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&roan, Dec: 30.—Lord Gnemvrtte has intimated
intention of adding a third prize to, the two which
bellegiveß by the ChancAlnr of the Univer-
,. 'Tlits prize, we understand, will be, for the best
,ornposition in Latin Prose.
A dispensation has passed the CT eat Seal, for enab,
ling the Rev.,Darnet Boys, Chaplain to the Earl of
TYRCONNELI and Vicar of Benaenden, in the county
of Kent, to hold with that living the Vicarage of
Brookland, in the same county and diocese, to whiet
he has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of
Canterbury..
Rev. CHARLES MATTHEW 3 to the Vicarage of All
Saint and Ste Peters, Maldon, Essex.

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CAMBRIDGE, DBC. 30..-411 e Rev. CHRISTOPHER
WORDSWORTH, M. A. .Dean of Hocking, in Esser,
and formerlj Fellow of Trinity College, is created
D. D. by Royal mandate.
FRANCIS Szvrime, Esq. and the Rev. H. KEBBELL,
of Sidney College, are admitted Bachelors in Civil
Law ; and Messrs. ROBERT MOUNSELLI of Trinity
College, and Taos. Spiny, of Bene't College, B.A.

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A pistol was lately fired off, in the evening, at Mr,
S WANE, 'the Clergyman of Itchley parish, in Hertford-
shire, the ball of which passed within a foot of him,
as he was reading, and lodged in the wainscot-of the
loom. A reward has been offered for the discovery
.of the offender.
Tuesday last as Mr. Heath, banker, at High Wy-
cornbe, was shooting in his woods, near the Grove,
his gun burst and shattered his right hand in so dread-
ful a manner, that he was obliged to suffer amputa-
tion. -

Sunday night, at t Relve o'clock, two of the con•
victs from the Zealand, made their escape from the
ship by swimming on shore to the dock-yard, at Sheer-
ness, and secreted themselves in the foreman of the
yard's office, until ten o'clock on Monday, when the
foreman went to his office, where he discovered them
lying under a table, almost naked, and nearly dead $
they were taken up to the guard-house fire in the
dock-yard, and from thence back to their ship.
A few days ago, as two sawyers were employed in
cutting up an oak-tree, about 13 inches in diameter,
for the use of the Earl of Derby's Colliery, in Rains-
ford, in the county of Lancaster, the man in the
pit perceived something to move in the cut they
were then cutting, which, on examination, proved
to be a, full-grown toad. The animal was quite
alive when taken up, notwithstanding one of the legs
had been cut off by the saw. The cavity in which
it was found was exactly in the centre of the tree,
just large enough to contain the body, and measured
three yards and a half from the root or bottom. The
tree was perfectly sound in every part, and not the
least crack or aperture could be discovered'
that had
a communication with the atmosphere.
ELOPJSMENTS.—On Thursday evening, during the
absence hf her relations, a young lady who_ is in pos-
session of considerable property, attended by a female
servant, eloped with a Naval Officer from her resi-
dence in the neighbourhood of Manchester-square.
Some time since a young Lady, of Bath, possessing
a handsome- fortune, being in Wales, wrote to her
brother and sister, in London, informing them she
was about to come to town, but did not fix any time,
observing they need not expect her till they saw her.
However, two months elapsing, and not hearing
from her, they wrote to inquire after her, and re•
ceived for answer that she had left Wales about two
months, with her uncle, of Bath. On further in-
quiry, it was ascertained that the-uncle had left -his
family about the same time, and was supposed to be
in London. The brother made great exertions to
find the uncle, and at length discovered his lodgings,
in Blewett's-buildings, Fetter-lane ; and on Tuesday
morning the brother and sister's husband went there,
-when they found that they had been living together
as man and wife, for about two months. The brother
remonstrated with her on her conduct, and intreated•
her to go with him, but without effect, for she prefer-
red continuing in this most horrid state. She is
only 26 years of age ' • her uncle 60, and has a wife
And two children about the age of the young lady,
idiom he has deserted, to cohabit with his niece.—
Her brother, however, set off for a constable, but
while he was gone, they, in defiance_ of the brother-
in-law, left,the house ; he followed them, but they
repeatedly told hii. it WA' of no use, as they should
go into.no house while he followed them, and he gave
up the pursuit. On meeting his brother again, they
went to Bow-street office, and stated the case to the
Magistrate, who informed them, that their conduct
did not come within the cognizance of a Magistrate.
—.Adkins the officer, however, went the following
morning with them, accompanied by his brother; to
the house in Blewet's-buildings, where they learned
that the young lady and her uncle had returned in
the evening, paid the rent, and taken part of their
property away. Adkins, in consequence, stationed
his brother to watch the house, and in a short time,
a woman came to fetch the remaining property ; H.
Adkins watched her to a house in New-street, Shoe-
lane, and gave information to his brother, and the
young lady's brotherspin a short time after they
all went to the house, where Adkins saw the woman.
She proved to be the sister of the uncle, and denied
that the parties were in her house. Adkins, how-
ever, prevailed upon her to allow him to go up stairs
to search for them. On his getting upon the first
floor, he found her husband, who is a tailor, at work ;
Ind the garments of a female in an adjoining room,
when he gave a signal to her brother to follow him,
which he did, and recognized her to be his sister.—
He endeavoured to prevail upon her to go with him,
and in which he was cordially joined by the brother-
in-law, but in vain. They then began to use force,
when the uncle rushed from a closet, and they both
declared they would never separate. A pulley haufey
battle then ensued; the young lady, her uncle, and a
niece of the tailor's on one side, and the lady's bro.
ther, and brother-in law, on the other. The wife of
the tailor attacked Adkins, and •beat him unmerci.
fully. The taylor took no part in the affray,-except
abusing Adkins for not keeping the peace. 'At length
all the parties were on the floor together fighting for
the young lady, till nearly all her clothes were torn
off, and then her brothers finding it her deter***
resolution to continue to cohabit with her undo, left
her to her own coolie.
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