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Rectory of Little Chart.

The .Rev.-Thomas Jackson, to the Perpetual Curacy of
Ovingham, Northumberland. Patron, C. W. Bigge, Esq.
The Rev. Peter Comyns Tucker, to the Rectory of Wash-
ford Pyue, Devon, vacant by the death of the Rev. William
Comyns, on the presentation of Wm. Comyns, of Mount
Pleasant, Kenton, Esq.
The Rev. Dr. Claxson has been appointed Chaplain of the
Gloucester Infirmary by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester
and Bristol, in the room of the Rev. John Kempthorne, re-
signed.

The Rev. Mr. Totton, for many years senior Usher of
Westminster School, to be Head Alaster of the Fryars School
in Bangor.
On the 11th inst., the Lord Bishop of Exeter instituted the
Rev. John Collins Allen to the Rectory of North finish,
Devon, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Peter Perring.
Patron, John Allen, Esq., of Bath.
The Rev. It ichardCharles Lane, Perpetual Curate of Bog-
nor, Sussex, to the Rectory of Deal, Kent, vacant by the
death of the Rev. J. B. Backhouse.

The Hey. W. H. Wilkinson, M.A., of St. John's College,
Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of All Saints, tsea,
vacant by the death of the R
Rev. 11. H. Cumvns.
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The Rev. Mr. Easton, late of Gartroore,:iOthe pastoral
charge of the new Church and parish of Camlachie, Scotland.
The Rev. James Whyte, to the pastoral charge of Chal-
mers's Church and parish, ScntLusd.

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The Rev. William Tyrrell, Curate of St. Paul's parish,
Dublin, has been promoted by his Excellency the Lord Lieu-
tenant to the living of Raddonstown, in the county of Meath.
The Archdeacon of Ardtert has, it is stated, been nomina-
ted to a valuable living near Dublin, in the gift of the Lord
Lieutenant. The Archdeacon declined accepting the Rec-
tory of Raddonstown, worth £270. a-year.
OBITUARY.

In Albemarle-street, universally respected, the Rev. James
Camper Wright, M.A., Rector of Walkern, Herts.
At Chester-terrace, naig.tit's Park, the Rev. James Dunn.
At Patna, the Rev. C.l.Rawlini, Chaplain to tip Bengal
Establishment.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 20.—At a Congregation held on Wed-
nesday last, the following Degrees were conferred :—Masters
of Arts: W. Blunt, Coins college; R. Burney, Christ's; G.
Cummins, St. John's. Bachelors of Arts : L. H. Fitz-Gerald,
St. John's college; F. Ensor, Do;vning coll.
At the same congregation the Rev. W. P. Bally, M.A., of
Clare Hal!, and the Rev. J. Mills, M.A., of Itembroke coll.,
were appointed Pro-Proctors.
The following Graces also passed the Senate :—To confer
the degree of Doctor in Divinity by Royal Mandate on Mr.
Wordsworth, of Trinity coll., the Head Master of Harrow
School. To allow Mr. Bernard, Ilebrew Teacher, £3O. from
the University Chest.

On Sunday, the 29th of June last, the Rev. F. Cusack,
8.A., of Catharine-ball, in this University, was ordained a
Priest at Quebec This gentleman has charge of the mission
of the bay of Gaspe and parts adjacent.

THE
ABERGAVENNY CYNIREIGYDDION SOCIETY.

The anniversary of this society took place on Wednesday
and Thursday week, at Abergavenny. The meeting was at-
tended by a deputation from the King of the French. In
compliment to our friends of the principality, we make room
for the speech of Monsieur Rio.
Monsieur Rio then came forward and expressed the delight
he experienced from the glorious re-union this day effected.
It was a subject he could dwell on with pleasure, for the pro-
ceedings of this day far outshone all he had ever hoped to
see. For the first time, objects which had been the deatest
wish of his life had been accomplished. The members of this
society had a just claim to the gratitude of their country, for
they directed a powerful enthusiasm into its proper channel.
They had indulged a few sparks of hope which had now burst
forth into a blaze of light which far surpassed everything be-
fore witnessed. Their meetings were not established merely
to gratify curiosity. He complimented them on the utility
of their proceedings, and to prove they fully deserved the
praise. it was only necessary toexamine the abundant harvest
yielded from the seed which they had sown. He would re-
mind them that by their efforts a covenant had this day been
renewed, which had been lost to many generations of their
forefathers, and which was supposed to be broken for ever.
This society also contributed to the benefit of the working
classes. He venerated the men who moisten the earth by
the sweat of their brow ; and among many instances of their
thirst for knowledge, there was one he could not forbear to
mention ; he thought it deserved to be made known to his
friends around him. At a former anniversary a miner of
Blaenavon, he came forward to ask that the works of Gildas,
and Giraidus Cambrenis should be translated so that they
might be read by his brother miners. This fact alone showed
that these meeting were not without 1.'1.61. The wants of the
poor he hoped would be supplied; for there was no sight so
pleasing as to see those men voluntatily coming forward to
ask for food for their intellect. Amour the happy results of
this society was another object—the formation of a society
for the publication of Welsh Manuscripts, Which would not
only bring forward much information connected with- the
history of Wales, but would also brighten may obscure pages
of European literature, which had been lying for ages in
the recesses of the dead. The Engli,h historians had made a
point of overlooking the annals of Welsh glory. In the time
of King Henry the VIII. who wished to destroy the nation-
ality of Wales, they even manifested a kind of affection for
praising that tyrannical monarch, on whom the unequivocal
sentence of history should have been passed. Lord Herbert.
of Cherburv, said that his worst actions bore a type of great-
ness. Those documents which commemorate the most trifling
actions of the tyrant, entirely .overlooked actions which were
an honour to human nature. They said nothing of a bard of
the sixteenth century, who in the reign of Henry Viii. when
every one else was afraid of his despotic actions, was met in the
streets of London, giving vent to his indignation at the ty-
rannical treatment of his country. No mention of his name
has been made by authors who tire their readers with minute
descriptions of the King's dress. The nameless Welsh hero
of this melancholy tale was accused of treason, hanged and
quartered, and his appeal to posterity was borne away on the
same breeze that wafted his ding wishes towards the hills of
his country. The MSS. Society would also, he believed, be
able to make a complete collection of those legends on which
most of the Epic poems of Europe were founded. M. Rio
then adverted to the reception given to his five friends from
Brittany. lie said that when the first reached the borders of
Wales, their bosoms swelled with sympathy for the language
and customs of their kinsmen. lie hoped they would be met
heart to heart. The feeling inspired by an occasion of this
kind, scorned the shackles of words. He believed that of the
fire of fiietidship now lit up, not a spark would be thrown
away. Brittany might be proud of those her suns in Wales;
and when they returned they would have a tale of glory and
hope to relate. He said that though this spot of country ap-
peared in a small corner of the map of Europe, yet the enthu-
siasm which animated them, though supposed to have been
extinct upwards of 300 years, had made theth famous all over
the continent, where at present a system appeared to prevail
of attempting to crush any spirit of nationality. The cus-
toms of this country remained unchanged; her bards, min-
strels, and music, were still the same; the peculiar charac-
ters of her nationality were not to be cancelled; and he hoped
that time bonds of fraternity between Armorica and Cambria
would he equally imperishable. Though the waves which
divided them might roar with the fury of the tempest, they
could not drown the voice of affection, and we can now ex-
claim with pride, KING ARTHUR IS NOT DEAD.—M. Rio was
greeted with enthusiastic bursts of applause.

THE FATAL CATASTROPHE AT NORTHWICH.

The following? additional particulars of this melancholy
occurrence are from the Chester Courant of Tuesday :
On Tuesday morning last a most sineular and disastrous
event took place at Dunkirk, about aquarter of a mile from
Northwich, in the instantaneous sinking of a plot of ground
nearly an acre in extent, to the depth of fifteen or twenty
yards. It is necessary to explain that, at the depth of about
*fifty yards from the surface runs a vein or mine of rock salt
of about fifteen yards in thickness, which at this spot bad, as
usual, been worke'd and excavated, before sinking to the
lower vein, at a depth of about 100 yards. For some time
past this upper mine had been considered insecure, from the
pillars left to support the superincumbent earth beingin a
tottering state. The men, however, had continued. their work
until Saturday week ; but on Monday they declined going
down to the work, in consequence of hearing noises below,
like the falling of large pieces of rock salt, which continued
at intervals during the day. On the following morning four
of the men ventured down the water shaft, and found there
was not space for the bucket to pass down the main shaft, as
the planks on one side were forced inwards; and subsequent-
ly, on making a similar attempt, it was found the difficulty
had increased. Still there was not any i:nmediate danger
apprehended, and it was reselved to let the alarm subside,
by the lapse of a few days. before any further steps were
taken, and a number of persons quitted the spot. But in
less than half an hour the grounud gave way with a tiemen-
dous roar; and the rock house, tower, gin house, engine
house, stables, and two cottages, were thrown into a heap of
ruins, at the depth of fifteen yards from the surface; and
twelve individuals who were on the premises were also carried
down, and most of them overwhelmed by the falling ruins of
the buildings : some of them, however, providentially es-
caped. A woman who was washing near her cottage door,
when the ground sank, ran, and avoided the house falling
upon her, and she was first seen running aross the earth be-
neath—she contrived to escape, and to scramble up the sides
of the bank. 'l'he shock was so great and sudden, that it
was felt like an earthquake in the town of Northwich, and
even as far asWincham : women and children ran screaming
to the spot, and a crowd soon surrounded it. Two men were
assisted out by means of ropes; they were at the moment of
the fall in the stable with four horses, one of which was extri-
cated, the other three were killed. Means were speedily
proposed for affording, aid to any of the sufferers; and, ropes
being obtained, several men went down with them tied round
their waists. The first they found was William Birtles, who
was much hurt by the end of one of the cottages falling upon
him; but there are hopes of his recovery, medical aid being
promptly afforded him. Timothy Fowls, son of Ile agent of
the works, was found under one of the horses; he escaped
almost without injury. The next man found was Joseph
Swindells, who had been employed that day as a white-
washer; but he died almost immediately after being brought
to the top. Two other men, Thomas Hatton and Joseph
Dutton, who were in the stable, were taken out of the ruins,
quite dead. On the following day, the body of a boy, John
Tomkinson, was found. Every exertion was used, but there
are three of the poor fellows still missing; they are supposed
to be buried a great depth. They were seen by Maria Bir-
tles, ofter the first fall, stretching, out their hands for help ;
but another portion of the building fell, and totally over-
whelmed them. There were several most providential
escapes; but we have not space for all the details with which
we have been favoured.—On Thursday last, an inquest was
held on the bodies of the four men (SWindells, Dutton, Hat-
ton, and John Tomkinson) already found, before John Hol-
lins, Esq., coroner: we have not heard what verdict has been
teturned. On Friday afternoon, the four bodies were buried
at the saute time, at Witton Church. The melancholy fate
of the poor men caused a great number of persons to con-
gregate together to witness the mournful procession move
along to the churchyard. Up to Saturday night none of the
other three men missing were found.

On Wednesday the Newark and Rugby railway coach was
driven by a new whip, who, not knowing the road_, drove the
coach to Melton, sixteen miles out of the way ! Post-horses
were put to the coach at Cheetham Inn, and all despatch was
used to reach Rugby; but it did not arrive until the train
had started, greatly to the annoyance of the passengers,
amongst whom was Lord W. Bentinek.—Lincoln Chronicle.'
A most distressing accident occurred on Friday last on the
lake of Deraghvarragh, in the county of Westmeath, from
the upsetting of a sailing boat in a squall, whereby Mr. Tho-
mas Nugent Fitzgerald, youngest brother to Sir Percy Nu-
gent, baronet, of Donore, was unfortnnately drowned, and
the gamekeeper, who accompanied him, was merely rescued
when nature was on the point of yieldtng.—Dublin Evening
Packet.