Mvsraanzs O THE PALACE.—George the Fourth is reported to have
bad, in his latter days, as great a turn for amassing, as he had in those
of early life for. squandering. What has become of ihe portfolio of bank-
notes, said to have been kept in his bedroom, and left there at his de- tease? . Who of his attendants took it into his safe keeping ? Was there no will left—no testamentary disposition made ? Was the Earl of ,Eldon consulted •and employed in vain ? What are the contents of those chests lodged in the residence of is great man soon after the decease of the late King, and into whose hands alone were delivered the keys of them ? There is yet -a mystery which must be unravelled. Has his present Majesty, the rightful and legal heir to the property of his prede- cessor, been put in possession of them ? He ought to be, if he has not been. . That fine family, 'to. whom he is so affectionately and parentally attached, should receive the benefit of such property, that their Royal father might he relieve.d of the painful feeling of having them chargeable on the public revenue. There is a most curious and highly-interesting anecdote relative to the names of the sons being continued on the Pen- sion List since the accession of his present Majesty to the throne. It was neither the wish of the sons nor of the father that their names should have been presented to the Public.; L110E:lister's are often more powerful than sovereigns. . This anecdote must beplainly told on some future day.—Radical in the Times. THE lialtisscs.—We are told, though we can hardly vouch for the correctness of our authority, that Lord Grey has refused to advance Mr. Baring to the Peerage ; and that, in retaliation for this disappointment, the whole clique have declared their intention of systematically opposing the Government. Notwithstanding the way in which this has readied us, we would fain hope, for the sake of Mr. Baring himself, that the re- port may be untrue.—Brighton Gazette. (It matters little as respects the great Mr. Baring; Government is sure to have his speech or his vote ; he makes it a rule never to give both to the same party.] ELEMENTS or TirE CoNsTxTuTkow.—The Hon. George Sackville Germain, only brother and heir presumptive to his Grace the Duke of DOrset, tills the office of Assay-master of Tin in the Duchy of Cornwall, of which the Marquis of Hertford is Lord Warden and Steward. Sir Williata Knighton is Receiver-General of the Duchy ; the whole ditty (5,f any) of the office being performed bye deputy. The late Lord Henry Seymour, uncle of the Marquis of Hertford,' was Craner. and Wharfinger of the Port Of Dublin. His 'Lordship's brother, Lord George Seymour, was Deputy Cranes, the duty having-always been Performed by a Deputy Assistant Cranes. The Rev. William Harry Edward Bentinck, son of the bite Lard Edward Cavendish • Bentinck, in addition to a prebend in Westminster Abbey, holds the office of clerk in the Signet-office, So-. merSet Place ; in which establishment the Right Hon. Sir Brook Tay- • lor, our Minister at Berlin, Augustus Granville Stapleton, formerly Pri- vate Secretary to Mr. Canning, and John Gage,- Esqrs., enjoy the same situations. The Chief Clerks of the Signet are appointed by patent and for life. The Deputy Clerks are Thomas Bidwell and Thomas Vena- bles, Esqrs. : the former Chief Clerk in the Foreign Office ; and the latter gentleman, under the late Administration, held no fewer than three situations at the same time in the Home Office,viz.Private Secre- tary to Sir Robert Peel, a Clerkship in the office, and •Receiver of the Police.—Morning Herald. KILKENNY ELECT ION.—Lord Duncannon's appointment to the Woods and Forests creates a vacancy in the representation of the .county of Kilkenny. His Lordship will,' it is said, be opposed by the _Honourable 'Colonel Butler, brother of the Earl of Kilkenny. Camel Butler is a Repealer. THE COAST BLocKADE.—This department of the Naval Service is ordered to be abolished ; and the Talavera, 74, in the Downs, and Hy- perion, 92, at Newhaven, to be paid off, • with 105 officers, and about 3000 seamen. The Coast Guard, or Preventive Men, a civil force simi- larly organized, and employed upon the seine duty as the Blockade, is to be increased. The saving to the country by this alteration is calculated to .exceed 200,0001. a year.—Devonport Telegraph. Sco'ren EXCHEQUER.—Our readers will be happy to learn, that the present Ministry are it present engaged'in considering means for cleans- ing that Angean stable, the Exchequer in Scotland ; and, if all that we have heard is true, the task is likely to prove an HerculeanOne.—Scuts- snasz.—{Might not the whole concern be swinged,"with great advantage and very small inconvenience to the public ?] TUE 'NEW GovEnsunt OP CEYLON.—Mr. Wilmot Horton is the only son and heir-apparent of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., of • Osmaston, by the Honourable .Mrs. Juliana Byron, cousin of the late Lord Byron. Ee represented the borough of Neivcastle-under-Lyme in three successive Parliaments; but declined tb Stand a contest for the borough at the last general election. He assumed the sirname of Horton after Wilmot,-by Royal sign manual, his lady being the daughter and co-heiress. of Euse- bius Horton, Esq. THE SEnrEbrrimE.—The first act of the Duke of Sussex, on .being appointed to the Rangership of Hyde Park, has been to give directions for the placing an adequate protection against the spot where the late Lord Rivers lost his life.
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