The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1864.

" THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE" has never been
more flagrantly illustrated than it was last evening
in the House of Commons by her Majesty's Go%
vernment. Ministers are, to all appearance, reso-
lately bent upon completing their career to a nicety.
They are roneding it to a point. Having brought
disgrace upon England by their Foreign Policy—
they have now, so far as in them lies the power for
so doing, brought disgrace upon the House of Com-
mons by their mode of conducting its discussions.
The scene which took place last night in the lower
House of Parliament was simply disgraceful. And
the originators of it from first to last were the lead-
ing members of the Administration, Elsewhere,
the full particulars may be turned to and
examined by themselves. And, when they
have been so examireed, we are vastly mistaken
indeed if the opinion pronounced thereupon by
every unprejudiced observer, is not in every parti-
cular directly adverse to the Leaders of the Go.
vernment. Ageinst them, their -own Speaker, the '
Liberal Speaker, Mr. DENISON, has pronounced
quite unmistakeably. And yet—shameful to relate
—the aged Leader of the House of Commons, the
Prime Minister of England, actually took upon
himself to contend against the reasonableness of the
decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons
upon a point of order—and was abetted in that act
of insubordination by the right hon. gentleman
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is not many
months since Lord PALMERSTON had to be taught
what was really his duty as Leader of the House by—
of all people in the wide world !—the Leader of the
Opposition. We assert this, within the recollection
of the Heuse itself, as to what took place. And—now
—out-ileroding HEROD—surpassing even himself
in flagrant contravention of the simplest rules of
the House of Commons--the Leader of the House of
Conanaons,the Prime 3linister of England, no official
less eminentthanViscount PALMERSTON himse, f, out-
rages all sense of decency by contending against the
deliberate decision
Order. A little or the Speaker upon a Point or
more than a week ago Lord PAL-
MERSTON was "hooted" down while addressing the
House in explanation of What was likely to be,
according to his view of things the future of the
Foreign Policy of England h• under
-- government
That he absolutely was " hooted"—see the -Olein
matter of fact statement of the Liberal -Spectator of
Saturday last. And now, last night, I,
erd PAL-
MEP.STON, by his extraordinary indecorum in
opposing the decision of the Right Hen. the
Speaker upon a point of Order—was greeted
by cries of " Order, order !" " Chair, chair !"

cries so long, so general, and so reiterated in
accents of indignation, that his remarks became at
last inaudible ! Yet, immediately afterwards, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer did precisely the same
--beingthereupon likewise met by stormy cries of
"order" and" chair." The wholo scene, we repeat,
was pimply most disgraceful. It was most discredit-
able te tie House. It was mast disrespectful to the
Speeker. It affords absolutely conclusive evidence
(if such had been in any way needed) that so far
as human judgment can foresee, Mr. GLADSTONE
can never hope to become Leader of the House of
Commons, can never dream of a time when
he cm attempt to assume the Leadership
of the Gavernmen. From tLis he is constitu"