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great
rious gradations of opinion among themselves, with _cell
differences of opinion, I may go so far as to say, he"
tions
the various, sections, those differences and ""ailace
being still further increased by that which had takenalotm_st
on a recent occasion, and led to the formation of
another party,-viz, the Irish Roman Catholic party; be-
another
the party with which I had the honour a beingtc
0.
nected, numerous, no doubt, yet an undoubted miniittyo t.
the House of Commons, comprising men of .oa, n_,.
fortunately containing hardly more than one indivfid
u!,'.!
political experience and versed in the transactions on.V.":
business. But there is a third party in the Housebet. le°"'
ie, bet
mons, not indeed
ingvey extensive theoint of Lum. mean
most important respect to ability anniwatean
experience of a great pertion of its members, 1
late Sir
that small part which adhered to the policy of the 0 „...,e
Robert Peel. I had to look to the composition of _ v"ra
of Commons, and particularly to the formation of is()_dueet
Government as should be able permanently to con
an
public affairs,-for nothing can be more mischieve 0 s., a
constant changes in the Government, or the accessiso
_fily
Ministry one day which has the prospect of being
thel).7'4 de
removed from office, to the great disturbance of
ss public the
interests. To proceed with the extract-I lay stre
.fo. the
words, because they are not unimportant as evinai't oly
whole scope and tenor of the advice which I thoug; _re,
duty to offer, and of which some misconstruction ba. l' be
veiled. The Noble Marquis will remember that, sf.ne,°„oo
made his statement on lionday, I forebore to noticeetsnrio_Zed
expression fell from him to which, had I not been 0 revtCase
as I was, I should have adverted ; and, -,1 to the
of Parliament, I understand a statement was ma nn Russell
effect that the representation given by Lord Jobn_etted to
was certainly not intentionally incorrect, but vetet,effeteeee
convey an inference which was not justified. The !!`eed the
which seemed to be conveyed was, that I had abamnrde tot
expectation of being able to form a Government. t.i.., your
mean to say that such expressions were usede; ife",'elas sot
in the otb es,
Lordships will see with what qualification th sn hts•
ought to have been accompanied. After leaving as' 1 che
jesty that day, I did not return immediately ingnbt, found
not reach my own house till seven o'clock, and Ilino ia
a note from her Majesty, desiring that I abou.oon!,bit
writing the advice I had given. The letter menti s "
pa"
sse the 00
After stating to your Majesty the position ood,
main parties into which the House of Commonosf . „r
151,10
Lord Stanley observed that the policy of the pre9r.,„orcot
nistration had met with the general approval and support to
the most distinguished men of the party which actl°,4lll
the late Sir R. Peel, and that they had never yet In t.c.:00.
defeat from Lord Stanley's political friends; that ve
nutshell
portent member of that party, Sir J. Graham, be 4," fold
tihe.i.. 04
declared his opinion of the necessity of ' closing
to resist the presumed polity of Lord Stanley's fr..enutia't tis
as your Majesty had been pleased to inform 111,m... to 00
communication had been made to any one previc7l tour
with which your Majesty honoured him, he Teenteuird ascee
gest that in the first instance your Majesty sole% e woe,'
whether it were not possible to strengthen the Ise"le pea
or partially to reconstruct it, by a combination wli_l'oes of
who, not now holding office, concurred in the 01;0001,
those who do, arid profes:ed, their opinion of the on e;
of union ; that, failing such a combination, a P.!.12 Lora
that third party might be willing to combine
_'erestlf
Stanley, whose difficulties in such a case woald.ueep thee
diminished; that if it should appear that both
auat tepee
siderations stood in the way of the
arraegements were impracticable, and if !re4oe
vao e
vernment of those whose opinions appeared to pre tiog tli
House of Com Mons, Lord Stanley, not under:B4ooe
would, if honoured with your Majesty's
extreme difficulties which he should have to It:defer
formal° elO tbs
Whir
suds
the
any responsibility, and even the chance of
confideneg.word the
of reputation, to that of leaving your MaiestYear?'
yo . ,`H ed
country without a Government-(Loud cries o
t on lc with
and he added that he believed an Adminietra-i_et
under such circumstances would be more likely, to was tbs°
support, even from moderate opponents of their. 1,1..., time to
one which should be hastily formed, without gal', ,
show the impracticability of a different arrangtoridi fiest,le"
thing but my
Though advising that other means should be trt.ee. Atst ins
when called on by my Sovereign I did not in L'le, eyerr
stance hesitate to express m readiness to Pert. to see
her Majesty.-(Hear, hear.) Jam conscious of
otblhins ea
honour for theypurpose of atteroPtiegincel
of my own conduct and motives. I trust your L 'reuse t°
be of opinion that I have shown no undue esigr)opeyout
grasp at power.-(Cries of " Hear, hear.") "iaotiv.eit
will give me credit for being actuated bY
give me credit for not shrinking from vo
~,,,o, Will
personal ambition. I hope, on the other hand, ibiliti
which would properly devolve upon Me en en has beet
the rPupou sae
public man in the difficulty to which the Qat the risk of
reduced, of tendering nay best services even lots.- (I'll
failure and the loss of personal reputat
..., wing_
cheers.) I hope I have satisfied your LordshiPs that, to
accepted that important duty, I applied raY beirsetn Odesth.of
the accomplishment of the task I bad
nderta...l
while I did not shrink from encountering the rooster al'
forming a Government, immense as they Inti.S_At of s011„Ifs•
the circumstances, there was no undue Per'"" a Mau"
produced by carrying on the attempt to forts S famed we
tration.-(Cheers.) On Tuesday her MajestY ta• istration
4, eon ,„
that Lord John Russell had failed to form an 0"," will Oa .;
in conjunction with the pa t which I hope itger filet/
thought offensive if I call ther Peelite parte': : ted bsd 0e"
curred-and of time pledge that in the
reminded me that the occasion I had sntle:Plete its e'eciis;
rence, I should not hesitate. I could not hes'. Thodst.
manner to answer ; and from Tuesday Morniegbto bi
I's the °-•ectbe
Ins I earnestly endeavoured to accomP
;eared ill ,
the position of parties to which I have utmost 01
House of Commons it became a matter of the
without ssC _
ante, if it were practicable that I could do 6° tion ors/
tieing political consistency, to obtain the co.operilne.piev, bad
of those who, generally aCting'en Conser"tffverePncesi of li4
yet been separated by the unfortunate di
t be frank in e'
1 riots - . foreign
from the great Conservative art
P Y• • wall the
be
ing that I saw great difficult in dealing
. Ascertain
affairs of the country; and I y deavoured so --.11 wilting to
en
Id be et'. ercfsed
ther my Noble Friend above me won ,ehe ea eto
undertake the duties of that de artment, hic. b 0000 b
with so much credit to himseltpand with so antecoting Icit
: I
),i
ltstatesmen
themselves,
,a nboi
io.or
to et).
the county •, •
3 , or, whether he and those who %Teri's,. any P.. 00
him,of would remain in that unfortunate position emeeinsl!ng
other of two conflicting parties. Yently, W 1 the.
btoe
imtheir . . ability, power, and influence, of only '-:- nossiblee
formation of a Government, on either side, 01-n05501e
(Cheers.) The reply of my Noble Friend was gereate 13,eseer'
language of the most sincere friendsbip-se so ee- 1
from the Earl of Aberdeen) -each as I have Or •:stsoce i
tamed for him ; but l ' give eses the 110,R litia •
he could not - • d 'n i'" he
required. I had conferences • h rious trien s 1 t
'Wog
the :ether House of Parlanwitl
lutes in obtai rind
co-operation of some Parliament. 1 bad de
ar douokt, Aeperte
be most able to carry on the business r L.,"tr co!
meats. I sin not at liberty to g
Barna U'aillt 1
Neble Friend now ill allow me to say,ieb!
never felt anythin g more eon:
plw than the terms in !...P sale
nefpressed his readiness to he- y the responsibilitY 'aid gibe
ste;ing a departmentassume
office,
elf
for which t , . ber.) .e.
found him p culisrly well qualified.--sues" to Orly ose
folio% •
ti following day Mr. Gladstone was expected . ,110 Shed0
of
floenglit it desirable to obtain the co-operation Mao: lie
et
acted with
of so able, honest, and upright ut:
_„, reer, a
with the intermediate party to which 1 "s'appostenst„
but •in contradistinction to that party be 113'100 conii,uone
emaoction for the relief of agricultural distrees.
rind ne,et,, /
ing with Mr. Gladstone, I found that ,be ceeistrat7;to' se
sistenrly with his views take part in an Ala": the ''''' II
was thus deprived of all extraneous assistance 10_,.. entirele
tion of a Government, and I was compelled to rni,elitis_',.
on that party with whom I was immediately aou.gere iv.%
connected, and among whom, as I stated before, ";!. bb
few if any men posse: sod of sufficient experisne,,, / thire,
of peblic business. I found some, and tbose 11:le"oliece,11..0o,
fwell qualified to discharge the duties of pub.,ll„emegic)iti
rom various causes, one from the pressure ofe"," elen s'lsd
corns, another from an undue depreciation ot °l.eta, ego-0e
their
ohfiii the situation in which I proposed to place h.,roto tnrevisit,
eirunwillingnese to join an Achninistration. ~ of en tee
fur leading individuals I received that expresswhiag tows§
lingness. Under
housesthee circumstances, ander the tin° 0a
position of the of Commons, I thouguti follow 0.
come for a decision as to what course I Bboulu i bod 0
essesty, e eseteln
Tuesday, when I had an audience of her Am , the easy
dertaken, by 11 o'clocke • to st.e'e Teste'-ate
this morning.. wing. eeoe•-
s.ion of the
experiment
I was engaged in niess , those 'eent
afternoon there met at my house a portion or raelis.ad
Friends
. and those friends in the other Nouse of Pe
who had consented to take part if the 69veee ens the
agno(nte on; and the whole state of the case ivr"-exprese.ole
deliberately considered hy them. And ',e 00 /I- tf
Igvenneenrall concurrence of their views, as well ss nit; bee get" so
say, that thouh I was able to present t
.eat, „ow
a list of the names of gentlemen who were coMPele•tabli sodel
assured majority in
the House of Comma trcriet •,, the
reputably to
6efn conduct the business of the coon eeially 1-fsce
not lay
other re
her
Majesty a Cabinet, more eesPe't ink sbo
Houseo of Parliament, so strong se to
d., to
001
set
of a most
for purposes of majority, a majority
unableready to
1 tasds
of opposition, though s
together for Cheers./ isb t° '
purposes of government.---4 •b I li' tbs
a statement to her M seeic on A
, ajesty, further, to placer too
refer, because '
misrepresentations bare talce4 •esty A 6 CO I
subject.tba At the first interview with her lg respect %
Ministry
difficulties would be very great withivaid be: i
0s under any circumstances, and tneeable time
al, ed to the necessity of sitting a very eemmite, veben sor
minority in presence of a powerful manor "possible,
tiro
the
state of public business it was n° love recf.nolf
would I venture to advise her Majesty to ,o IP- o
pecan at be
to a dissolution
of Parliament. I state this , het tb., that
an impression has prevailed that I bad f 1,900, sigweot
Majesty would give me the power of disson.b"at Ste; bop
t_her Majesty refused.-(Hear, hear.) For 'oar.) :00 A
Ihere is not a shadow of foundation.-(He 11 to iti,e,,ifi-eive II
know. my duty to the Sovereign too we' ought
pledge in a matter on which no Sovereign he other .10.,
pledge.-( Hear, hear.) lam confident, 00 t, too hieetc
that her Mejesty knows too well, and re pen a fused
an {al
the mutual obligations which subsist let bays re ce
to Ode
tional Sov • ereign and constitutional advisers lien 00 the.
to me or to any Minister honoured with /am .net oo
tke ordinary power intrusted to a Minister' state Ott to
rised on the part of her Majesty distinctly t°
, holding °p-ocl 0
person would be justified. in sang or °le-re oin°l-1, Vs
believe that if I had felt it my duty 1'",,; collo, -,.,Site
dissolution of Parliament the consent seug",o" would
0
been withheld.-(llear, bear.) But in t" esence -of
which we should have been
placed, in the Pr
majority,
col, „ditioa
eri do
„
hostile
public business being unadvisable, as it is on could - of
at this time, we came to the conclusion that ive ' busibeilv
such a state of things carry satisfactorily he bet
on before 'di.
the country; and it became my duty to lay dgo schek,
jesty the resignation of the trust she had honottreuva o'o„,7th
That resignation I gave yesterday evening' et;eations 'Joe
Ihave only to say that, as far as my Co,
her Maest have gone, nothing eed the e"-- rlv
g can exc f mantle 1
and graciousness of manner, and more than 0 Ait 01 lam
which any communications or advice I might fi" d that ,
to tender to her se, • listened to; And feeher
r
1 ajesty have been.„ith.....a he r•
deeely
i grateful for the kindness I have met " eat 01.! -ble
of gratitude which only raids to my regret t. .000 8,
vices should have been rendered unavailing hYtiaey op e•
make of
common
circumstances. I have no complaint to
of It wio
1 r ,
, vi ae by no act of my friends in•
the House • t 0
that the late Administration failed.-( Hear, hes.t2 Ajosio ,
from their own increasing weakness. or fronl,tfegr," besi;
which prevailed among their supporters.--(ll,ete to se;tts
When they did fail, I hope I felt no undue anxiety ve;eo
upon the tiffioes they had held. Entirely- cow- er secro7io
the Noble Marquis in his remark, that WhateV a plied
might. fairly and reasonably be deinanded frotnee neepstse
man he ought, under present circumstances, to I.'. rto On:.
to make, yet, as it would be impossible to atteMPt'vritho ','
length of tnnevosistenb
on the business of the country for any
the support of a majority in Parliament, I felt
relievedit iron;
with my duty humbly to request to be
ovoidoot, if,
I ene ti
taking upon me the duties of office which
eclerstu-a in
any long period, have conducted. (So we II • , hear
r etiy %trey-
Noble Lord, who was occasionally very imper.e asi
nd t° r the
the gallery, in consequence of his turning ro benches as t
•
himself to the Noble Lords on the Oppositr'n Lord -
upper end of the House.] There is one point to wil Min
be allowed to refer, in justice totter Majesty and toi.ieh gal
Russell. I have already contradicted one report
refusalvi' tn
d be
exceedingly prevalent, with regard to the allege
epee in es
her Majesty to accede to a dissolution of Parlianti;, otipi.
event of toy Adylog outh g step. Such *dyke, I ""'