28 JANUARY 1837, Page 2

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THE King is reported to be in excellent health ; but his Majesty thinks it prudent to avoid a journey to London at this inclement sea- son, and will not open the session of Parliament in person. He takes frequent rides in the neighbourhood of Brighton ; and we observe that his attendant on two or three occasions has been Major-General Sir Charles Thornton, who figures in the letter we inserted last week on the Abuses of the Army, as the Captain who retired in 1808 upon full pay and pensions. The Dutchess of Gloucester is still very un- well, but improving. Among the dinner-company at the Palace this week, we observe the Duke of Argyll, Lord Teignmouth, Sir George Sinclair, and Lord John Hay.