Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-30

of 613 members, the division was
taken, with the sresult of leaving the
ministers in q minority OF IL.
Eleven days later the chancellor OF
the %exchequer formally announced
the resignation Of himself and bis
colleagues, and Lord .Falmerston took
new ministry, like that which Lord
Derby had displaced at the beginning
Of the year, was q COALITION and ~.
Guided among its members %both
wings and Peelites, g we'll as a mall
infusion of the more advanced liberal
element. Such as ftswas, however,
il was strong enough to maintain its
position, with sundry changes, for
seven ysars-fron 1859. to 1856. On
that period il is unneeessary to dwell
Lord Beacensfeld,
CONTINUED TO LEAD THE oPPosI-
TON sNryGjfG =
but made few speeches Of importance,
and carefully abstained from all ap-
Eearance of factious hostility to the
existing order Of things. HE prin-
cipal efforts were by way OF criticism
Of Mr.. Gladstone's financial policy,
aud in opposition to the form of the
commercial treaty with France jnego.
tiated by Mr.. Golden aud Sir Louis
Mallet.
The question of reform still block
1ecseae way, and when tho session of
aoo1 opened, tho ,queen's speech an.
.02S6nced that the government of the
day had prepared a measure, which
was eventually brought forward by
Mr.. Gladstone N the 18th Of March.
The principal features Of the bill
we're . ETA country franchise; q
borough franchise for every person
who could show that he had had ESQ
in a savings bank for two years-on
the principls of Mr.: Disraeli's much
abused ''fancy franchises ;" a G7'rent-
al franchise, with provisions for the
compound householders and the
lodgers. The bill was defeated by Q
majority Of eleven The death of
Lord Palmerstsu brought Lord Dor
by into the premiership. but it hap
psned that the general election of
1865 had given to tho liberal party .
small accession of strength, aud thus
1t. came to pass that, fer the third
time, Mr.. Disraeli found himself COM
PEELED to take Office, with q minority
to support him in the popular assem-
bly,. When parliament met, On the
5th- of February, 1867, q very promi-
nent place in the queens speech was
occupied by the question Of the rep-
resentation of the people.
A week later Mr.. Disraeli announc.
ed that the government had deter
mined TO proceed by resolution, aud
would not, Sy4briDgiug In q bill, make
it one Of those questions Which should
decide the tate of the cabinet, for the
simple reason that all parties had at
tempted to deal with it, aud all had
alike failed.
TIE house have refused to proceed
by resolution, . bill smbodying the
substance Of those offered by the
government at the opening OF the
session was brought in. AEl-
LORD BEAooNsFIELD SUCCEEDED !
in getting ''reformy ont Of the ways,
and in passing y popular measure. Z.
I Before the end of tho session the,
question Of the Irish church 1eomeds
menacingly in tho future.
, In the midst Of all the difficulties,
enus An8AA8 w Az PASA0 u su0y
tory government, it received at thS
close ofFebruary what many persons
considered its death-bfow. by the
resignation Of Lord Derby in conss-
quence Of failing health.rIn ANNOUNCE
ing tho fact IN tho house of iords,-
Lord Malmesbury stated that Mr..
Disraeli had received her majesty's;
to forma ministry land &C!
cordingly, on the 9th of Februsry.
the chancellor of the !excheqler. had
an audience of the queen, and kfsssd
her hand as first lord Of the treasury.
The new government had veryslttle
opportunity Of showing what It could
10, fer, OF the Esd of the same month,
Mr.. Gladstone gave notice OF his in
tention to move the famous three res
olutions on the dissstablishment of
the Irish church, and on this question
the government was defeated.
RELIEVED FROM THE IMMEDIATE
CARES
Of government, the tory leader re-
turned for q while to bis fret love,
and produced, aftera long interval
Of silence, "Lothair," certainly
not the worst, Of his novels
"Lothalr" was,from tbs fret an un-
usually successful novel, pa rtly, ne
doubt, from the ease with which Its
readers tancied that they couldsiden-
tify the hero with well-known mar
quis Of enormous wealth, who had
recently Joined the church of Rome,
and partly for the haste with, which
other Representatives." were detected,
but principally from the light which
it cast upon its authors views Of gem
eral politics.
The session Of 1873 opened with a
speech from the throne, in which a
prominent place was given to .the
question of Irish university reform.
When the bill was introduced it was
found to embody all the clauses to
which objection had been taken on
former occasions, together with q
few new ones, apparently designed
to crafty the rapidly increasing am
bitlon of the Irish ultramontanes.
On this question.
MR.. GLADSTONE WAS DEFEATED
and MI. Disraeli was again primo
munster.
In November Of this year he was
chosen by the students of Glasgow
university TO fill the, office of ford
rector, and received iu that city q
welcome second to none save to that
which had been given to him by
Manchester eighteen months before.
The address to the students was
ueually n%on-political in its character,
and was such as might have been.
expected from q veteran itterateur.
The struggle which began in 1882
ended VITA the general election of
1874. On the l7th of February, with
out waiting for the assembling Of
the new parliament, Mr.. Gladstone
at last gave up the seals Of office, and
Mr.. Disrssli became once more prime
minister, but this time with q major
ity of more than fifty at his back.
For two years he.led the house Of
commons with consumnats tact aud
discretion. His wonderfur knowledge
Of human nature-a knowledge *.
bibited not less in his novels than in
the vents of life-had enabled him
to gather around him a body of min.
isters, many of whom were wholly
new to official life, but all of whom
have BY what they have done since
their appointment fully approved hi