17 DECEMBER 1842, Page 8

Letters from Canada report that Sir Charles Bagot's illness had

assumed the most serious character. His complaint is said to be an affection of the lungs, produced by excited action of the heart, andf causing great difficulty of breathing, with au almost total w ant o natural sleep. It was supposed that he had tendered his resignation by this mail, and believed that he would not live to receive Lord Stanley's answer,