The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-02-28 00:00:00

THE OLD AND THE NEW MINISTRY.

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(From the Court Cusukr.)
t(VISIDSOR Coorrut, Feb. IL
Th. Weil lion. Beals/tan Dime.' had an audience or the
qt.en yesterday afternoon and klased hands as First L rJ
I the lreasury.
The !tight un. hr. E. Gladstone had an audience of the
Qu.eo. delivered no thu 5 als of Chanultor of the Etchsgter,
and took leave of 11.-r at.jesty.

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The Queen held • Connell today at one o'clock, at which
were pregena the Lord Chancellor, Lord Aberdare, Viscount
Halifax, and the Lord Chamberlain.
The Earl of Itchester wee Introdrice I at the C,uncll and
sworn Is a member of tier Majesty's Moat Honourable Privy
Lamtnell. .

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Alter the Connell the followLqr Minister. Imid
of the Q icon sod delivered up their *eel, of efface :—Lord
Selborne, Led Chancellor ; trixcount Halifax Lord Privy
heal; the R.ght Hon. R. Lowe, Secretary of Stilt, for the
Howe Dlx.rtment ; E•ri Granville Secretary of State for
Foreign AS dre ; the Earl of IChneerley, Secret cry of State
for the Cot ; the Right II en. E Cardwell, Secretary of
State for War ; the D,ote or Argyll, Secretary of State for
India and the Right Hon. John bight Chancellor ref the
Derby of Lancaster.
Lord Aberdare, Lard Preetdent of the Council, had an
audience alter the Council.
The following gentlemen wers then Introduced to Her
ydrjeat)'s presence by the Lord Chambeririu cud received trio
honour of Knlghthood Charl.s R mei, M. C, Chair-
man of the London School Bored, end Mr Charles
Alexander Wood, formeny One of Her Majesty's Commie-
Monello of E °lgnition.
The Qut en held • second Council at • quarter before three
o Mace, at which were present :—The Recht Hon. Bee jeruin
Dlarmli, First Lord et the Treasury ; Lvd Cairns, Lrd
chancellor; the Duke of Richmond, Lord President ot the
Council the Enl of Maliumbury, Lord Privy Seel ; the
Keel of Derby, secretary of Siete for Foreign Affairs; toe
Eel of Carnarron, Secretary of State fr the COLULI.I ; the
Right Hon Gathorne hardy, Secretary of State for War ;
gm, Marmite of Salisbury, Secretary of State for India ;
the Right Hon, Sir Stafford Northcote, C.ncellor of the
Exchequer ; the R.ght Hole. G. W Haut, First Lord of the
Admiraity ; and the Right Hen. Lied John Meaner., Poet
maaterOeneraL

Mr. It. A. Crook 41., Secretat7 of State for the Home
Depart.roi, was Introduced at the Council, ant sworn in a
DIOMIXT of the Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his
seat at the hoard accordingly.

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Her Maje.ty delivered the reah of office to the following
Ministeru at the Council :—The Lord enancellor, the Lord
Privy Seal, the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
the Secretary of Slate for Foreign Affair., the secretary of
State for the C010n!,., the Secretary of State for War, and
the Secretary of State fur India.
Sir Arthur Belt* WU Clerk of the C,uncil.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli had an audience of Her
Majesty.

V ticount Torrington, Lri Fredarle Kgrr, and cdonet Du
Plat, the Lord, Groom, and Equerry In Waiting, irt,re 10
attendmica.

From Monday's Times.

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on Saturday Windsor enjoyed the privilege of welng
the last public appear k Lee it to late Government anti the
tint of the present elluletry. Nothing could have neon
Sec re masted than tle- contraet of the respective receptions
given by the inhabitant@ to the two sets of statesmen. A
sneering curiosity was the attitude of the crowd at the
Matto°, and of the groups at the corners aseerebled to sew
the Liberal Cabinet arrive and depart, while Mr. Disraeli
and his colleagues espereenced a demonstrative welcome
and enthusiastic good wishes on their way fnet the train to
the Cantle, .d on their schism out again for L.A.°. Mr
Gladstone, who had an audience of the Quote on Friday
evening, dli not accompany his noble ad rfeht honour-
able Dined. on their nil? el •11 to surrender the seals of
office; and, to judge by the observations of not • few of
those who took part to the demonstration, it was a matter
of regret that they were thus deprived of the opportunity of
(Replaying their !regret tilde for its diatiegUlseed public
seevieu. The specie! train for the convey.Oe of the out-
goieg Ministers left Paddington at ten mitutee past twelve.
It was Lim 4.1 to reach Windsor at eighteen minutes to one,
and at that time five of the Qeeen's travelling carriages were
drown up at the rde of the station. The postillions and the
footmen were In undress liveries. Two footnien were on the
platform to attend the Ministers to the carriages. There was
a space corded.if for the central W4llOOOl the express truth :
but It wee invaded by the spectators, who were of all classes,
the eeeee d preponderating, and the fair eu beteg, if not
an actual majority, very strong in numbers. the saloon In the
centre of the train was drawn up a little short of the
Royal waiting room. In it were seated all tnose Ministers
who bad seats to deliver, including Lord Grauvieue, Lord
lielborne, Mr. Bright, Mr. L.me, the Duke (.f Argyll, Lord
Lleiltax Lord Kimberley, Lord Above.° Mr. Csrdwell,
and Lord Sy they. Sir A. Helps and Mr. Charles Reed
also came down by the train ; bet, as already stated, Mr.
Gladstone did not, per did Mr. Cnicheeter Fortescue, Mr.
o,sclerna Mr. Forster, nor Mr. Seanefeld. So clued, did
the crowd press In on either side that It Was With MM.
culty a passage was made for the Ministers when they
stepped out of the saloon; but not a hat was raised,
nor was a greeting gun to any of the Cabinet Lord
Aberdare was the first to alight. He was renewed by Mr.
bright sold Mr. Lowe. Then there were some irreverent
allusions to e matches," but these were tittered tentatively
and sotto roe', and met with not much re. es mee. Lerd
Aberdere and Sir A. Helps proceeded on foot to the
Castle. As the curtsieses left the side of the station
and orove up High-street and Castle-hill, they passed
many group, of spec,aters, who 'tared and named the oc-
cupants, but prmerved • frigidly CAI demeanenr. The
Ministers had enter e 1 the Castle before one Oct 'de and It
was Just a ,Luerter pest two when the carthettes left the quad-
rangle on their return. Daring that interval the sight-seers
remained about the stroll. sod indulgec in a sanguine ex-
pectattou that under Mr. Disraeli there will be areturn to
the good old times." the economical propenettles of the
late Ministry were universslly censured. It was declared nit
all hands that they had "cut everything down." There was
no longer any money to Windsor. It was not the place it
used to he. There was reehine going en now. True town
wasn't worth living in When the train with thee! Ministers
wu moving eft a Liberal member of the municipality of
Windsor reieed his hat led asked the bystanders to give a
cheer for them. There was a response, but to faint as to be
scarcely a compliment.
The preparetiors for the Incoming Ministry, who tett
Paddington at eve mina!ee to two o'clock, were now corn.
memeed The tire c errieges drew up by the site of the ma-
tted], and the two f 'tem. stood 1,1 waiting on the plat-
form, but a crowd twice as large as that sthi el had before
assembled thronged the railway premiees and the yard
outside. di 25 minutes to three o'clock a train entered the
station, and Ixfore It pulled up there was a general taking
out of hats, an enthusiastic chew being at the same time
raised all alms the platform. The spectators rusho.l to the
catriages, hut elscovered that the train was an °rebury one,
and that their welcome had been given to a member of very
astontened travellers. In live nilnutes more the special
arrived acid was besieged by tome hundreds of people, who
cheered and waved hats tool handkerchiefs. In the saloon
was lie. Disraeli, surrounded by the eleven other members
of the Cabinet. Mr. Hardy lea iing the way, and the Prime
elihister himself brioglee up the rear, they all passed
through the Qieen's wahine-room, the cheering growing
lonthr mei louder till Mr Diemen, with Mr. limit, had
taken hie seat in one of the cerrlages. Then the outside
erowd pressed close to hint, at cm many solicited the honour
oi shaking hands, wh,ch he really accorded. The Duke of
431chhiond and Lend Celt.. °seeped througe the mob and
walked up to the C ohm Lord Derby, as well as Mr. Disraeli,
mot With a particularly warm recepton. lie, Lied eshebury,
Lord Carearven, cud Lird Stalmeebnry occueled the same
carriage. At bell past three the thuisters left the Castle,
and at 25 minutia colour they set out from the station on
their retutu to Lenin, amid • scene of renewed en-
thusiasm, the cheering being kept up till the Oath was oet of
sight.