New-York tribune., 1868-05-16
GREAT BRITAIN.
DEPUTATioN OF THE IRISH HIERARCHY TO
THE OUFRN.

GREAT BRITAIN
A DEPUTATI0N OF THE IRISH HIERARCHY TO
THE QUEEN.
LONDON, May 15.-An ecclesiastical deputation
waited upon the Queen at Windsor Castle yesterday
and presented TO Her Majesty address from the
Hierarchy of the Irish Church. giving their views in
regard to the great changes contemplated in the
establishment. The Queen replied in vague terms,
not committing herself to the policy of either the
Church OF the Liberal party on the question.
THE PETITION OF NOVA SCOTIA FOR REPEAL OF
THE UNION.
MIDNIGHT-In the House of Commons this even
ing Mr.. John Bright presented petition from the
people of Nova Scotia, praying that Parliament
repeal the act by which that Province was united to
the Dominion of Canada. The petitioners denOunce
the Canadian Union act as an evil uncaled for and
unjust the result of surprise sprung on the people,
and of fraud practced Parliament. After the
reading of the document the evening of the Goth inst
was assigned for debate on the subject.
G. F. TRAIN
MANCHESTER, May 1j.-George Francis Train de-
yered an address at public hall in this city last
night. The audience was small, and the proceedings
were undsturbed the affair attracting little or no
attention
THE REV. DIR. MAC Gosh.
BELFAST, May 15.-The Rev. DIR. James MacCosh
dent of Princeton College. New-Jersey has not yet
decided whether he will accept the position
THE MINISTERIAL CRIsIs-FAMoUs TRIALS IN THE
CoURTs-BURKE AND MR.. BARON BRAMwELL
-TELEGRAMs AND sTEAMERS-SIR ROBERT
NAPIER AND THE HORSE GUARDs-TENNYsoN
WENTWORTH HIGGINsON, AND AMERICAN
LECTURES
From Our Own Correspondent
LONDON, May 2 1865.
ofa aofS dada tfnp mot pf
knowing whether Disrae the king, will still reign
over ms for space, or whether he will abdicate at
once. He went yesterday down to Osborne to see the
Queen. 1t is said that the Queen will not see him
until to-day at o'clock, Mr.. Disrae being obliged
TO content himself meantime with the society of her
Maiesty's maids of honor. This is told as capital
Joke; but indeed it is very serious jest for Mr.
Disrael to whom every minute of time until Monday
night is precious. There are plenty of people who
undertake to tell you what DSrae will do but that
is ali gossip and guesswork. Men who know him
speak of him as stunned by the defeat of Thursday
and the augmented mejoTity against him. No doubt
he ought TO have expected it, but they insist that he
did not that with all his cunning he has no sound
Judgment that he makes the mistake, common TO
men without principle. of believing that others nave
no more than himself and that he half fancied the
majority would somehow dissolve like morning
mist This seems sentimental enough, but who will
venture TO affirm or deny anything OF TINS pohtlcal
necromancerf
self has the favor of deciding whether he VIII DIS
solve Parliament or not The prerogative OF the
Sovereign Is treated as II is the fashion now TO treat
all her political pTerogaves, formal not real. But
the old statesmen say that the queen has still the
right and the duty 10 determine for herself whether
she will dissolve. Lord Russell insists that she IS
bound to refuse, unless III ease OF clear proprety:
For example, when Peel was defeated IN 1916 and
offered his resignation the Queen, acting then under
the advice of Prince Albert, urged him to dissolve
or statesman
that the circumstances were not such as TO give MN
a constitutional right 10 resort 70 dissolution Two
things ne said must concur. There must nave been
defeat of the Ministry on great national question.
There must also be good cause TO believe that the
Ministry could obtain majority by new election
So strong was Peeps conviction against the general
right of dissolution that he drew and presentedto
| the Queen paper, setting forth these and other
| considerations. - ,
Disrael who is supposed to be desperate enough TO
| do anything insist ON dissolution. She has no ad-
| viser Were Prince Albert alive he would unques-
tionably take the responsibility of c0unseDg hef TO
refuse to Weld 20 her Minister'S request An lnde-
pendent peer, of age and experience might & Ho tns
scarcely any such person. Ii would be reekoned IN
yidious and almost indecent for anybody IN active
political life 10 interfere Her Majesty is Therefore
| ycrv much in Disiaes hands, and not very likely
10 defend her own opinion, il she have one against
his urgency. What he will urge is TO all outsiders
| purely matter OF conjecture The most honorable
and most profitable thing he could possibly do would
| he simply to resign That is what would be most
embarrassing TO the Liberals, whose accessiVii
| m office at this moment would be accompanied
with dlfllcultes enough If he does not resign or
dissolve tho Ministry may continue as sort 9i
| Provisional Government passing only supply piis
and fhe Scotch and Irish Reform bills ANA gong 10
the country as as II can appeal TO the new eon
stitnencies IT, however. Disraeli does dissolve AT
once he taxes the suIest aud speedlest method 10
comnass his own fnal defeat. No human oeihg' un-
lass n be the Prime Minister, doubts that an lhhe-
date general election would send back 70 rafameht
n Liberal majority stronger than that by which he
has inst been beaten They would be 10 theiT seats
in month or six weeks and there would NOT lee one
;ota of business done till the Ministry had been ex,
Nailed by direct want of confidence Vote ltiS hafd
~ hsIieye that even Mr. Disraeli, for the sake of
another month of barren power Woud supIect hhi-
sslf TO this needless humiliation.
The Law Courts absorb this week an unusual share
of attention. There have been the Fenian trials re-
Snlting In the conviction of Burke and Shaw; the
S0rnceedings against OK Gov. Eyre, in which the
Jamaica Committee have at last gained
Doint, The Tchborpe baronetcy on preliminary
Fearing and the closing arguments in the suit
against the spirituaist, Home. In this latter, the
| Wee chancellor announced that az II was of
frst impression he should reserve his decision till
| naIt term which begins May 2e No lawyer doubts
that Mr. Home viii be made to disgorGe his Dlnnder