... THE BiSHOP or LONDON.-We regret to learn that the Bishop of London lies in a very precarious state. His lordship's life is considered in danger.-Record. The numerous friends of the Bishop of New Zealand, and all who wish well to the missions of the Church of England will be glad to hear that he arrived safely at Aucklind on the 5th July, after a prosperous voyage of 98 days. RECANTATION IN ST. ...

... e- e Yesterday was the day for her Majesty and the Royal t Family to leave Osborne for Windsor, to spend the e l. Christmas holidays. For some time past it has been 0 ' blowing hard from the eastward, and there has been a N heavy sea rolling between Cowes and Gosport, where the t Queen invariably lands onleaving the Isle of Wight. Two e or three days ago the royal yacht Edfn, in attempting S ...

... SUSSEX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1S, 1855. -- - On the evenings of Monday and Tuesday last, Dr. Welch lectured in the Council Chamber, Chichester, on The Americans and American Indians, when, on both occasions there was a select but -not numerous audience. Dr. Welch, in his introduction, stated that he was many years sojourning in the Western World, and his discourses consisted mainly of a ...

... A PARENTAL HINT.-When an accident occurs, learn wshether it was through misfortune, carelessness, or wilful- ness, before you pass sentence. Accidents are frequently of great service, and children often learn more caution and real information from their occurrence than from fifty les- sons. Be it remembered that the perfection of science is owing to the occurrence and remedy of its early ...

... t The long-anticipated report of the committee of investi- o gation on the Eastern Counties Railway has just been issued and not only sustains all the charges brought by the auditors s against the management at the last meeting, but states that those charges vere far below what would have been warranted. ,fIt is asserted that no correct balance has ever been struck in the stores department ...

... WITNE.Y. W ;'1'±N .I). DiED. --Nov. 28, at South-Lawn Lodge, Mr. H. Wilsdon, in the 26th year of his age. M1r. Tyrrell, our Superintendent, attended at the Marl- borough Arms, on Tuesday and Wednesday last, and will be there this day (Saturday), to adjust weights and measures for all parties resident in the town ; the other districts will be taken in due course. The anmual dinner of the ...

... A meeting for discussion was held at the Club House, Bridgc-street, Blaclifliars, on Tuesday evening the 11th instant; Mr. Bettesworth Shearer, of Swaanmore House, jlants, in the chair. The attendance was numerous, and included several representatives of Local Farmers' Clubs. Aniongst the gentlemen present -were itlr. R. Baker, Writtle; AMr. Meclhi and MIr. Thomas, Lillington ; Mr. W. Bennet, ...

... The King of Sardinia and suite arrived in Paris on I riday the 23rd ult., at half-past one, Prince Napoleon, the chief personages of the Emperor's household, the Pre- sidents of the Senate and Legislative Body, and the Pre- fects awaited the arrival of his Majesty at the Lyons Railway Station, and escorted him in procession along thb. quays, by the HOtel de Ville and the Rue de Rivoli, to thd ...

... The Rev. M. A. Atkinson to Fakenham, Norfolk. The Rev, G. H. Fielding to Fredunnook, near Usk. The Rev. V. I. Child to Little Easton, Essex. The Rev. R. Roe to Melbury Osmond, with gelburySamp- ford, near Dorchester. The Rev. II. B. Smyth to Houghton Regis, near Dungtable. The Rev. J. H. Stewart to Millbrook, near Southampton. The Rev. T. B. Turner to Port Royai, Jamaica. Vli0RAGES. The Rev. C ...

... Camp before Sebastepol, Dec. 4. There has been a complote dearth of incident since I last wroto. We are in the status qua, possibly the mud is deener, and the Russians fire more than usuai upon the town. There is no change in the attitude of the eneusy. The storm of Saturday morning taxed the now hluts severely, and they are by no means bighly d spoken of; they are toe frail, and lightly built ...

... GENERAL O1RDERS. 5 lHesdquarters, Ssbastopol, Nov. 10. .Gereral Sir James Simpsou announces to the army [that tbo Queen has been grabciously pleased to permit lhim to resign the comnmand of thts army, and to asp. .noint General ?? SirWilliamn Codr~ngton, ?? Bto be his successor. ?? resigning hie command, the ?? to ex- preue to the troops the high sense he entertrins of the iadmirable conduet ...

... SCRAPS FROM RUTSSIA. An Am rican journal c jntains the foliowicg under the heading Scraps from the Journal of . A ,rnercan Ex-Conbul is Roossi. 1: - I P; EEP AT C5LONSTADT-1.10 first visited Croustadt,a and found this Place no strong as it lied been r, pro- ISented, but mere So from thle natural ?? than from b anything extraordinary in the defencees. He feand a there an imamense foundry, ...