6 APRIL 1839, Page 5

It is understood that Lord Johu Spencer Churchill will be

appointed to the Druid, forty-four gun frigate.—Morning Post. It is understood that Lord Johu Spencer Churchill will be appointed to the Druid, forty-four gun frigate.—Morning Post.

The Reverend Thomas Grylls, a Prebendary of Exeter, has been ap- pointed Dean of Exeter, in the room of the late Dr. Langdon. So Lord Wriothesley Russell's appointment has been set aside.

The death of Sir Herbert Taylor actually occurred on the 20th of March, at Rome.

The diamonds about to be presented to Lady Elizabeth Hay by the Duke of Wellington were taken from the order and badge of Saint Esprit, given to his Grace by Louis the Eighteenth at the period of the restoration of the Bourbon Family.—Morning Post.

For several days past, various rumours have been in circulation at the Clubs, particularly at Crockford's, of the sudden departure for the Continent of a sporting nobleman, remarkable for his princely doings at Melton Mowbray, who, it is said, has involved himself in serious pecuniary difficulties. We refrain from divulging the mune of his Lordship, although in a few days we have not the slightest doubt but that all the loungers at Tattersall's will be in the secret. A noble lord is said to be partly mixed up with the extravagant doings at Melton.— Morning Herald.