Star.
London, England, 1826-09-05 00:00:00

ARCHERY.

Monday se'nnigbt, a grand Target of the Woodmen of the
Forest of Arden was held on Menden Heath, when the Master
Foresters gold medal was won by the Honourable Henesge
Legge; the Senior Verderer's silver medal by the Hun. and Rev.
Richard Bagot ; and Henry Cad Adams, Esq. was declared Lieu-
tenant of the Target. Wednesday was appointed for shooting for
the silver arrow, and many bowmen assembled ; but from the un-
favourable state of the weather it was postponed till Friday, when
it was shot for at 9 score yards, and won by the Lord Warden.
Lady Harriet Scott having drawn No. 6, the Warden's number,
received an elegant gold arrow. The bugle horn of Arden was
then shot for at 11 score yards, and also won by his Lordship, who
obtained six arrows in seven ends. Mr. Tyler was the fortunate
holder of the Warden's number, and received a beautiful gold bugle.
In the evening the Digbeian gold medal was presented to the Hon.
and Rev. C. Finch, as captain of numbers, and the silver medal 20
the Secretary, the Rev. T. C. Adams, as lieutenant of numbers.

There are, it is said, somewhat about 180,000 quar-
ters of Bonded Oats now in London, besides some con-
siderable quantity in other parts of the kingdom; and,
as the earliest importations, about last May, were made
on very favourable terms, good feed Oats being delivered
here, including all expences of freight, &c. at 15s. or
16s. and the very best descriptions under 20s. it will,
after payment of duty: and allowing for the present
reduction, yield a handsome profit. But it is a question
whether many of the later transactions will prove so
profitable, as Bonded Oats have been on the advance
for some time past, and the sales last week were as high
as 245. or 255.

The par ish of Cholesbury, in Bucks, has become tithe
free in an extraordinary manner. The Rector, the Rev.
Mr. RoDER lc, finding that the tithes cost him more than
they were worth—that in fact they impoverished rather
than enriched him, declined exacting the tribute any
longer. The Clergyman having to pay poor rates on
his tithes, found that for every 20s. of tithes which he
received, he paid 235. in poor rates. •
On the last night of Mr. MACRZADY'S performance at
Liverpool the House was splendidly attended, the ap-
plause throughout was enthusiastic, and 'upon his coming
forward, atter the curtain fell, to address the audience in
the following speech, there was a general waving of hats
and hankerchiefs in the pit :
" Lames awn Grestasairm—As this la the last time I can have the
honour of appearing before an audience of my country for a very
considerable period, I beg leave to trespass on your attention, and
address a few words to you on an occasion which has a serious and
affecting interest for me. The parting expression of my gratitude—
the homage of my feelings—cannot be offered anywhere more ap.
propriately than here—in a town which holds so distinguished an
ascendancy of wealth, numbers, and intelligence.
I cannot take leave without emotion, even for a time, of a
country to which I owe every thing which is so dear to me --of
public to whose patronage, and liberal estimation I am indebted for
whatever I possess of fortune or of name.
" In adverting to these my obligations, I would not be thought
assuming any thing beyond the little credit due to unwearied dili-
gence and zeal. To the cultivation of a difficult, and truly difficult,
art, I have given, if I may permit myself to say so, days and nights
of silent and laborious,. study—t 'rutin' and applying to it the classic
remains and monuments of -atiquity, those severe and eter-
nal models of taste. In its exercise I may have incurred censure—
some, perhaps, as just as severe—others from which I might appeal ;
but I also have had the happiness of finding my humble efforts most
generously appreciated ; and whilst I can reflect, without any bitter-
ness, on the sentence of my less indulgent judges, I must ever
cherish the most fervent gratitude towards those whose opinion*
have more befriended me. Ladies and Gentlemen, it now only re-
, mains for me to express, particularly, my sense of the public pa-
tronage with which I have been, on many occasions, honoured by
you, and of the various proofs of individual civility and portend
kindness which I have received in this town. With those grateful
and endearing recollections, Ladies and Gentlemen, I leave my
native country ; and with the assurance, that by no distance of place
or time can they oblitavd or weakened, I respectfully bid you
[ farewell."