The Express. — London, England, 1855-06-16 00:00:00

eae"....."."---.ooike ability to write from diedatiesefg Mahe al &Street Nat It kid very few onsuragements• • N-,,- document or account, to work problems e t simple was es nd yet it la Pletarge were very i ga mask" l egivewo h t i e h oov i e l e . lonwase ( h leadi • di! e dell s • -blis out the like. The Ordnance-case's programme an qua. P ~es '""--- al3 beads, the first being "to read aloud with ten e etion bet • the m oots sad discrotion"—(laeghter)—the Math "to The former consisted political a sma ll il camb er gbeeveleaagaa branches. O s ' me write &letter or make an abstract of • curespond- high ability and position who ba d ortai v ne a d t a - em ene k lem w e h a ie o h f ... sa e the seventh "to give • written or vita von gave them in theory an :Nolen dominos over the de art ..6assall.' ape s roe ordinary subject, a w ith .. a view to test the meets to the heads of which they were eall d Now &gee in addition to their very heavy e . ' "eL v — ei o fetellienee of the emelt en. ) He (Mr Leyard) gentlemen, 117.7 — m arses that be thought this last the meet useful test duties, had a great deal of routine businessto Pe tnens ia :t e r and the maims. he (Sir S . Neetecote) was convinced that however anxious roThe &sole. (Her, brow. probably) .o llti o. e . hbetng the . exami Mum- they might be to ia ' roduce reforms, they were really unable I I r "gijaea" d d . bo a ca rriediPig der the new rule ; to do so, from the circumstances of their panne. Besides ov v r them to a to n be, w o me they had proper men anted as tuna - ins, changes were continually taking place. During the lest 3 im roo med examinations would be useless. What they yean there had been 12 or 13 entirely new administrations °. „w e d, however , was not an examination l that would merely but all minor changes were always going on, the ge ' yens. It was ai m the doors of office to persons o ready appointed, butane tenure of office did not much exceed two Ave wo uld really te 4 tee superior htness of the person selected passible, therefore, that • minister could make himself eg"-- w ound other e aDdidstesthat n migh t t . . apply. (Hear, hear ) fully acquainted with all the details of bis department. me , in abort, that c nee ion cleanest ons were The great evil which beset our civil ureic* was the habitual ;Am, although he wee quite ready to admit that there disregard of the prieseipleof promotion by merit. That die. were g i eieultirs in the way of carrying out each a system. regard operated and reacted in a most remarkable way, and .i kid bra said, fur inetance, that if they had a public tea- produced • regular vicious circle. The service was i 1 1,;,,A e ee, they would be assailed by claimants from all parts efficient, because the men who were working it we b a" 7ri h i - coos try. An eminent French statesman, with whom bluntly succeeded by strangers in the highest and brat s e. b e bed been talking on the subject that very day, had poicements ; and this was so because they were inland DP ihatrated the objection by • curious antedire. Ho said Tbe plea of Sir Charles Trevelyen and himself had b e cen . ow m e eppliettions for places after the revolution in Francs facet imperfectly described es One for timeline') the c' 'I so nuommus, that the government rea.ly did nut know service by competition. That was only one (ea g lets in th e lvi wen o a t to do. One minister, wby ho had not fewer than 700 in plan. They recommended, along with promotion merit, wi t e y, appointed all the &me mento to wait upon him at • • system of division of labour in the offices, and of a l ppo' mrteedu day and hour. They all punctually attended , went b y com p etition. The y had had no anxiet y to naeake LS m e amenstriber, stain:age, and ball were completely out a case in favour of competition. They felt the necessity Weeded. At last the minister made his appearance and of appointments to the public service bring checked by • mid .. eleatlemen, for what ars you come ? I presume it rigid examination. He would admit that the patronage y fir place ?" The silence of has visitors expressed their administered by Mr. Ilayter was better exercised then that we e 0 Gentlemen," continued the minister, " I have of any department of the government. (Hear.) He referred bo r e, place at my disposal ; and that is my own. If any especially to the Inland Revenue Office and the Customs. f ere would like to have it, it is at your service." There was this excellent feature in the plan: Mr. Hayter .) Now. he (Mr. Layard) did hot think that if nominated, and the departments rejected the candidates it M um ew open the public deportment', they would be they were not qualified. (Hear, hear) The first proposal m oped in this manner. On the contrary, he believed of Sir C. Trevelyan and himself was that the whole of the that by doiog so they would put as end to the system which patronage of the government should be distributed in this wiv made places so much sought after; and there was no way, • responsible board cf examiners being appointed to Me, amber in that house who would not rejoice to be re. test the fitness of the candidates nominated by the Treasury. kneed from the daily and continual solicitation to which he But this bad been frustrated by the jealousy of the other woo subjected. (Cheers) For his own part he did departments, which protested against any further inter n.," thee forward any application* that might be made to formes of the Treasury. He believed that the plan re me, with a eon stenos that the applicant was • respectable commended in the report of Sir C. Trevelyan and himself p r om Bethought, h metier, that they ought ail to pledge would give an advantage to those who were gentlemen,— Mowing sever to ask for plans, or to interfere at all; that wee, to thou who had received a liberal Mace bet be was afraid that so long as human nature remained tem. By the term gentleman be did net mean a parson who lama suture, 111X04 they provided means of Open Winger could must 16 ma rrrrr ings on his escutcheon, but those who pee, and so prevented • resort to this undue influence, they had received a liberal education, and these were t h e pens rso Tee m se ver be able to get rid of the system. who would succeed in • competing system). B Mr. Ho. (Rea, hem.) A small pamphlet had just been pub• milli turned the argument, and said that the effect would hard on the reorgiutiostion of the civil unite, which ate to oust the aristocracy ferns the civil service altogether, e m eterd non:times it bad evidently been written by a and to piece it in the hands of the lower chasm Could evil serene The author showed that the system at pre- ihers be any libel on the aristocracy equal to ttat 1 If that moat permed in the public offices was completely maw- was true of the aristocracy, tben the ease of the hon. member moue to the efficient discharge of their duties. The Public for Ayleobery was completely proved. (Rear, hear.) An glian were in fact overcharged with incompetent People, other greet grievance done to the civil service was ton the sad Monsen was that when the country complained of the scale of remuneration was most unfair and most inadequate. medium of those offices there was • tendency to cut down (Hear.) He did not mean to say that there were not agent the mann, especially of the lower grades, to • point that number of persons paid more than they ought to be in the was milli sot warranted. Now he (Mr. Layud) did not civil snvice. Bet what lee complained of oas that the men think there was an honest man in the kingdom who would who did most work were gue tly the worst paid. Ile was massy that the man who really did his work should re quite convinced they might diminish the number of persons one ea adequate remeuration. If therefore they employed and save the poblie money, by giving more work medued the number of public , by die- to those who were able to deeharge it, and remunerating lamethe incompetnet men, they would have ample foods them properly for their services. There was an illustration lamella Maly; foe Mr. Anderson had declared in hissed of this in the reform which they eff e cted in the department emu that if clerks were 1 implored that were really ea of the Board of Trade, which was but • small department Ant et least one-third of tee present number might be di.- Thyroposed • system for that department which, when rased with. (Hear, hear ) He also agreed with the writer carried out, would plan the assistant secretaries and senior aMe pampelet in his observatioss upon the ellperatiOna. clerks en a footiog satisfactory to themselves. Their ult• tan feed. If a &denim was to be made from the salary win would be raised from SOW. to 1,0001. • year ; the work, lithe gove.nment employe, in order to provide him with be was convinced, would be done more efficiently, whilst a wine, allowance, that deduction ought not to be in every the prospective saving in the establishment would be 5,000/ eletrater iili;stucto.cltiltetattr,trienieartt)ledTbhy. an writer actua r y went ia o e n ae t to a n s T e ar.ati os toed,(Hea r , • an hear.) enormous Again, wrong in repent was done e to the the a e a M a e I : l say .—" The other question, that of leaving the service, is of the civil service, and they felt it to be such. (filer, auk more important. The secret history of the *sperm hear.) He trusted the right two. gentleman the Chancellor auntie scheme is diScult to get at ; but it is indisputable of the Exchequer would tell them W bat he was going to do no that the government has been levyirg • tax upon all official this matter. The goverament always postponed their claims I mmo lot t h e p ur p ose o f roo t in g su per e e ee e g oo a we• to what were celled claims of greater importance; gams, which tax. in its SCCtlentilAtlOire, exceeds its liabilities but what could be of greeter importance, what could be • by 'easy lioadreils of thouunds of pound., and where greater grievance sad injustice than to take from a man allairtaCe is always pasted grudgingly-84 , 1cm until the with 3001. • year salary 5 per cent. by way of deduction for merest be quits worn out, and generally with some smite- superannuation, and then leave him without any right to am reductions and uncertainties as to ire amount. It is claim one sixpence of the money so deducted. (Hear.) &Sent to omens what the government has to do with it These persons paid towards the expenses of the ermy, the as all, mem to give up there accumulations which, whoever Houses of Parliament, and 50 or 60 other national objects, may have a right to them, certainly do sot belong to the but they paid more than they ought to pay, end then they rent poweisors. In the ordinary course of things, if • had no claim. Those who were agriculturist. were well Mallen sot choose to store up for • rainy day, therels so aware that the most expensive mattes were thrown away mite parliament compelling him to be provident ; and, if if the land was not properly drained in the first instance; kb eller, as • civil %enact be not sufficient to enable him and in the same way, if they did not drain and pot to rights e=alig y for his old age, that may be an argument for in- th e civil service, everything expended upon it would ha emoluments , but not for laying a as of .5 per produce no good. (Cheers.) mal.spon what he now eeee ives where 2 i would do — n or, Mr. L. Gement opposed and lilr. PIACOGYA support ed libel, of meddling with the disposal of his private mean, the resolution. addle " (Hear, hear.) The effect of the system upon the Mr. GLADSTONE found himself in • difficulty on the lallblien and epos the public service might be easily con present occasion which he had before experienced, that OW: "He has to shift and dodge on, broken spirited, elide there was an original motion and practically , sad dyspeptic. By eight he runs the gaun t let of as amendment before the house, he was not in =Life," Norton's Camomile,' ' Cockle's Antibilious,' • position to assent to the one or the other. Both laid all ether airaeulous medicaments; by day he is more do w n • va g ue and g eneral conclusion, binding the house to ealmded with his diet then his duty ; his office gets din no defiuite pledge and leading up to no preened measure. arillted , his juniors 10-e their temper, feel the jujus- It was a question, whew, whether the constitetion of this Se Of working with a man who ought net to stay, and country required the neeintenence of a system of patronage ; pale may not go, aed 'meows =teener, while he either he had his doubts ea to whether it contributed to the strength ilk leaner full ten years before his time, or condescends of the executive government. (Hear, bear.) HIS opinion Seaworthy tricks and imaginative certificates, until he was that, for many years past, it was the weakness, not the Slam a More and mutilated allowance from half inns strength of the executive government of which they had most Sloss 'my lords.'" (Hear, hear.) The manner in which reason to complain. (Hear, hear.) If they wanted proof gnome ruts were constituted also came within the scope of the truth of that proposition they would fled it in the si his resolution ; but he (Mr. Layard) wouli not on the greet number of unsettled questions that went cm from year pant occasion go into that subject. Lord Granville, in a to year, giving rise to successive bills, and all hopelessly Mont speech, had attempted to defend the ministry by abandoned, and comiog near anything like • satisfies). Maim that not only had he several relation in the present tory solution. (Hear, hear.) This, in his opiuiun, afforded goverment, but that be had also had threes:lsaias in that of Proof that the executive government wanted strengthening, Lord Derby. That completely subetaatiated his the hon. but the question was whether it was to be etreng . hened by member e) ease, for it showed that this was not • party patronage ;if it was, he should greatly regret the necessity, imeatioe, but that on one side of the house and on the other because he believed that the employment of patronage for • gowiteulent was always more or less a family arrange- such • purpose was an unmixed evil. (Hear, bear.) At meat. (Hear, bear.) He would pass on, then, to his third the same time he did not mean to hold out promises that peoposiuon—namely. that from this state of things great could not be fulfilled You could not get rid dusters might arise. No one would uestion the fact that of patronage altogether ; because , althou g h the st the public eabliehments were not w hat they ought to he ; system of examination might be adopted as re am would any reasonable man dispute the fact that th e girded young men, it was not sep:icable at a later period greater part of our disasters had irises from the defective of ufficiol existence, and it was in the first period that condition of those departments. The noble lord at the head patronage did the greatest amount of mischief. When of the government had lately made a speech in which he an officer was of sufficient importance and dignity lead &timed that it was those departments in which to attract the public eye, opinions might he With formed tke aristocracy were not to be found that had famished the as to the propriety of the appointment. re. pinion euhiects of complaint. Bat the main surgeon at sped to the men who weat . young into the the theme hospital bad collected his collesguts around Customs, Poet office or Treasury, nobody know who they kis, ant b e d ma d e a sp e ech in reply to tee noble lord's. He were, and, short of the greatest 8 'Fancy, you might said—. I' may be very well for Lord Palmerston t o get up app oint the most indifferent men, end the most indifferent in the U suss of Commons and say that the departments men were g lly appointed. (Hear, hear.) To ger rid eSeered by the aristocracy have not (ailed in the tsetse of that system then would be • greet blessing to the country toil, but that the medical department and commissariat —mould do much for public economy ; and while it gave have failed because their officers are taken from the middle You fe seer public servants, would greatly improve their classes. We can r e tort, and prove the truth of what we say, g e I efficiency. They had now three bills before them that had we been left to ourselves, unchecked by the enema. on that perplexed problem—public education, and it was city of than who have risen rather by family inflames hard to say whether an? of these bills offered • solution of than by mer it, i t would not have been under the difficulty; but, in his opinion, there was nothing that On pressure of a great war that re( muts—loog would se much stimulate public education as to throw open eine e ff ecte d i n our civil hospital*, long since the civil service to the whole country. (Hear, hear) Such banned in some degree by our allies—would have been an act would do much for the economy of the public service, earned o u t by our m ilitary medical brethren." (Cheers) and, permit him to add , for t ho p ublic virtue of the country. Es (Mr. Lewd) really admired the courage of this gentle- (Hear.) Every member would admit that the position they tau in making such a speech. (Hear, hear.) But the occupied towards the cotatituencies was not satisfactory. neat were told that things wore now in a bettor state. Peromps no man felt the inconvenience less than he should, It was true that they bad bad successes, but were they to benne his conettants were not generally applicants for look upon amuse as extraordinary ? Were they to be Public vita i con ma a b u t as • g I rule, it must be admitted, serprind at the small successes we had gained ? He bad *ad if it was true as regarded that house, bow much more "et , thought that if our countrymen only had fair true it was of that class in the country who subsisted em Nay success would be the inevitable result ; gad they hope deferred. (len, hear.) There was nothing worse kid seen that that was the case as moon as proper men for society than • clue of emectants. (Hear, hear.) When were sent to th e proper plate. But it was the fault of this ever an office was to be filed, there were el mays 10 or 20 weeny to be more desnondent under reveries sad more People straining every nerve to get the situation, and exultant under success than was just fable ; and be warned although the number of officers did not increase, the vague the romernment that, though the recent successes might hope of success indefinitely increased the number of en be sufficient for the moment to divert the public attention, meant., while the exercise of individual energy, and they might not last long enough to remove that feeling the growth of independent manly character as perceptibly which had prevailed, did prevail, and would prevail still diminished- (Hear.) He trusted, therefore, that the house mom. (Hear, hear.) When the Duke of Wellington was would give its serious attention to this subject, and although seat to the Peninsula things were in a state not dissimilar to it would be impossible for him, for the reasons he had stated, its present ; bat his energy and talent aeon found aen to support the motion of his bon. friend, and although it seedy. He was able net only to sopply his army, but also to would be p re sumptuous in him to give his opinio ns of feed • great portion of the people of Portugal If they had the military departments of which he bad had no experi sub men now they would again have success. But let them sue, yet BO far as concerned all that his hon. friend had not flatter themselves that the war was coming to a elm. sail respecting the diplomatic, consular, and civil services, If the allies could not obtain peace after all the reverses that he had list ened to what bad fallen from his hon. friend itto•ii bad sustains& let them not suppose that they would with sincere satisfaction. He wished him God speed on his he axle to extort from her harder terms. Even if Sebes- way. feeling teat Mho could bring about the changes he Joint were Mere they would not be in a better p os ition • had indicated, he would confer • great benefit on the coun cil the contrary, he believed that their difficulties woul d try. (Hear.) only Is. i ncrease d . H e b e li eve d t h at we h o d entered u p on S r B. LYTTON icot wel governme /Me that those party wbo out en a long war—a war the issue of which would only be deter- gourtged the ery 'pnt by mused by suc h a co mplete reform in all our establishment*, of doors their movement were hardly awamight re of ultimately t o lead. who would dot heir duty with the most effect. If such a felt bound to take the motion before the house in bases did not take place he was afraid the wee would connexion with the language which was held nut of the baser on until some great disaster occurred, which would house, which went far beyond a mere change of Meeks in the laden us t o male a dishonourable:Puce. Let this, there- public , ffices. It meant, is short, to make the question of fore, strive to infuse into the concede of the nation an go - 'foment not dependent on party, or on the opinion of sum, • vigour, and • wisdom worthy of a gre at p e ople parliament, and to establish • new system of administration not ore that the success of such • la a great emergency. (Cheers.) The hon. member con- altogether. Could they chided by mons, hi e resolution. motion must be to make the Crown as absolute as in the Calomel FRERSI UN, referring to an allusion made by time of the Tudors ? (Hear, hear.) On the other hand, it Mr I A • and is the course of his speech to a letter published all the power of schalnietratios was to devolve on public by hi. (the bas, and gallant colonel) in the Tomos of that meetings out of doors, would they not be szebenging moraine, &melded to koow whether the hon. gentlemen' their coostitutional liberty for the licence of a Jacobin E ...... to mutation his Veraeity / (Cries of " Order.") club (Hear.) If they Deana neither of these thints, he asked them, in the name , w h e t t h e y did mem j Did tle hos. gentleman mean to say that the hon. member for T her m s (M e. Heathcoat), the hon. mem ber for Cons. What did they ineastozespt, by their attacks on porliamont, bland (Mr. C. W. Howard), 'hellos. member for Carom- to bring parliament into contempt , and to leave the chance Cession (Mr. D. Jones ), the hon. and gallant member for of a substitute to tbe lottery of revolution (Hear, hear.) Glouss'enhire (Captain Kingman), the hon. and gallant Eta could he doubt erbeiber the whip were not in the same member fee Bteekseek (Colossal L. Watkins), the hos. degree responsible for this outcry spinet family patronage memb er fee Leal, o Sir 0. 00ivi e nea ) , t h e he n , member f o r and party government ? Could it be denied that ever eines "'ea (Mr. Breed), or Lord Femme wee present at the the whips came into power it had been their especial eba raeteristic to make a very marked distinction amongst them- Mr. Swi m at Drury-lase Tema* ? LAYARD was mamma, surprised to hear the selves between the greet herd of their supporters and the Murk* of the km. and gallant gagnsber. He bad sever high-bred materiels of which their cabinets were coastruted? mew to my that the hos. and gallant gentleman wee la that quartet, be thoeght, the boa. member for Ayles. Mena% Wh a t h e emp l e b ee d Si was t h a t b e s h ou ld ham bury 'night bass Sated an example of the evil he denounced. 'Pokes of hie (Me. lAyard's) " rood taste and tenth (?)" T he whig sablaels iadeed bad been colossal instances with a query after " truth." (Ware btu') of family patremege. Their map of the official region waslike Sir S. MORT HCOTR agreed with a good deal that bad the Chimes. el the world. The Chinese drew a square, Wes from the bon. umbel with regard to the dal ererVieW ; 1011 h he 'Mich they • great circle ; that circle repels _ t -eregntted that the hoe. gentleman had net attempted seated the GAMOW lupin of Chim e and to the four little 19 1" 111 eat say needy Swan - lag the same foe the evib to corners, which they left outside it, they assigned the miser ."'" la hod directed the attestlee 0( the house. The civil able remnants of maakind. (Cheers and laughter.)ea Bgle, o, aria WWI is truth, beeline, hardly used. It wee very whoa the whigs same into office, they drew such a mg/ill Weighted; it was happlah w ith yeti aaasasuary is which they placed the sacred whip families. That was THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1855. the Cejostial Empire—(a laugh)—and to the four corneal they baneued the heed o their supporters. Ever sines tM whips came inio power, more than twenty peen ago, rho publio had men this exclusive principle, this pro- femme of family connexions. applied to all the more conspicuous departments of the pubiic ser vice; and now, therefore, when the diseases which to public a aas e a y ee a , a a a a w r h as e a n t e a v ia ery ar g y ri a e a v a an ia ce n t w ha as to be attributed had occarred tended to magnify every abuse in the governing clan, together with the belief; which he must do them the j entice delzgtushfaotaurtprincipleDan ta red bo iTite sh a k e a o f s a t l ndi t bh exa g geratediseb e ram i ficationsfoundations beliefofficialdangerouspoweritr heofheoludr social bsilisste system; ai spo ta ci r sib a l s e, atta hec a a . ami ta i a a y th h e ad eom a tu tai sit l ' a ci d o o a f th se e t ir a c f abi p n ri e a ts ii , e o g n ad e 'leases, like • sacred easte, and had contrived to alienate, to emir, to chill the energy, the intellect and the enthusiasm of that great class of their supporters amongst whom the people recognised their own congener,. It had been well observed that the whigs, by this caudoet, mortified the pride of a numerous body, gentlemen who were just as we.l born as themselves, but who, as it appeared, were not allied to the great whig houses, and had not been naturalised by subjecting themselves to the whig influence. He would do the noble lord (Pelmerston) the justice of saying, that he did believe the noble lord, at his sectaries, was disposed to be math less wooded is this jointly exclusiveness than other governments had been before him. He believed the noble lord wee honestly desirous to extend the nags of his Beleeticm. There was one appointment, that of the chief S me =for Ireland, a post which required the of firmness with conciliation, of power in debate with an extensive knowledge of mankind, in selecting a per- IM for which the noble lord bad been singularly fortunate and judicious. But parties, lite individuals, were punished for the faults of their predecessors ; and what the people emplaned of and resented was, that there was something Mule very nature of the wbig party the noble lord repre seated which still compelled him to leave in his map of offioe the prepood. ranee of that old celestial empire which was out of all proportion to all the rest of mankind. (Cheers.) Oae thing amidst this agitation struck him (Sir E. B. Lyt toe) as very clear; and it wee, that the public were posing tired of t urely wbig administrations, and that sooner or later the doom of that oligarchy world be sealed. (Cheers.) Wby, Mr. Burke mei keg ago, " That the whigs never had a msjority in the country, but that they owed their position to their dexterous management." Now, in our time their dexterous management had been this: they said to the radicals, " Take care and support us, or yon let in those horrible tories ; " and then tney whispered privately end politely to the conservatives, Take care; you must bear with us now, or those horrible radicals will come in." (Cheers, and laughter.) He began to think that device was pretty well worn out. Well, then, he distinguished the question of administrative reform from the more dangerous element which had been added to it For this, he arraigned the whigs; but to the reform itself he was a cordial ally. The House of Commons must take this measure, as sotu as possible, and completely, out of the bands of agitators. It was an exactly parallel case to that which occurred at the close of the American war, when the cry thoughout the country was for economical reform, empled with an attack upon the power of the Crown. The try now was for adminietrptive reform, coupled with an attack upon the power of the ariatocraery. In b.th instances the country felt that its resources had been wasted, that its character might he tarnished, and desiring to find the cause of those evils it found that cause, in both instances, in the abase of patroaage. By a timely and moderate measure of etemersieal reform p aliment contented the people, and .rusted the danger. By the same means, though by a eshout mesh more extensive., they might spin content the people and relieve the aristocracy from moat unmerited ensure. Be had been asked to explain what be had to propose. In the first place he would fairly say that he should not touch upon the question of army reform. He was convinced it would be mach better to separate that question from civil administra dee reform, and to deal with it in another debate. (Hear ) With respect to administrative reform, the speech of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Gladstone), together with that if the hon. gentleman who spoke second in this debate, would save him from inflicting upon the house quotations from the repot ts of the official departments. There was sot one of those reports in which reform was not urged. In the civil service, it appeared, such was the system that admission to the civil service was sought for, not by the ablest youth of the country, " but more by the unambitions, the indolent, and the incapable." A more judicious ream l ot i on o f sa l ar i e s, the adoption of good service pensions, and honourable distinctions, the correction of the ftsgmentary and disjointed character of the service, so as to make promotion oossible from one department to another, the accountability secured by records of indivi dual and reports of departmental services, and, finally, not only merit as the rule of promotion, but some provision to encourage that merit by the certainty of professional rewards—these were the reforms, in addition to a system of ezaininatiooe, which had been suggested by the highest practical authority. They were souud, safe, and judicious; but it would require more vigour than the government had yet shown to connect these details into one systemati. whole, with a generous determination to encourage and give lair play to all attempts at reform. The right bon. member for Oxford said that a pod deal had been done. But the Order in Council, to which be re ferred, set aside the real question. Thu objects of al. genuine reformers of the civil service organisation were rather frustrated by that Order in Council, which did not widen the rsoge from which candidates were to ho eel. cted, and would make tho civil service retain the sharacter of a close borough. It was an error, also, when looking men to undergo severe examinations, and obtain distinction in the civil service, that the chiefs of the depart ments were to be enabled to set over their beide persona who had not been in the service, but eogaged in other pursuits In the way these propositions had been met by the minis and head, of departments, be (Sir E . B. Lytton) could only leo a servile acquiesceoce, with too originality of conception, and no 'eldest., of tneir having taken any pains to master the question themselves. He differed with the right hon. gentlemen (Mr. Gladstone) who would proceed to make a gradual sod pi, cemeal reform, dawdling on with it for twenty years. It would have a dis heartening effect upon the service, to keep its arrangementa thus uncertain ; the reform must be prompt and complete, and simultaneously effected in all the establishments; so that the new regulation in one should not he contrasted with the lingering abuse in another. To take one instance, in the same newspaper which announced that a MOM rigid ex amination was to be itapa sad in the senior practical depart meat at Woolwich, it woo stated that three of the highest Prises in the civil service—the offices of Director-General of Stores, Director-General of Cataracts, and Assistant Di rector General of Army Clothing—were given away to UM who, though he would not disputa their merits, were certainly much more connected with the members of the cabinet themselves, than with the service. (Hear, heir.) Nothing could be more unwise at a time when the public mind was so excited than specimens of tamoneitisin like these. If the civil advice was to be made really • profession let its prises be given only to those who belonged to it. What would be thought if the soloed/1y of a regiment were bestowed upon a clever lawyer, or if a gallant officer received the Mastership of the Rolls ? (A laugh.) In conclusion the hon. baronet said he was alarmed at the state of things out of doors. The govern. went should not merely try some expedient to allay the public discontent, but come down with a comprehensive scheme of reform. He would not vote for the motion of the hon. member for Aylesbury, bemuse it must be taken in connection with the language held elsewhere, and with views end opinions which be (Sir E B. Lytton) would not sanction, and which he believed, upon hie conscience, to be unsound, and of peri lous consequences. The most dangerous part of this unhappy agitation, and that which it was unworthy of • distinguished Pal P. end a scholar like the boo. member for Aylesbury to conntensi tee, was the attempt of certain per sons out of doors to disparage the character of that hoes-. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) He (Sir E. B. Lytton), acting as one of a minority, might, perhaps, consistently with the passions of party, connive at such samusions, and insinuate that the tribunal must be at fault whenever the conserva tives could not carry their cause. But he would say, from the bottom of has !theft, that the longer he lived, and the more he became familiar with books and with mankind, the more deeply was be convinced of the patriotic spirit and intellectual eminence of the British House of Commons—(cheep)—end daring more than twenty years' experience of its proceedings he weld not revel any time when that house was more worthy of the respect and confidence of the people than sow,erhether by the ability which the advocates of all opinions displayed there, whether by the personal honour and integrity of its members, or by that seal for the public welfare which pos terity would acknowledge, whatever the measures at adopted, to have been its prevailing motive. (Cheers.) He could not consent to anything which implied that the affec tions of the people might be alienated from this palladium of their liberties and their glory. He, therefore, should move an amendment whicb every member, of whatever party, might vote for, and which y mem ber could then vindicate to his constituents, and justify to himself. He trusted the House would pardon its ambiguity, for the sake of obtaining for it a more pseud approval. Hs therefore mo ved: " That this house recommends to the earliest attention of her Mejesty's ministers the Necessity of a careful revision of our various official establishment*, with a view to simplify and facilita'e the transaction of public business, and, by instituting . judi- Mous tests of merit, as well as by removing obstructions to he fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to secure to the service of the state the largest available proportitan of the energy and intelligence for which the people of this country are distinguished." Mr. LABOUCHERE and the Chancellor of the Ex chequer rose together ; the former right hon. gentleman having caught the Speaker's eye, proceeded, amidst many mills for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to say that he thought the house would give hint • hearing when he said he NOS to explain what was in sent a personal attack made en him by the hon. baronet opposite (Sir S. Northcote). The hon. baronet had found fault with the appointment of Mr. Foriblangue to the statistical department, for which appe intment he (Mr. Laboachere) confessed himself solely responsible. At the time when r. Porter was unable to take the satin management of that department, he (Mr. Labonebere appointed Mr. Fonblanque. He Gould only I any, with wind to the fitness of the lest-named gentleman, that he taad taken every possible means to snore a person entpersut to the duties of the office, and had had the optstos of raw who wen able to @pooh with authority upon the question, it Mr. Foabisaque's I Ha had been much pained to think that his hon. friend had bond fault with his appointment, sad be thought upon reflation his feelings would be shared by that hon. gentleman. Sir 8. NORTHCOTE explained. He thought that his right hon. friend would not have mad* the observations which had just fallen from him, had he heard his (Sir 8. Northeast's) speech. He had not *Soiled to his right boo. friend, he had not said one word as to the fitness of Mr. Fonclanque, he had only mentioned that appointment as an example of a system which he condemned, viz., the appoint ment of persons to high office who were unconnected with the civil service. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l re- Nile that the hon. member for Aylesbury has brought the weld= of administrative reform under the deliberate mmelderation of the house. It is a question which. as the bea. baronet who has lately spoken has justly remarked, has quickly assumed dimensions of great importance, and has oceupied, justly, a large portion of the public attention. Bet, sir, it is an easy and convenient practice f -ea set of gentlemen who agree in entertaining an opinion in common upon one important subject to get up a public meeting in which the audience is admitted by tickets, and so to ensure perfect unanimity, as well ia those who speak as in those whom they address. However, when a question of this kind le brought before parliament, it necessarily undergoes the consideration of persons of different sentiments. The House of Commons represents ell classes of the community, and hence no ques tion like this will escape a careful and searching investi. gation. The motion which the hon. member has brought forward embodies the subject of administrative reform, but at the seam time it amounts to • vote of want of confidence la her Majesty's ministers. I confess that in one respect the remarks of my right hon. friend the member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone) upon this motion are not borne out by the terms of the motion itself. He said that it would have no practical result. But if the resolution were adopted by this house, it would certainly lead to the resignation of her Majesty's government, and that I think must be considered • practical result. It is the second motion of this nature which has been submitted to the house during the last intnight. Both of these motions are in effect of the nature of votes of no confidence, although the former one related to the conferences at Vienne, and the present re lates to the internal question of administrative reform. Now, I think I may state, without contradiction, that it is most important to keep perfectly distinct the executive and legis lative power; so long as a free constitution exists that must be one of its principles. Those persons who are entrusted with the executive duties of the government are entitled to ask of parliament either to give is them its confidence, or, by a distinct vote, to withdraw it, and not from time to time to bring forward votes of want of confidence, by which the course of their proceedings is necessarily rendered uncertain. The motion submitted by the hon. member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lapard) states that merit in public appointments has been sacrificed to party considerations. Now without retracing the ground which has been so ahly gone over in the present debate, I would ask whether it is possible in any popular government altogether to exclude the appointment of administrative officers from party and political influences. If we look to the United States we shall see that the principle Is carried much further than in this country. When a new party, in the United Statee, succeeds to power, it not only sweeps away those officers who are at the beads of departments, but also those subordinates who hoot the offices, in this cowry, secure from political change. Then we find that in the United States,which has the most popular goveromeat on the face of the earth, the greatest jealousy is shown by succes sive governments with regard to the appointments made by their predecessors in office. The bon. gentleman next refers to the prevalence of family influence. Now, I think it eon hardly be maintained, either in this house or in any public meeting, that persons ought to be excluded from office on account of their hereditary pretensions. It has always hien the boast of this country that the aristocracy has bees so connected with the other branches of the community that no distinct line can be drawn between them; that, on the contrary, in this house end in all public employment, Use course is open to all, without any distinction of rank or position. But it would appear from the argumeate of the hon. member for Aylesbury that of late years the practice of appointing peers to high office has increased. Now it requires but a superficial acquaintance with the history of the administration of this country, at the end of the last and the beginning of the present century, to be aware how large • proportion of the persons holding office was formerly made up of members of the aristocracy. When Mr. Pitt, otter his triumph over the coalition of Lord North and Mr. Fox, entered upon office, he was the only eommoner in his cabinet; he alone in this house sustained the government splint the coalition which embraced LI the parliamentary talent of that period in the House of Com mons. That example proved in the most convincing man• ter how the government of those days was made up of the aristocracy. The hon. member (Mr. Lewd) next attri butes the evils of which he complains to a blina adherence to routine. It is, iadesd, true that • blind adherence to routine is not likely to teed to a proper and intelligent die sharp of duties; but nevertheless routine is necessary in all matters of administration. How, for examp:e, could the business cf that house be transacted if it were not for an adherence to routine ? How could the business of courts of law be carried on but by means of established practice, which, in fact, was but routine. It is true that when per. eons are sent suddenly to a distant shore, and are so placed ia the way of unforeseen eircum•tances, • blind adherence to routine is inconsistent with • due di,charge of their duties. But it is sea•cely reasonable to expect that persons who have been trained all their lives in the ordinary performaace of military or civil dunce, when they are soddenly placed in a very different state of things will be able at once to adapt themselves to it, and show those talents which are the rare gift of a chosen few. For the reasons which I have intimated, lam uneble to agree to the motion of the hon. member for Aylesbury. With regard to the amendment of the hon. baronet opposite (Sir E. B. Lytton) he has stated it to be one in the spirit of which all members of the house may acquiesce. I would only remark that if the emeadment is to be interpreted according to the pain sense of its terms, and not according to the speech of the hon. baronet, I see no reason to object to it. At the same time I must say, that the necessity for a careful revision of the various depart ments of the executive to which the hon. baronet has alluded, is not—as remarked by the right bon, member for Oxford—is not brought about by any omission on the part of the govern meats which have from time to time existed. With the permission of the house I will call their attention to the steps which have already been taken in the revision of our principal departments In the year 1848 a reels on of the Home Department took place. My right hon. friend who now presides then presided in that department, and I was the Under•Seentary. In that revision Sir C. Trevelyan participated. Again, in the same year, • revision of the Treasury department took plate. Sir W. G. Craig, Mr. Barker, and Sir C. Trevelyan were directed to inquire iato the suhj•ct. Af:er having made a careful examination and report, various reforms were introduced. In the year 1849 similar i nves tigations were made at the Colonialoffice. Since that time there had been a revision of the War office, of the Board of Trade, of the Poor Law Board office, of .he Privy Council, of the Committee of Council on Edecatioa, of the Colonial Land and Emigration office, of the Copyhold Enclosure office, of the Board of Ordnance, and of the Registrar-Genuses office. In all these cases an investigation had been made, and revisions had taken place in consequent* of the reports made. A consolidation of the War Department had likewise been made, which efforded another example of the revision of public departments. The examples that I have cited will show that, although the adoption of the amendment of the hon. handset is perfectly consistent with the course, not only of the present govern. ment, but of former governments, it is not needed for the purpose of stimulating them to further reforms. With regard to the institution of tests of merit I would refer to the order in council which has been alluded to by my right hon. friend (Mr. Gladstone), but it is not my purpose at present to discuss the question of whether such order will be sufficient to meet the evil, or whether it is desirable to introduce, for the first time in this country, as candidates any number of person, who shall offer themselves without the nomination of the head of the department. I will only remark that this order in council provides additional securities for merit beyond those already existing. A regular examination, conducted under the auspices of • board of persons who are independent of each department, who are unconnected with the head o the department, affords • greater security than has . ever existed for the exclusion of unfit persons from the service of the country. I w ill not trouble the house with any further observations on this subject I will only state my convic tion, that the measure adopted by her Majesty's govern. ment goes as far as has been in the power of any one to embody in any practical suggestion, and with regard to ulterior measures they are opea to further consideration. Lord 0013E111CH moved the adjournment of the debate. The house then divided— For the motion 240 Against it 29-211 The debate was consequently ailiourned. The Consolidated Fund (10,000,0001.) Bill passed through ommittee. The house adjourned at half-put one o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, JuNE 15. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP BILL. Peers who cored against Lnrd Derby's Inaba to ester the Religions Worship Bill to a Select Canualtne. Lad Chancellor LIM 1113.011% Yllzwiltlam Camels DULL. Or noodle ChM* A rg yll Marrowby Cultism. Mato Oceteleton MA141:015.• Somers Wei Bremialbine S Spencer OMA Moatyn estminster Waldegraws Middleton W Baye sad eels Staa od iego o L s Alderleg THICOVIWS. W LIM Besisceough Burlier= Chichester forte/nue nakig Faalkland A letter in the Univers says that the day on which the aide-de-camp of the King of Napise left that city from Paris, charged with an autograph letter from the King to the Barrer Napoleon 111.,:to congratulate his Najesty en his escape from assassination, the Duke de Sena Capriole, set out for Bt. Petersburg with the simian to congratulate the Emperor Alezaada 11. cubit arose lea to the throne! Vbe exancoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. ,dverthententa Intended tot "The ?sprees," London Zvi/minims; most be at the Othos, 10, Bonverioctreat, by Two °Week on the day of publication. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAY—Kornis:Lc Bk. 3m Afternoon, 3k. 22m. To•rouos—Yorninr, 3k. 40= Atte:soca, 3k. 89m. LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 16. LATEST FROM ABROAD. A FLAG OF TRUCE FIRED ON BY THE RUSSIANS. SIXTEEN ENGLISH SAILORS KILLED. (DT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) OF' TUB DAILY 141tWal.) DANTZIC, Jima 15. The Vulture, Captain Glace, hu arrived, with despatches. She left the fleet on the 11th. anchored off Cronstadt On the 6th inst. the Russians fired on a boat of the Cossack, with a lag of truce, whilst landing seven Finlanders taken in prizes. Sixteen English sailors killed. On the Bth the Magicienne fired for an hour, with great effect, on a body of horse artillery, suffering herself but slightly. On the 9th lost, the Merlin and Firefly, in recon noitering, ran against some infernal machines, which exploded, but only damaged their copper sheathing. There had been no alteration in the position of the fleet. NYBORO, Jui ls 14. Baynes' squadron sailed this morning for the Baltic. CRACOW, Jima 14. The Emperor of Austria arrived here yesterday morning from Vienne. MR. LAYARD'S MOTION. Tits Parliamentary discussion of the merits and demerits of our present Executive system has at , length begun : when will it end? How long has it taken to induce the Legislature to listen even to the i general and initiatory statement of the question ? How long will it be before such an amount of pres ' sure shall be steadily brought to bear upon the governing classes as to compel them to make some real and effectual change? We know by experience how great is their power of holding out against exposure, reproach, accusation, and even fierce invective. To carry any ancient stronghold of mono poly needs time and energy and skill of no ordinary description. We found it so when the monopoly of creed was in question; we found it so when the monopoly of sugar was in question ; we found it so when the monopoly of the supply of the first necessary of life itself was in question. Year after year the early advocates of religious liberty and free trade failed in engaging the serious attention of par liaments predetermined not to yield to argument, no matter how unanswerable it might be ; and it was thought, and justly thought, a great step gained when at last Parliament was reluctantly compelled deliberately to entertain these subjects. And so it will, or ought to be, considered now. Six weeks ago the PRIME MINISTER did not scruple to laugh in Mr. LATARD'S face when he asked for a day to bring forward his motion : the member for Aylesbury was contemptuously told that he must find a day for himself. Already things are so far changed that the occasion is politely pre-arranged ; and after due notice in a full house, all the Ministers of the Crown being present, the important delibera tion is soberly and seriously begun. We have characterised the proceedings of last night in the House of Commons as deliberative rather than combative or controversial, in the party sense of the term, because it must be evident to all who read Mr. Leman's observations, that his aim was rather to invite dispassionate attention, and to elicit the opinions of others as to the means of remedying the evils complained of, than to denounce the system or its authors and abettors for the sake of winning transient popularity. His statement of facts was throughout moderate in tone, and wholly tree from any admixture of political topics. It might in truth have been delivered by a Conservative with as much propriety as by a Radical. The most pointed allusion to class distinctions by name was that in which the hon. member disclaimed strongly all idea of making social war upon the aristocracy, and declared that his hostility was solely directed against the sordid absorp tion by "an oligarchy" of the vast and various powers and profits of the state. We cannot help congratulating Mr. LATARD on the good temper and good sense he evinced throughout. He had at starting an unwilling if not a hostile audience to deal with; and the atten tion and respect which he contrived to win from them are no mean tribute to his capacity of practically pro fiting by experience. To suppose that the truths he told were palatable, or the inferences to which they led were acceptable to the great majority of his hearers, would of course be idle. As well might the bench of bishops be expected to become sincere opponents of the system of irresponsible church pa tronage, which is for them one of the most exquisite+ sweets of episcopal existence. But it is somethiu' towards reformation to force those interested in ► .ale great system of jobbing to discuss its details ar.d to defend its continuance as well as they can. Tb•. t y ad mit thereby the appellate jurisdiction of public opinion ; and this point once admitted, it ir, our own fault if we do not obtain a verdict, and vi due time enforce judgment. The best part of Mr. LATARD'S '.peach was that which consisted of a clear and weD .arranged aer i es of examples of favouritism and nit glect of merit in the army. Nothing could be better, a l so , t h an his criticism on the scandalous corraptirin in our diplomatic ler•, 1 - ' t N \ i • 4 r i 44 • • • i . , I' -41 P ' • . , . 11 . i 1 ) • ' me ? . • \: • i (....,,i , • 1 : -.• .i i 17 ) 1° ... I'. sloe, On the third branch—that relating to tli• organisation of the Civil departments at home, and the nature o r t h e zemedies that ought to be applied to its diseases and defoinities be was, perhaps, less clear. Like too many other sincere reformers, Mr. LAYARD seems to be half cauOt by the sophistries and pedantries of the TREVELYAN Itobool• Bat if proof were wanting of ;he saving efficacy of free die cussion in Parliament of these topics, it would be afforded by the curious col/Cession' drawn from Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTR regarding the original inten tions and desigue of that matehless commission of inquiry which was conducted by him in concert with Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN. The . public will learn with equal amazement and edification that the real original scheme, hatched by ;twee two profound pundits of bureaucracy, was smith 1r more nor less than to vest the entire of the neminat ions to government appointments in Mr. HATTER, an d that it was only the jealousy of the Treasury on tht part of the other departments that prevented this sub time recommendation from being embodied in tl air elaborate report. That famous document, Sir STAFFORD NORTUCOTE assures us, contained at fir st no proposal whatever respecting competitive exami - nation ; that was purely an alter thought, stuck in as a substitute for the plan of wholesale centralization of, patronage in the Treasury ; and he frankly owns that' he does not himself see, on further reflection, hew such a scheme would work at all ! Here, then, is the bursting of one glittering bubble, which has for some time led the unthinking astray, and tended to perplex men's minds most mischievously. From the first we rejected the notion of appointments by competitive examination as a preposterous delusion —its early death by the parricidal hand of one of its avowed parents is all we need further record con earning it. But the idea of making the Civil service a sepa rate and close profession is far from being abandoned. Patronage is still to exist, as, under some form or other, it must obviously do ; but the philosophic monopolists woL Id have certain decent forms of positive examination kept up in each department, just to prevent gross scandals of ignorance or incapa city; and for the rest, they would be content, pro vided the higher offices were invariably secured as a right to the seniors and favourites promoted from amongst these. The great object—according to Mr. ROMILLY, one of the new Examiners, appointed by the Government—is, to keep the nominations in the first instance aristocratic ; and that being secured, the next great thing, according to Sir S. NORTIICOTE and Sir C. TREVELYAN, is to keep out all strangers to the profession. No lawyer, no en gineer, no merchant, no soldier, no scholar, however distinguished or meritorious, ought to be considered eligible to soy Civil employment whatever. This is the Treasury version of Administrative Reform. It was surely high time to have the workings of all such conspiracies for rendering the power of the oligarchy perpetual put under a hive of glass.—Daily News. NEUTRALS IN THE BALTIC. CIRCULAR DESPATCII OF LORD CLARENDON. Foreign-office, June 6,1855. The Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs at St. Petersburg has recently put in circulation a statement purporting to be a representation of a communication made by Captain Watson, of her Majesty's ship Im periense, to the Russian authorities at Baltic Port, in o hy n ea e sve clauseis.wnot i fiedhoi cf which "thatchh i might C foreign,aa t p t a h in a t NthV timeaatts is tion on i s s a a a a y l l l , e t i g n c e e d p u t o r r t a t o l , be might quit the port, bat only in ballast, or with car goes which might not be Russian property ;" and from this representation of the notification made by Captain Watson, the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs draws, and publishes as a warning to neutrals, the inference that the British government has aban doned the principle proclaimed last year by her Ma jesty, in her declaration of the 211th of March last, that " her Majesty will waive the right of seizing enemy's property laden on board a neutral vessel, unless it be contraband of war." In another passage of toe statement of the Impe rial Ministry of Foreign Affairs Captain Watson is represented to have declared, in answer to the inquiry whether neutral vessels allowed by him to depart from Baltic Port alter the establishment of the blockade, in ballast or with cargoes, would be at liberty to pursue their voyage without risk of being detained by any of her Majesty's cruisers which they might fall in with at sea, that he could not undertake that such would be the case, inasmuch as the admiral commanding the British fleet might hereafter make other arrangements. Her Majesty's government are not surprised that such a publication on the part of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs at St. Petersburg has been the cause of some anxiety to neutral powers, who could not reasonably suppose that the Imperial government of Russia would resort to the expedient of misrepre senting a notification made to Russian authorities on a point so deeply interesting to the commerce of states in amity with Russia. Fortunately for the cause of truth, and for the relief of neutral powers from the embarrassment which the statement put forth by the Imperial Minis try of Foreign Affairs was calculated to occasion, her Majesty's ship Imperieuse is at the present moment in Portsmouth harbour, having been obliged to return to England to repair damages sustained by her in a collision with another of her Majesty's ships in the Baltic. Her Majesty's government have therefore bad the opportunity of communicating directly with Captain Watson, and of ascertaining from hint exactly what passed on the occasion in question ; and neutral nations will learn that the imperial government of Russia has published to the world, as true, a statement which, as well as the inference that the Imperial government has drawn from it, is wholly unfounded. In regard to the first point, namely, the alleged prohibition to neutrals to export Russian produce on departing from a port placed under blockade by her Majesty's cruisers, Captain Watson has laid before her Majesty's government a letter, dated the Ist instant, from Lieutenant De Kantzow, of her Ma-. jesty's ship Imperieuse, the officer employed by Capt.. Watson to communicate with the Russian authorities. at Baltic Port, which states as follows: " Neutral ships lying in the harbour laden with Russian produce (rye and gin) were permitted to, and, did actually, proceed on their respective voyeges. The governor asked if I could promise that they would never be molested or interfered with ; in aaewer I stated that the proclamation of her Majesty was clear and concise, and that he must abide by it, and in the event of theii; being captured the caw would be judged by the A dmiralty Court." On the second point, namely, that Captain Watson declined to give tan assurance that vessels allowed by him to depart f'.om Baltic Port would not be molested on their verege, the same officer, Lieut. De Kantzow, states " tbs't the governor asked permission for four fishing I•Atr,ts, without decks, to be permitted to pro ceed tit Rigs, and, that after I had acquainted you (Captain Watson) with the same, as well as with the naiads of the neutral ships lying in the port, and thei,r respective cargoes, I conveyed to him your per n4ssion that they might proceed, at the same time s taring that you had no intention of molesting the town, or any fishing boats, but that p.m could not guarantee that boats of that description would never be molested, as the commander-in-chief was expected, aed might issue different orders." Her Majesty's government abstain from comment ing upon the course pursued by the Imperial govern ment of Russia in this matter ; but I have to instruct you to give all possible publicity to this despatch in the country in which you reside. I am, flre... (Signed) CLASENDON. The sale of the pictures of the late Mr., 44 jut taken plsee at Paris. 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