Star.
London, England, 1828-03-24 00:00:00

. bLERICAL INTELLIGENCE..

- • • bxrolim, Mauls 22.
On the 14th instant, the Iles. Philip Wynte,..Realdisiit el St.
John's College, was admitted to the degree of Doctor in. Wiy.
frlluirsday, the following Degrees were conferred:
11A•TIRS OF ACTtw
Rev. Humphrey Forming, Queen's College.
Hes. Joseph Spry, Magdalen Hall.
Rev. Thomas Hope, University College.
Rey. Anon Rogers, Jesus college.
!ACHIM& OP ACTT.
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John Charnock, Lincoln College.
In the same Congregation, the .Rey. Jos.-Dornford, M.A. Fel-
low of Oriel College, was nominated a Public Examiner in Uteri,
Humanioribus.

We understand that the controversy between the Rector and
Fellows of Lincoln College and the Archdeacon and Commissary
of Bucks, relative to the right of exercising Episcopal and lrchi•
deaconal jurisdiction over the church and pariah s,f Twyfurd, in
that Arcbdeaconry, has been decided in favour of the Archdeacon,
by the Visitor of the College.
• ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.

Thursday, the lev../oinlgerti;;TtatiskoTe, M.A. Fellow of
New College, was presented by the Warden and Fellows of; that
Society, to the Chapelry of Rumford, Essex, vacant by the death
of the Rev. W. Everett, B.U.
The Bishop of Hereford has instituted the Rev. F. Stier*,
LLB. to the Rectory of Kyre, Worcestershire.
The Rev. Mr. Butler, Incumbent of St. Nicholas's, Nottingham,
bas been presented to the Living of Thwing, near Scarborough,
vacant by the death of the late Rev. J. Kirke.
• The Presbytery of Ayr bait translated the Rev. Mr. Paul, of
Maybole, from that church and pariah to the vacant charge in the
church and pariah of Sc..Cuthhert's. Presbytery of fkijoburgh.
Ott the 12th instant, the United Associate Conniption of Ha-
miltow.stre.q, Altnikwearn.ctuth, Suritlrlasid.' gave an onanisnous
call to Mr. William Peddie, Preacher of the Uospet, to he their
Pastor.

Thursday, the United A.sociate Cangregation of Broughton.
place, Edinburgh, gave a c.,U to the Rev. Alt. Brown, of Uwe-
s•reet, to'be their Mulder. _ _

Wednesday, the Congregation at Gardner's Cteseent, Liverpool,
gave a call to Mr. David Marry Preacher.
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EDINBURGH, MARCH 20.

Thursday, at half-pa.t three o'clock, the foundation stone of the
new building at Leath, intended for the Sis, riff and Admiralty
Court, and other public purposes; was laid by Mr. Hardie, Senior
Nlagi.trate of Leith, in presence of the Sheriff-Substitute, the Ma-
gistrates, and Masters of Incorporations, and the resident Commis-.
stoners of Police. and a large concourse of the inhabitants.
Ile gale on Tuesday week was felt pretty severely in the Moray
Frith. Two boats from Easter Clyth and Purt Gordon, were kat
on the coast of Caithness, near ybster; the crews; said to be 13,
perished. Another boat belonging to Lybster would have shared
the same fate, but for the assistance they receivsd from the crew of
a vessel whirls was sailing by. and brought them safe to Avoch.
The Gs:lowing melancholy accident happened at Leith, on Friday.
Mr. Dennis Murray. accompanied isy Mr. Kerr, a shipmaster, had
gone aboard a vessel for sale, w ith the view of purchasing her: Mr.
Murray was. descending to examine her condition below, when the
ladder shpt, and he fell among some lumber, by which his back
was broken: lie was carried to Mr. Kerr's house, in Hambnrgls
Place, where Mr. Liston attended as speedily as the distance would
admit;. but surgical assistance could be of no avail. Mr. Murray
died ou_ Saturday night. He was a native of Belfast.
• The attention of the miller of the Gkn Mill, near New Moak.
land Church, war for several days last week attracted ►y the flying
and flocking of crows and other fowls in a certain part of the glen
braes ;surprised,at this unusual circumstance, he wept down to the
glen to explore the mystery, and. shocking to relate, found the body
of a youngietnale lying stn the brae aide, much mutilated—espe-
ciallyin the countenance—by the•pecking of the birds. The body
-must have been in this state for eight or ten days. .It evinces
marks of having been murdered : and
.from surgical investigation
the onfortunate female had beets with child. Her family, name,
and residence are unknown. It is supposed the author of her shame,
in a moment' of dark alid hell born passion, having beguiled the frail
and yielding laic one thither, had, in this lonely and retired spot,
terminated her ex'stcnce.•

l'hada), al•out one o'clock, a respectable tradestnan
belonging to 61. Who'svas on some business in this city, was
robbed and maltreated in a brutal rn..iintr. He bad been passing
the time. With some friends. 'and when on his return home, he was
assailed by tbrt• ruffians in the High...street. As none of the watch-
men were at hand, be fled, but was overtaken on a stair, thrown
down with violence, and rob& 4 of every coin he had in his pos-
session. When left by the robbers lie GIL the greattst agony, anJ
was utterly unable to tlse He conttited to crawl to a door in tb•.
entry, and taking tiff one of his sboes,pe knocked and implored ad-
mittance or assist-nice. It was ati in vain, and about six o'clock in
*the Morning he was discovered by the po'icr, and carried to the.
' office. Subst quetnly he was conveyed to the Royal infirmary, and
It wag discovered that his haunch bone bad been broken by the fall
down stairs.
Some time since two notorious characters forced their way in'o
a large wine and spirit
,cellar on the South Bridge. They effected
their entry by removing a windoW abutter, which they replaced so
neatly as to obviate 'all suspiciini. • Night after ntit they visited
the cellar, and carrietioff quantities of the liquors.. Grand carnivals.
were frequently held in a noted house in Hastie's Close, and when
"'hot with the Tuscan grape," the wassailers sometimes differed
among themselves, and broken bottles, broken chain, and broken
beads, were the consequence. Two of the gang were at length
taken, tinder circumstances very likely to ensure them a voyage.to
a distant country, at the expense r f his Majesty's Governmetit. Mr.
Kirkwood having gat his clew, managed matters with so much skill
and activity, that yesterday the whole gang, seven males and eight
females; were remitted to the Sheriff.

There' N an anc;e t mt-s3uage in tl e township of
Totley, in which there has not been a child born for the space of
110 years, although the house has been occupied during the whole
of :that period. It may be mentioned as a singular fact, that a
stone now lying at the usitsWe of the barn door on the above pie.
robes, and usually pushed with the foot to keep it opep, is known
to have been appropriated to that purpose for the last sixty years.
.—Shriftrici Iris.
4 fea.r.ow PASSANGER —A fe.v days since a person,
named Rogers; on his way to Dubin by one of the
coaches on the-Nlunster toad, accid •nt ally came in con-
tact with .-ar. brother -rip-tiger, whose conversatioc
turned out to 1- esse pregnant with wit and humour, th.tt
Rogers actually imagined that no sad) mast had ever
existed since the dais of Joe Miller: At the conclukion
of thektirney .he found that his friend had cracked the
worst joke-nt all; as-he bad not only-contiived to-pick.
his pocket of 151 but in addition had delivered' his'
trunk, containing 1114-1141 some.valuable property, to i
:porter, who had carried it off as the ilter's property.
Field, Burnett, and White, the three men who funned
part-of ehe Sunninghil-gang of poachers, and who Were
convicted.and condemned to death at the last Berkshire
Assizes, ondet Lord Bllenborough's Ac., for wilfully
shoottng 'and otherwise ill-treating-and robbing
Meader's keepers, were executed en Saturday, at•
twelve o'clock, on the.new drop,.erected at the south-
west earner of Reading gaol. -The harcli .00d evinced'
by all-three, continued unabated to their lot moment;.
At the 'above-hoer, accompanied by Mt.Ormond, the
Under Sheriff, .the Rev. 1,4. Williams, the Rev. W.
Bushnell, of Benham, Mr. Eaststaff, and some of the
under keepers, they ascended the drop. Field was the:
first who was brought up, and he ran fearlessly up the
steps leading to the platform, while the preparnituir
were making by the executioner. When on the plat-
form, he gazed unconcernedly about him, and nodded
to many in the crowd. Barnett next ascended, aho;
with a firm step, and when half way up the gangway,
stopped and likewise nodded to some acquaintance.
White was the last. They appeared engaged in- con'•
versation among themselves, dining which time Field.
was observed to kick his fe t backwards, in usott
bravado, and to look mond with the getatest-indiffe.-:
fence. The ropes were now adjusted, and the, caps,
pulled over their eyes; the executioner; whaliaci already
gone down, returned, however; but whether-at the surl
gestion of Field or not we cannot-.-sat,:but, he eltere-,
the halter with which Field was tied is tha fatal beam.
They were shortly afterwards turned off.- Burnt t Ap!
peared to die immediately, but Field! .and White
struggled very hard for some times especially the latter,
who seemed violently convulsoal:foratipast ten minutes
after the drop fell. The crow woe -dens: in the ".
I acre, and might be competed,* 0001w:on&

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DOVER. litaibis
Anima thtl3a taw staderaCa pta frCfagatlO
Nodal( son: bola lis•Carace.thilpoltes.of BOC(ASCQH
and 4tirdStoproltri44h.e' lattei Jti.sreir,iclistlesi of
mind fapae-shistaaalsithsas asi his aoitUlble 1.14.771010 me...
-I!' the same packet ciibe the, A
ScHILLA, with dispatches from Vieunaf. for Pritite
EsTERIIAZY ; and Le Sieur Avatar, from Paris, with
dispatches for Prince POLIaNAC : buth4ft Omer with-
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out the- smillest delay.

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SERMOR TO THE CONDEMNED-.

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Yesterday morning a 'sermon was preaehed in the
'Chapel of Newgate to these men.
The unhappy culprits were risi;ed by gr. BAKER a
considerable time before e service commenced, who
attempted to impress upon their minds the importance
of the solemn servicein which they were about to be
engagid. „
A little after ten, Mi. slleilff SPOrtWOODIt, attended
by his lind-r Sheriff. arrived sit 'the prison, and pro-
ceeded to the Chapel, several titindrods of prisoners of
both cc:es having previously tnien their places.
The three unfortunate culprits were then brought
into tile condrmned pew; accompanied bylifi. &WM.
The Rev. Mr. Corr x read ihairmiilieof.ihe Church,
.he Psalms and L snstns apf of tea ice the I;ccabion, in
his usual imptessive.mannet, and afterward. delivered
suitable discount, from the aleld• verse: bs, the 234
chap. of Sr. Lake's Gospel:-The Inalefactors
appeared deeply' iMpresird by the dik. Inset Weedon
end Wyeth wept bitterly duripktheaddreet, and Shorter
acted with decuram,• but,On.fortunately, this 'prisoner
, has uniformly, ftoiltribe tat of his trial, attempted to
irtigirrsi alien all who hive visited liim, that hareceivid

the notes in the.way-of bnkiness. • Considerable efforts
ire made nn behalf of -Weed-in. In the even'ng, the
unhappy men were visited by the Rev. Ordinaiy, Mr.
BAKER, Mr. KELLY, &C. &c. who, as usual, pay ante•
mitting attention to prisons placed in their awful
situation.

Colonel BUOKNOR has purchased the beautiful .villa,
near Chichester, called Rowbottf's Wilke, formerly the'residenco
of the celebrated Crra 'morn, Santa.
KrougaNarnstss.-4We understand that tbd-carpet-•
weavers of Kidderminster have received an unanimous
notice from the, manufacturers of that town of a nitre-
rial reduction in the prices of weaving, to take place
to-morrow, the 25th instant:- The reduction is stated
to be at least fifteen per cent. on the prices paid to the
workmen• thirty or forty years ago, thk only fluctuations
which have occurred during that period being an ad•
stance during the pressure of the war, and a return in'
1816 to the former list. On.the part of the masters, it
is asserted that the measure is rendered necessary: hi
the payment of reduced wages for carpet-weaving in
the north of England and Scotland; that the imp: sive-
menu in machinery and materials have placed the trade
on a totally different footing from that which it formerly
occupied ; and that the weavers, with moderate work,
can earn more money than is required fur the suppOrt'
of their families, which operates as a temptation. to
idleness and drunkenness. The workmen, it is said, db
not deny the reasonableness of some reduction ; but
assert, that to carry it to the extent proposed would be
most urjivt and oppressive.
The eriaordinary onec ion of An cdryer, Nitta tt•
and Print., mare by Mr. T.T.ONS, relating re the drama, were • 11
on We lnrs lay by Mr. rvates f s. venty-iive guineas: In one of the
volume., us.der a very •carce Psittrait of Mosso), the actor, was
the following epigram—
"'they in England praise Honor,
• . In ['eland cry Rost ups
• 'Tis not a fair to
• Of which is the best.
But which is the worst is a hist up." •
The greatest virtue of a Jamaica book-feeepec' is
‘2, tchfulness. A krow'edge of reading and writing and
noriessei;tiall for"raie who v. as ignorant of troth it de-
scribed in a recent. publicaarn as being a supe.escel env
hook-keep r. a He-had init an eye snme,ow 6:ther;
the want of which he Supplied wish a glass on-, vrberce
origin.ted his sOperiority, for glenhe was awake; b-s
was in tlle habit of plaCing his ha'i over his'artitc at
eye; Lu: when he went to sleep in hkpbair in the I oil•
ing house, Le Uniformly covered-Hi seeing eye. le • rag
the other open and uncovered.: This caused the.negioes,
who ar altogelher ignorant of fict tinus eyes, lo
D.it damn cunning buckra, for him one eye 0644
while coder Itee2s spell.'" •
ORATORIO..—Mr. BISHOP issued i moat attractive
bill of fare for Friday evening; containing a list 'of upwards of
forty vocal and instrumental pieces ; and, iv addition to the eminent
performers who were present on Wednesday uight, Madame
esaapon ALLEN sung several airs most effectively: her .Sontotse
each was beautifully given ; and bloat's obligati) accompaniment on
the violin was an exquisite treat. As a leader and a concerto•player,
this Professor ranks among the very first,whetherpative or (oath/tier.