The Times announces the appointment of a successor to Lord
Ellen- borough— " We have reason to believe that Sir Henry Hardinge will be nominated to the office of Governor-General of India ; and that this appointment will take place with the cordial approbation of the Crown and the Court of Directors, and in consequence of friendly concert between the authorities immediately re- sponsible for the selection of a Governor-General."
On this the Standard remarks- " We have no authority to contradict, and certainly none to cmifirm, this announcement. If the reader wishes for our own opinion upon the matter, it is this, that the statement of the Times is what is familiarly called in schools 'a shot '—a bold guess upon what appears to be good ground of probability, but wholly without direct knowledge of any kind. • * • We believe we are safe in saying, that the negotiations have not, in fact, advanced so far." The Standard appears to think that the Directors may be induced to teeonsider and rescind the resolution for the recall of Lord Ellenborough.
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