The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-30 00:00:00

Lord Hormuz vindicated the character of the Committee
against the charge of being desiron. of adopting any ronisa
t. s,reen the Noble Secretary for the Colonial Department.
Lord J RussaLL defended the Government and Lord
TORRINGTON. Without going into the minutise of the ques-
tion, he would simply say that Lord ToanINGTON had, in
the face of dissensions among the colonial servants, and a
deficiency of 8,0004 in the revenue, succeeded in placing the
finances in a satisfactory position, put down a f rmidable
rebellion, removed the causes which led to it, and rendered
the government of the colony easy to his successor. He
thought that these facts were sufficient to justify both the
Governor and the Ministry that appointed him.
Mr. DISRAELI considered that the question they had to
decide was, whether or not the Government of Ceylon had
been properly administered, and if nor, then the Colonial
Secretary was responsible for its mis-government.
Mr. BAILLIE replied, after which the House divided, when
there appeared—
For the resolution ... ... ... 202
Against it ... •. ... .... 282
Majority for Government ... -- 80
The House then adjourned at a quarter to Three.

The adjourned debate on the affairs of Ceylon, or
more correctly speaking, on the proposed impeach-
ment of Lord TORRINGTON, was last night brought
to a conclusion. The House divided at a late hour,
when, as we had anticipated, Mr. BAILLIE'S resolu-
tions were rejected by a decisive majority of 80 votes,
there being 202 for and 282 against the motion. We
rejoice to find that many Hon. Gentleman responded
to the heart-stirring appeal of the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman the Member for Cork, and refrained from
inflicting a wound upon the Ministry with which
they were dissatisfied, through the person of the
Noble Lord, who was set up as the butt to be shot
at, against whose honour, character, and reputation,
all in fact that renders life valuable, every shaft
might be aimed with impunity.
The motion was ingeniously framed for the pur-
pose of catching all stray votes, of arraying under
the standard of the Honourable Gentleman the
Member for Inverness-shire all those (and their
name is legion) who were discontented with the ad-
ministration of the Colonial office, and of the party
who style themselves philanthropists, believing that
any unnecessary severity, more particularly if it pro-
ceed to the extent of capital punishments, must be
deprecated—who think that insurrection can be sup-
pressed, and rebels and insurgents brought back to
their allegiance by soothing speeches, and rose-
water measures ; and that an important possession
of the Crown should be hazarded rather than strin-
gent measures of retaliation should be adopted
against those who had deliberately and wantonly
arisen against the existing Government of the country.
It is exceedingly fortunate for Lord TORRINGTON
trial; ne ass Deer] taus placed uFvu l,io uerence
before the Parliament and people of Great
Britain. The vacillating policy of the Government,
the shiftings and evasions more worthy of Old
Bailey practitioners than the Ministers of a mighty
nation, reflected a certain degree of discredit upon
their employee, on whose behalf it was supposed they
had resorted to such palpable and indefensible
tnenceuvres. Had the matter rested there, it would
have been impossible to have completely exonerated
Lord TORRINGTON from the grave and formidable
charges preferred against him. lie would have
been held responsible fur every act of omission or
commission properly chargeable against the Colonial-
office, and it would have been unjustly conceived
that the practical impunity accorded to his misdeeds
was ascribable to his close relationship to the First
Lord of the Treasury, and to the exercise of an un-
pardonable nepotism.
On the contrary, now that the real facts of the
case are made patent to the world—that Sergeant
MURPHY'S vigorous and powerful defence of his noble
friend has been circulated throughout the length and
breadth of the land—it is known that Lord TORRING-
TON, in place of being worthy of censure and punish-
ment, bas justly merited the thanks and gratitude
of his country for the vigorous and efficient
steps adopted, under circumstances of great difficulty
—steps which proved so eminently successful as for a
time, and to a superficial observer to convey the idea
that they were not essential to the safety and protec-
tion of the Colony. His character has been tho-
roughly vindicated ; his name, as a statesmanlike and
judicious Governor, has been placed in a position much
higher than his most sanguine friends could have anti-
cipated. The charges and accusations preferred against
him have been subjected to the most stringent and
searching investigation, and have not only been unsus-
tained by evidence, but clearly and distinctly rebutted
in every material point. It is now known that the mat-
ters so justly complained of respecting the management
of the case in the earlier stages of the proceedings are
not fairly ascribable to Lord TORRINGTON ; and hap-
pily for himself and for his future tranquillity, he has
not been sacrificed to the imbecility and weakness of
Ministers—the second victim of an illustrious family
—and that escape is solely owing to the pertinacity
and determination of his accusers.

Having thus, we hope, finally and conclusively
disposed of the case of the ex-Governor of
Ceylon, we must express our anxious desire
that Ministers will proceed vigorously during
the remainder of the session, now that the
rock ahead has been fairly weathered, and
that they have avoided the breakers which pre-
sented so ominous and threatening an aspect.
There can be no excuse for further delays or
procrastination. The session of 1851 must present
me appearance of progress. The 4iscussion (ll I)
on
the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill will
resumed this evening. Let them exhibit a degree
cannot always b
ficant rein° irittesdeif
of energy ,i,
to the emergency. The majority
andin
be defeated by a factious and insigai.
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and
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(not that we desire by any means to assimilate
6, the brigadiers" to the monarchs of the waste).
but when we fin I that their example is infectious, and
that even the I-lon. and Gallant Member for Lincoln,
and some of his friends have been following the
improper example set to them, we conceive it incum,
bent on the House to adopt immediate measures ade.
quate to the emergency, and calculated to abate tha
which has grown into an intolerable nuisance.

An event of scarcely less interest than the opening
of the Great Exhibition took place yesterday. Mr.
NVTLIA Great Model of the World (descriptions of
which, extracted from the columns of each of our co-
temporaries, will be found in another portion of The
Sun of this evening) was yesterday opened to view,
and the contemplation of this unique and wonderful
work is calculated to excite even a greater degree of

Col. TT UNNE, as the friend of Col. DROUGHT,
warmly de-
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and contended that the proclamation of martial law and the
sequestrations were justified by the circumstances of the
case. All the military and civil authorities of the colonies
bad approved of the proclamation of martial law. Ile con-
sidered that no case had been made out either against Lord
TORRINGTON or Earl GREY.
Mr. GLADSTONE conidered the resolutions as a vote of
censure 'on the entire Government, and as such he should
support them.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ascribed the suppression of the
rebellion entirely to the energetic measures adopted by Lord
TORRINGTON. He next referred to a charge which had been
brought against Lord TORRINGTON, by Mr. HUME, in the
previous night's debate, that letters had been burned which
had not been produced before the Committee. The Hon.
and Learned Member then read a letter from Lord TOR-
, RINTON, in which that Noble Lord entirely denied the truth
of the statement. The ArroxsEr-GENERAL concluded by
deprecating the injustice of the attack made upon the Noble
Lord.