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Dean and clergy, the Lieutenant- 

 BailiiF, the Lieutenant-Governor 

 and staff, and the states of the 

 island. On Sunday the Bishop 

 and suite went to St. Helier's 

 Church, where they heard a dis- 

 course by the Rev. Dr. Dupre, 

 the dean ; and in the afternoon 

 his lordship's chaplain preached 

 to the soldiers and Enghsh resi- 

 dents. The Bishop confirmed on 

 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 

 and Thursday following, in the 

 four parish churches of St.Hilier's 

 St. Saviour's, St. Lawrence, and 

 St. Peter's, and about 4,000 per- 

 sons underwent that ceremony. 

 During his stay the Bishop dined 

 with the Governor, the Dean, 

 the Lieutenant-Bailiff, and some 

 of the principal inhabitants ; and 

 on Monday the 27th, immediately 

 after the confirmation at St. 

 Hilier's, his lordship gave a sump- 

 tuous dinner to the Dean and 

 clergy, and the constituted autlio- 

 rities of the island. He admired 

 very much the natural beauties 

 and picturesque and enchanting 

 scenery of the island, together 

 with the cleanliness and deport- 

 ment of the inhabitants. This is 

 the first Christian Bishop that 

 ever visited these islands since 

 they have been under the diocese 

 of Winchester ; and it is to be 

 hoped that other bishops will 

 hereafter follow so laudable an 

 example. His lordship left Jersey 

 on Saturday the 1st inst. for 

 Sark, where he intends to hold a 

 confirmation, as well as at Alder- 

 ney, and he relanded at Wey- 

 mouth, by the Tiber, Captain 

 Dacres. — Portsmouth Paper. 



28. Hanover. Our Govern- 

 ment has lately given a very 

 important and long - expected 



decision on the employment of 

 the ecclesiastical goods belonging 

 to the former chapters and foun- 

 dations in the ancient Bishoprics 

 of Osnaburgh and Hildesheim. 

 Pursuant to the principles of 

 public Germanic right, this pro- 

 perty has, by the suppression of 

 these Bishoprics and of their 

 Chapters, become domains of 

 State, and a great part of it has 

 been sold under the preceding 

 Government. These sales arc 

 supported ; but a certain portion 

 of the property has not yet been 

 alienated ; it is only farmed out. 

 The Prince Regent of England 

 has decided, that there shall be 

 formed of all this property found 

 in this see one and the same fund, 

 which shall remain separated 

 from the other domains, shall not 

 be sold, and the proceeds of which 

 shall go to augment the funds of 

 pubhc instruction and charity. 



The trial of Hussey for the 

 murder of Mr. Bird and his house- 

 keeper took place at the Maid- 

 stone assizes on July 31, in the 

 midst of a crowded court. Mr. 

 Sergeant Lens, who sat as Judge 

 in the Criminal Court, summed 

 up the evidence ti the Jury, who, 

 without retiring, i-eturned a ver- 

 dict of Guilty. The judge then 

 pronounced the sentence of the 

 law with great solemnity and 

 feeling. 



31. Stockholm. — The States of 

 the kingdom being yesterday as- 

 sembled at the Castle, his Ma- 

 jesty addressed them in the fol- 

 lowing speech . — 



" Gentlemen ; — During the 

 eight months that you have been 

 assembled near the throne, I have 

 constantly observed, with the 

 most lively interest, the spirit of 



your 



