There are some signs of further restlessness in the Government.
Rumours have gone abroad that Corn-law scruples render Lord Granville Somerset's seat uneasy ; it was said early in the week that he was to leave the Cabinet ; but that has been contradicted, and the anxious public are restored to doubt whether Lord Gran- ville Somerset is to go or to stay. If he stays, why there is a Protectionist the more converted ; if he goes, why the Cabinet is freed from a burden the more : in either case it is well. Viscount Canning leaves the Under-Secretaryship of the Foreign Office, and goes to Lisbon as Ambassador ; and he is succeeded by Mr. George Smythe—the better half of the " Coning-sby " of Young England. The new appointment is creditable to Sir Robert Peel's selection, and to his powers of forgiveness; for Mr. Smythe has at times somewhat overstepped the bounds of freedom in his ciiti- cisma on the Premier. So far as it goes, it brings an accession of strength—of freshness and of very promising individual talent to the Ministry.
