The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-27 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

The following appointments have ;aken place:—
The Rev. W. Forbes Raymond, M.A., of Trinity College,
in this University, and of University College, Durham, and
Prebendary of Chichester, to the archdeaconry of Northum-
berland, vacant by the death of the Venerable Dr. Singleton.
The Rev. John Samuel Green, formerly scholar and Tan-
cred student of Christ's College, to be rector of St. Mary-le-
Bow, in the city of Durham.
The Rev. George Townshend Hudson to the rectory of
Stiffkey.
The Duke of Cleveland has appointed the Rev. J. W. D.
Merest, 8.D., of St. John's College, Vicar of Staindrop, to
be one of his Grace's domestic chaplains.

Prince Albert yesterday afternoon inspected the
new Houses of Parliament. His Royal Highness was con-
ducted over the works by Mr. Barry, the architect. The
Prince remained nearly an hour.
The present Board of Admiralty has been much oc-
cupied for some time past with the subject of naval architec-
ture; and having appointed a committee of practical ship-
builders to take into consideration this important question, and
to suggest such improvements in the construction of our
Thips of war as their long experience and practical
acquaintance 1% ith the science might enable them
to do, and receeived its report, have resolved
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to aat upon it without delay. Their Lordships have, moreover,
directed three of the most distinguished members of the School
of Naval Architecture, Messrs. Read, Chatfield, and Creuze,
to furnish a series of designs for ships of euery class in the ser-
vice, for which purpose they have been ordered to repair to
Chatham, and commence their labours immediately. By
hue combining the highest scientific attainments with the prac-
tical intelligence of master shipwrights of our dockyards,
we may fairly anticipate a degree of 'perfection in the
construction of our wooden walls for the future to which they
have never hitherto attained. A rumour is cnrrent that
the post of Surveyor of the Navy is to be abolished,
and that of Naval Architect to be substituted in its
stead. At all events, the appointment of the three
gentlemen already alluded to may fairly be regarded
as a preliminary step to the establishment of a board

of naiai revision; an arrangement which cannot fail of
proving of the utmost advantage to the country. Up-
wards of two millions sterling have already been expended on
'hips, which we gather from the parliamentary admissions of
Sir George Cockburn and Captain Rous are decided failures.
It is therefore surely time to put a stop to this speculative
mode of ship-building, and the Admiralty deserves high credit
for the earnest and laborious attention it has lately devoted to
the subject.
The New Zurich Gazette announces that the po
lice-commission of Lucerne has ordered that the guillotine
which was purchased-by the late Government, and had never
been used, shall be broken to pieces.

An impressive ceremony took place a few days
ago in the Tribunal de Commerce at Bordeaux. The Presi-
dent. having ordered the name of Buffet to be called out, a per-
son in the dress of a sailor, with a complexion evidently hard-
ened and embrowned by a seafaring life, came forward, and
with modest firmness stood in front of the Court. The Pre-
sident addressed him in very impressive terms on his brave
and devoted conduct in saving the crew of the Commerce de
Bordeaux. "In the night of March 11, this vessel," said the
President, " was thrown en the rocks at the mouth of the
river, and every soul would have perished, but for the cou-
rage and undaunted perseverance of Buffet, The National
Shipwreck Society, informed of his noble conduct, had
awarded him a medal of honour, which he (the President)
had great pride in presenting to him. The owners of the
sip to which he belonged, in testimony of their admiration,
had resolved to promote him to the rank of mate, and the
Tribunal of Commerce had likewise determined to confer upon
him a pecuniary reward, as a testimony of its admiration."
The President having presented the reward, the brave sailor
returned his thanks in grateful but modest terms, and retired
!fading by the hand a child whom he had saved, amidst the
praises arid cheers of a crowded audience of all classes of
soc•ety.

The Minister of Commerce has addressed a letter,
dated 19th inst., to the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux, in
reply to one which he had received from that body, on the sub-
ject of the critical position of French subjects in the Republic
of Paraguay, in consequence of the war with that of Rio de
la Plata. The Minister announces that orders have been given
for the reinforcement of the French naval force in that quarter
of the world, with a view to the protection of French interests.
The Toulonnais of the 21st instant informs us that
the statement of the four ships recently returned from Smyrna
having been ordered to take in three months' provisions, and
to get ready for sea, was unfounded. The order applied to the
ships in the roadstead, under. the command of Admiral Hugon,
but this, says the Toulonnais, has been suspended by a tele-
graphic communication, and nothing has transpired to warrant
the belief that an expedition was on the point of being sent
against Morocco.