In the dearth of exciting news, and:in harmony r as the Times
says, with the meteoric seasons, which about this lime, exhibit the phsanoruena of "fulling -stars," some of the newspapers have been throwing club gossip on Ministerial changes into the shape of "leading articlei." The Morning Post yesterday gave definite form to the floating rumours that Lord John Russell, "from ill health and other important considerations," vicaild "not again meet Parliament as Prime Minister"; and would be succeeded by Lord Clarendon as Premier, assisted in the House of Commons by Sir Robert Peel and his able lieutenants Lord Lincoln and Mr. George Smythe. The Globe last night, "stated with some confidence," that these .rumours had "no foundation whatever"; and today the Times winds up a well- worded "leader" on the subject with this comfortable assurince--" Our readers may depend upon it, that neither the love of a title, nor fear, nor idleness, nor diffidence, nor the voice of the country, is likely at present to withdraw any of her Majesty's present advisers from their envied,position."
.Sir Culling Eaa-dley Eardley has.issued his address to the West Riding electors; formally signifying his adhesion to -the four points of the Nor- manton.manifesto. His nomination does not satisfy all the Liberal party, however; since it is looked upon as "making the election a question of. the Chapel against the :Church:" The Wakefield district sides with Mr. Roe- buck, whom Colonel Peyronnet'Thompson has urged them in a public let- ter-to nominate and elect. The Conservatives of Leeds have definitively put forward Mr. Beckett Denison. Mr. Charles Fitzwffliam has issued a valedictory address, brief, frank, and becoming in its terms.
The arguments in the Irish treason oases were continued on Thursday by Mr. Napier on behalf of M‘Manns, and would not be concluded before yesterday -evening or today. The Chief •Justice intimated that it would be impossible to give judgment this term.
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