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Mr. Wickham, the Private Secretary of Lord Althorp, has been no- minated one of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the present mode of collecting the revenue derived from Excise. The other Commis- sioners are Sir H. Parnell and Mr. H. Berens.
Lieutenant Drummond, the Engineer officer who was employed to mark the boundaries under the Reform Bill, succeeds Mr. Wickham as Private Secretary to Lord Althorp. Mr. J. Lefevre is appointed Under Secretary of the Colonies in the room of Lord Howick.
The receipt stamp duties for 1832 amounted to 23,932/. 9s. 11d. on twopenny stamps ; 28,3591. 7s. Id. on threepenny ; 38,3241. 13s. 3d. on sixpenny ; and 49,485/. 16s. on shilling stamps - a total of 145,200/. Os. 3d. The subscription for the Irish Clergy already exceeds 40,000/.
By a printed list, just published, it appears that nearly. six thousand individuals have passed their examination at Apothecanes'Hall since the 1st August 1815.
An important association is forming at this moment, having for its object to hasten the emancipation of the Jews in all parts of the globe. The association is to be divided into committees, and composed of citi- zens of all nations.
Upwards of 60,0001. have been lost during the present season by the merchants in the import of oranges into London only. Last year there was a circumscribed importation, and they were consequently high in
price. This occasioned extensive speculations, by which oranges have been a drug upon the market. A sinecure Clerkship of the Privy Seal has become vacant by the death of Colonel Fane. The Colonel was the nephew of the Earl of Westmoreland, and member for Lyme Regis during the period of its rottenness ; as soon as it was enfranchised by the Reform Bill, the Colonel retired from the representation, to make way for a Liberal.
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