The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATITRDAY [The following appeared in our Third and Express Editions of last night HOUSE OF COMMONS. Six o'CLocK. Lord JOHN RUSSELL entered the House of Com mons at half-past four o'clock. As he walked up the lobby he was the object of much attention. He held in his left hand an official box, and led by his right a child in a Scotch cap and dress, one of his own children, whom he took into the House with him. Ile took his seat in his usual place, and rose to a crowded House and over-crowded gal ery at ten minutes past five. He explained all the circumstances of the last week, which will be found in our Parliamentary report, and announced that no final arrangements would be made till the Duke of WELLINGTON had been consulted. A long debate seems probable. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverbampton Railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern; the Right Hon. Lord Dudl7 and Ward in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, the common seal of the company was affixed to the register of shareholders, and the report of the directors submitted to the meeting as follows: — The report made to the proprietors on the occasion of the special meeting of the 14th January last, communicated the state of the undertaking at that date. Immediately after the 14th ult., your directors offered to the proprietors the proportions of the new shares to which they were entitled. The result was, that of the entire number of 56,6(36 shares, 31503 were applied for within the period limited by the re solution of the special meeting, and were allotted accordingly, but this number was subsequently reduced at the request of the allottees by 412 shares, leaving ... 31,391 shares allotted Of which the deposit was not paid on 2,302 shares Balance ... 29,089 Allotted 22d February upon late appli cations and allotments on which the deposit was not paid within the pre scribed time ... 1,63) Total ... ... 30,728 On the 29th ult. Messrs. Peto and Betts, and Messrs • Tredwells, applied for new shares, in accordance with the understanding previously subsisting, in the following pro portions. Messrs. Peto and Bette offered, if their tender to make the line between Oxford and Worcester were accepted, to take 10, 4 00 shares; and if their tender to make the line north of Tipton were accepted, to take other 10,000 shares. 111-2ssrs. Tredwells offered, if their tender to complete the line between Worcester and Tipton were accepted, to take 10,000 shares. Your directors thought it desirable that these offers should be accepted, so far as the same related to the construction of the line betweerfOxford and Tipton, and they thereupon ac cepted the same for 20,000 shares, so that with the 30,728 shares taken by shareholders, 50,723 new shares have been allotted. • - At this juncture your directors considered it expedient to appoint a committee to negotiate with other railway compa nies, and they authorised this committee to consult with Mr. Peto. The result was that Mr. Peto intimated the willing ness of the London and North-Western and the Midland Railway Companies to make an arrangement with this com pany, and requested authority to confer with them thereon, which having been given by the committee, an arrangement of which the following is the substance was concluded : The line between Oxford and Tipton to be completed as early as possible, the narrow gauge being laid down the whole way as a double line from Tipton to Moreton-in-the Marsh or Daylesford, and as a single line from one of these places to Oxford; to be made a double line, however, when the traffic requires it. The line to be worked for twenty-one years by the North- Western and Midland Companies, the rates per mile being uniform on all the three lines, on the following terms : " The gross receipts from all sources to be carried to, a common fund, out of which the following charges are to be paid in the order stated. " Ist. 53,000/. per annum to the Oxford, Worcester, mid Wolverhampton Company to provide for debentures and pre ference shares, or such less or greater sum, not exceeding 60,000!., as may from year to year be sufficient within such limit to- provide fur such charges. "2d. 53,0001. to be taken by the London and North-Wes tern and Midland Companies for working expenses, wear and tear, &c. "3d. The balance of gross receipts (the excess, if any, above 106,0001.) to be divided in the proportions of 2-3ds to the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, and 1-3 d to the London and North-Western and Midland Com- parries, until the gross receipts reach 150,0001. per annum, from which point all receipts in excess of 150,0001. shall be equally divided between the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Company and the London and North-Western and Midland Companies.• Equal mileage rates to be al lowed to Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton account for all traffic passing over lines of Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, and of London and North-Western or Mid land Companies. By the arrangement it is provided that, so soon as any portion of the line is ready for working, Mr. Glyn is to fix the terms, as between the company on whose line the same abuts and this company, on which the same is to be worked until the whole be completed. There is divided • To O. W.& To L. & N. W. • Under this when W. Co. & Midland Co. earnings are ... Z 106,000 £53,000a £53,000 Ditto ... 151,000 83,000 68,000 Ditto .. 201,000 108,000 93,000 [a Should more than 53,0001. be required to pay interest and debentures, the excess within the limit of 60,0001. also to be paid to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Company.] To carry out this arrangement Messrs. Peto and Betts and Messrs Tredwells have placed the 20,000 shares allotted to them at the disposal of the board ; and, as 5,000 remained unallotted, the amount of new shares at the disposal of the board amounts to 25,938. These shares your directors intend issuing under the ar rangement with the London and North-Western and the Midland Companies, in such manner as to carry interest 4t a bout 4 per cent. This effected, the annual fixed preference charge on the undertaking will be as follows : Annual Charge. - say £750,000 .E 410,000 Debentures Six per cent. preference stock -31,000 shares 310,000 18,000* Four per cent. do. 1;5,000 shares 250,0(0 10,000 £1,310,000 £58,600 Your directors believe that a saving of upwards of 60,00 C will be effectel in the cost of the line between Moreton-ir the-Marsh or Daylesford and Oxford, by miking it a sing line only; if so, the above charge will be reduced to abor 56,0001. The proprietors will observe that by this arrangement the interest on the debentures of the company, as well as the annual charge for the new shares, is made practically secure, inasmuch as these payments are to be provided for out of the gross receipts previous to the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies taking the cost of working the line as limited, and that the result of this advantage will be that the debentures of the company will be issuable at a moderate rate of interest. They will also observe that a fair return to the ordinary shareholders will, in all probability, arise at an early period after the opening of the line. Your directors are of opinion that this is an arrangement advantageous to this company, securing the proprietors against the liability of having to raise capital for the work ing the line; leaving them the power of making the line from Tipton to Wolverhampton if the probable traffic thereon should make such outlay prudent, and opening a large traffic from Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, and Gloucester and the sur rounding country—a traffic never before contemplated as likely to be brought upon this company's line. It is the intention of your directors to press forward the completion of the part of the line between Worcester and Stonrbridge with the branch to Stoke works, that an imme diate revenue may be derived therefrom. The di:ectors retiring are Messrs. Tyndale and Jesse], both of whom are eligible, and offer themselves for re election. One of the auditors also retires at this meeting, but is re eligible, and offers himself for election. The directors have taken the steps necessary to enable this meeting to confirm the forfeiture of 1,494 shares, and will submit a resolution for that purpose. " The holders of this stock are entitled to pay 151. per share, and if this option be extensively used, and the line from Tipton to Wolverhampton be not made, your directors will not require to issue so large an amount of debentures,- but the effect on the undertakin g generally will be to in crease the charge on- the amount so paid from 4 to 5 per cent. and it may affect the above financial scheme to the ex tent of 1,5501. a year, or 1 per cent. on 155,00 j/. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the meeting, and he said he might as well distinctly state at once that he entirely dissented to the arrangement ree' commended in the report. It was rather anomalous fin. him to be in direct opposition to the rest of the board; but so it was, and if the meeting declined to sanction the course which he had chalked out for him self, of endeavouring to keep this company in an inde pendent position, he should be prepared to give up the of chairman.—(Hear, hear.) He was told T h 't he was first solicited to join the company atwas proposed to carry it out as a th ee , - it , not beenghly independent undertaking. Had it accept the *e , , nothing would have induced him to Chair t na b an s p, ho saw at onaetieare ht but the moment he took office, r at . a struggle had commenced at the board for transferring the line to one of the two great company's of the r l l K l and now they saw by the report that one et i t c V n i l l n , should rem ember hear.) The meeting ra w : that beyond the pro. prietors t a h n is a li b e e e, wa s general public to be parliament considered, not sorry that in sanc tioning this undertaking, tcok care not to loee sight of that p oint.—(ll, el in he_a_ ore r.) The publie h a d suffered "Much from the monop 0 yoft t he London and North-Western Company, 41,1 0,, i appeared to him, that it was doomed to suffer still more through the same influence.—(Hear, hear.) He was for retain ing this line independent of every other company, but the board of directors were orpoled to him, and they had incautiously, hastily, and indecently made an agree ment with the'London and North-Western Company, which he was advised by high legal authori;y could not b e maintained, and which could only be carried out through the instrumentality of the Legislature —(Hear, hear.) Besides that, such an agreement would provoke the un compromising op p os i t ion of the Great Western Collu pany, and he was afraid it would con tinee the line in a state of insecurity and sat the public against it much more than ever.—(Hear.) Tee agre eme nt.,„„ was introduced to him about a fort 'nightql`t' unexpectedly and he therefore obtained three days' gra ce to look carefully into it. In the mean films he was surprised to see it announced at the Lon idon and NortheWestern Railway meeting that a traffic ,weegement had been made with this company, while .otegoieg doweeto.the solicitor's office he found that an nouncement was correct, for an artangement of that sort had been secured without the sanction of one por- tion of the proprietary body.—(Hear, hear.) It was said that the arrangement would produce two and a half per cent. for the original shareholders, but he very much doubted whether it would yield a penny piece, for the London and North-Western and the Midland were the natural enemies of this company, and the meeting might depend upon it this proposed arrange ment would sink them deeper into adversity.—(Hear, hear.) But it was his opinion the Great Westerm Com pany had it in their power to successfuly resist this agreement, and while he saw that the object of the Lon don and North-Western and the Midland was to stifle the vitality of this line, and reduce it to a mere local branch, he really was not sorry that such a power did rest with the Great Western Company. The only hope for this line was to remain independent of all other companies, and he was quite ready to carry out such a policy; but he must decline accepting the proposed agreement, and therefore if it were adopted to-day, it was his determination to resign the chairmanship. Mr. RIIFFORD, M.P., was sorry that he felt called upon, as a director, to reply to the speech of his Lordship.— (Hear.) He need not remind the meeting of the manner in which they had been abandoned by the Great Western Company, and their refusal to render them any assist ance in their adversity; but he might have been inclined to pass over that, had they not gone further and taken steps to carry on a vigilant opposition with this line.— (Hear, hear.) Need he remind the meeting that the Great Western Company had entered into an alliance with the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrews bury and Wolverhampton Company s, so as to be in a posi tion to swamp the Oxforel and Worcester Company, with the Oxford and Birmingham line 2—(Hear, hear.) What, then, could they do but accept an offer which would place them in a position to resist with some degree of success this formidable opposition ?—(Hear, hear.) The arrangement was the best and fairest they could possibly obtain.—(Hear, hear.) It had been negotiated by Mr. S. M. Pew, a man eminent in his sphere, of high cha racter and position, and of transcendant abilities, which he had not scrupled to use for the benefit of this company ; and he (Mr. Rufford) was perfectly satisfied that the name of that gentleman would remain untarnished by the arrangement he had so advanta geously concluded on the part of this company.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the re port.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COWHAN thanked the directors for the arrange ment they had made with the London and North-Western Company.—(Hear.) The Great Western Company had behaved with the greatest ingratitude towards that com pany.—(Hear.) They stuck to it honourably and fairly till the Oxford and Birmingham line came into the field, and then they threw over the i Oxford and Worcester line, and now they were going to rob the shareholders of the Oxford and Worcester Railway for the sake of bolstering up the Birmingham and Oxford and the Oxford and Rugby lines—(Hear)--and he really did think it high time those members of the Great Western board who had seats on this directory were kicked out.—(Hear, hear.) Since they had been so grossly treated and wilfully neglected by the Great Western Company he was not sorry that the directors had thought fit; to make friends in the north; and he had much pleasure in seconding the motion for the adoption of the report.—(Hear.) Alderman THOMPSON, M.P., gave full credit to the Noble Lord in the chair for being actuated by a desire to promote the welfare of the public and this company-, and he therefore regretted to be obliged to differ with his Lordship; but he really did think the arrangerr ant referred to in the report would be highly conducive to the interest of the company.—(Hear, hear.) The Great Western Company had behaved towards this railway most shamefully. They had hitherto neglected to at tend their meetings, at least those members of the Great Western board who sat on the direction had, but no sooner did they hear of this proposed arrangement than they filled up three vacancies which they had allowed to continue fur a long time, and hoped by that means, no doubt, to swamp the best interests of this concern.— (Hear, hear.) For his part he warmly approved of the arrangement, and since the Great Western Company had forsaken them, and bad broken and annulled their con tract with this company, the directors had a right to enter into it. It was nonsense to tell him that the Great Western Company would resist the arrangement on the ground of its illegality, because it was their bad faith which had brought it about, 'and neither the Legislature nor any other tribunal would listen to the complaints of that quarter.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. PETO, M.P., in rising on the present occasion to address a few words to the meeting, said i❑ doing so he was actuated only by a deep sense of the respon sibility that rested upon him. and the importance of the duty he had undertaken.—(Hear.) He was at the same time suffering from a feeling of pain and em bar rassment,which,he hoped would entitle him to some slight indulgence on the part of the shareholders.—(Bear, hear.) When he was applied to by their board of di rectors to undertake the negotiation of the company with the Midland and the London and North-Western Com pany, he would only consent to do so upon the distinct understanding that he possessed the confidence of the board of directors in that negotiation.—(Hear, hear.) He believed he might refer to every event in his past lite and challenge any individual to point to one single circum stance which could for one moment le ad any person to doubt that whatever might have been his antecedents up to the present moment, at least there existed nobody in the country who was more distinguished for honesty of purpose and integrity of action.—(Hear, hear.) He was neither a partizan of the broad or the narrow gauge. Ho saw there the Chairman of the Birming ham and Oxford line, and that gentleman knew that in connexion with his firm he had the honour of executing the works on that line. lie executed their own works, and, therefore, he was not more favourable to the one gauge than the other ; but whe❑ he was called upon, either by this or any other company, to render them a service, it was his aim always to render it with pert( et independence and a sincere desire to benefit that party for whom he might be acting.—(Loud cheers.) Now he saw Mr. Glyn and Mr. Ellis on this matter, and after extended discussion the arrangement was made, based upon the princip!es whiiih were ex plained in the report, and if he could give any further explanation about it he should be extremely happy to do su.—(Hear, hear.) He merely rose then, however, to put the meeting in possession of all that had occurred during the progress of the negotiation, for so far as he was concerned he had nothing whatever to conceal.— (Hear.) On the first board-day after the arrangement was come to, he was sent for and told that some hesitation had arisen on the part of some of the board to affixing the common seal to the agreement which he had made on the part of the company, and he was then introduced to his Lordship the Chairman, who told him that he required three days to consider the matter, as he was, comparatively speaking, unacquainted with railway affairs. (Hear, hear.) This was as sented to, but at the expiration of the three days his Lordship decided that before he could consent to the arrangement it would be neces sary that some terms should be view to between his Lordship's legal advisers and those cf the London and North-Western and Midland Company, and accordingly Mr. Bendbow, jun., and Mr. S. Carter, of Birmingham met on behalf of nis Lordship and the two companies to discuss the subject.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Bendbow, jun., said his Lordship required three things to be done before he would undertake to assent to the agreement. - The Ca '..III3IAN—I never said that. Mr. PETo said, perhaps his Lordship would allow him to state the facts, and then his Lordship could reply to them afterwards.—(Hear, hear.) The three things in point which Mr. Benbow, jun., had specified were these. First, that his Lordship's minerals should be carried over the London and North-Western and the Midland lines at the same prices that were charged to the most favoured parties in connexion with those two companies. This was assented to. Secondly, that his Lordship should have a seat on the board of the London and North-Western Company, Mr. Carter replied to this that, under the new arrangements, the election to vacant seats rested entirely with the proprietors, but Mr. Glyn would undertake to recommend his Lordship to the proprietors, as a person whom it was desirable, owing to his position and influence to have on the board, and therefore No. 2 might be considered as having been also assented to.—(Hear, hear.) The third was that 500 of the preference shares of this company should be immediately apportioned to his Lord ship.—(Hear, hear.) The committee told Mr. Benbow, jun., that if he had any regard for continuing hie Lordship's reputation for strict ho nour and integrity, he would at once recommend his Lordship to withdraw that request—(Cheers)—and the appointment was deferred until the following morn ing, when the request was again repeated by Mr. Bendbow, junior, and most unqualifiedly refused by Mr. Carter, on the part of the London and North-Western and the Midland Companies.—(Cheers.) Upon that arose his Lordship's dissent to this arrange ment.—(Hear, hear.) He felt bound to make this statement; it was painful to him to do so, but at the same time he owed it to his own sense of honour and integrity to keep nothing back from the proprietors.—(Cheers.) He had nothing to conceal, and he defied any bcdy to say he had done or said anything wrong in the course of the negotiation.—(Hear, hear.) He should also state that when he accepted the office of negotiator the first thing he did was to call upon Mr. Tredwell, his partner in the contract, and ask him to give up the 10,000 shares which had been allotted to him. Mr. Tredwell said, " Mr. Peto, if you will give up yours I will give up mine;" :and, of course, be imme diately assented to this—the 20,000 shares allotted to Mr. Tredwell and himself were returned, while the 1,000, which were to have been placed at the disposal of the Stock Exchange, were retained in hand, and none of the preference shares had therefore been allotted to any one but original proprietors.—(Cheers.) All that he had now stated could be confirmed by Mr. Glyn, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Bendbow, or their own solicitor, and again repeating that he was prepared to give any and every information mrtio o n f about the agreement that could be reasonably asked him, he would sit down, strongly recommending gem y raecroemmeennt their dingthem, as a commercial man, to give un qualified assent.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said, as Mr. Pete had given the dis cussion a persoaal nature, he felt it necessary to make some observations in reply. When he first became a member of the board he made two distinct statements, .•• - one to the board and the other to the solicitor,—tha first, that he was perfectly indifferent as to whether they allotted him l or 1.000 shares, not having joined the com pany as a speculation, but because he was the leading mineral proprietor in South btaffurdshire, and repro sented a large portion of the proprietary in that district; and secondly, that be would never consent to any ar rangement with the London and North-Western. As to the 5,000 shares, he had merely offered to take them in the co m p any out of their difficulties, and not with help of thro w i ng them i nto the market and order t t h o e vi putting money into his pocket. His Lordship then en tered into an explanation of his various transactions with the company, and said the arrangement submitted to the meeting had been entirely carried out by the solicitor, together with the contractor, Mr. Peto, ob serving that he would never have a seat at a board which were not to be made cognizant of every thing connected with their affairs. Mr. PETO said Mr. Bendbow, his Lordship's agent, had distinctly and imperatively made it a condition that 5,000 shares should be allotted to his Lordship; and Mr. Carter, the solicitor to the North-Western, had refused to comply with it, observing that he did not think it would comport wish the honour and dignity of his Lordship to take 5,000, which would be equivalent to giving him 7,sool.—(Hear, bear.) Major Couar said he understood an agreement had been made with the Great Western, by which that com pany offered to give the 100,0001. a year free from all charges. A SHARMIOLDER—There is no subsisting agreement. Major CouRT—I apprehend the Great Western are bound to accede to such an agreement. A SHAREHOLDER—We will not ask them.—(Hear.) Major CoußT—But I think it will be to our interest to enter into an arrangement with them . Before we can get 100,0001. a year from the North-Western Railway, we must have a clear income of 180,000/. Ido not think we are in a situation to carry out the agreement pro posed by the report, and I would suggest that the ques tion be adjourned, with the view of enabling the board to ascertain the legality of the agreement, and whether, in the event of the line being completed, the Great Western Company could compel them to lease it to them. Captain BERKELEY objected to the agreement on the ground of its not being binding in law, and because it had been carried out with so much haste. Under the Act of Parliament they had no power whatever to sub stitute the narrow for the broad gauge. He entirely agreed with the Noble Chairman that no such an arrangement ought to be entered into before the direc tors had bee❑ all summoned to take it into consideration. Mr. BARLOW said, the meeting had no more power to carry out the agreement than he had to erect a bridge over the monument, or any other public building. After some further conversation of a desultory nature, The question of the adoption of the report was then put and carried by a large majority. Captain BULEELET demanded a poll, but ultimately withdrew his demand, and entered a protest against the arrangement with the North-Western Company as il legal. The forfeiture of 1,494 shares was then confirmed. Major Tyndale and Mr. Jesse' were re-elected directory, and Mr. Tamlyn an auditor of the company. Mr. Alderman Tuoan'sox moved the following resolu tion : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is most essen tial at this particular juncture, for the due protection of the interests and independence of this company, that measures should be forthwith taken to secure ten directors to renresent the shareholders of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Company proper, and who may have time and health to apply themselves to the business of the com pany." Mr. CAPEL seconded the motion, and it was carried unani mously. Mr. - Alderman THOMPSON moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, which was carried with acclamation ; and LORDSHIP having acknowledged the compliment pro ceeded to take leave of the company, and concluded by read ing a letter from Mr. Brunel, the engineer, requesting to know what his future position with reference to the company should be; and whether he were to continue to remain their engineer. It was resolved that prompt attention should be paid to the subject of the letter, and the meeting separated. EASTERN COUNTIES. Yesterday the siiarelZidersa;sembielf . at the London Tavern, to receive the result of the poll on the question of adjournment. Shortly after 4 o'clock, the time appointed, Mr. Glynn, the deputy-chairman, took the chair. Mr. llox, one of the scrutineers, handed in the result of the scrutiny. The CiaramAs said that before he proceeded to read the document which had been handed to him he wished to inform the meeting that there were two gentleme n present who were desirous of entering into some explanation— namely, Mr. Maynard, the solicitor to the company, and Mr. Geach, who demanded the poll ; and after hearing their statements and the result of the poll the whole of the busi ness for that day would be concluded. He wished to add, that none of the proxies in the hands of the directors were used on this occasion.—( Hear, hear.) A legal objection had been taken to some of the proxies, which could be explained by the solicitor. He could state that if the directors had chosen to use the proxies placed in their hands they would have carried the day. Mr. MAYNARD being called upon to explain how the proxies stood, said the directors were of opinion that the proxies in their hands should not be used on that occasion. There was no connexion between the proxies he now alluded to and those in their hands to be used at the special meet ing. They were quite distinct, and of course the proxies for the special meeting could not be used at the ordinary gene ral meeting. A large number of proxies were given to Mr. Geach; there were also', proxies sent to the ehairman, and also to Mr. Ellis, a member of the board. Objections were made o a large number of the proxies on technical grounds, which, if sustained, would have caused their rejection. The opinion of counsel had been taken as to the great bulk of these proxies, and it was held that they could not be re jected. It appeared the objections taken rested upon the fact that a great number of the shareholders who gave t h e proxies had neglected to put their residences in addition to their names on them. There were objections to others which could not hold, and it was found that none of the objections could be sustained to any extent. Mr. GEACH thought it right to state that he had not used the proxies in his possession, although, if used, they would have reversed the present state of the poll. The question of adjournment was put to the meeting the day before, and the chairman declared, on a show of hands, that the motion was negatived ; a poll was then demanded and subsequently with drawn, afterwards another motion to the same effect was put and declared to be carried. In consequence of this he (Mr. Geach) demanded a poll, but when he went into the room where the votes were being recorded, he found that the large shareholders were taking a different course to that adopted by himself; and as this was a matter of opinion rather than of judgment, he did not like to put himself in opposition to the shareholders at large; and he, therefore, made up his mind not to vote on the question. In order to maintain this position he had fortified himself with legal opinions, showing that he had the power in his hands to have altered the posi. tion of the votes of the meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then read the result of the poll, from which it appeared there were in favour of the motion for ad journment 173 persons, holding 412,5901. of stock, represent ing 6,078 votes. The number of persons against the motion was 83, holding 201,230/. of stock, representing 2,802 votes. There was a majority, therefore, of 9.) persons, 231,3601. of stock, and 3,1:76 votes. The Chairman then said it was his duty to declare that the meeting stood adjourned to the 18th of March next. The shareholders then separated. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. MONEY ORDERS. The under-mentioned offices will be opened as Minor Money Order Offices on the following days, v:z.:—On March I—Burnham, Essex; Brighton, Isle of Wight; Cawood, Yorkshire; Chapel-le-Frith, Derbyshire; Cran ley, Surrey; Cinderford, Gloucestershire; Eccles, Lanca shire; Hyde, Lancashire; Heckmondwyke, Yorkshire; Heywood, Lancashire; Ixwortb, Suffolk; Kirkburton, Yorkshire; Ramsbury, Wiltshire; Shanklin, Isle of Wight; Storrington, Sussex; Stoke Ferry, Norfolk ; Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire; Tideswell, Derby shire; Wooburn, Buckinghamshire. March 3—Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire. March 4—Kingsclere, Hampshire; Williton, Somerset snire. March i—Newbridge, Monmouthshire. March 6—Aldborough, Suffolk; Botesdale, Suffolk; Pangbourne, Berkshire; Thorverton, Devonshire; Yox ford, Suffolk. March 7—Llantrissaint, Glamorganshire. March B —Dorchester, Oxfordshire; Dulverton, Somer. setshire. March 10—Aberdare, Glamorganshire. March 11—Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire ; Moreton Hampstead, Devonshire. March 12—Barkway, Hertfordshire ; Finchingfield, Essex; Pyle Glamorganshi re ; S ou th en d, E ssex; Up well, Cambridgeshire. March 13—Brixworth, Northamptonshire ; Rather leigh, Devonshire. March 14—Glynneath, Glamorganshire. March 15—Tregony, Cornwall; Guisborough, North amptonshire. March 17—Pontradiwe, Glamorganshire. March 18—Kings Langley, Hertfordshire; Men gisse), Cornwall. March 19.—Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire. March 20.—Bovey Tracey, Devonshire; Broseley, Shropshire; Cannock, Staffordshire; Castletown, Isle of Man; Churcheaton, Staffordshire; Dawley, Shropshire; Overton, Flintshire ; Peeltown, Isle of Man; Portmadoc, Carnarvonshire • Ramsey, Isle of Man. March 21—Cross Inn, Carmarthenshire. March 22—Looe, Cornwall. March 24—Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire. March 25—St. Agnes, Cornwall, March 26—Solve, Pembrokeshire. March 28—St. David's, Pembrokeshire. March 31—Newport, Pembrokeshire. N.B.—" Ashton, Lancashire," inserted in the last list, should have been designated as Ashton, near Warrington, Lancashire; and " Newton, Lancashire," should have been designated as Newton, near Warrington,Lancashire. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Feb. 28.) SUCAR.—To-day lower rates were refused for West India, although all parties operated with much caution. Only 90 hhds, &c., were &old, making the small quantity of 658 fur the week, and prices close the same as on Friday hut. The demand for Colonial Sugar is ex pected to be better next week. REPINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with caution; low brown Lumps were, however, not to be ob tained under 48s per cwt. For Crushed Sugar the market is dull at previous rates. MAURITIIIS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauri tius Sugar offered at auction was large, and amounted to 11,800 bags; the rates taken fur sorts at and above 40s per cwt were 6d under those current previously, but qua lities below that price went at full rates; nearly the whole offered found buyers, fine yellow realized 40a to 425, low to goo 4 375 to 39s 6d, refining qualities from 37s to 41s 6d, low and mid brown 31s to 345, better sorts 34s 6d to 36s 6d. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar fetched full rates, and was in good demand. At public bale 3,056 6d ls to d 42 tz 43s 6d; e an so d ft a bags were disposed of; fine grainy white 48e to 50s, good l yellowcra rditto s4 qualities of midand wfinhiete of Madre.; there are not many buyers, with sellers at rather lower rates. Of 3,153 bags at auction a part only sold, low yellow at 29s 6d to 31s 6d, and better sort 32s to 36s 6d per ewt. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar, and the private operations were of little moment, still prices cannot be quoted lower. COCOA.—Of West India none has been offered at auc tion this week, and privately operations have been upon a small scale; Trinidad red at 50i to 55; grey 45s to 50s, and Grenada 42s to 475. Per Foreign prices still tend downwards; Bahia and Para are selling at 295 to 30s, and other sorts 31s to 325 per cwt. MoLAssEs.—Prices continue firm for West India, and a fair demand exists; about 200 puns have been sold at EVENING, MARCH from 153 6d to 17s for low to fine, and supplies are yet on the increase. The value of Bengal and Msuritius is 12s to 14s, but few parce's are to be obtained. Holders of Porto Rico and Cubs demand 15s to 163. Jamaica Honey has been selling at fLom 35s to 60s, and fine worts are in scanty supply. COFFEE.—To-day there was firmness on the part of holders of Coffee, and none was offered at public sale. The private operations were trifling for all purposes, s:ill good ord Native Ceylon was not offered under 463 per cwt. TEA.—An active demand has been experienced for corssmon Cougou this week, end the upward tendency ccntinues, is per lb having been obtained for several par cels of new import, and the quantity in first hands is small. For Medium orders are larger than last week, at Is id to is Id; fur other sorts the market is firm, and a fair demand exists at from is lid to Is 8d per lb. Ths demand for common Green is much better; and of Canton Gunpowder large parcels have been sold at higher rates. In the better sorts of Green there is also more business doing, and at previous rates there are not free sellers. Former terms are supported for Scented and Pekoe Tea, but there is at present not much busi ness doing. RicE.—Prices for fine white Bengal remain at lls to 12s, swing to a scanty supply, but the dtmand is only for amall parcels for ciettning purposes. Olher sorts are more freely offsred for sale, and shippers or home dealers evincing little desire to operate, prices declined 3d to 63 per cwt. At auction 4,870 bgs 893 pkts were disposed of, mid and good mid white 93 6d to 10e, ord 8s 6d to 9s, and broken 8s to 8s 6d. The private operations in Madras have been upon a limited piukey 7s 6d to 8s 6d, cargo and pearl barley 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. Fine white Java is held for Ils to 12s, but there are few buyers; the supply is, however, small. For town dressed Carolina the value is 20, to 26.4, and for low to fine Pates. 115 to 18s. Sago at 194 to 21s f o r small pearl, and Sago Flo ur has been sold to a fair ex tent at 15s. Of Tapioca 200 brls at auction realised 3d to 4id for mid and good. Arrowroot is dealt in with caution, Bermuda is at Is 63, other sorts of West India 3d to 10d. SPnuTs.—There is yet a quiet market for Jamaica Rum, bat prices are not lower as the supply is limited. For limited parcels 2s 9d to 3s are obtained for 30 to 34 per cent over proof of plain and mid quality, and 3s 2d to 4s 6d for good to fine 3t to 38 over. Leward Island is not offered under is 8d proof; few buyers are however to be met with, but the stock ip first hands is small. East India is purchased with caution at is 6d to is 7d proof. Of Demerara only small parcels have been pur chased at 23 6d to 2s 10d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. The stock of Buns is 6,000 puns less than last year. The Brandy market is in a dull state, with ready sellers of Cognac best brands of the vin tage of 1850 at 4.4,1 to 43 6d, 1849 ditto 4s 7=l to 4s 9d, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4s Ild, and inferior sorts 3s to 4s 3d. The market is in a quiet position for British-made Spirit s.t 9s 8s L.) 93 9d, and Gin 8s 3d for 22 under proof. Geneva rules at Is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 9=l to 2-=. INDIGO.—The market has still a quiet appearsnce, with :idlers rather under the rates of th e l ast quarter l y sales; a ) 1 do business. b y u e s t i aes s. shippers , nd homo d ea l ers ev i nce little desire With Spanish the market is well sup plied, and these has been a reduction since last week of 2d. At auction 61 srns Guatemala selling at from 3s 61 to 43 4d. For Wednesday 120 srns are declared. TALLOW —This afternoon th© public sales of Tallow went at better prices; 440 pkgs South America selling at from 34s 6d to 37s 91; 500 cks Sydney, sheep 36s 6d to 3Ss, and ox 35s to 36s per cwt. Oils.—A good demand still exists for Cod Oil, but rates remain at 37/ 104 to 381 per tun. Although Southern' is to be obtained at from 291 105 to 321 for low to fine, f ., 66 , transactions have taken place. Seal has been operated in with more freedom, and leis desire is evinced to press sales. The rates obtained for pale are 321 to 33/, and other sorts 291 to 3 1 / 1 0s. Sperm is purchased with ca•ttion, and there are sellers of fine at 84/ to 851. The value of Headmatter is 901 to 95/, but few in quiries base prevailed. Olive Oil is offered at from 111 to 131, hut there is still only a limited business. The value of Palm is 'yet 29s to 29s 6d per cwt, there is no increase of supply, and a falling off in demand. Cocoa Nut is purchased with caution tor-all purposes; and there ire sellers of Cochin and Ceylon at 28s to 325. Prices are not better for Rape Seed Oil; the demand is, however, on tho increase; brown realised 33s to 345, pale 35s to 35s 6d; and F ore i gn R e fi ne d 36 5 per cwt. Linseed Oil is yet in good request for home consumption and shipping, whilst there are not sel ers under 33s 6d per cwt. For delivery several contracts have been concluded at 33s 9d to 345, and there is a firm market. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb 28. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, FEB 25, 1851. Tho Queen has bean pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen , lE man at Arms: —AdJlphus George Finch Cotton, Esq., vice Lane, wired; Chid e s James Cox, Esq., vice E wart, Esq., retired. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26. The Queen was this day pleased to cooler the honour of Knighthcoci upon John Thomas Briggs, Eaq., Ac countant-General of the Navy. WHITEHALL, FEB. 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Norman Mleod to the church and barony parish of Glasgow, in the presbytery of Glasgow, and county of Lanark, void by the death of Dr. William Black, late minister thereof. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB . 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Glamorgan—Sir George Tyler, of Cottrel, in the county of Glamorgan, in the room of Edwin Richard Wyndham Quin, commonly caLlal Vii.count Adare, now Earl of Dunraven, %IR; has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern lluudreds. WAR OFFICE, FEE. 28. . . 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Hampden Hugh Massey, M.D., from 31st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, (1, ceased, Feb. 28. Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Colour- Sergeant John Atkinson to be Quartermaster, vice Ri chard France, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 28. 31st Foot—• Thomas Johnston Atkinson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Massey, appointed to 4th Light Dragoons, Feb, 28. 43d Foot—Captain Henry Skipwith to be Major, by purchase, vice Bruere, who retires; Lieutenant James Abercromby Dick to b• Captain, by purchase, vice San ford, who retires; Lieutenant Richard Henry Weyland to be Captain by purchase, vice Skipwith; Ensign Lum ley Graham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dick; Ensign John Francis Girardot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Weyland, Feb. 28. 52d Foot—Ensign Charles Anthony Bacon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blathwayt, who retires, Feb. 28. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Henry Rose to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Francis Jones, who retires; Second Lieutenant Charles William Earle to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rose; Second Lieu tenant Charles David Cuninghame Ellis, from 21st Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Earle, Feb. 28. 61st Foot—Major William Henry Vicars to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires; Captain Thomas N. Dalton to be Major, by purchase, vice Vicars; Lieutenant William James Hudson to be Captain by purchase, vice Dalton; Lieutenant Frederick Nassau Dore, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Li.-utenant, vice Hudson, Feb. 28. UNATTACRED.—To be Captain, without purchase— Lieatenant Richard Sweet Cole, from the 91st Foot, Feb. 28. MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant Charles Carter as Adjutant, sth Foot, has been ante. dated to the 19th November, 1850. 'Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. The Hon. EdWard Koppel Wentworth Coke to be Deputy Lieutenant; Colonel Hugh Fitz-Roy to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Thorniaagh Gurdon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 10. EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEB. 25 Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to assent to a medal being granted to the surviving officers and soldiers of the Crown and of the East India Company who were engaged in the several ser vices enumerated in the f.,llovvinix list, including the officers and seamen of the Royal Navy, and the Company's Marine, who took part in the Bur mese war; notice is hereby given, that general and other officers, noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the East India Company's Army, who are entitled to this honorary distinction, are to apply for the same to the Secretary to the Court of Directors of the ast India Company, and to send at the same time, in writing, a statement of the claim, specifying in what ac tion and in what period of time they served, accompanied by any certificates calculated to substantiate the claim. List of services for which the India Medal is to be granted. Storm of Allighur, 4th S e ptember, 1803. Battle of Delhi, 11th September, 1803. Battle of Assy e , 23d S eptem ber, 1803. Siege of Asseergbur, 21st October, 1803. Battle of Liswarree, Ist November, 1803. Battle of Argaum, 29th November, 1803. Siege and Storm of Gawilghur, 15th December, 1803. Defence of Delhi, October, 1804. Battle of Deig, 13th November, 1804. Capturo of Deig, 23d December, 1804. War in Nepaul in 1816. Battle of Kirkee and Battle and Capture cf Poona, _ November, 1817. Battle of Seetabuldee and Battle and Capture of Nag poor, November and December, 1817. Battle of Maheidpoor, 21st December. 1817. Defence of Corygaum, Ist January, 1818. War in Ava, 1824 to 1826. Siege and Storm of Bhurtpnor, January 1826. BANKRUPTS. John Whitehead, John Whitehead jun., and George Wyatt, rectifiers, Princes-street, Lambeth, to sur render, March 11, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy- Groom, official assignee, Abehureh-lane ; Michael, Red Lien-square. Daniel Odell, grocer, Clophill, Bedtordshiro, March 11, at one, and April 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; :Tinder and Eyre, John -street, Bcdtord-row; Austin, Shefford, Bedfordshire. Thomas Seymour Dickinson and Robert Cooper Dic kinson, warehousemen, Gresham-street, City, March 10, at two, and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Ashurst and Snn, Old Jewry. Mary Astle, Joseph Thomas Astle, George Astle, and Charles Astle, bookbinders, Coleman-street, City, March 8. at one, and April 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Gregeon and Kewell, Angel-court, Thrograor ton-street. William Brown, engineer, Brunswick-street, Stam ford-street, March 7, at half-past eleven, and April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street. buildings; Blake and Poole, Black friars-road. Henry Smith, ironfounder, West Bromwich, Stafford shire, March 13 and April 10, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Robinson and Fletcher, Dudley; Woodward, Wednesbury; Knight and Emmet, Birmingham. William Hale, baker, Bishampton, Worcester, March 12 and April 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Work man, New, and Prance, Evershem; Reece. Birmingham. Thomas Carter, coal dealer, Stafford, March 10 and April 14. at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. 'Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chal linor, Hanky, Staffordshire; Smith, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Feb. 25, 1850. exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain: — From the British possessions in America 295. 6*d. per cwt From the Mauritius ... —d- From the East Indies ... 31s. 6d. ~ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 295. 10*d. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Feb. 28. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 28. The LORD CHANCELLOR wok his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock: NEW PEER Lord BROUGHTON (late Sir J. C. Hobhouse) took the oaths and his t..-at. COUN MC COURTS EXTENSION BILL Lord BROUGLlAMpresohtecr s iv favour of this Bill. NEW VICE CHANCELLOR'S BILL. On the motion of Lord LANGDALE this Bill was read a third time and passed. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then rose amid unbroken silence. He said, —My Lords, when on Monday last it was my duty to address a few words to your Lordships I certainly did so in the confident expectation, and I may be permitted to add, so far as I am personally concerned, in the sincere hope that it was the last occasion upon which I should be required to address you on behalf of those with whom I have been recently connected. Circumstances, however, compel me, from respect to your Lordships, again to address you with regard to matters that have occurred since that time, when I merely stated a fact which it was important fcr your Lordships to be acquainted with, viz., that at that time Lord J. Russell, my Noble Friend recently at the head of the Treasury, was, by command of her Majesty, engaged in an attempt to reconstruct the Administration of which he had been the head. My Lords, when I made that statement to the House Lord J. Russell was engaged in that duty, and was in communication with a Noble Earl—a highly respected and distinguished Member of this House—and with a Right Hon. Baronet—also a most dis inguished Member of the other House of Parliament—for the purpose of endeavouring to effect that reconstruction upon a larger basis than before. But I have now to state to your Lordships that before that night had closed this attempt of Lord J. Russell bad failed. I will leave it to others to state the grounds upon which that failure took place ; I am anxious only to lay before your Lordships the facts in the order in which they occurred, and t , state to you what is the present position of affairs. After the failure that evening of the attempt made by my Noble Friend Lord John Russell to reconstruct the Cabinet, a com munication was made to the Noble Earl (the Earl of Aber deen) to whom I have already alluded, for the purpose of as certaining whether he and his Right Hon. Friend (Sir James Graham) were in a condition to undertake the formation of a Government. That application having failed, and see ing that the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley) had in the conference with which lie had been honoured by her Majesty only informed her Majesty that he was not then, as I stated to your Lordships, prepared to undertake the construction of a Cabinet, her Majesty resolved upon again inviting the Noble Lord to construct an Administra tion, and the Noble Lord did not hesitate in those cir cumstances to make the attempt. Two days passed before the Noble Lord communicated to her Majesty his inability to succeed in that attempt That cornmungation needs.) not have been made perhaps till this very morning, from the circumstance of the adjournment of the House to this day. However, the Noble Lord naturally lost no time in commu nicating the fact to her Majesty as soon as be was enabled to do so, and this took place at a late hour yesterday afternoon. I myself this morning, by her Majesty's command, waited upon her Majesty, and I found that it was her natural de sire, in a state of things most novel and almost unprece dented in the annals of this country— after making every effort it was in her power to employ for the construction of a Government composed of those persons best qualified from their position to undertake such a task, and having failed in those efforts—that it was her desire to pause before she took further steps, and to obtain the advice and the opinion in this unforeseen contingency of a Noble and Illustrious Duke, one of the greatest ornaments of this House, one to whom on other occasions her Majesty has referred in moments of difficulty.—(Hear, hear.) That illustrious Duke is not at present in the House. He has been summoned to attend her Majesty, and in these circumstances I can only state my belief that this House will acquiese in the propriety of her Majesty's csnduct in proceeding fully to inform herself before she takes further steps in this impor tant and delicate state of matters.—(Cheers.) I will leave it to others to add what they have a full right to do, and what the public may expect, —a full development f the views and motives by which they have been actuated, but I cannot sit down without expressing this, at least, that how ever much I may lament, as I do most sincerely lament, the result of these negotiations, there is at least one consolatory circumstance to me that has attended that result,—it is. that throughout all the differences, throughout all the difficul ties that have presented themselves in these negotiations, those difficulties and differences have in no one respect what • ever turned upon any personal considerations—l Hear, hear. ) —that it was the natural result of honest differences of opinion, connected with important principles, that created a bar in the way of those arrangements, but not a bar that could in the least diminish the personal respect and regard which the parties have hitherto entertained fur each other. —(Hear, hear.) From my own knowledge. in reference to that part of the transactions in which I had the honour to take a part, I may be permitted to say thus much as to the manner in which the negotiations throughout were carried on by the Noble Lord opposite, and by the other noble and emi nent persona to whom I have referred.—(Hear, hear.) I will only, before I sit down, endeavour to impress upon your Lordships,—not speaking upon my own behalf only, or in behalf of those bodies with whom I have been connected, but in behalf of all public men, of whom, unquestionably, great sacrifices of private ease and comfort may at particular times be justly required,—that there is one sacrifice they can never be called upon to make, because it is not only a sacrifice of themselves, but a sacrifice of the honour and dignity of the Crown—l mean that of a prolonged attempt, under any cir cumstances, to carry on the public business of this country without the promise of that amount of support which is in dispensable to all Governments for the purpose of enabling them to maintain the honour of the Crown, and to maintain and promote the efficient carrying on of the public service. Such a state of things, in my Opinion, if prolonged, can never fail to be detrimental to the honour of the Crown, in jurious to the best interests of the country, and profitable only to those—not the most respectable class of politicians who, in such circumstances, find a consequence which does not naturally belong to them, and which they would not otherwise possess.—(Hear.) I feel strongly that if public men undertake to perform public duties, they ought to do so with the full prospect of discharging those duties with effect. —(Hear, hear.) I have now endeavoured to put your Lord ships in possession of the facts so far as known to myself. If I have omitted anything, there are parties in this House who will be able to supply the defect; in the meantime I have nothing further to communicate beyond the short statemen` which I have now had the honour to lay before your Lord ships.—(Hear.) The Earl of ABERDEEN—My Lords, the Noble Mar. quis having stated the circumstances under which the fail. _ _ Life of the negotiations entered into by Lord John Russell for the reconstruction of the Government have failed, it now is incumbent on me to explain to the House the motives for my conduct and the circumstances which led to the decision I thought it my duty to take. On Satur day morning, when the resignation of the Noble Lord and his colleagues took place, I had the honour of being com manded by her Majesty to attend at the Palace. I did so on the evening of Saturday, and had the honour of an audience of her Majesty, at which I humbly expressed my readiness to co-operate in the reconstruction of a Government upon any conditions which should appear to be consistent with my own convictions and which afforded the prospect of getting public support. I subsequently, in her Majesty's presence, met Lord John Russell and my friend Sir James Graham, and after mutual explanations on the subject, similar to those which I have now stated, we met Lord John Russell on the following day. The Noble Lord communicated to us the basis of agreement on which the Government was to be constructed, and the principal measures he proposed to introduce. I think we received this communication from Lord John Russell be tween four and five o'clock on Saturday, and we should have proceeded at once to consider those propositions, but, having been detained late at the Palace that night, we reserved them for examination till the following day. On Monday, having made the necessary examination, we communicated to Lord John Russell our opinions on the subject. I need not enter into the various measures which were proposed for our adoption. Probably mutual explanations might have led ultimately to an agreement, as our differences were con fined exclusively to a single measure. I felt undoubtedly an invincible repugnance to adopt the measure of penal legisla tion towards the Roman Catholic subjects of this country, by the prohibition of the assumption of ecclesiastical titles, and indeed I objected to any legislation of this kind upon the subject.— (Hear, hear.) lam quite aware that this is not the proper occasion to enter into any full discussion of this subject. I hope that at no distant time we may have an op portunity of considering this question when it comes before us in a regular manner. I shall then be ready to express more folly the views and opinions which I entertain ; but I must, at the present moment, state to the House the deep convictions and feelings which induced me to come to such a decision as I have stated, and which led to a result so im-_ portant to the great interests of the country as the failure of the attempt with which the Noble Lord was charged. I felt, then, that this kind of legislation was very ineffective. It is difficult enough, at all times, by force of law to give a criminal character to acts in themselves indifferent, so as to secure the willing obedience of mankind; but when such acts are performed from a sense of duty and religious obliga tion your laws become dead,— conscience and opinion are be yond the sphere of your legislation.— (Hear, hear.) No doubt you may persecute, but we have had fatal ex perience of the effects of such a course. NVe have for two hundred years tormented, successfully and effectually tormented, the goman Catholics, but nevertheless we have found that instead of reducing we have only increased the number of our victims.—( Hear, hear.) I thought I saw in this measure a retrograde step towards a system of law which I had hoped was for ever and utterly abolished. I believed that in the late proceedings which had taken place no law had been violated, unless it may have been—and that is doubtful—some one of those barbarous laws the text of which still continues to disgrace the statute-book, but which had long been obsolete, and which very recently had been stig matized by the Legislature itself. — ( Hear.) But, though I felt persuaded that no violation of law had taken place, I was not the less sensitive to the arrogant tone assumed by the Roman Pontiff and his Cardinal, in the brief of the one and the pastoral letter of the other; and I felt that this might very properly have engaged the notice of her Ma jesty's Government, and even of Parliament. I saw, how ever, no sufficient gro und for le g islative interfer ence with the view of abridging the reli g ious libert y of our R oman Catholic fellow -subjects, and of impeding the lawful and regular development and recognition of their Episcopal 1 . # 185 Church.—(Hear.) I found that my Right Honourable Friend (Site J. Graham) entirely coincided Kith me in this view; and I may mention to the House that this agree ment was arrived at without the least concert or communi cation with each other. Since we parted towards the close of the last session of Parliament I have had no communica tion whatever upon any subject with my Right Hon. Friend. Though living in a distant part of the country, 1 witnessed the excitement which prevailed throughout England on this subject. I thought, however, that the alarm and indigna tion which prevailed so generally were unfounded and irra tional. I certainly felt no alarm myself. I had no inclina tion towards feelings of indignation, but rather towards con tempt.—( Hear, hear.) But when I saw at public meetings persons attending whom I could not have expected to find there, and sentiments expressed which gave me equal sur prise, I became more curious to know what was the opinion of my Right Hon. Friend, and of others with whom I had been in the habit of acting, and for whose opinions I felt great respect. However, it appeared to me that this was not a subject upon which I could with propriety venture to ques tion my Right Hon Friend, and in point of fact, until the day before the meeting of Parliament, I had not the most dis tant conception of what his opinion was, 1 then found him, to my great satisfacti 3 n, i n a ll p o i n t s co i nce di ng with mein the view I entertained. Thi s , I ma y sa y, was t h e case with all those persons with whom I had formerly been connected in official life, and whose opinions I consider entitled to the greatest respect. Until the day before yesterday I was en tirely ignorant of the opinions, with one exception, of my former colleagues, and at this moment I am entirely igno rant of the opinions of some of them on this subject. I wish to state this to show, that whatever that opinion may be, it is not the result of any concert or communication with each other, and that it has been arrived at in a perfectly independent manner.—(Hear, hear ) It is true that the Noble Lord to whom was entrusted the formation of an Ad ministration did propose to us material alterations and modi fications of the Bill to which I am now alluding, and to which we so decidedly objected. No doubt those alterations might have removed some of our objections to the provisions of the measure itself, but it is obvious that such alterations must have excited great disapprobation and disappointment among all those who represented the popular feeling upon this sub ject, and who were so much excited in hostility to the pro ceedings of the Court of Rome, while at the same time the very remnant of the Bill would have been equally regarded as penal, unjust, and offensive by the great body of her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. We therefore felt that it was impossible for us to make ourselves parties to a measure from which we could not anticipate any good, and from which we thought we had reason to apprehend very many and serious evils.—(Hear, hear.) On the failure of the attempt of the Noble Lord to form an Administration, her Majesty was pleased to send for me, and to request me to undertake that task. My Lords, lam fully aware of my own deficiencies, and however unable I should be at any time, and especially at such a difficult moment as the pre sent, to conduct the affairs of this great empire in such a manner as her Majesty's subjects have a right to expect, nevertheless there were circumstances in the actual condition ' of the country which might possibly have led me tc make the attempt. But, with the knowledge I possessed that a measure of penal legislation had been introduced into the House of Commons, with the consent of a great majority of the Members of that House, and believing, as [ had reason to believe, that a majority as large of your Lordships in this House entertained the same views upon thesubject,your Lord ships will not be surprised to learn that I humbly entreated her Majesty to permit me to decline the task which her gracious favour would have imposed upon me. I felt that, in the pre sent state of matters, it would have been perfectly hopeless in me to attempt to enforce those views which I entertained and from which I was determined not to recede, because I felt that I could be no party to any cause which I believed would tend to kindle the flame of religious discord through out the country, and increase the religious animosities and bitterness that unfortunately already prevailed. I entertain a confident opinion that a great change will, at no distant period, take place in the public sentiment—(Hear, hear) — and whether it shall be so or not, I trust your Lordships will give me credit for the sincere convictions—( Hear, hear) —and fur the deep sense of duty under which I acted. I trust your Lordships will believe that nothing would have in duced me to follow the course I adopted had I not been con vinced that I acted according to the dictates of the soundest principles of wisdom and of justice.— (Hear, hear.) Lord STANLEY—It now becomes my duty to avail my self of this the earliest opportunity with which I have been favoured of explaining to your Lordships the transactions in which I have been engaged, and on which I was precluded from making a statement when I addressed your Lordships on Monday last, from want of the permission of her Majesty. I must commence the statement I am now permitted to make at a period antecedent, thcfligh not much, to that to which my Noble Friend beside me referred. A great portion of her Majesty's late advisers having come to the determina tion to resign their office in the course of Friday last, the Cabinet anticipated the concurrence of those members of the Administration who were absent, and, the assent of the Noble Marquis opposite, who was not then in town, having been received, on Saturday morning a formal announceme' t was made to her Majesty that the whole of her advisers had tendered their resignations; and her Majesty did me the honour of staring to me that, from the position in which I was placed, possessing the confidence of a large portion of those who took part in the proceedi' gs of this and the other House of Parliament, she bad called on me to tender my advice with respect to. the course most desirable to be pursued under the circumstances. I took the liberty of re questing to be informed upon what grounds her late advisers had resigned, and I learned from her Majesty that the grounds stated to her for that resignation were the same, in substance, as those which I believe were stated by Lord J. Russell in the other House of Parliament, and by the Noble Marquis opposite in your Lordships' House, that at no very distant period a motion brought forward by Mr. Disraeli with respect to the distress of the agricultural classes was negatived by so small a majority as to lead the Government to the conclusion that they did not possess that continued confidence of the House of Commons which was requisite to the administration of public affairs, when, on the even ing previous to the day on which the intention was formed of resigning, the Government was left in a minority on the motion of Mr. Locke King, the majority of votes against them being those of their own ordinary supporters, a great portion of the Protectionist party being absent on that occasion. I must stop to express some doubt, a doubt which is not inconsistent with entire respect for the Noble Marquis opposite, and the most entire conviction that the two circumstances re ferred to led ultimately and finally to the up-break and termination of the late Government. 1 must express my opinion, however, that they were not the only grounds, and I may be permitted to express the doubt whether they were the principal cause of the resignation.—( Hear, hear.) I cannot but think that the all-important question adverted to by my Noble Friend. the Noble Earl ( the Earl of Aberdeen), in a manner and tone which did the utmost honour to his frankness in the sincere expression of his opinion—( Hear, hear)—l mean that mode of dealing with that utmost difficult question which is commonly known under the name of " the Papal Aggression "—had much to do with the resignation of her e.ajesty's late Go vernment. lam not in the secrets of that Cabinet. lam bound to assume that the Cabinet bad agreed to the measure to be proposed, and that the measure brought for ward was that which they intended to support. But I be lieve they saw before them, arising from that question, great difficulties on the one side and on the other—the st a t e of Protestant feeling, on the one hand, which had been kindled by the letter of the Prime Minister, and which tended to drive matters to extremes, and on the other hand the feeling excited in the minds of a large portion of their own supporters, including even some im me di ate adherents of the Government—a feeling very much in accordance with the views of the Noble Earl (the Earl of Aberdeen) — to the effect that the question was one on which no legis lation was desirable, or ought to be sanctioned. I cannot divest my mind of the strong conviction that that question, and the difficulties which attended it, were in a great degree the cause why the late Cabinet came to the conclu sion that they were not able to carry on th e government of the country. That feeling, I think, upon their part must (as we understood the Nohle Lo r d, w h o was occasionally in audible) have beenincreased by the financial crotchets of the Chancellor of the Exchequer—(Hear, hear)—although undoubtedly the course which the late Government had taken was not such as to induce me to think that in ordinary circumstances so small a majority as 14 on a motion could be held by them a sufficient reason for resigning.—(Hear,. hear.) %Vial those two serious difficu lties staring them in the face - difficulties putting them in a posi tion in which th e y must forego their own convictions or forfeit the support of their ordinary adherents, and arising from the universal dissatisfaction produced by the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, -I was not surprised that the occasion should be welcomed for resigning which was presented when they were left in a minority, the majority consisting of persons of their own opinions. I took the liberty of doubting whether that defeat, with the small ma jority on Mr. Disraeli's motion, were the sole cause for the resignation of the late Cabinet. I ventured to state one or two facts to her Majesty in confirmation of that view. I hold in my:h an d a copy of a port i on o f a letter which, by her Majesty' s express command, after the interview with which I was honoured, I wrote to her Majesty for the purpose of placing on record the advice it was. my humble duty t o tender; and, with her Majesty's permission, I will read from that letter so much of the passages in it as shall tend to ex plain the force of the statement I make to your Lordships:— " He adverted to the two occasions specified by your Ma jesty as the grounds of the resignation of your Majesty's servants, and observed with reference to the motion of Mr. Disraeli, that it had been negatived, and, although by a small majority, the minority were reinforced by a number of votes hostile to the Government on other grounds, and on w h ose general support Lord Stanley and his friends could not reckon; and with reference to the majority on Mr. L oc k e King's motion, he observed"— And when it was stated that the Government had been de feated in consequence of the absence of opponents who, had they been present, would have voted aga i nst the measure as a dangerous and mischievous one, and on w b ose support the G overnme nt rested, it is right your Lordships and the coun try should know the fact. Mr. Locke King's motion for an extension of the Parliamentary franchise was carried by 100 to 54. The extract proceeds to say— .. That of the minority of 54, 27 held office, only 10 un official supporters voted with the Go vernment , an d no less than 17 of the Protectionist party; who would have been more numerous but for an impre ss i on w hi c h un d ou b te dl y . prevaped that your Maje s t y ' s Ministers were not honestly e xercising their influence to defeat the motion." I believe that; my friends in the House of Commons believe it ; and if they had found a disposition on the part of the Government to act otherwise they would have given it their generous and di s i nterested support. After adverting to the peculiar circumstances attending the dissolution of the late Ministry, my first statement to her Majesty was that, after the part I had taken in public, after the opinions I had expressed—after the expressions I bad used—after the sanction I h a d given, and which, had I been a member of the other House, it certainly would have been impossible for me not to have given- to that motion of Mr. Disraeli, respecting e distres amon the ariultral clases, to which the attention s of Parliament had bee u n called in the Speech from the Throne, it was impossible for me, even had my convictions been less strong than they were, as an honest man, to take office without a full determination to deal with that distress, and endeavour as a Minister to afford effective measures of relief.—(Hear, hear, hear.) I stated, that if I could so far forget me self as to sacrifice my own honest convictions, the loss of honour that would be involved in such a course would make my service s worse than useless.—(Hear, hear.) I said 1 had entertained, and did entertain, the opinion that it was the duty of the Go vernment, if it were impossible to do full justice, at all events to take steps towards mitigating the injustice under which the proprietors and occupiers of land were suffering.—( Hear, hear.) I did not. bind myself to any spec ifi c measures, though, at the proper time I should not have shrunk from stating the specific measure I should have recommended; but I did state that I should not tak e office on any condi tion except that of giving effect to my own conviction of the necessity Of legislating for the relief of that class.-- (Hear, hear.) I then proceeded to notice the condition of parties in the House •f Commons; and in th e present pos ture of public affairs itis not unnecessary that your Lord ships and the country should fully kno w th e p os iti on and relations of these parties. First, there is the party of her Majesty's Government and their adherents, with va- *th great rious gradations of opinion among themselves, differences of opinion, I may go so far as to say w , l b_et w , ie ee n n , the various sections, those differences and van'",,, on a recent occasiot:, and led to the formation (- 1 l w being still further increasad by that which had taraTost be another party,—viz, the Irish Roman Catholic PartY;coii sides the party with which I had the honour of being,_, of nected, numerous, no doubt, yet an undoubted rauserult):: the House of Commons, compr!sing men of talenakof fortunately containing hardly more than one individualc political experience and versed in the transactions 01/aa business. But there is a third arty; i'n the 11"sebersr bat mons, not indeed very extensive in point-of num_ _ x .. tia most important in respect to the ability and s er eo experience of a great portion of its menabers,Ve'Sir that small part which adhered to the polic9 d the e Hob Robert Peel. I had to look to the composition of th_ Cosa of Commons, and particularly to the formation elce_u_deet Government as should be able permanently to 0 7, 40 public affairs,—for nothing can be more inischievoo_ ' 0 " ( a constant changes in the Government, rr the access lily Ministry one day which has the prospect of being2l7soo removed from office, to the great disturbance of tee ( 1 1t , the interests. To proceed with the extract —I lay etr i en r , the words, because they are not unimportant as ey'll i t lialy whole scope and tenor of the advice which I thouga_. no . duty to offer, and of which some misconstruction b_zl et r , he veiled. The Noble Marquis will remember that, 7 . , 00 made his statement on Monday, I forebore to n otice te,l': ite d in t h e other to the expression fell from him to which, hail I not been so resi; e se as I was, I should have adverted ; and, of Parliament, I understand a statement was made R oll effect that the representation given by Lord Joh.a ss d t a to was certainly not intentionally incorrect, b u t yet e sas ic eree se convey an inference which was not justified. 1.11 s t ne alba which seemed to be conveyed was, that I had aballi „ l oot expectation of being able to form a Government. but) e° mean to say flea such expressions were Lordships will see with what qualification estl.t.eilellst ought to have been accompanied. Alter leaving D'' Old jesty that day, I did not return immediately 11% Oa not reach my own house till seven o'clock, and I t id ` se t in a note from her Majesty, desiring that I 5h0w...4 00 writing the advice I had given. The letter mantle' passed : r the t hte l " After statin to you Majesty the os ition o f aid , ' main parties into which the H o use ofp Commons is, Adolf Lord Stanley observed that the policy of the preseastSsettot nistration had met with the general approval and s c g e ri e ate the most distinguished men of the party whic h e with ° the late Sir R. Peel, and that they had never yet me t ve er defeat from Lord Stanley's political friends; thal e abbe i sal portant member of th a party, Sir J. Graham, ba s i rah declared his opinion of the necessity of 'closing tr d ,. saw to resist the presumed policy of Lord Stanley's ,fiL en t h'al. a e ° as your Majesty had been pleased to inforta nl.w to t o tbY communication had been made to any one Prer red y:4l with which your Majesty honoured him, be y"la asco t gest that in the first instance your Majesty show veffneeee whether it were not possible to strengthen the With tbel who, not now holding office, concurred in or partially to reconstruct it, by a combinatian w,siees the ell u es esaiti of those who do, arid professed ' their opinion of th e sa tio!_ s s of union ; that, failing such a combination, a ri t h IP" that third party might be willing to combine r_ greet Stanley, whose difficulties in such a case would i r pOS diminished; that if it should appear that f b° f3 On o 4 C & iltr arraegements were impracticable, and i• P. rB of e .:- '' siderai ions stood i i the way of the foriasstw e sa a in lb!, y_ernmen , of those whose opinions appeared to Pr e- i s i n s t° House ef Commons, Lord Stanley, n ot nyder; 0 6 extreme difficulties which he should have to a s o rder would, if honoured with your. Majesty's cell efece"r snaps, any responsibility, and even the chance of f : uu t y of reputation, to that of leavi 'our mJe B. loearr n,q ~ •of ailed country without a Government—(Loud cries . 00 fop and he added that he believed an Administrat_seet witil under such circumstances would be more likely views'to lases support, even from moderate opponents of their , s ,tiles t" one which should be hastily formed, without givls s 4 show the impracticability of a different arrangeuridifiretae Though advising that other means should be 10 00' when called on by my Sovereign, I did not ill t wo efell,; her Majesty.—( stance hesitate to express my readiness to e acr dzi g to se r ; thing but my honour for the purpose of atteloP-setsec of my own conduct and motives. I trust your Lo ee effies o to be of opinion that I have shown no undlr e l g oeer e d i grasp at power.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.' ) no t isotilta Hear, hear.) Ism conscious of tris..bice Ail_ will give me credit for being actuated by d , yoo -- personal ambition. I hope, on t he other hand, sibili t f h eSP °° sr/ give me credit for not shrinking from t" e „ r d upolly, s which would properly devolve upon me a " e e ball -e el public man in the difficulty to which the Que. the risk 4 reduced, of tendering my best services even a: . 0. (1 11 , failure and the loss of personal ref:10814080; accepted that important duty, I applied cheers.) I hope I have satisfied your LordsbiPs tseesgiess,l the accomplishment of the task I bad undertakTsculties m y beet f An d Pe a while I did not shrink from encountering the " be - oder s ie forming a Government, immense as they ma st f susPi r the circumstances, there was no undue period_s° A d t ain sa produced by carrying on the attempt to form .e form ed !e; tration.—(Cheers.) On Tuesday her MajestY s l sa u is istral e that Lord John Russell had failed to form an •A•`";,ifi I)°,,t q in conjunction with the p t • which I hope i t IVO' thought offensive if I call a t r he Peelite parli: 11 l b bd' reminded me that the occasion I had ant lei P a i ita e t 7; curred- and of the pledge that in the event .° to je lIP ' rence, I should not hesitate. I could not heel t t folorl ie ti t manner to answer; and from Tuesday Illora in ,F e h t he etch. afternoon I earnestly en . . eavoured. to accompil _it ie In the position of parties to which tMos t iw s 'eri' House or 0. r efersa - a s oort' d anFe, if it were practicable t hat I could do 8° wi t b ron lia Commons l it became a matte rtlee 0 holt 8 cing political consistency to obtain the co-opera e iplea. s se from the great Conservative party• of those who, generally actin 'on Conservative P' of 1"" yet been separated by the unfortunate difference:3s o i! i• hig that I saw great difficulty in dealing Wit h es tain 0 , to affairs of the country; and I endeavoured to al l e sflinl e d ther my Noble Friend above me would be V ile eie r no undertake the duties of tat department, whicn b botto.t t b with at w s ht o eeom m . i s u de c lr h ve em c s r at e io d n iati toassume ut hm h a i et m o s ffi e l e t e andan unfortunated ll i c i with s ,l : je t , : igm b o i e a e Deo : r e i dem b e t ;e nti g: hba a l li e j pr i ; h w a t o h bfi i m e country; or, whether he and those who on f o r 0 0 2. r .r i ajon with one sm or en ot to i be in, of being unable to ' °r-- ,et Of l tith al l p e o r w o e f r, tw an o d conilictingpart o i:', l o_ . t ra ly po i se. tb: their ability, (Cheers.) The reply formation of a Government, influence, eitherof side , 1 " 'mese' . l r on , was Or , _ hes- , language of the - sincere • dbip--a most filen al ive° n o / Irons the Earl of Aberdeen), -such as I ha ve 9 0 " • d e assl • ari twined for him ; but he could -s . ro e tee t ies net v e •ds 1 0 tbe required. I had conferences with vgiiirious frier , boa 4a N . , tile Friend no o se the ather House of Parlia l • i m en:eu e v n aer t dr, felt: llg ladnaay:thAinniiart. .acceeded in obtat, vo of m Noble Plena . tgess-,40, co-operation of some merit. ~ bad au dc üb, se pse s be a p t res l e ih n e t rty wi t i e l allow me in w haso i . most able to carry 0 ,give e ast ati. , s nilessed a n d is ep r a e r a t d m in e e n s t s t f o or sh w ar h e inh the tb r e elP"wi ° l Ptbs to sal .011 b e wing couot h rY ear .) 011 j him psculiarly well qualified.--(l.leari to arri s Tate folio • Gladstone was expecte' . n the al t al o_thought it desirable to obtain the co-operation 1 0. t1e ...A1 ac t te Commons of so able, honest, and upr ight a r L ye refer e t ie more deeply ho l th . anthl ae .nneas.ni,sfyi fc..midilP:totiwi but acted with the intermediate party to whielV4, etippollooi• motionicontradistinction to that party, he ' - ' 8 0 0 coa l ' - o etr for the relief of agricultural distress. _ i d D ot I eating s ste with Mr. Gladstone. I found that be '1; to tiol;; 10 , i ntly with his views take part in an etdrni n the °jolt in t was thus • deprived of all extraneous assistar " - re v el t o lll tion of a Government, and I was comPell' to d p ti o . on that party with whom I inarnediateli a° t here ss hita connected, and among was stated before , r - e whom, as I stet wee o , h ic r few if any ex peri 0 j • h o t men possessed of sufficient of p d)lic business. I found and tliefi e ree s igie' lr some, a bile ° 'e e jfie well qualified d• to ischarge the duties of P u edorn estj blii t i from va • nous causes, one from the pressure 0-,.. ore es cerns, another from an undue d reciation of of op. - -...of to fill the situation in •ep _, to lece hictl. t ree s , which I proeoseul"P Froel, u se!" their unwillingness to join an Administration. sio , a , l b+ four kali s _. ni„ individuals I received that exPreissativg to; lingness. Under these circumstances, and,'"ibe tile° 04 position of the House of Commons, I thougutid pilot to• r come for a decision as to what course 1 s bou t I tou co , evertwhen I had an audience of her Ig 4 .l e l'the c°11 r (11i sion ken, o by 11 o'clock this mornings to ,tat yeatieicoe of the experiment lengaged in Ille killg. boll e . erA afternoon there met was . s „ of t to o s at my house a ',va t " - e e PP t bsu Friends and those friends in the other flolleae aer eele ll a self who had consented to if the ale' sis ss take part _ sa es ate ; t gone on; and the whole -state of the Can I Orcie o deliberately considered . vill ' by them-of o m oot/ ----- Auk , iar 4 so general concnrience of their views, ss e ' er- t tt ; 156. ''.- when Isa , that though I was able to a list of th e Y names of gentlemenwho assured majority in the House of CoM lll°lls' or ritl et l ir t di. teputably to conduct the business of the 011 „,,,,ecii. 1111 .,aisc e not 17 .... b 0 ef0re her other Majesty a Cabinet, . / hore w a ri t i i i ti.' 0 wPreSere ceonigrateritatirilice4 of a u ' Ise of Parliament, so strong eS •t f,Av .to - bit a,fli most powerful majority , a majority av i i,b' Jo ' '''' t aso ° for purposes pposition' :W i n , ) 1 ,1 1 3 0 together for Pur p ose s of statementrefr, because govern' isent.--(Chrich 1 ~...- 0 1 to her Majesty, farther, to 1 ? p iece i 7 th ten misrepresentations bare ta ke l a a jestf_Lt to 5 .a subject. At the first interview with he r iv •th resr d ei tl tthe difficulties would be very gre a ! ` t hey l o°o- be ° -11 Ministry under any circumstances, sou .Aderiblitlyeo posed to the necessity of sitting a verY e ° " - -t WM° or a minority in pow . e Presence of a rful 0 1 0 1 'Possib le ' 00 vot e not P 0 r eco 0 , the state of public busine s s would I venture to advis n e es h s er it iVisi estY tc:lavileel 411 °I to a . dissolution of-Parliament. I state this 1 1 . 1;„ ed t ° ,l B7 thist lii - i impression has prevailed that I ha d ietl oo, l t :i - erne sC Majesty would give me the power- ofduo° that 0 , I hope her Majesty refused.z.-(Hearo hear.) ,F.,. °1. below. on 5 ' I s t there is not a shadow of foundation.--(Pij_i 'to ID iv'e 5 my duty to the Sovereign I know top W. gm to g oo d, pledge in a matter on which no Sovereigsn°the Otliehrighlfr pledge.—( Hear, hear.) lam confident , e.,,„,,'" is too.,,qtitli.; that her Majesty knows too well, and . , r es ,, e r - t weell $ r ef -m us e !. the mutual obligations which subsist bet to have goo' ....... .... _"111 tional Sovereign and constitutional advo7:-,, her co to me or to any Minister honoured ?"" I e t° i. t A lt ° the ordinary power intrusted to a Idlilistst.' state 011 4 to to o g 00 4 rised on the part of her Majesty distinctly , ol i person would be justified in saying or i h cosO eli he's dutY to t a c o Hid 'ln believe that if I had felt it MY .„erlit 1?° _.;t10 1 . dissolution of Parliament the consent fs' the Pe7 ke 012 been withheld.—(Hear, bear.) But hrthe P reae c aPt i ole v. which we should have been placed, hostile majority, a dissolution in the Piret,i, ot her mot in, public business being unadvisable, as it 113 . (71.- c0u1 d A ,,642' at this time, we came to the conclusion the!, we bow. eta such a state of things carry on satisfactorily t he het4tb. the countrybecame my duty to leY be fore_ w e ._, A , jesty the resignation of the trust she had' Hos t dol;iiiii That ha resignation I gave yesterday evening, sb icat ione 40 Lr Majesty have one, nothing can exceed th ... , eu so per, d o , and graciousnees of manner, and more than ofZ' d it nil. ietO which any communications or advice I migh t un. n d thin d itot to tender to her Majesty have been listenernd:toctbh;tirofobero deeply grateful for the kindness I have of gratitude which only rdds to my regret , ioevitso Vices should have been rendered unavailing 'l f of c o o circumstances. I have no com laint to nisit° f 000°3 it was by no act of my friends Pin the Hous e ° , 10°4 (r e, hes.ri t e divisw;3 that the late Administration failed. — from their own increasing weakness. or from t i 1 . 1... i . b 0 which prevailed among their supporters. (frig to iligls When they did fail, I hope I felt no undue an`....;.'has 7e c e upon the offices they had held. Entirely cenfv'eT. Olio the Noble Marquis in his remark, that Trbe f t° , o a Pt i ei might fairly and reasonably be demanded fro m pre' r ri man he ought, under present circumstances, to be to,hoet to make, yet, as it would be impossible to attewr o vritti 0 on the business of the country for any lengtheltitirri oris fro te es the support of a majority in Parliamet. I fe lt jor with my duty humbly to request to be r_ t a %Ono taking upon me the duties of office which I o ' c i ore tot i la any long period, have conducted. (So we ° ; e 0 Noble Lord, who was occasionally very imperfect t o A dd' • - t e ot t u n; the gallery, in consequence of his turning, round himself to the Noble Lords on the Oppo siti on to Ile h e upper end of the House.] There is one point to w hi ch .I°_,;g to whic h T ot be allowed to refer, in justice to her Majesty en d Russell. I have already contradicted one reP td e l t efos s oo exceedingly prevalent, with regard to thk, cat , ja so her Majesty to accede to a dissolution of Pail°l beg 4 oVeils 9falY advidusysugh a step. Such adYi°' ~1 tO 1 eh ( , ha l tat, • ( 14( 1100 by Poi 44 11 011 Otie Ple4 It