The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-30 00:00:00

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that memorandum, is totally unaware, of anY.VeTance of
principle that could be raised on it, or of an lil
aria lel °IA.
opinion that could grow out.of it, with reeer tit, otker.
friend on the one band Or the Government 0.n0....,eateg
(Hear.) Therefore, if it be thought that there is "n‘atlei
of audacity in the members of the Government wrl; oet
meet Parliament and challenge a vote on tl.etbe re
they have lost the strength and the ornaniente„'
_0 bet
aence of my noble friend, I trust it will be ree Ilec,;eryore.
Inet Bel ° td se,
up till Tuesday last his calleagues-4 will ~ orsoll ..
of his colleagues, for I cannot speak for an.P,_,„,,,-4!,
private communications, bull his colleagues et is7ntentea.
not aware either that my noble friend had eny_oct the!:
to revive his defunct proposal, or that in any raft'',
thole
existed any difference of opinion between hin.
tlii,c:„nof 0,,
regard to the conduct of the war and the constti:e ii;aseerfa
administrative department. (Hear.) IWe btaapP°oo
forgive me for having stated in this manner w
which ,
to me to be desirable in order to clear the vieulttion of I
house might entertain—l do not say of the Ptetit) thstl°,,i
noble friend, for I do not question one 5Y1,133.,.'0100 teyi,
from his lips—but to clear the view that th `_' 1),00,7,,
entertain of the position of the Government vin!endot,;e
nesday, it was called ou to deliberate in conseP it, rag of
resignation of my noble friend. (Hear.) N°w're guilt, 3
thought that the Government, as I have said, 7isossi,e°
a reckless disregard of opinion in meeting r4r on o°,l7ire
taking the opinion of the House of Conim°l's is ts
tion that is now before them without any anler wilt.
own composition, and deprived of the leader %ocelot
they have acted in this house. (Hear ) I hesec°,4lo4 l
are disposed to come to such a conclusion to eeodunesdo: 00
was the position of the Government on W t posinl I
Thursday last. It ie very easy to describe the,
..cripte..l
a disagreeable position. (Laughter )
am myself not wholly unprepared to concur. (rye
"At once, as far as angel's ken, he vidce ...
The dismal situation waste and Wil •
_.„O.
he °Pr' ofs
(Laughter.) Those blasts that come from t tip tar es
side of the houie are not always agreeable; bu,ouse i 11 I
comfort to some portions of this side of the boa' 50..4
quarter where sits the hon. member for AYl?°°colje4,':lo
In that c‘tfor,o„
am bound to say that from that quarter issue tne A
uti sll '0
most bitter blasts of all. (Great laughter.) i'cos.,o
comfort I have with respect to him is, that lsoreaor
difference between the tone of the speeches hewn bi'edel
the house now, when he avows he has witbdni,, are ,i
fidence from the Government, and the tone olirne; oes's
on various occasions when he assured the atio hour r•
his steady allegiance. (Laughter.) I think.th the re'lter
agree with me that those who are charged wi ide o'l3o
sibilities of office have something else to do hei° They do
ing the pleasures of their position. o:leaflet "tiLi'd
something else to de even in ordinary time of eves`; t];',
iu times like these, under the pressure ° with 'lrto
as now beset your army, and, in conneetitteen OA
country. (Hear, hear.) Now, the cluu"„ te,°,)oo
course was it open to us to take ? Were "?tlicsl 0
some modification or interchange of onsee" Tyr l'obl.
enable us to present a more acceptable or Plop. Obi it
the House of Commons ? I agree with the „flea Or
for Aylesbury, who says that, such a elisugZauelf:ra is"
such circumstances could have earned ne '„"titeloc,ofibl,
vernment, but must have enhanced and
thenee: le 00'
picion upon them. (Hear, hear.) That is t, 00
mariner, who, under the pressure of a temPe°
bargaining with his gods—
" Ad miseras precen,
" Decurrere et votis pacisei,
" Ne Cyprive Tyrimque merces
~004
" Addant avaro divitias marl' ' the vlel'olt
(Hear, hear.) It was not compatible with of C°19;10.4
the Government to offer terms to the Hoes wir
. (Hear, hear.) It would not have been coniPs;oso 4
position and choice of the House of C°ln_itihOletriti#l
terms from a Government so circumstance.. otpoeor
Then, if it was not open to us.to modify tbe e° otece.„
the Government, was it open to us to abandon TI/
the pressure of a hostile notice? (Hear, hesr,iaster:d"
be a majority here, for all I know, whoa ode
fi
this night to pass a vote of censure on the 403, tile al
but I think there are 'few that have within to c 9,
and justice of Englishmen who will not he trrne 6";
it was the duty of the Government, hsv"let 00'
public affairs up to the time when they "Jens 01,0
subject of a notice of censure, not to shrink „lf°s,itiios4,,
sure. (Great cheering.) It .has been v!.,el t;e4,,„
right hon. friend the Secretary for the 4-11301atO fa
were determined, to meet it as we stood, w" -OW%
ing the future. (Hear, hear.) It would haTtifisltir
cious—it would have been altogether trujus eseet',l;,;
to form a conclusion or even a design with r o,ot se A
future existence of the Government till they Pli,,,c
tence and judgment of the House of Comill9n,gi. yet`lrt
to that existence ; and if we had shrunk a"„%tiolA,rie
given from asking for judgment on our Psi" 7 eital
(Hearst terms we should hereafter have ot.e°,lo j
(.) What sort of an epitaph would lie
elf ' tafj
over our remains ? (Cheers.) I should inr-aisil`'.
tempted to pen that epitaph, " Here lie the...„oZ
ashes of a Ministry which found England at V;100170
her at war—which was content to take hems a, .0'
0 0 f ii. P°
of office and wield the sceptre of power s f oal ,ii
had courage to question its existence. Theleavolioty
gathering over the country—they heard g otie,es
afflicting news of the state of the sick and vrot eipt„„
East. These things did not move them to Pfes,
hon. member for Sheffield raised his 1011 i (tee' l,;
thunderbolt at them, then they were 0°7%5;1'414
with a sense of their guilt, and, in thinkingt-a°bee'ne6
punishment, they abandoned duty." (Grea-the cikeli"L
is, therefore, from no mere desire to court c.,, to,-itt,i
tion of Parlianaent, and from no mean dliotee, ofd'
office, that her Majesty's Government have "Luoto,l,t.l
duty to invite you to pass judgment on tbee,oo,ol ,
hon. member for Sheffield. (Hear, hear.) ;it, 0,1
for the state of the Government here; ''. the of'
more important in the view of the countre:4 stet" 4 Oil
the army. (Hear.) And it is not ortlyeterdert ,eleg/,
army in the Crimea this house has ° °
c attecand the,oefi
must look to the causes or that )st.r will not PitalL4
applying a remedy. (Hear,
alleviate or weaken the Dens!, condition ea ge
and the country with respect to the con teeito ,
It would be a. vain ntterept, and not only ttist,,,qe
violence to the nature of every Mall who 10 sotbl;at'ed,b
a man. (Hear, hear.) It is, in truth, the ell 00'4 91
tion of the time. (Hear.) My hon. Dien` 0t°,7001,
11°o3tri'nterest felit in eitio
for Northamptonshire is right when he ssYtliy trior:
England cares.for the army, but that she —Allti l' ter,
said to care for little else. (Hear, hear.) `,OO evilly
part, will offer no resistance, and will interrj,ovia! yl
ment to any measure whatever that cam be '3' oleP.,:ill
tribute one jot or tittle to benefit that artel'o 0,0 'el):
What, then, is the state of this army ? 11°1.0 se?",
collect that it is our duty to endeavour to P of f ,;,01
feeling, and to come to a fair appreciation -Or
course, it will appear to all that the e-
public journals render us is, on the whol
city, far from being complete in its eh
and does proceed mainly from those
those evils of which I do not now in'
were unavoidable, or what portion
avoided. There are some of the difflek
with respect to which we may venture
are now in course of diminution ; for :
some points in connection with those
the present moment the public have bee)
with in the most authentic form, I find
of warm clothing have been issued, an
are new in possession of these comfort:
if there are any individual exceptiot
doubt of Lord Raglan's general ace
have begun to be taken up to the en,
be issued to the men. The sickness wh,
fearful an extent, according to the later'
the military authorities gave me to-day, '
a slight diminution. (Hear, hear.) I
that out of 10 vessels which sailed from
the stores and men necessary for the e(
railway, by this time nearly the whole
I believe it was the estimate of the into
spirited men who were intrusted with
the rail way, that within about three we,
fully commencing it that railway wo,
(Hear, hear.) What, however, is mob
present state of facts is, perhaps, thin
ment, which has long been the object of
allied camps, has at length, by the effor
been completed, and General Canrobe7
. place at the disposal of Lord Raglan—
able to apply to the discharge of dna
Raglan has hitherto provided—such a fob
diminish by 1,600 men the number of En
in the trenches. (Cheers.) Of course I
the house that the number of 1,600 in
presents the amount of relief ; but m,
number permanently in the trenches, '
am not wrong in stating that, so far as
siege are concerned, that arrangement
addition of from 4,000 to 5,000 health,
troops on the spot to the British army,
works which it had to undertake. (C]
house will think that I have not std
cancelling the case which is before us—t , v:„
fused into the statement of them a tinetu'iol, .11
tion. My sole object is, that the facts °woe",
clearly before the house, and au impartialiutjet °it
upon them. (Hear.) Now, with respect tillitolV,
the army, that is a question to which, 1 t be oil
sirable to refer, because, undoubtedly, either of
which goes abroad among the public, or,a t,joll'4;
mode of making that statement, is falls"„se't it.
calamities, in themselves great and serions.,,,j)le roll,
far beyond their just proportions. For e]tsf,":;stt tor
that 54,000 men have been sent to the ,::ye toot.
il
12,000 bayonets is the whole force we 'i ti,..,1
posal. This, of course,,is a matter of fact. ,' OF
of the army before Sebastopol as if it e°'„,"lo°, 1
fresh from our climate, having undergeui'se, IA
of fatigue, but I speak of the number of t'l D1;101111
the auxiliary marine force and the na/,°ose;:s4
gaged in military duties before Sebastopol' or:otairoi,
whole of those who, whether at Balaklays,..„. or
(4
are on the list of sick. Now, sir, the nu 1,"
, ,
gaged in military duties before SebasWP°,,"oo. of f I
the latestreturns must somewhat exceed 3veesel.f,
I do not pretend ito give the precise figure. vo, ej i
not the precise returns for the naval brigs 00;aji
marines, but that is an affair which can/110,0:011
500, one way or the other. 28,200 men o"t`befoeyeip
active service of one kind or another, were ~, Vila
Sebastopol at the latest moment of which ~,ft,„4
turns, and to that mu-t be added, on accous I VA'
ary naval force, about 3,000 to 4,000 men' %if"
of the statement that the army consists dips 01 j
that statement goes abroad, and is Wen/. JO
well-intentioned members of the comninutobedl
was my lot yesterday morning to hear it Priogtlist
before a largo congregation. (Cheers 1a1.,6 0' 00°t1
most meritorious clergyman, addressing u'ibreifielal
intelligent flock in London, stated thatthe jar tisly
to the East was, at present,'
represented bY 1 bsclyt
one-third of its numbers before Sebastopol. bie c 00,9
not driven to that melancholy and misers asv o;.ti
we 1 71
that our army of 1854 is gone, and that 00,ep,t,
to do but to consider of the formation of a° 0 13'5 old
There have been many calamities, there haiorioeerfo
faults, there have been many great and geadt 0
attended with loss ; in some instances the la poi"
deuce has descended in a manner which eouoofi jil i
seen,—idle have been our best hopes," are 114Phorffri
brought to our tenderest feelings, but wo es, 5',3 d
the conclusion that the army which left tlivoe baretii3O
finest ever despatched from England, is n°, 001 i 9
the things which are past. (Loud cheers.it„ es°, re
said that I do not pretend to get quit of, trel el; ono;
manner (although those things I have 'F:4ihefel ilit
true), I believe much remains behind; an" tort' e'Y
other subject to which I must venture to Itiitfal 0,01
in this country, necessarily ignorant of ulteelotliad
are in the habit of giving their judgment' ®fort 0 i,
degree by comparison. It is common to 000.4, ti
of the French camp and the French ors those e:oile°,01)
draw inferences highly unfavourable to 'foto t,ilf,nlo,
the conduct of our own ; and, sir, so far the. 0 ri, I',
ing to detract from what is stated y rejoieDiride
of the French as to their organization, to theA, 01))1
this opportunity of hearing testitnonf a rerfr,,or "
of military art and science, and those be,t hi veo
late to the care of the soldier, display!`]
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