9 FEBRUARY 1839, Page 12

It is understood that Lord CLENELC1 will claim the vacant

retiring pension of 2,000/. a year, of which pension a limited number is fixed by statute as a provision for superannuated Cabinet Ministers of a given term of service. His Lordship, so far as " number one " goes, would seem a shrewd enough judge of the state of politics, in thus securing himself from competition at a breaking-up.