Some of the minor holders of office in the Government
are vin- dicating their independence of opinion and resigning. In the list of these illustrious dissidents, are the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Arthur Lennox, and Mr. Milnes Gaskell ; also, Lord Hardwicke —only he consents not to resign, at the request of the Queen. Somebody else besides threatens to go. It cannot be difficult to find Grooms Royal, Ordnance Clerks, and junior Treasury Lords. Probably the best lesson that Sir Robert Peel could read to the contumacious of his party, would be to supply the vacancies thus .created, by inviting some of the ablest young men on the other side of his own House. Let him see if he cannot obtain compensation for Lord Palmerston; a debt long due from the Liberals to the Tories, their administrators, executors, and assigns. The more Sir Robert Peel confounds and loses party distinctions, the better.
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