The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, T 1866.

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vindication—(cheers from below the gangway)—he
was not equally successful in vindicating the judg-
ment of the Government. I do not understand why,
at such a crisis, the Government have thought fit to
abandon at once their places and the Reform Bill.
(Oh, oh.) Well, I am stating my own opinion.
Probably I am not so ardent a Reformer as the hon.
gentleman who vociferates " Oh, oh ;" but as no
party in this house, and no individual in this house,
has at any time given a decided opposition to the
principle of Reform, I cannot understand why the
Government have abandoned their places and aban-
doned the bill. What is the position of Parlia-
ment ? It is true many amendments were on the
paper ; but the Government could hardly expect to
carry so important a measure, laden as it was with
that damnosa hzreditas of a principal supporter, the
right hon. member for Kilmarnock, without amend-
ments. I was rather surprised that the bill had
made so much progress. We actually got into com-
mittee, and we carried a most material reduction of
the county franchise to £l4. True, it was carried
by a small majority ; but yet in a House of Com-
mons, many members of which are hostile to any
reduction, that most important reduction of the
county franchise to £l4 was carried. Well, sir,
what happened next ? The Government were de-
feated, and I think upon a mere point of detail—
(hear, hear)—by 44 gentlemen who sit on this side
of the house, many of whom I know to be good
Reformers and attached friends of the Government.
(Mr. Craufurd—No.) No ! There are some gen-
tlemen, particularly Scotch gentlemen (laughter)—
who are so incredulous that they will believe nothing
but their own opinions. I know that many of those
44 were good supporters of the Government, who
would have supported them, if it had come to a vote
of confidence. Well, sir, on that the Chancellor of
the Exchequer resigned. I take upon myself to say
—not speaking on behalf of my hon. friend behind
me (Mr. Craufurd), nor any of his kidney, but speak-
ing as a moderate and a consistent Reformer, and no
direct issue having been taken as to the reduction of
franchise proposed by the bill—(hear)—that it is
very much to be regretted that her Majesty's Go-
vernment have thrown up their cards on what is
completely a point of detail. In my opinion they
were not justified in abandoning this bill or in aban-
doning office until they had tested the opinions of
this assembly as to the amount of the borough fran-
chise. (Hear, hear.) But they have not thought
proper to do so, and what is the position of affairs ?
Why, it is unexampled. Here we have a very
strong Liberal party—an overrated party as to its
majority, I have no doubt, but still with such a
majority that the Government might have had at
any time, if they had liked, a vote of confidence.
They rejected that vote of confidence almost with
contumely. A person at the head of the State,
whose name I cannot introduce into the debate, was
of opinion that no case was made out for a resigna-
tion, and that the defeat of the Government was
upon a mere point of detail ; but her Majesty's
Government persisted in throwing up their hands ;
and what has become of us, the Liberal party ?
(Laughter.) I do complain, as a humble member
and unit of that great Liberal party, that they have
never been called together at any stage of these
proceedings, that the circumstances of the case have
never been explained to them, that the great Liberal
party have been left in the lurch by their leaders,
and that we are about to be transported to the other
side of the house. (Laughter.) It is a very good
thing, probably, for the Liberal party ; I have no-
thing to say on that point; but still it was perfectly
unnecessary, in my opinion. There are other con-
siderations besides that. In abandoning office as
they have done her Majesty's Government have
entirely wasted a valuable session of Parliament.
(ffear.) It is not only the Reform Bill that has
been left as a bone of contention for future sessions,
but there are some most important measures that
have been entirely thrown over, and have no chance
of being discussed for another year. Let me re-
mind commercial men of the Bankruptcy Bill;
shall wa hear anything more of that this session ?
The Land Tenure Bill, which concentrated the
Irish party, what is to become of that ? Shall we
hear anything more of it this session ? No, Sir; the
session has been entirely wasted, and the Liberal
party have been left entirely in the lurch. I do
regret that her Majesty's Government have thought
themselves justified in resigning in such a posture of
affairs at home and abroad. What is to follow ?
I presume that, having regaid to those right hon.
gentlemen who are now conspicuous by their absence
—(laughter—the principal members of Opposition
not being in their places)—the Government of Lord
Derby will follow. And what ought to be our course
upon this occasion ? The Government of Lord
Derby, if it is to be a Government of Lord Derby,
pure and adulterated, have done nothing to produce
this state of things. (Oh.) No lam speaking of
their opposition to this measure, and I say that
theirs has not been an opposition like that which
was given to the bill of Lord Derby. (Hear, hear,
and oh !) The hon. gentleman who cries "oh !"
(Sir F. Goldsmid) was then in his long clothes—
(laughter)—he was not then in Parliament. The
Government that is to come, be it what it may, has
had honours thrust upon it. The members of that
Government could not have expected that in the
middle, of June, with a foreign war raging, Minis-
ters would throw up their offices on a mere question
of rating or rental. What, then, is the proper posi-
tion we are to assume on the other side of the house?
Speaking simply as an independent member, I think
that, as we have been left in the lurch, we are bound
to give any Government that comes in a fair trial
and a fair hearing. (Hear, hear.) I, for one, there-
fore, shall not enter into any factious opposition to
the incoming Government; but, as her Majesty's
Ministers have chosen to desert their posts, we are
bound to see what the next Government will do.
For my own part, I have no fear either for the pro-
gress of Liberal opinions or for the progress of Libe-
ral measures. I'V'hatever Government sits upon
these benches, I feel certain that it cannot and will
not produce any but Liberal measures ; and to any
Reform Bill that is brought forward, if it be a wise
and well-considered and not a hasty measure, I shall
give that consideration, let it come from which side
of the house it may, which I think is due from an inde-
pendent member of Parliament. However I may
regret that the present Government has offered
us no explanation why for a period of eight days
the country and the house have been left without
an Administration—however much I may regret
their abandonment of office—l think the house is
bound, at all events, during this session, to enter
into no factious opposition to whatever Government
takes office. (Hear.) Sir, I beg to move the ad-
journment of the house.
Major KNox seconded the motion, and in doing
so recalled the attention of the house to the subject
alluded to by the hon. member (Mr. B. Cochrane),
and he asked whether London was to be handed
over to mob law ? Though London was in a state
of siege last night, and at St. James's-place a posse
of police was stationed to keep the mob out, the
Home Secretary said he knew nothing about it. In
the evening papers it was stated that the chairman
of the meeting in Trafalgar square called upon the
mob to assemble in Whitehall-place outside the win-
dow at which Charles I. was beheaded—(laughter)
—.in order to carry resolutions against this house,
and, in plain words, to make an attempt at intimi-
dation. Would the right hon. gentleman make
arrangements to prevent the law from being broken?
Sir G. GREY said he understood that the question
put to him referred to a public notice given of an
intended meeting in Whitehall-place, and his answer
was that he had seen no such notice. But he was
perfectly well aware that a meeting had been held
yesterday evening, and that after the meeting St.
James's-place was occupied by a body of police who
prevented the people from doing any mischief, if
such was their intention. That meeting was not
L very numerously attended; about 1)500 persons

were present, some of whom afterwards proceeded
towards St. James's-place. Knowing that the
meeting was to be held, he had previously directed
that a sufficient body of police should be in attend-
ance to prevent the possibility of mischief being
done. He was not aware that there was any in-
tention to do mischief ; but effectual precautions
were taken against it, and were taken by his orders.
Mr. NEWDEGATE hoped that no alarm would be
felt at the assembly of a limited number of persons
about the doors of the house. It was very natural
they should be there—(hear) ;—but as to any mob
taking possession of Palace-yard, or of London,
why there was a mob which would put them down
if any such attempt were made. (Hear.) The
house would recollect the mob demonstration of I
1848, and the reply made by the people of London.
(Hear, hear.) He wished now to tender his thanks
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the tone in
which he announced the determination of the Go-
vernment. Considering all the elements of disturb-
ance that existed, every member of the house must
have felt as he (Mr. Newdegate) did that the tone
in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer made
known the course which her Majesty's Government
had thought fit to take was such as, in any diffi-
culty arising from the complications described by
the hon. member for Nottingham, was admirably
calculated to avoid that difficulty. The hou. mem-
ber complained of the loss of time which would take
place. But the circumstances to which he alluded
must make the house feel that they could not spend
time better than in preparing for the critical future
which the hon. member pictured.
Mr. WALPOLE said it was desirable thatthe house
should sit to-Morrow and Monday for the trial of
the- petition in the matter of the Helston election.
That petition had been already adjourned for a
longer period than usual, and, if the house did not
sit to-morrow and on Monday it must stand over
for another week at least.
Mr. ViiriArt asked whether the commission was
sworn ?
Mr. WALPOLE said it had been chosen to-day,
would be reported to-morrow, and by Act of Par-
liament must be sworn on Monday next.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I cannot let
pass the few words that have fallen from the hon.
gentleman opposite (Mr. Newdegate) without ten-
dering to him my very cordial acknowledgment for
the extreme indulgence and kindness of the expres-
sions he has used, addressing himself to a personal
question in a spirit which, whatever difference of
opinion may exist, never deserts him in this house.
(Hear, hear.) I must also say a very few words
with regard to what has fallen from the hon. mem-
ber (Mr. B. Osborne), though I need not detain
the house long on that subject. The hon. member
paid a just compliment to the house for the patience
and forbearance it had shown in consenting to a
suspension of its sittings, and to a still greater ex-
tent of its discussions on account of the resignation
of the Government, and the delay necessary in the
formation of a new one. That is, without doubt, a
most just eulogium, and I only hope nothing may
happen to-night to diminish the value of the tri-
bute which, unquestionably, the keenest critic must
render to the conduct of the house. The house pro-
bably feels that an occasion of this kind affords no
convenient opportunity for discussing the conduct
of an outgoing Government, and the sufficiency of
its reasons for resigning office, or the prospects of
an incoming Government, and the principles upon
which it is to be conducted. (Hear, hear.) The
time will come for dealing with those matters. As
to the first of these topics, I cannot concur with
my hon. friend, because I think that considerations
of commanding weight dictated the course which we
found ourselves obliged to pursue. (Hear, hear.)
But I am quite ready to concur with my hon. friend
in this—that no factious opposition ought to be
offered to any Government which can be formed on
the present occasion. lam even able to go onestep
at least beyond my hon. friend, because he in his
promise to renounce a factious opposition most care-
fully limited his renunciation by saying that it was
only to hold good during the remainder of the ses-
sion. (Laughter.) But there arc two points in par-
ticular which I think it necessary t•o notice, and I
should wish my hen. friend to observe that he is,
perhaps, more master of the situation—at least with
respect to one of them—than he seems to suppose.
With regard to the bills which have been under the
consideration of the house, it would be premature,
under present circumstances, to take any steps.
(Hear, hear.) There is no doubt that a change of
Government, and particularly at so advanced a
period of the session, must be adverse to the pro-
gress of legislation ; but I don't know that we are
bound to come to any sweeping conclusion that
every bill, or even any bill of importance, is as a
matter of necessity to be dropped. That will be
matter for consideration. I have no doubt that may
be my duty to propose, at the fitting time, that the
orders for reading certain bills be discharged ; but
if at that time we shall propose the discharge of any
bills unnecessarily, my hon. friend will have it in
his power to argue against the motion. My hon.
friend also referred to the opinion of an illustrious
personage, which he stated to be, that her Majesty's
Ministers were about to resign on a point of detail.
Now I am very anxious not to be misunderstood on
that subject, and I must say that my hon. friend
has not conveyed the precise effect of what fell from
me. My statement was that tkat was the opinion
formed by that illustriouspersonage —(" Hear, hear,"
from Mr. Osborne)—and an opinion very naturally
and justly formed on the partial statement of oc-
currences which could alone be conveyed to her
Majesty at Balmoral. I stated that that opinion
so far influenced her Majesty, as, in combination
with her view of foreign affairs, to induce her Ma-
jesty to postpone the acceptance of our resignation
until after personal communications. (Hear, hear.)
But I never stated that after these personal com-
munications it was the opinion of her Majesty that
her Ministers had resigned office on a point of de-
tail. (Hear.) I have thought it necessary to say
so much, because I hold it important that the pre-
cise elements of any explanation offered by a per-
son in a responsible position should be clearly re-
tained in the memory of those who hear it. (Hear,
hear.) I move now that the motion be withdrawn.
The motion for adjournment was then with-
drawn.

The orders of the day were disposed of, and the
house adjourned at half-past 5 o'clock.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—This day is the concluding
day of the archery: fete, and the prizes will be distributed
about five o'clock on the beautiful cricket ground. The
attendance yesterday amounted to 11,581.
AERIAL TRAVELLING IN JUNE,—Some interest-
ing balloon ascents have been made by Mr. Convell
during this month, particularly those from the Crystal
Palace on June 12 and 25, on which days the rate of tra-
velling indicated a more rapid movement of the atmosphere
than we are apt to associate with the breezes of June. On
the 12th Mr. Colwell and Captain Woodgate ascended at
4.30 from Sydenham, and in less than eight minutes crossed
the Thames just above Woolwich. The balloon descended
at 5.20, nearly 10 miles beyond Chelmsford. On Juno 25
the same gentlemen started from the Crystal Palace at 6
over Epsom Downs and Guildford,
p.m., and, after passing
landed on Elstead inclosure, which is over 30 miles from
the Palace. But on June 12, more than 40 miles were
ac-
complished in 50 minutes.
PALACE-YARD.-0 wing to measures taken by the
public authorities there was no repetition last evening of
the unseemly proceedings in Palace-yard on Monday and
Tuesday. A number of constables of the F division, acting
under Mr. Superintendent Durkin, kept the enclosure en-
tirely clear of loiterers. Persons of respectable appearance
were permitted to enter Westminster-hall, and there a
small crowd assembled to see such of the members as
might pass into the House by the principal entrance ; but
no " roughs" were allowed to congregate in Palace-yard,
and accordingly there were no materials at the doors of
the Houses of Parliament for a demonstration of mob sen-
timent on the subject of Reform. Outside the enclosure
there were some few of the class from which the groaning
and hootings came on former evenings, but they were too
. scattered to venture on any manifestation of their political
Byrapathies.