The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-09-03 00:00:00

THE CHURCH.

On Friday. the Lord Bishop of Exeter instituted the
Rev. DanierNantes, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge,
to the Rectory of Powderham, in Devon, on the presenta-
tion of Richard Nantes, of Plymouth, Esq. void by the
death of the Rev. Edward Smedley. His Lordship also
instituted the Rev. James Hamilton John Chichester, M.
A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge, chaplain to the Earl
of Dalhousie, and Rector of Arlington, Devon, to the Rec-
tory of Loxbore, in the same county, on the presentation of
John Palmer Brnce Chichester, Esq. void by the resigna-
lion of the Rev. John Litnebear Harding.
The Rev. R. B. Paul, M.A., Fellow of Exeter College,
has been presented by the Rector and Fellows of that So-
ciety, to the Vicarage of Long Wittenham, Hants.
The Rev. Richard Cockburn, B.D. was on Saturday
last installed a Prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, in the
room of the Rev. Dr. Hook, elevated to the Deantry of
Worcester.

The Rev. George Mingaye, Rector of Kennett, has baen
appointed a Surrogate for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury.
The Rev. R. Pretyman, son of the Lord Bishop of Win-
chester, has been presented to the livings of Alverstoke and
Havant, Hants, vacated by the death of the Rev. C. A.
North.

The Duke of York has appointed the Rev. Samuel
Barker, M.A. one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains.

'ELL IC

The match between Captain Jarrat, of Upton, Herts. and Freed
the runner, from the Potteries. took place at two o'clock ymterday
morning, over a mile of turf, at Rayston-heath, for two hundred so.
vereigns, and each mile was run as follows, Captain Jarrat receiv-
ing a minute:—
TIMED.
Min. Sec.
S 10
. 5 111
5 2tl
. 5 50
6 13
- 6 20

CAPT.

In mile
2d ditto .
3d ditto
4th ditto
sth ditto
Gth ditto .

Min. See.
Igt mile . 3 12
2tl ditto . . 5 24
341 ditto . 5 36
4th ditto . . 6 12
htli ditto 6 42
6th ditto . 6 50

34 20
It was a remarkably tine race til

I is 56
intil the list four huntlren yards.

On Tuesday last, W. L. Fenton Scott, Esq. was elected
at Wakefield, Register for the West Riding of York, with-
out a contest, Mr. Busfield having withdrawn. The
election was over before twelve, but " about two o'clock
in the afternoon," says :he Leeds Intelligencer, " the
Ar on ted stillness of the town was broken by the arrival of
Mr. Wm. Eiger (the only just-in-time candidate, whom
we noticed in our last) by the Huddersfield coach. The
coach was hung round with large placards ; the coachman
had a rosette of blue ribands in his hat, and the front part
of Mr. Elger's coat was decorated, or rather almost covered
with another large rosette, about a foot in diametar, sur-
mounted by an artificial bouquet. As the coach proceeded
a number of individuals were attracted towards it, and
when it reached the Stafford Arms Inn, several collected
together, to whom Mr. Eiger, while he remained on the
coach, delivered an address. On learning that an election
had taken place, he regretted his •having arrived so late,
but it was from the want of an early couveyance; and, as
a sort of consolation under their present disappointment,
he stated his intention to offer himself as a candidate for
the county, at the approaching general election, when he
would again call upon them for their suffrages! After
having had a few cheers, he retired to the 1 ork Hotel.
Thus ended the proceedings of the day."
We find the following paragraph in the last Limerick
Chronicle, but have some doubts of its accuracy, having
seen no intimation to this effect from any other quarter:—
" The fith Gco. IV, passed in the last Session of Parlia-
ment, which repeals the old system of the Revenue Laws,
restores the right of the Officers of Excise and Customs to'
vote for Members of Parliament, which privilege was pro-
hibited by tbe 43d of the late King."
THE HattvEsT.—Thc wheat harvest is now nearly
completed throughout the kingdom ; and grain, so fine in
quality, was scarcely ever remembered by the oldest
farmers.

---A few days ago, as some workmen were pulling down
an ancient wall on St. David's Hill, Exeter, they found
deposited under a fountain stone a very curious bronze
medal or counter, about an inch in diameter, and in ftne
preservation ; from the workmanship it appears to have
been struck at the latter end of the 14th, or beginning of
the 13th century, probably in honour of Henry VI, who
was a great supporter of religious houses; on the obverse
is a whole length figure of a king crowned, standing under
an arched canopy, supported on each side by three thin
lillars, and a sceptre-headed staff in his hand, and on the
egend Ave Maria ; on the reverse, within the outer circle,
are four large double line arches, and in the treasure a small
neat fluted cross, each end surmounted by a fleur-de-lis,
with ornaments. This singular piece is now in possession
of Mr. Mirky Woolmer.—Dorsei Chronicle.
Tli E NEVIS ow LITERATURE AR II FA SH lON.—No. CS, of
this Weekly Journal (which is jut published by Mr. E. P. Pouches
No. 7, Brydges-street, Covent garden, anti sold by all BoeksAlers
and Newsmen) contains, among many other interesting articles:—
I. Joint Stock, &c.-2. Linen-drapers Shopmen.-3. Metropolitan
Men-milliners.-4. More horsewhipping, The Marquis and Mr.
S.-5. Public Character of Lord King.-8. Letters from a Stage-
coach Trareller, No. 1-7. The Broutios in London, No. 3.-8. A
New Version of the Beggars' Onera.-9. New Svstein of London
Peripaterics.-10. Tarare and Beaumarchais.-11. The New Cra-
medy.-12. poetry.-13. The Townley Marbka, No. 31, Diana.—
14. Etcaystions in the Roman Territory.-15. London and other
Literary Nes a.-16. Scientific News.-17. Horticultural Directions
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