The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-22

srrrnurss ns GLApsTeSs AND DIsaAEII ~
rur HeusE or COMMONS on THURspAY.--h l.
f3laistosle said that be was now able 70 Az :,
.anasnt. the House with the fact that nc an"
his colleagues in Office, with her MaJ.st3 ,
.,arn;ssfon. were prepared TO carry on M. ~.
fsnvornYoent "a before. lie eSpasncu 'u'S
A thst n ,,,ae only after the party OPPOSITE n't
,inconditionaly refused TO form -n'. W. ~
that he and his friends had cohseh'co ~ ~
sums Office. , .,,, .,o opoo., had
,.;van him permjssion to read an extract from
: statement he had made to her Majesty. II
1,as to tbe effect that he did not suppose that
,he efforts of the Opposition TO defeat the
government were made with the deliberate
infention of refusing TO organize new
Cabinet, If 1t should be required Of them,
but the summary refusal given when the oc-
casion arose he considered not fully in &C
cord with the cXigcncicS of the case nor
with Parliamentary usage.
The Premier'S statement was frequently
interrupted by applause, which was warm
and long.continued at the close.
Mr.. Disraeli explained the course he had
thought proper to pursue since the DC
ginning Of the crisis. He confessed that the
difficulties between himself and the Irish
Catholics were unSurmouRfabc. n new
Cabinet would require until Easter to get
into working order. Even then it would
have to deal with financial estimates made
by its predecessor, aud would probably be
I oateoted every night in Parliament. The
dissolution Of the House had been suggested,
but why dissolve the sitting on the opposi.
ton benches? He and his friends had dis:
ficulty in forming policy on SO short a
notice, and it was not expected that they
could appeal TO the country without policy
on questions more important than that ct the
Irish University bill. =.
There were many questions on which II
had been impossible to mature policy
even in the Oppos;tion-such rs the Central
Asia difficulties, the new rules introduced
into international law by the Geneva Board,
the pavment Of the award for the Alabama
claims, the commercial treaty with France,
and others of equa! magnitude. All things
considered, he had felt it his dlliy to decline
the responsibility Of organizing new Gov
erDment.
The Queen herself had suggested DISCO
luton OF the Parliament He had declined
to advise such step, and stated TO her Nh
iesty that in his opinion there was 10 adequate
reason for the Government 70 resign, and that
It might return 10 office without the slightest
loss Of honor. and to the greatest possible
convenience OF public Interests.
Mr. Disraeli closed with the remark that
possibly some of lis supporters in the House
might be dissatisfied, 10 which there were
loud cries Of "No, no."
In the House OF Lords Earl Granville an
nounced the decision of tic Government in
q speech differing little from that Of Glad
stone.
The Duke of Richmond defended the con-
duct of the leaders of the Opposition in the
crisis. 1t had been asked. if DiSracl was
not willing to undertake the task Of forming
a Ministry, why did nc labor TO put the Gov
ernment in minority in the House: lie
combatted the idea Of Inconsistency, and
eulogized Disracli, who, lie declared, had ill.,
creased the luStre OF his tame as Il statesman
BY his wise, patriotic, and unscllish action in
the present emergency.