23 JUNE 1900, Page 3

Sir Gordon Sprigg has formed a new Cabinet. The Ministers

are :—Premier and Treasurer, Sir Gordon Sprigg ; Attorney-General, James Rose-Inner ; Commissioner of Public) Works, Dr. Smartt; Secretary for Agriculture, Sir Pieter Faure ; Colonial Secretary, T. L. Graham ; Minister without Portfolio, John Frost. It is stated that Mr. Schreiner, Mr. Solomon, and Mr. Heroldt will lead a third party in the Cape Parliament. What are the prospects of the Ministry it is impossible to say, but we do not doubt that Mr. Schreiner and his friends are quite sincere in their resolve loyally to support the new Cabinet. If so, its Parliamentary position should be secure.