The Prebendal Stall of Holborn, in the Cathedral of St.
Paul's has become vacant by the death of the Reverend H. Handley Norris, Rector of South Hackney. It is in the gift of the Bishop of London. The Reverend W. C. F. Webber, Perpetual Curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, has been elected to a Minor Canonry in the Cathedral, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Reverend J. T. Bennett to the office of Sub-Dean.
Mr. Robert Gilfillan, known to the public as the author of several beau- tiful songs in the Scottish dialect, and some pieces of poetry of considerable merit, we regret to say, died suddenly yesterday forenoon. He appeared to be in his usual health in the morning, and was in attendance at his office as Collector for the Commissioners of Police in Leith, when he fell down in a fit of apoplexy. Medical aid was immediately procured; but he never rallied, and was conveyed to his house, in Hermitage Place, where he died. He was possessed of many amiable qualities ; was goodnatured even to a fault ; and will be much regretted by a large circle of friends.—Edinburyk Courant, Thursday.
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