Mr. Fawcett has given notice that he will meet Mr.
Dillwyn's motion of Tuesday next with an amendment. Mr. Dillwyn intends, it will be remembered, to move that the direct interven- tion of the Sovereign in politics is unconstitutional, and Mr. Fawcett's amendment runs thus :—" That this House, while at all times anxious to protect the privileges of Parliament against any encroachments on the part of the Crown, is of opinion that there is no evidence to show that in relation to Indian and foreign policy the Sovereign has acted without the advice of her responsible Ministers and advisers." The Ministry, it is rumoured, will accept this amendment, which will be sup- ported by the official Liberals. The words undoubtedly con- vey a truth, but they require, in order to be perfectly satis- factory, the insertion after the word " Crown " of words ex- pressing this idea, "and while declaring that to secure Minis- terial responsibility their advice must precede, and not follow, the action of the Crown,"—this Ministry thinks its action con- stitutional when it has accepted responsibility for an accom- plished fact.
