The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

COLONIAL GOVERNIAENT SECURITIES.

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cent., Deo. 31,1872
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1877-84 Feb.
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Do. 5 p. c. Jau. & July
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Cape G.l.lope, 6 p.c.1873
Do.Apl.&Dot. 1840- WOO
Do. do 1883-90
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN INC-, MA Y 5, 1864

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

I DIPERIAL PAR 1-4 .11 DENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST .1 EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ow. tho woolsack
at five o'clock.

The Grand Junction Water 'Bill and North London
Railway Bill were read a second time.
TUE MINISTERIAL CRISIS-

The Earl of MA.LUESBURY said that their lordships
would be naturally anxious to know what was the course
that the Government took after the divisicu iuf Thursday
night. Therefore en Friday her Majesty granted an
,Ludience to the Prims Minister, when he told her
31ajosty
,that he thought that cot. titutionally
the Government could claim her consent to dissolution
if Parliament, but that, on the other hand, the Ministers
were ready to tend,r, cud did tender, their resignation to
her Majesy, and that he would advise her Mej ,sty to
take the a 'vie° of the other servants of the Crown. Tee
lu,ou was graciously pleased to say that she would
cake this coars e and on the next day aide grante.!
',he right honourable written-tea the Prime Miuister
mother audience, w.ieu her. Mejeety s :id that the had cen-
ddered the cinesttote and that she should not accept the
resignation of Ministers, but thtt they had her permission
to dissolve Parham: at whenever the pelicy of- the State
permitted it.

The R:3gulations of Itlilways Bill was committJd and
Rasse(l.

Tho Petty Sessions and Lock-up IDusas Dill was re.
third time and passed.

rao Marriages (Frantm Muis2l) Din was coarnitta)l
and passed.

At tho conclusion of the business of the house Earl
GREY expressed his strong protest against the theory
as to dissolution of Parliament enunciated by the noble
earl opposite, and he stated that he considered it wLs not
constitutional, and that the right hon. gewleman the
Primo Minister had no right to advise her Majesty to dis-
solve the house.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that there were other
grounds on which the right hon. gentleman had advised
herllajesty. They must all remember under what circum-
stances the present Parliament was called together. The
present was one of the most vital questions, and wheri the
present Parliament was elected it was net a Parliament
which could express in a national and constitutional
way an appeal to the country on an issue of this
Earl GREY said that he did not s3o because a certain
question was brought forward not before contemplated
that it should affect the position of any Parliament. It
vas a question as to whether the Parliament had confi-
dence in the Government or not. If this presumption
were persevered iu the functions of Parliament would be
upset entirely.
After a few further remarks from the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Somerset, and the Dake of Richmond, the
House adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. Pemberton and Lord Ingestre took the oath and
,heir seats for E ist Kent and Stamford.
The attendance in the house was very numerous, par-
icularly on the Opposition silo of the house. The gal-
[fades were crowded, and large lines of persons
issembled in the grand quadrangle to witness the
arrival and entry of members to the house by that way.
His Royal Highness Prince Christian occupied a seat in
the Peers' Gallery. At 25 minutes ptst 4 Mr. Disraeli en-
tered the house, and was received with loud cries of
"Hear, hear," from his supporters. The absence of 111 r,
Gladstone from his usual seat at this time appeared to
be a matter of surprise, but precisely at half-past four
the right. hon. gentleman entered the house and was re-
ceived with loud cheering. At the particular moment Mr.
Hadfield had a question on the paper, and the Prime
Minister rose to reply to it, it being generally expected
that the Ministerial announcement would b 3 made,
but the Premier merely answered the question,
and resumed his • seat, much to the evident
disappointment of the house. Another trifling question
having been answered by Mr. Corry, the business on the
paper was then got through.
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 whom ho acted an alteration had oc-
curred iu 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. (Rear, hear.) The
house would recollect that when in 1866 Lord Derby was
summoned by the Queen to take the management of affairs,
the party with whom ha acted was in a minority in the
House of Commons. It would have been quite within
:he right of Lord Darby to have dissolved Parliament and
appealed to the country, but partly owing to the distracted
state of the Liberal party, and thinking that the house had
only boon recently elected, he waived the right he un-
loubtelly possessed in the hope that 113 might be able to
carry on the Government of the country. le le6i the
Government was celled upon to deal with a question
—the question of Reform—which had broken up and
lisco,ntit el every Government that had attempted to
feat with it. Rot Lord Derby did undertake the labour,
and lie proposed and finally passed a great measure,
e-hich he believed ha 1 given satisfaction to the country.
(Hear, hear.) After the passing of such au Act,
it was quite co:np stout to the Earl of Derby
to dissolve the. Parliament and take the opinion of the
country, but that which he had waived in 1666 he again
waived on the occasion he had referred to. Whether any-
thing hal occurred since which should have derogated from
such a constitutional course was not for him to say, but in the
few observations he hal to offer it was not his desire to
speak iu any coloured manner, but, on the contrary, his
desire was to use the cold judicial language of the bench.
( He thought he might say that daring that timer the
conduct of the Administration had never beau impugned.
(Hear, hear.) The manner in which his noble friend
(Lord Aborcorn) had governed Ireland—a subject which
had brought about the present circumstances—had
led to results which were iu the highest
degree satisfactory. The financial measures of
the Government had never been question ad or opposed;
in fact, they had been supported by hon. gentlemen oppo-
site. Then again the foreign affairs of the country had been
carried ou in a manner that was in the highest
degree satisfactory to other 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 for peace. (Hear.) The
manner in which the Abyssinian question had been treated
was also a matter for 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 consequences, but Weeks 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 been successful in everything for which it
was organised. Now the matter that iad 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 dieendo 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 befoee any final decision was come to
in 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
was determined to give the proposition their most deter-
mined opposition, from the feeling that the same proposal
would soon be made with respect to the Church of Eng-
land. If such a thing was to take place the Ceurch
in England would either become too powerful fur the
State, or broken up into opposite sections, or governed by
the despotism of the Cuurt of Rome—iu either case the
royal supremacy would be destroyed. The house having
decided not to take tho 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 ho gave to her Majesty, under the
circumstances was to dissolve the present Parliament and
tako the opinion of the country on the conduct of her
Ministers and the measure in question. (Hear, hoar, loud
cheers, and cries of "Oh, oh.") He had also said that
if the matter might be more satisfactorily settled
by the retirement of the present Ministry front 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
recommendation he ha.l felt it his duty to give to dis-
solve the p -esont Parliament as soon as the
state of public business allowed. He wished
the appeal might be made to the now constituen hes, and
that the business of the session might be so concluded Its
to allow the dissolittiou to take piece in the autumn.
(Hear, hear.) lle disapproved of alt the Irish resolutions,
and therefore he could do nothing more than do all in his
power to prevent that which he looked upon us a great
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 decision of the Parliament to be elected would differ
materially from that which was to be dissolved. (Hear.)
Was such likely to be the case ? (No, no.) He 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. lle
hoald be quite ptepared to take to that, as it was clearly