26 MAY 1894, Page 2

Mr. Bryce has been offered and has accepted the Presidency

of the Board of Trade in succession to Mr. Mundella, and Lord Tweedmouth (who is to be an Earl), succeeds Mr. Bryce at the Duchy of Lancaster. By this arrangement the un- wieldy Cabinet of seventeen is reduced to sixteen; but Mr. Bryces work and his studies in Constitutional law will hardly have specially prepared him for the business of the Board of Trade. Still, Lord Rosebery is wise in Endeavouring to contract the size of his far too clumsy Cabinet. The only effect of enlarging it into a petty Parliament is to compel the formation of an inner Cabinet on which all the heavier responsibilities really fall.