The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

SPAIN

No Parliamentary event ever excited so much anxiety as
the Ballot for the election of the Regency. At an early
hour all the avenues leading to the Legislative Palace were
incumbered with people, and it was necessary to double the
posts to keep off the crowd who pressed around it. All the
public galleries and the tribune diplomatique were filled with
spectators. The members of both houses were dressed in
their grand costume. It was first ascertained that the num-
ber of deputies present was 196, that of senators 94 ; in all
294 voters, and the absolute mojority consequently 146, or
one more than the moiety. The next step of the assembly was
to decide, by 254 against 36, that the vote should be public.
The next question to be solved was whether the Regency
should consist of one, three, or five members. 153 voted in
favour of regency. The former only obtained the majority
with the aid of the 15 or 20 moderado senators, who at first
intended to support the claim of Queen Christina—otherwise
the tripple system would have triumphed, the majority, with
the accession of the latter, not having exceeded 17.
The two houses then proceeded to choose the person who
was to be vested with the exalted functions of Regent. The
tickets, written by each member, were read aloud, and when
counted, there appeared—
For General Espartero 179
For Augustine Arguelles .. .. 103
For the Queen Dowager .. .. 5
For Count Almadovar
Por Brigodier Thomas Garcia Vicene, one of
the heroes of May 2, 1808 1
Blank ticket .. 1
General Espartero was then proclaimed sole regent during
the minority of the Queen.

CCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
PROMOTIONS.
Rev. Evan Evans, incumbent of Blaenpennal, has been
inducted to the chapelry of Gartheli, near Llanddewi-brevi ;
patron, the Revd. Samuel Evans, vicar of Llanddewi-brevi.
Revd. Robert Fayrer, curate of Tissington, Derbyshire, to
the perpetual curacy of Scissett, in High Hoyland, York-
shire ; patron, J. B. Beaumont, Esq.
Rev. William Martin Mungeam, 8.A., of St. John's col-
lege, Cambridge, to the ministry of White's Row episcopal
chapel ; patron, the rector of Christ Church, Spitalfields,
London.
Rev. H. M. Rice, to the rectory of Southill-with-Calling-
ton, Cornwall, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Trefusis ;
patron, Lord Ashburton.
Rev. Henry George Walsh, M.A..; to the newly conse-
crated church of St. John the Evangelist, Clifton, Bristol.
Rev. Chas. Carpenter, formerly of Falmouth, to the cu-
racy of Buckland Filleigh.
Rev. W. Brocklebank, late of Queen's coll., Cambridge,
to the perpetual curacy of Udimore, Sussex.
Rev. Robert Bond, to the vicarage of Briston, Norfolk,
vacant by the death of the Rev. George Preston.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. David
Waddell to the church and parish of Stow, in the presbytery
of Lander and county of Edinburgh, vacant by the death of
Dr. John Cormack.—Gazette.
DIOCESE OF ARMAGH.—The Rev. John H. Stubbs has
been appointed to the rectory of Dromiskin, county Louth ;
patron, the lord primate. The Rev. Joseph Abbott is ap-
pointed curate to the district of Aughavilly. The Rev. H.
P. Disney, to the district of Kildarton. The Rev. John
Wade, to the district of Altadysart.
DIOCESE OF CONNOR.—The Rev. William Boyes has
been appointed to the Curacy of Dunhaghy, in the county of
Antrim ; patron, the Rev. W. Wolsley.
DIOCESE OF LEIGHLIN.—The Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald
has been appointed to the Curacy Of Staplestown ; patron,
the Rectcir. _ _

DIOCESE OF CASREL.—The Rev. William Newstead
Falkner has been appointed to the Prebend of Newchapel,
county Tippepary ; patron, the Lord Bishop.
DIOCESE OF LIMERICK.—The Rev. Robert Knox has
been appointed to the Treasurership of• Limerick ; patron,
the Lord Bishop. The Rev. R. Hurly has been appointed
Vicar-General of Ardfert and Aghadoe ; patron, the Lord
Bishop.

SUICIDE OF LORD JAMES BERESFORD
CONFIRMED.

Yesterday morning, the ship Tigris, Captain Symons,
arrived in the West India Import Dock, from Colombo,
which place she left on the 20th December; Cape of Good
Hope, February 28; and St. Helena, March 15. In conse-
quence of a report which appeared in the papers, on Friday,
that Lord James Beresford, of the 10th hussars, had com-
mitted suicide on board that vessel, being on his passage to
England, and which painful intelligence had not reached his
lordship's noble relations, and being therefore generally dis-
credited, our repdrter proceeded to the West India Docks
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making inouiries on
board the Tigris relative to the reported suicide of his lord-
ship (brother to the Marquis of Waterford), and be found
that the report was unfortunately too true. It appears that
Lord James Beresford, who was only in the 26th year of his
age, embarked passenger on board the Tigris for England,
and that it was remarked at the time, and at a subsequent
period during the voage, that his lordship appeared to be la-
bouring under slight symptoms of insanity, and that his ser-
vant was in consequence ordered to pay more than usual care
to his lordship, which he did. On the night of Tuesday, the
27th April, his lordship was in his own cabin, and did not
evince to the servant or to the passengers during the day
anything particularly remarkable in his usually somewhat
eccentric manners. The servant, before going to lie down
in his settee for the night, went to his lordship's cabin for
the purpose of inquiring whether his lordship needed any
further attendance that evening, and having repeatedly
knocked at his state-room door without receiving any an-
swer, the servant opened it, and discovered the cabin floor
partly covered with blood, and on proceeding to the water-
closet adjoining the apartment, he found his master (Lord
James Beresford) reclining over the seat, with his head
nearly severed from his body, and quite dead. The rash act
was committed with a razor, and so determined had been his
lordship to effect his dreadful purpose that only a small por-
tion of skin at the back part of the neck attached the head to
the body. The alarm having been instantly given, the ut-
most consternation prevailed among the passengers (27 in
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Lord James Beresfordiwas, with great solemnity, consigned
to a grave in the abyss of the ocean. This lamentable event
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has created great grief and distress among the noble relatives
of the deceased and the fashionable world generally.—
Observer.