... letsfasticaI 3ntcdligence. I The Bishop of Durham has made the munificentdonationfof £300, LieutenantGeneral Sir Henry Askew £10, and the Misses Askew £5, towards electing a suitable building for the Durham Diocesan Training School Society. P1CFERnIErNTS AND ArPoIiNTMErlNTS.-Tle Rev. J. B. TVugl was onl Saturday last appointed by the Governors of the Free Grammar School of Queen Mary, Walsall, ...

... are wpull W~arcte AN D ?? 3AT-RJl'DIG 5TfII~IS. HULL, FRIDAY, JANUARY t7, 1845. BY the American mail-packet Acadia, which arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday, we have late news from the United States, from Canada, from Mexico, and from Texas. The only important proceeding of the American Congress since the last accounts was the introduction of a Bill for extending the jurisdiction of the United ...

... W1 have had put into our hands a pampihlet of about a score pages, entitled REUPORT ON EXPE.RIMISENT.S wirn GUANQ, TO WHICH PSis: PRIZE OF TUE YonrK- t snilur ARICOUTURAT, SOCIETY w1AS AW1AIalED; (x- trssfted firotn the Society's Transactions, and published m mill ?? permission of' the Conncil, by Alalthew Al. Mfilburn, Secretary to thse Society. I This is altogether a most important book ...

... I _Clesiotital . I . ?? I 1, ORDINATION BY THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER. Deacons of Oxford-E. W. Appleyard, S C.L., Magdalene d Iall. C. Sutelirfe, B.A., Magdalene Hall. R. W. Busbl, ?? Worcester. V. 0. Driflieldi, B.A., Brasenose. J. Royde, B. A,, grasenose. W . Flandicoc1k iC.JL, -St. , Mary lall, T. P. Nunn, B.A., St. Mary Hall. x I)eucons of Cambridge-,l Heslop, BA., Trinit'. J. 1. tHowson, ...

... An event of a most disastrous and truly impressive character occurred on Sunday. The cathedral or col- legiate church of the Greyfriars, in connection with the Scottish &tablished Church, a pile of great extent and peculiarly verterablc from its antiquity and historical associations, has been almost totally destroyed by lire. It must be understood, that, as in many instances the case in ...

... *(emce anb Art. AN EXPERIMESTAL SUPPEn.-A public soiree took place at the Winchiester Mechanics' Ilstitution on Wednesday, and a lecture was given by Mr. Sharp, on the Philosophy of the Kitehen,' to illustrate which, a supper was cooked upon the lecture table byr means of gas. There was a crowded attendance, including Brek- ham Escott, Esq., AI. P. and several other persons of distinction. ...

... 31aillmap HlItCllfqEnCC. RAILWAYS.-Connected with the absorbing subject of railways is an analysis, wdhich has appeared in the B3ankers' M11agazine, of the proposed applica- tions to parliament, with the remark that it is a very good approximaltion, if not exactly accurate. The number of notices is as follows:- 1. Notices by old companies for acts for short braich liues, minor deviations, ...

... I'UR ,CbIPT STAMP TAX. lave erto We are glad to learn that the scheme of Dr. Allan, of It is Forres, of raising a revenue and improving present scale -ally of stamp receipts, by laying a tax of one penny on every pound sterling, is now under the consideration of the Chancellor, of tile Exchequer,. and has attraceted much ease attention it, high quarters., The scheme, is certainly a-. ted, ...

... f ai _utetiae. 'ek . . ?? - ViaS Nizw. RAlLWAY. A prospectus is. now in art circulation for a new intextded railway fiona near the Ids, North allertot statioh of the Great' North of England, dg up the valley to Richmxond, and to Appleby, failing into nr the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, a few mile ejust ef of Cnrlisle. This route is said to be very easy, except or 6r a short distance in ...

... ?? lirllbzr 4 an QI;eri al 'Ate, tigic. . l* CAm nIBrDCE Jan. 4.-At a' Cobvocation oden on Tuesday, the following Grace passed the Senate:- To 31point Air Sykes. of Pembroke College, an exartiner 'If the candidates for maehemnatical honours, to the room of r. Stoles, Tholo ?? by Illness. he Reen T. Wordsey, MA., miaster of Downing College. as been elected the office of Christian advocate; and ...

... PEERAGE STA\TISTICS. I In lhe course of the year 1844 the following peers have died :one. Duke-Grafton, aged80f. Two Mlrquises- Hlastings, aged 36; and Donegal, 75 . Six Earls-Bessbo- rough, aged 86; LooLnsdale, 86; Athlooe, 64; Eiutore, 50; Alontnilorres, 7i1 (eatinut); and Limerick, 87. Two Viscounts-Sidmouth, aged 87; and Powerscourt, aged 30. And eight Barons-Douglaq, aged 71; Wallaeo ...

... *ricnfc. L Axo'suiEtt INSTANCL OF TEIF CUtRE or CON- t ?? .Mtledical Gazette contains a long article I; omn tihe pois of Dr. Hastinigs and M3:. Rtobert Storks, esurgoon, both of Worcester, descriptive of a rowarka. y blc operation for ith' cure of coisumption, bly the per- u fotratiou of the eavity of the lutig through the walls of Ithe cliest. It consists in making an opening between ithe ...