... IT is officially announced that the forthcoming session of Parliament, which is destined, apparently, to have most important results, will be opened by her MAJESTY the. QUEEN in person. For this purpose the Court will remove from Windsor to Bnckingham Palace on the 2nd. The usual Ministerial entertain. ments are also announced. There is something very instructive, if not noble, about the way ...

... pistrut ge5s. DUDLEY. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE DUDLEY BOARD OF GUARDIANS v. THE VESTRY CLERK- SHIP OF SEDGLEY. Gentlemen,-The subject of a Vestry Clerk for Dudley has been the all-absorbing topic during the weak, as evidenced by the feeling manifested at the town's meeting, pre- sided over by the Mayor, and afterwards on the following day by a vestry meeting at the Parish Church. The great ...

... I joidgil THE IONIAN ISLANDS. (From tihe Times CorrcuspodnciLt.) Count, January IS.-The coup 4'Jtrat has been effected. Sir John V oung is recalled, and the GoverniAent of the Ionian Islands has fallen into the hands of the great Homeric scholar. The Parliament has; in consequence, been convoked for the 25tbl instant, for what in England would4.e called the despatch of public business, ...

... ? f-ftrrfssol*f*f. - NOTICES TO_ CORRFESONDENTS. All letters intended for publication *sust oeaccompanied by thenamesa and addresses of thot writers, not -ecessarily for pubieahCon,' butfor the iimformc;io of the/s#diitr. Corrpondents ?? se! any special Waeue upon their coe- rsunications must keep copies of te, as we cannot Under. take to return unused eontrinti.-. The demands on our columns ...

... Qf provinus. TnANSrORT OF SIEGE MORTARS.-Several experiments have recently been carried out at Chatham garrison, in order totestthe practicability of movingheavy mortarswith the same facility as guns. Some of the heaviest mortars with the mortar beds have been attached to gun carriages manufactured at the Royal 'Arsenal, and the utmost re- quisite amount of speed has been obtained with six ...

... TO CORREASPONDENTS. I We annot undertake to retrn commnnications of which we do not avaiU ounselves Communllcations shoulR alwvays be legibly written. and on one side of the paper only; it lng I inreses the difmulty of finding space for thrm. Whatever is intendod for ?? must be authenticated bY the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for prblication, but as a guarantee of his good ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCEO TIE :KIRKDALF RAGGED SCeOOLs.-Funds are required for the carrying on efficiently of those schools. Three hundred children, the very poorest from various parts of the neighbourhood, are in daily attendance. Tailoring and shoemaking are two of the industrial employments lately introduced with great success in these schools. The treasurer calls most respectfully aind earnestly ...

... I HOUSEIFWESE' CORDAR I LrVIB}POOL AND BIBR2ti'fAD AXBM. kwr. JOESS S. n11URRN50RD. APrwIOL Wednesday. Wednesday. e. d. d La d. a. d ?? V pond.0 6 in0 ?? 6 (B 0 S mutton .. . 0 6 Q0.8 6 a 5 ?? 0 ?? * O.0 8 Lembiforoaud hindiaj. .10 6 .21 0 .. 0 08 0 0 Vzeh Fork . V pound0 6 ?? 0 0eoo Lobstr ?? ,. 2 6 00. ?? 1 2 ..1 4 Salmon ?? 5 O0. 00 ?? O.. 0 0 CIod. .h, ,. 4..- 0 ?? O 3 0 4 Holesa. . . 0 ...

... LOCAL INTELLIR~ENCE __ ?? ST'l PTERS'S PARTSsc CHWISCH.-Anothor lectuIre, to a ur rge and attentive audionce, 6cl~oi. ,ivercd i cA thle schoolroomD, last evening, by Mr. Mercer, on The Chemistry of Food. r It W esat inteetin and ina~isctiv~e, a.'ll showed( ?? i~mi the supply And man's dt h of varus Iynils of food. The next L, lo i n Phrntsra will be delivered bycor.itect f ec- turer onl ...

... U PP L A- The Prince of Wales is going to Rome. ml :'he fact is announced by the London papers.t [is royal highness will start on the 10th or W Ith instant. He will be accompaniod by all lr. Tarver, his two equerries, and his medical th. ttendant. The Prince will take with him ba Jreo carriages and a suitable number of h orses and servants. His royal highness will 'ursue his studies at Rome ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE THE PAPAL STATES. Ancona is to receive large reinforcements of Aus- trian troops. The Papal Government, on the other hand, does not desire to see any more French soldiers land at Civita Veechia, according to despatches which reached Paris on Thursday. The Giorna7e di Romas has the following :- Some Turin corre3pondents in certain French papers state thirgs which appear ...

... . THE WELLINGTON COLLEGEI. INAUGURATION BY HER MAJESTY. % (Firoic the O.se9rer.) On Saturday, the formal inauguration of the Wel- lington College at Sandhurst took place, herMsjesty, the Prince Consort, Prince Arthur, and the Princess B Alice being present on thle occasion. The college liad il been opened for the admsission of pupils a few days previously, and when her Majesty vsited the ...