, what is the same thing,
arranging—or rather, we should say, " regulating"--with Mr.
Baker, before he presented him to Fulham, to nominate him,
has shown not only great disinterestedness, but evinced to the
clergy of his own see, how highly he appreciates his brother's
talents as a divine, by thus promoting a person from so distant
a diocese. _ _ .

Verily this Right Reverend Father in God has followed im-
plicitly the words of Scripture, that " He who provideth not
for his own household," is worse than an infidel.

Our contemporary, John Bull, has, we find, promised its
readers a further detail of this " barter and exchange," as the
City folks would say. We therefore leave his Lordship in
good hands : in the meantime it will be satisfactory to the
Clergy of his Lordship's extensive diocese, as well as to the
parishioners, to know that " the living of St. Martin's having
been tendered to, and refused by, a very hard-working' Di-
vine, who goes under the facetious denomination of the Lion's
Provider,' " by " particular desire of several persons of distinc-
tion"—.high distinction, an importation may be expected from
the diocese of Chichester. If there be a peal of bells in St.
Martin's, we should advise that the tune of " John Anderson
my Joe" be set forthwith.—Morning Chronicle.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, we
hear, intends returning home early in January next.

The Lord Chancellor, on his last return to Brighton,
visited Mr. Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel, the Earl of West-
morland, and the venerable Earl of Chatham.

Lady William Gordon, the successor to the fortunes
of the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford, has taken a mansion
at Kemptown.

HAMBURG, OCT. 6.—The Marquis of Douro and
Mr. Canning, the son of the late Minister, arrived here on
Friday, on board the steam-boat, from London.

The General Steam Navigation Company's Mail
Packet, the William Jolliffe, from Hamburg, arrived off the
Custom-house on Saturday. Also t e Eclipso, from Boulogne,
with fifty passengers on board.

The Duchess of Kent and her daughter, the
Princess Victoria, are preparing to quit Tonbridge for St.
Leonard's ; which, by the taste, skill, and great enterprise of
James Burton, Esq., has now become one of the most fashion-
able marine residences in Kent or Sussex. Three large houses
on the Grand-parade are engaged for the Duchess and her
suite ; and it is expected that the Royal party will arrive there
about the Ist of November.

MARRIAGE OF DONNA MARIA.—The Opposi-
tion of the Court of France to the marriage of the Duke de
Leuchtenberg with Donna Maria is now well ascertained.
Count Flahaut, one of Louis Philippe's Aide-de-Camps, was
said to be the go-between in bringing the renewed pretensions
of the Duc de Nemours to bear.—Tribune.

BERLIN, OCT. 4.—His Majesty gave an audience
of leave, on the 2d inst., to Lord Minto, the British Ambassa-
dor, who delivered his letters of recall. His Lordship has
already set out for Paris. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and
Princess Frederick of the Netherlands, and Princess Albert,
have arrived from the Hague; and Dukes Frederick and Wil-
liam, and the Duchess Louisa of Mecklenburg Schwerin, from
Ludwigsluit.
General Sebastiani, the French Ambassador at Na-
ples has just married at Milan, in the presence of the French
Consul, the widow of General Davidoff, who was well known
at St. Peterslaurgh, in the salons of the Count de la Ferronays.
By this marriage the General has become the son-in-law of
the Duke de Grammont, brother-in-law of the Duke de Guiche,
and nephew of the Prince de Polignac. The lady is about
48 years of age, and has, we understand, no fortune.—French
Paper.

The library of the University of Lieae has lately
been enriched by a present from his Britannic Majesty of the
complete collection of the public records of Great Britain, in
74 folio volumes.

That very opulent nobleman the Duke de Stack-
poole returned to town on Saturday last, from a tour through
Great Britain, his peregrination having extended even to the
wilds of the Highlands of Scotland. The Duke speaks with
delight of his trip.

Lord Byron's tragedy of Maiff'red is in preparation,
on a scale of extraordinary splendour, at Covent-garden theatre.
The Alpine scenery, and the castle of Manfred, will be painted
by Stanfield, and the hero will be personated by Vandenhoff.

Mori, it is said, will succeed Spagnoletti as leader of
the band at the King's theatre, and at the various concerts over
which that lamented violinist presided.

The new theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera
House, with the clever historical drama written by Mr. Serle,
entitled the Widow Queen, and a pleasing variety of other
auxiliary entertainments, have attracted very profitable audiences
during the week. Mr. Phillips returns to the English Opera
House this evening, when he will resume his character in The
Mountain Sylph.

Mr. Charles Kemble has been on a tour of plea-
sure in Germany and Switzerland, whence he has just arrived
in Paris.

Sheridan Knowles arrived safe and well in New
York on the sth of September. He did not, however, make
his appearance at the theatre, in consequence of the serious
illness of Miss Phillips, who, it appears, had most unfortu.
nately contracted the measles, under which alarming malady
she was suffering when Mr. Knowles wrote home to his vene-
rable father.

Charles Phillips, Esq., the barrister, has been ap-
pointed by the Lord Chancellor to perform the duties of public
prosecutor, under the new Criminal Court Act, with a salary
of about 2,0004 per annum. Mr. Phillips will discon
tinue his practice at Clerkenwell and other inferior Courts,
where, by his practice, he has recently realized more than the
average amount of the salary that he will receive as public
prosecutor. It is intended to confer on Mr. Phillips the
honour of a silk gown. He was previously offered a Chief-
Justiccship in India, with a salary of 6,0001.
The gentlemen of the Auditors' Department of the
Old Exchequer, on the breaking up of that establishment on
Friday evening, presented Mr. Grosvenor Charles Bedford,
the late chief clerk under the auditor, with a magnificent gold
snuff-box, on which was engraved an inscription, expressive of
the very grateful sense entertained by them of his unvarying
urbanity and gentleman-like bearing during the long period
he had exercised his official duties in that department.
A deputation of parishioners waited a few days since
upon the Bishop of London, requesting his Lordship to be-
stow the vacant preferment of St. Martin's upon the Rev. Mr.
Andrews, clerk in orders at St. James's. His Lordship's re-
ply was as follows:-..-" Gentlemen, the living of St. Martin's-
in-the-Fields is in my gift : if I were to comply with your re,
quest as regards Mr. Andrews, it would in yours, and that is
what Ido not intend it shall be. Good morning I"