r of mine to the Queen, of which I annex a copy.
[_See __Appendix__. He enumerates the various courses considered,
and states that the course adopted was to go through the endowment
amendments, and if they were carried adversely, then to drop their
responsibility._]

Most of the cabinet were desirous to go on longer; others, myself
included, objected to proceeding to the end of the bill or
undertaking to remit the bill again to the House of Commons as of
our own motion. It occurred to me, however, that we might proceed
as far as to the end of the many amendments, about the middle of
the bill; and this appeared to meet the views of all, even of
those who would have preferred doing more, or less.

_Thursday, July 22._--I was laid up to-day, and the transactions
were carried on by Lord Granville, in communication with me from
time to time at my house. First he brought me a note he had
received from Lord Cairns.

(M84) This, dated July 22, was to the effect that Lord Cairns had no right
and no desire to ask for any information as to the course proposed that
night; but that if the statements as to the intention of the government to
proceed with the consideration of the amendments were correct, and if Lord
Granville thought any advantage likely to result from it, Lord Cairns
would be ready, "as you know I have throughout been, to confer upon a mode
by which without sacrifice of principle or dignity upon either side the
remaining points of difference might be arranged." The proceedings of this
critical day are narrated by Lord Granville in a memorandum to Mr.
Gladstone, dated August 4:--

After seeing you I met Lord Cairns at the colonial office. He
offered me terms.(184) ... I asked him whether, in his opinion,
he, the archbishop, and I could carry anything we agreed upon. He
said, "Yes, certainly." After seeing you I met Lord Cairns a
second time in his room at the House of Lords. I asked as a
preliminary to giving any opinion on his amendments, how he
proposed to deal with the preamble. He said, "to leave it as
amended by the Lords." I then proposed the words which were
afterwards adopted in the 68th clause. He was at first taken
aback, but admitted that he had personally no objection to them.
He asked what was the opposition to be feared. I suggested some
from Lord Grey. He believed this to be certain, but im