THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2858, 12 April 1878, Page 3

THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

The Chief Secretaryship for Ireland, vacant by the promotion of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, to the Colonies, has jost been filled np, and, as bad been expected, the ielection of Sir Michael Beach's successor brings with it an opening at the Colonial Office. The current impression that the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies would receive the Irish. Secretaryship ha« been verified, and for the last fortnight there has been much speculation as to who may replace Mr Lowther. The Earl of Donoughmore is still a favorite for the office in the public conjecture, and as it would be difficult that a better selection should be made*, one can only hope that conjecture is not wrong. Lord Donoughmore is not only a young nobleman of political aptitude, but of great Colonial experience. As private secretary to Lord Carnarvon, he naturally learned much; in the course of a pleasant pilgrimage, which occupied three years, which included India and Australia, and the termination of which was as auspicious as the commencement, Lord Donoughmore learned more. His appointment to the Colonial Office would probably be popular at the Antipodes, where he is known and liked, and would certainly be popular at home.