The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-05 00:00:00

THE PXPRESS, WEDNFSINLY EvF/UNG. JULY 5 18$5.

RESIGNATION OF TELE LORD CHANCELLOR.

Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, it is right that I should
inform the house that the Lord Chancellor, in deferenos
to the vote of the hones last night, and to the opinion
which that vote Implied, hes deemed it his duty,
through ma, to tender to her Majesty the resignation of his
offfos, which, sooordingly, I have done. I think it at the
same time due to the Chancellor to state that asearly as the
begin** of the seesioe—in the beginning of the year, I
may say—the Chancellor, stung it his feelings by the vari-
ant attacks which were made nton him from different
quarters, often pressed upon me that his raiz-
nation should be conveyed to her Majesty. 1,,
won pebli., and spec private and personsl
wounds, deelined to accept :lust resignation, or to be the
channel of conveying that rex sciatica to her Majesty, and I
urged upon the Chancellor to remain at his post, and for
this reason, that if he bad tesigned in consequence of the
%rictus attacks, some el them anooymous, be would
thereby have been considered as implying an admission of
the various charges so made naiad him, and even more
than the charges that were actually made whereas, I re-
presented to him that if he remained at his poet, there
would, no doubt, be a parliamentary inquiry into the
matter concerned, and, knowing and believing that his
motives throughout bays been perfectly pure aid
iocomipt, I was convinced that out of that Inquiry
would molt that which has resulted, namely,
an satire acquittal of the Chancellor of every cor-
rupt motive. (Fleet, hear.) it will be uecemary that the
Chancellor should continue to hold the seals until Friday
morning, in order to go through those operations which are
consected with she prorogation and dissolution of parlia-
meet, and on Friday the Chancellor will resign the seals
jut° the kends of her Majesty.
On the motion of Sir G. Gan the house was ordered to
Met at 4 o'clock instead of 12 this day.
. Lord PALMERSTON took otteasioa to ask the house to
give its thanks to those members who had asaiduously de-
voted themselves to the conduct of private business—to
lb. Charles Fainter, and to the referees on private bills
especially.
Mr. DISRAELI said that there must be a unanimous ap-
ventkof the services of those gentlemen, and he be-
aththe services were now better known and under-
stood that had at one time been the case.

Sir L. PALK called animation to the verdict of a jury at
an iequest os the bodies of Thomas Swear, George Kent.
and William Andertoe, who bad been killed by a railway
accident.= the Great Weatero, and which pointed out lb*
seeessity of • communication botanical guard and driver,
sad pressed the subject generally of the improvement of
railway signals as • duty on the Board of Trade.
Mr. X. GIBSON said that he bad never laid it down
that parliament ought not to interfere with the manage•
meat of railways far the safety of the public, bat he bad
ouly pointed out the difficulty of legitimate interference.
The powers of inspection and examioation given by law to
the Beard of Trade were scrupulously and regularly ex-
amined.
The Naval Discipline Act Aniendmeut Bill, the Foreign
Jurisdiction Act Amendment Bill, and the Rochdale Vica-
rage Bill wine read a third time and pared.
The house then adjourned.