2 FEBRUARY 1867, Page 1

The usual Ministerial banquets are ordered for the 4th, but

Mr. -Gladstone will give no dinner, to the amazement of many, who forget that Opposition dinners before the session commenced with

--,Lord Melbourne. The Clubs will have it that one-half the party does not want to meet the other half ; a savage joke, which is thus far true, that it will be much more convenient if reconciliation between the advanced and moderate parties precedes their dining • -•gether.