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Letters were brought by the Earl of Durham's nephew and Aide. de-Camp, Mr. Cavendish, directing the housekeeper to get the mansion ready for the reception of the family by the latter end of the year. The house-steward of the noble Governor- General, who attended him to Quebec, was also a passenger by the Great Western steam-ship, and is come over on business relative to the return of the household to England. It was understood that the Earl would be absent two Pears in Canada, and the family mansion was dismantled of most of the furniture previous to undergoing a thorough course of repair and em- bellishment, which had already commenced ; and Mr. Stephenson, secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, was appointed agent to his Lordship's extensive estates in the North.—Evening Paper. There is a report in very general circulation in Dublin, that the Marquis of Normanby will be the successor of Lord Durham in Ca- nada. This rumour cannot be traced to any thing like an authorita- tive source, but yet it appears to obtain credence in all quarters. It is said that either the Duke of Sussex or the Duke of Richmond will be the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.—Dublin Correspondent of Me Times.
Lord Stanley was summoned to town last week from Knowsley, and started by the railroad train at three o'clock in the morning. This sudden departure gave rise to a report that his Lordship had been sent for by the Ministers ; but the Manchester Guardian states the cause to have been the dangerous illness of his Lordship's only son. It is generally thought in the military circles, that our forces-in America will be increased, by establishing provincial battalions to be
raised in Canada, and to be commanded by old officr es of long stand- ing in the British army, and from officers taken from the half-pay list. --Limerick Chronicle.
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