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SALISBURY AND DERRY.


A great deal has been said about
a keen encounter between the Mar
quis of Salisbury and the Earl of
Derby on a question of veracity.
AS we are now in possession of the
copy of the London Times which
contains the debate in question, we
cut out the spicy portion of it, that
our readers may see how they man.
age those little affairs in the House
of Lords:
The Marquis of Salisbury-And
now go, my lords, to the question
of Cyprus. With respect to that
question, my lords, we have had an
advantage, which we have fire.
quently enjoyed in recent times, of
revelations from the dark interior
of the Cabinet. In fact, whenever
my noble friend speaks he has a
stock of revelations TO make. This
is the third time my noble friend
has spoken since he left the Cabinet,
and on each of these occasions we
have had an instalment of the fatal
tale. The same objection was made
to DIR. Oates when he brought for
ward successive fragments of his
disclosure. When tainted with the
fact, his answer was that he did not
know how much the public would
endure. "a laugh.) But, my lords,
| venture to point out on this Occa-
sion that there is great incOnven-
fence in revelations from the interi-
or of the Cabinet. (Hear.) OF course
my noble friend must treat his obi
cations in the spirit which pleases
himself. / do not know that |
should like to pronounce as broadly
and palpably as he has to the world
that everyone who serves with him
i'm a Cabinet must be prepared to
have what passes introduced pub
licly, in spite of the rule which has
heretofore been observed. But in
the present case / have only to deal
with the statement my noble friend
made, to the effect that a resolution
was come to in the Cabinet to take
the Island of Cyprus and post on
the coast of Syria by a secret eXpe-
ditiOn, and that that was the ground
on which he left the Cabinet, and to
say that that is a statement which,
as far as my memory goes, is not
true.
The Earl of Derby-I rise to or
der
The Marquis of Salisbury-Well,
is not correct.
The Earl of Derby-I beg to ask
the noble marquis whether he in
tends to impute that l made an I'M
true statement?
Earl Granville rise to order.
The statement of the noble marquis
is not in accordance with the prac-
tice of the House, and is not parlia-
mentary.
The Marquis of Salisbury-A
statement was made which l was
bound to answer, and the language
l used did not necessarily impugn
the veracity of the speaker.
Earl Granville-"NOt true" were
the words.
The Marquis of Salisbury-Well,
not correct. If l had to rely on my
memory only should hesitate, be-
cause my noble friends memory is
one of considerable power; but |
have to say, on behalf of my noble
friend the Prime Minister behind
me, on behalf Of my noble friend
the Lord Chancellor, on behalf of
my noble friend the Secretary for
India, of my right honorable friend
the Chancellor of the EXchequer, of
my right honorable friend the First
Lord of the Admiralty, who hap
pened to be in the House at the
time, and on behalf of my right
honorable friend the Home Secre-
tary, and of my noble friend the
President of the Council, who were
not in the House, and whose teSti-
mOny must depend upon the account
they received of the speech have
to say on their behalf that the state
ment of the noble lord the late For
eign Secretary is not correct. (Hear,
hear.) My lords, 1 have before
dwelt upon the extreme incOnven-
fence of these revelations. l have
been called to order by the noble
earl opposite, who thought that |
used unparliamentary language
but it is obvious that these revela-
tions as to conversations that passed,
and of which no record was made,
must in the nature of things be eX-
posed to error, and more especially
as to an assembly that very seldom
comes to a definite or clear decision
until the time for action has arrived.
All possible suggestions are made,
all possible policies are examined,
and it is possible that my noble
friend may have mistaken some
project put forward by this men,
Der of the Cabinet or that. For my
part / am at a loss to know what
my noble friend alludes to, but GER
tain il is that no such resolution as
that which he describes was, within
our memory, taken by the Cabinet.
At the same time the noble earl OPP
pOsite has placed himself on the
side of my noble friend, and thinks
that those revelations
Earl Granville really must
rise to order. / did not rise to inn
pugn what the noble marquisstated,
but to say that, when he said an
assertion of a peer made in his place
was not true, he used language
which was not parliamentary. l
merely rose to call the noble mar
quis to order, and l think / was
justified in doing so. (Hear, hear.) !
The Marquis of Salisbury was
going to found on my protest against I
my noble friend an appeal to the !