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Rumours come from Con sten tint)] Ile, through Paris, that Lord Pon sonby is about to he removed, and Lord Durham appointed to succeed him as Ambassador to the Porte. The English Ministerial newspapers nei- ther contradict nor confirm these reports ; which may possibly serve the Ministry in some quarters, however they may injure Lord Durham.
A correspondent at Brighton informs us, that a wealthy gentleman of the Jewish nation, who possesses the Wyke estate there, has offered to present a portion of it to her Majesty for the site and grounds of a new palace, with .a view to'reMove the objection which her Majesty is understood to entertain to frequent or protraCted visits to Brighton; on aceount of the"want of a sea-view, and the limited extentof •geonnete at the Pavilion. It is added, that the same gentleman has offered to lead the whole sum required for the building ; and that an architect of the.same nation has already prepared a plan for the edifice upon a'setfle' of regal magnificence.—Morning Post.
Lord Barrington, in a published letter, contradicts a statement in the Morning Chronicle that Lady Barrington and other members of the Queen Dowager's household were in the habit of ridiculing and cen- suring Queen Victoria's tastes, habits, and mode of life.
Lord Camperdown is visiting the Marquis of Lansdowne at Bowood, where Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell are also expected.
Lord Melbourne and the Duke of Wellington have each issued cir- culars to their respective supporters requesting their presence in Lon- don the day before the meeting of Parliament.
The Earl and Countess of Durham, with the Ladies Mary and Alice Lambton, are visiting Earl and Countess Grey at Howiek Lord and Lady Clarendon are at Paris, on their route to England.
The preliminaries of the union of Baron Fortescue, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Lady Dover, sister of Viscount Morpeth, are already arranged.— Western Luminary.
The writer of a paragraph in the Limerick Chronicle, which was copied into the Globe of the 16th instant, relative to a pecuniary trans- action between his Grace the present Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Ludlow, has stated the facts inaccurately. The Earl Ludlow has lent the present Duke a very large sum on his Grace's personal security, which sum his Lordship had left to his Grace at the Earl of Ludlow's death.—Globe The next Opera season, it is expected, will commence a month earlier than usual. Grisi, who is still in England, will resume her situation as prima donna at the opening.
Lord William Paget and Mr. Thomas Fiske fought a duel on Friday, on Wimbledon Common. Mr. Fiske received Isis Lordship's fire, but did not return it ; and the seconds would not allow the affair to proceed. The quarrel seems to bare originated in a paragraph of the Aloming Herald, stating that Mr. Fiske had lent money to Lord William ; who called upon Mr. Fiske to deny the statement, or " name a friend." That gentleman refused compliance ; but after having received his Lordship's fire, said he then had no objection to say that he never had lent money to Lord William.
The friends of the late Dr. Butler have determined to erect a monu- ment in the chancel of St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury, as a record of his eminent virtues as a Christian and his merits as a scholar. The Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Powis, Lord Bentinck, Lord Hill, the Honourable R. Henry Clive, M.P., the Honourable and Reverend H. Noel Hill, the Honourable Thomas Kenyon, Sir Rowland Hill, Bart, M.P., Sir R. Jenkins, M.P., &c. have formed a committee, and subscriptions will be immediately commenced.
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