The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

FOOD POE THEARIIY.

As Host.. is the men
a etaaessat that a rospatabia farmer had offered to supply
the viamilliotitrwhiseett et Os pay with soy quantity
of wialealal atfeel tee the tramps in the Nast, sad he wished
to knew whether the t latsaded to avail theta.
selves of that oppuep tal ?
Lord PAL WON said there was ao each fatuities.

MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.

whom rising was the signal far
load Awing, sad : In dams, sir, to more that yea do
sew leave the chair, I feel that it is seawall, expected that
a pasta who iWs, for the Hat time, the situation whisk I
bare the honour to hold, *specially after cirminutanat such
as those whish ormaimed say appointment, should state very
shortly to the: hoses what led to his holding that citation.
That whisk I have to state, air, will he very brief, became
it has been astielpated by salaams which have been made
by noble lords In another house, s well as by a statement
mad. bya noble lord in this house. It has boss already Mated,
and correctly, by the Eul of Derby, that whim he wa.
oornatandid by her Majesty to endeavour to loan a govern-
ment, he did ma the honour at once to come to me and
papas that I should balm h, the goverment which ha
was about to fora. He at the same Ems expressed a wish
that I should eatialltailate the seas desire en his part to
my right boa friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
to my right boa. fried who is now the Secretary of State
for the Colonies. I stated, as was also correctly said
by the noble lord, that those habits of long personal friend-
ship which co-operation is office had engendered, and
the high edema whisk I felt fur his personal character and
stateasanlias habits, would reader me anxious to co-operate
with him on a pablio emergency, when it was of the
utmost natiosal impor:ance that a government should be
flamed. I said, however, that I conk give him no answer
teal I had had an opportunity of communicating with friends
of =has ; bat can thug I was prepared te say, which wee
this—that is the present stair of oar foreign readmits J
should be unwilling to belong to any government in width
the ands* el our foreign affairs did not continue in
the hands of my noble friend the Earl of Clans-
don--(heor, hats,—who lad with so much ability
and Mem lindwited that important &primal.
This aammemleadim, as stated by Lord Derby, was made
shout tat Pokily sad I communicated as soon as I amid
with my .S hes. kind. I also somnanicated with that
pease, that mile Mad of mine, Is whom judgment I plate
the most leagbdtanfidena, sad wham opinion would PM*
me in every pulls transaction of life—l moan the Marquis
of Lansdowne. (Hear,lmar.) Is accordance with that advisee
I wrote to the astir, lord (Derby) to say that I did not think,
upon conadering the proposal which he had done use the
honour to make to me, that I could give to his govern-
ment that support which be was pleased to think my aocopt-
arta of °Mee would have dose. Sir, it was remarked as
somewhat unexplained that that intention of mine
should, by my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, la his answer to Lord Derby, have been given as
hi reason for that answer. That lutanist °lsaias, foamed
on a full sessidseation, was communicated to my right has.
Mini Watt he wrote his reply, whisk he aloe took time to
eatalisr, Mlle Earl of Darby. The eadsavours of that
whip lamibeviag failed, her Majesty was pleased to call
spa my amble Mend tits member for the City of London
oat /1motell), and to chugs hiss with the teak of form-
ing an adataistratka. My noble Mead did me the honour,

Lard PI

immediately after that onaamed was ghee, to come to ate
aad ask as to afford him my mistime. Sir, my great per-
meal regard mad esteem for my noble hind—the perfect
similarity of pelletal *aims which mists betimes et—

(hear, hoer)—lad me at one', and without besitatioa, to
my that, hellos Maproseed with the fell importance of the
crisis in whisk vistaed, any assistance which it was la my
power to give hint should without be gives—(hear,
hiter)—and ats bad siseemded in forming in adadaistra-
thin. I shield have felt the greatest alacrity in giving
sew mamba's wbieb itiniglit have been in my power to give. '
(Hear.) That attempt, I used not my, failed also. It was
then the pleasure of her Majesty to commission me to
term • governamet, if I could summed in forming one likely I
to unused the confidence of parliament, and to se-
nu all that might be necessary for the public service
of the state. I received that command at 6 o'clock on Sun.
day eveulag. I was fortunate enough to he able on the
Tuesday eta .man following to report that I had obtained
the of such colleagues as I thought her
Majesty mull lad answering the description which she
had gives In the gemmead I had received. The government
thus was =:tietrust that that government contains
sufficient ability, sufficient political security,
meatiest liberal psles sufficient patriotism and deter-
miaaties to f the duties for which is was
undierhilmi, to justify me in appealing to this
beam. to puliameat, and to the country, for
oath rapport as ems may be considered entitled to receive
who, in a peeled of rest difficulty and unusual emergency,
have deteemined to undertake the responsibility of carrying
oa the suestiment (Cheers) Sir, there is in the (midge
department the ability, the experience, and the same, of
my noble friend the Earl of Clarendon. I have had the
good brew to dada for the conduct of the war depart-
ment a 'obis Mead of mho, Lard Panniure, who combines
all the know gad fismans, and decides which are re-
quired for that t breach of the public service. I
am happy to have the support of my right honourable
friend the Obemialier of the Exchequer. (Cheers.)
My right ben. Mead who sits by me (Sir J. Graham), and
who is gelas:lALrepeee the esthastes for the naval service this very , seeds no panegyde ea my pert in respect
of the great • Ity with which be embus the department
entrusted to his ears. (Hear.) Sir, we begin thus the
task which it MB been the pleasure of her Majesty to con-
fide to our can. In undertaking that task it is unless to
dissemble thalami is one difficulty whisk meets lie, which
I may say Nene us in the face ; that difficulty I mean
which arises from the settee whisk my ben. and learvid
friend (lb. afferbads) bee gives of* media for Thursday
ult. I will net attampt to dissideelholl feel the same ob-
jection to theappektment of theeemealfte of which my hon.
bleed has stein node, as Iliad the harem to state when the
appointment of that easamithie wee under dieseimion. My
opinion is, Yet each a asumilffine woad nee he in accord-
ant* with the tic earl Jut pabeelpies of theoustitution,
and that tel for and offeetaal secompitihmasat of its
peruse It weld net be an ellialeat metramest (Rear,
bear.) Oka shield huge thie h.sea, when it acmes
calmly to "Am urn the pelnelplie involved in the sp.
poinuseat of web a somminee, when it memo calmly to re-
Beet upon the imbrue machinery sad the tardy mutt
which may be ezesited from its action, may be inclined at
least to ensued the agointment of the committee.
But, sir, I feel that only ground upon which
the house should be disposed to waive or to postpone the
appointineat, would be that the government intuded it elf
to do those things which the committee might at the end of
a long period reassumed to this house. We all remember
the case of that monarch of Ragland who, when asseting a
holy of his discontented subjects, and finding their leader
was slain, in hie own person rode boldly out to them, sad
said, " I will be your leader;" so I should say to this
house, if it would give up this committee. (Cheers,
and laughter from the opposiiina) I would my, we,
the government. will be your committee—e. hoar," and
cheers)—sad we will leave it to yea to juke from
the result of our changes—if at a future tlme you
should sot be satisfied with what we have
if it it be neossiry to institute some more formal sad
=eatery inquiry. The objects which the easentittee would
have in view would be improvestat at tome sad abused ;
at leant the object of those who voted for *egomania"' was
to compel the goveremeut to make osetais oindableative
chintzes In the osili•ary dependents at home gad angel, to
restore order and regularity In those services, whisk unfor-
tunately have been marked with a very diferest abieuter.
(Seer.)
Now, sir, these things we propose to do, =II will
sketch out our place to show the intentions width go-
._._..t seriously entertain. The hones must be aware that
I Iliommillgt it my duty to recommend to herMajestythe re-
Secretary-at-War. The reason which has
misle lake this step is, that I think the anal.
c:=of die offices of Secretary .at-War and of
of stab for the War Department will M4l
to the efficiency of the public service. My opinion le,
that, with regard to the ordnance department, a great ho.'
prevenient may be ludo —(hem)--that. speaking genorallp.
bet without of courts bindles myself to details, the direction
of thee:tinny and cashmere may be transferred to the