The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

Ellenborongh could confound the hereditary titles and station
of the House of Peers with the achievements in which they
t.ok their origin Does it not savour of irony to remind th
members of that House that genius and valour confer these
distinctions, though they do not accompany them by heredi-
tary descent The very charge brought against aristocrat:c
institutions is, that they perpetuate this share of power,
rank, and influence in the State by the accident of birth
and by the claim of kinsmanship. The House of Peers
consists, not of the greatest men whom England pos-
sesses, but of the descendants of the greatest men whom she
has at any time possessed. There, at least, the claims of
family are absolute and indisputable, fox...they are the essence
of an hereditary aristocracy. In their proper place, ire do
not dispute the services they may render to the State;
but the rule which predominates in the House of Lords is mis•
chievous and absurd when it overrules the whole public ad-
ministration of the country. Men who are to serve the State
well must be chosen for something besides the abilities of their
grandfathers or the influence of their living relations ; and
the proposition he professed to assert than
cal example of
Lord Ellenborough could not have selected a more paradoxi-
that appeal to the House of Peers with which he concluded
his speech.

(From the Morning Chronicleof this day. )
The Earl of Ellenborough, whether doing the work of the
Nation
his elaborateofionoronly tie
the Tories,
on thes,atlea errorsstd whichne in h
nid that work f
koan
to have ma
been committed in the military well.
Into
the
war it is not necessary now to enter, because, however able
in themselves, they were only indirectly connected with the
real question which agitates the public mind. The practical
sense of the people of this country teaches them to " let by-
gones be bygones," and rather to seek guarantees for the
future than to inflict punishment for the past. Mistakes, at
the commencement of such a war as that in which we
are now engaged, were almost inevitable, after a long
period of peace. The public, recovered from a first astonish-
ment that the national arms should not have proved
triumphantlymsoieedL successful as the national flatterers pro-
mised,
meet have arrived at a conviction that there were radical
t:s.elnyingee,iiiisysategmen,
evvrohincehenopugpehrtt tofrebemrepmarediliamedebnty remrdluthtee
revenge. That our affairs
srepotsnirntionenofthtehepialb—litnc mindeeek is ratherd to look
troheranoplet: than to
beyond a doubt--hew arnelezintofnprofit by aexrpeemrieenycera,
irs have been mismanaged is
tanhe.ar
preclude such mismanage
was ecarcelywtetumoo ?severe on Lord Pal-
Lord Ellenborough
merston. " Public instauctor"
were not alone in their pectation that the noble viscount wo
ex-
theunangireundeurpeeopflethaendoptponartt uhnie twy-noniffedred him by an almost
have wielded ewcioelnidepdrehwienthdeda
firm and vigorous,hand the Dictatorship forced upon his ac-
ceptance.
Yes, what every man in the nation sawto be the
t nlv true solution of the great difficulty of the time, re-
cisely that which Lord Palmerston either could not,
or would
uot, understand. 'He thought that he had done enough, when
he offered offices to certain gentlemen whose position as pri-
vate individuals rendered acceptance impossible ; and, hav-
ing done this, he considered himself justified in falling back
on his old Whig friends, and in forming an Administration
upon scarcely any other principle than that of family con-
nection.

Whether it was that the Peers regarded Lord Palmerston
as the temporary champion of their order, or that the Tories
did not seriously desire to put out their full strength, a divi-
sion showed a majority against Lord Ellenborough's motion.

(From. the Daily News of this day.)
The Peers have negatived Lord Ellenborough's motion.
Seventy-one votes were recorded for, and one hundred and
eighty-one against it. We should be shy of affirming that all
the " Contents" are in their hearts friendly to Administrative
Reform ; but we are thoroughly convinced that all the " Non-
contents" are sincerely opposed to it.
Great things were, expected of the noble earl. As he was
pointedly reminded by his antagonists who followed him in
debate, he seemed, after challenging the whole Ministerial
array, cautiously to avoid engaging in any conflict of a personal
nature, His inculpations of the Government were general,
and he ,carefully abstained from specifically censuring any
particular appointment, civil or military. This method was
undoubtedly consonant with good tactics as regarded votes in
a division, and we are not sure that upon the whole it was an
error in judgment as regards the verdict of the country.
We do not blame Lord Ellenborough, therefore, for not
affording his opponents an opportunity, such as no doubt they
counted on, of breaking up the discussion of the great con-
troversy into a number of personal altercations about the de-
gree of demerit of each of their proteges, and the comparative
ill-odour of their numerous jobs. The country has long ago
made up its mind on the matter; and Lord Ellenborough did,
in our opinion, much more wisely by keeping clear of all the
dust and filth of individualrecrimination, and bolclly appealing
for popular support by the manly and straightforward avowal
of tho great principle of Administrative Reform. "I am not
a convert," exclaimed the noble Earl, " to that principle, be-
cause I have always maintained it ; and because I have
always, when I had the power, applied it in practice. The
fault of the speech, as a speech, m?.nifest.y arose from its
having been too hastily fore-shortened i a accordance with some
sur;gestion or after-thought.- Artistically judged, it may be
said to have consisted of little more than an opening and a
peroration, both excellent in their way, but each more suit-
able to an invective of two hours' duration than a menace of
attack prolonged for s five-and-forty minutes. In a word,
people expected a tempest, and were consequently not very
much moved by the picturesque, but harmless, threatening of
a thunder-storm that passed off without bursting.
It is perfectly clear that in the Upper House there is an
instinctive unanimity in favour of maintaining things as they
are. The contest there is solely one of party ; different shib-
boleths are used by rival factions ; but to cheit the middle
classes out of their rights is the ultimate, though unuttered,
aim of both.

(From, the Morning Post of this day.)
Lord Ellenborough might as well have moved a simple vote
of censure as the high-sounding, resolutions which drag their
slow length along over half a. column of paper. He might
have done that, and he might have urged with fairness and
candour his desire for anothillt change of Ministry, which
should have given him an opportunity of indulging his gor-
geous dreams of conquered Asia—of changing the scene, with
the rapidity of a pantomime, from the beleaguered walls of
Sebastopol to the plains of Georgia, and the splendour of an
Asiatic campaign with Russia. But candour and fairness do
not seem to be favourite weapons with the War Minister who
recommends himself with such earnestness and such persever-

once. In his whole attack on the conduct of the war he
slurs over tho fact, that the Palmerston is not tho Aber.
doom Ministry—that the spirit of Lord Aberdeen is not
the spirit of Lord Palmerston—that Lord Panmure is
not the Duke of Newcastle—that wo have a new Minis-
try, not only distinct in many points from the old, but
in the vigour and qualifications of its Head—in its will and
capacity to reform, absolutely different. Lord Ellenborough
inveighed against the doings of the Government, as if Govern-
ment existed on a principle of perpetuity, and were responsi-
ble alike for the economics of the Earl of Derby and for the
weakness of Lord Aberdeen, in not counteracting their mis-
chief. The plaia truth is, that no Minister is individually re-
sponsible for the effects of a forty years'.peace on the army of
a constitutional and representative country.

( From the Morning Herald of this day.)
The sole reason for the motion made by the Conservative
party is, the alarming nature of the crisis. Long since, deeply
impressed with the necessity for administrative reform, they
felt the hour had at length arrived at which it could not be
much longer delayed. Lord Dirby admitted that recent de-
monstrations proved the existence of a deeply-seated dissatis-
faction and discontent amongst all classes. And unless this
feeling be met in a fair and judicious manner the very foun-
dations of our constitution may receive a shock. This is the
blow which the Conservative party would ward off from our
distracted country. In vain did the Coalitionists endeavour
to change the real question of debate, an .I to convert a cen-
sure upon the feeble policy of an incapable Government into
an attack upon the united services. Again and again di
both Lords Derby and Ellenborough commend most warmly,
as they have ever done, our gallant defenders and their noble
allies the French.

The Ministry by the greatest exertions contrived to defeat
the motion, but the whole weight of the debate goes against
them, and the vigilance of our friends in the country will
soon bring victory to the cause.

( From the Morning-Advertiser of this day.)
The speech of Lord Ellenborough will prove a heavy blo
and discouragement to the oligarchical system, out of which
our disasters and dishonour have arisen. A great portioh of
it might have been spoken with much propriety at the meet-
ing at the London Tavern, on Saturday week, to inaugurate
the Administrative Reform movement. We do not suppose
that the Administrative Reform Association will formally ex-
press a wish that Lord Ellenborough should join their organi-
sation. Nor do we suppose it likely that he will forward his
subscription with a request that his name may be enrolled as
a member ; but still the association may, so fares all practical
purposes are concerned, regard him hereafter as ono of thei
body. They must feel—at least they ought to feel—that they
owe a debt of gratitude to the noble lord for his speech last
night.
Lord Ellenborough was very severe in his remarks on the
House of Commons ; but no one can charge the noble lord
with having carried his severity beyond the confines of justice.
He affirmed that the House of Commons had lost the confi-
dence of the country. Who will deny the truth of the asser-
tion ? Poll the entire population of the kingdom, and you
will not find one intelligent person wh does not share the
opinion of the House of Commons, which the noblelordca sno
.
plainly and so forcibly expressed. The fact is one
eweed,c hi hfor a
not be too deeply deplored. It is ominous, end
their views and give utterance to their
epresentatives of these
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peoplerepresentative
return
to institute seaturi i,oehnnast,v
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fe.nepirteea thess
all claim to the character of being the orsftion which we are in
who sent them thither. That is the-Pposition.
It is full of
at present. It is a truly alarm
reform of the House of
peril.comm onTshere must be a sweeping

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