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_BE4FORCE, BY HIS,SQNS

-eLERICAL- INTELLIGENCE.

ORDINATION.—At an ordination held'on Sunday, June 3. at
POBTRAITURS OF NIR WILBERFORCE, BY MR. MORRtrT—BIS All Souls' church, Langham-place, by the Lord Bishop of e
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PWIiS OF oitAToltY. Chester, the •following gentlemen were admitted to holy orders
" Wilberforce held a high and conspicuous place in oratory, ! Priests —John Hari ison, B. A. Magdaleu College, Carp-
eeen at a time when En.4lish eloquence rivaled whatever we bridge; Jiihu Dempster Miller, Wailhani College, Ox-
read of in Athens or in :tome. Hie voice itself was beautiful ; ford; Robert John Tenuaut, 8.A., Corpus Christi College,
deep, clear, articulate, and flexible. I think his greatest Cambridge.
premeditated efforts were made for the abolition of the trade in Deacoes.—Charles Henry Knight, M.A., Queen's College,
slaves, and in supporting some of the measures brought ferward Cambridoe; Willi.iw Tlitensou, B A., .Jesus College, Cain-
by Pitt for the inure effectual suppreasuin of revolutionary t bridge; Edward Henry M. ,laden, 8.A., Baliol College, Ox-
machinations, but he often rose unprepared in atixed debate, on ford; Cornwall Smalley, 8.A., St. Jiihn's College Canibtidge;
the impulse of the moment, and seldom set down without having j John Griffith, 8.A., Chi ist Church, Oxford Carey llamptou
struck into that higher tone of general reasoning and vivid Borrer, 8.Y., Oriel College, Oxford; John liolines Wardroper,
lustration, which left on his hearers the impression of power 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford; William Wriothesley Wing-
beyond what the occasion had called forth. He was of course field, 8.A., Christ Church, Oxford.
unequal, and I have often heard him confess that he never rose PIIEFLitMENTS, &e.—The Rev. George Stephenson, M.A.,
without embarrassment, and always felt for a while that he was fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the rectors' of Dickle-
langdid and speaking feebly, though he warmed as he went on. burgh, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas Gil-
I have heard the late Mr. Windburn express the same discontent bank. Patrons, the master and fellows of 'rritrity College.
with hiMself, both probahly from the standard of excellence at The Rev. John Emra, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford, has
which they aimed. I always felt, and have often hear.i it re- been licensed by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, to the new church
marked by others, that in all his speeches, long or short, there of St. Mary Ite:illynch, Somersetshire, on the nomination of the
was generally at least from five to ten misrules of brilliance, Rev. L. Clarke, vicar of Downtime
• which even tlie hest orator in the house might hive envied. The Rev. Robert Courtney Winilleitn, 13. A., of Brasennose
His own unaffected principles of humility, and his equally College, Oxford, has been instituted to the consolidated rectories
sincere estimate of judgment and good intentions of others, of Feilbrigg and Aletton, and Aylinerton-com-Runton, Sor-
t which became in advancing life inure and more predominant, folk, on the presentation of W. Howe Windham, Esq., of Fell-
iiifluenced both his line of oratory, and his reasoning when not brigg Hall.
in the House ,if Commons. He gradually left off the keener The Rev. 11. Huniingford, rector of Hampton Bishop and
weapons of ridicule and sarcasin, however well applied and pree-lecturer of Hereford Cathedral, will succeed to the canonry
justly aimed; but, with the eandour that gave what he thought vacant by the death of the lamented Dr. Clutton. •
due weight to an adversary's argument, he sometimes (as it I • . The Rev. Richard Lowe,chaplain of Duncannon Fort, nephew
appeared to me) with undue diffidence neglected or hesitated to to . the late Lord Bone, has been appointed by the pi esent
enforce his own. Sometimes also, as on the questions involving viscount one of his.lindship's domestic chaplains.
peace or war, the wishes of his heart were at variance with the The Rev. William Green is appointed curate of Kilcornan,
in
conclusions of his understanding, and resolutions of greet pith the diocese of Limerick, vice the Rev. Mr. Wren.
and moment' • The Rev. Ralph Saillier. A. 8., T.C.D., nephew to the pro-
"' Were sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.' " Yost, is'appointed junior curate of St. Mark's, Dublin, in place
of the Rev. S. A. Walker.
BY SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. The Rev. T. G. 'Furry Anderson has been presented to the
Mackintosh's own account of this intercourse" it peculiarly charge of St. Paul's EpiscopalChapel.Caruhber's Close, Edin-
happy. Do you remember Madame de aiutenon's excla-
burgh, in the room of the Rev. T.D.K. Drummond, A
mation, ` IM
Oh the misery of having to amuse an old King, qui Al., re-
moved the Collegiate charge of Trinity Chapel, Dean, Edin-
n'est pus (mumble!' Now, if I were called upon to describe
burgh.
Wilberforce in one word, I should say he was the most • amusahle' OBITUA It v.—ln the 53d year of his age, the Rev. John Bay-
what subjects will interest hint, it is perfectly impossible to ley, late fellow and tutor of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
hit on one that does not. I never saw any one who touched
man I ever met with in my life. Instead of having to think After a few hours' illness, the Rev. Joseph Favrer, M.A., son
of the late Joseph Favrer, Esq., of Harmony-hill, Milntborp,
life at so many points • and this is the mote remarkable in a man and vicar of St. Tethe, Cornwall
who is supposed to live absorbed in the contemplation of a
future stale. When, he was in the House of Commons, he

seemed- to have the freshest mind of any man there. There was
all the charm of youth about him. And he is quite as remark-
able in this bright evening of his days as when I saw him in his
glory many years ago." .

SUMMER CIRCUITS.—Horne: Lord Denman, Mr. Baron
Rolland. Midland: Lord Chief Justice, Tindal, Mr. Justice
Bosauquet. Norfolk : Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Little-
dale. Welsh: Mr. Justice Vent-than. Mr. Baron Gurney.
Western : Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Just ice Coltman. Northern :

1171r7B;;On-Alderson. Mr. Justice Coleridge will remain, io

FROZEN POTATOES.—In consequence of some careful experi-
ments made by him.,elf, M. Payee recommends that frozen po-
tatoes should be exposed to a violent heat, in order to be per-
fectly dried. In this case their alimentary properties are pre-
served, and they may be .1-wiled or bruised in a mortar, as food
for cattle.

SILK Wonms.—The experience of M. Bonafous proves the
efficacy iif the Chinese method of feeding sille'worins on rice

flour; and he has even gone further, and cliscirvered that these
caterpillars will eat various kinds of farina, and even the fecuta

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44t potatoes.
THE ROBBERY OF 12,000 SoehmEturis.—lt will be seen be
the Gazette of Friday night last, the name of Mr. Thoina.s
Rogers of Gloucester-terrace, New-road-end, Old-town, from

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whose residence it has been alleged three Loxes containing twelve
thousand sovereigns, had been stolen on the night of Sunday,
the 20th• of last mouth, appears as an insolvent.

THE WEATHER.—The last week has made a wonderful and
delightful change in the appearance of the country. The
meadows, which were scarcely covered, are now thickly clothed
with grass, and there is every prospect of an, abundant crop of
hay. The corn has also greatly imoroved in appearance, and
the turnips and let aloes are both appearing above ground.
The appearance of the country is now delightful, all the trees
being in full leaf except the ashes, which are later than we ever
remember to have seen them. There is now a very fine show

of apple blossoms. Many of the evergreens which appeared to
be dead are reviving, the frost having only killed their leaves.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—At ainee!ing held

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in the School Room of 3t. Jude's church, Ancoats, on Monday
evening last, Thomas Towuend, Esq. presented the Rev. J. K.
Poyutz, B.A. (on his leaving the curacy of St. Jude's,) with a
portable communion service, together with a copy of the post-
humous works of the late Dr. Adam Clarke, raised by suhscrip-
tions,amougst the friends and teachers of the said school. The
presentation was accompanied by a very feeling and appropri-
ate address, to which the rev. gentleman replied in a truly_ itn-

ressive manner.—!bid..
MANcrib.sTkit RACES.—THE TII A DitSIIIEN'S sil-
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ver cup, value.one hundre4 guineas, given by the tradesmen of
Alauchester, and to be. run for on Friday next, and the only
piece of plate at this meeting, has been furnished by Mr. ,Thel-
well, silversmith, St. Ann's-square. It does great credit to the
taste and; skill of the artist and artificer. Its form is that va.
riely of the Etruscan, known in this country by the specimen
affirded in the celebrated Warwick vase; its height is 11 inches;
its diameter at the brim 14 inches; its weight 124 ounces, and
it will contain five quarts. The .stein of ttie cup is formed of
nine leaves, in relief of frosted silver, o❑ a .burnished silver

ground; the handles represent the stems and larger tendrils of
the vine, in the same style of workmanship; a richly chased
wreath of vine leaves and grapes, the former in frosted, the lat-
ter in hurnished silver, encircles the bowl or body of the cup,
and at intervals, in relief, two.horses' heads. The edge of the
cup is bordered by an overhanging wreath of laurel leaves and
bright berries. On one side of „the base is the inscription—
" Manchester Meeting, 1838." This cup is a great proof of tha
increasing taste ►n these matters as compared with the shape-
less things of some twenty years back, their sides picturing a
race course, with "all the, running horses."—Manche ter
Guardian.

MARCH 01, IMPROVEMENT.—An inhabitant of Horsham, in
Sussex, uow living, remembers, when a boy, to have heard from
a person whose father carried on the business of a butcher in
that town, that in his time the only means of reaching the me-

tropoiis was either by going on foot or riding on horseback, the
latter of which undertakings was not practicable at all. periods
of the year, nor in every state of the weather • that the roads
were nut at any time in such a condition as-to admit of sheep or
cattle being driven upon them to the London markets : and
that, for this reason, the farmers were prevented sending thither
the produce of their land, the immediate neighbourhood being
in fact, their only market. Under these circumstances, a quar-
ter of a fat ox was commonly sold for about 15s. and the price
of mutton throughout the year was only five farthings the pound.
llorshant is 3d miles from London, and the jonrney between ,
the two places now occupies less than four hours ; more than
thirty stage coaches travelling at this rate pass through Hors-
ham every day, on their way from and to the metropolis, in ad-
dition to. numerous private carriages and post-chaises; the
traffic of goods-principally coal and agi icultural produce—car-
ried on iu the district of which Horsham is the centre, exceeds
40,000 tons a-year; besides which, the road is constantly covered
with droves of cattle and flocks of sheep.—Porter's Progress of
the Nation.

KNAVERY AND CREDULITT.-At the Wellington Fair, last

Thursday, the following trick was successfully•plactised. Three
fellows overtook a farmer named Marks, of Clayhidon, and
inquired of him if he.knew any one who had cider to dispose
of, as they were uurchasing largely to ship off for Exeter.
Marks, having. told them, that he himself had several hogsheads
to sell, referred the fellows to an • inn in Wellington which he
had supplied, and whence the quality of it might be judged.
On advancing towards.the.fair, the men inquired of Marks how
the coronation was to be kept in his parisn, observing that they
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had. been intrusted with £so‘to ditrbute in £lO gifts in five
parishes, where the sums might be acceptable in enabling them
to indulge in festivities on the approaching day of coronation.
Marks perked up at this benevolent announcement, :.ad ob-
served that the £lO would prove a very nice thing fur his parish
if the gentlemen would be so kind as to let him have it for the
occasion; to which the gentlemen replied, that they should have
no objection to trust him with the amount to carry home at
once, but as he was a stranger, they should like to have some
assurance of his honesty. The tt-asonableness of this stipula-
tion was immediately and fully acquiesced in by Marks, who
offered to refer them to several persons in Wellington who
would vouch for his integrity. To save trouble, therefore, it
was proposed that if he could shew the confidence in which he
was held by his neighbours, by raising £5O in a short time
they would* entrust him with the £lO. Marks assented, and
went to two respectable persons, who lent hint the amount re-
quired, one of them expressly cautioned him against the possi-
bility of his getting into the hands of sharpers, who su frequently
attended country fairs; to which Marks, with the conSdent
sagacity-of Moses Primrose, sun of the Vicar of Wakefield,
With his bargain at a country fair, of '6 a gross of silver-rimmed
spectacles in sbagreen cases," archly replied that he knew what
he was about. and would return the money before he left the
town. Having rejoined his coronation bounty-distributing
friends, he produced the £5O, upon which the others unhesi-
tatingly said,: that he should have the £lO they had promised,
and suggested the propriety of rolling up that sum with the £5O,
and posting it safely into his side pocket, which they kindiv
assisted hint in doing, observing, that he could not be too cau-
tious against pickpockets. They soon after left, and Marks
hastened to one of his friends in Wellington to pay hint the
portion of the sum he had lent him, when to his astonishment
and grief, he found the sum of fourpence half-penny only—the
substituted amount for the £5O, and the promised £10! ! That
these stratagems should en often prove successful, after their
very frequent exposures, will only surprise those who are not in
the way of encountering the lamentable exhibitions which daily
occur of gross ignorance and credulity in rustic life.—Bath
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Chnmicle.

HORROR HUNTERS.—A strong desire to inspect personally
the scene of the late lamentable occurrence has not been euu-
fined to the inhabitants of the surrounding district, but has ex-
tended far anti aide. Yesterday morning the town of Graves-
end was thronged with respectably greased persons, wbo had
come from London by the steam-boat, a large number of whom
expressed their determination to undertake a modern Canter-
Lury pilgrimage in search of the hotrible. The heavy rains
that have fallen since the fatal affray must have obliterated all '
marks of bloodshed, so that those who delight to feast their
eyes with sights of this kind will probably have to. return un-
gratified. But if they see little, they will have an opportunity
of bearing much; for the most absurd and extravagant rumours
in connection with the affair are in circulation within 20 miles
of the spot. It is confidently asserted by some that the mad-
man Courtenay had at his back a band of several thousand men,
and that if his rashness had not hurried on the catastrophe, there
would soon have been a general rising in that part of the coun-
trl: There is no ground whatever for such a supposition.
ith the exception of the comparatively few dupes that le-
mained with him after the murder of the constable's assistant,
the mob consisted principally of fellows who thought it worth
while to follow the impostor for the sake of the meat and drink
which they received at his expense, or from the forced cortri-
butions of the publicans and others whom they visited. Before
the fatal termination of the mad enterprise, many avowedly
joined the rioters for this reason alone ; and there can be no
doubt that others were impelled by a hope of acquiring booty,
should their leader counsel or permit an attack on some unpro-
tected quarter. Those who are curious in relics of noted mur-
ders and other malefactors, are likely to have their collections
swelled through this occurrence. Xot only have the clubs
which were in the hands of the rioters at the time of their death,
and hairs from the beard of the impostor, been sold for large
sums, but even pieces of wood front the trees near which the
affray took place. One cunning rogue has made au excellent
thing of selling half flattened bullets, which he "warrants" as
being those fired by the soldiers. As he has disposed of several
hundreds of these costly relics the genuineness of them is be-
yond a doubt. It is stated that 20 guineas have been offered by
a connoisseur for the pistol which was instrumental in causing
the death of the unfortunate Lieutenant Bennett; and when it
is recollected that a much larger sum was offered and ',fused
for the murdering weapon of a common-place villain like Thor-
tell, the circumstance seems not improballe. Doubtless, iu this
case, as in the other, some dozen pistols is ill be palmed off upon
the gullible horror hunters as."the out?
genuine."--,4llo!tayry
ILtratd.