It is with great regret we hear that the Rev. H. W. Yeatman will shortly leave this neighbourhood for Sydenham, where we believe he has accepted a living where there is a sphere for more work than at Netherbury. During the comparatively short time Mr. Yeatman and family have resided at Netherbury they have endeared themselves to all with whom they came in contact, and general regret is expressed that their esidence [sic] will not be for any length of time. The Sydenham and Forest Hill Gazette referring to Mr. Yeatman's appointment. says:—“We are authorised to state that the Incumbency of St. Bartholomew's, Sydenham, has been offered by the patron, Earl of Dartmouth, to the Rev. H. W. Yeatman, Vicar of Netherbury, Dorset, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury, by whom it has been accepted. Mr. Yeatman was educated at Winchester College under Dr. Moberly, where he was a prefect in the sixth form during his last year, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he held the Dixie Scholarship. He took his degree in the year 1868 in honours in the Moral Science School. After some months spent abroad, Mr. Yeatman went to Doncaster to study for holy orders under Dr. Vaughan, and subsequently to London on Dr. Vaughan's removal to the Temple Church. Mr. Yeatman was ordained by the Bishop of Salisbury (Dr. Moberly) in 1869, and licensed to the curacy of St. Edmond's, Salisbury, under Chancellor Swayne. The parish, which is one of the most important in the town of Salisbury, has a population of 5,000 persons, mostly poor; and here Mr. Yeatman gained seven years' experience of parochial work. The Bishop of Salisburv also appointed Mr. Yeatman to be his chaplain, and soon afterwards to be Clerical Secretary of the Diocesan Synod. The Bishop collated Mr. Yeatman to the Vicarage of Netherbury (the largest parish by one in the diocese) in the year 1877. There he has already done much to improve the parochial organization, and to further the work of Christ’s Chuch in the parish, providing, amongst other things, two large groups of schools, with accommodation sufficient for the requirements of the whole parish. Mr. Yeatman is thirty-four years of age, and married, in November, 1875, the Lady Barbara Legge, sister of the Earl of Dartmouth, and our present Vicar. We understand that he is anxious to throw himself into town work again, and so to turn his past experience to good account, and we trust that he may meet with a hearty welcome amongst us.