The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-04 00:00:00

21 E a N L 0 NTUESDAY.

[PROM THE reessj.
A CABINET COUNCIL was held on 'iliesday afternoon, °S'
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. Fourteen of the Minister'
were present.
Lord' PitmenSns briefly explained his-reason for wishing,
this Connell to be held. It was that he might assure hiraseP.
that every Member of the Cabinet fully understood the,
principle upon which it would in future be necessary to caret
on the business of the-country, so far as legislation was net:,
cerned. He had given his beat consideration to the subjee,',
and had maturely, and he.would add affectionately —(a
—weighed the powers and capabilities of those-with whom he
had the honour to be associated. In announcing the ee""
viction that further experiments; in legislation. must be ,„
pensed with, he hoped that he should receive credit for doinf
what was best for those whom he saw around him. In
word, they were notnp tcetheir werk.
The LORD CHANCELLOR. quite comprehended the Premiell'
On the previous night the President of the Couneit had bee!
desired to apologise for the bhinder, and topromise w
do what was fitting. That course was exceedingly unkind to
himself, and he felt that he-ought to, have been supported. ._
Lord Gainvzrzn Was sure-that he had supported his Islokf
and Learned Friend in a remarkable manner. When :81
(Lord Granville)• came to read the amount of wisdom he b
poured forth upon a subject of -which lie really knew nothing'
he was quite astonished.
The Duke of ARG-len had also been astonished to hear the.
Noble President say so much.. It was- all wrong, certailduci
but it showed hia- desire to be -useful. He (the Duke) wo
take that opportunity of asking.whether the Cabinet did n,°_
think he had castigated the four Law Lords in capital style'
answering their elaborate -orations. with the intimation tn..:
they were only prompted -by the jealousy of a batch of Pr
ressional adventurers:
,Lord PAemensnort,admittest that it was bold. He shoo
not liked to have said it ; sonve-peopte might say anytlaini
•vsitia on.ziong-to. ourraet- his _Noble o,p
Learned Friend, the, Chancellor. His- remarks were by
means solely directed at his Nale-Friencl„ although, doubtles*'
the Parke affair was -one of the great messes of the session. •
The LORD CHANCELLOR wouldorepeat that he ought to halo
been stuck to.
Mr. Vsmisom Sxtrmr begged that the language used tbeof
might be more refined.. It was all very well for the House
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Lords, where people-talked about "rows,"' and quoted vulg'"
proverbs, but he had been accuettnnechto.genteel society. ,
Sir GEORGE Gner -hoped that the Chancellor was not goin:
to be childish. He was mortified at his failure, and natural
so, for it was a very signal and disgraeeful one; but the We'e
being of the Cabinekwas,not tabs saerifieed to a crotchet. A,
Lord PALMERSTON . said the conciliatory speech of
Home Secretary—(laughter)—explained, his meaning, gild
left nothing to be desired. To-night he was going to thr?l,
over another experiment. (Sensation.) Yes; the bill vilol,
their friend the Irish Solicitor-Cceneral called the Local jevo
The Duke of AttnYer., was notrsnrprised, The advocael to
which the measure had been coramitted.was deplorable.
Lord PALMERSTON .said that it was nothing of the kwA,
and, considerine. that Robert boweknew nothing of the
tion until he got it-up for the debate;. he had been deucer,
dashing. He def_ed,the noble duke himself to have be%
more courageous. But audacity, would: not do by itself.
would be dangerous, to confront the opposition the meoro,
Lad called out, unless -they- had' other• and better chamPl°,4
And he begged to signify to all and each of his friends arot!ur
him that no one must be astoniChed or offended at any simile
Bate overtaking any measure he-might have in charge- la
was contrary to hia -.opinion that any bills had been broflg_;4,
in at all. They were a war ministry, and while there n
war, they bad ar,exeuse for neglecting, everything else. .11-'
a man who had a good excuse was an ass for not using it.
Sir GEORGE GREY-was no amateur legislator, and deter
the making acts of parliament for doing what ought tore,
left to official responsibility. The premier's remarks, ttlebv,
fore, did not affect- him. But he- confessed that, of all
cabinets with which-he had been associated, this one had di'lt;
tinguished itself most by abnegating one duty supposed
belong to the executive—that of initiating reforms.
Lord PALMR.RETON begged•the Home Secretary not to mot
state the case._ They initiated.lots of reforms, and he had be
the least objection to everybody initiating as many t 9 the
pleased. But bewould haves no government questions. JJ
bills could becarried, bon- If not, so mach the worse for
objectionable bill.
Sir GEORMI GREY migbt acquiescent a course which"). Jv
sity seemed to dictate, but it certainty looked quintessoutw
cowardly,
• 1.1?
Mr. Lsnancrinne agreed with his friend, but soraet,l
apparent cowardice involvelthe highest moral courage, "„,4
were convinced that their retention of office was a. patio.,
necessity;: and be saw a noble fearlessness in their hesitatPe
to accept no humiliation that' might enable them to. persec'
in the discharge of their duty. (Hear, hear.) of
The Duke of ARGYLL bad heard those sentiments. at Manft#
their meetings. The argument was infelicitously nut, but, ht
conclusion was practically, if not logically defensible. B._'`,lol,
should certainly not take the trouble to attempt legisnwile
unless he were to receive support, especially as anytningj
might bring forward. would be—he said it without a par oil
of vanity—that which a government ought to pride itself
producing.
Lord PALMERSTON was unfortunate in anuoying cots
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friends, as he seemed to have done in several inst-
but a little anger there was better than a goad deal of as
wardness elsewhere. bt
Sir CHLRLIZS WOOD was not going to be personal, r
be had been a good deal laughed at, he should like to aslei
all good humour, who it was that first decided that the,bo
Crimean Commission must sit with closed doors, anti'..o
decided that it was as absolutely neeessary that the 50)-
should be public.
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Lord PANSIIIIIE thought that he had suffered enough )4
mistakes—he would not say whose—in that business, to '-
him to ask that the subject be dropped. •
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Lord PALMERLTON said there.. Was. no need for sornie;
The 'change was only another proof of the willingness of2l.
Majesty's Ministers to do whatever was agreeable to anylr
A door must be open or shut, 11
as the French proverb saiu'oto
Sir CRARLES WOOD wished to ask when a door was 0'c
door. (Impatient sensation.) Well, he would give notiL",
the question for their next meeting.
Lord GRANVILLE concluded that they had accomplishewt
object of their assembling. There could be no doubt ;_;ri
the Cabinet was in rather an awkward position-rsovnetPV
like that of the king that reigned, but did not govern"
then, as reigning would do for them, why--
Lord PALMERSTON : Viro ta Reine!

TIIE NEW' LoAlv.—A bill for raising £5,000,000 bY
annuities, now before the Commons' House, enacts that etbe"
contributor of £lOO shall be entitled to £lll 2s. 2d. itilo2,
per Cent. Consols. The contributors who have already de / ts;
10 per centum on the sums by them subscribed are to P3i, 0;
remainder by instalments as follows—viz., £lO per col "f
the 3rd of March, £26 per cent. on the 13th of MarcbAtil
per cent. cn the 29th March, £l5 per cent. on the lv
April, and the remaining £l5 per cent. on or before thes.oo'
of April next ensuing. Guardians may subscribe for inn 01'
The dividend on the stock will be three per cent. °tort'
annuity of £lll 2s. 2d., to commence on the sth of Plitsilthat
1856, and to be payable half-yearly. Contributors r03,1/01q
cipate payment of their instalments, but no discount oar
allowed thereon. Subscriptions paid in part only, 31)00(°,
completed, will be forfeited. The Bank is to be allowed xvil sr,
every £1,000,000 of the said loan for the expenses of 03'1,d celiA
ment, equivalent to the rate of ls. per cent. The 3 Pels,
annuities are to be added to the joint stock of Cousc),. 08.„
sinking fund will be formed for the extinction of th 95sey
debt until, by means of a yearly payment of £250,10' e:
of £5,555,416 las. 4d. of the funded debt has been ¢led
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A second bill, just issued, provides for the funding 0 go 4.
quer-bills to the amount of £3,000,000, the terms ic.,is`c,f
being £lll 2s. 2d. in Consols for every £199 of Egc otely
bills. Interest on the bills will be allowed from the 5?..x
the same up to the days on which they are deposited' giftPc
scribers may pay money instead of Exchequer-bills bY
rr.mium of 54. nof cent. on the money paid.

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