Lord Hill the Commander of the Forces, Lord Howiek the
Secre- tary at War, and the Attorney-General, had an interview, which lasted several hours, with Lord Melbourne and Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office yesterday.—Standard.
The only surviving sister of Lord Palmerston, the Honourable Mrs. Bowles, expired yesterday morning, at her residence in Hill Street, Berkeley Square. [Thus, within a brief period, no fewer than four Cabinet Ministers have lost near relations,—Lord Glenelg his bro- ther, Lord Palmerston his sister, Load John Russell his wife, and Mr. Poulett Thomson his father.] A report of the death of Lady Mary Alethea Talbot, the beautiful daughter of the Earl of Shrewsbury, about to be married to Prince Doria, at Rome, was current in the 'beginning of the week ; and there was much newspaper moaning and lamentation on the untimely death of one so" rich and rare." We are happy to learn from a later ac- count, that Lady Mary is not dead, but in the " enjoyment of excellent health and spirits."
A letter from Naples mentions, that Queen Adelaide with a party, in twenty-five palanquins, had ascended Mount Vesuvius. It is said that the Countess of Burlington, now with her husband and family at Florence, is to be a Lady of the Bedchamber.
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