Vic. c. 108, Manchester became the see of a Bishop. This made the spiritual position of Manchester too glaring to be tolerated--a bishop presiding over a Chapter which derived a large income from the parish which gave name to the see, and contained nearly half a million of souls, and yet which, so far as the recognised provision of the Church went, was without any pastoral superintendence. The inhabitants resolved that at any cost the abuse should be remedied. Of course, so time-honoured and so wealthy an anomaly was not to be rectified without a contest; but after an arduous and persevering struggle, and the expenditure of near 40007., the parishioners succeeded in obtaining an Act to authorize the Division of the Parish of Manchester into several Parishes, and for the Application of the Revenues of the Collegiate and Parish Church" (13 & 14 Vic. c. 41). By this Act the parish will be divided by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners into districts, and each district and the church therein will be a several parish and parish church, becoming a rectory with cure of souls. The remainder of the parish will be the parish of Manchester, having the cathedral church for its parish church. The Dean will have the cure of souls within the motherparish, with the Minor Canons for assistants or curates. Four of the new rectories will be assigned to 66 the Canons. The revenues of the Chapter, received by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, are to be applied in the first instance to pay the stipends of the Dean, Canon, and Minor Canons; the residue is to be applied exclusively in providing for the cure of souls in the original parish of Manchester: viz., the endowments of all the rectories are to be raised first to 1501. each at the lowest, and then, when the funds will admit, to 2501. each. Such are the principal provisions of this judicious act of church reform. EXPLOSION OF A PORTUGUESE FRIGATE.-By the overland mail intelligence was received of a fearful and melancholy occurrence which took place at Macao on the 29th of September. It was the anniversary of the birth of the consort of the Queen of Portugal. The Portuguese frigate the Donna Maria fired the usual salute at noon. The captain and all the officers but two were on board, and some officers from the United States ship Marion, all of whom were to have dined at 3 o'clock on board the Portuguese frigate. About half past 2 o'clock the latter vessel blew up, and the officers and men, about 200 in number, perished, with the exception of one officer and 15 men, picked out of the water by the boats of the Marion. The MINISTRY, as it stood at the Opening of the Parliament on the 31st of January, 1850. First Lord of the Treasury IN THE CABINET. Chancellor of the Exchequer. President of the Council Home Secretary Foreign Secretary Colonial Secretary Right Hon. Lord John Russell. Right Hon. Sir George Grey, bt. Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston. Right Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Right Hon. Lord Campbell. Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bt. Most Hon. Marquess of Clanricarde. NOT IN THE CABINET. His Grace the Duke of Wellington. Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, Right Hon. Fox Maule. Right Hon. Sir W. M. Somerville, bt. Sir John Jervis, knt. Sir John Romilly, knt. Master of the Mint. Secretary at War Chief Secretary for Ireland Attorney-General SCOTLAND. Lord Advocate of Scotland Solicitor-General for Scotland Lord Lieutenant Attorney-General Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, knt. Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines. Right Hon. Andrew Rutherfurd. IRELAND. HOUSEHOLD Lord Chamberlain . Lord Steward Master of the Horse Mistress of the Robes Right Hon. Earl of Clarendon. Right Hon. James Henry Monahan. APPOINTMENTS. Most Hon. Marquess of Breadalbane. His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TOOK PLACE DURING THE YEAR IN THE CABINET.-Lord Chancellor, Lord Truro v. Lord Cottenham. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Earl of Carlisle v. Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice. Secretary at War, Right Hon. Fox Maule, to a seat in the Cabinet. NOT IN THE CABINET.-Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, Right Hon. Lord Seymour v. Earl of Carlisle. Master of the Mint, Sir John F. W. Herschell, bt. v. Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, H.B.M. Minister at the Court of Tuscany. Attorney-General, Sir John Romilly v. Sir John Jervis, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Solicitor-General, Sir Alexander J. E. Cockburn v. Sir J. Romilly. Solicitor-General for Scotland, James Moncrieff, esq. v. Thomas Maitland, esq., a Lord of Session. Attorney-General for Ireland, Right Hon. John Hatchell v. Right Hon. J. H. Monahan, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Solicitor-General for Ireland, Henry George Hughes, esq. Lord Steward of the Household, Most Hon. Marquis of Westminster v. Earl Fortescue. Bedfordshire. SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1850. Berks Bucks Camb, and Hunts. Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutlandshire. Richard Thomas Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange, esq. Robert Allfrey, of Wokefield Park, esq. William Selby Lowndes, of Whaddon Hall, esq. Sir Arthur Ingram Aston, of Aston. William Daubuz, of Killiow, esq. Thomas Salkeld, of Holm Hill, esq. Robert Arkwright, of Sutton, esq. William Arundel Yeo, of Fremington, esq. Henry Ralph Willett, of Merley House, Wimbourne Robert Hildyard, of Horsley, esq. Thomas Burch Western, of Felix Hall, esq. Thomas Gambier Parry, of Highnam Court, esq. Fulke S. Greville, of North Myms Place, esq. Matthew Bell, of Bourne House, Bishopsbourne, esq. Clement Royds, of Mount Falinge, esq. Mia George Edmund Hodgkinson, esq. Crawshay Bailey, of Lanthewy Court, esq. William Bruce Stopford, of Drayton House, esq. Henry Hall, of Barton, esq. Hon. William Middleton Noel, of Ketton. Ralph Merrick Leeke, of Longford, esq. Langley St. Albyn, of Alfoxton, esq. Joseph Martineau, of Basing Park, esq. Sir Thomas Rokewóde Gage, of Hengrave Hall, bt. Jas. Will. Freshfield, of Moor Place, Betchworth, esq. Geo. Edw. Wilson, of Haversham House, esq. Henry G. Gibbs Ludlow, of Heywood House, esq. John Gregory Watkins, of Woodfield, esq. William Rutson, of Newby Wiske, esq., WALES. Richard Griffith, of Bodowyrisaf, esq. Sir Chas. Morgan Robinson Morgan, of Therrw, bt. Will. Davys H. Campbell Davys, of Neuaddfaur, esq. Antrim. Armagh Carlow. Carrickfergus Town Cavan Clare Cork. Cork City Down Drogheda Town. Dublin City Galway. Galway Town Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Kilkenny City King's County Leitrim Limerick Limerick City } Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Bronwydd, esq. John Burton, of Minera Hall, Wexham, esq. Rowland Fothergill, of Hensol Castle, esq. Edward Humphrey Griffith, of Gwastadfryn, esq. Edward Morgan Stephens, of Llananno, esq. IRELAND. Alex. Montgomery, of Potter's Walls, Antrim, esq. Peter Kirk, of Thornfield, Carrickfergus, esq. Hon. Henry Cavendish Butler, of Lanesboro' Lodge, Major William H. Ball, of Fortfergus, Ennis. Sir George Conway Colthurst, of Ardrum, Inniscarra, bt. John Ferguson, of Castle Forward, Londonderry, esq. John Chadwick, of Drogheda, esq. Robert Quin Alexander, of Garristown, Ashbourne, esq. Tho. Hamilton Jones, of Belloo, Moneyglass, Toome, esq. John P. De Montmorency, of Castle Morris, Knock- Richard Smithwick, of Birchfield, Kilkenny, esq. Londonderry City and Rob. Peel Dawson, of Moyola Park, Castledawson, esq. John Shuldham, of Moy, Ballymahon, esq. Sir Fred. Geo. Foster, of New Street, Spring Gardens, Chas. Geo. Mahon, of Mount Pleasant, Ballyglass, esq. William Verner, of Churchill, Verner's Bridge, Moy, esq. Sir John Nugent, of Balenlough, Castletown Delvin, bt. BIRTHS. 1849. BIRTHS. JULY 18. The lady of John Cartwright Hill, esq., of Adelaide, South Australia, a son. AUG. 19. At Sydney, New South Wales, the Hon. Mrs. Keith Stewart, a daughter. SEPT. 9. At Wellington, the lady of Lieut. Col. M'Cleverty, Southern Province, New Zealand, a son. OCT. 7. At Adelaide, South Australia, the lady of Captain Freeling, R.E., a son. DEC. 10. At Galle, Ceylon, the lady of the Rev. Norman Garstin, D.D., of a son. 1850. JANUARY. 4. In Charles-street, Berkeley-square, the Countess of Craven, a son. At Cheveley Park, Newmarket, the lady of John Fairlie, esq., a daugh ter. 5. At the Hall, Bedale, Yorkshire, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Windham, a son. 6. At Eastry House, Eastry, Kent, the lady of Capt. C. H. Baker, R.Ñ., a dangh ter. At the Rectory, Kirkby Overblow, Yorkshire, the lady of the Rev. Henry Blunt, of a daughter. 7. At Trafalgar House, Wiltshire, the Countess Nelson, a daughter. 8. At Sunderlandwick, Yorkshire, the lady of Edward Horner Reynard, esq., a son. 9. At Thornham Hall, Suffolk, Lady Henniker, a son, still-born. At Beeston Hall, Lady Preston, a daughter. At Hazlewood Castle, Yorkshire, the Hon. Mrs. Vavasour, a son. At Marston House, Northamptonshire, the lady of J. J. Blencowe, esq., a son. In Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady of T. P. Halsey, esq., M.P., a son. 11. At Arthingworth, Northampton 19. At Ankerwycke House, Buckinghamshire, Mrs. Harcourt, a daughter. 21. At Crowell Rectory, Oxon, the lady of the Rev. J. Lindfield Roberts, a daughter. At Albury-place, Cheshunt, the lady of A. Cassels Howden, esq., a son. 22. At Montreal, near Sevenoaks, the Viscountess Holmesdale, a daughter. At Eaton-place, the lady of W. Stopford, esq., of Draton House, Northamptonshire, a son. At Monks Park, Wilts, the lady of Capt. R. B. Bellers, a son. 26. At Lytchet Maltravers, the lady of H. L. S. Dillon Trenchard, esq., a son. At Redworth House, county of Durham, the lady of John H. Aylmer, esq., a son and heir. 27. At Grosvenor-place, the lady of P. H. Pepys, esq., a daughter. At the Vicarage, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, the lady of the Rev. Sandford George Scobell, a son. 28. At the Vicarage, Colerne, Wilts, the lady of the Rev. Gilbert Heathcote, a daughter. At Government House, Isle of Man, the Lady Isabella Hope, a son. 29. At Barnes Terrace, Surrey, the lady of Bolton Corney, esq., a son, stillborn. 30. At Brent Bridge House, Hendon, the lady of Francis G. P. Neison, esq., a daughter. At Sidmouth, the lady of Captain Fulford, R.N., a daughter. |