Earl Grey has declared himself favourable to the immediate termi-
nation of the Apprenticeship —Leeds Mercury.
The averaion of the Whigs to patronage and jobbing is known to all the world; and we are therefore stterly at a loss to accoaa for as
expectation now prevalent in the naval circles, that Lord John Churchill is to be compensated for his defeat at Woodstock by the command of the Vernon frigate, and that Captain Simeon is to have the Cambrian (not yet launched), by way of making amends to his relative, Sir Richard Simeon, for the mortification which the latter experienced at the last election in the Isle of Wight. —Brighton Ga- zette.
Lord Charles Fitzroy, in a letter to the Sun, confirms the statement of his having been dismissed from his office in the Royal Household for his vote on Sir George Strickland's motion. A correspondent in. forms us that Lord Charles offended his constituents at Bury by op- posing the Ballot ; and suggests that he would scarcely have voted against Ministers had be expected the loss of his place.
Mr. Roebuck has addressed, through the Times, a letter to Mr. O'Connell, earnestly demanding a fulfilment of the solemn pledge given at the Crown and Anchor to defend the Canadians. He calls upon Mr. O'Connell to do something more than put questions, and declaim on the subject of Canadian wrongs, and to interfere effectually to prevent the butchery of the prisoners taken during the recent dis- turbances,—by threatening to withdraw his all-important aid from the Government, unless such proceedings are stopped. Mr. Roebuck speaks with bitter contempt of the capacity and disposition of Minis- ters, and laughs to scorn the notion that they can produce any thing good or great for the advantage of Ireland or any other country under their sway.
Jewels worth about 600/. were lately stolen from the Earl of Rose- berry's. They had been conveyed by a servant from the residence of Lady Harriet Dunlop, in Eaton Square, to Lord Roseberry's house in Piccadilly, for the use of the Ladies Primrose, his Lordship's daughters, who were to be present at the ball given by the Marchioness of Lans- downe on Friday evening. The jewels, in four cases, were placed in the dressing-rootn of these ladies, and were safe at seven o'clock. At nine it was found that the drawer in which they had been placed had been forced open, and the four caskets were gone. The drawer ap- peared to have been broken open by a knife or chisel ; the lock, how- ever, was a very indifferent one, and could very easily be forced. It is evident to the officers engaged, that the robbery must have been com- mitted by some one on the premises.
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