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London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 5, ISGS.

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IMPERIAL PAILL I A MEN

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EvENlxa.
THE MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.
Mr. DISRAELI, who on rising was received with loud
cheers, said after the division on Thursday night, in the
opinion of those with whoni he acted an alteration had oc-
curred in the relations in which the Government stood with
the house. He had asked the house time to consider the
result of that vote, and he had now to communicate to it
the result of those deliberations. (hear, hear.) The
house would recollect that when in 1866 Lord Derby was
summoned.by the Queen to take themanagement of affairs,
the party with -whom he acted was in a minority in the
House of Commons. It would have been quite within
the right of Lord Derby to have dissolvel Parliament and
appealed to the country, bet partly owing to the distracted
state of the Liberal party, aail thiukiug that the -lions i I
only been recently elected, he waived the right he ua-
doubtedly possessed in the hope that 11) ,night be able to
carry on the G.evernmeat of the country. Fa 1337 the
Government *was cella,' up et to deal wadi a qeeetien
—the question of It eform which had broken up :old
discomfit ed every Goveremout that hill attempt.el to
deal with it. Bat Lord Derby did welertak the lebonr,
and he propesed au.l fivally passed a great measure,
which he believed hat given satisfaction to the country.
(Hear, hear.) After the p tseieg of such an Act,
it was quite cem2.eteat to the Eid of Derby
to dissolve the Parlialtent and take the opinion of the
country, but that which he had waived in 18613 ho again
waived on the occasion ho had referred to. Whether any-
thing had occurred since which should have derogated from
such a constitutional course was not for him to say, but in the
few observations he had to offer it was not his desire to
speak in any coloured manner, but, on the contrary, his
desire was to use the cold judicial language of the bench.
(dear.) He thought ho might say that during that time the
conduct of the Administration had never been impugned.
(Hear, hear.) The manner in which his noble Mewl
(Lord Abercore) had governed Ireland—a subject which
had brought about the present circumstances—had
led to results which .were in the highest
degree satisfactory. The financial measures of
the Government had cover been questioned or opposed;
in fact, they had boon supported by hon. gentlemen oppo-
site. again the foreiga affairs of the country had been
carried on in a manner that ' was in the highest
degree satisfactory toeother great Powers, and this had
been done, not by thrusting down its own opinions, but
simply by the conviction that the Government were actu-
ated by justice and a sincere desire fur peace. (Hear.) Thu
manner in which the Abyssinian question had beau treated
was also a matter fur congratulation, not only from the
manner in which it had been concluded, but to the fore-
sight in such a groat commander as they had in the
General who had so worthily executed the operations in
that distant country. (hear, hear.) The failure of such
an expedition would have been attended with the most
alarming cousequences, but thanks to the wisdom in de-
ciding upon the course to be taken, for which he
thought the Government might take some credit, the
expedition had boon successful in everything for which it
was organised. Now the matter that lad brought about
the present crisis had rose suddenly. 'With but a few days'
notice the house was asked to consider a startling question
—a question whether the Established Church in one part
of the United Kingdom was to be disendo wed. There was at
the time a Commission sitting to inquire into the revenues
of the Irish Church, and it was proposed and hoped that
the house would have waited until the Commission had
made its report before any final decision was come to
iu the matter, but such was not the case, and
her Majesty's Government, feeling that the most
serious results would ,follow such a proposition, it
the proposition their most deter-
minedthe feeling that the same proposal
w a was d e
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fromgive
would soon be made with respect to the Church of Eng-
land. If such a thing was to take place the Caurch
in England would either become too powerful for the
State, or broken up into opposite sections, or governed by
the despotism of the Court of Rome—iu either case the
royal supremacy would be destroyed. The house having
decided not to take the course the Govern-
ment had recommended, it became his duty
to take that course which was open to him.
It had been said that there was a clinging to office
on his part, and that his was a policy of governing by
minorities, but he denied that such was the case. After
the vote had been come to he took the earliest opportu-
nity of laying the whole of the matter before her Majesty.
The advice he gave to her Majesty, under the
circumstances was to dissolve the present Tarliament and
take the opinion of the country on the conduct of her
Ministers and the measure in question. (hear, hoar, loud
cheers, oifg "Oh, oh.") Ile had also said that
if h rsmatter ht be more satisfactorily settled
te and cdes
m
by the retirement of the pre,sent Ministry from office
they were quite ready to retire. (Hear, hear.) He had
tendered his resignation to her Majesty, but she too
graciously decided not to accept it, and had adopted the
rocomtnendation he ha I felt it his duty to give to dis-
solve the present Parliament . as soon as the
state of puhliC huskies/. allowed. 11, wished
the appeal might be made to tho new coustituen los; and
that the business of the session might be so concluded as
to allow the dissolution to take place in the autumn.
(Hear, hear.) lie disapproved of all the Irish resolutions,
and therefore he could du nothing more than do all in his
power to prevent that which he looked upon as a groat
national calamity.
Mr. GLADSTONE
condemned the advice which the
Government had felt it their duty to give to her Majesty.
(hear, hear.) He thought such advice could only have
been given to her Majesty when there was a rational hope
that the docisionof the Parliament to be elected would differ
materially from that which was to be dissolved. (Hear.)
Was such likely to be the case 2 (No, no.) Ho thought
not ; and for himself, he begged to say that he was
quite • prepared to
go forward with his resolutions.
(Loud cheers)
with regard to what was to follow,
that would have to be -settled when the time arrived. Ho
hould be quite prepared to take to that, as it was clearly
his duty. With respect to the resolutions, he should not
go on with them that evening, but he diced
a when they had been sub-
be quite prepared to go on with them at the
first opportunity, and
milted to the house and adopted, as they would be, the
next step would have to be taken by her Majesty's Go-
vernment. The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat
amidst loud cheers.
Mr. CONOLLY warmly supported the course proposed
to bo taken by the Government, and charged Mr. Glad-
stone with having forced a decision, on factious motives
and for mere greed of office, which the Irish Protestants
repudiated as null and void.
Mr. LOWE drew from Mr. Disraeli's narrative the in-
inference that the Queen had rejected both the alterna-
tives he had laid before her—immediate dissolution or ro-
signation—and pointed out that no concession had really
been made to the two great divisions. There was to be a
dissolution next year just as there would have really been
had the Irish Church question never been raised, and
Parliament was asked to give a ton months' lease of office
to a Government which neither trusted it nor was trusted
by it.

Mr. CRAWFORD asked (and the inquiry was subse-
quently repeated by 3L'e Childers and Sir R. Collier) how
the Government Proposed to get over the registration and
the appeals from the revising barristers, which under
ordinary circumstances would stand in the way of an
autumnal dissolution.
Mr. NEWDEGA.TE heartily approved the decision of
the Government, and declaimed against the unconstitu-
tional doctrine of Mr. Gladstone, that an irresponsible
leader of Opposition should be able to force a measure
through Parliament without an appeal to the country.
Mr. AYRTON asked in a sarcastic tone whether the
Government was to be carried on till the dissolution by
her Majestys.Ministers or by her Majesty, contending
that Mr. Disraeli had unconstitutionally shifted the re-
sponsibility for the course he was about to take from his
own shoulders to her Majesty.
Mr. BOUVERIE enforced Mr. Gladstone's protest
against the doctrine that a Government could dissolve on
the bare question of its.own existence, and warned Mr.
Disraeli that the unconstitutional course on which he was
entering would lead to a revival of the old conflicts be-
tween the Crown and the House of Commotis. Tho
dilemma into which the House was being driven was an
inevitable result of government by a minority.
Mr. GRIFFITH, on the other hand, pointed to the case
of Mr. Pitt iu 1781 as an instance of a Minister frequently
put in a minority, and appealing ultimately to the country
with success on the question of its own existence.
Mr. BRIGHT animadverted, in strong and severe Jan-,
guage, on the humiliating attitude of the Government
and maintained that it was merely for the sake of pro-
longing his own term of office that Mr. Disraeli made this
outrageous demand on the indulgence of Parliament,. But
the Government had no right, he asserted, to a dissolu-
tion ; and they had no claim to remain in office where
they could carry nothing of their own—but a sixpenny
income tax. No decent pretence had been offered for de-
parting from the constitutional course of resigning after
such signally adverse votes, for the Irish and Scotch bills
could be more easily passed by Governments really frien sly
to Reform—and the only result would be that the Irish
Church could not be disestablished until 1870.
After some observations from Mr. Kendall, Sir P.
O'Brien, and Sir G. Bowyer,
Mr. DISRAELI wound up the conversation, and, re-
plying to an observation of Mr. Lowe, ho expl d that
her Majesty had given her unqualified assent to a dissolu-
tion without any reference to old or now constituencies.
He assured the house that the best legal authorities were
clear that arrangements might be made for a dissolution in
November, and if the Boundary Bill wore passed early iu
June, he would b:ing in a short bill which would facilitate
the dissolution. To another remark of Mr. Lowe, that the
late division showed the house to have no confidence in
the Government, he replied that many gentlemen who hid
voted in the majority had assured him that they did not
regard it in that light, and, in language very nearly ap-
proaching a challenge, he called on those who agreed with
Mr. Lowe to propose a direct vote of want of confidence
Which mid be argued. mil decided 04 that plain

issue. Answering a question from Mr. Caretw ell, lie
fixed Thursday for resuming the debate on tho :-Zesolu-
dons, if to-night should be engaged.
The house then went into committee on the► Tudget
Resolutions, and
Mr. GLADSTONE repeated his attack on the t Octrava-
gant policy of the Government, complaining that t hd con-
trolling power of the Treasury had been relaxed' -tinder
the present Administration, and that the Estitnat es had
shown a constant tendency to increase. But f, ,r the
greater political question of the day, ho should.. long
since have called the attention of the house to the• sub-
ject.

Sir J. PAKTNGTON, complaining that no notice lead
boon given of this attack, for which reason his &Am Ice
must be incomplete, pointed out that so far as the War D a-
partment was concerned the increased expenditure Nros
causod by th) necessity of arm n; the fortifications (fo.
which Mr. Gladstone was responsible), fur the new
brooch-loaders, and the increasal ply and allowances con—
&Anent On the report of the Ite,;rulting Gummis4ion.
Goural rEEE, also enforced the same exploingion fer
the increase of the army expeditur,, and warned Mr.
Ci!ads:ono not to provoke too aloe, a cimparisoa with hie
own Army E,timates.

0031tY who oornol Lin +d 01) sa-ne v.-ay of being
takes uoa,vareg, show-1 that tipp inorcaie in the is ivy
Elthuates was forc,4l on the pi•esent Ciiver:-.rneot by the
ineffective contlitioa in whic4 the navy hal bmu left by
late Govelument.

The Marquis of lIARTINGTON did not deny Mkt a
considerable incri:as.3 of expenditure would be necessary
to arm the fortifications, but promised on a future occasion
to show that the items mentioned by Sir John Pakingtoa
and Ganeral Feel did not account for the increase in the
Army Estimates.

Mr. Childors, Sir C. Russell, Mr. Dalglish, and Mr.
Laing also made some observations on the same subject,
and, after a general reply from the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the resolutions were agreed to.

Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad•
journed at half-past 11 o'clock.

CRIMINAL COUR r.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
Barnard Tymou was indicted with stealing a
valuable security, viz., a cheque for the payment of
£175, the property of Henry Coleman.

From the evidence it appeared that the pursuer
and the prosecutor were fellow passengers on board
the ship Somersetshire from Australia. The prose-
cutor had been very kind to the prisoner, and had
advanced him money to pay his passage to
England. The property stolen consisted of an
authority from the bank of Australia to the bank
of Victoria to pay the sum, and was seen safe in
the pocket of the prosecutor four days before the
ship arrived at Blackwall. The prosecutor was blind
and being au invalid was attended to very closely
by the prisoner, and it was alleged that during the
latter part of the voyage he stole the draft from the
pocket of Coleman, and on his trying to negotiate
it he was taken into custody and charged with the
offence. The prisoner denied the offence, and con-
tended
that the document had been lost during the
voyage.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Re-
corder sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
Michael Prendergast, 23, was indicted for utter.
jug counterfeit coin. The jury found the prisoner
Guilty ; and on Agar, the warder of the City Pri-
son, being called, he said the prisoner was a well-
known City thief, and had frequently been in pri-
son. On being asked how often, no less than 14
previous convictions were proved.
The Common Sergeant said the prisoner was a
dangerous person to be at large, and he therefore
sentenced him to 10 years' penal servitud e.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

AN ABSCONDING POTIIAN. Charles Watson
Beale, a young man, formerly in the employ of Mr.
Henry Salisbury, licensed victualler, of 9, King-
street, Soho, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
stealing the sum of £lO 18i., the moneys of his
master.

Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-s' reet,
appeared for the prosecution.
Mrs. Emma Salisbury, wife of the prosecutor,
said that on the 15th April last she gave the pri-
soner, who had been her husban l's pottnan for
about 10 weeks, the sum of £lO 18s. to 44ty the
poor rates, and he left the house and never returned,
and she subsequently paid the rates horself. She
saw no more of the prisoner till last night, when
hearing that he had obtained a situation as potman at
another house by means of a false character she
went and gave him into custody.
Police-constable John Scarsbrook, 46 F, said
that he was sent last night from the Bow-street
Police-station to take the prisoner into custody at
the Ilorste and Groom, Maiden-lane, and on telling
him that ha was charged with stealing the sum of
£lO 18s. from Mr. Salisbury, he said he was very
sorry for what he had done, and he would do his
best to repay the money.

With the view of having the poor-rate collector
in attendance, Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.

THANIES.

ALLEGED AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.--A well dressed
young man, named Edward Duet, was brought
before Mr. Benson charged with violently assault-
ing and wounding Jessy Watson.
The complainant, a pale-faced young woman,
with a London Hospital bandage round her head,
and of rather slender frame, said she was an un-
fortunate and very deaf. She was standing at the
corner of Watley-street, in the Commercial-road,
last night, when the prisoner and another man came
up, and one of them said, " How are you Scotty ?"
to which she replied " Very well, and how are
you ?" on which the prisoner struck her on the
head with a heavy stick and knocked her down.
She screamed aloud and the two men ran away.
Some other girls came to her aid. The prisoner
was apprehended immediately afterwards.
The prisoner, in defence, said that the complainant
stopped him and his friend, and wanted them to
treat her. They told her to go about her bthiness,
and his friend said, " Go along, you old ---." She
followed them up to Watley-st► eet, and abused
them, and, while doing so, she fell down and in-
jured her head.
Air. Jeremiah Macarthy, house-surgeon in the
London Hospital, was of opinion that the blow was
inflicted with a stick.

The prisoner called James Mathews, a scrivener,
in support of his statement. His evidence was
very unsatisfactory.
Mr. Benson said the prisoner's whole conduct
after the outrage was that of a guilty man, and he
never met with a case so well proved as this was.
The prisoner made an attempt to escape after he
inflicted the blow, and gave his stick to
his friend. If Mathews had not been
ashamed of his friend, he would have gone
to the station-house along with him, instead
of going home and leaving the prisoner te• his fate.
He had no doubt the prisoner had struck the Un.
fortunate girl in the way she stated. If the girl
had fallen on her face she would have been marked
in a different manner.

The prison here said ho was a clerk to Alderman
Canston, and could obtain a good character.
Mr. Benson said he should dispose of the case at
once, and lined the prisoner £5, which he paid.

The Rev. Dr. Hanna recently described, at a
mooting of the Edinburgh Association for the Improve-
ment of the Contlition of the Poor, the following " scene
of horror," which, for the honour of humanity, it is to be
hoped,•may turn out to have Wen highly coloured. The
scene is " Etiuburgh," the date "1868 :"—A father dies,
leaving three grown-up sons. By membership in two
friendly societies they became entitled to receive .Clo,
which was spent in drink before the burial. The son.:
then took their father's clothes, pawned them, and spent
what they got for them in drink. The mother having re-
monstrated, she was told that if she did not hold her
tongue they would do with her as they had done with the
dead; and they did it. They took off her clothes and
pawned them, and sent her to bed. Next came the pawn-
ing of the furniture, which they disputed about ; and in
order to settle the dispute, what did these men do ? They
d*agged the dead body from the coffin, set it up against
the wall, having previously agreed that, when it was
shaken, if the head fell in this way the one was to gain,
andi#it tell that yap thy ctila wvialci In the gainer,

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