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From MISREPRESENTATION 10 be Eva
Lerd Stanley, etc.
NEw YORK, May 10s--The Herald's
London special, says: The fortress Lux
embourg will be evacuated BY the Prussian
troops and RACED to the ground. No troops
will be retained within the territory of
Luxembourg, except the force which may
be necessary TO maintain order and preserve
peace.
The pressure which was exerted on the
plenipotentiaries in Congress by the defiant
attitude which the opposing powers main
tanned towards each other, combined with
the knowledge which members had Of the
great war preparations being carried on, on
the continent led to very speedy action on
the part of the conference representatives.
In the House Of Commons on the eve
ming of the 9th, Lord Stanley congratu-
lated the house and country at large on the
fact that good sense and moderation of the
powers, primarily interested, as parties in
the Luxembourg difficulty, had had the
effect of arresting unspeakable calamities
which ensue to thepeople from an European
war. With respect to the part taken by her
Majesty's government in the matter, the
Cabinet acted in accordance with the con-
stitutional usages in their ministerial re-
sponsibility as official advisers of the crown
and sovereign, which responsibility, as
well as the reasons which induced them to
undertake; they were ready to vindicate
to Parliament and before the country. The
matter had become very critical. Ministers
were informed every moment by telegraph
and otherwise of increasing gravity of the
case, 80 he lord Stanley could not take it
upon himself to postpone or DELAY an
amendment desired by all parties inter
ested and proposed in conference, when by
SO doing he would most likely prevent al
together the maturing and giving express
sion to sentiment with reference guarantee
ing neutrality to.Luxembourg. He (Lord
Stanley regretted to observe that the
House of Commons should show suseepti-
bility with regard to the action of the
Cabinet, for he also voted for the guarantee
of the members of the House, and who were
aware that England, and what was an I'M
common occurrence, the remainder of the
great powers, who were parties to the Lux
embourg and Blego-Holland treaty of the
year 1889, had absolutely guaranteed the
territory Of Luxembourg 20 the King of
Holland at that time. What the govern
ment had now done was merely to adopt
that guarantee 10 the present circum.
stances of the case and render it efieacious
in view of the changes which had taken
place in the Gefmanic Confederation Min
istess had not extended, but, on the contra
ry, had rather limited the guarantee in
cnrred in 1888, and BY that action contract
ed the responsibilities which the country
submitted, and under the present negotia-
tons would be bought to conclusion with.
| in few days, and then the papers com
necisd with the proceedings of the London
peace Congress, Of 1867, would be laid
before Parliament
Lord Cheney followed the close of Lord
Stanley's speech, during the close of the
debate in the House of Commons ON the
| DeIsraeli reform amendment
Mr. Gladstone said the government bin
was shallow, transparent, and discFiminat-
ing practice of a measure. He despaired
of its ever being made good or beneficial
by the amendment in the House.
John Bright made speech, in which he
declared the Derby bill the most unjust and
offensive measure ever submitted to the
House of Commons of England.
Mr.. Roebuck and DeIsraeli defended the
government bill plan, and the debate closed
after a speech by the Chancellor Of the Ex-
hequer.
Strangers were then excluded from the
House and division taken. When the
doors were opened, it was declared that the
vote was for the government bill, viz: Fol
the government, 1892 against it, 256; ma
jority for the government, So. The an
nouncement of the result was received with
loud and prolonged cheering from the min.
isterial benches.