5 APRIL 1845, Page 10

We are happy to announce the welcome fact, that the

Norwegian Diet has just acceded to the propositions laid before it by the King relative to a very consider- able reduction in the duties on British manufactured goods [33 or 35 per cent on cottons, woollens, and hard-ware].—Times. We have learned with much pleasure, that one of the earliest results of Sir Robert Peel's Free-trade policy will be the adoption of measures for relieving the mercantile navy of this country from several burthens which now press heavily upon the shipping interest—Hull Advertiser.