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Reports are in circulation that Lord Minto will succeed Lord William Bentinek in the Governntent of India ; that Mr. Tennyson %till take Mr. Ellice's place in the War-Office ; and that Mr. Creevey is to be the new Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, in tire place of Lou' Auckland, who has resigned his seat at the Board.
Mr. Young, Secretary to Viscount Melbourne, has, it is understood, been appointed Receiver-General of the Post-office.—Globe.
Mr. Rolfe, Member for Penryn and Falmouth, is the new So- licitor- General.
The emoluments of the Governor of Sierra Leone are estimated at 2,500/. per annum. The late ill-fated Governor, Mr. Octavius Temple, had only received three-quarters salary when he fell a victim to the pestilential climate. The gallant officer who has accepted the appoint- ment, Major Dundas Campbell, has been taken from the Half-pay Unattached List of 1825.
Lord Durham has declined the invitation of the Belfast Reformers to a public meeting and dinner ; but he meets his neighbours at New- castle, who also have invited him on the 19th.
Lord Glenlyon, the Duke of Athol's brother, who was lately adver- tised in the newspapers as missing, arrived from the Continent at Fen- ton's Hotel in the beginning of the week.
There is no truth in the rumoured marriage of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, the new Governor-General of India pro. tem., on the coming away of the noble Lord, now holding the high ap- pointment, was late Resident at Hydrabad ; and his family have for many years held high office in the East. His father, the late Sir Thomas, was a Director of the East India Company, and his brother, the late Sir Theophilus, was President of the Select Committee at Canton.--Herald.
At the nomination of the Vice- Chancellor, at Cambridge, on Mon- -day last, the Heads of Colleges stepped aside from their ordinary course of proceeding, to pass over Dr. Lamb. The custom is to nominate for the choice of the Senate the two Masters senior in degree, u ho have not served the office twice. These two are Dr. French and Dr. Lamb ; but instead of Dr. Lamb, his junior, Dr. Ainslie, was nomi- nated, without, as we understand, his own knowledge or consent ; and the Heads have thus intimated that they intend to prevent Dr. Lamb from being Vice-Chancellor next year, as he ought to be, according to the usual course. This step, we believe, is without precedent, at least of late years; and the motive of it being well understood, seaeral members of the Senate voted for Dr. Ainslie, to express their disap- probation of such unworthy conduct on the part of the Heads. No one can venture to say that Dr. Lamb is not well qualified for the office; for he was Vice-Chancellor in 1824, and discharged its duties most ably: but the fact is, Dr. Lamb is a firm and consistent Re-
former; and when this proceeding is coupled with the dismissal of the most eminent scholar in Cambridge from the office of assistant.tuter, by the Head of his College, in consequence of his support of Liberal opinions, it would seem that the Heads have entered into a systematic and concerted scheme of oppressing, so far as lies in their power, every one who holds liberal opinions.—Morning Chronicle.
[On Tuesday, Dr. French was elected Vice-Chancellor for the en- suing year, by a majority of 73 votes to 35, over his opponent, Dr. Ainslie—Dr. Lamb being laid on the shelf.]
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