, 1881-08-07

the Lords. In l720, the Wings, being then in
power, proposed bill limiting the creation
Of fresh Peers, i'll order, rs was stated, to Sc
cure the independence Of the House OF Lords,
and tile bill, ueing opposed by Walpo1c, was
| defeated, thus leaving it conceded that the
Grown may create new Peers to override ali
| adverse majority i'll the Lords.
The most important case was that, how
ever, Of the conflict between the two Houses
OH the passage of the Parliamentary Reform
bill i'll the reign of William w. In 1881 the
| bill reforming Parliamentary representation
WAS ordered to 4 sccond reading i'll the Com
mD!s BY Il majority Of one III IL total Of G0s
! After weeks debate, Oil a division the
! Ministry WAS defeated BY Il majority Of eight.
| The King thercupon dissolved parlimcnt The
appeal to the country by the Ministers WIS
triumphantly answered, and i'll September
the new House of Commons passed tho bill
by. :;;45 10 :,:t. The House of Lords rejected
the bill by Il majority of forty-onc. The next
day the Commons, by a resolution, rcntlirmed
its devotion to tile principles Of the bill; the
session, however, closed without any further
action. During tie recess tile country WIS
greatly excited, and riots and tnmllts existed
III MANY parts of the Kingdom. At the IT.
assembling Of Parliament 1t new hill was i'll
truGureu, and III March, 1872, was passed by
the Commons. In the House of Lords
there was Il decided majority against
the Ministry, and the debate WAS
adjourned for Il week. The next day the
Cabinet decided to ask the king for tue per-
mission to create new Peers. The King re-
fliscu his assent whcreuppdl the Ministers
resigned. T1iecosntry was III alarm. Meet
il,gs we're held ali over England, ant! petit
tions fayoring the bill were forwarded Vain
efforts were made to form I; new Ministry,
and after several weeks delay the old Min
istry resumed Office on the following promise
bein, given by tile King:
The King grants permission to Earl Grey |
aid 10 his Ehancrlior BrouEkn'n. to creatc such
the passage OF the Reform bill, frs. calling up !,
Peers eldest sons. tSigncl)
WINDSOR, Slny Il, l&e. WILLIAM, X.
Tile King personally urged the Peers to !
withdraw their opposition. Il sufficient nunl-
her Ut the Tory Peers ahsrntca themselves
from The House and allowed the bill to pass.
The power to create new Peers was not eN-
crtis,'., but that it would have been had the
Lords not surrendered is known.
Tile prospective conflict between the two
Houses Oh the Irish Land bill will rcneW the
struggle rs 10 the supremacy uf the Coul-
HONS. Nlr. Gladstone, backed by the great
popular sentiment Of the Kingdom, is net 4
:,an to finch in the presence OF Il hostile
House Of Lords, particularly when the depo-
sition or abolition of the Lords rs branch !
il lhe Government is 4 measure strongly all
'ocatcd BY Il large mass OF the people. The
| c1,,{ .3.F. |
}rlcr, and it is among the possibilities that
)ut uf the struggle on this Land bill may |
5roW some radical measures concerning
suffrage, reformed representation. and spc-
'ial privileges, that may practically render
he House OF l4orls comparatively impo-
cnt part Ut tho British Legislature.