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IAT ERA Rl' NOTICE. FAMILIAR TREATISE on ASTRONOMY, explain n}; the Gener'al Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies.—])y JOSEPH Asrix.—Written expressly to accompany U8.A... NSA'S MIRROR, or a View of the 'Heavens; consisting of thirty-two cards, on which are represented all the constella tions visible in the .British .Empire.; on a plan perfectly ori ginal.—Designed by a-Lady. Though we instinctively feel when we behold 44 The Glorious Firmament on high," that " it is a Godlike attribute to know," yet, even in this. enlightened age, but a very limited number are dlile fully to enjoy the magnificent sight af forded by a star-light evening. There have hitherto been peculiar obstacles in the way of the student of Astronomy. All languages, and most other sciences, may be learned " every day, and all the day," but when a favourable evening far the study of the Stars occurs, we have but sel dom-a, learned friend at band to point them out, and books, and even a celestial globe, are scarcely sufficient. • Few persons possess patience and per severance enough to learn the Stars by -first rec tifying the celestial sphere, and then looking alternately at the globe and the sky, if they. have . not the assistance of some person able to confirm or correct their ideas, but by means of the ,now invention, called Urania's Mirror, and the judicious and familiar Treatise on Astronomy, written expressly to accompany it, the loom ledge of time Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, and all the other Constellations visible in Great Britain, May be acquired with ease by persons of all ages, without any other assistance than a Celestial Globe, which will now only re quite an occasional and momentary glance, while without the cards, •called Urania's Mirror, the Imassisted-student must pore over the Globe .with , imibt, fatigue, and frequently with impatience, it not with disgust. The infirm and convalescent lt,ty now also amuse themselves most:agreeably, confined to their chambers, • if they can but have 0 glimpse of the sky. The Treatise itself contains many interesting notices on the. progress of• A st ronomy, and of the Professors of the Science from the earliest periods. The cards represent a pleasing personification of the different Constel lations. On' the whole, this is a beautiful and instructive work, particularly calculated for the ising generation. TINE ARTS. ROYAL ACADEMY. Yesterday, at the animal meeting, .the election of Officers for the ensuing year took place; Sir Titolug LAW. ENCE, President; in the Chair. At eight o'clock the Sta tions were admitted into the Council-room, and the distribu tion of the Medals in • the dial:rent departments of .Art-com n:enced as follows:-- IN THE TAINTING SCHOOL. A silver medal to Mt. Joel Solomon, pupil of Mr. Sam,' for the best copy of a pall of Leonardn do Vines " Last Supper:" ?SCHOOLS Or 'DESIGN. In the Life Academy, a silver medal to Mr. Philip Corbett, t 4 the be drawing from tha living figure. A silver medal to Mr. Denham, for the hest model from the living figure. in the Antique Academy, &silver medal to Mr. Ed. Fan ,,urt, pupil of Mr. Sass, for the hest drawin t liffrom the antique i:gureof the Piscohulus. _ _ - A silver medal to Mr. Legrew, vupii of Mr. Chantry, for the host modtd.of the antique figure of one of the sons of Niobe. ATIVIVITECT A silver medal to dr. e,,tewles Moore, for the .best drawing of the front of Greenwich Hospital, done from. actual. adolea torement. The Pitt:sinENT then . addressed the Students in a sp,cob replete with feeling and eloquence. lie commenced by Corigra tulating themon the admirable display of talent which they, bad presented to the Academy. So highly did the Council and . General Meeting esteem their rations specimens, and so gene-, rally equal did sunny of theta appear.; that it was strongly advo cated by many a the Members that a nitwit greater number of niedais. should be distributed, but on referring to the laws, which had the sign manual of his Majesty, they found that they could not depart this year from the usual course, of only giving one in each department. lie spoke with particular commendation of the Painting School and of the Life Academy.; but he reserved for the students of the Antique Academy the highest encomiums of himself and the Council: Re was proud to tend that their, proavetwanee raid attention had been unremit ting, pas-tientirly at the present moment, , when they haul been dwir es! of that aid., which dinlamented illness of that distin gaisbed invi, Mr. Ftizeli, prevented him from giving as usual. A- 3Laster, from whom the in eatdistinguithed Artists in Europe, Nix Thomas latv, , tersce observed,- would be proud to receive in.- strUction. din again congratulated. them all on their success. ful advancement in their audios, urged theta to continue with the same perseverantx and industry, and thanking them for their gentlemanly behaviour anttattention. at all times, he. bade thew. farewell. it is iinilttitable, front" trere rwollection, to dasnribe with staeitnt juttiee the eitgante of the langoage of the ottani /46;nd President, or to repttsent the spirit and feeling with which it was tieliveretti . accompanied by that mtedalnetts of _manner which al reap; iEtinguitlies him. He is in every re -spent worthy of she elevated stition to which be it elected. COLORS! t is stated, in M. IliformEn's Travels in Country, that the place in Bogota called the. Palace of Deputies is nothing . more (llama house, the lower part of which consists of shops, in which ean.de-vie is sold. The flail of the Sittings is a long chamber, where the Repre sentatives alone are ~seated upon chairs of var.. 'fished wood, with leather teats. eight lamps and a straw mat constitute the ornaments. of this splendid apartment.—The Palace of the: Se• nate, in front of the fernier, is of equal simpli c.ity :„ there is neither a saloon nor au t e . c h am b er , so that the Ali/timers, when they come to make any,. communicatiou, remain upon the stair-case, until the Usher, who is also the manager of the, theatre, rettioVes "their umbrella', and invites them to enter. In the If alt of the Senate there is au emblematic representation of Justice; our author says that 'the ignorant painter wrote under if ( 1 1 ,. wor d Potiv. We do not see any proof of ignorance ins this subscription ; Justice has not nkoch concern with revolution, and . Policy is also armed with the sword ; she also pretends to hold. Kati equal balance, and is sometimes so blind that She may well be Supposed to have 4eprived Jos tice of :tier bandage. 11 IST 11 1. 9 DEC. B.—(3.furgtr of Janus Gard "ter, of "vartvie N .)—The eevt.rrsi perorts ii cus tody On 6116picion of comniittiog this horrid tnur dor., were this day broo4ht up (r (mat exaraina.. thVa at the ne , tioni House, Lanfor,l's Green. b' l ol-0 tft Madiqralesi ; miters., after 3 fnit ioves titzatioss of all the tircasevtances., from the t-e 6 6" *catty .of twenty wittiesseN, Murk Whiting, Jas.. Cainast .TAGm d4 JVilatot, and ',mac Brilort, were (oily committed to take their trials for the mur der, at the newt C toustestor Asßizes. It is but jusete-k! ob"noet dolt the Magistrates have been indefatigable in their etertiorss to discover and 611,94 to justice the ivrpetrati4Yro of this toarder.3' FRENCH PAPERS. eit ti (From the Etaik . acrd Thursday.) ' PARIS, Dcc. 8.-- , rh est letters from St. Pe tersburgh, dated the 2(itb March, announce that the Neva has overflowea l lts banks, and inundated the city. All the.bridges have beep damaged or destroyed. The inundation 'began iu the morn ing at three o'clock ; the water was still 'rising. It is not yet possible to eslimate the damage that this terrible event has caused. The inundation is greater than that of 1797, in which 3,000 per sons perished. The Neva thou rose only 14 feet above its level ; on the nth it rose 16 feet. Monsignor Nasali, the Papal Nuncio to the- King of the Netherland_s, has just set out for Rome, where he is going to give the Pope an no• count of his mission. :JASSY, OCT. 20.-It wits reported -that the fa. roily of Prince Stourdza, our llospodar, were going to be taken to Constantinople as hostages. This disagreeable report seems, however, to have been founded on the departure of the Princess and her daughter, who is going to Constantinople to see her young son. Time alone can chew whether this journey has been ordered by the Divan.—( Augsburg Gazette.) ( From the Journal des Debais4 BERLIN, Nov. 27.—The following document has appeared here " FurnEnic Wu..t.x.ast, by. the Gine of God, King of Prussia, &c. inscrutable " Whereas, by th e decrees of Providence, our cherished and well-beloved spouse, Queen Louisa, having been snatched from us by a sudden death on the 19th of July,lBlo, after Heaven had blessed our union by a numerous progeny, whereby the succession seemed secure Si far as liunian hope could determine, we hesitated to contract a new royal marriage. " Nevertheless, as the youngest of our daughterals on the point of marriage, and as our separation from all our thelored daughters deprives us, on the approach of our old age,.of our domestic society, we have determined, by the advice of per sons strongly united to •us by the ties of blood and friendship, and by the sincere consent of his Royal Highness the Prince .Pootl, and the rest of our children at present on the spot, to contract a second marriage, and to choose as our ftituie-I spouse, with the consent of her relations, the august Countess of Harrach, on account of her amiable and estimable qualities. " We have this day created her Princess of Leignitz, and Countess of Hohenzollern, and me will that this marriage. . ac cording. to the usage of o u r Royal Hous e , be now ancnce-, 1 forth considered as mariage morganatique.' We there fore .decree, that in case heaven shall grant us any children they and their descendants shall bear the title of Princes and Princesses of Leignitz, Counts and Countesses of Hohonzol lern, and adopt the armorial bearings of - our spouse, he Princess of Leignitz. " These Princes and Princesses of Leignitz, Counts and Countesses of Hohenzollern, as well as their descendants, arc to be excluded from all succession wields and subjects, and from all right of inheritance which the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family enjoy, and are to be considered as fully provided for by the dispositions .made in a particular act of the present day, and signed, at our request, by our dear son, the rince Royal, and in which-we have-fixed the pin-money and dowry of our spouse the Princes+, of Leignitz. "' We have made known these dispositions to our spouse, the Princess of Leignits, and to her relations, .and .we are Assured of their consent thereto' by an act ipeciWy addrOisedc by them , to us. .--... • ~ " Our marriage with the Princess of Leignitz . havin been celebrated this day in the chapel of th e C a sfle et eh* . .. ptten bourg, by the Evange l ic al Bishop, Dr. Ey*, in i 4 to of our dear son the Prince Royal, of of U. U. IF:tiiirliirid• Duke of lifecklenbuh.Strelitz, of the relatiqns of the Prin. Coe+, and ,of some ofour Ministers of State,liveisisaikso'lhe Princess of Leignitz,. Countess of Hobenzollern.koordaarful wife. " 'We have framed the present Act on the. =dela thote which preceded it, and we',,have signed and Sella it ' wit h the Royal signet. ' Given at Berlin the 9th day of amaranth November, in the year of J. C. N. ti., 1824, awl the 27th of our Reign, " FREDERIC WIGLIAAI." _ Caowsvawr, Nov: 17.-4:(J tract of a Privatiletter.)-- The plague which has lately.brOken out in Bucharest is not very dangerous, and the measure' of precaution already taken ,Make it probable that Itmill diseppear before Januassi."A halt. alarm, however, prevails, and several of the Inhabitants, parti. euLarly some. orate Boyards, wished to leave the town to retire to their estates, or to thefrentlers of Transylvania" ThOr Unfortunately. °abraded with an order.sent from Oomttanti. nople, imposing on Wallachia a contribution trf a-mtllton of piastre, under 'the , pretext of its army of oceupalionk.eosting 'ads sum. Prince Gaits and the Boyards refused to pay, leging that the country, in consequence of the ravages of 1821, • was not even able to pay the regular taxes. The diplomatic corps at Pert thaught that the negotiations between Russia and the Porte were about to be terminated, but the matter is more complicated than ever.. Some months ago, the Aga comtrutnding the Army of Occupation in Sloldavia caused the head of a Civi. Ilan in that principality to be cut off, because he suspected him of keeping up a correspondence with the Russian Officers. The explanations given on this point have not been satisfactory to Russia. On the other hand, the Porte, far from effecting the evacuation, has levied new contributions. Russia, which is allowed by Treaties .to interfere in the details of the internal /14intinistration of thi s countr y, will undoubtedly oppose these violent measures. linat will be the consequence ? the nego.. elation* will be carried on for a year or two longer, and at length Russia will be obliged to make war ; or the Turks, em. boldened by the respect paid to their growing insolence, will pass the Pruitt; in the hope of reconquering from Russia the Crimea, the loss of which they have never forgotten. Front the courier Francair. ) .amen, N0v..30.--In the last Synod of the clergy of our Canton, M. Fontitsgen, the Pastor ofStasmuliehn, melt/died the canal sermon. He took for his subject this 'question, " What are the obstacles among their flocks which oppose the utility of the 'Pastors?" .The Orator drew s comparison between the Pastors of former limos and those of the present. He regards the Clergy as making a peogress towartia good, us having more elevated views, and being mom enlighteneci, more religious and more moral lie attributes this to the general improvement in human satisfy. Grating after this to his subject, he pointed out four principelobetacles,—a want of intellect to comprehend the Pastor's instructions, superstition, the belief in the value of ceremonies, an indepeedence of mind which pretends to re ligioutAnarledge in despising the essentials of religion. In /Talking of superstition, he remarked that the bold infidel was lees viteeltierous than the propagator of superstition. The, opinions of the fanner disgust the greater number, those of the latter, find a too ready way into their hearts. It is easier for en ecclesiastic to convert au infidel. than to render ealmtiess to Lbe t'ullahmninis under superstitious terrors. He pointed out the fatal influence of superstition on morals, and refuted the error that a cettain quantity of superstition is necessary for ig norant or brutal meri to supply the want of religion. He proved that superstition is never the principle of virtue, and very often makes men cinnreit crime s . these obstacles might Prn•;' biddy be surmounted by ari mag a better education among the people. ' SAINT GALL; Nov- 2 %--Mhe Tirit of emigration, which, has distinguished our mountainelet for ages, and has peopled Ainerica with tiwisti Ca'slonies, is now, directed towurds Greco!. The Government of that wintry, it is euinie„,d, vsM hold out great ,encouragement to establish agricultittal colonies in the Mer t es, either as a manna of intronving the countvy, or of teaching the agriculture of the West of Europe , es t h e i e . habitanks. It is at least known, that several individuals without property in their own country, on guin,g to Greece with the intention of becomingsoldiers, hare rgtabiniacd them selves as artisans, and found their mechanical pursuits much more pre.fitable than arms. The meets of our industrious populstion will not fail to proceed to a country where the means of subsistence are cheap, labour well .paid, and what: the most common arts of our country are 2ilmost unknosm. Military service in foreign enenteles, by which only the chiefs xre enriched, is not a resource which prom l:tea to welt as going to Greece. - CAD" Now: 19—The Smallish Viers-Consul at Faro, in, Portugal, hAs. just informed the thrrernor of the plate, that a privateer tattle insurgents of America ha bnen cruising in tbe, lioad.s, that' it has captured many Spanish vessels, and that among thou btrrnt trr tank it tire " Nuestm Senora de Itegia;" ;which wary on her an r eam s t . Am m o to Cadiz. Six of hex lizve estxl4 Ix , ram The privateer had about-VA men on Ivard. Dim 2.—The Apanisit muleteers, who come )lere., Faate. that !Caviare 'is overrun ssith banks of 'robbers, end that &If baxt got Prrtittang /nritented on hottebaek &Aria. It is preb:tlAe that Iles air ti tivt 'mu num u trar to the comm i tis k al evi v !dig of eletsw. _ of thr notrurows artssts that innkrtace fh e night of ta t ,23,1 and 14t h L it Ss ,twisted /ILA about Mt per sons ate irovisnrisd t' Madrid- The Swiss tviips, left - 11i the Utter -city,. ate 6,1'41 to hare re. fitscld = tering the Spaiiish tservice. They al tat t h at k i S cok. trary to their engagements that they should be transferred to a foreign service, and therefore they protest against that of Spain. All the officers of the re,oinient have signed their protest, and. carried it in a body to Baron 'Yank, Commander of the Sub division at Bayonne, who has promised to lay it before the French and Spanish Governors. BCHAFIPIIAUSEN I Nov. 28.—1 t is said that the Catholics of the Cantons of Zurich, 'Lou, Schaffhausen, and Thurgovia, have determined on forming a particular Bishopric, the See of hwhich is to be at 'Loll, Blieinati, or Frauenfeld. (From the Constitutionncl. ) Punts, DEC. B.—A matter, calculated to inspire serious re flections, was yesterday brought before the Court of Assize.— Three persons, accused of stealing in the night, and of being accomplices, confined their defence to a complete denial of the whole matter. There were some contradictions in their state ments, and these were pointid'out by the President, M. Agier, and 111. Begins, the Advotate.General; they only replied by fresh denials; and several witnesses having been heard for the defence, they stated the naves of the real criminals, who pitied the prisoners for being suspected of a crime, which they had committed. The trial then assumed a new aspect. The Pre sident reproached the witnesses with having preserved silence, and the Advocate-General gave up the accusation. After live minutes deliberation the Jury acquitted the prisoners, and their Advocates immediately demanded that they should be set at liberty. BERLIN, NOV. 27.—The State Gazette, in the course of a long article in justification of the arrest and detention of Profes sor Cousin, gives the following account of the proceedings re lative to th at transaction : " In the course of the inquiry concerninq secret societies of a revolutionary tendency, the confessions of many persons un der arrest had deeply implicated Professor Cousin as being an accomplice in those associations and enterprises which bore the stamp of high treason. The Central Commis sion of Mayence felt itself, by the communications made to it from different sources, under the necessity of or dering the arrest of M. Cousin, just as he was getting out for the north of Germany. As he had fixed his residence at Dresden, the demand of the commission was made to the Royal Authorities of Saxony, that he might be given up to Prussia, in order that he might be confronted with his accusers. The Prussian Government had in the mean time received no tice of the proceedings of the Central Commission. The Saxon ' Government acceded to this, agreeably to the terns of the Ger man Confederation. _ _ " Thus the arrest could hot be considered as a private mat ter between Prussia and Saxony, but as the affair of Germany, and it is disguising the real state of things to attempt to de scribe it otherwise. Looking at it in this light, the transferring the prisoner to Berlin has not even the appearanc.; of that irre gulerity which has been pretended to exist, because the autho rity of the confederation ought to have on all sides the same rights and powers." FREXCIit FUNDS.—PARIS, Dzc. 11.—(Front the Etoile.)— Five per Cent. Cone. 101. 95. ; closed, 102. 10. Royal Spanish Loan, 68. Bank Stock, 1,990. TITHES IN LONDON. MELTING OF THE PARISHES AFFECTED BY THE TITHES UNDER Tile 27T11 HENRY VIII. Yesterday, pursuant to a circular sent round from the Tithe Committee of the Corporation to all the parishes in the City of London, affected by the Act of the 37th of Henry VIII., requesting th em to attend by deputation, and confer with the Committee as to the best mode of proceeding, a meet ing was held in the Common Council Chamber, Guildhall. Amongst other parishes which sent deputations, there were present, Deputies from St. Botolph, Aldgate, St. Ilotolph, Bishopsgate, Allhallows the Less, Allhallows, London Wall, St. Giles, Cripplegete, St. Gregory by St. Paul's, St. Bennet rink, St. Helens, and St. Olave, liartettreet. After the De ptrdes had assembled in the Common Council Chamber, the Members of the Common Council who form the Tithe Com mittee took their seats. u rteounE presided as Chairman, anti in opening.the business of the day he expressed the gratification which he felt at perceiving, from the numerous attendance, the great and general feeling which was excited on the subject throughout the City of London. He felt gratified, because he had huuself sufered for thirty-two years under the oppressive system which it was their object to overturn. He had suffered pecuniarily to the amount of upwards of 7001., under the alleged sanction of the grievous statute. He statd, as he was fully empowered to do, that the Cerration were ready to afford the most ex tensive and llber support in their power to all who were Offering wider the Act, and in their endeavours to remove it th a t effectual steps would be ivould,gtve either pecuniary or professional aid. He hoped that /user the grievance was so severely felt as to make all the should pursue parishes come forward in concert, part of his clients, said the ovyfeeie.tteinnictirwelyd.eteWrmtalet. course they 111 ' 1'41v i ISf eun t; taf ' o fr h o e seas See' SIDE its, on die liehebitants bad been subjected in various places to such rapid .?anal extensive increases, in the claim for tithes ; to such un. 'merciful exactions; and sue disputes and animosities that must i nt eoninable, that it was impossible that thine s should remain arise in consequenc e' between die parishioners and their Mini eters, would be so t eoninable, in the state inwhich they were at present. r . One impropriator agreed to take only a certain amount from the inhabitants, who then thought they were quite safe but upon his decease, another came in, who would not submit to the and immediately doubled his exaction.— should erne ti e c omeunanimous determination not only to pence i the individuals attacked in law for the 2s. 9a. m general 'lt' w ee a the.pound, but to pursue the Lay impropria. tors in Parliament, and obtain the positive repeal of the alleged :enactment: Those whom he represented would be happy to unite "in any measure for realizing the object. With respect to their immediate proceedings, he said that although they were agreed as to the general principles of resisting the proceedings under the 37th of Hairy VIl L , yet it would be difficult to frame any Bill which could give general relief. He was of opinion, that distinct Bills would be necessary to meet distinct and exceed ingly varied circumstances of each parish ; and although they might unite in going to Parliament for general relief against•the enactment, et he considered they must afterwards proceed se. parately. It would be proper that the general sentiments should now be collected as to thelteceseity of going to Parlia ment and after the deputations had' reported to their pa rishioners, the general feeling on the subject, they might ob tain instructions to act. _ Mr. Alderman WAITTINAN said he could not help congra. tulating • the meeting on the feeling which was every where manifested on.this subject. He believed that it was through his suggestion to an individual who came before him when sitting in his juditial capacity, that the first meeting on this subject took place. Whon he presided as Chief Magistrate, several cases of this naturecame before hint, and from what he wit. nested on these occasions, he was convinced that it was not in the power of any individual to contend the right with the clergy or impropriators. He bad, on one occasion, decided in favour of individuals against the claim of the chinch, al though it was not resisted by the defendant, and he was thanked for his ,decision m for a kind as well as a just act ; but it appeared afterwards that it was fraught with ruinous consequences,' for when he refused to compel the defendant to pay the demand of 2s. 9d., a suit in Chancery was instituted against him. Ile was convinced that the Act was never in. teUded to be enforced by the clergy even wheh it was made, that the decree had never been enrolled, and that the Clergy never intended that it should be enrolled. It was clear .that at the time the SUM of 2s. lid. was given, it was not only given for the support of the Clergy, but t he maintenance of the poor and the repairs of the Church. The two latter objects had subsequently been provided for by the Church and the poor rates. One thing he wished most particularly to impress on their minds—namely, the great necessity of acting upon ge neial principlel, and of avoiding any partial or narrow minded policy. Same parialtes might be inclined to say, " Our clergyman is a moderate, gentlemanly, estimable man; under him we are se cure froM any exactions or any injustice; we have nothing to com plain of, .then why should we concern ourselves about the ques tion?" the answer was, that what was the case of others to day, might he their own to.morrow.—(llear, and applause.) — Every parish not protected by the Fire Act, ought, for the ptotectton of its own interests, setting aside the more liberal view of the question, to join manfully in getting rid of the op fixative measure to Which they were equ ally subjected. ft should be recollected, however, that the proceedings under the Act were not those o f th e Cl ergy as a body j that those Clergy men who did exact the 2s. 9d. were e xceptions, and that it was Ow Lay Improlreix tory . othose interests were not those of the Church), that formed the majority. He concluded by ex pressing his conviction that the Cornoradon would second any to Parli amen t, riot only by their individual co °Per°44oll, but by lib era l p e cuniary aid.—(Hear, bear!)—He Deo to make every exertion in his power to promote the ge ner a o bject. ne Gen tleman of the Deputation, from the parish of St. Olave, 11-'"'"l'et, began to sneak of the particular hardships endured bj his canytitnen, when 111r.'Dnow apoi te 01 7: 13 , and said it would be an impro. per waste of time to discuss particuler grievances in the present Mr. MAnstr, non Norwich, who its s turr he ! miler of, astasitlerable property in the parish of St. Bot ol ol th sts e te con uf si the derati rmc on eeatl of gen gs. ern r , Aldgate, snit mallow - as one of the der s ti on f ro m th a t pariah, begged lueVihoutions.lll4ctionmrftn,etheirerfell to someinformation as toth e m i n i on the validity orthe decree. 551.714 nylis mil at great length the opinions of the R ecor d e r, wile declared, after very t o ng consideration and ex. texisivcresearcllt dud he was most &cid' cdly convinced of Its invalidity. He observed, that the great object now was ad mitting the validity of the decree to be doubtful to apply to Parliament, as in the case of a doubtful right, to have it atonce set at rest.—(Hear, hear !) Mr. Dixoar said that he considered the claim of 2s. 91. in the pound excessive. For his part he would prefer stating the question at rest for ever, and that could not be dote by making agreements with the clergy as suggested by Saunders. It was obvious, and indeed _matter of exptrltnce, that any agreements with the Clergy would not bind the suc cessors of those who had only a life interest.--( Hear, hear!) — It was a grievous thing that any of the Clergy should attack 'their parishioners, iindtbe hoped that any necessity which night exist for doing so, would entirely be prevented. It was the general interest of the City of London, that the power of exacting the demand of 2s. fld. in the pound shouts be done away with. This measure could not be effected by any particular parish, nor was it fair that any particular body • should bear such a contest. As to the clashing of particular interests much had been said, but he requested the Meeting to exert their common sense on the subject. The general claim was reasonable and might be effected by a general application. (Hear, hear !)—They must not in their proceedings shut their eyes to the interests of the Church : they should recollect that there were many Noblemen and Clergymen who possessed livings and church property, and might be alarmed for its safety if the demand made was not moderate,.or did not mani fest a fair desire to promote the true interests of the church. In drawing up their Resolutions, and in all their proceedings, he wished it to be shewn that they were not niggardly ; and that, although they resisted the exactions of impropriators, they were willing to make the most liberal allowances to the clergy. He wished them to prove, that if they erred, it was in favour of the Church.—(Hear!) Mr. JuliP said they had now to consider their mode of acting. He thought the opportunity for applying to Parliament most favourable, as the Members would in a short time have to render up their trust to their constituents, anti might, under such circumstances, be more ready to forward such a measure. But before he went further, he would ask the respectable gen. Oman who spoke on the opening of the proceedings, more par ticularly his reasons for recommending the parishes to proceed separately. Mr. SAUNDERS said that the circumstances of many of the parishes were so very different. He instanced the case of the parish of St. Andrews, Holborn, and that of St. Dunstan's in the West, where it was found necessary to proceed by separate Bills. So far as the removal of the oppressive enactment west, he was of opinion that a united application was proper; but when they came to make settlements for the Minister, he conceived that it would be found necessary to proceed separately. Mr. Jure, with all deference for the worthy Member, was still convinced that one Bill might be framed to give relief to all the parishes. Might not that Bill contain specific enact ment to meet the cases of A and B ?—(hear, hear !)—Might not the Bill direct that in the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, the Minister shall receive such a sum, and that greater remune ration shall be given to the Minister in the larger parish. Mr. Dtxoar perfectly agreed with die last speaker, and asked whether it would not alarm Parliament to receive application for twenty-two distinct Bill s . —(H ear , h ear ! ) Mr. WRITE, in behalf of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, said his constituents were of opinion that nothing would succeed in a separate petition ; and that they were willing, although not par ticularly affected themselves, to join in the removal of the enormous grievance. In their parish they had a very dignified Clergyman, with whose conduct they were generally satisfied ; but he could not live for ever, and they were desirous of guard ing against the possibility of falling under a Clergyman, who was not so lenient. The parishioners would readily join in one general Act, which they wished to see under the direction of the City Solicitor.—(flear, hear !)—Not only on account of his pro. fessumal skill, but from the temper and moderation which he always displayed.—(Hear, hear !) Another Gentleman of the Deputation from Bishopsgate did not agree with his Worthy Colleague, Mr. White, in his state ment, that the inhabitants were generally content with their Present condition. The opinion in favour of an application to arliament was certainly general. Mr. SAVAGE spoke warmly in favour of an immediate appli cation to Parliament, and said, that from what he had learned in the course of the application from the parishes of St. Dun stan in the 'West and St. Andrew, Holborn, there was a very favourable disposition to an equitable adjustment. Ile had had some conversation with Mr. Peel and the Bishop of London on the subject, and found the best disposition towards them. Mr. CARTER said, that in St. Botolph's, Aldgate, they had nothing whatever to complain of, with respect to their Clergy men, whose allowance was most inadequate. The Lay lin proprietor, who received 5,0001., left the Ministers to subsist upon casual fees. Mr. Norma*, on the part of his constituents, expressed his opinion, that a general application to Parliament should be made by separate petitions. Mr. NEWEL, in behalf of the parish of St. Giles, Cripple gate, contended that the whole proceedings should be united. If it were not so, his parish would be deprived of a remedy, for they were under the controul of a Select Vestry, which was fa vourable to the existing state of things. Mr. HOWEL, at great length, described the luitdships under which the inhabitants of St Olave, Hart-street, laboured. All who opposed were there threatened with the infliction of the full 21. lid. He said they ought to go hand in hand to state their grievances, but with reference to the expence of obtaining se parate Bills, one year's income for each would suffice. Mr. SAUNDERS proposed that it should be referred to their constituents to decide whether they should _proceed separately or collectively, and then the practicability of their joining in a general Bill would be ascertained. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Jupp, Mr. • 'l'oplis, Mr. Deputy Draw, Mr. Greenaway, and a number of other Gentlemen spoke at length, the Meeting adopted a tßeso lution to the following effect:— " Itesolued unanimously, that it appears to this Meeting that an nunied Parliament application ) f l ilr i car e t l io ie n f, sl a io n i d ild th b a e t na t a is de by oititolnie be evreerpoal reported dristho the sto e several parishes affected." Before the Meeting separated, the Chairman again reminded those present, that that Corporation was willing to give the most strenuous support to the measure ; and he wished to impress them with the necessity of endavouring to get ample provisions made for the officiating Clergymen. His constituents were ex. ceetlingly grieved at witnessing a Curate, who was a gentleman, and a man of education, with a large flintily, receive only sixty or eighty pounds a year, whilst the Rector, perhaps with no better qualifications, received a thousand pounds per annum.— '(llear,bear!)—The Meeting then separated. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oxronn, Dr.c. I.—The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes, for the ensuing year, viz.:— For IJATIW VE HSES—lncendiuni Londinensi, mina 1666. For an ENGLISH. ESSAY—Language , in its copiousness and st r ucture, considered as a test of national civilization. For a LATIN ESSAY —he nibunicia spud Romano: pa testate. The first of the above subjects is intended for those Gentle men of the University who have not exceeded fintr years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years. Sir RonErt NEWDIGATR'S PRIZE, for the best composi. lion in English Verse, not containing either more or fewer than fifty lines, by any Under-Graduate who has not exceeded four years from the time of Ins matriculation—Vie Temple of Vesta. at Tivoli. 1 The exercises are all to be sent under a sealed cover to the Registrar of the University on or before the Ist of May next.— None will be received after that day. The author is required to conceal his name, and to distinguish his composition by what motto he pleases ; sending at the same time his name sealed up under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it. No person who has already obtained a Prize will be deemed en. titled to a 2d Prize of the same description. , On Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. • The Rev. Thomas Cox, Trinity. Bachelor is Medicine ( with licence to practice.) John %Vootten, Balliol. MASTERS OF ARTS. Russell Ellice, Esq. Brasenose, Grand Comp. Charles Parkin, Brasenose. Rev. John Smith, St. Edmund Hall. • BACHELORS OF ARTS. Joshua Ingham, Esq. University, Grand Comp. Philip Thresher, University. Robert Watts, Scholar of Lincoln. William Irwin , scholars of Queen's. George Riggs, David Robinson, Qua ' s . George Thom p son, } Henrys o i mas er ' Cocks, Christ Church. Thomas Stokes Salmon, Brasenose. William Parsons Hopti, Henry Francis Earle, Trinity. Francis Philips Hulme St. Alban Hall. David Twopeny, Oriel: Geo. Browne Francis Potticary, Magdalen Han. Joseph Charles Philpot, Scholar of Worcester. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Lord John Thyane has appointed the Rev. Wm. Gale, of Ashwick, his Curate at Walton, Somersetshire. The Rev. Charles Griffiths, to the Rectory of irentishoe, Devon.—The following Gentlemen are elected Minor Canons of Bristol Cathedral:—Rev. Jos. Cross, Rev. Ames Rehear, Rev. F. Rouch, and Rev. Mr. Lambert--The Rev. Mr. Milner Is elected Master of the Col lege Grammar School, in the room of the late Mr. Taylor? IRELAND. DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE. ierero A md t oerp a e Ailitedte Rev. eoenttihn the the of the County of Galway Branch of the Hibernian Bible Society, the Very Rev. the Dean of vv p D ar e t nis of c w o n n , un an i d tte J e o t l o m pr L e . sen ß t e t hl e ly f , el E le s w q.. ing address to his Grace the Archbishop of Tuain : " TO HIS GRACE THE ARCIIBIsHOP OF TUA.M, &C. " The Committee of the County of Galety . Auxiliary Bible Society ,viould, with , jtktice, be, regarded a l e rsensiblato the grand pause which they have the honour lo advocate, if theP did not take advantage of the opportunity afforded them by their first monthly meeting since their anniversary, to address your Grace. " With the most sincere sentiments of respect and gratitude,• uniontheywould a n n o l w y fi a r p m p ro n e c h It y n o d u , e —a h r s r ti e t s tn p e c u t e h e k e I n g e s h s te , ne with b tha t you supported the regulations of the Society, at our late anni versary ; and a gratitude which, though at all times kindled in our bosoms, by your Grace's many tokens of kindness and rip. , probation, yet glows with peculiar emotions at this period, not only by retracing your faithfulness to the cause, w hen the sun- . shine er popularity brightened upon it, but by fi n ding, in this hour of seeming darkness, that God has raised up such an i n ' stniment to co-operate with us, and animate us to go forward in our work and labour of love.' " In patronising a Society, whose object it is to scatter with unspairing hand the bread of everlasting life, your Grace was' influenced by the same philanthropy, which, not long since, led you to arrest the prOgress of famine, as if stalked across our land. The heart which sympathised in the temporal, was' touched with the spiritual wants of the people, and the same hand which was opened to relieve the one, held forth as an an tidote to the other the record of eternal life. " The Co UMITTEE of the County of Galway At'xit.rAitt BIBLE SOCIETY must ever regard it as well a privilege as a duty to co-operate in a measure so'beneficent e convinced, S", we also are, that the inspired volume is the birth -rS s ht, of ell Christians, the palladium of the Church of Goo, and thereArs , the glory of that Church, which ranks your Grace among b r highest Prelates. " The very ebullition of corrupt passions, elicited by 'll . l opposition to the Word of GOD, as it shews how much our no ma'n' ture needs to be transformed, becomes an additional motive to our perseverance. - longs and that HE should receive all the PRAISE. , ,Awnedawrheethreuvsereothnveinleletroethisatitonadoeochfeactlnunael ttohethh " Committee Room, Loughrea, Nov. 24, 1824. (Signed) "C.le P. Trench, Archd. Martin of Arsingh James Anderson Patrick Pounden John Handy Jas. Daly, \Venial- James Motge Lewis Potter of Galway „. e o n g o oe u r d b e e - f J. H. 131akeney Robert Davies Samuel 31edlicott Edward Burke P. Kelly John Galbraith Richard A. Joynt Wm. M. Burke 111. Dillon Pilkington John Burke e J. Cannon - Thom as 31. Groin Penis Browne James Ilennigan John .Wade Daniel Foley J. J. Seymour J. L. ReillY F. Davies, Hampstead John D'Arcy Walter Lawrence Giles Eyre, jun. R. Rathbourne Clanearty,V. P. ' ailge 6. GLIM ) Edward Hartigan Jas. Mahon, Drn - Hobert Irwin o f P r omote. Edward Synge To which his Grace was pleased to answer— " My Lords and Gentlemen, s r Adar.es. Thos. L. Lang el " I received, with pleasure, your very gratifying and if I could for one moment be depressed or discouraged n the great cause we have in hand, all gloom would instantly be dispelled by the cheering and unanimous adherence of the Corn to mittee of thr County of Galway Auxiliary Bible Soeietl their principles and regulations, and their firm and unshaken resolution to go on with me (under the blessing of God) in his serve t te r what ial s its n d early pe rs e teachers uo n e suffer r work of mercy. " If we look back to the first days of Christianity, an i 1 1 . their Christian warfare can we be e surprised in our huntbeT h „ tation of these inspired' and holy men, in our endeavour Psi., suffered—if bwy.e call h tom es fully to spread abroad the blessed Gospel of Jesus Christi °a in our offering to our poor, dark, ignorant countrymett,: Holy Scriptures, which are able to make us wise unt o sal 7o tion,' can we be surprised, I say, at the feeble and IMP° I opposition with which we are (more especially at this dine).* sailed. eisseelf> " Encouraged, as we are, by the words of God es , " -- n e (Deuteronomy, vi. 7,8, 9.) "fliese words which I cottuni... thee this day, shall be in done heart, and thou shall teach °L e " — diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when Si",i sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the walt si li when thou nest down, and when thou risest up, and thou hind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall e the frontless between thine eyes, and thou shalt write them OP° I ; Posts of thy house, and on thy gates.' Thus God comma t n all the people to write his word upon their very garment s, '• their houses, and upon their gates, so that persons of an o'D ditions and qualities might read them Christ, (John v. 39,) Search the Scriptu res, for In them y think ye have eternal life, and they are they which testify 0. " Encouraged by the express command of our fiord Jesus me.' Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks not only to Doctors sflU Tea " Encoara chers, but ald by the P so to the Peop rophet a ddressing all the Peol a _ l es o _ f le. the earth. (Isaiah xxxiv. 16.) Seek ye.. out the book of dig Lord and read.' 11.) Searched the Scriptures daily,' to know) whether here things were so.' 2. fiie " By the commendation given to the Bereans,who(Acts_xv.. " By the Apostle St. Paul, in his instruction to Timot h y( , 14, 15.) Continue thou in the things which thou bast learnea and bast been assured of knowing of whom thou has t lea rn s ,. them, and thatrom a child thou bast known the holy St7lr s tures, which arc ble to make thee wise unto salvation, throtr faith which is in Christ Jesus.' Further, by the same A e tg.' who distinctly addresses the people in ds Epistle to th n f Jesus lippians, (i. lst.) ' Paul and liniotheus, servants p h iiippis Christ, to all the Saints in Christ Jesus which are at 4 4 with the Bishops and Deacons.' Misses his Epistle to (i. Ist.) The twelve tribes which are ., Ist.) abroad.' By St. Peter, whose first Epistle is a ddresn tia u :c e ps "re the strangers scattered throughout Pontos "la' padocia, Asia, and Bithynia.' -teem in his se " And further, by his still more general add boos coed Epistle (i. Ist.) Simon Peter, a servant a_,,, ous f a ith Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained hike s av iour with us, through the righteousness of God an u Jesus Christ.' success in this " And encouraged by the almost rniraeti ° "' tc e, all over our day, with which the spread of the holy SenP by this over the world, has been blessed : encouraged, I 4is the will of witnesses, and thus convinced as we are> t re tied, en' of Clod that his Holy Word should be read, anti.sea altogether By St. James, who add"' s stuiried daily, we will (nlently but meekly, rely g upon the strength of our Lord Jesus Christ, aw ing for the grace of his Holy Spirit, to direct to d g r i c l ) l l ;' )ote its continue to persevere in our feeble entlea v° "s il li eniich is the universal dissemination until the Vtif" of 11 the reach of rule of faith and mor i als, shall be placed within every human being, and every cattle in the land'24 l ,l o as cording to the declared wish of our ate venerated Sovereign) possess a copy of the sacred volume. __ .;th "spar " But while we are thus engaged in scattering , w' re To'r cr ing hand, the bread of everlasting life, I trust eve 4 ,, rov denee ) mindful, (according to the means entrusted to us by s 1 creatures. of the temporal wants of our Tess favoured ni At all times we are awfidly responsible, as to tb i s i s lotigh a . one of the talents Committed to our care. And its at , s ede , " , afenryendy, one its time the pressure of want may be more sefere Men Ssi r t , yet I most conscientiously feel that we are ever, ;i = the poor shall never cease out of the land. area ~ have always with us.' :1` w l i icli a trying season of sore famine in the land, as tit he e tl at 0 111 : " But should the Lord again be pleased to vis.itetts..oh ; s id , we are only now recovering, I fervently oreyl dot we min mercy may so order your hearts , and my heart. ) . oin h ot e l e n t . be found at our posts, and that we 11157 lea t ` i t° the te ll hand in devoting our time, our mind, and mon n efe,, r i . „ faun!, of suffering humanity, that we may be daily a en," in the abodes of the naked, the diseased, the I the expiring, and that we may consider nothing l e "" ti ; e sti!, any one thing within our power shell be left ofund ~1„„y. is with pain I revert for one moment to the disKrltc__'9otoistav, but in truth, I must, o lt! ise ,, to comfort, to support, the poor, the destitute, seihe nr e r s eens day which passed at Loughrea; charity, aril in iristian pity, deplore the conduct o t lt e Priest, who, althow , ll it was well I::zoten more that! /If our Proceedingas did ( solemnly in be prts.nee of _ lest of the awful account which he ViilSt one day give di„`;h g ay fore our anniveesarP, that he and others, had.deter_ilinedilorgads&- mtni-reat V Christi) declare, That be came Ito „ roil the meeting, to discuss the merits of the Social. rod; perfectly free from prtjudiee, open to eaavietinni ar o , (fro 4 f; adopt that line of mane! which Shoad appen_r n " v os Ilse discussion.) lady to &np his flock- 411 w ~_ he 444 ' opposed CO the Bible Society,—that, on the ennift l r u ;,f not know but ho might stow • of ~gs t ed 11l consistent with the nonsaceeptance of my trof 4 e.tr u ie plea' fe r of my swim repeated assurance, that it souses Aire 3 pi 3i bit ;, S. 4ti Ac tic ►eB Lit Thal