'The Indra line of steamships belonging to Messrs. J. R. Roydon & Ca., Liverpool, are Fork. 'The first vessel of the line, the ing to run vid the Far Esst and New Indrani, has passed the Suez Canal, and will be' here in about twelve days. The steamers are large, carrying some 7,000 tons of cargo. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca. are the agents.
(most oR OWN CORRESPONDENT) siz YoREION SECRETARY. that Lord Salisbury's illness is more severe There is eppily no ground for believing than the official announcements indicate, He has hada bad attack of influenza; it unfortunately occurred at a time when a number of pressing foreign questions regquited his attention, and the result of his devotion to duty was a relapse covery had commenced. But the of Mr. Balfour being placed in charge of the Foreign Office has given rise to renewed rumours of an approaching change in the Cubinet. Lord Sulisbury, it is thought, will not fill much longer the dual office of Prime Minister and Secretary for Foreign Affairs. It has been surmised that Lord Cromer will be brought home from Egypt to direct the Foreign Office, and the suggestion is generally regarded as by no means improbable, Mr. Chamberlain would perhaps like the post, but he is as unpopular as ever with the young Tory party, and his appointment would be followed by a split in' the Unionist ranks, In the unlikely event of Lord Salisbury finding it necessary to retire altogether from the Governmenit the choice of a successor would probably lie betiwaen the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Balfour. Luckily,
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