The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-22 00:00:00

CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY.

The following may be regarded as a correct list of the
several changes which have taken place in the several
departments of Government. Some have been already
announced ;• but we repeat those and add others, in order
that the whole may be seen at one view :
Sir George. Grey is to have the seals of the Duchy of
Lancaster committed to him, with a seat in the Cabinet,
who is succeeded as Judge Advocate by Mr. Sheil, late
Vice-President of the Board of Trade. _ _

Mr. More O'Ferrall, Secretary of the Admiralty, has
been appointed to the post of Financial Secretary of the
Treasury, vice Mr. R. Gordon, resigned. Mr. O'Ferrall
is succeeded at the Admiralty by Mr. Parker (M.P. for
Sheffield), late one of the Lords of the Treasury.
The Hon. E. J. Stanley, the other Joint-Secretary of
the Treasury, has been appointed Paymaster-General of
the Forces in the place of Sir Henry Parnell, who, it is
reported, retires from Parliament as well as from office.
Mr. Stanley's successor as Under-Secretary of the Trea-
sury, is Mr. Le Marchant, of the Board of Trade, whose
election, as Member for Harwich, may be regarded as
secure.

The Hon. Fox Mat& has been transferred from the

Home Department, of which he was the indefatigable
Under Secretary to the Vice-Presidency of the Board
of Trade. Mr. Maule is succeeded by Lord Seymour,
who has been transferred from the Secretaryship of the
Board of Control, in which post he is succeeded by Mr.
C. Buller—an appointment which will be regarded as a
well-merited recognition by the Government of Mr.
Buller's acknowledged talents and consistent support and
advocacy of Liberal principles.
Lord Plunket has at length resigned the Lord Chan-
cellorship of Ireland. His Lordship's declining health
has long prepared the public for this announcement. Sir
John Campbell, the Attorney-General, is to be his Lord-
ship's successor, who will be elevated to the Peerage pre-.
vious to his receiving the seals of office.
The vacancy in the number of Treasury Lords, will,
it is reported, be filled up by the appointment of the
Hon. W. Cowper, now one of the Cnnmissioners of
Greenwich Hospital. Mr. Bannerman, M.P. for Aber-
deen, is named as Mr. Cowper's successor at Greenwich.
Mr. J. Lefevre, one of the Poor- law Commissioners, is
named as Mr. Le Marchant's successor at the Board of
Trade. _ _ .

The vacant post of Governor of Bombay is not yet
filled up.

DUBLIN, JUNE 19.

The engrossing topic of conversation to-day is, as to
the resignation by Lord Plunkett of the Chancellorship,
and as the private history of the transaction is not
known here, I send an account of it, which may prove
of interest. Upwards of three months ago Lord Plun-
kett received a letter from Lord Morpeth, intimating
that the Government felt desirous of nominating Sir
John Campbell to the office of Lord Chancellor, and
that the first Law Officer of the Crown in England felt
dissatisfaction in not having been before that period
created a Judge. The letter also mentioned that it
had been thought Lord Abinger would, resign the
Chief Baronship of the Exchequer in favour of
his son-in-law, but as he refused to do it, it be-
came necessary to give Sir John some other judicial
seat. Lord Plunkett, in reply to this communication,
said he had no objection to resign in favour of an Irish
barrister qualified for the high post, but that he would
not be instrumental in having a Scotchman or English-
man appointed. Thus matters rested until a few days
since, when the Chancellor received a letter from the
Lord-Lieutenant, enumerating the benefits conferred by
the Government on his family, and requesting his resig-
nation to be sent in. Lord Plunkett at once put himself
into communication with Lord Melbourne directly, and
forwarded his resignation, which was accepted.
His Lordship attended in Court to-day, and said he
would sit again on Monday to dispose of some cases re-
maining for judgment.; but he also intimated that he
would hear no new causes, and that, possibly, before
Monday circumstances might arise to prevent his coming
down as he intended. This referred to the likeli-
hood of Sir John Campbell's patent being made out at
once, and the rumours that the new dignitary will
sit here on Tuesday. A preliminary meeting of
the bar was held to-day, at which it was arrange to call
the members of it together on Monday, to consider the
propriety of petitioning against the appointment. Many
persons allege that the Attorney-General's being a com-
mon law lawyer ought to prevent his being placed over
a Court of Equity; but as far as this objection goes,
Lord Eldon, whose judgments stand in the same list with
Lord Hardwicke's, never was known as an Equity lawyer
until nominated to the Chancellorship.