The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-25 00:00:00

THE CLERGY.

WHITEHALL, SUPT. 17.---The King has been graciously
pleased topresent the Rev. John ill'Kellarto the i ted Ch urch es
and Parishes of Ki iluow arid Kilc;hornan,in the Presbytery of Kin-
tyre and shire of Aryll and Bute, vacant by the death of the
Rev. John MacLeisn, late Alinister there.—The King has also
been graciously pleased to present the Rev. Robert Brydon to
the Church and Parish or DIITIT.:IOre, in the Presbytr:ry and
County of Dumfries, ..;a6ant by the death of the Rev. Cun-
ningharn Burnside, late' Minister -there. The King has also
•been graeieusly 'pleeised to present the Rei. Alexander 'l.4sod
to the Cl:urch or Chapel at Cromarty, vacant by the death. of
the Rev. Alexander Nt‘Leod, late lir.ister there.

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The Rev. James Robson is presented to - the Vicarage of
Aintlerbv Steeple, .near Northallerton, vacant by the reeLina-
tion of the Rev. John Thornhill. .
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On. Sunday, the 16th, a very eloquent,-and impressive Ser-
mon was preached in the parish church at Northallerton, by the
wry Rev. C. Rethell, D. D. Dean of Chichester, and Rector of
Kirkby Wilke,
.Yorkshire' from 1 Chron. xkix. 16, 17, in aid
of the Alleitonshire and Birdforth District Committee. of the
Society for Promoting Christian Knewledgc, after which a very
liberal collection was Made.

The internal repair and decoration of the mag-
nificent structure of. Canterbury Cathedral will,
ere long, be restored to its primitive appearance.
The dome of the tower has been painted and re-
gilt, and the stone work completely cleaned awl
refreshed.

A number of pearls have been., recently found
by the country people. in a partiColar species of
muscle, which ab.ounds- in a rivtr. contiguous to
Omagh, in Ireland. A gentleman has procured
a considerable number of them, some of which are
as tine as oriental pearls. One of themis as large
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as a marrow fat pea, • another is eqoal in bulk to
a.srnall marble, the rest are .of a minor, size.
SINGULAR ROI4Ht RY.—On Stlnday evening last, a gentle-
' man, who-
. had a lady for his -fallow traveller, -in the London mail
from Edinburgh, on arriving at liaddingtort, discovered that he
h.id been robbed of all his money. • A there vias to other in the
coach, he of course accused her of having ccmnakted the robbery.
She stoutly dcnied the charge, retaliating by acmaingtim ofhav-
ing behaved rudely to her while on the way. however, on be-
ing.followed into the inn" and searched,- although nothing to
criminate her wns found upon.hcr, the windo4 was noticed to
be open, and a light being procured, the money, amounting to
seven. pounds seven shillings, was found :lying in:media-el./
under it. It is understood that she was not detained, as the
!re:rifleman proceeded directly to Newcastle.—(Etlinbt rgh.
Journal.)

MAn.rinot ExTaAonomktiY.---At Staffords-
town, in Ireland, Master JAmrs. CUNNINGHAM, a
-youth of 74 years, four feet two inches high, to
the amiable Mks ItictlAubso*!;, a little turned
of her fiftieth year—both of. DerrygoWan.
ASTONISHING FAcT..—Some time -ago, a cask,
of Dutch make, containing blubber, was picked
up in- Carston lloadS, supposed to have drifted
from the Greenland seas.—(Edinburgh Courant.)
Some seam( n who are statioried- on the banks
of the Seine, at Paris, to save the lives of persons
whoin bathing go out of their depth, and para..'
cularly boys "who .endanger themselVes by at-
tempting to swim, have been brought before the
Tribunal of Correctional Police, on a charge of
hiring boys to go into the water and. pretend to
be in danger.of drowning, in Outer that they may
get the reward allowed for each individual saved.'