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

itle of this day.)
(From the Morwing arm The Earl of Ellenborough, whether doing the work of the
Nationhe
or only of the Tories, at least did that work we
[ Into his elaborate criticisms on the errors which alleges
to have been committed in the military
management of the
war it is net 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-
begon 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
so triumphantly successful as the national flatterers Pro-
mised, have arrived at a conviction that there were radial
defects in the system, which ought to be remedied by resolute
men, relying on a generous support from Parliament and the
people. The disposition of the public mind is rather to look
forward than to rot on the pa _to seek a remedy rather
than a re That o affairs have been mismanaged is
beyond avenge.
h sourwe
preclude such mismanagement in to
future /
pt by experience, and
was scarcely too severe on Lord Pal-
meLoratrdan.Ellecn, boparohlluagh instructors"
were not alone in their' ex-
tectaton of the that the noble viscount would have comprehended
he grandeur opportunity offered him by an almost
unanimous people, would have wielded with a
firm and vigorous hand the Dictatorship forced upon his ac-
ceptance. Yes, what every man in the nation saw to be the
t nlf true solution of the great difficulty of the time, was pre-
cisely t'iat which Lord Palmerston either could not, or would
not, understand. He thought that he had, done enough, when
he offered offices to cm fain 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.

(Prom the Daily News of this day.)
The Peers have negatived Lord Ellenborongh'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 surethat 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 protegee, 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 individual recrimination, and boldly appealing
for popular support by the manly and straightforward avowal
of the great principle of Administrative Reform. "I am not
a convert," exclaimed the noble Earl, " to that principle, be-
cause I have alwai s maintained it ; and because I hare
alwitys, when I had the power, applied it, in practice." The
fault of the speech, as a speech, manifest'y arose from its
having been too hastily fore-shortened in accordance with some
suggestion 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 five-and-forty minutes. In a word,
people expected a tempest, and were consequently not veil,
much moved by the picturesque, but harmless, threatening of
a thunder-storm'that passed off withoat 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 shil%
boleths are used by rival factions ; but to cheat the middle
classes out of their rights is the ultimate, though unuttered)
aim'of both,

i (From the Morning Post of this day.)
Lord Ellenberough might as well have moved a simple vot•
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 aged with fairness and
candour his desire for another- change' of Ministry, which
1d
, 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-
ance. In his whole attack on the conduct of the war he
slurs over the fact, that the Palmerston is not the Aber-
een Ministry—that the spirit of Lord Aberdeen is not
the spirit of Lord Palmerston—that Lord Panmure is
not the Duke of Newcastle—that we 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
u constitutional and representative country.

( From the Morning Herald of this day.)
The sole reason for the motion made by the Conservative
parts- 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 Derby 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, and 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.

' ( Front the Morning Advertiser of this clay.)
The speech of Lord Ellenborough will prove a heavy blo
and discouragement to the oligarchical system, out of which
onr disasters and dishonour have arisen. A great portion 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 net 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
subsciption with a request that his name may be enrolled as
a meber ; but still the association may, so fares all practical
purposes are concerned, regard him hereafter as one of thei
body They must feel—at least they ought to feel—that they
owe e debt of gratitude to the noble lord for his speech last
night.

.
Locd . Ellenborongh was very severe in his remarks on the
Houst 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- '
dencei of the country. Who will deny the truth of the asser-
tiOn V Poll the entire population of the kingdom, and you
will riot find one intelligent person wh does not share the
opiniOn of the House of Commons, which the noble lorclso
plainly and so forcibly expressed. The fact is ono whdich_or a
can-
not be too deeply deplored. It is ominous, indeed, f
when the
countiry boasting of its representative institution:t,
to
express
very ;nen whom the people return to ere!
atheir a
1 which we are in
!viiinewtos
tahnedcghiavieaucttetreraanbeeehtige tihieeirfPe.eilinoigsau:
who sent them thither. That is the
at present. It is a truly alarn.lingrPef°orm
of the House of
peril., There must be a sweeping lx)ssi iti o n representatives
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Ellenborongh could confound the hereditary titles and station
ho
utDsho:eys thatidon
nootts
geniusa vouar
accompanyn od f
valouriro
of the House of Peers with the achievements in which they
distinctions,mt 4 :mk theirbermembers
0 originf
tthaotuH:
tary descent 7 The very charge brought against AristocraCc
ntyhet:c oiblynif eihrnedretdh thesei-
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-
sessed, 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, for they are the essence
of an hereditary aristocracy. In their proper place, we do
not dispute the services they may render to the State;
but the rule which predominates in the House of Lords is
mis.
chievons 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
Lord Ellenborough could not have selected a more paradoxi-
cal example of the proposition he professed to assert than
that appeal to the House of Peers with which he concluded
his speech: _ .