Though no public announcement as to the changes in the
Cabinet will appear till'Sunday or Monday, the following facts seem to be generally admitted. Lord Ripon and Sir Henry Fowler, both on account of their advanced years, will leave the Cabinet, Sir Henry Fowler going to the House of Lords. It seems also well established that Lord Tweedmouth will be given a different post from that which he now holds. There is a further rumour, but this cannot be regarded as more than a rumour, that Mr. Herbert Gladstone will also go to the Peers, and that the Home Office will therefore be vacated. It is also stated (by the Daily News of Friday) that Mr. Morley is to go to the Lords owing to the strain of attendance in the Commons having become too severe. We should be very son-y if this were so, but glad that at any rate Mr. Morley had not felt compelled to resign. He could ill be spared by India at this moment. The House of Lords would be strengthened by his presence, and we do not doubt that he would soon obtain a very great influence in that Assembly. His manliness and good sense, coupled with deep thinking, would certainly be appreciated by the Peers, who are by no means bad judges of the qualities that go to make a statesman.
