3 NOVEMBER 1849, Page 9

Last night's Gazette announces that the Queen has ordered the

issue of a congd d'elire, empowering the Dean and Chapter of Liandaff to elect a Bishop in room of Dr. Edward Copleston, deceased; and has recommended the Reverend Alfred 011ivant, D.D., for election as Bishop. Also, that her Majesty has by: letters patent appointed the Reverend Henry Hart Mil- man, M.A., to be Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in London, in place of Dr. Copleston. The Gazette notifies " the blockade of the island of Samoa by a Turkish naval force "—to " be effective in fifteen days from the 14th of October."