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POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS. 



The Right Hon. Charles James Herries has 

 been appointed President of the Board of Trade. 

 The Right Hon. T. F. Lewis, to be Treasurer 

 of his Majesty's navy. Lord Ellenborough, the 

 Right Hon. R. Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, the 

 Right Hon. Sir G. Murray, the Duke of Welling- 



ton, the Right Hon. H. Goulburn,the Right Hon. 

 J. Sullivan, Lord Ashley, the Marquis of Graham, 

 the Right Hon. T. P. Courtenay, and G. Bankes, 

 esq., to be his Majesty's Commissioners for the 

 Affairs of India. 



CHRONOLOGY, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, ETC. 



CHRONOLOGY. 



February 4. Parliament opened by his Ma- 

 jesty's Commissioners, the Lord Chancellor, the 

 Puke of Wellington, Earls Rosslyn, Aberdeen, 

 and Mayo, when the Lord Chancellor read the 

 following speech : " My Lords and Gentlemen, 

 We are commanded by his Majesty to inform you, 

 that his Majesty receives from all foreign powers 

 the strongest assurances of their desire to main- 

 tain and cultivate the most friendly relations of 

 this country. His Majesty has seen with satisfac- 

 tion that the war between Russ'a and the Otto- 

 man Porte has been brought to a conclusion. 

 The efforts of his Majesty to accomplish the main 

 objects of the Treaty of the 6th July, 1827, have 

 been unremitted. His Majesty having recently 

 concerted with his Allies measures for the pacifi- 

 cation and final settlement of Greece, trusts that 

 he shall be enabled, at an early period, to commu- 

 nicate to you the paiticulars of this arrangement, 

 with such information as may explain the course 

 which his Majesty has pursued throughout the 

 progress of these important transactions. His 

 Majesty laments that he is unable to announce to 

 you the prospect of a reconciliation between the 

 Princes of the House of Brairanza. His Majesty 

 has not yet deemed it expedient to re-establish, 

 upon their ancient footing, his Majesty's diplo- 

 matic relations with the kingdom of Portugal. 

 But the numerous embarrassments arising from 

 the continued interruption of these relations, in- 

 crease his Majesty's desire to effect the termina- 

 tion of so serious an evil. Gentlemen of the 

 House of Commons, His Majesty has directed the 

 estimates for the current year to be laid before 

 you. They have been framed with every atten- 

 tion to economy, and it will be satisfactory to you 

 to learn that his Majesty will be enabled to make 

 a considerable reduction in the amount of the 

 public expenditure, without impairing the effi- 

 ciency of our nuval or military establishments. 

 We are commanded by his Majesty to inform you, 

 that although the national income, duringthe last 

 year, has not attained the full amount at which it 

 had been estimated, the diminution is not such as 

 to cause any doubt as to the future prosperity of 

 the revenue. My Lords and Gentlemen, His 

 Majesty commands us to acquaint you, that his 

 attention has been of late earnestly directed to 

 various important considerations connected with 

 improvements in the administration of the law. 

 His Majesty has directed that measures shall 

 be submitted for your deliberation, of which some 

 are calculated in the opinion of his Majesty to 

 facilitate and expedite the course of justice in 

 different parts of the United Kingdom, and others 

 appear to be necessary preliminaries to a revision 

 of the practice and proceedings of the superior 

 court?. We are commanded to assure you, that 

 his Majesty feels confident that you will give 

 your best attention and assistance to subjects of 

 such deep and lasting concern to the well-being of 

 his people. His Majesty commands us to inform 

 you, that the export in the last year of British 

 produce and manufactures has exceeded that of 

 any former year. His Majesty laments, that not- 

 withstanding this indication of active commerce, 

 distress should prevail among the agricultural 

 'and manufacturing classes in some parts of the 

 United Kingdom, It would be most 'gratifying to 



the paternal feelings of his Majesty to be enabled 

 to propose for your consideration, measures cal- 

 culated to remove the difficulties of any portion of 

 his subjects, and at the same time compatible 

 with the general and permanent interests of Lis 

 people. It is from a deep solicitude for those 

 interests, that his Majesty is impressed with the 

 necessity of acting with ex'treme caution in refer- 

 ence to this important subject. His Majesty feels 

 assured, that you will concur with him in assign- 

 ing due weight to the effect of unfavourable sea- 

 sons, and to the operation of other causes, which 

 are beyond the reach of legislative control or 

 remedy. Above all, his Majesty is convinced 

 that no pressure of temporary difficulty will in- 

 duce you to relax the determination which you 

 have uniformly manifested to maintain inviolate 

 the public credit, and thus to uphold the high 

 character, and the permanent welfare of the 

 country." 



5. The Argylle Rooms completely destroyed by 

 fire. 



7. The hard frost broke up, after having con- 

 tinued, with more or less severity, for upwards 

 of 40 clays. 



9. One convict executed at the Old Bailey. 



Select committees formed in both Houses of 

 Parliament, to inquire into the state of the East 

 India Company's affairs, and the nature of the 

 trade between Great Britain and China. 



10. In the Court of King's Bench Mr. Alex- 

 ander was sentenced to one year's imprisonment, 

 and to a fine of .300 for the three libels published 

 in The Morning Journal, of which he had been 

 found guilty ; and Mr. Isaacson to pay a fine of 

 .100 ; and Mr. Marsden to enter into recogni- 

 zances for good behaviour for three years. 



Committee appointed in the House of Com- 

 mons to inquire into the laws and usages of Select 

 Vestries. 



11. Report presented to the Common Council of; 

 the city, by the Coal and Corn Committee, stating 

 that they had a conference with his Majesty's 

 ministers on the high price of coals, who promised 

 every consideration to it. 



The Solicitor General, in the House of 

 Commons, obtained leave to bring in five bills, to 

 make some reform in the Court of Chancery. 



16. The English Opera House, and houses con- 

 tiguous, totally burnt to the ground by an acci- 

 dental fire which took place a little while after 

 the French company's performances had ceased, 

 about 1 o'clock in the morning. 



18. Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey. 



A motion made in the House of Commons, 

 by the Marquess of Blandford, " that a Reform 

 in that .House was expedient," and negatived by 

 160 votes against 57, although one of its members 

 (Sir, Francis Burdett), said, " I first purchased a 

 seat in this House for money I purchased it 

 against the law.'' 



23. Sessions at the Old Bailey terminated ; 11 

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