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his efficient aid in turning that Government out. (Hear, '
hear.) The noble lord went on to deal with the other al•
ternative, and he (Earl Granville) owned that he regretted
the 20 minutes which was occupied in this poi tion of the
noble lord's speech, nor could he help feelin4. while the
noble lord spoke that his regret was shared by noble lords
on his side generally ; and he was not quite sure whether
that feeling of regret was confined to that (rt a Opposition)
side of the house. He had said that he had not heard the
commencement of the noble earl's speech, and the reason
has that he had waited in another place to hear the state-
ment of the noble lord's colleague there. He must say that
that statement was made by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer in the best taste. It was short, and to the point, and
by no means the least of its merits was that it totally
avoided everythihg like personal attack. (Cheers.) But the
noble earl, on the contrary, had thought it worthy of his
place and his position in that house to go on for something
like 20 minutes—
The Duke of ARGYLL--Thirty-two minutes. (" Hear,"
and a laugh.)
Earl GRANVILLE submitted to the correction of his
noble friend. Well, then, for 32 minutes instead of 20
minutes the noble earl went into a detailed biographical
memoir of a noble lord who had certainly done some things
for which he was well entitled to the thanks of the country,
and who would be perfectly ready and able to answer for
himself if he could be present in that house. (Hear.) It
would, he was sure, be idle in him to follow the noble lord
through that long atement ; he would merely say that part
of what the noble earl stated was not correct in point of fact.
(The Earl of Derby here made an observation across the
table which was not heard in the gallery.) The noble earl,
in one of the sorest sentences he (Earl Granville) had ever
heard, objected to receive advice from a political rival.
The Earl of DERBY—When the noble earl asserts that
I am wrong in point of fact, I should be glad to know in
what respect ? (Hear, hear.)
Earl GRANVILLE would mention one instance. The
noble earl, with an amount of imagination he had scarcely
ever heard excelled, and which he could not but admire, said
what had happened with regard to Lord John Russell, that
his colleagues had requested him to resign in 1852. He was
one of Lord John's colleagues in the Government of that
day, and he utterly and distinctly denied that any one of
his colleagues made the slightest suggestion to him of that
kind. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord then came to the third
alternative—that of a dissolution. There could be no ob-
jection to that course. It was a perfectly legitimate and
constitutional course ; it was a course that threw great re-
sponsibility on any Government that adopted it at any time,
and a course that ought to be carefully weighed before it
was resorted to, not only as to all the circumstances attend-
ing the dissolution, but the result that was likely to arise
both at the hustings and in Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He,
however, was not afraid, looking at the spirit of moderation
which characterised the people of England, of the appeal
being made to them on a subject which was most interest-
ing to them all, and he was free to admit that the course
the Government had resolved upon was a very honourable
and constitutional course. (Hear.) But what he wished
to know a little about was the exact issue upon which the
country was to be appealed to ? (Hear.) As to Parlia-
mentary Reform the noble lord had cast that into the air,
leaving the country to catch it as they could, and in what-
ever shape it might fall into their hands, and in that shape
he was prepared to deal with it. (A gesture of dissent from
the Earl of Derby.) The noble earl shook his head ; that,
however, was what he gathered of the noble lord's inten-
tion from his speech, and he was the more inclined to think
he was right as th it was exactly the policy he adopted when
he appealed to the country on the great question of free
trade and protection. (Cheers.) It was impossible, then,
to gain from him any intimation of his policy, but he left it
to the constituency to make a policy for him. (No, no.)
And if he could understand plain English this was the
course he intended to pursue now. He was sorry to have
detained their lordships at such length, but he could not
avoid making these observations after hearing statements
from the noble earl which he certainly was not prepared to
hear when he entered the house.
The motion was then withdrawn.
RAILWAY TICKETS BILL.

This bill was read a third time and passed.
The report on the Manslaughter Bill, with amendments,
was received, and their lordships adjourned at half-past
seven.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS. _

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Border Union (North British) Railway ; Mersey Docks
and Harbour ; Mid-Wales Railway.
The following bills were considered and ordered for third
reading :—Great Western Railway ; Mid-Sussex and Mid-
hurst Junction Railway ; North British and Selkirk and
Galashiels Railway Companies ; North Eastern Railway
(Nidd Valley Branch) ; Sirhowy Tramroad ; and Tyne
Improvement.
The following bills were read a second time :—Fishguard
Harbour Improvement, and Standard Life Assurance
Company.