The Bee-Hive. — 1873-03-22 (London, England)

THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.  In the House of Commons, on Thursday evening, amongst the distinguished visitors who crowded the peers' and strangers' galleries at an early hour wero Prince Arthur, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Christian, Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Bishop of Chester, Lord Abinger, the Earl of Kimberley, Lord Midleton, Viscount Sydney, Lord Halifax, the Earl of Powis, the Earl of Kenmare, the Earl of Airlie, and Lord Eversley. A large number of fashionably-dressed ladies, who were waiting nearly half-an-hour in the lobby, occupied the ladies' gallery. At half-past four, Mr. Gladstone, who, on rising, was received with cheers, advanced to the table and said—Mr. Speaker, I am now able to acquaint the House that I and those who were my colleagues in the Cabinet untilthe vote of Wednceday morning week, that we have received her Majesty's gracious permission to resume the offices we then respectively held, and that we are prepared to carry on the Government as before that vote. (Cheers.) While, of course, I need not say that We retain the liberty which is at all times essential to the discharge of the functions of the Government. (Hear, hear.) We shall endeavour to proceed, both with rearTc.t to legislation and with respect to administration, in the seine manner, and upon the same principles as those who have hitherto governed our conduct, to address ourselves to the discharge of our arduous public duties, relying steadfastly upon the continued confidence of the present House of Commons. Mr. Disraeli, before proceeding to discuss the differences of opinion betwcen himself and and the right lion, gentleman opposite, gave a brief account of what had taken place during the crisis so far as he was concerned. After this he proceeded to lay before her Majesty the reasons which had led him to that conclusion. Although the course of elections during the past two years had shown that a considerable change had taken plane in favour of the party with which he noted, yet he informed her Miiiesty that Mr. Gladstone bad a majority, which he fixed at 88. There was no party, to which ho could look for extraneous aid, because the majority by which the present Government had been defeated belonged to the Liberal side of the House, and there could be no bond of union between himself and them.  The Column of the Placa VendO'ne is to be re-erceted Ls it stood when it was destroyed.  • The Burmese Embassy was received with great distinction at Gaits and Colombo, and was to leave on the 19th inst. for Kandy  Six of the nine principal metropolitan volunteer corps invited to take part in a review in Alexandra Park have declined to do so, but it is probable that a field-day, on a limited scale, will be held in the park.  On Thursday morning George Ridont 'Theodore Bingham was brought up at the Aldershot (county) Police-court, charged, on his own confession, with the murder of Maria Jane Clousen, in Kidbrook-Jane, on the 26th of April, 1871. Prisoner was undefended. Ile still persisted in avowing his guilt, and was again remanded.  As the Omagh jury have not been able to agree in the ease of Montgomery, indicted for the murder of Mr. Glass, the assizes have been adjourned to the 27th inst., when the prisoner will be re-tried.  14