The Duke of Gloucester died on Sunday evening, at twenty
minutes before seven o'clock. his Royal Highness succeeded his father, who was brother of George the Third, in 1805. He married, in 1816, his first cousin, the Princess Mary, a sister of his Majesty. His Royal Highness was more distinguished by having been, for some years, the great butt for the wit of the Tory papers, than by great acquirements. By his death, Cambridge loses its Chancellor, arid the Scuts nisileer Guards their Colonel. A Grand Cross of the Guelphic Order, and a Field Marshal's baton, will return into the hands of the King. The nation will save a great portion of the income bestowed on his Royal Highness. His merits, us a public man, do not require from us a more extensive notice.—Courier. [We may add, that in the Tory circles, which ought to be the best informed, his Royal Highness's death is attributed to a bilious fever, brought on by an over-feed of pork chops.] It is expected that the Duke will be buried next Thursday. A gene- ral mourning, commencing on Thursday last, has been ordered.
Marquis Camden is a candidate for the Chancellorship of Cambridge University ; and will probably be elected.
The Duke of Northumberland will be elected to the High Steward- ship of the University of Cambridge on the 10th instant, without opposition ; Lord Lyndhurst having declined being put in nomination to oppose the Duke.
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