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Sir John Newport has, we understand, been induced to resign

his lucrative Exchequer sinecure, the income of which is now, it seems, to assist in supporting the new baronial dignity of the late Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir John is, we believe, an octogenaire, or something more ; and, if we are correctly informed, calculations quite as skilful and prudent, to say the least, as any that ever distinguished the financial

career of Mr. Spring Rice, have recently engaged a considerable share of the attention of Lord Monteagle.-21forabw Post.