New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-14
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
THE BRITISH ARMY REGULATION BILL.

3i3t or Earl GrlnNille having lrOpO-cu ~
tho second reading OF the Army Regulation bill unth
after vote Of had been disposed Of the Duke
OF Richmond expressed his concurrence In this arrange
mcnt
TIE Duke OF Richmond then sid that the abolition OF
Purchase by royal warrant when their LcriShp' ai nov
refused to pass the second reading OF the Army b D",
had only asked for further Information was an event
which for Importance could scarcely be paraeled IN
the British Parliamentary history, and which imposed
upOn their LordslipS corresponding Responsibility 10
Inaintain the honor of their House. Under s1cn
circumstances tho Crown ought NOT 20 nave peel az
vsed 10 exercise the ROYAL provocative without
references to any act Of Parliament II The Crown
had been asserted by Lord Granville on the even
ing the warrant was signed 1t had been imploPcry az
yscd and Her Majastys signature had been Improperly
obtained Although it was In The power OF the crown 10
set mp the network Of vested iAGIesls err ,. y nry
Purchase the Crown could hot alone G MIRO Mo'h' kel
ria them, and IL distinct interference wth thc
legislative unton5 OF tieir LordSDpo 10 ths we la.
ont OF hCif hands VINE the hll was SIN Dt!oFc lnth
Was that House dciiDelatye assembly or not, or was
Of the Government The Duke OF Richmond asked their
Lordsps enter protest as strong and aS decOros az
itrcatci tn render ali discussion liable TO be arrested
by the Sc oOo, sic jpbco" OF al impei0us Minister
Earl Granville, after pleasant reference TO the
brightest CONS OF the speech Of the Duke OF
Richmond which he declared to be his quotations. from
three of The speeches Of his colleagues at the Man
sion House, examined the alternatives before
before the Government. and declared that the only
cour,n oren 10 them was deal VITA Army Purchase ~
no royal Prnrogptivc. The Government were asked
months ago. But" lcd Earl Granville us II posi-
bic your Lor ships Gln doubt what he object o. tne
Government was The ilustrioas Duke lCamDrdgel
said one Of bis chief objections to tho abolition OF pi
chase was the imp.SsDility as he up to lrry sno.t
time go, had Thought IT, OF the lio.,r o.
securing that compensation which ho thought Jus, ana
liberal to the officers. That was not merely lne In
nets. The Government wished - abolish PIIelG,'cj
bnt thoy wished c0ncurcnlY with it 70 81 plilmn-
tary sanction for legal and pecunaIy hlemnly Ior
the officers who had been violating ire NV noun
under system winch Involved no moral I"lI''"'o VA
their part"
The Marquis of sasbury accused the Government Of
having committed grave breach OF constitutional usage
in having brought Army Purchase within Parliamentary
jurisdiction, aud in having afterward snapped theF
fingers in their Lordships faces when they were out
voted. Examining and declaring TO be insufficient the
pretexs by which the conduct OF the Government hi
been Justified in calling up dormant EOyd fftroSt
he expressed belief mat mp to the rejection 81 tne
Army Bill the Government had not determined 10 ISSUE
The Royal warrant bat that in 80 doing cy were actu
ted by passion and resentment Earl Granyile haNihg
given point to this charge by parliamentary chteT, lh9
Marquis of Salisbury retOrted that Earl Grdnyic had
made the most rel lctt instrument o ll'9itlS te
Order winch he belonged, but That trif Iors1ips
knew tn. Dictator under whom ne served Thc resolution
was no impractical proceeding because 1t might NOT ne
followed by the resignation OF me Mibl,tiy, anu nc I
described the motion an invitation to the plDc 10
join them in condeDning an act when was a menace to
tie independence on PtrIIneht ana IN ll2ti. fP
ac,ow!scd and never miru7ed authority oi tAe HOUSE
ot LORDS.
The Duke Of Argyll said the Marquis Of salisbury had
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fare ana followed that up by OF the btereat ana
narrowest party speeches heard in the House OF
Lords Hear hear II the act of Government was UNI
preccdentcd then the Justification was that they were
placed in position entirely unprecedented by the VOC
oP that House The House Of refused to pass the
bill which enabled the Government to zeal WIN fut-
chase until they had produced the whole scheme Oh army
wau1 OF confidence; bur, knowing that they
were in permanent minority Oh ~ tt or i ,o
in the House, the Government DID nor III lhe clI-
pumI u
was n Of want of confidence IN the queen pott!!
mcnt and nterfcred i'm unconstitutional manner wiz
the rights and prOrOgatiyes of the Crown Ihe que Oh
Argyll cont uled, also that the wore Gazing l0r thc
wiGe scheme unreasonable. All the pretendel ar
euiurnls that had been advanced as 10 it, Beng mere
postpoing tho BIZ for few days were MOI con
with facts of tue case or Wiih MS usiy
straightforward character he VOC was praclcn i -,
Government do They might have resigned; Dut II,
with large majority in the Other hose I4Gelai Coy
authority and influence of the House OF Lords.
The Earl of Derby said that his speech on the Army
bill had been quoted justification OF the abolition OF
Purchase by the Royal Warrant there was wide differ
ence between pointing out that certain course wa pos
sibe and recommending that it should be taken After
critcslng unayorably the taken by the Govern
ment he finally condemned IL as bad III constitutional
point OF view, aud worse as precedent; and reBrettng
cause he heartily join ri in the of ceusre. The
olution IN ght not produce a political change. but 1t
not statcsmiHshp ana that smart practice did not pay
III the long run.
regulating Purchase reanrmed his opinion the expe-
diency OF aboli,hns Purchase but justified his vote on
the Army bill III the absence Of any plan of army reOr
ganzaOn Their LOTdshipS, he said, would also be per-
ecy justified in visiting with their condemnation the
undue ntorpositlOn OF the Royal Provocative. aud a
OF proceeding which tended 10 the SraNest aHd
most mischieyOus consequences.
The Lord Chancellor defended the action of the Gov
crnment and enlarged upon the weight aud importance
of tho task which the national deenscs imposed on
Them The House, he said had left the Government in
position which they had either to leave the defense OF
the country untouched for another session, do
thing get ont o: - present difficulty II they
to continue the functions OF tile Government, and do
what they believed 10 be necessary for the organization
of the army the only honorable ana straightforward
course before them to the powers winch they
possessed for the abolition OF Purchase. lie did not be-
uCYc that by passing this vote they
doing much TO promote the harmony which he was
DESTROYS to see eSlstnS between the two Houses lie
believed that 1t would be ,rultinl IN inSchef, aud mat
in the present to be defeated would be more glorious
than t. be ylctOrS.
The House then divided on the Duke of Glchmonls
resolution to cenSure the Government, and the vote
stood: Content, l62; Not Content, making majority
against the resolution. The result received with
loud and prolonged cheering. The Army bill was then
read second time and the Committee on The Bill liked
for the first of August.
COMMENTS OF THE LONDON PRESS on TIE Ac-
TION OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
The vote of the Lords shows more forcibly
than the words any speaker the resentment OF the
Upper House, and when We hnd Lord Derby Character
izng the practice OF the Ministry "astuteness aud
not statesmanshp,' and assuring them that smart
practice does not pay in the long rum may ina zine
what is felt by men with minds not well
governed as his The pr0yocatiOn, indeed,
seems to have been enough to make calm men
excited and eXctahe men grave Ii is impossible 70 put
the claims Of the House OF Lords on q more moderate
level than this and though We believe that the special
question under discussion the voice OF the constituencies
would have been clearly pronounced for the abolition OF
Purchase cannot allow that any Ministry has the
right to act upon the assumption that they supported
by the country when it is denied by branch OF the
legislature.
from TIE Ecrs
This whole controversy Is, however. only symptom
OF difficulty which the nation Will have 10 face before
many years The speakers both sides last
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