The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

THE CONDUCT OF TIIE I fid

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(From, the Times of this day) • date
Every incident that comes to our knowledge tell
_so
increase the feeling of dismay with which reflecting Or.A
of all shades of political op'n'on are dispoeed to Segn;
the present conjuncture of our affairs. Thereisnolornle:r
the slightest hope that we can by any means $13°,0 of
the most extreme degradation avoid the continuan
_si,
a war the expense of which our counsellors; seern *lnt
cl pay and our generals to execute. Our Goves::,
is a caricature of the weakest and most selfish coindelti;
the
tions of other times. Our Premier haidisappointed
expectations of his friend. and faithfully realise ii 3
predictions of his enemies. ',Our Secretary of War., is
martyr ti gout, and our Secretary for the
loadColore; to
returning from the capital of a doubtful aIIY
the
ands.Adininira ion the weight acquired in a futile nt
tiation, erhas to act again the seine part leer
iehich proved so fatal to the Government of Lordnd
.die'
deer,. In the meanwhile legislation is a, blank, 3 artlf
cussion on b epics of public interest is su-pencled Pos., to
by the Crimean Committee, partly by unwillingn
a ld to the difficulties of an Administration
%Odell bedtole.
to decay before it was completed, but must shill be
rated till arrangements can be come to for pros-I'l4oi .
with a suitable successor. In the meenwhile Our °that
depository of the talisman. of our constitution, in alO
hands all legislation of late years has comtined to Pole
the supreme power of the State. It is not nnreaerome.
to expect that at a moment so critical the lionse
anda .bet
mons will be a faithful reflex of public op g 0 ouch
the topics which are canvassed with ea, eel.
energy and unanimity in every coffee-room, 3; eyed
market, in every railwey carriage, rota', echo
hearth in this country, will find some feeble roll
in the deliberations of an assembly Llid the
why suo.
tibffe
called together to represent us all.
New Palace at Westminster be the only place °,f I too •
resort in the country in which the present sYs'e"",,,e, ii '
scandalous for defence, too abominable for eadur,s;-nies
not canvassed and denounced ? Everywhere eiaolieg .
areto busy with plans, more or less web devised, alto IA
ttheir experience and opportunities, but sad ,illegornt ;
theh e same object—the renovation of our offish"' aJoi otal •
_oyr:form of our services', the re-invigt.orationregoeso:
G totrnmen in every branch. But it le a %go
symptom of r present social disease, that wtile the
counry deliberates the Legislature does not ; While
every conviction
of the necessity of a change has Penehere 0
_ dwelling, from the palace to the cottsgep.,f fte
least it has found no entrance. The pallet/ 11° nd i$
body politic is more complete than is usually fotionj
the body natural. It does not strike some 'usually
011
ha, $
spare others, but assails at once the head, the ee.,,,, der
the heath No ortion of the machinery! reeeeessV '
carrying on a great war seems to be in force, 0;0 rig
functions of the taxgatherer. We do not Obi of*.
tories, but we pay-for them. We have the loanetbe or
Pitt without his vigour and policy ; we bal'a eudeecet
ghivanvaigryilacnaetzpotirgnansoleaWa.ellington without his P"- ,
fstion °/
The desire for inquiry which the gen.esalecard ls t°°
the inefficiency
eager and craving to he satisfied by the labce of oor
of our departments has create re of A
style committee, ranging over the whole surface/I and
the
eitary operations, but not searct ing veil cleatereasd
machinery. of our Administration or the stsne. fi, Oil;
peculiarities of its different divisions,. To 031°0 .fie
twoant, individual members of Parliament have frarofttes4
time proposed the appointment of select Oa fo the
to inquire. into subjects most deeply interesting 001
public at this moment, such as romotion in the tliol
and the state of the naval Pend militari lecoer
departments. Both these motions the goose °, c
hin'
mons has, under the direction of the Goveronle,t7stb4
bu
hi lived,thAiaopnnrcle,aseubnffiyt declaredessioteandtteolyionfgihese
ra
object
should defend them for fate still. el
etch W t
contemptuous gas reserved for there. motions-we-00 jest
to have been brought before the Howe of Coaliffeof °l°
greatest interest and importance.
t. We find in the notice-paper two dopier, luso'
plausiblea aosearwtvoieecas whichA u pouratebors ell:
posed to inquire into the manageraeCnatPatnaaidscior°B7o3ebeti:eatlltb°°df'
the Royal Navy, and Sir Erskine Perry
mittee to see in what manner and to what elotried VI
Indian army can be utilized for Vet present sar. bier ill
it may be
_brought, in fact as well as'in right, to ,dsipg
rankeh and dignity of a Royal army. Without Preijopor''
question, we must say that matters 10°1 not b°
tanteorr more worthy of public attention con fColly
submitted at the pr sent moment to the 1:01188 .0. distil'
i_nootneee The manner in which naval patronagtnteoti
...b
isd has long teen a suhect of the justest dee'
erettlA
slot . hard that every step should require a P idseir
imitation ef political friendandthat, irons 5 11l Jed t 4 '
Ewialgylaantedp e,
man to a post-c iptain, an officer should betaserrie,,°
bwehgi which his
more than an
y path of public employelea 'rot V i
by step. It i bard tba „,,seer .
with purely political considerations,so that a m peel t, justly p-oeud should ha, pr, pp
of the Admiralty has it in his not onlY,-e'botZ,
a meritorious but unfriended powerofficer front rie%' proPe-a
debar him altogether from the exercise of Igno"esee I 4
sion, and then punish him for his want of le,fl web seljeci
depriving him of that rank and osition " `be s,-/
ority itself would have conferred Pon hi° e., hie
ority
h,ieotos .her, gaits
see men in the full vigour of manhood, ‘,.o'" aserewh'f
acf 'their health and strength, driven:P:o, . hurt!
4
service
mixing
tthOeincisveilivlbisfeu, andp in
etaughtteotionteoe
ifienegl tiler tend fs
politics that they can hope for a retnr" require, re'
ao
of
,i s theirta n
t s ~
r profession.en
r,in the navy skill, judge no .Wnli
It is most unfair to " 50u, r
~,,t,, JO
fe,,j,,,rial. knowledge, While deprived of the r, aleir raee
to officers and gentlemen, and forced to spend '' O."'
in the company of wild and unruly h:1;s ')/etir ellbile
they possess no control. These things,. 11-111 .
others, are well worthy of examination, arid la ga iri 5:
and II . ht re,
sonably occupy the leisure of a house whisbe its lid
much pre-sing business, actually seems to 6"'s r
hang heavily on its hands. f cel-
. o •
Ot the
Indiannecessity of a change in the condition ,er
whole, of tli°
army, by devising • li n'" el
some scheme whic eisle
able us to use, for the purposes, of war the
of a portion of the military talent and experienqw el
empire, we have before now spoken at length. voile,
advantage justice to the Indian service, the nercesffce,rj
aiding our amateur soldiers by the assistance Granite "
who have made the profession of arms the P °
occupation of their lives, instead of the relaxatie: 00'
fewß idle years, all plead loudly for this invaatirloli ini
But the House of Commons has no taste fossee Ott
quiries, and therefore, when the first of them if to
to commence, the House of Commons caused itsaideratt;
" counted out." Surely there is some irieere. dreaei
fness, if not some danger, in applying prececleno criii.;
cal
lm quiet times and easy circumstances te °lei of kil
aonmoments, when we discern hope in no Pr cooncj
h :zon, and require every effort that wisdom Inesftee
and vigour in action can devise to restore oar :tro' tio::
prestige and reanimate our disorganised adneini.. south
public 0 oe r
This is• not the time to pause between
vier ce and private . ease, or to count as era :14 es
ing saved from the care of public affairs ..° ~,pe,blvi
poses. of private•society. If we are to ree.;tre ~,coal
spirit and energy to our councils and ad° ce a
this end can only be effected by untiring - se SO is
Arlie° 1 ia'
devotion, never more needed than now ; a'ae"„ag ".r,lf
deed can be hoped .for a reform of eeisinef at,vs't.i o c:iee.
propositionsw to inquire into them are met wild the
meapons that remain to our Legislature at
ent—the arts of procrastination and delay'

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Acco. 6#
EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF &WOOLED T°l3-n-hitelJ ,00
Ehamderson, surveyor of inland revenue at 7,-A6POI
been for some time aware that a smtigfAcife'
a large scale was in contemplation, and 00
lei
he repaired to St. Bees where, about two or three- c
i Ceo
that morning, the peaceful inmates of the P
Ifeck Mill, and Flat House had their plees3° esflibi'l
disturbed by the noise of carts, the crackid cree,et
and tfie vociferous shouting Of drivers. the be tie 0'
which, at the dawn of day, was discovaeid to ,Oe•
Dublin boat, the Mary, of Howtb, bad leldneight,,,to°it.Ci
,
bacco, and these were going under cover e• art- o,l'
lieve her of her cargo. Quietly watching hie:,..Prt ale cep
Mr. Emerson, and three assistants, seized 011,5.4
then another of the sailors, eacb of vihoerllfoeeeetb''OV
Tying on his shoulder a bale of toba.cco.
little further he laid hold of the captain, $7 ,11301,lbe'
set, burly fellow, who made a desperate beu :Id 'SO;
struggle to escape. A fourth, an old rels'efidila°o4.'
of one of the crew, was on board the boat, .`-; etr*-irt
sequently taken into custody. The boat wa';',
at the time. Her cargo consisted of WA 'Titre
bales, weighing 8,9001b5. of contraband eol
e,a-c-bs 074.
it being what is known to the trade as `` ey-the'l:.o4
which snuff is manufactured. In value tif'
amounts to 1,5001. or 1,6001. It took e,g--
carry it away. The captain'and crew ale 'II 61
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Whitehaven Herald. (4041¢18;
ROYAL _ASYLUM OF THE Sr. ANN'S Sri,/ 045
anniversaryb festival of the St. Ann's See'e"'ire•
rated yesterday evening at the London Tfii-oertecifor
chair was taken by Sir Robert. Peel, Bar_tr e4tihrriffe:ofi!
the Duke of Wellington, Lord Berners, Par' ";"-seee-4'
ley, the Rev. Dr. Croly, &c. The party 1141,-e est
and very select, awithe dinner provided bypfl te,
ment was quite worthy of the occasion. Ott"
drawal of the cloth, Sir R. Peel, who weer,.%,fThe h 11°- ~°/L.
enthusiastic cheering, proposed the `‘"
ofucen," and begged to couple AV ith it t" 0144008
our Imperial ally, His Majesty Nal:001°11A the tioo'
peror of the French." The hon. baronet Pli;e b 0;0i
compliment to our gallant allies of the Oreiii-thieAreo)l
by including the army and navy of Frauweeh;
the
ery toast of "The Army and Navy." -1094;i
society were introduced after this toss" ~411 P ;
dress, in heroic verse, was deliverer to therms Soo pet
tt't
one of the boys, aged 13 years, after whiehrugi e'rooe,
Croly addressed the children, and exPet',B" 0, e" of
merits of the society at great length. The 0° too.o,
proposed the toast of the evening ill ileaceesii fl°,3
quest and forcible speech, urging the a;
eil-1.4".
doing good while they had the op orturciitP ele4e,lo"
postponing their charitable donations.P °l3,
that the St. Ann's Society notonly suPPertied,l' %vitti°Vl
taught the orphan children ard coneblee-bierriP,
appeal which was responded to by a list dee,peo,l4,ti:e
and dOnations to the amount of 1,8001. IVtrbe tv,l
2 00) children have enjoyed the benefits ii-00,ge" Der,,
ton since its foundation, and that 300 are eg
foundation. The health of the chairman' 01-10.0 e '
,
Peel, was proposed, by the bake °lune.
and drunk with all the honours• The P„,- ded
after returning thanks, retired and. was.e?c_c;t,l3°_,lvl44,
Sheriff Crosley, under whose able prestelebool'ecPed
a bite
coo
ties of the evening were prolonged to
musical' arrangements were under the dire,loo3l,l if
G. enge, supported by the Misses Vr°,4*ll/4fri
Messent, Mr. Perren, Mr. Ransford, AT" 001
Calcott. Mr. Harker officiated with e tubs° mi3rres.
as toastmaster. It was announced the,' vole
t 9
would preside at the next o°l '';
tival.