well-meant document, supported by certain anonymous communications, without employing any of those means for ascertaining the truth of the threatened dangers, and which men in their exalted stations have so fully at their command, they had deprived the King of the pleasure and satisfaction of meeting a large body of his loyal subjects, these last of an opportunity of shewing their loyalty, and how richly they deserved his royal confidence, filled the whole country with alarm, and declared before all Europe, that a nation the most brave, moral and loyal of any on earth, was as ripe for tumult, rebellion and revolution, as the corrupt subjects of the oppressive and demoralized states around them. Conduct so imbecile would have shaken the confidence of the nation in any administration, but to that of the Duke of Wellington it has proved a death stroke. The duplicity of the conduct of the leader, and the base dereliction of principle in his colleagues, on the Roman Catholic Question, had excited in the nation a feeling of distrust which had been cherished by several subsequent measures; and the supposed warlike tone of the King's opening speech in parliament, together with some unpopular and quite uncalledfor declarations in the house, had raised Earl Grey. Lord Brougham...... this to such a pitch, that it was quite evident that the ministerial power was rapidly declining, both within and without doors. A motion, on the Civil List, brought forward on the 15th, was opposed by Sir Henry Parnell and others; and when the house (437, members present) divided, there was a majority of twenty-nine against the Ministers, who on the day following announced that the King had graciously accepted their resignation. If any measures could have encouraged riot and disorder, those adopted on this occasion would have done so; but the fact proves that no real ground of alarm existed. Some contemptible efforts to disturb the peace of the metropolis were made by the knaves and vagabonds who live by plunder, and will ever be found in every populous city. One attempt of a pupil from an atheistical-political school was of a different kind-he was secured, and his followers, who were mostly of the preceding class, dispersed by the police, whose moderate but active conduct during this season of invited tumult deserves great praise. His Majesty has been pleased to intrust the formation of a new Ministry to Earl Grey, by whom it has been arranged as follows: First Lord of the Treasury. Marquis of Lansdowne.. President of the Privy Council. Privy Seal. Secretary of State for the Home Department. Secretary of State for the Colonies. Chancellor of the Exchequer. First Lord of the Admiralty. President of the Bd of Control for East Indian Affairs. President of the Board of Trade, and Master of the Mint. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Postmaster General. Master of the Horse. Steward of his Majesty's Household. Judge Advocate General. First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests. Vice Pres. of the Bd of Trade, & Treasurer of the Navy. The Clergy, as usual on the opening of a Session, assembled on Wednesday morning, the 27th October, in convocation at the Chapter-house, in St. Paul's Church-yard, whence they went in procession to the Cathedral, attended by the Judges, Proctors, &c. of the Spiritual Courts. The procession was met at the great west door by Dr. Hughes, the Residentiary in waiting, the Minor Canons, and Vicars Choral, who preceded them into the choir. The Archbishop of Canterbury took his seat in the Dean's stall, the Bishop of London on his throne, and the Bishops of Salisbury and Bangor in the prebendal stalls to the right of his Grace. The latter then, as the junior Bishop, read the Latin Litany, after which Handel's fine anthem from the Messiah, "The Lord gave the word," was sung by the choir, the solo part, "How beautiful," being admirably given by Mr. Vaughan. A Latin sermon was then delivered by Dr. Burton, of Christ Church, Oxford, Regius Professor of Divinity in that University. At its conclusion "Gloria in Excelsis," was chaunted by the choir, after which the Archbishop dismissed the congregation with the usual blessing, also in Latin, and the procession returned to the Chapterhouse. NEW CHURCHES. ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, CLAINES.-This Chapel, which has been erected in the parish of Claines, near Worcester, has been consecrated by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. The edifice has a very neat appearance, and the interior is fitted up and ornamented in excellent taste. There is a painted window (the gift of James Wakeman, Esq.) in the chancel; it has a pleasing effect, causing "a dim religious light." A very handsome set of communion plate has been presented by a lady in the neighbourhood. There are galleries round three sides. The pews are eighty-four in number, and are calculated to contain 344 persons; there are free sittings for nearly 400. The erection of the Chapel and boundary wall will cost about 3,500%. There were private subscriptions to the amount of 17007. (including 5007. from Sir H. Wakeman); the Commissioners for building Churches and Chapels contribute the remainder. The land was calculated to be worth 3007. but Mr. Hope, the proprietor, generously accepted only 150%. TRINITY CHURCH, HOT WELLS, CLIFTON, near Bristol.-This Church has been consecrated by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff, for the Lord Bishop of the diocese. It has been erected entirely by voluntary subscriptions, and is admired for the chaste simplicity of the style, as well as the solidity of the structure. It contains 1654 sittings, of which number 854 are free. CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS. Appointment. Chapl. of His Majesty's Ship the Undaunted. Domestic Chapl. to the Dowager Countess of Craven. Exam. for Writers in the service of the East India Company. PREFERMENTS. The King has been pleased to order a congé d'élire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Exeter to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the translation of the Right Reverend Father in God CHRISTOPHER, late Bishop of Exeter, to the See of Bangor; and His Majesty has been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, HENRY PHILLPOTTS, Doctor in Divinity, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Exeter. County. Diocese. Patron. Sir J. D. Astley, Bt. 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Chevallier Chevallier, Clement and Cransford, V. and Gunthorpe, R. with Bale, R. Grafton Flyford, R. SAylesford, V. .... Eveleigh, William Gordon, William .. and Lamberhurst, V. Ilkley, V. } Earl of Gosford J.W.Tomlinson, Esq. Rev. C. Collyer Worcester Worcester Earl of Coventry Kent Rochester D. & C. of Rochester Preb. in Cath. Church of Peterborough Norwich Bp. of Norwich Lincoln Lincoln Lord Chancellor Bp. of Chester Bp. of Lincoln Chanc. of Diocese of Chester S Knebworth, R. Rees, J. T. A....... Dunterton, R. Herts Bucks Lincoln Preb. in Cath. Church of Wells Cornwall Exeter Lincoln Exeter R. W. Lytton, Esq. J. Beauclerc, Esq. Somerset B.&Wells Sir J. Trevelyan, Bt. and Marton, V. Chapl. to Lord Palmerston } Wodsworth, Wm. & Sandwich, St. Pet. R. Kent Cant. Mat. Wise, Esq. Ld Chanc. & Corp. of Sandwich alt. Trevelyan, Walter. Name. Bradley, Thomas Eyre, William Urmstone. Appointment. Fell. of Queen's Coll. Oxf. on the Old Foundation. Tuckfield, Richard Charles Hippisley Fell. of All Souls' Coll. Oxford Mr. Henry Edward Wall has been admitted Fellow of New College, being of kin to the Founder. Brooke William Boothby, B. A. has been admitted Actual Fellow, and Thomas Garnier, S. C. L. (late of Worcester College), Probationary Fellow of All Souls' College. The Rev. Joseph Maude, M. A. has been elected a Fellow of Queen's College, on the Michel or New Foundation. William Edward Naien, Commoner of Queen's College, and John Piggott Munby, Commoner of Lincoln College, have been elected Scholars of Lincoln College; and Thomas Lewis Trotter has been elected one of Lord Crewe's Exhibitioners in the same Society. DEGREES CONFERRED. DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. The Rev. James Carne, Oriel Coll. gr. comp. BACHELOR IN MEDICINE, Philip Lovell Phillips, Exeter Coll. MASTERS OF ARTS. George Cary Elwes, Fell. of All Souls' Coll. Rev. John Griffith, Jesus Coll. Francis Forster, Fellow of Wadham Coll. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Thomas Henry Whipham, Trinity Coll. Robert Alfred Cloyne Austen, Oriel Coll. John Thos. Graves, Oriel Coll. incorporated from Trinity Coll. Dublin. William Bingham, St. Mary Hall, gr. comp. The Rev. Edward Bourchier, M. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Rector of Bramfield, Herts, has been admitted ad eundem. ELECTIONS. CAMBRIDGE. The Rev. George Thackeray, D. D. Provost of King's College, has been elected Vice-Chancellor of this University, for the year ensuing. The Rev. John Graham, B. D. Fellow and Tutor of Christ College, has been unanimously elected Master of that Society, on the resignation of the Right Rev. Dr. Kaye, Lord Bishop of Lincoln. Mr Charles Lesingham Smith, B.A. and Mr. Midgely John Jennings, B. A. have |