The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-25 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TounsDAY.

THE MINISTERIAL DEFEAT IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
Mr. ROEBUCK asked Lord J. Russell what course the govern-
ment intended to purue in consequence of the result of the
debate in the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord J. RUSSELL read the resolution submitted by Lord
Stanley, and agreed to by the House of Lords, and said he
could not assent to the interpretation which that resolution
placed upon the law of nations. The noble lord was proceed-
ing, when
Mr. DISRAELI rose to order, and said the noble lord, instead
10f answering the question, was entering into a discussion of
what took place in the House of Lords—a discussion for
which he might find a more fitting opportunity.
Hon. members on both sides of the house here betrayed con-
siderable excitement.
Lord J. RUssELL said the question was very short, but it
was also very general, and he must therefore answer it as he
was about to do, or remain altogether silent. (Cries of "Go
en.") The first part of the resolution he disagreed with alto-
gether. The second part was a censure on the government,
anl he would at once say they were not going in any way to
alter their foreign policy in consequence of that resolution.
"Ile was not prepared to resign the government of the country
into the hands of those who were prepared to act upon that re-
solution. The noble lord quoted former precedents, one 140
years ago, and another during the administration of Earl
Grey, in which such censures coming from the House of Lords
bad been disregarded; and he believed in adopting that line of
policy, they had conferred an important service
i on the country..
:Mr. Disraeli, who had interrupted him, was n close political
connexion with Lord Stanley, and he might, had he chosen, have
moved a similar resolution in that house, had he believed in
its soundness. He would the more certainly have adopted this
course, because in that house sat the minister who was respon-
sible for every proceeding of the government. He repeated
that the government would persevere in its foreign policy, and
if the hon. and learned member wished to found a motion upon
the subject, he would take care he should have the earliest
possible day for bringing it forward. (Cheers.)
Mr. DISRAELI said the reason the question was not brought
forward in the house was because discussion was always depre-
cated on the ground of pending negociations. He begged to
inform the noble lord that there was no want of sympathy and
concurrence between the gentlemen around him and Lord
Stanley, and he should be prepared to defend the resolution of
the noble lord whenever it should be brought under discussion.
Mr. ROEBUCK said he would, on Monday, move a resolution
Upon this question, because he believed the condition of the
government was crippled by the vote of the House of Lords,
and it became therefore necessary that the world should know
whether her Majesty's government enjoyed the confidence of
the people. He would move the following resolution :-
41 That the principles which have hitherto regulated the
foreir,n policy of her Majesty's government are such as were
required to preserve untarnished the honour and dignity of
this country, and at all times best calculated to maintain peace
between this country and the various nations of the world."