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Nothing further has transpired about the Edmunds scandal, nothing at

least which seems worthy of credit. Rumour says that Mr. Edmunds's solicitor, Mr. Leman, is prepared to assert that the Lord Chancellor did give him a distinct understanding that the pension would not be opposed if Mr. Edmunds were to resign. If this be true, as Mr. Leman stands very high with the profession, he will be credited at least as much as Lord Westbury. In the House of Lords on Monday night, the committee to in- vestigate the matter were appointed, and it is asserted that when Lord Chelmsford's name was called, and that noble lord rose to beg that his own name should not (for personal reasons) be added, the Lord Chancellor, casting up his eyes, exclaimed, "Am I not, then, to have a single friend ?"

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