Lord Althorp's tithe circular has elicited some singular letters from
several of the parties to whom it has been addiessed. The Rev. J. Giles Powell, Vicar of Hilmortoe, Warwickshire, after replyieg to the noble Lord's queries as to the value of the tithes belonging to his benefice, proceeds as follows—" And now, having gratified your Lord- ship's curiosity, pray indulge mine, and let me know the allowance (if any) which you receive from your noble father, in hied or money, and also the annual value of the estates of which I urn informed your Lord- ship is tenant for life by the courtesy o; England." A deputation from the United Committee of Dissenters has had inter- views with Lords Grey and John Russell, at which they have fully ex- plained their grievances and the remedies they suggest. We cannot of course speak authoritatively, but it is our conviction that Lord John Rus- sell will bring their claims before the noi:ce of Parliament, and that the Government will assist them in obtaieirg that redress which it is alike their interest and that of the community at large they should obtain.
—Globe.
Sir Robert Peel has declined to allow himself to be put up in nomi- nation for the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford.
Last night's Gazette contains the appointment Major-General Sir Colin Campbell to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Nova Scotia. During the proceedings of the late Court Martial on Captain Wathen of the 15th Hussars, the prosecutor, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Brudenell, called Sojeant- Major Thom as a witness on a particular point ; when
the following entry is made in the rn. tes, " Serjennt-Major Thont was reported to be at dinner, and the Court adjourned till two o'clock !! ! "—United Service Gazette,
King Leopold of Belgium is in the regular receipt of his pension of 50,000/. per annum.
M. Thier. has received a report from the masters of iron-works in France, declaring that it will be impossible for them, without a consi-
demble loss of time, to furnish sufficient iron for the projected railroads ; and consequently the Minister will be obliged to apply to the Chambers for a law authorizing the importation of British iron duty-free, if be wishes the works to proceed rapidly. [This paragraph has appeared in almost all the Daily Papers. Some weeks since, a s' lar one was manufactured in this country. It was copied into the French news- papers, and now reappears in our journals in the above form, as if de- rived from French authority.]
The Keys of the Dardanelles consist of eleven forts and castles, six on the European, and five on the Asiatic side of the straits. The guns are on a level with the water's edge, and are 743 in number.
Papers from Freemantle, Western Australia, have been received to the 21st of August ; but: they furnish little interesting mutter, further than they show the astonishing high price of their colonial pro- ductions ; mutton being Is. 6d. per lb. ; fowls, 5s. each; fresh 'iutter, as. per lb. ; potatoes, 4d. per lb. ; pork, Is. 6d. per lb. ; eggs, 4s. per per dozen ; bay, 10/, per ton ; and vegetables, al. per dish. There was no fresh beef. [At Fremantle, we guess, there is too much divi- sion of labour and too little combination of power, as the author of Enyland and America would say.]
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