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ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. H. Abud, M.A., to the Vicarage of Uttoxeter, Stafford-
shire.
Rev. G. Alker, BA., to the Curacy of St. Peter's Church.
Preston.
Rev. C. J. Armitstead, BA., to the Curacy of Westwell,
near Maidstone.
Rev. R. Bickersteth, MA., Rector of St. Giles's-in-the•
Fields, to the Canonry Resiclentiary in Salisbury Cathedral,
rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. W. K. Hamil-
ton to the Bishopric of the diocese:
Rev. S. W. Bourne, M.A., to the Curacy of Winfarthing,
Norfolk.
Rev. H. De Burgh, MA., to the Curacy of Mallow, Ireland.
Rev. G.. Dobree, BA., to be Curate of St. Barnabas Church,
Liverpool.
Rev. S. Edwardes, MA., Fellow and Mathematical Lec-
turer of Merton College, to the Vicarage of Woolvercott.
Oxford. _ . . .

W. Ellira,. M.A., to the Rectory of All Saints', Wor-

F. W. Farrar, 8.A., to a Mastership at Marlborough
;e, Wilts..
T. Gardner; M.A., to be the Chaplain to the Garrison
.k.

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Rev. J.. Gilmore, 8.A.,-to a Curacy at St. Barnabas,Church,
Liverpool.
Rev. A. Greenwell, M.A., Rector of Golforne, to be Chap-
lain to the Durham County Gaol.
Rev. H'. J.. Hare, M.A., io the Cur Rey of Docking, Norfolk.
Rev. G. A. Hayward, 8.A.,-to the Curacy of Nettlestead.
Kent.

Rev. R. Henderson, M.A.,. to the Rectory of Brompton-
Ralph, near Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
Rev. Dr. Higgs, to the Rectory of Handborough, Oxon.
Rev. G. Lawless,. M A., lately Preacher at the Cathedral,
Cashel, to be- one of the Chaplains to that portion of the
British Army destined for the East.
Rev. A. H. Leech, MA., Curate of Thurles, to the Vicarage
of Em'y.
Rev. J. H. Noyes, IW.A., to the Curacy of Ketton, Rutland.
Rev. L. F. Page, M.A.. Rector of Woolpit. near Bury St.
Edmund's, to be. Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Suffolk.
Rev. T. Richardson, M.A., to be a Priest Vicar of St. Da-
y

Id's Cathedral_ -
Rev. E. H. Rogers, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's
Church, Kilkenny.
Rev. H. T. Satinon,.M.A., to the Curacy of Streetford, near
Banbury.
Rev. F. A. Savile. M.A., to the Rectory of North Huish,
near Ivy-bridge, Devonshire.
Rev. G. A. Todd•,. to the Curacy of St. Pker'a Everton, near
Liverpool.
Rev. L. Tuttiett,. to the Incumbency of Lea Marston,
Warwickshire.

Rev. H. G. Williams, M.A., Fellow of Emanuel College,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of Preston, near Sudbury, Suffolk.
Rev. J. Wilson, M,A, to be Sub-Dean of St. David's Ca-
thedral.
Rev. 11. Wright, MA., to the Rectory of Hambledon, near
Godalming.
Rev. P. Wynter, D.D., to the Rectory of South Warnbo-
rough, Hampshire.
DIOCESE OF CHESTER.
VACANCIES.—The-Perpetual Curacy of Hugill, or Ings,
in the parish of Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland,
by resignation of the Rev.. Matthew Isaae Finch : patron,
the Vicar of Kendal. Value, £BO with a house.—The
Perpetual Curacy of Burnside, in the parish of Kendal,
by death of the Rev..W. Robinson : patron, .the Vicar of
Kendal. Value, £llO.
DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—Preferments.--Theßishop
of Manchester has licensed the Rev. J. Ridgway to the
stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Kirkham near
Preston. His Lordship has instituted the Rev. John
Sparling, M.A., to the rectory of Eccleston,.near Chorley,
vacant by the death of the Rev. W. Yates, the last incum-
bent, on the presentation of Mr. Wm. Sparling, of Petton
Park, Shropshire, the patron and father of the present
rector ; and his Lordship issued his mandate for his induc-
tion thereto. The Bishop has also licensed.the Rev. Wm.
Wilbraham Johnson, M.A., to the minor canonry in the
Cathedral Church of Manchester, vacant by the promotion
of the Rev. Wm. Wilson to a canonry, on the election and
nomination of the dean and canons, the patrons ; and the
Rev. John Marshall, (late curate of St. John's, Longsight,)
to the stipendiary curacy of St. Philip's, Salford, on the
nomination of the Rev. P. C. Nicholson, the incumbent.
THE CANONRY RESIDENTIA.RY IN SALISBURY CATHE-
DRAL, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev.
Walter Kerr Hamilton to the bishopric of the diocese, has
been conferred upon the Rev. Robert Biekersteth, M.A.,
rector of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, formerly incumbent of
St. John's Church, Clapham. The new canon is a nephew
of the late Lord Langdale, Master of the-Rolls.
THE REV. CANON JAMES.—The Rev.. Edward James,
M.A., canon of Winchester, vicar of Alton, and a canon of
Llandaff, died on Thursday, in the sixty-fifth year of his
age. Mr. James was son of Dr. James, head master of
Rugby, and canon of Worcester, and brother of the Right
Rev. J. T. James, D.D., Bishop of Calcutta. Mr. Edward
James was educated at Eton school, and while there
formed intimate friendships with Dean Milman, Sir John
Patteson, Judge Coleridge, Dr. Hawtree, and the Bishop
of Winchester : with the two latter especially he continued
in the most affectionate intercourse:till his death. After
taking his degree at Christ Church,. Oxford, about 1812,
he became tutor to the Hon. E. G. Stanley (now Earl of
Derby) at Eton School, and he was honoured by the
cordial friendship of this eminent nobleman, who ac-
knowledgcal his obligations to MY. James' talents and
worth. When his most intimate friend, Mr. C. Sumner,
was made-Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. James was appointed
by him a.canon of his cathedral.(an office honourable, but
of no value); and, when raised,to, the see of Winchester
in 1828). his lordship presented, him to the first vacant
stall in.his cathedral, shortly after which he became vicar,
of Alton. Mr. James was eminently hospitable as a canon,
hardworking as the parish priest of a large and laborious
town, and much beloved by his friends.
03W/NATIONS for Trinity, Sunday, June 11, are an,
nouuced by the Arehbishop.of York, the Bishops of Re-
chester, Gloucester and Bristol, Ripon, Peterborough,
Chichester, Lichfield, Ely,. Oxford, Hereford, Chester,
Norwich, and Lincoln. By the Archbishop of Canterbury,
at Michaelmas ; by the. Bishop of Bath and Wells,. on
Sunday, the 23rd instant ;, by the Bishop of Exeter, on.
Sunday, the 18th of June.; by the Bishop of Winchester,
on Sunday, the 9th of July ; by the Bishops of Peter-
borough, Lichfield, ancLincoln, on Sunday, the 24th of
September ; and at Christmas by the Bishops of Peter-
borough, Lichfield, and Lincoln.
The Bisnor OF NEW ZEALAND is now daily expected
at Southampton by the Commodore, which was to sail
from Auckland, in New Zealand, about Christmas last.
The Bishop will be accompanied by Mrs. Selwyn, and his
second son, and will take up his residence for the present
with his father, W. Selwyn, Esq., Q.C., at Richmond. It
is understood that his lordship will remain in England
probably till the end of the year, and then return to his
distant diocese. During the bishop's absence, the affairs
of the diocese- will be transacted by Archdeacon Abraham.
PRAYER IN. THE TIME OF WAR.—No pastoral or order
is required from the bishops. The clergy are bound and
expected to.use the prayer on their own knowledge and
sense of the fact. This is "a time of war," and the clergy
do not want their bishops to announce it. Upon know-
ledge of the fact, the Prayer-book requires the clergy to
use the prayer ; and this, we are informed, is what the
bishops expect the clergy to understand.—Morning
Chronicle.
REMOVAL OF CIIMICHES.—Lord. Harrowby's Church
Building Acts Amendment Bill, now before the House of
Lords, proposes to enact that the provisions of 1 and 2
Victoria, c. 106, and 13 and 14, Victoria, c. 98, for the
union of small contiguous benefices, shall extend to the
union of benefices in cities or market towns without
regard to contiguity, population, or value, provided the
distance between the churches shall not exceed half a
mile. It is then provided that, on the union of benefices
in the city of London, or in any place having a municipal
corporation, the Bishop may, if he think fit, subject to
the consent of the Church Building Commissioners, cause
to be pulled down any church which, in consequence of
such union, he may consider unnecessary ; and the com-
missioners shall dispose of the site, materials, and burial-
ground (if the same has ceased under competent authority
to be used for interments), and apply the proceeds, with
the Bishop's consent, towards the erection of a parsonage
house or of additional churches in the diocese. The site
or ground, however, is not to be disposed of till after two
months' notice in the Gazette, with a view to give time
for a satisfactory offer for the purchase of such land for
public improvements or sanitary purposes. The repre-
sentatives or relatives of those who have been interred in
such burial-ground may cause the bodies to be removed
to other consecrated ground. A subsequent clause pro-
vides that, if it shall be found necessary to interfere with
any burial ground, the graves shall be as little disturbed
as possible, and that the representatives or relatives of
those who have within the last twenty years been buried
in a grave which shall be disturbed may cause the remains
to be removed, and the expense (to the extent of £10)
shall be defrayed by the commissioners out of moneys
which may come to them under this bill, and that the
bodies not so removed by the relatives shall (except in
such graves or vaults as shall finally be closed up) be
removed at the expense of the commissioners. Monu-
ments may also be removed ; and the commissioners, if
they think fit, may defray the expense. When it shall
appear to the Bishop that the revenues of the benefices
proposed to be united are more than sufficient for the due
maintenance and support of an incumbent, the Bishop is
to represent the case to the Archbishop, who, after inquir-
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to some other benefice in the diocese, and the Queen in
Council may make order accordingly. Compensation is
to be made out of moneys coming to the commissioners
under this bill to parish clerks displaced. Facilities are
given for the surrender or disposal of church patronage,
in order to obtain asps consideration ail augmentation of
income for benefices,