The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

that he concurred is all the seetiments, all the expressions,
sad all the views that had been pet forth at the great
meeting is the City of London. (Laughter.) lie did not
know what he had said to excite the laughter of any noble
lord ; be said be did not concur in all that bad been ,
explored ; be looked on that meeting as an indication
of a dun seated public feeling, that by the mismasegemmat
of her Majesty's sentiment is matters of ordinary Medi- i
new of which, as mta of business, the meeting was stole to
judge. Work was isiierfectly done at s lavish expense 11
which might uses been better dons at far less oust. The
meeting was an expression of deep-seated dissatisfaction.
That diseatisfutios had led men lo 'king only to the effects
of the mismanagement into wrong umclusions as to the
sasses which had led to it. They heard is some quarters
that it was cot the man but the ',stem that wee to blame ;
is others, it was the selection of the aristocracy, who ob.
tainted all places end all situations, whilst in others all the
blame was laid no routine. They were told, that enlists
routine was got rid of, there was so safety for the country
He would wish to say a taw words as to what he deemed the
real state of the gam sad the teal grou..d of dissaisfaction.
As to mutiny, if that word was to be applied to the duties of
the subordinate departments of the mate, those utile,' which
depending on no parliamentary influence, and exercising no
parliamentary power, carried on the business of the ministry
most usefully and electively, in which the vest mejor.ty ot
those employed laboured with en aesiduity but all repaid
by the amount of peculiar, advantage they received, without
the advantages of publicity and populanty,to eneptrit them,
if the chugs wee aside against these deportee. ere, be mast
say that routine was a necessity of their existeuee. A
manufacturer might as well charge his wheel with routine
because it always revived in the same plat.. Routine was
the very sauce and soul of these departments, without it
the whole busmen of the country would be in confusion in
as hour. He was sot prepared to say that in teary cases
too much attentlou was mot paid to seniority, that promo-
lies was not given with too little regard to superiority and
eacellawee ; he would not say that in ma .y departments
there were not men, who, perfectly capable of working
in ordinary times, were, from their advanced age or other
circumstances, hardly capable of mettles the extraordinary
demands on them. To this emus- no deistic a great deal of the
inefficiency of these departments was to be attributed. He
thought in times like these the government ought to make a
!Plena provision for men no longer competent to dirsesrge
their duties from age or tofirmay, sod not allow them to
stop the promotion of younger meo. (Hear, heir.) No
doubt the departments were ceargeable with this fault—
nature wee no fault, it was a Decease.] of existence—bet
at the same time, there ought to be over every depart
meet a ruling master mind, to watch over its work.
ins and insure the mutual co-operation ot its severs' parts
and no.. allow them mutually to °berries each otber when
they ought mutually to assist. (Rear.) His noble friend
said in proposing his resolutioes that it was important
foe the peblet Wren:* that the appointments to it should be
made with a view to its efficiency above all other considera-
tions. Be must maw that there appeared to be coma.
Astable miseoseeption in the public mind on this question.
11 was sot in the power of soy minister, however well die-
proud, always to select for every department the men best
qualified for the discharge of its duties irrespective 01 every
ether department. That principle cou:d hardly ba applied
In this country. The choice or the minister of the day for
the high Alamo, stare was limited within a very narrow
C mesas. The person who °belies the confidence of the
crown as a usinist-r is generally one who possesses the cow
11 dicer* of parliament also. That minket must be supeorted
by a body of colleegues to whet* he assigns the several
offices. Those ix !leagues must he inemb-rs ot one or either
house of parlisment. Some offices must be held by mea-
-1 ben of the Mime of Lords, others by members of the House
of Commons. The choice therolore was limited to
the member. of the two houses of parliament, but
it was further limited to those mernbet• whose
general political views agreed with those of the minivers,atid
who were prepared to join with their colleagues in the con•
sideratioa of their policy, while they at the same time dis-
charged the dada of their own peculiar office. The choice
of the minister wee thee limited to litsle more than half the
two bows' of perliauseut, and from that number they must
farther exclude all those whose private avocations or ea-
stagusents were such es to render it impassible for them to
disabuse the seerrossing duties of a minister of tee crown.
(Hear, hear.) He wished to speak with all respect of the
present coustitutiou of the House of Commons. There were
me doubt on all sides many mite quite capable of die.
se=the duties of a minister of the crown, but
period of the Reform Bill the complexion
el that house bed been so altered as to aaa ee it still
stem difficult foes minister to select his colleagues. Pre-
view to the pasehigof tee Reform Bill there were a number
of small beroughs, tee rotten haoughs as they were called,
under the control of individuals ; and however inconsistent
knight be with the theory of the constitution, those bre
rouges were the ordinary avenues to parliament of pot rag
men not known to the public who were anxious to make
way in parliemest, and devote themselves to the profession
of polities, which though not lucrative, had many attractions
for men of independent fortune. That &Tsetse was closed by
**Reform Bill, and if they looked to the men now returned,
=iiy by the large towns, they would find them men
slf great ability, bet of too mature age, 'noise in
bedews ear professions, who could not devote their time to
the public service. and who bad not been trained to the
bestows of polities. Men who entered at such an age were
rug* distinguished in parliament. It was true some small
bens& still remained, and they were told that all the public
eases were confined to what was called the aristocracy.
Aehesersey was rather an indefinite term, and he must son-
less he did notkaow precisely what it mewl e some bor
we
Mesh% a few families bad Cancer *Reich et to return any
member of the family, but the electors would not accept an
entire drupe at their dicution. The rev It of all this was
that the aniabar of men qualified for office was smeller since
the passingef the Referee Bill than it bad been before. He
merely merle dam sumeeks to currect the exaggerated notions
that prevailed es PP emblem It was perfectly certain that if
any member of either bow of parlisment displayed abilities
aid talent for Dulness, and power ot expression in enforc-
ing his view,, no matter bow bumble hi. birth or origin—
(hear, bur)—any member, whether tory or radical. would
be only too glad to enlist him in the service of the Crown,
if he could only be persuaded to undertake the duties.
(Hear, hear.) Some three years age, when he undertook
to tone a government, he gave office to some gentlemen of
great talent and ability, eat of no previous sxi crimes ia
official life : the result was, he was charged with doing the
very thing the government were sow blamed for so
doing—duels, taking untried men. It waste doubt a groat
advantage that men should be trained in the subordinate
offices, bat the minister is selecting had to consider
not only whe had been trained in polities, but
who, from their position, were capable of accept-
ing office. (Hear, bear.) He said so much from a
desire to qualify the exaggerated opinion u to the duty
of a minister that prevailed. Subject to these restrictions
sad diemalties which every minister had to contend with, it
wee his duty to select for every department, without fear
or favour, the individual whom he considered best qualified
for that office. That was the prisciple laid down by his
noble friend, but he feared it was one not always borne is
mind by the present government, or any of those that had
preceded them. (Hest, hear.) They were sited whether
they had brought fore ard this motion with a view to a
change of goverament. The noble lords oa the lower
bencess oneht to be gratified at the rose adopted
by the ministerial bench. It was said, no doubt there
was gnat neglect, great sufferings, great privations;
but recollect, all this neglect. all this suffering an
onfesion, was the work of the late government.
(Laughter.) Bet, with one exception, the members
of the present government were the same as those of the
bet ;it was a sew firm with die old partners. (Laugh-
ter.) The noble earl mid, see whet wonderful things hue
bees dom.
Hari ORANVILLR Very mach in consequence of
elesimme prepared by the 'able duke, the late war
The Berl of DlRBY—Settle it amongst yourselves
(Laughter.) He mad draw no distinction between' the late
and the present orieummest. (Hear.) The premium go-
verament were reammellie for the movements, was only et
the lemt three imathe het of the Mat two years ; it was the
ease gpseeselMil. sit seek then had bees a sacrifice of
won ewe chess i Nees assehe bad bees throws over,
nee seepageete east away—Oseghter)—hat the wow
went seweisei the same sod their policy wee she same
The aside WI the mi.uier tie Wes ems down she very
Oahe Ye astir kind had skip as** ef his raided's*,
sal eselskard "Hew waksiessis. I ear soles this wry
dos to give settee of a great whine el adakistretive
, and I was going to flu it fee the very sight the
milk earl has takes." (Ideglitez) It wee enethetasate
indeed that the noble lad had gemmed Ide abate walk be
haw the result of this Imeties; Uwe wee ethrw bean et
putiessed where It might he irkedassi. Tom
noble lend
at the bead el the poestopeat ail he cam to have se
wok padeare se idelilakke elllte. maid use wed se
keg, bat whims advisers, et es appeetaskg Ahead Ms,
he estidgeted his seillegee, owl bombe eat • stetesest
of tie pest Whom 11 he odsta le sieved te refer to
what seemed la wwither mime use te be weatrwed to ears
pellle—osegitter)—h! wee oaf set the wale in whisk
the poet adwielderilee wawa me labored is, it it did
he lime the elleeester of a arepalp d'dkl or a amp de
dead um of time Pipe 101111111
sestab.ws pdiikel skareeter elsewhere bed lusty amused the
gook of this etwalry. Oa Friday evening a gentleman
gees up peewee( the warn* ettatheesat and des
Wise to -the Neils lord at the bead of the wow
sink bet *wain some Me diseppeintateat et the
reewle of the Mat three scathe. he a tsar this the po-
m bet little base ems the Byenemosi
Ilets"Cdpilluare limy
before, and thee, that iebeedas the aside
NM le ay or do seesthieg te rebel his eioneser with
ran onatry, be esasiedyd with $ galena Wittman:
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sever departed teem him seasideratim. That wee 111*
Brest admieietratim reform which the mamma ImAlp
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