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Mr. Stanley has removed from his residence in Whitehall Yard to the spacious mansion in Carlton Gardens, lately occupied by the Count de Solis. The house heretofore tenanted by the Right Honourable Gentleman at Whitehall was not sidliciently capacious for his establish- ment. —Courier. [Mr. Stanley is a "rising young man." He should not, however, forget the observation of an old politician and sage, " After pride, cometh a fall."] There is a report that Lord Ducie is dead. Should this prove true, there will be a vacancy in the representation of the Eastern Division of Gloucestershire, by the elevation of Mr. Moreton to the House of Peers.— Worcester Journal.
Eight thousand four hundred attorneys have taken out their annual certificates this year.
• We have this week had the pleasure to see the first frank ever writ- ten upon a letter by a member of the Society of Friends in this country. Leeds Mercury.
The Paramaribo, Spiegelberg' from Surinam, bound to Amsterdam, has been detained and sent into Margate Roads by his Majesty's ship Volage ; and the Indio', Peters' from Batavia, bound to Rotterdam, has been sent into Portsmouth by his Majesty's ship Ada.
General Charles de Lameth, Deputy for the Department of the Seine and Oise, died last week. He distinguished himself in the American War, having embraced the cause of the independence of that country. He was President of the Constituent Assembly ; and after the death of his brother, M. Alexandre de Lamed), in 1829, became a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius continued up to the 8th December (the latest date), and many foreigners had been attracted to witness the scene. The inhabitants residing at the foot of the volcano had, however, begun to be considerably alarmed, as the lava had advanced, and extended itself on all sides, threatening destruction to their habi- tations.
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