KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.-DAILY ORDER OF THE SEVERAL LECTURES, &c. ACADEMICAL YEAR 1831-1832. N.B.-Morning Prayers commence at 10 o'clock precisely every day, excepting Sunday, when Regular Service is performed at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Private sittings may be had in the Chapel. No nomination, or entrance fee, is required from persons desirous of attending any separate courses of Lectures, or any of the Classes for private instruction. Any further information on the subject of the preceding Lectures and Classes, may be obtained upon application at the Secretary's Office, in the College, or to the respective Professors. 11 o'clock A.M. DOMESTIC.-The Bill for the Reform of the Commons' House of Parliament, after a protracted debate, was read a third time at five o'clock in the morning of the 23d of March; the number of members present being 599,-we believe the largest number ever collected at one time. Of these, 355 voted for the bill, and 329 against it.Majority 116. On the 26th it was read, for the first time in the Lords, and ordered to be read a second time on the 9th of April. An animated debate, prolonged by adjournment, deferred this till nearly seven o'clock on Saturday morning, April 14, when the second reading was carried; there being contents, 184,-non-contents, 175.-Majority, 9. Both Houses have adjourned to the 8th of May. We are happy to record the dimi Years ended April 5. nution of cases of cholera, which appears to be hastening towards an entire cessation. The manufacturing interests of the country are every where in a very depressed state, and the number of hands out of employ is very great; whilst those who are employed are only partially so, and at very reduced wages. The agriculture is in a more promising state; the season is unusually backward, and the want of spring pasture is injurious to the holders of live stock. A little genial weather will remove this; and the corn crops present a promising aspect. The following is an abstract of the net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the years and quarters ending on the 5th of April, 1831, and 1832, shewing the increase or decrease on each head thereof: 1832. other places, but with that burst of fury which so peculiarly marks the French character. Orders were given to remove the rubbish and filth from the streets of Paris, and government provided carts for the purpose; these were attacked by the populace and broken to pieces, and the police entirely routed. The National Guard were called out, and refused to obey the call. For two days the shops were closed, and Paris in possession of the mob: the lamps were broken, and several persons, accused of having poisoned the people, were assassinated. As soon as a sufficient number of regular troops could be collected, exertions were made to restore order, and with success; but not until the mob had been repeatedly charged by the cavalry. No effort has been made to discover the authors or abettors of the murders perpetrated during these disorders. The fires which began in Normandy have extended into several of the provinces, and even to the forests, some of which have been consumed to a considerable extent. Not one of the perpetrators of these has been discovered. BELGIUM.-The King of Holland refuses to ratify the treaty attempted to be imposed upon him by the five great powers, all of which, except Russia, have now formally signed it. Active military preparations, and on a large scale, continue both in Holland and Belgium. THE PENINSULA.-The third and last division of Don Pedro's expedition has sailed from Belle Isle, it is said for Terceira, as the place of rendezvous. The troops in this division consist chiefly of recruits enlisted in France. No advices have yet been received from the former squadrons; their final destination is believed to be Portugal, where the utmost vigilance of Don Miguel's government is exerted to anticipate and prepare for their reception. The want of sufficient funds causes great embarrassment, and the attempt to raise money by a forced loan has entirely failed. Several of the first native mercantile houses in Lisbon have withdrawn themselves and their capital from thence to avoid its operation. A strict quarantine has been established in all the ports of the Peninsula to guard against the introduction of the cholera, and a military cordon is placed along the frontier of France for the same purpose. The Spanish government still continues to support that existing in Portugal. POLAND. The very name of this unfortunate kingdom no longer exists. By an imperial ukase it is deprived of all its privileges and national institutions. It is made a province of the Russian empire, and the Polish army is broken and incorporated with that of the Conqueror. INDIA. A dreadful hurricane on the coast of Coromandel has been accompanied by an inundation of a kind scarcely before known. On the 31st of October the wind blew with that uncertain and changeable violence which precedes such a calamity, and the usual precautions were adopted for the security of the inhabitants. In the district immediately north of Balasore few of these survived to reap the benefit of them. During the night the sea poured its waters over the land, broke through a causeway formed to continue the main road of communication between Madras and Calcutta, covered the level ground beyond it; and, ere morning light returned, retired again into its bed, having spread destruction and desolation over about one hundred and fifty square miles. The lives of about ten thousand human beings have been lost by this terrible event. Buildings of every kind have been swept away, and the whole extent reduced to a wilderness. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. THE annual meeting of the Society of Secretaries will take place at the Central School, on Tuesday, 22nd May, at 2 o'clock, and the private examination of children in the Central School before the Secretaries, is appointed for 12 o'clock the same day;also, the members of the Society of Secretaries will dine together at the Free-Masons' Tavern, on Wednesday, 23rd May, at a before 5 o'clock. Dinner, including Wine, &c. &c. 15s. each person. The Public Annual Examination of the Children in the Central School before the President and Committee of the National Society will take place on Wednesday, 23rd May, at 12 o'clock precisely, in the Central School-room, Baldwin's Gardens,-and immediately after the Examination, the General Meeting of the National Society will be held at the same place at 2 o'clock. The Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Thursday, the 17th of May. Preacher, Rev. W. Dealtry, D.D.; Conductor of the Music, Sir G. Smart; Leader of the Band, Mr. F. Cramer; the Organ, by Mr. Attwood. The Anniversary Dinner in Merchant-Tailors' Hall, on the same day, at half-past 5. The Rehearsal of Music will take place on the Tuesday preceding;-and on each day, the Cathedral will open at 1 o'clock precisely. The Anniversary Dinner of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, on Tuesday, 22d May, at the Free-Masons' Tavern. The Examination of the Clergy Orphan Society, St. John's Wood Road, on Thursday, 24th May, and the Anniversary Dinner on the same day. The Meeting of the Charity Schools of the Metropolis in St. Paul's Cathedral, on Thursday, 7th June. Tickets must be obtained and can only be had of the Treasurer and Stewards; or by those Members of the Society for Promoting Christian Kuowledge, who personally attend the meeting of that Society, next preceding the meeting of the Children in the Cathedral. The Annual General Court of the Church Building Society will be held at their house, St. Martin's Place, the 21st of May. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will take the chair at twelve o'clock precisely. DEVAUDEN CHAPEL AND SCHOOL, MONMOUTHSHIRE.-An extraordinary instance of humble piety and active benevolence has recently been presented to the public, in a work entitled "Brief Memoirs of James Davies, Master of the National School, Devauden Green, Monmouthshire:" the design of which is not only to record, but to aid and perpetuate, the invaluable benefits which that worthy man has conferred on the population of a poor and hilly district of the county of Monmouth, by his great exertions in the establishment of a School and Chapel, and in the cause of charity and humanity at large, his own income being extremely limited. In furtherance of the same object, it has been recommended, by several eminent and judicious eye-witnesses of the advantages accruing from his labours and extensive charities, to solicit the contributions of the benevolent in aid of a Fund for the support of his Institutions, and the transmission of these benefits to posterity; whereby he would obtain an earthly reward more grateful to his feelings than any degree of human praise or honour; and they a boon, the value of which cannot be estimated on this side the grave. On Sunday, April 8, the Anniversary Sermon for the City of London National Schools, was preached at St. Mary le Bow, by the Right Reverend Father in God, J. B. Sumner, Bishop of Chester, from Luke xv. 31. After which, a handsome collection was made. The Spital Sermons for this year, were preached by the Lord Bishop of Rochester, and the Rev. Thomas Dale. The former at Mary le Bow, Cheapside; the latter at Christ Church, Newgate Street. The collections made at the several Churches and Chapels in Bath on the Fast Day, in aid of the Asylum for the Maintenance and Instruction of Young Females in household Work, amounted to £377. 17s. 11d. |