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Lord John Russell and his lady are pursuing the ordinary route of tourists through North Wales. While at Bangor, last week they visited Mr. Thomas .Assheton Smith, at Vaenol, and went over his stupendous slate-quarries near Llanberis. The picturesque grandeur of Cameroon Castle gave a day of pleasure ; and then the journey was continued to Llanberis and its Rhinelike beauties of valley, lake, and mountain. Snowdon was ascended, the slate-quarries of Mr. Smith were again visited, and the lakes were sailed over, till Saturday, then the pass of Llanberis was threaded, and the exquisite scenery of Lake Gwynant was traversed, on the route to beautiful legendary Beddgelert.

It is pretty generally understood that the result of the meeting of the Arctic officers, Sir Edward Parry, Sir James Ross, and Captain Beechey, at the Admiralty, last week, has been the expression of their unanimous conviction that Sir John Franklin has taken the passage to the North- west out of Wellington Channel, and that he must be sought by taking the same route. But it is the opinion of these authorities—while fully recognizing, and even insisting upon the advantages of immediately de- spatching a steamer to carry on the abandoned search in that direction— that no vessel can be started with any hope of reaching an advanced posi- tion in Davis' Straits, and getting into a safe harbour, before the winter. —Morning Chronicle.

The Reverend William Palmer, of the Vicarage, Whitchuroh Canoni- corum, is "permitted to make public" a correspondence between himself and the Archbishop of Canterbury on the subject of the letter about the validity of foreign ordination, which was filched from the Archbishop by the notorious Mr. Gawthorn. Whitchurch Canonicorum, Sept. 17, 1851. "My Lord Archbishop—Having seen in the public journals a letter ad- dressed by your Grace to Mr. Gawthorn, and being under the impression that the purpose and meaning of that letter have been misunderstood, I venture most respectfully to inquire of your Grace, first, whether the letter in ques- tion is to be considered as an official and authoritative document, or as an informal expression of private opinion ; and secondly, whether it was your Grace's intention in that letter to state that the bishops and clergy of the Church of England generally are of opinion that episcopal ordination is simply non-essential to the validity of orders, in which case it might be dispensed with amongst ourselves ; or whether your Grace intended to include in the majority of which you spoke, those who would beyeluctant to pronounce positively on the invalidity of all ordinations to the ministry performed in foreign parts, where episcopal ordination could not be obtained, though they would not consent that such ordinations should be introduced into the Church of England, or recognized as conveying power to officiate in that Church. "I have the honour to be, my Lord Archbishop, your very humble servant in Christ, WiLtreat Parana." "His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury."

" Addington, Sept. 19, 1851. "Reverend Sir—A letter addressed to me in a spirit of Christian candour would be entitled to attention, independently of the advantage which it de- rives when contrasted with other notices which have been taken of the com- munication fraudulently obtained from me by Mr. Gawthorn. "In regard to that communication, I take the opportunity of mentioning, that it is not unusual for mete receive inquiries from persons unknown to me respecting matters connected with the Church, and to which I eonaider myself bound to reply, when there appears no ground for suspecting the mo- tives of the writer. Mr. Gawtlaorn's letter came to me as one of these; and, whether concocted by himself or with the assistance of others, I cannot think that it was otherwise than cleverly composed, or contained anything to excite suspicion.

"My answer was expressed in a manner which I certainly should not have adopted 'in an authoritative or official docament; or if I had believed that I was writing any other than a private letter. "Still, inferences have been drawn from it for which it furnishes no ground whatever. Otherwise, you could not ask me whether 'it was my intention to state that I myself; or the majority of our clergy, look upon episcopal ordination as non-essential to the validity of orders, so that it might be dispensed with among ourselves,' or so that any others than those episcopally ordained could have power to officiate in our Church.' This

The Earl of Derby was again the victim of his family foe, the gout, at the early part of the week. On Monday he was prevented by a sharp attack from presiding in Liverpool at the third jubilee meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Lord Brougham has arrived in Paris, on his way to Cannes.—Paris Letter, Sept. 23. The Earl of Arundel has been seriously ill ; but is now recovered suf- ficiently to propose visiting his constituents at Limerick in a few days. The Windsor Express denies that Mr. Hatchell is going to be made an Irish Judge in succession to Justice Perrin. Justice Perrin is not in- tending to retire ; and Windsor is likely to retain its distinguished Irish- man "for some time forward."

Mr. Birch has resigned the situation of preceptor to the Prince of Wales. He is to be succeeded in his office by Mr. Gibbs, barrister-at- law, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.—Stanslard. The Court Circular of Thursday chronicled the return to Balmoral of "the Reve- rend II. M. Birch from Lincoln, to which place he went on the 19th in- stant for the purpose of being ordained."

William Walker, Esq., Government Secretary of British Guiana, is ap- pointed Lieutement-Governor of that colony, in the event of the death or during the absence of the Governor. The Honourable Julian Fane, Attaché to her Majesty's mission at Ber- lin, is transferred to the mission at Vienna in the same capacity.

was no part of Mr. Gawthorn's inquiry. His inquiry was, whether, in s opinion, or that of the majority of ray brethren, these foreign clergymen were not truly,,pastors of the Church of Christ, but were to be considered aa mere laymen ? This I thought equivalent to the question, whether we held, that no person in any country., or under any circumstances, could be en- titled to minister in the Church of Christ except through the imposition of episcopal hands. "I replied, that I imagined this to be as far as possible fromthe general opinion, either among our bihope or clergy. I knew that neither our ar- ticles nor our formularies justified such an opinion. I knew that many of our eminent divines had disclaimed such an opinion ; and I knew that such an opinion would amount to declaring that no valid sacrament or other nil- nisterial act had ever been performed, except under an episcopal form of go- vemment And, therefore, I could not believe, and I still do not believe, that many of our clergy would venture seriously to maintain such an opinion. "To To be convinced that episcopal.government,.and therefore that episcopal ordination, is most agreeable to Senpture, most in accordance with primitive practice, and is in itself the more excellent way,' is perfectly consistent with the judgment of Hooker, that the lineal descent of power by Apostolical succession is not, in certain cases, to be urged absolutely, and without any possible exception.* "Unable as I am to account for the misrepresentations to which I have been subjected, I am glad to find so proper an opportunity of correcting them as your letter affords. And I remain, Reverend Sir, your J. faithful servant,

"Reverend William Palmer. •

A gentleman about to receive ordination in the diocese of Exeter, lately procured testimonials from beneficed clergymen in the diocese of Canterbury, which, in accordance with the usual custom in such eases, received the counter-signature of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Upon this document being forwarded to the Bishop of Exeter, his Lordship returned it, refusing to accept the subscription of the metropolitan.—.Record, The Bishop of Bath and Wells has appointed the Reverend George Augustus Denison his Lordship's Esamining Chaplain, Vicar of East Brent, to the Archdeaconry of Taunton, vacant by the decease of the Venerable Archdeacon Hamilton.

In virtue of powers given by Parliament to the Ecclesiastical Commis- sioners, the Commission, on the 234 of August last, laid before the Queen in Council a scheme for fixing the yearly income of Archbishops and Bishops at the exact sums named in the law regulating them, "and no more.' Her Majesty has sanctioned the scheme, and it is now put in force by publication in the Gazette, as follows- " That every archbishop or bishop who shall have succeeded to his see upon any avoidance thereof which shall have happened after the 1st day of January 1818, or shall hereafter happen, shall, on or before the 25th day of March and the 29th day of September= every year, deliver to us in such form as we shall from time to time direct, a correct account in writing cer- tified under the hand of such archbishop or bishop of all monies, whether consisting of arrears or otherwise actually received by him in respect of the revenues of his see during the half-year ending on the 31st day of December or the 30th day of June, as the case may be, then last past ; and that in any case in which it shall appear by such account that, after allowing all reasonable and customary payments and deductions, the net amount so re- ceived has exceeded one half of the amount of the annual income so named as aforesaid for such archbishop or bishop, the surplus shall at the same time be paid by such archbishop or bishop to our credit at the Bank of England ; and that upon the account so delivered being examined and ap- proved by our treasurers for the time being, their receipt for the amount of such surplus shall be given to such archbishop or bishop, and shall be a good and valid discharge for all payments or contributions for which such arch- bishop or bishop may be liable under the provisions of the said acts or orders in Council, or any. or either of them, and that in any case in which it shall appear, upon due investigation of such account, that after allowing such pay- ments and deductions as aforesaid the net amount ao received is less that one half of the annual income so named as aforesaid for sect archbishop or bishop there shall be paid by Us to such archbishop or bishop, on the 1st day of or the 1st day of November, as the case may be, then next fol- lowing, such a sum of money as shall make up the deficiency ; and that such payment shall be in full satisfaction and discharge of any payment or aug- mentation to which such archbishop or bishop may be entitled under the said acts or orders, or any of them.

" Provided always, and we further recommend and propose, that no arch- bishop or bishop, nor his representative, shall, after the delivery of the ac- count of the revenues of his see as aforesaid, be entitled, in respect of the half-year to which any such accounts shall relate, to any arrears of rent, dues, or other payments in respect of his see which may have remained un- paid at the end of such half-year, but that allsuch arrears shall farm part of the future revenues of the see to which they belong, and shall, when re- ceived, be included in the account thereof for the then current half-year ma to be delivered to us as aforesaid.

" And we further recommend and propose, that every such archbishop and bishop as aforesaid shall, in every case in which application shall be made to him for the renewal of any lease of any property or estate belonging to his see when the amount of the fine to be paid for the renewal of such lease shall amount to or exceed 1001., submit for our approval a statement of such application, together with the amount of the fine which he shall purpose to' take in respect of such renewal, and also an explanation of the principle upon which such fine shall have been calculated ; and that no such renewal of any such lease shall be effected by such archbishop or bishop until the amount of such fine shall have been approved by us ; and that if it shall appear us that the amount of any such line shall in any case exceed one-half of th amount of the annual income so named as aforesaid, for the zuchbishop o bishop to whom such fine would have been payable, it shall be lawful for to (Erect such fine lobe paid to us, 'instead of the archbishop or bishop ; such fine shall be paid to us accordingly. "" And we further recommend and propose, that the Brat account so to delivered by every such archbishop ow bishop who shall have succeeded to see upon an avoidance thereof happening after the 1st day of January 1 as aforesaid, and before the passing of this scheme, shall relate to and prim all monies received by him in respect of the revenues of his see d the whole period which shall have elapsed since his appointment there and that the first payment so as aforesaid to be made by us, or by such ar bishop or bishop, as the case may be shall be calculated so as to leave o give to such archbishop or 'bishop, an income for such whole period after rate so named as aforesaid, for the same see, in the said schedule here annexed, and no more. "And we further recommend and proitose, that with respect to the Archbishop of York, and any bishop appointed to any see before the let of January 1848, it shall be lawful for us, and for such archbishop or bis3l, at any time to enter into an agreement with us for regulating the Mae of the see of much archbishop, or of any such bishop, according to die provisions of this scheme.

*Book vi'. chap. U; see also took iii. chap. 11. "Provided always, and we further recommend and propose' that until the bishopric of Manchester shall be endowed with lands or otherhereditaments, nothing in this scheme contained shall in any manner affect or relate to the bishop or see of Manchester."

At the foot of the scheme is appended the schedule of the incomes of the Bishops as they are fixed by the existing law.

Bee.. Income.

Canterbury £15,000 Gloucester and Bristol £5,000 York 10,000 Hereford 4,200

London ' 10.000 Lichfield 4,500

Durham 8,000 Lincoln 5,000 Winchester 7,000 Llandaff 4,200 St. Asaph 4,200 Manchester 4,200 Bangor 4,200 Norwich 4,500 Bath and Wells 5,000 Oxford 5,000 Carlisle 4,500 Peterborough 4,500 Chester 4,500 Ripon 4,500 Chichester 4,200 Rochester 5,000 St. David's 4,500 Salisbury 5,000 Ely 5,500 Worcester 5,000 Exeter 5,000 Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

of Ten Weeks 1841-50. Week 0( 1801.

Zymotic Diseases 3,522 .... 305 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat,. 473 .... 51 Tubercular Dismums 1,688 .... 213 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,102 .... 130 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 245 .... 87 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 8 2 .... 122 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 666 .... 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, Se 91 .... 10 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Se

92

16

ItheumaZistn, diseases of the Boites,fomts, Ate

80 .... 8

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Se

11 .... 3 Malformations 35 ..., 2 Premature Birth 223 .... 36 Atrophy 234 .... 32 Age 469 .... 38 Sudden 82

Violence, PriVation,Cold, fuldIntemperance

283 ....

33

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Total (Including unspecified causes) 10.148 1,097

We are glad to learn that Lord John Russell, in the most kind and hand- some manner, and wholly unsolicited by any one, has appointed Mr. James Brotherton, harrister-at-law and son of Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P., to the office of Receiver-General in the Inland Revenue Department -Man- chester Guardian.

Efforts are now on foot in Boston and its vicinity to collect funds towards the erection of a bronze statue of Dr. Jenuer, in London, in honour of his great discovery of vaccination.

Frederika Bremer, the Swedish novelist, was to start for home, in the At- lantie, on the 20th instant. Miss Bremer has been in America sonic two years; daring which time she has travelled in all the Atlantic and Missis- sippi States, and has seen much of American society and scenery. Soon after her return she will publish her notes and observations ; and Maly Hewitt will translate and publish, at London, an English edition.-.Letter from New York.

Prince Metternich left Johannisberg with his family on the 16th instant, for Manheita.

A private letter from Hayti, of August 4, written by an officer of the French war-steamer Milan, states that his sable majesty, Fauotin L, who imitates Napoleon in everything, is most anxious to be crowned with all the cere- monies of the Roman Catholic Church. He recently sent an ambassador to Rome to beg for a bishop, if it were only one in partible!, to consecrate him an emperor by the grace of God and of the Holy See. The Pope, who is displeased at the cavalier manner in which Fauetin declared himself the head of the Haytian Church, has flatly refused. But the Emperor does not despair ; and he has spent the enormous sum of 30,000/. sterling in buying a tMone,_a praying-desk, crosses, velvet, and silk. He has also built a throne- MOM with sumptuous decorations.-Faris Letter.

The map of Franc,e, whie. la was begun in 1817, is not yet finished. It is to contain 258 sheets, of which 149 are already published. There yet re- mains five v, ears' work in surveying, and nine years' work in engraving, to be done. 'The total cost will exceed 400,000/ sterling. Up to this time 2249 staff-officers have been employed in the work.

In May last, a eeitrt of law at Douai pronounced a judgment against the Northern Railway Company, for an infringement on the privileges of the Post-office, in having carried a sealed packet containing papers relating to a lawsuit. This decision has been reversed by the Court of Cessation, in a judgment declaring that such documents do not fall within the description of letters and papers for the transport of which the Post-office has a mono- poly, and that the railways may lawfully carry them, although sealed, pro- vided the contents are indicated on the envelope.

The Liverpool Mercury gives some statistics of the commerce and re- sources of Cuba, extracted from the Diario de /a_Jfarina.of Havannah. The average of imports per annum for the five years from 1828 to 1832 was 3,400,0002., that of the exports was 2,390,000/., and that of the revenue 1,757,0002.; in the five years 1843-1847, these averages had increased to 5,260,0002., 4,777,0002.; and 2,150,0002., respectively. For the year 1848, the imports were 5,100,0002., exports 5,200,0001., and revenue 2,600,0001. The largest items in the imports was provisions-2,370,0001.; cotton, linen, woollen, and silk goods, were valued at more than a million. The chief 'sports were sugar, tobacco, and copper ore. Of the 3548 vessels that en- ered in 1848, 875 were Spanish, 1733 American, and 670 English. Of the xports of 1848 there was taken by Spain about 211 per cent, by America 27 er cent, by England 19f per cent, and by other countries 251 per cent. Of he imports, about 15 per cent were from Spain, 32 per cent from America, 2S per cent from England, and 26 per cent from other countries. At the beganing of 1849, there were 256 miles of railway opened, and other lines wee in forwardness. The chief revenue of the railways arises from the conreyanoe of produce. Tie largest merchant-vessel ever built has been launched at New York. Shots a clipper ship, called the Trade Wind, and is 263 feet long, 43 feet brealth of beam, and 23 feet held. She is destined for the California trade.

Aithentic news has arrived of the wreck of the Randolph Feat India trader, with loss of life very serious but not 80 great as was at first rumoured. The *hip left Port Louis, in the Mauritius, at the end of July. She had 250 steerage-passengers for Calcutta, men, women, and children-apparently na- tives of India returning from a term of labour in the Wand ; Lieutenant Holland and Ensign Scott, of the Forty-eighth Regiment, occupied the chief cabin. The cargo consisted of the produce of the island. On the night of the 2.5th, when the ship was at the North-east extremity of the Mauriti breakers were discovered ; and in spite of every effort of the crew, the vessel struck on a reef of rocks, running out some two miles from the land. The masts were cut away, but in the dark night nothing more could be done. The ship fell over on her beam-ends. The surging waves swept many of the

people from the decks. Some of these were saved by clinging to spars, but others were drowned; Ensign Scott was among the latter. When daylight came, it was seen that land was two miles off, while the water was studded with dangerous rocks. Fortunately, the boats had not been damaged. A channel was traced among the rocks for some distance, and by laving spars and planks on the rocks the land could be reached. With infinite danger and difficulty, the people were lowered by the sailors sitting astride the bow- sprit into the boat, and all got safely to land. It was found that during the night between twenty and thirty of the Indian passengers had been lost, two of the crew, and Ensign Seat. The chief mate went to Port Louis, thirty miles distantand the Governor sent a steamer to the wreck ; but little eould be saved. Jr.M Dale, the master of the Randolph, is exonerated from blame by persons On the spot. A lighthouse would have prevented the wreck. Lloyd's agent immediately applied to the Governor to have one erected ; he assented, and the structure was at once commenced.

The Preston Pilot states that Sir Henry Bold Hoghton has been compelled to close Hoghton Tower against large parties of visitors, as excursion-parties by rail from Manchester have damaged furniture and wood-work when ad- mitted to view the building.

At the recent Assizes at Liverpool, a stabbing case from Manchester was heard before Baron Platt; who, in summing up to the jury, used these words -" One of the witnesses tells us that he said to the prisoner, If you use your knife you are a damned coward' ; I say also (continued the learned Judge, apparently in deep thought) that he was a damned coward, and any man is a damned coward who will use a knife."-Carlisle Patriot.

A good joke is related of an old Highland woman, who came trudging an immense distance over the hills, having heard that Lord John Russell was to be at the kirk on Sunday last. What, thinks the reader, was her errand ? She had heard that Lord Johnny was the Prime " afeenister " of all Eng- land, and she " expeckit to hear him hold forth in a shoobleeme discourse." -Inverness Courier.-[We distrust the "shoobleeme."] The splendid two-year-old horse Hobby Noble has been sold by Lord John Scott to Mr. Merry for the unprecedented sum of 6500 sovereigns.-Cale- donian Mercury.

In Naumberg, a man named Mahner is preaching the necessity of a new regeneration, not in the spiritual, but the physical sense. Ile warns a sickly race that it must return to the lost state of "primitive health," as the means of more fully enjoying life and attaining a patriarchal old age. It is to be secured by a diet of bread and water, going barefoot, and letting the hair and beard grow ; in short, making a nearer approach to man's original state in costume than the decencies or prejudices ce modern society will altogether permit. On this topic he has been lecturing to a chosen few ; but his doctrines do not seem to take ; bread and water not being tempt- ing, even with fourscore years promised as the prize of self-denial.-Ifines Correspondence.

Tardini, an aeronaut, made an ascent, on Sunday the 14th, from Copen- hagen, accompanied by a lady and a child. Intelligence arrived the next day that the balloon had descended in Mecklenburg with the lady and child, but not with Tardini. Some time after, the dead body of the unfortunate man was found near Kallebodstrand.