... PUBLIC DINNER TO THE RIGHT EON. CHARLES GRANT.-On Tuesday se'nnight, a grand dinner was given to the Right Hon. C. Grant, in the Northern Meeting Rooms, Edinburgh. On the health of his Majesty's Ministers being drunk, Mr. Grant returned thanks. In alluding to the public conduct of Ministers, he said, compare the period at which they accepted office with the present! Look at the state of the ...

... There are few things which strike a foreigner, arriving in Eng- land at this desolate season of the year, with more surprise, than the total stagnation of society in the metropolis. Observing the streets thronged with equipages, and a considerable number of first-rate residences inhabited, it remains a mystery to his more mercurial faculties, that hundreds of persons, destitute of better means ...

... Yesterday se'nnight, ...

... The accounts from Portugal are unimportant. The forces of Miguel were still bombarding Oporto, but there had been some cessation, occasioned by want of ammunition. On the 16th, there was an explosion of an alarming and fatal de- scription at the Serra Convent. The artillerymen were filling shells, when, by some accident, one of them exploded, and the fire communicated to those around, and to ...

... THE BIRTH OF PORTRAITURE. From Moore's Evenings in Greece. Just published. As once a Grecian maiden wove Her garland mid the summer bow'rs, There stood a youth with eyes of love, To watch her while she wreathed the flowers. The youth was skill'd in Painting's art, But ne'er had studied woman's brow, Nor known the colouring which the heart Can shed o'er Nature's charms, till now. His hand had ...

... The characteristic of the English populace (perhaps we ought to say people, for it extends to the middle classes,) is their pro- pensity to mischief. The people of most other countries may safely be admitted into parks, gardens, public buildings, and galleries of pictures and statues but in England it is necessary to exclude them, as much as possible, from all such places. This is the ...

... The Llantillio Hounds will meet on Monday next, at Skenfrith Bridge on Wednesday at Llanarth Church on Friday at the Graig Finger post ;—each morning at eleven. Captain Brecknell's crack pack will meet on Saturday (to-day) at Blackbrook Park on Monday at the Southwell Arms on Wednesday at the Kennel, Wilton ;-each morning at ten. ...

... Monday, January 28.—This day's supply of beasts was mo- derately good, both as to numbers and quality but the supply of each kind of small stock was rather limited. Trade was, throughout, very dull. With beef at a depression of full 2d per stone with mutton, veal, and pork, at barely Friday's quota- tions. (Per stone of 81b. sinking offal.) Inferiorbeef, from 2 2 to 2 4 1 Prime beef, from 3 10 ...

... NEW PIER AT SOUTHAMPTON.—Considerable progress has been made with the New Pier, a contract having been taken for its completion by the early part of May. It is to be formed of wood, 900 feet long, curving to the east, for the convenience of steam-packets, &c. The carriage road is to be 20 feet wide, with a footpath on either side, lighted by gas, and protected from the carriage road by a ...

... TUESDAY, JAN. 29.—At half-past two o'clock the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the members to the House of Lords to attend at the reading of his Majesty's Commission for opening of the session. The assemblage of members present in the house was more numerous than had ever been observed on the first day of a new parliament by the oldest attendant of this house. On the treasury bench sat ...

... The reports which have been current during the last few days of the intentions of Government to propose to Parliament the emancipation of the Negroes in our Colonies, without sufficient preparation, and without due regard to the compensation of the West India Proprietors, have spread the greatest dismay among that numerous body of the community whose fortunes and sub- sistence depend on the ...

... HATS AND BONNETS.—The former are most in favour in half- dress they are for the most part trimmed in a very light style,, with gauze ribbons to correspond, and a single ostrich feather, both of the colour of the hat; it is placed almost on the front of the brim in a manner equally new and original. When flowers are employed, they are divided into two tufts, which are separated by leaves formed ...