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Parliament was prorogued on Thursday, in the usual form, until Tuesday the 4th of December. The Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Albemarle, and Lord Falkland. The Com- mons were represented by Mr. Rickman, one of the Clerks.
The Marquis of Clanricarde has sailed for St. Petersburg ; where, as representative of the British Government, his attention will be fully occupied by the aspect of affairs in the East, and by the intrigues which are manifestly in operation. Our Government is evidently alive to this state of things ; and by some changes recently announced, has considerably strengthened the Embassy at the Courts to which these re- marks 'principally apply. Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, now Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople, is to be Secretary of Embassy at St. Petersburg, in the room of Mr..Milhanke, who has been transferred to Vienna. Mr. Bankbead, from Washington, has been sent to Con. stantinople, and Mr. James Hudson is to go out to Washington.— Government Paper. [No doubt, the appointment of gentlemen so dis- tinguished in diplomacy will make Nicholas quake.1
Sir Robert Peel has been mentioned as one of the most probable successors of the Duke of Sussex, in the chair of the Royal Society, should Sir John Herschel persist in declining the honourable post.— Morning Herald.
The Duke of Sussex arrived at Raby Castle on Monday last, on a visit to the Duke and Dutchess of Cleveland. Lord Brougham came on Tuesday, and tbe Earl of Scarborough on Wednesday. Mr. Hope yere and several other persons of distinction are also at present enjoy- ing the hospitality of the noble Duke at his fine baronial residence.— Netocastle Journal.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theorlosia Rice visited Liverpool on Tuesday last, on their return from Dublin, and left that town on the following morning.
The severe illness of the Bishop of Winchester is announced.
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