ROYAL VISIT To ImELAND.—When the Lord Mayor of Dublin had
presented the addresses to his Majesty, at the levee on Wednesday, the King was graciously pleased to state, that he should, if he could afford sufficient time for that purpose, pay a visit to Ireland in the course of the summer of 1831. The Queen added, "I shall, please God, accone• pany his Majesty on his visit to his Irish subjects, and do all in my power to promote and encourage their domestic manufactures." THE NEW Patace.—The works at the Palace at Pimlico are sus- ?ended until further orderr1/4 On Saturday evening, all the workmen were paid off and discharged, the gates locked, and the keys delivered to the Surveyor-General. THE DUTCIIESS OF KENT.—Her Highness has signified her appro- bation of the city of Bath, by permitting the Park to be named " The Royal Victoria Park." Her Highness at the same time pre- sented to the city a more substantial mark of her favour, by subscribing seventy-five pounds to the General Hospital, the United Hospital, and the Bath Park improvements.
On Tuesday, the Duchess left Bath for Southampton, where she remained for a couple of days, and then proceeded to Portsmouth.
DUCHESS OF, Wer.i.neuroa.r.—Her Grace is seriously indisposed at Strathfieldsay. LORD GEORGE PAGET.—We are happy to hear that Lord George Paget, whose dreadful accident left at first but little hopes of his recovery, is, under great surgical skill, likely to do well. He was conveyed home on Saturday upon a litter, his noble father riding lt.y his side. EXCLUSIVENESS OF Eneoe.—The new Parliament assembled on Tues- day, in pursuance of the Royal proclamation. It was opened by com- mission, and not by the King in person—as we on Saturday last stated ex- clusively would be Me case.—Court Journal. MR. 0.CONNELL.—The member for Waterford has arrived in town. It is stated, as a singular coincidence, and if not singular' it was at least whimsical, that he and his mortal antagonist Sir Henry Hardinge came over in the same passage-boat. DINNER TO Mn. I-ham—The freeholders of Middlesex who voted for Mr. Hume are about to give him a congratulatory dinner, in celebration of his election. The chair will be filled by one of the gentlemen who propoied or seconded his nomination at Brentford.—Morning Herald. THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND'S ADDRESSES.—We understand that the sole credit of composing the addresses presented to their Majesties in the name of the Church of Scotland, is due to the Reverend Dr. Singer, the Moderator of the General Assembly. IRREGULAR CERTIFICATES OF Insarerrr.—The Lord Chief Jus- tice of the Court of King's Bench has appointed Wednesday next for the trial of Mr. William Jones, an eminent surgeon and apothecary, indicted for certifying to the insanity of a patient without previous personal ex- amination. The Attorney-General conducts the prosecution, and Mr. Brougham is retained for the defendant. TREASURE TROVE.—A few days back, as Messrs. Framstone and Ellis, the auctioneers, were executing an appraisement of effects, at Peckham, they discovered, in an antiquated piece of furniture, a bundle 'a bank-notes, of various amounts, to the extent of 10001. In counting the notes, the auctioneers noticed, on the back of one of them, some writing. On being deciphered, it was found to be a memorandum . couched in the following effect :—" To the right of the oven is the gold." Availing themselves of this hint, the auctioneers commenced a search, and in a hole near the kitchen stove, discovered the second deposit. Canals AND RAILWAYS.—Birmingham is to be the common centre of five different railways—one from London, one from Liverpool, one from Bulk, one from Bristol, and one from Wolverhampton. Canalarroperty alreadibegins tO feel the effects of these projects. Shares iethe-Wora cester and Birmingham Canal, which in July were at 1051., are now offered at 801.—Morning Herald. FORGED NOTES.—A correspondent:says, there is at this time a quan- tity of forged fifty-pound-notes in circulation. They may be detected by holding them up to the light, for they have been cut in two as if sent from the country, and a thick piece of paper gumed on the back ; several names are written in different hands both in back and front, and the ward" fifty" is badly executed. FEAR OF DeaTn.—Catherine Smith, a female condemned to death at last Spring Assizes, for the murder of her husband, had her execu- tion put off to the 4th of next December on the plea of pregnancy. she had been delivered of an infant in last September ; it was put to nurse, and she herself was beginning gradually to recover, when, a few days ago, having inquired from the nurse the name of a part of the gaol which she pointed to from her walk in the gallery, and finding it was the new place of execution, she swooned away under the strong terrors of her awful fate since this shock, she declined rapidly, and on Friday night expired !—Carlow Morning Post.
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