The new Bishop of Hereford, Dr. Grey, was on Monday
night in- troduced to the House of Lords, with the customary forms, and there- upon took the oaths and his scat. lie was introduced by the Bishops of St. David's and of Bristol.
A very numerous meeting of Members of the House of Commons was held on Thursday, at the Foreign Office. Three hundred and sixty members received summonses. Nearly the whole of the Irish members were present.
Lord Carnarvon greatly exaggerated the number of new voters in the Metropolitan districts in the debate upon that subject. The entire number of votes in the metropolis, including London, Westminster, and Southwark, is calculated at 126,556; of which about 40,000 already
exist. The Bill will create in the seven boroughs and cities 86,556 new votes in all, or, deducting for houses unoccupied, females, and non- registered voters, about 60,000; being an average of less than 7,000 for each district. Southwark has at present 10,000 electors, and London as many ; Westminster has about 20,000.
Covent Garden Theatre has been let to M. Laporte, for seven years, at a rent of 10,0001. The Post congratulates the public on this event. In one sense it may be properly congratulated : Laporte will make the theatre pay, if any man can. Captain Polhill is said to have been a candidate ; but his offer being only for three years, the Frenchman was preferred
It is but justice to the Empire and the Tories, and to the Duke and Sir Robert Peel, to say, that want of foresight alone prevented their being provided with a Cabinet.—Standard. [We think the Duke's want of foresight may be granted ; we demur to Sir Robert's— he did appear to see a little way before him.]
The John Bull of last week states two facts,—first, the Duke of Richmond has resigned ; second, Earl Grey's Ministry will be dis- solved by the 1st August. John says his predictions seldom fail—. facetious rogue !
Lord Hill still continues at the Horse Guards ; and he still con. tinues to refuse his support to the Minister that tolerates him there.
The Earl of Mountcashel, whose health has been very delicate for a considerable time past, is, we regret to say, suffering under an inflam- matory feverish attack, which has confined him to his bed since Mon- day last.—Dublin Evening Packet.
On Tuesday last week, was taken from the paunch of an ox grazed by Samuel Gooch, Esq., a pocket penknife, open. The animal did not appear to have felt any inconvenience from it, but had fattened very kindly, nor was there any symptom of disease except a slight discolour- ation where the knife lay.—Essex Standard.
Libry Bagnano, the Italian, whose editorial labours in behalf of absolutism drove him from Brussels, is now settled at the Hague ; where he is hardly more popular than at his former abode. He is not, however, wanting, when any opportunity presents, in putting himself before the public eye. He lately addressed a letter to the Burgo- masters of the Hague, informing them, that being prevented by lame- ness from fighting for the august Sovereign who protects him, he was ready, on the approach of the cholera, to superintend the sick in one of the hospitals. He had stated in his letter that he was " d'un moral eprouv6,"—which the Dutch translator rendered " van beproefde zeden," (proved morals.) Libry complained of this translation : he observes that he did not mean to boast of his manners or morals, but to say that he was of "a tried character;" to which his Dutch adversaries reply, that the translator was certainly to blame, as it is well known that Libry has no zeden to boast of; and as for the rest, that they be- lieve he has been tried and condemned too.
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