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er in the constitution—in that event , the noble earl V \ reiy on having , if not the cordial , at all events the ^ nJere and conscientious support of the great Conservative rtv in this country . He will find , if the past cannot be ? ro-otten that at least personal feeling shall exercise no fluence ' on our conduct , and he will find that he will be Encountered on the part of myself and my friends by no facti ous opposition , and that he will be met by no unprincipled combination . " Referring to tlio state in which he leaves public ffaii'Sj he said , our foreign relations are better than when Lord Malmesbury entered office ; and , resolved to leave no doubt ; of bis entire concurrence with that Minister , he thus sang his praises : —
" I rejoice to have this opportunity of bearing my testimony to one than whom no one has been more unsparingly and , I venture to say , more unjustly maligned than my noble friend . From first to last I have had no cause for anything but self-gratulation in having obtained for that department the services of one who , without previous political experience , has brought to bear an ability , a diligence , and a good judgment on the affairs of his department , which reflects the highest credit upon him , and which I venture to say has extorted the applause and admiration of old and experienced diplomatists , against whose views he has on more than one occasion had to combat , and successfully to combat . " Law reform furnished another subject of eulogy , and
then be came to the subject of . the national defences . " I think I may take credit for our having done thisfor having for the first time broken the apathy—the , dangerous apathy , the existence of which was most injurious to the public service , in regard to the internal defences of this country ; and if we leave the affairs of this country ia such a state that there is no fear of hostility from abroad—in a state of friendly relations with all the great Powers we leave it also in a condition of self-defence which is almost completed , and towards the full completion
of which we have laid a ground which I trust will not be abandoned by those who may succeed us , who , I trust , will not be neglectful of those great elements of seltdefence which we have called into operation , the old and constitutional force of the militia , and an increase to that naval force which must ever bo , in the first instance , the safeguard of this country . My lords , we leave the administration of this country in a state , I hope , of tranquillity , of contentment , and of prosperity ; at peace with all foreign powers , with increasing , if not with iully ^ accomplished , means of self-defence and self-dependence .
Lord Aberdeen , to his great surprise , had asked him to adjourn the House until Monday ; blitlooking to . the inconvenience of detaining their lordships in town over Christmas-day , be should move the adjournment of the House to Thursday . The Duke of Newcastle said that Lord Derby had not realized his wisb of avoiding a controversy . He had made a statement which the Duke of Newcastle begged to deny positively , but he hoped courteously . Lord Derby stated that he saw at the commencement of the session a determination on the part of three parties , whom he enumerated , to overthrow the Government , and he quoted the speech of Sir James Graham in the other
House of Parliament , to prove that attempts wore made to form a combination by which the Government would be prevented from bring ing thoir measures before the country . " My lords , the very opposite of that statement is the truth . The part which he did take whs announced by the right lion , baronet as having been taken by himself , in concert with my noble friend , Lord Aberdeen , who is now absent ; and 1 think it is absolutely necessary for me , or for some ono of his friends—he has very few in this I rouse—to rise in his place and to state the real facts of the case . My lords , I say that the statement of tho right honourable baronet wan thi s—that attempts were made b y u few gentlemen—himself included—to prepare a resolution which
should combine ) the whole of the friends of Froc-tmelo , and to separate that resolution from all appearance ol opposition to the Government . It was for that express purpose Mint my rig ht honourable frieniel fruincd his resolution ; and my lords , ciin there be a more conclusive ) proof that , the ;™ w « w no such combination us the noble ) oarl stated than the ) simple fact that , tho very words which my rig ht , hem . f ne-iic framed wore tlio words which were ) eventually accepteel and aelopteid by tho (< ove > rrn » ont , though thevy eliel not , receive ) the muieitioii mid approbation of tlio lion , gentleman to whemi the ; noble earl ullueled as having moved the- first re-Holution P Mlords 1 luive already said J de > not , wish tei
y , arouse * eiontroversy ; but it is elue to my rig hl . honourable ! friend in tlio other Mouse ) it is due to tlio noble oarl , that Hiieh a stnte'inent shoulel not go forth iincontradiclcd . The ! opposite ) . sl . nteuii'nfc is the case ) . It , was their strong and eiirn «) Ht dosive ) that the * noble ) oarl uuel his e-olleugucs in the : other House e > f Parliament ; shoulel pr oduce ) before tlm country their measures ; anel the e-our . se of my rig hl . honourable ) irienel , and of those to whom the ) noble ) oarl alluded UH members of a parly ui' . ' ?" > the ) e-nurso they took witli regarel to the msolutioii moved by tlm hemoiiruble * gentleman , Mr . VillierM , uro (' acts nateuit to nil ; line ! were ) it , not lor the ) broad stutememi ; iiiaeln bv the noblo mrl to-night , 1
Hhoul . l have thought that e-ontradietioti was mumeoHsary . ( Hear , hew . ) When the ) ne > ble curl talks of eombmal ion , I must say that hei has himself inloniwel ( lie House ) of u fuel , which " all ' orelH the ) HlroTige ' st eontnulie-tion te > tlio e-ennbination anel preparation which lie has assumee ! to e'Xist , when ho has informed ye . ur lonlship s that the noblo carl who was Huminoned to Osbornei on - Saturday ri ) e ( uuv < l a We ) ok in order te > form an Aelmiiiintrat ion . ( lle-ar , he-ar . ) } will not . now onl . or further into n eliseussion e > n tlio mibj e ) ct . YV , ) liavei lieurel before ) e > f Prime M misters who were liikon b y surprise ! , anel Ibiinel tliennielvem in position !) whieih the ) y him littl e * oxpe'cte'd . " Tho Dnko of Newcastle ) then elmlleiunMl Lord
Derby to a discussion of the facts upon a future occasion , when " be will be fairly met . " And he finished as follows : — " It is jnost important that through such lips as those of the noble earl the country should not be under any misconception as to the views , the honesty , and the straightforward conduct of these who perhaps before long will be entrusted with the duty of the administration of this country . I beg pardon of your lordships for having detained you with these remarks . I found myself placed
in an unusual position , but with the affection I bear to the noble earl ( the Earl of Aberdeen ) as a friend , as well as with regard to other friends of mine in the House of Commons , whose characters have been drawn into this discussion , I could not refrain from offering a few remarks to the House . In conclusion , I will only beg your lordships not to consider that there are not many other things in tho speech of the noble earl which may require on a future occasion explanation , and a no less positive contradiction than that given by me to that particular part to which I have called the attention of your lordships . "
Lord Derby explained . " The statement which I made to your lordships was _ derived from information which I thought , and still think , was not of a character to deceive me , and was one which I thought it my duty to make . I will not now enter into any controversy on the subject . I will merely state in explanation that I did not say that the motion bad been made for the purpose of preventing our bringing our measures before the country ; but I did say that from _ the first commencement of the session there was an obvious connexion existing between different parties for the purpose of putting the Government in a minority , and thatthe motion was made , and concert entered into on the subject , before we had the opportunity of explaining our measures
to the country . I did not say the object of making the motion was at that time for the specific purpose of preventing her Majesty ' s Government from explaining their measures . I am not aware that in anything I have said I have in the slightest degree deviated from courtesy to the noble earl , and if I did not comply with his request in moving the adjournment of the House until Monday next , I have stated the reason why I have not so complied , and I also stated that if the noble earl should not be ready by Thursday next , I should of course be prepared to move tho further adjournment of the House from Thursday till Monday with of course tho distinct understanding- that no business of any importance should be brought forward till then . "
The House then adjourned until Thursday . Both Houses of Parliament inet on Thursday , but the business transacted was unimportant . The House of Lords , on the motion of the Earl of Derby , adjourned till Monday ; and the House of Commons until two o ' clock on Friday , upon the motion of the Ciiancexxor of the Exchequer . Railway Legislation . —Tho committee , consisting of Mr . Henley , Mr . Hume , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Labouchere , Mr . Struttj Mr . Patten , Colonel Mure , Captain Jones , Mr . DeedesMr . MilnesMr . Denison , and Mr . Laffan ,
ap-, , pointed to consider the principle of amalgamation as applied to railway and canal bills about to bo brought under the consideration of Parliament , and to consider the principles that ought to guide the House in railway legislation , have reported that in thoir opinion all railway bills introduced into the House during tho present session should as a general rule bo made integral in themselves , anel that the greatest caution should bo exercised , in admitting into them , otherwise than by specific enactment , provisions which repeal , continue , or extend the powers of former acts , and that the attention of committees on private bills shoulel bo directed to this point .
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THE MINISTRY " . Lord Dhjujy announce-d his resignation to the Queen at Osborne yesterday week , anel recommended Her Majesty , it is said , to wild for the Mnrejuis of Lansdowne . Another story is , that be did not receminienel any successor , but that the ) Queen ai'cepted liis resignation , and sent for the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Aberdeen . The- Marquis was eh'tainoel by the ) gout , nnelon the ) Queen ' s e-oimimnel , Lord Aberdeen went on Saturday alone to < ) sbe > rne Ilemse .. lie returned em Monday , chargoel with the tusk of forming aCabinet , and his instantly entered inf , e > coininunii'utiein with Lorel . Ie » lin Kusseil anel the friends eif Sir Ivobort , Pool . On Monday morning , Lord Dorb y assemble'el his supporters ' in Downing Street , anel aehhvssed fe > them a speech in all re-spoofs similar to that wliicli be delive-rod UiD ' sanii ) nig ht in l . lus House of Lorels . On Tuesday , Lord John Russe'll wuitcel em Lorel Aberdeen at , Argy ll ) . House , anel romaine-el with him for two hours ; and Whom he departed in the mieldh ) oftheelny , the IVel party JiKKiMiilned , including the ) Duke ) of Newcastle ' , Mr . Siebi ' ev Ile'i-berl , Mr . ( Madstone , and Sir James Graham . As soon as this nweiing * r oke up , Lord Aboreleen drove to Lanselenvne ) Houses nnel all day oourierH we-re coining anel going he-tween Osborne ) anel the residewieo of Leird Ahe'rdoon . It is stulcel that on WediiDselay the list , as far as il , was complete , was lmndi'il to Hie ) Queen by th e ) new Premier . The Timrs of y enterelay annouiie-eel Hint the United Aelniinisirntiein hael be-on mim-ssl ' iill y formed ; that Lord John Russell will be Foreign Secretary , Lord PalnierHton , Homo Secretary ; the ; Duke ; of Neiwe-aslle ) , ? Secretary for tho Colonies ; and tlmt , on Thursday
night , the Admiralty , the Board of Control , and the Exchequer , only , had to be best owed upon S ir C harles Wood , Mr . Gladstone , and Sir James Graham . llio ChTbnicJe , however , states that Sir James Graham will take the Admiralty , and Sir Charles Wood the Hoard of Control , leaving the Exchequer to Mr . Gladstone . Mr . Sidney Herbert will be Secretary at War . Lord Granville is also to have a place . The Times and the Chronicle are connected by differe nt channels with the new Cabinet ; so their statements have great weight .
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MR . GLADSTONE AND LORD DERBY . The morning journals of Thursday published the following letter , addressed by Mr . Gladstone to Mr . Phillimore , and dated December 22 nd : — " It causes me no surprise to learn that the unwarrantable statement of Lord Derby in the House of Lords on Monday night , to the effect ' that his defeat on Thursday last was the ° resulfc of a concert or combination between the friends of Sir Id . Peel and other political parties , should have caused much soreness among those who supported me at the late contested election for Oxford . For they will , no doubt , remember that I avowed , before and during that election , a wisb to find the policy and measures of the Government such as would justify me in giving them my support
. _ _ _ . . . , , ,. " That wish I sincerely entertained , and I am ready to show it by reference to all my subsequent acts ; but the main question—one reall y of personal honour , as well as of political consistency—is this : whether the concert or combination alleged to have taken place for the purpose of ejecting Lord Derby ' s Government from office is a fact or a fiction . " I have not the slightest hesitation in stating to you that it is a fiction . I give you this assurance absolutely as regards myself , and with all the confidence as regards my immediate friends that one man can have in the veracity of another . I shall denounce it as a fiction upon every legitimate occasion that may offer itself to me , and shall complain of the propagation , from such a source , of a statement so injurious and so entirely unsupported by le . o-itimate evidence .
" It tuns entirel y unsupported by such evidence , for tho only presumption in its favour was this—that we voted against the Budget of Mr . Disraeli in strict conformity with every jjrineiple of finance we had professed through our political lives , and with the policy of former finance Ministers from the time of Mr . Pitt , against the ' new principles' and ' new policies' which Mr . Disraeli declared at Aylesbury his intention to submit to the House of Commons—a pledge which I admit that he completely redeemed . " You are quite at liberty to make known the purport of this letter , and especially—in its full breadth—the denial it contains . "
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DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN THE CAItLTON CLUB . We find the following statement in a contemporary : — " A scene took p lace at the Carltou Club on Monday evening which has excited much attention , and may yet lead to very unpleasant conseeuiences . The version of the aH ' air which has reached us is to the effect that , while Mr . Gladstone was reading a newspaper , anil not having conversation with any one , certain Tory members of the House of Commons , who hael been treating Major Beresfbrel to a dinner b y way of celebrating bis acquittal by the Derby Coininitt . ee , came into the room , and emple > yoel extremely insulting language to the rig ht hon . gentleman , telling him , among other things , that lie hael ne > rig ht , to belong to a Conservative ) Club , but ought to be pite-he-el out at the ) window in the , eliree-. tion of the Reform Club . Mr . Gladstone addressed the parties in the most eourteous terms ; but , insteael of this producing a proper e'fleeit upon them , they repealexl thoir insulting language , ordered candles in another room , anel then left , Mr . Gladstone alone . One of Hie ; principal p eriorim'rs in the se-e'iie ) is a gallant colonel , anel another who playe'il a premiincnt p art in it is ; i ge'iitIonian whose name ) has figured a gooel eU'al e > f late in the public , journals in eoniiexion with another . scene . Tlio aflair , : is mig ht , be oxpoete'd , has creuteel u great , sensation in I be ) Carlton ; and it . is supposed t . lmt , an inquiry into the circumstances must be institule'd . " Thins . Wv subjoin another , unel , we believe , t In ; true ve-rsiein of this allair from the ( Jto / jr of Tburselay . " Wo giivo yesterday u paragraph f ' roni a morning oemtonipeirury , em this politie-nl episode . The pi'Horme'l'H , or rather interle > eulorH , have inaele no hccivI , of it out of < U ) ors ; so that we , noe'el not have- much delienoy ahout the oe-ernrrenee' . Wei do not , hear Ilia I . . 1 lurei wiih any formal Ue-re-Klbnl celebration ; nor indued elid I ho Klale-me-nl , wo inserted yesterday <| ui !< - amount to Unit . 11 is , howove'r , pretty elonr thai . " the llercslord e > r De-rb y e'liunipionn hnel . 'greatly daring eline . i' whe'the-r ' juehcioilH elranU' in another mailer . The lirst question nddivMseel < t ( the . obnemoiiH parties , was u he-l her I hone IVe-lites ( wo emiit , opithotH ) iiieiuit lo conlintio memhers of a . Conservalh ti e-lub . Mr . ( "ladstoiw , we uiielernlunel , roue IVom the lalihT wlwre ho was rilling , nuel re < plieel , 'They do . ' The ) next ( lue-slion was , lieiw they eoulel call LIioiiihoIvoh (' onwi'vutivoM n lleT turning out ii (' oiisei'vut i \ o gove'inmemt . Mr . ( JlaelHleine-, we * are teihl , rejoined That would raise ) the question whe-thor liorel Dolb y ' s ^ ove-rnin e'iit Intel been nu <; li or not . The ne-. vt remark wan tho expression of tlm \ vinh
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D ecember 25 , 1852 . ] THE LEADER . ____ 1 JL
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 25, 1852, page 1223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1966/page/3/
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