HOUSE OF LORDS.

May 26. Lord Cottenham moved the second reading of his ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS CONSOLIDATION BILL. There were no less than three hundred and eightysix of these courts spread over the country, some of them exercising jurisdiction over all ecclesiastical matters, and others over part only of such matters. Seventy of these courts were attached to manors, and the judges were appointed by the lords of those manors. Nothing could be more inextricable than the confusion caused by all these diocesan, decanal, and vicarial courts, so that, de facto, almost all the business found its way to the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. He proposed with respect to Wills that there should be a central London court, and that the judge of that court should appoint as many surrogates as he pleased. The will would then be left with the surrogate, would by him be sent to London, probate would be returned to the party, the will would be kept in the general registry at London, and a copy sent to the surrogate in the country, where it would be inspected by all those who might wish to examine it. Under this plan, which had been suggested by the Report of 1836, the parties in the country would have to do just the sameno more no less--than they now had to do; the only difference would be that they would be forwarded to London, and there kept in safe custody. With regard to Church Rates, he proposed where a rate had been illegally made, to give an appeal to the quarter sessions, and exactly the same means of recovery as in the case of poor-rates. As to Tithes, their jurisdic. tion was proposed to be abolished, and pending suits were to be referred to the Court of Chancery; and the criminal jurisdiction of these ecclesiastical courts was also to be abolished. None of these propositions were his own, for each was founded on some recommendation of the many committees appointed to investigate the subject. He had waited for some Government measure, but, as none had been brought forward, he hoped the House would sanction the one now before it. The Bishop of Lincoln would not op. pose the Second Reading, although he objected to giving powers of divorce and excommunication to a lay tribunal.-Lord Brougham remarked that the jurisdiction

in question had been exercised by laymen in the cases of Sir J. Nicholl and Sir W. Scott. It was right that the anomalies existing in these courts should cease, and that the Crown should appoint the judges as it appointed all others.-The Lord Chancellor gave the Bill his hearty support; and it was read a second time.

May 30. Lord Radnor moved the second reading of the POST-OFFICE OFFENCES Bill, particularly as related to the power of opening letters. Whether or not it was right to keep such a power was for the House to decide. He thought it had better be given up.-Lord Stanley briefly moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months, contending that it was little short of an absurdity.-Lords Denman and Campbell both supported the principle of the measure, as did Lord Brougham, and the Lord Chancellor took a similar view.-Lord Normanby wished the power to remain, but in a modified shape.--On a division the Bill was lost by a majority of 46, the numbers being-For it 9; and against it, 55.

June 2, 3, 4. The Second Reading of the MAYNOOTH COLLEGE Bill occasioned a debate of three days' continuance, during which the measure was severely condemned by the Bishop of London, and as warmly supported by the Bishops of Norwich and St. David's, opposed by the Bishop of Cashel, and recommended by the Archbishop of Dublin. The Earl of Roden moved as an amendment, "That the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, for the purpose of inquiry into the nature of the books used as standards of instruction, and the discipline established at Maynooth." Their Lordships divided on the amendment-Content, 59; not content, 155;-majority against it, 96. On the motion-Content, present 144; proxies 82,-226; not content, present 55; proxies 14,-69;-majority for the second reading, 157.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

May, 26. Lord John Russell brought forward the following resolutions respecting the LABOURING CLASSES in England and Wales:

"1. That the present state of political tranquillity, and the recent revival of trade, afford to this House a favourable opportunity to consider of such measures as may

tend permanently to improve the condition of the Working Classes.

"2. That those laws which impose Duties usually called protective tend to impair the efficiency of labour, to restrict the free interchange of commodities, and to impose on the people unnecessary taxation.

"3. That the present Corn-Law tends to check improvements in agriculture, produces uncertainty in all farming speculations, and holds out to the owners and occupiers of land prospects of special advantage which it fails to secure.

"4. That this House will take the said laws into consideration, with a view to such cautious and deliberate arrangements as may be most beneficial to all classes of her Majesty's subjects.

5. That the freedom of industry would be promoted by a careful revision of the law of Parochial Settlement which now prevails in England and Wales.

"6. That a systematic plan of Colonization would partially relieve those districts of the country where the deficiency of employment has been most injurious to the labourers in husbandry.

"That the improvements made of late years in the Education of the people, as well as its more general diffusion, have been seen with satisfaction by this House.

8. That this House will be ready to give its support to measures founded on liberal and comprehensive principles, which may be conducive to the further extension of religious and moral instruction.

9. That a humble address be presented to her Majesty, to lay the foregoing Resolutions before her Majesty." Mr. Sharman Crawford proposed as an Amendment to the first Resolution to insert after the word "opportunity," "-" to give immediate attention to the claims so repeatedly urged in the petitions of the people for an extension of the Parliamentary Suffrage, as well as" The debate was adjourned, and resumed on the 28th, when the Amendment was negatived by 253 to 33; and the Resolution (on the previous question) by 182 to 104.

May 30. On the motion for the Second Reading of the COLLEGES (IRELAND) Bill, Lord J. Manners said he rested his opposition to it on the ground that it made no provision for the religious instruction of the students to be brought together. He moved the Second Reading that day six months.-Sir J. Graham was convinced that no Colleges, based upon a national system of education, could succeed or prove benencial, if characterised by any sectarian tenets. The debate was continued on the second of June, when the house divided,for the amendment, 46; against it, 311; majority for the Second Reading, 265.

June 3. Mr. Hume moved an Address to Her Majesty, praying her to grant a suitable pension to SIR HENRY POTTIN GER, in reward for his eminent public services as Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China. The motion was welcomed by all parties, including the Government, and Sir Robert Peel promised to take up the matter.

June 6. Lord Ashley brought in two Bills the first to amend the Laws for the provision and regulation of LUNATIC ASYLUMS for Counties and Boroughs, and for the maintenance and care of Pauper Lunatics in England; the second, for the regulation of the care and treatment of Lunatics in England.

June 9. Mr. Ward moved the appoint ment of a Select Committee," to inquire whether there are any peculiar burthens specially affecting the LANDED INTEREST of the country, or any peculiar exemptions enjoyed by that Interest, and to ascertain their nature and extent." Ayes 109; Noes 182.

June 10. Mr. Villiers brought foward his annual motion for a Committee on the CORN LAWs: in order to consider the following Resolutions; 1. That the Corn Law restricts the supply of food, and prevents the free exchange of the products of labour; 2. That it is therefore prejudicial to the welfare of the country, especially to that of the working classes, and has proved delusive to those for whose benefit the law was designed; 3. That it is expedient that all restrictions on Corn should be now abolished. The motion was negatived by 254 to 122.

June 13. In a Committee on COLLEGES (Ireland) it was resolved, without a division, that 100,0007. be issued out of the Consolidated Fund, to defray the expenses of establishing New Colleges for the ad vancement of learning in Ireland; and an annual sum, not exceeding 21,000. be issued to pay the stipends, prizes, exhibi tions, and other expenses of the said New Colleges.

June 16. An annual pension of 1,500%. was voted to SIR HENRY POTTINGER.

June 17. Mr. Charles Buller moved a Committee of the whole House, "to consider the state of the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, and the case of the New Zealand Company." The debate continued for three nights. The unsuccessful administration of the colony was confessed by the Government, and it was announced that the Governor, Captain Fitzroy, had been recalled. The motion was negatived by 223 to 172.

SPAIN.

The Court of Madrid and the Pope are on friendly terms; the latter acknowledges Queen Isabella, and sanctions the sales of Church property. Don Carlos has

abdicated his claim to the throne in favour of his son the Prince of Asturias by docu. ments signed at Bourges on the 18th of May. Gen. Narvaez has seized several editors of newspapers for reflecting on the Government, and without trial sent them to Manilla in exile.

FRANCE.

It appears from a Report made by the Committee on the Paris fortifications, that the total sum expended since their commencement in 1841, is about 108,000,000f., about 4,000,000l., and that thirty-two millions of francs, voted in addition to that sum by the Chamber, remain in the hands of the Government.

The French Chambers have just voted, without a single word of opposition or remonstrance, the sum of 1,233,000 francs, about 52,000. sterling, to support Protestant worship in France.

ALGIERS, &c.

The insurrection is complete in the mountains of the Ouarenserris, and several of the Arab chiefs who had received appointments from the Governor-General have been sacrificed. Nearly 2,000 mounted Arabs appeared on the 28th before Orleansville, and menaced an attack, but withdrew on a sortie being made by the garrison, supported by the cannon of the camp. On the 30th a serious engagement took place in sight of Orleansville, between the hostile Arabs and a French detachment.

The objection of the Emperor of Morocco to ratify the treaty with France arose from the cession to the latter of a

considerable portion of the territory of the empire that had never belonged to the regency of Algiers.

TAHITI.

It appears that Queen Pomare would hold no communication with the French Admiral lately sent out to that station; that she had retired to a distant island, and, in consequence, Admiral Hamelin, with the consent of several Chiefs, appointed one of them, named Paraita, Regent. Various means were tried to overcome her obstinacy, and among others, an announcement was made that King Louis Phillippe had addressed a letter to her, but all in vain.

SYRIA.

The arrangements recently made to prevent a renewal of the feuds between the Druses and the Maronites have failed in their effect, and fresh disturbances have broken out, in which many lives have been lost on both sides, but the unfortunate Maronites were ultimately defeated by the aid of some Turkish soldiers, who joined the Druses to put down the defenceless Christians. Houses, convents, and villages are destroyed. The people, without regard to age or sex, are massacred, after being subjected to the most revolting brutality and excess.

May 21. The steam flour-mill of Mr. Walters, in the Old Kent Road, on the banks of the Surrey Canal, which was seventy feet high, was blown up by the bursting of the boiler, which was thrown across the canal, and fell about 100 yards from the premises in a stone-yard. Mr. Walters was in the mill at the time, and severely injured. The men, twelve or fourteen in number, had gone to breakfast.

May 27. A fire very suddenly occurred at Raggett's Hotel, in Dover-street, Piccadilly, at one o'clock in the morning, and, though few persons in the house had retired to rest, five of them lost their lives,

namely, Mrs. John Round, wife of the member for Maldon; Mr. Raggett, the proprietor of the hotel; Miss Raggett, his daughter, (who, missing her footing on the escape, fell to the ground with great violence, and died soon after); Mrs. Jones, a servant of Lord Huntingdon's; and another female servant. The fire originated in the apartments of Miss King, who set fire to her bed curtains, and its rapid progress is attributed to the throwing open of all the doors. The hotel was formed from two old houses, and of slight and inflammable materials.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS.

April 26. Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, Lieut.-Colonel the Earl of Aylesford to be Lieut.-Col. Commandant; Major Sir Francis Lawley, Bart. to be Lieut.-Colonel; Capt. Edw. Bolton King to be Major.

May 7. Henry Robinson, esq. Standard Bearer of Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, to be Lieutenant, and Knighted; Matthew Wyatt, esq. to be Standard Bearer.

May 28. Royal Engineers, Capt. and brevet Major H. J. Savage to be Lieut.-Colonel.

May 30. 36th Foot, Major C. Ashmore to be Lieut.-Colonel; Capt. E. R. King to be Major.

June 2. The Earl of Selkirk to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the stewartry of Kirkcudbright.-Alfred Stephen, esq. to be Chief Justice of the colony of New South Wales. William Montagu Manning, esq. to be Her Majesty's Solictor General for the colony of New South Wales.-William Henry M'Coy, esq. to be Provost Marshal for the island of Dominica.-Thomas Richard Walker, esq. to be one of Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gen. tlemen at Arms.

June 6. Brice Pearse, esq. to be Lieut.Colonel, and Sir William Magnay, Bart. to be Major, of the Artillery Company of London.Brevet, Capt. G. Paul, of the 41st Foot, to be Major in the Ariny.

June 9. The Rev. Dr. William Muir to be Dean of the Order of the Thistle, and Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland.-Sir John Campbell, Bart. to be Lieut.-Governor of the Island of St. Vincent.

June 12. The Hon. Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, of Perry-hall, co. Stafford, fourth but second surviving son of Henry late Baron Calthorpe, to discontinue the surname of Calthorpe, and take the surname of Gough only, and bear the arms of Gough; in compliance with a proviso contained in the last will and testament of John Gough, of Perry-hall, esq.

June 13. 98th Foot, Capt. W. Edie, to be Major.-Percy Augustus Evans-Freke, Lieut. and Capt. in the Grenadier Guards, Fenton John Evans-Freke, Capt. 2d Life Guards, William Charles Evans-Freke, of Glastonhouse, co. Rutland, esq. and Jane-Grace-Dorothea, wife of the Hon. and Rev. C. B. Barnard, brothers and sister of George-Patrick now Baron Carbery, to have the same precedence as if their late father, Percy Evans-Freke, esq. had succeeded to the dignity of Baron Carbery.

June 20. Royal Artillery, Major-Gen. Peter Fyers, C.B. to be Colonel Commandant.-60th Foot, brevet Major G. de Rottenburgh to be Capt.-73d Foot, Major-Gen. Sir R. H. Dick, K.C.B. to be Colonel.-Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Major A. Montresor to be Lieut.-Colonel; brevet Major P. B. Reyne to be Major.

June 23. Rear-Adm. Sir Edw. Chetham, of Forton-lodge, near Gosport, co. Southampton, K.C.B., fourth but now eldest surviving son and heir of Thomas Chetham, formerly of Mellor Hall, co. Derby, and late of Russellplace, in St. Pancras, Middlesex, esq. by Anne, youngest daughter of Edward Strode, of Southill-house, in the parish of West Cranmere, co. Somerset, esq. formerly Lieut.-Col. in the Army, and sister of John Strode, late of Southill-house, esq., Lieut-Colonel in the Somerset Militia, all deceased, in compliance

with the last will and testament of his said maternal uncle, John Strode, to take the surname of Strode after that of Chetham, and bear the arms of Strode quarterly with those of Chetham.

Members returned to serve in Parliament.
Downshire-Lord Edwin Hill.
Edinburghshire-Sir John Hope, Bart.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS.

To be Captain.-The Hon. T. S. Carnegie. To be Commanders.-John Henn Gennys (1838), flag Lieut. to the late Vice-Admiral Sir C. White; Frederick Kemble (1841), late flag Lieutenant to Sir David Milne; Edward Collier (1815) of the Caledonia; John Lodwick (1837), for his gallant service in the boat of the Growler, against a slave felucca. Appointments.--Admiral Sir John West,

K.C.B. to be Commander-in-chief at Devonport.-Vice-Adm. Sir E. D. King, K.C.H. to the command in chief at the Nore.-Capts. John Neale Nott (1842) to be Flag Captain at Sheerness; Sir Henry J. Leeke, K.H. (1826) to be Flag Captain to Sir John West: Manly Hall Dixon to Caledonia; Sir Bald win W. Walker to Queen.-Commanders, J. West, to the Hecate; J. Bower, to the Wil liam and Mary; T. Fisher, to the Stromboli. -Lieut.-Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco to

Jackall.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. Rev. R. Jenkyns, to be Dean of Wells. Ven. Dr. C. P. Burney, to be Archdeacon of Colchester.

Rev. J. Haggard, to the Chancellorship of the diocese of Winchester.

Rev. F. Peel, to be hon. Preb. in Lincoln Cathedral.

Rev. T. Woodrooffe, to be a Canon in Winchester Cathedral.

Rev. J. Alport, Kimbolton V. Hunts.
Rev. J. Bransby, Testerton R. Norfolk.
Rev. G. E. Bruxner, Thurlston R. Leic.
Rev. R. P. Carew, Rattery V. Devon.
Rev. W. H. Cartwright, Compton-Martin R,
Somerset.

Rev. T. Clarke, Llandilo-Talybont V. Glam.
Rev. D. Davies, Mable-cum-Bayton V. Worc.
Rev. J. Dobson, Haxey V. Linc.

Rev. G. Elliott, Wivenhoe R. Essex.
Rev. J. Goodare, East Drayton cum Membris
V. Notts.

Rev. J. W. Grane, Christ Church, Woodhouse,
P.C. Huddersfield.

Rev. R. H. Gretton, Nantwich R. Cheshire.
Rev. D. Haigh, Trinity Church P.C. Halifax,
Rev. W. G. Harrison, Hart V. Durham,
Rev. R. Hey, Belper P.C. Derby.
Rev. R. Holland, Hittisleigh R. Devon.
Rev. T. W. Holmes, Hardly P. C. Norfolk.
Rev. F. Hose, Dunstaple R. Beds.
Rev. W. Hulme, Pangbourne R. Berks.
Rev. R. Hussey, Binsey P.C. Oxon.
Rev. W. B. Killock, Brougham R. Westm.
Rev. J. Lakelland, West Burton P.C. Notts.
Rev. T. P. Lethbridge, Coombe Florey R. Som,
Rev. H. Lister, Boxmore P. C. Herts.
Rev. T. W. T. Marsh, Dunston V. Lincoln.
Rev. J. Mockler, Denby P. C, Derbyshire.

Rev. J. Shuldham, Woodnorton R. Norfolk. Rev. J. Smith, Marsworth V. Bucks.

Rev. J. M. Sumner, Buriton with Petersfield R. Hants.

Rev. M. Thomas, Attleborough P. C. Warw. Rev. W. H. Tucker, Dunton Wallet R. Camb. Rev. R. T. Wheeler, St. Jude's, Walton-on-theHill P. C. Lancashire.

Rev. A. Wilkin, Barton V. Westmoreland.
Rev. G. G. Williams, Tenbury and Rochford
P.C. Hereford.

Rev. R. Williams, Aston Rowant V. Oxfordsh.
Rev. G. E. Winslow, Allexton R. Leic.
Rev. F. E. J. Valpy, Garveston R. Norfolk.
Rev. J. Yelloly, Tring with Long Marston P.C.
Herts.

CHAPLAINS.

Rev. D. Morgan, to the Marquess of Winchester.

Rev. W. Penfold, to the Duke of Beaufort.

CIVIL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. J. Horsfall, to be Head Master of the Grammar School, Drighlington, near Leeds.

BIRTHS.

April 23. At Rome, her Excellency the Duchess Sforza Cesarini, of a son.

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May 14. At Hurdcott House, near Salisbury, the wife of the Rev. Reginald Pole, a dau.18. At Bryngwyn Rectory, the wife of Archdeacon Crawley, a dau.-19. At Monkstown, the Viscountess Bangor, a dau.--At Cheltenham, the wife of John de Conroy Dashwood, esq. a dau.-At Bessingby, the wife of Capt. George Hotham, a dau.-20. At ChewMagna, Som. the wife of the Rev. Edward Aislabie Ommanney, a dau.-24. In Jamesst, Buckingham Gate, the wife of the Rev. Richard Hodgson, Master in King's college, and Sunday Evening Lecturer of St. Peter's, Cornhill, a son.-In Norfolk-st. the wife of Octavius Ommanney, esq. a dau.—~25. Florence, the wife of George Vivian, esq. a son and heir.-26. At Menabilly, Cornwall, the wife of Jonathan Rashleigh, esq. a son.Eaton-pl. Viscountess Emlyn, a dau.-27. In Tilney-st. the wife of Francis Hart Dyke, esq. a dau.-28. At Hampton Court Palace, the wife of Alfred Montgomery, esq. a dau.29. At Blackheath, at the residence of her mother the Hon. Mrs. Harris, the wife of Major George Logan, Madras Army, a son.~~~~ At Brighton, the wife of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, esq. a dau.-30. In Portland-pl. at the house of her mother, the wife of the Rev. Sir J. H. C. Seymour, Bart. a dau.-At Gadebridge, Herts, the wife of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, Bart. a son.- Lately. At Naples, Lady Parish, a dau.-At Clifton-on-Teme, the wife of W. G. Tiley, esq. a dau.--At Hather Court, Cheltenham, the wife of J. Webster, esq. a son.In Chesham-st. Belgrave-sq. the wife of Lord Marcus Hill, a dau.

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At Bosworth Park, Leicestersh, the wife of Sir Wolstan Dixie, Bart. a dau.--At Shirleyhouse, near Southampton, the seat of Lieut.Gen. Sleigh, the wife of G. P. Leycester, esq a dau.In Grosvenor-sq. the Hon. Mrs. A. Duncombe, a dau.-The wife of David Thomas, esq. of Pwllywrach-house, co. Glamorgan, a son.The wife of W. P. Lewes, esq. of Felindre-house, Carmarthensh, a dau. -At Cheltenham, the wife of J. De Courcy Dashwood, esq. a dau.

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June 3. At 17, Rutland-gate, Hyde park, the wife of Frederick Pratt Barlow, esq. jun. a dau. At the rectory, Rugby, the wife of the Rev. J. Moultrie, a dau.- -At the Marquess of Normanby's, Dover-st. the Countess of Mulgrave, a dau.-6. In Weymouth-st. the wife of Charles R. Freeling, esq. a son.-8. the rectory, Harlington, the wife of the Rev. William Comyns Berkeley, a son.-10. At Wardour Castle, Lady Arundell, a dau.-12. At Lynum Hall, Cheshire, the wife of James Fenton, esq. a son and heir.-13. At Wimbledon, the wife of the Hon. and Rev. Horace Powys, a dau.-14. In Eaton-pl. the Countess of Effingham, a son.-15. At Calverton, Bucks, the Hon. Mrs. Perceval, a son.--16. At Bails Park, Herts, the wife of J. H. Pelly, esq. a son.-20. In the Cloisters, Westminster, the Hon. Mrs. G. H. Repton, a dau.

MARRIAGES.

March 12. At Cawnpore, Capt. Colin Troup, 48th Regt. N. I. D. A. A. G., Cawnpore division of the army, to Katharine-Maria, eldest dau, of Major Birnie Browne, Bengal Artillery.

13. At Quebec, the Rev. Charles Morice, to Augusta-Mary-Anne, youngest dau. of the late Richard Zouch, esq. of Dublin Castle, Ireland. 26. At Calcutta, John Dacosta, esq. to Ellen, third dau. of the late Capt. Alexander Landale.

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At Calcutta, William Robert Boyes, M.D. Assistant Surgeon, Bengal Army, son of the late William Boyes, esq. of Brixton, to Catharine-Mouat, youngest dau. of the late Major-Gen. J. A. Biggs, Bengal Artillery.

April 1. At Bombay, Alexander Gray, esq. of the Bombay Civil Service, to Charlotte, youngest dau. of the late William Cormack, esq. of Bristol.

3. At Barrackpore, J. L. Vaughan, esq. Lieut. and Adj. 21st Regt. B.N.I., to MaryAnne, dau. of the late William Bishop, esq. of North Park, Regent's Park, and Haslemere Park, Surrey, and widow of the late Dr. Malcolm, 57th Regt. B.N.I.

17. At Philadelphia, George Wood. esq. eldest son of Lord Wood, one of the Judges of the Court of Session, in Scotland, to Emma, eldest dau. of Bernard Henry, esq. Philadelphia.

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24. At Wandsworth, Jas. Saunders, esq. of Kirtlington, Oxon, to Helena-Maria, second dau. of William Saunders, esq. of Wandsworthcommon.At Cheltenham, the Rev. George Williams, Vicar of Wichenford, Worcestersh. to Mary, eldest dau. of the late John Lowsley, esq. of Minchinhampton, Gloucestersh.. Swansea, Francis, son of W. Dodd, esq. of Checkendon, Oxfordsh. to Rebecca, third dau. of Thomas Walters, esq.--At Gresford, William Henry Lowe, esq. M.D. Edinburgh, to Maria, youngest dau. of the late James Boydell, esq. of the Rosset, Denbighsh. At Cottenham, Cambridgesh. William, only son of W. Sumpter, esq. of Histon Hall, Cambridgesh. to Catharine, only child of James Pratt, esq. At Brighton, the Rev. P. L. D. Acland, fourth son of Sir T. D. Acland, Bart. M. P. to Julia, only surviving dau. of the Rev. B. Barker, Rector of Shipdham.At Aspall, Henry Horatio Kitchener, esq. Capt. 29th Regt, to