Even more remarkable is the appointment of the Earl of Selborne to succeed Mr. Goschen at the Admiralty. Lord Selborne isan able young nobleman—young, that la, for & statesman—who has undoubtedly worked hard and well at the Colonial Office, but he has not shown any signs of brilliance, or of the possession of thos" qualities of statesmanship which we have a right to expect in the man who is put at the head of the Admiralty. He is courteous and approachable, and has always cultivated the Press—a fact which is, I am afraid, responsible for the modified approval with which his appointment has been received. Mr. St, John Brodrick, the new Mini of War, has won much greater di 8 a Subordinate Minister than Lord Selborne. He has made some very able speeches, both in and out of the House and his appointment to the War Office lors open to criticism than that of Lor Salistury's son-in-law to the Admiralty but this appointment also is' regarded us rather too much in the nature of an experiment. Ttis f-it that at a title like this the portfolios of the army and navy should have been given to the two ablest and most experienced statesmen of the puty. Mr. Ritchie's appointment to the Lame Office is, indeed, the only change thus far announced which has met with unqualified approval,
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