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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1822.

BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 28.

The town of Birmingham, which has had its
share of the difficulties attendant upon commerce,
is now fast recovering from them : there are
scarcely any of the workmen, in every brahah
of business, but what are in full employjnent,
and at liberal wages. The churchwardens and
ovejseers of, the poor, brjudicious management
in coslecting the rates, and expenditure of the
money, hate nearly succeeded in paying off
all the old debts of the parish ; and at Easter
next, it is expected that the new wardens and
overseers will have a balance delivered to them
by the present officers. Such a circumstance has
not been known for many years; and that such
a reduction of debt should have taken place dur-
ing our years of trial, reflects great honour upon
all parties. The footpaths in many parts of the
town have been laid dowh with flat pavement,
which adds greatly to its beauty, and gives ease
to the passengers.

Two new Churches have .beeti erected, both
of,which will be consecrated during the present
year. St. George, at the west end of the town,
is a light, elegant, Gothic structure, by Mr.
RICKMAN, of Liverpool; and the Chapel of the
Holy Trinity, in the east, is a strong and plain
Gothic, by Mr. GOODWIN, of London : they
both reflect the highest credit on the taste of
these gentlemen, and the Commissioners for build-
ing Churches, by whom the funds are furnished.
Provisions are cheap and abundant, and the far-
mers in our neighbourhood have not much to com-
plain of, old Wheat being at 10s. 6d. aMd 11s.
per bushel. At a farm, a few miles from hence,
let by auction on Monday, there were numerous
candidates, and the land let at an advance of
rent ! What do you think of our Agricultural
Distress ! ! !

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH I.—On Thursday, Feb. 23, the following
Degrees were conferred :

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MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. Henry Harvey, Christ Church,
Grand Compounder ; Rev. Theophilus Williamson, Exeter
college; James Norris, Scholar of Corpus Christi college ;
Robert Meadows White, Demy of Magdalen college ; Charlei
Hewett,lßev. C. C. Chohnondeley, and R. R.Warde, Brase. coll.
Rev. Henry Hail, University college ; Rev. Thomas Henry'
Elwin, 'Worcester college.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.--Wm. Swete, Esq. OHO. college
Grand Compounder ; George Dewdney, Queen's college
Richard Child Willis, University college.

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PREFERIIENT.—The Earl of Stradbroke has appointed the
Rev. John Locke Jeans, M.A. of Pembroke college, one of his
Lordship's Domestic Chaplains.
PREACHERS.—Rev. Mr. 'Whately of Oriel college, the
Bampton Lecture; Rev. !kir. Dalby, in the afternoon, at St.
Peters; Rev. Mr. Ingram, Trinity college. the Assize sermon.

MAJORITY

IN FAVOUR OF SIR :M. W. RIDLEY'S NOTION FOR RE

DUCING TWO LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
Abercrombv, Hn.J. Evans, •William Marryat, Jos.
Allen, J. H. Fergusson, SirR.C. Mansfield, J.
Althorp, Visct. Fitzgerald,LordW. Normanby, Visct.
Astell, Wm. Fitzroy, Lord J. Neville, Hon. R.
Astley, Sir J. D. Folkestone, Visc. Newport, Rt. Hon.
..kcland, Sir T. D. Frankland, R. Sir John.
Barham, J. F. jun. Farrand, Robert -Nugent, LOrd
Beaumont, T. P. Fleming, J. Newman, R. W.
Baring, Sir T. Forbes, C. O'Grady, Standish
Barnard, Lord Fleming, J. O'Callaghan, Jas.
Barrett, S. M. Fane, John Ord, Wm.
Bennet, Hon. H. G. Graham, Sandford Parnell, Sir H.
Benyon, B. Grenfell, P. Palmer, Col.
Birch, J. Guise, Sir W. Palmer, C. F.
Browne, Dom. Gurney, Hudson P4es, Thos.
Bury, Viscount Gipps, G. Peirse, H.
Bankes, H. Gooch, J. S. Phillips, G. R.
Bastard, J. Hamilton, Lord A. Powlett, Hon. W.
Bastard, Edw. P. Heathcote, G. J. Price, R.
Bright, Henry 11 ill, Lord Arthur Proby, Hon. G. L.
Bruce, Robert Heron, Sir R. Pym, F.
Boughey, Sir J. F. Hobhouse, J. C. Penruddock, J. 11.
Burrell, Sir C. Hurst, R. Ricardo, David
Burrell, Walter Honeywood,W.P. Ridley, Sir M. W.
Benett, John Hughes, W. L. Robarts, George
Boughton, Sir C. R. Hume, J. Robarts, A.
Blair, J. Hotharn, Lord Robinson, Sir G.
Baillie, John Ileygate, Ald. Rumbold, C.
Butterworth, J. Harvey, Sir E. Russell, Lord J.
Calcraft, John Handley, Henry Rice, J. S.
Carter, J. Heber, Richard Rickford, War.
Cavendish, Ld G. Jervoise, J. P. Shelley, Sir .John
Cavendish, H. James, W. Smith, lion. Rt.
Caulfield, Hon. H. Johnson, Col. Smith, Robt.
Clifton, Lord Knatchlarll, Sir E. Smith, Wm.
Colburne, N. R. King, Sir S. D. Smith, Abel
Concannon, Lucius Kennedy, T. F. Smith, Samuel
Crespigny, Sir W. Keck, G. A. L. Scudamore, R.
Crompton, S. Lambton, J. G. Sefton, Earl of
Curwen, J. C. Lemon, Sir W. Scott, John
Creevey, T. Lloyd, Sir E. Stewart, W.
Chetwynd, G. Lushington, Dr. Stuart, Lord J.
Corbett, Panto:, Leycester, Ralph Sykes, II
Cherry, (1. H. Lascelles, Hon. W. Sebright, Sir J.
Curters, I. E. Lygon, Hon. H. Taylor, M. A.
Cole, Sir C. Lethbridge, Sir T. Tierney, Rt.lln. G.
Cooper, E. S. Lawley, F. Thompson, W.
Calthorpe, Hon. F. Leake, Wm. Townshend,LordC.
Calvert, N. Luttrell, H. F. , Tulk, C. A.
Davies, T. H. Luttrell, J. F. Tennyson, C.
Denison, W. J. Littleton, Ed. Warre, J. A.
Denman, T. Maberly, J. Webb, Ed.
Duncannon, Visct. Macdonald, Jas. Williams, Wm.
Dickinson, W. 31‘Intosh Sir J. Williams, T. P.
Dawson, M. Martin, lohn Wilson, Sir R.
Doveton, Gen. Motile, Hon. W. Wood, M. Alderm.
Ebrington, Visct. Moore, Peter Wyvili, M.
Ellice, Ed. Maxwell, John Westenra, Hon. Ti.
Egerton, W. Mitchell, John Wortley, J. S.
Eastnor, Visa. Musgrove, Sir P. Whinnore, W. W.
Ellison, C. 3larjoribanks, S. Wilson, Thomas
TE "I. E It—Ralph Bernal.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—A paper has
been read before the Geological Society of
London announcing the discovery of an exten-
sive vault or fosse in the north of England,
filled with the bones of elephants, tigers, lions;
hyenas, and ether ferocious wild beasts. The
bones of the other animals are indented with
marks in various places corresponding with the
hyena's teeth, and the inference is, that these
animals were congregated together for the pur-
pose of promiscuous fight, or what is commonly
called a Welsh Main, in which the hyenas proved
victors. From various other observations it is
inferred that this scence was acted previous to the
flood.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARcu 2

Foreign Office, March 2, 1922.
The King has been pleased to appoint Richard Bartlett,
Esq. to be his Majesty's Consul fur the Kingdom of Galicia,
the Principality of Asturias, and the District of as Motitanas
de Santander y de Burgos, in the Dominions of.the King of
the Spaius, to reside at Corunna.

Crnwn•Otfice, Feb, 2C, 182?.
Days and Places appointed for holding the Lent Assizes,

1822, viz.-
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.

Sir Charles Abbott, Knt., Lord Chief Jest ice; Sir Richard

: Richards. Knt. Lord Chief Baron.
Buckinghamshire—Saturday, March 9. at Aylesbury.
Bedfordshire—Thursday, March 14, at Bedford.
Huntingdonshire—Saturday, March IG, at Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire—Tuesday, March 19, at Cambridge.
Norfolk—Saturday, March 93, at Thetford. -
Suffolk—Thursday, March 28, at Bury St. Edmuhd's.

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