The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-22 00:00:00

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP

IN ENGLAND

The Ami de la Religion contains a bull of the Pope,
re-establishing the episcopal hierarchy in England.
The portion of the document which refers to the dif-
ferent dioceses is as follows :----
"Beginning with the London district, it will form
two sees, nemely, that of Westminster, which we ele-
vate to the metropolitan or archiepiscopal dignity, and
that of Southwark, which we assign to it as a suffragan,
as well as the others hereafter mentioned. The diocese
of Westminster will include the portion of the said
district extending to the north of the Thames, and
comprise the counties of Middlesex, Essex, and Hert-
ford ; that of Southwark, to the south of the Thames,
will comprise the counties of Berks, Southampton,
Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, with the Isle of Wight,
Jersey, Guernsey, and other adjacent islands.
" In the district of the north there will be but one
episcopal see, that of the district. The district of
York Rill also form but one diocese, and the bishop
will reside at Beverley. The district of Lancaster
will be divided into two bishoprics, Liverpool and
Salford. The jurisdiction of the former will extend
to the Isle of Man. As regards the county of Chester,
although belonging to that district, we annex it to
another diocese.

"In Wales there will be two episcopal sees—namely,
Salop, and Merthyr-Tidvil and Newport united. The
diocese of Salop will comprise, in its northern part, the
counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, Me-
rioneth, and Montgomery, to which we annex the
county of Chester, detached frons the district of Lan-
caster, and that of Salop, from the central district.
The diocese of the Bishop of Merthyr-Tidvil and
Newport will be formed of the southern counties of
the district, Brecknock, Glamorgan, Carmarthen,
Pembroke, and Radnor, as also the English counties
of Monmouth and Hereford.

"In the western district we create two episcopal
sees, Clifton and Plymouth. The first will comprise
the counties of Gloucester, Somerset, and Wilts, and
the other those of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall.
" The central district, from which we have already,
detached the county of Salop, will include two epis-
copal sees, Nottingham and Birmingham. We as-
sign to the first the counties of Nottingham, Derby,
Leicester, and those of Rutland and Lincoln, which
we separate from the eastern district ; and, to the se-
cond, the counties of Stafford, Warwick, Bucking-
ham, and Oxford. _ .

" Finally, the eastern district will only contain one
episcopal see, which will assume the name of the town
of Northampton, and preserve its present limits, with
the exception of the counties of Rutland and Lincoln,
which we have annexed to the diocese of Nottingham.'

REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

omitted in my letter of yesterday to state,
that I hope Sir George Grey will carefully look to
the reformation of criminals generally, more particu-
larly to those of our convicts who I suggested should
be employed in the reclamation of waste lands. Con-
victs should work hard, but be entitled to the full
value of their labour beyond the cost of their keep and
education, so that on their return to society, they
should have sufficient funds (these to be retained of
course until their discharge and then seen to be pro-
perly applied) to enable them to commence in some
small trade or shop, or to emigrate, in order to pro-
cure their future subsistence honestly.
To prevent the return of convicts to crime this is
imperatively necessary, as it is well known that it is
hopeless for those who have once been in prison to
prcure employment. For want of this provision and
precaution we have to thank ourselves in a great
measure (though the mal-administration of justice by
the unpaid magistracy hes had much to do with it)
for the myriads of convicts we have made and who
are so constantly obliged to return to crime. In
what other way are they to exist ?
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
ZENO.
Liverpool, Oct. 18, 1850.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an accident
of a very alarming character took place at Rotherhithe to
a ; leasure-party, whereby, it is feared, several persons were
fatally injured: -- It appears that Mr. Hughes, the pro-
prietor of the extensive tar and varnish works, Plough-
bride.,e-road, Rotherhithe, bad invited the workmen in his
employ to a dinner at his private residence at. Sydenham,
Kent, when the foreman (Joseph Madison) made arrange-
ments with Mr. Isaac Bliss, of Bermondsey-wall, for the
conveyance of the party in a spring van. About twenty
persons got inside, and the others sat down on the top of
the vehicle. The foreman took the reins, and Mr. Bliss sat
by his side, when the party proceeded towards the tieptford-
road, and, as the van neared the Red Lion Tavern, adjoin-
ing St. Helena Gardens, the near horse shied at something
passing. The horses became unmanageable and darted off,
dragging the van with it± living freight on to the high path-
way, and before the horses could be stopped the vehicle
turned completely over, precipating those on the top with
fearful violence to the ground. The scene at this time was
moe:. alarming; the horses were plunging and kicking, and
the inside passengers were to be seen in serious confusion
making their escape by the windows on the upper aide,
whilst eight of those who were on the top were lying on the
ground shockingly injured. The foreman was carried to a
neighbouring surgeon's with a compound fracture of the left
les,, fractured ribs, &c. Mr. Bliss, the proprietor of the van,
also sustained fractures of both bones of the right leg, with
contusions on various parts of his body. The former was
conveyed in a cab to St. Thomas's Hospital, and the latter
to Guy's. Another of the party received a concussion of
the brain and a lacerated wound of the scalp by falling on
his head, but be was taken home. Others who were very
seriously injured were likewise conveyed to their respective
residences. Most of them were going on favourably, but
the reporter was informed that one of the men had expired
from the effects of the injury during Sunday.
DEANS OF CATHEDRALS AND HEADS OF COLLEGES.
—According to a recent Act of Parliament (13 and 14 Vict.,
chap. 98) it is provided that it shall not be lawful for rny
person appointed after the passing of the Act to the deanery
of any cathedral church to hold the office of head ruler of
any college or hall within either the Universities of Oxford
or Cambridge, or the office of provost of Eton College, or of
warden of Winchester College, or of master of the Chatter-
house, together with his deanery. This enactment is not to
apply to the Dean of rho Cathedral Church of Christ in Ox-
ford, as chief ruler of the c.dlege there maintained. Heads of
colleges in the Universities are not to hold cathedral prefer-
ment except in cases where benefices or cathedral prefer-
ments may be permanently attached to or form part of the
endowment of the office. The Act is entitled, "An Act to
amend the Law relating to the holding of Benefices in Pie'
rality."
THE ESSEX MURDER.—An eye-witness states that
a more distressing group than the family presented on Sa-
turday, in Doddinghurst churchyard, at the funeral of Jael
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from the scanty wages of the old man, as a labourer on the
farm of Mr. Cumbers, who took Last into his employ when
he was discharged a few weeks since by Mr. Drory, sen.
Mrs. Last is a woman of tolerable education, and has
brought up a family of eight children, of whom the de-
ceased was the youngest. Last had also eight children
when he married Mrs. Denny, some years since, but both
families are now grown up, and the deceased was the only
child who resided with her parents. The poor old couple
are, in truth, very worthy objects of sympathy, and if any
charitably-disposed parties should feel inclined to ex-
tend to them a little temporal relief in the hour of their
aNiction, Mr. Hammond has consented to receive subscrip-
tions, addressed to him at the Brentwood Post-office, and to
see the funds applied for their benefit.
MAILS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, &C.
—The following notice was issued yesterday at the General
Post-office, respecting the mails to the United States of
America and the British North American colonies :
"Henesforward all letters and newspapers for the United
States, if not directed to be otherwise sent, will he trans-
mitted by the first packet, whether British or United States,
which is dispatched after they are posted. Letters specially
directed by British packet, or by United States' packet, or
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postage on letters and newspapers is precisely the same—
letters, Is. per half-ounce, optional, and newspapers Id. each
the latter must be prepaid—w hether they are conveyed by
the British or United States' packets."
SOUTH WALES IRON-WORK% —lncreased activity
is apparent in portions of the great mineral field in South
Wales, particularly in the neighbourhood of Bridgend and
Maesteg. It is currently reported that the Maesteg Iron-
works, which have been closed during the last four years,
will very shortly be re-opened under extremely favourable
circumstances. At the Garth works an increased number of
men have been employed, and in the underground works
greater activity is visible. Surveys have been undeitaken
preparatory to the formation of new tramways, the opening
of fresh levels, and extension of air and ventilating pits.
The Llynvi works are likewise to be enlarged by the addition
of a new mill to the finishing department.—llereford Times.
PETERHEAD, OCT. 17.—Passed by this afternoon
the vessel Horn, of Dundee, Sturrock master, from Davis's
Straits, and reports as follows, viz. :—The Joseph Green, of
Peterhead, 1 whale; Pacific, of Aberdeen, 3 whales; St.
Andrew, of Aberdeen,*3 whales; Advice, of Dundee, 3
whales. 60 tuns of oil ; Alexander, of Dundee, 4 whales, 57
tuns of oil ; Horn, of Dundee, 7 whales, SG tuns of oil ; Prin-
cess Charlotte, of Dundee, 5 whales, 6S tuns of oil; Chieftain,
of Kirkaldy, 3 whales, 30 tuns of oil ; Regalia, of Kirkaldy,
1 whale, 12 tuns of oil; lane, of Bo'ness, 1 whale; Ruse, of
Hull, clean ; Abram, of Hull, 2 whales; Lord Gambier, of
Hull, clean ; True Love, of Hull, 3 whales ; Ann, of Hull, 2
whales ; Swan, of Hull, clean ; and an American ship, 4
whales. The Joseph Green was spoken on the 15th of Sep-
tember last, and all the other vessels on -the Ist inst. The
vessels in search of Sir John Franklin were last seen by the
Horn on the 23d of July last, and the master cannot, of course,
communicate anything respecting them that is not already
well known.

PwLnara, OCT. 20.—A chronometer was picked up
on the beach, about four miles from Port Dynllaen harbour,
also the wreck of a large long boat; the chronometer has
been identified as belonging to the Jemima, which sailed
from Liverpool for Africa Ist October.
SALE of LANDS.—The lands of Knockewart, in
the parish of Ardrossan, were sold for 10,00C1. in the Royal
Exchange Sale Rooms, Glasgow, on Wednesday last.
LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM .FRIGATE LEO-
raap.—The launch of this ship from Deptford Dockyard has
been postponed until the sth of next month.
BURNING of THE LORD or THE ISLES WINDER-
DEERE STEAMER .—The burning of this steamer in the month
of July last will be remembered, at r
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supposed incendiary. From inquiries which have since
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company, James May, the fireman of the burnt vessel, aid
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