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WINDSOR, CHRISTMAS DAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert promenaded in the pleasure-grounds before-
church this morning.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were
taken their usual early airings to-day.
The Queen, -Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the
Ladies and Gentleman of the Court, and the Domestic
Houehold attended Divine service this morning in the
private chapel of the Castle. After the morning ser-
vice the Holy Communion was administered.
Lady Fanny Howard was in attendance on the
Duchess of Kent.

The royal dinner circle at the Castle, this evening
will included her Royal Highrn as the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spell], Lady Isabella
Wemyss, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. An-
son, and Sir George and Lady Courer.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and
Prince George attended Divine service yesterday morn-
ing in Giosyenor Chapel, South Audley-street
Divine Service was performed yesterday (Christmas'
day) in the Chapel Royal St. James's. The sermon
was preached by the Sub-Dean. Lords Hawarden and
Norreys were among the nobility present.

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NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNlNG.—Yesterdany.
afternoon, between one and two o'clock, as two y?nlig.
men were rowing in a boat nearly opposite the Penu_eir
tiary prison, one of them let loose his scull, and In
deavouring to regain it he overbalanced himself and
Ittei,
companion into the river. The accident
by two lightermen, named Shard and Jessop, Pais
off from shore in a skiff, and reached the two You
just time enough to save them from being drowliedA*
THE WEATHER AT BOULONGE.—The boss
been so high since Saturday, that for three days n°,.„:14
could enter the harbour. Early on Sunday 1ne—,..010
the Queen of the Belgians arrived, after a most 'ooiste'r(ji.
passage of above three hours, conveying the extrsclos
nary courier of the Timer, with the third edition e
foe-
paper, of Saturday, published at half-past three o .s
in the afternoon, and with great difficulty succeeded !„.
at
reaching the harbour. The Queen of the French
rivt d later in the day, and having rtrnck against the Pd.
was obser
tiot
breaking her bowsprit and knocking off her figure-he!;
made two more incff ctual attempts to enter the harbeuh;
but finding it impossit le to do so without sacrificing £B,
vessel, and in all probability the passengers on h°2ll*.it
tacked about and returned to Folkestone, to the gre,-
dissatisfaction of the crew. A scene of the greatest c-0;
citament prevailed on the arrival of the Times courier as
Boulogne with a copy of the Queen of SPA—v.
speech, which appear:A in the Times of Id°eutlid
The directors of the steam-boat company A.n:yo'
every endeavour to prevent the captain r
leaving ; but his reply was, "*ls the Times courie
disposed to go ? if so, push her off."' Consequently
she started, and after having had everything washed 0,
her deck, reached Folkestone in safety. The wind ha
s
somewhat abated about half-past three, and the couriers
arriving with the overland mail dispatches, thlh Ondiee
left, and 20 minutes after the Queen of the Belgians.
We regret to announce that the Ondine suffered veil,
much from the journey, and was obliged to go to 1)°";
to be repaired. The opinion entertained here is, the
the Ondine is by no means a fit boat for a rough see,
and I believe she does not intend to start again ueles?
the weather is propitious. The Prince Ernest arrived
from Dover on Wednesday night, and announced her
intention of returning on Tharsday morning, at 5ilC
o'clock, at which hour 75 passengers embarked, and the
vessel left. She made two ineffectual attempts to get
out of the harbour, and after starting the third time
suddenly stopped, her engines having broken. The sec
was very high at the time, and had she been half a mile
further out the vessel and passengers must have been
all sacrificed. The Queen of the Belgians arrived from
Folkestone about this time, landed all on board with
every possible speed, and relieved the Prince Ernest of
her passengers, conveying them to Folkestone. T°e,
much cannot be said in praise of the intrepid conduct °'
Captain Jenkins, Captain Monger, and Captain King'
and the Steam Packet Company are most fortunate in
having such able men to conduct their vessels.—
LORD LYTTLETON AND HIS TENANTS.—BIRMING;
HAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—We have been informed
upon good authority, that Lord Lyttleton, whose estates
are in this district, has sent circulars to his tenants, eau"
tinning them against disposing of their corn at injurious
prices, and offering such accommodation as may be
necessary to enable them to hold their stocks. The
Noble Lord says that the present reduced price of wheat
is the result of the recent political changes, but thag
prices are certain to go up again ; and if his tenants
cannot pay their rents now due, they have only to apply
to his agent, and time will be afforded to enable them to
retain their corn until the markets resume their former
stability. From the course thus pursued by his Lord-
ship, it would appear that he does not anticipate any
material alteration in the corn-laws. On the contrail,
his circular would seem to indicate directly the reverse.
Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess of St.
Albans, according to usual custom at this season of the
year, caused to be distributed amongst the poor WA'
bitants residing at Highgate 1 cwt. of coals, 1 cwt. of
potatoes, and 161bs. of bread to each family, also a nee'
pair of blankets and new flannel petticoats to the
wives and children of all the labourers employed on their
estate.
On Wednesday morning the large number of
married and single men, amounting to nearly 200, ete-
ployed in the firm of Messrs. Coombe and Delafield, the
porter brewers in Castle-street, Long-acre, received
tickets to procure for the married men, their wives, and
,hildren each 5 lbs. of beef, 1 lb. of 1 read. and a pint of
porter, and to all the single men 2s. 6d. in money. The
gift is from• Mr. Delafi• Id, it having been the practice of
his late uncle.
Lord Metca'fe, has left town h's sea', Fern Hint
~.
near Windsor.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
(FROM A CORRESPO)IDENT.)
lavEnrooL, DEC. 25.—The district of Toxteth-park
in this town has just been the scene of a dreadful awl'
dent. Liverpool has for some time past been badly Or
plied with water, and large tanks were erected in van'
ous places, with a view to improving the supply. One
of these, situate in Water-street, Toxteth-park, and con-
saining 1,600 tuns of water, elevated some twelve feet
above the level of the street, burst this day at two
o'clock, spreading destruction on every side, -attended
with serious injury to many individuals. One old
woman, named Kitty —, was dragged out of the
cellar of a public-house at great risk to those who Ter
tared to her assistance, but their aid came too late---811
was dead. Eight houses in Rock-street, which runs •t
the back of the water-works' premises, are partly done'
lishe.', and their ruins are momentarily expected to WI,
and it is feared that there are several persons in the
cellars of these houses, to whom no help whatever all
be rendered, the influx of water to these apartraents
rendering it impossible for them to escape with life- 'lb:
house at the coiner of Water-street and Rock-street
in a most dangerous state, has already swayed nonle
inches from the perpendicular, and must soon coln,,
down. It is in too dangerous a state to be approachefolf
and with it a smaller house attached will be a hasp
ruins—making ten houses, occupied by some firtY ri.
individuals, all of them in a low class of life, induo
ous, hard-working persons. Trod
• I send this hurried account to save the post.
will have fuller details in the Liverpool morning Pally°
Since writing the foregoing, I find that two iner',..od.
women, and one child have been dug from the gr°",he
story of the ruined houses. I saw them conveyed L' it
southern hospital, and understand the injuries to Ili ere
least are likely to prove fatal. It is supposed 0075 be,
yet several more in the ruins, and every exertion 'bow-
ing made to rescue them. To render assistance iS hss
ever a work of considerable danger. The wsteouses
forced its way from the front to the back of the h
ither
in Rock-street, leaving the upper pacts hanging togino.
like an ill-demented arch, and liable to fall at
street
ment. There are only four houses in Rec-ns I
(double ones) occupied by the number of per's
°n
stated. which
It seems this day was the first time this tank, _to
has been productive of so terrible an accident ',us
fi led. Surely some notice to the inhabitants I
neighbourhood should have been given.

THE CORN CROPS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—We have of late been favoured with the
reports of a certain Commissioner on the social st4ta
of Ireland, and I think, Sir, that
afforded, you or some of your c°nternrrariegiswsioneldr
be doing good service in sending a C"1"11
into Wales. The abject state of the agricultural
if it
,could be
population in this portion of the kingdom, both as to
education and personal comforts is pitiable ; and the
same wants sifting by some skilful hand. The small-
ness and bad qualities cf the crops will, it is expectA
press fearfully on the population before another liar'
rder
vest, and I hear that in one or two of the bo
counti.s some of the farmers are already beginnil
to
purchase grain for their own consult:101010:
that they also express theirconviction that the sliding
:
scale should be abolished. The Welsh landlords ,e
continually inflicting scourges on the country in er
closing and frittering away the common lands, in t`he
face of the fact, that the land already under cultivs'
tion is not, nor can be, half cultivated by the occu-
piers; and, besides, the continual enclosure of corn'
mons engenders bad feelings in the minds of the
small landowners and cottagers ; the system
fraught with mischief, and should by no means beh
encouraged by the legislature. high
rents the
rents of the Welsh tenant farmers, and their heavy
payments in the shape of rates, taxes, and tithes, are
looked at, it is no wonder that the march of agricul-
tural improvement is so slow in the principality.
I reman, Sir, &c.,
Gwent, Dec. 24, 1845. VERITAS.

SALE OF RAILWAY SCRIP.
A question of great interest has recently arisen, on
Which the opinion of the profe,sion is divided; viz.,
Whether the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 110, s. 26, ap.
Plies to railway companies, and, consequently, whe-
ther sales of shares by persons not registered as
shareholders of coii,pletely registered railway coin-
Pacies, and sales of shares in such companies provi-
sionally registered only are void, and the dealers
subJect to penalties. The object of the following re-
marks is to show that that section does not apply.
vection 2 enacts, that except where specially provided
:re Act shall not apply to such companies, and they
:re not named in section 26. It is for tho,e, there-
iaore, who say that section 26 applies, to prove it;
nti
e •
for those who deny it, to answer the ar-
rntent on the other side. The argument
1:14 :—railway companies must be completely
eglstered ; section 26 applies to all companies
tPletely registered—therefore sec. 26 applies to
se-„"waY companies. To this argument there seem
b;'eral answers. 1. Assuming that railway corn-
. itA) and others which do require an Act of Parlia •
1 aunt, Must be completely registered, it follows that
to companies, with very few exceptions, must be
ku—S'tetely registered, for it is clear that companies
ipp-`,.,°e who do not require an Act of Parliament,
pa;i:. The excepted companies are banking corn-
eo and other societies named in that section ;
halitnell companies it is expressly declared the Act
not apply in any part. 'Therefore, sec. 26
a general enactment as to all to which the Act is
P,Plicable; but the above argument affirms it is a
;eial provision.
', The assertion that sec. 26 applies to all companies
e:zipdPletely registered" is founded on the use of those
8 in the first sentence ; but it is obvi.eis that if all
,panies to which the Act iw any way applies must
liti,c°tripletely registered," those words are super-,
tthe,', and the expression "any joint-stock company.,'
term „any joint. stock company completely regis-
hr are identical, and it must be conceded that the
`s., no joint-stock company" would not bea
akilat provision as to railway companies. It may be
teD4„ths i 5 giving no effect to the words "completely
i‘rhtsred.''" If that were so, it is using them no
Ye than the argument referred to, but the true
jul'h,lng of the sentence is, "no shareholder in any
Plet7tock company, although or after it is coin •
"befY registered," &c. It will also be found that
itestered," and " completely registered," are used
wllscriminately. 3. It is admitted to be a good
ctit.nf construing an Act of Parliament with an ex-
tOg clause, to read every sentence as though
letNeleepting clause was included in it, unless
kite contradiction or incongruity follows. If so, the
of nee in sec. 26 would be read, " no shareholder
libel joint-stock company completely registered
hber this Act, except companies for making rail-
the, Which cannot be carried into execution without
Niatt..thority of Parliament," &c. And it must be
emetied, that in suck rendering there is nothing
otflrklictory or absurd. But it is said there are
thi4't sections where this test cannot be applied to
isil,,Act, Suppose it could not in some sections, that
reason why it should not in others. But it is
1114`eci that the rule is not universally applicable to
liieCket• One section referred is sec. 23, and it is
ties fgat 113 words, "and also in the case of coinpa-
hro°l' Making railways," &c., show that the first
tiaras in the section, " any company," include rail..
tilt" ,'"(4npanies. This argument admits that but for
'oth:lna " and also," and what follows, railway
),Pohines would not be within that section ; and it.
be admitted, that if, instead of "and also,'
tothhuad been a fresh enactment, giving railway
Gi~anles the powers previously given to compa-
Rtati,,, general, then there would have been no
olheT for holding railway companies to be in-
-4,114,N in the words " any company." So the same
, '
410,he I°n should be made if after the words "and
tot;there had been these words, "in addition to the
kskiekentioned powers, in the case of companies for
mean g railways," &c. ; but the words " and also"
1)54 exactly the same thing without as with the sup-
licit, Words. The beforementioned rule of construe-
the 'eherefore, is perfectly applicable to this section ;
tile:at Part does not apply to railway companies;
~oy- " and also" (at the outside) incorporate all
„,°l°ns of the first with the second part; and even
kilZaY be doubtful, for it is a great question if
Ao'B can act "provisionally" otherwise than as
out in the latter part of the section 4th. The
t`ki h'ient assumes, that railway companies must be
~oeetely registered ; but this is not so. There is
L'lstess enactment that any company shall corn-
ice 19 register ; the only way in which companies
~60411PePed so to do, is that they can only act
;Itap°llally till they are, sec. 7. But railway
5,41 -4-,11:" may do everything necessary to obtain
L 4120 ithout complete registration, sections
and when they have their Act, then they
tkth-`4' •
• longer subject to. the provisions of the sta-
rch,k
b J t„...question. It is true, railway companies
,040,1ster completely, sec. 9 ; but they are not
"114// '° do so ; and the expression in sections 10
riste)„) and others, " joint-stock companies com-
Nje: registered under this Act, except such corn-
-14 all shall have been incorporated by Act of Par-
t4vAt after complete registration," while it shows
Atai day so register, shows also that Acts may be
littiriled without such registration, or the words in
ilkile‘ are idle. 5. The enactment that' no shareholder
tailleeeive a dividend is ridiculous when applied
t vfaY companies ; which cannot act (see the
isori,"Tvisn as to such companies, see. 25) till au-
N by a particular statute, at which time they
k°lon •
I„, ger subject to the statute in question, sect.
`;olt7t proviso. And it is totally inapplicable
litei'mPanies incorporated by statute after their
titt roration, so that there is an inevitable excep-
k4rajiti° it, notwithstanding its supposed ge-
-041 -P• Moreover, a railway company would be
741) tehd to complete registration, with no other deed
e subscription contract (sec. 9). As far as in-
,1)1)1v can be guessed at, sec. 26 was not intended to
4t.4 '° railway companies. The prior sections apply
,e111:Ones to one, sometimes to both classes of coin-
-11:: Those which require an Act of Parliament
Nr4°llght to the condition of applying for it, the
sti ;pare brought to a working condition, and sec-
nej,l'th, and the following, regulate the working of
f,l)plb4atter companies. It is certain sec. 27 does not
141,1.t0 railway companies, yet the argument re-
is is as good to show it does, as to show sec. 26 does.
it 41;1'n judicial ground for expounding the Act, but
ti3l be observed that in the margin of sec. 26
Idir-t word " shareholders ;" in that of 27,
ktti ectors ;" 28, " auditors ;" and so of other
tt4tlB; showing that in the mind of the ab-
..or of the sections, sec. 26 and the following were
Y'4‘ 'aple to the same companies, one regulating
:11Olders, others directors, other auditors. 7. It
14,1:e means follows that if the first part of sec. 26
611 t lea to railway companies, the latter part does.
tit twards ,6 and further," are found for nearly the
Ni;itna in a statute, to connect one enactment with
rter ; they seem intended to make a sort of pro-
,7stl;ll a power to transfer shares, which, however, is
Boras'vefere given by the Act; therefore they are unapt
1311 t taken as the beginning of a substantive
tre
Ittiat ent, not limiting anything going before, the
l'siti,tlintion.of the clause will not b e affected by its
ittt,lll4 stuck into sec. 26, when it might as well have
AnYwhere else. As a proviso its true place is in
which, however, it contradicts. Moreover
A the enal clause, not to be unnecessarily extended.
154 e grounds it is contended that there is no rea-
k4d ,°l' holding sec. 26 to apply to railway companies,
-lany hold it does not.—Morning Paper.

41ILwA.Y SHARE MARKETS.
EDINBURGH, DEC. 23.
It Ex Gis.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 4r. 15s.-
)188:ten, Banff and Elgin, 21.-Airdrie ,and Bathgate,
", Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares,
ic*,Velagh and Portrush, IL 155.-Ayr and Dumfries, 21.
mt Yr and Galloway, 2/ 55.-Banffshire,ll.. 175..6e1.-Bel-
Nait'd County Down, 3L-British and Irish Union, 31. 4s,
S''k.tdenian ex new,l2/. 158.-Ditto;New, 31.-Caledonian
ailh'ieu, 21. 18s.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.-Caloe:
r7,1111,-`,4,nd Northern Direct, 21. 155.-Cambridge and L
16,‘ -Carnwarth and West Linton, 11. 141.-
1" 03."sfe,,rd and Bury, 11. 12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction,.
44)' °cl.-Cornwall and Devon, 11. 155.-Deeside Rad-
e. 1.03.-Direct Northern, Dublin and Enniskillen,
6d.--Dundee and Arbroath, 35/. IN.-Ditto, New.
,erth ,
Dundee and Forfar Junction, IL ss. 6d.-Dundee andb
IV tX new, 71.-tast Coast of Scotland, 2/. 135.-East
Ur 1/. 155.-East Lothian Central, 11. 17s. 6d.-Edin-
'Or'and Bathgate, 31.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, ex news,
SDitto, Half Shares, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, 161. 10s.
I it, New 131.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton,
letit;hr.dinbu'r ghand Leith Atmospheric, I/. 14s. 6d.-Edin-
rTslid Leith
Atmospheric Direct, I/. 155.-Edinburgh,
bAb
annd Granton, 211. 10 s.-Ditto, Preference, 181. 108.-
1,
,tto lel and Northern, 31. 7s-Ditto, Newport, V.
'„,m)ehgelly, 1/ lOs -Edinburgh and Peebles, 2/.-
Ncilliftrgh and Perth, 4/.. 75. 6d.-Edinburgh, Fortobello,
t,"%.7llsselburgh, IL 10s.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 2/.
"q 4°lr and Ayrshire, 671.-Ditto, New Stock, 171. 17s.
tlll7'bitto,
Quarter Shares, 16/. 155.-Glasgow and Belfast.
ttur°„ll' `l.--Glasgow . Dumfries, and Carlisle, 2/. 'q and Dundee Junction, 21. Glasgow and Garnkirk, 45/.
l'-br,,3Dw and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. 15s.
tion::e, Preference, 21. 55.-Glasgow Harbour Grand June-
Re* 108.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Glas-
-14,44".1marnock, -and Ardrossan, 3/. 55.-Glasgow, Strat-
aqn..,"mg, 3/.-Granton Junction, 2/. 2s. 6.
nd County Down, 2/. 12s. 64.-Great North ot •
Great North and South Wales, lls.-Inyerness and
Scot-
sid 4▪ 1. 153. 1 anark and Galloway, IL 17s. 6d.--Lanark
Lothians'-Lanark
2/.4125.-Larne and Ballymena, 2/. 23.-Lon-
.._"k-_-.l,4Z,i'leunslo%, 2L-London and Manchester (Rem.), 21.
1767'Len and Manchester (Rastrick), 4/. 10s.-London
Eltit; incisor, IL-London and York, 41. 55.-Midland and
!tic' pi counties, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle
tritisberwick, 11/.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/: 10s. -North
earji 24L-Ditto, Halves, 51. 10s.-Ditto, . Extension
8 e, 2/. Os. 6d.-Ditto Extension to Dalkeith, 5/. 17s. 6d.
brr North
Wales Mineral,' New, 4/. 75.-Perth and Crieff
Central 2/. 1s Perth and Inverness, 1/. 15s. 6d.-Scottish.
tiot, ~, 131. IN.-Scottish Central and Caledonian June-
%Veit 148. 6d-Scottish Midland, 51.-Scottish North
'oUthern' 11' 145.-Scottish South Midland, V. Is.-Scottish
blirv. ern, 2/. 55.-Sbrewsbury and Hereford, 1/.-Shrews-
-4t °"vestry, and Chester, 4/. 17s. 64.-South Midland,
kidias.--Stirling and Dunfermine, 2/. 10s. 6d.-Stirling and
Janet3l' 25.-Strathern Junction, 21. 118.-Surrey Grand
ion, 1/. 28. 6d.-Tean and Dave Valley, H. lbs.-Tyne
141•3', 11. 185.--witihaw and coltnent 504

GLASGOW, DEC. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 475. 6d.—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 425.—Bideford
and Tavistock, 355.—British and Irish Union, 625. 6d.—Calc-
donian, New, 9s. p.—Caledonian Extension, 60s.—Dundee
and Perth, 81,—East of Fife, 375. 6d.—East Indian Railway,
18s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern, 723.—Edinburgh and
Peebles, 475. 6d.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 44s.—Glasgow,
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 17,7;3—Ditto, New, 17—Ditto, Quarter
Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 17—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ardrossan, 65s.—Great North and South Wales, IN.—Man-
chester and Southampton, 55s.—Renfrew and Ayr, 255.
Scjttish Central, 13%—South Midland, 90s.— Stirling and
Dumfermline, 425. 6d.
YORK, DEC. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Dar-
lhgton, Brandling, 51—York and North Midland Extension,
28!4—Newcastle and Berwick, 1274—North British, New
Carlisle Branch, 24—London and York. 4—Grand Union,
I%—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 41,4—
North Kent and Direct Dover, 2%—North Western, 2%.

UNIVERSIT Y INTELLIGENCE.

ORDINATIONS.

His Grace the Archbishop of York held a general or-
dination at Bishopsthorpe, on Sunday last, when the
following gentlemen were admitt d into holy orders :
Deacons of Oxford— George Scaife, 8.A., Lincoln
College; William Williams, 8.A., Jesus College ; John
Darnborough, 8.A.. Lincoln College.
Deacons of Cambridge —Digby Cotes, 8.A., St. Ca-
therine Hall ; John Miller, 8.A., Trinity College ;
George Head, 8.A., Trinity College.
Priests of Oxford—Rev. Joseph Moorsom, B A., Uni-
versity College; Rev. Charles Lyford, 8.A., New Inn
Hall; Rev. Joseph Atkinson, 8.A., Lincoln College ;
Rev. Anthony Loveboad, 8.A., University College.
Priests of Cambridge—Rev. James Bell, 8.A., St.
Catherine Hail; Rev. John Beresford, 8.A., S. Peter's
College; Rev. Simon Riley, 8.A., St. John's College, by
letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Ripon.
Priests of Dublin—Rev. Higher Gaisford, M.A., Tri-
nity College ; Rev. John Garrett, M.A., Trinity Col-
lege.
Priest of Durham—Rev. Francis Attree, 8.A., Uni-
versity College.
Priest of St. David's College, Lampeter—Rev. James
Douglas.
The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells held the first
ordination since his elevation to that see on Sunday last,
when the following gentlemen were admitted into holy
orde.rs:—
Deacons of Oxford—Frederick Burridge, 8.A.,. St.
Mary Hall; John Hawker, 8.A., Balliol College; Charles
Hartley, 8.A., St. John's College; George Wm.' Winter,
8.A., University College (the last two by letters dimis-
sory from the Bishop of Exeter.)
Deacons of Cambridge—Henry John Barnard, 8.A.,
St. John's College; Hubert Mascall Chamney, 8.A.,
St. Peter's College; Henry Owen Crawley, 8.A., St.
John's College; John Wilmot Neat, 8.A., Corpus Christi
College.
Priests of Oxford—Rev. Arthur Lowth, 8.A., Exeter
College; Rev. Samuel Wareing Mangin, 8.A., Wadham
College; Rev. William Meade, 8.A., Baliol College;
Rev. Edward Arthur Tickell, 8.A., Baliol College;
Rev. Owen Blathwayte Tyler, 8.A., Trinity College;
Rev. Charles Henry White, Oriel College; Rev.
Wm. Courtenay Clack, 8.A., Worcester College, by
letters dimissory from the Lord Bishop of Exeter.
Priests of Cambridge—Rev. Edward Ayshford Sanford,
M.A., Trinity College; Rev. Wm. Briscoe Trit ton, 8.A.,
St. John's College; Rev. John William Ward, 8.A.,
St. John's College; Rev. Francis Paul James Hendy,
8.A., St. John's College, by letters dimissory from the
Lord Bishop of Exeter.
His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury held
an ordination on Sunday last in the private chapel of
Lambeth Palace. The most Rev. Prelate was assisted
by the Venerable Archdeacon Harrison and the Rev.
Dr. Mill. The following gentleman were admitted into
holy orders:—

neaeons:of Oxford—William Wrighte Gilbert Cooper,
8.A., Magdalene Hall; Thomas Scott Huxley, 8.A.,
Exeter College; Charles Baker Teesdale, 8.A., Christ
Church.

Deacons of Cambridge—William Grey Watson, 8.A.,
Gonville and Caius College; Howard Lewis Parry, 8.A.,
St. Peter's College.
Priests of Oxford—Rev. Robert Easum, 8.A., Lin-
coln College; Rev. Philip Sankey, ALA , St. John's
College.
Priests of Cambridge—Rev. John Dunkin Adams,
8.A., Gonville and Caius College; Rev. George Frede-
rick Barr, 8.A., St. John's College; Rev. Benjamin
Hale Puckle, 8.A., St. Peter's College; Rev. Edward
James Reeve, 8.A., St. Peter's College.
At the close of the ceremony the Archbishop granted
licences to the gentlemen who had been ordained as
deacons, as follow :—The Rev, W. W. G. Cooper, to the
Assistant Curacy of St. Mary's, Dover ; the Rev. T. S.
Huxley, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Alphage, with St.
Mary, Northgate, Canterbury ; the Rev. H. L. Parry,
8.A.. to the Curacy of Sandhurst, Kent ; the Rev. C. B.
Teesdale, to the Curacy of Bognor, Sussex ; the Rev. W.
G. Watson, M.A., to the Assistant Chaplaincy in the
College of Civil Engineers, Putney.
Z,The Lord Bishop of London held a general ordination
at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, on Sunday last, when
the following gentleman were admitted to holy orders:—
Deacons of Oxford—Charles George Curtis, M.A.,
Merton College ; John Burrell Bayley, jun., M.A.,
Worcester College ; Henry Francis Mallet, 8.A., Baliol
College.
Deacons of Cambridge—Walter Trevelyan Bullock,
8.A., Gonville and Caius College ; John Charlesworth,
8.A., Trinity College ; Mercer Davies, 8.A., Trinity
College ; John Hillmer, 8.A., Trinity College ; Vice-
simus Knox Vade, 8.A., Trinity College, by letters
dirnissory frum the Lord Bishop of Rochester.
Deacons Literates—Bennet George Johns, Alexander
Wilson.

Priests of Oxford—Rev. John Baines, 8.A., St.
John's College ; Rev. James Charles Blomfield, 8.A.,
Exeter College ; Rev. Robert Jackson Butler, 8.A.,
Brazenose College ; Rev. George Thomas Cameron,
8.A., Christ Church ; Rev. Raymond Samuel Daniell,
8.A., Magdalene Hall; Rev. Henry Daniel James, 8.A.,
Magdalene Hall ; Rev. Richard Lowndes, 8.A., Christ
Church ; Rev, Edward John Morgan, M. A., Wadham
College ; Rev. Mackenzie Edward Charles Walcott,
B.A.4xeter College ; Rev. W. Wilson, 8.A., Wadham
College.
Priests of Cambridge—The Rev. John Ambrose,
8.A., St. John's College ; Rev. Samuel Arnott, 8.A.,
Emmanuel College ; Rev. James Baird, 8.A., Queen's
College ; Rev. William Bishop, M.A., Corpus Christi
College ; Rev. Henry John Bull, M.A., St. John's Col•
lege; the Rev. Sparks Beaumont Byers, 8.A., St. Peter's
College ; Rev. George Branson Dodwell, 8.A., Clare
Hall ; Rev. Charles Pane Edge, 8.A., St. John's Col-
lege ; Rev. James Green, 8.A., Corpus Christi College;
Rev. Joseph Harris, M.A , Pembroke College ; Rev.
Edward Hutton, 8.A., St. Catherine Hall; Rev. Thomas
Rigby Kewley, 8.A., Magdalen College; Rev. Frederick
Gifford Nash, M.A., Pembroke College ; Rev. G. Rust,
8.A., Pembroke College ; Rev. J. Harriers Thomas,
8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; Rev. Charles Alsager
Tryon, 8.A., St. John's College ; Rev. William Way,
8.A., Trinity College ; Rev. Thomas Wren, 8.A., St.
John's College.
Immediately after the ordination the Lord Bishop
granted licences to the following Deacons :—The Rev.
W. T. Bullock, B.A. to the Curacy of Little Horkesley,
Essex ; the Rev..lohn Charlsworth, 8.A., to the Curacy
of St. Mildred's, Bread-street, with St. Margaret Moses,
City ; the Rev. C. G. Curtis, M.A., Charterhouse ; the
Rev. M. Davis, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. James the
Less, Bethnal-green ; the Rev. J. B. Hayley, jun., 8.A.,
to the Curacy of Camden-town Church, St. Pancras ;
the Rev. J. Hillmer, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Anne's,
Limehouse ; the Rev. B. G. Johns, Normal Master at
St. John's College ; the Rev. H. F. Mallet, 8.A., to the
curacy of Harmondsworth, with West Drayton.
The Lord Bishop of Lichfield held a general ordina-
tion at Eccleshall, on Sunday last, when the Right Rev.
Prelate admitted the following gentlemen into holy
orders :
Deacons—Edward Sandford, St. Bees, Divinity Col-
lege, Cumberland; Asheton Pownall, 8.A., Brazenose
College, Oxford; Edwin H. Gifford, B.A, St. John's
College, Cambridge; H. J. Marshall, M.A., St. John's
Callege, Cambridge; Vanden B. Johnstone, 8.A., Em-
manual College, Cambridge; Charles Snow Lock, 8.A.,
Baliol College, Oxford; Joseph Mould, 8.A., Clare
Hall, Cambridge; John Wadham, 8.A., Wadham Col-
lege, Oxford; James Wentworth Eiger, 8.A., Queen's
College, Cambridge; Thomas Woodcock Fletcher, M.A ,
Trinity College, Dublin; William Henry Leicester,
8.A., Christ's College, Cambridge ; Thomas Vernon
Mellor, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
Priests— Rev. Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, 8.A.,
Christ Church, Oxford, Aquales; Rev. Charles Henry
Mainwaring, 8.A., Oriel College, lEquales ; Rev.
'Thomas Sanders Evans, 8.A., St. John's College, Cam-
bridge; Rev. Henry Hughes, 8.A., St. Mary's Hall,
Oxford; Rev. Richard Jewsbury Heafield, 8.A., St. Ca-
therine Hall, Cambridge; Rev. Frederic Thorpe Pear-
son, 8.A., Queen's College, Oxford; Rev. Lionel Wil-
liam Stanton, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. •
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Her Majesty's steamer
Lizard was stopped on Tuesday evening, in consequence
of orders sent to the Commander-in-Chief by the electric
telvgraph. She sailed last night to Falmouth, and will
have dispatches forwarded her at that port for the ad-
miral at the Brazils.
The Bittern, 16, is expected hcurly from the eastward;
the crew aro to be paid wages directly she arrives, and
the brig is then to proceed, without loss of time, to
the Island of Ascension, with dispatches and some
supernumeraries for Commodore Jones.
The Myrmidon, a new steam-vessel at Blackwall, is
ordered to be brought down to Woolwich and commis-
sioned. Men are to be entered for her in the St. Vincent.

The Daring, 16, is rt ported to be ready for sea by the
30th instant. She will be paid directly she gets to Spit-
head, and it is expected she will be ordered to North
America.

The detachment of Marines for the Carysfort, under
the command of First Lieutenant M`Callam, embarked
in her yesterday. A number of seamen have been en-
tered, and she will begin to fit and get ready for sea
with all dispatch.
The Rodney, 92, and Superb, 80, are fitting at Spit-
head. The rigging supplied to the Superb has been so
much worn and chafed, that it has been found necessary
to furniNh her with new lower rigging. Both ships are
to be kept out of the harbour. They will be ready for
sea in a few (lays.
The Rattler screw-steamer is still in dock, to have
Woodcroft's propeller fitted, The Scourge mortar-
steamer is retarded in her fitting out by the bed for her
mortar.

The Admiralty have this day promoted Mr. Thomas
Brandreth, mate of the Excellent, to the rank of Lieute-
nant, in comequence of his having passed the best exa-
mination at the Naval College. The Admiralty have
also directed commissions in the Marine corps to he
made out fix the following three cadets in the Excellent,
who passed out on Monday, viz. G. B. Ileasty,

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Mr. Henry Adair, and Mr. H. W. Mawbey. These
• gentlemen fill up all the vacancies at present in the corps
for Second Lieutenants.
• SHEERNESS, DEC. 23.—The Bittern, 16, Commander
' Thomas Hope, completed the adjustment of her com-
P passes on Friday evening, and was to have sailed for
Portsmouth on Saturday, but, owing to the continued
northerly gales since that day, she has been unable to
leave the harbour. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward King,
the Commander-in-Chief, inspected and mustered her
. yesterday, and as there is nothing now to detain her
she will sail for Spithead directly the weather moderates.
The Calypso, 20, a new corvette of the Surveyor's,
was commisioned at Chatham on Thursday, by Lieu-
tenant Thomas L. Gaussen, for Captain Henry J.
Worth (1840), who arrived the following day, and took
up his commission. The following officers heve also
been appointed to her :—Lieutenant, H. B. Everest ;
Master, Robert Knox ; Surgeon, James L. Donnet ;
Paymaster and Purser, Cornelius Healey ; Second Mas-
ter, Henry A. Martin ; Boatswain, Wm. Lawrence ;
Carpenter, James May.
The Wildfire steam tender has been taken into basin
to have her defects made good. When being hauled in
her figurehead and cutwater were unfortunately carried
away, which will have to be replaced. The Fearless
steamer has arrived from Chatham in the meantime to
take her place.
The Samson steam frigate, Captain Thomas Hender-
son, progresses with
,her fittings for sea in the basin.
Her seamen, gunners, and marines, are expected to join
daily, the former from Portsmouth, and the latter from
Chatham. The following officers, in addition to those
already given, have been appointed to her :—Lieutenant
Thomas A. Aldridge, vice S. A. Austen, to Carysfort ;
Master, John G. Mugford, vice George Wilson, to Gla-
diator ; 'Surgeon, William Booth ; Purser, William
Drury ; Assistant-Surgeon, Augustus Slight.
The Viper brigantine, Lieutenant Edward Gray, has
her topmasts up, and is progressing rapidly with her
rigging, the few hands that she has entered being as-
sisted in the duty by the dockyard riggers. Mr. Nicholas
L. Dolling is appointed assistant-surgeon in charge.
The Fury steam sloop (building) will be launched on
Tuesday, the 30th instant, and in so forward a state, her
cabins being completely fitted and painted, as to be able
to be got ready for commission, if necessary, in a few
days. Two parti, sof hired shipwrights have been taken
off her and placed on the Horatio frigate, the plans for
her construction into a block ship with screw propeller
having now arrived.
The Drake navy lighter has arrived from Portsmouth
with stores, and the Goodwill has sailed with stores for
the same port.
Mr. Richard Grundy, master of the Rochester lighter,
has been appointed master of the Fortitude, fitted as a
coal depot for Chatham.
Mr. Campbell, boatswain of the Formidable, 84, re•
cently paid off here from the Mediterranean, has been
appointed foreman of the riggers at this dockyard, vice
Mr. John Young, superannuated on a pension of 421.
per annum.
The Rev. J. Moore, M.A., has been appointed chap-
lain of the Trafalgar, 120, flag ship at this port.
The Birkenhead iron steam frigate, of 1,400 tons, ,
building by Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead, is to be
launched on the same day as the Fury.

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