Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out by the overland
India mail of this month, as Envoy to China, to supersede Captain Elliot ; with full power to settle all differences. The Volage arrived on Thursday morning at Portsmouth, with Admiral Elliot on board.
Admiral Thomas has been appointed to succeed Admiral Ross as Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific.
Friday's Gazette mentions the appointment of Lord Belhaven to be the High Commissioner of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [It was reported that a different Commissioner would be appointed this year.] The Gazette also states that the Queen has issued her conge d'elire to the Dean and Chapter of Worcester, to elect Dr. Henry Pepys, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, to the see of Worcester. The same Gazette states that the Queen has conferred the title of Baronet on Sir George Arthur, late Lieutenant-General of Upper Canada.
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