The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1855.

don dad, ft quit EN nthiripailiiat a item Ar we bad
arrived at a merest arida, when our arm; was is the Crimea,
end earthier troops were fighting the Moody battles °Ulm.,
lolehlwea. sal Like/mart. (Cheers.) Oa the 12th Dumber
pediment stet again, and the fine movement on the port
of_pothetheest was to kat/educe the Foreign Balistmeat
SUL !bat bill was opposed, unfairly in his °vision, by the
Euler Derby and his party, Mauro at the time we were in
• prostrate position, and it was the duty of every ma to
support the government at the memeat. (Rear, bear.) /lie
had • statement to matte, which he would not attempt to
eater urea were it not that the original dectimenU had
been plated in his bands. Many purisman pretest mast
have read the examinations before the Sauteed Com
mitt... A question had been put to the Dake al Newcastle
as to whether an offer had been made of 10,000 Spanish
guerillas, armed, accoutred, and ofilemod, at a bounty of
one pound per man; to which his grape replied that " that
was the first time he had beard of the offer." The letter
containing the offer wee sent by Mr. J. L. Maltby, of Paris,
through Mr. C. Mashy, to the War Department The ma
were to be of the best class of guerillas, and sectietonied to
their own peculiar warfare. This letter was written in the
lest week of December, 11168, and woo seat to Mr. Roberts,
Under Secretary of State, as it was .eared that otherwise
it might be lost amidst the numerous documents then is•
undating tke War Department. A request was at the same
time conveyed that, should the offer be entertained, the
communication might be direct with Mr. J. L. Maltby, of
Paris. The receipt of the letter wen acknowledged as
follows :
" My dear Bir,—l will, if you wish it, plus your letter
in the hands of the private secretary of the duke, bat at
present we are flooded with similar lettere, and it is only
right to let you know that the details of organisation do sot
rest here. I heartily reciprocate your good wishes.—Believe
me, faithfully yours, (Signed) " EMILY ROBERT..
C. Mashy, Esq."
On the 24th February, 1855, having to transmit a letter on
another subject to the War Department, Mr. C. Manby
again bad recourse to Mr. Roberu's kindness, and reminded
him that the guerillas would have bees thither at 11. per
head than Westminster boys at the then rate of bounty.
This letter brought the following reply from Mr. Roberts:
" February 26, 1865.
"My dear Sir,—Your letter to Lord Paramus hoe been
given to his private secretary. The matter of your offer of
Spanish Guerilla troops shall be iortaired about —Truly
yours. (Signed) " datum Roman.
"Charles Maltby, Esq.'
Oa the 6th March, • better dated Mauls 4, me received
from Mr. J. L. Manby, and was ea the asst day true.
milted to the War Department by Mr. C. Manby, with a
note dated March 6, which were as follow:

"IS his, Hue law du Rampart, Puri., March 4,1355.
"My dear Charlok—What can be the mare of all this
May in obtaining the acceptation or refusal of my offer to
:i _y five or ten thousand good men (Basque, dragonele
taStalans) to the British government ? This is at lent,
the tenth letter which I write since you informed me that
the Duke of Newcastle would give an early answer. I wish
pen clearly to understand that this is not a matter of
Ma. It originated with my friend Colonel Gandard, a most
pant officer, who, although a Progressists, and a great
Mend of Espartero'm commanded the troops against the
rabble during ths late revolution, rescued the Queen
Dowager, and certainly saved the town from pillage. This
is the Oka to whom I alluded as ready to command the
Peeps which are off red, in case his services should he con.
Mend useful, as having been fur many years accustomed
ie each command in Spain. I repeat what I have so often
IWI you, viz., that in my humble opinion, and judging from
personal obarvaties during seven years' reeidenee in Spain,
these guerilla men would be of great service in the Crimes,
he being strong, active men, very brave, accustomed to great
=i2 and hardships, living on such food as no Englishman
look at, and most of them good shots. In makiag
this offer through you, I thought 1 was rendering a
arrive to ay country, and 1 cannot even obtain
an answer. Gandard, who has great influence in the
northern prosiness of Spain, is tired of waiting here, and is
thinking of going to have a look et Settastopl en amateur.
lie has already written to his Basque friends that he hare
there is very little chance of success for their proposal under
the neglectful system which gavials in England, and I
Nally regret that you should have written to me that the
Duke of Newcastle would submit the offer to his colleagues
is imuntil, as he may consider our statesmen (and perhaps
surreelves) as humbugs. He has just called on me, and see
he wishes to return to Spain, if there be no prospect of are
end? solution of this question, I beg you to do your utmost
he Obtain • yea or nay from the present Secretary at War
without further delay.—Yours, the.,
(Signed) "J. L. MAXIM."
"26, Great George-street, Westminster, March 5, ISO.
" My dear sir,—la eonsequenee of not hearing anything
of the offer I communicated to you at the and of December,
1864, of a Spanish 'senile corps, I presumed that you had
either thrown the matter overboard as ant worth notice, or
had, em I requested, communicated direct with my brother
in Paris. It appears, from the enclosed letter, that you
have not done the latter. May I ask you to muss ouch a
letter to be written to my brother in Parts as shall show
him and Colonel Gandad that the mutter was not aeglected
by me here, and that I am not to incur the blame of the
delay is giving or obtaining • reply of some kind from the
War Department. You will, I West, excuse my them
treethlieg you so.—Yours
(Signed) " CitAnLIS KANDY.
"Henry Roberta, 3.q , War Deportment."
The letters were ate wend by Mr. Roberts, as follows :
" War Department, Match 8,1866.
" My deer Eis,—lf Saone of a Spaaish.apripa corps
Mme to we as • private• letter, it was Mdoubt ghee
be the Doke of Newcastle, mad I have no mesas of referring
M it. If it had been • public letter it would have been
apes the record of our Aloe, but upon reference to the
register Ido not see it entered. My own recollection does
not serve me with respect to it. Indeed, with some hundreds
of letters coming is every day, I may well be pardoned for
104 carrying all in my memory. You will reaMy pensive
hew, in an office like this, only public letters can be dealt
wile eatisfectorily.—Yours, &a,
(Signed) " 111X1ty 1103111111.
" Charles Mashy, Etsqq'
Now here were 10,0 W troops effaced to the government,
notwithstanding that the greatest opposition was being car-
ried en in the parliamest to raise 16,000 foreign troops.
TM later esaverig the offer was not even answered, ea-
Wire lOW Mat were flooded with simile. applications,
Mae ea all the one of Commons they were not able to
sea the troops, because the language used had digiosted the
eibaniettinent. (Chan.) When parliament remembled
it eppesred to Huh acroes Lord John Russell's mind that
Ow Teeple of England would like moms inquiry to take
MFrom whatever motive, that motion was supported
ed Drithreparty ; but with the tingle exception of
Lord Jobs lamen it was opposed by every member of the
soma waista. And what a seelembely piston did not
Ilia inquiry pima to us day after day. Were we not
swilled to reed thew painful details ? Our army without
MI6 without okiehing,,wfthont teats, and without medicine,
sibildistaadles ass eel mercantile manse was positively
ehmebeil i 7 the Weespert service intended for the bens&
with., yea wales Now what was the malt of prints
Sae Crimea ? At a few day.' totes • mere's-
-211111611s milunesk the gigatie operant of Peeing a rail-
road is the Crimea. (Caere.) Did they depend on the
etnenunsa ? Net at all. (Cheese.) They chartered and
provisioned their skips, they ask out their materials, sad,
adds sweaty-gar bears after their arrival, they tea-
mewed their work, mod esespieled their mama one math
mishit the awes time. (Chess.) Mad ay position be
more
raid then the snempeteses et government as eon-
tested the biases stability et Mame. Peto and
Co. ? (Hear Vtiog, end Seers.) LW them awaits more
Measly the balms erransumeate of the pasetmest.
Wheel sew blood tees required fa i ammerdel esablEM
meat, the meet ormaatent pasty mas.stright oat tee the
partial:lw dep•raaetl. Bat what-was the ease in polities ?
• sew adsinbiraties was formed,. bat os pain into the
rltet themße a Cimaiao. the visor Mw Myr* a
s fags es the side of the braes, sea who
arm eat thus be if enabled Isle, would be
Mal in pedlar mash Shea sinwave est
lil had lq male emallail lbss tie. (Ilitere.77l...bere
fedee W. Meketimediot allimeas
seeds litrobli bad ;dames* blesKee the Seidaill,and
she am eisamstmilk the iebleet. Well,
mei he Who soloWeet Meeke me plated in eke
Wads wad Teeesat.ehe WOO imaiwed tispertmeet
c=etet (Meer, ken.)
aileizstices vas bir Bernal
a ready debater, "KT AarjegoZes
sidaktee. Hs should .ban a plass, im
be was east to the Admireity i end As easeenease meo,
that es alms estailes be sear tailed to stand up sad
Moat that, hems, mean meat wrong et the ConlWllll-
- and Shoe deliwtsette, the Admiralty wee all per.
Mae. (4 1110,1sses," sada laugh.) Hew sift
of dist ailidistiss. The leglisla rcaidests la
amiessie attribute to the ealeetelts Sae saw
SawUs e.,awarded • quatity of pert wine Wailer ems
ash Mod at ; that pales= wrote to the Duke of Neu-
male, to kart what. be wee to de mak ft. ,The duke,
fa Nay, la thetas he Se seaNiable sainte-
d.% emd=trao salsa Mil bees ale is the Admisalty,
ethkamild tabs abase of the min. • few weeks after-
sea lie Mall sea Mu ups Ilimae, ma at • time wan
OM lbws tom seam * Tie aim ins WI bag at the asks,
Millarbiept ado& his sherhe.eould le? He • told him
to MIS
mss Seri Mrit.
Cobweb, ad to ,
M. albeit' at she hied et last Admiralty. foe
isesearythak they bedpet Ist m hese toe pieti that deput-
.- Ha Weed e
what mita' Nam i. The ilowetipp et the
mat heals mwenalle ilem is Mashasscadl
w=iseto Ili awes if Se sine, sal fermad i lb
If his Mend lad act wiftleas=t4
Ir bees there to this day
elm gotava all the wishes ..ht;, this vas it
mess la Sikh they yen told that ale~ was
pellet. (Cheers.) The SWAN& bad WSW In
tam to the stadia of Lee& Pasareat. The
MIS. of nay tee ple at hal tote felly a
Oise Mitenelkeit :Ohs.) Wee It 'pee Ovate 'IdOW
? tips ma omelet that wale Mil bed emblem!
Ihe ldea4thditarisialtel the Wiz: eel
"1117011 hZliseM amawetVMPl =taseeles4
iii;a2talk
wee mined Sib ilser- the benii.7l more
end • more ridisives smarts two sever made,
`seem
Kama
me ass elms saes than melba whisk bed bees ia
ilea the realm slier wealthy lea Me out stay'
al 'airy -mitos, that they wen able to .obtala
Walk le may of them seated by thole ma meek If
Soy looked dome the sank of the army they sail Had
'Ma el vesenited'from thi ems of the boasts,
the eleilley. Tam, bi 111111:=

of the reseal' state ei ureinesiv v
Tretsport, Custom, IseCes, aid other illispeetssate, and
=noire by whose =hewn the wsveservilis tieldlityputiews
there obtained their peen. Let them kictniter and they
would Ind st som Alm it was a 'big, at sacithee time •
tory, who had emaferred the apps Mama. Bat, what was
the eoesensetate et all this ? Oappn a imarabaat was te
salaam his When on the some pins, weld he sot
lad Mandl eery seas ow his way to Basingball
street? (Cheese.) He believed that IIVeMaS who
had &whin to do with publie affairisose had say trails
listless with theta, waski tied that time was as amount
of inoompstirnes aid impaction' suitsrafialmay, fa them
which would not be toleratad is any atimmatils setabliah-
meat is Loan. And now In the coedits' et • war, vista
millions of mosey are placed at
stlzutsiall of*lis huh,
an d the line of oar brave edam le theft mare, it
was absolutely aeoessary that some *tape should be taken to
obtain some measure of administrative reform. With but
one exception he had taken a part in public affairs,
and that was dariag the late inquiry into the late =is.'
management of the docks, bat he felt ft hie imperative duty
to came forward upon the pretest occasion to give his sup-
port to the movement which had bees originated today.
kir.J. D. POWLIS had great satidaktian =supporting the '
motion.

The mottos was then carried with acclamation.
Mr. W. 8. LINDSAY, M.P., moved the next resolution.
which DAS as follows :
" That the true remedy for the system of mal-administrt
des which has caused so lamentable a sseridos of labour,
money, and human life, is to be sought in the introduction
of enlarged esporiones and practical ability into the service
of the state. That the exclusion from °flee of those who
possess in • high degree the practical qualities necessary for
the dilution of affmrs in a great commercial country, is a
reflection upon Its intelligenos and a betrayal of its interests.
That while we disclaim every desire of secluding the aristo-
cratic classes from participation in the counsels of the crown,
we feel it our duty to protest against the preteasions of any
section of the community to monopolise the inactions et
administration." (Load cheers.)
The hon. gentleman said—l should have preferred ler
maiming a silent looker-on ; I &braid have preferred DINNIiii•
jog a worker in this cause rather thaws . I kayo
already been& worker, for I have bad a deal to do with
my friends Mr. Telugu and Mr. Morley in asking your
prereace bore to-day. Wiiy have I done eo ? Simply be-
sense I have felt the necessity of maw movement in this
matter. S have felt that neoeseity not merely as a member
of Parliament, but also as a chino of London. (Hear,
hear.) It is in my capacity as a merchant of the city of
London that I now venture to address you. I have sat in the
House of Commons as a member of the legislature ashamed
and abashed as a merchant of the city of London—(hear)
—ashamed at the frivolous manner in which the noble
lora at the head of the government, when asked questions
all important to every person in this country, replied
that his information did not bear spoil the point
to which his 'Austin' bad been directed. A tele-
=imiesep received from the Crimea not bear-
the war I (Loud cries of "hear, hear.) And that
dmineeden made with • sneer and a laugh. (Hear, hear )
hie net my iatentioa to occupy much of your time, bo-
oming mach that I might have been disposed to have said has
already been said very ably by the gentlemen who have
preceded me. You will at once see, from the fact that this
meeting has bun addressed by Mr. Fowl'', that this is no
party movemeat, foe if it were such a movement, he and I
should not be speaking from the same platform. (Hear,
hear.) This is a subject upon which men of all parties
feel the neseseity of a change. (Hear, hear.) We all feel
that we mast have a thorough scheinigtrative reform • that
we must see whether the government of this comae can-
not be made to keep pee. with the progress of the people
whom it governs. We, as men of bulimia, think it strums
that, while we man spas England with gigantic works,
while we can tarry tunnels through mountains, while
we eon mad our skips to every port in the world—
harbingen of peace, eivilisatioai and Christianity—
while we maeivilisatloo,
make England what she is—for Eaglasid is
the creation of her merchants and her people—(ekeers)—
while we INN those aserehaats sad that people raisiog Eng-
land to the high position she justly holds among the
nations of the earth, we Wok it very strange that thou
who pretend to govern we connot manage their affairs as
well, or aseely as well, as we manage our owe. (Great
cheering.) I will sot apps this occesioa eater into questions
of detail, bat I will say that I believe, if I told you all I
know, you would be horrified, er you would think that
I wait relating to you mere fables. (Hear, hear.) 1 will
not eater Um these matters. But I will allude to one point
which you ought to understand, for the rupees of Wastes.
ties the mode in which the banner of the eatioa hoe been
conducted. You may remember that a short time ago I
brought the ease of the traesport service before the House
of Commons. I said that we had • Seat which, if properly
managed, would 'undone four times the work it did, end
would have done it better. (Cheers.) I said that out of
the 8,010,0001. devoted to that senior, 2,000,0001. bad been
surilked. (Cheers) What was the answer I received ?
Sir J. Graham mad is C. Wood were ready to pauses at ones
apes me; but they did not make the slightest allusion to
those two imponsat facts which I now repeat. They eon.
tented themselves with saying that I was attacking • deaf
and dumb man, simply busses I alluded to a deaf and
dumb gentlemen in truing the progress of • 'ergo. But the
case of that maa wee only part sad parcel of • system.
They neve put • deaf and dumb man in office wherever the
man's business was to hear and to speak. (" Hear," and
laughter.) I believe the gentleman in question lea very
good and able matt ; but who among you, if he Wanted to
employ • deafened datish man, would didak of snide; him
a cashier or a clerk at the counter, where he would have to
answer all inquirers? (Cheers and laughter.) Why, that
eau exampliSse and illustrates the whole system. (Cheers.)
There are some 'earliest men in the government offices.
But it you go from the prime minister downward', some-
how or other you will almost always find every man in the
wrong place. (Haar.) When we in the House of Commons
make any charges against the government we are always
listened to with apparent attention by the ministers, but
aothing ever comes of the matter. Ido not know that I can
illutrate that point better than by relating an event which
happened to myself a short time ago at Marseilles. I was
over there on banner connected with the transport service
of Francs, and having occasios to call oa a very eminent
mucsatile fireaiin that city, I thought. it desirable that I
should ask one of the partners his opinion of the plans 1
which I ventured to submit to:the French government for
eseducting that service. I saw • gentleman, ens of the
beide of the firm, who bad quite • John Ball appearance,
end lat ones asked him if he spoke English? He an-
swered me with a perfect English accent, "All right." (A
laugh) I eat by his side and read over to him my plans, and
at the end of every sentence he always ezelanned, " All
dght. Afth having laid my ezplenations before him for
Wit,a quarter of an hour, I was leaving, when I met his '
aplbsw, a Junior partner in the firm, who had been a long
two fa England, and spoke Eaglish'well. I told him I had I
hen explaining my plans to his uncle. He asked me if he II
eadrsmmd
rwilint no. I replied that I *screed he did, but that I
ft meeeleange lie said "All r " to every statement
I maw Tho =phew exeLimed, " by nu uncle has not
lass la Bagind ter nearly a quarter of a century. He was
Tan ia lise old coaching times, and he picked op the two I
verb which the gourd said to the coachman when they l
sionad, but those SITS the only English words be resets- I
lam." (Loud laughter.) That story may be a laughable
onos but the case to which I now wish to apply it Is most I
serious. It my friend Mr. Layard, who was bosaded in the
Mane et Commons the other night—(cheers)—attacks the I
t for their maladministration of foreign affairs, I
er =otimon gets an answer, but it usually amounts to I
nothing more than "All right." If Mr. Stafford rises from
the opposite side of the house and says that our hospitals
are in a state calculated of themselves to create disease, 1
some gelidness urinated with the department whom
good managsment is called is gasifies, gets ur end 1
answers "All right." (Clears.) If a member complains
of the mode in which the transport Beretce is conducted, I
as I did the Mime sight, end: asks why 3,000,0091 r of the I
public) funds has bees meritioed, the only answer given is 1
that it wee "All eight." (Chown) I enter my solemn
=is a men of indium mid ignsercheat of the City of 1
thisuyeeset I believe late be "all all wrong ." 1
I have =Shit that it was "all wring," sad i am glad
to lad that • nip person Inseglsoma the country now
seem to Waldo wi an la that opines. (Chats) Ilan I
nerd it mid that this is an a eonstitallesei noweenat, but I
lay eat it h. I say that these who, baling the rein of I
govinanne. abase the sawed lion pined MO*
posing fa ties ass whessitiiabasw to be in eeponat
simply beerwis the are their Witivim Iny an sines are I
the ism who are ussonstlenelseal. (Applaase.) Wi be., I
in the City of Lenden, bun limb at Make, and we will pot '
niffiglir at den ameanantlonl nareeter,
W▪
ens Vs elhalithe ides armaram from it. Wf
mown assranaltallia. e 4 ww lave en Clain, for we I
e=staillnt love that petters of every pass and virtue. I
( It is because we menet ou monatitation cad love 1
au Gases that we are donnas* to wake the ministers of I
SD nun ma nastiiniosally sadfiAd annoy; the dignity 1
nobly
madhousprosilne Of .
O th
(em realnlsOwdd If 4 ddtr Christ I
been.) Row ere isaa ea 1
whoa they saw suggestion to the government l I will
SSW • hit two that pant, which I sever *toted before.
bat whisk lan think it my duty to state. I will, how-,
SW, bed sbuorve that I have waling to gala andsoUslag
to ask non any goveranniii .4 removal from Amain,
We to DensUgnteoet would p serious len tit' ins.' !
Maar, lieu.), I have astbiag to laden we to take din. 1
and aothlognelil
_lead me to take it onset a ewinelien
that I elond thereby be of mein to my Santry. OW
meads OP I Nab to Sir James Graham about the Iran.' I
pott SIIIMS•, awl aid to him, "Tea appear to me to lion I
no
molar books, and so order; to lave no mesas of seen'
Wain where you an planar /our goods, or where yen
an ;corning them. Will you snow me to tome to the 1
Admiralt fee one weak—l do an wish it to be Moira that I
am% and I will keep the fen a eserst—will you allow no
to eine to the Admiralty but for on week ? (We me the
onletans of a good man of Dominos nesested with
the &pertain% and let me go through your papers
mad lee if I mann give you - a proper set of
bons to start, inn? Illiesbantrafterwans to slip
dots to
Donnea, as Mora lie, soli see
window len like a system. It
aseiniesiy newas"7lll yea en wow , hasairelivith.'
attiOtannnry, ern oink In • war fsmLtiM
ma an oinked, cad fed, an ineted,Vl• 01111110% Ogle.
theta to light *sr battles." (einem) I father and PA,
Janes Graham, "if any of my suggestions df• d4Weed,
you Mai betag nom forward le rior own* I de no', wish
that my name efondl fiYll In 'my way he 61wifiton with
them." (Hem Um.) •Ho thanked se Ten IttAdir, and
abash an Itrlio hand at our portng ; hat Sever fins that
day to ails I han n d :werd oboist the ,fir (Lead
et " • 1110441. kOlt lIP fi1d..)444•100