Star.
London, England, 1827-08-13 00:00:00

CLERICAL iNTELLIGENCL

OXFORD, Avon: 11.

Monday, •at the Viaitatieeof Abitagdon Grammar School, Mr.
-lama Robertsun,,aon of Dr. Itobtrtdon, of Nettlebsd, wai dead
a Scholar of Penitroke Collegc on Tesdale's Foundation.

Tuesday Mr. Simon Thomas Adams, was aslntined to a Foe.
der's.kin Fellowship of New College, vacant by the election of tit
Rev. Harry lee, BD. to a Fellowship of Winchester Colkge.
The Very Rev. Dr. Whittington Landon, Provost of Worreur
College, and Dean of Exeter, has been instituted to the Vicarapi
Brmsci.nsbe, Devon.
The Hon and 11ev. Egerton Arden Bairn, M.A. of Chit
Church, and late Student of that Society, brother to Lord Page.
et Christ.Cburch,sand a Canon of Windsor...succeeds to the raise*
Deanery of Canterbury, vacated by Dr. Percy, the new Bishop if
Rochester's
John Gpedon, E.q. of Aitkenhead, has presented the Reined
James Smith, too of the late Rev. James Smith of the Atte!
Parish of Pa'sley,.to the church. and parish of Cathcart, vacant!!,
the death of the late IRev. David Dow.
Tburs4ay se'onlght, the Rev. Peter Ruthann, preacher risk
Gospel, was ordained, by the Presbytery of Kelm, Nlinister ofth
parish of,Stitchel. in the room of the Rev. Andrew Scott, elected
• The Quverno(s of Harrow *hoot have instituted Sch•tlard
of 5Q guineas value during fqur years' residence at this Cniverevy
Cambridge. The two successful candidates this year are Nattnl
Gloom, soiti.of the Prebendary of Exeter, and F. • L. Popham, o.
af Lieutenant-General Poptram, Littlecot,

Tna New LONDON BUlDGE.—Saturday last therort
ing of the first arch of the new bridge, on the Siothwarc
side of the river, was completed. Neatly the whole ri
the men employed on the works were collected on the
arch, and the major part of them assisted in p:acing the
centre stone in its position.
Saturday last, as Miss ANNA HuTcntsisoN, of Gull-
f rd-street, was taking an ailing in Kentish Town,
low phaeton, driven by a servant boy, the horse I
fright, and the carriage coming in contact o HI 1%
gon, the Lady was thrown out with great riolenc?.
was conveyed to No. 20, Teriace, Kentish Tow r

she now remains in a very dangerous condition.

EXECUTION.—Saturday morning, Willi .m
aged twenty-four, convicted (together with 8.. Ashdown, of
same age) of a daring robbery at Wymering turnpike•goei •
Ainsley, aged twenty-two, and B. White, thirty-four, convict/
of horse-stealing, underwent their dreadful sentences of
the new drop, behind the County Gaol at Winchester. f
eight o'clock the unfortunate men approached the platform,'
steps, and downcast eyes. The joined very fervently in
the Chaplain, whose unceasing exertions appear to have
the Divine assistance, a sincere repentance. The

spectators was very great, but the utmost order and silence
preserved throughout. Neither of the dying men r:
in prayer, which they occasionally repeated aloud.
MgLANCHOLY CASF.—An Inqueit was held at

Queen's Head, Little.

t. Blackfriars-road.

body of Bernard O' Reilly, Esq. who was found on the floor
bed-room, on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Toombs, Lindiord
the Queen's Head, deposed. that thedeceased had been an i'
of his about three weeks. He conducted himself in a

manly manner, and until the sickness of Mr.
very cheerful. On Tuesday night be appeared much
and while discoursing on that subject, witness said," I much ft.
his safety;" to which the deceased remarked. "Oh, GOD! if !il*
Canning should die, all my hopes are blighted:" He then her
greatly agitated, and having partook of some supper, retired'
The following morning he did not come down as usual, and
went up stairs into his bed-room, where he found hint lying
face on the floor. A Medical Gentleman was called in, who .
deceased died in sin apoplectic ht, and had been dead several ,
Verdict, Died of Apoplexy.—Among the papers
,fnand
in
pockets of the deceased were several notes from •
bad rendered him pecuniary assistance.

Saturday nighr, soon after nine o'clock, the
part of Mr. Elliott's (the coach maker's) house.
Westminster road, w•as discovered to be on fire.

flames quickly communicated to the extensive coa
factory which formed pert of the same
where, from the highly combustible nature .
materials, it raged for some time with a fury
threatened the destruction of the entire neighl.
hood. Fortunately, the early hour at which the fire ti
place afforded every facility, both for saving what r
petty its rapid progress left it possible to preserve,
of promptly applying the means for its estioction.
soon as it was discovered, all the card rges that
on their wheels were removed, and some portion of
furniture of the dwilling.house was also saved.
number of engines arrived as speed.ly as could
sonably be expected, but not till the flames were'
ing out of every window on the whole premi,e,
.part of which, it we s evident, could be saved ; and
firemen very properly directed all their efforts
vent the spreading of the flames to the adjoining how('
in which, after a couple of hours of well-directe
eitions, they happily succeeded. About tvelveo'c!
the Are was s r complztely subdued, that all apple,
,ion of its tucrer spreaktinii QVCI‘

ill Town, in a
he horse tock
t i:h a war
violence. She
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.m George,
Ishdoen, of dr
irnpike-gate; K.
.four, carrtictil
:aces of deal.'
nen Soon site
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I y in prayer win
have worke,l,4'
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ad silence wet
en spoke, en*
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trs-road,
the flair of Sa
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been an intro
In a very sew*
Canning, lea
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I much (curb
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lra, and wino
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in, who said*
d several ha.
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Noblemen Ins
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on fire. Tre
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portion of 40
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all art,'

NAVAL DINNER TO TIII LORD lliGil ADMIRAL

TRUK THI lIAMPSHIitt TILZOILAPN.

The Dinner given by the Admiral*, CaptaitCs, and Commanders
ot the Rol al Navy, to his tt..yal flightless the Loan thew Aowntat.„
at the Green-row Room., Fortantuth, was attended by one him-
sired and twenty Naval Officers and. with VA. Hight non. Earl
Spencer K.G. the Hight 11 11. Lord Yarborouvh, bent-Governor
Sir Jame, Lion, K.C. and,hisWorehip the Jlayorofthe Borough,
(9. Howard, Esq.) by eighteen visiturt. The cloth being removed,
The President, Vice- Admiral K. G. Cta.r.sys, proposed " the
health of the King," which was drunk with Mar times roar, and
the niceit elithusi.imic applause the Rand playing the National
Anthem of God save the King," and the battery tiring, by rocket
signal, a it.oy4l
The ,eat toast given was " the Royal Family," which was drunk
With three times three, iii the ino,t alt-ctitmate manner, and with
the highest applame.

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The PMguur>rr then roar, and-proposedi " the health of the dis-
tinguished Guest present, his Royal Ifighluess the Lord High
Admit tos-t was drunk, three dales three, with thunders
of aro: three -alines from the batteries.—Tune, " Rule
BiatAnnia."

.....
The Louts Mow Ammar. rose to acknowledge the toast—
Gasnasecu—As an linglishman, and as a brother Ollicer, I rise
with Wings ni pride and of the highest satisfaction, to return my
sincere t.hAttk- f"r the manner in which you have been pleased to
drink my k.vhlt. Jr would he impossible for me to express ade-
quately oh,/ I Jo iLel upon HO, occa..itm, hut. Lcannot refrain from
the attempt; and, in older that y.,ti may judge of the feelings I
wish in rap/tie, you must couriuhr nit, as I am, one of your
profession—one of your brother Offic.-r•—otte of yourselves—one
who became so irons choice, and from decided preference.—
To mit' so many Flag Offier., Captains, and Commanders

of hi. .si-rsty's Navy, would h.ve atenrditi me. at any time,
the greateai I leasure; but at this moment my feelings are el.
ci:,d to ilie high. pitch; 1;:e, doting the last few mor•ths in
rarocul.r, ally mind, my. heart, my soul, have been wholly bent
upon the Navy ; I have placed it in every point of view, and have
waled through all its derail.; and, although my Etentiou ha*
here, I may say, incess.ntly directed towards the interest of the
service vs. the Lest forty-nine years, yet it was nut unit of late
-lest .1 iwire cniver.cd with so many, or, indeed, nearly all my
brother Offic.rs, that I could fully appr elate their worth, both in-
e.ivou.tiy collectivcly.—Gentlemen, when it pleased the Serve-
r:ten ut this nappy natitni, distinguished above all others for Its.
11l 4 iiiMe ,Uprl lorny, to decide Loom my joiiiing the Navy, it was
se-trimmer-I that it should ion he dolli as owner lit rant, but Oat I
should he skilled as a seaman, and that I should not command until
I had brtll w.il taught to obey. This, Gentlemen. his been my
ptide and my glory. A considerable time has passed, iu which
have lie, , its a certain niano,:r, nuanced, or, at least, not so ulti-
mately connected with the navy, as I this proud and happy
iimmem; bur there was nu rime in which I did taut regard its career
a Our) with heartfelt satisfaction—no moment at which the in-
ki,.l3 of • he service were nut dear to toy hearta.bune in which it was
not, as it is,. w, my gr..i-est pride, that, as a nodshipto an, I had
ratline his AI ,jesty's quarterdeck. aluch may he said, co.icertaing
at ad, emetics of education, and I du not undet•alue m,y school ; hut
since that time 1 nave seen much of men and of things, and, judging
front events that have heel, pi udueed by naval 1111:11. I will venture
to pionuunce there is nu education to equal that, take it for all in
611, whndi a alluded by the quarter-deck of a British twits of war.
Der worthy President, Adinaral Colpoys, whom I dill most happy
ti oust now, and whom I have known for forty-three years—
a!th,,ugh I kart not seen Mtn sit often during that time as I would
Lee wished—has been ple.r.ed to say that the service would de-
rive belie& from my appointment to the exalted office of Lord
high Admiral. It pleased our gracious Sovereign, to whom I
hel loCoounded gratitude, solely with a view to the beiwfis of the
lor il sitrice, to appoint me to the office, which it is nay greatest
pri.!e and greatest pleasure to ti I. It devoting the whole of
ni•r tame to its welfare and improvement—it giving all my
energies, nay heart and soul, to the tuifilnieut of its important
duties; and if the professional knowledge I have obtained amongst
end can benefit the service, that object will lac attained. But as
Lord High Admiral, as Admiral of the Fleet, or whatever, in the
awnr lit events, I may chalice to be, in all that concerns you I shall
ever be the same. My greatest prde, my greatest h ippviess, will
he in my commotion with the Navy ; and there is on situation in
which I can be placed that will change the feelings of my Matt to-
wards it—none in which you would not find me devoted to your in.
arrests, and still a brother officer. Our worthy President has said,
said, that, in alluding to advantages which the service may
derive from the office of Lord High Admiral being filled by one
my family, that he wished not to reflect upon any previous admi-
t:oration of our naval .ffairs ; that all to whom these affairs have
:eon entrusted bad given proots of their seal and ability, marked
Ps a course hf hoprovement ; and each of them had left some
.eriniony us other of devotion to your itateresti. I folly Agree wltta
there; and although circumstznees, to which I shall not—in fact,
saed nut Allude, caused a sort of separation for past years, yet stela-
:Alen it was rot ; my eye was ever anxiously fixed on the best in-
:•restsof the service; and now filling the office of Lord High Ad.
Vlbl—having the arrangement and the details of the Admiralty
Uficebefore me—l must in justice say, not only that the Navy has
ten Arm neglected by any administration, but that, in nay opinion,
the whole business of the Admiralty must have been conducted
es well, or better, than that of any other public cffice under
i's Crown. What benefit the service •es which we belong may
arrive from the high situation in which our gracious Sovereign
has pieced me, must proceed, then, front what I koow of the
wavy, ar.d have experienced in it ; itt short, from my being
cur brusher officer. But, in any situation, I could not be in-
visible t., the merits and to the importance of the Navy. It
tithe life, the soul, the very cause of our existence as an inde.
cadent nanor. What would Britain be without her commerce—
maritime superunity ? Gentlemen, leek upon the globe,
and compare this little island of Great Britaio--a mete speck
Is the 'Keay, with the Great nations of the world, and then con-
sults in how many parr* of that world our nag is, fur varg:as
puileves, unfurled—by how many myriads of its inhabitants our
hostage is s; oken, and then let any one ask, how those great
sets, .lad ihat vast importance bas been obtained. I will answer,
Its the Navy. Look only to Europe—tf the nations thereof pasties*
their uwu laws, th• it own governments, their own institutions, with
rupetity and peace, or any good which, as independent nations,
try may enjoy, after the gig riatic strides taken by usurpation acid
fryitlsiti, to whom are they indebted but to England ; and how
ea England achieve such thirgs? I will answer, by her navy !-
1 love seen .other countries, but all I Lave seen, all I can learn,
serves only to make me mote proud of being an Englishman. And
who: has r..iseeltEnJai d to be the arbarees of contending empires
wArr pct and pie-eat proud pre-rn:inence I will answer, it was
lig navy! Geer that any, over that commerce, without which
tritain could, nut rank so high on the scale of nations, it becomes
my doer to watch; with a belief that to damp the spirit of com-
e:lce would be to check that industry of which it is the soul, and of
'huh, auto, the protecting arm is the Navy. Gentlemen, I
1.-sr taken up moth of your time. I have grown warm-1 could
tat avoid it. Amongst all the events of my life, in which there
been many peculiar occasions of pleasing excitation and
oonion, I can rank none above the present. The satisfaction
}to have given me in these invitation, the manner in which this
bas been given and drank by so many of my brother Offi-
c",, press upon my mind, and I feel not only the most lively era-
tut am led into subjects, neon which, if allowed the incli.
'CI of the- moment, I should, to use a sea phrase, " forget the'
,:er, suet let the cable run to the clinch." I place the present
iie•orixtt the best, the happiest, moments of my existence. I am
rt,w St this table where so many of my brother officers are assent-
capsble of expressing what they do not feel—as
I'aFPY as it i. pc•uhlc tor man to be. I shall carry with me through
lite a pleasing recollection of this hoer ; that recollection will soften
tb,unbours of trouble and rare : and it will remain wigs me until
Ply leen breath. Gentlemen, I have taken up too much of your
time. Excuse my enintiuns. Your interests will ever meet my
wannest hind. I have the pleasure it drinking to the health of
sne of
all, not eq'y collectively, for I drink to the health of each and every
you.
The nett toast proposed was—" the Emperor of all the Rosales,"
asil,k four times four, which was drank with the highest respect.—
h-i.uscli.lT (of the Russian frigate Constantine.), expressed,
resperout manner, a very suitable acknowledgment of
0.,,ur int, nded to be conferred us his Eniperor.—Tune—" The
4 -I
Toe
Peesinest then rose to propose the health of the Royal Con
tlietr distinguished guest—•• Her Royal Ilighnesa the Duchess
earner;'
Ilia !toyed. 111(211,I1$11 rose and observed, whether it was cos.
t.;,et or nut for a husband to return thanks when the health of
pl,lesrt.:e dr,.na' , he should nut stop to inquire; but he should
6-7? j to Lis own feelings, if he did not express bow gra.
hr was at the manner in which the present toast had been
ht a Nn woman on earth could better deserve their affee•
nine was there one more ornsibk nor more proud of any
.for her. Ile felt that marriage was the most
k"huarahle and happy bond of union that could exist between i wo
:'11:14,41s: it, •a die comfort and prosperity of every wribrudered
wvi e involved in it; but, still, it was always regarded as
v in -eneral, m a lair much greater degree was it
:Le [loyal Fandly—to peramas 55119 stood in

`the Mallow In vi rich I.e ,111 to tier frown of these realms. -I hey
siert, from Statdreasoirs, Oat wily prevented from exercising their
Own judgment, and plating their affections on an obi. ct of their
own choice, but of marrying without having once seen the person
Intended to he their future conspanioli Inc life. You all tools,
(observed his Ileyal 'Highness) with hew much jealousy and
anxiety the Royal marriages of this b_ppy island are regarded. But
I will only further tablet Ye, that when circumstances rendered it ne-
cessary that I should marry, I determined to render the wife of my
bosom as happy as I could ; and according to the hest of my belief,
that dvermin whin, which was the wish of my heart, has bees at.:
feuded by all the effect t hat could be desired. l'very day of my lire
Sine* ml union with her.-every leasurehour that I could spare from
my offisial duties—has brought some addition to my domestic cum.!
forts and happiness. But it ie easy to render those happy,'Who are in
themselves happily dilacned. Her worth may he extraordinary—
her personal affections nrciy be wrong; and I must also do her the
Ostler to say, that her love end admiration of this country. and.fier
enthusiastic attachment to our habits, increase with her knowledge
of our manners, whilst her attachment to our service knows no
bounds. I repeat, that your intetest and weltare will always be
amongst the dearest objects of my regard, and I have the pleasure
of drinking to your good health and prosperity.
Admiral H•LICIETT then gave, with permission of the President,
the health of the Right Hon. Rail spencer, K.G." •
Earl SIMPICEN returned thanks.
-The Loan Hisn Anistam. then rose and observed—Gentlemen,
I haver already taken up too much of your .time, but the manner
in which you drank the health of my Lord Spencer has excited
Ia my bosom feelings which I ant strongly prompted to express;
and I ant imperatively urged to express those feelings as your
brother Officer—as coricerns the high situation which I now fill—
and as a man. To my Lord Spencer's Administration we all
feel Mel bted ; hut fur my own part, having had recourse to all
the records of uthce, since placed Its my present situation, my
' mind filled, as it always bad been, with all that concerned the
honour, the glory, and the Interest, of the Navy, and with all that
is recorded in the glowing pages of naval history. events, and occur-
ftnCtS, m oar own times, known to you all, and deeply im-
pressed tot your memary—still found, trona these document:,
much more cause dim I etpectrd, to admire the wise Arlitii•
nistration of that Nobleman to ss bons we now drank, and on
whom we have bestowed such rapturous anti well merited ap-
plau.e. With ho.v much anxiity did the country look to the
Admiralty, during his Administration, tut the protection its
coutnicice, which was it. main stay—lie might say, the source of
its existence! And what was the result? T• at thetas y . atter
victory added to the hu tour of the nation, and advanced her
cause; that successful and extensive c 1111111 l tree abroad SLIMY..
Isted native,,inJustry at home, and produced the most beneficial
effects. I wish nut to dispartge any victory gained during the
last war, but iu whatever way I regard the haittes fought by
my Lord Duncan, my St. Vincent, and the Hero of the
N.ls, during that Administration—whether I consider the supe-
riority tat liner with which they had to contend, the aw sul anxiety of
the nose;—their imp«r tance to the country, and, in short, all their
consequences, or tilt manner in which the flirts were conducted-
-1 find them runniest to a preference over all preceding. and all sub-
sequent, victories, not even excepting the battle pf 'Fratalgar. Al-
though compelled, front all that I know and feel, to give them a
preference, I repeat, that I wish not to disparage any; they
were all great—all globous! hut having taken up so much of
your time, it would not become me now to Cutter into the
details which fix my opinion The name of my Lord Spencer
with the ideas of our naval glory an noble daring, attach them-
selves to the recollection* of the II th ut October, the 14th of
February, and the hat ut August; I shall therefore propose., as a
toast, " The memory of the victories gained off Cana?erdown,
Cape St. Vincent, and the entrance of the Nile." Drank with im-
mense cheering.

A number of alter busts were given, among which were—" The
Army"—" The [loyal Marines"—" The Council us the Lord High
Admiral"—" The Mayor and Corporation of l'ortionotaih"—" Lord
Yarboiough and the Yacht Cibb"—all drank with three times three.
:f he Lord Iligh Admiral, and most ot the company, retired about
eleven, to :Aland the ball at the Itoyal Clarence Rooms.
Among the Naval. Lifficers ptesent were Admirals Sir Ro-
bert Stopford, K.C.8.• Sir Henry Nea.e, G.C.B. Griffith Cul.
poyc Preccietit), M. H. Scott, P. lialkett, !,skin Douglas,
E. J. Foote, Wall r Locke, J. Gifftrd, T. Alexander, H. It. Glynn,
Hon. Sir Charles I'aget, A. Y.—Hollis, Sir Edward N.C. lt. Owen,
Hugh Dcwnnsan, and•Hobert Rods ; Commissioner the Hen. Sir
George Grey, Bart. K.C.H. and Sir James Alexander Gordon,
K. C. B. and one itendred and two Captaiiis and Commanders.

Tuesday, on the occasion of the Gosport Address
being presented to the LORD HIGH ADMIRAL by Doctor
•BUItNEY. his Royal ftgliness took occasion to make
several inquiries relative to the worthy Doctor's Act.'
decoy, and rem irke,t nit the imptctance of that esta-
blishment, of which his Royal Highness i. Patron, and
paid scone very high compliments t r Doctor liunNev
on the vast numbet of bright characters he had prepared
for the Navy during the long period of forty years in
which he has presided over the Royal A:ademy at
Gosport.

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