3 DECEMBER 1853, Page 9

We learn, on what we deem to be sufficient authority,

that the Go- vernment has come to the determination of withholding the usual "Queen's letters" from the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Fo- reign Parts, and from the National Society. It is not for us to impugn this decision. We are aware that these two societies have for some time past been charged with Tractarian leanings.—Morning Herald.

In reply to a memorial from the inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying for an inquiry into the cause of the late mortality in that town, Mr. Henry Fitzroy, on behalf of Lord Palmerston, announces that a Com- mission will be appointed to make the inquiry prayed for.