The Express.
London, England, 1868-06-26 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The appear:a:et of the House of Lords at the
time ~t litvotinc yi•stertlay was sufficient indication
of the interest of the debate which was about to '
1'01111i:I IN C. the imp': tams, of the issue uhaut
to Ise derided. 'no usually half-empty
both on one side and the other, way welt till's'.
Tn.-0Y bishops in their white robes oceiephml
ere 'Liter part of the scuts allotted to the prelates
of the church. The speum, below the throne
w;:s crowd. d by inemherr of the }Lave of
▪ 11111.tlis If nil distinguished strangers; the bar
wr almost et wally throng:v(l ; and the peer-
ess' p. 114 ry was Mon! than half tilled with
ladies in elegant summer tieiletttm. Soon
after the time appointed for the eimenc,ne'm
ment of public inesintsta Earl Granville rose to
move the seemed reading of the Suspensory Bill.
The noble earl addressed their lordships for root)
than an hour and a, 111111, :Old spoke with a rare
chum ss, energy, and ability. Ili, vindication of
the action taken upon this question by Mr. Glad-
stone and the party of which he is the lender W.l/4
at mice dignified and spirited: mid his argument
in support of the measure e:wered nearly all
the groaned that will have to be traversed
and retraversisl liefiere the discussion is ('1051(1.
Is tithes I. st of their 'wrap:tilts during the
address of the noble lord, :mil it was not until
'Earl Gr. v haul been speaking for alone time that
there was any great exisltes from the house. In
moving the rejeetion id the measure Li all Crey
severely eriticise.' the combed at the opposition
and the ir leaders in regard to this question, awl
avowed himself :v.: the :1414.1,ilitfi of genered (1111,0W-
meta. ; not as far as could be gathered from any
partiality for stub selieleie iu the abstract, lent
becaus.• under the eiremustanees of the times he
regarded it as at 1111!essury measure of pacification.
Lord llalmesbury made a fp, um, of :in 'the com-
mon arguments against the bill : and did not fail to
appeal to the 1. sof his hearers by maintaining
that the disestablislina nt of the Irish church
must inevital.lt ls, foll.occil by the separation of
the ionnesi,4ll aiii.h :it present exi.ts betty's-4e the
chinch .4f England and the state. :1,1 Claren-
don point' il out in dear and forcible language the
ini r.tiim• heel' a'as (brie to Ireland by the inain-
1' 'taw, of the established clistrele in that country
iii its peement position : showed how, either :is a
i•sionary ebnrh oe in other ler:pets, it had
to attain ti,, obj. ets whieli it was intended
to s' rte ; ;:11,1 ier,ed their lordships
fait to th.eir fl
lloty-
r(01:It tVIIIIII Op, 01 tili, 11111,11 On, Wit to :1111 pt a
line of e4a4110-1 tt lin le would lieolitonise with the
• w oat, of thit,•:: tallith had he'll introdueed by
the le,ssiee, of the Lill. The Earl of
I'. 111.0,ctilitiVi• rigid
goi ii,. 111,11 11111,11 1.. iil.• NAT( Ity w1.i.,11 has, as
...ea' yd. .1. ei .):,vot.sl bw 11,111,-41:itats 1,, pro-
p lit .•l• :In 4. it :It length 111,4011 the
• •••I ; t Itol'clit by 111,11111.•:,
t.I , ..•rat! this Wiest in.l, all.l
adti•ed 1,,.. 111, silk,' alike of In,-
1:.1:il aa,! 1.:14:;!.41..1 to rep+l this hill. '11:.• argte-
ii,l ..t Loral ieds•rley lip• 111 the
,s •sit V e•tahli,l,lllg equality
ie. In land: :111,1 4.1 11.4. two mode: of attain-
ing e 14. s et the nol.h• ad ex in...ss-sl a
i. 14,1 pi, bl,•11-i• di.,-.lablishiticlit. us
4,1 pe.e.l ncral I lahiWlll,llt. The (1,-bate
• ..1..5..1 for the (A.,•1 ling by the Bishop of
1 eanliu, ttbo denied that the disestablishment of
the Irish elairele wain deniand,',l by the Roman
catholii ei.itii is.-41 the pr..% iSiiilll4 of the bill, and
are nuuruded their lordship,' to take no step in
this matter until they had the whole ...home
thi aftel.W.illlS their lordships
early proet•islings in the MAIM' of
by one of those personal eontro-
vi e•
sies twhieh each Inure keellly
by lion. members than are set debates
upon eietemins of I•Vell the greatest and most
pr., sing iiiiportame. 'flee subjeet of the (is-
, 10,1.1; aas the Statellltia recently mule by Mr.
1)1,141. li at the 31ereleant Taylors' Ball, that when
tin.- present g,,v4 I'lllll4lA ateeisliell to 0%1,0 tile name
of Vaigheial wan at name of suspicion and distrust
in every foreign court and cabinet, that there W/114
no possibility of (mamba! action with the great
pow. es., and I hat in consequence, wars were
fresetautly occurring; and the member who in-
t. oduis .1 it to the hoicse wits Mr. Grant Duff, n-ho
ask" 41 the Prime illinister whether when he
made that statement lee knew that in 131 ti Lord
Deel4y asked foal! Cliti:emb'n to retain the seals of
the Foicilzei Offiee. The member for Elgin, in
asking his question, reminded the house of the
celebrated Slough speech of RCA, in which Mr.
Disraeli declared that when the then government
of I,ord Derby entered office the question of peace
and war wilt lint or,,' of weeks or days, but of
hours or minutes; and justified his inquiry on the
ground that although the people of this country
attached no importance to the " linguistic sum-
mers:if ilts'' of the " great political Leotard,' '
foreigtiers were not equally sensible of their true
value. The Prime Minister met the inquiry in
his usual fashion. Without directly replying
to it, he ntisiml a ready laugh front
leis suppoeters by referring to the speech of Mr.
Duff us an " exhibition," and then, in allusion to
I.onl Clarendon having held that officer for some
further encouraged their mirth by the remark
that the Chtmeellor of the Duchy of Lancaster did
not take WI active part in the management of
our foreign relations. He declared that what he
attacked was loot the noble earl, but a system of
whit), had prevailed before he succeeded
Lord Russell at the Foreign-office; and roused a
louder cheer titan usual from the ministerial
benches by his conelteding observation, that '•l.ord
Clarendon bile riteil difficulties, and helempteathol
them to leis suciessorm." Mr. Let3ard was
1114 Satisfied with the explanation elicittml
from the l'remier. Throwing himself into
the conflict with his usual imja•tuosity,
he den' aimed the •• vaisanings" of the right
hon. gentleman, and called upon him to state pre-
cisely it hat nat.. briehe out while Earl ltelmsi.ll
himself were at the ForeHemeffice for wheel' they
could ls• h. 1.1 responsil[o, and n-hich were the
ioreirm inns witliwhirl. they lead rendered
• intereourse impossible. Tlie efforts of de,
aohle lord 14,1, he asserted, telways been ilincti'd
to the no-sem :ohm of prate, and the greatest diffi-
cult i's a it h whieli be bad hail tie (.4 attend hall mist n
foau the sp.., las and aetions of emsidee.s of the
cons, I tatit i, 'rile declaration of Mr. liaillie
hintie's belief in the p, rfeet :tourney of the
statement ocele the l'o iniee, though aypeitoot v
highly satisfactory to the gentlemen :wound
bin,. aid not ptt.‘,.lll Mr. Gladstone from
I,:otesting ap.aieist the stiain of this :411,1
sper.lies of :Mr. of in-
v.."' itii.t
mid condemnation of his oppo-
nents far more ses-1•14. thall ho ewer Voollll+l In in-
dulge in within the walls of that 114,,,50. The
i•iglit 11011. g.lith-111:ill al some length allZUlsl that
tlit• I olity of ~'m-.l Russell was shared and approved
of l'y. Lord Ch. tendon, •' who neither pretended.
nor would I 'laud hot. gentlemen opposite tO
,haw Is•tWil.ll 111111 U-if and his col-
leagues. and eis a triiiiiiphant refntation of the
charges of Mr. I/bd.:tell ieferred to the repeated
ittb-.(iipts 4,1 1,4,1,1 Derl,r to obtain the assistance of
that nobli• curl :is Foreign tieeretary. Mr. Lavard,
not 4.,taitent with defending the acts of Lord
hail ',xylem:Y.(l smite doubts Its to the eom.
piety saccess of the linliey of the present Forei,',7l
Seevetary. and before the discussion v1(44
Lord Stanley is•cusion to show how
the position of she Spaniale claims and the
AlselKinia question heal improved miller his
management. Refe.rring to the affair of
Luxemburg, la, nutd€ it statement somewhat at
variance with that of the Print.' Minister, because
he declaned that he bud never claimed to have
maintained the pewee of .Europe. The only other
topic which was discuss( upon the motion for
going into tmenetnittet of supply was the merit, or
rather the demerit, of the statue of Sir B. Peel,
which now occupies a position within the railings
• - Ai*ke numbent were unwilling,
out o •,7r.; lefiAllemory either of Sir B. Peel
or r 'Nto disturb the statue; but
13114341 • a lcho carried s inotion for
its room, sral by:a Aikjffrif of 111 votes-182 to 71.
Ilf-Ciloillutt'est MIRO .W some scusst •on sipon
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the liegium Domini ; and after thAt and other
votes bud been bleu. the house resumed only in
•,r der to 140 into tsmitteittee upon the F'eclion
Petitions and Corrupt Practices rt Elections Bill.
There was a long and aninutted dilaste Nem the
question whether tl.e jurisdiction over el sdion
petitions should Le transferred from the house
itself to the Court of Common Pleas ; bat au
smendment proposed by Mr. A. Mitchell, in order
to retain the jurisdiction in the hands of the house,
was rejected by a majority of 20- 17$ to 1.1.4.
The diviAott upon a motion to report progress
called forth a sharp attack from the Chancellor of
the Exubequer, and a sharp retort from Mr.
Gladstone ; but after some discussion progress was
reported, the Irish Reform Bill was passed, and
after Ratting through the other orders, the house
utljourni d at 10 minutes to 2.