There is some expectation that the present Chairman of Committees
in the House of Lords will, pro lute vice, give way to some noble pi er not so diametrically opposed to the vital measure.—Maraing Herald. [If Lord Shaftesbury sit :is Chairman, he can neither speak nor vote unless in case of equality; and then etiquette requires him to vote for ;the original motion. So, by the putting him out of the chair and 'putting a Reformer in it, we would merely lose two votes throughout :the Committee.]
The Duke of Hamilton, who lately met with a severe accident when :riding, was carried into the House of Lords on Friday, where he re- mained till the end of the debate, and gave his vote in favour of the second reading of the Reform Bill ! The Duke, as far as honours go, • is the first Peer in the House; possessing no less than three dukedoms in his single person,—Hamilton in Scotland, Brandon in England, mid Chatelherault in Fr. nec. • • The emigration from England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the United! States, during the year 1828, was 12,817; during the same period to• the British colonies in North America, 12,084. In 1829, to tho United States, 15,678; to the British colonies, 13,307. -In 1830, to- the United States, 24,887; to the British colonies, 30,574. In 1831 (the half year to July 5), to the United States, 15,724; to the British; colonies, 49,383.
The Triennial Music Meeting will be held in Gloucester, on the 11th, 12th, and 13th September.
Mr. Arnold has taken the Olympic for his short season of English operas, which lie intends to open on the 2d of July with a very efficient company. His new theatre, nearly on the site of the old one, will be finished in 1823.—Globe.
The Corfu Gazette of the 17th ult. announces the arrival of Sir Frederick and Lady Adam and suite.
A gentleman who has just arrived from France has informed us that near Brest, a good cottage for a small family, consisting of several rooms, and a garden, can be rented for 100 livres, or 41. British, per annum ; a couple of fowls and ducks may be bought' at 6d. ; good' beef, 20. ; veal, 14d. ; and bread, 1.4d. per lb.eggs, lid. per dozen; common wine, white and red, 25s. per hogshead% and every other article at proportionate low prices.—Jersey Patriot.
Intelligence from Copenhagen announces the death of Mr. Charles Fenwick, British and Hanoverian Consul at Elsinore.
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