The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-24 00:00:00

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DAl"Aett 1 ,, 0- „,,tr -61003 A' to cr l' 051 01 4 3 sup a a i glao the , • , 46 , fov --- 1 ftroD°cB' 00 So. l pi ari 0 0 g 4 4ri dge Atation, January, 1855 . i 4 , i,),J.I1e0 1 . 00 : R OYAL Kte ir rated by Charter), have opened a BRANCH at No. to", e fle, Piccadilly, where it is hoped the establishment k 44 en ienee to at least such or the inhabitants of that t otighbourhood as have not hitherto kept a banker. Nle' deposits and on the fluctuating balances of current lit,ett ~ ° fled Irons day to day, at rates varying from one to .'";it ve L a flflum, according to the amount and continuance Ztrm it, ,, f b alance, and promissory notes or bills, circular Lrotly , 4n d drafts payable to order or bearer, which may be 14' 14,.'",w 1 1 at home or abroad where there is a banker, are Iltki l f tt e'dt - li eua ute and travellers, for whom they possess some ?11, 44 t trto es of economy, safety , utility. ,litl lt !ill e s4 pt business will be communicated on application at , -.4.- to.; To kenhouse-yard ; or at the branches, 429, Strand 11174,,V, Lambeth ; 97, Goswell-road, Islington; r, Shaltes "te ict °ria-street Pimlico • iio Stones end, Southwark; IN tit. Circus, Piccadilly. ' ' ' Blllob I.NNES CAMRON, General Manager. k* 44 , nk, Tokenhouse-yard E , Lothbury. o'IIISTILVER and CO., OUTFITTERS, Oin s ; if.,` El l, s, CONTRACTORS, and MANUF AC PURER' gql4ll -441 retnents, WATERPROOF CLOTHING, and the vi444ollbber Appliances. e • OuT - kti; . .... PITTING 166 and 67, Cornhiil. 4 ~t4its ........ ... - • V l bit 4 " ESSIG& , r and 4, Bishopsgate-street, oppo ) Q B uRcH ANTS 4 10 1 ,_ site the London Tavern ; aloe • "• • at Liverpool. '''• ......... Port sea and Romsey, Hants. Nartztra kk iitt 44 : Do. ...... Commercial-road, London. k kt i l , e z••Tni N .. [Worth Woolwich, opposite ll.M.'s littt, kat_ erarss 0 DO.. •• • astira d m pniir embrace h a b l r e a r es Dockyard. e ge th ne e ra H l o iy m m e agyusibeity a t supplied at a I co Shi pp ing b e CONTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. flrlrnent of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 23d Feb., 1855. ki 14 4 e 0har n. • k4.,411, li te issioners for Executing the Of fi ce of 1:, - 14,z , , 4 0 ii Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 4 r.k 44 , ',jet rt er ebY Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 13th At i l eaa 3 , l : o o'clock, they will be ready to treat with suc h . 1441 e Willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty a 1%.„ -- am with t in ! th. PIG LEAD. , . I letivitt?, Ohl t eeder may be sePn at the said office. No tonder 51n... 41.4 er one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any N ' V the party attends, or an agent for him duly &nth°. N) 4 .. \4 45i bi:tlX i t be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, st"l,l4V. 11 band corner the words " Tender for Pi t Lead," 40)ozdellvered at Sr teerset -place, accompanied by a 'responsible 4 t eringn y the sum persons, ofB 00 engaging l f t e due t ob rmepceormfoebeaunncd. co 1 71 . ] -0. '8 p o 4 1 , 1 1 TEAMS OF I'IORSES FOR SHEERNESS. ent of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, itk i 4, Il i Somerset-place, 21st Feb , 1855. %I I :Ns: II litgi t ib ilis ioners for Executing the Office of ' it ' i lti A , 130.7. (11 niral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain lt 4t 4l, llp 4 eli n " E ItEBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, r it 4rs otii ezt, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat A 'k)'ae,i 4B 'nay be willing to Contract for supplying her I, f ortll -- at Sheerness with k t.,,,i 4 4.. ef tt i , 4 TEAMS OF HORSES. 'iled, - „„ i ',' ,l - ei' e ,„ n ,,r may be seen at the said office. No tender t l l , , Rrit7,lliu" ""t , e'clock en the day of traty, nor will any 'I t. ilt. Party attends; or da agent' Tor taut duly authu- Orinl! ' Mal h , 1 11 4 , n ,-,el e f t , t -e addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 1,,, ee d olt 'land corner the words "Tender for Teams," and li t h t Atw o ~_ rered at Somerset - place, accompanied by a letter k kti4 el lde " ri ll nl n , s t i n al lt a rum na Or ft ol l ;f il i t j a h i ll _o g r __e _ c u o e m p e er7o o r a ne nd a'ne w e it o n t , ()/ A ,I'ATRON—II.R.IT. PRINCE ALBERT. 4 N o L,7„ 1-4 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 0,i i , ,. 4.,€ ° . r it LENT, on Wednesday awl Friday Evenings, at t,t, 1% , 1 4,‘ 8 - ,, t • T h lt ES on 7 ASTRONO qY, by Dr. BACIII4OFFNER, illllS qtrZtloVrpli-Nid DISSOLVING ORRERY, and on Wednesday 'tit. 5 ) ' W ith appropriate from ilardn's Oratorio of the 1,, ,, i t ,„ rt ‘ t Music . 1 11',.,44,,,,11r, w' u lel and Chorus of Fi tv Performers, under the ~,21.,yit t r,,,,,' W. Wand, of the Royal Italian , 'Fiera. , t.k.,v,„ ---, x1 .1t, the let of March, DRAMATIC READING by lict ‘.ktA, aoirl c,,N(1,... oh ,„ Al, - • •;',',. -.13,, 1 1,1%1, 2 6th inst., LECTURE to the INDUSTRIAL /Wit 8.,, '"Jtet , ',.,`'LOGY as connected with HEALTH. by Dr. t` l l4 'N vGOfIIING, CLEANLINES4, and EXER 11,Vto 81\;,GIJI,r , ' , lt' '"111 ' 'Al:i ' DISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, DM i/AliktPt t t ,he SAILOR, COSMORIMAS, the CONCER I` t AtrItt O4 . .ORMERS, and all the LECTURES, on the N„,.. „.......,...„............... ' .e., as usual. t he t 110! 4 •Nt , z, I t rehi n g° l.l .'') CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. — L7 % 14 6 -4 1.114 Itayf.L. 19th, 1555.—During the course of this week Ni t ,i'; e o e 2 (lit time) be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Over -411180,,t,1ie, ,pie), J. It. Tutton,; Waltzes: Wellen and Wogen, Lt, t n,, tl lo ; I, ' ancketeau ; Vermahlung'a Toaste, Strauss; La 0 1 , 4 , e, lll itee : 11 carnaval de Venise iby desire), H. Laarent, P4(i t t r : I,4";bstte the principal performers; Quadrilles : Jerome k , 1 4 t tt eut,l, l „ , Le Collier d'Or Bougnol; the Highlanders, H. i49 , 4 4. 4 44 41 e) A bn ey ; Schottische, the Argyll Renaussy ; Polkas : 11,... 9 (g' lbe ri r "agent': La Menagerie BousquetZeuares, kt lt •ve rt rat tint ellington (first time), Streather ; Gallop, Dover s ti ttp . ,,,, All t u t) * T. Browne. Principal Cornet-I-Piston, M. t Leib*, uorraation relative to musts to be obtained at the '‘lt•pt st 4c ler the orchestra. Doors open at Eight ; coat -Admission, One Shilling. t,, s TAIN 4 t, 4 4 D i tiit r P .---- WANTED say the people alto v. - -tr i t ; - ' , Maar, setter, gentler weather . Trade to flourish, t.iotott!yklteaaction ; all nations free from war, dispute, and I t'l .l , Person the Dress which Messrs. Moses mate ; its com- LV, t t ll ne,.,, rn _ a Y Partake. For Travelling, Sporting, Bust -0'5,„. /hei r ~,`'`, e , and other styles and makes it always has e ell , u vercoats and Winter Dress, the art and still of tr eat coats that ~(,1 5 • Messrs. Moses most are famed for best .bd •,,,, • Ladies and Gentlemen their Hosiery Goods n(tti t •Ild of ear thetas for the style and comfort in their make. ti,1 1 1 : 11 01e t l r ' will not leave the shore till they have selected t y wane sore; for every one whom Messrs. MosEs try, titto:s ~, ,g o . n ' a gd and cheap supply. t, , NSllNtr` ‘ , li '„.B.—Until March 1,1855, E. MOSES and SON'S IttOr,ex, - e I ' T TS will be CLOSED at EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY ,b,?4......,..pt Saturday, when they will be open till 11 o'clock. \ 4 k1, 4 „, 4 4tt ni r ',.,,,' MOSES and SON regret having to guard the NN I ,t .. 11".. ), 1ti0n, having learned that the nntradesman-like k 11 1 : 11 „ Zit:t.:l;g connected with their Establishment," or " It's 41 4 0n s ',. lum been resorted to in many instances, and for kle kititt " , itt; '''' ‘ ,Y beg to state that they have It, et'itee; their own Establishments, as follows :- 5 414:-_,stablishment, 1 54, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, I , 4l 4 :ts,„_'te, opposite the Church. all communicating. k '5 4,1,77;1dr Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street. I. 2, ZotikikBlt,t°rk,h?reitelllraenomhm lmicating. "%tli 11°Itilata61 Fargacte: 19 an d 2 0, Brid g e-street. l) k v k I mi e ."-e Branch, Melbourne, Australia. 1411 , 47 , e n l et e, ;,, ,, tiqt a lr , : r f s o , , ll ea s d i l e e r s s Furriers,,and Gentlemen. Boot and ,1 . 111, 44 1 f t i,,,;;Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be b,l l ' , "ok t tat o „ ed, or, if preferred, the money will be returned A tb kOthi , All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest 4, , Ibit,i;" 00 abatement can be made. i t Vipeti,,,d,: ° o e n tl i t , s are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset Nt l, i.t:ll. ?t,°ltifer Autumn usines a s n t el s rWesiunmteedr. til..lTll3o'clock. Commercial Coma , : 4 10tt n e,,_ fall lists of prices, our system of self-measure 84vg NI "AY be had on application, or post,free. 4 14„ 4 ‘b)14, e l 'rarteals. Qui ei Darla Itall.no. 'llO4 mart ilenteeh Aqua sa hahl a Espimo. A lmanac for 1855 yratison application ,er post free hl ' , 4, 'PL,,,,_ 1 1 ' 4 App. I\l.'Op t "..I.L ON 'NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, IN l ib INDIGESTION. ki, ttary De rangements, Constipation, and Illemorrhoids, is AT ,„,, each, by post le. 6d. !lich, 4 1) U EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. O , 0 4 . v0 .stentia multi curantur morbi." : 1 47^„) of the of the principal causes (over and careless 0, ttClilly , `"e above harassing and distressing complaints, ~tt 4 %3 ,114 eaelligible and popular exposition of how we should \ ,hot h ," 111 (1 ui , ern , ; to Which is added, diet tables for every meal V otit " Instruetions for the regimen and observance of er the twenty•four. Illustrated by tumorous -48 -" ' k ith 2. SHADES OF MARRIED LIFE. : 4 ' lBll th w/44 1 Pl at bath no vidf, I hold him lost, ttht ege and all desolat. He that hath no child, k. k1 447t, * arri ' a r c win io haucer. 41 onaKt~.., 9 1 its expect tons and Necessities—Development iytlove Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded e m . inc ongrulties—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Nt‘i 4 ilo t , ‘Qeer v — . ll 3'sical Defectiveness —Advantages of Inter .l " •' G estation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of 4.34_ acY• , On Infelicitous Infertile, and all Unas of Divorce. &c.,&c. 'lir AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. t t kib i ;,Thitt A Lecture to young Men. 4 4 t 41 14t o tt.Pith,',"n 8 r ions hurt the body—what improve, ki,4l;)Lnirse.4l,i7grieratinaegd as t Ath i en f s m e c ver to hc o a l r d d. a " ge. The advent 48 1 4 485 s e'naChastity :7ndrointis infancy to The casualties of 141 .10e': (I,lB,lPation, with illustrations, graphic, earratave, A IN A dvocacy of early marriages, Stc. ItN I ZII t Zet 4. 41‘ , 4. it m A itp ( ;.„.'.-s, their Self-management and Cure. Vit l stp e tlrt ner 'S—A comprehensive and popular exposition kh, eall Primary and secondary ssmptoms, all forms of t lit s 1/1 Pr inent-8, stricture and spermatorrhoea ; with 250 en -4 88criPtions. N AI) b bEE s, Nat ' 'U RETHRA, and RECTUM.—Comprising `l4 I,l7ol:'Pnts. C onstipation. and Hannorrhoids. ...I , ,TJ A and ,„ •-•znwi'r " ky to the preceding. 4 11 ~ OF LIFE. BOW TO BE HAPPY. (1 11, 4 „_. Vivere." - "Q, 23. p WOrd (2 t s o fair faith."—ShVtesp o ere.. dp~~9n Dgll ;or et " r 7 i rri tatA t ith row ei j , an , n, w 9 E , T e L LYLE \ / At, st and Twenty Y abov e ears Consulting ' Colleague r of the s. '114,104bl 1 0, Argyll -place, Ease:l'qt , te:1344 1 1 en the "bathyal! WWI 119112 764 till fin wlen •'l' - 130.r...,..,_ UST INDIA HOUSE, 210 Fals„ 1855. 1 • . ,r,rtik i ( ~u, tit tjr_ of DIRECTORS of the EAST i .l _ ,.er,tr. ' • initf t Ai Sr th A e li y lr wil d l o hereby give Notice, that the Rate of receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and t ill ) k par.4 4 : "lth e Prese ' 1 0 .1e0) tip. , utupee, and for date, and untl turther notice, he 2s. Id for 211111 en Bombay 21.1%d. the Com- ' 7 4 . ..............................._____JAMBlll ft, ILIPLYILL, Secretary. - . a Gazette.) :. trtruo TION in the CITY.—The COURT of T, FEB. 2 3 . h - ' ' ' for .‘-- COUNCIL havingvoted 1,0001. as the foundation jived a despate s ',', in b te RELIEF of the SUFFERING POOR of the City arecopies, 0 , , t(tze,Tirsert v ,_e of the Coal Whippers and Fellowship Porters, _ ....clement weather, SUBSCRIPTIONS in further 0, by Field ..a• ~,, 1 1:!ebie t t P l ae!lo u Ho wl use ll I . )e received by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, t 1, Feb. lo'l: ' 7 7' ; and by' by Sir John Key, Bart., the Chamberlain, at So L oop° . , i , , , . mei ,_ the respective Aldermen, their Deputies, and tonal or 'ternbers of the Coal and Corn and Finance Com- g M a ' n tbe dressed you 0 2) f r ,ra sou , J. B. TOWSE, Chairman of Use Coal and Corn l e c lay be.— --, j 1 ,1, L 1 fall W V onsiderauie „ tb. 2 3, 1855. and Finance Committee. Lt it does not freo Olti D O N th wet. ~ at great aCtiVi t Y liand SOUTH-WESTERN topol. ~ , 4Twittor, ar RAILW AY Ck men were (Poi. ~,_OtN E, 4 ... , e requested to take Notice, that the HALF- lirrieroliS WO) , . 1 Abj o i" l '';',l___AlEETlNG of this Company, on the 15th .stone o'clock from that day to THURSDAY next, j 0 , - their p.m., to enable the Directors to consider t opinion log up bulk_g or i x , to t h on u to the l'roprietors as to the course to be 3 material f th'", * q enCO of the rest lution of the Hous e of Commons 7 " du gat?' ivo o ° "'Paey's proposed Amendment Bill . il ithsl) 13 7 Wier of the Court o f Directors. moment of the L. CROMBIE, Secretary. e rid ge • Ve i d Station, 27d February, 1855. Wes to impre .10 . : ou pplied with wsj ' ; ItIO:I N. i l a o,__ RE AND SOUTH WESTERN LAlL- itit iP 4 i rvi ,: ue li nend e e E r D PARCEL II VIES BY PASSENGER ,is arises ChieflY, to 71b3. weight are now charged 6d. each , froth Eno .. London and any Station on this It •I clionech _ . ~0 2 1.1 1441,4%thi4te11i,01 iheDorchester and Sall-bury lines ; and ' t l o w e a t:e: s to the Su'; . o `'''''' Parcels under 2 1b.,. weight are now charged 6d. R AE. .1 , ~4 t yp 4 1 10118 ft t i e, &c., &C., ~ ~ otyy .. _ . .—Partles sending Parcels are requested to de- . • l.;gtittio;;`; Te . following O ffi ces in London:—Parcel Mc°, 1. 0 , Cheapside • No. eO, High-street Borou h • FRO 3I 5111 '' ~ ,' "( ' " l ee t-street; No. 33 ' , Regent Cir us •Nol3 Yi Ald g ers: CIATSIV.E. i.A „ , it IQ; 0 0eds only) ; Old White Horse ' Cellar, Pic cadilly ; ,4 4 : 0 1 T r _Pper Thames-street (for Goods only); Swan with and file, w°w161..." i''' ith, wounded ''. '., I,' , ~,,,:!heria-stre.-t ; Spread Eagle, Gracecleurch• street ; ki l itibo Oz. — ;', str eet; White Worse, Fetter-lane; Golden Cross, wounded ~ , , . ; !Jrtiversal Office, Regent Circus ; George and Blue Wounde d , 7.0,1....:.e..ud Gri ff in's Gren Man and Still, Ox•ord-street. •ouuded __,,,,r1:4, , t zet s ,;:Ttrongly recommended to avail themselves of the NALL E___i_STuv , ..,7 til e e 7,' the South Western Railway Company have no con- tan t• Goon' N14444,._%:' erectarges made upon, n,r can they be responsib4 for the :. ,delivery ef, Goods or l'arcels booked at any 2. _ irvi org . ,, lini i . t l l ..th_e cowry, on purchasing goods, Ice., in London, ON _CI 1 114 p IP 0 4: 4 ;_di_ar in ordering them to be addressed " per South ~S' Wpf-TI N ,!-;•0 ' l 7 Company," and forwarded through one of the tY, INC Lu )4 6. Ey order of the Directors. D. -.l4 llrid„_ ~. ._ ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. - ENT. lam' „ 6 < - No. 19,472.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1855. PUBLICATIONS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 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 presenticircemstances, I regret extremely not to find, among the names now proposed, the name of any member of her Majesty's Government included 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 the 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 subjects of inquiry should be opened on which, from his knowledge of all our foreign relations, might appear to him inexpedient and dangerous, a warning might be given to the co 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 be appointed that I object to the ap pointment of the select committee. I think, from the very circumstances attending the nature of such a commit tee there are practical dangers at the present moment 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 bers, to decide whether the inquiry should be secret, or open to the public. If six out of these 1 1 members should be of opinion that strangers ought not to be present, this committee becomes a secret committee. If, on the other 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 pnblio 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 accusations, 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 adierse comments of a partycharacter will be applied to the evi dence as published, and the most erroneous impressions, bearing hard on distant individuels 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. (Sear, hear.) 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 tad. almost unprecedented, such delegation to 11 mem bers appears to me to be a meat dangerous soiree. (Hear, hear.) am not aware of any precedent whatever in our Parliamentary history for such a delegation or for the ap pointraeat of such a committee. (Hear, hear.) 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 cheek, 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, I should not hesitate to give my Preference to the latter. (Hear, hear.) Au 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 now in hand. I believe that at a remote period, 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 and alinirals whose cha racters were at stake were present to defend themselves. (Hear, laser.) In 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. But as the matter now stands this question will be thrown down on the floor of a committee ; the condition of the army in the Crimea is to be the subject of inquiry, and no instructions are given to the committee. I understand that an instruction was given notice of in the name of an hon. member, but without his authority, and he 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 inquire into the eeaduct of our admirals and officers, that instruction so extending the scope of the inquiry would prevent all mistake oa the point. (Hear, hear.) Far be it from me to contest the powers of this house in its largest sense, I know not any object so minute as to be below the notice of this house, or so exalted or so remote as to be beyond its reach. I am not one to cut down the authority or power of this house. My whole politic a l lif e h as b een s p en t within these walls, and the great effort of my yo u th 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, in its legislative capacity it is equal and co-ordinate with the Crown and the House of Peers. It is greater even than the House of Peers with respect to taxation and to the supply of ways and means. Even as the grand inquest of the nation, I admit its con etitutional authority, and I know no limit to that autho rity, except when iu its exercise this house should, at an ill-advised moment, trench on the legitimate constitutional ft; nctione of the Eeecutis-o. (Cheers.) 1 thought, on the first night of the debate, when this committee was moved for, that it was admitted ou every side of tho house that the motion for inquiry was only intended as a vote of censure on the Government. (Hear.) I remember well tho speech of the noble lord, late President of the Council, who, on the whole, did not think himself able, satisfactorily to his conscience, to defend the entire conduct of his former col leagues as against a vote of censure by implication, but in the broadest manner he said it was impossible for him to support thin committee of inquiry, because its insti tution, in his opinion, w I.s 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 against the Eaccative, and it was the first Parliamentary opportunity that had occurred of recording by his vote that opinion of his. He, too, added, if I mistake not — and he will correct me if I misrepresent him—that he did not anticipate any advantage from this inquiry, and only used the motion as a mode of expressing want of confidence in the Government. I was present on the Friday, when I t o be right heard the spee c h, w hi c h, on account of its ability, I should like to have uttered myself, of my Secretary of State for the Home Department, answered. hon. friend who put this question in a manner not H e the ep . pealed to the hou se an d said :—" Let us come t o an under standing on this ma tt er . I cannot believe you mean to pass this as a sub s t an ti ve vote of inquiry but you only mean it to be a cens ure on the Executive." That appeal was responded to by loud cheers on the Opposition side of the house. It It was und ers t ood to be vote of censure, those who supported it and by those who opposed it. lam sure the house will permit me to state what was my Own impression. (Hear, hear.) I have stated that that was my impreeston at the time, and I am sorry to say that, looking back upon what has since occurred, 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, and the following morning they ten dered their resignations. Now, allow me to ask, if censure is inherent in that motion for inquiry, how are the cir cumstances altered by anything that has since taken place? If it was a vote of censure then, surely the nomination of the committee is a vote of censure now. If it was right not to submit to that vote of censur e in 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 the same, the intention is the same, th e objections ar e th e same. There is however, some novelty in the course now adopted. Hitherto, gene rally, when votes of censure have been proposed upon Go ats certain Parliamentary courses, vernme well known and commonly recognised, have been adopted. A motion that the house should resolve itself into a committee of the whole house on the state of the nation is a recognised "notice to quit" meat o • to the Govern ceupying the se benches. (Hear, laugh.) , That is a h ea r, and a vote of censure in a direct form —unambiguous, not to be mistaken ; but the misfor tune in the present case is, that a course has been adopted which is anpreoedented, which is ambiguous, and which is capable of two constructions, though, as I contend, the only legitimate construction is that which was first put upon it, and upon which Lord Aberdeen's Government acted—namely, that it was clearly a vote of censure. Well it may be said—has nothing since occurred to alter the as pect of the motion ? Yes, much has since occurred. Lord Aberdeen, who when the motion of the h on . an d l earne d member for Sheffield was brought forward, was the Prime Minister, upon the expressed and recorded opinion of this lame, hits ceased to be a member of th e Administration. The Duke of Newcastle, yielding, a l so, to the implied cen sure of this house, do longer occupies a place in h er Ma jesty's 'government . My noble friend the member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston) supplies the pl ace o f L or d Aberdeen, but although he supplies that place, he con curred with his Colleagues in the Acluainistrationinregard ing the vote for the appointment of the comm i ttee as a to vote of censure, he yielded that vot e and he retired. With the exception , I think,.of Lord Panneure and Lord Canning, all the membe rs of the present Government in the of the greatest importance Cabinet who fill offices in the State, are the identical persons ns who were reenab era of Lord Aber deen's Government. ( Cheers from the Opposition.) Allow me, o bserve that on Friday lent, whe n th e n obl e in passing to o lord at the head o f thejGovernyaeat opened the poli c y o f hi s Cabinet, he appeared to me distinctly to re cogn i se t h e ex istence of this committee of inquiry,__if pressed, as a diffi culty not to be lightly regarded, if ind ee d it could be re sisted, because he teadored and volunteered t o th e h ouse the functions of the Executive in lieu of the prosecution of an inquiry by a committee. (Loud cheers.) Bat it may be said to me, "How came youto accept office under the noble viscount' the member for Tiverton if t hems were your mi • r espect to the proposed in qn i ry ?" (Cheers _pressions with N ese , I wish to s t a t e the case with from the Opposition.) ) When th e h o b le viscount perfectfrankness. (Cueers• great—the undeserved — compliment of wishing paid me the f the Administration, If was con finedme to become a member o I was not iu a condition to carry on to my bed, and to make dence or many inquiries. I protracted correspon at will tell the house, however, th •ther e w as one difficulty which with me was , ca idina • • l and upon which I was entirely satisfied. I wished to know from my noble friend now at the head of the Government, whether there was to be any change in the foreign policy of Lord Aberdeen's Adminis trationgiven ,to which we, as colleagues, g Our united consent; and also whether, with referenc e t o th e negotia t tions now pending at Vienna,here wan a n y a lt erat i on w i t h 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 friend,the most frank manner, points, and my noble eave me explanations whic h we re entirely satisfactory. `Do Bein g satisfied, therefore, on these points, which I consi d upon ered any others subject, those of main impo nor did I makrtance, I made no further difficulty e any other inquiry _ whatever. I frankly said, be in g satisfied on these points, " I will do my ;very best, if you think my serv i c es can be useful to support and to sustain your Government." Perhaps greater caution might wisely have been exercised by me with until respect to this committee, but Was of opinion—and Now ready at all thO Booksellers, CHEAP EDITION of PEPYS' DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. Comprising all the recent additional Notes and Emendations, printed uniformly with the last edition of EN elyn's Diary, in 4 - vols. post Svo., with Portraits, &c., price only Gs. each, bound. Published for U. Colburn, by his successors, Murat and Blackett. 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MOUSE 01' COMMONS—YESTZIMAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered ;o be committed :—Caledonian Railway, Grand Surrey Canal, and Great,Northern London Cemetery. 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 GODERICH 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 .1. DUKE said as the right hen. baronet the late First Lord of the Admiralty had declined to answer the question, ho 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 day he should renew his motion on this subject, unless prevented by snother ministerial crisis. (Laughter.) 'HIE INDIAN OFFICERS. Sir E. PERRY wished to ask the right hon. the Presi dent of the Board of Control if Indian officers who had lerved on the staff in the field in the Crimea would be en titled to the same brevet promotion as other officers: qk 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. si r F. BARING wished to ask the Secretary at War whether it was true that Lard Raglan had addressed a complaint to the Duke of Newcastle relative to the infor mation furnished by the newspaper correspondents in the Crimea, and whether in c,onsecieence of that remonstrance a circular had been addressed to the editors of newspapers on the schject. He wished to know whether the right hon. gentleman bad any objection to produce the remonstrance and the circular addressed on the subject? Mr. PEEL said the letter of the Duke of Newcastle was of a private character, and he had not the authority to produce it. The circular addressed to the newspapers was also of a private character, but if the right hon. baronet thought the public service would shouldett by the pro duction of these documents, he have no objection to produce 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 shou ld be glad to know if the hen. 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 fi hon. members coming in one after the other in — clese suc cession ; and after taking their seats joined in conversation with little knots of hon. gentlemen, from whose earnest and animated jestures it was evident they were discussing the prominent topic of the clay with deep interest. Lord Palmerston had not yet made his appearance, but 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 aide 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. ♦s 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 " Hear, hear." Having gone through this pantomimic performance he harried away, and there was another ominous panic of some dura tion. Bye-and-bye Lord Mulgrave (another Treasury whip) came in in the samelmysterious 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 lye 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, hear," to which succeeded almost immediately the deepest silence. The SPEAKER then called the order of tie 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 permission 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 make 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 puipose. 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 hon. 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 hope, therefore, I may crave the indulgence of the house while I enter into some of the reasons 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 once state that I observe that the Government has now adopted the motion of the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. 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' xt/it ... ... ,_,_ _ very lately I continued to entertain that opinion—that two Ministers, my dearest friendsewhom 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 --having incurred, as I think unjustly, public obloquy, and having 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 now at the head of her Majesty's Councils to the chief post in the Government—Lord Paninure, who is conversant with the administration of the army having supplied the place of the Duke of Newcastle—l was of opinion that changes had been effected which might have been satisfactory to this house and to the country, especially when, coince lent with these changes, an announcement of great administra tive reforms was made. I will 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 committal, and that the service has not been performed in a manner ait , gether 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 Adjutant-Gene ral's 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 be anticipated. I certainly believe that, until very lately, the changes Co 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. lam 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 the 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 ef fi cient, more speedy, more certain (cheers)—than that of a committee of inquiry. While the gentlemen composing that commit tee, without any official 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 ques tions, the Government would be deciding ; and while the committee were seeking hew 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 be done, if the Government were not hamp ered by the fear that this committee, exercising functions not merely legislative, but executive, would retard their proceedings and cramp their operations. I have said that I consider this committee unnecessary. I have a far stronger objection to it--I consider it to be unjust. (Hear, and cheers.) Will the house bear with me 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 mast say that I think officers so chosen, so controlled, so subject to the authority of the servants of the Crown, have a cer-relative claim. (Hear, hear.) I think tha t 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 lay. 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 thcs3 operations before them, presses that inquiry, does nut exercise the forbearance shown by the house, seeks to go into details , whioh the house did not call upon rue more 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: posidvely I am confident that inquiry runs directly to our connexion with our groat and powerful ally. (Loud cheers.) It is of vast importance that there should be no misunderstanding whatever, and I warn the house that this investigation, nnaccompani , ,d with any aback or control, but the chance medley prudence of a majority of 6 out of 11 may involve this country in the most fatal consequences. (Cheers.) I have said this only with respect to the navy. Let me carry that one 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 iu the Crimea. I imagine, Sir, that of all the difficulties iu 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, " Id est yid. et dude, non dessee Fortuna, prmbenti se, et oblato casu flectere ad con silinue"—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 mere or less compromise of opi nion (always in weakness itself.) (Hear.) In the distribu tion of the relative forces there must be inequality. (Hear.) 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 au army in front of Sebastopol, and in 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 the 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 in a representative government can be propounded. Dangers become irresistible when those whose duty it is to confront them have not 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 are of the most fatal character. (Cheers.) I know that I am subject to be most painful of all taunts, " Yon 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, andought 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 on 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 if the Crown, when united with colleagues in whose principles and opinions you agree, and 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 net 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 alas voted? I have boon long a member of this house. There are indica tions which are not to be mistaken, and I should conceal the truth if I did not state that, having sat on that bench only throe or four evenings ago, when great changes were announced to conciliate individuals and win the favour of this house, I had comp to the painful conclusion-- painful, under present circumstances, I have regarded it —that the Administration, of which until to-day I wee $ member, does not clearly possess in a greater degree the onionly confidence few of weeksth ehou se since have said I would speak without reserve that which I felt and which I believe. By your kind indulge nce I hasileaaxrei cuted my purpose imperfectly, but h onestl y retired.than that ve Administrationhemeeteheeri e which ch l aeons, generally delusive, and, k Honeyed words at parting with cioilleeagn loverssimilar circumstances, always unavailing and laughed to scorn. (Cheers.) I shall not , therefore, make any profes sions, but it shall be nay endeavour to mark by my conduct e' are vows al'm °(3t un n t a e;l tl s evered, I have acted f or two y ears. The y are m y friends. responsibilityei icy e eileag i u n e o e incurred f •e r d em by whomthO ste l p I am havenwo j . I value them. I could not be led by them m lt i o l y e s ts t t at s ke e t e n e ik na s a e e n ts o h . t f eep t m h vi With hich judgmeut and my conscience dis approved ; but if my leaning tewards them, instead of being strong and friendly, were infinitely more adverse than it is, under the present circumstances I should hold it to be my parament duty to give the humble support which is in my power to the Queen's executive Govern ment, however constituted. (Cheers.) 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 / CY • ~~ , l~~i r PRICE SD. a great emergency, as paramount to every other consider - ation, and I can only now thank the house cordially for the patience with which they have listended to the expres sion of opinions, shared, I believe, only by a small mino rity. (The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amid ge neral applause.) Mr. BRIGHT—I am one of those, forming the majority of the house, I suspect, who are disposed to look upon our parent position as one of more than ordinary gravity. (Hear, hear.) lam one, also, of those, not probably con stituting so great a majority of the house, who regret extremely the circumstance - -; which have obliged the right hou. gentlemen who aro now upon this b3uch to secede from the Governmont of the nob'e lord the member for Tiverton. Ido not take upon me for a moment to con- dome them ; because I think that, if there he anything in which a man should judge for himself, it is whether he should take office if it be offered to him, whether he should secede, whether he should serve under a particular loader, or engage in the service of the Crown, or retain office in a particular emergency. In such cases I think that t he deci- sioa must be left to his own conscience and his own jud6, - moot ; and I should be the last person to condemn any one for the decision to which he might come. I think, how ever, that the speech of the right hen. 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 bo right or wrong, is fully explained, a nd is honest to the house and to the country. (Hear.) Now, sir, I said that I regretted their secession, because I am one of those who do not wish to see the Government of the noble lord the member for Tiverton overthrown. The house knows well, and nobody knows better than the noble lore, that 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 do not bear to any man in this house,—for from 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 oonscientiously 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. (Hear.) It will bo admitted that we want a Government ; 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 to 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 ind it. (Hear.) We are at war, and I shall not say one single sentence with regard to the policy of the war er 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.) But we are now in a peculiar position with regard to that war ; for, if I am not mistaken—and I think I gathered as much 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 that 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 and 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 hero ; I mean persons out of doors—the press generally. (Laughter.) I believe that most men who are able to do it have written occasionally for the public press. (Hoar.) Well, I say that there are gentlemen in this house, that there are writers for the public press, that (Lori: 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 net allowed to specify by a name in 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 net of the world, as a result or an 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 uuderstant. Trey call upon him to set, to carrry on the war with vigour, and to prosecute enterprises which neither his Government nor any other Government has ever serioudy 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 Goveriment have offered terms of peace to Russia, not to draw back from those terms—(hoar, 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 7 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 iu good faith, and shall be in honour and good faith adhered to ; so that if, unfortunately for Eu rope and fur humanity, there should be any failure at Vienna, no man should point to the English Government and to the authorities and rulers of this Christian 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 groat 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 out 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 nl-bis 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. 1 think that the noble lord at the head of the Government himself would have mere 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 bo to bring about a peace, to restore this country by extri cating it from some of those difficulties iuseparable from a state of war. There is one 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. (Hear.) 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 he can or ought to answer the q uestion —whether the noble lord the member for Leaden has power, after discussions have commenced, and as soon as there shall be established I to sho e u u l t d er li i k n e to t a o ny me al a •m ny ist m ic a e n ? ge ( t N u o p , I know not, Sir, w h o it i s t h a t good grounds for belie vin g that the ne g otiation s for peace provewill anduonaor,l ,h, ebut successful, says "No, 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 countrtyerinßf whose appetite for blood is so insatiable that, even when peace have been offered and accepted, ho pines for that assault in which Russian, Turk, French, and English, as sure as one man dies, 20,000 corpses will strew the streets of Sebastopol? (Hear, hear.) I Bey I should like to ask the noble lord—and I am sure that he will feel, and that this house will feel, that I am speaking in no unfriendly manner towards the Government of which he is at the head-1 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 proe,eedings - Vienna, at which it can properly be done—and I should think that it might properly be acme at a very early stage —to adept a course by which all further waste of human life may be put an end to, and the animosity between the groat nations healed up ? I appeal to the noble lord at the head of the Government, and to this house ; I am not now complaining of the war—l am not now complaining of the terms of peace, nor indeed of anything that has been done —lent I wish to suggest to this house what I believe thou sands, even tens of thousands of the most educated and of the most Christian portion of the people of this country are feeling upon this subject, although, indeed , in the midst of a certain clamour in the country , the y do n o t give public expression to their feelings. Your country is not iu an advantageous state at this moment ; from one MARKET NEW - S-( 1 11_11 A * ' Lill I', COVENT GARDEN. Very limited supplies of fruit aud vegetables were on sale today. The detnarad ruled dull, as follows : FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 5s to 7s per lb ; apricots, Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to lOs Od per lb ; foreign ditto, 10d to is 8d melons, Os Oil to Os each peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ; apples, 4s 6d to lOs Od per bushel ; pears, 75 Od to lOs Od por half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to Os Oil per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums, Ss 0 to Os Oil per half sieve ; cherries, Od to Os per pound ; lemons, 6il to is per doz.; oranges, 4s Od to lOs per 100; fil berts, 93s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 180 s to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od to 2s 6d per lb. VEGETABLEM.—Savoy cabbages, 9d to is Gd per dozen; red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, Os 3 i to Os 4d per 100 ; brocoli, is Od to 2s Od per bundle ; ' putittoom, 003 to 120 e per ton ; vegetable rrvvrow,lll,each ;.' peas, Os Oil to Os Oil per bush.; broad beans, Od to is per half sieve ; turnips, 4d to fid per bunch ; carrots, 7d to 10c1 per bunch ; cucumbers, is Oil to 2s Od each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pi and ; spinach, 2s Oil to 4s Od per sieve ; onions, 2s 6cl to 4s Oil per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 35 per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s Ocl to 5s Od per bundle ; parsley, 4d to 6,1 per bunch ; celery, 1. Od to i s 6d per bunch ; endive, is 6t.1 to 2s per score ; beet, i s 6d to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 3d to 0.1 per punnet ; mushrooms, 2 s Oil to 2s 6d per • pottle ; artichokes, 4s to 6s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces- is tid to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve • radishes Pd to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4; Oil per half Sieve ; chillies, is to ls 6d cpaerslta,, i 100; Brussels tous 2ssels sprouts, is Od to Od per half sieve ; pie per 100. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Gd to 8s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to 6s Id each; Ducks, 2s 6d. to 2s 9d ; tame Rabbits, Os Oil to Os Od; wild do , ls•to 15 Gd each ; Pigeons, 8s to 10s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 3d each ; Partridges, is 3d to 2s Od ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; Leveret , , 2s Od to 2s 6d each. Ostend fresh butter, lls to 12s 6d, and English 11. 6d to 15s 6d per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 10s Od to ne Od; French ditto, 7/10d to So Od per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 4cl veal, 45 Od to 55 Od : pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 2d. ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; pork, 3s 2d to 46 6d per Sibs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, Gs Od 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 is Oil per lb; Lobsters, 61 to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 2s Od to 3s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 40s to 50s per bsh; Mackerel, 40s per 100 ; Smelts, 2s Od to 350 d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Gd per lb; Shrimps,,ls 6d to 2s Gd per gallon; Bloaters, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os per 108. ; Scotch do.. 6d; Sprats, 5s Od to 8s Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 8s to 18s per doz. ; Pike 6d. ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 2s 6d to 31. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro frogs 10d to 11d; of household ditto, 8d to gad per 4lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to 3id ; 6411 s to 721 b, Sid to d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to aid ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 44d ; 961 b to 1041 b, Oct to Od. ; 104 1121 b Od to Od ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 5s 6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Oct to 3s Od ; ditto, full, 5s 6d to Os Od. ; polled sheep, 6s Od to 7s 3d ; Kents, 5s 3d to 63 Od ; Half-breds, 5s 3d to Os Od ; Downs, 4s Od to 4s 101; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 4/ 17s Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 3e to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade rather dull, at late rates. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ Os ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 11s nor load. Both hay and straw moved •ff slowly, at our quotations. WHITHCHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 81s to 41 16s; clover ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ lOs per load. 1 fair average supply and a sluggish trade. 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Barry du Barry and Co., 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, Cheapsido ; 25 A nd i+ 4 .2 VPPR Bakkistreetl. l j ~ ~> y. end of the kingdom to the other there is a general collapsi of industry. (Hear.) Those members of this house not intimately acquainted with the trade and commerce orthe country do not fully comprehend our position as to the diminution of employment and the lessening of wages. An increase in the cost of living is finding its way to the homes and hearths of a vast number of the labouring population. At the same time there is growing up—.and, notwithstand ing what some hon. members of this house may think of me, no man regrets it more than I do—a bitter and angry feeling against that class which has for a long period con ducted the public affairs of this country. I like po litical changes when such changes are made to be the result, not of passion, but of deliberation and reason. Changes so made are safe, but changes made under the influence of violent exaggeration, or of the alolent 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 localities 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 he 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 hear the very boating of his wings. There is no one to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the sideposts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; but he calla at the castle of the noble, th i mansion of the set al ,hy, equally , as at the cottage of the humble, and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal. I tell tho noble lord that if he be ready honestly and frankly to en deavour, if possible, by the negotiations to be opened at lie e n io n nfo a, rmu t e r i o nne i t 3 : ut an end t o this war, no word of mine, no v tobe, will e given to his ak p e o h si i t s ionin power f t o h r is on i e lo s u i s n e : g (Hear.) I am sure that the nolo lord is not inaccessible to appeals made to him from honest motives and with the deferential feeling that ho has been for more than 40 years a member of this Louse. The noble lord, before I was born, sat upon the Treasury bench, and he has devoted his life to the service of his country. He is no longer young, and his life has extended almost to the term allotted to man. I would ask, I would entreat the noble lord to take a course which, when he looks back upon his whole political career—whatever he may therein find to be pleased with, whatever to regret—cannot but be a source of gratification. By adopting that course he would have the satisfaction of refleoting that, having obtained the laudable object of his ambition—having become the foremost subjectto 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 Europe 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 aid saved this country from the in describable calamities of war. (Loud 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 noblo 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 member for the University of Oxford. I was connected by my official position with one of the IVar departments ; I was therefore, although in a secondary degree, implicated in 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 eensure, 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 exareise 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 two cases, and for this reason. The House of Commons 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, the 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 preeminently and efficiently to investigate the charges to the bottom. I say Ido not object to that nart 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- Aset ; but would to God any of us who look back to alitlee tietsils 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 wi i ten which I am not ready to place before the committee, and I ain ready to abideby the issue. (Cheers.) Let no ;non think for one moment that I am attempting to 'bilk or eve'o 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 liament, backed by a proposal for inquiry , and a Mi nister of the Crown ought not to he placed under sus picion so long es he holds his place. I felt it was not rig , lt, a hen the inquiry was pendin?, that I should retain the office of a Mini.ter of the Crown. Now, this con.- inittee takes rather a wider and a far different scope. I have se, n in Ibis 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 one 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, he I believe the ge neral expectation was, that when Lord Aberdeen's Govern ment was put an end to we should hear nothing more than a formal negativing of the names of the committee. 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 any 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, 1 accepted the position which he offered me in his Government. The noble lord then thought that that mo tion walla 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 had 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 theiroporation, and which have perplexed every roan. 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, b ecause you can sen d t o any man in five minutes and obtain his despatches and paper,. 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 net simply to inquire into the state of the army, not to ask how many are sick and how many are wounded—God knows, we have lists enough to give that explanation, without summoning a committee !—but also what were the causes of these calamities. For that purpose this oom mittee will be entirely a delusion, You might have had a commission—somebody in whom the country had confi 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 entrusted a remedial power emanating from the Crown, which is the rightful authority. If you must have this committee of the House of Commons I must say I entirely sharp the objections which the right hon. baronet took to its composition. lou are going to launch these great subjects without the presence of any Minister of the Crown. If not th e Prime Minister, the departments i tin ts ist w er lii s c h h ot a i r ld e i h n a v d e en l7 e e r n ; t l , i ' l o e r r e e ign T M h i e n s i e s Minister or t e l re d e they are the departments which have charge of those valu able relations of this country which you are going to take from the charge of responsible men, sworn to secrecy, and to entrust to an irresponsible body, who may publish every thing the next day. How do you indicate your own opinion of the committee you are going to appoint ? Yen a d v i se , you entreat the Government to pay no respect to i it, to institute ts own inquiries —not to wait for the re port of the committee, but from its own inquiries and its own observation to act at once. So that, when your blue months hence, it will be a comp le te It b piece ok wastec o e f me out, four paper and the committee will have 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 disrespfct—disrespeet is not waiting to know its opinions, in net ectiag ~.~