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rICA L INTELLIGENCE.

oxponn, NOV. 20.
Sunday list the Bishop of Ely held An Ordination in the Chapel
at the PalP. ace ofwhen J. Lawrence Exeter Col-
lege ; and Buttanshaw, ILA. of University College, were or-
dained Deacons.
Thurszlay the follnwing Degrees were conferred:
BACHELOR AND Dooms 41 DIVINIIT.—The Bev. John Hume
Spry, Oriel College.
MASTER or A ILl3.—The Honourable Alfred Curzon, Brazennose

College.
Ilacturtoas or ARTS...-. Henry Salisbury Curdwell, Brazennose
College, Grand Compounder ; Rev. William Mellard, Magdalen
Hall; Henry Carnegie Knox, Magdalen Hall • Jonathan Dou-
phrate, Magdalen ; George Bewsher, St. Edmund Hall ; Ed-
ward '
May. Christ Church • Matthew Wise, Christ Church ; Thos.
llornby, Christ Church ; Henry Richards, Jesus College ; John
henry Gegg, St. Alban Hall; George Adams, Queen's College ;
George Birch &mission. Michers Scholar, Queens College ; Fre-
derick Edward Arney, Queen's College.
Wednesday, the lier. John Fellows, Clerk, A.X. was instituted
to the Rectory of Beighton. in the county of Norfolk, on the pre-
sentation of Lord Viscount Anson, of Shugburgh, in Staffordshire.
11CCLESIASTICAL 111LOSIOTIONS.
The Rev. Edgar Rust, B.A. was last week instituted to the
Rectory of Drinlaston, Suffolk, on the presentation of John Edgar
Rust, of Stowmarket.
The Rev. Thomas Henry Elwin, M.A. was last week instituted
td the Rectory of Bradfield St. Clare, Suffolk, vacant by the re-
signation and on the, presentation of the Rev. Robert Havers, of
Bradßeld Si. George. -
We hear that the Rev. Wm. Venables Vernon, one of the Canon
Tiesidentiaries of York. is to vacate the Living of 13ishopthorpe,
and to be presented, by the Archbishop to Wheldrake ; and that
the lief. WM: Henry Dixotr, Prebendary of Ripon, is to have the
Living of Bishopthorpe.
Tuesday se'rtight, the Rev. Alexander With, late of Oban, was
inducted to the charge of the New Gaelic Chapel, in Hope-street,
Glasgow.
Theilter..lllr. Nelasts has appealsiito the Synod of Perth and
Sterhotagainst the decision of the. Presbytery of Little Duakeld,
who opposed his presentation to that parish, on the ground of his
Ignorance of the Gaelic language.'
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COVDEMNED . SERMON.
Yesterday morning, a sermon was preached in the
Chapel of Newgate, by the Rev. Mr. Cotton, in conse-
qnence of the approaching execution of Joseph•Hari.
wood, on Thursday next: During the whole of Sam-
day, the most persevaine endeavours were made to
obtain a ticket for admission it/ tke.-Chapel, as it was
then expected that the- fate! of r. Fauntleroy would
have been decided. A great number made application
to Mr, %Vontner, the Governot, but that Gentleman
gave a direct refusal, eien to his own friends, and re-
ferred them to the Sheriffs, as the only medium through
which their wishes were likely to be gratified.
Curiosity was excited to see Mr. Fannderoy, but it
was disappointed, as he was not present in the Chapel,
but attended-to his devotion in the room where he was
confined, and therefore avoided the gaze of the congre-
gatioh:---The levier part, and southern-gallery of the.
Chapel, were completely crowded with prisoners.—
Thoi,e who remain to be reported entered last, and took
their seats in the condemned pew, followed by the un-
happy Harwood,. who was actompitnied by Mr. Baker,
that Gentleman bav;ng been engaged' with • him in pri-'
vate exercises of devotion. The congregation imme-
diately sung the Morning Hymn, after which the Re-.
verend Ordinary read the Ritual of the Chinch in a
most impressive manner, in which he was joined by the
miserable youth, whose appearance exhibited tokens of
piety and resignation; indeed he appeared to be com-
pletely abstracted from.the world.
The Reverend Ordinary delivered an appropriate
discourse from the book of Job, chap. :ix. ver. 21.
" Have pity upon me, have pity- upon me, 0! ye
my friends, for the hand of the Lotto bath toutbecii
me." The Reverend Divine . took occasion to- remark
that it often fell to the lot of the most uprigbif
and pious to endure heavy afflictions in this world.,
which were, permitted by Goo for wise purposes ; on
the other hand, the affliction and distress into which the
ungodly were plunged/ arose from their pursuit of the
path of vice; andlherefore could not be viewed, as mer-
ciless visitations hitt as chastisetuents, Consequent on a
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breaeh.of the'Diiink Law:- The; Rini. Gentleman then
alluded to the offence with which the prisoner had been
charged and convicted, and for which the last awful
penalty,of the law awaited him. I e directed his dis-
course to him lip the: Moat ;pathetic minim; and la-
mented to see one in the bloom of youth then about to
be cut off in- the midst of • hisiyearse " Pan youth,"
said he, " I pity you fietti 'nil very siml."-'He
then
exhorted him to look up to that DAVI 'pia ho
.lord pity in stone for the truly:penitent, believer.
At the conclusion of the service,, the -unhappy youth
Oppeared in a most exhausted. condition, but he soon
totovvred through the assistance of restoratives, and
was enabled to retire to the cells, .where he was int.
- meshately attended by, both the Sheriffs; who had
been present at the solemn service. He expressed him:
self as perfectly"resigned to his impendihg fate, and
said he would prefer death to a relapse into his former
dissolute habits of life. The Sheriffs have made every
inquiry relativd to his ewe, but nothing appeared cal-
culated to invalidate the evidence adduced on the trial.

Litt Aug the fire, on Wednesday night last, in Cousin-
Oppet Thames-street, an old carman, belonging to
Mr. Alderman Tnomsow; citric running down the
lane, cryingout "My horses! Oh, my horses!" He
then rushed past Messrs. ANNANDALE'S warehouse
amidst the flames, which at the time were bursting
I(4th from the lower windows. His object was the
rescue of two very valuable cart horses that were in a
stable which at the time was in imminent danger of
catching fite, and in which effort he completely suc-
, ceeded, but not without getting drenched by the engines.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—Last week the following sin-
gular accident occurred near Leith. A girl, about 14
years of age, while amusing herself alone on a swing,
and giving het self a rotatory motion, slipped from her
seat in such a manner as to get,the rope twisted about
her neck, so that before she could loosen it she was fairly
suspended, and hung unobsei ved for several minutes.
When cut down she was, . to all appearance quite dead.
—On. einirloying, however, without delay, the usual
means of resuscitation, she began slowly to evince signs
of returning life, and in a few hours the vital functions
were restored ; delirium, however, accompanied with
convulsions of the 'nest distressing kind, coutir.ued for
twelve hours, and three qr four days.elapsed before she
gained entire possession of her mental faculties. It is
prthy of observation iliac she recollects nothing of the
accident, nor even circumstances that occurred, and ac-
tions that she performed, several minutes before it.—
The last thing she can remember (and she does so vi-
vidly), is being ebgaged in some domestic matter, Which
was about ten minutes before she left the house for the
switt. She's now quite well..
A Continental Journal siatei, that Bremen October
• Fair. this yeo,was..e..eenwk*y good one; there wits
•a great variety of -new-fushionsti..stuts, called C/!arks
the Tent!., which went off with great rapidity.

CHARGE. 01EXUALFILa-.

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Thursday se'rinight;"an'lireotest was .held by :lamas
Wsousiwoirru, Esq. of HalifaX, one of the Coroners for
the West Riding, at the house of Mr. Pearson, the star
Inn, Rastrick, on the body of James Diggles, domestic
'ervant of John Armitage, E.g. of Woodhouse, in.
Rastrick, who had died on the preceding 1 uesday, in
consequence of wounds received on the night of the 6th
instant. The following Gentlemen were sworp of the., nry :1
Mr. George Crowther, of Fizby, foreman; Mr. John.Wilkin-
son, Mr. Thomas Bottomley, of liastrick;.Mr. Fenton Lambert, of
nand-hall; Mr. William Coultast, Mr. Wm, Watson, of Elland ;
Mr. Abram Crowther, Mr. John Barber, 'Mr. Isaac 'fltweites, of 1
Southowram ; Mr. Martin Manley, "dr. William Middop, Mr.
William Seholefield, of Brigham. •
This important investigation commenced at ten o'clock
in the morning, and was continued until midnight, when
an adjournment took place until the following day. The,
inquiry was resumed in the forenoon of Friday, and did
not terminate until eight o'clock that evening, when the
Jury returned a Verdict of Wilful Murder against .47.
thony and John Bray, James ,and Chrisioper !yank
James Ellis; John Dyson, Henry Nuttall, and Agin Dew I
son, charging Anthony Bray as the principal, and the
other seven as accomplices, aiding in the murder.
No difficulty existed as to one very principal object of
the inquiry. It was perfectly clear, from the evidence
of the surgeons who attended the deceased, and who
afterwards examined the body, that his death was
occasioned by violence, the skull being fractured, and
the portion of the lock of a gun actually protruded upon
the brain. It appears that on Friday, the sth November,
John Stott, gamekeeper to Sir G. Armitage, of Kirklees,
Bait. Emanuel Brook, gamekeeper to John Armitage,
Esq. of Woodhouse, in Rastrick, James Diggles, foot-
man to the same Gentleman, and Enoch Garside, an
assistant, had been ranging the woods, &c. in the manor
of Fishy, and came about eleven o'Clock at night into a
public-house at the top of Bradley-lane, kept by Richard
Hepworth, where they found the following persons :
Anthony and Jobn Bray, James and Christopher Tif-
fany, James Ellis, John Dyson, Henry Nuttall, and
John Dawson. An altercation almost immediately
commenced between this party and the gamekeepers,
nccasioued by some former grudge entertained by Ellis
against the keeper of Sir George Armitage, towards
whom he used very violent language and threatened to
kill him. The quarrel afterwards became more general,
and A fight ensued between Ellis and Brook, in which
the latter had the advantage.. The landlord, with the
view of prevemiarg any •further violence, prevailed upon
the, keepers tp go, into another room, where they re-
mained three-quarters of an hour,, when they quitted,
the-house about midnight. The ther party had gone
abbot, half all . hew before, bat it appears that they re-
maioed ups the house, and as soon as Diggles and his
companions wept out, they assailed them with stones: .
. It is material here to state; that the keepers had three
lens loaded, which they had deposited in a holly-bush,
near the public-house, and on being thus attacked,
they ran to secure their pieces. The assailants con-
tinuing to throw stones at them, Brook was twice
struck, the latter time just after he had recovered his
and with so much violence that ha was knocked
own. This so much irritated him that he fired off his
piece and slightly wounded Anthony Bray in the head
and band. The gun was loaded with shot No. 4, and
shot of this description was afterwards extracted from
the head of Bray. The firing of the gun by Brook in-
duced the other party to come to close quarter*, Stun,,
the gamekeeper of Sir George Armitage, and Enoch!
Oar side, the assistant, sought safety in flight,and Orme'
and piggies had to sustaip the whole weight of thee's-
cower.: After a short :struggle, ,they were disarmed,
and the assailants Made a most Cruel use of their victory,,
,110 Y istatiog them with the hominids of the guns in the
most savage manner, leivingAliejn, as they supposed,
dead on the field aratntle. of the prisoners (A. Bray),
perceiving that Piggies rnoved turned back and struck'
him twice on the bead with 40, him of the gun,.
saying be would quiet tlteuthen threw the body„
whiCh appeared lifeless, over the fertceinto the lane, and
went away. The other two, keepets now returuedto
the assistance of their wounded companions; and
though so dreadfully hurt„, contrived to walk to
the public-house, from which, indeed, they had not pircH
ceeded more than 290 yards,. The whole time occupieli
is the affray did notexceedasaimeter of an hour. Air
des was afterwards conveyed,to Mr. Armitage's 10614
where he was attended by Dr, .Alexander, of Hili(as,!
Mr. :Fryer, of Rastrick,, and Mr. Hopkinson, of„Bst
.house, surgeons ; but he. expired on Tuesday 'morning.
This unfortunate mao,.was ;in his 34th year, aod bad
been in the family of Mr. Armitage, by whom be was
such respected, ever since he was a boy. Mr. Armitage
1 most deeply affected.bythis melancholy, catastrophe.
liloak the guns were broken; the piece , which Brook
ited was found near the spot where Diggles had been
knocked down, and the other was found in an adjoining
field on Friday. AU the prisoners were young men,
some of them not more than 18 years of age; only, one
of them is married, and they all reside within two miles
of the place where this dreadful .occurrence took place,
in the hamlets of Deighton) Sheepridge, and Netheroyd-
hill. All the prisoners, with the exception, of. John
Bray and John Dawson, were removed to Yogic:Castle)
on Monday. Bray, who was not appiphended till
Tuesday night, is in custody at Halifax,;. and Dawson;
who has absconded, is yet at large. We drink it'is.but
justice to the prisoners to remark, that the preceding
narrative ought tn be considered as ao r~s park state!
ment, as it is mainly drawn from the , evidence of the
prosecutors; all the persons likely to have given a
more favourable account of the transaction being ism:
plicated in the charge.
All possible investigation into the late horrid minutiae
at Boston, continues to be made' by the Magistrates,'
Since the Coroner's Inquest, depositions have bees taken ;
and Thomas Parker (after being confronted with air;
chard Taylor and Hannah hie wife, who gave -.strong{
testimony respecting expressions dropped by 3 Parker,
before he quitted Boston) has .been committed to genii
by the Magistrates, till further information may eluci-
date the dreisiful mystery. A liberal subscription his
been begun in Boston; at the instance of the Secretary.
of State, for raising a reward to be offered to any ac-
complice (except the actual murderer) who shall dis-
cover the criminals ; and a pardon is held out to the
informant. The Corporation have subscribed 1001. B.
Clayton, Esq. sot
. and many other individuals very
handsome sums. Taunton, the Bow-street Officer, arp
rived in Boston on Sunday, and is indefatigable in his
exertions to trace the murderers.

AR R etrr.—lt is. nottenerally kntrovit that a MO Mat
now be arrested for 101. the Act requiring the debt to be
la. or upwardi, not having been renewed last Session.
This must have happened through design or negligence,
most probably the latter.

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