Show HOUSE OF LORDS LOIS REJECTS BUDGET LONDON Dec 1 1 The I.-The The house of lords last ast night for tho the first time in years refused its formal assent to the budget thereby making it illegal al for forthe tho the kings king's s 's a agents to collect taxes with which to carry carr on the government Jo This action of tho the peers was taken in direct disregard of the advice ico as os such able members rs as Roseberry Morle Morley Lord Jam James s of Herford Lord Cromer Lord Balfour of Burleigh the Earl of Lytton Lytton Lyt Lyt- ton Lord Courtney and the tho Archbishop of Canterbury and York Now Before People Tho budget will now go before the tho count country y for Jor its approval al or rejection that is 18 the crown through h tho the mm min ministry will wiIl dissolve o tho the house bouso of commons commons com com- mons and order a general election Whether tho the present Liberal house and ministry shall be sustained in insisting on the bud budget et will ll bo be the issue in the contest at the polls After six days' days debate notable forthe for forthe the tho high standard of f tho the oratory aswell as aswell I well Won as os for ar arguments for and against I the budget and pleading in or o every poso possible pos sible light ht tho the great constitutional questions questions ques involved tho house of lords cleared for division di at half past cloven o o'clock clock last night Tho The scene was impressive o but in in DOnse no DO sense nse exciting except that tho the house was packed to its utmost capacity A great array of strange faces was seen on tho the benches as numbers of peers were present who Who appear r in the house only in m most exceptional cases All Goes es Quietly None would have o supposed that the event proceeding was destined not only on on- Iv ly to prove memorable in the tho annals of f British histo history but possibly would involve ol far reaching far rca hin changes es in in the British constitution True there thero was unusual animation in inthe inthe in inthe the public galleries which were crowd crowded ed cd with peeresses members of the house bouse of commons and em But on tho floor itself complete calm pro prevailed The Tho vote was on Lord Lansdowne's amendment that the tho house was Vas not jus justified us titled in in giving its consent to tho bill ill until it had been submitted to the judgment of tho the country Nearly fifteen fib teen minutes were occupied pin in clearing the h house ouse tellers for division bein being Earl Viscount Churchill Churchil Baron Denman and Lord Col Colebrooke brooke When the vote was announced just before beloro midnight as to 75 73 in favor of tho amendment a few mixed cheers were heard The Tho Earl of Crewe immediately im im- mediately m moved an adjournment f and the house rose rosc |