inisctilaneous.
Parliament was formally prorogued on Thursday. The Commis- sioners were Lord Chancellor Cottenham, Lord Duncaunon, and the Marquis of Normanby-. No other Peers were present. The Commons. were represented by .Mr. Ley, Sir William Gossett, and sundry clerks and messengers.
Dr. Anson, Dean of Exeter, and Lord Lichfield's uncle, is mentioned. as likely to succeed to the vacant bishopric of Lichfield.
Last night's Gazette contains an Order in Council approving of the appointment, by the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education,. of the Reverend John Allen and Seymour Tremenheere, Esq., " as In- spectors of Schools to be aided by Public Grants."
Lord Broughatu left London for Paris on Thursday.
Lady Mary Howard, daughter of the Earl of Surry, is to officiate as one of the bridesmaids to her Majesty, in addition to those ladies who attended as Maids of Honour at the Coronation.
The marriage of Miss Smyth, the accomplished sister of the Princess. of Capita, with Lord Dinorben, is to take place early in the spriug.— Morning Chronicle.
Colonel Fox, Secretary of the Ordnance Department, accompanied by Captain Grey, arrived at Madrid on the 1st instant.
Mr. Lahouchere has informed the Chairman of the Eastern Railway Company, that he will not accept of more than 20,000L, instead of 35,000t, for damage done to his estate of Hylands in Essex. The larger suns was awarded to Mr. Labonehere's late father.; but the estate having been sold and the actual damage being only 20,0001., Mr. La- bouchere very honourably refuses to take the whole amount he is legally entitled to.
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