The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-25 00:00:00

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lord bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted the Rev.
J. Bayne, M.A., to the Rectory of Stawley, Somersetshire.
The Rev. Daniel Constable Whalley, 8.A., has been pre.
sented, on his own petition 4 to the Rectory of Wenham
Magna, in the county of Suffolk.
The Rev. Alexander H. Bridges, M. A., has been licensed by
the Lord Bishop of Chichester to the Ministry of St. Mark's
Church, Horsham, Sussex.
The Rev. J. A. Dunnage, M.A., has been appointed As-
sistant Chaplain of the Tower of London.
The Rev. William Valentine, M.A., of Trinity College,
Cambridge, has been appointed by the President and Fellows
of Brazennose College, Oxford, to the Incumbency of St.
Thomas's Church, Arbour square, Stepney.
The Rev. M. Lloyd, M.A., has been nominated to the Per-
petual Curacy of Bettws Garmon, Carnarvon.
The Rev. Richard Gay Lucas, M. A., has been instituted to
the Rectory of Mulbarton, Norfolk, on the presentation of
George Lucas, Esq., of Great Yarmouth.
The Rev. Thomas D. Young, M.A., has been license] by
the Lord Bishop of the diocese to the Perpetual Curacy of St.
Nicholas Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire.
The Rev. G. F. Gataker has been appointed Minister of St.
Paul's Church. Jersey.
The Rev. W. E. N. Molesworth, M.A., has been licensed
by the Bishop of Cheater to the Perpetual Curacy of St. An-
drew's Church, Manchester.
At a public meeting held in Cheltenham, a few dais since,
it was stated that a recommendation had been sent to the Lord
Bishop of the diocese, for the erection of three additional
churches in that populous town.
OBITUARY.—aged 84, the Rev. John Lamb, M.A., Rector
of Stretton, Rutland, and Vicar of Haxey, in the Isle of Ax-
holme, Lincolnshire. The Rev. W. 'thy', Perpetual Curate
of Ystrad-y-fodwg, and St. John's Chapel, Llantrissant, Gla.-
morganshire. At Boulogne-sur-Aler, aged 75, the Rev.
Samuel Summers Colman, M.A., Fellow of Caius College,
Cambridge, and Rect or of Rusherem Suffolk. In his 72d
year, the Rev. John Whittington, M.A., forty-seven years
Rector of Cold Ashton, Gloucestershire. The Rev. Robert
Hebson, late Curate of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, aged 27.
The Rev. Thomas Sheriffe, M.A., forty-four years Rector of
Uggeshall and Sotherton, Suffolk, in his 84th year. The Rev.
Richard Spurgen, M.A., thirty years Rector of Mulbarton,
Norfolk, aged 74. The Rev. Joseph Thompson, Perpetual
Curttte of Madderdale, Cumberland, aged 53. The Rev. Jas.
Shackleton, late Incumbent of Clifton. The Rev. Thomas
Stephens, M.A., Vicar of Kirkpatrick, Isle of Man.

SINGULAR DELUSION.—The Censeur de Lyon of
the 19th inst. publishes the following singular instance
of insanity :—" An officer belenging to the garrison in
this city has just been transferred to the lunatic asylum
at Antiquailla. This officer imagined that he hail dis-
covered, by means of a modification in the system of
ob:ique squares, a inanceuvre by which any army could
be infallibly destroyed. lie communicated his plan by
writing to the Minister of War and General Bugeaud,
hut not receiving any answer, he endeavoured to -disco-
ver some other mode of insuring to France a supremacy
over other nations. He at length imagined a il,n to re-
suscitate and render immortal men and horses after hav-
ing put them t.i death. He immediately called on an
officer, explained his plan, and proposed that his friend
should submit to the operation. His comrade observed,
that before he allowed himself to be put to death he
should like to see the experiment performed on some ani-
mal. This was done, but the result by no means con-
vinced the lunatic, who repeated his request the follow-
ing day to a lady, who was compelled to scream for as-
sistance to save her life. His friends then found it ne-
cessary to remove him to a place of safety."
The Permanent Court-Martial of Paris was en-
gaged yesterday on the trial of Lieutenant Desprez, of
the 4th Cuirassiers, upon the complaint of M. Rossignol,
keeper of an inn at Bonneval, in the Eure-et-Loire,
founded on the following circumstances :—A detachment
of the regiment, being on its march from Vendome, had
to halt two days at Bonneval, being quartered upon the
innkeepers and other inhabitants. Lieut. Desprez find-
ing the stable of the inn kept by Rossignol completely
filled with the troop horses, wished to put their accou-
trements
in a wash-house. In doing this he was op-
posed by Mme Rossignol, and an altercation ensued in
which t'lie husband interfered, aid at length used very
insulting language to the Lieutenant, who he declared
had called the good wife bad names. At length the
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was sent up to the Minister of War, who ordered the
trial. Lieut. Desprez denied in the most positive man-
ner having used the opprobrious terms to Mine. Ros-
signol which her husband attributed to him, and it was
shown that he had been provoked by the violent lan-
guage and conduct of her husband. He was conse-
quently fully acquitted, and allowed to resume his duty
with his regiment.
A NARROW ESCAPE.—The Sentinelle of Bayonne
gives an account of an accident that happened in that
city in the afternoon of the 13th inst., which might have
been attended with the most awful consequences. A
train of six artillery waggons, laden with fifty barrels of
gunpowder, for the arsenal, in going down the Rue
Maubec, which is very steep, had one of the wheels of
each waggon locked to stop the rapidity of the descent.
When they arrived at the gate of the gendarmerie bar-
racks, the brigadier perceived smoke and sparks of fire
issuing from one of the locked wheels, and gave the
alarm. Abundance of water was immediately brought,
and the fire was extinguished. On examining the wheel,
it was found that the tire had been rendered redhot by
the friction, and had set fire to the felloe.
LIGHT GOLD.—Great inconvenience continues to
be felt with respect to the light gold in circulation. Trade is
very much embarrassed, and many persons are unable to nego-
tiate the daily transactions of life without submitting to an un-
certain but considerable loss. The Government is generally
and deservedly blamed for the total absence of all arrange-
ments to facilitate the exchange of defective for good money.
The public are left to the mercy of tradesmen or silversmiths ;
no Government agent is appointed, no arrangement made with
the local banks for the protection of the needy or the unin-
formed. Many modes might have been devised to render the
inevitable inconveniences attending the restoration of . the
coinage less burtheusome; but nothing has been thought of.
The whole trausswtiou is. disgraceful to the Govermueut..r
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