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[Lords Ellenborough and Kenyon should strive to their utmost to make Lord Lyndhurst Chief Justice of the King's Bench, or, at all events, to remove him from the Exchequer. The Ex- Chancellor has given so much satisfaction as a Judge, that he has withdrawn a con- siderable portion of the business from the other courts; hence the pitiable defidcatiou of the.Noble Chief Clerk's fees.] Earl Grey's official residence in Downing Street is in a state of pre- paration to receive his Lordship and family. The large dining-room, .appropriated by Mr. Pitt, to the orgies of Bacchus, and which had become sadly dilapidated, has been entirely renovated.
The Gazette of Tuesday contains a proclamation, offering his Ma- jesty's pardon to any one who will discover his accomplices in the bur- glary at the dwellinghouse of Mr. Scott, the bailiff of Lord Montague at Ditton Park, Bucks, and in the attempt to set the house on fire, reward of one hundred guineas is offered to any person who shall dis- cover the offenders, so that they may be apprehended and convicted.
The Gazette also contains the same offer of pardon and a reward of the same amount to any one who shall give the necessary information to convict the rescuers of Mr. Savage's goods in the Maryleboue riot on Thursday week.
Commander James Ross has been made a Post-Captain, and ap- pointed to his Majesty's ship Victory. The highest price of wheaten flour, of the first quality, at Paris, is 48 francs per 150 kilogrammes, which answers to IL 10s. 11. the
English sack of 280Ibs. ; and the highest price of wheaten flour of the ,first quality in London is 2/. 10s. per sack. It therefore appears that wheaten flour is full 65 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and that with the sum of 2/. 10s. a man may buy 4631b. of line flour at Paris, whereas with the same sum be can only buy 2301b. in London. —Times. [Down with the Corn-laws !I Captain Ross's crew, .though privately engaged for the expedition, are to receive double pay from Government for the time they have been out; being the same allowance as was made to the men who accompanied Sir Edward Parry. This will give each than about 200/.
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The noble Baron and Lord Kenyon are joint Custorles Brevium of the same tribunal. Their emoluments for these distinguished sinecure appointments were— -
In 1829
1330 1831 1834
The emoluments of Lord Ellenborough, as Chief Clerk of the Court of King's Bench, were as follows- . 1111829
1830 1831 183"
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