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CONVOCATION will be prorogued on Friday next, the
16th instant, to Tuesday, the 6th of February.
CRESTER CATHEDEAL.—The Rev. Canon Blomfield has
succeeded the Rev. Canon Hillyard in residence.
DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER.—The Lord Bishop of Man-
chester has licenced the Rev. John Miller, M.A., to the
perpetual curacy of St. Paul's, Preston, vacant by the
death of the Rev. Samuel Flood Page, the last incumbent,
`,0,11 the nomination of the Rev. John Owen Parr, Vicar oft
Freston the patron thereof in the right of his vicarage.
PUBLIC BAPTISKS.—About 120 children were baptised
On the First Sunday in Advent, in the presence of a nu-
merous and attentive congregation, at St. Mark's, White-
Chapel,
by the Rev. J. L. Davies and the Rev. B. Abbot,
übn and curate of the parish.
NEW COLONIAL BTKlOPElCS.—Arrangements are in
progress for the division of the diocese of Toronto, out of
Which two new sees will be formed—the seat of one of
Which will be at Kingston, for the seven eastern districts ;
and the other at London or Woodstock, for the seven
Western districts. The fund locally raised for this purpose
already amounts to upwards of £B,OOO ; and it is expected
that the two sees will require for their endowment a capital
nah of £lO,OOO, in addition to what may be derived from
local resources, or specially contributed by persons inte-
rested in the particular dioceses. It is also intended to
ersend the episcopacy in India by a subdivision of the pre-
sent enormous diocese of Calcutta. The erection of a new
see at Perth, in Western Australia, has received the sanc-
tionof her Majesty's Government. The Society for the
„,ro Pagation of the Gospel iu Foreign Parts has appro.
Lrlated out of its jubilee fund £3,000 towards the endow-
ment,...ent of the see at Perth ; and the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge has also made a liberal grant for the
same purpose. The Bishop of New Zealand is taking
active steps in the subdivision of his diocese, by the erec-
tion of a see at Lyttelton, or Christ Church. When all
these arrangements are completed, there will be 34 bishop-
lines in the colonies and dependencies of the British
CRUECK RATE AT ST. MARY-CRUEOIi, TORQUAT.—A
restry meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was held at
the school-room on Friday week," for the purpose of making
a rate for raising the sum of £72 16., to pay the fifth in-
aiment now due, with interest thereon, towards the
liquidation of the principal sums advanced for the pur-
chase of additional lands for enlarging the church-yard of
the said parish duly secured by mortgage of the church-
rates of the said parish." The chair was taken by the
V. A. Watson, the vicar, and there was a numerous at-
adahce. The Rev. Thomas Kitson moved that a rate
the required sum be granted, which was seconded by
Captain Costley. The Rev. J. E. Gladstone, minister of
the
Free Church, asserted that the rate was illegal, and
Z?P°Bed as an amendment that the consideration of •it be
~,Ilrued for twelve months, which was seconded by Mr.
he,.%°'er• The vicar refused to put it to the meeting,
to tilAiPen Mr. Gladstone moved Vint Mr. Tozer be called
A e chair, which was seconded by Mr. Rice, and carried.
'„.:eene of great confusion then prevailed, amidst which
.41 •e Tozer put the amendment, which was carried. The
Thomas Kitson thereupon demanded a poll, which
as fixed to take place on Monday. On that day, accord-
ingly, the poll was opened, and 97 votes were recorded in
savour of the rate, being a larger number than were ever
polled by its opponents.—Exeter Gazette.
CINARGE or UNSOUND TEACHING.—The Rev. W. L.
Stanton, curate of St. Mary's Tower, Ipswich, having
been desired to wait upon the Bishop of Norwich respect-
ing the two sermons which had been represented 'to ;his
lordship as containing unsound doctrine, the rev. gentle-
man in his sermon, on Sunday week, made the following
statement as to what had passed :—" The Bishop's judg-
ment with regard to the first sermon, which I preached on
July 30th, in the afternoon, taking one passage on the
subject of confession and absolution, is, that what I there
said is in conformity with certain portions.of our Common
Prayer Book, but very liable to be understood as leaning
to the Romish :doctrines on these subjects and so give
offence. To this I can only say that, in using the language
I did, I believed and still believe that I was surely and
Securely-within the limits allowed by the Church of Eng-
land, and, indeed falling short of her actual teaching in
the first, exhortation in the communion service ; and, as to
any leaning in my own mind to Romish doctrine on this
or other subjects, I do most solemnly declare that I
utterly abjure and repudiate it. With reference to the
other sermon, said to be on ' Retreat,' the Bishop finds no
omanism,•or tendency thereto, in it; indeed, he finds, I
'nay say, no fault with it, further than styling it unpro-
fitable preaching,' which I most sincerely trust it was
hot. The sole object I had in view in its delivery wasito re-
commend Christians of every class very frequently to imi-
tate those holy men of old, who, like Daniel, engrossed in the
affairs of this world and encumbered with the weightiest
I:Pncerns of the State, could yet find opportunity three
times a-day to pray and make :supplication before God ;
and to imitate their blessed Saviour, who frequently sent
the multitudes away and went up into a mountain apart to
raY• The Bishop has, however, forbidden me to preach
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sermons again, as I wished to do, or on this subject.
a his godly judgment, with all due submission, I heartily
9w while I continue here. The position of affairs at this
"moment is this : Though not prohibited from further
ministrations among you, I still fear and feel that, perhaps,
greater trials :yet await me ; and that both for my own
Peace and comfort, and for that of the parish, I would
rather at once retire. But this desire has been very unex-
Dectedly frustrated, and an offer on my part to resign im-
mediately, and addressed to the proper quarter, having
beenl refused and a legal notice of my intention required, I
•Ih, so to speak, under the necessity of continuing to
necapy this post, which I pray God may be over-ruled to
'ne spiritual good of us all."

Txtm STRIKE of the Tyne shipwrights is about at an
end. The men are going in for the old wages, 365. a-week.
A SUBSCRIPTION has been commenced at Lisbon in aid
of the Patriotic Fund.

A LETTER from Rome, in the Parlamento of Turin,
States that the Conference of Bishops at Rome was closed
on the 2nd, after coming to a nearly unanimous conclusion
on the matter under debate.
A GIRL named Mahoney, whose parents reside in West-
Innster, was reproved one day by her mother for neglect-
ing some household duty, and a few minutes afterwards
she cut her throat with one of her father's razors, nearly
severing her head from her body. She had frequently,
when excited, threatened to destroy herself.

ALDERMAN SIDNEY, the ex-Lord Mayor of London, has
shrunk from testing the opinion of the Court of Aldermen
with regard to the motion of which he recently gave notice,
to the effect that an address be presented to Her Majesty,
praying that she will remove from her councils Lord
Aberdeen, as being no longer entitled to public confidence.
lie has since privately withdrawn the notice.
THE WEATHER IN NORTHERN Russra.—The Neva
Was entirely frozen over at St. Petersburg on the 25th
ult. All the works in the forts situate at its mouth, on
the seaside, and those constructing on the islands in
front of that capital, had been suspended on account of
the winter. Letters state that between Kowno and War-
Saw sledges are now used, and that in the neighbourhood
°f ICalisch and Leuzcio the ground is covered with snow.
THE GREAT LONDON DOCK COMPANIES intend to apply
Parliament next Session for permission to violate one
?f the principal conditions, on their agreement to which
„Lh,e3' obtained their privileges. They propose to levy a
Ca_Tge not only on all vessels which enter their docks and
land goods on their wharves, but also on such lighters as
o-uerely visit the vessels for the purpose of taking a portion
f the cargo.
a 13k/mows FOR THE Curmst.—Mr. John Sutton, timber-
dealer, Derby received orders from Messrs. Peto, Betts,
and Eraasey,Ao make an unlimited supply of " navvy-
arrows" for the Crimea. The instructions were to for-
.w3tic,„4ll.as many as possible up to Saturday last, the order
over one week, so that they might be ready for
shipment to-day.
t. '4APoLuozr 111. IS AN AllTlloll.—Among other dis-
loctions to which the French Emperor aspires is that of
authorship. His name must be recorded in the annals of
n re The " Works of Napoleon the Third" are
il. m course of publication by
eolll°P°le' under His Majesty's own sui
and consist
they will form fo\
.onsist chiefly of essays
"" ylal, and military topics.
A
"78TKALIAN PORTS.—A deputation from the Board of
eetors of the Australian Direct Steam Navigation
:rCtripang via Panama consisting of Mr. John Carnac
s4l',.is (chairman), Lient-Colonel George Rushout, M.P.,
Ifel3r'.. J. C. Hoseason, R.N., and Messrs, Jackson, Fanning,
wait.l2llg, Maciutyre, and Henry Foreman (Secretary),
-office, Sir George Grey on Thursday, at the Colo-
Secretary),
uleas."mee, to solicit Her Majesty's Ministers to adopt
44_,Ilyses in concert with the colonial legislatures for
th713,1i hing an efficient postal steam. onnunnicatiO4 with
441stralian colonies.

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)w to be a prevailing crime in the ne
irkenhead. Only the week before last

instance of this description occurred at Tranmere, and we
have now to record another,— on Saturday night, some
villains entered Bidston Marsh, and killed and carried
away one of the finest of a flock belonging to Mr. Rim-

h remains of the Rev. Henry Raikes, Chancellor of the
diocese of Chester, were interred in the new cemetery of
Oxford, that city on Tuesday. The funeral procession was aug-
h°°l"n mented by the members of all public institutions of the
~, eitv. The magistrates, the clergy of the city and diocese,

and a large number of other gentlemen also attended.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending December 3rd, 1851, was as follows :
to be Rural Passengers, parcels, &c., £1,776 10s. 7d. ; steam-boats;
£317 16s. 2d.: total, £2,094 6s. 9d. Goods, £2,567 ls. 3d.

, including Carnarvon trairt,, _
responding week last year—passengers, parcels,
£1,863 ss. 9d. ; steam-boats, £2Ol 7s. id. :
£2,064 128. 10d. Goods, £1,415 7s. 2d. Total, inc.
ing Carnarvon traffic, 3,480 Os. Od. Increase, £4Bl Bs.
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION, ABBOT'S GRANGE, CITES-
TER.-11r. Freer, for many years, and up to a few days
since, a pupil at the above school, has just passed his
entrance medical examination, " highly complimented"
for his classical and mathematical proficiency. This is the
second gentleman who has done honour to the medical
department of the school during the last six months. The
name of Mr. Edward Acton Gibbon, also for many years
a classfellow with the gentleman referred to above, appears
very high in the list of those recommended for honours,
at the recent University examination, at Trinity College,

Dublin.
CHARGE AGAINST A CAHALAN.—

At the Birkenhead

police-court, on Thursday, James Millington, a car
driver, was summoned by the police for having been
drunk, on the 10th of November, whilst in charge of his
car. The officer stated that, on the day in question, the
defendant wa.s driving through Church-street in a furious
and reckless manner, being at the time much intoxicated.
The defendant, in reply, admitted the charge of drunken-
ness, but pleaded in extenuation that he had been taking
a gentleman home to his house at Rock Ferry, and that
when he arrived there the gentleman in question gave
him a glass of whiskey. Defendant asked him to put
some water in it, but, unknown to the defendant, the
gentleman filled it up with whiskey, and he (defendant)
was not aware it was raw whiskey until after he had
drank it. (Laughter.) The Rev. Mr. Fielden : Well,
believing your story, and that you will be more careful
for the time to come, we will only convict you in the costs.
SINGULAR. CHARGE OF RUBBERY.—At the Birken-
head Police-court, on Thursday, a married woman, named
Elizabeth Ison, was charged by Mrs. Eleanor Brew, the
wife of a pensioner, with stealing £5 10s., a purse, and a
piece of ribbon. The prisoner occupied apartments with
Mrs. Brew, and on Saturday week both women were
sitting together in a room, when the old pensioner entered
and asked his wife for some money to pay for a letter.
Mrs. Brew pulled out of her pocket a large purse, in which
there was a second purse, tied with a piece of ribbon, and
supplied her husband with the money required, and put,
as she thought, the smaller purse into the larger, one,

which she pl;ced in her pocket. She afterwards missed her
money. On searching the apartments of the prisoner, a
police-officer found a piece of ribbon, which the prose-
cutrix identified as being that which had tied her small
purse. A sum of £4 15s. was also found upon the pri-
soner. Committed for trial.
WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. —At the
monthly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Penny in the chair,
a conversation took place upon the subject of the proposed
applications to Parliament, in reference to the Birkenhead
Dock Trust, but it led to no result.—A sum of £5O was
voted to provide furniture for the new offices.—A report
from the finance, watch, and bye-law committees, referred
to an inquiry which had taken place, in consequence of a
complaint made by three officers of the police against In-
spector Thatcher. That inquiry resulted in certain dis-
closures, showing that the body was in a state of disorgani-
sation, and the whole of the officers, including Saperinten-
dent Scambler and Inspector Thatcher, were reprimanded.
From a second minute it appeared that the disorganised
state of the police-force had been further considered, and
it was decided to dispense with the services of Superin-
tendent Scambler and Inspector Thatcher, and the whole
of the officers, and a month's notice be given them to
leave. Mr. Hill, in moving the adoption of the proceed-
ings, said he thought the best plan would be to discharge
the whole force, and afterwards to re-engage those who
were considered efficient and trustworthy. Two or three
of the board spoke in disparaging terms of the police,
while others thought that great part of the mischief was
to be attributed to the want of proper officers. It was
ultimately resolved that the proposed notice should be
suspended for a month, and that plans for a new police
office should be prepared.
EGUEMONT FERRY.—At the Birkenhead County Court,
on Friday, the following case was heard :—WooLFALL V.
CouLnoux.—The plaintiff resides at Egremont, and the
defendant is the proprietor of the Seacombe and Egremont
Ferries. The action was brought to recover the sum of
four shillings and fivepence, for the hire of a cab between
Seacombe and Woodside, which the plaintifrhad been com-
pelled to engage in consequence of having been refused to
pass to Liverpool at the Seacombe Ferry, although he
had a contract with the defendant. From the state-
ment of the plaintiff, who pleaded his own case, it
appeared that he had a contract at the Egremont
Ferry, during which time the defendant purchased it,
and plaintiff entered into a contract with him, on pay-
ment of five shillings extra, to pass to Liverpool from
either the Egremont or Seacombe Ferries, from the 20th
of March, 1854, to the 20th of March, 1855. On the 18th
of November, the plaintiff presented himself at the Sea-
combe Ferry, when defendant refused to allow him to pass,
unless he would pay five shillings extra, the defendant
contending that he was entitled to the additional sum in
consequence of a notice to that effect which he had
placarded at the ferry. The consequence was, that the
plaintiff was compelled to take a conveyance from Sea-
combe to Woodside, at an expense of tour -shillings and
fivepence, the sum claimed. As a portion of his evi-
dence, the plaintiff put in a card, signed by the defendant,
which was a pass-ticket between either the Egremont or
the Seacombe Ferries to Liverpool, from the 20th of
March, 1854, to the 20th of March, 1855.—The attorney
for the defendant characterised the action as an un-
worthy attempt to take advantage of a mistake which
had been made by Mr. Coulborn, in the hurry and
confusion of signing tickets. After taking the ferry,
Mr. Coulborn, by mistake, signed the plaintiff's ticket,
from March, 1854, to March, 1856, on receiving ss.
from him ; whereas, according to the notice which he had
posted, the ss. thus paid by the plaintiff only entitled him
to pass through the ferry until October, 1854, and in order
to entitle him to do so until March, 1855, an additional
ss. was to be paid, and which had been paid by hundreds
of other gentlemen. The defendant said that on discover-
ing the mistake he made every explanation to the plaintiff,
and told him that he was sorry for the inconvenience to
which he had been subjected ; but the plaintiff showed
himself exceedingly hostile, and said he would do the de-
fendant all the injury he could.—His Honour having
been told, in answer to a question, that the fare between
Seacombe and Liverpool was one penny, said it was a
gratuitous act on the part of the plaintiff to order a'car
from Scacombe to Woodside, and therefore he thought
the best way of settling the matter would be to give the
plaintiff a verdict for one penny, his contract to expire
on the 20th of March next, in consequence of the mistake
made by the defendant.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.—Mr. Rae
presided at the meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners,
on Tuesday, when it appeared from the proceedings of the
Lighting and Watch Committee that four policemen
had been dismissed for irregular conduct. The committee
recornmended that a dead-house should be erected at the
expense of the board, at a cost not exceeding £lso.—The
Market Committee reported that Mr. Joseph Heathcock,
butcher, had killed a pig within the area of the market,
against the regulations. A second notice to quit had been
served on him without effect. The law-clerk had been
instructed to take proceedings against him in the County
Court.—The proceedings of the Road and Improvement
Committee contained a notice that in the proposed altera-
tions of the Cemetery Estate, a certain street was to be
extinguished, and the land on which it would have been
made sold for the erection of villas, &c. Mr. Hind said
the object of the committee was to save expense to the
commissioners in making the roads. The additional land
obtained will bring in £2,000, and the saving in not
making the road will be £l.,oo.—The law-clerk had re-
ported that the award between the commissioners and
Mr. Laird about his park land had been taken up. The
umpire had awarded the value of the land to be £10,065,
subject to restrictive covenants. The value of the same
land, with permission to build upon according to the
plans of the commissioners, he estimated at £13,420, the
difference being £3,355, one-half of which is to be paid by
the commissioners to Mr. Laird, according to agreement.
—The committee recommended the rescinding of the
resolution of the Lighting and Watch Committee to erect
a dead-house at.a cost not exceeding £l5O, and suggested
that the matter should be referred to the Clerk of the
Peace and the Guardians of the Poor, as more within
their province. After a discussion, the proceedings were
confirmed, on the understanding that the Finance Com-
mittee's recommendation was to be discussed at the next
Board.—The following were reported to be the ferry re-
ceipts for the month of November, 1853, £1,590 4s. Bd. ;
for 1854, £1,759 lls. From 25th April to 30th November
(inclusive), 1853, £15,966 18s. 3d. ; 1854, £18,374 Os. 11d.
Total expenditure for same period, in 1853, £13,225 18s. ;
1854, £16,161 les. Bd. A number of persons continuing to
pass through the contractor's gate, after having received
notice that their contracts had expired, the manager had
been directed to require all such persons to pass through the
pay-gate. The cabins of the boats were to be heated with
warm water. It had been decided to advertise in various
papers for tenders for the privilege of advertising, under
certain restrictions, in the cabins of the boats. The com-
mittee recommended that an additional man should be
placed on each of the three boats continually running, at
a salary of 225, per week, to be sworn in as a special con-
stable, to make drunken persons behave properly, to oblige
smokers to keep to one part of the boat, and to look after
the safe landing of the passengers. The proceedings were
confirmed. Mr. Bradley announced that " the inefficient
ferry committee" had realised £205 17s. for a lot of old
rubbish that had been lying in the yard for twenty years.
The Board then separated.

DEATH.—A pensioner of the Royal Artil-
lery, named John Hutcheson, who lived at Hamiltons-
bawn, Ireland, was taken home one night last week in a
state of intoxication, and put to bed. The only other
inmate of the building was a pig, and on the following
,ing, on one of the neighbour's calling, a horrible
spectacle presented itself. Hutcheson was lying on the
floor, and the pig was eating away his face. One of his
ears had also been taken away by the ravenous animal.
Surgical assistance was procured, but the man died in the
course of a few hours, from rupture of a blood vessel of
the chest, produced by a fall he had bad the night before.