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DURHAM COUNTY MEETING. • UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. -- Wednesiay, pursuant to Requilition, a Public Meeting of the Freeholders of this County was held in the County Courts in this City, " to take into con-1 sideration the measures that have been pursued for , the degradation of the Queen, and the propriety of ' presenting Petitions to both Houses'of Parliament, praying that they will take such steps as will effec tually prevent the recurrence of proceedings alike unconstitutional in their nature, disgusting and per nicious in their tendency? The HIGH SHERIFF took the Chair a few minutes after twelve o'clock, at which time that part of the Courts in which the Meeting was held.was crowded to excess, and many persons were excluded for want of space. Among those present were many Gentle men of property and respectability, who, from acci dental causes, had not signed the Requisition ; and the numerous attendance of the principal inhabitants of the County, as well as the rank and character of the individuals who took a prominent part in the proceedings; stamp the Meeting, as, perhaps, the most important ever held in Durham. The Ilion SHERIFF opened the business by stating, that as they had heard the Requisition read, there was no occasion for him to explain the purpose for which the Meeting had been called : and as he had before witnessed their good conduct and order at similar Meetings, he could renew his appeal to them with conFidence to maintain the same conduct on the present occasion. Should any Gentleman wish to address them, who might differ from them in opi nion, he trusted they would give him a fair and im partial hearing; and, he hoped that those who ad dressed them, would confine themselves as much as possible to the object of the Meeting. Mr. Lesieros then rose amidst repeated cheerings, and spoke to the following effect :—lt was now nearly one year since he had the honour of meeting them' to discuss matters connected with the situation of thp country; and he believed he had then said, that often as he had met them, he had never done so upon an occasion more important, or more pregnant with ' danger to the liberties of the country—he meant the Manchester outrage. -But six months had scarcely elapsed before the Ministers Ousged headlong into a measure which had the effect of obliterating from the public mind all recollection of that detestable proceeding. It was indeed a melancholy sign of the times, and of the corruption of the Administration, which for our sins ruled over us, that every year the nation had to complain of some additional act of op pression—each successive act still more dangerous to the rights of the People than that by which it was, preceded—( Loud appamse).—What might follow', this he trembled to think. I: was that the principles of justice might be vindicated, and that the conse quences which threatened us might be averted, that lie had been induced to become instrumental in call ing that Meeting. It devolved upon him to prop ose a series of Resolutions, and an Address to the K ing, founded upon the first part of those Resolutions ; in so doing, it was not necessary to detain them long, because the subject had been air early' so amply, and particularly so ably, nobly, and fully discussed by his noble relative (Earl Gr?y), whom he was happy and proud to ste pre s ent on that occasion —( Long and loud acclamations) ;—it had, he said, been so ably exposed by the Noble Earl, that he need not, he dared not attempt to follow him through the same course. After, however, the most mature delibera tion, he felt himself bound to declare, that nothing had been proved to authorise the degradation of her Majesty from her rights and privileges as Queen Consort—( Vehement applause).—ln thus stating his opinion, he must also express his conviction that the charges against the Queen had originated in a con spiracy,which had been matured by years of treachery, fostered by hands which ought to have spurned such dirty work, and connived at and encouraged by the Ministers, and those who ought to pave supported her when she was deprived of that protector who, though smitten by the hand of GOD, and powerless through his own personal agency, yet had thrown a shield over her, by the effect of his character, arid the remembrance of his unshaken, though often tried, confidence in her virtue and innocence—( Cheers). — lie trusted they would suffer him to allude to the situation of the Princess of Wales for some years past. Induced by treacherous advice to leave Eng land, she sought refuge from persecution in foreign climes. From the moment of her setting foot in Italy, boatmen, chamber Maids, discarded servants, Hanoverian Ministers, and even English Ambassa dors—( Loud cheers)—seemed to have vied with each other as to which had the best claim to their salaries for tale-bearing and slander—(Laughter and applause). Rumours of the most calumnious nature were spread against the Queen, which had the effect of driving away her English attendants. • Foreign Courts were instructed or suffered to treat her with marked- con , tempt and insult. Even the intelligence of an event which must be in all cases most interesting—he meant the death of a daughter—was not communicated to the mother of the Princess Charlotte. To such an extent was the inhuman conduct of her enemies car ried, that not content with separating the mother and daughter while the latter was - living, their malignant feelings forbade the union of their names upon the coffin which contained the remains of her last stay, her only hope—(Cries of Shame! shame!) It was, indeed, shame; no action in the career of the present Ministers had struck him with so much horror as this conduct towards a childless, forlorn, and unprotected mother—(Applause).--Again, when the death of the late King took place, no communi cation of that event was made to her present Ma jesty, though by it she became exalted to the rank of Queen ; but- there was one Government, the most contemptible, the most corrupt, and the most under the influence of corruption and superstition which availed itself of this change in her situation to insult her—this decayed, this paralytic Government, as sumed, to itself a power which even the mighty cor mptionists of England have been unable to wield—. and degraded her from the rank of Queen by re fusing to acknowledge her under ny other title than that of Princess Caroline of Brunswick—(Applause). Under these circumstances, subject to these persecu tions, but with an unbroken spirit, she returned to England, refusing the proffered bribe of £.50,000 a year, tendered to induce her to stay away--(Applause). She threw herself upon the justice of the People of this cotintry ; they received Raid protected her ; they deceived her not; they insulted her not; but tram- OXFORD, DECEMBER 16. Saturday, the Rev, William Jackson, M.A. of Queen's Col lege, was elected Fellow of that Society on the Old Foundation. Tuesday the following Degrees were conferred : nocros IN CIVIL LAW. The Rev. Henry Parish, St. Edmund Hall. NACNILOII IN DIVINITY. The Rev. John Warren, Oriel College, Grand Compounder. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. (This Gazette contains Loyal Addresses to the King from the Mayor, Burgesses, and Commonalty, and also from the Inhabit ants of the Parish of St. Paul, Bristol ; front the Mayor, She r.ffs, Cuizens,-and Commonalty, of the City of Norwich ; from the Gentlemen, Clergy, and Householders of the City and Vi cinity of York; from tire Mayor, Aldermen, and Assistants of the City of Rochester ; from the Priwosr, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Aberdeen; from the ',gayer, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Preston, Lancashire; from the Mayor, Recorder, Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Borough of Shaftesbury; from the Inhabitants of Bath; from the Males., Deputy Recorder, Aldermen, Minister, Freemen, &c. of the Borough of Launceston, Cornwall ; from the States of the Island of Jersey; from the Mayor, Burgesses, and In habitants of the Town of Christchurch ; from the Mayor, Bai liffs, Burgesses, and Commonalty of the Town and County of the Town of Poole ; from the Inhabitants of the Town of Ex mouth and its Vicinity ; from the Mayor and AlJermen of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull; front the Inhabitants and Visitors of Dawlish, in Devonshire; from the Magistrates and Town. Council of the Royal Burgh of Newburgh, in Fife; from the Minister, Churchwardens, Inhabitants, and Householders, of Clifton, in Gloucestershire; from the Inhabitants of the Bo rough of New Shoreham; from the Lord Provost, Magistrates, at.J Town Council of the City of Perth ; from the Gentlemen, Clergy, Merchants, Ship-Owners. and other Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Kingston-upon-hull; from the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of Balton-le- Moon; and from the Inhabitants of Devizes. The Gazette also contains his. Majesty's appointment of Nicholas Nixon, Esq. to the office of Warden of the Fleet, in the room of John Kyles, Esq. decrease!). had been scraped together by the Milantommission —( Hear )—a tribunal, which would be detested as long as its composition and character were under. stood. Like the Inquisition of old, its proceedings were conducted in darkness and mystery. One of our Poets had furnished a description which would apply to the Commission, its authors, and auxiliaries: " Projectors, quacks, and lawyers, not a few, And priests and party zeakits, numerous bands, With home-born lies, and tales from foreign lands; Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told, And all who told It, added something new, In ev'ry ear it spread—roil every tongue it grew." The effect of this was to drive away her English at• teadants, who were necessarily succeeded by fo reigners, whom it was easy to corrupt or seduce- and how greedily the Ministers took advantage of the facility thus afforded for their purposes, was ma. nifest in the employnient of Berton Oniptedii, ot, picklock notoriety, to obtain possession of her letters: He then alluded to the money which had been la vished in prosecuting the object of the Milan Com mission ; and trusted that the House of Common s would exact a strict account of the way in v..hich it had been expended. Yet with all the asi,tatice ren dered to the Ministers by that Co irineis , .,m, all the power of Government, and all the influeace dot money could give, the Ministers found, cm every vision, that their majority decreased, until at len;:lr they were obliged to abandon the Bill altogetkr. But this was not all. They had not manliness to meet. the reproof that awaited them in the House of Commons, and they advised his Majesty to prorogue Parliament in the most extraordinary and cowardly manner—(Shame). He envied not their feelings upon that day; hooted, reviled, disgracei, they slunk away to enjoy the notable triumph of being enabled to insult the Queen still further, and to treat her re monstrances with contempt for two months longer! —(Great applause). Was there no honest man to lt. found to tell their Royal Master that the example of an insult to royalty was but too readily followed— that the impulse, once given, was not easily checked ? Did history afford no solemn and important wan=- ing ? Did not Ministers recollect that the precedent furnished by the execution of Mary Queen of Scots, by the order of Elizabeth, was, after the lapse of a few years, renewed and acted upon in the case of Charles the First? Were they not aware, that by degrading royalty they were en.langering the fowl ., dation of monarchy itself ?—(Applause). From these ' considerations, he was impelled to believe that the King had been betrayed by his Ministers, who ; seemed alike careless of the honour of the Crown and the interests of the country, so that they retaine. their places and patronage : men pLd hr. enemies under their feet, pa raised her to atedt(menreersnr Never let m never enjoyed e b v efore ir forbget the yany debt crowned hlic of graPerlede fo s r h g e et ow; h e e d t p o roo th f e n mightiness of their power, or cease to ex ert it n a d g i n v e e v n e r of f let i the the he they Peo .ple h ; av a : peaceable It was differeneesbwuotoelnderhgeetaitcanmeanndn_erlAappiond ouuser).domestic with tlese feelings that he had been instrumental in calling them, his friencli and constituents, together, and he hoped their voice would be re-echoed through out the country. It was difficult to enter into the various topics of complaint that might be brought forward against the Ministers ; he knew not what point in the conduct of the Administration was most unjust; for all their measures appeared to him to bear the stamp of tyranny —(Applause). They had seen' the Ministers convict her Majesty before inquiry, by striking her name out of the Liturgy , and they had seen them offer her a bribe of £50,000 a-year, to continue her alleged debaucheries in another coun try. They knew, too, the hypocritical motives by which it was attempted to justify the offer of this premium on immorality. They were aware also, that her Majesty had rejected the proffered bribe. She landed at Dover. Then it was that the prosecution, was commenced, which, as they all knew, had pro duced the effect of suspending all other public con siderations, however important, and of keeping the Country ever since in a state of complete agitation— (Applanse). The Ministers, finding the House of Commons not so tractable as they expected, applied to the House of Lords, in the hope of finding a judg ment more favourable to their views. He need not remind them of the.nature of Bills of Pains and Pe nalties. The precedent for their introduction in the case of Lord Strafford, served only to accelerate the ruin of those by whom it was promoted, conspired to throw a veil over his faults, and made him appear a martyr when he should have been considered only as a criminal—(Applause). This example ought to have some weight with the present time. The very na ture of proceeding by Bills of Pains and Penalties— the power. of condemnation without law—the sitting of the accusers as Judges—the presence and controul of the prosecutors during trial for the avowed pur pose of denouncing guilt, where the law has declared no crime—all these marks of tyranny had rendered the principles on which Bills of Pains and Penalties had been supported, odious and dangerous—(Ap.. plause). Lord Stratford, when pleading at the Bar of the House of Lords,'so forcibly and eloquently ob served upon the iniquitous nature of such proceed ings, that he was induced to read an extract from the speech of that Nobleman Hard it is that a punishment should precede the. promulgaion of a law—that men should suffer by a law subsequent to the deed—if this be admitted, who shall account him self secure in his innocence? and in what is law pre ferable to the will of an arbitrary master? If I sail on the Thames, and split my vessel um an anchor, should there be no buoy to give me warning, the owner shall pay me damages; but if it be marked out, then I pass it at my own peril. Where is the mark set on this crime? Where is the token by which I should discover it? If iLbe hid—if it lie concealed under water, no human foresight or pru dence could have prevented my sudden destruction. If we are thus to be beset, let us lay aside all human wisdom, let us rely solely on Divine Revelation ; for surely nothing less than Revelation can save us from these hidden snares!" He contended, upon these principles, that the rule of Civil Liberty was, that the laws should not be made against individuals, but should be prospective in their operation. The Queen had had to contend with every species of difficulty. A list of witnesses, and a specification of the places included in the charges, were refused her ; witnesses had been compelled by German despots to come over on the side of the prosecution, while witnesses on behalf of her Majesty had been induced to air stain from coming to this country—(Applause).-- With regard to the evidence in support of the charges, he would only observe, that it consisted enal tirely of the slanders of discarded servants; and it was curious to observe, that the charges commenced at the time those servants were engaged as part of her household, and not a whisper was heard against her after they quitted her- service—(Applause).— Those wretches appeared to have distorted every act of kindness on the part of the Queen, so as to bear' the semblance of guilt. Her good qualities and amiable character were turned to her disadvantage. They had heard much of the indecencies attributed to the games and plays exhibited before her,Majes4. —Upon this part of the subject he could state an anecdote upon an authority of some weight, with which anecdote, perhaps, the Meeting were not ac quainted. They would probably be surprised to hear that the pious. Mr. Nicholas Vansittart, the patron of Bible Societies and Lotteries, who propa gated religion abroad and promoted gambling at home, had been guilty of the gross indecency of playing at blindman's buff with her Majesty, when Princess of Wales !—( Loughter).—lndeed, he had heard that the present Lord Chancellor, -and Lord Redesdale, had committed a similar crime. He did not know whether Mr. Wilberforce, who had been christened the other day Dr. Cantwell, had been one of the party, but he had heard from good authority that the'other worthies were; and he knew also, that if the Bill of Pains and Penalties bad come down to the House of Commons, it was intended to have sum moned those frolicsome statesmen to bear testimony to the innocent character of those amusements ! ( Shouts f laughter).—But to return to the evidence. It was of such a nature that Lord Lauderdale and other Noble Lords admitted that the case for the prosecution had failed to substantiate any of the charges; and they rested their professions of belief of her Majesty's guilt upon the alleged prevarication and inconsistency of her own witnesses. Good GOD ! what an appearance must England have exhibited in the eyes of Europe during the late investigation !—' While the people of Naples and Portugal were en gaged in asserting their rights and overthrowing the corruption of ages; while Spain was busied in fra , rning a Constitution founded upon the principles of enlightened policy, and wisely appropriating the enormous revenues of the Church to national pur poses, how was. this country employed ? Why, the Supreme Council of the Nation—the highest Court of Judicature—the hereditary Counsellors of, the Crown—the House of Peers, was occupied in inqui ring into the state of linen and tumbled beds (Hear) —in raking up and poring into all the scandal which " Wlmm no faith can fix, Of crooked councils and dark politics, Of those a gloomy tribe surrour.d the Throne !" (Applause). They had seen them plunging from one act of absurdity to another ; fiorn secret but detected corruption to avowed jobbing. From the sanction of the massacre of unoffending men, to the slander of - an unprotected woman—notoriously purchasing a precarious existence by the meanest compliances ; under circumstances the most degrading, they had instituted measures in Parliament, against which one of their own body had remonqrateci. in Council, and from which he fled as from a pestilence—(Applause). Yet, notwithstanding Mr. Canning's flight, his col leagues forced their Bill, in opposition to the senti ments of the country, and to the warnings of their more scrupulous friends ; regardless of the character of their adherents, and calling even on the Reve rend Bench to crave public odium and contempt in their behalf (and GOD knew how effectually they bad incurred both), until at length having succeeded in clearing themselves, as they termed it, they basely abandoned the Bill ana their supporters, trom a mere fear of popular indignation. Such was the si tuation in which they stood, that they might be com pared to Mahornees coffin, suspended between the Crown and the People, despised by the one, and de tested by the other—(Applause). With respect to their other acts, they all bore an uniform character. Look at the crusade of the Holy Alliance against the liberties of the South of Europe; he should not be surprised to hear of this country actively co-operating in the deliberations of the confederated tyrants at Troppau ; or if not, our Ministers were only restrained by the power of public opinion, now so much roused. We had seen enough of their disposition, as Norway, Saxony, Genba, and Parga could certify, to the eter nal disgrace of this country, to warrant these asser tions. At home, the effects of their military system were obvious. The people could not now enjoy the sight of an illumination without the appearance of the military at the corners of every street, at the command of any - foolish drunken Magistrate who might choose to fancy the State in danger, when the only ground for his apprehension existed in the fumes of that liquor which had stolen away the small portion of brains given him by PROVIDENCE! (Loud and long applause). If such acts had occurred in any town in England, he thought they must be ascribed to the spirit that predominated in the Ad ministration of the country, for he (Mr. Lambton) could not consider the King as acquainted with them. Our. Constitution said that the Ki ig could do no wrong ; and he thought people had been a little too hard upon the Bishop of London, who had urged that maxim in a case of morals ; for, after all, the senti ment was not worse than that expressed by a Bishop of " olden time" to James the First. A courtly Bi shop (Neil) of that day, when he was asked by the Monarch whether the latter could not take his sub jects' money, without the formation of an Act of Par liament ? replied, " GOD forbid but your Majesty should do so, for you are the breath of our nostrils!' -.-(Laughter).—Let them be thankful, therefore, that ' the Bishop of London went no farther than he did• The Honourable Member then expressed his hope that Ministers would be made to feel that they were responsible for their measures, an€ that the Repre sentatives of the People would br,ing them to punish ment for their notorious misdeeds—(Applause).--He ought to apologise for occupying their attention so long ; but the question was of so much importance, both in ita nature and consequences, that he consi dered it his duty to state his opinion upon it as openly and as clearly as he could. Having been instrumen tal in calling them together, he might, perhaps, he again attacked as before by libellers of all sorts, lay •and clerical ; be that as it might, he cared not ; he • should continue to discharge his public duty, and he felt amply recompensed by seeing this among the most enlightened counties in the kingdom, redeemed from clerk: ifidee4 Ebert; _ . no dk tion power times duty not or heart be fou ments o f ju: 'endan bissp _ . Mr bf the s a ktles ( BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. John Cannon, Liverpool, merchant, from Decembrx a to Fe bruary 10, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Francis Hudson, Stratford, brewer, from December 16 to Fe bruary 3, at ten,, at Guildhall. BANKRUPTS. John Gray, Bishopsgate-street-Without, grocer, to surrender December 23, 50, and January 27, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornics, Messrs. Amory and Coles, Throzmorton-street. John Ranson, Union -street, Southwark, Ciocer, December 19, 30, and January 27, at eleven, at GuildhalL Attorney, Mr. Carlon, High-street, Mary-la-bonne. Thomas Reynolds, Ilighworth, Wilts, draper, January 4, at four, 5, and 27, at twelve, at the Bell lim, Faringdon. At- Wales, Mr. Ward, Faringdon, Berks ; or Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane. John Newman Freeman, late of Newport, Monmouthshire, money-scrivener, December 21, 22, and January 27, at onh, at the White Lion Inn, Thomas-street, Brittol. Anomie*, Messrs. Adlington and Gregory, Bedford-row; or Mr. Scrace, Bath. - James Wo.ettnan, I iverpool, merchant, January 4,5, and 27, at one, at the George Icn, Liverpocl. Attornles, Mr. Bards well. Liverpool ; or Messrs. Blackstock and Rance, Temple. John Ituhno Silva, Liverpool, merchant, January 8,9, and 27, at eleven, at the Albion Tavern, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Thane, Temple-court, or Mr. Williams, Union -court, Liver pool ; or Messrs. Dlackstock and Buuce, King's Bench-walk, Temple. John Ayerst, Sutton-Valence, Kent, farmer, December 19, 30, and January 27, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attorney, M. Young, Temple Chambers, Flect-strcet, and Broadway, Deptford. Joh t Warwick, Sc..Alban's, draper, December In, January 2, and 27, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Atturnies, Messrs. rownall end Faithorne, Old Jewry. _ Charles Sweet, orthtawton, Ikvon, tanner, Ihnember 23, and January :!7, at eleven, at the Old London Inn, Exe ter. Attornies, Mr. It. Brutton, Old Broad -street; or 11le,srs. Brutton and Ford, Exeter. John Baud, late of Blackman-street, Southwark, innkeeper, December 23, at ten, u 6, and January 27, at one, at Attornies, Messrs. Bennell and Dixon, St. Swithin's-lane. John Gilbert, Plynnnah-dock, butcher, January 4, .1, and 27. at eleven, at Weaklvy's Hotel, Plymouth-dock. Anomie-, Mr. Makinson, Middle Temple ; or Mr. Sole, Plymouth-duck. Richard Gregson, late of Liverpool, merchant, January 10. 11, and 27, at one, at the George Inn, LiverpooL Attor nies, Messrs. 'Taylor and Roscoe, King's Bench-walks, Tem ple - or Messrs. Lace and Co. Liverpool. Henry Ploughman, Romsey, Southampton, brewer, January 2, at two, 3, at eleven, and 27, at two, at the Bell Inn, Tiomsey. Attornies, Mr. Daman, Romsey; or Mr. Gill bank, Culeimm-street. Siegmund Rucker, Old South Sea-house, merchant, December 23, January 2 and 27, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Tomlinson, Cupthall-court, Throgmorton-street. Luke Batten, St. Alban's, cooper and brewer, December 19, 23, and January 27, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Actor nits, Messrs. Nicholson and Platt, Hertford; or Messrs. Stocker and co. Buswell-court. James Webster and Geddes Mackenzie Simpson, Tower-street, merchants, December 23, January 13 and 27, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Tomlinson, Copthall-court, Th;og morton-street. William Carter, Hammersmith, slopseller, December 23, Ja nuary 2 and 27, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornics, Messrs. Richardson and Miller, New Inn. Charles •Hutry, Burton-street, Burton-Crescent, merchant, De cember 19; 30, and January 27, at ten, at Guildhall. At tornies, Messrs. Swain and Co. Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Mark I'ratteu, jun. Bristol, leather-dealer, December 27, SS, and January 27, at twelve, at the Commercial Rooms, Brie tob Attornies, Messrs. Clarke and Cu. Chancery-lane; or Mr. Ilaberfield, Nicholas-street, BristoL John Lamb, Birmingham, eadlees-ironmonger, December 29, 30, and January 27, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Birming ham. Attornies, Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane; or Me:A . 5. Webb and Co. Birmingham. RACHELOKS OF MITI. William Cooke.ley Thompson, Wadham College. Itiehard Burdett Worthington, St. Mary Hall. George Sandby, Postmaster of Merton Ca%liege. John Briggs and Henry Westcar, Exeter College. William Henry Pryce, St. Edmund Hall. Jedidiah Stephens Tucker, Brasennose College. Edmund Smith, Demy of Magdalen College. Charles Nutt, ditto. Daniel Walton, Worcester College. William Allen and John Williams, Scholars of Jesus College. ;lames Turner, Christ Church. • Simon Taylor, Oriel College. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. The Rev. G. F. St. John, of Who' College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Manston, Dorset. The Rev. John Ellis. Vicar of Llangwin, to the Rectol7 of Cerrig-y-druidion, Denbighshire. The Bishop of London has instituted the Rev. John Harcourt Skrine, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Thundersley, Essex. The RiV. A. B. Henniker, to the Rectories of Great and Little Thornham, Norfolk. Rev. J. Brewster, M.A. Vicar of Greatham, Durham, to the Vicarage of Laughton, Lincolnshire. The Hon. and Rev. William Leonard Addington, to the Rec tory of Poole, Wilts. The Rev. W. N. Parnell, to the perpetual Curacy of Cross gate, Leeds. The Rev. William French, Master of Jesus College, Cam bridge, was on Tuesday admitted Doctor in Divinity, by royal mandate. The Dean and Chapter of Ely have presented the Rev. J. Blicke, R. D. to the Rectory of Wentworth, in the Isle of Ely, vacant by the death of Dr. Pearce ; and also the Vicarage of West Writhing, Cambridgeshire, to the Rev. J. Dampier, void by the death of the last incumbent. tot Qu sta ch;