The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AXD WALES.

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CAPTAIN CLAXTON, RS., states that any nuto--,..„ce
our present gunboats would not have the slightest L,,,111,
of success against a steam-gunboat such as the P"
built by Mr. Laird. 0
TREAT TO SCHOOLCHILDREN.—OnTuesday, the
in
scholars of the day and Sunday schools attached to Tlnf
• al°
Church, Birkenhead, were treated to the &Angie ere
dens. Messrs. Willoughby, of Birkenhead and Tralree
Ferries, very kindly conveyed, them across the river
cif charge.
..2116
THE EARL or CHESJER'S Regiment of Yec"—
Cavalry marched into Chester on Tuesday, under al
command of Lieut.-Colonel Lord De Tabley, for the 115"-

period of permanent duty.
A RELIGIOUS LECTURE is delivered on Tuesday' efdel;
ingsl in the Market-street School-room, Birkenhead,
the. patronage of the Rev. Andrew Knox. This root dot
licensed some time since by the Bishop of Chester vity
working-men's Sunday service, but the effort failed.

new undertaking is said to be -very successful.
Si'.. JOHN'S, BIRKENHEAD.-011, Tuesday next, 0.
Blake will deliver a lecture in the National Schooll:51
Oliver-street, on " King Charles's Restoration—Charae,
and Oliver Cromwell—and the Restoration of the .A
narchy and the Church." The proceeds will be devets7.
•in aid of the funds of the schools in connexion with
John's District Church, Grange-lane.
WIRRAHFARMERS' CLun.—The gentlemen
cool '
this agricultural improvement society held their iolTeho
ration dinner on Tuesday, at Monks' Ferry Hotel. john
Bolton Case; Esq., presided, and the vice-chair los ~00'
by Charles Turner, Esq. The speeches weee all of cod'
plimentary character, the " army and navy" being
with uproarious applause. ffie
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The tra- .;.,
the week ending 21st of May, 1854, was- as folloTod.;
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2,399 4%,000
steam-boats, £445 10s. 2d.; total, £2.844 15s. Od• ','"rpef
£1,600 ls. 2d.: total, including Carnarvon' treouweer
rail, £3,999 6s. Od. ; steam-boats, £445. Ws- .
pd
responding week last year, per rail, £4,314.185. 'TO
steam-boats, £469 17s. 11d. Decrease, £339495. vu•
corresponding week last year was Whitsun week- die
AMBROSE CLARKE, late surveyor of taxes for theday
trict of Chester city, was committed for trial• on Tue'eetv
last, for various acts of embezzlement done in the 001,
tion of the duties of his office. Charles Haswell, Ilted
lector of the income and property tax, who is
jointly with Mr. Clarke, was too ill to undergo a°
nation. more'
SHOCKING ACClDENT.—OnThursday, ae• a 1174 tb,e
named Arthur Grimes, was employed in the. hell
steamer Lusitania, lying in the Great Float, 8irke11,,,,41:
a bale of goods, which was being lowered into the v`iiet,
accidentally fell upon and crushed him in ei shejbo
manner. He was promptly removed to the hosnit,
little hopes are entertained of his recovery. for
BURGLARY.—Thomas Hodgkinson and Mary at
kinson, who were apprehended a short time agoat 13T:to!
head by Inspectorßirnie, on a charge of having.aomtol:ee.
a number of burglaries in that township, were.triedtp!
Knutsford Sessions on Tuesday last. Both,were TAO
guilty, and Hodgkinson was sentenced to eight yo°
the female to four years' penal servitude.
A DISREPUTABLE WOMAN.—Eliza Beweaknee Pleb c:
represented herself to be a widow, was charg
ttia
kenhead Police Court, on Thursday, with ertlot let
three children. The relieving-officer stated dreiet
woman, who was an idle, dissipated character,Ve;of
children in a lodging-house, and they had been."''
,c00`.4
by the parochial authorities for eight weeks, sl,terlyer
£2 2s. It was also stated that the prisoner was don
thief. She was committed to the house of cerree
three months.
z, edlles4shir'
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.—uH e s- 4
William Smith, aged 15 years, employed ill lit.'4lfre'te
building yard of Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead,
the bow of a large steamer in course of buililia; ioseo.it
of about 50 feet, and was taken up in a state., oereo
bility. He was speedily removed to the hospital, of
was ascertained that his skull, an arm, and oovrai
thighs had been fractured, besides sustaining sore
tusions.
FIRE AT CHESTER.—About one o'clockon Vei-01;
morning, the premises of Messrs. Bellis and 1; tit
joiners and builders, were discovered to be on fkr,e,',ol,l,
police fire engines and the engines from the easeov
early on the spot ; but although every exertion was fin;to arrest the, progress of the flames, the' place ivss.,„
pletely burned down. The whole of the timber 010
yard was destroyed, and hardly one steno was le'
of
another.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The last f
the old board will take place on Monday next,
election of eight gentlemen, to supply the vs° isce.e,
those members who retire by rotation, will take
.0 e ler
the following day. The retiring members 31 1A1,3
Watson, Cook, Lightbound, Storey, Grallarn,
Thomson, and Holmes. The three latter gentleiner,l, toes.
some time ao. On Thursday a meeting of both
re,Pitioteo'
and "Reds" took place at the Park Hotel, Gralajteeo
for the purpose of determining upon a list of eat'otleeihe
be submitted to the ratepayers. The following Pre
were named, and, in all probability, they will cesifatiowl
list, namely, Messrs. Cook, Aspinall, Hind, Rudd' .
Watson, and Hore. apo
rri,D fOnil 120
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, TRANXERE----,.•-• 0111-
stTraonnernoefreth,ewnagewlcahidureahn ofm Sets.dPaavu,lb's;,near Ligleyeed, 144
major joiretbe
Lord of the Manor, who has given the site, 11':,,ted ,„.et
acre of land, while Mr. John Orred has Pr.,es'Ate°,oll,PY
noble donation of£3,oooas au endowment-fund' Owe)
those present were the Revs. Messrs. Fielden,,, j°°„/
(the incumbent), Arthure, Maynard, Redneitoe
Snowball, and Barton; Mr. Harden, Judge of the
Court of Cheshire, and a number of other redo,.
gentlemen. On Wednesday night some ruffisil9 eon!?
the foundation-stone, and abstracted the bottie!es °Joe
ing a 2s. piece, a shilling, a fourpennypieee, OPltclitoe
Standard and the Mercury newspapers, and al,Pileir
on which were inscribed the names of the bil"- 4,9
mittee. /ref
Perot,.
EMIGRATION PROM TIIE BIRKENHEAD Pe r
emigration depot at Birkenhead has been t
much bustle, in consequence of an unusually liireotinore
of emigrants having been despatched for the teegricl.,e
the total being about 2,430. The vessels desP3,
the Monsoon, the Columbia, the Stamboul, a" taro, the
of the Sea. The Ghenghis Khan and the Apitel"cee•
ready for sea. The Black Eagle will enter the oteery tee
2nd June, and she will be quickly followed I'l,oj per'
eels, all of which will be despatched with enligof Ose
various colonies in Australia. A great portiloie:ot the
sons who have lately been sent out were dee"
night last week no fewer than 900 emigrants
.010311'
depot, 400 of whom were unmarried feinefr" oneg "horell
CAUTION TO SERVANTS.—AnhmoceOt. YWeoac-stio`f;
named Mary Berks, a servant, residing 1%101)16.A/elle:
road, Oxton, was cunningly defrauded of a r The 5,":r sl"
on Tuesday last, by one of her own se%.• wileto`trelo,
called upon the unwary girl and asked her to A 45,14 t;
knew of any females who were anxious to g°,.ere
As she was acquainted with six ladies 1v103„,.50t. 0431
the antipodes, and they each wanted aise,peA
servants she said, including herself, 112",„een-
and three more were wanted. 'The "st-i-eheeelle
once expressed her wish to go to Australia, the po
Tl'l
friend said she would require a sum of 35. f'de ore f rrY• Da
t
of entering her name at an office at er belt e
lit
girl, however, had no money, and she ga;rloeuld ple-gto
to the impostor, who, it was agreed' 5 .1 40100
own fohawl, and with the money enable ti e
d that tbe '4llllt
entered at the office. It was also arrange dOO the
belonging to the servant should be retuyile,_,oo 0,4 e
afternoon, but, as a matter of course, ti 22 l''ciopedt'bee
did not again make her appearance.
_cloe orliev'er
girl then told her Vie at the police-offi at 0e
shawl.
-eiTrAP' the laol,
but the officials have not yet been enabled to r-
NEW SHIPPING YARDS AT BIRKE.
as ,e 0
number of men are now employed in excaVii,,cl; b
fautio,
between Birkenhead and Monks' Ferries,
01 C°rP°lorg‘
taken by Mr. John Laird from the Liviur„ for the„ 00?.;
stecle, Terri
afor p shipbuilding 3,, wheh ap3uoorpofseeest.
lonThgeineixdca7rf
quarry:oleut: .tone
Ins
eprleeetedtie,nanefdtthhee
riwvoerrkmwaeun. arielneoeixv
dock, which will be about 1,400 feet in len to `` Dst.
in width at the broadest point, has alspneOdditioe ells to
it
he
lid
being employed at it night and day. 1 a I.o6ofie:e,
expected that a steam-engmeb ose
there will be smaller slips: In
built for the purpose on the "round, the t'' t
used in the construction of the river wall
f oil'
lhosarillvere -oiriectlplea-o°teli;,;
will es
1) elfintit:de fiftriksigeloll:ir.,
will be ground. During the past Weeo_,,ide andd'‘io,;,
new shipbuilding yards between IV ou''
and Messrs.
seliapssr,a.toobaeytoeenenpainedd briyri3ceirriesserren.n,eC,r
`down,
ji
do
menced. A great portion of the
excavations for the graving docks are peff.of tnetllo,l.:;
ceeded with. The contractors for the whole wof youeothrt. tee':
below Rose-brae has already been takpii,..d,ovriaip'
are Messrs. Lee, Son, and Freeman, , no eeivv.s.
the course of a very short time, betivt"'
700 men employed on the two sites of tau
' kenhead and Woodside Ferries.

MAY 80, 1854•

ECCLESIASTICAL L2VTELLIGENCR.

, PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
tte v
Pari •J. Anderson, M.A., to the Ministry of the Church and
Rev
of Denny, near Stirling.
47. H. W. G. Armstrong, ALA., Perpetual Curate of All
Gordon-square, St. Pancras, to the Vicarage of Wil-
iteevti,aWle
itldlesex.
Ito, d• Baker, M.A., to the Curacy of Smallbridge, near
h
It'ev •
••• G. Burns, M.A., to the Ministry of the Church and
Of Newton in Ayr.
St. g• W. Carus, M.A., Vicar of Ramsey, to the Rectory of
aurice, Win Chester.
Assert C. H. Clough, M.A., Archdeacon and Canon of St.
the!) Rector of Llanferres, and Vicar of Mold, Flintshire, to
Ite„eaP„erY and Chancellorship of St. Asaoh Cathedral.
tal 14' • ‘l' • H. Cox, 8.D., Rector of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to
ifonorary Prebend in Hereford Cathedral.
41 4V W H. Cummins, M.A., Curate of Killermogh, Ossory,
fte.Al Assistant Chaplaincy in the East India Company's
ivice, in the Presidency of Bombay.
W. Davies, M.A., Incumbent of Llanwonno, to the
Ivittill,stabency of the new church at Rhondda Valley, South
s.
v• C. Dodzson, M.A., Rector of Croft, Examining Chap-
-44',10 the Bishop of Ripon. to the Archdeaconry of Richmond
he Chancellorship of Ripon diocese.
to b v. 11. Drury, M.A., Vicar of Bremhill, near Chippenhatn,
it:a Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury.
tar, v• Eden, 111. A., Vicar of North Waisham, to the Vi-
R ge of Wymondharn, Norfolk.
A. Ely; M.A.. Perpetual Curate of Wheatenhurst, or
Of ,;ttninster, near Stroud, to be a Surrogate for the Diocese
it'leucester and Bristol.
ev E. Faulkner M.A., Chaplain to the Berkeley Hospital
sevrtY Hospital, Worcester, to be a Surrogate.
epd Curate Gaisford, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford,
Cqra of Hellingdon, near Uxbridge, to the Perpetual
RfWgi, near Tring.
tteest-,`,• E. . Hampden, M.A., Incumbent of Breinton, to the
ReurY of Eaton Bishop, near Hereford.
claw C. Ram, M.A., Curate of St. Michael's, Dublin, to the
Re,nrY,of St. Munchins.
bat,'• J- M. Hobson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Kin•
Ite'e, Ireland.
tre,„v,...,• R. D. Lagden, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacrof the
itlnLaApel of North Wootton, near Sherborne, Dorset.
%tr. S. Lodge, M.A., Senior Assistant Master of the Louth
khrxlmar School, to the Head Mastership of the Grammar
Horncastle.
. J. Lowry, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Union at Chi-
ester,
v• A. Nettleship, ALA., to the Vicarage of Minsterworth,
Itticestershire.
hie". J. Peel, 8.A., Incumbent of Middlesbnough, to the
hie".
of Hernaby and South, Yorkshire.
ev C. E. Prichard. M.A., Vice-Principal oftheTheological
I(Otia",ar,,rY at Wells, to the Rectory of South Luffenham,
key •
• C. T. Quirk, to the Rectory of St. Thaanas's, Golborne,
Llcashire.
4"."• W. Randolph, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St.
pes, Aldershot, in the parish of Crantiorne, Dors t.
rev. W. It. Sandys, M.A., Rector of Ballintemple, to the •
oral Deaner., of Cashel.
Itev• F. Story, M A to the Vicarage of Brenchley, Kent.
r, .
T. Smith, late Curate of Guiting Power, Gloucester_
e, to the Curacy of St. Lawrence, Evesham, Worcestershire.
tk ai . D. Thomas, M. A., to the Rectory of St. George's, near
bie,t. A. K. Thomson, Head Matter of the Grammar School,
3r, r,to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School,
itlerord, Devon.
tiaa"• H. Weigt•tman, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Iluel Church, Bolton-le-Moors.
of ,
ivv- T. e, M.te A.. Canon of Winchester, and Rector
`• Maurice,Woodrolf Winchesr,, to the Vicarage of Alton, Hants.

of ),,c'ersig or MANCHESTER.—Preferment : The Bishop
ttanehester has licensed the Rev. Alfred INFhtwick,
eitrate of 17nsworth, near Bury, to the stipendiary
Tlioa2..of Elton, near Bury, on the nomination of the Rev.
',rrrts Potter,. the incumbent.
has -...EFICES AUGMENTATION BlLL.—This bill, which
of wised the House of Lords and is now in the House
ter, ,mans, is for giving facilities to the owner of a rec-
tets'erinpropiate or of -tithes, or the incumbent of a
kra„"ce, wifh the consent of the bishop and patron, to
hian endowment-to-the minister of a church or chapel
In the parish.
the
in
DNlSOW.—Archdeacon Denison denies
N. statement in the Bridgewater Times of his having
havigneil the Archdeaconry of Taunton. He adds—" I
thee not resigned, and I do not mean to resign, either at
yep Present or at any future time, the preferment and 'the
which I hold in-the church of England."
Univaasrry REFORM.—A petition to 'the
te,llP of Commons 'has been extensively signed by 'the
fo,7ent members of Convocation of the University of Ox-
kit:' in which the petitioners "fully recognise the news-
toie for some changes-in the University, but are unable to
kiftee, from the nature of the opposition to the present
444, what may be the -character of any future measure ;"
'lesire the government bill to pass into a law.
..
Fars.—On the subject of ordination fees
t—udeacon Allen observed in his recent charge that _
qa.the express words of the 135th canon no charge beyond
4) for letters of orders, and 10s., for the license?cold
(tt;e.gallY demanded. The fees actually paid were,,in the
Bter-ele of Worcester, for letters of priests' orders to the
ap 1407, £3 10s. tßii. ; to the regiStrar, Bs. 6d.; to the
Karitor, 2s. Cal ; tiethe verger, ; and for a heense,
(40"; 6d. additional :making a total of £5 2s. 6d.
,fin the
4,,s'ese of Bath and Wells a singular fee of ss. hd been
ky,'"anded on the 'bishop's counter-signature to_ letters
I.ll:4THnonamnier E BISHOP OF Sesrsarrirs..—
teli;.,-"ight Rev. Dr. Walter Kerr Hamilton, who has re-
been consecrated to the bishopric of Salisbury, will
Lenthroned to-morrow in the cathedral church of his
,7ese• His Lordship will be met at St. Thomas's-bridge,
qiittthe •Loridon.road, where
_ seisin will be delivered to him
Vie. Manor of. M-if I, part of the possessions of the see.
theein, proceed to the Council Chamber, where lie
ed the Town Council. From thentete will
oonedrue;ted in procession to the northern gates of the
.ese where the dean, members of the chapter, prelsen-
VS and clergy will receive him, and the ecclesiastical
ings will commence. The capitular and -clerical
-"niacin will remove to the cathedral, where the -core-
r, -qt enthronisation will be completed. In consequence
th of
.the Bishop of Bah and Wells, the
'1 :40ury will be -entitled Rota seat in the House 'of
8 ,nninediately after the ceremony.
HOSPITAL.—The Churchwarden of the unit_ed
441---'lof St. Faith and Holy Cross Hospital, who
recently
ibited the clergyman appointed by the Ear. t
ft°,ll officiating, is about to proceed Foust wo oft.
4,0 m Guildford's partisans for "brawling.' In
..reply
'le ,Ctuildford's afi-ent, N ho is also Deputy-Registrar of
Diocese, the Chlrchivvarden said—" I will not perinit
ItLordship's nominee to take the duty, nor would -I per-
his Lordship himself, unless he produced to me his
ale and the bishop's authority to do so, nor will I permit
y.
cqie, unless he produced the bishop's license, to serve
h,„eure, which would establish our right to the church as
qg that of our parish church, and in which I shallcon-
kie to do the duty until prohibited by the bishop, whose
elk °,ritY I will not, perinit lord Guildford, or any one
4,0,0 supersede, nor to invade the rights of the parishion-
Spill, The object of the ',Churchwarden is to have the
tio4.°ll of a court of law upon the three following. ques-
lkt,Z"--Pirst, as to the mastership being an ecclesiastical
ktar'e; secondly, whether.the Church of St. Cross Hos-
*heels the. Parish Church of St. Faith ; and, thirdly,
e.,„('er the title of Lord Guildford is a valid one.
i•e,--'l7lterf DIFFERENCES /hT MAIDSTONE.—A formal
k,),;en,tation has been made to the archdeacon, and a me-
ktir.4l addressed to the Artfabishop of Canterbury, re-
11ewie 10 the proceedings of the Rev. D. Stewart, the
sine LaP ,3Pointed incumbent of Maidstone. It appears that
• 2, when the Rev. William Valiance was presented
'ller,,etoricumbency by the late Archbishop of Canterbury,
It'ay' have been daily prayers in the parish church ; the
htftlier for the Church Militant hs.s been read at the close
dbr•Stoday morning services, end other portions of the
very frequently neglected, have been rigidly ob-
,4lit•, Two or three months since 31r. Vallance was pre-
ae in Essex, and the Rev. D. D. Stewart
&obit-el his successor' at 'Maidstone. Soon after
)15 C-e,wart took possession of thetenefiee he abandoned
service, discontinued the prayer for the Church
itsalir4nt, and so altered the usual course of things that
rhei.,,Y,inembers of the congregation considered it' to be
41,'oliti`nitY to -make a protest. The presentation to
deacon seems to have dropped after some discussion,
ftog"'re memorial to the archbishop has been vigorously
I,h.ec• l, and a counter memorial bas-been prepared. by
'z'se 'till section of churchmen alleging that the services
1.1°11411°,w conducted' by Mr. Stewart just as they were per-
°`'` before Mr. Vallance's nomination .to the living in
dot Thus Pius the matter rests at present, the archbishop
,'hoi.'".ving yet returned any answer to the memorial.
crlt
;4; k",,ex,pected that the archbishop will advise any change,
• p_tewart bids
.views on ecclesiastical discipline
Lp those entertained by his grace, who presented
itz"" the incumbency.
44. 1413Isnoputc Sonora. AND MAN.—This see has
bl7Ol-ne vacant under circumstances which are no
Qy using to Manxmen, who complain that as soon asq
tk • accustomed' to a bishop, as soon as he be,L9anie._
he
firing
si teed-
ttlV e'°41%"124(1 the watts of the diocese,
favoured' Where of labour. Four na_ofan~ and
happiorLidsuccessictly the bishopric of Sod
Ilau;.ely, pr. Murray, translated tp.Ro ester in 1827;
44;'r-offs, translated to Worcester in 1841; Dr. Short,
optslated to St. Asaph in 180; and Lord Aueklei d
Islated to 'Bath and Wells. The bishopric worth '
V£2ooo a year. It was first erected by Pope Gre-
Iv and included the Isle ;3f Man, together with the '
,‘4lle• -4,irs, or western islands of Scotland. The latter were
4,1".05' the Danes " Sodoroc," sindfrom this it is sup-
-1 he title of. Bishop of Sodor ated. When the
Pot became dependent upon England, thei..ve.snterni..
chose b' hop of their own, who was styled 1_ al,ol.
01s!ii''.;1_3'..`tScidoisren-sis," or
fliisthsopbisofhothpreieisl:.sas. The Isle t
granted by
iwaet, patronageo i
the IV. to the. Derby family, from whom it descended
14:tit female line to the Duke of Atholl. He was in the
'ttet 4.°1 nominating the bishop, and the King sent the
the• '
theo Archbishop of Yortkheforconsecration. As he
i`, the' !,.4„ id immediately from King, be had no vote
11-iab,/lnisse of Lords, and was not esteemed a lord of
-r:on.t. In 1165 the Duke of Atholl ceded the sove-
and in January,
he I Man to the. Crown for £70,000,
gned all interest in the revenues of the island
".
But, notwithstanding this change, the
~tsgr though nominated by the Crown, has no vote in
tcvelin
(18. Isaac Barrow is the.most distinguished pre-
ko ever presided over this see.
eo, .FO THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL
of New
14 tahlequence of the expectation that the Bishop
Zpro- would be present, the meeting of the Society for
Dagation of the Gospel on Friday.
Chop attended. The chair was occupied by the Arch-
was most nume-
-141 Canterbury. Bishop Selwyn ga
thev church in New
tita Of the prospects and wants of ean interesting
kc,Nle,,' of which the following is a brief abstract :—The
3(1,1it (',f English colonists, which in 1841 on his first
tVi(e o amounted to 10,000, scattered oveireawdtiostinricdteocef
r 11141iles, had at least doubled.
fenlt thofe
ens
11PPort the clergy, the bishWopiths4vgeswteady
tc:?a,th's of grants from the society bybore witness
%Ole ti 624 contributions. The ,bishop
th who access of the missions among the natives, several
heir I,T, he stated, had offered to give up e.
°llol.to make
Vat% ?°ple for the support of the clergy, P.,
,koiqe,i,.land for the erection of churchesfor tenth of
a the benefit
;toleqenately of the two races. Of the mortality
Vi.,oitrie natives the bishop gave a distressing
a.d,Niate Institution was so far prosperous that he
a Fp
tqlick."'ltted for ordination from it 24 or 25 candidates,.
~,l'(lf,NTethl°l-11 was one New Zealander. The attempt to
"rimbl re two races together had, however, been una-
.441,.. abandoned. The bishop next gave a brief sketch_
ki:1114,10 elanesian mission, and alluded to the necessity. of
4/14o1111„,t0 Norfolk Island in the eYeilt of its being
'l)7 t 4 Government.

1 ILLNESS OF Tiit DEAN or WiNnson.—We regret to
announce the alarming illness of the Dean of Windsor.
All the members of his family have been summoned to
his residence at Butley Court, Glastonbury.
THE Anennisuor OF YORK'S annual dinner in honour
of the Queen's birthday was attended by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Win-
chester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Hereford,
the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Bishop
of Oxford, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Bishop of
Ripon, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's,
the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Sodor and Man,
the Bishop of Cashel, the Bishop of Cork, and Archdeacon
Musgrave.
THE NEW BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.—LOrd
Auckland has accepted the bishopric of Bath and Wells,
rendered vacant by the death of the Hon. and Right Rev.
Dr. Richard Bagot. The new bishop is the youngest son
of William, first Lord Auckland, the eminent diplomatist,
by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart., and
sister of Gilbert, first Earl of Minto. He was born in
1799, and point many years vicar of Battersea. In 1847
he was appd to the bishopric of Sodor and Man by
Lord John Russell, to whose influence he owes his prefer-
ment to the bishopric of Bath and Wells. The diocese of
which the noble and right rev. lord is to have the episcopal
supervision includes the whole of the county of Somerset
with the exception of the parish of Bedminster, and was
erected into a bishopric in the year 905. John de Villula,
who was the sixteenth bishop, transferred his seat from
Bath to Wells in 1088, on purchasing the former city from
Henry I. This gave rise to some disputes as to whether
the canons of Wells or the monks of Bath should elect the
bishop; it was subsequently decided that the election
should take place by delegates from each, and that the
bishop should be styled of Bath and Wells." At the
Reformation Henry VIII. appointed a single chapter to the
bishop, instead of the double one, which was formed by
delegates from the monks and canons. Lord Auckland will
be the 68th Bishop of Bath and Wells, which can claim
amongst its distinguished incumbents the names of Laud,
Berkeley, Kenn, Hooper, and Montague. The bishop is
ex officio visitor of Wadham College, Oxford, and has the
patronage of- the archdeaconries, chancellorships, precen-
torship, treasurership, prebends, and 42 benefices, of the
aggregate value of about £ll,OOO a year. Lord Auckland
was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, in which
university he took the degree of M.A. in 1820. The
bishopric is worth £5,000 a year.

ilacnEL has brong,ht back from RussiaBoo.ooo
francs—£32,ooo sterling—to Paris, and her brother -has
brought back some £16,000. This enormous sum is the
result of n few weeks' earnings. .
A FCGITIvE DISCOVERED.—More than a year and
half ago, ago, defalcations to the amount of upwards of £1; 000
were discovered in the accounts of George Jennings, a
clerk, who held a post of trust in a bank at Chelmsford.
He absconded, and it was found that he had paid his pas-
sage in -a vessel to sail from Liverpool for Australia, left he
nevermade his appearance on board. It now appears that
he was in the same train in which there was an'dfficer
coming down in search of him ; but, having caught sight
of 'the officer, and guessing his errand, be got out at-an in
termediate station, and so eluded him. The sacrifrceof his
passage-money,however, so far exhausted his finances as
to prevent his adopting other means of escaping froth the
country, and he has been shifting about till a few months
-ago, when he obtained a situation at a guinea a week as
'farm bailiff, at Mitcham, in Surrey. He was apprehended
last week, andlas been committed for trial.
TILE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORTH DEVON.
—=The victim of this brutal outrage, Mary Richards, 'con-
trary to the anticipations of the medical men who were
called in, still survives, though she lies in a cery precarious
state and past all hope of recovery. Nine pieces of bone
have been taken from the skull, which had-been beaten in
with a hammer, and the person of the unfortunate woman,
'besides being ,violated, had evidently beenlirutally forced
by a stick, or more probably by the handle of the hammer
by which the'blows on the head were inflicted. The young
woman has 'been enabled to relate how the. Shocking affair
took place. According to her account, which is corrobo-
rated in the most essential particulars bythe testimony of
other pertons who saw the accused in the neighbourhood
about the time referred to, it appears that she was walking
towards Langtree, carrying two small baikets and a bundle.
On the way Liewllyn Garrett Taltuidge Harvey, the pri-
soner, overtook her, and they walked (new a steep hill-to
the village of Taddiport together. On reaching the last
house at the top of the hill the girl turned from the road
to go into the dwelling, when the fellow-asked, " Are you
'come to the -end of your journey ?" 'She replied, `and;
I have several miles to go yet." He 'filen went on, ,
after remaining about ten minutes in the house she fob—
'lowed on'her way home. She says that, after leaving the
'cottage and proceeding as far as the,place where she was
attacked, she saw the man sitting on the bank by the,
roadside. He accosted her, and made indecent proposals
to her, which she stoutly resisted; he then caught hold of -
her and dragged her inside the gateway. She succeeded
'in breaking away from him, and gat outside the gate,
where he again caught her and struck her on the head
with a hemmer, after which she became thoroughly insen-
sible, and recollects nothing that took place. The villain
must have ravished her while in this ietate of insensibility,
the surgeons being of opinion that he first stunned his
victim in the road, that he then dragged her inside the
gateway, where he completed his fiendish desires, and,
then, having 'beaten her about the head till he thought
her dead, he stripped her of all the valcables she possessed,
and threw her into the ditch. The -prisoner was seen,
between four and five on the afternoon in question, about
two fields' distance from the spot, and he then had two,
baskets and a bundle in his possession,-and they have since
been discovered concealed in a thicket, Close by. The day
after Harvey was apprehended, some of the inhabitants
of Taddiport went over to Barnstaple to see if they recog-
nised him, and they proved that he was the same man
they had seen AlMnit the village on the day in question.
He then admitted that he was there, and that he walked
up the hill with n young woman, but denied all knowledge
of the crime imputed to him.... The prisoner was conveyed
by Mr. Aldham, .superintendent of the'Barnstaple police,
to the Torrington lock-up, and he was afterwards taken to
the workhouse, Where the young woman lay. On being
taken into the room she at once recognised him,
,but ap-
peared too weak and frightened at his presence to say
anything in his bearing. The prisoner =leas been taken
before the county magistrates, and remanded till Saturday.
Harvey, who is a native of Oxfordshire, bat has resided at
'Thornhill Head, in the parish of Buckland-Trewer, about
"five miles from Torrington, for the last three or four years,
!has been in the habit of tramping about the country. On
-taking up his residence in Devonshire be married the
servant of a farmer at Dickland-Brewer, and .followed the
'trade of a chimney-sweeper, and subsequently he became
a:local preacher in connection with the Society of Primi-
tive Methodists in the linage.. Having bn onvictednine
of
sheep-stealing about two years ago, be suffered
months' hard labour; and on coming out of gaol lie re-
sumed business as a sweeper, but was- not re-admitted to
preach. It appears that he waited-in the road on Tuesday
:in order to waylay and murder a woman belerging to
Sutcombe, whom he expected to pass by, and whose influ-
ticeha2l2.l2used as locale
.'PORTING INTELLIGENCE.