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/ Az previously .tased, Lord Russell. ON ne
z9tn uIumo. announced in the House Of Lords.
snd MT Gladstone in the Commons, thar me
Queen had accepted the resig alton OF the MIN
istry. The cause of the dewnfali of The Oabi-
net was It's defeat IN Parliament on he reform
bill.
Earl Russell, in explaining the cause Of the
Al last came question on which there was
amaJority Of eleven against the Government.
Now that division was-ss her Majesty was
pleased 10 oeserve-a division upon poanto Of
detail; but n 10 had been merel y upon q point
Of detail, n IL had been merely question. for
instance, between a rental and q rating ouali-
heauon, we might easily have consentsd 70
rating qualification, or b. some other means.
have convinced the House Of Commons that
lalne was not proper test as q Qualifcatio
ior The franchise. hut my lords, coming after
50 many attempts 20 obsuuct, delay, and de-
feat the bill. we cannot bot consider that Il was
hopeless ior us TO pursue the course Of the pre-
cent Oil Vi course, we should have been
raoy 10 postpone the bill after the franchise
sion; bot IL would have been useless for there
was determined spirit Of hostility 20 the bill
so that there was no chance for a. The Gov
sfnmen', tnefeiore, resolved 70 tender 10 her
Mr. Gladstone gave an elaborate account OF
the view taken by the Ministry OF the vote in
the Heuse OF Commons, and added:
We arrived at the conclusion that
enectnal progress with the blll-progress such
as would rl0ye the standing ground OF the
House OF Commons relatively 10 the bill sepsi-
bly, dinerent at the end OF our labors 70 what AZ
had oten at the begInning-such progress had
become impossible. and that conseQ uently as
between the alternatives i have named, OF an
endeayor 70 accept the judgment Of the House
ana acapt IL TO the frame work of our bill, and
that other equally legitimate alternative OF
res1fnation, our duty was in the first I'M tan ce
on Tuesday last, and finally, on having the
opportunity OF comm munication, through her
MaJesty's gracious kindness, with her Majesty
Offices
1t is understood that the Q ueen has charged
Lord Derby with the duty OF forming a new
cabinet. The London Times says:
We are informed that Lord Derby will use
uation upon so broad a basis as TO include sew
eral gentlemen who have not hitherto been at
tached 10 the conservative party, although
they nave recently acted with il in opposition
to the reform bill
The most important office. especially in the
present state of Europe. as unquestionably
that OF Secretary for Foreign Affairs. II we
are correctly informed, and subject, Of course,
10 the appreciation Of Her Majesty, IL will be
proposed 10 entrust this great department 20
Lord Stanley. Such an appointment will, we
believe, be generally approved, and will OBJ
taln tne commence OF the public In the foreign
policy Of the government
Mr.. Dsraeli. Lord Cranborne, Sir Bulwer
Lytton, and Sir Hugh Cairns will, of course
be prominent members of the new administra-
ZION. Lord Stanhope will also probably ac-
cept once, and IL is hoped that some of the
more conservative wings Will Join Lord Der
oy, who would be prepared TO concede TO
them an adequate representation IL the cab