The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-10 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Her Majesty's stag hds., Monday, Salt Hill ; Friday,
Woking Station-11.
Quum hds., Monday, Houghton-on-the-Hill ; Tues.,
Widmerpool Inn ; Thurs., Keythorpe ; Fri., Wartnaby
Stone Pit-104.
Mr. Hellier's hds., Mon., Barrills House ; Wed.,
Stoneleigh Abbey ; Fri., the Clock at Bickenhill-10i.
.Mr. Archer's hds., Mon., Trebartba Village ; Thurs.,
Dolsdown

Mr. Atty's IA., Tues., Prentrebychan ; Thurs.,
Worthenbury ; Saturday, Carden-10i.
Shropshire hds., Tues., Otely Park ; Fri., High Ercall.
Albrighton hds., Tues., Hunnington ; Thurs., Bel-
broughton ;' Saturday, Highland Pool-101.
Capt. Candler's hds., Mon., Copcut Elm ; Wed.,
Stonebow Turnpike ; Fri., Bransford Bridge—•lol.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Hope End ; Thur., Recluaarley
Village.

Heiefordshire hds., Tues., Berrington ; Fri., Chilston
Toll.

Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Skinforth Village; Thurs.
Dingestow Wood-10.
Marquis of Hastings' hds., Mon., Cavendish Bridge ;
Wed., Clifton Village ' • Sat., Morley Toll-bar.
Warwickshire hds., Mon., Ufton Wood ; Tues., Mit-
ford Bridge ; Thurs., Goldicote ; Sat., ilmington—lo:}.
Mr. Robertson's hds., Mon..- Ellingham ; Tues., Rod-
dam ; Thurs., Buddle ; Fri.,. Howick-10i.
Mallet harriers, Mon., Gore-street ; Wed., Minster
Mills ; Fri., Newlands-10.

East Sussex hds., Mon., Easthoastly ; Wed., Bedding-
ham Hill; Thurs., Green Mau; Sat., Street Green-101.
Brighton harriers, Mon., Thunder's Barrow ; Wea.,
Patcham ; Fri., Dyke.
Brookside harriers, Mon., Newmarket Hill ; Thurs.,
Telscornbe Tye.
Surrey hds., Mon., Effingham Common ; Wed„ Sheer-
walk, Albury ; Sat., Hartwocxl-101.
Mr. Mure s hds., Mon., Haverhill Town ; Thurs.,
Bournbridae.

CarobridEeshire hds., Mon., Stow Fox ; Wed., Ickwell
Green ; Fri., Great Morden

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE'

CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 9.—The following appointments
have taken place :
The Rev: John Stoddart, D.D., of Clare Hall, to
the rectories of Lowick and Islip, Northampton'shire ;
value 6851.

Tha Rev. John Artily, M.A., Jesus College, to the
rectory of Caister St. Edmund, with lliarkshail, Nor-
folk ; value 447/.

The Rev. Thomas Turner Baker, 8.A., of Trinity
College, to the peryetual curacy of St. Stephen, Tovil,
near Maidstone, Kent.

The Rev. Thomas Storer, 8.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, to the incumbency of St. Andrew's, Northampton.
The Rev. Thomas Hill, 8.D., of Trinity College, to
be one of the non-residentiary canons of the Cathedral
of Lichfield.

The Rev. Robert Sutton, M.A., of Trinity College,
to be chaplain to the Lord Mayor of York.
The Rev. Augustus. Kerr Bozzi Granville, M.A., of
Corpus Christi College, to be domestic chaplain to the
Earl of Ripon.

CHARACTERISTIC REPLY OF THE OLD ENGLISH
GENTLEMAN.—In the course of last week, an applica-
tion was made by a tenant farmer to his Grace the
Duke of Portland, to ascertain if his Grace would
sanction a reduction in the wages of farm labourers
from 12s. to 10s. per week. We understand that his
Grace's significant reply was characteristic of the
Noble Duke, "that if his tenants could not afford to
pay their labourers at the rate of 2s. per day, they
were quite at liberty to give up their farms, and he
would occupy the land himself." Is it not needless to
ask who is the " labourers' friend ?" Doncaster
Gazette.
CHINA DESSERT SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN.—The
Derby China Manufactory has long been celebrated
for the taste displayed in' the manufacture of superior
articles ; and we have this week had the gratification
of seeing a splendid dessert service, ordered for her
Majesty, the designs for which are in every respect
original, and evince great taste and judgment on the
part of the artist, as well as skill in the manufacture.
The numbers of pieces contained in the service are 96
plates ; 16 dessert plates, varying in height from 16 to
24 inches f 16 fruit dishes, mounted upon cornucopias ;
and 2 pair of ice pails, the shapes of which are per-
fectly new, having been modelled from designs pre-
pared for the purpose. The whole are painted in equal
portions of fruit, flowers, birds, and insects, and are
enriched with embossed, chased, and burnished gold
borders upon a green ground. Altogether it is one
of the most beautiful sets of porcelain we ever saw,
and does infinite credit to the manufactory from
whence it proceeds. The service is about to be re-
moved, and in a few days may be seen at Mr.
Blore's warehouse, 34, Old Bond-street, London,
where it will remain until the 21st instant. —Derby
Reporter.
Tn. NIGER EXPEDITION.—The Wilberforce steam
vessel, recently returned from the Niger expedition,
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their body. The Wilberforce left the shirts next
steam-vessel at Fernando Po, and it is expected she
will receive the slight, •repairs she will require there.
The Albert steam-vessel is still on the coast of Africa
and, owing to her small draught of water, it was said
she was to be employed in looking after slave ves-
sels. An impression prevails amongst the few
remaining of the crew of' the Wilberforce that
she will be re-commissioned in the spring of
next year, and be worked exclusively by volun-
teers, assisted by Kroomen, and again proceed to
the Niger. That river is described as being for
about twenty miles below the spot where the model
farm was one entire marsh, the whole of that distance
clothed on each side with magnolia trees, growing
into the river, and presenting a singular appearance
where the rise and fall of the tide had washed away
the earth from their roots. It was invariably in pass-
ing through this spot that the greatest number of
cases of fever and deaths occurred amongst the white
portion of the crew, and even the West Indians em-
ployed in the expedition could not resist the effects of
the malaria. The country above Idah is described
as comparatively beautiful and fertile, and the intel-
ligent portion of the crew of the Wilberforce think a
situation for the model farm ought to have been
selected farther up the river, if such could have been
obtained from the King of that country. The Niger
at Idah is represented as being about twice as
broad as the Thames at Woolwich, and
in some parts immediately below Idah, about
three times the breadth of the Thames in
that quarter. The dew falls every evening after
sunset in the marshy parts of the Niger in the form
of a dense fog of greater intensity than was lately
experienced on the River Thames. Several of
the black crew of the Wilberforce, on being paid off,
were very proud of being freemen, and proceeded to
London the same evening, with the view of obtaining
vessels. The great majority understood and could
speak English very well, and conversed with each
other in that language.
DANGEROUS SITUATION OF THE DIME OF WEL-
LINGTON.—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, within
a few days of her Majesty's arrival at Walmer Castle,
in the early part of last month, was placed in a most
dangerous and alarming situation, from which he was
providentially rescued by the speedy arrival of his
medical attendants. His Grace was dining from off a
partridge, when, by a most unfortunate mischance, one
of the small bones of the wing stuck n his throat. The