| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | Mr Gladstone on the nature of newspaper statements regarding the reconstruction of the Government, as a result of the death of Lord Clarendon (George William F. Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon): Lord Granville (Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville) proposed as Secretary of State for the Foreign Office; Lord Kimberley (John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley) proposed as Secretary of State for the Colonial Office; Lord Halifax (Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax) proposed as Lord Privy Seal; the Right Honourable William Edward Forster (Vice President of the Council for Education) to join the Cabinet without a change of office. |