The rumours circulated as to the character of the ap-
proaching Government are not worth much. Till Mr. Gladstone has received the Queen's commission to form one, which he will not do till he has carried a vote against the present Administration, he will not be likely to fix with any
finality on its Members. Doubtless Mr. Morley will be his Irish Secretary, and Lord Rosebery his Foreign Secretary, and beyond that nothing can be conjectured with any con- fidence; but it appears to be expected that Sir William Harcourt will return, not to the Exchequer, but to the Home Office, and that Mr. Henry Fowler will succeed Mr. Goschen. His criticisms on Mr. Goschen's finance have not been happy, but they have not been so wild as Sir William Harcourt's. At present, there appears to be no expectation of any very new element in the Cabinet. Mr. Labouchere, it is suggested, may be offered the Postmaster-Generalship without a seat in the Cabinet. But will Mr. Labouchere accept a muzzle, and nothing but a muzzle, without even the privilege of setting the Cabinet by the ears P
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