The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

Meeting of the Conservative Party.

A meeting of the supporters of Lord Derby's
Government was held at the noble earl's official re-
sidence, Downing-street, yesterday afternoon to hear
from the premier the course which the Ministry in-
tended to take relative to the proposed amendments
to the Reform Bill. 225 members were present.
explaining fully the plan the Govern-
tneLnotrd by E
intendedDilnrt' who was loudly cheered, com-
mencedo
adopt with regard to the meeting
to be held in Hyde-park. He stated that though
they bad been accused of vacillation and irresolution,
at the end was what they from the
especially
Mr. Walpole, yet the course that
upon, and was the united
andvetheyry
p,.stied
firstdetermined
action of the Cabinet, and not of Mr. Walpole only.
He explained at considerable length the law with
regard to the rights of the Crown to the park, and
how far such meetings as the one in question was
legal. He stated that, acting under the advice of
not only the existiag law officers of the Crown, but
also of all the previous legal advisers, they had
issued a proclamation, which was in the form of a
public notice, warning all persons against an in-
fringement of the law, and they had further made a
personal service of a notice upon all those persons
who had been advertised to speak, and all who were
about to take part in the proposed political discus-
sion in the park, notifying to. them that, should they
and Lord Derby
would be liable
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could
determined, whilst maintaining the dignity of the
as
th e
Crown, not to illegally endanger the liberties
of the subject. His lordship then alluded
to the Reform Bill,
and explained at length
the varioas bearings of the question of the
personal payment of rates in full, expressing his
opinion that there could be
exempting the compound n
householders
from the
same liability that was common to all other rate-
payers, and that he considered that the personal
payment of the full rate was necessary barrier
against household a suffrage pure and simple. Hold-
ing this opinion so strongly as he did, whatever the
decision of the house was he give way.
Ho then alluded to could not
some new clauses which the
Chancellor'of the
Lxchequer would introduce that
evening.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who on
rising was loudly cheered, then explained the nature
of these new clauses, by which he maintained the
inequalities which were complained of,
had been reproachfully termed a fine upon compound
householders, would be entirely obviated.
and which
The meeting then broke up after expressing, with
entire unanimity, their determination to support the
Government, and their satisfaction with the state-
ment of the Chancellor'of the Exchequer.

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A Cabinet Council was held after the meeting of
the Conservative party at the Earl of Derby's, at
which the whole of the Cabinet Ministers were
present.