The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY .ANII THE HINISTRY.

(From the Examiner.)
That "eaten bread is soon forgotten" is a pro-
verbial saying more quaint than true, it is to be hoped, for
the honour of mankind. Certainly, in these days rendered
aerciec is not 60011 forgotten. The public I. neither tickle nor
ungrateful. It has outgrown in wisdom the application of
those trite old repesiches. It baa the intelligence to ap-
preciate services, and understands its own best interests too
well to desert those who bum deserved well of it in time of

need. It holds affectionately to the minister who conducted
the war to en honourable and successful termination, who
refused to bate one jot of the conditions won at so touch cost
of blood and Unaware, and who, without giving umbrage to

our great ally, hoe restored the country to the high position
becoming her might, second to none.
When tho history of this time is written, fair will be the
Mae recording the national gratitude to its champion, and
falsifying ell the musty old saws of popular inconstancy.
And the feeling is not only one of stung attachment to
Lord Palmerston's government, but of antipathy hardly
less strong to the unprincipled coalition which would
obtain possession of power upon the overthrow of this admi-
nistration. The runaways of the Russian war ore in no
favour, and their mutiny after the victory, in which they
had no pert but that of deserters and renegades, is regarded

with mingled diagust acid anger. _ -
We have before remarked that different motives collected

together in the lobby that strange majority on Mr. Cobden'•
unreasonable resolution. Not to all does the charge of
faction apply, but to all does apply either faction, or what
lawyers would call the misprision of faction. The motion
itself was shaped, not with any view to a share in the gains
of a factious victory, but to mount faction on its battle horse.
It was., to be sure, but a stunted lissom after all, but ouch as
witches ride on their errands of mischief, with ample room
for all sitters of all qualities, save one.

It grieves Ise to think that in this motley crew were
some names which we have been accustomed to honour.
Several of theme are too considerable to be shut out of Par-
liament. But to what will they owe their re-election ? To
the very principle they have viol►ted in the instance of Lord
Palmerston's goverment, namely, gratitude for great ser-
vices pest, not to be obliterated even by a grievous end
vicious fault. If constituencies judged these men on a single
vote, RS they judged the ministry on the Chinese squabble,
their fate as regards public life would be sealed. And nearly
all, no doubt, who cannot plead the set-off of a long series of
services will have to give place to men who will not lend
themselves to cant and the ends of faction.
Waiting the great appeal, the performances on both sides
of the Howe are more curious than satisfactory. They am
like two bungling cheat-players, one making.. bad move and
the other responding with a worse. Then a parliament on
the eve of dissolution is as penitential as a death-bed, and as
monkishly good as a sick devil. Not until the house of
Commons was he extremas did it make up its mind to com-
pensate the Crimean Commiseioners for the neglect they
' had experienced from the government. However, it was
something to extort from the popular branch of the legia-
Wore, even in its estremities, the tardy tribute of the follow-
ing resolution :
" That Sir J. MiNeM and Colonel Tulloch ably fulfilled
du duty intrusted to them of inquiring into the arrangement
and assuagement of the Commissariat Department ; and
that, considering the able services rendered by them as com-
missioners in the Crimea, and the testimony in their favour
of her Majesty's government, an humble address be presented
to bar Majesty, praying that some bipedal mark of appro-
bation be conferred upon them."
Why, in the name of wonder, did Lord Palmerston en-
vies Mr. Palk's motion, when he had to accede to it alter
all? The Prime Minister has a large fund of popularity to
draw upon, but is it not a spendthrift diminution of the stock
to make ouch drafts upon it as this? The country is not au
reluctant, not so grudging to acknowledge and reward his
merit, as he has been to honour that of the two excellent
public servant* to whom the House of Commons has done
justice. Let us add, however, that when Lord Palmerston
did yield, he did it with as good a grace as could be given to
so very tardy a concession, but how much better would the
lest have been first :
"1 had hoped to have had a more decided expression of
the opinions and feelings of the house upon the proposal of
my right bun. friend, but if I am to infer frisk the calls
for a division that the feeling of the house is
decidedly in its favour I shall not oppose it. I
have no wish to stand between the generous feelings of this
house and the accomplishment of it. wiehes. Nobody more
heartily desires than I do that the service of these two gen-
tlemen should be recognised. I did certainly think that the
offer made to them was the more natural and eppropriate ac-
knowledgment of services of that description; but, at the
same time, if the house is of a different opinion, I for one
shall not go to a division."
Lord Palmerston certainly cannot be accused of turning
the expiring House of Commons to electioneering num, like
Mr. Gladstone and others. It ie well for his lordship's go-
vernment that it has something better to recommend it to
the country than the course it has pursued in this Crimean
business. Had Sir John Bowling and Admiral Seymour
been as 111-used as Sir John MiNcill and Colonel Tulloch, in
what a position would Lord Palmerston now stand before the
yo/it eirlheand?
On tho other aide of the house we see Mr. Gladstone
serving as foil to Mr. Disraeli, who really appears fair,
moderate, and reasonable in the comparison. The member
for Oxford is with wonderful activity ticketing the goods in
his shop window, at all the lowest figures conceivable and
Inconceivable. He at hie own walking and talking adver-
gement. Reform your Tailors* Bills war a long pestering
one in the face in every newspaper, omnibus, steam-boat or
dead wall; Reform your Ministers Bills is Mr. Oladstone's
advertisement, supported by such a clatter of figures as never
before bewildered a public savembly. It is a revival of
Quidnunc in Murphy's old farce, who runs on with the
perpetual question, " Ilow are we ruined ? How are we
ruined ? Six and three are nine, seven and four eleven.
Let me see—fifty-eight millions—and all this with about
fifty-two millions. What says the land-tax at four shillings
in the pound, two millions. Now where's my grand plan ?
Nowhere. That'e how we are ruined." Quidnunc, too, has
his Commissioner Yeh, and almost expires of a broken heart
upon hearing that a calamity has befallen his precious
Emperor of Morocco.
We must add, with Teepee to the part taken by two other
Opposition chiefs, Mr. Sidney Herbert and Sir John Peking-
ton, on Mr. Palk'. motion, that though it is never too late
to do or lay what justice and truth require, It would have
been more to their honour am public men, if they had not
en long delayed the strong expression of their approval of
the Crimean Report and their lively sense of its authors
sersices. Their encomiums were, no doubt, very sincere,
but the time gives them a politic air which deprives them of
the grace they would have had at an earlier period, and in
another date of public affairs.

THE POLICE COURTS.
THIS DAY.

MARYLMBONE.
RZTORMATORT SCHOOLS.
Thomas Breda, aged 14, was charged before Mr. Long
with et•ding a fishing-rod, the property of Mr. Gould,
tiatiingteckle-maker, No. 36, Great Idarylebone-street, in
whose service he had been a short time.
Tho prosecutor said that last night the prisoner's father
came to him, end brought hie son with him, stating that he had
brought a fishing rod home. He (the father), believing that
it had been stolen, thought it proper to bring him to his
employers, in order that ho ought receive noose punishment.
It wse his mother's and father's wish that he, Mr. Gould,
should give him into custody, thinking that it would be even-
tually for his benefit. The value of the fishing rod
was 10e. 6d.
Mrs. Kendall stated that her son, on sheering her the rod,
said that it had been given him by his master. Me had been
for a long while a bad boy.
Policeman Wright, D 215, having sworn that the pri-
soner was given into his custody by thruirosecutor, and that
he admitted having taken the fishing
Mr. Long asked him (ripener) whet he had to my to the
charge.
The prisoner replied that he was very sorry; and that
some other boys told him to take the rod,
The prosecutor remarked that the principal object in giving
the prisoner into custody was in order that he might be sent
to some reformatory.
Mr. Long—lf I were to accede to your request, it would
be holding out an inducement to other boys to steal mo-
perty so that they might be similarly taken care of, in which
case there would be no end of charges of felony brought for-
ward for the same object.
The prisoner was seat for one month to the Houma of
Correction.
THAMES.
Pieleriek g
legs
of mutton ofhsetvtalforebutcheriMr. Belne'Schartepngeeyd,
wilt obWning legs
cede
Mr. Robert Ada, &butcher, in High-street, Stepney, said
the prisoner arse to his shop sad ordered • leg of mutton,
sad directed him to send it to Mr. Taylor,landlord of the
Beaumont Arms. Be knew Mr. Taylor we 11, and weighed
slog of mutton in the provisos of the prisons. It weighed
Ws. 14 mos.

Joseph Mills, a boy in the service of Mr. Adam,
said that he was directed by his master to take
the leg of mutton to the Beaumont Arms. The pris
soner met him directly after he had left his master's shop,
took the leg of mutton from him, and directed him to go
back and fetch sonic mutton chops.
Mr. Taylor, of the Beaumont Arms, said ho never
ordered a leg of mutton of Mr. Adam, and knew nothing
of the prisoner.
Several other butchers who had been defrauded of leas
of mutton by the prisoner, who ordered them to bo sent to
public-house., preferred similar complaint..
The prisoner hodourdo an unsuccessful at tempt to get a leg
of mutton of Mr. Tettmar, butcher, in lien .rat-plan, Com-
mercial-road East. Ile ordered a leg of mutton to
be amt to the Kinthe Arms, in Richard-street. Mr. Tett-
mar sent his buy with it, and he woo intercepted by the pri-
soner, who took the leg of mutton from him. and
told hint to go back to his nototter'a home and fetch
two pounds of mutton gloms. Mr. Tenn.. who had beard
of the frauds committed on his brother tradeSmenoras follow-
ing the prisoner, and tinding he did nut enter the public-
house, to which he had ordered the meat to boo scut, seized
him and gave him into custody.
Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner for trial.