PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 274, 15 March 1848, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

Tuesday, October 12th, being the day to Ishich parliament stood prorogued from the 21st of September, the Lord Chancellor, assisted by the Marquis of Clanricarde and the Earl of Auckland, attended the House of Lords to read the Queen's writ, commanding prorogation.

. His Lordship entered the House shortly after two o'clock, attended by the Yeomen Usher of the Black Rod and Mr. Ley, clerkassistant of the House of Commons. His Lordship having taken his seat on the woolsack, the writ was read by the Clerk at the table, further proroguing Parliament to the 11th November last ; after which the proceedings terminated, and their Lordships retired. There was a fair sprinkling of sight-seers present, principally ladies, who appeared rather surprised at the expedition with which the whole ceremony was performed. It was generally mentioned among some of the officers of the House that Parliament would probably meet for the despatch of business about the 18th January. '[From the Monthly Times, Oct. 25.] A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held on Saturday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downingstreet. The Council sat two hours. Viscount Palmerston left town after the meeting. Serious Illness of the Bishop of London. — The Bishop of London has been suffering under a severe attack of illness, at his palace at Fulham. The mahdy, we understand, was a sort of paralysis, attended with some painful symptoms of nervous debility. The right rev. prelate has been quite incapacitated from all performance of official duty in conspquence. The Currency Crisis. — It was generally understood at the clubs on Saturday evening that the nocturnal visit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the ex-Premier had reference to a proposed modification of the existing money laws. There was no movement of consequence amongst the other members of the Cabinet.