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, and now successful, efforts to preserve the
separate existence of the diocese of St. Asaph and Bangor,

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sh-all 'consist of the institution of scholarships or exhibi:
tions, to be called the " Powis Scholarships," in such
numbers as the funds collected will admit of, at one or

both of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, for the
maintenance of students, natives of Wales, or one of the
four dioceses of Bangor, St. Asaph, St. David's, or Llan-
daff, thoroughly acquainted with the Welsh language, and

intending t(ibecome candidates for holy orders; stich ex-
hibition to be held till the holder is of a sufficient standing
to take his B. A. degree ; and if the funds suffice, to he in
part continued to him during a limited portion of the
period of his occupying a curacy in Wales, under such
regulations as shall be approved of by the Earl of Powis
and the bishop of such see.

PAL CHAPEL
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gecrating this chapel, v
A.ndrew, took place on

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last, and was witnessed

from all parts of the

neighbourhood. Erected at considerable expense by Sir
J. Gladstone, Bart., the chapel has been given over by him
to the bishop of the diocese for the use of the adherents of
the Scots Episcopal communion in all time coming ; and,
having made provision for the endowment of an incum-
bent, he has bestowed the appointment on the Rev, D. A.
Irvine, who, not having yet received priest's orders, offi-
ciates temporarily as a deacon, under the license of the
bishop. Among the distinghished strangers present at
the consecration were the Bishop of Oxford, (the son of
the late William Wilberforce,) the Warden of Trinity
College, Glensalmond, Bishop Skinner, of Aberdeen, &c.
In consequence of the demise of the bishop of the district,
(Moir, of Brechin,) the bishop primus (Skinner), assisted
by the Rev. Mr. Henderson, of Arbroath, performed the
various services, the Hon. W. E. Gladstone and his lady,
the latter at the organ,
_ leading the devotional exercises.
We understand the Bishop of Oxford preached in the cha-
pel on the following day.—Montrose Review.

IS IT LEGAL TO LET PEWS IN PARISH CHURCHES ?
The Cheltenham Examiner says—" The abuse of pew-
letting, so long complained of, is at length likely to be
put an end to. The Bishop of Gloucester, at his visita-
tion, on Monday, brought the subject before his court ;
and from some remarks dropped by himself and Dr.
Phillimore it appears to be pretty certain that the prac-
tice is illegal, and that the remedy may be easily admi-
nistered. It is a well-known fact that persons who never
think of attending the church themselves, who reside at a
distance, or are themselves members of dissenting con-
gregations, claim the right of property over certain pews,
and derive a considerable revenue by letting them to
other parties. Some pews, in good situations, let as high
as £l2 or £l4 per annum. It is also well known that
this abuse does not exist only in a few isolated cases, but
that a large proportion of the seats which ought to be oc-

cupied by-the parishioners at large, are made the subject
Dr. Phillimore ex-

pressed a very decided opinion on the eublect,
court made an order on the churchwardens to make a re-
port of the number of pews so claimed, and the parties
claiming, by the Ist of November next. It is likely that
these parties, both lessors and lessees, may receive sum-

.nd the

mousers to appear before the ecclesiastical court, to ex-
plain the grounds on which they justify the pretence."

THE CHURCH PARTY

.—Whether we think the Church

of England a divinely-appointed instrument for the evan-
gelising the world, or only a divinely-permitted society
for working out great moral ends, all confess that it is one
of the greatest institutions in the land, and intimately
blended with the constitution. They own, too, that
while its continuance and preservation promise perma-
nency to other institutions, by inculcating lessons of
order, contentment, and morality, its dissolution would
threaten disorganisation and destruction far and wide.
Rather than risk these evils, many who are themselves
but half Churchmen, either in discipline or in spirit,
would rally round the Church when it was in danger, and
refuse to ally themselves with those who sought its over-
throw. Let such as these consider the natural tendency
of what are called "Liberal" measures, and let the religious
Dissenter beware in time, lest he be beguiled by his

have not as yc

ELECTION OF Scorns!' PEERS.—The process of elect-
ing the representative peers for Scotland in the next par-
liament was gone through last week, •and was looked to

with more than common interest, from the circumstance
of Lord Dundonald (who has recently been restored to
the order of the Bath) being one of the candidates. The
following are the sixteen peers elected, with the voting
for -each :—Marquis of Tweedale, 53 ; Earl of Morton,
54 ; Earl of Home, 54 ; Earl of Airlie, 51; Earl of Leven
and Melville, 56 ; Earl of Selkirk, 53 ; Earl of Orkney,
50 ; Earl of Seafield, 53 ; Viscount Strathallan, 54 ; Lord
Saltoun, 55 ; Lord Gray, 54 ; Lord Sinclair, 50 ; Lord

Elphinstone, 54 ; Lord Colville, of Culross, 53 ; Lord
Rollo, 49 ; Lord Polwarth, 53. The only alteration in
the above list, from that of the representatives of the
Scotch peerage in the late parliament, is the substitution
of the names of Lord Elphinstone and Lord Rollo for
those of Viscount Arbuthnot and Lord Reay. The fol-
lowing peers voted for the election of the Earl of Dundo-
nald :—Duke of Argyle, Marquis of Huntly, Earl of
Sutherland, Earl of Stair, Earl of Breadalbane, Earl of
Carnwath, Earl of Glasgow, Viscount Dunblane, Lord
Elibank, Lord Torphichen, and Lord Cranstoun.
In consequence of doubts which have been raised with
regard to the difficulty in the way of Baron de Rothschild
taking his seat in the house of Commons, some parties
feeling interested in the matter laid a case before Mr. C.
Egan, the Chancery barrister, and the view taken by the
learned counsel is highly favourable to the 1
e ceremony of con- I member's return. it is to the fol

—First

duly elected one of the members of Parliament for the
City of London, is not, by reason of his being a member
of the Jewish persuasion, debarred from taking his seat in
the House of Commons.—Secondly : lam of opinion that
Baron de Rothschild may lawfully be permitted to take
the oath of abjuration according to the usual manner of
Jews, viz., on the Old Testament.—Thirdly : I am of opi-

nion that the oath of abjuration may lawfully be adminis-
tered to Baron de Rothschild, omitting the latter words
contained in stat. 6, George 111., cap. 53, " upon the true
faith of a Christian." The learned counsel supports his
opinion by a most erudite argument, and cites various
ancient charters and legal decisiono to show (notwith-
standing that some writers infer to the contrary), that for
upwards of 700 years the manners, customs, and religious
principles of the Jews have been respected and admitted
in judicial matters ; that whenever a member of the Jewish
persuasion has had occasion to make an affirmation, lie
has been allowed to do so " on his hook," i, e., the Old
Testament ; that his right existed so early as the reign of
King John, (A.D. 1200,) and that there dGes not appear to
be any ordinance, statute, or legal decision to the con-
trary.— Globe.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

JENNY LIND AND MR. BUNN.—A singular application
was made to,.Mr. Justice Williams, sitting in chambers,
yesterday week, on the part of Mademoiselle Jenny
Lind, in reference to Mr. Bunn's action against her for
breach of engagement. The plaintiff being threatened to
hold the defendant to bail, Miss Lind desired to compel
Mr. Bunn to make such application forthwith : she was
apprehensive that Bunn might cause her to be arrested at
the moment of embarkation for the Continent. Mr.
Justice Williams said he could not grant the application.
In the Judge's Chambers, onTuesday , before Mr. Justice

Williams, the question was argued as to the liability of

Mr. bun-
combe, the member for Finsbury, had been arrested at
the residence of his father, in Yorkshire, on a writ at the
suit of Miss Elizabeth Goudy, for the sum of £3,400.
The defendant brought the case before Mr. Justice Wil-
liams. to have the writ diseharaed on the around of his

exemption from arrest as a member of parliament

Justice Williams said that it had been liid down by Judge
Blackstone that members were exempted for forty days
after each prorogation of parliament, and he could not
gainsay such an authority. The defendant was conse-
quently discharged.

_
BANKRUPTCY' AND INSOLVENCY.—The new act on
bankruptcy and insolvency will take effect on to-morrow,
the 15th instant. It contains 21 sections, and is entitled
"An act to abolish the Court of Review in bankruptcy,
and to make alterations in the jurisdiction of the Courts
of Bankruptcy and the Court for Relief of Insolvent
Debtors." By the act the insolvency business of the
Court of Bankruptcy is transferred to the Insolvent
Debtors' Court within twenty miles of the post-office, and
the other business of that court, as well as the district
courts in matters of insolvency, is given to the new county
The new rules by the Insolvent Debtors' Court
the new forms are, however,

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

The Bishop Audkland and Weardale have sanctioned the
sale of the line to the Wear Valley.

Mr. Wilcox has retired from the secretaryship of the
Chester and Birkenhead Company, and Captain Charlewood
has been appointed the secretary of that company, now
amalgamated with the Cheshire Junction Company.
GREAT WESTERN MOVEMENTS.—OIar readers must not
feel surprised if they should hear presently that the Great
Western Company had become competitors for the pos-
session of the Chester and Birkenhead line, in order to
command the large traffic which will, no doubt, be drawn
by the Birkenhead docks.—Herapath's Journal.
One day last week, while a train on the Bristol and
Birmingham Railway was passing over the viaduct at
Chosen Hill, near Gloucester, some burning coal fell
from the engine ; and a labourer, named Barnard, kneeled
down for the purpose of lighting his pipe, but before he
could rise, another train came up, knocked him down, and
killed him on the spot.

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From official returns it appears that the amount of traffic
for the last week, on upwards of 3,152 miles of railway,
was £204,202, thus accounted for :—.£115,056 for the con-
veyance of passengers only ; £43,712 for the carriage of

goods ; and a remainder of £45,434 for passengers and
goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an
increase of £29,908 over the corresponding week of last
year, when the mileage was about 2,525.
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ELECTRIC .ELEGRAPH AND BRADSHAW'S RAIL-
WAY GUIDE.—The successful application of electricity, or
galvanism, to telegraphic purposes is the wonder of the

age. At present we can scarcely realise the fact that a
signal may be communicated instantaneously, from one end
of the kingdom to another ; but it is quite true. Electri-
city travels with the rapidity of light or lightning ; and an
operator in London, touching the key of his telegraph,
will ring the bell in Edinburgh at the same instant as the
one in his own room. And the invention is yet probably

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printing apparatus may be worked a thousand miles off.
The Electric Telegraph has been in extensive operation
in America for some years. Jn this matter Brother Jon-
athan has happened to " go a-head" of us ;
has, however, been formed, called " The

an association
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principal lines of railway. iiradshaw's Sia7pentzy
Rail-
way Guide for this month (September), in addition to the
railway and steamboat intelligence, contains a very neat
map of England and part of Scotland, indicating those
lines on which the telegraph is in operation and those on
which it is in progress. At present the use of the tele-
graph has been chiefly confined to railway nurnoses. hut

mercial
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Further

information may be obtained from the map and from a
perusal of the Company's prospectus, which will be found
at page 119_of the Guide. The invention is of the highest

community

THE G

REAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP,

A correspondent of the London Times under the signa-
ture of "An Eye Witness," gives a most interesting ac-

and of the perils attending that triumph of British energy
and skill. After describing the preparations made on the
23rd and 24th of August by the crews of the Birkenhead
and Scourge, along with the engineers and men employed
for the purpose. On the latter day, the carpenters of the
Birkenhead and the Scourge were busily engaged in ma-
king the temporary rudder and preparing the lighters for
their position alongside the Great Britain. This position
was to be under large logs of wood stretching out from
the ports, called outriggers, kept down by large timber
shores. Others of the ships' crews were employed in se-
curing the " camels," which, however they might have
served as levers when filled with sand, were ill adapted to
the work of lifting the ship as now applied ; for, being
neither wind nor water tight, they were most of them
useless as they were unmanageable. Others were la-
bouring heavily at the pumps. The tide rose high, and it
was whispered that the gallant Captain Claxton, whose
energy is no less conspicuous than his judgment, had de-
termined, if possible, to heave off his heavy charge upon
the hawsers and cables of the iron ship itself. Surprise
and anxiety mixed with misgivings accompanied the
an-
nouncement

The great Britain, lifted liy the lighters,
camels, empty barrels, and rafts of wood, evidently moved
and very slowly yielded, and only very little to the strain
employed. All was animation, hope, and joyful expecta-
tion, every heart responding to the captain's hearty cheers.
Darkness came on—a suddn crash was heard as the fall-
ing in of a roof, and now a noise like the report of can-
non announced the failure of the blocks of wood, the
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ser bands, by which under the engineerls directions they
had been too lightly fastened, became useless. It seemed,
in fact, as if the enormous body with which they had to
deal had surpassed their calculations and battled their

energies

On Thursday, the 26th, her Majesty's ship Birkenhead
steamed auietly into her position as it had been previously
occupied, "and carefully marked by buoys, having let go
both bower anchors and veered to 100 fathoms upon each
cable. The hawsers, 400 fathoms, laid down on the former

trial, were taken in through the stern hawse holes, and on
this occasion they were passed over the large paddle-box
boats, each capable of containing 140 men, lashed together
and placed close to the screw of the Great Britain, to
which they (the hawsers) were fastened. A fulcrum was
so provided for the lever which the hawsers would thus
form for lifting the massive burden they were designed to
move, without diminishing the force of the tremendous
strain to be employed in dragging it from its stronghold.

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8. 14, 1847.

quainted with the narrow passage into Strangford Lough ;
but it was very narrow, and the current very strong.
The Great Britain was very unmanageable. She would
neither lead nor drive in any steady course; sometimes
she seemed as if she would go right ahead and give the
Birkenhead the go-by, had it been possible. Again, she
crossed her towing path to try the starboard side, and
then, as if sulky under her restraint, presented herself al-
most broadside to the draught. The pilot looked aghast,
and said, " The hawsers must be shortened ; I cannot
take her in if she yaws in this way." At this critical
juncture, near the shore, and narrow entrance to the bay,
a thick fog came on, so dense as to render the land invis-
ible, and the very sight of the huge vessel, near as she
was, to be indistinct. The Birkenhead's head was
turned to the sea, and Belfast Harbour was determined
upon. This was made with all the speed that could be
made with such an unmanageable floating log.