NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Cabinet is complete, with the exception of the Duchy of Lancaster, which is supposed to be reserved for Mr. Brand, and contains fifteen members, of whom six are peers, one an eldest son, and eight commoners. We have discussed Mr. Gladstone's selection elsewhere, and need only remark here that the only Radical appointed, except Mr. Gladstone himself, is Mr. Bright, who upon all questions between the middle class and the masses, is the most conservative of Liberal statesmen. Mr. Gladstone is, of course, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir W. Page Wood, Lord Chancellor, with the title of Lord Hatherley ; Mr. Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Mr. A. Bruce, Home Secretary ; Lord Clarendon, Secretary for Foreign Affairs ; Lord Granville, for the Colonies ; the Duke of Argyll, for India ; Mr. Cardwell, for War ; and Mr. Chichester Fortescue, for Ireland ; while Mr. Childers is First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr. Goschen, President of the Poor Law Board ; Lord Hartington, Postmaster- General ; Lord Kimberley, Privy Seal ; and Earl de Grey, Presi- dent of the Council. With this list we may safely say, "New Radical is but Old Whig writ large."
