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in the event of his death. Therefore the aposto- I LATEST IN EWS •

income of 6,000/. is indispensable. Let us
see how this matter stands. We have heard,
usque ad nauseam, of the improvidence of literary
men and badly-paid clerks, who do not set aside
some portion of their incomes to provide a fund
for the evening of life and the future maintenance
of their families. There can be no excuse for
such gross negligence on the part of men who
have had to live and educate families on incomes
varying from 1001. to 3001. per annum. But
Dr. BLOMPIELD iS greatly to be pitied, because he
has omitted that precaution, although he has
been for the last 28 years in the enjoy-
ment of an average revenue of 22,000/.
per annum, and although it was considered
by Parliament that 10,000/. a-year would be
amply sufficient to maintain the dignity of the
high position he occupied, and to fulfil all becom-
ing acts of charity and beneficence. He has thus
received at least 300,000/. more than was re-
quired, and surely he might have set some portion
of that enormous sum aside, so as to be enabled
to avoid a pauper appeal to the country.
Besides that, he had been four years a bishop
before his translation to the See of London, and
was previously Rector of the lucrative parish of
Bishopsgate ; so that he could not have come to
his present See as a poor many encumbered with
debts which he was compelled to liquidate. Why,
then, should he not be enabled to act in obedience
to the dictates of his conscience, having received for
his own use and benefit more than 700,0001. out of
the revenues of the Church without being compelled
by the res augustce domi to enter into a bargain
so injurious to the interests of religion.
Dr. MALTBY only enjoyed his seat on the
Episcopal Bench a quarter of a century, during
twenty years of which time as Bishop of DUREAM.
It is true that he was obliged to pay 11,200/.
to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, having been
appointed after the Aot fixing the income of the
see at 8,0001. per annum. But the returns show
that by some clever arrangement he continued
to appropriate to his own use some 13,0001. per
annum, or, during the 20 years, about 100,0001.
more than he was fairly entitled to. The public
will, in his case, also think that, with common
prudence, he ought not to be compelled to sue
in forma pauperis in his old age.
The entire matter is greatly to be regretted.
It will afford a handle, not only to the oppo-
nents of the Law Church, but also of re-
ligion, to sneer at disinterested professions
on the part of those absorbing large
shares of the loaves and fishes, and supply a
striking illustration of the sincerity with which
the nolo episcopari is uttered, when the position
will not be surrendered in one case for less than
6,0001. and a Palace, in another at a lower rate
than an annuity of 4,500/., secured on ample
revenues, and therefore in the nature of
chief rents, that must be punctually
paid under any circumstances whatsoever.
It would be well for the Church and the Parlia-
ment if the bill could be postponed until it was
made part of a general measure providing for all
bishops, priests, and curates in the Establishment.

Unless in the estimation of Sir T. WlLsort there
be a magic charm in the number three which may
operate as a temptation to complete its multiples,
we fancy the defeat of his twentieth attempt to
obtain power to build on Hampstead-heath must
have put a final extinguisher on his efforts in that
direction. The obligation of the inhabitants of
the metropolis to, insure . indisputable possession
of the Heath remains, however, unimpaired, for
the tenure on which they hold it is the precarious
one of the continuance of a single life, so that
were Sir T. WILSON to die to-morrow they would
be completely at the mercy of bis successor, who
would do what he liked with it. The precise
position, therefore, of the metropolis public and
the worthy Knight may be assumed to be this :
the former have the ' strongest inducements they
possibly can have to purchase his rights on fair
terms, and he has none whatever to reject their
offer. Under these circumstances we most earn-
estly entreat that no time b 3 lost in entering into
a communication with him and endeavouring to
ascertain the precise amount which would induce
him to dispose of his interest. That on a prim 4
facie view of the case he is at their mercy
by no means insures the purchase of it on any
terms ; consequently, believing that liberality is
the best policy, we trust he will be dealt with in
a liberal, not a stingy, any more than an extra-
vagant spirit. The price ascertained, the ques-
tion "How is the money to be raised ?" will then
acquire increased importance, and on this head
we will only remark, as we have done before, no
scrupulosity as to any of the modes hitherto
proposed ought to be entertained, provided the
attainment of the object in view be not likely to
be endangered. The immense importance of
possession of the Heath cannot but be admitted
by all who know anything about the subject,
and an additional proof of its value is afforded in
the fact that the name of those who feel interested

in its preservation is Legion. Every one, in
short, admits its value—will not every one con-
tribute in whatever way may ultimately be de-
cided on to enrol its title-deeds among the public,
we cannot say municipal, archives ? In all our
dealings with metropolitan questions we cannot
call to remembrance any particular one of at all
corresponding importance on which a greater
unanimity of feeling existed. Londoners well
deserve to he the laughing-stock of the entire
country, if the Heath after all slips through their
hands.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

According to the present arrangements of the
Government Tuesday next is the day fixed for
the prorogation of Parliament.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN

RAILWAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Secretary's-office, Waterloo Bridge Station,
24th July, 1856.
SIR,--I am instructed to inform you that the direc-
tors of this company have resolved to recommend to
the proprietors at the general meeting, on the 7th
August next, that the dividend for the half-year ending
30th June, 1856, be at the rate of Si. 10s. per cent. per
annum on the capital.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
L. CRONIBIE, Secretary.

There is a rumour that Sir B-lojamin Hall will be
raised to the peerage.—Morning Paper.
GENERAL WINDHADL—The gallant Major-General
Windham is to be invited to a banquet in St. Andrew's-
hall, Norwich. He is a native of the county of Norfolk.
Mr. Laing, member for Wick, has purchased the
beautiful estate of Hordle, on the Hampshire coast, where
he intends staying all the autumn and winter, for the
benefit of sea air.

- The Head Mastership of the new College, Lansdowne,
near Bath, has been conferred upon the Rev. Josephu;
Glover, of the University of Cambridge.
It is stated that Messrs. W. S. Limbo), and Co. have
have obtained the contract for the conveyance of mails
to the Cape-of Good Hope, the tenders for which were
sent in on the 10th inst.
PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO
SIR. W. FENWICE: WlLLlAms.—Yesterday, at a Court
of Common council, the Lord Mayor stated that he had
arranged with General Sir W. F. Williams, that the pre-
ti-mtatidn of the freedom of the City to that distinguished
officer shou'd take place on the next court day.
The medical body of France is organising at Paris a
banquet to the medical men of the army and navy of the
East, to take place on the 20th of August,

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THE SPANISH INSURRECTION.

PARIS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 9 A.M.

Advices from Bayonne of the 24th inst. state
that, according to a letter from Saragossa, dated
the 20th inst., General Falcon had held a review

of 16,000 men.

A battalion of Royalists, which had left Tudela,
revolted on arriving near the town and joined the
insurgents. The Custom-house officials did the