POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
No definitive intelligence as yet respecting the mode of filling the va- cancies in the Government. We have printed, among our miscellaneous news, Lord Stanley's note, written in evident flutter, to Sir Willoughby Jones, which was the first overt sign of some communications between the Cabinet and Lord Stanley. The subsequent events are—his depart- ure for Knowsley, on Wednesday evening ; his return to London, yes- terday ; and Lord Palmerston's departure from town " on a visit to the Queen" at Windsor, yesterday. The Times is silent. Several names are currently mentioned for the Colonial Office race. Lord Stanley stands first ; the others are Lord Harrowby, Lord Elgin (scratched), Lord John Russell (aged). The reports have become more complicated by there being two Stanleye in the field: Lord Stanley of Alderley has been named for the Post-office, which would vacate the Board of Trade : for that office Lord Stanley of Derby has been named ; also Mr. Robert Lowe, at present Vice-Pres& Derby
The Command-in-chief of the Army is likewise said to be in a doubtful state : Lord .Hardinge retiring, for some reason ; to be succeeded by Lord Soden; the Duke of Cambridge to take the command in Ireland, and to at np by and by to the Horse Guards. The "fashionable intelligence " mentions that Lord and Lady Derby Ilene Knowsley next week, "one tour of Tithe" Throughout the week, much. interest has been taken in the health of the Bishop of London, and bulletins have been issued from time in
time by his medical attendants. The latest, dated yesterday, state& that " the Bishop has made as much progress as can reasonably be ex- pected, and is going on satisfactorily." No further bulletin will be issued unless a change should take place.
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