The Ministerial whitebait dinner at Blackwell, the precursor of the
proroga- tion, is appointed for Saturday the 4th proximo. The present session may therefore be confidently expected to terminate on Thursday the 9th of August. It has not transpired whether her Majesty will make the prorogation in person.— Morning Post.
Sir James Duke, the Lord Mayor, has resigned his seat for Boston; having previously accepted an invitation by a deputation of London citizens to be a can- didate for the Metropolitan seat, vacant by the death of Mr.Pattison.
The Honourable Captain Pelham, brother to Lord Yarborough, has commenced a canvass of the Boston electors as Sir James Duke's successor. Mr. Humfrey is mentioned as likely to be his Conservative opponent. .s
The Reverend W. F. Hope, of Christchurch College, has :pesented to Oxford University an entomological collection, said to be one of the richest in existence and a fine library in the natural and physical sciences, with the object of assisting the University in its efforts to encourage scientific studies.
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