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A report was prevalent at the beginning of the week, that Sir John Campbell was to be Lord Chancellor ; but ithas received no authentic confirmation.

Mr. Spring Rice has appointed his son, Mr. Stephen Rice, to be his Private Secretary. Mr. Byng, son of Lord Strafford, and now candidate for Poole, is to be Comptroller of the Household, in the room of Mr. Corry.

It was reported in the Somersetshire papers, that Mr. E. A. Sandford, M.P. had been shipwrecked and lost on his voyage from Madeira to India; Mr. Sandford arrived in safety, and took hisseat in the House on Wednesday night.

In the course of next week, a proposition will be submitted to the

University of Oxford, to subsiitute some declaration of we c)rnent to the Church, and belief in its doctrines, in the place of subscription to the Thirty nine Articles. It is said that the Duke of Wellington is

anxious that this change should be effected ; but the opposition to it will be very strong. Marquis Camden is to be installed Chancellor of Cambridge Uni- versity on the ;Jd of July. It is said to be the intention of Sir E. Sugden to confine himself to chamber practice. This will obviate many inconveniences apprehended by the bar in consequence of his return.

Mr. O'Connell has sent the following letter to Colonel Darner.

"Merrion Square, May 8. " Sir—As you have been pleased to publish y few last letter to me before I could pus- sibly reply to it. I do, under all th... existing einsonstances, decline altogether (but wil !mutt illteWling any pm sotto' offence) any further correspondence of any kind on the subject contained in anv of your Romer letters. •• I have the honour to be your obedient servant,

" To the lion. Dawson Darner. " D,sieieu O'CONNELL."

Colonel Darner forwarded the above to the Times, enclosed in a note which we subjoin. This is all that has appeared in regard to the

Alvanley and O'Connell affair during the week.

t:erer Grosvenor Street, Tuesday, May 12. " Sir—Mr. O'Connell having closed his eorrespowlence with me. I beg you will be good ...Doug!: to insert his ansner to my letter requiiing of him the envelop... of the one whiell I put into the post on the 22d of April, a tel which he affirms to have borne the pe,t mail.; of the 271,11, and to have been received by him on the 29th. " A • he is particular about dates, I take this method of inthrming him, that his letter • f the sth of May, was put into the post on the lOtit ; and that the cover, which I hartAr.'nuattly kept, bears the Dublin post-mark of that day.

" I have the tumour to be. Sir, your obedient servant,

" GEORGE DAWSON DAMER."

The Morning Chronicle publishes the following letter from Mr. D. Ronayne. We have seen no reply to it from Mr. D'Israeli, and as the " balance "of parties in the State, for which Mr. D'Israeli "worked," had been established a month ago, call hardly account for his so recent admiration of and gratitude to Mr. O'Connell. " just rewl a paragraph in yOUr Filler, ill which it is stated that Mr. Disraeli had, in his speech to Site electors of Taunton, denounced Mr O'Connell Os au incendiary, a I tailor, and so forth, I beg leave to say, that I thiuk the learned author of Vivian Grey MINI haVe Steen misrepreseuted; because I can scarcely hi-hive it pos- sible that he could have applied SUCh('rillit'tS to Mr. O'Connell, of whom, he has e. qt.t flue Imo month spoken to flue in terms of th • most extravagant admiration, and at t!,e same time it-quested of me to communicate to NIL O'Connell on the first opportunity his kind remembrance of him ; which I acconlingly

I have the honour tu be, Sir, your very obedient servant,