liaiscellantous.

The Marquis of Lansdowne arived at the Hotel Menrice, in Paris, on Tuesday.

At a Court of East India Directors, on Wednesday, Colonel Sir George Arthur, K. C. H., was appointed Governor of Bombay.

The Eve, which has arrived at Cork from Monte Video, spoke, on the 11th March, in latitude 31 deg. 36 min., longitude 37 deg., the Queen's ship Warspite, with Lord Ashburton on board. The Warspite had been twenty-five days at sea, and was likely to have a very long passage.

The Duke of Beaufort fell from his horse, head-foremost, on the 23d, while hunting with the Badminton hounds. He was severely bruised ; but he has quite recovered.

The Earl of Munster was buried in a vault in Hampton Church, on Tuesday morning. Many noblemen sent requests that their carriages might be allowed to join the procession ; but the funeral was made what is called as private as possible, and the only carriages which followed the hearse were those of the Queen Dowager and other members of the Royal Family.

The executors of the late Earl are Lord De Lisle and Major-General Wyndham.

A correspondent reminds ns, that in enumerating William the Fourth's children, we omitted Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, who holds the living of Mapledurham in Oxfordshire.

The Times gives this corrected account of Lord Hertford's will- " To his widow the Marchioness is left 3,000/. per annum, and 20,000/. His son, the present Lord, is left all the landed estates, and residuary legatee, which latter gift is reckoned equivalent to 103,000/. at the least. The late Admiral Sir Richard Strachan left his three daughters, then very young, to the guar- dianship of Lord Hertford, and they chiefly resided with him till their marri- ages : these three young ladies are the most prominent objects of his Lord- ship's bounty, viz, to Charlotte, Countess Zichy, who constantly resided with him, he has left 86,000/. ; to Matilda, Countess Berthold, 80,000/. ; and to Louisa, Princess Antimo Ruffo, 40,000/. ; and to each successively, a life-in- terest in the villa in Regent's Park ; which, after teem, returns to his own family. To Lady Stracban is left a life-annuity of 7001., and 10,000/. To a Mrs. Spencer, who is, we presume, the person called in other statements (but, we believe, erroneously) 'Lady Strachan's maid,' a life-annuity of 1,0001., and 5,000/. To his Lordship's numerous servants several sums, estimated at from 16,0001. to 20,000L To his executors, 5,0001. each; to Sir Horace Seymour, 8,000/. ; to Lord George Seymour, 5,000/. ; to his cousin, Captain Meynell, 4,000/. ; to Mr. Croker, 21,0001. and his wine, which from his Lordship's hav- ing latterly lived so little in England, is not reckoned at more than 500/. ; to Mr. De Horsey, 3,500/4 to Mr. Raikes, 2,000/. These, we believe, are the principal bequests; but the codicils by which they are made are said to be near thirty in number, and liable to various legal questions which may affect and alter some of the legacies, at least as to their amounts; and perhaps some other testamentary papers may be yet found; but on the whole, we believe the fore- going is a pretty accurate statement of the affair as it at present appears on the face of the documents hitherto discovered."

A fire broke out at Sir Robert Inglis's house, in Bedford Square, on Wednesday evening ; a beam under the flooring of the plate-room, near a flue, having taken light. The fire was not put out before it had done much damage.

The bear-skin caps now worn by the Household Brigade are to be dis- continued, and helmets made of German silver are to be substituted. Those of the First and Second Life Guards are to be adorned by a white plume of horse-hair placed in the socket in the centre of the skull ; and those of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards by a red plume. They are to be worn for the first time on the Queen's birthday.

During Divine service in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, on Wednes- day, the ceremony of installing two Military Knights of Windsor was performed : Major Anderson, who is removed from the lower to the upper foundation, and Captain Thomas Cradock, newly appointed, were installed.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered a first-zate ship of war of 120 gums to be built in Woolwich Dockyard, to be named the Royal Albert. Lieutenant Michael de Conrcy, of the Queen's brigantine Charybdis, has been promoted to the rank of Commander, in consideration of his gallant conduct in routing the rebel Carthaginian squadron lately. Mr. Waghorn has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy ; as an acknowledgment, it is understood, of his exertions in es- tablishing the overland communication with India. Sir Henry Wheatley has received the Queen's commands to forward to Captain Manby " the gold Coronation medal, begging his acceptance thereof as a small mark of the sense her Majesty entertains of the utility of his inventions in the preservation of lives from shipwreck."

The Revenue Commissioners have, it is said, made a report to the Treasury, in which they state that at present they could not recommend any immediate reduction in the public expenditure, but that the conse- quence of their recommendation will be in due time a gradual redue- tion.—Globe.

The Nonconformist of Wednesday records meetings of persons who have given their adhesion to Mr. Starge's Complete Suffrage declara- tion in several of the Metropolitan parishes, "and very generally all over the provinces"; and a meeting at Edinburgh had also adopted it.

The Globe revives an Anti-Income-tax anecdote- " Whilst the late Charles Mathews the comedian was performing in Tate Wilkinson's company, in York, he took it into his head to resist the Income- tax which was then in operation, and which would at that time have pressed i heavily upon his little income. He sent in the Commissioners a long and humorous list of the drawbacks upon his salary, and enumerated with inge- nious minuteness his stock in trade. He began with wigs; and described them in all their infinite variety, thus—' black wigs, white wigs, brown wigs, red wigs ; bush wigs, tie wigs, bob wigs, bishops' wigs, wigs with a tail, wigs without a tail, lawyers' wigs, judges' wigs, parsons' wigs, powdered wigs, old men's wigs, young men's wigs, &c. Natural heads of hair—namely, red hair, gray hair, flaxen hair, countrymen's hair, and bald heads of every description. Beards, whiskers, mustachios, eyebrows, &c. Stockings of every colour were then enumerated. After these regular requisites were given, came the miscel- laneous part of his stock, such as hats, feathers, caps, cravats, stocks, ruffles, frills, neckerchiefs, pocket-handkerchiefs, pens, books, ink, paper, music-paper, red ochre, rouge, carmine, hair-powder, wax-candles, Indian ink, camel's-hair pencils, hare's feet, whiting, burnt corks, cold cream, soap, and huckaback towels.' The first covered several sheets of paper. While it was being read, the Commissioners listened with imperturbable gravity. at first ; but presently, no longer able to contain themselves, they burst out into roars of laughter, and exempted the comedian, who heard no more of the Income- tax while in York."

The daily papers publish Lord Aberdeen's note on the right of search question, addressed to Mr. Everett, the American Minister in this country, in reply to a note by Mr. Stevenson, the late American Minister ; which is dated 21st October, but which was not delivered until the day after his departure. Mr. Everett having combated some- thing which Lord Palmerston bad said, Lord Aberdeen begins by dis- claiming all responsibility for any expressions used by his predecessor. " The undersigned," he says, " must request that his doctrines upon this subject, and those of the Government of which he is the organ, may be judged of exclusively from his own declarations." He then ex- plicitly repeats his former renunciation on the part of this country of all claim to a right of search over American vessels in time of peace. He draws a distinction between aright of search, which " is not con- fined to the verification of the nationality of the vessel, but also extends to the object of the voyage and the nature of the cargo," and the right of ascertaining, by the only possible means, the essential fact of nation- ality, upon which the conduct to be observed towards foreign vessels must in every case depend. When a vessel is once ascertained to be American, the British cruisers are ordered to abstain from all inter- ference with her, " be she slaver or otherwise." For such a proceeding he gives a cogent precedent : Mr. Stevenson denied the right to visit ships to ascertain the real character of any vessel on the high seas, against which there should exist reasonable ground of suspicion; and he asks what other nation than Great Britain has ever asserted, or at- tempted to exercise, such a right?— - " In answer to this question, the undersigned can at once refer to the avowed and constant practice of the United States ; whose cruisers, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, by the admission of their public journals, are notoriously in the habit of examining all suspicious vessels, whether sailing under the English flag or any other. In whose eyes are these vessels suspicious ? Doubtless in those of the commanders of the American cruisers. But in truth, this right is quite as important to the United States as to Great Britain ; nor is it easy to conceive how the maritime intercourse of mankind could be safely carried on without such a check."

The remainder of the note is chiefly occupied in an indirect appeal to the generosity and honour of the American nation, to act up to their professed abhorrence of the slave-trade.

Before the Commission of the French Chamber of Deputies on the Budget, on Tuesday, Marshal Soult, the Minister of War, gave an ex- planation respecting the home service, Algeria, and the extraordinary works. The two first, which comprehend the expenses of the Army, give a total expenditure of 295,909,733 francs for 344,000 men and 84,288 horses. To effect the lately-proposed reductions, a company for every battalion will be taken away from each regiment of the Line and of light infantry. In addition, 100,000 men will pass into the reserve in 1843; and a reduction of 13,395 horses will be gradually effected. These measures will produce a saving of 32,656,892 francs ; but the total diminution only reaches 29,823,242 francs, in consequence of several augmentations, in pay to men, additional officers, and other im- provements, which will require a sum of 2,763,650 francs. The budget for the Marine, divided into two sections, amounts to 98,763,026 francs, including 4,400,000 francs for extraordinary works already authorized, and 2,440,000 francs for the construction of Transatlantic packet-boats. Putting aside these two charges, both temporary, the budget for the Marine amounts to 91,923,026 francs. The Committee was unanimously of opinion that no reduction was required in this part of the Budget.

The trial of the prisoners charged with conspiracy against the Bel- gian Government at Brussels closed on the 24th. After two hours' de- liberation, the jury delivered a verdict of acquittal in favour of Parys, J, Vandersmissen, Parent, and Madame Vandersmissen ; declaring the other prisoners, namely, General Vandermeere, General Vandersmissen, and Crehen, to be guilty of conspiracy against the state ; and applying to Crehen the benefit of the article of the Penal Code in favour of per- sons guilty of conspiracy but making disclosures calculated to prevent its execution. Van Laethem and Verpraet were pronounced guilty of mnbauchage (attempts to seduce soldiers and others into rebellion.) On the discharge of the acquitted prisoners, Madame Vandersmissen (an. Englishwoman whose name was Graves) was invited to retire with the others ; but she refused to quit her husband, and clung to him with loud lamentations. She was permitted to remain. Sentence of death was pronounced upon Vandermeere, Vandersmissen, Van Laethem, and Verpraet r • the costs of the trial to be paid by them, and the execution to be performed in one of the public places of Brussels. The Observa- teur says that the four have given notice of an appeal to the Court of Cassation ' • and that, whatever may be the result of their appeal, it is certain that the King will exercise. the ,prerogative of mercy in their favour.

The Queen of Portugal gave birth to an infant Prince on Wednes- day the 16th instant ; and both mother and child were doing well up to the 21st. The event was announced to the inhabitants of Lisbon by a discharge of rockets and ordnance. The usual rejoicings took place during three days—ringing of bells, discharges of artillery, and illu- minations.

Advices from Constantinople come down to the 7th March.

The intelligence received from Syria was of an unfavourable charac- ter. The Druses, suspecting some treachery on the part of the British agent, had assailed the English and American missions, plundered and destroyed their establishments, burned their books and manuscripts, and expelled the missionaries from the country. Bishop Alexander con- tinued to reside at Jerusalem in the capacity of a private individual, not having as yet obtained his firman from the Porte. The Internuncio of Austria had formally demanded the recognition of the Prelate, and there was little doubt but the Sultan would be ultimately obliged to yield. Bishop Alexander, without waiting for the Imperial firman, had laid the foundation of the new church at Jerusalem ; the works of which were proceeding with the utmost activity.

Letters from the Turkish capital say that the Porte will listen to the representation of the great Powers, and recal Omar Pasha, the Austrian renegade, whose sway in Syria has produced such disastrous results. It is considered probable that a son of Emir Besehir will be the succes- sor of Omar.

The Representatives of England, France, and Russia, have addressed, it is stated, a note identique to the Sublime Porte, recommending the withdrawal of the Turkish troops from the Greek frontiers. The Divan, it is added, has displayed every disposition to comply with the suggestions of the Corps Diplomatique. The prospect of an immediate settlement of the dispute between Greece and Turkey, however, is now removed ; since Mavrocordato, the new Greek Ambassador at Con- stantinople, had departed from the basis laid down by Sir Stratford Canning on his departure from Athens, and raised fresh pretensions.

The trial of Mr. John Levick, as the principal, and Lieutenant Mattei, as his second, in the late fatal duel at Malta, took place at the Criminal Court of Special Commission, on the 10th March. Dr. Cross, who was present at the duel as a surgeon, turned Queen's evidence. The Jury took advantage of his being a party implicated to discredit his testimony, and they declared the charge " Not proven "; a verdict to which the Draco-like severity of the Maltese municipal law no doubt contributed. The law is this-

" Sec. 22. In duels, both the challenger and the challenged and their auxi- liaries and seconds shall be punished with condemnation to the gallies for ten years, if death doth not ensue ; and which punishment can be increased to a longer term than the ten years, in proportion to the excess committed.

a Sec. 22. But if death ensue, then the duelling parties, as well as their auxiliaries, seconds, and accomplices, shall suffer the punishment of death."