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ship, has "for the most part given satisfaction."
Earl Howe has placed at the disposal of the Society for
the Building of Churches and Parsonage Houses the mu-
nificent sum of £2,000. _ _

The, Rev.' John'T. Pigot, M.A., senior curate of the
parish of Wigan, has been appointed by the dean and
chapter of Roeliester to a minor canonry in the cathedral

)f that town.

The Liverpool Church Building Society have purchased
two sites for new churches—one in Great Nelson-street,
in All Saints' district, and the other in Bond-street, in
Bevington district.

The Bishop of Chester has appointed the Sty. Thomas
Remington, A.M. Incumbent of Cartmel, to be Rural
Dean of the Deanery of Cartmel comprising the parishes
of Cartmel an►i Colton.

A provincial journal shows that in the diocese of St
tisaph, which abounds in poor curates of. long standing

£7,600 per annum is held, in sinecures, by Englishmen
rho do not know one word of the language of the parishe,

from which they derive their incomes:" -
nix CAUSE OF SECESSIONS TO POPERY.--A weekly
informs its readers that all

saner gravel

the late secessions to Popery have arisen in consequence
of the Bishop of Worcester's determination not to allow
the " Confessional," nor to.sanetion the abvolute forgive-
nees of sins by the
_priest, in his diocese !

A TS
PRINCE'ALBER ANSWER TO THE CAMBRIDGE UM-
VERSITY.—The gracious answer of his Royal Highness,
Chancellor elect, to the letter announcing his Royal

ness's election into that office, col-whales in the following
words:—.l have resolved to accept the trust which the
University is willing to confide to me, In forming this
decision I have been influenced by a respectable deference
to the wishes of a majority of its members, by a great un-

less to involve the university in the

,m6able ne-

cessiti of another contest ; but aliove all, by an• earnest
hope that through a zealous and impartial discharge of
the trusfwbich I undertake, I shall succeed in establish-
ing a claim on the confidence and good-will of toe whole

«►1 body

The Lord Bishop of Exeter has given notice that in
Aire he will not object to-receive at his general ordina-
1-is, as candidates for the order of deacon►, those young

engl

ioirin the dioeeie of Exeter. From such pt
Ish:p will require a knowledge of Latin, but will forego
nowledge of Crock. The Right Rev. Prelate has inti-

must not expect,tb.reeeive priest's orders for many years ;
ao that they will be debarred from rising to any eminenve
in "the church; the canons• prthiding that without having
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holding a benefice' or sole ministerial charge. this new
arrangement will commence from. Trinity Sunday, on
which day his lordship will hold his next general ordina-
tion in the cathedral church of hi diocese.

FOREIGN tar COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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We have.received; by eifraordinary express from Mar-
seilles, our despatctes in anticipation of the mails which
left,BombayAn,..the Ist ult. They bring interesting in-.
telligence. The affairs of Lahore were going en slowly ;
the Governor-General, having regulated the government
of that. country, and placed Colonel Lawrence as resident,
and Sir John Littler at the head of the,British troops; left
that capital_on..the .11th of January, and_proceeded to the
protected Sikh States, and was expected to reach Puttee-
tilli,h7oti the Ist Of-February: 'lll-r: jr."l:ziwiefice'has been'
named commissioner and superintendent of the Trans-
Sutiej provinces, and the Major F. Mackeson of the Cis-
Sutlej districts. It was not known if the Governor-Ge-
neral would proceed to Delhi or would return to Simla.
The latter was supposed the more probable,
The' Lahore army has been ordered to be redueid, and
Cortlandt's battalions were ordered to be disbanded.
Some of the edd.Sikh soldiers were unwilling to'retire, but
the Durbar, of which Tej Singh is one of the most in-
fluential members, being supported by the British troops,
had enforced their dismissal. The Lahore government
was resolved to limit its expenditure, yet its difficulties
were considerable, in consequence of the properties of the
gOvernrnent beini held by persons unwilling to giVe tip
their " jagheers, ' or life-rents ; but government was
about to resume some of those " jagheers!! The state of
the frontiers of Affghanistan was precarious, but the Bri-
tish agents were on the alert ; and even the Nazim of
Moulton had repressed some inroads of the-Beiooches.
The turbulent Akbar Khan had proceeded to attack the
chiefs of Candahar, who are his own relatives, and, ac-
cording to -the statement published in a Bombay paper of
the 27th of January, on good authority, he had succeeded
after some severe fighting, in capturing the chiefs, and in
making himself master of Candahar. It is said that the
Persian monarch was to be applied to on behalf of the
dispossessed chiefs, but nothing positive is known on the
subject. The proceedings of this unprincipled vizier,
whose name must be ever infamous from his being the
promoter of the murder of Sir W. H. M`Naughten, are
likely to cause some commotion in Central Asia.
From Scinde nothing remarkable was known. Some
regiments of the Bombay troops had left it, on their return
to their own Presidency, as also a portion of her Majesty's
86th Regiment, and the whole of her Majesty's 17th Regt.
Sir C. Napier was to leave Kurrachee in the beginning of
February, and to proceed to Hyderabad. The reports re-
lative to his immediate removal had died away ; particu-
larly as it was stated that Sir W. Gomm, the present go-
vernor of the Mauritius, was to be the new commander-
in chief of the Bombay Presidency.

In the interior of India tranqUillity prevailed. In the
once-distracted provinces of Bundelkund order and regu-
larity were beginning to be permanently established. In
the Nizam's dominions there was considerable dissatisfac-
tion. The new Minister has a difficult task to please the
conflicting factions. _ _

It is said that in consequence of the conquest of Lahore
the government of India feels itself strong enough to dimi-
nish the native armies, viz. of Bengal by 25,000 men, and
of Madras and Bombay by 5,000 each. This reduction is
to be effected by stopping all recruiting until the native
regiments are reduced from 1000 to 800 men each.
The government of India has ordered the completion of
the Ganges Canal, on which only £20,000 a-vear used to
be bestowed. Henceforth for four years 4'256,000 will be
expended, by which means it is expected that within a
few years 8,000,000 of acres will be rendered productive.
There is another canal parallel to the Indus, which can be
opened from the Sutlej, and which will fertilise other ne-
glected districts. This canal was stopped by the govern-
ment of the Ameers, and can be opened with great advan-
tage, and at a very small expense.
The new governor of Bombay, Mr. G. R. Clerk, had
arrived there on the 23 of January, and assumed the reins
of government. His first acts appear to give universal
satisfaction.

The disturbances amongst the Goomsoors in the Khoond
are stated to be nearly put down. They wew caused by
some wild fanatics, who imagined themselves called upon
to assert their rights to uphold human sacrifices as a mode
of gaining the favour of the Deity.
There are no later advices from China.

Two convents in the Swiss canton of St. Gall, have been.
convicted, under a recent statute, of giving soup to the
poor, and fined seven or eight florins each. This is Mal-
thusianism run mad,

FOOD DISTURBANCES IN SPAIN.—In Galicia the armed
force is constantly employed in repressing the disorders of
the peasantry from the dearness of corn ; but the govern-
ment has deposited quantities in the several prefectures to
be sold at the cost price.
A man, condemned to death by the court of assize of
the Ardeche, has petitioned the French minister of jus-
tice to permit him to undergo his punishment by inhaling
ether, as he understands that death by such means is
without pain.
The directors of lunatic asylums at Vienna are trying
the effect of music, singing, and dancing, upon their pa-
tients. A masked and costume ball was lately given in
one of these establishments, and it is intended to be fol-
lowed by concerts. _

Another German theatre has become the prey of the
flames. On the evening of the 28th ult., a fire broke out,
just before the performance, at the theatre at Carlsruhe,
in the grand duchy of Baden, and at nine o'clock it was a
heap of ashes. Seine lives were lost.
Wheat rose from two to three francs in the Paris market
on Wednesday, barley, rye, and oats rising in proportion.
Flour was sold at 110 fr. or 88s. per sack, with a tendency
to rise. The advises from Marseilles were less unfavour-
able, showing a slight fall. No further supplies, however,-
are expected at that port from the Black Sea until next
month.

GUN COTTON AS A PROPELLER OF MACHINERY.—
Isaac 'Vickie, Esq., of Camden (New Jersey), is applying
gun cotton to the propulsion of machinery in his factory.
The engine is constructed on the plan of the ordinary
steam-engine, only there are two cylinders, one working
in the other. The gun cotton is ignited by electricity,
engendered and applied in a novel manner. Any degree
of power may be obtained. It is safer than the ordinary
steam-engine, and one person can run it.
THE GERMAN CATHOLICS.—I sincerely regret to say
that the chief elder of Czerski's flock at Schniedemulil
has been here, and that their union with Rouge's party
has now been finally consummated. There is not at
present one single flock among the late seceders from
Rome in this country which has adhered to the faith
of the Gospel, excepting that called " the Apostolic
Catholic," under the Rev. Dr. Jettmer, in this city,
which, I am happy to say, has much increased and conti-
nues to receive constant accessions. The union between
the German Catholics and the infidel Friends of Light is
at hand, and a direct motion to that effect was brought
forward at the synod recently held at Magdeburg.—
Letter from Berlin.

MINING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The Adelaide Ob-
server, in a lengthy article on the labour market, says—
" Although we have an abundance of copper and iron in
our hills, the colonists have not yet attempted to supply
their own wants with the pig, or malleable iron, which
might be produced here in great abundance' and of a
quality not to be surpassed. Sheet and pig-lead the colony
will soon cease to import; and may supply, for exporta-
tion, to a considerable extent, as soon as labour, applicable
to this species of mineral productions, is more plentiful."
Miners employed at day work. do not consider themselves
sufficiently paid at 30s. per week—many are requiring 40s.
to 425. In consequence of the increased demands bf
miners in some localities, proprietors and explorers have
felt themselves compelled to resist what they consider
palpable encroachments, and prefer suspending operations
for a time. At tutwork, tribute, or ton-work, the earn-
ings of miners have been very considerable. Quarrymen
labour under great temptation to turn miners---but they
may earn, in their own employment, 21s. to 2.55. per week.
PARISIAN GOSSIP.—The religious world arc all on the
tiptoe awaiting the result- of a negociation pending be-
tween the highest ecclesiastical authority in the kingdom
and a lady of the most illustrious rank--the Duchess -sle
Talleyrand, known in this country as the Duchess de
Dino—who has announced lies determination of return-
ing to Protestantism, from which she had been persuaded
some years ago. You can form no idea of the excite-
ment to which this determination has given rise, and I

am told that in the church of her parish, in the.FaboUrg
St. Germain, litanies to the Virgin are put up night and
day in her behalf. Her' object in again changing her

he to procure a

ivorce

If from

husband, 'he having fixed her affections upon a young
Polish gentleman, whom she is about forthwith to marry.
Meanwhile the lady's family stand aghast, and know not

where to call for aid. The event will cause much interest.
among the fashionable world of England, where the fair
duchess accompanied her uncle, the late Prince Talley-

rand in Ins embassy; and where s
with the admiration due to her great genius antfromantic
beauty.—Letter in the Atlas.

rememl

IRELAND.

There are now 153 persons in Clonrnel gaol for trial at
the assizes. Many others are out on bail.
Several valuable freehold estates in Kerry were sold by
auction last week at rates varying from 23 to 27 years

purchase. -
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ANOTHER NOBLE AGENT FOR DISTRIBUTING RELIEF
TO THE Irish.—Lord James Butler, brother of the Mar-
quis of Ormonde, has humanely placed his services at the
disposal of the iociety for relieving the Destitution in
Ireland.
Lord de Vesci, at his own expense, has sent out several
families, numbering in all about 80 persons, to America,
the neighbourhood of. Abbeyleix. Ills lordship pro-
Kies sending many more as soon 'as the necessary ar-
rangements are completed.
In the Cork Conglitytion of this day week, there were
14 advertisements of sales of flour, potatoes, and Indian
corn. In times of scarcity people do not usually adver-
tise their goods, as the demand is greater than the supply.
We again repeat our opinion that there is no scarcity of
food. •
SOYER'S ABRIVAI tN SC,Yer arrived
in• Dublin on Monday night, and on Tuesday had inter-
views with the Lord-Lieutenant and the Commissaries
GeneniLSir It. Routh and Sir J. Burgoyne, lie is im-
mediately to erect a kitchen on the plan of the model which
he made in London previous to his departure..
SCENE AT THE MULBINGAR ASSIZES, ""t

k most extra-
Shortly

ordinary scene occtuTeC

after Mr. Justice Crampton had taken his scat upon the
bench, the Hon. W. Pakenharn, foreman of the grand
jury, entered the court, and stated that Mr. Cooke, of

:COi,itsborongh, had called Sir Richard Levinge a liar, and
-other opprobrious names. The judge ordered the attend-
:-ance of Mr. Cook and Sir Richard in court, and upon their
--appearing, they were ordered to enter into recognisar.ces,
eachin the sum of XlOOO, to keep the'Peace. The much
respected baronet; as a matter of course, ;CoMpried with
the order of the Court ; but Mr. Cooke :doggedly refused
compliance, whereupon he was committed-to the custody
.afthe.iijghtheriff.