NEWS ITEMS. FAREWELL SERMON BY THE REV. C. H. GEM. – On Sunday last, the REV. C. H. GEM, curate of Penrith Parish Church, who has been appointed by the Bishop to the living at Torpenhow, preached his farewell sermon to an immense congregation. ____________________________________________________________ PICKPOCKETS AT BROUGH HILL FAIR. – At the Kirkby Stephen Petty Sessions yesterday (Friday), before DR. SIMPSON and T. MASON, Esq., a man named WILLIAM LEE, of London, was brought up in custody on a charge of attempting to pick pockets. He was caught by P.C. (83) THORNBORROW with his hand in a cattle dealer’s pocket at Warcop Railway Station. The Bench sentenced the prisoner to two months’ imprisonment with hard labour. JAMES CURTIS, of Liverpool, who was in company with the prisoner LEE, and charged with frequenting the railway station for an unlawful purpose, was ordered to undergo a similar punishment. ____________________________________________________________ PROPERTY SALE AT HESKET-NEW-MARKET. – On Thursday last, MR. JOHN JACKSON, of Penrith, sold by auction, under a decree of Chancery, at the King’s Arms Inn, Hesket-new-Market, two estates, together about 48 acres, called Gill Foot, near Hesket-new-Market. There was a full attendance, and the bidding was spirited. The purchaser was MR. JOS. HOWE, of Hesket, and the price £1,810. MESSRS. ARNISON, of Penrith, were the solicitors acting on behalf of the vendors. ___________________________________________________________ THE LIVING OF ROCKCLIFFE. – We learn that the REV. E. GABRIEL, vicar of St. George’s, Kendal, has now accepted the living of Rockliffe, rendered vacant by the death of the REV. GEORGE TOPPING. The ‘Diocesan Calendar’ states that the nett value of the living is £300, the population 784, and that there is church accommodation for 172. An unappropriated fund of about £1,500 exists for the building of a new parsonage. The living, which is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter, might, we believe, have been reclaimed under a recent Act of Parliament, by either CANON PRESCOTT or CANON HODGSON, neither of whom has any cure of souls, but for a private understanding with the Bishop at the time of their appointment. The option, however, does not extend in this case to the Minor Canons. ========================================================== barb, ontario, canada.