ght Vrobintes.
The Bishop of Hereford was installed on Thursday. The Dean was not present; and at one stage of the proceedings, what is understood to have been a protest against the installation was handed in.
In many parts of the country, meetings have been held—some of them very numerous and respectable—with the object of organizing an agi- tation for institutional reforms. At Leicester and Doncaster the tone of the majority seemed to be somewhat of a Chartist complexion, but "household suffrage" was thought the least extent of concession to demand. In Birmingham there have been several gatherings, and a " declaration" has been drawn up and is placarded publicly in favour of household suf- frage, vote by ballot, electoral districts, and triennial Parliaments. Up- wards of 2,500 signatures, chiefly those of electors, have already been ap- pended to this declaration; and among the names are those of the two Borough Members, the great majority of the Aldermen and Councillors of the Corporation, and of the most eminent mercantile gentlemen. At Manchester, on Tuesday, the burgesses of Collegiate Ward met under the presidency of Mr. James Kershaw, M.P.-' and at Bury on the same day the shopkeepers and electors of that borough assembled under Mr. J. Bent- ley, and formed associations to agitate for the four points above mentioned. At Bradford, on the requisition of 510 respectable inhabitants, the Mayor, Mr. Robert Milligen, called a meeting for Wednesday; and it was attended by several thousand persons. Mr. J. V. Godwin, the Reverend J. Clowea, Baptist minister, and Mr. Lightowler, were the speakers. The four points, and some others of similar stamp, were affirmed by resolutions.
The Chartists have held various meetings in the provinces during the past week. The number present at one held on Skircoat Moor, near Hali- fax, on Good Friday, is estimated at 14,000; at another, held in Leeds on Monday, 4,000: a third was held at Nottingham, on Monday, in honour of Mr. O'Connor, on the abandonment of the election petition against his Par- liamentary return. At all of these meetings memorials praying the Queen to dismiss her advisers, and take to her counsels a Chartist Ministry, were adopted.
Among the answers to correspondents in the United Irishman is this One to a friend in Manchester-
"' W. G." T. C:—Surely we approve of the scheme. There is nothing to hin- der the Irish in Manchester to form themselves into street sections ' and com- panies--armed, of course."
In November last, the Reverend W. R. Mahon, Rooter of Rawmarsh, near Shef- field; intended to peas the wiuter in Ireland, and he advertised for a curate. From a number of applicants he selected, on account of the weight of testimonials, a person who. styled himself the Honourable and Reverend B. C. D. F. Fairfax, and who claimed to be the only son of Lord Fairfax related to the Earl of Fitz-
Arrangements were made by which Mr. Mahon was succeeded by his curate without having a personal interview. The Honourable and Reverend Mr. Fairfax came to Rawmarsh, took the clerical duty of the parish, and performed it till the end of March. - Daring that time, many curious things were noticed. A mysterioui friend who visited him was at last suspected to be a female in man's clothes. Few payments to tradesmen were made, though large debts were incurred; and foarpenny pieces were generally the coin of payments. Mr. Fair- fax suddenly left Rawmarsh, on the. firet Monday in this month; and it is dis- covered that every sum he received for subscription or donation towards parish or other purposes has been embezzled. The relationship to noble families is of course also found to be invention. Mr. Fairfax has taken off large quantities of furniture and valuables obtained from tradesman.
Bates, the highwayman who shot William Wyatt, was hanged for the murder, on Saturday, at Chester. The other robber, Wilmesley, who wounded Wyatt's brother, was reprieved.
John Briant and Edward Edwards, detained in Springfield Gaol for trial at the Essex Assizes, escaped from prison on Sunday morning; using ladders and ropes incautiously left in their reach by building workmen,
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