Star.
London, England, 1828-05-26 00:00:00

ECCLESIA STICA L PROMOTIONS.

The Rev. CharleXiie;;;;6;,lll.A.Siudent of Christchurch.,
is presented by the Dean and Chapter of that Society, to the Per-
petual Curacy of Benson, Oxfordshire, vacant by the death of the
Rev. J. H. Fawcett.

The Rev. Richard Garvey, M.A. Head Master of Lincoln
Grammar School, to the Senior Vicarge in Lincoln Cathedral, va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Samuel Martin, M.A.
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The Rev. W. Green, of Selby, Incumbent of the new Church at
Gatefurth, has been appointed to Ledsham School, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. T. Chester.
The liev. William Higgin has been inducted into the Living
of Roserea, by the Rev. Edwin Palmer, Rector of Alodreeny.
The Rev. Charles Paul, B.A of Calms College, Cambridge, has
been licensed by the Bishop of that diocese to the Perpetual Cu-
racy of Knowle St. Giles, Somersetshire, vacant by the death of
the Rev. Lewis Evans.

The. Rev. Walter Augustus Shirley, A. J. has been instituted
on his own petition to the Vicarage of Shirley, in the county of
Derby, vice W.Per Shirley Clerk, resigned.
Friday se'nnight the Rev. James Martin, late Minister in Glen-
isla, was placed in Stockbridge Chapel, Edinburgh, in £OOlll of the
Rev. James Henderson, now Minister of itatho.

A shocking accident has taken place at Acton, near.
Sudbury. A family of the name of Ranston, having eaten some
loud cooked in a copper boiler wanting repair, were all taken ill ;1
the woman Med on Friday, and her husband on Monday last; and
tour children are now lying ill.—lpswich
The brig George Canning, which sailed from Green-
ock on Friday se'tinight, carried out no less than 173 passengers for
Quebec.
SCOTTISH PEERAGE.—A Bill has just been brought
Into the House of Lords, entitled " An Act to alter and amend the
laws relating to the Representation of the Scottish Peerage ; to
viable Peer, of Scotland, not Representative Peers, to sit in the
Nouse of Commons; and to declare the eldest sons of Scottish
Peers eligible in future to sit in the House of Commons for any
County or Burgh in Scotland, and to vote at any election therein
fora Representative in the Commons House of Parliament.''--
After the preamble, it contains clauses for enacting—that the
Sixteen Peers who shall be elected for Scotland, at the next
assembly held for that purpose, shall be entitled to sit and vote for
life. That, in case any of the Sixteen Peers become Peers of
the Realm, the vacancy shall be declared by proclamation. That,
in case of the death of any of the 16 Peers, the vacancy to be forth.
with filled up. That Peers of Scotland have set it of summons.—
That so mach of recited Acts as are inconsistent with the present
be repealed. That Peers of Scotland, not elected as Reptesenta•
tives, or voting for such, may sit in the House of Commons; but
during that time shall not be entitled to the Privilege of Peerage.
That, upon the summoning the next new Parliament, the eldest
sous of scotch Peers to be eligible as Commoners.
Friday last, Francis Sullivan and Charks Worn, two
notorious thieves, were examined at Queen-square office, at eleven
o'clock in the morning, lot stealing a piece of pork from Charles
Docker, in Great Chapel-street, and committed for trial. A true
bill was found by the Grand Jury, which was sitting at the Guild-
hall, and both prisoners were tried and convicted, and sentenced to
seven years' tronspuetation, before two o'clock the same afternoon.
LONGLVITY IN .RUSSIA.—By a late authenticated
census of the population of this extended Empire, we
find that, in 1826, upwards of 1,050 persons died, each
of whom had attained 100 years.—London Weekl.y Rev
The orcha,ds throughout S,mersetshire ate ill pro-
fuse and vigorous- blossom, and prinitte a bauctiful
supply of cider. The unfavourable indications which
appeared in the early part ,of the year in this and some
other .connties, have entirely chappiared, and a full
crop may be:expected.
The heavy rains which fell in the night of Friday
will have had the most beneficial effects on veneration,
and mach increase the grass crops, which, in most parts-
of the country, will ye. y soon be in the swath.
As a proof of the unusual forwardness of the season.
" green and icung -Hastings" were on Saturday calling
about the streets at as cheap a rate as they bad gene-
rally been obtained in the middle of June.•
Satin day was the A nniversasy of the birth day afrol
Princess VICTORIA, when she entered on heresiathlfeari
Wednesday next will be the Anniversary of the
of IHnce Groitoz of CeMBERLAND, who on that day
will also enter his tenth year.
The-Lords having limited the duration of the Surrey
I Coal-Meters' Act to one year, has puzzled the several
candisloter fur- the new meterships not a little. They
.whalookad for:a perpetuity of good things think that
at the end of a year they may be involved in a. peck of
ttokshles,Attd .disappointment.
. As-otpecimen of the value of grazing land, there is
a field of 100 acres. in Ozeaten, in Leicestershire, op
which lave been depastured and fattened, in one sum-
mer, Aata- astonishing number of 97 bullocks and 200
sheep.
It is reported that Sin E. CODRINGTON is returning
to this country, and has called for a Court-Martial to
investigate his conduct in fighting the battle of Na-
varin. Sir J. Gotta or Sir P. MALCOLM ate men-
tioned at likely to succeed him in the command of the
Mediterranean.
There was great bustle observed yesterday in the po-
litical subscription houses at the West end of the town,
in consequence of the disunion in the Cabinet. The
rumours of changes were various and contradictory.
Much importance was attached to the visits of Ministers
to each other, whose countenances were watched by the
Physiogaomists, who, however, drew such inference
from the map of their minds as favoured the hopes and
the wishes of the political Lavaters.
The information that Captain CLAPPERTON'S faithful

attendant brings home, must encourage, I should sup-
pose, the belief that the exit of the Niger is into the
Bight of Biafra, or Gulf of Guinea. I told CLAPPFAITON
some years ago, that the exit of the Niger must be, so
far as I was able to judge, into the Bights of Benin and
Biafra, and that I was led to suppose so from the im-
mense number of rivers that discharge themselves into
the Gulf of Guinea from Accra to Cameroons, there
being no less than fourteen, and some of these, partica•
lady the Rio Volta, Benin River, Cape Formosa River,
Bonny River, New and Old Calabar Rivers, the River
Cameroons, navigable for 50 miles up, for ships of 4.00
and 500 tons., The distance betwixt Rio Volta and
Cameroons is upwards of 200 miles, and from Cape
Formosa to Cameroons a distance of 150 miles. The
country is a perfect alluvial soil, and from this I judges)
that there must be the exit of some large interior river.
I was borne out in this idea by the Kings on the coast,'
who universally said to me there was a larger river in
the interior, and that they had seen many individuals
who were natives, and lived on that river, describing it
at least two miles broad; but as they had travelled over
land they could not say what direction this sea (as they
called it) went in.—Later signed 11. Mix Me Edinburgh
Ciroxick.