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ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER

Preferments: The Rev. Thomas Joyce 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. Hornby, 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.
Rev. F. J. All rich, to the Rectory of Stanningfield, Suffolk.
Rev. T. H. Ball, to the Curacy of Blackrod, Lancashire.
Rev. J. L. Balfour, 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-
brnigesbire and Huntingdonshire. _ _ .

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Rev. J. W. Charlesworth, ALA., Curate of Sedgford, near
King's Lynn, to the Vicarage of Heachem, Norfolk.
Rev. A. W. Chatfield, ALA., to be Chaplain tO the Sheriff of
Herefordshire.

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

Rev. C. W. DOlierty, M.A., to be Domestic Chaplain to the
Marquis of Ely.
Rev. T. Emerson, of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham, to the
Vicarage of Allendale, Northumberland.

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

Rev. J. Flower, to the Curacy of St. Paul, Huddersfield.
Rev. J. Goodacre, LLB., Curate of Wilby-with-Hargham,
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
Wel by, Leicestershire.
Rev. J. 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 Llanymowddwy, Merioneth.
Rev. F. King, 8.D., Senior Curate of Oswestry, Salop, to the
Benefice of St. Patrick's, Newry.
Rev. T. G. Livingstone, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bloxham,
near Banbury.

Rev. C. S. Lock, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. 80.
tolph, Colchester.

ftei. 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, Belfast, to
be Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Rev. W. Taylor, 111. A., to the Rectory of Swinnerton, Staf-
fordshire.

Rev. W. Turpin, A.M., Incumbent of Ballycommon, King's
County, 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' icarage
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 or LINCOLN is suffering from a rather
severe attack of bronchitis.

DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER. Preferments. —On
Tuesday, at the Diocesan Registry, the 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 LINCOIsN.—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 conge- 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 this 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 treate3 with the utmost kindness,
and no where more so thamat Eromaago, 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.