THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE EARL OF REACONSELELD.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 56, 26 October 1878, Page 2

THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE EARL OF REACONSELELD.

As n F]><ciin-ii t.f the length ;i .vhich folly ami I'anaticis an >ml some of the opponents ill' her Majesty's Ministers, we publish ;i jiuiti.in nf tliu ridiculous j»-ti lion for tin: impeachment of the Prime Minister whii-ti was presented to tinHiiu.su <if Commons on July is. Tlu> pctitimi was decided ujHin at " conferences held ill Manchester an.l Keighiy. It sets forth the history of the Eastern Qin.-.stion during tin- last lifty years, ami rconuiits in ill-tail tin- " treasonable " ai-ls uf tlio l*i .miii. which aresiimmariscd in the following twelve -articles iif impeachment," which i-niichiili.- tin- petition :--•• That tlio Kail of l*i-a.ims|l.-lil has, therefore, eominittiil tin- folliAviiur high crimes anil misdemeanours:- I.' He Ims wholly in-gli-ctcl io advise her Majesty the Queen even to remonstrate with tlie Emperor of Itus-ia ii] his violation in Servin of the treaty, of Paris, l.ul has allowed n-jun-il [larty, th- Sultan. i. He ha, weakened the Polio le : >h i-hig the Sultan to grant an armistice io Scrvi.- , instead of sending his lumps (o lielgraile. :!. Not having advised h,-r Maj-stv the Queen to declare war against Kussfa for her violation of tin- treaty of Paris, he has neglected lo inform the Sultan thai Treaty \\:i- no longer landing mi him, and thai In: might, with.mi hreac-h of agreement, send tin anuv to the right hank nf the I'ruth to impede the Russian invasion from the other side. -I. He lias advised her Majestv the Queen to violate the Treaty of Paris, by sending a representative to Constantinople to propose a European inierforenee with the Sultan's (.iovcniuient. ."), lie has ulilnincd a grant "!' money from Parliai it under a falsi- preleiii-e of protectingtin- Ottoman Empire from Russian aggression, ti Under the same false pretence lie has advisi-d lu-r Majesty the Queen to call out the rcM-rvo fun-ps. 7. Ho has ad vised her Majesty the Queen to call Io Europe a portion of I he Indian forces, thero being no enemy against whom | () employ them, S. While pretending to go to the Congress al lierlin todiscuss the Treaty of San Stephaim, as one that coneenied' all Europe, he has made a private arrangemenl with Ihc Power which he pretended to trial as an enemy—a lino of conduct which is particularly insulting to France, our ally in the Crimean war and thoonlv counlry represented at Berlin which has made no attempt to turn to advantage the misfortunes of the Ottoman Umpire, It. He \i;\< advised her Majesty tlio Queen to conclude n ('.invention for the occupation of Cyprus, which, while it degrades her Majesty into the position of a vassal of tin- Sultan, commits England to dishonesty of sharing i„ the spuds of tlio Ottoman Emptre; 10. Ho has advised her Majesty the Queen to undertake the protectorate of Turkey in Europe, and li.-is thus made good government in Turkey absolutely impossible. 11. Ho has mivised her Majesty (ho Queen to promise to resist by force of arms any future aggression of Russia in Asia Minor while the conditions wijli which this promiso is clogged, together with the absence of any attempt to resist h\- forco of arms any present aggression of Russia, showthat ho bus no intention that the new Treaty should he better observed Hull the Treaties of 1850 have been. 12.1b- has concluded the s.-en-l Agreement of May HO mid the Convention 0 f J„ u .j,i;. out thee urreneeof the PrivvCouiu.il, without which the Roval Prerogative eantiot be lawfully exorcised, and has thus endangered the prerogative „f tho ( lown mid the liberties of the people Your petitioner* further represent that at this moment the inhabitant* of U-.irt.in ft . rollk|, » l 'in in urn lion ap.iin.i•be Mirivmler »l Uiitoinn, and thai an ii - sutjft-nl army of Turk* und Ureeks is in tin- lilmlup,. Mountains; that Russia :l i'i' ■' '■■''■' ■ ■ ' i ''■' A-ith the.. o Injur-

. ■ ..: your pctrUoi afraid that the English force* may bo! used against them, which would In' an net of nnparaUed infamy. Your petiroforo pray that your honourable House will exhibit articles of ini(■oachmont against Lord Beaeonsfleld, and will cause him t" be arrested, and tried fur hj« crimes and misdemeanors by the i House of Lords in order that the honor of England may be saved, and the contemplated evils averted, And your petitioners will over pray." Wo understand that before Mr. Cowcn presented the petition ho placed it before the Sjionker, who informed tin' hon. gentleman that he saw nothing unconstitutional in the language of the petition, and that ho would allow it to be presented, with the understanding that the Select Committee on I'el it ion's should decide whether it was in imler. Mr. Cowen also communicated to f ...i.I Ttaconsficld the tenor of the pro]i ised impcachmeut, at the same time informing the noble earl, that though he had ngi Ito present the petition to the House, he was not in favour of its prayer.