21 MARCH 1840, Page 6

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Mr. Ralph Abercromby, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, has been appointed Envoy-E.II.ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sardinia ; and he will be succeeded at Frankfort by Mr. William Thomas 'Horner Fos aiteinesveys. Last eight's Gazette announces that the Qtwill 11:1, tIppoiuted the Duke of Roxburgh and the Earl of Roseberry to be Knights of the Thistle.

The marriage of the Duke of Nemours is not to take place till after Easter.

The King of the Belgians and the Detchess of Kent are expected in Paris from Brueetis, to be pres,ut at the marriage of the Duke de Nemours with Princess Victoria of Saxe Coburg. A letter front Berlin of the 0th instant announces that the marriage between the Imperial Crown Prince of Russia and Princess Mary of Hesse Darmstadt was definitively arranged, and would Use place in April.

The f,lo of Amst,iedilit states that the King of Holland has positively determined to Imirt. aT:ttlarne D'oultremont.

The Sentincile des :saunas, that Lord William Paget and Mr. Bell have had a hostile tneHing. at Blanc-Pigeon, near Bayonne ;

when a case of pistols ext!lea.ssel, and the patties separated without

either being wuuuded. lerman was Lord W. Paget's second,

and the distance was twelve pacss. Nothing is said about the cause of the duel.