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London, England, 1855-06-14 00:00:00

of. i!ie men now in power, we 'must investigate the proceed.
ins of thooe whose cranes they nave connived at. Bring the
mischief home to Sir James Graham and we get the entire of

_ Te' not, nad
Ilse adopted by their col-

,orit .a..n2r(leen's Cabinet in a net, for Of
coul,l not, be ignorant of Li
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vow we beg to point out to whoever—if any one have the
iraee—is..to make this; motion for " belling the cat," that
ill net de to ask for the papers from the Government in a
printed _form. _Vfe tell the people that the admirals them-
selves should be called upon to furnish the originals, or
printed copies for the authenticity of which they will them-
selves vouch. Be it kept in mind that the person more di-
rectly implicated in these transactions is the great " letter-
opener,'' and the hero of the singularly-dated document in
the "great Mott ease," while the person whose complicity
we wish to establish is the slum who gave to the publics
.Barnes' resumes of Lord Auckland's despatches, as the an-
swers of the dead diplomatist to the very documents so set
forth as containing his opinions.
Now, we ask, are we not justified in demanding that the
seer et despatches should be vouched for by the admins,73l
That the doenments exist no one entertains a doubt, beeaase
the almirals have both declared their willing less to produce
Veen if celled in so to do by the proper authorities—their
is one case having been avoided by refusing 'a
'gala-martial
to Admiral Napier—in another by Mr. Roebuck
and Mr. Lavard—we ta'te them as representatives of V%
gwedh—enreqftilstesintigonteod aasllotwo lAiisdnlcio7ll-
r.
I committee which they inansa,We
should have thought that M
L4D. u:1,71-41a(:‘•ardsi to rcafl ItlweoooOurldi(glesihnsaaalv. e been anxious to give. the man ll*
buth (I accusedsueh w . Tt. oifdmaipset)ocianrhinect) t atno oTp,
apvoer t;eneintytohfee aenwn
tag hkiemnsebl
by
the the honourable member for Aylesbury.
We are earnest upon the sn' ject of these despatches, becaue•
ive
lawhte6tb‘:
::esl
tireeyvacela,
c7e.:xtu,c:eicipsetroetfbhyor ouourugdrhi
fistgehrecai
ere mf
disgraceful
aii
failures, w e s
ahna uneevgel ie.
cat
sr rin
ts were baffled in the Baltic.-
a d our armies starved by Liprandi in the Crimea.
We hope the public have had enough of purposed raismar-
agemrint, and are anxious to probe its iniquity to the bAtor.i,
qtditia• traitors oewsr sh
foriol ne
ttlietel Tuesday, d a y ,
and that they will do so in spite of the aid afforded to Govern-
ment-by independent- -members, who denounce Ministers es
queney on votewhiehutiherEarnedmuc peelacinelthelvmeohnopTehutrhs:
Issetoltf.hreenifusseilzsofeorownalyrdeasvidleenacdeeros of f
e caeonnfihdeen
nation will force an inquiry into this matter.

( From the Mor —'ning Chronicle of this day.)
Drury Lane Theatre was last evening the scene of proceed-
ings such as this metropolis has not witnessed during the last
League,
ten yeers. Si
has been such a gathering for a political
purpose as that which last night, filled boxes, pit, and galle-
ries of our National Theatre, The Association for the fur-
therance of Administrative Reform held, not their first nubile
meeting, but their first oreanized meetingthe commence-
ment, we presume, of a series—for the propagation of their
views among the great bulk of the people. T.-
se was satise
factory to see so full an attendance, and that the occupants
of the platform, as well as those who could not personally
attend, but who sent letters of sympathy and co-operation,
were of so respectable and influential a class.
Mr. Morley; the chairman, may be said personally to em.
body and represent that characteristic of this Association
which distinguishes it from any preceding organisation of a
similar kind. It is important not to lose sight of the fact,
that this new movement is commenced, not in the interests
of a class or of individuals, but in those of the whole
community. Its detractors have not dared to insinuate
that its promoters aro actuated by personal motives,
or that they have in view the promotion of personal
interests. It was originated by gentlemen who have some-
thing more profitable, if not more important, to attend to
than political agitation ; and their having left their counting.
houses to take part in it is the best proof at once of their OWII
sincerity and of the integrity of their objects. Mr. Morley
had already, on the occasion of the first meeting in the City,
explained the reasons which led gentlemen in his position
thus to step forward in the van of a great national movement.
It was not in the nature of things that he could add much to
the arguments he had already brought forward, in vindication
of the course taken by the commercial classes. They have
stepped out of the circle of the pursuits which best become
them and are most agreeable to them, in order to vindicate
the right of their fellow-citizens, and their own, to a more
honest and rational system of administrative government than
that into which the old vigorous practice of the country has
degenerated. Their position places them above all suspicion
as to the motives by which they may have been actuated.
Indeed, it will have been remarked, that the opponents of
administrative reform have never dared to insinuate that these
gentlemen have any other object in view than the public
good. Regarded with reference to these considerations, the
speech of Mr. Morley will be read with an interest over and
above that which would naturally be excited by his forcible
and sensible remarks on the general question at issue.
The other chief speakers—Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. Lindsay,
M.P., Mr. Tite, M.P., and Mr. Otway, M.P.—are equally
above the ordinary stereotyed insinuations of political parti-
sans against any public men who may come forward to fur-
ther salutary reforms. In former cases of great public agita-
,tions, it has often happened that the leaders had previously
?been unknown men, and that they were open to the sugges-
,tion of making the topic of their platform eloquence a lever
'of their ambition. Such charges cannot be applied to the hon.
members of the House of Commons who addressed the audi.
enco from the stage of Drury-lane Theatre last evening. Mr.
Layard is a man whose fame is already universal. Elected to
the House of Commons mainly on account of that reputation,
his co-operation has already been courted by successive Go-
vernments. If his ardour in the cause of reform has some.
times led him into errors, that is a fate which he shares with
some of the most distinguished and influential statesmen of
the day. He has &ready shown a disposition to guard
against a repetition of the mistakes into which he had been
led by a natural indignation at systematic misgovernment; and
a strong reaction of public feeling in his favour has been
the consequence of the attempts recently made in the House
of Commons to browbeat him and put him down. It will be
seen that in the course of his speech last evening he gracefully
alluded to the parliamentary scenes in which he has latterly
been a chief actor ; and that, while.he renews his protestation
that he is determined to persevere with the great question
which he has taken in hand, he has endeavoured to set him-
self right with puhlle opinion, on the only point where his
enemies had any advantage.
Mr. Lindsay's speech will amply repay a most careful pent-
sal. The honourable gentleman speaks with a thorough prac-
tical knowledge of his subject. There are few men in England
—certainly not one in the House of Commons—more capable
of exposing the incredible apathy and wilful misconduct of
the officials of the Government in the departments whereon
the success of the war so mainly depends. The incidents
brought forward by Mr. Lindsay will ho found stated at
length in the report of the proceedings of thq meeting. They
are all supported by documentary evidence, and they all
bear directly on the painful position in which this country has so recently found itself placed. Surely, charges such as
those preferred by the honourable member--complaints
not vague, but specific, and sustained by demonstrable
proof,,—call for an equally specific reply on the part
of the Government. It is very convenient, no doubt, to the
delinquent heads of departments to be able to hide their cul-
pable and noxious neglect under the blaze of our recent suc-
cesses in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, but the public
owe it to the memory of those brave men who were sacrificed
last winter not thus to "let bygone be bygones." They are
bound to institute a searching inquiry into the past, in order •
that a repetition of those evils may be guarded against in
future ; and it is here that the evidence and the advocacy of
gentlemen like Mr. Lindsay become of so much value.
Mr. Tite appeared before the meeting as the representative
of the first great triumph. of Administrative Reform. It was
certainly one of the most remarkable events of the kind on
record, that a gentleman of no striking political antecedents,
and who was personally unknown to the electors, should have
succeeded in carrying wi h him the sympathies of a constitu-
ency so numerous, so intelligent, and so favoured in the
talents of past representatives, as that of the city of Bath.
Mr. Tite would be the last to assume, or to permit it to be
assumed that any personal merit of his own could possibly
have led to such a result. He rightly regards it as a come-
queuce of the overpowering importance and influence of the
cause with which his name has been associated. - In Mr. Ot-
way the association has a valuable ally. The honourable
nienther has taken under his care one particular branch of the
public service in which " Administrative Reform "is more
especially required. To his Parliamentary laurels he is evi-
dently destined to add the more exciting and grateful tri-
umphs of the platform.
Upon the whole, this meeting will form an appropriate pro-
logue to the discussion appointed for to-morrow evening. Mr.
Layard pledges himself to bring forward the subject; nor will
he shrink from the very strong terms in which he had previ-
ously couched his resolution. The amendment of Sir Bttlwer
Lytton is now before the public. Mr. Layard proposes to
call on the house to resolve :—" That this house -views with
deep and increasing concern the state of the nation, and is of
opinion that the manner in which merit and efficiency have
been sacrificed, in public appointments, to party and family
influence, and to a blind adherence to routine, has given rise
to great misfortunes, and threatens to bring discredit upon
the national character, and to involve the country in grave,
disasters." The Tory chief will not go the length of this re-
trospective condemnation, but proposes to substitute for Mr.
Layard's proposal a resolution to the effect—" That this
house recommends to the earliest attention of her Majesty's
Ministers the necessity of a careful revision of our various
official establishments, with a view to simplify and facilitate
the transaction of public business, and, by instituting judici-
ous tests of merit, as well as by removing obstructions to its
fair promotion and legitimate rewards, to secure to the ser-
vices of the State the largest proportion of the energy and in-
telligence for which the people of this country are distin-
guished."
Between these two the House of Commons will have to de-
cide. They will probably do so with the aid of the light
afforded by this very important meeting of the Administra-
tive Reform Association.