The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

Sir W: MoLEswouTH moved that the number of men
be reduced to 108,000, the number voted last year.

The House divided, first on Mr. Hume's amendment,
which was negatived by a majority of 254, the numbers
293 to 39, and secondly on that of Sir W. Moleswortb,
which was rejected by 246 to 45, majority 201.

FOREIGN

AND COLONIAL

FRANCE

The Provisional Government having discovered a plot
among the exaltes of the clubs for the arrest of Lamar-
tine and Gamier Pages, have determined to organize a
civic guard of 1500 men for the protection of the govern-
ment. Disorders had taken place at Rouen on Tuesday.
The Provisional Government has materially reduced
the salaries of all public functionaries.
The Provisional Government has fixed the Ist of April
for the reception of Mr. Smith O'Brien and the Irish

deputation. -
At eight o'clock on Wednesday evening a mob sur-
rounded the office of the Presse, vociferating threats
against M. de Girardin. That gentleman, however, in a
two hours' conference, succeeded in talking them over,
and they departed quietly. Another attempt was, how-
ever, subsequently made to destroy the printing
machinery of the paper, which was with the greatest
difficulty kept down.
_

It is very evident that among people of property confi-
dence has not been restored. A vast quantity of valua-
bles are daily leaving Paris, which are the property, not
of the timid and the ignorant, but of those who are sup-
posed to be the best informed on the real position of Id-
. It is said that the chief partner in one of the
tanking establishments of Paris, who was known to have
sent away a large amount of property, has been informed
by the Government that he himself will not be allowed
to leave Paris.

The Union says, " In contradiction to a rumour which
was current on Monday evening in many saloons, and in
most public places, we are enabled to state, in the most
formal manner, that M.de Rothschild has not left Paris."
The Courier de Lyons says that the workmen in that
city were in revolt. They had demanded and took forci-
ble possessions of the powder magazine, and seized on a
quantity of arms, and at the time the paper was going to
press orders had been given that no public carriage should
be allowed to leave the city. M. Arago the Commissary
of the Government, had sent to Paris for orders, and had
expressed his determination to carry them into execution
to the last extremity.

wing to the approaching elections, and with details of the
revolution and revolutionary movements throughout Eu-
rope. Venice, it was said, has declared herself once more
a republic. Poland is about to follow this example ; and
the Perk, calculating, we suppose, upon more than ordi-
nary credulity, declares that 'Spain has been a republic
ever since the 25th ult.. The Times correspondent states
that although an anti-ministerial feeling had caused con-
siderable agitation at Madrid, no man dreamed of a

republic

The National, alluding to the prompt and total discom-
fiture of the band of marauders who had attempted to en-
ter Belgium from France, with a view to revolutionise that
kingdom, faintly recommends an inquiry into the affair.
The Presse continues its fearless opposition to the Pro-
visional Government, and speaks openly of the deplorable
accounts received from the departments.
At Rouen, Lyons, St. Etienne, and Troyes, agitation
and riots had occurred.
In Paris the miscreants found guilty of destroying the
)f the St. Germains Railroad at Asnieres, were on
ay sentenced to various terms of imprisonment,
varying from one to five years.

Thursd

The planting of trees of liberty had become such a nui-
sance that Government has at last determined to put an
end to the practice.
The journals mention innumerable gifts of money,
plate, and other valuables, from individuals and associa-

tions, in aid of the public treasury.
REPUBLICAN POLES.—About three thousand Poles
assembled on Monday in the Place de la Revolution, and
proceeded in order, with their national colours (red and
white) flying, to the Hotel de Villei. A considerable
crowd accompanied the cortege, and loud cries of " Poland
for ever !" were heard on all sides. At the Hotel de
Ville the Provisional Government received a deputation
of the main body. The latter asked for arms, but La-
martine, in a fraternising speech, refused this, and bid
them do their work unaided, but by good wishes.
Rumours of disturbances in several of the provinces
were afloat yesterday morning in Paris.

BELGIUM.
On the 27th ult., there was an attempt at an emeute in
Brussels. About 160 people came out of the public-
houses in the Grande Place, and forming themselves into
a body, went through the neighbouring streets to the
Grand Sablon. In the rue de Rollebesk a pistol was
fired at one of the agents of police, but happily without
effect. They next proceeded down the rue d'Or and rue
de l'Empereur, shouting " Vive la Republique." Here
their further progress was opposed by the serjeants of the
city, who succeeded in dispersing them, by giving them
heavy blows with their batons. Several citizens helped
the police in dispersing the rioters, eight of whom were
arrested.

what name it went by. " The Regulator" driver.'
(said the____e the
a sAtagSeTAcoolizchCO:asClitrPauveirinAg ppasartseienuglearrlycosniosivideequireithi:
" Ah (said the gent)eman) I thought so ; eoajobser'
every other coach goes by it."
patdhiverlitteilsy
asdaimdosaafishSeor
thatedso,
anything,
tthwinlgir
it
thwe
asbeilmievpeeloselblesiet
, make him take a contrary resolution. 14°vi belie'
example shame those who pretend to receive andb
__„oe
HOW
trampleT Scripture,
oQ iatusAaL
underdivinelry
thFeodi
rßirfeeAcetti.ovno,
LaunNd
Ty:Et
R., for.. At,
_eg
sve woot.
jwi
cede'
man, of Maldon, undertook for a wager that ne ,
se, loci
shoot at seventy-two sparrows. eighteen yards Ile 40;
his own gun, and kill half of them, within th. e to
sistfail
which he did very easily, with one gun, killing
iapi
of seventy-two, in thirty-four minutes, by the u
watch.—Essex Standard. 0,
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EQUALITY.—A CABMAN'S ARGUMENT.-- _bow
I them as torks about hequality don't no nothing ,", bee
(said the driver). S'pose we was all equal at this se
minute—why we should be jest like old Rhodes 5, jot!!
a grazing ; we shed all on us get a good feed; and qs
we'd done, some precious thief or other would
drop in
and milk us !"
It is no objection to the truth of Scripturethg
many different sects find their own opinions in it'd ob•
first, if they were all agreed in their sense of it, e;rndoes
missive to it, the testimony it brings against the eiclondle
and corruption of mankind would be weakened ; s!, oe see
it is .no disparagement to a looking-glass, tli "" AO
something in it that is pleasing to themselves ; theids•
is true, the eye is hartial."—Adam's Private Tig7o,"
To TRANSFER ENGRAVINGS TO WHITE 0_„,010'
Place the engravings for a few seconds over iodine yrodr
Dip a slip of white paper in a weak solution of ste,cen dr!,
when dry, in a weak solution of oil of vitriol. Nvier , few
lay the slip upon the engraving, and place them lobe re
minutes under a press. The engraving will thus has the
produced in all its delicacy and finish. The iodine gel'
property of fixing on the black parts or ink ,ef theevery 0
ing, and not on the white. This important disco
Grid
yet in its infancy.—The Builder.
SOUND MADE VISIBLE.—A method has been diseetb,
and matured by which sound will be made visible t,.A to
human eye, its various forms and waves demonstr?; °I
sight, and the power to discriminate between the 1- 0)
° i 5
one musical instrument and another be as complete 01
observe the action of water when disturbed le 1
material cause. The experiments are likely %idol'
long repeated in the Royal Society. The can eieol
effects on fine sand has probably led to this ast°Dl
issue.--Literary Gazette.
ed by 0
NOT BAD.—The following is a speech deliver Doe
orator to a portion of the mob in Trafalgar-square'e#
don :—" You talk of settling the affairs of the nail to 01
chaps, and putting the Government all right; ~,,roio
notion, you'd better see a little about governing Y,", 00
affairs. Why, there's a mate of mine that wor"fa getl
like bricks from Wednesday till Saturday; then ''''t,ilit,
his money and gets drunk like bricks till Tuesday 410!
and then he's got no money to work upon till STie er,
night comes round again. And he wants to setti 01:
Government. I often say to him, ' Mate, you , about
better regulate your own affairs first before you se'
telling other people what to do."
i.;INFLUENCE OF BREATHING ON THE ATMosrll stp
It is only the girdling and encircling air which flows ebe
and around all that makes the whole world ki°•_e to'
carbonic acid with which our breathing fills thevaing io
morrow will be spreading north and south and gri got'
make the tour of the world. The date trees that tieit
round the fountains of the Nile will drink it in bid t°
leaves ; the cedars of Lebanon will take of it to riper
their stature ; the cocoa nuts of Tahiti will gr,°,`°,,hsoo
upon it; and the palms and bananas of Japan will '', (10'
it into flowers. The oxygen we are breathing was guy
tilled for us a short time ago by the magnolias of ti 49"
quehanna, and the great trees that skirt the Oronlet;
the Amazon ; the giant rhododendrons of the Him the
contributed to it ; the roses and myrtles of Cachnlere site.
cinnamon trees of Ceylon, and forests older toad thu
flood, buried deep in the heart of Africa, far belnauJ'
Mountains of the Moon. The rain which we see de rile'
ing was thawed for us out of icebergs which have's! fr°°
the polar star for ages; and lotus tulles sucked 01110
the Nile, and exhaled as vapours, the snows that are
on the tops of our hills.--Athenceum. chioe '
THE MOUNTAIN TRIBES IN CHlNA.—These i oressle
have never acknowledged the Tartar dynasty, and eolli!,
to have amongst them the scions ofroyalty of the gin ce
old native stock of the Ta-Ming-Chaw. They arieociP,
ganized body, divided into eight leading tribes,s%scbe;
into twenty-four, and again into fifty smaller eLirb,,
They are in many respects peculiar; they wear theti 004
all over the head, tied into a knot at the top; auv gerl
mented with pheasants' feathers and beads. Thee tb'it
and intermarry amongst each other, and cheosif-e ors;
wives by their powers of singing, and the marrisi,'oLbeld
mony consists merely of takingthe measure of eaFr'. rle,
waists, when the couple are declared man and wile, iv,
are a brave; hardy, active, fierce; and •quarrelsere„,A
inured to deeds of blood ; their weapons are bows to of,:j
rows, spears, and swords, with which they are (1°,.!tit044
to make their independence respected by the eoll.t,eo,
authorities: The only control that the govern!, Olt°
been able to exercise over them is the advanto„F4K,P,,,
when once every three years they comedown to Li',ool,T'l,„e
buy salt, a necessary that they cannot otherwise.Foetu ,
and, as it is a government monopoly, the mandarniti hit%
to supply them with any until they have entfrreeeyeg;
treaty to be of good behaviour for the space of tn., forci&
and on this occasion only are they to be see,U,Yi,eCainFli
cam. A very respectable and well-known natre_yorter
is my authority for narticulars of the salt_ tr‘4'4 Y- '0
Pive Years in h .., job
,„ ,f ivir. ,aig
MR. JOHN WALTER AND "THE lIMES• --- big ''ig
Walter, the member for Nottingham, inherits ~ or .
father's difficulty. It matters not whether he":svett
not, responsible for the management of the neelebite
the political ,World, and the public in general, gleriero
credit for it, and that is enough. Mr. Walter has K„ce t_
already experienced a foretaste of the petty minor; Tee
which he is likely to be subjected. He has sat butlea bi
weeks in parliament and already has he been asr„lt ti3ef
ivnulgmauriptiaprityisinangs,fowrhmoshaasvemchr.arwged:lthei: with why its
conceive to be the offences of The Times. 1-';',lnit its
coarse shape of the difficulty will, doubtless, Pries life tort
publicise. jel-
gresses. Such attacks he could afford to desPvoier
not so easily disposed of is that silent, intangible,
ictf)e
less opinion, prevalent in the House, which canaue
reasoned with, or extirpated, except by the most u ;75"
vocal denial. The dilemma resolves itself into tioeio
that, when Mr. Walter's public course coincidtesor it;
that of the newspaper, he will get but little eredlivergiys
while, should he take an independent course, 0 pub'
°r
nos
ever so little from the line of the great public°
nos thusl
lic opinion wilt more readily accuse him of re'lloce, nisi
of want of forethought. Private, personal inOtioall
be exercised to an unbounded extent by a ge° less 01
situated; but public influence and position Ithe sage
of attainment. Another drawback arises out o
eb of.o
difficulty. Omne ignotion pro maynifico. nry.101,4
peculiar power of The Times arose from the m} for for 3.,
possible pc
shrouded its management. It is scarcely the for
individual, however great his powers, to emboaluirecl2,,,,
pular conception of the talent and sagacity req,hot Pe,
the management of The Times. We do not say ',ice pc,,
things
opnfWhoeornirAuansgilngituaicesßmener
sldidiinas
boxes
.hpwnbouaeoxour
fmAters
ecksshit
c,h,
stole:
atonmvamndeniap,rdg}
inmyaaEit
tgge
avohernßeetbsaur
tsesuani
ffi.
—The
inht
ynge this obstru e. '4 , will
judice ; quite the reverse. But we do say, that, it tae'
foFd
zon, we hastened the preparation for Oluervemglrieawnasigletellbs:inclegrloill:ft'
own on the point of a long
excitement is felt by each, lest lee should lose his _ we ate
morsel in the fire. The kettle soon boiled, and a',,aick:A
our tea-dinner,the sun went dowN, and night 'clepewo
swallowed up the short twilight, leaving us to iii tbto
forth
rti
stick,aeshn pies.
ahaehSsi high degree :adrgreyeegssrmeoa are
nec:tfe::s3:ee try
so'lsll°3wt'ti;°
entirely on our fire, vehick presented a g00d1Y,P00,165
shot forth cheerful flalffes, making the scenery a`tii 'Moll
bri-ght with-light. The ground for the space of niuf tile' of
glittered beneath the flickering rays ; the bowls Ocheie',ed
trees seemed whiter than usual ; even thebrovv°,,piugkee
the natives looked less dark, as they chattered 00,...,0; io
over their supper. Cold grog, or hot brandy-att`_;ches,,e
was leisurely' sipped by those who lay on the cokes the
The Englishwoman in America. London : Richardson the full tranquillity of after-dinner ease; and ,?',„?f ntoe
end Son. Liverpool : Geo. Smith, Watts, and Co. proceeded, songs and catches awakened the ee°°--st,ll'o%
This is another volume from the pen of Mrs. Mytton woods. Tired at last, we sank to sleep, having fir plie
Maury, a townswoman, authoress of the " Statesmen in ever, visited our horses and changed their tether' , ill cif
America, in 1846," and though we cannot enter into the the night I woke up. All around were fast asleeb, thoe
views it advocates, on the fulsome laudations heaped on ferent postuarrlkets
throughout
h wars
sos some
het rollingohu te
thep
ec:
ban r about
Timeso
forest,
t a nudn
amid eo a, s Y::
tot
tag 5:0 1 J
Roman Catholicism, it nevertheless is relieved with much dreams ; others still as the dead. I heaped fre's were,oe
good and feeling writing, and is particularly worthy a pe- the fire, whicahsdaHbrkloanpzeidsorth anew. The natives we
rural by those who contemplate visiting the United States. huddled under their wigwams,
which are abedge., t
Mrs. Maury is not only talented, but, from the exertions and shape of an open umbrella resting on it:prheau ; al'
eee meeieeetea ilia Bare ardlng:the Emigrant nrgeons• DM,
is evidently imbued with that amount of perseverance and little circle of light in which I stood seemed 110010
but with Out—who might tellg
industry that will render her knowledge advantageous. clan's
rrninitgy,sacred and safe from evilsirits that 'il
unfathomableo an ifi rgEha
trt
Eternity—as
ad
d.
4s.
VARFETIES.
" Tom, tell me the greatest lie, now, that you ever told
ALARMING STATE OF IRELAND.—The aspect of affairs in your life, and I'll give you a glass of cider." "Me ! I melancholy andmalignant ;
in Ireland waxes worse and worse every day. The state never told'a lie !" " Boy, draw the cider." .Peering into tO ~11
- boundary of forest, the eye vainly endeavoured o"aue
The Ath ceum states that two Sanscrit comedies
prosecutions, instead of checking the sedition of the dis- en I the 'gloom. Fancy -peoPled its confines "1-rote'ol
affected, seems to have increased their audacity and known by their titles only to Professor H. H. Wilson, shapes, and beheld a grinning hobgoblin in the "r lit extended their circle ; and their inflammatory appeals to have been discovered by Captain A. Cunningham, in stump' of many shelf-burnt tree, on which the,."'solt,fiesf
lha and solitary,
whati:flierlaitrt
sLrfioenaarri tif;seetitch. tir.joi 'lraijcai,e'
public opinion ere now ripened into appeal to ball' prat- Chinese Tartary.
mentarily flickered. The ear listened eagerly ea to P,iorl
tire and the use of the rifle, on the one, hand ; while, on We have received the following piece of atrocity from in the distant solitude; and one almost exPeete et-/crtllc/
the other, fresh auxiliaries are entering into the field of Oxford :—" It is an affecting circumstance that Louis
from the recesses 'of the hills. Evil spirits seetu,Pfere'llebr
shrieks of laughter or of terror borne upon the nig collo i agitation : and from lips hitherto thought loyal are issuing ' Philippe dismissed M. Guizot with Thiers (tears) in his
volcanos of rebellious excitement. The " Repeal Club" eye." We understand the perpetrator was rusticated the companions of heathen save A ae-a Or le
ges. wild,
and he
publicly advertises its proceedings. The peasantry all from Christ Church for the offence.
over Ireland are arming. Shooting-galleries for rifle Cunioue COINCIDENCE.--The following preaiction desolate region, travelled only in the day-time,
carts to
even then, by straggling barbarians, whose bettirelll of
practice are open in every- part of Dublin. Rifles; mus- appears in "Mcore's Almanack" this year, for the begin- never known a single gentle emotion, seems ni,'", terreitiee
kets, pikei, and other weapons have been obtained in ning of March :-,--" A certain monarch `the Napoleon of be the haunt of the Spirits of Evil. Chingi, the to
Of
considerable quantities. One wholesale dealer in Dublin peace,' may require all his prudence and power to restrain our natives, is ,often seen by them, as to
lit'eer in
in those articles has declared that he is unable to supply' the revolutionary, spirit of his'people. Barricades are not under their kangaroo skins, and huddled tog-'-- es.' ei
further orders at present. Butchers' boys, on leaving the yet obsolete. , woo' eV:,
extremity of fear, stalking giant-like and g Ace b fe-
market, may be seen marchieg home with rifles on The Charivari (the French Punch) says that all trades the summits of the hills whilst the moon shri„ther, oi,
shoulder. Such is the anxiety to obtain arms of any are studying how to do less work. Among others the her cuttain of clouds. On that night, howeve" dio tte
kind, that in some instances the long blades used by bootmakers have resolved to make only one boot, but 'no coon, and Chingi was not visible to me, lioe thatiort
oecg',',ololo4rot
cork-cutters have been converted into a species of bayonet canna agree for which leg it shall be. The garcons- sound break in upon the silence of the forest, s?-o'oll 0,4
or dagger. Regular meetings of rifle clubs take place for lirnonadins also having resolved to go shares in the profits, our horses eating their food, and giving an
practice in firing. Numbers of persons congregate occa- propose that the demi-terse be reduced, and that the mas- as the sand affected their nostrils. Anxious to " the 'or sionally for drill, in enclosed yards in obscure streets. ters pay the breakage. ' lked t° el° a
spirits that might please to be visible, Iwe ef tog
On Thursday pikes were openly sold all day at a shop in EDUCATION IN WALES.--" Gentlemen, (of the Car- occupied by my quadruped, with the intention
_Are
_„er
ThOmas-street, Dublin. On. Sunday night week signal marthenshire petty jury,), have you agre,ed as to your ing his quarters ; but finding him comforts jaaP,ihe
fires burned from every mountain top in Tipperary. verdict ?" " Yes ; ten of us for the plaintiff, and two in repose, I left him to dream of his own dista,,,oh. „It,
There appears no doubt that the Irish constabulary force for the defendaat." " You must retire again, gentle- and two quartets of oats, and returned to m7,1,,0"0„, OW
is tainted with disaffection—lamentable but true. Large men : you must be unenimous." Jury retire, and return appearance of the bivouac, to one viewing it a‘i elf fth its, '
additions are however being made, and every effort is in ten minutes. - " Gentlemen, have you now agreed as
used to weed the force of its dangerous members. The to your verdict?" "Yes; all of us for the defendant." .rouneing darkness, was very picturesque-i cot o,:c
tie 01
was lighted up by the cheerful blaze.—the
err u:'-ger
confederates meet nightly in their club-rooms ter the 'Wzio's To DEcinE ?—During the recent *debate on the packages. in or about it, the sleepers in "t• Itheirohe'
purpose of being drilled, and under the hands of cacti- tea question, Mr. Alderman Sidney asserted-thae." if any
cal teachers they are taught to march in time, form see- honourable member consumed 'a quarter of a pound ef red woollen shirts, under the sloping r°° old PT the'
leaßlg against the uprighte, their shot-hel,?, roe tee'.
bons, close and open columns, &c„ and, to cap the climax ' tea he would find his nerves sohighly strung that he would
of insane folly, a gentleman, at, least, in appearance, be, unable to-get any sleep at night." This is quite at hartging in front--the kangaroo-dogs IP"%ndiai,4g rats
fire, and as near to it as' possible--the surri„°ir o".:`alta'
parades the streets of Dublin dressed in the uniform 'variance with the experience of Dakin and Company, as and shrubs glittering wilt a silvery light, td.breeee,po-
(green and gold, with yellow facings) of the Irish National !to the''ewer of royal nerves—they confidently recommend
Guard that is to be organised at the bidding of Mr. !Smith ' " six pounds of strong breakfast tea fyr a Sovereign I" -foliage rustli at the breath of the soft tan ?'fie
....-02,401
th formed 1. and nliAr geeLwir ka"
~ Ige era stri mg per la .
O'Brien and his co-seditionrmongers, ' The Puppet Show. - I man; or, Life in a New Country. fr, 'A'

April 4,184 g.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

The Countess of Bridgewater has contributed the sum
of £3,300 towards the repair of Ellesmere Church.
The Lord Bishop of Manchester has appointed Dr.
Haggard, of Doctors' Commons, to be Chancellor of that
diocese.

The Archbishop. of Canterbury has dismissed Mr..
Maitland, and appointed one of his sons-in-law to the
librarianship of Lambeth.
The Times states that the Rev. H. G. Liddell, head-
master of Westminster School, has been appointed tutor
to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
The Rev. Mr. Kennedy, who has been the incumbent
of St. Paul's Church, Birmingham, during the last fifty-
two years, will preach his farewell sermon to the congrega-
tion on Sunday.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have resolved, on the
representation of John Tollemache, Esq., M.P., to aug-
ment the endowment of the Incumbency of Swallwood,
Cheshire.

On Tuesday, the annual meeting of the Bradford Auxi-
liary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society, was held in that
town. The Lord Bishop of Ripon presided. The attend-
ance was very large.
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM.—The Lord Bishop of Dur-
ham has given £6OO to the University, of which £2OO is
to be applied to the prize fund, and £lOO to the enlarge-
ment of the Castle Hall.

The foundation-stone of a new church at Fordcombe-
green, in the parish of Pensburst, was laid by Lord Har-
dinge on Friday last. The funds for the building were
transmitted from India just after his splendid achievements
there.

May we venture to suggest, what perhaps has already
been done in some parishes, that the Prayer for Fair
Weather should be offered ? The recent long prevalence
of rain may, we believe, be regarded as a visitation under
which this prayer may be fitly used.
OXFORD.-Mr. J. G. Sargent, First-Master of Merton
College, has just been elected to the Hertford Scholarship
for th promotion of the study of Latin. There were up-
wards of 30 candidates. It was announced that the second
in the examination was Mr. W. Word, Scholar of Trinity
College, who was lately head boy of the Royal Institution
School in this town.

The Lent Ordinations by 13 Bishops) numbered alto-
gether 86 deacons, and 73 priests ; in all 159. Of these
were members of the University of Oxford : deacons, 24
priests 15. Of Cambridge : deacons, 33 ; priests, 28.
Of Durham : deacons, 3; priest, 1. Of St. Bees : dea-
cons, 7; priests, 12. Of Larnpeter ; deacons. Of Dublin:
deacons, 15 ; priests, 17. Literate persons : deacons, 3.
The Rev. Dr. Fox, provost of Queen's College, Oxford,
has recently founded an exhibition for the benefit of scho-
lars educated in the Free Grammar School at St. Bees.
It is of the value of £3O per annum, to be held for four
years. The exhibitioners are to be natives of the county
of Cumberland (or in defect of such, of Westmorland) who
have been educated during four years at the above named
grammar school, and are to be elected by a provost and
fellows of Queen's College. _
.THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—On Sunday
week his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached,
for the first time after his Confirmation, a sermon on be-
half of the Benevolent Society, in the parish Church of
Farnham, Surrey, the Bishop of the diocese being present.
The occasion was taken advantage of by the inhabitants
to testify, by the mode of their reception, their sense of
the honour conferred on the parish by the Primate as
well as the respectful attachment entertained by them-
selves towards their revered diocesan.
ELECTION OF THE BISHOP OF CHESTER.—Friday
having been appointed for the election of a Bishop of the
diocese of Chester, rendered vacant by the promotion of
Dr. John Bird Sumner to the Archbishopric of Canter-
bury, the proceedings created no inconsiderable interest,
twenty years having elapsed since the occurrence of a
similar ceremony. The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Anson, D.D.,
Dean of Chester, entered the Cathedral shortly before
eleven o'clock, being accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Slade,
Vicar of Bolton le Moors, and the Rev. J. Eaton, Canons
Residentiary of the Cathedral, with the officials ; and the
usual ceremonials having been gone through, Dr. John
Graham was unanimously elected to the vacant bishopric
of Chester.