The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-26 00:00:00

THE CO2IIIII7TEE ON PRECEDENTS.

We believe we may announce that the collision
between the Lords and the Commons which was
to be, and which was to lead to the extermination
or subjection of the former anomalous body, has
been averted. The very numerous committee of
two-and-twenty, we are told, succeeded:in resolving
itself into two parties, under two chiefs, who both
prepared reports. Mr. Walpole prepared one,
giving a quiet history of the precedents, and say-
ing very much what has been said before. Bound
to truth, he was unable to import much variety
into a theme which was simply a question as to
matters of fact. A counter•report was prepared
by Mr. Bright, with the assistance, it is said, of a
constitutional adviser of great celebrity in small
circles. This went into the very depths end
heights of the question, and, of course, concluded
that the House of Lords had done what it had no
right to do, and that the House of Commons should
set the decision of the Lords at nought. This
might be very excellent advice if the object were
to bring things to the speediest possible issue, at
whatever cost; and we can easily imagine gentle-
men very happy to ride the storm that might be
got up on such an occasion. These two reports
were laid before the committee, which had thus to
choose between history and science, between dry
matter of fact and ardent opinion. Some members
of the committee could not agree with Mr Bright's
report, yet stood so much in awe of its explosive
tendency that they proposed a compromise—
a third report, which should amalgamate the
two gauges. Eventually, however, the two rival
reports were put to the vote, when Mr. Bright
succeeded in obtaining, in addition to his own vote,
for his report, those of Mr. Gladstone and Lord
John Russell. The former of these gentlemen was
concerned in the subject-matter of the difference--
the repeal of the Paper Duty—and the latter was
tolerably safe to take the widest interpretation
of popular right and the narrowest of constitutional
Privilege. The whole trio, therefore, were too
deeply pledged for their agreement to form any
novelty or have any weight. The remainder of the
committee agreed to Mr. Walpole's report. There
can be little doubt as to the course to be. taken by
the house. The three dissentients will have.
hearing, and will recommend and deliver
spee speeches.
etsb.eir own
report, amplified into three good They
illustrated and embellished.
will he well supported., and the constitutional ques-
tion will eThe house, hol%avregyeeli:, will be content with letting
the minority have their say out. It will adopt
Mr. Walpole's report, with, possibly, a quiet pro-
test against the late decision of the Lords being
construedinto a new precedent. The effect of this
will be that the Howie of Commons will probably
bewarr.s for the halve how it exposes itself to the
chance of being i.nubbcd by the Lorde. On the
recent occasion it
its
certainly aid something to pro-
voke own fate. The next time it sends up to
the I- olds a bill for the repeal of a productive tax
it will take care that the passing of the measure
shall lwt be egnivalent to the infliction of a serious

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