The form of proroguing Parliament once more—to meet for business
on Wednesday the 15th of November—was gone through on Monday. The Commissioners were Lord Chancellor Cottenham, Lord Foley, and Lord King. The only :Members of the House of Commons pre. sent were Mr. Hawes and Mr. Mark Phillips.
Lord Melbourne arrived in town from Windsor, after his long visit, on Wednesday afternoon.
Sir Henry P.arnell arrived in town on Monday, from the Continent.
The Honourable James Abereromby and his lady are sojourning at Buxton Wells, Derbyshire. It affords us great pleasure to state that the Speaker's health has much improved since his arrival at that agree- able spa.—Illorning Chronicle. [The late Speaker may again be Speaker after the lath November; but at present. he is only one of the Members for Edinburgh.] Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Darling, it is understood, will be appointed Colonel of the Forty-first Regiment vice Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edward Stopford, deceased.—Courier. LA very popular appointment, and highly creditable to the Whig Government! Everybody has heard of General Darling.] If hey Cii ..; '.'rt' et fora Radical constituency oieaes for a plate under the Wale 4 itivrt ,,,,, tea. e recommend him to apply to the Luke of Wellington. 7 Le thing ha• been done.
King Otho of Greece bra• dietniased, very properly, some lady about the court—the Lady Chamberlain Von Willy—for having interfered in politics. Had a similar step been adopted in either of the last two reigns, how much good it would have effected !—Globe. [How much more good would be effected if the Tory Commander, and his clever Secretary of the same politics, were dismissed from the Horse Guards in the present reign !]
Sir Benjamin D'Urban has been recalled from the Cape of Good Hope; and General George Napier has been appointed his successor.
Mr. Crofton Croker, the author, and a relative of the Right Honour- able John Wilson Croker, has been appointed one of the senior clerks of the Admiralty.—Post.
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