The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,

the alarm of fire about half-past 7 o'clock, and on looking 1
towards the house of Hanlin, saw a man in front of it

piling up straw and wood, which were in flames; he ran
ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
towards the spot, and there saw a manoeuvre that he could
The royal mail steam-ship Acadia, which left Boston on not understand, and just before he reached the spot the
came up the river on Tuesday morning at four man went into the adjoining house, and a person named
()ringing advices from New York to the 31st ult. Lee came up, accompanied by others, and smashed in the
window. The boy Lawrence sprang out, and gasped

Ist ins

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The Courier says, on the authority of a letter from • forth that his mother and her child were dead inside.
Mexico, that a special envoy had arrived there from Some of the party went to the back of the shanty, and
France, charged with a demand of reparation for the nu- with an axe burst it in, an 4 brculzht out the inanimate
therous outrages committed upon French citizens by the bodies of the mother and child, who soon after breathed
Mexican government. The same paper says that the again. The other party burst into the adjoining house,
Mexican Congress have removed Santa Anna from and there captured Klein. In one corner of the room
the command of the army and given it to General ithey found an instrument with which he must have stab-

Basadore
Recent

, bed- Mrs. Hardin. It consisted of a large file or rasp,
......,,,s tram Peru state that Gen. Vivanco,tne about a foot long, which had been ground down to a point
_k:'or of Peru, after marching to meet Gen. Castilla, This was stuck in a pole or stick about four feet long, and
suddenly fled and took refuge at Arequipa, closely pur- must have been used as a pike, and made expressly for
Castilia, who had taken up arms against his go- the purpose to which it was applied. Mrs. Hanlin and
,nt. This unexpected retreat so exasperated the her child were conveyed to the city hospital, and Klem to
inhabitants that the prefect of Lima declared against Vi- the upper police. He was perfectly sober. He is an
vanco, proposing to suspend hostilities until Congress Irishman, and is represented as the most stolid, brutal-
should decide the t'ate of the country. In the meantime looking person ever seen there. Apparently he is about
Gen. Echenique threatened to enter the city, but was re- 40 years of age. The unfortunate woman is burned con-
pulsed, and had to repass the Andes with great loss. The 1 siderably in her face and right arm, and the stab in her
city was quiet at the last adyices. thigh is of a serious character, and may produce death. In

sued by

The Courier and Enquirer thinks that the joint resolu- all human probability the child will die. The punishment
Lions of Mr. Douglas, declaring the annexation of Texas, I for arson in the first degree, which consists in setting fire
will receive the affirmative action of the house. Mr. Cal- to an inhabited dwelling, is death. Justice Taylor, of the
boon pd other friends of annexation are making every upper police, took the examination of Mrs. Ilanlin at the
exertion to ensure success to that measure, and the feud hospital, and committed Klein to a cell at the upper po-
between the Calhoun and Beiiton factions is likely to be lice, to await the examination.—New York Herald.
pushed, and that soon, to a violent outbreak.
Several anti-rent riots have taken place in Columbia
county, and the papers of the process servers were pub-
licly burnt, and a determination was expressed to prevent
the collection of rent, if necessary to the destruction of
life.

Papers from Galv.iston to the 7th ultimo have come to
hand. General Houston had delivered his annual mes-
sage, in which he states that the relations of Texas with
the continent of Europe have been extended during the
past year by treaties of amity, navigation, and commerce,
with some of the German states. He says that there is
no ground to suspect that the late agitation of inter-
national questions between that republic and the United
States has in any degree abated the desire of Great Bri-
tain and France to maintain towards them friendship.
He says that the relations with the United States remain
in the same condition as for the last two years, and he is
unable to determine whether any future effort will meet
with any better success. Tne message says that in all but
the name Texas is at peace with Mexico. The Indians
still continue their depredations on the frontier.
A collision between two steam-boats took place on the
14th ultimo, twenty-five miles below Arkansas, by which
the Belle of Clarksville steamer, insured for 31,000
dollars, was lost, together with thirty-one of the passen-

gers and crew

The New York Cotton Market was steady at the last
advice,=, ar,d the demand moderate.
T“e exchange on England was at 110 to 1101, and on
France at 5. 214. Money was in better demand.
At Philadelphia, cotton spinners were well supplied,
and the market was without animation.

NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 18.—CoTToN.—On Monday
the business did not exceed 2,600, and yesterday it reached
2,900, making a total for the past three days of 9,000
bales. Prices have in all instances been maintained. The
receipts since the 13th instant are 24,014 bales, and the
exports 13,157 bales ; to Liverpool, 7,999 ; Glasgow,
2,311; Boston, 1,131; New York, 840; Havana, 700 ;
Baltimore, 173 bales—leaving on hand, including all on
shipboard, not cleared yesterday, of 138,041 bales.

LIST OF PASSENGERS

eford ;

—Mr. Lark

m Boston
Mr. W. Wi

d Lady; Mr. Fowler and

, Mr. Le Mesuires and Lady ;
Mr. Andrew Eastern ; Hon. J. Masson ; Mr. Andrew
Muir; Mr. Thomas Wallace; Mr. W. Blake; Mr. W.
Whurst ; Mr. H. J. Noad ; Mr. Charles D. Roy; Mr.
A. Levesque; Mr. Robert Smith; Mr. A. M'Farlane;
Mr. Thomas Kerr; Mr. D. Gillmour ; M. William
Colquhoun ; Mr. James Miller : Mr. P. Beaudry ; Mr.
Feln; Mr. Holland; Mr. Provest; Mr. Chamberlaine;
Mr. J. F. H. Mussay ; Mr. J. Ewart, Jun.; Mr. J. H.
Birss ; Lieut. Fortiscue ; Mr. G. Ushorue; Mr. Glover ;
Mr. W. J. Willson ; Mr. C. F. Hamel ; Mr. L. E. Do-
rion ; Mr. Lewis Mawson ; Mr. W. Darling; M r.A. Air ;
Mr. James Tobin ; Mr. R. Hickson ; Mr. W. Muir ;
Mr. W. M'Lirnont ; Mr. J. Sinclair, and Son ; Mr. R.
Campbell; Mr. John Fisken; Mr. M. A. King : Mr.
Bell; Mr. John Kay; Mr. W. Patton; Mr. H. M.
Mead ; Mr. J. B. Young, and Lady ; Mr. C. Patterson ;
Mr. C. M. Curvillier-56.
From Halifax.—Hon. Jas. H. Peters and Lady ; Mr.
E. Cunard, jun. ; Miss Cunard ; Mr. J. D. Spurr ; Mr.
J. Doherty ; Mr. Piles; Mr. M'Tarvick ; Lieut. Hard-
ing, R.N. ; Mr. M`Lean; Capt. Knight and Lady ; Mr.
Rhodes-15.

HORRIBLE PROFANENESS

(From a Brussels Paper.)

Many of our readers may have seen advertisements in
the papers, and bills in the streets of Brussels, giving a
" programme" of a daily exhibition at the Theatre des
Varietes, Rue Fosses-aux-Loups, and of a similar exhi-
bition in another part of the capital. We have been to
the first mentioned, and will endeavour to give a descrip-
tion of the spectacle. On entering the" Salle," we found
a juggler engaged in sleight-of-hand feats, with balls, Begs,
bottles, &c., which he performed much to the satisfaction
of the audience ; and had the performance been confined
to this, we should have given our unqualified praise of it.
But a " bill of the play" was offered to us, and we annex
a copy of it, to give an idea of these extraordinary spec-
tacles, which are performed in the capital of a civilized
country. The bill announced a " Grand Representation"
composed of " Mosaic Rings," " The Two Gladiators,"
" Grand Dance Oriehalsienne," " The Carnival i,f Ve-
nice," superior feats of strength, &c., representations of
the " Combat of the Amazons," " Massacre of the In-
nocents," to conclude with " The Passion of our Lord
Jesus Ch,-ist."
Can our readers conceive anything more calculated to
excite horror and disgust in the mind of a Christian, then
the perusal of this bill ? and will it be credited in Chris-
tendom, that these monstrous spectacles are exhibited in
a religious country like Belgium ! Shocked as we were,
we determined to witness the whole, in enter to give an
authentic report of it. When the different preparatory
performances had been brought to a close, a short time
was solicited to prepare for the exhibition of " The Pas-
sion" ; and a voice from behind the curtain announced,
in Walloon-French, that the first scene would represent
" Christ condemned to Death." The music struck up,
the curtain rose, and the audience saw men, habited in
white tights, representing the judge, surrounded by his
attendants, passing sentence of death on the " Saviour"
in the midst of them. The persons forming this group
were all placed in statue-like postures, to represent the
scene after some painting, on a platform which revolved
on a pivot, so that the spectators might see the whole in
detail ; the music played whilst the platform revolved,
and the curtain dropped.
The voice again stated that the next scene would re-
present "Jesus being scourged." The orchestra again
played, the curtain rose, and we beheld the scene an-
nounced ; the platform made the revolution, and the
scene closed as the first. Thus were exhibited the differ-
ent stages in " The Passion" : " Christ bearing the
Cross," " Fainting under the Cross," " Stripped of his
Garments," " Nailed on the Cross," " Crucified," "The
Crucifixion after Van Dyck," " The Descent from the
Cross," after the painting by Rubens, in the Cathedral
of Antwerp. All represented with the same accompani-
ments, excepting an additional observation from the
prompter behind the drop scene, stating how long such a
scene had been studied, how much it had been admired
in different towns, &c. The whole concluded with the
representation of " The Body of the Saviour lying at the
foot of the Cross," surrounded by the " Virgin," &c. &c.
Up to this period, horror and disgust had given place to
involuntary awe, and we looked on more in sorrow than
in anger ; but how shall we describe the shock to our
feelings, on seeing these figures, that had profanely per-
sonated the sacred characters, start from their postures

THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH. at the foot of the Cross, and, in burlesque attitudes, the
The triennial convention was recently held in Philadel- principal taking off the crown of thorns, bow to the audi-
ence ! 'We feel ashamed to proceed, and will not attempt
phia. It consisted of two " houses," viz., the house of
bishops and the house of lay and clerical delegates ; the to describe our feelings ; they will be understood by our
latter being elected by the local conventions of the twenty- readers, in whatever country these lines may be read ;
four dioceses into which the United States are divided, they will conceive the impression on our mind ; they will
each diocese sending eight representatives ; and the bi- imagine our grie- and indignation ; they will picture to
shops severally deriving their authority from the lay and themselves the effect of this spectacl on the mind of the
clerical delegates of the different diocesan conventions. " Flemish boors," the ribaldry expressed, and the bias-
The powers of the general convention are :—To revise otd phemy displayed ; and we helieVe they will second the
or make new canons ; to regulate the episcopal theologi- appeal we now make to the Christian world, saved by the
cal seminaries or colleges •, to revise or amend the liturgy, Redeemer, whether the spectacle we have described be
or practices, or worship of the church; to try bishops on not a sacrilege, and a disgrace to the country; the
any charge made against them ; to receive and examine prompter having stated that he had exhibited " The Pas-
testimonials from diocesan conventions, recommending slon at Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Verviers, besides other
new bishops ; to decide on the efficiency, and accept or !owls, and even at Malines, within a short distance of
reject such candidates for the mitre, and sign their certi-
the residence of the Cardinal himself. Since this spec-
ficates, without which they cannot be consecrated; to re- I tacle has been performed in Brussels, a similar exhibition
gulate episcopal missionary societies; to hear complaints, of " The Passion" has been got up, in opposition, with
appeals, ,nd try clergy : to inquire into and decide upon additional scenes ; yet no voice has been raised in con-
all abuses of worship and doctrine; and, in fine, being en- j demnation of this sacrilegious profanity, which takes
dowed with plenary power, to do everything requisite and place in the vicinity of the cathedral of St. Gudule.
necessary for the complete government of the episcopal
church of the United States. The convention recently FRANCE.—The discussion in the Chamber of Peers on
held in Philadelphia occupied three weeks. A prominent the address commenced on Tuesday. Count Mole at-
topic of discussion in the lower house was Tractarianism.tacked the ministry in strong terms, and intimated that
Several moti ns were proposed for adoption ; and, ulti-
he could no longer continue to give them that support
enately, the following (moved by Judge Chambers) was
which, not to divide the conservative party, he had pre-
carried by a large majority :
viously afforded. He condemned the protectorate of Ta-
" That the house of clerical and lay deputies consider hiti, as most people will, we imagine, now that it has
turned out ao unfortunately for France. M. Guizot re-
exponents of her sense of the essential doctrines of Holy
the articles, liturgy, and offices of the church, sufficient
Plied ; and took an opportunity of stating that commis-
sioners were to be aupointed to consider whether some
pie means of discipline and correction for all who depart
Scripture ; and that the canons of the church afford am-
means of putting down the slave-trade might not be de-
vised equally efficacious with the right of search. The
vention is not a suitable tribunal for the trial and censure
from her standards. And, further, that the general con-
debate had continued for two days, but, with the excep-
of such ; and that the church is not responsible for the tion of Count Mole's speech and M. Guizot's reply, the
errors of individuals, whether they are members of the speeches possessed very little interest. The conduct of
church or otherwise." • M. Mole has revived the rumours as to a probable change
The house of bishops, in their " pastoral letter," took of ministry.
cognizance of the same subject, censuring the doctrines of The discussion was brought to a close on Saturday,
the puseyites. An important canon was passed with re- when the address was carried by a majority of 75.
spect to the consecration of bishops for foreign countries, SPAIN.—M. Mon has at length produced his budget.
It is as satisfactory as could be expected. He repeals
some taxes and substitutes for them others. These are
property and other direct taxes and duties on various
articles of internal consumpt on. His proposals were
received in silence. The bill for the more effectual sup-
pression of the slave-trade has passed the senate. The
nomination of General Schelly to the Captain-Generalship
of Catalonia has been cancelled, and the post bestowed
on General Concha, who has heretofore refused employ-
ment from the present government.
The marriage of the Queen was beginning again to be
talked of in political circles. Her Majesty was said to
have an insurmountable aversion to the son of the Infante
Don Francisco de Paula, and the Trapani connexion was
no longer spoken of. The most perfect tranquillity pre-
vailed throughout the country.

" Bishops for foreign countries, on due application
therefrom, may be consecrated with the approbation of
the bishops of this church, or a majority of them, signified
to the presiding bishop. He, therefore, upon taking
order for the same, and they being satisfied that the per-
son designated for the office has been duly chosen, and is
properly qualified. The order of consecration to be con-
formed, as nearly as may be, in the judgment of tbe bi-
shops, to the one used in this church. Such bishops, so
consecrated, shall not be eligible to the office of diocesan
or assistant bishop in any diocese in the United States,
nor be entitled to a seat in the house of bishops, nor ex-
ercise any episcopal authority in the United States."
A candidate for the bishopric of Mississippi, who had
been objected to on the ground of certain pecuniary spe-
culations alleged to affect his moral character, was ac-
quitted of wrong intentions, and his claims referred back
to his diocesan convention. The testimonials of three bi-
shops were approved, and their certificates signed. [The
new prelates were subsequently consecrated in Christ's
Church ; and three missionary bishops, for Turkey, Ar-
kansas, and Texas, and Amoy and China, were consecri-
ted in St. Peter's.] Sentence of suseensnn (amounting
to excommunication) was passed on Bishop Onderdonk,
who had resigned his Pennsylvanian episcopate, in conse-
quence of an accusation of intemperance. A canon was
adopted with a view to tint appointment of lay or primi-
tive deacons, to read prayers, exhort, &c., in places unoc-
cupied by regular clergymen. [A similar reform, it will
be remembered, has been recommended by the Duke of
Sutherland, Lord Morpeth, Lord Ashley, and a large
number of other laymen, to the consideration of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury.] The whole of the proceedings of
the convention sere conducted " decently and in order."

On the 28th of December last Mr. D'Arrest, at Berlin,
discovered a comet near the star 15 Cygni.

Two c!!ess players, one in Baltimore mad the other in
Washington, plated a game the other week by the electric
telegraph of the railway !

In the last thirteen years the population of Lower Ca-
nada has increased 33 per cent. In 1831 it was 511,919,
this s ear 678,590.

At Boton, on the 20th ultimo, three brick houses were
removed, on a temporary railway, fifteen feet backward,
for the purpose of widening a street. The buildings were
not in the slightest degree shaken or damaged.
Shakspeare is decidedly in the ascendant at Paris. Mr.
trlacready has set all Paris studying the immortal English
dramatist. The English theatrical company performed,
by command, at the Tuilleries, on Thursday.
It is said that the manufacture of cigars in Hamburgh
has been carried to so great an extent as to have reached
the annual total of 150,000,000 of clears, and that this
single branch of business furnishes occupation for
100,000 work people.
A gang of turkers have recently been tried and con-
•icted at Paris for murdering persons in order to sell the
bodies. One of the ruffians, though under the sentence
of death, plays at draughts daily with the person ap-
pointed to guard him.
The King of Sweden, although strongly desirous of
effacing capital punishment from the penal code of that
country, has consented to its being retained, a large ma-
jority of the Conned of State having decided for the
maintenance of it.

ParminaLtititia, Dec. 31.—The Rev. Mr. C. T. Tor-
rey has, for aiding slaves to escape, been sentenced to six
years' imprisonment in Baltimore; and for a similar act,
Miss Webster has been sentenced to two years' imprison-
ment at Lexington. Kentucky. Mr. Walker, Missouri,
and Mr. Kelly, in Virginia, have had the like sentences
passed upon them.
St a Cu ARMES M ETTA LFE.—The Globe gives an extract
from the letter of a gentleman. who holds an official ap-
pointment at Montreal, dated 21st ult., which says—" It
is feared, owing to the virulent nature of the cancer in
the governor's face, which has alredy deprived him of the
sight of cne eye, this excellent ruler, and generous and
noble-hearted man, cannot long remain with us."
It is stated that within forty years the United States
have extinguished the Indian title to -130,000,000 acres of
land for 82,000,000 of dollars. At this rate they paid the
Indians an average of less than 20 cents per acre. Now,
if the United States disposed of those lands to their citi-
zens at the present low government price of one dollar
and 25 cents., they have recei, ed into their treasury the
sum of 455,500,000 dollars above the original cost.
Letters from Italy state, that another sentence of the
Military Commission sittiniz at Bologna was published in
that city on the 2311 ult. Nineteen persons, among whom
were several physicians, lawyers, or proprietors, implicated
in the conspiracy of 1813 were brought to trial before that
tribunal in the beginning of November. Five were ac-
quitted. and the fourteen others condemned to from five
to fifteen years' imittistinnient. M. Violi, a proprietor,
who was visited with the highest penalty, lied been de-
livered into the hands of the Papal police by that Tuscan
authorities.

THE Boy JONES.—Extract of a letter from an officer with aTe Deum upon the anticipated repeal of the Cha-
on board her Majesty's ship Warspite, Smyrna, Dec. 23, ritable Bequests Bill. Such is the fruit of allowing Chris-
-1844 :—" The boy Jones, who belongs to this ship, dis- thin people to make their wills without benefit of clergy.
appeared one night at Athens, and every one said he was Such is one of the first practical illustrations of Peel's
gone to call on King Otho. I believe that was his inten- penal law. The result would have been very different,
tion, as he was found near the palace, and brought back i had it continued legal to defer the operation until the tes-
very much disappointed, to think he could not pay his in- tatrix was in extremis, and a confessor stood by her bed-
tended visit. He is a strange-looking fellow, appears half I side, with the key of paradise in his hand, urging her to
asleep, and seldom speaks to any one. It is the custom pay the uttermost farthing.
to punish when a man deserts, but Jones is put on the But to proceed with our most true history :—The pious
black list, and his grog stopped as long as he remains in horror and dismay of the reverend will-openers may be
the ship." imagined. For some minutes
TILE BRIDB OF STRONGWIND, THE OJIBBEWAY.— '" The convocation gap'd, but could not speak."
An erroneous report recently prevailed in America, as When they did recover the use of their jaws, however,
well as in England, that the bride of Stiongwind had re- they unpacked their hearts after Hamlet's fashion, and
turned home. The Detroit Advertiser, in alluding to n ost charitably consigned the soul of their departed sister,
that report, says—" We recently saw this Indian, with as another Sapphire, who had " lied unto God," to that
his fashionable wife, at our stores, buying articles for place from which even masses, ad infinitum, have no
housekeeping. She is a very pretty, stylish, petite Eng- charm to recal it. Yes, in the bitterness of their anguish,
lishwoman. He is a coarse, awkward, and stupid booby- they cursed her, " quenched the candles" upon the ema-
looking Indian. She seemed to treat her spouse in rather elated remains, suspended all rites and obsequious re-
a schoolmis'-ress style, and was vastly amused at his igno- sped, as wholly unavailable in so desperate a case, and
rance of the use of the most necessary household articles. ordered that the corpse should be committed to the earth,
He put in objections to the purchase of anything that did like that of an excommunicated felon, in the dead of night,
not meet his savage notions, and seemed to doubt the ne- and
cessity of having earthen plates. She managed the savage
pretty well; but, while he was enforcing his Indian eco-
nomy in very harsh tones and unintelligible English, we
could not help asking ourselves if that was the mighty
Indian magic that won the second Desdemora. We ima-
gine that one winter in the rude houses of the Ojibbeways
will take off something of the poetry of savage life

" Without the bringing home of bell or burial."

Nor was their rage levelled only against the dead ; her
kinsman, the merchant above alluded to, was denounced
in the most unmeasured terms of sacred ribaldry, as an
accomplice in a fraud upon the church. No portion of
the good old lady's property has been devised him. He
(lid not want it ; but because be knew of the manner in
which she had disposed of her inheritance, and did not at
once violate all principle of honour, and betray the secret
to these holy men, he too, forsooth, is worse than an infi-
del. The disgust of all classes at the audacity with which
this gentleman's pure and unblemished character has been
assailed, has alarmed even his maligners, and they are
making some awkward attempts to back out of it ; but their
conduct has united the opinions of the better class of Ro-
man Catholics as to the latest subject of agitation. They
all now thank God that they have a Charitable Bequests
Bill. _ _ _

SHOOTING IN THE STREETS.—A dreadful occurrence
took place in New York a day or two before the last mail
left, the parties being Mr. Eugene Grousset, a French
importer, and Mr. J. Emeric, of the house of Renard and
Co., bankers. It appears that these gentlemen bad an al-
tercation some time since, and Mr. Grousset at that time
threatened to spit in Mr. Emeric's face the next time he
met him, when Mr. Emeric promised if he did so insult
him, he would shoot him down. The parties met in
Broadway, near Bine-street, and after a few words of al-
tercation, Mr. Grousset spit in the face of Mr. Emeric,
whereupon that gentleman instantly drew a pistol and fired
it at Mr. Grousset. The first fire did not take effect,
and as Mr. Grousset advanced in a threatening attitude.
the second barrel was discharged, which struck Mr.
Grousset in the left side, glancing along one of the ribs
and entering in the lower part of the body, inflicting a se-
rious wound. [The New York journals, commenting on
this pretty business, speak of it coolly as " a most un-
pleasant affair."]

The sequel of the story may b despatched in a few
words. By the firmness of the gentleman raided to,
these meek ecclesiastics were compelled to change their
order of midnight interment. The body was buried at a
proper hour in the morning, but not a single priest, in
that most priest-infested town of Galway, attended at the

grave.
Such a circumstance as the burial of a professed nun
without the attendance of a numerous train of ecclesias-
tics, is totally unprecedented. Yet this woman died, as
she had lived, in their communion, an unshaken votaress
of Rome, and a simple, sincere, pious, though deluded be-
liever in all its fictions and traditions. Her one fault—
that of not robbing her lawful and natural heirs, to enrich
them—cancelled all her virtues, obliterated the sanctity of
a life-prolonged far beyond the usual allotted term of mor-
tals; and, at the age of ninety-four—think of that, hu-
man reader !! ch. think of that—this poor old lady was
committed to all but a dishonoured grave, with every
indignity that disappointed hopes could cast upon her me-
mory.
We understand that an authorised exposure of these
transactions will be laid before the public by him who is
best qualified to detail all the circumstances, and whose
duty it is, even in self-justification, to vindicate the cha-
racter of his departed friend. We shall await the appear-
ance of such a report with an anxiety commensurate to its
importance ; and, in the meantime, leave the above un-
exaggerated statement to speak for itself.

UNIVERSITY er CLERICAL NEWS. 1

OXFORD, Jan. I4.—The following degrees were this
day conferred :—D. D., J. J. Emerton, Magdalen Hall ;
M.A., Rev. W. Grey, Magdalen Hall ; Wm. H. Scott,
Fellow of Brasenose ; A. H. Ashworth, Oriel ; Rev. H.
D. Heatley, St. John's.—B.A., R. Stockdale, Alban
Hall; F. G. White, Lincoln; J. S. Wasey, Trinity.
PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Rev. S. J.
Goodenough, canon, and vice-dean of Carlisle cathedral,
to the living of Aikton, Lancashire.—Rev. T. Rogers, late
curate of Stainland, Halifax, to the chaplaincy of Nor.
folk Island, in the diocese of Tasmania, Australia.—Rey.
L. Woollcombe, M.A., to the rectory of Petrockstow,
Devon, void by the death of the Rev. J. Knight.—Rev.
J. C. Kempe, 8.A., to the rectory of Huish, Devon,
void by the death of the Rev. J. Knight.—Rev. D. S.
Hodgson, 8.A., to the head mastership of the grammar
school, Bolton, Lancashire.—Rev. T. Taylor, M.A., to
the mastership of the grammar school at Colwall, near
Malvern.—Rev. H. G. N. Bishop, 8.A., to the vicarage
of Great Clacton, with the donative of Little Holland,
Essex.—Rev. H. J. Hoskins, M.A.. to the rectory of
Bixby, Leicestershire.—Rey.H. Sweeting, M.A., to the
rectory of Botus Fleming, Cornwall.—Rev. R. Hum-
phreys, 8.A., to the curacy of Newborough, Anglesey.—
Rev. W. Morgan, 8.A., to the curacy of the cathedral
church of Bangor.
Mr. G. H. Billington, of Chester, has been elected to a
sizarship at Cambridge. He is the King'sscholar to whom
was re, ently voted the exhibition of the Town-Council of
Chester.

A building recently erected near the railway station on
Primrose-hill, Wakefield, and which was intended to be
used as a billiard-room, has been licensed by the Lord
Bishop of Ripon for the celebration of divine service.
THE CHURCH SERVICE.—The noblemen and gentle-
men whose meeting at Lord Howard's was noticed on a
former occasion have continued their deliberations from
time to time upon the church question, and were prepa-
ring resolutions and a memorial to the Queen against the
recent changes in the form of conducting public worship,
and attempts to subvert the principles of the reformation,
to be submitted to a more extended meeting intended to
have been held last week, but under existing circumstan-
ces it has been deemed expedient to suspend their pro-
ceedings until after the meeting of parliament.

MOBBING A CLERGYMAN.—The Rev. Mr. Courtenay,
the curate of St. Sidwells, in Exeter, was nearly deserted
by his congregation on Sunday, when he went into the
pulpit in his surplice. On retiring from the church, both
after the morning and afternoon service, he was sun
rounded and hooted at by a considerable number of per-
sons whoa' our correspondent describes as of the middle
classes. It is amongst them, be says, that the greatest
animosity prevails towards the Puseyite clergy, as they
regard them as intent on using the wealth of the church
to carry the people back to Rome.
The Society for promoting the enlargement &c. of
churches has put forth a statement calling loudly on
churchmen for their contributions. It appears that since
the formation of this society, in the year 1818, it has
assisted 2,258 parishes to obtain an increase of church
accommodation, by the erection of 565 new churches, and
the enlargement, &c., of 1,693 existing churches, by grants
to the amount of £361,805. Through these means
626,000 additional sittings have been obtained, 460,000 of
which are free. But the funds at its disposal are now
nearly exhausted, while the demands upon them are
greatly increased.
The Vicar of Harewood, the Rev. Lichard Hale, has
thought it his duty to address a public admonition to the
Countess of Harewood, in the form of a small pamphlet,
on the subject of her ladyship's attempts to introduce
tractarian doctrines into the village of Harewood. The
overt acts vs hich have brought down upon the amiable
Countess this unusual clerical rebuke are, as alleged in the
pamphlet, the circulation of tracts, the britiginc, of Dr.
Hook's lecturer to examine the children in her ladyship's'
school, and the invitation of many of the parishioners to
attend on the ministry of the earl's chaplain at Harewood
H ouse.

provided were manufactured expressly for the occasion,
and were of silver, the handles being covered with crimson
velvet. Her Majesty, after throwing a few spadefnls of
earth against the trees, delivered the spade to the Duke
of Buckingham, but continued holding them while his
grace completed the ceremony. Immediately his Royal
Highness Prince Albert had planted the last tree the
Duke of Buckingham, waving his hat, cried aloud, " God
bless her Majesty the Queen," and immediately the
" welkin rung" with the shouts of the spectators, great
numbers of wham had come from littelcingham to witness
this interesting ceremony. The royal party then re-
turned to the mansion, and in the evening a grand banquet
took place, at which covers were laid for thirty-six.
On Saturday the Royal party left Stowe, amidst a:
salute from the artillery, and reached! Euston-square
about twenty minutes past one, and in a few minutes left-
for Windsor.

Her Majesty was to leave Windsor yesterday for Strath.
fieldsaye, at half-past two, to honour the Duke of Wel-
lington with a visit.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel, who came to town on Satur-
day fro Stowe, would yesterday morning go to Strath-
fieldsafe, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington, and re-
main there until Thursday, on which day the Queen and
Prince Albert will close their visit at the ducal seat.
The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have left Stafford
House, St. James's, for Hatchford, near Cobham, on a
visit to Lord a Id Lady Francis Egerton, who are sur-
rounded by a distinguished circle at that country seat.
Count Montalivet has sent to cur Queen's Purveyor a
snuff-box with a miniature of of Louis-Philip, in return
for the baron of beef which furnished forth the New Year's
banquet at the Tuileries.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz (daughter of his Royal Highness-the Duke
of Cambridge) was safely delivered of a Prince on Monday
morning, which only lived a few minutes.
A ROYAL PRESENT.—A few days since a mechanic of
the name of Wood presented to her Majesty a shell of the
nautilus, on which he had engraved with a penknife the
Great Britain and the Great Western steam-ships, the
Royal arms, with other devices. and about 1,500 words.
Previously to Wood's leaving the Castle, a sum of money
was placed into his bands with an intimation that it was
for the purpose of defraying his expenses back to town ;
and 1-e left highly delighted with the reflection that he
had accomplished a work that was considered worthy of
so high a destination. A large packing case was brought
to his humble abode, i❑ Harp-court, Farringdon-street,
which contained a proof print of Hayter's picture of the
Coronation in a beautiful frame ornamented with the rose,
shamrock, and thistle in dead and burnished gold, which
proved to he a present from her gracious Majesty.