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Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 116, 21 November 1846, Page 2

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New Baronets.—The Quesn hag been pleated to direct letters potent to be parsed under tic great seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of thd United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to the following gentlemen, and the reipective heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz—The Right Honorable Franklin Lewis, of Harpton Court, in the county of Radnor; John Somerset Pnkington, of Weetwoid-purk, in the county of Worcester. Esq.; John Gladstone, of Fa«|ie and Balfxur, in the counly of Kincardine, EFq.; John Weir Hog?, of Upper Groavenor-strcet, in the county of Middlesex, Eiq, } Williaro Peilden, of Feniscowlfß» ' n the county palatine of Lancaster, Eeq.; William Verner, of Verner's Bridge, in the county of Armagh, and of Inisoiagl), in the county of Tyrone, Esq.; and Sir Moses Montefiore, of Eait Clifo Lodge, in the lileof Thanet. and county of Kent, Knight.—Times, July 1, An English paper says that a case oi preserved moat, faken from the wreck of the Fury, which was io*t in llw

Frozen Ocean in Ciplain Parry , * voyage, üboiii twooty yraw e'moo, ivag opened by a goiitlmnaii at Brcntwo ul, Jlici) it'wae found to be a* fVenh as tho jay it was packed, and wlion cooked ii \vac excolluiit.

"I tell you as 'twas told to mo." In the courie of ]a»t week »»» a ß etl carrier, jogging to Bradling, wai accoeted by a stranger, mounted on a white horse; ha commenced tho conversation hy the ujual reinarke on the weather, which leid to other* on the dieeuse in the potatoeg. " Yee! " exclnimed the stranger, ''the blight visited the potatoes hn year, this year it will visit the corn, next year it will visit human life, as sure as you have a corpse in your cart j let Sir Robert Peel look to it 1" The affrighted carrier looked into his closely covered c art, and his paisenger, whom he had taken up j n health, wa» indeed a stiffened corpse. Ths oIJ man looked around for the stranger and bis horse—bosh had vanished.—-CAMUeiDGK Advebtukr. Pohtugal.— The Oporto post is in, as well as thoie from other parts of the country. The whole population of the province of Beir* has risen. A. body of insurgents, computed at from 4030 to SOOO B tro.ig, have entered Coimbrs, driving out the troopi there stationed, who at first offered some resistance, but gave up the contest and retreated towards Oporlo, on finding that the inhabitants of tbe town were against them. Coimbra is the seat of the University, and is about 70 miles south of Opoato.and 130 north of this city. Reports are in circulation of freifi outbreaks in all directions, end by this time, no doubt, nearly the whole country is in a Jiateonnsurec'.ion. In this city the ferment is constantly increasing. PUcsrda exhorting tbe people not to rest sitisfied with anything short of a complete revolution, are openly ituck up at the corners of the streets under the very nosei of the gmrds and patriots, who dare not attempt to inter, fere; and yesterday evenin?, at the Care Grec, on tbe Sodre Squire, within thirty yards of a guard, home, a number of young men were openly display. ing pistots, poignards, and sword easet, w'.th which they were prepared to begin tbe grand row intended, should aoytbing but a purely Septembmt Miniitry be chosen by tbe Qaeen. Tbe object of these wellwhiikered youtbs, however, is very different from

that of the prorinciil insurgents; the letter ere

tryin? to f/ea tbecnielres from tyranny, the former, merely to have a freih scramble (or the loms and fishes. So strong it the feeling against the Cabral brothers in Ihii city, that it it generally th-mght they will be off for England by the packet going to-day. That they are in great •• bodily fear " it evident from the f*cl of their hiring slept hit night and the night before at the btrracks of the "tauWcipal guard.—Sun*, May 30.

The French Chambers are much employed in asking preparation! for the general election, which is expected to t»ke place about the be S inning of Augujt. Tas ministerial strength h&s been tried, andnotfoand wanting.

The proposal to perpetuate the mem ry of the late Mm. Fry by the erection of an institution for the reception and reformation of diicbirged prisoners » meeting with much f«rour. At a committee meet'°g held tan week, tbe Honourable William Cowptr "goified tbe Qieen'e ptemara to become the pat. roneii and u> subscribe 50 guineas in aid of the funds. Prince Albert it to be one of tb« patrons end give. R aubscription of £25. The Cherelier Buasen ,uted tb.t hi hid receirea the commaads of the Kinjf of Prusua to cay, that in testimony of »"i regard for the memory of the deceased, and his *pprob«ion of the ohjecu of the institution, hi, Majeity should become a cjntributor. George Clarke, a pedestrian, h« succeeded in piking 1,530 miles in 1,000 iuccewire hours, at

Rd. CoBfIEN, Esq , M..P.-A rumour has ap. P«<ed in lomeof the pajien, tharthu distinguUbed K»der of the Ami Corn-Law League it eeriomly ««• and a French paper hai even ipoken of his malady „.. morta ,,, We are Ltppy tQ wy there " not a word of truth In the rumour; a ParlUmenl «y friend of h» a «ures u«~» I think he is a, well 88 1 bare known him for year.." It U true, how. "er, that Mr. Cobdtn it somewhat worn by hia •tenant labour*, Bn d he himself recently said— 'when I hav e done willl conj( j muit g0 out , 0 *nw«."—Leodr Mercury. Meurt. Brunei and Goorh hare projected an en po which they calculate wilt run 80>ile« per lonr J iU» to outdo the atmospheiic. This engine '•to h,v fi is.jnch cylinders, 2 Act »troke, 8 feet f min S "heeJi and an fbcrea»ed diameter of boiler, w contain 273 tabes.''"

Brnbfits of ADVERTfsiN-G—A f.llowin one of lite cities " down-east" recently advertised in a worning paper f« r a wjfc, and b-fore night eighteen ifferent men sent him word that ho might hare tueiu.

David and So]-mon extracted £803,000,000 of B°ld from Africa, in order to enrich tho temple of dPhf lS,em ' * lum ' nffic >ent to diech«r{fe the national Hn tt h ,eft ftt h, " B deat '» ster"«g. which CaliguU bviihed m twelve months. Apiciue who waeted a cum equal to eterS ' n l tt,tur,o «« "'ing. <«ai obliged at Uit to exUα , V Ute of bie aff '«f«. aud finding (hat h* J 0 7 onl y he endud bit days by

, °* lk are »' , n . *'•&.***»£« IT*' nh «<l**>a u> & t Free Trade. for hi » me.,.*, f Or The Potato Cin P _ Th statements made to 7*. ? ' )een variouß Potato -d of lhe rumour, our midland counti <! ° nße(l,leace of *«• — ro« 8 incjuirie/ ' T r f re>pa(ldeßt »"* mlned their potato „) F fdrmeri - wl " «*• dead, i« tll ' " ! f T ,niU,,w ' th ' •«• R«F«At op the Cork Laws v „ • "••Were.g«o, the .T™ 1 paragraph :—<« Wh Pn * '* f ),low »i? - aniweraßbeforebeiog iaag Jh «»«>. wel , you k<nw that it i 8 impossible !' ■'