The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE. —An imperial decree announces that a
universal exhibition of agricultural and industrial produc-
tions will take place in Paris, in the Palace of Industry in
the Champs Elysees, on the Ist May, 1855, to close on
the 30th. September.

A Paris correspondent intimates that the Emperor has
skilfully availed himself of the desire of Russia, Austria,
and Prussia, to come to terms about the residence of
foreign refugees, to obtain the consent of the respective
Courts to his coronation by the Pope, (about the 10th of
May,) in imitation of Napoleon and Charlemagne; but
whether anything may upset this arrangement is another
question ; many things may, and as a not improbable one
he instances the renewal of his dispute relative to the
custody of the holy Shrines, which would perhaps have
been a cause of serious misunderstanding between France
and Russia, if the former had nor drawn back when the
latter signified dissatisfaction and maintained ler claims.
A letter from Bayonne of the lith inst. states that the
fever of emigration appears to increase in that neighbour.
hood. The ships now clearing out for Montevideo have
on board 600 young and healthy Basques as passengers.
The Marseilles papers of the 22d announce that on the
20th a violent storm had caused numerous casualties.
All the ships moored in the new port had more or less
suffered. A hundred pleasure-boats had been sunk. The
English steamer Caradoc, dragging her anchors, was only
enabled to secure herself by the use of her engines.
The departure of the Levant packet Lougsor had been
delayed, to wait for despatches from the government.

ITALY.—The Pope of Rome, at the request of the
Dutch Government, has created an Archbishop of
Utrecht, and four Suffragan Bishops.

PRUSSIA.—The King of Prussia, it is said, will
positively go to Vienna on the first of April, on a visit to
the Emperor of Austria. The members of the Zollverein
Conference held a sitting on the 17th, s►hen all un-
reservedly approved the accession of Hanover to the
union. A letter from Berlin, of the 18th, says :—" The
President of the Council presented to the Chambers
to-day the treaty of Commerce concluded between Prussia
and Austria." The Chambers were adjourned to sth April.

AUSTRIA.—His Apostolic Majesty Francis Joseph
has just received a valuable present from Rome ; it is a
tooth said to have been taken by his Holiness's own fin-
gers from the jaw of St. Peter. This relic was presented
on the 17th by the Nuncio, Cardinal Viale Prela in a
costly " Ostensorium." ,

TURKEY.— Accounts from Constantinople dwell prin-
cipally on the mission of the Russian Minister of Marine,
General Prince Menschikoff, and are of considerable in-
terest and importance. Before embarking at Odessa, he
passed a review of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, and
of the corps of disembarkation which Russia has kept on
a war-footing in the port of Sebastopol since 1833.
Twenty-seven vessels of war—ships of the line, frigates.
or large steamers—and 30,000 soldiers were assembled.
The general then proceeded to Constantinople on board
the Russian war-steamer the Foudrovant, and arrived in
that city on the 28th of February. He was accompanied
by Count Diinitri Nesselrode, as secretary ; by two gene-
rals, by two admirals, by two colonels and two lieutenant-
colonels, as aides-de-camp, and by five captains as orderly
officers. Since the celebrated embassy of Koutousoff at
the end of the last century, no mission of this kind has
been seen at Constantinople. Prince Menschikoff and
his suite were received, on disembarking at Topkhane, by
all the employKy of the Russian Embassy, and by between
6,000 and 8,000 members of the Greek religion ; and he
was escorted by them with great pomp to his hotel. On
the 2d of March the Prince went to the Porte to pay a
visit to the Grand Vizier, but, contrary to all usages, he
did not appear in the uniform of his rank, but in plain
clothes. What took place at the interview is not pre-
cisely known ; but what is certain is, that when, on
taking his leave, the Grand Vizier invited him, in con-
formity with the diplomatic usage at Constantinople, to
pay a visit to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad
Effendi, who was waiting to receive him, he replied that
he would not see that minister, as his government, and
especially its accredited minister as Constantinople, M.
Ozeroff, had to reproach him with several breaches of
faith. In consequence of this, Fuad Effendi gave in his
resignation. It is said in one of the letters from Con-
stantinople that the Prince demanded, in the name of
his government, that the Emperor of Russia should
henceforth be officially recognised as the protector of the
Greek Christians, subjects of Turkey, as France has been
for some centuries of the Catholics in the Levant ; and that
the election of the patriarch of Constantinople should
henceforth be made by the Greeks, and confirmed by the
Emperor of Russia, to the exclusion of the Sultan, who
at present has the right of nomination and investiture.
The day after this interview Fuad Effendi was replaced by
Rifaat Pacha, who has been nominated ambassador at
Vienna, and who is considered one of the chiefs of what
is called the Austrian party at Constantinople. The
ministers held a council the same day, and put them-
selves in communication with the foreign diplomatic
body. Some days after Prince Menschikoff had his audi-
ence of the Grand Vizier, Colonel Rose, the British
Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople, either upon the
solicitation of the Turkish government, or of his own
idea, sent a steamer to Malta, with a request to Admiral
Dundas that he would bring her Majesty's fleet in the
Mediterranean to Basika-bay or some point near the
mouth of the Dardanelles. The French Charo d'Affaires
at Constantinople, on being consulted by his colleague,
did not concur in the measure proposed by Colonel Rose.
Upon the arrival of the Wasp steamer at Malta with this
request from Colonel Rose, Admiral Pandas was of opi-
nion that his instructions did not enable him to comply
with it under the circumstances alleged to have occurred.
The fleet, therefore, remains in harbour.
The English fleet had not left Malta down to the latest
accounts received from that place. In connection with
this movement it is affirmed in a letter from Paris, that a
treaty—the details of which have not transpired—has ac-
tually been signed between England and France, with a
view to concerted action in the affairs of Turkey, in given
circumstances. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has left Paris
by way of Vienna, to embark at Trieste upon a steam-boat
waiting there to receive him.

The French fleet, under the orders of Vice-Admiral De
La Susse, left Toulon, on Tuesday. It was composed of
eight sailing vessels of war and four steamers. It will be
joined by the four steamers stationed in the Archipelago,
commanded by Rear-Admiral Romain Des Fosses. The
English squadron consists of five ships-of-the-line, three
frigates, two corvettes, and twelve steamers; and the
Turkish fleet, of four ships-of-the-line, three frigates,
eight brigs, and six steamers. The force of the Turkish
fleet will be doubled by the junction of the Egyptian
ships. The Russian fleet at Sebastopol was composed of
thirteen ships-of-the-line, eight frigates, and other ves-
sels of less force.

Accounts from Constantinople to the 14th instant,
via Vienna, state that Prince Menschikoff had his
audience of the Sultan on the 9th, and made known to
him the demands of his government. As far as has
already transpired, these demands differ in many respects
from what had been at first announced ; the Russian
ultimatum is said to be much less severe and of more
easy acceptance. The language of Prince Menschikoff is,
moreover, said to have been very moderate, and the Sul-
tan and the Envoy Extraordinary of the Emperor Nicho-
las are said to have parted well satisfied with each other.
A Paris correspondent, writing on Tuesday, says :
" I have just learned that the Turkish ambassador in
Paris has received despatches from Constantinople, which
announce that the negotiations between Prince Menschi-
koff and the Porte are already terminated ; that Prince
Menschikoff made some modifications in the pretensions
which he at first announced ; and that the Sultan has
accepted the modified propositions. I also understand
that at a council of ministers, held this day at the Tuile-
ries, at which Louis Napoleon presided, it was stated
that the affair might be cons'dered as terminated, and
that all danger of a rupture of the public peace was at
an end."

MONTENEGRO.—The retreat of the Turks from
Montenegro has been disastrous in the extreme. As soon
as Omer Pasha received his instructions from Constanti-
nople, which were conveyed to him in five days (the
Tartar rode seven horses to death between the Turkish
capital and Spuss) he proceeded to obey them. On the
25th, after leaving a strong garrison in Spuss, with 20
cannon, under the command of his youthful nephew,
Tesvik Bey, the Marshal marched south towards Pod.
gorizza. The weather was execrable, and Omer Pasha's
aim was by forced marches to reach Podgorizza, or
perhaps Scutari, before his enemies could throw any
serious difficulties in his way. The army had to cross
the Zetta, which had left its banks and transformed the
whole country around into swamps and lakes. The
irregular troops formed the van, the artillery followed,
then came the Nizam (regulars), and lastly the cavalry.
In this order the troops commenced their march, but the
"bottomless" roads and the difficulties presented by the
terrain soon threw them into confusion. A detachment

of Montenegrins, which had passed the night in a
convent on the frontiers of the nahia Piperska (probably
Piperi), at break of day fell upon the van, while a
stronger corps took the Turks in the rear. Omer Pasha
attempted to bring his artillery to bear upon the enemy-,
but this, owing to the nature of.the ground, was soon
found to be impossible. The Turkish General had
calculated on finding Osman Pasha's corps at Dioklea
(the birth-place of the Emperor Diocletian), but that
commander, it appears, had already been obliged to
evacuate Montenegro. Half-dead with fatigue, the troops
pushed on to a place called Rogani, which they did not
reach till after midnight. The Monteneg
sight of the retreating corps for a single moment, sit,

rins did not lose

bales of horse were continually sent out to disperse
them. On the approach of the cavalry the Montenegrins
threw themselves flat on the ground, and fired with such
deadly effect that the Turks, who did not know where to
seek the enemy, 'a ecame confused and dismayed. During
the following night the Montenegrins threw up strong
entrenchments, and as the hlussulmans marched in the
morning towards Beri, they were exposed to a most
galling fire. As the inhabitants of the mountainous
districts of the Berda nabias continually poured in to the
assistance of their countrymen, it was in vain that fierce
attempts were made to force the entrenchments. Late in
the evening of the 26th the Pasha succeeded in reaching
Podgorizza with his worn-out troops. The loss on the
part of the Turks must have been very great, as the line
of retreat was strewed with their dead bodies. The
bodies of 1,913 horses, which had fallen victims to the
inclemency of the weather, have been counted on the
table-land of Grahovo. -

AMERICA.—By the United States mail steam-ship
Humbcldt, which touched off Cowes, on Thursday night,
en route for Havre, we have accounts from New York
to the 13th instant, being four days later.
On the 13th instant, when fifteen miles east of Sandy
Hook, the Humboldt spoke the British and North Ame-
rican mail-steamer Africa, bound in, and then fifteen days
out from Liverpool.
The screw steam-ship Glasgow arrived at New York,
from the Clyde, on the 12th instant.
On the 20th instant, in lat. 48.30, long. 29.23, the
Humboldt passed the wreck of a large ship with mainmast
gone a few feet above the deck, fore and wizen masts
gone below the tops ; the bulwarks were gone and the
decks swept. She appeared to be waterlogged. Her
model appeared to be English.
The American papers are chiefly occupied with accounts
of the proceedings in the senate at Washington, and of
the immense intriguing going on at the capital by the
swarms of office-seekers who are laying diligent siege to
the new President and his cabinet.

Intelligence from New Orleans, of the 9th instant,
says :—Cotton has been in brisk demand during the last

foal. days, the sales reaching 54,000 bales. The increased
receipts at all the southern ports over the same time last
year now amount to 529,000 bales. Prices are firm.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

THE New York Journal of Commerce denies the state-
ment that the French government had ordered a " fleet of
war-steamers" to be built in New York.
THE CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR AND THE EM-
PRESS.—lmmediately after the Easter holydays the doors
of Notre Dame will be closed to the public, and the pre-
parations for the coronation will commence.

MISS FREDERICA BREMER promises to publish 8 work
on American slavery. She has excited the ire of the
South by saying that she has witnessed worse things than
those described in " Uncle Tom's Cabin."

IMPERIAL TASTE.—A Frankfort journal states that it
is able to communicate the interesting fact that General
O'Donnell has received from the Archduchess Sophia, in
memorial of the service he rendered the Emperor on the
18th ult., a gold ring with a large turquoise. Under the
stone are several hairs of the Emperor, clotted with the
Imperial blood.
ENORMOUS AVALANCHE.—An enormous avalanche of
snow fell a few days ago from:one of the high mountains at
Reboul, department of the Ariege. It swept away crops,
trees, and detached houses, and completely buried the
hamlet, with all its population. 400 men from the adja-
cent village immediately assembled, and after a great deal
of labour, succeeded in rescuing 12 persons; they were
all sadly bruised and partly frozen, but it is hoped they
will recover. Nine dead bodies, three of them children,
were dug out of the ruins ; as were also a number of
horses and oxen.
THE SYDNEY PAPERS attack Melbourne with much
fierceness, as the scene of lawless plunder and the land of
murders. The Victorians are incensed at the aspersions,
and request Sydney editors not to give currency to false-
hoods, which can only have the effect of retarding the
progress of British emigration—already impeded to a
great enough extent by the foul name of Botany Bay.
THE GOLD FIELDS MANAGEMENT BILL, which had
passed through committee of the Sydney Legislature in
December last, imposes a double license upon foreigners ;
all persons suspected to be aliens shall be deemed to be
such, unlegs they prove the contrary ; and a fee of £25 is
to be paid by applicants for quarterly " claims," as a
test of their bona fides ! The diggers declare that, if this
bill passes, they and the diggins are done for.
BLACK MILITIA.—It is in contemplation to build a
barrack for 300 men, at Cape St. Mary, a most salubrious
spot, about eight miles from Bathurst, on the Gambia,
and also permanently to embody the militia in that
colony. Percussion muskets have already been shipped
for that force, and the clothing is being prepared without
delay. The strength of the regular troops (black) at pre-
sent in garrison does not exceed 180 rank and file.—
United Service Gazette.

ECUADOR.—Letters from Guayaquil, dated February
1, received by the West India mail, announce the dis-
covery of gold deposits in the Republic of Ecuador, at a
place called Jama. Nothing appears to have been ascer-
tained with regard to their extent, but various rumours
were in circulation, some of which represented the riches
of the district to be extremely great. About 400 persons
are stated to have proceeded there from the surrounding
districts, and two vessels were about to take passengers
from Guayaquil to the nearest point by which the mines
could be reached from the coast.

A WHOLESALE MURDERER.—A horrible discovery has
been made by the police of Toulon. For some time past
public rumour signalised a house, occupied by an agent
for finding substitutes for the army, as the theatre of a
series of atrocious dramas. Minute searches having been
made, about 20 corpses buried in the cellars of the house
were found. It appears that the victims were successively
assassinated, and that the death of the first took place
several years ago. The confessions of a woman in her
last moments placed, we are assured, justice on the trace
of the crimes. The victims were military substitutes
received by the Conseils de Revision; and the man mur-
dered them in order not to have to pay the price of their
enrolment."

THE FORTY THIEVES IN PARIS.--The police of Paris
have just arrested a band of forty thieves, amongst whom
are several children, aged 12 or 14. This band was under
the orders of a man who has been several times condemned
by justice. From his ignoble ugliness he was nicknamed
" Tete de Morte," and all the band had nicknames. The
second in command was called " Fine Oreille," and the
other chief bore the names of the " Anguille," the " mil
.A.mtiricain," the "Flancheur," "Mort a la Rousse," &c.
The gang practised different species of robberies. The band
were accustomed to take their meals together in a lodging-
house in the Rue Beaubourg, and every Sunday a division
of the profits was made amongst them according to a scale
fixed by " Tete de Mort." All the gang and the chief
were captured at the same time, and a considerable quan-
tity of different sorts of booty was seized.—French paper.

THE WILD MAN OF ALABAMA.—A wild man named
Goings (says an American paper), originally from East
Tenessee, who has been living in the hollow of trees and
caves, and who has frequently been mentioned in the
newspapers, was recently captured near Florence, Ala-
bama. He is from 25 to 30 years of age. He had been
surprised several times by parties, and tales of romantic
encounters with him were deemed fabulous heretofore.
Last December an attempt was made to capture him, but
he eluded his pursuers, and forsook his then quarters in
the hollow of a chestnut tree. A pack of bounds after-
wards got on his trail, but owing to the rugged character
of the country, the horsemen could not keep up, and the
fugitive was lost in the waters of Shoal Creek. All fur-
ther pursuit was then abandoned, and many believed the
whole story fabulous, until last Sunday week, a boy,
belonging to A. P. Neely, reported to his master that he
had seen a man upon the bluffs near a noted cave, on the
plantation of Judge Posey. Mr. Neely immediately col-
lected a number of gentlemen, and proceeded to the spot
indicated. The day was one of the most inclement of the
season. On nearing the mouth of the cave, they disco-
vered the shivering form of the poor wretch buried be-
neath a covering of straw. He paid no attention to their
summons to come forth, and one of the company (thought-
lessly we hope) tossed in a dog, which, making a furious
assault, brought the hapless recluse to his feet. He then
came out in a state of almost perfect nudity, presenting a
picture of abject misery and squalid wretchedness, which
utterly beggars all description, and we shall not attempt
it. He appeared perfectly sane, but gave no satisfactory
reasons for his singular conduct, beyond a general charge
that the world had treated him badly, and he had deter-
mined to come out from it. He protested that he had done
no man harm, and begged to be allowed to continue his
solitary life, but he finally agreed to go home with Mr.
Eastrage, which he did, and when we last heard of him
he was suffering from a violent cold, contracted no doubt
by his sudden change from a worse than savage to a civi-
lised life.

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.—We extract the
following from the New York Tribune :—" Boarders
wanted.—A middle-aged lady, who has once enjoyed the
smiles of fortune, but who, from inevitable causes, has be-
come somewhat reduced in her circumstances, proposes
opening a respectable, not genteel, boarding-house in this
city, provided she can obtain a limited number of boarders
who can appreciate good living and are willing to pay for it.
Her house is new, convenient, and in a pleasant location—
her table will be supplied with good substantial food,
well-cooked ; athletic butter, equivocal eggs, promiscuous
hash, malignant coffee with consumptive milk will be ex-
cluded—neither will she regale her guests with the grizzle
of the patient ox, burnt up in his own tallow : having
her regular grocer, milkman, and butcher—she is under
no necessity of scouring the market to obtain articles half
a cent per pound under price, which are 'good enoughfor
boarders.' Those who are willing to live on buckwheat
cakes exclusively will be charged half price only, but will
not be guaranteed against salt rheum and cancers; ginger
snaps and hot water will be provided for those who wear
false teeth, if required—but those who have sound teeth
and healthy gums are advised to give this compound a
wide berth—comfort not show being her aim. The kitchen
will be looked into occasionally if the parlours get less
furbishing ; not having any male or female pets to clothe and
feed out of her boarders, she will not be obliged to curtail in
her table to meet such expenses; and having two ears
with one tongue, will devote twice the time to hearing
what her boarders wish that some do in taking away their
appetites. What leisure she may have will be devoted
more to her own personal cleanliness than ogling and
smelling round boarders' rooms to find out their habits.
Boarders' religious creeds and political opinions will form
no part of her solicitude, and as she does not covet the
marriage state, will not keep up a tiresome, toady gabble,
to some particular guest of eligible age and fortune.
Those desirous of finding a home of this description, will
please address Mrs. Ann T. Mak Lean, at this office."

ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

Preferments : The Rev. Thomas Joyca Whittington has
been instituted to the Rectory of Lowton, in the county
of Lancaster, void by the death of the Rev. J. Pennington ;
patron, for this turn, the Rev. J. J. Horniiy, Rector of
Winwick.—The Rev. J. W. Kewley, to the Stipendiary
Curacy of Wavertree, in the county of Lancaster, on the
nomination of the Rev. Wm. Badnall, the Incumbent.—
The Rev. Philip Raulin Robin, to the Stipendiary Curacy
of Woodchurch, in the county of Chester, on the nomina-
tion of the Rev. Joshua King, the Rector.—Consecration
at Lowton : The addition to the church-yard of the parish
of Lowton, in the county of Lancaster, was consecrated by
the Bishop of Chester, on Wednesday last. Prayers were
read by the Rev. T. J. Whittington, the newly-instituted
Rector.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. A. D. Abbott, to the Curacy of Beccles Suffolk

F. J. Aldrich, fo the Rectory& Stanningfield, Suffolk
T. H. Ball, to the Curacy of Blackrod, Lancashire.

Rev. J. L. BaMint*, M.A., to'the Mastership of the Kepler
Grammar School, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham.
Rev. H. Bewsher, to the Rectory of Knaresdale, Northum-
berland.

Rev. G. Burmester, M.A., Rector of Little Oakley, Essex, to
be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Surrey.
Rev. J. Carroll, to be Chaplain to the Belfast Lunatic Asylum.
Rev. J. Cautley, 8.A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Cam-
bridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. _ _ _ _ _

Re-v'. J. W. Curate of Sedgford, near
King's Lynn, to the Vicarage of Heachem, Norfolk.
Rev. A. W. Chatfield, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of
Herefordshire.

Rev. A. Codd, 8.A., Curate of Witham, Essex, to the Rec-
tory of Hawridge, Bucks.

Doherty, M.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to the

Rev. C. NN
Marquis of Ely

Rev. T. Emerson, of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham, to the
Vicarage of Allendale, Northumberland.

Rev. G. de Guide, M.A., to the Rectory of Little Torrington,
Devon.

Rev. J. Flower, to the Curacy of St. Paul, Huddersfield

Rev. J. GoodaCre, LLB., eurate of Wilby-with-Hargliam,
near East Harding, Norfolk, to the Rectory of those parishes.
Rev. E. Griffith, M.A., to the Rectory of Winterborne Gun-
ner, Wilts.

Rev. E. Gurdon, M.A„ to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of Essex.
Rev. S. G. Harris, late Assistant Curate of Diptford, Devon,
to the Assistant Curacy of Menheniot, near Liskeard, Cornwall.
Rev. G. B. Hill, 8.A., Curate of Melton Mowbray, to the In-
cumbency of the Chapelries of Burton Lazars, Sysonby, and
Welny, Leicestershire. _

ReN...l. Hope, M.A., to the Curacy of Copley, Yorkshire.
Rev. J. R. P. Hoste, 8.A., to the Rectory of Stanhow, in
Norfolk.

Rev. It. Jenkyn, to the Curacy of Maynor, Merthyr Tydvil.
Rev. D. Jones, to the Curacy of Llanyinowddwy, Merioneth.
Rev. F. King, 8.D., Senior Curate of Oswestry, Salop, to the
Benefice of St. Patrick's, Newry.

Rev. T. G. Livingstone, B.A'., to the Curacy of Bloxham,
near Banbury.

Rev. C. S. Lock, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Bo-
tolph, Colchester.

Rev. T. D. Milner, LL.B., to be Domestic Chaplain to the
Earl of Carlisle.

Rev. J. S. Reeves, to the Rectory of Caheragh, in the diocese
of Cork.

Rev. C. P. Reichel, Professor of Queen's College, Be'fait, to
be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Rev. W. Taylor, ALA., to the Rectory of Swinnerton, Staf-
fordshire.

Rev.
County

W. Turpin, Incumbent of Ballycommon, King's
, to the Living of Clara.

Rev: J. Webb, M.A., Master of the Endowed Hospital, Ra-
vensbourne, Ashby de la Zouch, to the Rectory and Vicarage
of Culworth, Northamptonshire.
Rev. G. F. Weston, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Sheriff of
Westmoreland.

Rev. T. H. Wilkinson, 8.A., late Assistant Curate of Daven-
try, to the Incumbency of Grosmont, near Whitby, Yorkshire.
Rev. W. R. Williams, M.A., to be Vice-Principal of the
Training Institution, Carnarvonshire.

Rev. H. J. G. Young, to the Rector of Hollesley, Suffolk

THE DEAN OF LINCOLN is suffering from a rather
severe attack of bronchitis.

DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. Preferments. —On
Tuesday, at the Diocesan Registry, tEe Bishop of Man-
chester licensed the Rev. J. Homan, M.A., to the Perpetual
Curacy of Ellel, near Lancaster, vacant by the death of
Rev. Robert Thompson, on the nomination of Rev.
Francis Hill Sewell, Vicar of Cockerham, the patron.—
Resignation.—The Rev. Henry George Price has resigned
the incumbency of St. James's, Heywood, in the gift of
the Bishop of Chester.

THE SEE OF LINCOLN.—The Rev. Dr. Jackson, Rec-
tor of St. James's, Westminster, was on Thursday unani-
mously elected by the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln
Bishop of that diocese, rendered vacant by the death of
Dr. John Kaye, in virtue of her Majesty's congi d'elire,
empowering and recommending them to elect the rev.
gentleman to the vacant see.
THE REV. ALFRED HAMILTON, late curate of St.
Barnabas, in t his town, has been presented with a piece
of plate, as a testimonial of respect and affection, by the
parishioners of Silsoe, Beds, on his leaving there, and
on his appointment to the incumbency of Mellipont,
Ireland, by the Marquis of Drogheda.
THE CHURCH IN THE SOUTH SEAS.—The friends of
the Melanesian Mission will be rejoiced to hear that the
Bishop of New Zealand returned in good health and spi-
rits to St. John's College, Auckland, October 19, 1852,
after a voyage of exactly four months, to and among the
Solomon Isles and New Hebrides. He was received
everywhere gladly, and treated with the utmost kindness,
and no where more so than at Eromango, where Williams
lost his life, and at Mallicolo, where he himself was
exposed to so much danger last year. He has brought
home with him to St. John's College for education twenty-
two boys and two girls, and might have brought hundreds,
had he had the means of conveyance and maintenance.