Mr. Gladstone has appointed his son, Mr. W. H. Gladstone,
who has, ever since the formation of the Ministry, been his unpaid private secretary, to the Junior Lordship of the Treasury, left vacant by Mr. Stansfeld's acceptance of the office of Secretary,—but, of course, at the ordinary salary of a Junior Lord. This has given enormous offence to theStandard, which writes in that peculiar style that suggests a writer with his teeth on edge, against what he deems this atrocious job. We are unable to see it. When Lord Derby made Lord Stanley Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1852, Lord Stanley was a younger man than Mr. W. II. Glad- stone is now, and as young a Member of Parliament, and yet was entrusted with a decidedly more important office. Did any one think of so much as suggesting an objection? Or was that appointment a good one because Lord Stanley wag heir to an ancient and rich earldom, and Mr. W. H. Gladstone is heir to nothing but a competence and a great and honourable name ?
