20 DECEMBER 1856, Page 2

The gossip about new promotions in the Opposition ranks con-

tinues; and among others, the Morning Post, recognizing the possible " difficulties " between "Leader No. I" and "Leader No. II," still finds it difficillt to believe in the appointment of "Leader No. III "—namely, Mr. Gladstone. So do we ; and we should do so if it were only for one little difficulty. Mr. Stuart Wortley accepted, the post of Solicitor-General under Lord Palmerston ; he had previously acted with those gentlemen who have been nicknamed Peelites ; and it is understood that before accepting office he consulted Mr. Sidney Herbert and Mr. Glad- stone, whose sanction he had in accepting. This does not look like a junction between Mr. Gladstone and "the Opposition."