Star. — London, England, 1826-10-14 00:00:00

MOSCOW, SErrtailla 11. On the 10th of September, his Grace v the Duke of Devonshire, his Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extra= orditiary at the Coronation of the Emperor of Russia, gave a splendid ball and entertainment to the Imperial Family,- and the principal Nibility in Moscow. The preparations for the fete were on a scale of magoificence suited to the exalted character of the guests. The ex ten ior f his Grace's superb Hotel, which is situated on an elevated pact of this city, was brilliantly i'luminated. The Imperial Arms, tastefully executed, ornamented the principal front, and the whole of the vast length of the Vilely was one blaze of lighr, ornamented in va rious devices. Our Imperial Family arrived about nine o'clock. The shouts of many thousands of spec tators announced their approach, and the bands o music placed on the balconies and in the interior of the mansion played select national airs on their arrival. 'Their Majesties were received by the distinguished host at the principal entrance. Dancing immediately com menced, and continued with great spirit till a late hour. Supper was then served : upwards of six hundred covers mere laid at this sumptuous repast. A select number of guests of the most elevated rank were invited to the Im-i penal table. Their Imperial Majesties, the Grand Duke Michael, with his charming consort, and Pt ince Charles of Prussia, quitted this brilliant assembly at two o'clock. The whole of the interior decorations were in the most chaste and elegant style. The walls of the principal Hall, which are in imitation of white marble, were or namented with the initials of their Imperial Majesties, and of his Majesty George IV. formed by ingenious combinations of roses ; and in an adjoining saloon (erected for the occasion) was placed a splendid portrait of the Emperor Nicholas, in his coronation robes, painted for his Grace. WEYHILL FAIR. WIDIMSDAT A rrzalloow. The Sheep Fair commenced on Tuesday morning ; The number of sheep penned was unusually large, ex ceeding 150,000! The business of the day began rather heavily, and the fall of rain from day-break till eleven o'clock, did not in the slightest degree tend to cheer the gloom which seemed to pervade; but about that hour it cleared up, and things took a brighter turn, as sales were rapidly going on in all parts of the fair ; and we think the following prices may be quoted as correct: Down ewes, from 13s. to 20s. one or two prime lots fetched as high as 28s. Down lambs, from 9s. to 12s. to 16s. up to 21s. two-tooth wethers from 15s. to 20s; to 245. four-tooth.ditto from 20s. to 325. Dorset ewes sold rather higher than at Appleshaw fair—say from 18s. to 265. Somerset ewes from 28s. to 40s. . a few prime lots as high as 445. Comparatively with the number of sheep penned, a very small proportion remained unsold at the close of the day. The heavy rain preventing the horse-dealers from she wing out the finest horses on Tuesday, we cannot give so faithful an account as it is our wish ; but we are assured that the stables round the hill are full of the fine,t roadsters and hunters. The shew of cart colts was good, and other heavy horses were also numerous : two year old cart colts were purchased, as is usually the case, for the London brewers, &c. The Cheese Fair cannot be correctly stated, as it is not nearly all arrived. Considering the dryness ache summer, prices ate an ticipated to be moderate, and the supply plentiful. DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. INQUEST ON THE BODY OB ANN BALDWIN. An Inquest was held on Tuesday at the Cow and Call, Gravel•lane, Salford, before JOHN Miriam, Esq. and a respectable July, when the following evidence was adduced : Mr. Richard Woolley examined--I am a shopkeeper, residing in Salford; the deceased chared for me; about fourteen or fifteen weeks ago, about half past seven in the morning, a dog of mine was barking at a strange cat, which had got into the cellar ; I endeavoured to drive the cat into the street with a brush I bad in my hand, but instead of the cat going into the street, it ran into an adjoining cellar, and got under an oven; it then ran into the back cellar, where deceased was washing; I again followed it, and the dog, accompanied by another, also came into the back cellar, mad endea •oured to bite the cat ; the cat ran under the sink ; I ordered my sons to take the dogs away; the de ceased said, 46 Poor thing, I'll save it from the dogs, by taking bold of it, and put it into the street;" deceased then laid hold of the cat, and she immediately cried out, "It's biting my fingers ;" deceased then forced its mouth open with her other hand ; it sent its fangs into the back part of the fore anger of the right hand ; deceased immediately commenced washing ; the wound WAS not dressed at the time; deceased washed all that day; the next morning deceased came to exami nant's house; the finger was much inflamed ; deceased went to Mr. Goasby's, the druggist, who recommended leeches to be applied ; leeches were applied three or four times; the finger continued bad for a week ; she frequently complained of pain in her arm, up to the shoulder ; has worked one day a week up to last Thurs day with complainant; she frequently complained of pain in the finger to examinant ; the cat appeared not to be full grown, and was nearly a black one; believes it was not the same cat that bit Mr. Vaughan, who died of hydrophobia some time ago. Dr. Fernley examined.—Friday, in the morning, I was called in to visit the deceased, whom I found sitting by the fire, and labouring under the usual symptoms of hydrophobia ; I directed what I thought was necessary ; 1 visited her again about two the same day ; on my second visit 1 was accompanied by my son, Dr. J. Ba-dsley, and Mr. Barton, surgeons, all of whom coin cided with me as to the name of the complaint ; I again visited the deceased about four the same afternoon, accompanied by Dr. Hull, as well as the other medical Gentlemen; we visited her three or four times a day, up to the period of her demise; deceased could not lie down at all, owing to the spasms affecting the throat. The body was opened by me, assisted by Mr. Turner, and in the presence of Dr. Hull, my son, Dr. James Bardsley, Mr. Boutflower, Mr. Barton, and other me dical Gentlemen. The body was strictly examined by the medical men present, but as morbid appearances were found, except in the brain, which ap peared to be slightly int:Limed ; anti the stomach also displayed dis tinct traces of inflammation. A Juryman inquired if any force bad been used to cause the ratienes death, which was answered in the negative.. The Jury, without hesitation, brought in a verdict, " That the deceased died of hydrophobia, in consequence of a bite from a cat." The verdict in the case of Thomas Cooper, who died whilst eat ng mast goose, was •t I Ni.. 4 Ar stifre*CP tion." The corpse 01 oIicHALL. fttLLy nen been brought from Margate,by one of the steam packets, in a case, with" glass' written upon it, and wa, yesterday deposited at the apartments of the deceased. in Tavistock-row, previous to its interment in Si Paul's, Covent-Gudem BARBAROUS MURDER. Yestlrday morning the whole of the immediate coun try in the neighbourhood of Leatherhead was thrown into a state of considerable excitation and horror, in consequence of the barbarous murder of two aged indi viduals, a ho resided on the borders of Fetcham-common, Within two miles of Leatherhead, and at a'short distance off the high-road to Guildford. The names of the un happy persons are, Jahn Arkhurst, a helpless old man, aged 93, and his housekeeper, Elizabeth Haines, aged 74. They inhabited a cottage in the midst of a .small orchard, in a very solitary and lonely situation, being at least a quarter of a mile from any other habitation. It was generally rumoured in the neighbourhood, that the old man was possessed of some property, as the house, and seme acres of land adjoining ic,were in his possession, and it is supposed that the miscreants were prompted to the commission of the murder, in the expectation of find ing money, the produce of the fruit, which had been ex tremely plentiful this season in the grounds belongingto the poor old man. The murder, which was perpetrated either on Thursday night, or early on Friday morning, was first discovered by a lad, named Brown, who re sided at one of the neighbouring cottages, and who, it appeared, had been recently employed by the deceased to gather in his crop of apples. This lad, it seems, left his house on Friday morning at six o'clock, for the purpose of commencing his daily work on the old man's pre mises. When he came near the cottage, he called out the name of Elizabeth Haines, as was his custom, and not receiving an answer, as he was accustomed, from the old woman, he approached nearer the house, and was astonished en ob.erving the door leading into the house, as well as one of the windows on the ground floor, wide open. He at once suspected thdt something dreadful had happened, having repeatedly called the inmates by their names, and received no answer. The' boy then hureied off with all the speed he could to in form his parents of the circumstance. His mother accompanied him back to the cottage; and on her en. trance observing no one below, she proceeded up stairs, and at the head of the staircase, on looking where the old man slept, the door being wide open, she was shocked on beholding the lifeless corpse of Elizabeth Haines.— Mrs. Brown was se much terrified, that she ran down stairs, and immediately sent off to Mr. Gibbs, a Gentle man in whose employment her husband worked. - Mr., Gibbs lost no time in visiting the scene of murder, and was horror struck on witnessing the bodies of the two old people, which were mutilated in a shocking manner. That Gentleman at once dispatched messengers to the different county magistrates resident in the immediate neighbourhood, and in less than an hour from the dis covery of the murder, the following Gentlemen in the, commission of the peace were on the spot—viz. the Rev. Mr. Bolland, the Rector of Fetcham ; Hankey, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Heberden ; all of whom testified their horror on entering the dwelling and beholding the sad spectacle that presented itself. Information was alio dispatched to Union-hall Police-office, by the Reverend Mr. Bolland, who communicated the fact of the snue. l der in a letter addressed to the sitting magistrates, and requesting two of the officers to be immediately ' sent down. Mr. Caldwell, after perusing the letter, in stantly complied with the request, when Mr. Hall, the chief constable, together with Richard Pople, a zealous and indefatigable officer of the establishment, proceeded in a post chaise and four, and soon arrived at the cot tage where the inhuman murder was committed. The abovenamed Magistrates were in waiting for the officers, and bad given previous directions that neither of the bodies of the murdered persons should be moved from the positions in which they first appeared on the discovery. The officers accordingly proceeded in their examination of the premises ; they at once discovered that the house had been entered by the murderers by the expedient of taking a small pane of glass out of the window that led into the washisouse, and removing a very slight iron bar. None of the property below stairs appeared to have been touched, for every thing was in the same state as had been observed by some of the neighbours a few days previously to the murder. The officers then ascended into the rooms up stairs, one of which, at the head of the staircase, the female slept in, at the extreme end of which was a door leading into that occupied by the old man. On entering this room, the unfortunate woman was observed lying on the fiat of her back, with her feet towards the door. There was a pool of blood surrounding her head, the back part of which was fractured in a shocking manner, apparently by a blow of a heavy bludgeon, or some blunt instru ment. There were black marks on her neck, as if an attempt had been made to strangle her ; and one of her hands was bruised, apparently in consequence of holding it up to avert the blows of her inhuman murderer.— From the position in which the body was lying, it would appear that the poor old creature was in her own bedroom, immediately adjoining that in which her fel low sufferer lay ; and that, hearing a noise below stairs of persons getting into the house, she arose, and in her fright, was about to seek the protection of the old man, and had just time to enter the door of his room, when she received the Wow on the back part of the skull, which fractured it, and laid her prostrate on the floor. To the right of the door the body of the old man lay extended on the bed, to which ite had been con fi ned for the last few years. It presinted a shocking spec tacle—both of the hands were raised up over his head, as if defending it from the blows of the mur derer. The knuckles, and across the back part of the hands, were dreadfully lacerated ; and on the right side of his head, a little above the ear, appeared the wound that had caused his death. The bed-clothes were stream- ing with gore, and his night-cap, which was lying close alongside the pillow, was saturated in blood. The hor rible sight was calculated to sicken the heart, and as soon as the officers had minutely examined each of the bodies, they proceeded to search the room, in order to discover whether the murderers had left behind them any clue by which it would be possible to trace them. No thing, however, was found, to throw the slightest pos sible light on the discovery of the perpetrators, although every atom of the house was minutely examined from top to bottom. The chests in the upper rooms occu- pied by the deceased persons aei e found to have been rummaged, but none of the property which they con tained, consisting of clothes, together with the will of the old man, bequeathing bts title cr.:Page and spot of ground to his daughter, were touched. Oa questioning several of the persons who reside in the neighbourhood, and who, it appears, were w ell acquainted with the deceased, it did not seem that a vest►ge of property be longing to the old people had been taken off the pre mises. Indeed, there was nothing of any value in the place th it could pos,ibly induce any person to have committed such a crime in the expectau•m of acquiring much plunder. N.)rwithstanding the vigilance of . the Above named Magistrates, all of whom have been lode• • t‘'4l,l. fatigable in their exertions in procuring tot the perpetrators of so atrocious a murder, nothing yet has transpired to throw any light on this horrible affair. We understand that about three years ago the old people had been robbed by a man who was subsequently trieJ and convicted for the offence. Since the murder, a ru mour has gone abroad that this individual was seen in the neighbourhood of Epsom a few days prior to the tragical event. In fact, theft are a thousand vague reports flying about on the subject of the murder, but as yet we can positively assert that the chief circum stances of the murder still remain a mystery. The Rev. Mr. Bolland had handbills immediately printed and distributed, offering a reward for the apprehension of the perpetrators of this most diabolical murder. • THE GIG SWINDLER. A livery stable keeper, as we expected, on perceiving our report two days back of a trick played off on Mr. Smith, silversmith, of the Borough, applied at the Town Hall yesterday to claim the horse and chaise, which had been hired from him on the same day the fraud was committed. It was surrendered to him.— The knave succeeded in a similar manner in defrauding Mr. Massay, of Leadeuhall-street, of plate to the amount of about 171. He also called-with a similar equipage, at the shoy of Messrs., Spink and &a, in Gracechurch street, and ordered 18 table-spoons, for the use of the Steam Navigation Company.; the Company, be said, had a dinner a few days previous, and some of their guests, in the exuberance of their jollity, broke the ban. dle off the spoons, and walked off with the bowls. He requested Mr. Spink, jun. to send a boy whom he saw in the shop, to receive the money fur the spoons; but on Mr. Spink's calling the shopman to accompany him, he said he would not trouble him, but would return in a short time with the money. It is needless to say he never returned. The same day he called at the shop of Mr. Banfield, in Cheapside, looked out 12 silver spoons and 12 forks, value 271. but perceiving Mr. Bpfield wks particularly on his guard, he did not ask for a per son to accompany him in his gig, but ordered the plate to be sent to the Steam Navigation Company's Office ; and wrote on the back of the invoice, " Pay bearer hereof the surapn the other side. " J. BROCICLIXAM " To Mr. Jones." " Steam Navigation Company's Mee." Mr. B. went himself with the plate; and so well had he imitated the writing of Captain Brocklebank, that the Secretary, Mr. Jones, had. actually drawn a check on the bankers for the amount, before he discovered it was a . forgery—this document is in Mr. Banfield's possession. He called on horseback at the shop of Mr. Davis, is Holborn, and obtained a watch and seals, value Si. leaving the horse in charge of the boy who was sent with him. Mr. D. was more successful in his arrange ments with the stable keeper, as be secured a reward of 51. advertised for the recovery of the horse. He also honoured Mr. Peckett, of Oxford -street, with a call, but did not succeed. He is about 25 years of age, of rather sallow complexion, about five feet six inches—was dressed in a suit of mourning, his manners gentlemanly, and well calculated to impose on the unwary. OLDHAM. -,.w,-- Saturday, as Messrs. John and Robert Lees, of the firm of John Lees and Sons, were conducting a nob stick spinner to their mill, they were surrounded by a number of the " turn-out." Whether there really was danger has not been sufficiently verified ; but it ap peals that the Lees apprehended some ♦iolence, for Robert took out of his pocket a constable's staff, which he threatened to use upon those about him; and his brother John drew forth a loaded pistol, and presented it to several individuals, saying, " T will shoot you r At length he actually pulled the trigger, but fortunately it only flashed in the pan. This action caused ;great confusion, and the crowd grew quite tumultuous.-- During this state of things the nob-stick made his escape from his conductors, and sought refuge by mix ing with the crowd, where he remained unnoticed and unmolested... Sunday, one of the persons charged with being concerned in the disturbance was arrested, and another of the parties was apprehended on Monday. The prisoners were brought befote the Rev. Magistrate, and at the same time the other three sdrrendered them. selves. The result of the examination was, that one was acquitted, and four were bound over to ;he Quar ter Sessions. On the evening of Saturday a number of windows in the factory of Messrs. Collinge and Lancashire were broken, and some were also broken at the house of Mr. John Lees, of Mount Pleasant. -In consequence of which a party of the military (52d Regiment) were on Sunday night stationed at the places where the out. rages had keen committed. No person has hitherto been apprehended for these proceedings, nor has any violence subsequently been offered; but the guard is still continued upon the premises at both places. On thii day of the month in 1293, BALIOL, King of Scotland, appeared to a summons, and pleaded his cause in Westminster Hall. The funeral of Mr. C. CONNOR, late of Covent Gar den, whose premature and sudden death we announced a few days ago, took place yesterday. It was attended ID Chelsea Church by Messrs. BARTLEY, JOHN REEVE, EGERTON, DEMO/MET, CHAPMAN, and a numerous corps of his theatrical friends and colleagues. Lady CHAR LOTTE DENTS, from whom Mi. CONNOR rented a house for a term of years, at Chelsea, on learning the embar• rassed circumstances under which Mr. CONNOR met his' untimely death, very generously released the surviving members of his family from the obligatiort of the lease, and further, waived her claim to the rent that was due for the premises for the last quarter. POSTERITY OF MILTON IN INDlA.—There is reiliOD to believe that the representative of the family of Milton might be found in British India. Deborah, the third and favourite daughter of our great poet, was the only one of his children who had a family that lived. She married Abraham Clarke, a weaver in Spitalfields, and died in August, 1727, aged 76. She had seven sons, one of whom, Caleb Clarke, went to Madras, and be came parish clerk there.. His children were the latest descendants of Milton. A correspondent informs us, that on looking over a file of the Leicester Journal for 1750, about which time the paper was established, so great was the dearth of news-matter at that period, that the editor was compelled to have recourse to the Bible to " help him out," and' actually extracted the first chapter of Genesis, and so continued the extracts in the succeeding numbers as far as the 10th chapter of Exodus! 'Me journal above alluded to was then printed in London, and sent down to Leicester for publication ! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Poavaarotrrm, Orr. N.W.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Howse, from South America, last from the Havannah, with specie, and the Mexican Minister on board. Also arrived, the Bo rodino transport, from Halifdx. Tux Kavr.—The following is a list of ships which are now building, and nearly completed, in Chatham Dock-yard :—Royal George, 120 guns; Monarch, 84 ; Mercury, 46 ; Africaine, 46 ; Childers (sloop), 18; Acorn, 18; Cruiser, 18. The following is likewise a list of ships ordered to be built, and to be commenced forthwith :—Waterloo, 120 guns; &rotas 46; Meander, 46; Or pheus] 46; Conway, 98; Algerine, 10; delight, 10. The East India Company's. ship Abercrombie, Romsolgarrived at Bombay 3d May, and the Orient at Quebec sth September. The Orient kft China 13th March, and St. Helena 6th July. The Jeune-Edward, HOURT, from Campeachy, put into Balti more on the 18th of September, in distress, having experienced a gale on the sth, off Cape Hatteras. Lost both topmasts, sails, ice. and stove all her boats. Offthe Capes of the Delaware, saw a pilot boat with a dismasted brig in tow. A ship dismasted was seen on the 18th September, ashore, 70 miles E. of Sandy Hook, with a derrick rigged—the sea was making a breach over her. A ship under jurymasts was seen on the 15th September, in lat. 40. 27. long. 71. standing for the South Shoals of Nantucket. A British frigate was seen Bth Sept. under jurymasts, standing to southward and eastward. The Fame, flume, from Jamaica, was fallen in with, on the Sth September, in lat. 52. long. 77. under jurytnasts, having, in a gale on the 6th, carried away the head of her foremast, bowsprit, both topmasts, bulwarks stove in, and decks swept. The James, of Glasgow, from Jamaict, was spoken with, on the 7th of September, in lat. 32. long. 76. 3t. with both masts gone, eight feet above deck. FALMOUTH, OCT. Ig.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Ladl Wellington Packet, from New York and Halifax—sailed Bth tilt. and from Halifax sloth tilt. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Arrived the Cambridge, PIARCI, from Quebec; Honduras, WATOOOD, front St. John's; and Gratitude, Baoww, from Archangel. Dam., Orr. N.W.—Arrived and sailed for their destinations, the Pomona, Jotrwsow, from Richebucto; Julius, from St. Kitt's; and Louisa, Bust.s, front London for St. Michael's. FOUR, r.st.—The whole of the outward bound are under weigh, and proceeding to the southward. Livaaroot, Ocv. 12.—Wind W. N. W.—The Great Britaht, Pithiest, front Havre, has arrived at New York. On the 9th of September, in a heavy gale, sprung her bowsprit. On the 13th, spoke the Pandora, front Antigua, which had sprung her mainmast, shifted bet cargo, and lost a man overboard. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, °crones 13. The Norrislan Professor of Divinity will commence his Lectures on Monday the 23d instant. Those whose names are entered for the present term must begin their attendance on or before the 31st of the present month, or they will not be able to complete the number necessary for their certificate. Tuesday, (the first day of term) the following Gentlemen were elected University Officers for the year ensuing : Psocroas—The Rev. John Tomkyns, hI.A. King's College;. the Rev. Steven Pope, M.A. Emmanuel College. . TAloes—The Rev. John Hind, N. A. Sidney College; the Rev. Henry Venn, M.A. Queen's College. Mossouvrons—The Rev. Joshua King, M.A. Queen's College ; the Rev. Henry Coddington. M. A. Trinity College. Scaula•roas—The Rev. Thomas Dicker, hI.A. Jesus College; the Rev. Henry Tasker, M.K. Pembroke Fla% On the same day the undermentioned degrees were conferred ; MASIVIS or Asms--Rev. John Richardson Major, Trinity Col lege; Richard Andrew, Trinity College; Rev. James Hargreaves, St. John's College; Rev. Thomas Ward Franklyn, St. John's lege; Rev. Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton, St. John's College; Rev. Thomas Taylor, Catharine Hall. Bacuswas or Airs—Richard Fiennes Wykeham Martin, Trinity College; Edward King Jemson, Trinity College ; Joshua Frederick Denham, St. John's College- Alexander Power, Catha rine Hall (Compounder); Tyson Mi les, rat a ine Hall; Frai chi Law, Queen's College; Joseph Gattey, Sidney College. Yesterday the following Gentlemen were appointed the Caput for the year ensuing: The 'Vice-Chancellor ; Rev. Martin Davy, D.D. Master of Cain, College, Divinity; Rev. J. W. Geldart, LLD. Trinity Hall, Law; John Haviland, M.D. St. John's College, Phy.ic ; Rev. Geo. Elwes Corrie, Catharine Hall, Sen. Non Reg.; Rev. Alfred 0111. vant, M.A. Trinity College, Sen. Regent. At an Ordination, held at Sarum on Sunday the 24th ult. by the Bishop of Salisbury, the following Gentlemen of this University were ordained: Deacon—W. Powley, B.A. Jesus College; T. Husband, B.A. Magdalene College; H. W. Cottle, B.A. and W. Sykes, B. A; Sidney Sussex College; W. Start, B.A. and C. M. Long, B.A. Trinity College. Pateses—William Seaton, Queens College ; P. W. Buckham, B.A. St. John's College; and John Ward, B.A. Christ College. OXFORD, Donal L 15. Monday last, in full Convocation, the Rev. Richard Jenkyrts, P.D. Master of Ballot College, was nominated and admitted Vice. Chancellor of the University ; and, at the same time, Mr. Vice. Chancellor nominated the Rev. George William Hall, D. D. Master of Pembroke College, the Rev. John Collier Jones, 0.1). Rector of Exeter College, the Rev. George Rowley, I) D. Master of Uniirersity College, and the Rev. Asbhurst Turner Gilbert, D D. Principal of Brasennato College, to be his Pro-Vice-Chancellors for the ensuing year. Tuesday, the first day of Michaelmas Term, the Rev. John Guth, M. A. of All Souls, and the Rev. Wm. Brown, M.A. of Magdalen College, were nominated and admitted Clerks of the Market for the ensuing year. On the sante day, the following Degrees were conferred: Mamas*, Asis—lthhard-Leonard Adams, Student of Christ Church, Grand Compounder; Rev. Thomas Shaw neher, Lord Crewe's Exhibitioner of Lincoln College ; Rev. John Welsh, Queen's College; Rev. George Henry Webber, Student of Christ Church; Rev. Hunoratus Leigh Thomas, Student of Christ Church; Rev. Thomas Henderson Student of Christ Church; Rev. Augustus Short, Student of C hrist Church. • &calms& or Aars—William Henry Parson, Magdalen Hall. The Rev. G. Woodcock, bI.A. of Trinity College, OxfortPins been instituted, lay tie bishop of Lincoln, to the Rectory of Cay thorpe, Lincolnshire. The Rev. Thomas Henderson, M.A. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Earl of Vernlam. The Rev. John Bright, M.A. has been collated by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, to the Prebend of Combe and Ilarnham, with Ruscombe Northbury annexed, founded in the Cathedral Church, vacant by the death of the Rev. Charles Eking. The Re.. F. Close to the Perpetual Curacy of Cheltenham, void by the death of the Rev. C. Jervis. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE CHASE. H.JollilTe's, Rag. Fox- Hounds meet on Monday at Chaldon Church ;Wednesday, at Reigate and Saturday, at PlattsGreen. The Surrey Fox Hounds meet on Monday at the Row and Crown, Riddlesiown; 'Thursday at LiaipsheW; and Saturday at Godstones The Harriers meet on Monday at Crown Ash Hill ; Wednesday at Yarleigh Green; Friday at Sline's Qaks ; and Saturday at the Kennel. The Conack Harriers meet on Monday at Enford Barn; and on Friday at Hasking's Penning. SPORTING RACE The great trotting match between Mr. R. Webster, on Faustus, and Captain Daniel, on Peggy, took place yesterday morning over Chelmsford Race Course. The Course is rather under two miles, and was attended by some first rate frequenters of the Turf. It was dome as follows:—Faustus, 97 min. .511 sec. ; Peggy, 108 min..l9 sec. Both performed the ground well, sod the mare, although she lest the match, is considered a famous trotter. It was altogether finely contested to the last. Even betting. PARTRIDGE SHOOTING. A match for 100 sovereigns aside took place nn Thursday, be. tween Captain Thomas, who matched himself to kill birds against Mr. Parker • the former to commence sport in Surr e y, an d t h e latter from Easton, in Sussex. The competitors were allowed to shoot from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon, with one brace of dogs, each to be accompanied by two friends of his adversary. The Captain killed eleven brace, and I%lr. Parker bagged thirteen, beating his adversary by two brace. The shooting was nearly equal, and Mr. Parker won by falling in with most birds. KEAN will return —i— trom America, early iii Febreary next, and on his arrival in London, sy4ll resume his protes4ional la bours at Drury-Lane Theatre, beringfeen engaged by air. 1 . vim I