The Standard has been at the trouble to construct a
new Cabinet, of which the Duke of RicHmoND is to be the head. This is startling news; but here is the regular voucher for the fact, as it appeared in the Standard of Thursday evening.
"We believe that we can announce this evening a fact that will diffuse joy in every English heart. The Duke of Wellington is, we have been assured, no longer Prime Minister. At present we can only say that the Duke of Rielmond is to be his Grace's successor. We are in possession of what is understood to be the list of the new Cabinet; but at present it would be improper to allude particularly to the several appointments. We cannot, however, fdrego the gratification of mentioning that none of the present men remain ; and that all who come in, with one exception (and he the first diplomatist of the day) are Protestants."
The Standard has certainly contrived to transfuse a portion of its own " joy " into "the English hearts' of the Herald and the Morning Journal. In the rest of the world, the intimation we have quoted has, so far as we can perceive, excited only that moderate degree of joy which constitutes merriment. The Herald, with its usual sagacity, .thinks the change very likely ; while the Journal fears the news may be too good to be true. Some say that the Standard seeks to add to the gaieties of the season by originating a hoax; while the Courier alleges that it is merely the subject of one, the unconscious instrument being Sir ROBERT INGLIS.
The accounts of the quarter that has just ended, when compared With -the corresponding quarter of last year. exhibit a decrease in the rme. The principal falling off is in the Excise ; and as that is the F-tp which the poor contribute most largely-as it is consi"tiltered'a soit of baronteter by which the amount of their enjoyments '`.• --.'" ayi be..measitreid Wll something like accuracy, the decrease in ques=-WOUld :,=-.73Peak of increased privations among the industria&Violaiii4 should be sorry to place implicit faith in the inductions of financial arithmetic ; but the returns now before the Government must add force to the already irresistible arguments for retrenchment in every department
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