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"I ascend that throne with a deep sense of the sacred duties which devolve upon me, with a firm reliance on the affection of my faithful subjects, and on the support and cooperation of Parliament, and with an humble and earnest prayer to Almighty God, that he will prosper my anxious endeavours to promote the happiness of a free and loyal people.

"It is with the utmost satisfaction that I find myself enabled to congratulate you upon the general tranquillity of Europe. This tranquillity it will be the object of my constant endeavour to preserve; and the assurances which I receive from my allies, and from all foreign powers, are declared in a similar spirit.

"I trust that the good understanding which prevails upon subjects of common interest, and the deep concern which every state must have in maintaining the peace of the world, will insure the satisfactory settlement of those matters which still remain to be finally arranged.

"Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I thank you for the supplies which you have granted, and for the provisions you have made for the several branches of the public service during that part of the present year which must elapse before a new parliament can be assembled. I cordially congratulate you on the diminution which has taken place in the expenditure of the country, on the reduction of the charge of the public debt, and on the relief which you have afforded to my people by the reduction of some of those taxes which have heretofore pressed heavily upon them. You may rely upon my prudent and economical administration of the supplies which you have placed at my disposal, and upon my readiness to concur in every diminution of the public charges which can be effected consistently with the dignity of the crown, the maintenance of national faith, and the permanent interests of the country.

"My Lords and Gentlemen,-I cannot put an end to this session, and take my leave of the present Parliament, without expressing my cordial thanks for the zeal which you have mani

fested on so many occasions, for the welfare of my people.

"You have wisely removed the civil disqualifications which affected numerous and important classes of my people.

"While I declare, on this solemn occasion, my fixed intention to maintain, to the utmost of my power, the Protestant reformed religion established by law, let me at the same time express my earnest hope that the animosities which have prevailed on account of religious distinctions may be forgotten, and that the decision of Parliament, with respect to those distinctions, having been irrevocably pronounced, my faithful subjects will unite with me in advancing the great object contemplated by the legislature, and in promoting that spirit of domestic concord and peace which constitutes the surest basis of our national strength and happiness.

"You have wisely availed yourselves of the happy opportunity of general peace and internal repose calmly to review many of the laws and judicial establishments of the country, and you have applied such cautious and wellconsidered reforms as are consistent with the spirit of our venerable institutions, and are calculated to facilitate and expedite the administration of justice.'

With regard to the latter part of the speech, our sentiments on the subject are too well known to our readers to require any repetition, and founded as we trust they are on true Christian principles, we cannot and must not alter them; and whilst we are thankful for the royal declaration in favour of the Protestant reformed religion, must heartily pray that neither our King nor his people may find that the first and greatest step towards overthrowing it, as a National Church, has been already taken.

Every personal action of the Sovereign since his accession has been such as was likely to insure his popularity. His affable manners, the plainness and publicity of his habits, and the cordiality which exists between him and the other members of the royal family, are well calculated

to gain him the affections of his people.

The country is already busy with electioneering movements. Vast efforts are making to influence the boroughs, and buy up the venal portion of them, whilst a greater spirit of independent resistance has been offered than has been ever known, and it is calculated that nearly a third of the late House will not be reelected, producing a greater change than has taken place for a century in the composition of the house. Almost every borough that can be opened will be attempted, and it may be hoped that the electors will do their duty and return a body of men determined to support to the utmost of their endeavours, the interests of the country.

FRANCE. The French army had an action with the Algerine forces at Sidi Kali, on the 21st of June, in which the French were victorious after a sharp conflict, losing however upwards of five hundred men in killed and wounded. The Algerines retreated within the walls in great confusion, having suffered very severely in the engagement; but on Count Bourmont preparing to open batteries upon the town, it surrendered at discretion. The town being badly provisioned, a sedition broke out among the populace, the Moors and Arabs declaring that they would not sacrifice their lives and property for the Turks; whilst the Turks hoped by capitulation to save their private wealth, with which they could enter into the service of the Sultan; and both parties agreed in threatening the Dey in case he continued to hold out. These reasons, combined with a continued cannonade from the squadron, sufficiently account for the prompt submission of Algiers. Twelve ships of war, fifteen hundred pieces of brass cannon, together with the military and naval arsenals well stored with arms and ammunition, became the prize of the captors; the prisoners

who were shipwrecked at landing were all found safe in the fort. The Dey has chosen Leghorn as his future residence; the Moors and Jews are desirous to return to Syria, and the unmarried Turks wish to emigrate. This victory is a triumph to civilization, in which all Christendom ought to rejoice; the piratic powers of Barbary should be wholly crushed, and for ever; their existence down to so late a period has long been a disgrace to Europe, and as for the exclusive advantage to be derived by France from her conquest, it is of little importance to us: the French have never been successful in colonization, nor is the territory which their arms may win in Africa an unpeopled waste for them to manage without opposition. The Bey of Titeri, the southern province of the kingdom of Algiers, has indeed offered the submission of himself and his people, and Count Bourmont intimates his expectation that the Beys of the remaining provinces will imitate this example; but private accounts to the contrary have reached Paris, which agree in stating that the Bey of Constantine alone has an army of fifty thousand men. It is therefore very probable that the French army will yet have to fight and conquer before they can be masters of the states of Barbary.

In France the progress of the elections continues very unfavourable to government: there now appears every probability of the liberal opponents of the ministry having a very decided majority in the chambers. This aspect of affairs has given rise to reports of immediate ministerial changes, but the intelligence of the surrender of Algiers must add to the power of the existing administration, and render their continuance in office more certain. The French have ever been a people easily dazzled by military glory, and ready to sacrifice every thing for it.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW CHURCHES.

The foundation-stone has been laid of an intended New Church at Todmorden, in the Parish of Rochdale, Lancashire.

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New Churches have been consecrated at the following places :

Bowers Gifford, Essex; Liverpool, St. Augustine in Shaw Street; Netherton, in the Parish of Dudley, Worcestershire.

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CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS.

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Appointment.

Chapl. to Berkeley's Hospital, Worcester.
Chapl. to H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex.

Head Mast. of Grammar School, Risley, Derby.
Mathemat. Profess. of King's Coll. London.

Head Mast. of Grammar School at Portsmouth.
Fell. of Dulwich Coll.

Mathemat. Profess. of E. I. Coll. at Haileybury, Herts.
Archd. of St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Somerset B.&Wells Vicar of Doulting
Warwick Lichfield Rev. H. T. Powell

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Westmorl.Carlisle Earl of Thanet
Wilts Sarum Rev. J. Turner, &c.

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to hold by disp. Horton, R. Gloucest. Gloucest. Mrs. Brooke Wilberforce, Samuel. Brixton, R. Wingfield, E. Oldfield Tickencote, R.

I. of Wht. Winchest. Bp. of Winchester
Rutland Peterboro'J. Wingfield, Esq.

CLERGYMEN DECEASED.

On the 9th instant (at the house of his son, the Rev. Stuart Majendie, at Longdon, near Lichfield), the Right Rev. WILLIAM HENRY MAJENDIE, D. D. Lord Bishop of Bangor, in the seventy-sixth year of his age. He was consecrated to the see of Chester in the year 1800, and to that of Bangor in 1809. His Lordship was formerly Fellow of Christ College, B. A. 1776, M. A. 1785, D. D. 1791.

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Middles. London King's Coll. Camb.
Worcester Worcester Lord Chancellor
Devon Exeter Hon. P.C.Wyndham
Rev. Dr. Townsend
Northam. Peterboro' Rev. T. Whalley
Bp. of Sarum

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Preb. in Cath. Church of Sarum

Whish, J.Kedington&Gloucester, Chr. Ch. P.C. Gloucest. Gloucest. Trustees

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The nomination of the Rev. Robert Isaac Wilberforce, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College, as a Public Examiner in Literis Humanioribus, has been approved in Convocation.

Mr. Travers Twiss, B.A. Bennet Scholar of University College, has been elected Fellow on the same foundation.

The Rev. Andrew Bloxam and the Rev. Charles Collyns Walkey, Scholars of Worcester College, have been admitted Fellows of that Society.

Henry John Maddock, of Wadham, and James Fox Longmire, of Worcester College, have been admitted Scholars of Worcester, on the foundation of Mrs. Eaton.

Messrs. Arthur Philip Dunlop and Robert William Browne have been admitted Fellows of St. John's College; and Mr. Henry James Farington, Scholar of that Society.

At the election at Exeter College, Edward Fanshawe Glanville, B. A. of that Society, was elected a Fellow, on the Archdeaconry of Cornwall Foundation; and Charles Lewis Cornish, Exhibitioner of Queen's, a Fellow on the Devon Foundation.

The following gentlemen have been elected at Wadham College :

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Probationary Fellows. William Hill, B. A. of kin to the Founder; Rev. James Peter Rhoades, M.A.; Thomas Vores, M.A. and Tutor; and John Griffiths, B. A. all Scholars of the above Society.

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DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.

John Hardwick, Esq. Balliol Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Edmund Pepys, Oriel Coll. Grand Comp.
James Corry Connellan, Oriel Coll.
Rev. Thomas Morgan, Jesus Coll.
Samuel Lilley, Jesus Coll.

Rev. Thomas Hutton, Magdalen Coll.
John Malcolm, Christ Church.

Rev. Thomas Woodruffe, St. John's Coll.
Samuel Hingeston, Lincoln Coll.
Rev. Thomas Hand, Trinity Coll.
Ralph Etwall, Trinity Coll.

Rev. W. Ashforby Trenchard, Trinity Coll.
Thomas Tyers, New Coll. Grand Comp.
James C. Dowdeswell, Stud. of Christ Ch.
William M. Du Pre, Christ Church.
William Platt, Brasennose Coll.
Rev. William Bannerman, Brasennose Coll.
Rev. James Maingy, Pembroke Coll.
Rev. W. Henry Landon, Worcester Coll.
Rev. C. Rodwell Roper, St. John's Coll.
W. J. Browne Angell, Queen's Coll.
Rev. St. Vincent L. Hammick, Exeter Coll.
E. F. Glanville, Fell. of Exeter Coll.
Rev. Charles Cutts Barton, Christ Church.
Rev. Percival Bowen, All Soul's Coll.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Alfred Fisher, St. Alban Hall.
John Cunningham, University Coll.
Thomas Lewis Williams, University Coll.
The Rt. Hon. Visc. Grimston, Christ Ch.
Richard Ellison, Christ Church.
John Edwards, Christ Church.
Henry A. Gilbert, Exeter Coll.
George Atkinson, Queen's Coll.
George Burdett, Corpus Christi Coll.
Robert Wells Whitford, St. Edmund Hall.
Rev. R. H. Beaumont Lee, Lincoln Coll.

MARRIED.

At St. George's, Hanover Square (by the Rev. Richard Huntley, Rector of Boxwell, Gloucestershire), the Rev. Webster Huntley, M. A. Fellow of All Souls' College, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Richard Lyster, Esq. M. P. of Rowton Castle, Shropshire.

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