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Prince Albert completed his twenty-first year on Wednesday. The parish-bells ushered in the morning with merry peals. The West-end of the town presented a more than usually animated appearance. At ten o'clock, a grand military inspection of the Household troops took place in the Park in honour of the day, at which several general officers were present. In the evening, the various tradesmen of his Royal Highness illuminated their houses, and some of the club-houses and public buildings were also lighted up in honour of the occasion.
Prince George of Cambridge has been expected at Mount Shannon, the mansion of the Earl of Clare, in the event of his Royal Highness honouring the Newcastle Race meeting with his presence. There has not been a Priuce of the Blood in the South of Ireland since bis Royal
uncle, the late King William, visited Cork, when a midshipman on -rd the fleet.—Limcrick Chronicle. 111‘1,..,j, Howard Galton, of Haddon House, Worcester, has declined the invitation to stand on the Radical interest for the borough of Droit-
wich. We understand that Mr. Duncombe, M.P., has addressed a letter to t Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, eollemplaining of Mr. William Tooke having exercised his influence as Treasurer of that Society to induce certain tradesmen to pledge them-
lees in writing to give him their votes at the next election for the borough of Finsbury ; and that, in consequence of the solemn denial of 31r. Buncombe's charges on the part of Mr. Tooke, the Chairman, Lord Brougham, has appointed the following gentlemen to compose a Sub-Committee to investigate the matter, viz. the Honourable J. Wrot-
G. C. Lewis, Esq., and S. Duckworth, Esq., hat" M.P. for teslch
Leiostea We are not aware whether the inquiry has terminated or not, but we hear the result of this investigation is looked forward to with considerable interest by the independent constituency of Finsbury.—Motaing Chronicle. Lord Stanley is at present on a visit to Sir James Graham, at Ne- derby, and is doing execution amongst the grouse. His Lordship is famous for marking down his game, both in " the House" and the field. It is remarked as singular that at the present moment there should be, within less than a dozen miles of " merric Carlisle," two of the most important members of the Cabinet, Lords John Russell and Morpeth, and two of the most distinguished political opponents, Sir James Graham and Lord Stanley.—Cadisk tbtrioa The death of Dr. Otter [Bishop of Chichester] will afford the Go- vernment an opportunity'. of gratifying the Liberal party, and of orna- menting the Church, by the elevation either of Dr. Hampden or Dr. Arnold to the bench.—.1linating Gimmick, August IN.
Lord Falkland, the new Governor of Nova Scotia, proceeds to Isis government in the Royal mail steam-ship Britannia, which will sail from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston on the 4th of' next month. Twenty berths have been engaged for his Lordship and suite.
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