8 DECEMBER 1838, Page 9

Lord DURHAM'S actual arrival in town yesterday has given fresh

stimulus to the imaginative and gossiping faculties of men about the clubs and public offices. For instance, the Guards' dinner at Quebec— a very annoying affair in Downing Street, and probably not well liked at the Horse Guards—is the text of a story very creditable to the inventor. Some talk big about impeachments and cross-impeachments. A fine field of distinction is open to an enterprising young Tory Lord in the Commons, who regards not the certainty of defeat in a good cause. Private solicitations and friendly entreaties will, it is said, be employed to patch up the quarrel between Lord Durmast and the Ministers. Their success would be a consummation of the Favourite's policy.