Star.
London, England, 1826-12-30 00:00:00

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The Postmasters-General are preparing to run the several Mail
Coaches in Ireland, from April and October next, when the pre-
sent contracts expire, at the rate of right English miles an hour.
It is intended to reduce the Police Force by taken one horse
'from every- Barony in Ireland.
Two men named Mellon, have been fully identified, and com-
mitted for the late robbery and assault on the Steward of the Right
Hon. W. &WM, at Carysfort Avenue.
Jourr Bsakow, Esq. of Bushy Park, near Roscommon, was twice
shot at. a few nights since, on his return in the evening from Coun-
sellor Birtrorty's.—Rosconsmon Gamlle.

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CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. 7'
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bridge ; Brook George Bridge., ii. A. Oriel College, Oxon ; Charles
ry
William Chalklen, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; John Henry
lit .
Fludyer, B.A. Sr. John's Collage, Cambridge.. .. 4
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Giles Powell,
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Cambridge; :
Stoddart, M.A. Christ College, Cambridge.
The Rev. Samuel Blackall, B.D. Rector of North Cadbury,
Somerset, and late Tutor of Emmanuel College, has been collated,
by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to a Prebend in Well
Cathedral •
ry OXFORD, DcZesisca O.
ill Two Theological Scholarships, to be denominated " 13i.hals. .14
Heber's Church Missionary Scholarships," are to be founded .t
Bishop's College, Calcutta, by the desire and at the expense of the *
Church Missionary Society.
at 11., ' e Rev. Henry Alford, M.A. late Fellow of Wadham College bas been presented, by the Right Hon. Lord Caltborpe, to the
re- Rectory of Amoton, Suffolk, vacant by the reaignatiou of cheery.
roe Joseph Coeterill, 1.11. A.
On Sunday last an Ordination was held in Christ Church Cathe-
m-
dral, by the Most Rev. his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Cashel
In (for the Hon. and Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of this Diocese, iu
ifconsequence of the severe indisposition of his Lordship); the fol.
ice lowing Gentlemen were ordained: . I
in-
Daecoes--Alugh Pollard Willoughby,R A. ExeterCollege,Curate
of Nolte; William Hayward Cox, B. A. Scholar of Pembroke Col-
lege; Frederick Francis Edwardes. M.A. Pr:de:thew Fells:re/ of
Corpus Christi College ; Charles Parker Price, M. A. Scholar of ..
Pembroke College; Charles Maybery, B. A. Scholar of Jesus Col.
lege; James Matthews, B.A. Wadham College, Curate of Kin-
lington ; Thomas Vert Bayne, 11. A. Scholar of Jesus College;
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Henry Brislow Wilson, BA. Fellow of St. John's College • 'rho-
mas Pitman, B.A. Wadham Coll. Curate of Ertghtwell Badwin ; '.
P. Edward Kitson, B.A. Fellow of Balliol College; David Aitchison,
to M.A. Queen's College, Curate of Nonbleigh; James Garbett,ll. A.
he Fellow of Brasennose College; John Cecil Hall; SC. L Student of
ed Christ Church ; Henry Legge, S.C.L. Fellow of All Souls' Col-
lege; Henry Thorpe, B.A. Fellow of St. John's College ; George
;et Moberley, B.A. Fellow of Balliol College; Richard Leonard
as Adams, M.A. Student of Christ Church.
be Pansys--Tkeuphties Biddulph, M.A. Fellow of Corpus Christi
or College; 'Thomas Shaw Helier, M. A. Curate of St. Aldate's ;
,_ Stow. Sherson, B.A. Curate of ltotherfield reppard ; Henry Gregory,
149 B.A. Curate of Halley; Robert Alder Thorpe, M.A. Fellow of
to Corpus Chisti College; Robert Duncombe Warner, M.A. Curate of
'or Pyrton ; Thomas Arthur Powys, B.A. Fellow of Sr. John's College;
)is Matthew Hughes George Buckle,B.A. Scholar of Wadham College;
Robert Hussey, B.A. Student of Christ Chucb ; James Temple o.d Mansell, B.A. Student of Christ Church ; Edward John Wingfield, t
iiy B.A. Student of Christ Church; Robert Appleton, B.A. Curate
sr- of Leafield. William Francis Harrison, B.A. Demy of Magdalen
ki.. College • Charles Bathurst, SC. L. Fellow of All Souls' College;
Jobn William Lockwood, M.A. Student of Christ Church ; James
on Hughes, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College ; James Hadley, B. A. Scho-
lar of Wadham College; William Watson James Augustus Lang-
ed, ford, B.A. Curate of Crowmarsh and Mongewell.
lot The Lord Bishop of Winchester held a General Otdination at
ere
his Castle at Farnham on the 17th inst. when the following Gentle-
men were ordained:
art Dracues—Frederick Harry Pare' M.A. Christ Church, Ole
ford; Henry Legge, 13. A. Christ Church, Oxford ; Wm. Foster,
the B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry Burgess, B.A. Trinity
as College. Cambridge. .
Perms—William Thomas Blenkinsop, B.A. St. Alban Mall,
ten Oxford; Proby John Ferrers, B.A. Oriel College, Oxford; Henry
sr% Thompson, M.A. St. John's College. Cambridge; Charles Lyne,
;es. St. John's College, Cambridge; Samuel Best, B.A. Mug's College,
er-
Cambridge:
At a General Ordination, oa Sunday se'nnight, by the Right Rev.
Ilea the Lord Bishop of Gloucester, the following Gentlemen were ad-
his mined into Holy Orders:
Daavons—John Marshall Collard, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford ;
sof Watson Buller Pole, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford; Juhn Misting,
had B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford; Henry Revell Revell, B.A. Cuba-
rine Hall, Cambridge. . '
Parses--Thomas Evans, RA. OrierColkge, Oxford; Henry
id Pruen, B.A. Oriel College, Oxford; Edward Palling, B.A. Queen's .
' College, Oxford ; George Thompson, B.A. Queen's College, Ox-
ford ; Arthur Turner, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford; Orlando
ler- Malatya Williams, BA. Balliol College' Oxford ; Samuel Lase,
re
•, e, RA. Exeter College, Oxford ; Richard Shutt, 13. A. Emmanuel
sder. . College, Cambridge; George Cornwall, Queen's College, Cam- Ili
Id& bridge ; &nivel Rowe, B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge.
At a General Ordination of the Lord Bishop of Chichester, held
, In in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, on the 21st instant, the fol-
lowing Gentlemen were ordained:
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re- Dsecoxs—George Wells, B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford ; Wm.
I of Sergison, 13. A. Brasennose College, Oxford.; Henry Fearon, BA.
j A Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Cecil James Green, B.A. Pen).
Jeu broke College Cambridge; John Littler, M.A. St. Peter's College,
Cambridge; Charles Hardy, B.A. Christ's College. Cambridge. ..
nd- Parsers—David .Robinson, M.A. Queen's College. Oxford ;
,uch Henry John =man, S.C.L. Wadham College, Oxford; Thomas
Hornby, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; Nath. Best, B.A. BaUiol •
lire College, Oxford; Thomas Moore Foskett, B.A. Exeter College.
r.,. Oxford ; James P. Rhoades, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford; lti-
'''ll. chard Green, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge ; John William
pig H. Marshall, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; Edward Lang- r
vn, dale, B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, William Hall, St. Peter's
College, Cambridge. •
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ECCLESIASTICAL raostostoss.
At an Assembly of the Governors of Charter.house, Cambridge,
not on the 13th inst. the Rev. W. H. Chapman, M.A. was elected Se- • 1
irSt cond Master of the School, on the resignation of the Rev. It. Wat-
r.e. kinson, B.D. Fellow of Emmanuel College,in that University. i
Rev. Mr. Gape, son of the Rev. James Carpenter Gape, of St.
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Mann's, has been presented to the Vicarage of Silasty, Lincolnshire,
and vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Moulton, D.D.
at The Bishop of St. David's has instituted the Rev. E. Pendrill,
Curate of Killabebyll, to the Perpetual Curacy of Llanguick, Gla-
sty, •
morpnabire, on the presentation of Airs. Bassett, vacant by the te-
, ' signation of the Rev. T. Gronow.
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Tln Rev. Richard Wager Affix, B.D. Fellow of St. John's Cadlege,
ped Cambridge, has been presented, by the Master and Fellows of that
one Society, to the Rectory of Great Worley, Essex, vacant by the
I his death of the Rev. Edmund Latter.
rely Rev. Thomas Cooke Kemp has been instituted to the Living of
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East Meon, Hams, on the presentation of the Bishop of Win-
Mr. cheater, vacant by e death of the Rev. J. Ducker.
ton Rev. Mr. Thomason is appointed Curate of Trinity Church,
at;
tipasiteloegttven.:balvvam..canDatvisb;le,
M.A. to the Deanery or Peculiar of Bar-
. J. Wolfe.
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the ADELPHI THEATRE. The Flying Dutchman, it i
men seems, would have been sufficiently attractive at this Theatre wiib-
.eet, out the powerful aid of the Pantomime. The following parties
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Duke of Wellington (second visitk this season) Prince Esterbazy,
occuied Boxes-durin the last wee :
2', Duke of Marlborough, Lord Wm. Hervey, Countess of Har-
arks rowby, Lady Dudley, Sir George Warreader, lion. T. Liddell,
had Hon. M. Villiers, Sir Sackvitle Brown,& Mrs. General Crampton. a-
but An apparition has been annoying a Shaftesbury sack-
r hen carrier for some days past, in the shape of an 'old •
sent woman, who occasionally indulged in the unghostlike
ried occupation of taking snuff!
der- • Yesterday, in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, Captain
nlar John Dobbell, of the 4th Regiment of DI agoons, came
as up to be heard; but his Petition Was dismissed, with I
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s the leave to commence de noeo.
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tthe Andrew Walker, one of the Earl of R•iseberry's game-
keepers, nearly lost his life on Friday nit.rning, %%bile in .
i the the discharge of his duty in I)almeney Pell k. Set..roay ..
! Ist morning three poachers, having in their posst slion too t
port guns and a pistol, were apprehended within Daln.eney
:o be Park, and have been committed to Linlithgow ja 1; but
into we understand it is not yet ascertained whether they
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any were concerned in the above outrage.—tcotsrnan. .. i.
As a young Lady was crossing lilackiriars lit idge
ving the other day, on her arrival near the centre, allele a
Yin- number of persons were passing in contrary direction*, •
, the she being at the outside, a fellow pushed against. her
torn- rudely, and she was precipitated into the road.with great
scruff violence. She was so exceedingly ten rifled, that sl e was ,
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vass. immediately-seized with strong hysierics,-in which ware
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both she was carried home, where she has since continued Ai
is on a state of meet II derangement, unable to recognise arty . •
of her friends or relations.
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.K UNIVERSITY.
LY, Navvies& Is.
le Studies ibis 'University, de-
Senate horn she Ist November
on acetinnt of delay in the settings of
to This island:. in conseque ce of
on the day appointed. At eight
the Professors, precede) by all
rents, accompanied by a ereat number of
other persons,• went in precession to the Church of the
13 essed Virgin. where Ts Perm was chaunted by the
Me:rotrslitan Of this islaq 1. •After Divine Service the
proeesslon returned to the }fall of the University, heie
the usual academical sitting was held, in the presenie
of thsrAaprd High Commissioner pro tempore, of-the
Piesident and the Senate; the chief authorities of the
State, and a numerous audience of persons of distinc-
tion. The Ephorus of the University briefly stated the
varlbas lectures which had been delivered during the
1 ist year, and the rapid progress of the yeishs in their
several branches of study. After this the Archon asked
ii the academic body thought fit to confer the Laurel of
Medicine on Sig. Caralambo Pilarina of Cefalonia, and
that of Literature on Signor Constantine Sachellaropulo,
Professor of Archeology elect, in the University ? And
the Faculties of Medicine and Literature assenting, the
above two Gentlemen were introduced into the Hall by
the Orator of the University, who declared the doctrines
and the moral virtues of each of them. When they
had both received the laurel; the Orator delivered a
very profound discourse,in which he proved the use and
advantages of study, and traced: ab ovo, the history of
Greek Literature, following it minutelyin all its epochs.
Coming down to our modern times, he shewed how the
youth of these Islands, by the wisdom of the Govern-
ment, which, by the institution of the University, has
given them every means of studying with succesi„had
the way open to them to emulate the virtues of their.
illuvrious ancestors. Our Orator being obliged to pass
over many pages of his discourse, in order not to run
the risk of wearying his hearers, deprived thereof great
part of the pleasure which they would doubtless have
felt in listening to the rest of the recondite information
nourable Archon closed the sitting with this discourse:
Great was my joy at the close of the second year of
our University, to see the number of our young,Philo-
Inger: amount to 80. How much better founded and
greater must my satisfaction be at now seeing triple that
number of youths, whose progress in every branch of
learning inspires the fairest hopes for the honour of this
institution, and whose conduct has on no occasion given
me any trouble. And it is not only from thePhilologers
that our Academy expects its future splendour. As
many other youths in the gymnasium insured it con-
tinued prosperity, it is especially pleasing to see among
them so many who are destined to the education of
youth and the service of the altars. Heaven grant, 0
my beloved and promising Philologers—A) youths, both
Ecclesiastics and Laity, that you may persevere in the
conduct that has hitherto done you so much honour!
and may the ALMIGICTY, who has so benignantly 'pro-
tected us, guide and prosper our feeble efforts, to the
eel of his name and the observance of his holy laws."
—Gazette of Milan, Dec. 15.

Last week, a poulterer in Oxford, was convicted in
penalties amounting to 19Q1. for having in his possession
28 pheasants, seven bares, and three partridges ; in all
probability provided to furnish out the luxurious enter-
tainments of those whose province it is, " to teach the
young idea how to shoot.
From the general bill of mortality for the present
year, it appears that the large parish of St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, has neglected to make any return ; so that
this important document, from which such interesting
statistical conclusions are in the habit of being drawn,
can be no longer relied upon.
TEIONHOUTH.BRIDGE ACROSS THE TE1GN......-Mr.
TELFORD'S Report of this very beautiful undertaking
is highly flattering to the engineer and subscribers; the
latter of whom are already, in idea, reckoning on a
handsome per tentage on their shares, when the bridge
and Torquay road are completed, both of which it is
expected will be passable lor.g before :%lidsummec.—
The ride from Exeter through Powderham, Dawlish,
and Teignmouth, to Torquay, Paignton, and Brizham,
will be one of the finest in the West of Englandb and
ti e great'advantage to be derived by a nearer commu-
nication with Torbay, especially in time of war, will be
a national benefit. It is in contemplation to cut a canal
from the river Teign to Newton Abbott, which will be
a most important acquisition to those towns.
BENEFIT OF CLERGY.—As the true meaning of the
tom may, perhaps, not be generally known to our rea-
ders, we give the following definition from a corres-
pondent:—Felony, which comprehends almost num-
berless species of crimes, is subdivided into two classes—
with pr without benefit of clergy. Benefit of clergy, at
present, signifies an exemption from capital punishment,
in all felonies where the legislature has not taken away
that benefit by express words. The origin of this prin-
ciple, which is very little understood, is as follows:
At the time the Catholic religion was the established
one in this country, the clergy claimed an exemption
from punishment for all secular offences; and the legis-
lature was so far duped by them as to grant them that
privilege; therefore, whenever a priest was convicted
of a crime, for which another man would suffer death,
he was discharged without punishment, oil proving
himself to be an ecclesiastic. The clergy did not f.il
to avail themselves of this advantage; and, if any credit
is to be given to historians, were guilty of all kinds of
enormities and depredations. This induced the parlia-
ments at various times to subject them to capital pu-
nishments for particular offences, by taking, away from
those offences the benefit of clergy. In those dark su-
perstitious times, every person who could read, was pre-
sumed, in law, to be a priest in orders ; and till the reign
of Anne, a man who was not possessed of that qualifi-
cation, was liable to be hanged for an cffence which
one possessed of it would only be burnt in tr:e hand
for; but since that time, laymen are allowed the benefit
of clergy once. The clergy, however, are entitled to
claim it as often as they have occasion, and are ezernf ted
from the punishment of burning in the hand by th,:
statute of I Edward VI. which extends the same

privilege to peers of the realm, whom it also exempt,
from capital punishment for the crimes of lious.: break-
ing, hthway robbery, horse stealing, and robbing of
—churches. Felony without benefit of clergy are capital
offences, of which Sir William Blackstone, in his time,

enumerates a hundred and sisty, and since his death
upwards of fifty have been added to the catalogue. We
trust that in the alterations in our crimival code about
to be proposed by Mr. Secretary PEEL, these circum-
stances will receive their due share of that Gentleman's
attentive consideration.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. •
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HUNTING.
• His Majesty's Stag Hounds meet en Mondayseit, at Farnham
Common, and on Friday, at Salt Hill.
The Halibletinn Hounds, on Monday, at Calberfilton ; Wed-
nesday, at Bising Paris; and Friday, at Caibamptoh Down.
The Old Berkeley Hounds meet on Tuesday It Collethorp Park,
on Thursday at Fyfield Tree, and on Saturday at Stanford Village.

GRAND FOX CHASE AT MALPAS.
Friday se'onight, Sir Richard Puleston's hounds met at Iscoed
Park, and after drawing blank a number of small coverts,crorsed the
Fen's moss to Bettisfield springs, where they immediately found,
and off went not fewer tbau three as fine foxes as ever were run,
one of which was followed by seven couple of bounds, with one
of the whippers, in the direction of holed. The body of the
pack, after being for some time baffled by the different cross scents,
and the shouting and hallooing of crowds of font people, at last
got settled to it, and away they went to Bettisfield, the seat of Sir
Thomas Hanmer, through the shrubberies and garden, across the
Park, and on to Hanmer village, when be tried a small cover, close
to the Oakes, thence to Hannter_Hall, throne!' the Park, and on
to Newhall, where be changed his course, and went direct for the
Wyche', which be with difficulty gained, the bounds close at his
brush great part of .the way. Here poor Reynard was obliged to
use all bis cunning. and tried all his old accustomed haunts, but,
alas! could find no friendly shelter. Being soon obliged by his
stanch pursuers once more to venture into the open country, and,
like.a brave fellow, gaining fresh courage in proportion to his
knowledge of the danger, scorning the covert, he went off with
renewed vigour, and in grand style, to Maipas, where the hounds
drove him at their very best pace, and being quite close upon him,
fie was obliged, faint and weak, to seek shelter in the house of a
doctor. Being driven thence (probably for want of a fee), be tried
a number of small gardens; and atill hard pressed from one cot.
rage door to another, he at last found admittance into an old
woman's kitchen, where he had no sooner sat down to breathe a
bit, than the hounds came dash upon him, and woe betide their
I cruelty, scarce gave him time to escape at the front door, when
seeing the church-yard near, be thought be should there find a sanc-
tuary. In this he was right, as the bounds could make him off no
further. Whether he got into Church, or might have been a spirit
of some huntsman of the olden time, come go try the mettle of
hounds and men of these degenerate days, and went to his narrow
house again, is not known. From the many obstacles and mis-
chances to be encountered in so long a chase, it was fortunate for
the poor horsemen waggling far, who came up in time, as such a
scene of merriment and noise has seldom been seen in the good
town of Malpas.
RUNNING MATCH.

Yesterday morning, on the Staines road, a celebrated runner,
from Nottinghamshire, was matched, for 50 sous. to run twelve
miles in one hour and thirteen minutes. He ran over a two.mile
piece of ground in flannel drawers, and accomplished the match as
follows:

min. see.
11 40 The fifth in
. 11 45 The sixth .
. 11 52
11 53

The first two miles in
The second in
The third in
The fourth in
The match was run ♦ery fine,
ceeds any thing of late date.

Min. see.
. 12 17
. 12 40

72 7
without much labour. It cit-
ng 6 to 4 on time.

- The conduct of some London Tradesmen in arresting
two or three Officers of the SO:h Regiment at a critical
moment, without any previous application for payment
of their debts has been the subject of much animadver-
sion here. Such proceedings may be strictly according
to law, but they fall short of the common rules of civi-
lity in business, to say nothing of the peculiar situation
of these gallant men, ordered off at the call of their
country, without the possibility of communicating with
their friends at a distance.—Plymouth Paper.
On the night of Saturday, or morning of Sunday last)
the tongues of two horses, on the lands of Rochfords-
town or Castle White, in the parish of Innskinny, in the.
South Liberties of Cork, were cut out by some inhuman
monster or monsters unknown: but a suspicion rests
upon. a person who had threatened the owner with
some act of violence as a Christmas box.

SHOCKING AFFRAY.-...Mr. Tewkesbury, the Sheriff's
officer of Salisbury, having a warrant to serve on a
person named Hickson,resident in Salisbury,proceeded,
with his assistant, to his house. The map waited without,
while Tewkesbury went in. On making known his
basiness,.Hickson seized the fire-shovel, and aimed a
desperate blow at the officer's head, which he warded
off with his arm ; they then closed, and Hickson seized
him by the collar, and squeezed his throat so tight that
he would have been strangled, if, by a desperate effort,
he had not got himself disengaged. Tewkesbury then
made towards the door to call his man, but Hickson
having placed himself against it, a fresh struggle en-
sued,
during which Hickson drew his clasp-knife, and
made a thrust at Tewkesbury, and, but for the knife 11
striking on the jaw-bone, and glancing from. thence
across the shoulder, his fate would have been inevitable.
The force of the blow may be estimated by the fact,
that the knife, in its oblique direction, went through the
double collar of the officer's coat. Tewkesbury at lcpgtb
succeeded in getting the door open, and, on the man
entering, Hickson made a thrust at him, gave him a
desperate wound under the -ear, another on the face,
and dreadfully cut his head. He was at length secured,
and taken to prison: Mr. Beckingsale, the surgeon,
promptly attended, and dressed the wounds of both
persons. The man is in a dangerous state.
The town of lima; on the borders of Lapland, is of
considerable size, the streets being long and perfectly
straight; it possesses this peculiarity, that the inhabit-
ants all dine at one fixed hour ; which they observe so
rigidly, that a stranger entering the place at that time
,would suppose it visited by the plague, so totally has
it the appearance of being deserted.
Along the whole coast of Westro-Bothnia, the women
bind coloured handkerchiefs across their temples,
beneath which they wear the close skull-cap ; excepting
on the Sabbath, when they all appear in white hand-
kerchiefs tied like hoods aboot their heads.
BON MOT.--The late Dr. BARCLAY WAS a wit and a
scholar, as well as a very great physiologist. When a
happy illustration, or even a point of pretty broad hu-
mour, occurred to his mind, he hesitated not to apply
it to the subject in hand ; and in this way, he frequently
roused and rivetted attention, when more abstract reason-
ing might have failed of its aim. On one occasion he hap-
pelted to dine with a large party, composed chiefly of
medical men. As tile wine cup circulated, the conver-
sation accidentally took a professional turn, and from
the excitation of the moment, or some other cause, two
of the youngest individuals present were the most for-
ward in delivering their opinions. Sir JAMES M'IN•
TOSH once told a political opponent, that so far from
following his example of using hard words and soft
arguments, he would pass, if possible, into the opposite
extreme, and use soft words and hard arguments. But
our unfledged M. D.'s disregarded the above salutary
maxim, and made up in loudness what they wanted in
learning. At length, one of them said 'something so
emphatic—we mean as to manner—that a pointer dog
bort ed from his lair beneath tl e table and both-wow
wowed so fiercely, that he fairly took the lead id the
discussion. Dr. BARCLAY eyed the hairy dialectician,
and thinking it high time to close the debate, gave the
animal a hearty push with his foot, and exclaimed in
broad Scotch—,g Lie still, ye brute ; for lam sure ye
ken just as little about it as any o'them." We need
hardly add, that this sally was followed by a hearty
bur't of laughter. in which even the disputants good
'burnoosed/ joined.

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. , POLICE INZILIGENCE.
MA NSlak-MCIUSIL *
•Iftisteiday; Mr. Isaac Meats Enke* appeared before the LORD
tte.annver a charge of obtained money tinier false pretences,
treferred against him by Samuel J. Herber, in respect to Portuguese
Bonds.
!The defendant, to prove' he equity of his Intentions in the truss-
eon, saidAhat he had lon mere than the amount of his commis-
aka, by taking back the. Bonds and re-selling them. The corn
plainant begged and prayed, or would not have incurred this Ims.
The Loan Mayon merely observed, that all this did nut do away
with the fact of charging one-eighth more than had been paid. His
Lordship sent for the City Solicitor, who, having declared the de-
fendant to bey in his opinion,-amenable. receietd his Lordship's in-
structions to prosecute him, in behalf of the City, fur illegally acting
as a broker. •

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Fr. &Alum Was eesnauded, charged wittiCiiliiiitlarte piece of
bacon front the shop of Mr. Cannon, io alollasossubtet, /audits-
ter-square.
TOWN-HALL.

Mr. licrotrels, hirness-maker. of Webb-street, St. John's, wit
charged with keeping a ferocious dog.
Mr. ilich?rds said he bad settled with the woman whom the dog
had bitten, for lOs. _

Alterman SMITH-But I, as a 'Magistrate, cannot Set the matter
so rest ; the Public must he protected against this dog in future, and
I insist on its being destroyed.
A;r. Richards-1 have sent the dog into the country.
Alderman SMITH—That evasion won't do; people in the country
are nu more to be worried than those in town : unless the del is 41e.
strnyed in the presence of an officer, I shall hold you to hail.
Nit.. Richards murmured, but through the interposition of friend,
consented to the dog's destruction.

Tuesday sent:Wit, as Mr. Wilson, teller of the Pais-
ley Bank, was on his way to his place of business, he'
dropped down at the gate of Mr.lit own, Crossflats, an&
instantly expired.
A little boy applied for Confirmation, a short time
since, at Chester. Upon being asked if he understood
the design of the ceremony ? be replied. " Yes;
take upon myself the sins of my godfathers and godmo-
thers, and be liable to serve in the militia."
During .a performance at the Private Theatre•in
Ca-
therine-street, last night, a little boy, in attempting to
run on the gallet y cornice (in imitation of Goffe) fell
into the pit, by which he had his arm and leg broken.
A poor carpenter named Peouting, returning' home'
from work on Wednesday evening, bras seized-by a
larg dog in Grove•road, St. John's Wood, with which
he contended for more than ten minutes before he could
throw him, which he at length accomplished, having
teen severely bitten in his hands and arms, and having
his clothes much injured. Malty persons came tip dur-
ing this contest, but no one had sufficient mirage VI
yield the poor man any assistance, but all. fled .with as
much spe.:d as possible. When the dog was down, and
the man had his knee upon him, he was able to draw a
knife from his pocket, with which he armed himself
against his savage foe, during which time the beast had
seized the man by the ancle, and lacerated it in a
shocking mariner; the man, however, wounded the dog
in the throat, when he left his hold, and ran away; the
poor man was taken to a Surgeon's in the neighbour-
hood, and is under •surgical treatment. The dog was
traced by his blond the next morning as far 23 the mid-
dle of North Bank. The man attacked was a strong.
active fellow ; had a youth or woman been in the
situation of the man, death would inevitably have been
the consequence.

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