The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-30 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

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CAPTAIN CLAXTON,. R.N., states that any ntirc",,,'
our present gunboats would not have the slightest ca'tit,
of success against a steam-gunboat such as the Pr
built by Mr. Laird.
i
TREAT TO' SCHOOL CHILDREN.-011 TUeSdeit, •ty
scholars of the day and Sunday schools attached tom
Church, Birkenhead, were treated to the Zoologi erg
dens. Messrs. Willoughby, of Birkenhead and Tranairee
Ferries, very kindly conveyed them across the river
of charge.
THE EARL OF CHESTER'S Regiment of Yewn the
Cavalry marched into Chester on Tuesday, under 01
command of Lient.-Colonel Lord De Tabley, for the as

period of permanent' duty. very
A RELIGIOUS. LECTURE is delivered on Tuesday e aet
ings, in the Market-street School-room, Birkenhead, tn3o3
the patronage of the Rev. Andrew Knox. This rooln
licensed some time-since by the Bishop of Chester Clio
working-men's Sunday service, but the effort failed;
new undertaking is said to be very successful. !ija
ST. Jomes, BIRNENHEAD.—On Tuesday nesti,ot
Blake will deliver a lecture in the National Schoo.krlsl
Oliver-street, on. "King Charles's Restoration--Co'
and, Oliver Cromwell—and the Restoration of the lot
narchy and the Church." The proceeds will be 4e:if
in aid of the funds of the schools in connexion Wl"'
John's District Church, Grange-lane.
WIRRAL Fanarsits! CLUB.—The gentlemen 0041
this agricultural improvement society held their ins
ration dinner on Tuesday, at Monks' Ferry Hotel.
led
Bolton Case, Esq., presided, and the vice-chair was
by Charles Turner, Esq. The speeches were all of o_,,,`"ted
plimentary character, the "army and navy" being
with uproarious applause. 1110 W
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The
the week ending 21st of May, 1854, was as folloiria.;
Passengers, parcels, &e., per railway, £2,390
steam-boats, £443 10s. 2d.; total, £2.844 15s. Od• pef
£1,600 ls. 2d.: total,. including Carnarvon tratne'cer
rail,. £3,999 6s. Od. ; steam-boats, £445 10s. 2d.
responding week last year, per rail, £4,314 18s. Od;
steam-boats, £469 17s. 11d. Decrease £339 19s. ga•
corresponding week last year was Whitsun week. ,
AMBROSE CLARKE, late surveyor of taxes for thee
trict of Chester city, was committed for trial on Ta etir
last, for various acts of embezzlement done in the cop
tion of the duties of his office. Charles Haswell,lt,leil
lector of the income and property tax, who is el 7
jointly with Mr. Clarke, was too ill to undergo an .
nation. b 4
SHOCKING- ACCIDNNT.—On Thursday, as a la ft.
named Arthur Grimes, was employed in the hold eed•
steamer Lusitania, lying in the Great Float, Birkenljo
a bale of goods, which was being lowered into the 101:0;
accidentally fell upon, and crushed him in a sht,) ai/
manner. He was promptly removed to the hospi
little hopes are entertained of his recovery. ,nn Pr
BITEGLARY.—Thomas Hodgkinson and
kinson„ who were apprehended a short time ago uni.',itte
head by Inspector Birnie, on a charge of having croey:r
a number of burglaries in that township, were t ic f's
Knutsford Sessions on Tuesday last. Both were ,5
guilty,. and Hodgkinson was sentenced to eig,lit Yea' ,
self to
Court, be a widow, was charged al 14:
the female to four years' penal servitude.
krep
A DIEMEPIITABIaI Beatlll4s
on Thursday, with deg'9t ity
enrieleasedntepdolhiceer
t
three children. The relieving-officer stated. k O,P,A
woman, who was an idle, dissipated character, talk o
children in a lodging-house, and they had been nialt' n
rot o 4
by the parochial authorities for eight weeks, at atotiel,'"4
£2.25. It was also stated that the prisoner was a lieool`
thief. She was committed to the house of COrrecn
three months. gdosa:rl'
SERIOUSACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEAD.-011
William Smith, aged 13 years, employed in 0001
building yard of Mr. John Laird, at Birkenhead, fe„ dePt.;
the bow of a large steamer in course of building, rose" it
of about 50 feet, and was taken up in a state of Imre
bility. He was speedily removed to the.hospital, of Di
was ascertained that his skull, an arm, and. 011,,1 Oir
thighs had been fractured, besides sustaining sev""
FIRE AT CHESTER.—About one o'clock, on W o
04
itas:
tusions.
,
morning, the premises of Messrs. Bella and W
joiners and builders, were discovered to be on fire
stl'e o'er°
police fire engines and the engines from the ca,
early on the spot ; but although every exertion la' cool'
to arrest the progress of the flames, the- place 031,, 016
pletely burned down. The whole of the tiraber,re
yard was destroyed, and hardly one stone was le" •
another. petim
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONEREI—The last yid
the old board will take place on Monday nelt,_,;-ciesll
election of eight gentlemen, to supply the varlice
those members who retire by rotation, will take PAtei;j:
the following day. The retiring members are .`"
Watson, Cook, Lightbound; Storey, Graharn, retr;
Thomson, and Holmes. The three latter gentletnel",
some time ago. On Thursday a meeting of both 'le live
and "Reds" took place at the Park Hotel, ara,lotes
for the purpose of determining upon a list of canuintlel3
be submitted to the ratepayers. The following ge 1 t
were named, and, in all probability, they will o,;l°'
list, namely, Messrs. Cook, Aspinall, Hind, Rau,
Watson„ and Hore. un' 100,
fo pe'
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ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, TRANMERE.—,,.e 40, ,De
stone of the new church of St. Paul's, near Lirone'rred,
Tranmere, was laid on Tuesday, by Major ''bererlio
Lord of the Manor, who has given the site,
„"„tecl
acre of land, while Mr. John Orred has Pr;-eArno,„llo
noble donation of £3OOO as an endowment-10w Wfre.
those present were the Revs. Messrs. Fielden,i, Jon
(the incumbent), Arthnre, Maynard, Redlleaf„ Co''
Snowball, and Barton; Mr. Harden, Judge of trped
Court of Cheshire, and a number of other Inetao,,,
gentlemen. On Wednesday night some ruffians coata
the foundation-stone, and abstracted the bottle!e, ofeot,,
ing a 2s. piece, a shilling, a fourpenny-piece, c°1)1r0,
Standard and the Mercury newspapers, and a Pw,;,,e
on which were inscribed the names of the ball' ii
mittee.
EMIGRATION FROM THE BIRKENHEAD DEe 6ceOte
emigration depot at Birkenhead has been ti,,,eljeio
much bustle, in consequence of an unusually la%:pti ,ter/
of emigrants having been despatched for the, pai,,ri,io
the total being about 2,430. The vessels desfetv„' sr"
the Monsoon, the Columbia, the Stamboul, and ...;
of the Sea. The Ghenghis Khan and the i*t°'ll.s'
ready for sea. The Black Eagle will enter the Pottief,o
2nd June, and she will be quickly followed bYlAto per'
sell, all of which will be despatched with emig7t•tbe on'
• the
various colonies in Australia. A great port,4lt
sons who have lately been sent out were 7,jee'
night last week no fewer than 900 emigrants 0110
depot, 400 of whom were unmarried female' We';
ifeting, parcel
CAUTION TO SERVANTS.—An innocents
50,
named Mary Berks, a servant, residing in ambledlet
road, Oxton, was cunningly defrauded of a vn,,.he sW,. 41°
on Tuesday last, by one of her own sex.
called upon the unwary girl and asked her ro' Aicg to
knew of any females who were anxious toge‘', ere lore 4
As she was acquainted with six ladies 101° Thi•
the antipodes, and they each wanted a sercli tens, st
servants she said, including herself, had
_„be,etie Cgr
and three more were wanted. The unsthsr'ben "-re"
once expressed her wish to go to Australia, w the I"
friend said she would require a sum of 3s. for ferry,
..1,00
of entering her name at an office at Woedsier bes,t7ll,e
girl, however, had no money, and she goe ,med plen,to 9
to the impostor, who, it was agreed, sholue _oe ~o.
own shawl, and with the money enable t11,,1.4 tpe ;;06,
entered at the office. It was also arranged;", the .;dle't
belonging to the servant should be returned le snlroo,
afternoon, but, as a matter of course, the feiu s,.e,
did not again make her appearance. The dn,.i.pon'
but
tl
the
eelei
officials
hertalehave
naett
yet
te police-eofficelea,attolccoverd,,
100'
shawl. De
NEW SHIPPING YARDS AT bt-o.
number of men are now employed in excavviVA 1)- 060 ,
between Birkenhead and Monks' Ferries, , Corp,
taken by Mr. John Laird from the Liven:o9' for tk, roha
for shipbuilding purposes. The excavatien_„de,
slip way, which is 300 feet long and 72 fib`;`,,,,ae
ri
pleted, and the workmen are now quarry the Oa fee!ti
erection of the river wall. The excavation itter:
dock, which will be about 1,400 feet in lengitti'eneetict thes,;
in width at the broadest point, has alsolicoiSitio t 1,76
being employed at it night and day. I °•l,,,,rtaigripe*
there will be smaller slips. In less than a, in .otts,
expected that a steam-engine will be fittiV,ltueiroopro,,,
built for the purpose on the ground, by Gehl
will be ground. During the past wee ,„ arta, sofo.
new shipbuilding yards between Wooeon" aaa co'
Clover
used in the construction of the river wall dtii:dwtollruse 1 ittootoles,
Ferry slips, to be occupied by liklessrs. tsirre belie Bela
and Messrs. Clayton and M`Kerriell,..Lvo of 'nil*
menced. A great portion of the riYeLii 'don, .
below Rose-brae has already been taken rapio
excavations for the graving docks are b
ho of the alley
ceeded with. The contractors for the we,. lonaoo,
et
are Messrs. Lee, Son, and Freeman, , act feo'caw
the course of a very short time, will na_l.`A betive
k7wenhmeaedn-aenniciplwoyceedasoindethFeetrnrioess.ites of Lau.

TUESDAY, MAN 30, 1854.

•C'CLESI.ASTIC.AL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Pariah J. Anderson, M.A., to the Ministry of the Church and
cv of Denny, near Stirling.
Saint ' H• W. G. Armstrong. M.A.. Perpetual Curate of All
Ititedvns:‘,,AGioi(riddoiens-esxq.uare, St. Pancras, to the Vicarage of Wil-
toehtiare• Baker, M.A., to the Curacy of Smallbridge, near
Rev s '
• Pari, S. G. Burns, M.A., to the Ministry of the Church and
p... of Newton in Avr.
Bt' Maurice
W. Carus, M.A. Vicar of Romsey, to the Rectory of
ve_aurice, Winchester.
Asa C. R. Clough, M.A., Archdeacon and Canon of St.
%et, Rector of Llanferres, and Vicar of Mold. Flintshire,
Re.,ealery and Chancellorship of St. Asanh Cathedral.
to
in• W. H. Cox, 8.D., Rector of Ten by, Pembrokeshire, to
eonorary Cummins Hereford Cathedral.
to :v. W. H M.A. Curate of Killermogh, Ossorl,
4„ J 1 Assistant Chaplaincy in the East India Company's
woe, in the Presidency of Bombay.
v•,W. Davies, hf.A., Incumbent of Llanwonno, to the
Waie"weacY of the new church at Rhondda Valley, South
Re:.
, • C. Dodzson, M.A., Rector of Croft, Examining Chap-
, !0 the Bishop of Ripon. to the Archdeaconry of Richmond
the Chancellorship of Ripon diocese.
to Pl. Drury, M.A., Vicar of Breinhill, near Chippenhatn,
ite a Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury.
ear,, v• . Eden, M.A., Vicar of North Walsham, to the Vi.
Ve of Wymondham, Norfolk.
Wh• v; A. Ely, M.A. Perpetual Curate of Wheatenhurst, or
tt tyninster, near Stroud, to be a Surrogate for the Diocese
i)loucester and Bristol.
inev• R. Faulkner, M.A., Chaplain to tbe Berkeley Hospital
Cit
Re Y Hospital, Worcester, to be a Surrogate.
sta v• G. Gaisford, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford,
Cur
Curate of Hellingdon, near Uxbridge, to the Perpetual
Rep' E.
of Wigginton, near Tring.
Iteet.V• R. ft. Hampden, M.A., Incumbent of Breinton, to the
/6:'„vY.,..0f Eaton Bishop, near Hereford.
Yeer • u. Hare, M.A., Curate of St. Michael's, Dublin, to the
it2TYJof St. Munching.
. M. Hobson, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Kin.
Ireland.
Free' • R. D. Lqgden, B A., to the Perpetual Curacy of the
Chapel of North Wootton, near Sherrp borne, Dorset.
tr ej• S. M.A. Senior Assistant Master of the Louth
Sti'mnar School, to the Head Mastership of the Grammar
it°,°„l. Horncastle.
thett'er J. Lowry, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Union at Chi.
f, Rev ",
'3lO •'• Nettleship, M.A., to the ViCarage of Minsterworth,
pcestershire.
ta7v• J• Peel, 8.A., Incumbent of Middlesborough, to the
/et tribency of Hernaby and South, Yorkshire.
,Set:Y. C. E. Prichard, 'M.A., Vice-Principal of the Theological
Itati'l'arY at Wells, to the Rectory of South Luffenham,
Rey C. T. Quirk, to the Rectory of St. Thomas's, Golborne,
”eashir
Re we'
-arn v• Randolph, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St.
it a, Aldershot, in the parish of Cranhorne, Dors t.
Itur,y. \V. R. Sandys, M.A., Rector of Ballintemple, to the
Rey Deanery of Cashel.
F. Story, M.A., to the Vicarage of Firenchley, Kent.
„ orr,
thi •I. Smith, late Curate of , Gloucester-
theCuracyof St. Lawrence, Evesham, Worcestershire.
C D. Thomas, M.A., to the Rectory of St. George's, near
h ne
.2titt• A. K. Thomson, Head Master of the Grammar School,
'er, to the Head Mastership of the Grammar School,
leford. Devon.
tasatvllue• H. Weigt.tman, M.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of
kel Church, Botton.le-hloors.
Woodroff chest NI.A. Canon of Winchester, and Rector
,laurice, Winr,, to the Vicarage of Alton, Hoots.

Ali
Ot I.°CESE or MANCIIESTER.—Preferment : The Bishop_
I,je„onchester has licensed the Rev. Alfred Wightwick,
-' eurate of Unsworth, near Bury, to the stipendiary
Thom a Elton; near Bury, on the nomination of the Rev.
ii, as Potter, the'incumbent.
hes -,-.'"PICES AUGMENTATION BlLL.—This bill, which
Of eic,4ssed the Meese of Lords and is now in the House
toeit!lraons, is for giving facilities to the owner of a ree-
beefrAllnPropriate or of tithes, or the incumbent of a
grantee, with the consent of the bishop and patron, to
With an e
enparisdowment to the minister of a church or chapel
bin th • -h.
Ail
klhe ~cRIMACON DENlSON.—Archdeacon Denison denies
ker"4ternnt in the Bridgewater Times of his 'having
vigtled the Archdeaconry of Taunton. He adds—" I
thee not resigned, and I do not mean to resign either ate
.li a
,resent or at any future time, the preferment_ and th
40-61
owhichp 10l d in
UNIVERSITYt h the churchitEpo 8,0
3,1 f
.E— g d
A petition to the
?rise of Commons has been extensively signed by the
forr in
members of Con
Convocation of the University of Ox-
j' n which the petitioners "fully recognise the neces-
for some changes in the University, but are unable to
binei3ee, from the nature of the opposition to the present
et,,4 , what may`be the character of any future measure ;,,
‘,, desire the government bill to pass into a law.
Ar'inhINATION FEES.—On the subject of ordination fees
:11,endeacon Allen observed in his recent charge that-
-16,t11e express words of the 135th canon no charge beyond
lefty letters of orders, and 10s., for the license, cold
itir. demanded. The fees actually paid were, in t_ ee
pe;cese of Worcester, for letters of priests' orders to th
liph..-retarY, £3 10s. 6d. • to the regi4trar, Bs. 6d.;
.to the
Igrritor, 28. M. ; to the verger, 2s. 6d. ; and for a license,
OIL' eel additional, making a total of £5 2s. 6d. In the
demanded ""se of Bath d Wells a singular fee of 5 bed been
te,s on the an
bishop's counter-signatu recto letters
. '' Qrno,„'' 4,1.
Eft '
-TrIRONEMENT OF THE Brsnc)PorALISBURT.—
evilight Rev. Dr. Walter Kerr Hamilton, who .has re-
- q been consecrated to the bisopric of Salisbury, will
• enthroned to-morrow in the cathedral church of his
c'eese- His Lordship will be met at St. Thomas's;.bridge,
the London-read, where seisintbwill he delivered'to him
of the see.
the manor of Milford, paret
b;7,lvill then proceed3ofttnceilP°Cshselsiboerns, where lie
."1 be received by the Vo 11'
Council. From thence he will
conducted i;rocession to the northern gates ,of the
'elk%
Zlieee,watirdmclergyrwill, receive him, and the ecclesiastical
"%,!eeedings will commence. The capitular and clerical
i'eeession will remove to the cathedral, where the • cere-
!al' of enthronisation will be completed. In consequence
%t:tLdeath of the:Bishop of Bath and Wells,_ the Bishop
3/4,l74,sbury will 'be entitled to a seat in the House of
''/Imediately after the ceremony.
Pa' I', 0 The Churchwarden of the united
NI "88
lI°sPI"L. Hospital, who recently.
Pthe,„°f St. Faith and Holy Cross
4°ll ","Ited the clergyman appointed by the Earl of Gt nioldo-s
Lord from officiating, is about to proceed Foust w.
.1
t 0,,, Guildford's paitisans for `alsora In reply to
the Guildford's agent, who is Deput-y-Registrar of
hi. i '"loeese, the Churchwarden said—". I will not pernizt
kilt To.rdsbip's nominee to take the duty, nor would I per-
title Lordship Lordship himself, unless he produced to me his
shy and the bishop's authority to do so, nor will I permit
the one, unless he produced the bishop's license, to serve
be. cllre, which would 'establish our right to the Church as
tieltleg that of our parish.church, and in which I shall con-
kithenlo do the duty until prohibited by the bishop, whose
elf "LrltY I will not permit Lord Guildford, or any
.one
eta!, ' ( Isupersede, nor to invade the rights of the parishion-
pini xhe object of the =Churchwarden is to. hare the
t,el,Llnn of a court of law upon the three following (pre,
6e4e'n's-First, as to the mastership being an ecclesiastical
NtarFe; secondly, whether ihe. Church of St. Cross.Hos-
-elle, is the Parish Church of St. Faith ; and, thirdly,
ii`ber the title of Lord Guildford is a valid one.
ttes-trlteu DIFFERENCES AT MAIDSTONE.—A formal
'171., o,.ien,tation has been made to -the archdeacon, and a me-
14ti,a' addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1:e-
-elvi?to the proceedings of the Rev. D. D. Stewart, the
lille,";,aPPointed incumbent of Maidstone. It appears that
‘" li''l2, when the Rev. William 'Valiance was presented
the e,incumbency by the late Archbishop of Canterbury,_
itaye nave been daily prayers. in the parish church; the
'4 e_et for the Church Militant has 'been read at the closee
A "e for
.‘klbs nday morning services, and other portions of th
`ter„.e, 'very frequently neglected, have been rigidly ob-
leie;: Two or three months since Mr. Valiance was pre-
Zee 11,0 a living in Essex, and the Rev. D. D. Stewart
~-7r maPLPointed his successor at Maidstone. Soon after
I.le.6rwart took possession of the benefice he abandoned
''kiiiin-AuY service discontinued the prayer for the Church
~,aii,-41t, and so altered the usual course of things that
:44:alrlembers of the congregation considered it to be
LPthte,"ntY to make a protest. The presentation to
.the
Ot ti-aecni seems to have dropped after some discussion,
41,3R2e memorial to the archbishop has been vigoronsl;
4 Cemented, and a counter memorial has been prepared. b
tate 141-"lin section of churchmen, alleging that the services
'414 IV conducted by Mr. Stewart just as they were per-
Ned- before •Mr. Vallance's nomination to the living in
i',cet ii..illus the matter rests at. present, the archbishop
110 t .111 g yet returned any answer to the memorial. It
4,7 far Stewart
that the archbishop will adviseanyckalingnee,
h'iLitto% holds views on ecclesiastical disci
a.: to those entertained by his grace, who prested
T ,0 the incumbency,
:itkillltilßßOPßlC OF &DOR AND MAN.—....IS
Th. see has
bet9ibLecome vacant under circumstances which are not
L't7--dsin t -11anemen, who complain that as soon as
tr 1,-"rn accustomedgQ ' to a bishop, as soon as he becomes
Isile4tei;ted we ithtliewants of the diocese, he is translated
4°, h4illore favoured sphere of lur. Four living pre-
axl ve held auccesstvely the bishopric. of Sodor and,
t.l),!' I":',,%aelv, Dr..
Murray, translated to Rochester in 1827,
isa 0 O's translated to Worcester in 1841 ; Dr. Short,
"1:41,11-4ted'to st: Asap!' in 1847; and Lord Auckland,. now
oaf Slated.,; tia. Bath and Wells, • The bishop' ic is worth
bt.,,s' .. - year. It was first erected by Pope Gre-
ftethitry.2,", and included the Isle elf Mau, together with the
Alle:Pes, or western islands of Scotland. The latter were
"%se' by the Danes " Sodoroc," and firm this it is sup-
Ne 4 the title of Bishop of Sodor originated. When the
,1q t.,44 Man became dependent.upon England, thes,veisetedtfrn:
1 - those a bishop of their own, who was etyma
ktehtl ,
),(tti Y. ' Sodorensis, or bishop. of the isles, The Isle of
•cel- ando the patronage of its. bishopric was granted by
14 watt' I
1 the L. V. to the Derby family, from whom it descended.
1144 lernale line to the Duke of Atholl. He was in the
t_`ttt,„- 2f nominating the bishop, and the King sent the
N); to the 'Archbishop of York for -consecration. As he
Gallia, .11,91 d immediately from the King, he had no vote
- nouse of Lords, and was not esteemed a lord of
illent
l&ltrity • In 1765 the Duke of Atholl ceded thelove-
e'q of Man to the Crown for £70,000, and in JanuarY,
htll' kilt resigned all interest in t ie revenues of the island
ft4hae,32,944. But., netwithstandingthis change, the
N TP,5r though nominated by the Crown, has no vote in
Nt- de. Isaac Barrow is the most distinguished pre.
*II
In lioe 0 ever presided over this see.
OF TEE GOSPEL.-
4,10Z13r FOB THE PROPAELiTIO
t ataequence of the expectation tirliat the Bishop of New
Hyde 11,0' would be present, the meeting. of the Society for
L. 7413, l'agation of the Gospel on Friday. was most nume-
h-4hft attended The chair was occupied by the Arch-
Ne -D of c •an interesting
Bishop'Selwyn gave
church in New
Nit Canterbury. the elm."
47,41aed °f the prospects and wants of
vfttlber, of which the following is a brief. abstract :—The
3ik.l'le r, " English colonists, which in
a district of
tt;o ~,.,"t,lt amounted to 10,000, scattered over
1841 on his first
ittu.'l4 t;;Lies, had at least doubled. With a view to induce
eK,,i'LleilLnAnort the clergy, the bishop
tc, l'agr" of grants from the society bY w y •
a of en-
suggested the de--
if the .11g local contributions. The natives,bore wi_t_neralese
th vs),,:trocess of the missions among the se‘
ks!it i;a11, .he stated, had offered to give up one-totenth of
101 ts „e°,n-le for the suort of the -clergy, an
ril Qrlin.forthe erect on
4414 ''' land
lie Niue v_inately of the two races. Of the. mortality
kaAe Niue. natives the bishop gave a distressing
V tki,...Xnate Institution was so far prosperous that no
accoun.t„
ei`tel,i'otted for ordination from it 24 or 25 c,andida,tel,
i,4llt4te.vc'tkhnni was one Nethere The attempt,
4 iAle "e two races tog had, however,
.been Una'
4 kqlis hreaand.oned. The bishw next gave a brief sketch
kitil'sie '"nesuin mission and alluded to the necessity. of
dined to Norfolk
Island' in the event of its being
by the Govenment.

1• ILLNESS OF Tun DEAN or Wrspson.—We regret to
announce the alarming illness of the Dean of Windsor.
All the members of his family have been summoned to
his residence at Butley Court, Glastonbury.
THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK'S annual (limier in honour
of the Queen's birthday was attended by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Win-
chester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Hereford,
the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Llandaft; the Bishop
of Oxford, the. Bishop of Peterborough, the Bishop of
Ripon, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's,
the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Sodor and Man,
the Bishop of Cashel, the Bishop of Cork, and Archdeacon
Musgrave.
THE NEW BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS.—Lord
Auckland has accepted the bishopric of Bath and Wells,
rendered vacant by the death of the Hon. and Right Rev.
Dr. Richard Bagot. The new bishop is the youngest son
of William, first Lord Auckland, the eminent diplomatist,
by Eleanor, daughter of• Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart., and
sister of Gilbert, first. Earl of Minto. He was born in
1799, and was for many years vicar of Battersea. In 1847
he was appointed to the bishopric of Sodor and Man by
Lord John Russell, to whose influence he owes his prefer-
ment to the bishopric of Bath and Wells. The diocese of
which the noble and right rev. lord is to have the episcopal
supervision includes the whole of the county of Somerset
with the exception of the parish of Bedminster, and was
erected into a bishopric in the year 905. John de Villula,
who was the sixteenth bishop, transferred his seat from
Bath to Wells in 1088, on purchasing the former city from
Henry I. This gave rise to some disputes as to whether
the canons of Wells or the monks of Bath should elect the
bishop ; it was subsequently decided that the election
should take place by delegates from each, and that the
bishop should be styled of Bath and Wells." At the
Reformation Henry VIII. appointed a single chapter to the
bishop, instead of the double one, which was formed by
delegates from the monks and canons. Lord Auckland will
be the 68th Bishop of Bath and Wells, which can claim
amongst its distinguished incumbents the names of Laud,
Berkeley, Kenn, Hooper, and Montague. The bishop is
ex officio visitor of Wadham College, Oxford, and has the
patronage of the archdeaconries, chancellorships, precen-
torship, treasurership, prebends, and 42 benefices, of the
aggregate value of about £ll,OOO a year. Lord Auckland
was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, in which
university he took the degree of M.A. in 1820. The
bishopric is worth £5,000 a year.

MADULE. RACHEL lIRS brought hack from Russia SOO,OOO
francs—£32,ooo sterling—to Paris, and her brother has
brought back some £16,000. This enormous sum is the
result of a few weeks' earnings.
A FUGITIVE ThscomED.—More than a year and a-
half ago, defalcations to the amount of upwards of £l,OOO
were discovered in the accounts of George Jennings, a
clerk, who held a post of trust in a bank at Chelmsford.
He absconded, and it was found that he had paid his pas-
sage in a vessel to sail from Liverpool for Australia, but he
never made his appearance on board. It now appears that
he was in the same train in which there was an officer
coming down in search of him ; but, having caught sight
of the officer, and guessing his errand, he got out at an in-
termediate station, and so eluded him. The sacrifice of his
passage-money, however, so far exhausted his finances as
to prevent his adopting other means of escaPino, from the
country, and he has been shifting about till a few months
ago, when he obtained a situation at a guinea a week as
farm bailiff, at Mitcham, in Surrey. He was apprehended
last week, and has been committed for trial.
THE LATE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NORTH DEVON.
—The victim of this brutal outrage, Mary Richards, con-
trary to the anticipations of the medical men who were
called in, still survives, though she lies in a very precarious
state and past all hope of recovery. Nine pieces of bone
have been taken from the skull, which had been beaten in
with a hammer, and the person of the unfortunate woman,
besides being violated, had evidently been brutally forced
"by a stick, or more probably by the handle of the hammer
by which the blows on the head were inflicted. The young
woman has been enabled to relate how the shocking affair
took place. According to her account, which is corrobo-
rated in the most essential particulars by the testimony of
other persons who saw the accused in the neighbourhood
about the time referred.to, it appears that she was walking
towards Langtree, carrying two small baskets and& bundle.
On the way Llewllyn Garrett Talmidge Harvey, the pri-
soner, overtook her, and they walked on up a-steep hill to
the village of Taddiport together. On reaching the last
house at the top of the hill the girl turned from the road
to go into the dwelling, when the fellow asked, -" Are you
come to the end of your journey F" She replied, "No;
I have several miles to go yet" He then went on, and,
after remaining about ten minutes in the house she fol-
lowed on her way home. She says that, afterleaving the
cottage and proceeding as far as the place where she was
attacked, she saw the man sitting on the bank by the
roadside. He accosted her, and made indecent proposals
to her, which she stoutly resisted; he then taught hold of
her and dragged her inside the gateway. 'She succeeded
in breaking away from him, and got outside the gate,
where he again caught her and struck her on the head
with a hammer, after which she became thoroughly insen-
sible, and recollects nothing that took place. The villain
must have‘ravished her while in this state of insensibility,
the surgeons being of opinion that he first -stunned his
victim in the road, that he then dragged -her inside the
gateway, where he completed his fiendish desires, and
then, having beaten her about the head till he thought
her dead, he stripped her of all the valuables•she possessed,
and threw her into the ditch. The prisoner was seen,
between four and five on the afternoon in question, about
two fields' distance from the spot, and he then had two
baskets and a bundle in his possession, andthey have since
been discovered concealed in a thicket close hy. The day
after Harvey was apprehended, some of the inhabitants
of Taddiport 'vent over to Barnstanle to see 'if they recog-
nised him, and they proved that he was the same man
they had seen about the village on the day in question.
He then admitted that he was there, and that he walked
up the hill with a young woman, but denied all knowledge
of the crime imputed to him. The prisoner was conveyed
by Mr. Aldham, superintendent of the Barnstaple police,
to the Torrington lock-up, and he was afterwards taken to
the workhouse, ,where the young woman lay. On being
taken iqto the room she at once recognised him, but ap-
peared too weak and frightened at his presence to say
anything in his 'hearing. The prisoner has been taken
before the countrmagistrates,and remanded till Saturday.
Harvey, who is a native of Oxfordshire, but has resided at
Thornhill Head, in-the parish of Buckland-Brewer, about
five miles. from Torrington, for the last three or four Sears,
has been in the habit of tramping about the country. On
taking up his residence in Devonshire he married the
servant of a farmer at Buckland-Brewer, and followed the
trade of a chimney-sweeper, and subsequently he 'became
a local preacher in connection with the Society of Primi-
tive Methodists in the village. Having been convicted of
• sheep-stealing about' .two years ago, he suffered nine
.months' hard labour; and on coming out of gaol lie.re-
sumed business as a sweeper, but was not re-admitted to
preach. It appears thatle waited in the road on Tuesday
in order to waylay and murder a woman belonging to
Sutcombe, whom he expected to pass by, and whose influ-
eDee had been used against his restoration as local preacher.
SPO.RTI-NG. INTELLIGENCE.