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London, England, 1855-06-18 00:00:00

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And why was not this wise
entits which have, since the outbreak of the strug-
gle, transpired.
L:Dur7,4o pursued, why was not this timely decision
Loan ifesteL:
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of the A.berdeenites - !
Because my Lorll 6 eve= Men t ? Because
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by the.Briti.• ,
nemkr was Prime Mini.:
ter—because the Duke of
NEWCASTLE was Secretary):".
SID-
NEY HERBERT Secretary at War, .cum' Sir JAMES
GRAHAM First Lord of the AdWmairr'alatyn,d Mr.
and Mr.
GLADSTONE Chancellor of the Exchequer ! Be-
!awe of all this ! We have the clue now--
(alanks, among other things, to the speeches of
;.he members for Carlisle and the University of
Oxford)—we have the clue now—through all the
13byrinth of our past blunders, a labyrinth which,
but for that clue, we might have found some diffi-
culty- in threading. Everything is comprehensi-
ble at last—in regard to the futility of Colonel
ROSE'S first demand for the Mediterranean fleet,
in regard to Admiral DUNDAS'S refusal to comply
vrith that urgent requisition, in regard to all the
clonbt, and delays, and hesitations by whic.l)
subqequent events were complicated at Constanti-
nople, until a diplomatic squabble had been
allowed to v•ow, and grow, and grow into a war
of European magnitude. For all these doubt
delays, and liesitatfons we have to thank the
patriotism of the AbeTdeenites, and the civic
ardour of their auxiliaries o3tside the pale of the
Administration, the craven, pea,z-e-cnurting, leek-
inunching Peace-at-any-price Party'. For the
Russian War and all its consequences we are ftr
debted to the Earl of ABERDEEN, to Mr. GLAD-
sTONE, to Mr. BRIGHT, and to their redoubtable
compters:
_We alone do not say it. The whole

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country knows it as a fact, beyond all possthility o

denial. And yet more, as we have said already, we
have to thank, not only for the Russian War, but
for Russian ferocity in like manner, the united
influence of this Peace-at-any-price Party, and of
these miserable Aberdeenites. Ta these we at e
indebted for that blot on the national escutcheon—

Ithat massacre at Sinope, which occurred while our
fleet was riding at anchor in the waters of the
IBosphorus. To the influence of their disastrous
policy we may trace not only the massacre of the
Turks at Sinope, but that also of our own brave
fellows when lying wounded upon the battle-field,
and very recently also the cold-blooded murder of
sixteen or seventeen of ourgallant seamen bearing a
flag of truceto Hangs on a mission of magnanimity.
The Member for Stafford may have his lips sealed
against the utterance of language not strictly Par-
liamentary. Truth must yet be spoken—that
truth which lives at this moment in the
heart and conscience of 30,000,000 of English-

:nen. The truth that to the malign influence of the
sticklers for Russian f` honour" (!) and to that of
mistaken humanitarians almost every one of the
calamitous incidents of the War are directly attri-
butable. Who shall say how much sooner Lord

RAGLAN might have 'established his head-quarters
within Sebastopol had not his hands been in a man-

ner tied by instructions coming out to him from

home—instructions made out of mistaken motives

of humanity, forsooth ! instructions to save as muc

as possible the buildings of the more peaceable in

habitants? The first folly, nay, treason, of a like

order in regard to thebonibardment of Odessa is no

forgotten, any more than the people of England

area likely to lose the remembrance very speedily o.

the other preposterous evidences of the evils

accruing from the peace-mongering principles of
.Brightites and A.berdeenites--of timorous admi,

nistrators, and. devil's-dust philanthropists.

In its anxiety to advance the interests of its
Leviathan neighbour the Prussian Government
has resorted to steps scarcely compatible with the
neutrality it professes itself to be so anxious to

maintain. The recent proceedings against the
Secretary to the British Consul at Cologne will
require very clear and distinct explanation, and
possibly amends. We do not say that if any pri-
vate charge cAn be produced against an individual
that he should be sheltered from the consequences
thereof by his connection with the diplomatic ser-
vice of another nation, but it is obvious that
any such proceedings should be conducted with
the utmost delicacy and circumspection, and that
any suspicion of undue motives should be care-
fully eschewed by the authorities who resort to
so extreme a measure as the arrest of a party
engaged in the diplomatic service of another
nation.

di2;nation which it merits.

The case is materially aggravated by the fact
that, at the time of his arrest, the individual in
question was the bearer of a despatch to the
Foreign-office of Great Britain. A confidential
communication, from one of our Consuls, has
been forcibly taken possession of ; and
even if its contents have been respected—
a matter which remains iu considerable
doubt—its delivery has been delayed. The
friends of a nation which habitually fires on flags
of truce may think this a trivial point. We can-
not hesitate, however, as to the light in which it
will be regarded in all civilised. countries where
there -is a just regard for national honour and

sion.

national faith.
The alleged. ground for this very extraordinary
proceeding was, that the party was suspected of
being engaged in forwarding enlistments for the
British Foreign Legion. Su great is the anxiety
of the Prussian Government to prevent such a
violation of its pretended neutrality that it lias
thus flung aside the conventional courtesy and

relpeet due to an independent nation. It has

thereby proved beyond tha possibility of doubt

how serious in its estimation is such an offence—

and lias unquestionably subjected itsslf to satisfy

the aggrieved state, that it is equally determined
to repress such actions by any parties whatsoever,

and that if it will not sanction enliAtinents fur

Great Britain it will be equally decided in put-
ting down those intended to operate against its

inte'rests.

Now, we have it on unquestionable authority
that enlistments for the Russian army are openly

carried on in different parts of Prussia without

let or hindrance, and are connived at, if not

openly encouraged, by the authorities ! If this

b 3 so, aud we cannot doubt the accuracy of our

informant, the arrest of lir. KJ:LAY becomes

doubly reprehensible, and demands immediate

measures of retaliation.

There might be some

shadow of excuse if Russia and England were
treated in the same way, but when assistance is

given to our enemy—when Russian agents are

dlowe 1 to obtain recruits, without interfer-
ence or objection, there can be nz justification
for the summary arrest of a diplomatic agent on
the mere suspicion that he was engaged in like

There is fair promise already of good coming
out of this Administrative Reform Movement.
The popular sympathy in its favour is not only
wide, but deep. It is'not with its promoters, as
it was with the champions of the Anti-Corn-raw
League. The latter had prejudices to overcome

proceedings on the part of Groat Britain.
are aura that Lord CLARENDON will not permit
tilia outrage to remain unnoticed, but that he will
insist on ample satisfaction for the insult to the
English flag and the violation of the law of na-

ticals.

among the industrial middle-class of Bloomsbury,
Bub he sil°111(1 do more. Ho should adopt de- !as well as among the flaneurs of Belgravia, among

rofnin rri7;!Orr”g of a n3litr:-,1 712,2 ob

;rest a call for wholesome instruction.
In connection with this subject we may • point
attention to a letter touching the importation of
pig iron into Prussian ports, and its re-exportation
to Russia. This is a very one-sided neutrality.
The saqi.e boy be said of King LEOPOLD. as to the
manufacture of arias irl ,;;lurai ostensibly fur
Prussia, but really for Russia. Ga,31,1 cou,
will one day receive its due reward, and the
sooner the better.

-f the chief causes for which Parliament
before Christmas was to obtain
was conveneul
assent to the fornatZl°l3 of a Foreign Legion. It
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was represented that thesistance of such a body
was a matter of urgent and paramoant importance,
and that the requisite authority could Rot be
postponed without dangerous, if not fatal conse-
quences to our gallant troops in the Crimea. Tho
public journals almost unanimously disapproved
of the project, which they believed to be alto-
gether uncalled for, and which east at heavy
sigma on the martial prowess of their country-
men. In common with all untainted by
" Germanism" they " felt a decided preference for
the British Article," which they asserted could
be obtained more quickly and cheaply, and cer-
tainly not inferior in quality. Ministers, how-
ever, succeeded in pressing forward the obnoxious
measure through both Houses of Parliament,
despite the protests and remonstrances of
patriotic indviduals in both branches of the
Legislature, and the Universal dislike of all classes
throughout the length an.:.l breadth of the land
to its obnoxious provisions.
Half a-year has since elapsed and little, if any-
thing, has been done to accomplish the matter :in
,which expedition was declared to be indispensable.
Not a single foreign soldier has been imported into
England. It is true that a few hundreds have
been collected tt.mether in Heligoland, but in ob-
taining these recruits, we have subjected ourselves
to be treated with COIItUMeY by other nations,
and, as mentioned in another Orb of this day's
impression, embittered our relations with Prussia,
who seemed to think the matter contaiLled such
evidence of conscious weakness that she might
venture to kick the apparently exhausted Lion
with impunity. This is all that Government has
taken by its motion. It has incurred the shame
and scandal of the abortive effort without praOti-
cal effect, and that notwithstanding the induce-
ments held out, and the nut very creditable
means resorted to by the official "sergeant

-KITES."
We have only just learned the full extent of
these inducements. It was not merely bounty pay
and rations, albeit they far exceeded anything
offered by the German States, that were teld out
as temptations' to take " the QUEEN'S shilling" and
mount the cockade. It was not merely the offer
of valuable privileges respecting,the officers of their
corps, who were to be their own countrymen, re-
ceiving their commissions without purchase, and
who could not be subjected to the annoyance of
seeing aristocratic or wealthy youths pitchforked
into rank over the heads of meritorious veterans.
In addition to these, and to handsome compensa-
tion in the event of wounds or injuries sus-
tained in the service, it was, it appears, con-

template(' to bestow grants of land in Canada
on every soldier as well as officer, and prac-
tically to found a new military colony, not of
the Anglo-Saxon race, but of men naturally
devoted to the interests of their " fatherland "
rather than of the cquntry which had so -bounti-
fqlly rewarded their mercenary services. And
this project swill be carried into practical execu-
tion, and every German recruit will receive a
valuable boon, not accorded to thoso who have
devoted the best years of their lives ta the service
of their native land, unless the Canadian L3gisla-

ure reject the insidious proposition with the in-

Why, we ask, if there had been any diai3ulty
n obtaining eligible , recruits in th 3 United

Kingdom have not similar ia lac:mnents ben

held out to English, Irish, and Switchmen,

who we venture to as3e,rt would a 3 efficient

soldiers and colonists as any Gmmans that could
be found ? ' Why have not efforts been made to
ameliorate the condition of privite soldim3, to

give them greater conveniences in bArracks, and

better pre3p3ct3 of obtaining eaaa.niisious in cases

of high desert ? The prospect of becoming halal

proprietors when their Services ()mild be dispensed

with, of enjoying the o!iurta cum thjaitat3 ou
their own estates would attract a far better class

of men to our standards, and thon who now
shun the recruiting-serjoants and arJ pro )f

against all their blandishments world

eagerly seek employ-meat, th 3 remit of which

among tho agricultonl 1)01)111.

would bo to give 53 acres of laud to every pri=
rate, 100 to every nou-conrnissioned offi3er, and

*rom 203 to 500 to every nun holding a comtnig-

Last week we published a cearnauication,
written before this plan was known, is which our
correspondent, Mr. if. DUPPA, suggested the for-
mation of a volunteer cerps for active service,
which, as he showed, could be easily obtained in
almost any numbers, under certain ; can litions,
ono of the principal being a grant of land in some
of our colonies. The plan appears deserving of
mature and attentive consideration, although some
of its features seem as yet scarcely developed.
For instance, it is proposed that the men should
have the power of electin; their own officers !
It i 3 not, however, stated from what body they
should be selected, or what guarantee there would
be for their experience or efficiency !
The proposition that vacancies should be filled
up from the corps itself seams an excellent one,
and would dcubtless, in the existing siato of
military' administration, be highly estimated by
officers and men. Combined with the subsequent
grant of land, which, in case of death in the service,
could be bequeathed to some friend or relative, the
scheme offers advantages superior to any we have
yet heard, and the various details could easily be
arranged so as to secure an efficient body of men
during war, and "an industrial but military class
of settlers" in any colony where such persons were
required, who, as our correspondent felicitously
remarks, would form "a sort of military social guard
of the Grand Army of Civilisation !" Let the
project only receive the attention it so eminently
merits, and there will be no necessity for seeking
Germans to perform the duties which there are
plenty of Englishmen ready and willing and fully
competent to discharge if they only receive a poi-
tion of the encouragement so lavishly proffered to
strangers.

The One Hundred and First Anniversary Dinner of
the Society of Arts is to be held at the Crystal Palace on
Tuesday. the 3d of July, when his Grace the Duke of
Argyll, F.R.S., will preside.
The third and fourth volumes of Mr. Macanlay's
History are expected to appear in the present year. The
concluding volumes of " Moore's Life," by Lord J. Rue_
sell, ar3 in the press.
The Ville de Paris, line-of-battle ship, is about to be
disarmed at Toulon, iu order to be fitted with a screw-
propeller.

The Jupiter, line-of-battle ship,
the 14th, from Constantinople.
The Nile, Indianian, sailed from Spithead on Sunday for Calcutta. arrived at Toulon on

to teach Prussia that if she wishes t the manufacturing mnaitude, hardly no less than

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London Tavern, is of itself a safileient testi►nony
of the fact that far and wide the reasonableness
of the pref,3cted innovation is to the full appre-
ciated. What asietnqage of akr eini,
neat City men was poott.poOlied by its deriders, in
the first ingt4noo, somewhat cavalierly, Its in-
fluence is now reco,jnised, however, to have proved
itself, even thus early, rather formidable than

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otherwise, It very veeany sesseees, t 4; Psl -41 tine.
enthusiasm in the cause of Administrative &roma
throughout the provinces, r so that the movement
may be, said to have already made the round of the
country, returning to the metropolis reinvigorated,
so to speak, by the circumstance of its having
been welcomed on all hands with •a prompt and
plenary approbation. Wednesday, the 13th of
June, 1-855, will henceforth be long remembered
as the date of the first monster meeting in Drury-
Lane Theatre of the great Administrative Reform
Association. ..It will be remembered years
hence as the bogieeieg of the end of the System
of Exclusiveness. It will be then remembered as
the peunnencement of a new epoch in this country
of social and polltfeal developmeet--..-a,s the dawn
of a 14 TY era in which fresh blood had to Ins in-
fused into the dwindling veins of the Constitution.
It will not be forgotten vory readily that this inaugu-
rative assemblage of our Administrative Reformers
took place, as it were, on the very eve of the day
on which their views were to be first brought for-
mally and distinctly under the notice of the popu-
hr branch of the, Legislature. - Any more than it
will be soon lost to recollection that the demand
for a reform of this comprehensive character bad,
in the latter instance, been enforced by the vir•
tual coincidence of the opinions expressed before
the House of Commons by two among the most
remarkable men of our generation—sentiments
enunciated, that is, through AUSTIN LAYARD'S
motion and BUIAVE4 LYTTON'S amendment, The
popular gathering in pid Drury, followed almost
immediately afterwards by the discussion proyolced
within,the walls of Parliament by the lion, mem-
ber for Aylesbury, will be looked back to, we
doubt not, by the more reflective among our re-
mote successors as the events whieli marked the
close of the old blundering scheme of patrician
intrigue upon which, up to that time, had been
built up the whole of the vast and complicated
fabric of our Constitutional Government.
Already, indeed, we may recognise in passing
occurrences substantial guarantees that sooner or
later there must come inevitably the desired re-
form in our system of Administration. It is no
longer a question' of practicability. It is only
one of time. We shall be rid at last of the
ancient incubus which has hitherto clung as per-
tinaciously to our shoulders as did the Old Man
of the Sea to those of SINBAD the Sailor. At last
we shall be enabled to escape from under the
poisoned boughs of the genealogical Upas. At
last we .shall be afforded an opportunity of
passing out into the common sunshine, from
beneath what our contemporary the Times, in
this year of grace, 1855, called the "cold shade
of the aristocracy," but what had already, as far
back as 1824, been designated more explicitly by
THOMAS MOOR; in his "Life of SHERIDAN," the
"overshadowing branches of the Whig aristc-
cracy"—a phrase which he tells us naively in his
" Diery," under date 12th Dacember, 1825, was
partieularlyunpaletable to " ears polite," meaning,
to those of the still surviving Nestor of the party
reflected upon,. Lord LANSDOWNE, as may be seen
by the curious in such matters, detailpd at page
17 in the sixth volume of the "Memoirs o:
MOORE," edited by my Levi JOHN RUSSELL.
Another illustration of the evil we are all 01
us complaining of so loudly nowadays, an illus-
tration equally as amusing es that just referred
to in the preceding 'paragraph, may be found
duly recorded in a volume of politico-literary me-
morials still more recently published than the one
last mentioned as having been conducted through
the press under the auspices of the Colonial Secre-
tary. It relates to a remark of a similar charac-
ter, made, however, this time, not thirty
years ago, bat -barely fourteen from the
present date, an allusion not to the exclusiveness
of the Whigs, but to the exclusiveness of, the
Tories, or rather of their successors the Censerva-
lives, a sarcasm, not uttered by the lips of the
Irish Poet, bat by those of one of the few men
who were eminent, as countrymen of his, among
his own immediate contenporarie.s. RICHARD
SHlLL—himself a staunch Whig, though an Irieh-
man, and once a demagogue--Sneee it was who in
the September of 1841, when Sir Ronzaes new
Cabinet was in process of construction, thus is re-
corded, in his own words, to have drawn the atteev•
tiou of a noble Whig Lerd, to the preference shown
at that time by the great parvenu statesman, for
peers and the sons of peers, as the members, both
principal and subordinate, of his Conservative
Administration. " Ileppeaing," said the late
Mr. SHILL, " to sit beside one of the ex-ministers
at dinner, soon after the writs for the new offeeials
had been moved, I observed that PEEL was filling
up all his posts with Lords. And he is quite
right,' said Lord ----.•••;,; 'he understands what he
has to deal with, how his majority can alone be
kept together.' " Yes, Whigs and Tories,
Liberals and Censer vati yes, are all alike,
As Mr. TORRENS 3.l‘Dereeanir, in recording the
incident we have hero particularised, observes im-
mediately thereupon in his newly published
" Life of SHIEL" (Vol. 11., pp. 304-305.) " The
esoteric principle of the Whigs and Tories is, in
this respect, the same. They tolerate a few ple-
beians as working colleagues, but they think and
feel towards Veen rather as advocates whom they.
have' retained than equals whom they are bound to
recognise "—adding, a little further one—" the
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House of Ceironons is more intensely susceptible
of aristocratic prejudices than any assembly in the
civilised world." Every syllable of that is true
—and without being coloured by oae particle of
exaggeration. The time, however, when these
prejudices will have to be abandoned both by
Whigs and Tories has even now arrived. The
Signal for the change has gone forth, it has already
become audible within " those very thick party
walls" wittily alluded to the other day in a noble
letter penned by the honoured hand of CHARLES
DICKENS—those walls which have constituted
hitherto the fastness of the younger sons of the
nobility, the " very thick party walls" of the
so-called popular branch of the Imperial Legisla-
ture.