The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-04 00:00:00

THE NEW MINISTERS.

After the Cabinet Council on Saturday three
secretaries of state tendered their resignations,
Lords Carnarvon and Cranborne and General Peel.
Rumour differs as to the manner in which
the administration will be reconstructed. Accord-
ing to the Timex, Lord Carnarvon will be suc-
ceeded as Secretary of State for the Colonies
by the Duke of Richmond—to whom another
account assigns the Presidency of the Council ;
the Post gives the former place to the Duke of
Buckingham, and another contemporary to Sir
John Pakington. Another report has it that Lord
Lytton will take the office. The New Secretary of
State for India is generally allowed to be Sir Staf-
ford Nurthcote. The new War Minister is under-
stood to be Sir John Pakington, who cedes the
headship of the Admiralty to Mr. Corry. The
Earl of Longford has, however, been mentioned iu
connexion with this post. Mr. Cave, it is thought,
will succeed Sir S. Northoote in the Vice-Presi-
dency of the Board of Trade. The gossiper by
whom Lord Longford is made to succeed General
Peel further surmises that his lordship may in
turn be succeeded by Sir James Fergusson.
Some curiosity exists as to the statement which
the Chancellor of the Exchequer will make this
evening, and members of the 'House of Commons
have had numerous appeals for tickets of admis-
sion to the strangers gallery. At a very early
hour this morning twice as many people us would
fill the small gallery had secured their seats. It is
believed that Mr. Disraeli will move the adjourn-
ment of the house for a week, in order that the
ministerial arrangements may be completed.

We are authorised to contradict the report
which has appeared in some organs of the press,
that a conference has taken place between the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Gladstone
on the subject of reform. There is no foundation
whatever for such a rumour.—Daily News.
SEVERE ILLNESS OF THE COUNTESS OF MALMF.I4-
BURT. —Lady Idalniesbur7 is now lying at Heron Court,
near Christchurch, suffering from severe inflammation of
the lunge, and her ladyship's life has for some days been
despaired of. The Earl of Maluiesbury has been staying
at Heron Court, and has, therefore, been absent from all
the recent Cabinet Councils. The near relatives of the
noble lord are also staying at his lordship's seat. The me-
al& attendant of the family, Mr. James Kemp-Welch,
with Dr. Frills, of Bournemouth, are in constant mitten.
dance. Her Majesty the Queen has frequently tele-
graphed to inquire about her ladyship'. health.—Salisbury
JOIMI4I.

VISIT Or VOLUNTEER COI/MANI/INa OFFICERS
TO DOVER.—On Saturday the committee appointed at the
recent general meeting of tnetropolitan volunteer command-
ing officers, with reference to the selection of a site for the
Easter Monday review, visited Dover for the purpose of
inspecting the ground on which it is proposed the field-
day evolutions should take place. it Is the lame as that
proposed Last year—what is tanned the Round Down. An
open space between Dover and Folkestone wag inspected
last year. and reported as inapplicable for the review then
contemplated. On the eastern side of Dover are some
forti6catious in course of completion, called the Castle
Hill Fort, which command the evale but are not yet
mounted. Volunteers (representing an invading force)
might attack soul take this outwork as being un-
armed. If this notion be adopted, one-thinl of the force
might be employed in the defence. Looking east from the
castle, a hill or ridge passes diagonally across from the sea
to the Deal road for about a mile. Between the hill (which
is steep) and the castle is a deep hollow basin. The attack
from this side of the Deal-road would only he a menace.
Guns would he placed on the ridge to answer and annoy
the castle batteries, and a long line of skirmishers would
he required to be employed to distract the garrison. Look-
ing mist or to the left of the Deal-road, and in front of the
Castle-bill Fort, the principal man.euvring and attack
would take place. The ground for two miles is not steep,
but undulating, with no obstacles to the movement of
troops, who would, from the nature of the ground, he
massed and screened for the attack. The defending par.y
thrown out in advance of the Castle-hill Fort would find
some defensible slopes, and could change their front after
some attempts to stand, and finally retire under the guns
of the castle, thus rendering it feasible for the attacking
force to take the fort, and invest the castle. In all proba-
bility the march pest would take place on the glacis of the
fort. The Commander-in-Chief has intimated that in the
event of the selection of Dover the garrison would be allowed
to take part in the operations.