The Press.
London, England, 1855-08-25 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Cabinet prospered on the odium thus
cast on their opponents, her Majesty's Govern-
ment were refusing,
,lamest with contumely,
Italian offers Of assistance. While we were in-
formed indignantly that the language of the
Opposition prevented all foreigners front en-
listing in our service, hundreds, nay, thou-
sands of hardy soldiers were ready to join out
banner men -inured to all the customs and
hardships of a campaign.
One case has especially been brought before
our notice. A Lombard refugee, residing in
Portugal, a cavalry riding-master, came to this
country on the assurance of employment given
by one of our consular agents. Men such as
these, let it be known, are scarce. He arrived
in London during the administration of the
Duke of NEWCASTLE. He was informed. that
no immediate answer could be given to his
application for service ; but he was requested
to leave his address at the office of the War
Minister. Ere the lapse of many days the
Duke of NEWCASTLE retired. The active Lord
PANIIIIIIE succeeded. Day after day the Ita-
lian renewed his applications; day after day
he was put off, while his means were gradually
becoming exhausted. Sent from one officer to
another, tossed by one minor official to a
second, and again to a third, time flew by,
and he was starving. At length, some cha-
ritable ladies heard of his case, and relieved
his necessities. He left this country, his little
savings gone, sick in hope, wounded in dig-
nity. What has become of him we know not.
But we would ask an impartial observer from
what source is more harm likely to accrue to
England ? From the arguments of the Oppo-
sition, or from such activity on the part of
Lord PANMIIRE ?

With facts like these before us, it is unne-
cessary to inquire into the justice of Whig
puffing! It is unnecessary to decry their
merits. We leave them to their fate, " doomed
" to the scandal of their own applause."

SIR JAMES GRAHAM AND SIR
CHARLES :NAPIER.
OUR readers will recollect that, pending the
question whether the Sebastopol Committee
should be an open one or not, Sir JAMES
GRAHAM warned Parliament that the press of
England would be too strong for "that
bauble " the mace of the House of Commons.
One so nervous about the broadsheet must
have felt increased fear of unlicensed print-
ing as he found himself on Friday exposed to
a destructive literary broadside from Sir
CHARLES NAPIER. The letter is all about gun-
boats, mortars, and bombardments, and its
style throughout is explosively appropriate.
Opinions will differ widely as to the exact
propriety of the course followed by Sir
CHARLES NAPIER, but that Sir JAMES GRAHAM
is in another of his perennial scrapes, is
beyond doubt. No one will be sorry for that.
It is not the first time that Sir JAMES has
built a pillory for his private accommodation.
For it is particularly necessary to observe
that Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S character is as much
involved as that of his antagonist. People
instinctively recoil from " private " revelations ;
and, though the tone of Sir CHARLES NAPIER'S
letter is open to criticism, one cannot help
feeling that there is righteous retribution in
Sir JAMES GRAHAM being compelled to en-
counter one with the peculiar temper of the
gallant Admiral. There is no such " dark "
incident in the social life of our modern
House of Commons as the assault of Sir
JAMES GRAHAM on the Recorder of Dublin, in
which the wily Baronet availed himself of
official knowledge in an extraordinary manner
against a Judge whose position deprived
him of the defence of those laws which
gentlemen have made to meet particular cases.
There is nothing in the letter of Sir CHARLES
NAPIER half so objectionable as the conduct
of Sir JAMES GRAHAM on that occasion. And
the astounding treatment of Mt. LAYARD about
" poor Captain CHRISTIE " can never be for-
gotten.
Thousands will chuckle at so unpopu-
lar a man being obliged to appear again