7 OCTOBER 1837, Page 6

The Church party in Coventry have carried a church-rate, by

a ma- jority of 379 to 278. The Church party in Coventry have carried a church-rate, by a ma- jority of 379 to 278.

On Wednesday, at the Amphitheatre in Liverpool, the annual meeting of the Protestant Association of that town was held. The attendance was numerous, and highly respectable. On the platform were stationed a number of the most wealthy individuals in Liverpool. The proceedings commenced at eleven o'clock in the morning, and did not terminate until after three in the afternoon.—Post.

In consequence of what pissed at the election of Convocation Clerks in regard to the disgust expressed at those wishing the expulsion of the Bishops from the House of Lords, Dr. Carwithen has resigned the office of Archdeacon official ; which resignation was received by the Archdeacon of Exeter, Dr. Stevens.—Nest Briton.

The first marriage under the new Registration Act having taken place at the Registrar's office, our readers may perhaps wish to know the nature of the ceremony; which was as follows. The bride said, " I call upon these persons here present to witness that I do take thee to be my wedded husband ;" the bridegroom re- peating the same words, but altering the last into" wife." The Registrar then said, " I declare these people legally married." The parties signed the register, and all was finished in less than three minutes.—Taunton

Gazette.