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Payable in advance. .. 11 6 0 .. 0 19 0 .. 0 8 6 Subscribers are requested to send their Orders through their News Agent; if direct to the Office, accompanied by a remit tance. Advertisements also must have areforeuce or remittance. Money Orders to be made payable to Mr. ALFRED PIE, 110, Strand. London. VID :1P rtgg+ LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1836. POSTSCRIPT. A telegraphic despat b om Vienna, dated Thurs• day, states : The Turkish Embassy in this city has been empowered to sign the Protocol if necessary. Despatches from Berlin of Thursday announce : The Au strian Ambassador, Count Esterl:azy, has co m municated to the Prussian Cabinet the projected proposal of Austria to the German Diet for its accession to the ac• cepted preliminaries. The Saxon Prime Minister, Debeust, has arrived at Berlin. Late intelligence from St. Petersburg states that the prospect of peace is welcomed at the capital, but not regarded so favorably at Moscow. The telegraph further states that:— The Bank of Odessa has a second time suspended its cash payments. The works on the new fortifications at St. Petersburg and Cronstadt have already been slackened, and the con centration of troops in the Baltic provinces counter manded. Despatches from Paris announce the reception of the Queen's Speech. It was considered pacific, but a rumour that Parliament would adjourn had a depress ing effect. The Earl of Caithness will be the new Lord- Lieutenant of Caithness in the room of his father, the late Earl. Sir Andrew Agnew, it is stated, will start for Wig. ton on Liberal principles. 'The seat is rendered vacant by Lord Dalrymple's retirement., HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. LIFE PEERAGES. Lord LYNDHURST announced thAt, on Monday next., he would lay on the table certain resolutions relative to the life peerage lately conferred on Mr. Baron Parke. The house rose after a brief sitting. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRiDAY. - - - - - Mr. PACKS gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to abolish Church rates. THE GUARDS' MEMORIAL. In reply to Lord GODERICH, Mr. F. PERT, stated that the Guards' Memorial had been under consideration by tho government. but as some of the grounds on which it was founded were ascertained to be erroneous, there was no in. tention of complying with the petition or making any change in the present system of promotion as es• tablished by recent regulations. ALIENS. In answer to a question from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, Lord PALMERSTON declared that he did not intend to propose any new law respecting aliens. Adverting to the case of Colonel Turr, the noble lord announced that the Austrian Government had consented to give up that officer to any British authority prepared to REFORMATORY SHOOLS. On the motion that the house, on rising, should adjourn until Monday, Sir G. GREY, responding to a question from Sir J. Pakington, entered into a detail of the attempts that hart been made, and progress effected, for the estab lishment of Reformatory Schools. Describing some of the results already attained, he contended that the whole system was at present experimental, no sufficient time having elapsed to test its practical utility. lie had, therefore, no immediate intention to propose any new measure on the subject. A brief discussion ensued, in the course of which various criticisms on the existing law, and sugges tions for its improvement, were offered by Mr. Miles, Sir S. Northcote, Lord R. Grosvenor, Sir W. Jolliffe, and other members. The motion was then agreed to. receive hira. THE ADDRESS. The Commons' Address in reply to the Speech from the Throne having been brought up by Mr. Byng, . . Sir J. PAKINGTON complained that no reference had been made in the Royal Speech to the important topic of national education. He regretted to find no hint of any Government measure for the extension of popular instruction, and remarked that even Lord John Russell had given notice of nothing more than a series of resolutions from which no practical result could be anticipated. Sir G. GREY admitted that the subject was omitted from the Royal Speech because the Government were not prepared with any comprehensive scheme of education. Some minor measures were, however, in preparation, which would speedily be laid before Parliament. THE WAR. Mr. 13ENTINCK adverted to some questions arising out of the war, and commented at some length upon the recent aspects of Russian trade. Lord J. RUSSELL, after explaining that his educa tional resolutions were designed to elicit some general bill from the Government, proceeded to eulogise the heroism of the army, and trusted that it would be recognised by a formal vote of thanks from the house. After a few words from Mr. Roebuck, the Address was agreed to, and ordered to be presented by a deputation to her Majesty. LAW OF PARTNERSHIP. The house went into committee on the Partnership Laws, and Mr. Lowe obtained leave to bring in a new bill on the subject, containing amendments, of whose nature he gave a general outline. Mr. COLLIER, Mr. MALINS, and other members having made some remarks on the details of the schemes, after which leave was given to bring in the bills. The house resumed, and adjourned at half-past eight o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES DURING THE PAST YEAR. • Seat vacated by death. + by acceptance of office. II : Pt by accession to peerage. I ~ by petition. • Armagh J. W. M. Bond v R. S. Moore i Barnstaple + Bath • Cardigan diet. J. L. Davies v Pryse Loveden + Cavan R. Burmwes v Sir J. Young, Bt. • Cheltenham + Cork, Co Richard Delta,' v E. B. Roche • Dudley + Evesham 2 Huntngdnsbre James Rust v Viscount Mandeville • Lincoln 2 Liverpool . • Meath Edward M`Evoy v Frederick Lucas • Montrose + Norfolk, E Sir H. J. Stracey, Bt. v Edmund Wodehouse • Radnor dist Sir G. C. Lewis, Bt. v Sir T. Lewis, Bt. + itenfrewshire . Sir M. S. Stewart, Bt v Colonel Mure • Southwark Sir C. Napier, v Sir W. Molswrtb.,Bt. • Stirlingshire Peter Blackburn v William Forbes • Swansea t Totness • Wells + Wilton + Windsor Sampson Ricardo v Lord C. Wellesley 1856. SEATS THAT ARE OR WILL BE VACANT IN A DAY OR TWO. INCOMING M.P. OUTGOING M.P. (Candidates.) • Cmbrdge. Unv. S. H. Walpole v Henry Goullnirn + Edinbro* City. Black v T. B. Macaulay + Midburat .... Samuel Warren v S. H. Walpole + Newcastle .... Ridley v Blackett $ Tamworth .... Lord Raynham v Captain Townshenti Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and Monday afternoons at the Foreign•office, the whole of the Ministers attending. The Council sat for three and two hours respectively. A meeting of Cabinet Ministers was held at the War Department on Tuesday, Lord Palmerston, Lord Panmure, Lord Granville, Sir George Grey, and Sir Charles Wood being present. There were also present his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Edmund Lyons, Admiral Dundas, General Ai►ey, Sir Harry Jones, and Lord Hardinge. The meeting sat upwards of three hours. iATURDAY, POLITICAL DINNERS. THE E.kIU. OF DERBY. The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, on Wed nesday evening, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the Duke of Manchester, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Cleveland, the Marquis of Exeter, the Mar quis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Winton, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Winchelsea, the Earl Dela warr, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Earl of Vernlam, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Desert, Viscount Combermere, Lord South. ampton, Lord Redesdale, Lord St. Leopards, Lord Colchester, and Lord Colville. MR. DISRAELI. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli received on Wednes day at dinner, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate, a party of members of the House of Commons. There were present—The Earl of March, M.P., West Sus sex ; the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., Woodstock the Marquis of Granby, M.P., North Leicestershire the Marquis of Chandos, M.P., Buckingham; the Earl of Bective, M.P., Westmoreland; Lord William Graham, M.P., Grantham ; Viscount Barrington, M.P., Berkshire ; Viscount Galway, M.P., East Ret ford ; Lord Stanley, King's Lynn ; Lord Lovaine, M.P., N. Northumberland ; Viscount New ark, M.P., S. Nottinghamshire; Mr. Dupre, M.P., Buckinghamshire; Mr. Gore Langton, M.P., W. Somersetshire ; Mr. Palk, M.P., S. Devon shire ; Mr. Knightley, M.P., S. Northampton ; Mr. Bateson M.P., Londonderry ; Mr. Packe, M.P., S. Lei cester; Mr. Portal, M.P. N. Hampshire; Mr. Fellowes, M.P., Huntingdonshire ; and Mr. Archdall, M.P., Co. Fermanagh ; Vis. Newport, M.P., S. Shropshire; Vis. Elmley, M.P., W. Worcestershire ; Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., Stamford; Lord Edwin Hill, M.P., Downshire ; Hon. Elliot J. Yorke, M.P., Cambridgeshire; Colonel the Hon. Henry Lowther, M.P., Westmoreland ; Hon. Robt. Windsor Clive, M.P., South Shropshire ; Right Hon. Sir Jcbn Trollope, M.P., South Lincoln shire; Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Droit witch ; Right Hon. C. N. Hamilton, M.P., North Lincolnshire ; Sir Watkin W. Wynn, M.P., Denbigh shire ; Sir John Yarde Buller, M.P., South Devon shire ; Sir W. Joliffe, M.l'., Petersfield ; Sir Edward Lytton, M.P., Hertfordshire; Mr. R. Palmer, M.P., Berkshire; Mr. Miles, M.P., East Somersetshire; Mr. Buck, M.P., North Devonshire ; Mr. Bentinck, M.P., West Norfolk ; Mr. Stanhope, M.P., North Lincolnshire ; Mr. Egerton, M.P., Macclesfield ; Colonel Howard Vyre, M.P., Northamptonshire ; Colonel Gilpin, M.P., Bedfordshire. 61utizn 4nttlligtur. CAIIBRIDGE.—The Hon. Spencer Walpole, in reply to certain questions respecting Maynooth and the observance of the Sabbath, has, in a letter to Mr. loch fort Clarke, expressed himself in the following terms:— I am opposed to the opening of the British Museum on Sunday, and have always voted against it : I am also op- posed to any change in the law by which the Crystal Palace and similar places, now closed, might be opened on that day; and I am also opposed to Sir Benjamin Hall's bands in Kensington•gardens. I have always considered the grant to Maynooth altogc• ther wrong, and have never done anything to support it; and you know, I believe, that I advocated in office Mr. Spooner's motion for inquiry. If I could see my way to such a result, I would gladly get rid of it ; but I confess that I am so far embarrassed by the complications caused by the act which made it perpetual, that I cannot say beforehand, and I do not think that I ought to say before• hand, how I should deal with any specific measures. NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE.—SiT Montagu Cholmeley is named as the probable successor of Mr. Christopher Hamilton, in the representation of North Lincoln shire. NORTH ESSEX.—Sir John Tyrrell has issued an address to the elect ors , announcing that his failing health will compel him to retire from the represents Lion at the next general election. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—Mr. Blackett has issued a farewell address, informing the electors that con tinued ill-health renders him incapable of longe performing his parliamentary duties. Mr. Ridley, who contested South Northumberland at the las general election, has issued au address to the elec tors, stating his liberal political opinions, expressing himself in favour of Aministrative Reform, and a vigorous prosecution of the war in preference to any but an honourable peace. EDINBURGH.—An unopposed return of Mr. Black does not appear certain. The names of the Hon. Mr. Bruce, and of Mr. Douglas, a magistrate ( f Edinburgh, are mentioned as not unlikely to l brought forward. Mr. Black's views upon the Mk nooth question and the Scotch Publichouse Act, are unpopular with a large body of the electors. Mr. Douglas, as a Liberal-Conservative, has already issued an address, expressing his opposition to the May nooth endowment, and to any interference with the Forbes Mackenzie Act.