23 FEBRUARY 1856, Page 10

The Gazette of last night states that the Queen has

directed lettersa patent to be passed under the Great Seal, " granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Sir Gil- bert John Heathcote, Bart., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Aveland of Aveland, the county of Lincoln."

A correspondent informs us, on "good authority,"' that the late Duke of Norfolk was " reconciled to the Church of Rome before he died."