25 JULY 1835, Page 16
A foreign nobleman attached to the household of his Sovereign
arrived in London lust week on a special diplomatic mission. lie claimed exemption of customs for his carriage, which he paid under protest ; he refused to pay 201. duty on a silver ewer and basin, when the Customhouse-officers demolished the plate, and rendered it useless for any thing but coming under the denomination of " plate of foreign manufacture." The matter is in course of investigation; but it is understood that the officers only discharged their disagreeable duty.