Notwithstanding all that has been said of the non-payment of
the debts of the Duke of York, the creditors still remain not only without receiving a single farthing, but even without a satisfactory hope that their claims are considered as worthy of notice. The whole amount of debts unpaid, we believe, does not exceed W0,0001.; of which 60,0001. is locked up in the hands of the Accountant- General of the Court of Chancery. Ample funds for the liquidation of the remainder are to be realised by confirming the right of the creditors to the mines in Nova Scotia, of which his Royal Highness died possessed, and their title to which is unequivocally confirmed by the solemn opinions of the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir E. Sugden, and the present Solicitor. General. This is really "too bad," and doubly painful, as many of the poor widows of the creditors are pining in distress. —Morning Chronicle.
Chantrey 'nag just finished a whole-length statue of Mrs. Jordan, with two of her children—one of them, Lord Munster, in her arms. On Monday, the responsible editor of the Paris Quotidienne was found guilty of a libel on the King, contained in an article on the American claims, published in that journal on the 19th of January, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 10,000 francs. A few days before, on the 20th instant, he had been sentenced, under a similar accusation, to six months' imprisonment and .3,000 francs fine.
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