Glasgow Courier. — 1846-08-06 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND. Proeogat:ou of Porliument.—lt is now the general opinion that Parliament will be prorogued on Tuesday the 25th inst., or Thursday the stb, but of course the precise day cannot at present be known.—Standard. The Evacuation of Chusan.—Mr. Adam Elmslie arrived at the Foreign Office on Monday from China, being the bearer of the late convention signed by the Emperor, for ratification by her Majesty. There was a further supply on Monday of new wheat from Essex, the quantity being 500 quarters, and the prices obtained ranging from 465. to 565. per quarter. The quality is very good, as the prices will serve to show, for many old samples are selling as low as 38s. On the whole it seems to be the opinion in Mark Lane that the storm of Saturday was partial, not general, ni England.—Globe. The King of Hanover has quite recovered frohis indisa position. Serious Illness of the King of Denmark—The Courrier Francais of Thursday states that accounts are said to have reached Paris, announcing that the King of Denmark was, on the night of the 20th ult., attacked with a congestion of the brain, which put his life in danger, and that, notwithstanding copious bleedings, he remained in a very dangerous state. Letters of the 20th from Rome state that all the political prisoners included in the amnesty had been released from the Castle of St. Angelo. Public rejoicings were conducted on a large scale but with the greatest order. The Pope was the idol of 'the people. His carriage had been drawn by young men of the best families on Sunday from the Church of the Missions to the Quirinal. We are requested to state that Mrs. Lookhart, who, accord. ing to the Cambridge Advertiser, has been admitted into the Roman Catholic Church, is not in the remotest degree related to the editor of the Quarterly Reviem—Standard. Marriage in High Life.—A marriage will shortly take place between Mr. Agnew, the eldest son of Sir Andrew Agnew Bart., and the Lady Louisa Noel, daughter of the Earl olGainsborough. Mr. Hawkey, late First-Lieutenant of Royal Marines, who was tried at the last assizes for the county of Hants, for participation in the death of Mr. Seaton, and acquitted, has been reinstated in his former rank. We understand that Sir Thomas Burnett, of Le7s, Bart., has presented the Rev. George Hutchinson, minister of Monne, to the living of Banchory-Ternan, now vacant. Narrow Escape of the Earl of Leicester and F. Astley, Esq. —A very melancholy accident happened on Wednesday night, between eight and nine o'clock, on liblkharn Sandi, ' The Earl of Leicester, accompanied hy F. Astley, Esq., were amusing themselves at draughts when the tide, which wad flowing fast, surrounded them before they were aware of it. The Earl and Mr. F. Astley being both able swimmers, managed to reach the shore in safety, although much exhausted—having endeavoured to save a young man (servant to Mr. Astley) who was with them, but unfortunately without succeas. The Messrs. Rump, and Mr. Young, surgeon of Wells, were promptly on the spot, and used the most unremitting exertions to restore life, but unhappily every effort tailed.—Lynn Advertiser. Westminster Bridge,—ln consequence of a report that Westminster Bridge sank considerably, it has been examined by order of the trust committee, and the two arches from the centre have been found to have sunk seven or eight inches; which, however, does not make the structure dangerous, for shortly after its erection the arches on the Westminster side sank nine inches. It is, nevertheless, determined to pull it down, and erect a new bridge a little more eastward, so that it shall not interfere with the view of the Houses of Parliament. Extensive Robbery by the President of the Widow and Orphans' Fund of the Oddfellows.—On Thursday morning information was forwarded to the metropolitan police stations, that Thomas Richardson, the President of the Widow and Orphans' Fund of the North London District of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, absconded on Monday evening with £5OO, moneys belonging to that fund, which has been withdrawn from the bank by various trustees, and entrusted to his care, to be investigated in government stock on the Tuesday morning. He is by trade a printer,. Murder at Barnard Castle.—A discoverylas been mile at Barnard Castle of a murder committed twelve months ago. The perpetrators of it were three men named Barker, Breckon, and flame, and the victims a person of the name of Yeats and a girl of the name of Humphreys, who was violated by each of the brutes before they threw her after Yeats into the Tees. The witness against them is a woman who saw the crime committed, and whose life was spared by her secrecy.