The Bishop of Lichfield' and Coventry preached a charity sermon,

at St. Bride's, on Sunday ; at which the Lord- Mayor was preient, in state. Placards had been posted up, advising the parishioners.to send , the Bishop, where he had endeavoured to send the Bill, to Coventry. A crowd of boys and blackguards were congregated, in consequence of

these placards ; and there was a good deal of hooting, and:Personal vio- lence was even threatened to the Bishop—whom one account represents as very much alarmed, and . another as bearing himself so proudly that the crowd were afraid of him. At all events, he seems to have been indebted to the Lord Mayor and the City power for protection to his carriage. A man was seized; and on being examined at the Mansion- house, it turned out that he was not even a parishioner.

TORY TEXTS AND WHIG COMMENTS. —" He (Earl Grey) has de- cided that his brother the Bishop shall keep the living of Bishopsgate, where he is hated, in addition to his Hereford Bishopric, although he . forced the Bishop of Exeter to give up a living where lie had expended thousands on its improvement."—John Bull, May 13.

" The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend John Russell, D.D., to the Rectory of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, in the city and diocese of London, void by the promotion of the Reverend Doctor

• Edward Grey to the see of Hereford."—London Gazette, May 15.

- It is supposed that the Head Mastership of the Charterhouse will become vacant by the acceptance of Dr. Russell of the living of St. Botolph.

A correspondent informs us, that upwards of fifty of the Charles

• Street Gang dined at their rendezvous in Carlton Terrace on Sunday last. Amongst the " Conservatives" present, were Wellington, Cum- berland, Gloucester, Carnarvon, and Bristol.—planning Chronicle. -Colonel Davies of Worcester denies that he forms one of what is called the Junior Conservative Club.—Globe. [Does he abjure its principles ?)

We understand it is the intention of his Majesty, daring the month

• of June, to pay a visit to Sheerness, to inspect the dock, which is now 7eompleted ; and, from its spacious basin, capable of containing ten ships of the line, with all their stores on board.—Maidstone Gazette. Several of the members of the Worcestershire Yeomanry, com- mended by the Anti-Reformer, the Earl of Plymouth, have joined the

Union. . . ..... .

The Grand Bazaar, King Street, Portman Square, with all the adjacent dwelling-houses and premises, was knocked down on Tuesday for fifteen thousand guineas.

A Court of Directors was held on Thursday, at the East India House ; when Captain Bryan Broughton, of the ship Earl of Dal- Hearn's, took leave of the Court previous to departing for China direct.

• A public meeting of the friends of the Home Missionary Society, was held on Tuesday, at Exeter Hall. The treasurer's report stated that the receipts of the Society for the year just terminated had been 74,673/.

At a numerous meeting of the Licensed Appraisers' Western So- ciety, on Tuesday evening, the members came to the unanimous reso- lution, not to distrain, condemn, or purchase, any property fin- assessed taxes, until the Reform Bill becomes the law to the satisfaction of the people.

ACQUITTAL OF THE FAST-DAY RIOTERS. — Messrs. Benbow, Lovett, Watson, Evans, and two boys named Platt and Griffiths, were tried at the Middlesex Sessions on Wednesday, on the charge of riotous assembling on the Fast-day. In addition to the Police, a person named Farquharson, a reporter of an evening newspaper, was the prin- cipal witness. Benbow and Lovett avowed themselves the leaders of the procession. The charge against the boys was for throwing stones. -The Jury acquitted the whole!

CIIOLERA.—The cases of Cholera in London have so much dimi- nished, that at length the Central Board have been shamed out of the daily reports. They have issued a notice, that the epidemic had ceased, and that in consequence no more reports will be issued. The cases re- maining in the Country yesterday were 170.

The Reverend Edward Irving continues his open-air exercises with a zeal and perseverance that set both wind and Nveather at defiance. He preached on Sunday morning on the north side of the Coldhath Fields House of Correction, and again in the evening on Islington Green, to congregations, either of which would have sufficed to Ell half a dozen of the largest churches in London. A heavy shoiver of rain fell during the morniwsr' service ; but the faithful and their pastor raised their umbrellas, and bore the pelting of the storm with stoical indif- ference.—Morniny Herald.

The Lord Lieutenant on Friday despatched his resignation to his Majesty. • This is precisely what was to be expected from a man of high principle and manly pride.—Dublin Evening Post. [Lord An- glesey must come to the Horse Guards; and the Duke of Leinster go to the Castle.] A tradesman in Bristol lately employed a professional gentleman to recover a debt of 30s.: he succeeded, and the costs were 701.

The Attorney-General has made his report, pursuant to an order of reference, on the claim of Jonathan Chetwood, of Woodbrook, Esq., and has reported the claimant to be the lineal and sole heir of the Barons de Wahull, who were summoned to Parliament amongst the most ancient Barons of the realm. The descent was one of great an- tiquity, and involved an investigation of records extending over a period of more than six hundred years. Lord Francis Osborne, now Lord Godolphin, is next brother to the Duke of Leeds, and married to a sister of Lord Auckland. The Honourable George Osborne, son of the newly. created Peer, is also a Reformer, and attended the great Birmingham meeting on Monday sennight.

'BARON CUVIER.—This celebrated naturalist died, at Paris, on Tuesday evening. He had reached the last stage of general paralysis. The functions of the stomach and intestines appeared to have ceased, but he. nevertheless preserved his faculties entire. He had even calm- lilted on the reality of his situation, as he expressed continual regret at being obliged to leave _so many works unfinished ; amongst others, his Comparative Anatomy, which he had laboured for some time to recast. It is even said, that in the course of the last Month he bad prepared upwards of a volume and a half, comprising osteology. _ It was during the progress of this work that he was surprised by his malady. - About five in the evening, he spoke-with difficulty, and only to-express the general state of illness which be. experienced. M. Ihimi!ril quitted him, promising to return early next morning :. he answered by a shake of the head, as if he was aware of the certainty that he should not again see his friend. Shortly afterwards his intellectual faculties be- came weaker, and he expired about half-past ten at night. M. Cuvier, the son of a Protestant Minister, was born at Montbeliardi in 1769, that fertile-year which gave birth to Napoleon, Chateaubriand, Walter Scott, Canning, &c. The death of 31. Cuvier may be called a public misfortune ; his loss will be as severely felt in the Council of State as in the bosom of the Academy ; it is to both irreparable. Numerous as are the places rendered vacant by the death of this single individual, we doubt whether any one of them can be better filled than they were by the vast genius who knew how to execute all the labours of them.—Feench Paper.

The death of the late Earl of Thanet was extremely sudden. On his return from church he fell down in a fit, by which he received a wound in the face. He was conveyed to Hothfield House, Where he soon recovered sufficient- strength to walk about in his apartment ; but he became conscious that be had not many hours to live, from the feeble and nearly imperceptible motion of the pidse. llis Lordship's estate in Kent has been estimated at 8,000/, a year, and his estate in Westmoreland quite as much ; whilst the Yorkshire property has been calculated to produce 30,0001. annually. Amidst this vast wealth, his Lordship (who had acquired penurious habits, originally from necessity) permitted the mansion at Hothfield, in which he lived ancl died, to fall into ruins; the rain beat in from the roof; and the neighbouring rooks, in consequence of dilapidations and neglect; had free access to many of the formerly grand and- magnificent apartments. Henry, time present Earl, has already commenced the repairs of Hothfield House upon u large scale ; so that in a short time this once princely and hospitable mansion will resume a splendour of establishment commensurate with the noble income of its owner.

The Mayor of Paris married but 25 couples during the month of April ; whereas in every preceding month the number varied from 250 to 350.

Wednesday sennight, George Smith, in the employ of Mr. Hultorn was standing upon the railway, when the coining of a train of goods from Liverpool was announced, and he stepped of the line until the train had passed. The moment the last carriage had gone past, he again stepped into the line, not perceiving the train of carriages with passengers coming on the same line, within a very short distance of the other. Shouts from several persons warned the unfortunate man of his danger ; but before he could make good his retreat, the engine struck him on the back, his head fell upon the rails, and in a moment it was crushed to atoms and severed from the trunk.

An infant named Hitchcock, 'only two months old, was poisoned, on Friday last week, at Pimlico, through the mistake of its mother in giving it some medicine, of which opium formed the principal ingre- dient, and which had been ordered for its father.

The Lord Mayor entertains Mr. Attwood, of Birmingham, • on Tuesday. This is a just and proper compliment.

The run on the Bank of England, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday, was considerable, but not more than might have been ex- pected. The demand for gold,was principally in the shape of small sums ; so that there was a great appearance of bustle, aid yet little business. The total amount, however, exceeded 1,000,000/. Every necessary preparation was made by the Bank to meet the run while it lasted, and also to meet it readily. The extensive machinery of the Mint was put in active requisition ; and an array of clerks provided specially for the purpose. Among those who came forward on the oc- casion, was the Honourable Member for Preston. On Leine- asked his name, and if it was written on the ten-pound note of which he came to demand change, he replied, " Oh yes !—Henry Hunt, a stanch Re- former, but no Whig." The declaration, though made with all pomp, did not seem to make a very strong impression on the gentleman to whom it was addressed, and the Member having got his ten sovereigns, withdrew. • ESTABLISHMENT OF WESTMINSTER Armin.—The collegiate body consists of a Deau and Twelve Prebends. The duty of the Dean is to reside 90 days in the year, and to preach on all great festivals. Of the Prebendaries a month's residence is exacted, and a sermon each Sunday afternoon. The income derived to these thirteen dignitaries from the funds of the Abbey is 1,4001. a year each Prebendary, the Dean double, and they have each a cemiortablebewe free from rent. The other clergymen attached to the Abbey are Minor Canons; two of whom have to be in attendance twice a day, and peiSrm the whole of the service. Their endowments front the collegiate hinds average about 13/. per annum. They bad, in addition, each a house : baton the ground being required by the Canons, they levelled them to the earth, and (the Alinors) are allowed fi:om .0s. to al. a-year each, as a compensation, except one,.who being precen- tor, his house was rebuilt. If a dignitary of the Abbey he ahsent from his post —that is, if lie do not reside—the penalty is a payment of 1;3s. 4,1. per diem, which goes to the collegiate chest. If a Minor Canon be absent, he is mulcted les. for non-attendance, which goes to the collegiate chest, to be shared by the Dean and Prebendaries.—Letter in the Times.