The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-26 00:00:00

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wAti.C43 ',MAD tine memner for Birm.aighatil ',icier
to " exercise as much power as any three Cabinet
Ministers " to taking office; an unconstitutional doc-
trine, by the way, inasmuch as the directors of
Ministerial policy should be responsible its Ministers.
Mr. Brand is to be Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, and by his rare sagacity reconcile
the old Whigs with the new Liberals. Mr.
Childers, who has "learnt the art of administra-
tion in the manly school of Australia," is to be
Chancellor, of the Exchequer.• Mr. Forster, who
shewed such admirable qualities as Under Secretary
for the Colonies, is to take command of that depart-
ment: Mr. Stansfeld, who made such a good
beginning as Civil Lord of the Admiralty, is to pre-
side over that Board. Mr. Lowe is to direct
the education of the country as Minister of
Education, with a seat in the Cabinet. Mr.
Goschen is to preside over the Board of
Trade. Mr. Chichester Fortescue is to return to
Ireland as Chief Secretary ; Lord Granville is to be
President of the Council ; the Duke of Argyll,
Secretary of State for India; Lord Clarendon,
Foreign Minister; Mr. Cardwell, War Minister ;
Lord Justice Wood, Lord Chancellor; and Sir
Roundel' Palmer, Lord Jugtice. There remain
Lord De Grey and Mr. Layard available at once, but
whom the Telegraph does not feel it necessary to
recommend for any particular posts. Mr. Milner
Gibson and Lord Hartington are out of Parliament, and
as no one seems to feel acute grief for the absence of
the first, it is likely that he will remain at all events
out of office. But the talents of the Marquis must
be rendered available somehow, the more so as he is
a Cavendish. So we are left to infer that he will be
called to the Upper House and be made Lord Privy
Seal. The Telegraph has not yet been able to
find an occupant for the Home Office nor for the
Postmaster-Generalship. There is another serious
omission: Sir henry Bulwer is unprovided for,
though he will be the most accomplished diplonfatist-
in the new House of Commons.

THE ELECTIONS.

Although there was a comparative lull --yesierilay,
there are several severe fights to be decided to-day.
Foremost is.:the T one in 'South-East -Lancashire,
where.:,-the Liberals hope to be able to seat their
~nen. Next in importance are West Gloucester
--nict East Essex; in the ,torinm._ thttLi1eakuka1..„......AL,....,--
—make a deierinined effort to elect two who will sup-
port Mr. Gladstone ; and in the latter, where both
parties were equally represented, two candidates have
appeared on either side. Among the other elections
to-day are Berkshire, where the Liberals will win
one or two seats ; East Cumberland, North Norfolk,'
the North Riding, and Cardiganshire. The principal
fight to-morrow will be in South Devon, Lord
Amberley having left Nottingham in order
to wrest the seat taken from his father in
1835. Since that year no Liberal has represented
the constituency, and the most strenuous efforts are
being made on behalf of both sides to win the con-
test. The Conservative candidates are Mr. Kekewich
and Sir Massey Lopes.
A "DERANGEMENT OF EPITAPHS."
" A Conservative Peer " has written to an evening
Ministerial organ complaining of Mr. Disraeli's
episcopal appointments. The peer says that these
are causing great dissatisfaction among Conservative
Churchmen all over the kingdom. He adds what
Mrs. Malaprop would term a " derangement of epi-
taphs," worthy of Lord Castlereagh himself. He says
" We are, in fact, sitting on a barrel of gunpowder.
I fear many old-fashioned Conservatives will be
rendered lukewarm." The idea of feeling lukewarm
on such a seat as that is, to say the least, funny.
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THE RESIDENCE OF THE PRIMATE.
The Dean and Canons of Canterbury will in the
course of a few days present a memorial to the Prime
Minister and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, on
the subject of the episcopal residence. At the same
time the mayor and corporation will present a similar
memorial which they have adopted. They wish the
residence of the Archbishop to be in the neighbour-
hood of Canterbury instead of Addington, a place
pronounced isolated and inconvenient, and they point
out that Canterbury is as easy of access from London
as Addington. In the city and neighbourhood of
Canterbury there is property and land belonging to
the see, the income of which might be applied to the
archiepiscopal residence.

THE NATAL DIFFICULTY.
Archdeacon Denison writes to draw attention to a
circular, with fifty-six names attached to it, addressed
to the members of the S. P. C. K. asking their sup-
port to rescind the resolution which gave a grant of
2,000 to that section of the Church in Natal which
ignored the authority of Dr. Colenso. The Arch-
deacon thinks a proposal to rescind a formal vote is
always objectionable, and on this occasion
particularly so, for the circular invites the members
to commit themselves to the position that the
deposition of Bishop Colenso by the Bishop of Cape-
town and his coadjutors is not valid, and thus be at
issue with the two Houses of Convocation of the
Province of Canterbury. We have not the slightest
doubt that this is the exact position taken by the
framers of the circular, as well as that which they
would have the society take.