CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 603, 24 January 1852, Page 3

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS.

Tho following is a list ■ ; .' pens'ons f-rantod between the 'JOth June 185 C a.x! ~odi June ilijl, and chained upon the Civjl List . — John r'uyno Collier, MOO, in consideration of las liteiary merit?. Hon. Dulcibella Maiia Ed on, £100, in considerjlion of the faithful sei vices lendeied by her to her lale Majotfy the Queen Downier. _ Hon. Cainline CouKenay Boyle, £tOO, in cousideinfion oftLe faithful seivicea reudeied by bor to her late Majesty the Queen Dowagei. Mary Maetear, £LOD, in consideration of tho importance of the discoveries of her husband, Thomas Maclear, Esq., A&tronomei Itoval at tlie Cnpe of Good Hope. James Bailey, LL.D., £iOO t in considouition of his lilerajy meats. John Kiuo, LL.D., £!00, in consideration of the sciviceh « h?t, londerod to Bibhtul litcratuie, especially by hib woiLf. ontiHpd tho Pictornl Bible, the Piotoiwl History of Paiestiuc, and tho liible Cyclopedia. (Jeoit;e Potne, iiiOO, iv uueUion to a pGiiaion of the like amount gi anted to him on the 11th December 1849, m conwdoiation oi the many valuahle additions he hns made to aichaological lileiature, especially to that of h eland. HurioU Wajfliom, £60, in addition to the persiou of £'10 ahe<idy granted to Lily, m considcralion of ti.ti weiito v 'ions sorvicet. vi bor Into husband, Lieut. TLoriias WAfjhoin, i\i\ r , Juhu i'oole, iiiOO, in considoiatLcu of hio luetuiy nienti. Chrwtiua Litton, iv ?„,? c>{ t^sucioat;V> in.'-] ui,empi"^, of lv r ht) hi^i.^m'l, ito!eu Li u »\ -'Ull,'i\->, 1,5) O'nillllH rUrgiLOl du'.UVCU.'i, a. id \ltii OU/3 )< )tl.'<" "Or.c'itlU"

Sdi \h lielio \ij in congelation of the semce rcndeied to ouieiice by the reseaichus of hor late busband, the celebrated Afncan traveller, and her own dis- ! tre«seil circumstances. [• r Kv y Sturgeon, £50, m consideration of the scipuUfic i ,Ut:unmcu'- | J o f Seriate husband, William Sturgeon, and her own destitute condiUon. SaiaU Al'Cnrthy, £00, in consideration of the distinguished military sei vices of her lute father. Captain Edward JM*Cartby, during the Peninsular War, and especially at the stoiming of Badajos, and of tbe destitute condition in which she is p/?fed by his decease. Anna Maria Caroline Moylan, £-10, in consideration of the gallant services of her late brother, Captain C. Moylan, of the 72d Regiment, who died at Ba/badora, from the effect of over-exertion in the discharge of his dulips during tho time of pestilence, and in consideration of the helpless and destitute condition in which she is phici) by his decease. lo'il grunted, .£l2OO. G. CORKEWALL LeWIG. Whitehall, Treasury Chaml>e2s, ICth July, 18,)1. j

Tnn Bishop of Dunham \nd -run Independents. The WeUmoichnd Gazitiz stales that the Bishop of Durham has subscubed JAo towards an Independent chapel m_Ncweasilo-upon-Tyne. The following is a copy of his Lordship's letter transmitting- his donation :~- "4. Upper Portland-place, June 7. " Sir —Although, vvith ample means at my disposal, I can scaicely tuiisly the demands of ray own Cbuich and my own poopJo, j Gl I have never forgotten shal all Christians are brrttiren, and that, however we may differ vis to the meaning of Scripture upon some points of doctuno or discipline, very fow Protostant3 fail to inculcate what is essential in Christianity. Jam painfiijbj aware cf (he spiritual destitution of Newcastle, of 1(3 locroaMng population, and of the pains which have been token todis eminate infidelity and socialism ; I cannot theiefore frel myself justified m resisting your appeal on beholf of a moie spacious and coin" modioua plare of woi ship, and especially for a larger establishment of bchooh in the principles of revealed religion. Towards those joint good purposes, you and the congregation will be pleased to accept the enclosed check. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "E. Dunelm." " James Wilson, Esq. , |

Singular Ideological Prizes at Aberdeen. — A deceased gentlemen left, by deed of settlement, a large fund, to be divided at intervals of forty years from 1714, in payment of two premiums for the best treatise on "the evidence that there is a being all-powerful, wise, and good ; particularly to obviate difficulties as to the wisdom and goodnpss of the Deity; firstly, from considerations independent of written revelation; and . secondly, from the revelation of the Lord Jesus ; and, from Iho whole, to point out the inferences most necessary and useful to mankind." The amount of the fund cannot be less than if 1.600, and on the next competition will bo about £2,400. Three-iouUhs of the fund divisible will be pazd to the author of the treatise winch shall be deemed best m meat, and the remaining fourth to the nest in merit, after deducting espouses of printing and binding-, or for purchasing; 300 printed copies of web. treatise, to bo distributed as the tmstees of the said deed may deem proper. The ministers of the Established Church of Aberdeen, the principals aud professors of King's and Manscbal Colleges, Abeuleen, and the testator's trustees, are to choose three judges to decide on the moms of the treatises. Tho time for the next periodical competition extends to the Ist January, 1854, and the ti ustees now intimate that those who shall become competitors for the prizes must transmit their treatises to A. and J. Webster, in Aberdeen, the agents of the trustees, on or before the Ist January, 1854— t0 be sent free of expense to the trustees j and at the first term of Whitsunday, after the determination of the judges, tho premiums will be paid to the successful candidates. To secure impartial decisions, candidates are desired not to send the treatises in their own hand-vvritiug, or with their names annexed. Each treatise must be distinguished hy a peculiar motto on the outsido of a sealed letter, containing- the author's name and addiess. Tho names of the successful candidates only shall be known by onenirg- their lotters. The other letters will be destroyed unopened. The unsuccessful treatises will be returned to the writers on application, and on mentioning tho motto assumed. Wo restriction is made as to the length of the treatises. Electro-Magnetic Clocks.— This discovery has been patented at Berlin by Mr. Siemens, lieutenant of engineers who has associated himself will] the ast tronomical watchmaker, M. Tiede, for that purposeAs there already eiisls at Berlin electto-telegiaphic wires for signalizing fires the same apparatus will also be used for the clocks. There will be established several loading clocks in the diffeient parts of Uie town, which being connected with the wires, will indicate the time on simple dials. The cost of such a clock and wires wiU be twenty.eight thalers, the subsequent yearly e\, c jse only iour thaleis. Such apparatus can be fivhi. J at any private house and, an additional advani .ge would be, that all these watches would keep in uniform and exact time. The American Contributions.— -An America paper, the Washington Daily National Intelhgencer, says: We gin> below an extiact of a lettez from an American gentleman in London to his friend in this city respecting the portion of the g-iand Exhibition winch has been contiibuted by our count; y men, and the comparison which it boars with other countnes. The view which he presents is not ploasant— -moVcd it is rather mortifying to our national pride— but it is from an honest and intelligent source, and though unpalatable, the bitter ma^ piovo wholesome:— 'The importance of this Exhibition Lai been gieatly undenated by us. The Kiuopean display will be costly and magnificent beyond description. Some single individuals have gono to the expense of jfilO.ooo in the arrangement and display of their goods. If our government had 51 anted ag many dollars to the object wo might have made a creditable appearance. As it is the American poition will bear an appearance of stinting and meanness not very flattering to our national yamty. 'I he articles, now that they are in the building we found to be insuiheient to fill the allotted space, and a considerable poitionof it baa been lesigned to other countries. I fear we shall be very badly beaten; and I advise any one who intends coming here in the expectation that this Exhibition is going- to raise our country in the eyes of the world to stay at home. I was one of those who expected it, but now that I see the splendid lesults of the art and taste of the European nations I feel that what we have 10 show is only creditable considering our youth. Some of our carriages and maohineiy are, however, quite comparable with the best here. In daguerrotypes, also, we shall rxcel, and in India-rubber fabrics. But in all works of art and taste — m sculpture, glass, silks, woollens, aud even agricultural implements— we shall either be entirely surpassed or quite equalled. In designs we are thrown entiioly into the shade. There will be an advantage growing out of all this. We have been 'comparing ouiselves amongst ourselves' until! we have become convinced that we aie ahead of all mankind. This direct comparison will open our eyes, and must result in great good giving a powerful impulse to the arts in our country ; if so the temporary [ mortification will be more that compensated and may be incuricd without regret." Miss Sellon, and the Sisters of Mercy have left Plymouth and have taken a house in Lower-Green Bristol. Lodging-Kousc Kici'Liib' Logic. — Tho Lodging. House Kecpais of London mo calculating tho probable profits of tho Great Exhibition season of 1851, or in other words, they nre " counting their chickens before they aie hatched;" that is to say, befoie they shell out. Somebody has said that 4,000,000 of sti angers will be pom ed mto London, and as there aie not moie than 1,000,000 beds to let, the rules of arithmetic call upon us to divide one by four, and as food into one won't go, we recommend some of the intended visitors, befoie thay leavo a comfortable bed at home, to '' sleep uuon it," until they have made sure of a suhbtitutd. The bedstead trade has received a tremendous impetus, and sacking is in lievce demand, as if it were expected that the invasion of 1851 would lead to the sackiug of the whole city; Lodging-House Keepers are looking out 111 all ducctions for bedsteads, Or lot anything that will turn up to serve instead, and we have iieaid ota pioposal having been made to a family requiriug apartments, to make up a bed in the ci&lcin for two ot the children, by di awing oil' the water m the evening, and getting- the infants up and dressed befoie tho water is tvrned on in the morning. Jf the company .should l-tle n into its head — its J>7ow l»iver Head— u> b!uiuj tho <-evu'>;> id the course of the night, which does happp'i new ami thui, of couise the poor childivn mi^lit be uri^ijK^tjdly " washed and done /o-," as v.vll ij I jai<l(.u r.ud (cdgi\{ i.i Uie wl/ J'.vvi.l..". 1 . It if. e\-

pretedthat provisions mil nse to a dreadful height; that meat will be soJd by the hioutbfiil instead of the pound ; that bread will rise, without reference to any particular quantity of yeast; and that hutter will he iound to be fetching- a shilling an ounce, by those who TJ «% fetC ?r-J e buUen Aa tomilt, we have heard that a "Pure Mat and Cream Company" have taken the lease of a chalk-mt near town; and now-laid egga aie being already laid in lime, with a view to the it J as ballot, to be thrown on to the sugar market, at the i proper moment, when the demand is at its height : as it can he imported Punch. n n T F^ RCSUtT l Or / - CniM IC- 1 C -" Attbe Guildhall, Plymouth, on Friday week (presided over by Mr. G. Coryndon) a singular instance of the unhappy oonequwmri one There was placed before the bench a young man, whose thin face, wretchedly meagre and filtbilv dirty attire bore strong evidence to his destitute condition ; while nib downcast countenance stamped him to be a man whose conscience was laden with some weighty sin, and who feared to encounter the gaze o f his feliow-nien A Policeman stated that he met the prisoner on Thursday night, at eleven o'clock, in the stieet. The mm accosted him, and said, « Have you a warrant out against a man who swindled some' money in Knightsbndge? Via Policeman said, "Perhaps I have, or pwhaps I have not; do you mow anything about it V Ihe man said, "Yes, I can point out the man who did it, lam he. He was taken to the station-house, and repeated his self-accusation. He said his name was William Cowper Southwood, that ho had swindled some money ho:n his master, Mi-. Square, o.'Kmo&tsbruge, twoyoais ago, and hearing a warrant was out for his detection lie thought he had better give himself up. It appeared from statements which theyoun»- man made in court, that he had been articled to the medical piofession, that through certain circumstances, he had left the surgeon he was with, and had eventually obtamed employment as a clerk at Mr. Square's, solicitor. Kmghtbbnd§e, where he swindled some money and ran a\yay. Since that time, two years ago, he had hended. Ihe mone, he took was soon spent, and then 1 fin T? S ?° UU f ra work t0 do ' He last came ; from London to this place, he walked all the war, and had been here four days, but was in such a state from want of means of support and fear of detection, that be at length delivered himself up to the authorities, hoping by that course to be dealt with more leniently than ifbe were apprehended. The Court directed that the man should be taken care of, and that a communication Time* Sm t0 Mr * S( l mre '- Pl y^uth The Synod MovEMENT.—With little surprise, thong-h cerfamly not without satisfaction, we have noticed tie increasing prevalence of a rumour— now undei stood to be well-founded— that the Synod of Exeter is to be followed immediately by a similar pronunciation on the part of the diocese of Chichester ; while other reports, not yet clothed with as tangible a form, but still bearing every mark of probability, indicate the cathedral cities of Wells and Oxford as likely to follow in the same path iv the course of the present autumn.— Gzcar' dian.~ (Tractavian.)