The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY BANQUETS.

Viscount Palmerston gave a full-dross Parliamentary
dinner last evening at the noble lord's mansion in Picca
dilly. Covers were laid for 40 per Sons. The following
noblemen and gentlemen, members of the House of Com-
mons, constituted the party :—The Right Hon. the
Speaker, Mr. St. Aubyn, the mover, and Lord Henley, the
seconder to the Address ; Lord J. Russell, the Right Hon.
Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Right
Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, 'the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, the Right
Hon. R. Lowe, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, the Right
Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, Viscount Castlecrosse, Viscount
Bury, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Clarence Paget, the Attor-
ney-General, the Solicitor-General, Lord Proby, the Hon.
H. H. W. Brand, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney-
General for Ireland, the Solicitor. General for Ireland, Mr.
George Clive, Mr. Bagwell, Colonel Kingscote, Mr. Chas.
Clifford, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Whitbread, Mr.
Massey, Sir W. Dunbar, Mr. Headlam, Mr. Hugessen, Mr.
Laing, and the Hon. Evelyn Ashley and Mr. Charles G.
Barrington, private secretaries to the Premier. As cus-
tomary on such occasions, the noble lord at the head of the
Government read to his political supporters the Queen's
Speech, to be addressed by her Majesty at the opening of
the Parliamentary session this afternoon.
The Earl Granville, the leader of the Ministerial party in
the House of Lords, had a full-dress Parliamentary enter-
tainment last evening at his residence in Bruton-street,
Berkeley-square; After the noble guests of the Lord Presi-
dent had assembled, the Queen's Speech, to be delivered at
the opening of Parliament to-day, was read by the noble
Lord President of the Council. Covers were laid for 40.
The guests present were—the Duke of Somerset, the
Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the. Marquis of Ailesbury, the Marquis of
Clanricarde, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis
of Townshend, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of
Ripon, the Earl Somers, the Earl of Shelburne, the Earl
of Lichfield, the Earl St. Germans, the Earl of Chichester,
the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Sefton, the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, the Earl of Cork, the Earl Ducie, the Earl of Albe-
marle, the Earl of Abingdon, Viscount Stratford do Rad-
cliffe, Viscount Sydney, Viscount Enfield, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Lord Overstone, Lord Monteaglo, Lord Cranworth,
Lord Camoys, Lord Rivers, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord
Hatherton, Lord Wodehause, Lord Foley, Lord do Tabley,
and Lord Llanover.
The Earl of Derby, as leader of the Opp
ositi.on in the
House of Lords, gave a grand dinner last e.vening at h.ts
mansion to a distinguished circle of his political friends in
the Upper House, including 'the Duke of Rutland, the
Duke of Nianchester, the Duke of Montrose, tiheiMarquis
of Exeter, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl of 3 a mesbury,
the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of
Lonsdale, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl Beauchamp, the
Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl De La Warr,
the Earl of Powis, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Strad-
broke, Lord Redesdale, Lord Chelmsford. Lord Colchester,
and Lord Colville. The Marquis of Salisbury, owing to a
recent family bereavement, was prevented joining the dinner

circle. M owing to a
The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, .P.,
domestic affliction (the death of a sister), was prevented
giving his customary Parliamentary dinner to those friends
who co-operate with him in the House of Commons.

ITALY AND ENGLAND.—The following is an ex-
tract from a private lever, written on the 18th inst. by an
Italian statesman, who holds a high rank in the Councils
of Piedmont :—" I humbly thank heaven that an era ofjus-
tice between nations is beginning. Italy will always bless
England, which through the organ of her press has made
her voice heard in consistent defence of the rights of this
country, and has fixed an indelible brand on her violators
and oppressors. Having escaped the hands of Austria,
Italy must now belong wholly to herself, and this result
can bo secured only by the annexation of Central Italy to
Sardinia,"

LATEST

N E W S.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

VIENNA, MONDAY NIGIIT.

The following is official :

" Several Vienna papers have published the
news that Verona was declared in a state of siege:
" This statement is premature."

PARIS, TUESDAY.

The Moniteur of to-day announces that Vice-
Admiral Le Babier de Sinan has been appointed
commander of the squadron of evolution, replacing
Admiral Desfosses.

BERNE, JAN. 23.

According to letters from Vienna, the Emperor
of Austria has expressed to the Swiss Charge
d'Affaires his satisfaction at the loyal manner in
which Switzerland observed neutrality during the
war of 1859.

PARIS, MONDAY.

It is reported that a new pamphlet will be pub-
lished in the course of this week from the pen of the
author of " Le Pape et le Congres."

12.20 p.m.

The Bourse• opens flat ; Rentes, 68f. 70c.
3.30 p.m.

Business has again been very dull, and railway
shares have declined several francs. Rentes closed
at 68f. 70c., or one-eighth lower than Saturday.

COPENHAGEN, SUNDAY.

Rear-Admiral Van Dockum, our Ambassador in
England, has been summoned to Copenhagen, the
Government having the intention to appoint him
Governor of the Danish colonies.