9 JANUARY 1841, page 5

Ireland.

Mr. Lucas, the Conservative Member for Monaghan, has addressed Ins constituents, intimating his intention, at the close of the present Par- liament, to retire into private life,......

Progress Of The Opium War.

An overland mail from India has brought further accounts of the ex- pedition against China. The accounts from Chosen. to the 30th September, mention reports of negotiations......

Scotland.

Colonel Ferguson has at length met the electors of the Kirkcaldy, and seems to have given them great satisfaction. He spoke against the Corn-laws ; and said he would at the end......