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Colonel Henry George Macleod has been appointed Lieutenant- Governor of the Island of St. Christopher.
Admiral Lord de Saumarez, who died at his residence in Guernsey on Sunday night, at the advanced age of eighty, was an intimate friend of Nelson ; and distinguished himself at the battles of St. Vincent, the Nile, and in various other actions during the last war. He had a pen- sion of 1200/. a year, which falls to the Crown. His eldest son, a clergyman with a living in Yorkshire, succeeds to the title. A Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath is vacant by the death of Lord de Saumarez ; and the Courier hopes it will be given to Sir Sydney Smith. So be it, if Sir Sydney thinks the bauble worth having.
A vacancy in the command of the Mediterranean fleet will occur in December, when Admiral Rowley's term of service expires.
It is said that Mr. Justice Patteson is about to retire from the bench ; to lie succeeded by Sir Robert Rolfe, Solicitor-General; and that Sir Robert's successor will be Mr. Sergeant Wilde.
The Duke of Sussex has been unwell, at Lord Dinorben's, Kenmell Park ; but is now better.
The Duke of Wellington has returned to Walmer Castle, from S tratbfieldsaye.
The CMG says that Lord Brougham was to leave Brougham Hall yesterday, for London.
The Britannia steam-packet, from Boulogne, landed her passengers at Ramsgate on Thursday, being unable to get into Dover. Among them were Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and Sir Henry Parnell.
The Marquis of Lansdowne is gone to Berlin, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry to Moscow.
Lady Jersey and Lady Sarah Villiers are at Berlin, and are expected to return to Englund in about a fortnight.
Lord William Russell, British Ambassador at Berlin, is expected immediately in England; Sir George Hamilton acting as Chargé d'Affaires in his absence.
The Duke and Dutchess of Hamilton are on a visit to Mr. Beck- ford, at Bath.
Sir William Knighton, the favourite of George the Fourth, and master of 'natty Court secrets, has departed without a "sign." The cause of his death is said to have been enlargement of the heart.
It is reported that another daughter of Lady C— B— is about to he married. The supposed bridegroom is said to have better con- nexions than fortune, a shnilar ease to the last marriage in this lady's family.—Morning Herald. [Lady C— B—, we suppose, is Lady Charlotte Bury : what harm cart there be in giving her name in full?] It is reported that the nuptials of the young Duke of Roxburghe with the orqy daughter of Sir Charles Dalbiac are to take place imme- diately on his Grace coming of age, in July next.—Morainy Herald. L In July next ! The young Duke has been snapped up betimes; but it is a long while to July—let Miss Dalbiac beware.] The Morning Post says that Mrs. Long Wellesley is living in Paris, in a state of extreme poverty, and very ill.
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