The Express.
London, England, 1859-03-18 00:00:00

EARL 0131"8 LETTER.

(From the Seotrwmos of yesterday.)
The present Karl Grey is a man not only of great
ability, but of the most thorough mil suregalong hourly—
yet be is, on the whole, somewhat name Ora miss as a
public is Along with hie great general sepselty, be roe
mast in an almost supernatural degree one peculiar Maw
eity—tb• incapsoity of agreeing as to action and means with
these with whom he agrees In opinion and end. His opinions
me, moordins to One way of thinking, almost always woad,
as wiles talheced with peat commend of facts and ream-
its tat somehow or other be Peer can agree with
embody else es to tbs time and form in which
Seas opinions should be given effect to. The fact
IA all his cabinet colleagues or all his politiod
patty being at any thee agreed as to the propriety m
asmenty of any coarse of action is mesh less than solidus is
him—the fact that all the world is spinet him only ads=
him in his opinion that be cannot be wrong, sad otinuidni
him to make kis sineulsrity as effective as posible. W.
have had considerable variety of governments of late rom—
an manner of coalitions, conoteideme, sad adjustments—bat
Lord Grey would have a place In none of thorn, sad took a
stand against all of them. And not only is be avian all
governments, bet he is equally ageing all oppositions—who-
ever are In, he thinks they should be put oat; but whoever
went to be in he thinks they should be kept oat. la this way,
so long as say govern/semis not the °hied of formidable sr
etatianed attack by others, he keeps firing away at himself;
bat when his brethren think that the time is oar
when the government meat be brought to justice,
ha tins his mania the Whir way, and from being the
asmilsat Wrenes the champion, protector, and patron.
What his lordship has now dos* regarding the Derby
'overawing and the 'reform bill is one of the mod cos-
epitomes of a pretty long series of bistanoni of this snow
and cabal passion. After long waiting and
the liberal party in parliament hod come to a sort o[ =
se to the mode of action upon the government reform bill;
and we have good reason to believe that, up to
evening, so certain was it considered that Leli=
motion would be carried by • Large majority, that the neliffs. •
tors had been in deliberation as to what steps they_ abide
tabs to that event—the result being a mare than half-framed
resolution to accept Lord John'. ;cognitions, sad go en
with the bill, if the government did not fall to pieces
Wore that time, through the refusal of certain
of its members who have been long struggling
for relines to submit to this additional humiltatice.
Hat the 'pectoris of reconciliation and harmony among his
own party at once stirred the seldom slumbering spirit, not
to say devil, that dwells la the bosom of Earl Grey—and
forth he rushed in the shape of • letter addressed to Loot
Etch°, who, we bop, was nail:Delimited and diaseetiente
The letter was, as wool, of a character giving the unmet
dissatistaction to his friends and petty, and es ne la the
hearts of his nowise to riga .e. It is not likely, we
that the Irter will do much go^d to Mr. Dimwit sad his
friends, or mach harm to anybody bet its author; bet,
look.ng at it. argument se well a. at its 'Veit sad object, it
is painful to eel • man of such good intellect cud mob good
purpose* putting himself in • position which, unless en
enormous though jest abeama is made for idios) meaty,
place is question both his ability and hie integrity.
Lord Grey starts from the premise that the gelation most
be settled, In order to arrive at the conclusion that support
should be ghee to • bill which *cars nobody, and regard-
ing which, therefore, the just inference I. that it will settle
nothing. It le, however, quite tree that renter... Hat is the
great *hien—and nobody should teal more strongly on that
poist that Mail Grey for be was oce of the ceblart of 1862
which 'an the question a Mitring up, by tutroducing a bill
of a wry extensive °barmier—. x• ruling among otter things
to • 61. one pricy franchise in burghs. Well, the object
berg settlement, Lord Grey soya ha " cannot understand
why everybody should not agree to the second reading of
this bill." His very seat motsnoe, however, don seem to
meet oe a foot—or, what in Lord Grey's oin opheon W • hot—
le bin should have obviated ell his ditheul 'I aim " undue/teed-
fog" thi, step which hie party and old colleagure ere about to ,
tike "It la trae," his I iniehip connote .e, •. that Me bill
is a bad one." Surely the macs is to rots aphid bad
bills, sod surely never till now w. 4 the ad of voting against
• b,d bill denounced as inospable of beteg understood.
To be sore, Lord Grey woad dell with the " bed bill "
by gray of anseadanat intent of njecticia—mod, as it kew
so would, or at least so propose, Lord John Ransil.
The differs°. between them let Lie—that Lord Grey would
declare by bin vets that that bill iii a good till which by his
pee he &Worm to be "a bed bill;' whilst Lord John would
Meloe that he Gulls oaten party Of it bad, which, If al-
tered, might nadir the bill acceptable. Lord Grey is
stpagely hisecurete in stating bolt the form cut that tutor*
of Lied John's teeolutions. He soya they 'mild "get quit
of the bill," sad prevent it being eon.iiierod in committee.
Not at all—the bill would be still in existent ii, only it would
go into committee, if Its authors chola, socompenied by • re.
solution that it Martell be aracode I in certain particulars,
The nature of the reseitokets is described by Lard Grey es
that of "en abstract priaolple." They embody two distinct
:rottenness on loath- re of fact, sad therein differ utterly
boa the oasts which Lord Grey madame as prernente—
one of which, by the way (General Genotype'. en the first
Haws Bill), 4 not a precedent even in point of time or
form the amandment banes been moved, not en the second
=but ia committee. Apparently, however Lord Grey
tarn moot the flooltlitite made more speciffo—he does
not think It right to say th.t the burgh occupancy from-
this. Amid be lowered watimat saying exactly how tar
it @Meld be lower d. Now, that would really be committing
the mistake end disorder sishith Lord Gt.; charges against
Lord lobs Ramell—dons betas the second reading what
should be dame in tommittat. To say that the burgh Mu-
ddier Amid he ti, ducat is to mean • principle, though not
an . abstract" oes—to say that It shallhe niece d by so
may tidings is to dsctde epos datoils bees its details
are neighed. Aid sandy told Grey of ell man eta ban
is beeiteden Ii coaciathas that the quotas woad be
"adilad" without each • provision, mew that he dimmed
Is low as si. alas years ago, ant that if
=d go ea
pespoilka was maned for it. allatielaset then, it
must be bevies' to thick of misling it now withoutdoiag any-
thing at all ea a pea of the questkm oa which Zed
Grey Wesel& Leo bag eme, peopned to de so mach.
Nengthalin, lard Gym. *sesta epprovlng of that,er 01 any
other arspeeltisa moved ia the way of Lord Johns resold
dip, mina (sad be advises Lard Eleho to do the NMI=
agaiart dam, end In Omar et the bill—apinet the
be thisks sastl.
mya, mast mrbhorwt Ifll Isznithiottte bad. Alal
rseea ester—Tis
merry to diesel • party." qe would ratbw gay, with
ddeemsearol no* lb" everybody Agouti do the appall*
grbe dewed y or asoiationsly prefer the Wawa
it hfa sea lotto" both of the country sad ot MIL