The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-26 00:00:00

INPERIAL PARLIAIvIENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
Tho LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock. •
THE IRIS Ii RAILWAYS.
Tho motion on this subject was postponed till Friday
next.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Tim Whitehall Railway Bill was read a second time.
RESIGNATION OP THE EARL OF DELZBY.

The Earl of MALMESBURY said that it was his duty
to inform their lordships that from failing health the Earl
of Derby had been obliged to tender his resignation to
her Majesty, and she had been pleased to accept it, and to
give authority to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to form a new Administration.. For himself ha would say
that he was sure that b)th sides of the houro would be
sorry to hear of his being obliged to retire, not front party
dohat, but. front illness. What, then, must. be the feeling
of those wl.o had fought under his lordship in many party
fights. The purpose of the noble earl was that he might
recruit his strength, and ho hoped that it would be so
restored that he would appear amongst them once men)
in that house. Ile would say uo mare upon the
subject, but come to the resolution, as it was
thought most advisable to adopf, and that was, as
it was necessary that the Ifabaas Carpet Continuance
Act should receive the royal assent b-fore Sunday, that
the house should adjourn until two o'clocit on Thursday.
Earl RUSSELL expressed his regret and that of the
party to which he belonged on the serious illness of Lord
Derby, and although ho had many times differed with
him ou particular subjects, yet he regarded hint with great
esteem, and his great qualities were capable of obtaining
for him the greatest confidenete amongst a large section
of the people. lie trusted that although ho might never
taka official position again, yet that his great eloquence
would soon again be heard within that house.

HABEAS CORPUS S USPENSION CONTINUANCE

AC T.

This bill passed through comtuittee, and was reported
without amendment.
Their lordships then adjourned.

110,1JSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at fear o'clock.
NEW MEIII3ER.

Mr. B. HOPE took the oath and his scat for the Uni-
versity of Cambridge. Tho hon. gentleman was intro-
duced by Mr. Walpole and Sir M. Stirling.

RESIGNATION OF THE EARL
OF DERBY.
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.

Lord STANLEY said he had to announce, and
that with the deepest regret, that in consequence of
the state of health of Lord Derby it was re-
quisite that he should retire from public affairs
for some time to come. Under these circum-
stances he had felt it his duty to tender his resig-
nation of the office he now held, and that her
Majesty had been graciously pleased to accept that
resignation. By her Majesty's command the right
hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer
was at present engaged in the formation of a
Ministry. lie thought he should be following the
invariable custom in such cases if he suggested the
adjournment of the house, in order to afford time
to his right hon. friend to complete the necessary
arrangements. (Hear, hear.) Ha deeply re-
gretted, and his right hon. friend also deeply re-
gretted, that anything should have occurred to in-
terfere with the debate which the hon. gentleman
opposite (Mr. Maguire) intended to have initiated
that evening, but if the house thought favourably
of his proposal, and it met with approval, he should
move that the house adjourn until Friday next.
The SPEAKER put the question that the house
at its rising adjourn until that day, when there
were cries of " Gladstone, Gladstone."
Mr. GLADSTONE said, so far as the proposi-
tion just made to the house was concerned, he
should have thought he was not called upon to say
a single word, it was so obviously dictated by the
circumstances of the case. It had become necessary
for the noble lord, by his singular destiny, to com-
municate such an event to the house, and he (Mr.
Gladstone)could not adequately express his regret that
a career so distinguished and so remarkable as that
of his father should have been brought to a close by
the failure of his bodily health andstrength. (Loud
cries of " Hear, hear.")

Mr. MA.GUIRE said he deeply regretted the
circumstances that had occurred, which prevented
him pressing his motion that evening, but he begged
to ask what Government day would be given to him
to bring forward his motion ? He would not ask
for an answer to his question until ]{'ridgy next, but
he did think that he had a right to some indul-
gence.
Lord STANLEY said all he could say was that
his right hon. friend was most anxious that the im-
portant subject (the state and condition of Ireland)
should be brought forward, and that it should be
fully and speedily discussed.

The house then adjourned until Friday.

MISS BATEMAN AS "LEAH."

(From the Scotsman.)

Miss Bateman appeared in Edinburgh a number
of years ago as a child-actress, in company with a
sister of equally tender years ; and the two little
creatures acted marvellously well, not mechani-
cally, as infant prodigies for the most part do,
but with evident inborn love of the art and true
genius for the stage. She now returns a young
lady of established metropolitan and American
reputation, the promise of her childhood borne
out by the performance of her maturer years. In
the one part, at least, by which she has made her
present fame, she exhibits the attributes of a
genuinely tragic actress—her Leah being unques-
tionably a personation of no common order. If it
does not rise to the highest pitch of tragedy, or
sound the profoundest depths of pathos, it is from
no fault in Miss Bateman's conception of the require-
ments of her art, but rather from the limit set by
her natural capacities, and the shallow style of the
character and the piece. Her physical power is
rather intense than abundant; but she has great
force of concentration and will, and throws herself
into the feeling of the part with all the abandon-
ment of genius. Her figure is rather petite than
commanding; but she is both graceful and forcible
in action, has considerable power of expression,
being gifted especially with an eloquent eye ; and
has a clear, full, and well-trained voice.