... COURTrAND ARISTOCRACY. | THE COURT.-Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and a part of the Royal family, is expected to leave Windsor, at an. early period, for Claremort, there to remain for about a week or ten days. The Court is expected to return to the Castle a few days before the meeting of Parliament HER MAJESTY's BOUNTY TO THE PooR AT WINDSOR. -Thursday being New ...

... LONDON, Saturday, Jan. 3,1846. The ' Gazette' of last night contains the appoint- ment of the Earl of St Germains to the office of Postmaster-General. A Ministerial paper says, it is confidently stated that Lord Lyttelton will succeed Mr Hope as Under-Secretary for the Colonies. The City of London address on the subject o Free Trade will be presented to-day to her Majesty, at Windsor, by the ...

... I ~~ 0 PROROGATION OP PARLIAMENT.-Parliament was on Tuesday formally prorogued, with the usual ceremonies, to the 22nd of January, then to meet for the dispatch of business. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.-The Duke of BUccleuch will succeed the late Lord Wharncliffe as President of the Council ; Lord Ellenboroogh will return to office as First Lord of the Admiralty; Lord Haddington has accepted the ...

... I MEEDTING AT C HtICuISTER.-OnWednesday the second of a series of agricultural meetings in favour of protec- tion, to be held in the county of Sussex, took place in the Corn Exchange, at which nearly 2,000 persons were present. but the great majority of them were agricultural labourers, who were influenced to attend. The Hon. and Rev. L.V. Harcourt presided, and, in opening the proceed- ings ...

... FAEIGN NEWS. FRANCE. OPENING OF TiE CeIANBERs.-On Saturday the 27th ult., the legislative session was opened by the King in person, with the usual formalities. This is the fourth session of the Chambers since the last general election. The whole of the galleries were filled by the ambassadors, ministers, and representatives of foreign Powers, and the public galleries were filled with ladies. ...

... THE BOARD Or TRADE AND THE POTATO FAILURE. -The Board of Trade is at present collecting informa- tion relative to the potatoes, so far as that is known in the port of London. Some of the merchants think the government is thereby preparing to justify itself before Parliament in proposing the abolition of the Corn law. Others think not, from the limited and partial nature of the inquiry. It ...

... EXTRAORDINARY AND ORIGINAL CORRE. SPONDENCE. (From the ' Dublin Evening Mail.')' Mr T. Jefferson Hogg, for what reason we know not, has selected the ' Dublin Evening Mail 'as the medium of conveying the following extraordinary correspondence to the public. As we are alike ignorant of the facts as of the gentlemen, we cannot venture to offer an opinion upon the merits of the case; butilt wrill ...

... Tuesday, Decenber 30. WAR OFFICE, DfElEMsr 30. 2nd Regiment of Life Guards-Brevet Cal. Sir H. Fairfax, Bart. from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Col. vice Col. G. A. Reid, who exchanges; Major and Lieut.-Col. J. M'Douall to be Lieut.- Col. by purchase, vice Sir 11. Fairfax, Bart. who retires; Brevet Major L. D. Williams to be Major and Lieut.-Col. by purchase, vice MIl)o'all; Lieut. H. G. ...

... 1 I mih t :-lte a short hin t to ass lsartal~ writer, it would be to tell him isis fote. 15 Ito resll ves to venture noon the dangerous psecipireoftell- Nan, onisissed truth, let him proclaim wasr with mankind-neither to le nor to take quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men, they fall spess him srith rhe iron bsais of the law; if he tells them of their v irtucst asehass they save ass, ...

... pOLITICAL. I THE REVENUE. The official returns for the year and quarter ending on the 5th, of January were issued on Monday. The follow- jog is an abstract of the accounts. The quarter just ended, as compared with the similar quarter ending on the 5th of January, 1845, is as follows:- COMPARtSON oF THE QUARTERS ENDING Jan. 5, 1846. Jan. 5, 1845. Customs .. .. 4 354,689 .. 4,902,135 Excise :, . ...

... POSTSCRIP'T. LONDON, Saturdaq, Jan. 10, 1846. A great free-trade meeting was held yesterday in the Amphitheatre of Liverpool, at which about 4,000 persons were present. Mr Cobden and Mr Bright were present; and amongst the numbers assembled were a large proportion of the repre- sentatives of the wealth and influence of that im- portant commercial city. Subscriptions to the amount of 14,0001. ...

... I FRANCE. THE ESTIMATES FOR 1846.-Tile Minister of Finance presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday the estimates of 18-6. The Minister, after entering into an exposd of the financial situation of the country, which he described as prosperous, observed, that notwithstand- ing the engagement lie had taken last year to submit to the Legislature a measure for the reimbursement of the Five ...