The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

LORD ABERDEEN TO MR. MONSELL.

Downing-sreet, June 3, 1853.
My Dear Sir,—lt is with great concern that I have re-
ceived your letter, in which you tender your resignation,
in consequence of the proceedings which took place in
the House of Commons on Tuesday last.

I have to inform you that while the vote on that occasion
had the sanction of the Government, the reasons for that
vote given by Lord John Russell, and the sentiments of
which you complain are not shared by me nor by any of my
colleagues. I wish this to be distinctly understood, as I might
be justly charged with a departure from those feelings
which, both in and out of office, I have held, and still
hold, with regard to the Roman Catholic body, and the
open avowal of which had appeared to several Roman
Catholic gentlemen to justify them in accepting office
under the Government.

Words spoken in the heat of debate are liable to be
misapprehended, and Lord John Russell desires me state
that he did not want to impute want of loyalty to the
Roman Catholics, and that he expressly said that political
and social equality ought to be maintained.
I have made a similar communication to Mr. Kecgh
and Mr. Sadleir ; and, after the explanation, I confidently
trust that you will not persevere in an intention which
would be to me the cause of sincere regret.—l have the
honour to be, my dear Sir, very truly yours,
W. Monsen, Esq. ABERDEEN.

MR. MONSELL TO LORD ABERDEEN,

25, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, June 4.
My Lord,—l beg to to acknowledge, with many thanks,
the receipt of your Lordship's letter.
That letter puts it beyond doubt that the basis upon
which I accepted office remains unshaken, and that the
sentiments of which I complained are not those of your
Lordship's Government.
It is, indeed, deeply to be lamented that a circumstance
should have occurred which required so imperatively the
reassertion by your Lordship of the principles which you
have so long professed ; and I cannot conceal from myself
that even the frank and generous consistency with which
your Lordship has met the occasion may prove insufficient
in some quarters to allay apprehensions which have been
excited.

With me, however, it is otherwise. I have trusted, and
I do trust, that your Lordship, as a highminded states-
man, resolved to deal justly and liberally with a religious
communion which has long suffered from opposite treat-
ment; and henceforth, unless I shall learn from your own
lips, or from formal acts, that the policy of the Govern-
ment is changed, I shall accept every fresh difficulty
which attends its course as a fresh reason for offering to
your Lordship a continuance of the services, humble as
they are, which I am capable of rendering.
Under these circumstances, I can have no hesitation in
acceding to your Lordship's wishes, by withdrawing my
resignation.—l am. my Lord, your faithful and obliged
servant,
To the Earl of Aberdeen. W. MONS ELL.

COMMISSIONERonTuesPdyna' w PHILLIPS,
London,
while crossing the
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cab, but fortunately sustainedno*
as knocked down by a
injury.
FEARFUL EXPLOSION AND SERIOUS ACCIDENTS.—On
Wednesday, an explosion occurred in a house in Great
Queen street, Westminster,
which
wa
serious, if not fatal, injuries, to one of
attended with
Coldstream
guards and his wife. The house was let out '
and Eliza Dye, the wife of one of the Coldstream m lodgings,
guards,
was engaged to clean the place. For the last day
strong smell of gas has been experienced by the ortwoinmates,
a
but no one could tell whence it came, especially as n°
gas was laid on in the building. On Wednesday after-
noon, Robert Dye, the husband of the woman, called to
see her, preparatory to his return to the barracks at
Kensington. Whilst there, the soldier and his wife went
into the coal cellar in front of the kitchen, and under the
pavement, when an explosion took place, which blew
the stone flags up in the street, set fire to both man and
woman, and forced them a considerable distance. Their
screams brought assistance, and several persons rushed
down stairs and rescued them, and having extinguished
the flames about their apparel, they were found to be so
fearfully injured that they were at once removed to West-
minster Hospital. It is at present impossible to tell
whether they can recover. An escape of gas from the
mains in the street having accumulated in the cellar has
been found to have been the cause of the disaster.