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I like po litical changes when such changes aro made to be the result, not of passion, but of deliberation auk reason. Changes so made are safe, but changes made( under the influence of violent exaggeration, or of the Nio!ent passions of a public meeting, are not changes usually approved by this house or advantageous to the country .(Hear.) I cannot but notice, in speaking to gentlemen who sit on either side of this house and any of those locelities we frequent when this house is up—l cannot, I say, but notice that an uneasy feeling exists as to the news that. may arrive by the very next mail from the East. Ido not suppose that your troops are to be beaten in actual conflict with the foe, or that they will be driven into the sea, but I am certain that many homes in England in which there now exists a fond hope that the distant one may return—many such homes may be ren dered desolate when the next mail shall arrive. The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land ; you may almost hoar the very heating of his wings. There is no one to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the sitleposts of t e anv .t o hso u ieb r ea a l nt t o la3ho o .:ii r .otd s co , co.t t pfth l t i aata a httaei h fni iofi m bee nitu a bth. y ioei shh-).3eatirtoniediaiybinasl honestlysne i d wo ua p a ron a f s d s nthi o otoa n iNnvsN ; ldo, otrbaind frankly oie,f h yh he calls iacit equally oueo l jumf a a ylo t i. le dtvhoeetaseveoocuflrzan: possible,if a i gb make iyretnh et to 1 A n s . ehg s ao o k l te e i a m ht i n i os np a s o p I p tvo e e a r l h . feo ro l po t en e n l ee l da i i h na ine, ll be • gle moment, or to change his position in this house. (Hear.) I am sure that the nolo lord is not inaccessible to appeals made to him from honest motive. and Ve ith the deferential feeling that ho has been for more than 40 years a b o m rn e , m s b a e t r uopfonthis the l h , o r u eas se. o ryThe bench,no b a le lord, before udhohautiov I devoted d w h a is s life to the service of his country. He is no longer young, and his life has extended almost totho term allotted to man. I would ask, I would entreat the noble lord to take a course which, when be looks back upon his whole political cale3r—whatever he may therein find to be pleased with, By w adopting hateverto that course he w regret—cannot but be have be asaoue the rc satisfactioneofg atitiction oi reflecting that, having obtained the laudable object of his ambition—having become the foremost subject to the Crown, the dispenser of, it may be, the destinies of this country and the presiding genius in her councils—he had achieved a still higher and nobler ambition ; that over Earope he had returned the sword to the scabbard—that at his word tor rents of blood had ceased to flow—that he had restored tranquillity to Europe and saved this country from the in describable calamities of war. (Laud cheers.) Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT—Sir, I trust that, in the pe culiar situation in which I stand, the house will give me its attention while I endeavour to explain the reasons which have actuated me in the course I have taken in se ceding from the Government of the noble lord, and I pro mise I will do so as shortly as I can ; first, because the greater portion of what I may have to state has been anti cipated by my right hon. friend, and partly from my phy sical inability to address the house. (Hear.) I feel that the position which I occupied in the late Government dif fered, at any rate in degree, somewhat from those held by my right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty, and my right hon. friend the ne.nber for the University of Oxford. I was connected by my official position with one of the War departments ; I was therefore, although in a secondary degree, implicated iu the censures which have been passed by this house upon the management of those departments ; because, by the constitutional theory, every man forming a part of the Cabinet is equally responsible with his colleagues for what is done by each and every one of them ; but at the same time our own sense teaches us that those who are most closely allied to a department the operation of which has been condemned, do bear a weight of responsibility, are more liable to c 3nsure, and therefore more bound to endeavour to stand clearly with the house. Now, so far as that is concerned, I wish to say a word on the motion of my hon. and learned friend the member for Sheffield. His proposition was divided into two portions. He proposed to institute an inquiry, first into the conduct of the departments which were concerned in the supply of the army in the East, and then he proposed, further, to examine into the state of the army at Sebastopol. [Mr. Roebuck dissented.] Well, I am mistaken in point of order. He proposed to inquire into the state of the army first, and then into the conduct of the departments. Now, I draw the widest possible distinction between the LONDON, SA 46 TURDAIir EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1855.. No. 19,472.] IPRIcE SD. IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT. very lately I continued to eutertain that opinion—that two Ministers, my dearest friends,iwhom I trust, whom I have trusted long, and whom I believe to be as blameless and as trustworthy as any Ministers who ever served her Ma jesty—l mean Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle a great emergency, as paramount to every other consider- ation, and I can only new thank the house cordially for the patience with which they have listended to the expres sion of opinions, shared, I belie ve , on ly by a sma ll mino rity. (The righti hon. baronet resumed his seat amid ge neral applause.) Mr. BRIGIIT—I am one of those, forming the majority PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Booksellers, CHEAP EDITION of PEPYS' DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. Comprising all the recent additional Notes and Emendatlonq, printed uniformly with the last edition of elyn's Diary, in 4 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits, &c., pric only 6s. each, bound. Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Ilurst and Blackett. -HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. On the motion of Lord ST. LEONARDS the report of the amendments on the Purchaser's Protection against Judgments Bill was brought up. Lord BROUGHAM said, in reference to a petition ho presented last night froin the Corporatioa of Ports mouth, praying that a measure might be passed con ferring the right of selecting their own magistrate, a right which though conferred on them by charters in the reign of Richard I. and Charles, and other sovereigns, be ought to have added that this deprivation of power was com plained of, not only by every corporation in the country, but more particularly by that of the metropolis. THE RECAL OF SIR J. BURGOYNE. Lord PANMURE said he wished to cm-red a report that had gone abroad with respect to the recal of Sir J. Burgoyne. The sole reason for his recal was owing to the inroads made upon him by the severity of a Crimean win ter. A younger officer had been appointed to succeed him, namely, General Jones. He begged to say that that was the only circumstance that had led to the recal of that dis tinguished officer. The Marquis of-LANSDOWNE was glad that his noble friend had had an opportunity of doing justice to so esti mable an officer as Sir J. Burgoyne. of the house, I suspect, who aro disposed to look upon our present position as ono of more than ordinary gravity. (Hear, hear.) lam one, also, of those, not probably con- Now Ready, Second Edition (to which Is nave first &Lied a Life of Mhton), in 2. Tols., 12s. aIEMOIRS of CELEBRATED I_ll CHARACTERS. By ALPHONSE DE L A MARTINE. Author of " The History of the Girondist.." London : Richard Bentley, Cublisher in 0. dinary to her Majesty. stituting so great a majority of the house, who regret extremely the circumstance; which have obliged the right hon. gentlemen who are now upon this Wadi to secede rom the Governmont of the nob'e lord the member -for Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. GI, STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F. B. COURTESAN, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Engl.nd. .' We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stric ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of anus' se that he should enjoy the reputation of belng a most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of Instruments through a stricture which bad previously been impermeable to them ' was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight source of gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this resdect ; and for our part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with rester confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of Stricture of the urethra."—Medical Ciren'ar. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Tiverton. Ido not take upon me for a moment to con- demn them ; because I think that, if there be anything in which a man should judge for himself, it is whether he should take office if it he offered to him, whether he should sec3de, whether ho should serve under a particular leader, or engage in the service of the Crown, or retain office in a particular emergency. In such cases I think that the deci sion must be left to his own conscience and his own judg ment ; and I should be the last person to condemn any one for the decision to which he might came. I think, how ever, that the speech of the right hon. gentleman is one which the house cannot have listened to without being convinced that he and his retiring colleagues have been moved to the course which they have taken by a deliberate judgment upon this question, which, whether it be right or wrong, is fully explained, an d is honest to the house and THE CLOTHING OF THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. - - Lord LYNDHURST — Qd,Tu consequence of what it was reported the Under Secretary had said in respect to the sending out of summer clothing to the army in the Crimea, to the effect that he believed the patterns had not been decided upon, he wished to ask a question in respect to this subject. He believed that in the middle of April the weather in the Crimea was extremely sultr3. He believed it required four weeks to have such clothing put on board the vessel to be transmitted to the Crimea. There were only about five weeks intervening between this and the beginning of April. He wished, therefore, to ask the noble lord the Minister of War whether any steps had been taken to forward summer clothing to the army in the Crimea? If so, he wished to know when it was likely to be received, as he did not see why the army should perish with summer clothing in the winter or be smothered by winter clothing in the summer. Lord PANMURE said the question of summer clothing had not failed to engage his most serious attention, with the view of sending out a sufficient supply to our army before the month of April. He had written to Lord Rag lan to make suggestions in respect to the clothing, but above all to take precautions to prevent our soldiers from throwing off their worsted shirts,as he believed that there was great danger from any such sudden change of dress in the Crimea. He hail already taken steps to furnish a fatigue dress for the use of the army in the summer. He could not do more than he had already done. Lord VIVIAN called the noble lord's attention to a letter which he had received, in which it was stated that several draughts of mon had sailed from this country in the middle of October, aid early in November, without a stitch of winter clothing, and the men had died like dogs. Lord PANMURE said, from inquiry he hail made, he found that previous to the middle of ,Novem ber some difficulty had arisen with respect to summer clothing, but contracts had been entered into to prevent such unfortunate accidents again occurring. The mistake was greatly to be regretted. A brief discussion here took place with respect to the blockade in the Black Sea, in which Lord Lyudurst and Lord Panmure took part. Their lordships then adjourned. to the country. (H sr.) Now, sir, I said that I regretted their secessieli, bee sae lam one of those who do not wish t of the noble Ion! the member for Tivert4i, • t .crown. Th.) house know. ,-ell, and nobody knows better than the noble 10)4, tha t . I have been one of his ardent supporters. (Laughter.) I have disapproved much of his policy both at home and abroad ; but I hope that I do not bear to him, as I can honestly say that I d o _ _ PATRIOTIC JUG.—SAMUEL ALCOCK and CO., Hill Pottery, Burslem, Staffordshire, being desirous of patting it within the reach of all to possess a mcworial both of the present war an 1 of the noble and generous tympithy displayed by all classes towards our truly brave soldiers, have published Patriotic Jug, illustrative al ke of the horrors of war, as well as of the nation's grateful efforts to alleviate them, evidenczd by the Royal Patriotic Fund. Copies of this interesting work can be had at all china and glass warehouses in the kingdom. not bear to any man in this house,—for froin all I havere: ceived unnumbered courtesies—any feeling that takes even the tinge of a personal animosity ; and even if I did, at a moment so grave as this no feeling of a personal character whatever should prevent me from doing that which I think now, of all times, we are called upon to do,—that which we honestly and conscientiously believeto be for the permanent interests of the country. We are in this posi tion, that for a month past at least there has been a chaos in the regions of the Administration. Nothing can be more embarrassing —I had almost said nothing can be more humiliating—(hear)—than the position which we offer to the country ; and I am afraid that the knowledge of our position is not confined to the limits of these islands. 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OUTFITTING 66 and 67, Cornhiil. • ......... Erittoas NTS 9 3 and 4, Bishopsgate-strect, oppo leg site the London Tavern ; sato 1. •• • • at Liverpool. ......... Port sea and Romsey, Rants. 80. Comme•cial-road, London. Worth Woolwich, opposite 11.M.'s I NC; D 0..... [ Dockyard. alld purchasers general:y may be supplied at a and embrace the Home quality at Shipping (Hear.) It will be admitted that we want a Govern m ent; that if the country is to be saved from the breakers which now surround it there must be a Government; and it de volves upon the House of Commons to rise io the gravity of the occasion, and to support any man who is conscious of his responsibility, and who is honestly offering and en deavouring to deliver the country from the embarrassment in which we now find it. (Hear.) We are at war, and I shall not say one single sentence with regard to the policy of the war or its origin, and I know not that I shall say a single sentence with regard to the conduct of it ; but the fact is that we are at war with the greatest military Power probably of the world, and that we are carrying on our operations at a distance of 3,000 miles from home, and in the neighbourhood of the strongest fortifications of that great military empire. I won't stop to criticise—though it really invites me— the fact that some who have told us that we were in danger from the aggressions of that em pire at the same time told us that that empire was power less for aggression, and at the same time also that it was impregnable to attack. By some means, however, the public have been alarmed as if that aggressive power was unbounded, and they have been induced to undertake an expedition, as if the invasion of an impregnable country were a matter of holiday-making rather than war. (Hear.) _ +oator of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edio ouzel, Honorer Member of the London Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con eqnences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, hich have proauced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ;cod, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any Aber class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is sarticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of teir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded me health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is FIOUSZ OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Caledonian Railway, Grand Surrey Canal, and Great Northern London Cemetery. But we are now in a peculiar position with regard to that war ; for, if lam not mistaken—and I thin k I gathered . . . . as muck from the language of the right hon. gentleman— at this very moment terms have been agreed upon—agreed upon by the Cabinet of Lord Aberdeen ; consented to by the noble lord the member for Tiverton when he was in h.__ I - " 71t Rol OS O', Fe) , 1 'ITTIR or , litres of • • .10 -• -e, 6rtOWY %I'd f ro' 'Ott • [or , ' Ird fr° f r i i r' afr oit•--$ l/°l : ' 0 Of • 0 .-.1) 0° a fr° °etc"' ill. f ir-A old, O. Frog/. rt e- - ini frost. ow °sty ()sty. nett', 111 -F Sia . iudy- - , To o+ 3udy ow. city. nuly. rd frelP, ld. ,rd frost. .rd frog. ( 1). if 0 ' %r e 0 ° od dO ttil AO. or 3er ". 1 0(11‘ , $r cY ro stopoo; 0 0 . ° if ' 90 io ri°, 1 40 111 to of r ir Cl: 94. ' f ; ib C01 1 ,%176, t e o°o. P g c , tt.' l ` • lo dne ' r. a , P :O 3 tre et - ri , of rop *bilogle' 19 0ri3 p • ro" ;re st, 3114 :, 0( l ''. B i . Jor Egq•' o f t f IA O I go r ; C. "of ti 3 ;bur st • 00 de , uog . CiO r i 0; 1 r T wu No , o f lO ce ' o. o*/ in 06 ,- JNTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. ' A gent of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Some . rset-place, 23d Feb., 1855. ~ssioners for Executing the Office of t."oiniral of the United Kingdom ot Great Britain 4 ebY Give Notice, that on TUESDAY. the 13th ° o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Cibi,lling to Contract for supplying her Majesty's 4 °41 with ott~"' PIG LEAD. jt lte ' P'kn ' ttild klkf tm er may be seen at the said office. No tender R aty `ti one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any Party attend, or an agent for him duly autho- - - 414 4/ 4 the ;N tk u, ti r 'Oe addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty , iL`q ths in t telb. be et, id corner the words "Tender for Pie Lead," e arered at St , merset-place, accompanied by a - "Lltr "44 ' tesponsible persons, engaging to become bound ' J et. - 4er in* in the sum of 8001. for the due per:orma nce 'ge t . tt b TEAMS OF RORSES FOR SHEERNESS. p- "exit of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, 1,1 4 t4 lJob ans: Somerset-place, 21st Feb. 1 855 . ~I,.l P' l 4 44 l llg lCm sll iers for Executing the Office of k bo 1 7jra1 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ne,l 4l , F lr GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, hellion. a s t aL Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat -c ' el 'Yar d :n s a h y ee li r e ne :ll w lin it g it to Contract for supplying her TEAMS OF HORSES. 1 1 4C'kei te ` n e tender may be seen at the said office. No tender af ter one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any * tit., 4, i the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho t'3. tiq must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, lty k *ll, l : ll left-hand corner the words "Tender for Tennis," and delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter nsible persons, oneaging to becotne bound, with ''kt, „ ''' , Tircr, la the Sam of 5001. for the due performance of ~,t) 1 s' 11 " . —T1.R.11. PRINCE ALBERT. Ir t ,4 1-I,OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. a . on Wednesday and Friday EYentn,„, t P1y,',, i 'd•1„., 4 ASTRONOMY, by Dr. BACHLIOFFNER, IBUS iftlOn'n7 4 . 14 14, 1 gSOLVING ORRERY, and on Wednesday 11 1 : 41 urge Air Llim 7rdpriate Music from Haydn's Oratorio of the ty `,..rid Chows of Fl ty Performers, under the 'lYand, of the -Royal Italian Opera. t Er to let of March, DRAMATIC READING by t 1 , 41 4 4,, iTe•th (4 4„ 11 N• •tt • ,lll • o!.tith inst , LECTURE to the INDUSTRIAL ' ..OLOGY as . connected with HEALTH. by Dr. k,4 14 det, ‘ , LOPHING; CLEANLINES 4 , and EXER- Ziev," at,"! try ''',,tidt, - ..,'IJISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DlG pt Lue SAILOR , COSMORAMAS, the CONCERT sol,lgFoßmEng, and all the LECTURES, on the ' 4 e, as 441i,, z , 1 11 0,4kky -p'' ) CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. — ' l '4lll l t eb• 1 9th, 1855.—Duting the course of this week /1 1 l ane. usl a will h.. op, (st u -.:played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Over tot elle. r ne). J. R. Tutton; Waltzes: Wet en and Wo . gen, Ui ati; 'aneketeau ; Vermahlung'z Toaste, Strauss ,La 4 t'as top e „Carnaval do Venice kby desire), H. Laurent, C r , arn et ; 4 + l the principal perrormers; Quadrilles: Jerome Li Collier d'Or Bouguol ; the llighlanders, H. Y ,1 11e) ; Schottische, the Argyll Ronaussy ; Polkas : i; 1 1 (ti t ; La Menagerie Bousquet ; The Zouaves, 4t , 111 14, , t0n (first time), Streather ; Gallop, Dovt r reiL All I,‘,. —e), T. Browne. Principal Cornet-a-Piston, Pd. kkill k r alory -m ... a rnuttiott relative to musts to be obtained at the -1 4-p tst u . il de? tho orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; cent --ekdruission, One Shilling. WELL ON INDIGESTION NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND 4 i4 ll:r. rY . . I V , r angements, Constipation, and 'hemorrhoids, Is. L A each, by post Is. 6d. rr,,, EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. 4 1 4. ,Lbstentia multi cnrantur 0,‘, 4 t q c ') off m t l i tlM Of the principal causes (over and careless 1 41 114 111 y „"ove harassing and distressing complaints, S, el of v e ulgible and popular exposition of how we should hoop ni ;oln ;to which is added, diet tables for every meal k e . o ut Linstructions for the regimen and observance of "' the twenty•four. Illustrated by "tumorous 4 411 2. 8 — l's AND ,tlt h , - SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. 1„ ~°lsipinVlthat bath no wif I hold him lost, 41 N 4 ittt` 4ll s 8 - „' n ''' and all desolat. ' lle that bath no child, I V i t , Itt ar ',„, - and winde "--Chancer. I 'o , ,ttior, - „' .a ge, its expectations and Necessities —Development k k klti l li ti 44 1b., -----I '°ve Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and r ;Te r tat 1 74,'t k t ,1 41 11t . " In Unsuitableness—or-Inter- Vi -The,'Physical Defectiveness —Advantages 't4 tl s hlst c g r Y er Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—lfo u d h e a o s- f 414 an. litinu ey. ,e B ,... Law of On Di r or fe c l e ic . i a to c n . s , , a l e n . fertile, and all Ig en As 3. -I'I TY AHD ITS INFRINGEVESTEL tt L vvi,, t A Lecture to You nj,. Tr Passio ns hurt the bod ng y—what improve. 10 s t t lith s as ren s Athens ever heard." 'ti k l' , t tinl,,, Z i o, y :4 , : h ld r, e l'i h i g a r i st rn h, n ; e g d , e , , h a f d ro l m ts in ih fa fr n i c n y ge t h o le o n ld t. age . 41414 tiv - ' dtslipation with illustrations, graphic, zarrative, , 0 e• Advocacy ' of early marriages, &c. The c Ti ftS l ,l e a a lt d i v ec en o t f irlit 11 R, Llt•Att , e l'et bi 4. riti t . l , lt c , •-tti ur ,,s s eskses. their Self - management o a p n u d i, C , Cure. osltlon M : I l e d uri na u r.. k •- .1 - A comprehensi a y t e hr a e d p ri an:i treatment, corn "Nt (I, ll Z l ially • 7 u 2,,,,,, pritn ry se" a es nd —t se h L ir nd n ary s3mlnems, all forms of 'l , ' kla ---enth strictur and spermatorrheea ; with 250 en t e PreS erlPiions. e - ~. •,... , trsat azt I) eN nte t a, URETHRA, ani RECTIIM.--Consprlsing Itt t Vol a €enta. Constipation. and litem te o c r ed rh i o n id g s . . -154•C'Alltn7i eiforift:-.4 to e f TO BE HAPPY. th,, .4 • I T , " xticande InVerfet- k, • wp m neW words to fair faith."—Shakespere. liAs i . , 'l. Pateruest row ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ;or of l lllttO'leee gq , ) ,- RICHARD CULVERWELL , tri c'r o ‘, arid Twenty Ye ars Consulting Colleague of the h 4 3' • the a b o .th,, t 14,, W i th 10, Arull-place, Regent-street, L_o_ndo t lir -.* 41 th. ' ''d With on the above matters daily, irOm ,Luia -', Wren'. Is, tout toron till Nino. __, _—_—.• -- _.... RiCETS. r -.- .. ---....-.... ....--_—... ------ D.--FEB. 20. , ,ions :—Beef, 6d ~t °, , ' Od ; veal, 7d to ' iu 5 ; rough fat, Os 64 ,. M „._ 4,1* 1. I,l6thasse 11400 u111 '...-!..!_ - l4 Nal - 1%i"; tin - V i iical ,— it; 1b ; ata lf4ki32.l , lI DIA co . 4- ht 13111,reTOrtii at Alio IgAiit see it NI.PANty ' - '•• ap , whi ch ~ - do hereby give Notice. that' the neje be „+sozh lbc ,''''eY will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and q.—Fis. 21. lit zt lit „._ resent date, and until !Art her notice, be 2s. id - "Ve , and for Ellis en Bombay 2s. i )4d. the Cora- -1 the average l,„ , crags crags 4d, down. , JA.MI36 Os MELYILL, Secretary. erag• as before. , 1 T I to , ers,ge is ld. . pt o to TION in the CITY.—The COURT of Sales. 16 cif / flf I CC'Ill•IC .. sold 12_ _ q.„, or t, IL havingvoted 1,0001. as the foundation , t i. e , RELlEF t h o u " si ' vef of the SUFFERING POOR of the City ' ********* sold 16;0,1" sii. ,Preseht .e of the Coal Whippers and Fellowship Porters, sold 14 530 ......... ,0 „ os 9 q l Vple tt „, ,Ment weather. SUBSCRIPTIONS in further .. ...... la ••• ni ;Oh H o ",,?•, 1 , . 0 " received by the Right Hon.the Lord Mayor, ........• 6 , 542 llbb :162: .41. rtriu..aild7oey,tbhye Si re r sp J e o c h ti n ve Key, Bart , the Chamberlais, at Aldermen, their Deputies, and ..... ''''" by of the Coal and Corn and Finance Com- -4•li ;II '321 8, --- , P hi s 61 ( J, R ~...„, 67,k lb ~t -- . TOWSE, Chairman of tles Coal and Corn all, 1 '6,2 3 ~,,_ and Finance Committee. 211. ' '" 0 - ,f wileat nn °f ret s ' ; 0 NI . - 'Ye, A. , 4 1),, N ,rnely inset' „ 0 , , V and SOUTH-WESTERN a current thi s _Nicel It l' !"Pn t . RAILW Y. for an descrir w l ._ q t e , s ' E re it s . re i equested to take Notice, that the the 15 ~7 1400, 1 1 • c ? I IEETING of • this Company, on the 15 th 78 o d i white, v , 1 tk7. ti t l it Ne 0 i, , - ... ED from that day to THURSDAY neat, Os Od t° 37g la le •', •, 4 Sir epin nek p.m., to enable the Directors to consider „., 9_,, 3 5 ~ 'is to eon2 e , ol _2 e '-in to the Proprietors as to tile course to bo d. .r.H., t he c0 _7 . 1 3 eot the rex( lotion el the House ef t Commons :IP , IY's proposed Amendment Bill. W ittti • "7 cider of the Court of Directors, s. 21. pp iyol '' ' 11141 (1 - •. . . L. CROIiBIE, Secretary. a Station, 2Zd Februsry, 1855. had s good sil _ llll, i os._ flat war fo i- _, t i' ' NDOI \T r. lovrer. Other w It , 4 N 411 .--.R,, A ,„,, X O SOUTH WESTERN LA.IL- , 0 .•i s . - -Pa rek ,'mt.lCED PARCEL RTES BY PASSENGER ,0 7g 3 9d; rear ; „ ( iii ' , 1 411 e, ie 7 . _tinder 7 1 bs. weight are now charged 6d. each , op',,,lllose ,„7,,een London and any Station on this Railway, l to 3 Q 2: . Od od ; i n t o i ," , , se t lin :me Dorchester and Salisbury lines; and to st a . cl to 0 " . 441 'ef t , '. Parcels under 2 lb+. weight are now charged 6d. 00 Od. 1 ' ,., 3 t 7 7 0 0 ~ tac , Z4 11 0 , 8 .refi, CO" v u ,1,,,, •hi,, t all owing sending Parcels are requested to de- ' 1.,,, , 4the Offices in London : —Parcel Cfflce, „_—..--• . 1 1 . eSe el4 ; No. 63 King Williaqa-street, City ; Mossoms tr ell 44 tleet!s' Cheap side; No. 50, High-Areet. Borough (ILA. k:4I, N , jr at ~ Street; I go_ Z 3, 44 Regent Circus; No. 13 4,Alders- , ts,.,7la rf `, • .,ixids only) ; Old White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly ; 1 ,04 1• ,t. 31 ,44,d - 'oPer Thames-street (for Goods only) ; Swan wit he- Oen er i ' l l 'lgo ilP,,,,,, re sham-street ; Spread Eagle, Gracechurch street; ,ea the 4 4 ,,z0,, .1.,-iltr eet ; White Morse, Fetterlane; Golden Cross, , Pa tell ' ) 1 11 ,:n ii ",wa'• ' fli Ter@al Office, Regent Circus ; George and Blue r"bli ' eral G • . . / 6 1 1 i "Litt,' 're str riftin s Green Man and Still, Ovord-street. if Vora ""• i ‘ ll ' o ,l I'it t ivi as t b e w leY recommended to avail themselves of the . pot ; ~ eh e South Westrn Railway Company have no con- . _,.„, ite he •• i„...-1, 0 -. e ki t 3,ll oecl ~,,,:,!_ernade Posen r can they be responsib!o for the _ 1 ..... 1 ... ."." ...,-- , 00 i• k r , ' l l. ''''cet delivery ef, Goods or Parcels booked at any .. LiverPo ° • ' ‘ll s 4lll th * D a the • • 111 1 . t ry s ?tit l e__ .Mitry, on purchasing goods, &c in London, .. •WerPoo l ' . i ~,,.e44l,fr_in ordering them to be addressed " per South ' 4 l. / comp+ny," and forwarded through one of the , .. soehatflP te , 0 l t 0 t o, it, l6, lag order of the Directors. .. Sontbs niPt° . , 11(lbe Static, ARCED. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. n, January, 1855. • • Dolo r • • .1000.0, ill, kt t lt u , •. uth ..1 -LI, il ~t44 1 e0r•,,,, ‘-'l - AL BRITISH BANS . Piro° , ite. s , ated n • Door . .„ • ,,(7 , 1 vt, tir e , _ hy Charter), have opened a BRANCH at No. n. outllta"' t ou ; _,,, Sik ti ,kittv,:',. riecadilly. where it is hoped trie establishment th sea/of:0 pp II l t to g b i Zence t 3 at least such 01 the inhabitants of that .. Dover " . i o n i t , on cl , u rhood as have not hitherto kept a banker. ~ guoto nip oo oil tipt,et reekoPoslts and on the fluctuating balances of current . Souttia ln _.' rtir A i.". 11 . t. p er ti ed from day to day, at rates varying from one tc law r ; lil ifif - r,, el f o , 4 l'nurn , according to the amount and continuance u t alr, a I. l elance, and promissory notes or bills, circulat b 80 0011 0 ~ s s 4 Sy t nu drafts payable to order or bearer, which may be ~,!, ttin i .r ll at home or abroad where there is a banker, art po ll.'" N t l / 41 1 t te ks r f te and travellers, Tor whcm they possess some 1. Southso so , ', trr e economafety and utility. Soutbagg I 6. 0/1 sOf bum wi ll • I ) •e t ,.. ce, T „ ness be communicated on application al „ vt road Y ie enhouse-yard ;or at the branches, 429, Strand • ...I ../pf see Pied ni n Dover , „ to n„,r kk , , . both ; 97, Goswell - road. Islington; 1, Shaftes• 1. South - ir' a L - selitsei r "la-street, Pimlico ; 60, Stones-end, Southwark . Dover o' oe! •il& .„ tll. Piccadilly. ~,0,0 ( 11 1 N. ~ _l L____li'''', ,GIII INNES CAMERON, General Manager. . Dover ' • :;; 1 , 1 i . I ' 44 , Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. 1. Soutll" wY ki , ' 'AV . too' 4%1) . SILV 1. sou carl,,,i i 3O 41 , Ili ttn ER and CO., OUTFITTERS ; y Untd011:0,001,6 :,; 4 1 t 0 11,„„__S• CONTRACTORS, and MINI:N. I X fURER• h Souto7, .10. 1 ft p 'it niih' i l ;feinents,'WATEßPßOOF CLOTHING, and thi Dover,' t oe' ~ 41sti , c itit 7r Appliances. I. plynofro. ia k , , 1et .....! . O . ITTFITTING] } Soutbn .• 60 and 67, Cornhiil. , 83 ........ • • b Dover ~.,. V - 3 1 and 4, Blshopsgate.street, oppo r \t fri li .1 1 . . 1 "(1 Ras EMIG* ~••••••., n Doo• '',,f.i.fif• it,A t -tex eu --- site the London Tavern ; alt , . HolY o ..,, e 'ptel ~,e 1"te, 41 11E 3 ...... at Liverpool. t. Bout sll- 0 1 0fe \-:11, 404 •; , .. :: ..... ~. Portsea . and Romsey, Plants. h south'u n i,, , ' N I, p c _ -, ...... .. Comme•cial-road, I.ondon. . LiverP ° k' T ei.itss a ged Do S• Worth Woolwich, opposite 11.M.' •••• ' ll ' - 'icere '' "• t Dockyard. I• Dover 41 , te2 of purchasers generally may be supplied at "et, and embrace the Home quality at Shippin, . h Soutleso t er 1. Dover ;+:;;, b Sollemtft: 0 b e c O NTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. Yarto usu • .. 111 . ar rtnent of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, i. Dover ••„ 1 ,0, j Somerset-place, 23d Feb., 1855. 1. Southsu l r t ori,, 11 1,1 1 I, 0i. ) ,„.. I. Aoutbsilr r tiv i lk 4 14: 4 1ii' 11 -ssioners for Executing the Office . 6 parlous P‘• 1 , 4 t'll d, VI Ad i ,e,,llek t • es ti tniral of the United Kingdom of Great Britaif f, Dew' .... or "ki,,h qt T' r ebY Give Notice, that on TUESDAY. the 131: ~ Mire f .`l t ,3'.3' ~.° o'clock, they be ready to treat with suet b &WNW' k uN (1,„ willing to Contract for supplying her Mikjesty'l ...i. ll j, t %\,.. 'l ' l m with __„,„„efOr ~ ~ 14,,,,te,,, 1 14, PIG LEAD. b Solltuswi ~,'„ "eq,teNN 01,0' t, 41 , 11 / o ft ...el' may be seen at the said of fi ce. No tondo ,ifis i f y, Si - IN 'st t l llO 11 ; 1 _ one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will an: as thenadi. of° l a d besi til e N tr . ' Party attends, or an agent for him duly authe iacepti I s. trip s , 0 4 ;ka t oh Will be a"' 1017ryi,,,.! 4/e, ',trt, t _be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty entitled. - - it is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are rinciples of personal management'which cannot be violated without t curring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed .he heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties nay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, I , ld how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional terangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. fheAuthor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Jractice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have infortnnately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place f iith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be kad, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Borne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free by post for dirty stamps to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Eed rird-square. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six sib Kigkt. MARKET NEWS-MILS DAY. COVENT GARDEN. Very limited supplies of fruit and vegetables were on sale to-day. The dowsed ruled dull, as follows FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 5s to 7s per lb ' • apricots, 1 Os to Os per doz. • hot-house grapes, 6s 04 to 1050,1 per lb ; foreign ditto, 10 4 to is 84 ; melons, Os 04 to Os each peaches, Os 04 to Os ; nectarines, Os 04 to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 64 to lOs 014 per bushel ; pears, 7s 04 to lOs 04 per half sieve • Orleans plums and green gages Os to ' Os Od per punnet • ditto, Os to Os 04, and common plums, 3s 0 to Os 04 per half sieve; cherries, 04 to Os per pound ; lemons, 64 to is per doz.; oranges, 4804 to 10s per 100; fil berts, 95s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to 04 per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLEIS.—Savoy cabbages, 94 to is 6d per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s 04 per dozen ' er ' • French beans, Os 31 p to to Os 44 per 100 ; broeoli, is 0 4 to 2s 04 pe r b un dl e • potatoes, 90s to 120 s per ton ; vegetable Inarrovv, 04 each; peas, Os (kite Os 04 per bush.; bro. ' .' beans, 94 to i s per half sieve ; turnips, 44 to Gd per bunch ; carrots, 7 g dt loi 10,1 bunch ; cucumbers, is Od to 2s Od each • garlic, Os Sri per pc mid ; spinach, 2s 04 to 4s 04 per; 6d s enions, 2s Gd to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is sieve per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 44 per bunch ; shallots, 44 to 6d -. : horse-raddish, 2s 04 to 5s 0,1 per bundle ; parsley 4, to Gd per bunch ; celery, is Od to i s 64 per bunch ; endive, -Is 6d to 25 per score ; beet, is Gd to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, is 04 to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 3d to 04 per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s 01 to 2s 64 por pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Is Gd. to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is por half sieve ; radishes 94 to is per dozen bands ; tomatoes, 3s 0,1 to 45 04 per half Sieve; chillies, is tols 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, is Od to ,!5 Od per half sieve; capsicums, per is to 2s l NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 6s Od each; Ducks, 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; tame Rabbits, N Od to Os Od; wild do , ls to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 8s to 108 per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is Od to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 3s Od to 35 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s Od ; Pheasants, 3s 6(.1 to 3s 9cl; Leveret", 2s Od to 2s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s Gd, and English lls Gd to 15s 6d per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 10s Od to lls Od; French ditto, 72 Od to Be Od per 120. NEWPORT. Boef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 48 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od. : pork, 3s 4d to is 8d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 43 2d ; veal, 3s 101 to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 6s Oil to 15s ; Brills, 35 Od to 7s each; Salmon, 3s Od to 3s 6d per lb; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 14s each ; Soles, 4d to 2s Od per pair; Eels, 8d to 1s 0.1 per lb; Lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; Crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 2s Od to 3s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 40s to 508 per bsh; Mackerel, 40s per 100 ; Smelts, 2s Od to 3sod per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per ib; Shrimps, is Gd to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Ott to Os per • 100. ; Scotch do., Gd; Sprats, 5s Od to 8s Oil per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 8s to 18s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 3s. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front 10d to 11d; of household ditto, Bd. to 9id per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 31d ; 641 b to 7216, to d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 681 b to 961 b, 4d to 4/d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to 0(1; Horse hides, 5s 6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 58 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 6s Od to 7s 3d ; Keats, 58 3d to 6s Od ; Half-breds, 5s 3d to 6s Od ; Downs, 4s 04 to 4s 10d ; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. BAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 4/ 17s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 61 OA ; and straw,.ll 4s to 1/ 102 per load. Trade rather dull, at late rates. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ Oa ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw. 11 5s to 1/ 11s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 81s to 4' 16s; clovor ditto, 3/ 3s to 6 1 O 3; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ les per load. A. fair average supply and a sluggish trade. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Many thousand cures have been effected without medicine, by Du Barry's Delicious Reva lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (dmepsia), constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, paralysis, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.—Fr0m the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering hu manity, to state that Da Barry's excellent Revalenta Ara bica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, *of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. 'lnquiries will be cheerfully answered." Cure No. 71.- Of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies.— I have derived considerable benefit from Du • Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies." Caro No. 32,836. —Froth the Venerable Archdeacon of Rcss.- "Three ye as exces sive nervousness, with painsin my neck and left arm, and ge neral debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Da Barry's health-restoring Foed —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibercen." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, bare been eflec , tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a very short time.—Rev. John AV. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti• pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly , Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. —Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, an d gene ' Perl.o—ln canis ral debility have been removed b y Du Barrv's exc ellen t t F e oo rs :l Bil .—James for attholoilm-sattreese, and with full instruc tions tions —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d.: 51b., 11s. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., Os. ; 21b., 11s. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 33 5 . The 101 b. and 121 b., c arriage free, on receipt of post °Thee - order. - Barry du Barry and -Co• f i -77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill ; 60 Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4, Cheapside ;25 and 54, Upper Baker-street. PETITIONS. Mr. PHILLIMORE presented a petition against Church rates. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Fins bury in favour of the vigorous prosecution of the war, and praying for inquiry. Lord GODERICII presented a petition from a place in the West Riding, signed by 5,000 people, against the Beer Act of last session. HOMEWARD-BOUND FLEET. Sir J. DUKE said as the right hon. baronet the late First Lord of the Admiralty bad declined to answer the question, he begged to ask the Senior Naval Lord whether any assistance had been sent out to the fleet which had been so long wind-bound in the Channel ? Admiral BERKELEY said that four ships had been sent to the mouth of the Channel, and one to the mouth of the Irish Channel. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.. Mr. PHILLIMORE gave notice that on early day he should bring in a bill to abolish the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in all matters relating to slander. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. Col. REED gave notice that on an early clay he should renew his motion on this subject, unless prevented by another ministerial crisis. (Laughter.) THE INDIAN OFFICERS. Sir E. PERRY wished to ask the right hon. the Presi dent of the Board of Control if Indian officers who had served on the staff in the field in the Crimea would be en titled to the same brevet promotion as other officers. Sir C. WOOD said it was a question which it was scarcely proper in him to answer, inasmuch as it related to a matter not within his department. THE, PRESS AND THE WAR. aw : i i r r cu F alira ß ni A ida l d :lNG wished to ask the S.;cretary at War complaint it sea b s hele ti }iii n ea e r,li t .du h r u ec t sosne L sde ard Raglan had addressed a plaint to the Duke of Newcastle relative to the infor mation furnished by the newspaper correspondents in the consequence Crime addressed on the sub e j o e df c i t tto : rastorfenm and the circular on the subject. gentleman had any He wished to know whether the right hon. e e w u e s p t r a a p n e c r e s objection to produce the remonstrance Mr. PEEL said th e l e t ter of the Duke of N ewcas tl e wa of a private character,and he had n o t the authority to thoughtproduce public circulario service addressed e to the newspapers was also of a private character, but the right hon. baronet be benefitted by the pro duction of these documents, he would should have no objection to prodube them. Sir F. BARING asked if the communications contained any information which it would be disadvantageous to publish ? Mr. PEEL said, with regard to the document addressed to newspapers, there was nothing in it which could not be made known to the world, and therefore he could have no objection to produce it. Mr. LAYARD said it was only fair that both sides should be heard, and should be glad to know if the hon. gentleman had any objection to produce the answer of the newspapers to the circular. Mr. PEEL said he was not in possession of the answers. APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE. The house towards half-past four o'clock began to fill, hon. members coming in one after the other in close suc cession ; and after taking their seats joined in conversation with little knots of hon. gentlemen, from whose earnest and animated jcstures it was evident they were discussing the prominent topic of the day with deep interest. Lbut ord Palmerston had not y et made his appearance, Sir James Graham, and Mr. Sidney Herbert had arrived, and, amidst some amusement, took their places amongst the Cobdenite section of hon. mem bers, below the gangway on the Ministerial side of the house. Mr. Cardwell selected his seat in the row imme diately behind the Treasury Bench. Mr. Gladstone arrived about half-past four o'clock, and immediately joined his late colleagues on the Cobdenite Bench. As five o'clock approached there was still a vacancy on the Treasury Bench, the Prime Minister not having arrived. The house in every part was thronged almost to suffoca cation. Presently Mr. Granville Berkeley (one of the whips of the Treasury) hurried up to the Treasury Bench, and whispered to the Ministers present, amidst laughter and general cries of " Hoar, hear." Having gone through this pantomimic performance he hurried away, and there was another ominous panic of some dura tion. Bye-and-bye Lord Mulgrave (another Treasury whip) came in in the sameimysterious manner, and had another whispering consultation with the right ho nourable gentlemen, but with the same results. It is many a day since the house presented such a per turbed and exciting aspect ; there was scarcely a seat va cant en the floor or in the galleries, whilst the Peers and distinguished strangers' boxes were also crowded with occupants. At five o'clock the most anxious sus pense prevailed, when Mr. Granville Berkeley rushed hurriedly into the house, followed in a mi nute or two by Lord Palmerston, who took his seat amidst vociferous shouts of " hear, hoar," to which succeeded almost immediately the deepest silence. The SPEAKER then called the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, upon which Lord PALMERSTON rose, and moved that it should be postponed until after Mr. Roebuck's committee had been disposed of. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. Sir J. GRAHAM—Mr. speaker, according to established usage, and in conformity with the salutary practice, having ceased to be one of the confidential servants of the Crown, and now only holding office until my successor is appointed, I think it a. duty incumbent upon me, with the permissicn of the house, to state the reasons which have induced me to take the step to which I have alluded ; and, Sir, I thought it best to avail myself of the opportunity when you have a motion in your hands, to tender this explana tion, because I am afraid it will be necessary for me to trespass for a short time upon the indulgence of the house, and in stating the reasons which have actuated me I may be driven to snake some statements and use some argu ments that may require reply ; and, on the whole, this appeared to me the fairest and best opportunity for the purpose. I take this course because, having recently suf fered from very severe illness, from which I have only just recovered,—(cheers) —I was unequal to the task which I should otherwise have performed upon the great occasion when my bon. friend below me moved for the appointment of a committee of inquiry, which the house is about to no minate. I did not take part in the debate, which pre ceded that division, and I was unable to record my vote on that occasion. (Hear.) " I h o p e, therefore, I may crave the indulgence of the house while I enter into some of th e reas ons which have led me to think that the further pur suit of the inquiry by the select committee is, in the pre sent circumstances of the country, inexpedient. (Hear.) I may at enee state that I observe that the Government has now adopted the motion of the hen : and learned member for She ffi eld. According t o a practice well known in this house, the original names proposed by the hon. and learned member having been withdrawn, we are now about to con sider an amended list of 11 names, which, for the purpose of removing all ambiguity, I think I may consider as a list fully discussed between the hon. and learned member and the Government, with a view of appointing a fairly balanced select committee. (Hear, hear.) I must make an observa tion, as a prelude to what I have to state to the house, with respect to the composition of this committee. If the executive GovernMent has on the whole made up its mind that a committee of this vast importance should be appoint ed under presentelcircuinstances, I regret extremely not to find, among the names now proposed, the name of any member of her Majesty's Gov ernmen t i nc l u d e d in the list. I have a strong opinion that if this inquiry is to be con ducted into circumstances so delicate, with a due regard to tho interests of this country, there would have been great advantage in having a Minister of the Crown present on the Occasion, in order that if subjecte of inquiry should be opened ou which, from his k n o w l e d ge o f a ll ou r foreign relations, might appear to hint inexpedient and dangerous, a warning might be given to the to.nmittee, and some in fluence exercised to check an investigation trenching on dangerous grounds. But it is not only on account of the absence of any member of the Government from the com mittee proposed to bo appointed that I object to the ap pointment of the select committee. I think, from the -very circumstances attendingth e na t ure o f suc h a commit tee there are practical dang ers a t th e pros ei t momen t with reference to the proposed inquiry. You, sir, will bear me out that it is quite in the discretion of a majority of the committee now about to be proposed, consisting of 11 mem bars, to decide whether the inquiry should be secret, or open to the public. If six out of these it members should be of opinion that strangers ought not - to be present, this committee becomes a secret committee. If, ou theother hand, their decision should be the opposite, it would then be an open committee. Now, let me regard this question in its double aspect. If it should be a secret committee, all check of public, opinion, as operating on the inquiry, will be withdrawn, the proceedings of the committee will be unknown, persons will be inculpated by evidence with out having the opportunity of defending themselves or of preparing for their defence, of cross-examining witnesses or of rebutting false eccueations ee and until the termina tion of the inquiry, the tendency of the evidence will remain secret. If it should be an open committee, then from day to day the evidence will be published, most adverse comments of a party character will be applied to the evi dence as published, anti the most erroneous impressions, bearing bard on distant individuals occupying high situa tions, and fatal to their character and position, will be created, without their having the power of cross-examina tion or defence. (Rear, hoar.) In the conduct of the in quiry, too, there will be no appeal from any member of the committee to this house for the guidance of the com mittee, when once this house has made a delegation to the committee, until the latter shall have reported. Now, I must say, considering the gravity of the subject, its im mense importance, and its bearing on interests of a magni tude almost unprecedented, sash delegation to 11 mem bers appears to me to be a mist dangerous course. (Hear, hear.) lam not aware of any precedent whatever in our Parliamentary history for such a delegation or for the ap pointment of such a committee. (Hear, h ear .) I am aware that rarely, but still occasionally, inquiries of this character have been instituted at the bar of this house, and I should infinitely prefer such an inquiry to the one pro posed. The investigation then would in its conduct have the advantage of the intelligence and the knowledge of many members in this house with respect to the subject matter of inquiry ; there would be publicity, but under check, through the medium of the ordinary channels of in formation, and, as between a select committee and an in quiry at the bar of this house, Jt should not hesitate to give my preference to the latter. (Hear, hear) An inquiry of this kind by a select committee is unprecedented ; whereas, for an inquiry at the bar of the house there are some few precedents, though not at all applicable to the case new in hand. I believe that at a remote poled, in the reign of William, an inquiry was instituted with respect to the con duct of a naval expedition, and at a later period another inquiry was opened with respect to the Walcheren expedi tion. These were inquiries at the bar of the house, and in both cases the military operations were not pending, bat were concluded, and the generals sus alrurrals whose cha racters were at stake were present to defend themselves. (Hear, hear.) Iu the Walcheren case, Lord Chatham ap peared at the bar of this house, and had an opportunity of stating his case and of being heard. tut as the matter now stands, this question will be thrown down on the floor of a committee ; the condition of. the Flee, in the Crimea is to be the subject of inquiry, and no instructions are given to the committee. I understand that as instruction was given notice of in the name of an hon. member, but without his authority, and ho is not prepared, if I am correctly in formed, to move that instruction. There is, it Is true, an instruction to be moved by the hon. member for Inverness shire, and if there had been doubt that the object of this committee was to iaquiro into the conduct of our admirals and officers, that instruction !c, extending the scope of the inquiry would prevent all mistake en the point. (Hear, hear.) Far be it from me to contest the powers of this house in its largest sense, I know no any object so minute as to be below the notice of this home, or so exalted or so remote as to be beyond its reach. I ate not one to cut down the authority or power of this house. My whole political life has been spent within these walls, and the great effort of my youth and of my mature age—l hold it not to be a matter of regret—has been to have laboured to increase the democratic influence of this house. (Hear, hear.) Within its proper sphere no man more rejoices than myself at its power. It controls the appointment of the Ministers of the Crown, and, iu its legislative capacity it is equal and co-ordinate with the Crown and the Rouse of Peers. It is greater even than the Twase of Peers with respect to taxation and to the supply 'Of ways and means. Even as tile grand inquest of the nation, I admit its con stitutional authority, and I know rro limit to that autho rity, except whoa iu its exercise this house should, at an ill-advised moment, trench on the lezttiniato constitutional fa nction4 of the Executive. (Cheers.) I thought, on the first night of the debate, when this committee was moved for, that it was admitted on alme.t every side of the house that the motion for inquiry was only intended as a vote of censure on the Government. (Hear.) I remember well the speech of the noble loud, late President of the Council, who, on the whole, did not think himself abb., satisfactorily to his conscience, to defend the entire coudact of his former col leagues as against a vote of censure by implication, but in the broadest manner ho said it was impossible for him to support this committ ee o f i nqu i r y, b eca u s e its insti tution, in his opinion, was incompatible with the func tions of the Executive. It was stated, also, by the hon. member for Aylesbury that he supported the motion be cause he thought there was great ground for accusation occurredrtnd i was o the f re cfiorrsat nrecording yParliamentaryhis veto that nams him—that he did too, against the Executive, t ha hand added, if I m i s t a k e uot— not anticipate any advantage from thi s i nqu i ry , an d on ly used the motion as a mode of expressing want of confidence in the Government. I was pre sen t on the Friday, when I ahe opinion mo if will correct of his : I irepresent heerd the speech, which, on account of its ability, I should like to have uttered myself, o• e my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Roam Department, who put this question in a manner not to be answered. He ap pealed to the house and said ;—" L et us come to an under standing on this matter. I cannot believe you mean to pass this as a substantive v o t e o f inquiry ; but you only mean it to be a censure on the Executive." That appeal was responded to by loud cheers on the Opposition side o f the house. It was understood to be a vote of censure, and was so regarded both by those who supported it and by those who opposed it. I am sure the house will permit me to state what was my Own impression (Hear, hear.) I have stated that that was my erepreeeton * at the time, and I am sorry to say that, looki ng back upon what has since oecuiTed, I have not changed my opinion. Well, Sir, how was the vote of this house regarded by Lord Aberdeen's Government ? It was treated as a vote of censure, and acted upon in that manner, and one and all of Lord Aber deen's colleagues took the only constitutional course which was open to them, the f o ll owing morning they ten dered their resignations. Now, allow - me to ask, if censure is inherent in that motion f or inquiry, how are the cir cumstances altered by anythi ng that has 'since taken place? If it was a vote of censure th en, surely the nomination of the committee is a vote of censure now. If it was right not to submit to that vote of c ensure iu January, how can itbe right to submit tamely and without any contest to the no mination of the committee in the month of February ? It appears to me that the ground is th e same, the intention is the same, the objections are th e same. There is however, so me novelty in the course now adopted. Hitherto, gene rally, when votes of censure have been proposed upon Go vernments certain Parliamentary Courses well known and commonly recognised, have been edop,ted. A motion that the house should resol ve itsel f into a committee of the whole house on the state of the nation a recognised "notice to quit" to the GovernT,,e,_a_ti.otm_Pyl.ng those benches. (H ear, . 'mar, and a laugh.) `that '" 1 - 4 vote of censure in a direct inistaienTbu-t the misfur• course has been adopted .nurntneinur p b r i a i s t e lo n n t s a n s; t is t , o t b h;t a capable e i s o u f n unprecedented, e deo:tit:l4 constructions, tftch:°lllll-10:. Yes, much . has since occurred. Lord A lo h . u i r - frc i - ur e ee d u - n - s,t s, andj Gaoltvee w rr b tnh c i n e e he Government the motion of the he was first put onlyu se p acted—namely, legitimate — i tn, a andmely ,u construction tphoant withv ricahs clearly 0 a i 1. Lordi y Yete of censure. Well it may be said—has nothing that whichas I contend, the Zo e ! Aberdeen, e t U. and learned member for Sheffield was brought forward, was the Prim Minister, upon the expressed and recorded opiiiim of this e u h: M wh ot o io w n h ? en hoase, has ceased to ha a member of the Admiaist at' The Duke of Newcastle, yieldin, ss , also, to the implied cen sure of this house , no longer.so . ecapies a M , place i n h er a jasty's Governmen t. My noble friend the member for Tiverton (Lord P stonalmer) supplies the p l ace of Lor d Abordoen, but although he supplies that place, he con curred with his colleagnessin the Ad ministrationinreg ard ing the vote for the a ppointment of the committee as a vote of censure, h e y i elded%to that v o t e and he retired. With the exception, I think, of Lord Panitinre and Lord Canning, all the members of the present Government in the Cabinet who fill offices of the greatest importance in the State, are the identical persons who were members of Lord Aber deen's Government. (Cheers from the Opposition.) Allow me, in passing to obs erve that on Psid last, when the noble lord at the head of the,Government opened the policof y his Cabinet, ho appeared to me distinctly to recognise the ex istence of this comm ittee of inquiry, if pressed, as a diffi culty not to be lightly regarded, if indeed it could he re sisted, because he tendered and volunteered to the house the functions of the Executive in lieu of ,the prosecution of an inquiry by a committee. (Loud cheers.) But it may be said to me, "How came you to accept office under the noble viscount the member for Tiverton if these were your impressions with respect to the proposed inquiry?. (Cheers from the Opposition.) Now, I wish to st a t e t h e case w i th perfect frankness. (Cheers.) W he n the h o bl e v i scoun t . paid me the great —t h e un deserveLi —templim en t of wishing me to become a member of the Administration, I was con fined to my bed, and I was not its a condition to carry on protracted correspondence or to make many inquiries. I will tell the house, however , that there Wag ono difficulty which with in. was cardinal, and upon which I was entirely satisfied. I wished to know Loin lay noble friend now at the head of the GJVCIIIIIIOI3t, whether there was to be any change in the foreign policy of Lord Aberdeou's Adminis tration, to which we, as colleague;, had given our united consent; and also whether, with reference to the negotia tions now pending at Vicuna, there was any alteration with respect to the terms which, in our opinion, would be con sistent with the attainment of a safe and honourable peace. (Hear.) I thought it my duty to satisfy myself upon these points, and my noble friend, in the most frank manner, gave me explanations which were entirely satisfactory. Being satisfied, therefore, on these points which I consi dered those of main importan ce, I made no further difficulty upon any other subject, nor did I make any other inquiry whatever. I frankly said, being satisfied on these points, " I will do my ,very best, if you think my services can be useful to support and to sustain your Government." Perhaps greater caution might wisely have been exercised by me with respect to this committee, but I was of opinion—and until —having incurred, as I think unjustly, public obloquy, and keying been sacrificed to the wishes of the country and to the pleasure of this house, and the national desire and the opinion of this house being, as I believed, strongly in favour of the elevation of my noble friend new et the head of her Majesty's Councils to the chief post in the Government—Lord Pawn:ire, who is conversant with the administration of the army having suppled the place of the Duke of Newcastle—l was of opinion that changes had boon effected which might have been satisfactory to this house and to the country, especially when, coincident with these changes, an announcement of great administra live reforms was inade. Ist ill not dwell upon what more immediately concerns the department I have just vacated, but, considering the novelty and the difficulty of the im mense operations in which we have been engaged, it was impossible that errors should not have been committed, or that imperfections should not be discovered. (Hear, hear.) With regard to naval transport, I believe that errors have been committed, and that the service has not been performed in a manner a't ,nether satisfactory. (Hear, hear,) Well, while I-was serving her Majesty, I, on my own responsibility, applied a remedy which I believe will be efficacious. I have, in that department over which I lately presided, established a board specially for the per formance of these duties, under the control of the Board of Admiralty. The office of Secretary at War has been abolished ; great changes have .been made and are in pro gress in the military departments • the general command ing the engineers before Sebastopol has been recalled, and another officer now commands that force. With regard to the Quartermaster-General's and the Aljutant-Gene ners departments of our army in the Crimea, a chief of the staff has been sent out ; commissioners have been appointed emanating from the Crown—the legitimate authority, to which I attach great importance, and from whose services much good may bo anticipated. I certainly believe that, until very lately, the changes to which I have referred would have satisfied public opinion, and would in the opi nion of this house have superseded the necessity of proceed ing with an inquiry before a committee. I am aware that I may be charged with want of foresight, and I readily submit to that imputation, but I must claim for myself the right of entertaining an unchanged opinion with regard to tho danger of the prosecution of this inquiry. In the first place, sir, I believe it to be unnecessary. I am satisfied that the action of the executive Government, possessing the confidence of this house, would be more efficient, more speedy, more certain (cheers)—than that of a committee of inquiry. While the gentlemen composing that commit tee, without any ofliciM knowledge, were picking out their way as best they might, without the guidance or assist ance of any servant of the Crown, and were putting their questions, the Government would be deciding ; and while the committee were seeking how to reform, the executive Government, using the power of the Crown, and possess ing the confidence of this house, might rapidly, surely, and safely effect all the changes required. (Hear.) I have ventured to point out what has already been done with re ference to the naval and military departments. lam quite sure that more might be done, more ought to be done, and more would bo done, if the Government were not hamp ered by the fear that this committee, exercising functions not merely legislative, but executive, would retard their preetedings and cramp their operations. I have said that I consider this committee unnecessary. I have a far stronger objection to it—l consider it to be unjust. (Hear, and cheers.) Will the house boar with nee while I say a few words on this point? (Hear.) The executive Go vernment. of this country, armed with the authority of the Crown, appoints all the admirals, all the generals, all the officers in the army and navy on the most distant sta tions and in foreign parts. The servants of the Crown have the power of selection; they have the power of con trol ; they have the power of directing punishment ac cording to the tribunals organised by the Legislature of this country ; and I must say that I think officers so chosen, so controlled, so subject to the authority of the servants of the Crown, have a cor-relative claim. (Hear, hear.) I think that the executive Government, the servants of the Crown, are the protectors and defenders of those officers from any other inquiry behind their backs. (Loud cheers.) I have said that I think this inquiry is unjust ; I have said that I think it dangerous—and I will show you how I consider it particularly dangerous. Will the house permit me to refer to an allegation which was made against me, with reference to my own depart ment, from the very place where I now stand, on the last occasion that I had the honour of addressing it, that I was highly culpable as regards the blockade of the Black Sea? I met that accusation in my place, and on the spot. I told the house what were the circumstances which had led to delay for three months before the expedition sailed from Varna to the Crimea. I explained to the house how in the conduct of that expedition the whole naval forces of France and England were concentrated ; how impossible it was to execute until October the purpose of instituting a blockade ; and then, going to the very verge consistent with my duty, I shadowed forth the danger of prosecuting the inquiry further with regard to the reasons of the de ley. The house, with its accustomed prudence and in dulgence, abstained from pressing farther, and the state ment led, g hope and believe, to no dangerous conse quences whatever ; but suppose a committee, having called the admiral charged with these op irations before them, presses that inquiry, does not exercise the forbearance shown by the house, seeks to go into details, which the house did not call upon me snore fully to explain, under the compulsion of a select committee, he is forced to state the reasons and the incidents which had led to that delay. It depends on the prudence of 6 out of 11 whether those inquiries are not so prosecuted. (Hear, hear.) . If, un happily, imprudence should prevail, I state Fosiiively lam confident that inquiry runs directly to cur connexion with our great and powerful ally. (Loud cheers.) It is of vast importance that there shouli be no misunderstandiug whatever, and I warn the house that this investigation, unaccompanied with any cheek or control, but the chance medley prudence of a majority of G out of 11 may involve this country iii the most fatal consequences. (Cheers.) I hays said this only with respect to the navy. Let me carry that ono step further, and let me just allude to the position of Lord Raglan, which bears directly on the ques tion of the state of the army in the Crimea. I imagine, Sir, that of all the difficulties in which the most splendid human talents can be tried the successful command of an army in the presence of a superior force of the enemy is the most severe trial. (Hear, hear.) The probability of success in command rests mainly on undivided authority. I may say, as has been truly said by one of the greatest commanders of ancient times, " Icl est vita et elude, non desseo Fortune prmbenti so, et oblato casu flectero ad con silium,"—that is, the operation of one undivided superior head; but if the command of an army is by the side of an ally, there must be constant communications involving the most complicated considerations ; there must be difference of opinion, there must be more or less compromise of opi nion (always in weakness itself.) (Hear.) In the distrilsu tion of the relative forces there must be inequality. (Hoar.) I will not go further. I have shadowed forth the dangers with respect to the navy. Apply these considerations with respect to the command of an army in front of Sebastopol, and is this, the most intelligent audience that can be ad dressed in the world, there is not a gentleman who will not feel within himself the nature of tke danger. (Prolonged cheering.) Well, sir, but it is said this inquiry, whatever the danger, is irresistible. (Hear.) Now, I demur to that doctrine. It is in itself the most dangerous doctrine which iu a representative government can be propounded. Dangers become irresistible when those whose duty it is to confront them have nut firmness to resist them—(cheers)—and, yielding to dangers which, if they had been firm, might have been overcome, they are hurried into courses against their better judgments and their conscientious convictions which aro of the most fatal character. (Cheers.) I know that I am subject to be most painful of all taunts, "You are about to leave your colleagues in a moment of immense difficulty," and it is in moments of immense difficulty that the bonds of political union ought to be strongest, and ought religiously to be observed. (Hear.) But I must be permitted —and I hope I may say it without offence to my friends on the Treasury bench—to deny that I am the deserter on this occasion. I took my position in common with them in the resolution to resist this inquiry. It was resisted. The position was taken and firmly occupied. I still stand to the guns in that position, not believing it to be untenable. They abandon the position because they pronounce it to be untenable ; the spike the guns and flee away. (Laugh ter.) Allow me still further to observe that I cannot be lieve that it is right in Ministers of the Crown, if they should be convinced that any given course is dangerous, because resistance may be unpopular—because resistance may be declared impossible—that they should not give this house the opportunity and the country the opportunity of reconsidering a foregone conclusion. Ido not know a more honourable duty on the partof individuals, and it is a paramount duty ou the part of a Government, on rare occasions such as this, in which men are acting from proper motives which will bear scrutiny, to stand up and avow their opinions, take the chances of failure or success, but, above all things, do their duty. It is in the painful dis charge of that duty that I appear before you. It would be unseemly, even if my strength would permit it, to de tain you at much greater length. I know nothing more honourable than the service of the Crown, when united with colleagues in whose principles and opinions you agree, mid when in possession of the confidence of the people. I know nothing more dishonourable or painful than assent ing to measures, adopted by a majority of your colleagues, which you consider dangerous, which your conscience and judgment tell you are unjustifiable, and, I must add, when you have the painful conviction that the confidence of this house is not reposed in the Cabinet of which you are a member. It may be said, what right have you to make the least hint of want of confidence when the navy esti mates, with a large increase, have been voted, and the army estimates, with a large increase, have been also voted? I have been long a member of this house. There are indica tions which aro not to be mistaken, and I should conceal the truth if I did not state that, having sst on that bench only three or four evenings ago, when great changes were announced to conciliate individuals and win the favour of this house, I had come to the painful conclasieen— d it painful, under present circumstances, I have regaydwasa —that the Admieistration, of which until to-day t I member, does not clearly possess in a g.r9attra:-..l:rel'reive, time confidence of the house than that Administration cli t e i crin, 71 I I only a few week; since retired. (V Ol -' v t e n ;hat which '' ' . felt have said I would ei and which I believe. ''' ll al e c- r but hoaeetly. (Hear.) i ti e i s i e ellulgerise is exe cuted my purpose imperfectly, w icollesgues aro almost Honeyed words at passion like . tovers' vows under nau seous, generally delusive, and, always unaveilieg and laughed to cir cumstances, similar p oen , ) I shall net, therefore, make any profes sions, but it s'sall be my endeavour to mark by my conduct my sense of the responsibility incurred by the step I have j ust taken. With my colleagues, from ahem lam now se vered, I have acted for two years. They are my friends. I esteem them. I value them. I could not belle,: by the w to take a step which my judgment and my conseieuce di.- approved ; but if my leaning tewards them, iustoailot being strong and friendly, were infinitely more adverse than it is, under the present circumstances I should hold it to be my parameut duty to give the humble support which is iu my power to the Queen's executive Govern ment, however constituted. (Cheese.) I shall, therefore, still religiously abstain from anything that can partake of a factious opposition. (Renewed cheers.) I shall hope to give a cordial support generally to the measures of the Government. I will make no further professions, but, in stead of professions, I will endeavour to prove by my con ` duct that with me the safety of the State, in the midst of What Cabinet, ; and ratified and confirmed by him upon the Formation of his own Government—and that those terms are now specially known and understood ; and that they have been offered to the Government with which this country is at war, and in conjunc tion with France rand Austria —one, certainly, and the other supposed to be, an ally of this country. Now, those terms consist of four propositions, which I shall neither describe nor discuss, because they are known tothe house; but three of them are not matters of dispute, and, with regard to the other, I think that the noble lord the member for the city of London stated upon a recent occa sion that it was involved in these terms—that the prepon derant power of Russia in the Black Sea should cease, and that Russia had accepted it with that interpretation. Therefore, whatever difference arises is merely as to the mode in which that "preponderating power" shall be un derstood or made to cease. Now, there are gentlemen not far from me—there are men who write in the public press —(cheers and laughter from the Oppoidition)—l hope gen tlemen do not understand that lam alluding to any one here ; I mean persots out of doors—the press genetally. (Laughter.) I believe that most men who are able to do it have mitten occasionally for the public press. (Bear.) Well, I say that there are gentlemen in this house, that there are writers for the public press, that there are thou sands of persons in the United Kingdom at this moment —and I learn with astonishment and dismay that there are persons even in that grave assembly which we are not allowed to specify by a name i❑ this house—who have en tertained dreams—impracticable theories—expectations of vast European and Asiatic changes, of revived nationali ties, and of a new map of Europe, if not of the world, as a result or au object of this war. And it is from those gen tlemen that we hear continually addressed to the noble lord the member for Tiverton terms which I cannot well understand. They call upon him to act, to carrry on -the war with vigour, and to prosecute enterprises which neither his Goveinment nor any other Government has ever seriously entertained ; but I would appeal to those gentlemen whether it does not become us—regarding the true interests and the true honour of the country—if our Geveratnent have offered terms of peace to Russia, not to draw back from those terms—(hear, hear)—not to cause any unnecessary delay, not to adopt any subterfuge to prevent those terms being accepted, not to attempt shuffles of any kind, not to endeavour to insist upon harder terms, and thus make the approach of peace even still more dis tant than it is at present ? Whatever may be said about the honour of the country in any other relation in regard to this affair, this at least I expect every man who hears me to admit—that if terms of peace have been offered they havebeen offered in good faith, and shall be in honour and good faith adhered to ; so that if, unfortunately for Eu rope and for humanity, there should be any failure at Vienna, no man should point to the English Government and to the authorities and rulers of this Christina country and say that we have prolonged the war and the infinite calamities of which it is the cause. (Hear, hear.) Well, now, I said that I was anxious that the Government of the noble lord should not be overthrown. Will the house allow me to say why lam so. The noble lord at the head of the Government has long been a great authority with many persons in this country upon foreign policy. His late colleague, and present envoy to Vienna, has long been a great authority with a large portion of the people of this country upon almost all political questions. With the ex ception of that unhappy selection of an ambassador at Constantinople, I hold that there are no men in this coun try more truly responsible for our present position in this war than the noble lord who now fills the highest office in the State and the noble lord who is now, I trust, rapidly approaching the scene of his labours in Vienna. (" Hear," and cries of " No, no !") Ido not blame those noble lords, because their policy, which I hold to be wrong, they, with sub doubt, as firmly believe to be right ; but I am only stating facts. It has been their policy that they have en tered into war for certain objects, and I am sure that nei ther the noble lord at the head of the Government nor his late colleague the noble lord the member for London will shrink from the responsibility which attaches to them. Well, sir, now we have those noble lords in a position which is, in my humble opinion, favourable to stopping the troubles which exist. I think that the nobie lord at the head of the Government himself would have more influence in stilling whatever may exist of clamour in this country than any member of this house. I think, also, that the noble lord the member for London would not have undertaken the mission to Vienna if he had not entertained some strong belief that by so doing he might bring the war to an end. Nobody gains reputation by a failure in negotiation, and as that noble lord is well acquainted with the whole question from be ginning to end, I entertain a hope—l will not say a san guine hope—that the result of that mission to Vienna will be to bring about a peace, to restore this country by extri cating it from some of those difficulties inseparable from a state of war. There is ono subject upon which I should like to put a question to the noble lord at the head of the Government. I shall not say one word here about the state of the army in the Crimea, or one word about its numbers or its condition. Every member of this House, every inhabitant of this country, has been sufficiently har rowed with details regarding it. To my solemn belief, thousands—nay, scores of thousands of persons—have re tired to rest, night after night, whose slumbers have been disturbed or whose dreams have been busied with the suf ferings and agonies of our soldiers in the Crimea. (H ear. ) I should like to ask the noble lord at the head of the Go vernment —although I am not sure if he will feel that ho can or ought to answer the question—whether the noble lord the member for London has power, after discussions have commenced, and as soon as there shall be established good grounds for believing that the negotiations for peace will prove successful, to enter into any armistice ? (No, no ! and Hear, hear.) I know not Sir, who it is that sap "No, no !" but I sh ou ld lik e to see any man get up and say that the destruction of 200,000 human lives lost on all sides during the course of this unhappy contest is not a sufficient sacrifice. You are net pretending to conquer territory— you are not pretending to hold forti fied or unfortified towns; you have offered terms of peace which, as I understand them, I do not say are not mode rate ; and breathes there a man in this house or in this country whose appetite for blood is so insatiable that, even when terms of peace have been offered and accepted, ho pines for that assault in which Russian, Tuck, French, and English, as sure as one man dies, 20,030 corpses will strew the streets of Sebastopol ? (Rear, hear.) I sty I should like to ask the noble load—and I am sore that to will foal, and that this house will feel, that I am speaking in no unfriendly manner towards the Government of which he is at the head—l should like to know, and I venture to hope that it is so, if the noble lord the member for London has power, at the earliest stage of these proceedings at Vienna, at which it can properly be done—and I should think that it might properly be done at a very early stage —to adopt a course by which all further waste of human life may be put an end to, and the animosity between the great nations healed up ? I appeal to the noble 10-d a t the head of the Government, and to this house ; I am not now complaining of the war—l am not now complaining terms of pane', nor indeed of anything that has bee e n —but I wish to suggest to this house what of the ae thou sands, even tons of thousands of the most the most Christian portion of the peopleo ei f thb' t ee ll ' i ti s e3 vdcoaunndtio'yfamriedfeeling certain upon clamour eubje citn, the although, country,indeed, they notho give in an public advantageoust o t t a h t e e i r at feelings. th is momYoOnUt ; rCO f U ro n m try on i e s not two cases, and for this reason. The House of Comisions not only has the right, but it is the duty of the House of Commons, to institute the most searching investigation into the conduct of the Ministers of the Crown, if they are so minded. I, therefore, have not one word to say against that portion of the hon. and learned gentleman's motion which concerns the examination into the conduct of the Ministers. He had a perfect right to bring forward the motion, tho House of Commons had a perfect right to pass it, just as I had a perfect right to resist it when I was con scious it conveyed an imputation which we did not deserve. (Hear, hear.) I contend that the hon. and learned gentle man was not only justified in bringing it forward if he thought there was a necessity, but he was right in adhering to it, because he distinctly avowed that he thought there had been malversation or misconduct on the part of the functionaries at home. The tribunal he proposes to con stitute is a perfectly constitutional tribunal, and it is im portant to bear in mind that it is a tribunal which, from its proximity to the scene of action, is able pra t- eminently and efficiently to investigate the charges to the bottom. say Ido not object to that part of the motion. I shall be ready when the committee sits to go before it. I have no thing to conceal—l was going to say, I have nothing to re gret ; but woull to God any of us who look back to ell . he details of the war could safely say that; but I say I have nothing to be ashamed of—nothing which I am afraid to place before the light of day. There is not one word which 1 have said or wii ten which I am not, ready to place befor3 the committee, and I am ready to abide by the issue. (Cheers.) Let no man think for one moment that I am attempting to shirk or evaCe inquiry. I might 'vote against the in quiry as a Minister of the Crown. I was justified in so doing, because an accusation was brought into Par lianieet, backed by a proposal fur inquiry, and a Mi nister of the Crown ought not to ho placed under sus picion so long as ho holds his place. I felt it was not right, when the inquiry was penctinv, that' I should retain the office of a Minister of the Crown. Now this com mittee tnk:s rather a wid er an d a f ar different scope. I have su n in this house several occasions in which, unfor tunately, confusion and difficulty have been the result of motions being brought forward which have not been suffi ciently clear and distinct, and couched in such ambiguous terms that they might be considered to mean ono thing or be converted to other purposes. This vote, when brought forward the other night, was adopted by a vast number of gentlemen in the house as a distinct vote of censure, and I recollect that the remarks of the hon. and learned gentle man were clearly to that effect. There have been others who have understood differently,- but the question is, What was the general feeling of the house, and what was the general expectation? (Hear, hear.) I believe the ge nes al expectation was, that when Lord Aberdeen's Govern ment was put an end to we should hear nothing more than a formal negativin g o f th e names o f th e comm itt ee . - The House of Commons may be accused of a great want of fore. sight ; but they shared that opinion to a very great extent. I can answer for this, that my colleagues shared in that feeling—l can answer for this, that the noble lord at the head of the Treasury shared in it until last Friday, and the speech which he made on that occasion was that of a man who entertained a strong objection to the nomination of the committee. I will read the words which he used on that day :—" We begin then the task which it has been the pleasure of her Majesty to confide to our care. In un dertaking that task it is useless to dissemble that there is one difficulty which immediately meets us. and which I may say, stares us in the face ; that difficulty, I mean, which arises from the notice which my hon. and learned friend has given for Thursday next. Sir, I will not at tempt to disguise the fact that I feel the same objections to the appointment of the committee of which he has given notice which I had the honour of stating when the subject was before the house on a recent occasion. My opinion is, that such a committee would, in its action, not be in accordance with the true and just principles of the con stitution ; and that for the effectual accomplishment of it purposes it would not be an efficient instrument." I must say that that statement of my noble friend was in strict accordance and strict consistency with everything that fell from him at the interview which I had the honour of having with him at the time when, after some conver sation, I accepted the position which he offered me in his Government. The noble lord then thought that that mo tion would afford no obstacle or difficulty in the way of his Government, and that it would be negatived without a division. But I put that out of the question, and will - consider the motion for the committee in the second point of view. Whilst the Administration was in the course of formation a very marked change of opinion took place out of doors. The vote which bad done its duty for the pur pose of extinguishing an Administration was taken up out of doors, and honestly taken up, as a means of inquiry into evils which are gigantic in theiroperation, and which have perplexed every man. That alters the whole aspect of the matter in this house. Then comes the question—if the people of England are determined—and, as I think, right ly and justly determined—to have a searching investiga tion into these matters, is this the best, is this the most constitutional, is it, above all, the most efficient, tribunal for getting at the truth ? Now, take care that, in coming to this decision, you are not practising a great fraud on those out of doors. As I said before, for the purpose of inquiry into the state of the departments, you can have nothing better, because you can send to any man in five minutes and obtain his despatches and papers. But for the purpose of inquiring into transactions going on 3,000 miles off, the course you contemplate is totally inefficient. The hon. and learned gentleman said he did not move that in• struction, and that it was placed on the paper by mistake. Now, I do not attach much importance to the withdrawal of that part of the motion. It does not get rid of the difficulties inherent to the question. What is past is not specified. What happens to-day becomes "past" to morrow. Of course it means the existing as well as the past state of the army. I apprehend also he means not simply to inquire into the state of the army, not to ask how many are sick and how many are wounded—God knows, wo have lists enough to give that explanation, without summoning a committee !—but also what were the causes of these calamities. For that purpose this com mittee will be entirely a delusion, You might have had a commission—somebody in whom the country had e on dence—who should have gone out to the spot, and ascer tained there what were the causes of these evils, and to whom should likewise have been entruited a reme . lial power emanatit g trom the Crown, which is the rightful authority. If you must have this committee of the Flouse of Commons without` Primethe ii n )I hon. mustsity baronetl took entirely to share co th nosition. Y ou are going to athe objectio ns ns w hich the right h presen ce iste o r th e Foreign any e `Sinister Foreign Minister orthe dep l\a'iatmta Minister i h n a d ve an b g e e e r n ; there. Thew are the ar e the departments which have c h arge o f th o se vain -1 ablelinnicshter the se of th the great Crown. subjects If noth relations of this country which you are going to take from t he y the charge of responsible men, sworn to secrecy, and to entrust to an irresponsible body, who may publish every thing How do you indicate your own o pinion of x of t n h e ec t m ( l l i a u y i . ittee you aro going to appoint ? Yon advise, you entreat th e G overnmen t to pay no re spect to it, to institute its own inquiries—not to wait for the re port of the committee, but from its own inquiries and its own observ a ti on to act at once. So that, when your blue book comes out, four months hence, it will be a complete piece of waste paper, and the committee will have been treated with the utmost contumely by the Executive Government. You will with great pomp and ceremony have installed a committee upon which you yourselves ask the Executive to heap every disrespect—disrespect in not waiting to know its opinions, in not -adze/ '` - lits; . _: - .A : a L iu n is o s e io rcn n e , 3 l tr e a ihi rors open at zigui. ; ueica v. ~ AN . r t - R ,,,, (tP) Ils t "ile; '" ' -- WANTED, say the people alto ill 'ttp i - - w armer, softer, gentler weather. Trade to flourish, S‘c. \‘' 41 acti t, 'e t , felte d 4 , 00 ; all nations free from war, dispute, aud 1 .1 4 1 .14, - Der s ,„ me DRESS WWII Messrs. MOSES make ; its COM- N tr'itli 0 ' tnay partake. For Travelling, Sporting, Busi ;,i ~te',, Thei:, e deds and other styles and makes it always has 0,, el ~' ‘ivercoals and Winter Dress the art and 81,111 of Nik,,,D , Rt epress, that Mk ssrs MOSES mjst are famed for best k l p'et" t ael w -€ 5 3. Ladies and * Gentlemen their Hosiery Goods th,e4d 0 ear them for the style and comfort in their make. ikl ,ki th * t hqi e t s h al er_s will not leave the shve till they have selected i t kt i > ;NI ; Store ; for every one whom Messrs. MOSS 3 try, ktkh kt, l i L ' a good and cheap supply. tI t 'ISI T °Tipp ,V44-.Ntt N .,,,----Until March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S :-.+ , l'l rs .eie e ,;, t 8 will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY I)., t t e i t.'qf. e" eaturday, when they wilt be open till 11 o'clock. 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Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, BoOt ard S L N I 41 , 1-e General Outfitters for Laflies and Gentlemen. kik'tth if d "-Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be l ifi til 4l iatil ir . e cl or, if preferred, the money will he returned i t tv,ithi e h il goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest 4,.`erf 4 ‘bllsh,a o abatement can be made. k L \7,' , es, wt - it e a nta are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset 'it, ee t 'olt f or business is resumed till It o'clock. ,c, t 4 ,,,_ A uttnnn and Winter. " The Commercial Corns ',el ll' o ‘ , & c ,:"R full lists of prices, our system et self-measure- Yje, 4 Pa r i tn ,a3 7 be had on application, or post-free. 11\:,:::,,, t ' I ' rancai;. Qui si paria Dail: no. , tr,, Qa ~ : rilln T tailtqch Aqua sa habia Espano. 1 4 Iniaode for 1855 e raison application ,or post free ' r,