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London, England, 1821-07-02 00:00:00

_:%IBSTIRS OF ALTS.

Le Cendre Starkie, F.sq. Brasennose College, Grand Comp.
The Rev. John Charley Prince, Brasennose College.
The liev..lossph Handel!, Pembroke College.
William Grove, Oriel College.
John Evans, Christ Church.
The Rev. Thomu Fahie llorsford, Wadham College.
Francis Bisset liawkins, iszer••r College.
Charles Grey Round, R 5114.1 College.
Henry Bourchier Wrey. Bailin' College.
lIXCIIELOLS CF ARTS.

Robert Henry Chene;,Fsq.lcalliolEillege, Grand Comp.
The Rev. William Hutchins, St. Alban 11:111.
John Smith, St. Edmund Hall.
Ita'ph Sncyd, Brasennose College.
Nicholas Gernion, Oriel College.
Edmund Dawson Leah, &into' College.
Thursday, the following Dcgrees were also conferred:
EACH TLOR AND DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.

The Rev. Ilenry Phil!ports, ‘l. A. some time Fellow of Mag.
,:alen College, now Rector of Stanhope, Northumberland, awl
Lltely rreh,ndary of Durham.

MASTER. Or ART%
The Rev. Richard Pearson, St. John's College.
1/Xl/LORI Or ARTR.

Jok n Wilkinson Stephenson, Queen's College.
John Jackson, ditto.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS.

The nev. Mr. Dent, to the valuable Living of Coekerhain,

The Rey. Richard Rice Venable', D.D. to the Rectory of
New-church, Radnorshire.
The Rev. J. Chr.rnbellayne, to the Mastership of 'Etwall
llospital, Derbyshire.

The Rev. M. Witt, to the Second Mastership of Repton
School.
A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling the Rev.
Joseph Baylis, M.. 1. Chaplain to the Duke of Beaufort, and
hector of St. Mary•-de-Crypt, in Gloucester, to hold with that
bcnefce the vicarage of 3lickleton, with Fbrington annexed.
The Dean and Chapter have appointed the Rev. William Pit-
man Jones, A. M. of Pembroke College, Oxford, Under Master
of the King's School, Canterbury, on the resignation of the 11ev.
John Francis.

Lord Howard 41e Walden, has appointed the Rev. Henry
Heap, Vicar of Bradford, his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain.
The Earl of Lonsrlaic has presented the Rev. A. Hudleston,
A.ll. with the Rectory of Moresby ; and the Rev. Jack-
son, of Oxford, A.ll. with the Chapeiry of St. James, White-
haven, both vacant by the death of the Rev. R. Artnitstead.
Last week, the Associate Congregation, Nicholson's-street,
Edinburgh, assembled to choose a Colleague coojunctly to dis-
charge the pastoral duties with the Rev. Dr. Jamieson. After
the preliminary services, the Rev. Mr. Heusi', of Stirling, was
unanimously elected.

We insert the following by way of caution, to prevent our
Clerical Friends from being harassed by common informers, as
some of them were three months ago:—lcy the statute of 19th
Geu. 11. e. 21. commonly called the Swearing Act (after reciting
the penalties for profane cursing and swearing), it is enacted as
follows—" That the said Act shall be publicly read four times in
the year, in all Churches and Chapels by the Minister, imme-
diately after Morning and Evening Prayers, on the Sundays next
after March 25, June 24, September 29, and December 23, on
pain of se.s for every offence, to be levied by distress, by war-
rant of a Justice, or Mayor."

Monday, a little girl, about eight years of age, was sent on an
errand from Folkstone to Mr. Brace's mill, a short distance from
the town, which, being at work at the time, one of the sweeps
struck her on the head as she approached; the poor girl lingered
•
One of the most daring and malicious robberies n
great agony about two hours, when she expired.
P
recorded for years past, was committed on the re- We communicate an instance of the cuckoo not
mises of Mr. Smirk!, fruiterer and confectioner, in fostering its own young; a young one was disco-
Piccadilly, i
opposite Bond-street, on Thursday night. veredin a hole in an ivy-crowned wall of the [iota.
The villains entered the house by forcing the lock of nic Gardens, Bury, which has been hithertd effec-
an area gate, cutting a large square of glass out of tually cherished by the assiduous care of a wag-tail.
the area door window, by which means they got into
A few days since, a horse belonging to Mr. Tho-
the kitchen, struck a light, broke open the cupboard,
mas Johnstone, tenant on the estate of Major Culton,
and took away some sugar; then took a pair of steps
of Auchenabony, having lost a shoe, and probably
and forced a trap-door communicating to the shop,
it
and
feel foot ht y from the t , took from tence ten vertex.
on s, poons four large
one, metal tea- leftin thg ehis field wheresomew hea wasuneas grazing, andw weannt of
to a
table ditto, a pair of large tea-g
where
pot, some ivory handled knives and folks, several smithy, about a mile distant,
shod. On arriving, he was observe he used to be
d to pause a few
pots of jams, and opened every drawer in the shop ;
minutes, as if in expectation that the owner of the
took eight cloths, and various articles of sweetmeats;
,
opened two desks and iron closets, took out all the house would come out, and introduce him in due
m ; but finding od in atten
books, took from the shop a large dial, which they
forin, placed himself inob n
they corner where dance,
hehe usedwalked to
left at the door, in conequence of the alarm which
bad taken place. Besides this, the villains set fire to during the operation of shoeing, and on the
stand
the shop, which might have consumed the wholeo-
rand, holding up the shoeless foot. Soon after,
s coming in, he instantly made known his er-
smith '
by
house, had not Mrs. SMITH most fortunately disc
vered it by the smoke, which issued out in an im-
the owner of the horse having missed him, he came
xnense volume. Two men were, on Friday charged to the smithy in the course of his search, and, to his
no small surprise, found the smith eugn-6ed it it • -
. pt. tht;
at Marlborough-street Office with those atrocious of- i
fences, and were remanded. on a shoe!—(Dum 'ries Courier.)
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