5 DECEMBER 1868, Page 1

Baronetcies were bestowed before the Ministry went out on Francis

Arthur Knox-Gore, large squire in Mayo ; Smith Child, large squire in Staffordshire, who has fought elections ; Robert J. II. Harvey, squire in Norfolk, formerly Member for Thetford ; James Walker, considerable Yorkshire squire, with property in Bucks ; Mr. T. G. Moss, Raby Hall, Lancashire ; and George Etienne Cartier, eminent French Canadian, once leader of a rebel- lion, now an influential member of the Government of the Dominion. Ile deserves the label for real services to the Empire, and none of the other gentlemen have done any particular harm.