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The Gazettes of the week announce that Sir G. T. Walker, Mr. John Barrow, and Mr. Francis Lyttleton Holyoake Goodricke, M.P. for Stafford, have been created Baronets. Colonel Joseph O'Halloran, C. B. of the Bengal Army, and Colonel James Limond, of the Madras Artillery, have been Knighted.
The Benchers of Lincoln's Inn have, by a majority of 15 to 13, declined acreding to the proposition of concurring with the Attorney. General's Bench, in the Inner Temple, in rejecting the adv.:images hitherto afforded to academic proficiency. An amendment was car- ried, merely acceding to the original overture to discuss, without wait- ing for an answer to which the other Society proceeded to settle the matter. Thus, for the present at any rate, the scheme for getting rid of the competition for academic honours, by declaring them of no value, has failed. It has never been stated whether the Universities are parties to this suicidal scheme for maintaining their exclusive system. —Morning chronicle.
Sir George Cockburn determined, as soon as the chsnge of Ministry was made known to him, to give up his command of the North American station, and return to England. He will probably regret his determi- nation, when be learns the result of the election for Plymouth, and the other probable news which the next fortnight has in store.—Globe.
In consequence of the rejection of nearly all the Lords of the Ad- miralty by the constituencies to which they presented themselves at the late elections, the duty of preparing and submitting to the House the usual annual estimates will devolve upon Lord Ashley. Mr. George Dawson devotes his leisure time to aiding the noble Naval Lord in the preparation of his statement.—Globe, So confident were the late Speaker's party of his election, that some directions were given to the upholsterers of the House of Commons, by a member of his family, relative to the size and shape of the fund. tore of the new Speaker's chair in the present house.—Daily Paper.
Mrs. Lane Fox, and many other fashionables remained in their car- riages near the House of Commons until the result of the debate ort the question of Speakership was known. Earl Fitzwilliam has met with an accident similar to that which happened to Earl Darnley last week. As his Lordship was cutting some wood, at Milton, on Monday, he accidentally chopped his foot. No danger is apprehended from the accident; but Lord Milton was prevented from coming to town by it, and so the Reformers lost a vote on Thursday night.
Mr. Charles Hindley, M. P. for Ashton, is a member of the Mora- vian Church, and the only one ever elected. His principles are de- cidedly Reforming. He defeated a Tory opponent by double the nm- ber of votes.
The Reverend Richard Jones, M. A., author of the well-known work on "Rent," and Professor of Political Economy at King's Col- lege, London, has been appointed the successor to the late Mr. M - thus, in the College of the East India Company at Ilayleybury, as Professor of Political Economy and History.
Mr. Southey has, it is stated, declined the honour of knighthood of the Guelphic Order, offered him by the King. A trained hawk, belonging to the Duke of St. Albans, and which bad been lost in one of the hawking excursions, was shot by a person, last week, under the idea that the bird was a wild one. His Grace has issued a notice requesting sportsmen to be more cautious in future.
The Queen of Portugal has ordered a donation of 100/. to be given to the Seamen's Hospital on board the Dreadnought, to which Por- tuguese sailors, as well as those of all other nations, are admitted. The above sum was transmitted a few days ago by his Excellency Chevalier Sarmento.
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