S*h idceUanenad.
It is rumoured that the Marquis of Clanricarde will go to St. Pe- tersburg as British Ambassador.
Lord John Russell was, or professed to be, in a great rage at the de- sertion of several of his colleagues, Mr. Poulett Thomson especially, and at the direct rebellion of Sir Hussey Vivian and one or two other sub-
ordinates, on the Ballot division. He even went to far as to tender his resignation, and for several hours was virtually out of office. Means, however, were found to mollify his wrath ; and it is believed that he is still to continue to lead, though not to command, the Minis- terial phalanx in the Lower House.—Standard. [The Ministerial papers contradicted this story ; and another, circulated by the Tories, that Lord Melbourne intended to dismiss Sir Hussey Vivian and Mr. Steuart, but was prevented by the threats of a " Radical Junta," that they would, in that case upset his Administration.]
Mr. Thomas de Fonblanque is appointed to a Consulship in the United States of America.
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