Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-03-27
Foreign.


| been received.
The following are the most important
items of their contents.
The Ministry 1t will be seen that
the whole London press has been at
fault, in regard to the probable result
Of the new ministerial arrangements
the Duke Of Wellington having receiV-
ed and accepted the post OF the First
Lord of the Treasury and Prime Min
ister The following is the composition
of the Nsw Ministry, as officially an-
nounced in the Gazette. 1t is high tory
enough TO have suited the old CaVilier,
Sir Henry Lee.
The Duke of Wellington, First Lord
of the Treasury, vice Lord Goderich.
Henry Earl Bathurst, Lord President
of his Majesty's Privy Council, vice the
Duke of Portland
Lord Lyndurst continues Lord Cham
ce!lor.
Lord Marlborough, keeper of the
privy seal, vice the Earl OF Carlisle.
The Hon Henry Goulbourn, chancel-
Tor If the exchequer, vice Mr., Herriess.
The Right Hon. VIM Carr, VIscount
Beresford, master gen. of the ordnance.
The Right Hon Robert Peel, Secre
tary of state for the Home Department,
in the place of the Marquis OF Lans-
downe.
Mr. Huskisson, remains Secretary OF
State Tor the Colonies.
Earl Dudley continues Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs.
Lord Melville, president of the Board
of Control in place of Mr.. G. Wynn.
Mr.. Charles Grant continues Presi
dent of the Board of Trade and Trea
surer of the Navy.
The Earl of Aberdeen, Chancellor Of
the Dutchy of Lancaster, in place of
Lord Bexley.
Mr.. Herries, master Of the mint, in
the place of Mr.. Tierney.
Lord Palmerton, continues in the
War Department
In Office but not in he Cabinst-His
Royal Highness the Duke Of Clarence,
Lord High Admiral.
Judge Advocate General-Right Hon.
Sir John Beckett, Bart, vice Right Hon
James Abercrombie
The Right Hon Charles Ar5uthnot,
WIN d. Adams, and Henry Dawkins,
Esqs. commissioners of Woods, Forests
and Land Revenues.
Vice President of the Board of Trade
7. +. Lewis, Esq.
Paymas,er General--Right Hon. w.
Y Fitzgerald
Under Secretaries Of Staie-Home, s.
M. Phillips, ESQ. and w. Y. Peel, ESQ.
Colonial-R W Hay, Esq the other
not yet settled. Foreign Lord How
ard de Walden, John Backhouse, Esq.
Secretaries of the Treasury---Joseph
Planta, Esq. and G. r. Dawson, Esq
vice I. +, Lewis, ESQ.
Lords of the Treasury Lord Gran
vile, &. III. Somerset, vice Right Hon.
Nj Fitzgerald; Earl Of Mount Charles,
Lord Elliott, f A. M'Naughten. Esq.
Commissioners for Affairs of India
The arrangement is not yet completed,
but it is understood that Sir j. M'Donald
and DR.. Philimore retire.
Sir &. Wetherall is appointed Attorney
General. Sir James Scarlet refusing to
hold that Office.
Solicitor General-Sir N. C. Tindall.
IRELAND.
Lord Observation-Disclosures of Anglea-
sea: vice Marquis of Wellesley.
Chief Secretary-Rt. Hon. W. Lamb,
The Duke of Wellington having &C
cepted the post of First Lord OF the
Treasury and Prime Minister, has re-
| signed the command of the army. One
account says, Lord Hill is spoken of as
his successor. Another says the duties
of the office are to be performed by a
commission, to consist of Lord Beres-
ford, Sir George Murray, and Sir Her.
bert Taylor
The foregoing list does not contain
the names of the Earl of Eldon, of the
Earl OF Westmoreland, or Yiscount
Lowther. Notwithstanding the pains
that have been taken in the formation
of this Ministry, we were disposed to
question its stability. Its toryism is of
too high key to suit the present state
of public feeling in Great Britain, Mr.
Huskissor, however, has carried his
point, in maintaining the asceudency OF
the free trade principles by retaining
Mr. Goulbourn. at the Head of the Board