The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-18 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1859.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ROUSE OF LORDS.—Fluwa, Jusa 17.
lb* lordship met at ire o'clock. The house was un-
woolly airmail&
MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS.

The Earl of DERBY claimed their lordship' permission
to make a few observations respecting the present position of
the public business. It wee hardly necessary, he said, fur

hiteto say that after the division of the previous Friday no

alternative had remained for =intakes but to tender their
rerignatione to Ler Ikl.jesty, reeing that it would have been

Impossible fax them to carry on the business of the country
eftrr a dt cleration of went of ootildence on the part of a ma-

jority of the Howe of Commons. That majority was
undoubtedly not • large one, but it had been declared
in probably the largest house in the recollestion
of any living person, and therefore it meat be
taken as • deliberate expression of the opinion of
the Howe of Commons. At the BMW time, se that vote of
*sat of confidence was not founded on any impeachment
of any specific act of policy, but bad been treated purely as
• party question, looking only to the general divides' sup-
posed to exist amongst public men, of conseresties on the
au side and Morale ea the ether, wed se le bed 'empty
asserted the decision of the °wintry that the affairs of the
country most be transferred from conservative to liberal
hinds, he was relieved from the nesesity of giving any en•
planatis of the policy of the late government, which he was
satisfied to leave to the impartial decision of the country,
and, as far es it might go down, to posterity. (Cheers.) A
the ease than it was ally an act of justice to hi. noble
Mend the floarolory for Foreign Affairs to express
the sawieden, is which every man who had read
the papers whhh bed been laid on the table in
that and the ether bow of parliament must participate,
that the wimp elf her Majesty's speech announcing
that evesy SIM bed less made to m detain the pesos of
Europe wee fatly justified, sad that his noble friend bad
seed every effort W easy out what he had declared to be the
policy of the goverment, nessely, • complete neutrality.
(Hear, Hear.) Any uplinks' or insinuations to the con-
trary would be completely disproved by the papers which
bed been laid on their lordships' table. But he world not
then enter into ary vindication of the acts of the govern-
ment, but would simply state that after tits vote of the
Howe of Commons, feeling that it would be Impartible to
carry on the buskins' of the country with credit
to themselves or with advantage to the Sovereign, sad
feeling also that they had so recently appealed to the
judgment of the country, they bad felt that no mimes re-
mained open but to tender their resignations to her Mr
prey. They had done so ; their resignations bad been &e-
-spied, and they now only held office until their successes
W bees appointed. That period, be believed, was not likely
te be of long donation, • eireamstanee at which be re-
joised, because In the preset state of Europe nothku
weld Maws matatuaate than that the executive of this
cewatry Auld remain long is abeyance. (Hear, hear.)
Ha rejoiced, therefore, to learn that the delay would not be
bored a few days, perhaps a few hours, previous to the
fenastion of • new °shiest. Indeed, he hardly had a right
the to speak from those bucker, Inasmuch as he had just re.
tuned from making • gratefal acknowledgment totter Majesty
for the gracious Ushers with which he had been uniformly
honoured, and Skin his leaved her Majesty as first ornieter
of the crown. He could only may, for himself and hie col.
Magus, in both hews, that no factions opposition should be
offered to their successors—no attempt to embarrass their
operations. (Hew, heir.) And he said, further, that
nothing would give him greater whafaction than to find
that, although without holding oßoe, he might be able
to give to the Queen's government an independent general
support. (Cheers) He earnestly tensed that in the matter
of foreign policy the new govermasat would not depart from
that tine of atria sad impartial nenteslity which be
wee satisfied was the only line that would w-
ooed not only with the wishes bat with the
Interests of this country—(cheers)—and also, he trusted, that
while they adhered to that neutrality, they would sot telex
from the efforts which their pr.:dowsers bad made to place
the defences of the country, and more especially its naval

defenoes, in such a position am, while it protected us from
even the chance of insult, should give full weight to our media-
tion in the 'fairs of other countries. (Cheers) Before ha
eat down, perhaps hie noble friend, who he presumed was
about to become Leader of that house, a position in which he
bed already mewed so much of their lordships' respect and
Mem, would forgive him If fora moment he referred to a
circumstance which, in his opinion, ought not to bo posed
over. Their lordship' knew that if there wore
say communications which ought to be Invested
with wrict and inviolable secrecy, those which took
place between the Sovereign of these realms sad bar ministers
were of that nature, and if there possibly mild be
Imagined, • case in which stormy should be more than
usually stringently preserved, it was that in which the sove-
reign sent fora person in order to (stimuli him about the
formation of a new admintetration. Entertaining these
opinions, which he wee sure were participated in by their
lordship', he confessed that it was with the greatest surprise
and regret he bad seen in the Times of Monday last, what
purported to be • detailed amount of the whole conversation
which had taken place between her Majesty end his noble
friend opposite. Undoubtedly, an editor was at
any time, entitled to enter into speculation" as to
what might have taken pleas, but he must say that this
was the first time he had seen a statement apparently given
on authority, of observations made by her Majesty, of replies
made thereto, sad of statements made by her Majesty herself,
of the motives by which he was actuated in his attempts to
form a ministry. He gave his noble friend entire credit for
being absolutely free from even the suspicion of having sanc-
tioned this pablicatiou. lie was quite sure that the honour-
able character of his noble friend would kayo prevented his
giving the slightest sanction to such • violation of offi-
cial decorum and conventional courtesy. But still
this was not a case in which documen's bad
been earreptiticusly obtained. Either they were
a faixiestion resting shamefully upon what was absolutely
false, or else the information most have been derived from
one of two persons—her Mejesty or his noble friend. It was
perfectly obvious that his noble friend's eotedeme bad been
pesely abused by some person or other, no doubt some person
is Idiom the particulars had been exclusively communicated,
but not certainly the editor of a newspaper. But wherever
the blame lay, his noble friend must feel that his confidence
bad boss grimly abused, sad that • most improper use had
hem made of information which ought to hove been
bpi etriely stereo, sad least of all should have appeared
la the columns of • daily paper. He had not taken any step
in the matter, but preferred calling his noble hind's atten-
tion to it, while he (Lord Derby) remained on that side of
the have, lest it might appear that he wee making factions
Madmen the new administration. His noble friend would,
be IMO sure, feel that be owed thanks to him for having
brembed the subject, and it was in his noble friend's interest
Chet be bed at all alluded to it. Ho understood it to be Us
sable friend's wish that the house should further ad-
jonrn until Tuesday ant, when probably • further adjort.n.
anent would be accessary. In this matter he was entirely in '
the hands of his noble friend and the house.
Earl GRANVILLE, who spoke in a low tone, said that
much of what be bad to reply to the okemations of his noble
friend would cores better when the time had arrived for
general mini-terial explanations, but with respect to that
portion of his noble Mead's speech which was of • personal
nature he must claim their lordship' indulgence. Without.
then, going into detail", be might state that during the last
interview its had with her Majesty be had her Majesty's per-
Meeks to state what had pumped at the previous interview to
his friends. In ooesequence of this, he, on Sunday 'vamp
last, made • statement to hie friends, some political and
some private, hat in that statement he never professed to
give her Majesty's words is conversation, but—and on this
he laid great strew—the groucds upon which her Majesty
had seat for him, end bemuse he thought that those grenade
redounded to her Majesty's already high reputation for WS.
stitutiottal wisdom. It was quite clear that the article b the
Time, of Monday must have been founded on one or men
statements made on the previous evening. Patting adds
for • moment the breach of etiquette and vapid,
he felt that then was in this little to Wade
inasmuch as It miaowed how faithful the seniniga
had been to the eanntilational prise**, whit► MI
seem been so strictly adhered to se daring the peessat
reign; but, on the War lad, ho wee perfectly ready to