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It is announced that the Earl of Lovelace will move, and Lord Vermin second, the address in the House of Lords. In the Commons, the address will be moved by Mr. Edward Buller, Member for Stafford- shire, and seconded by Mr. G. W. Wood, Member for Kendal.
The Duke of Cleveland will have the Garter worn by the late Duke of Buckingham. The Duke turned his Liberalism and rotten boroughs to good account. Within a few years he has risen from plain Earl of Darliugton, to he Marquis and Duke of Cleveland and a Knight of the Garter. What would his stern old Republican ancestor, Sir Harry Vane, say to these "blushing honours ?" The heir to the Dukedom is it Tory ; and as Peel may be Premier when the present Duke dies, the Carter may descend with the title and estate.
It is rumoured that the vacant Garter has been pressed upon the noble Premier himself, from a quarter and in a manner extremely difficult to resist. —31e1.11 tag Herald.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel have been entertaining a large party at Drayton Manor. Among the company were—the Duke of Newcastle and the Ladies Pelham Clinton, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Villiers, Sir George Clerk, Sir Frederick Pollock, Mr. Bonham, Mr. Padre (M.P. for Leicestershire,) and Lord Charles Manners.
A great number of idle paragraphs are circulating through the papers respecting the health of the Duke of Wellington. With the exception of a slight attack of rheumatism, we believe his Grace is in as sound health as he has been for the last twenty years. The Duke of Welling- ton's indisposition is said to arise from a slight rigidity of the muscles on one side of the face, which produces a painful sensation.—Morning Herald. [The Times inserted a precisely similar statement, with the exception of the last sentence—which hints at paralysis.] The Duke of Wellington will give a sumptuous entertainment at Apsley House on Monday the 4th of the ensuing month, to the Con- servative Peers. The Dukes of Rutland and Newcastle, Marquises of Salisbury and.Londonderry, Earls de Grey, Wilton, Harrowby, and Aberdeen, Lords Maryborough, Ellenborough, Wharncliffe, Strang- ford, &e. are to be among the guests. His Grace is not expected in town until the close of next week.—Ilorning Herald.
Lord Lyndhurst left Paris for London on Thursday last.
Au account of the death of Prince Lieven reached Paris on Wednes- day afternoon.
The Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society, has taken the splendid mansion on the Terrace, Piccadilly, so many years the abode of the late Dowager Countess Poulett.
Mr. Ralph Lambton, uncle of the Earl of Durham, and Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., is dangerously ill at Morton House, near Durham. Mr. and Mrs. H. Lambton arc staying at the above mansion.-21.forning Herald.
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