... The rectory of Lowton, near Warrington, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Pennington, MIA. The benefice (value unascertaieed) is in the gift of the Rev. J. J. Hornby, M.A., rector of Winwick. The incumbency of Alton Mauleverer, near Knareaborough, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Arm- strong, M.A.; it is worth £100 a year, and is in the gift of Lord Stonrton. By Mr. ...

... There is, perhaps, no more striking mark of that social and moral progress which the working classes have made in the factory districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire than the manner in which they spend a festive period like that which has just expired, or celebrate some event of more indivi- duel character, such as entering upon new employment, the lmarriage of fellow-workmen, or the completion ...

... LONDON: .STjRuDAIi; JsANUAR1Y 1, 1853. Thle year 1852 is past, and to-day we open a&1o- ther page of history. When we look back at the record of the period which we are leaving behind us, its most striking character consists in the com- pleteness of the political drama which it comprises. Other years have been more eventful, and somse have been far more exciting; but the narrative of the last ...

... THE NA VY. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon-John Sloan, M.D. (1838), to the Ajax, 58, screw steam flag-ship, at Cork. Paymaster-Oharles W. Boone (1846), to the Odin steam. frigate, at Portsmouth. Assistant-Surgeons-Daniel I. Diigan (1844), to the Des- perate steam-sloop, at Devonport ; NV. J. Baird (acting), to the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devenport. The following appointments are dated the 24th ilt. ...

... TRE FRIGATE PAID 'GOHAAD. ALEXANDRIA, Dzo. 6. A very interesting ceremony took place in the harbour his. day, namely, the transfer of the steam frigate Paid Gobaad, or Favourite of War, to the Egyptian Govern- .ment. This immense ship, constructed to mount 28 guns of the heaviest calibre, and of the burden of 2,468 tons, arrived :here on the 23d of November from England, having made the ...

... WINDSOR, JAN. 21. po the third of a series of dramatlo perform. he 5eeDeDng at the Castle. Isriginal comedy in three acts, by Dougls- Jer. D acted), was represented, entitled, St. 0lepid; or, rsv'otytald ?? Highneso Prince Albert, with ?Der r0jey children and her Royal Highness the Duohess h! serene ifighuess tne rriace uI ea, gen, her 5, ilssthe ?? Hehenlohe, aecom t co Rinh5OpDke of Norfolk ...

... OXFORD, JAN. 20. The Sibthorpian Professor of Rural Economy (Dr. Dan. beny) will deliver four lectures in the new lecture room contiguous to the Botanic.garden, on the 24tb, 26th, 28th, and 29th instant, each day commencing at two o'clock. These lectures are open to all members of the University, and, as they will embrace the consideration of the mecha- nical methods of improving the. soil, ...

... [ CAYTON AND BULWER TREATY. _ I WASHINGTON, JAN. 10. ;ethe followilng report of the important the United States Congress on the ?? Treaty from the files of New York rbt by the Asia:- OcE (lVtig), of Maryland, did not question the qF, CaStS' statement of the conversation he had cri[,g; tier could he doubt for a moment the Wg'~r of S. Rking. But the health of the latter ' 3c, nowv that it was ...

... [FyroMi OUR OwxN COnRsPONDIENT.3 DUBLIN. FmiDAY MORNING. The Tenant- leaguers and the ReligiousEquality pal tire concentrating their strength for a struggle against 1lr. Sadleir ii the borough of Carlow. The new ?? Sheriff has fixed Monday next for the nomination, and the following Wednesday for the polling. From present appearances, Carlow is likely to becoute a scene of extraordinary ...

... MORNING CH-IROurIC~ oge 'ednesday, ?? a EXPRESS FRo.,jI vA- [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP11,1 PARIS BouRsE, JAN. 4.-Clo]iufl prices' Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 105o. -0c ,. O per Cents.. 80f. 75c.; Bank of Frautic, v ' pRIV Y COUJNCIL. -0--C WINDSOR, JAN. 4.-- er Majesty held p Council at three o'clock this afternoon `r Previous to the Council the Earl of and Earl Granville had audiences of tia Earl ...

... Colonel Arthur Wellesley Torrenu, late commanding offioer of the 23d Regiment of Frot, stationed atChester, is appointed first assistant quartermaster.general, in the room of Colonel Richard Airey, unattached, who was some time ago Bp- pointed military secretary to general Viscount Hardinge, ?? commanding in chief. TIE 3Sn (KINO'S OwS) IjoGuT DRaoooNs.-The ship Herefordshire, belonging to the ...

... I CRIMNAL and DES TT17TUIE JU VEBNIhES. [MATTHEW DAVENPORT HIL'S vdeUC ?? fom The ,Morning CAesaicle of yedertay.J With regard to the food that You speak of, I presume it is not to go beyond what is absolutely necessary ?-No; and the cheapness is something surprising, as we find at the in- dustrial school at Birmingham, an industrial school founded by the rector of St. Philip's, Mr. Grantham ...