POLITICAL.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1162, 19 April 1872, Page 2

POLITICAL.

The fourth' session of ihe^ present Parliftme^t. oEened^on_J^e^6tti .^Febrgar^ There no' ai^en dmehrto^lEe^a^^ress j and Mr pisx&aii^tmil^A lineGovernment withVliving ;"f n a blaze f of /apology, Jmt stated that 'party animosities were softened and forgotten in the resistance to the monstrous American claims. The early days, of. Parliament have not been characterised 1 by :a*ny discussion of any great importance — that is, if we except that^which took, place , on the motion of Mr Cross in' reference to the appointment of Sir R. Collier to the Judicial Committee of J ?tbje- Privy iCouncil. The motion was, to all- intents and purposes, tantamount' to an expression of . want of confidence ; .and,, as may/be readily ,fmHgiued, all those who are pledged to support ttieMinistry-4-as' were ' the members of the Oppositions-were" -whipped down to the House by their.respective'whips with] more than ordinary industry. The debate was hot, . but in the end— thanks, to a majority of twentyrseven—- the motion was defeated, and the Government came out of , the scrimmage unscathed.: a That the Liberal party is not so united as jit was may be/ gathered. frpm% the fact that thirty-seven Liberal members left the House' after the division was called, ? in order to avoid giving any judgment on j the conduct of the- Government in thisj matter. . The next trial of Btrengtji be-! tween the two * great parties 'will 1 occurj when . the motion, on - the lobb of the j Megssra comes on. The Scotch Educa-! tion Bill has been read a first time.. ;.The| second reading is fixed for, 29th February.! We hear it is : the intention of the advo-: catesof secular education id offer the; measure a more 'determined opposition.! The Nonconformists; are likely to baufle; the Government some trouble, as a London Nonconformist Committee — in sup^-j port of the; ppsition lately taken up an| Manchester — has been formed to watbti the education policy of the Government,! and to take such^action-as may be deemed expedient. -'-'•'-■•* 7 -'■ , The Speaker retired under the eulogy of leaders pf both, sides of the-Honse, on the Bth, and Mr Brand^was elected. ' . . . — TSir-Charles.Dilka=met-his-constituents at .Chelsea, and,, .we are told, gaye. a. suffix cierif aus'wer to .'the charges wbic^'Kaye been heaped upon him of having personally attacked ihe- Sovereign, of h§vmg violated his oath of allegiance, and' of having combined; every form of . sedition and treason which a terrified imagination can conceive. .