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Mr. Baron Bayley resigned his judicial functions on Wednesday : he is to be created a Baronet.
A circular has been issued from the Home Office, pursuant to a re-
solution of the House of Commons, directing a return, " with the leust possible delay," of the various fees charged in the parishes of London, 8,:c. on baptisms, marriages, and burials, with the registration fees and those for searches; and also of the number of baptisms, public and private, and of marriages and burials, during 1833, with the total emo- lument derived by the clergyman, parish-clerk, sexton, and other officers, from these sources.—Globe. [ Surely Ministers ought to have been prepared with all those documents before the meeting of Parlia- ment.]
Some difficulty is felt at the Horse Guards as to the disposal of
Lord Brudeuell ; and the Lieutenant- Colonelcy of the Fifteenth Hus- sars is to remain vacant until Lord Hill can determine whether that officer is to be indulged with a court of inquiry, or whether he is to be compelled to retire altogether from the service, or to be sufferc,d to remain on the half-pay list.—Morning Chronicle.
By a return just laid before Parliament, it appears that the number of visiters to the British Museum has gone on successively increasing from 81,228 in 1827-1828 to 210,49.5 in 1832-1833.
The celebrated John Thelwall died at Bath, on Sunday last. He had commenced a course of lectures on elocution, when illness suddenly seized him, Which soon proved fatal.
The public will learn with regret; that the house of Mademoiselle
Duchesuois, in the Rue de la Tour des Dames, is advertised for im- mediate sale. We know nothing of the circumstances which have led to this sacrifice ; but the obvious presumption is, that the smiles of fortune have not been so constant to this great actress as the admira- tion of the public.—Poris Paper.
In the Navy-yard of Philadelphia, is the largest line-of-battle ship
that has ever been built in any country. She is called the Pennsyl- vania. She has four decks, and is intended to carry from 140 to 150 guns and 1,400 men. Her entire length is 220 feet, her breadth of beam 57 feet, and from the upper deck to the keel in depth 45 feet.
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