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The Ministerial fish dinner came off on Tuesday, and the

few members left in town are drinking up with wry faces the lees of debate. The only Parliamentary incident of any interest has been Lord Pal- merston's expression of hope that the Hungarian quarrel would reach an amicable settlement—a phrase which, as one side will not give way, and the other cannot, is either meaningless or a hope for the tri- umphant success of injustice. The speech will disconcert the Liberals of the Continent, but the belief in the value of Austria, weak or strong, is one the British aristocracy will not resign.

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