The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-21 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—It appears by the newspapers of this morning
(Wednesday) that at a semi-public, semi-private dinner
held at the Trinity House, upon Saturday last, his Royal
Highness has been pleased to promulgate his views on the
working of the British Constitution ; and as no doubt such
views will be eagerly published by every despot in Europe,
including all the Prussian, and Coburg, and Austrian,
and Orleans haters of freedom, it becomes the press of this
country-to • speak fearlessly on this royal production.
Had his• Royal. Highness confined his observations to
matters of opinion, in all probability I should not have ad-
dressed you, but have considered the expression of such
opinion as merely a silly overt act, useful in that chain of
evidence which is daily becoming more strong—that his
sympathies are far more in accordance with the principles
of Austrian and Prussian despotism than with those of the
British constitution.

Nor should this be a matter of surprise to any who re-
flect on the difficulty experienced by the strongest minds
of not merely discarding, but of acting contrary to the
principles imbibed in early life, strengthened by education,
and cherished by relations, friends, and connections,
although such difficulty renders it imperative on Parlia-
ment and on the press to watch with most jealous feeling
every attack upon that constitution which is loved by
Englishmen and hated by despots.
But as his Royal Highness, instead of confining his ob-
servations to the expression of opinion, has been pleased to
wander into the region of fiction, and to assert as facts
matters which are directly opposite to facts, both in letter
and in spirit, bat which, if they were true, would go far
to establish the correctness of the opinion his Royal High-
ness has formed of the British constitution, I will, with
your permission, first point out those matters which his
Royal Highness has mis-stated, and then show the fallacy
of the opinions on the British constitution his Royal High-
ness has been pleased to express.
Ist Assertion—His Royal Highness is pleased to say
"that the Queen's Government can take no measure for
the prosecution of the war which it has not before hand to
explain to Parliament.
Answer—l aver, without the slightest fear of contradic-
tion, that such statement is, both in letter and in spirit,
directly'contrary to the fact.
2d. His Royal Highness is also pleased to say " that the
Queen's armies and fleets can make no movements, nor even
to prepare for any, without their being publicly announced
in the papers."
Answer—Two subjects, ono of not the slightest conse-
quence, the other of great importance, diplomaticilly
mixed together. What possible injury can be done if the
papers publicly announce that the Queen's armies or fleets
have made a movement? And if Government take their
measures so badly that their prenaration for such move-
ments are publicly known, I would submit to his Royal
Highness that such crime is not owing to any defect in our
Constitution, but to the incapacity of Ministers.
3d. His Royal Highness is pleased to say that no mis-
take, however trifling, can occur, no want or weakness
exist, that is not at once denounced.
Answer—And thank God and our Constitution that it is
so ; for by being able to denounce such mistakes we take
the best means of preventinc, their recurrence.
4th Assertion—His Royal Highness is pleased to say
" that the Queen's Ambassador can enter into no nego-
tiations without the Gorernment having to defend him,
by entering into all the arguments which that negotiator,
in order to be successful, ought to be able to shut up in
the innermost recesses of his heart."
Answer—This assertion is also untrue both in letter and
in spirit. So far from the Government having to defend
any Ambassador for his conduct or opinions ou any pend-
ing negotiation, the Minister has only to acquaint the
House that the negotiations are pending, and therefore it
would be prejudicial to the public service to debate the
matter or to produce any papers. to obtain an unanimous
expresion of opinion that the subject should drop.
sth Assertion—Hi& Royal Highness is pleased to say
"that our Constitutional Government is undergoing a
heavy trial, and we shall not successfully pass through it
unless the country will grant its confidence—patriotic, in-
telligent, and self-denying confidence—to. her Majesty's
Government." . .

This, however, contrary to the others, is the assertion of
an opinion and not of a fact, and therefore shall be com-
mented upon in another letter.
I am, Sir, your obed. servant,
trine 13, 1855. AN EX-M.P.

PROPOSED VOTE OF CENSURE ON THE

ADMINISTRATION.

No small sensation was last night created in the better
informed circles, on the fact having transpired that Mr.
Roebuck had determined to bring forward a motion
which will be tantamount to a direct and decided vote of
censure on the Government, in relation to the war with
Russia. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman, it is ex-
pected, will give notice of his motion this evening. We
have not heard the precise terms in which it will be
couched, but it will, we are informed, be chiefly directed
to a condemnation of the conduct of the Aberdeen Ad-
ministration, in having sent out an expedition to the
Crimea without having made the necessary preparations
for so important an enterprise. The motion, we under-
stand, is worded with the greatest skill, and is reported
to have been framed by Mr. Disraeli, whom Mr. Roe-
buck consulted on the subject. It is said to be drawn
out so ingeniously, that it will be difficult for either Con-
servatives or Liberals to abstain from voting for it. Mr.
Disraeli, we are assured, has guaranteed to Mr. Roe-
buck that his party, as a party, will support the motion.
Though it must, for the sake of form—Lord Aberdeen
being premier at the time of the sailing of the Crimean
expedition—be nominally directed against the Aberdeen
Administration, it must necessarily, if carried, prove
fatal to the Palmerston Government,—inasmuch as Lord
Palmerston, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Lord Clarendan, and indeed nearly all the mom-
bers of the present Cabinet, were members of the Aber-
deen Adminstration. ' .

We are further assured that Mr. Roebuck's motion
will, in a great measure, owe its existence to Prince
Albert's recent speech at the Trinity House, when his
Royal Highness virtually repudiated the right of the
people to canvass the conduct of Ministers, and repre-
sented the nation as having exaggerated the neglect and
mismanagement in relation to the war in the East,
" with a kind of morbid satisfaction." Those who are
co-operating with Mr. Roebuck in the new movement,
speak in terms of unqualified condemnation of this at-
tempt to deter the people from criticising the conduct of
the Government, and feel that the best way in which to
express their views on the point effectually, will be to
force the House of Commons, by a deliberate and tangi-
ble act, to condemn the conduct of the Cabinet. The
motion, as might be expected, has caused the utmost
alarm in Downing-street. All that the Court and Go-
vernment influence can de, will, as a matter of course,
be done to defeat Mr. Roebuck's motion. It remains
to be seen with what effect.—Morning Advertiser.

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