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Parliament was prorogued on Thursday, to the 31st of January, with the usual ceremony. The Commissioners were Lords Cotteziham, Glenelg, and Duncannon.
As a proof that the eyesight of the Duke of Sussex is restored, we hear that, during his Royal Highness's late sojourn at Lord Dinorben's, he joined several shooting-parties, and brought down the pheasants with unerring aim.
Sir Robert Peel is entertaining the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Mr. Yates and Lady Jane Peel, and many of the surrounding nobility and gentry, at Drayton Manor. The party have had abundant sport, pheasant shooting, on his well-stocked preserves. [ This is sadly ex. pensive work, Sir Robert ! But we dare say that you do the thing as cheaply as possible. Pray, are the servants and horses of your guests despatched to an inn, two miles of because you have no room at Drayton, and oats are scarce in your stables, and roast beef in your larders ?]
A great fuss was made some days ago about Lord Althorp's (now Lord Spencer's) arrival in town, as if it portended some extraordinary political movement. It turns out that the only movement of any in- terest has been the march from Northamptonshire to Smithfield of his Lordship's annual candidate for the prize awarded to the largest ox.— Times.
Lord Wharncliffe, at the Wakefield dinner on Monday, contradicted the statement that Lady Wharncliffe had been appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen. Lord Wharncliffe seemed to consider it a downright insult to suppose that his wife could be a bedchamber.woman even to the Queen. The story, he said, was a gross misrepresentation. The Marquis of Sligo arrived in town from Jamaica on Thursday, and had an interview yesterday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office.
Lord Canterbury will return to England on the meeting of Parlia- ment; but his Lady and family will remain in Paris.
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