“The Press” In 1866

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31150, 29 August 1966, Page 10

“The Press” In 1866

August 30. ENGLISH PARLIAMENT —The following speech of the late Chancellor of .he Exchequer (Mr Gladstone) we extract from the “Times" of July 27. received by the Panama mail: — The Chancellor of the Exchequer. who on rising was greeted with loud cheers, said—“Mr Speaker, the suspense which the House yes terday so kindly consented to prolong is at an end. Her Majestv having been pleased to accept the resignation o» the offices which were fast week tendered hv the Govern ment. The House is aware that

1 Her Majesty thought fit in her wisdom to postpone the acceptance of that tender when it was first made. It appeared to Her Majesty upon the first aspect of the vote which led to the tender of our resignations, that it might be perhaps considered as a matter of machinery and detail susceptible of adjustment, rather than as one which tended to break up the framework of the Bill, and Her Majesty also felt—and I think the House and the country, with distinction of party, will i agree in that sentiment—that in the present state of affairs on the Continent of Europe,

(there would be necessarily a (disadvantage in a change of [Government . . . This day I accompanied my noble friend to Windsor, and the opportunity was given him of tendering those explanations which appeared to us to warrant the course we had pursued, and of laying before Her Majesty the full circumstances of the case. Upon receiving these explanations, the tender which had been postponed was accepted by Her Majesty, and we now by Her Majesty’s gracious commands only retain the seals of our offices until the time when our successors shall be appointed....”