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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS

Lord J. RUSSELL said, her Majesty's answer to the ad-
dress having been read, it now became his duty to state to
the house, that after the division on Saturday morning mi-
nisters considered it their duty to advise the terms of the
answer just communicated. (Hear.) They had advised her
Majesty to form a new administration, and consequently he
and his colleagues had tendered their resignations, which her
Majesty had most graciously been pleased to accept, and
`they now only held office until such time as their successors
were appointed. He then said he trusted the house would
allow him to state one or two matters in connection with
the subject now before the house. The government deemed
it right to propose measures which they deemed essential to
the prosperity, to the trade, and commerce of the country.
(Hear.) On being defeated on one of those measures, they
had advised her Majesty to dissolve the late parliament ; that
dissolution having taken place, and a new parliament having
assembled, they had again advised her Majesty to submit
the same measures to the consideration of the house. (Hear.)
This was done, and it having been the pleasure of the House
of Commons to declare their hostility to them, and want of
confidence in ministers; they bad no other part to act than
tender their resignations to her Majesty. (Hear.) He would
not use any arguments to show why they had for such a length
of time prolonged the struggle. (Hear, hear.) But possess-
ing the confidence of the Sovereign, and from a persuasion of
the justness and propriety of the policy they had propounded,
together with the belief that their continuance in office was
calculated to promote the people'sinterest ; all these matters
combined, tended to induce them to prolong the struggle in
the manner they had done. (Hear.) He had already on
previous occasions justified the course they had adopted, and
he should be ready to justify them on all future occasions.
It had been the fate of their government to hold power for a
number of years, and they had resigned at this period because
holding office without power was not calculated to give satis-
faction to the country, as it was impossible for them to carry
measures beneficial to the country. (Hear.) He did not
speak of this or that particular measure, but he might be
allowed to say that the government to which he belonged
began their official career by introducing and carrying the
Reform Act, and indeed by proposing measures calculated to
prove eminently advantageous to the trade and commerce of
the country. The first was a large and important measure
as regarded the franchise and privileges of the people : the
last was a large and important measure connected with the
trade and commerce of the country. At the government to
which he had the honour to belong, Lord Grey and Lord
Melbourne presided. Lord Grey enjoyed during the period
of the discussion of the Reform Bill the most unbounded
popularity. Lord Melbourne, having been minister at the
period of the demise of William IV., became the adviser of
the Crown : neither of these noblemen had abused the confi-
dence that had been placed in them either by the sovereign or
the people; both had shown the greatest desire to preserve
the constitution in all its forms. ( Hear.) Having said so much,
in reference to the two ministers at the head of the new go-
vernment, he trusted he might be allowed to say a few words
in reference to himself. He would not say some other
person could not be found to fill his situation in a more effec-
tive manner, but this he could say, no consideration of
enjoyment or amusement ever prevented him from attending
to his public duties, either as a member of that government
or a member of that house. (Cheers.) After a few other
observations, the noble lord said in any position he might
hereafter occupy in that house, his desire would be to advance
the honour of the house, support the institutions of the
Country, and promote the advantage and benefit of the peo-
ple. The noble lord concluded by moving that the house, at
its rising, do adjourn until Monday next.
Lose STANLEY bore testimony to the talent and ability
of the noble lord just sat down, and he felt confident
that no one entertained any feeling of personal animosity
or bitterness
however,towards that noble lord. (Cheers.)
He could not,colleagues,
of the policy suggested by
the noble lord and his a policy which had lost
them the confidence of thatlao and the country at large.
(Hear.) The noble lord pirtsoeclefeudtsoed to state that the house last
session had not pledged
lord. The Address was supportedhl7l measures of the noble
those gentlemen who
usually gave their support to ministers
carried'
; it was also supported
by those members who were commonsl opposed to ministers;
so that the Address being
not, in itself,
that the ministers had the confideoindocte of the house,
--f-ary. that ministers Wer(euearjuhstified in pro-
(Hear, hear,) which they had.
) He did
o revive any topics of discussionto excite
feelings, seeing the noble lord had paid likelyat
,ich was due to the house and to the people, every ,f,euelitg:
notand offeris a
of hostility to the noble lord had given way to the feelings 'a
personal respect, and to give th_et,hnooyblwe
would
dd
that
col-
leagues credit for believing
the ur,,Lree,s of measures which
factious opposition to . may
redound to the honour of the parties proposing them, and to
the credit and influence of the country. (Hear.) Lord
.1.
Russell intimated that the speech from the Throne was ad-
vised by the ministers, and that they were responsible for it.
Mr. S. WonTLEY took the opportunity of exonerating
himself from the charge of having made an unfair use.. of the
Poor-law amendment bill during the recent election for the

but on the cot

West Riding of Yorkshire.
Lord J. RUSSELL said he had only to complain that the
hon.-gentleman had given strong opinions on the Poor-law
bill in his addresses .to his constituents, though he did not
think it of such importance as to make it worth referring to
in his speech proposing the amendment to the address.
The house soon after adjourned until Monday next.

THE RESIGNATION

(From the Times of Tuesday.)
It being generally known yesterday that it was the intention
of Lord John Russell to intimate to Parliament the resigna-
tion of himself and Lord Melbourne, the House of Commons,
at an early hour, was nearly filled with hon. members. Great
excitement prevailed both in and out of the house. Before
five o'clock nearly every seat was occupied. The Conserva-
tives mustered in great strength. On the opposition side of
the house we saw seated together, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Gra-
ham, Sir Edward Sugden, the Hon. S. Wortley, Mr. Goul-
burn, Lord G. Somerset, Mr. Shaw, Sir R. Inglis, Sir F.
Pollock, &e. The benches usually occupied by the Whigs
were also nearly crammed. Sir J. C. Hobhouse was the first
member of the government who made his appearance. He
sat for some time alone on the Treasury bench, apparently in
deep contemplation. Shortly afterwards Sir G. Grey entered
the house, and seated himself by the right hon. member for
Nottingham with whom he entered into conversation. In
vain did Sir, G. Grey endeavour, good naturedly, to disperse
Sir J. C. Hobhouse's sad reflections on the mutability of all
official honours. To all that his friend urged he (Sir J. C.
Hobhouse) appeared to exclaim, in the language of Lord J.
Russell's well-known quotation,—
" Go ! you may call it madness, folly,—
You shall not chase my gloom away ;
There's such a charm in melancholy,
I would not, if I could, be gay."
-

About five o'clock Lord John Russell and Mr. T. B.
Macaulay came into the House of Commons. His lordship
was clearly much dejected in spirits, and looked pale: Mr.
Macaulay appeared to suffer much. He advanced with a
trembling step and quivering lips to his seat on the Treasury
bench. Lord J. Russell was nervously agitated as he walked
up the house. The following members of the ministry oc-
cupied their usual places :—Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Macaulay,
Mr. Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. C.
Buller, Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Shell, Lord Palmerston, and
Lord John Russell. They looked a melancholy group.
When Lord J. Russell communicated to the House the fact
that the ministry had resigned, he was painfully excited. We
never heard his lordship speak with greater hesitation. He
was, however, listened to with profound attention. After a
short, but effective speech from Lord Stanley, and a few ob-
servations from Lord John Russell in reply, the House ad-
journed until Monday next. When Lord John Russell en-
tered his carriage he was cheered by a number of respectable
persons who had assembled in the neighbourhood of the-
Houses of Commons and Lords. Lady Russell was in the
carriage with his lordship. The Duke of Wellington, as he
entere the House of Lords, was most vehemently cheered.
Lord Melbourne's reception was not so flattering ; he was
well hissed when he left the house. Sir R. Peel did not, of
course, make his appearance. In fact, it was not until seven
o'clock that the right hon. baronet reached town on his re-
turn from Windsor.

THE NEW MINISTRY

(From the London Standard of Monday evening.)

Last night, shortly after eight o'clock, a special messenger
arrived at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall
Gardens, with directions from her Majesty requiring the at-
tendance of the right hon. hart. at Windsor Castle to-day.

This morning, -precisely at half past-twelve o'clock, Sir
Robert left Whitehall Gardens, in an open travelling-carriage
and post-horses, for Windsor. The right hon. baronet passed
through St. James's Park and up Constitution-hill. He was
attended by only one servant. No one accompanied him in
in his carriage.
Until the return of the right hon. baronet nothing positive
can be known of the new administration; and as only a few
hours (in all probability) will elapse before we are able to
announce the formation of a new government with certainty,
it would be idle to enter into any speculations.
In the course of the morning the Earl of Haddington,
Lord Eliot, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Goulbourn, Lord
Stanley, and several other leading conservatives, visited the
right hon. baronet in Whitehall Gardens.
The resignation of the present ministers will, no doubt, be
announced in both houses at five o'clock.

Lord Melbourne arrived in town this morning from Wind-
sor Castle.

It is expected a Privy Council will be held at Windsor on
Wednesday next, when the ministers will resign their seals
of office to their successors.

(From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.)
At an early hour yesterday morning treasury messengers
were despatched with communications from the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe-park,
near Buckingham, and to the Earl of Liverpool, at Buxted-
park, near Uckfield. Sussex.
The Duke of Buckingham arrived at Buckingham-house,
Pall-mall, late in the afternoon, and immediately proceeded
to Sir Robert's residence in Whitehall-gardens, to have an
interview.
The Earl of Liverpool arrived at Fife-house, Whitehall,
last evening; the noble earl is now positively named as Lord
Steward of the Queen's household.
Yesterday the right hon. baronet was busily engaged from
an early hour in completing the ministerial arrangements,
but there was not a conference yesterday at Sir Robert's
mansion, as erroneously stated in an evening paper.
The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborough had audi-
ences of Sir Robert Peel yesterday morning, and the follow-
ing noblemen and gentlemen had interviews with the right
hon. baronet by appointment :—The Earl of Haddington,
Earl Ripon, Viscount Castlereagh, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord
Francis Egerton, Lord Wharncliffe, the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Hardinge, Sir Thos. Freemantle, Sir Frederick Pol-
lock, Sir 'William Follett, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk,
Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Lyndhurst, the
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Right Hon. Sir Edward
Knatchbull, &c.
Shortly before five Mr. E. H. Anson, treasurer to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived from Windsor Castle,
and had an audience of Sir Robert Peel, and, we understand,
was the bearer of a letter frOua her majesty to the right hon.
baronet.

The Duke of Wellington received the chief members of the
future administration to dinner, last evening, at Apsley -
house. It was a select circle, and confined to the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Ripon,
Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Lord Ellenborough, the
Right. Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., and the ltight Hon.
Charles Arbuthnot. On retiring from the dinner-table the
noble duke and his colleagues held a conference, which lasted
several hours.

The meeting at Sir R. Peel's, on Monday night, did not
break up until nearly one o'clock.
We are informed that the right hon. Chas. Arbuthnot will
be commissioner of the woods and forests.

We have heard, upon what we believe undoubted autho-
rity, that the Duke of Wellington will be Lord President of
the Council.

The Duke of Beaufort and the Earl of Jersey are both
mentioned as likely to fill the high appointment of master of
the horse to her majesty, but it has reached us through a
channel deserving implicit reliance, that the Earl of Jersey
will, in all probability, be the successor of the Earl of Albe-
marle. _ _ _

We learned at a late hour last night, from an authentic
source, that the right hon. Sir R. Peel will leave town this
morning for Windsor Cgstle, when the right hon. baronet
will submit to his sovereign the list of his ministerial ap-
pointments,—appointments, we are confident, that cannot
do other than give her majesty the highest satisfaction.
It is not in our power to give thus early the list of the new
cabinet ; but we can positively assert, that in addition to the
Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen,
Earl of Ripon, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Ellenborough, Lord
Stanley, the right hon. Henry Goulburn, will form the chief
members of the cabinet. _

--.—. ...-
The household of his royal highness Prince Albert will
undergo but a very trifling change, and we have reason to
believe Mr. E. Anson will continue treasurer to his royal
highness.

(From the third edition of the Times of Wednesday.)
In confirmation of the announcement we venture to lay be-
fore the public this morning, we are now enabled to give the
following authentic list of the new Ministry which Sir R.
Peel has probably by this time submitted for her Majesty's
approbation.
It will be observed that in assigning to the Duke of Wel-
lington the Presidency of the Council we were misinformed.
The noble Duke would not, indeed, withhold from his friends
the aid of his great name, but with that absence of self-in-
terest for which he has always been remarkable, he will only
occupy a seat in the Cabinet, without office, and of course
without emolument.
Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury.
Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord Wharncliffe, President of the Council.
Lord Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor.
Duke of Buckingham, Privy Seal.
Earl of Aberdeen, Foreign Secretary.
Lord Stanley, Colonial Secretary.
Sir James Graham, Home Secretary.
The Duke of Wellington, in the Cabinet without Office.
Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control.
The Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade.
Sir F. Pollock, Attorney-General.
Sir W. Follett, Solicitor-General.
Lord Lowther, Postmaster-General.
Sir H. Hardinge, Secretary at War.
Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster-General.
Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Lord Eliot, Secretary for Ireland.
W. E. Gladstone, Vice-President of the Board of Trade.

The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged,
but there is no doubt that the following noblemen and gen-
tlemen will hold office in the Ministry :—Lord Mahon, Lord
Liverpool, Lord G. Somerset, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord F.
Egerton, Sir G. Clerk, Sir W. Rae, Sir E. Sugden. &c.
It affords us much gratification to hear that his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, in conjunction with her Majesty,
manifested an earnest desire to act iu strict accordance with
the spirit of the constitution, and to afford to Sir Robert
Peel every facility in the formation of his government. The
reception which the right hon. baronet met with from her
Majesty was most gracious and kind. Her Majesty ex-
pressed her determination to extend to Sir R. Peel's govern-
ment her most implicit confidence and support, under the
firm belief that no measures would be proposed to parliament
that would not tend to maintain the dignity of the Crown, to
conserve the institutions of the country, and promote the
happiness and prosperity of the people.

(From the Times of Thursday.)
We have little to add to the list of the new Ministry which
we were enabled to lay before the public yesterday, in a third
edition, except the appointment of the Earl of Jersey to the
Mastership of the Household, and that of Lord Liverpool to
the post of Lord Steward.
The office of Lord-Chamberlain still remains vacant, but
it will probably, indeed almost certain, devolve upon the
Duke of Rutland. _ . .

The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance, the Mastership
of the Mint; and the Chief-Commissionership of Woods
and Forests also remain as yet unappropriated, nor has a
successor been appointed to Lord Campbell as Lord-Chan-
cellor of Ireland. _ _ .

The list of those members of the Administration who form
the Cabinet, together with all those whose appointments had
been actually decided upon, was submitted to Her Majesty at
Windsor yesterday, and was honoured with her gracious and
cordial approbation.
The Premier himself was admitted to kiss hands upon his
elevation to power, but Lord Melbourne and his colleagues
will remain in formal possession of their offices until to-
morrow, when a council will be held at Claremont, at which
their resignations will be accepted, and the new Ministers
will receive the seals of office.

MURDER AT BRlSTOL.—Another appalling instance of
the fatal effects of stabbing occurred at Bristol at the close
of last week. A young man of the name of Hopper, who is
respectably connected, and a carpenter by trade, having had
a quarrel with an Irishman, of the name of M`Carthy, the
latter immediately took out a knife and stabbed Hopper in
the belly. The wound penetrated the abdomen and trans-
fixed one of the small intestines. This took place on Thurs-
day night, and on Saturday morning the unfortunate man
died.‘ A. verdict of " wilful murder' was returned against
M earthy at the coroner's inquest.
o,eiTocusZarnA.Tueß.—On Sunday morning last, at about three
hood, the
lighting the whole of
rilawful thunder-storm visited this neighbour-'
killed by the etecetr lightning being vividly brilliant, and
horizon. We understand two cows were
no other accident ifluidnear the village of Llangendeirne ;
occurred that we have heard of. By a
strange freak of nature
fell on Monday morttin, a Ixail-shower, though very trifling,
very close and sultry, with The weather is now, how-
everCarmarthax Journal. with occasional drizzling rains.—

THE CABINET.

(Feonz the Morning Herald of yesterday)
MitAisterial Leader of the house

of•-Lords, without office Duke of WELLINGTON.
Lord Chancellor Lord LYNDHURST.
President of the Council Duke of BUCKINGHAM
First Lord of the Treasury
Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies

Lord STANLEY.
Secretary of State for the Home
Department Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Bart.
First Lord of the Admiralty
Privy Seal Duke of RICHMOND.
President of Board of Trade Earl of RIPON.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan-
caster Lord WHARNCLIFFE.
Little doubt is entertained as to the three last-mentioned
offices being filled by the three peers we have named, but
there is some descrepancy in the statemeits we have heard
as to the specific distribution. The stronger current of in-
formation seems to be in favour of the arrangement as we
have given it.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of War
NOT IN THE CABINET.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Irish Secretary
Master-General of the Ordnance, Sir GEORGE MURRAY.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, Premier.
Right Hon. H. GOOLBURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor.
Duke of WELLINGTON, President of the Council.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Lord Privy Seal.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Secretary of State for the Home
Department.
Lord STANLEY, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Earl of ABERDEEN. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Attorney-General.
Sir W. FOLLETT' Solicitor-General.
Earl DE GREY, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.

Sir ROBERT PEEL, First Lord of the Treasury.
Right Hon. H. GOULBURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lord WHARNCLIFEE' President of the Council.
Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor.
Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Privy. Seal.
Earl of ABERDEEN, Foreign Secretary.
Lord STANLEY, Colonial Secretary.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Home Secretary.
The Duke of WELLINGTON, in the Cabinet without office.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, President of the Board of Control.
The Earl of HADDINGTON, First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Earl of RIPON, President of the Board of Trade.
Sir F. POLLOCK, Attorney-General.
Sir W. FOLLET'r, Solicitor-General.
Lord LOWTIIER, Postmaster-General.
Sir H. HARDINGE, Secretary at War.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL, Paymaster-General.
Earl de GREY, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
Lord ELIOT, Seeretary for Ireland.
W. E. GLADSTONE, Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged,
but there is no doubt that the following noblemen and gen-
tlemen will hold office in the Ministry :—Lord MARoN,
Lord LIVERPOOL, Lord G. SOMERSET, Earl of CHESTER.
FIELD, Lord F. EGERTON, Sir G. CLERK, Sir W. RAE, Sir
E. SUGDEN, &C.