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Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 23, 18 June 1845, Page 3

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The Worcester Chronicle of the 11th of December, states that the " Ladies " of the Siamese twins have each given birth to a daughter.

The Roman Catholic Clergymen in Ireland, Messrs. Frost, Burk, O'Brien, Macnarnara, and Brisbie, have lately renounced Catholicism, and are now preparing for the ministry of the Church of England.— Atlas. The Morning Post announces the probable remodelling of the Ministry. The First Lord of the Admiralty, the Earl of Haddington ; the President of the Board of Controul, the Earl of Ripon ; the Postmaster-General' the Earl of Westmorland, have expressed their desire to retire from their high offices. Lord Stanley, it is rumoured, is likely to succeed the Earl of Ripon, and Mr. Gladstone to pass from the Precidency of the Board of Trade, to the Colonies. The Earl of Dalhousie, Vice President of the Board of Controul, to be President, and Mr. Caldwell, member for Clitheroe, to fill up the vacancy. Lord Ellenberough to be* first Lord of the Admiralty. The Times reports that the general opinion is, that the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland has been offered to Earl Powis.

A rumour, says the Dublin Statesman, has been for some time gaining ground, that the sum of £100,000 will be asked for and, as a matter of course, granted in next Parliament, for the erection of a great university in Ireland, in which cheap education will be afforded on a system of seculiar instruction, in which also professors of all denominations, Roman Catholics aud Unitarians, will be eligible, and where degrees of all kinds will be conferred.

A serious revolt has broken out in Tripoli, on the Baibary coast of Africa, which threatens alarming consequences. Upwards of 600 men from Ifireh, Kekkeli, and Rayana, have taken up arms. Intrigues on the part of the French and Bey of Tunis are supposed to have a good deal to do with th,e insurrection.

The Queen of Spain's marriage was considered all but settled with the young Count Trepani, and her sister with the Due de Montpensier, son of the King of the French. New difficulties have arisen respecting the arrangement. The Queen is unhealthy. It is the opinion of her physicians, that she is physically unable to continue the succession. In that case the throne would be in effect the same as the Due marrying the Queen herself. The other Monarchs of Europe do not wish to throw too much power in the family of the French King. Besides, the Carlist party is very strong, and the desire of the natives seems to be that the Queen should marry the eldest son of Don Carlos. Meantime, an outburst in favour of Don Carlos was expected, and it was generally reported that the French were about to establish a Cordon on the frontier.

A large factory is about being established in Berlin for manufacturing a species of composition equal to the finest marble, from plaster of Paris and solutions of alum.

A letter from Constantinople, dated October 2nd, in the Augsburg Gazette, says:—"The Porte seems to have seriously come to the resolution to foitify and place in a state of defence the entrance of the Bosphorus on the Black Sea and Dardanelles. Several officers of engineers have declared that the present fortifications are insufficient to prevent an enemy's fleet from effecting a passage, as it could compass its object by landing artillery to destroy the Turkish batteries. Artillerymen, to the number of 3000, will be sent to the Dardanelles, and 2000 to the forts at the entrance of the Bosphorus.

Constantinople letters announce the birth of a Prince, who has received the name of Mchined Rechat. This is the ninth child of the Sultan ; two died, and he has still three sons and four daughters. The letters also allude to a change in the Turkish Ministry. It is said that Rifaat Pacha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been replaced by Chekib Effendi.

The " Agitator " seems to have incurred the resantment of his French radical friends. The Reforme states, that a distinguished statuary and caricaturist is about to make a case representing O'Connell holding a torch in his right hand, and in his left a pail of cold water.

The Queen is stated to be agaia in the way that ladies wish to be.