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The Reverend John Jackson, Rector of St. James's, Piccadilly, has been selected to fill the see of Lincoln, vacant by the death of Dr. Kaye.

Dr. Denvir, Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor, has accepted a seat at the Irish National Education Board, in the room of the late Dr. Townshend, Bishop of Meath.

Professor James Nicol, from the Queen's College, Cork, has been ap- pointed Professor of Natural History in the Meuischal College, Aberdeen.

Dr. John Rae, well known for his courageous Arctic expeditions, came to town on Monday, to make preparations for his overland expedition in search of Sir John Franklin.

The funeral of the late Bishop of Lincoln, which took place at Rise- 'mime Church on Tuesday, was attended by large numbers of the clergy and laity from every part of the diocese.

The remains of Dr. Broughton, late Bishop of Sydney, were buried on Saturday, in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral, beside those of one of his earliest friends, Sir George Gipps. A considerable body of clergymen attended the funeral.

Lieutenant-General Sir W. J. Whish, of the Bengal Artillery, who died on the 25th February, was a distinguished officer : he was present at the siege of Hatram and Bhurtpore ; and among his latest successes was the siege of Mooltan, and the check he gave the enemy at the Fords of Chenab at Wurzeembad. The latter action was performed against orders, but it is said to have saved Lahore.

Dr. Overweg, the indefatigable colleague of Dr. Barth in the expedition now exploring Central Africa, died on the 27th September, near Kuka, of fever brought on by the influence of the rainy season. He was only in his thirtieth year. His companions buried the body of their comrade near the great central Lake Tchad, which Overweg was the first European to navigate.

The Grand Duke of Oldenburg died suddenly on Sunday morning, in his seventieth year. He was the father of the Queen of Greece. He is succeeded by his son Frederick Peter, now in his twenty-sixth year.

As M. Kossuth protested on account of the proclamation addressed to the Hungarian troops in the late outbreak at Milan, and as his friends de- nounced the proclamation as a "forgery," Signor Mazzini has published a letter on the subject. He explains, that the proclamation was sent to him by Kossuth during the last month of his stay at Kutayah, for the purpose of being used in the event of an Italian insurrection,—of the fit time for which the Italians were necessarily the judge; that it was placed in the hands of the "Central Internal Direction" of the National party in Italy, so that in the event of Mazzini's death it might not be lost ; that they printed it, inserting the date "February," and omitting two para- graphs indicating the more remote date. Mazzini says he recently sent these particulars to Kossuth, regretting, but not disapproving. Kossuth has pub- lished, in yesterday's papers, a very long letter in explanation. He says that substantially Mazzini's letter is correct ; but he states that the pro- clamation was written for a different time, and that in the printing of it not two but seven paragraphs have been omitted,—paragraphs not inti- mating the remote date, but essential to the import of the document. The words " army I lead" had been substituted in the place of" army I organize," and like alterations. He declares, however, that Mazzini and he "are and will be united for ever."

We are enabled to state that Mr. Disraeli refused from the outset to be put in nomination for the Lord Rectorship of Aberdeen University ; having de- clined the honour on the ground that he could not comply with the condi- tion of election requiring that he should visit Aberdeen next month and deliver an inaugural address. Mr. Disraeli had previously refused a similar offer from the University of Edinburgh, for similar reasons, though there would have been no opposition to his election.—Tinzes, March 3. [Mr. Disraeli has misinformed his zealous friend of Printing-house Square ; or perhaps he has himself been hoaxed. "A similar offer from the University of Edinburgh" could not have been made, for the University of Edinburgh has no Lord Rector.]

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

Ten Weeks Week of 1843-52. of 1853.

Zymotic Diseases 2,047 .... 201 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat,. 529 .... 37 Tubercular Diseases 1,799 .... 198 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,253 .... 147 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 383 .... 36 Diseases o( the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 2,079 .... 371 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 616 .... 52 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 105 .... 15 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, @e 108 .... 10 Rheumatism, &settees of the Bones, Joints, &a 77 .... 12 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c 11 .... 5 Malformations 25 .... 5 Premature Birth 250 .... 38 Atrophy 199 .... 87 Age 628 .... 87 Sudden 119 .... 7

Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance

254 .... — 50 — Total (including unspecified causes) 10,534

1,344

A hurricane from the North-west on Saturday last inflicted great damage on some parts of the coasts, with a serious loss of life. At Liverpool, many vessels were damaged, and some quite wrecked. At midnight, the barque Irene, while in tow of a steamer, caught the edge of the bank off Coburg Dock with her stern, fell over on her broadside, and sank. There were twenty people on board, A boat which put off from a passing steamer res- cued nine ; but the master, the mate, a pilot, and eight men, were drowned. The mate of a flat which came into contact with a steam-vessel was knocked overboard and lost.

An inquest on two of the persons lost in the Irene was commenced on Tuesday. The witnesses then examined—survivors of the wreck—alleged that no lives would have been sacrificed if the steam-tug Uncle Sam, which was towing the Irene, had gone to the assistance of the ship when she struck : the tug-rope broke, and the steamer never came near the sinking ship. On Thursday, the people of the Uncle Sam declared that they were unable to render aid.

At Flint harbour, on the month of the Dee, there was great destruction of property. A tract of land has been gained from the sea by means of an em- lment ; behind this bulwark were manufactories, ship-yards, and houses. A high tide and the hurricane from the North were too much for the em- bankment; it gave way, and an immense body of water poured in. No lives were lost, though several persona had very narrow escapes. The loss of

property will be great. Several vessels went ashore on the banks of the Dee. An embankment enclosing a vast tract of marsh land belonging to Lord Vivian was destroyed, and great damage was done to the crops. There was a tremendous gale on the Northumberland coast. At Culler- coats two fishermen were drowned, by their boat running on a rock as they endeavoured to regain the harbour. Two ships were wrecked at the mouth of the Tyne ; but in each case a life-boat from South Shields resoued the crew.

On Wednesday sennight, no fewer than eleven fishermen, belonging to Lossiemouth, near Aberdeen, were drowned by the swamping of their boats when near to land.

A slight shock of earthquake was felt at Inverness and the neighbouring places on Saturday afternoon ; causing not a little alarm by the noise and trembling motion.

Mr. Cripps, a gentleman residing in Linton on his property, was formerly engaged in an extensive brass-manufactory in London. Hie son, a youth of seventeen, was employed on the establishment, and one day chancing to get his ears boxed by his father for some slight dereliction of duty, he absented him- self, and was never heard of till one day last week, when the post brought a letter from the wayward if not prodigal son, crouched in suitable and duti- ful terms, and giving an account of his life during nearly twenty years' banishment. On absconding, he found his way to Sydney; and was there employed in catching wild bullocks, of which he was to have a certain pro- portion as his share. He is now the possessor of a large tract of land, 400 beasts, and nearly as many horses, all his own ; and though " married and settled," proposes ere long to return to his fatherland, to e'njoy a respectable competency.—South-eastern Gazette. The plate in the Queen Victoria's cabin has been saved by a diver ; but the man protests that nothing in the world should induce him to go down a second time as the scene in the cabin was the most horrible he had ever witnessed. He thought that he had entered a wax-work exhibition, the corpses never having moved from their positions since the vessel went down. There were some eighteen or twenty persons in the cabin, one and all of whom seemed to be holding conversation with each other; • and the general appearance of the whole scene was so lifelike that he was almost inclined to believe that some were yet living.