DORSETSHIRE.

Aug. 4. The Bishop of Salisbury consecrated a new church at Bradpole, near Bridport.

HAMPSHIRE.

The new works at the Blockhouse Fort, on the Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour, are rapidly progressing towards completion. On the side facing the sea is a double-tier battery for twenty-six 8-inch guns, commanding the anchorage of Spithead; while that part of the fort which is parallel to the harbour is defended by a strong tower with numerous loopholes for musketry. The number of guns will be, in all, about fifty-six, very few of which will be less than 32-pounders, and the greater part of still larger calibre. Commodious barracks for 5 officers and 100 men are in the course of construction. All the new buildings are bombproof. At Priddy's Hard, on the same side of the harbour, the powder magazine and ordnance station, hitherto almost unprotected, are undergoing alterations which will render them an extremely strong position. The lines round Gosport, Portsea, and Portsmouth, which have been for some years nearly disarmed, and in many places suffered to fall into decay, are being repaired and put into a state to receive a very large and powerful equipment of ordnance. A new and beautiful battery for six guns, in the ravelin of the Spur-gate, is already finished. It is provided with magazines, storehouses, and' all the other requisites, and is most perfect in its arrangements. Southsea Castle, now used as the military prison of the district, is mounted with 32 guns, 32's and 24's, and it is intended further to increase the artillery of this important post. Alterations on a large scale are in contemplation for the works at the entrance of the harbour on the Portsmouth side. A double-tier battery is to occupy the space of the present saluting battery, from which 70 guns, by crossing their fire with those of the Blockhouse Fort opposite, will render it perfectly im possible for any vessel to force its way into the port. Altogether the harbour will receive an accession of 244 guns in addition to the present armament.

The new Graving Dock at Southampton, a structure from which great commercial advantage to the town has been anticipated, was formally opened on the 11th of July. It has been built in about 14 months, at a cost of 60,000. Its extreme length is 313 feet; width of middle, 78 feet; breadth of gates, 66 feet. At high-tide there is about 18 feet of water. The dry dock is making progress towards completion. The

tidal dock is now in active use, and its business is in daily increase.

It is understood that the East Tytherly estate, near Southampton, has been purchased of the devisees of the late Francis Bayley, esq. by Mr. Cooke, the inventor of the electric telegraph, who contemplates erecting a mansion and making great improvements on the property.

HEREFORDSHIRE.

An ancient monument in the church of Kington, erected to the memory of Sir Thomas Vaughan, of Hergest, who died in 1469, and his lady Elena, having become ruinous through a long course of time, and an eyesore in the church, has been lately extensively restored by Mr. Jennings of Hereford, in the execution of which he has shown great skill and ability as a sculptor. Above the monument, and affixed to the wall, instead of the inscription heretofore painted thereon, is a large stone tablet, containing particulars and armorial bearings of eleven generations of Mr. Vaughan's descendants, terminating in Roach Vaughan, mother of the Right Hon. the Earl of Oxford. The monument and tablet are protected by a strong iron railing, which was not the case in the former instance. The whole has been executed by the direction and at the expense of the Hon. Miss Harley.

KENT.

July 30. The Kearsney estate, near Dover, was disposed of by Mr. Leifchild, having been formerly the property of Mr. J. Minet Fector, merchant. The estate consisted of about 938 acres, and was divided into several farms, which, together with the wood and timber, formed seventeen lots. The first consisted of the family mansion of Kearsney Abbey, and 112 acres of arable and meadow lands, &c. and including forty acres of woods and plantations: this went for 9,2001. Lot 10, the manor of Kearsney Court, with its manorial rights, privileges and quit-rents, and about 280 acres, was sold for 8,1507. The whole estate was disposed of for 35,6601.

Aug. 20. At the Shakespeare Hotel, Dover, among other lots, the old churchyard, St. Mary's parish, wherein Churchill, the poet, lies buried, was sold by auction, for 1451. The purchaser is a brickmaker, so that there is no telling to what purpose it may come at last. In this church-yard, over the grave of Churchill, there is a rude headstone, bearing the following inscription:"1764. Here lie the re

mains of the celebrated C. Churchill. Life to the last enjoyed, here Churchill lies."

LANCASHIRE.

Sept. 28. The first portion of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, to Kendal (commenced in the latter part of September, 1843), was opened on Monday. It extends twenty-two miles. On arriving at Kendal, the directors, with their officers, and a large party of friends, repaired, by special invitation from the directors of the Kendal and Windermere Railway, to the White Hall, where a handsome dejeuner awaited their arrival. Cornelius Nicholson, esq. mayor of Kendal, presided.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners have, with the consent of the Bishop of Chester, formed a new district for spiritual purposes out of the parish of Manchester, to be called the district of "St. Mark, Hulme." The stipend attached is to be 150l. as soon as it shall become a parish for ecclesiastical purposes, which will be when a chapel or church shall be consecrated within its boundaries.

A new Ecclesiastical district has been formed out of the parish of Rochdale, called the district of Healey, with an income of 150%.; patron, Her Majesty.

LINCOLNSHIRE.

In Deeping Fen-a district containing a population of upwards of one thousand souls, many of them being five and six miles from a parish church, a beautiful edifice has been erected at a cost of 40007., the munificent gift of two individuals, lately residing at Stamford, Messrs. William and Nicholas Clarke Stevenson, (brothers.) William, the survivor, by deed dated 25th May, 1844, three days before his death, secured the sum of 40001. for the purpose of building this church, 5000/. for the endowment, and 2001. for repairs, to be vested in the Ven. T. K. Bonney, Archdeacon of Leicester, as Trustee. The Church, which is situate close to the turnpike-road leading from London to Spalding, was commenced on the 18th of August, 1845, when the foundation-stone was laid by James Stevenson, esq. and was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln, on the 24th of July. It has been erected from the designs of Mr. Chas. Kirk, of Sleaford. It is in the late Decorated style, 84ft. 6in. long, 37 ft. wide, the nave being 42ft. high. It consists of a nave, north aisle, chancel with a small vestry attached to its north side, and tower and spire Occupying the second bay of the north aisle, from which it projects its whole width; the lower story serves as a porch, and on its west side is the principal entrance. The tower, being unconnected with the fine high-pitched roof of the

nave, gains much apparent height and importance, and confers much grace on the grouping of the various portions of the edifice; and by this plan the view is uninterrupted from east to west, each of which ends are occupied by splendid windows. The tower is of rough stone; the quoins, windows, copings, &c., being of Ancaster stone finely wrought; and it is divided by string-courses into three stories, the upper one being pierced by belfry windows of two lights on every side. Above these a cornice, enriched by carved ornaments and gurgoyles, support a plain parapet, at the angles of which are four octagonal pinnacles. From within this parapet the spire arises to the height of 113ft. 9in., having spire lights on the alternate faces. In the west end of the aisle is a window of three, and in that of the nave one of five lights, both of which are filled with flowing tracery. Above the last-named window is a small triangular one, and in the corresponding situation in the end of the aisle is a small trefoiled opening; cach gable is surmounted by a stone cross. The south side of the nave is divided into four bays, having windows of three lights similar in design to that in the west end already mentioned. In the cornice of the nave is the following inscription in old English characters, interspersed with carvings, "This Church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, was founded by William Stevenson and Nicholas Clarke Stevenson, Anno Domini MDCCCXLV." The side of the chancel has only two bays, with a window in each, and in the western one a small priest's door; but in the east end is a very beautiful window of four lights, which stands on the right hand. The font is octagonal in form, supported by a shaft of clustered columns, and has its sides ornamented by crisped panels, containing four shields, which bear the arms of the two founders (Messrs. Stevenson), the trustee (Archdeacon Bonney), and of the see of Lincoln, impaled with those of Bishop Kaye

alternately with emblems of the four Evangelists. The floors are of black and red tiles, and the seats are plain open benches of stained deal. The roofs are open, showing all their timbers, which are stained to represent oak. The pulpit is octagonal, the upper part of oak, paneled and enriched with elaborate tracery, and the pedestal of stone; the reading pew is all of oak and has open panels; they are not entered, as is usual, by wooden stairs, but by stone steps, behind the pier of the chancel arch on either side. In the north wall of the chancel, a rich arch will inclose a brass tablet to the memory of the late munificent founders.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

Sept. 25. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Edward Grey, Knt. to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Jamaica.-William Reid, esq. Lieut.-Col. R. Eng. &c. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobago, and St. Lucia.Charles Elliot, esq. Capt. R.N. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bermudas or Somers Islands.-Major-Gen. the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bt. G.C.B. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope. -Hospital Staff, John Hall, M.D. to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals; T. Atkinson, M.D. and S. Teevan, M.D. to be Staff Surgeons of the First Class; A. Fergusson, M.D. from 18th Foot, and Assistant Surgeon F. Roberts, from 59th Foot, to be Staff Surgeons of the Second Class.

Sept. 29. The Hon. G. Grey, Capt. R.N. to be Captain of the port of Gibraltar.-Royal Bucks Militia, G. Fitzroy, esq. to be Major.

Oct. 2. 1st or Grenadier Guards, Capt. and Lieut.-Col. Sir Ord Honyman, Bart. to be Major, with the rank of Col. in the Army; Lieut. and Capt. Henry Cartwright to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col.-Scots Fusilier Guards, Lieut. and Capt. Frederick Brandreth to be Capt. and Lieut.-Col. Capt. J. C. Burmester. Royal Eng. to be Major in the Army.-Capt. W. F. Grant, 63d Bengal N. Inf. to be Major in the Army in the East Indies.

Oct. 5. Capt. the Hon. Robert Edward Boyle, of the Coldstream Guards, to be one of the Grooms in Waiting in Ordinary to Her Majesty.

Oct. 7. Dorsetshire Militia, Capt. George Colby Loftus to be Major.

Oct. 9. 10th Foot, Major George Dobson Young, from 31st Foot, to be Major, vice Major George Staunton, who exchanges.George Jarratt Horsfall, of Elmfield-house, Warmsworth, co. York, gent. in compliance with the last will of John Jarratt, late of Doncaster, esq. to take the surname of Jarratt only; and bear the arms of Jarratt quarterly with his own arms.

Oct. 13. John Ball, of Dublin, esq. Barrister-at-law, to be an Assistant Poor Law Commissioner.

Oct. 15. Henry Edward Sharpe, esq. to be Chief Justice for the Island of St. Vincent : John Sealy, esq. to be Attorney-General of Barbados.

Oct. 20. John Pascoe Grenfell, esq. a Rear Admiral in the Brazilian Navy, to be Consul General in the United Kingdom for the Emperor of Brazil.-Captain L. Coker, of the 29th Foot, to be Major in the Army.-To be Lieut. Colonels in the Army: Major G. V. Creagh, 81st Foot; brevet Major J. H. Bainbrigge, Fort Major at Guernsey; Major S. E. Goodman, 27th Foot.-To be Majors in the Army: Capt. W. H. Hennis, Royal Art.; Capt. R. M. Mundy, R. Art.

Oct. 27. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart. G.C.B. Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, to be Her Majesty's High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of the said settlement; and Richard Woosnam, esq. to be secretary to such High Commissioner.-Capt. W. T. Harison, of the 3d West India Reg. to be Major in the Army.Major Wemyss, of Danesfort, to be Lieut.-Col. of the Kilkenny Reg, of Militia.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Captain-W. Sheppard (retired list).
To be Commander-W. Robson.
Appointments-Captains, A. Milne to bé Flag-
Captain to Adm. Sir C. Ogle, and to com-
mand the St. Vincent; Owen Stanley to the
Rattlesnake, for surveying service; T. V.
Anson to the Eurydice; Stephen Lushing
ton to the Vengeance.

Commanders-H. Goold (1830) to the Ocean;
E. W. G. West to the Andromeda; A. P.
Ryder (additional) to Tartarus surveying
steam vessel; Rob. Tryon to Mutine 12.
Lieutenants-Selwyn (1843) to command the
Star 16; Oldmixon (1815) to command the
Flying Fish 12.

ECCLESIASTICAL Preferments.

Dr. T. V. Short, (Bp. of Sodor and Man,) to be Bishop of St. Asaph.

Rev. T. Chevallier to be Hon. Canon of Durham. Rev. R. Grey to be an Hon. Canon of Durham. Rev. J. Hall to be an Hon. Canon of Bristol. Rev. E. T. Vaughan and Rev. W. Wales to be Hon. Canons of Peterborough.

Rev. S. C. Baker, Skenfreth V. Monmouthshire.
Rev. R. H. Bentley, Christ Church, Cobridge,
P.C. Staffordshire.

Rev. J. Bere, Upton Noble P.C. Somerset.
Rev. E. Birch, Windlesham - with - Bagshot
Chapelry R. Surrey.

Rev. J. Blair, Christ Church, Skipton, P.C.
Yorkshire.

Rev. B. H. Browne, Blackford P.C. Somerset.
Rev. J. H. L. Cameron, West Lavington V.
Wilts.

Rev. W. Crump, Rowley Regis P.C. Staff.
Rev. H. Dalton, St. Mary Middleton P.C. Leeds.
Rev. G. Elliot, Trinity R. Marylebone.
Rev. R. Firmin, Yoxford V. Suffolk.
Rev. F. Ford, St. Peter's R. Chester.

Rev. M. J. Green, St. Michael P.C. Oxford.
Rev. R. Greenside, Over-Whitacre Don. Warw.
Rev. E. F. E. Hankinson, St. John the Evan-
gelist P.C. King's Lynn.

Rev. R. P. Hartopp, Wyfordby R. Leic. Rev. W. Hawken, Charles's Chapel P.C. Plymouth.

Rev. F. B. Leonard, Kemeys Inferior R. Monmouth.

Rev. W. Lloyd, Manordivy R. Pembroke.
Rev. C. Marshall, St. Bride's V. London.
Rev. R. J. Meade, Lorrington P.C. Somerset.
Rev. C. Moody, Sebergham P.C. Cumberland.
Rev. C. Mortlock, St. Thomas, Turk's Island,
R. Bahamas.

Rev. M. O. Norman, Croxton Kerrial R. Leic.
Rev. J. Nottidge, East Hanningfield R. Essex.
Rev. F. Baron de Paravicini, South Scarle V.
with P.C. of Girton, Notts.

Rev. J. G. Pearson, New District of St. John P.C. Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Rev. G. T. S. Powell, Compton Chamberlaine V. Wilts.

Rev. W. Randle, St. John's, Bradford, P.C. Yorkshire.

Rev. J. Robinson, Brougham R. Westmorland.
Rev. A. C. Rowley, New District of the Weir
P.C. Bristol.

Rev. G. Darby St. Quintin, St. Leonard with
St. Mary Magdalene P.C. Sussex.
Rev. J. W. Saunders, Thwaites in Milsom
P.C. Cumberland.

Rey. W. Selwyn, Melbourn V, Camb.

John Frederick Gruning, esq. of Stoke Newington. At Camberwell, John Frederick William Fesenmeyer, esq. of Highbury, to Hannah, eldest dau. of the late John Ellwood, esq. of Peckham Rye.

16. In Italy, Rossini, the celebrated composer, to Mademoiselle Olympe Pelissier.

17. At Calne, John, eldest son of the late John Williams, esq. of Pool Park, co. Denbigh, to Martha, youngest dau. of George Page, esq. of Calne.In Paris, George Thomas Braine, esq. to Joanna-Frances, dau. of Adam W. Elmslie, esq. -At Onibury, Salop, John Raven, esq. of Chelsea, to Frances, dau. of the late Henry Green, esq. of Brandon, Norfolk.

18. At Woolwich, Capt. Bainbrigge, Royal Eng. to Margaret, dau. of Col. Paterson, Superintendent of the Royal Military Repository.

-At Stony Middleton, Derbyshire, Frederic Holland, esq. Lieut. R.N. to Anne, fifth dau. of Lord Denman. At Colkirk, Norfolk, Henry William Blake, Rector of Thirning, to Mary, youngest dau. of the late Major Heitland, East India Company's Service.-At West Lavington, William Charles Hood, esq. M.D. only son of Wm. Chamberlain Hood, esq. formerly of South Lambeth, to Jane, dau. of Robert Willett, esq. of Fiddington House, Wilts. At Brighton, Robert Bayly, esq. of the Inner Temple, to Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Bradbury Winter, esq.At Stretham, in the Isle of Ely, the Rev. Philip Free. man, Principal of the Diocesan College at Chichester, to Ann, youngest dau. of the Rev. H. H. Baber.At St. James's, Piccadilly, Henry Robertson, esq. of Chester, Civil Eng. to Elizabeth, second dau. of William Dean, esq. of Essex-st. Strand.-At Marylebone, Edward S. Creasy, esq. Barrister-at-law, Professor of History at University Coll. London, to Mary-Maria, second dau. of John Cottam, esq. of Manor House, St. John's Wood.-At St. James's Paddington, the Rev. James Hargreaves, Rector of West Tilbury, Essex, to Jane, eldest dau. of Joseph Baker, esq. of Westbourne-st.

19. At Bouchurch, Isle of Wight, Edward Webster, esq. of Oundle, Northamptonsh. to Jane, widow of the late Joseph Hockley, esq. of Luccombe Chine Cottage, Isle of Wight.At Elmley Castle, Worcestersh. the Rev. John Foley, B.D. late Fellow of Wadham Coll. Oxf. and Vicar of Wadhurst, Sussex, to CarolineElizabeth, youngest dau. of the late Vice-Adm. Windham, of Febbrigg, Norfolk.-At Plymouth, the Rev. J. Smythe, son of the late Wm. Smythe, esq. of Barba Villa, co. Westmeath, to Cath.-Lucretia, dau. of the late Rev. J. Jago, D.D. Vicar of Milton Abbot's, Devon.

-At Lyndhurst, Hants, Edward Ridsdale Harding, esq. of Burlington, Yorksh. to MaryCatharine, eldest dau. of J. W. Hentig, esq. of Cottenham, and widow of Charles Hebbert, esq. of Clapham Rise.

20. At Lichfield, the Rev. Henry S. Cerjat, rector of West Horsley, Surrey, to FrancesCharlotte, second dau. of the Hon. and Rev. A. P. Perceval.-At Marylebone, Capt. Stracey, Scots Fusilier Guards, son of John Stracey, esq. of Sprowston, Norfolk, to Harriot, dau. of Edward Majoribanks, esq. of Wimpole-st.-John Naylor, esq. of Watton Hall, near Liverpool, to Georgiana, third dau. of John Edwards, esq. of Ness Strange, Salop.

-At Aberdour, James Lysaght, esq. of Carrigmore, Cork, to Adelaide-Jannetta-Douglas, 11th dau. of the late Major-Gen. Beatson, of Henley, Sussex, formerly Governor of St. Helena. -At Norwood, the Rev. G. Townshend Driffield, Rector of Bow, Middlesex, to AnnSisum, widow of George Geoffrey Wyatville, esq.-Andrew Agnew, esq. eldest son of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. to Lady Mary-ArabellaGENT. MAG, VOL. XXVI.

Louisa Noel, eldest dau. of the Earl of Gainsborough.- -At West Ham, Essex, Henry Graham Stokes, esq. of Doctors' Commons, to Elizabeth, second dau. of William Sewell, esq. of Plaistow.

21. At Llansilia, Denbighsh. John Evans, esq. of Henrietta-st. Covent-garden, to Mary, youngest dau. of Thomas Lloyd, esq. of Lledrode, Llansilia, Denbighsh.-At St. Peter's, Eaton-sq. W. Marsden, M.D. surgeon, to Miss Abbott, youngest dau. of the late Francis Abbott, esq. Brunswick-sq.At Lingridge, Worcestersh. S. J. Heathcote, esq. to MarySidney, eldest dau. of the late Sir Christopher Sidney Smith, Bart. of Eardiston, Worcestersh. 22. At Sherborne, Ricardo Linter, esq. to Elizabeth-Frances, second dau. of the late Major Delhoste, 35th regt.-At Harpenden, Herts, Henry Thompson, esq. third son of William Thompson, esq. late of Kentish Town, now of Manor House, Nettlebed, Oxon, to Matilda, third dau. of Henry Oldaker, esq.-At Hampstead, Edward Nevinson, esq. of Lincoln's Inn and Hampstead, to Sarah-Caroline, eldest dau. of Andrew Basilico, esq. of Hampstead. At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. Edward Watson Smyth, esq. of Eaton-pl. to Mary, eldest dau. of John H. Hay, esq. of Upper Seymour-st.

25. At Heavitree, Major D. H. Stevenson, Madras Army, to Isabella, youngest dau. of P. Boyd, esq. of Exeter.At Scarborough, Richard Harris, second son of William Tindall, esq. of Hatcham, Surrey, to Hannah, youngest dau. of the late Robert Tindall, esq. of Scarborough. At Paris, Lionel John Stephenson, esq. Capt. 1st Fusiliers, Madras Army, to Jane-Eliza, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Hale, D.D. Minister of the English Chapel at St. Germains, and late of Lyde House, Bath.-At Hornsey, Capt. C. A. Orr, Madras Eng. to Maria, eldest dau. of John Barclay, esq. of Hornsey-lane.--At Chard, Somerset, Edward Forward Sealy, esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields, to Elizabeth-Edwards, eldest dau. of Charles Benjamin Tucker, esq. of Chard.--At St. Mary's, Bryanston-sq. William Tooke Robinson, esq. eldest son of William R. Robinson, esq. of Portman-sq. to Alethea-Sarah-Henrietta, second dau. of Walpole Eyre, esq. of Bryanston-sq. · At Sevenoaks, Frederick, second son of the late Rev. Edward Cooper, of Hamstall, Staffordsh. to Diana, youngest dau. of the late William Hill, esq. of Walton, Derbysh. At Maperton, the Rev. Edward Newton Dickenson, eldest son of Col. Dickenson of Dosthill House, Staffordsh. to MaryDorothea, youngest dau. of Col. Fitz-Gerald, of Maperton House, Somerset.--At St. John's, Notting Hill, John Callcott Horsley, esq. to Elvira, eldest dau. of William Walter, esq.At Saint Marylebone, the Rev. James Watson, M.A. Vicar of Marr, Yorksh, to Mary-Anne, youngest dau. of the Rev. James Methley, Wesleyan Minister, London.

26. At Christ Church, Marylebone, James Smith, esq. of Much Hadham, Herts, to Margarette, eldest surviving dau. of the late Rev. Richard Williams, Preb. of Lincoln.--At Kelvedon Hatch, William P. Nichols, esq. of Norwich, to Matilda-Mary, only dau. of the Rev. John Banister, Rector of Kelvedon Hatch. 27. At Kensington, Joseph Silver, esq. of Okehampton, Devon, to Frances, dau. of the Rev. E. Withers, of Lower Phillimore-pl. Kensington.--At St. Pancras, William F. Browell, esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister-atlaw, to Louisa, dau. of William Cooper, esq. of the Grove, Kentish Town.-At Stillington, Ralph Creyke, esq. of Rawcliffe Hall, to LouisaFrances, second dau. of Col. Croft, of Stillington Hall.--At Silverton, Charles Thomas Bentley, esq. Lieut. and Adjt. 51st Reg. to 3 Y