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MINISTERIAL CHANGES

SINCE THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT IN AUGUST 1855.

Mike. Vacancy how occasioned. Appointed.

Postmaster-General " . I Viscount Canning made Go- I Duke of Argyll. vernor-General of India ..

Colonial Secretary 1 Death of Sir William Moles- 1 Mr. Labouchere. worth

Lord Privy Seal j Duke of Argyll made Post- Earl of Harrowby.

1 master-General.

• Chancellor of the j Earl of Harrowby made I Mr. Matthew Baines.

- Duchy of Lancaster 1 Lord Privy Seal

Under these changes, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Mr. Labouchere, and Mr. Baines, become members of the Cabinet ; Lord 'Stanley of Alderley and Mr. Baines for the first time. •

THE CABINET MINISTERS.

First Lord of the Treasury 'Viscount Palmerston, M.P. Lord Chancellor Lord Cranworth.

Lord President of the Council Earl Granville.

Lord Privy Seal Earl of Harrowby.

Home Secretary Sir George Grey, M.P. Foreign Secretary Earl of Clarendon. Colonial Secretary Mr. Labouchere, M.P. Secretary for War Lord Panmure. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir George C. Lewis, M.P. Postmaster-General Duke of Argyll.

First Lord of the Admiralty Sir. Charles Wood, 3f.P.

President of the Board of Trade Lord Stanley of Alderley. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.. Mr. M. T. Baines, M.P.

President of the Board of Control Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P.

Without Office Marquis of Lansdowne.

MINISTERS NOT IN THE CABLNET.

Commander-in-chief Viscount Hardinge. Chief Commissioner of Works Sir B. Hall, M.P.

Lord Great Chamberlain Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. Viscount Duncan, M.P.

Junior Lords of the Treasury Hon. H. B. W. Brand, M.P. Viscount Monck, M.P. Mr. W. 0. Hayter, M.P. 1 Mr. J. Wilson, M.P. Home—Mr. W. N. Massey, M.P. Foreign—Lord Wodehouse. Colonial—Mr. J. Ball, M.P. War—Mr. F. Peel, M.P.

Vice-President of the Board of Trade Mr. R. Lowe, M.P.

Secretaries of the Board of Trade {Mr. J. Booth.

/ Sir J.E. Tennent.

President of Poor-law Board Mr. E. P. Bouverie, M.P.

Secietarfof Board of Control Mr. D. Seymour, M.P. Clerk of the-Ordnance Mr. W. Mansell, M.P.

President of Board of Health Mr. W. F. Cowper, M.P.

LAW OFFICERS.

Attorney-General Sir A. Cockburn, M.P.

Solicitor-General Sir R. Bethel, M.P. .

Judge-Advocate-General. Mr. C. P. Villiers, M.P.

NAVY BOARD.

First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Charles Wood. H.P.

Rear-Admiral Sir M. F. F. Berkeley

M.P.

Bear-Admiral H. Eden. Rear-Adrairal P. Richards.

Captain A. Milne. . Sir R. Peel, M.P. _ Secretary to the Admiralty Mr. R. B. Osborne, M.F.

- ARMY ADMINISTRATION.

Commander-in-Chief Viscount Hardiuge.

Military Secretary Major-General Charles Yorke. Adjutant-General Lieutenant-General Wetherall. Quartermaster-General:.. Major-General James Freeth.

Deputy Secretary at War Mr. B. Hawes.

IRELAND.

Lord-Lieutenant Earl of Carlisle.

Lord Chancellor Rt. Hon. M. Brady.

Chief Secretary Mr. E. Honmaan, H.P.Attorney-General Sir. AV. Keogh, H.P. . ,

Solicitor-General • Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, M.P.

' SCOTLAND.

Lord Advocate Mr. J. Moncreiff, M.P.

Solicitor-General Mr. E. F. Maitland,

THE QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD.

Lord Steward Earl Spencer. ••'' ' Treasurer Earinf Mulgrave, M.P.

Comptroller Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P.

Lord Chamberlain ; Marquis of Breadalbanc.

Vice-Chamberlain Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P.

Earl Marshal Duke of Norfolk.

Master of the Horse Duke of Wellington. Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms Lord F oley. Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Viscount Sydney. Clerk Marshal Lord A. Paget, M.P.

The Cabinet consists of eight Peers and seven Commoners,-inclu the Premier. Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Baines, and several other members of the Government who have recently accepted office, have to undergo reelection ; but, assmoing that no change takes place, the Minister can calculate upon 35 votes from those who hold_official appointments.

PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES.

Constituency.

Huntingdonshire Totness Wells Southwark County Meath Armagh Lincoln Rochester

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- Vacancy bow occasioned.

Viscount Mandeville be- { comes Duke of Manches- ter j Lord Seymour becomes Duke of Somerset Death of Mr. Tudway Death of Sir William Moles- worth Death of Mr. Lucas Death of Mr. Rosa Moore

Death of Colonel Sibthorp 5 Retirement of Hon. F. Vil-

Lees

Successor.

Mr. James Rust.

Earl of Gifford. Captain Jolliffe.

Sir Charles Napier.

Mr. M'Evoy:: Mr. Bond. Vacant.

Vacant.

Mr. Govan Duffy, who represents New Ross, has gone to Australia, but has not vacated his seat. The Honourable F. Villiers, late M.P. for Ro- chester, has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Sir Robert Price's bank- ruptcy will probably lead to a vacancy for Hereford. The mortality during the recess of 1864 was much greater than is pre- sented by, the preceding details. No fewer than thirteen deaths,- four of them by casualties in the Russian campaign, fell to be noted as having oc- curred during the recess of 1854,—a period of less than four months. Dur- ing the present' recess, which has already extended to four months and a half, the deaths are only five. The only Members of 1"arliament now in the Crimea are Colonel Kings- cote, M.P. for West Gloucestershire, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable P. Herbert, M.P. for Ludlow. The following Members have served in the Crimea—Sir De Lacy Evans (Westminster), Sir James Ferguson (Ayrshire), Captain Jolliffe (Welk), Colonel Maxwell (Cavan), Hon. Ashley Pon- sonby (Cirencester), Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest (North Durham). Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest is about to resume his duties in the Crimea ; and the Hon. Major Knox (Dungannon) proceeds thither on active service.

The following Members have lost sons—Sir William Jolliffe, Mr. Mackin- non, Sir George Pechell, General Buckley. Lord Eleho, Mr. Layard, and Viscount Monck, have lost brothers. No member of the naval profession who has served in the Russian war had a seat in Parliament during the time of his service. Lord Raglan is the only Peer who lost his life in the Crimea. The following Peers have lost sons—The Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Wemyss, the Earl of Waldegrave, the Earl of Kinnoull, Lord Braybrooke (two), the Earl of Cork, Earl of Clare, Earl St. Germains.

The following Peers have lost brothers—Lord Panmure, Earl of Listou-cll, Lord Cremorne.

Peers who have served in the Crimea—The Earl of Lucan, the .Earl of Cardigan.

Joint Secretaries of the Treasury Under-Secretaries of State Junior Lords of the Admiralty

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