There is not much going on in the political world at present. Lord John Russell has appointed Dr. Hampden to the bishopric of Hereford. It is that Dr. Hampden who made so much noise a few years ago, in the University of Oxford. A vote of censure was, at that time, passed against him. There is a great outcry now against his appointment. Half of the bishops have protested. The dean of Hereford has written long letters to the Premier, complaining, that in electing Dr. Hampden, his conscience would be violated. But the Premier continued firm to his appointment; and so a charge of heresy was got up against Dr. Hampden, which was to be tried before the bishop of Oxford. The accusers have since backed out of their accusation. The dean of Hereford, finding that Hampden was elected by a majority of the Chapter, though he and another voted against him, protested, and then quietly did the needful to make it a unanimous election, which it appears it must be. Altogether, the ecclesiastics have made themselves look supremely ridiculous, and the Church herself very servile. I suppose the servility of the Church was pretty well known before, to some; and now many others know it. Every such exhibition hastens its downfall.

R. D.