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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
GLOBE.—The morning papers contain the fol-
lowing unostentatious announcement :—" Lord El-
lenborough arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday."
How striking is the contrast aflorded by his Lord-
ship's return from, and his departure to, the country
where he has " strutted and fretted through his little
hour ;" alternately exciting ridicule by his bombastic
follies, and inspiring fear for their probable results on
the empire which, in an evil hour, was intrusted to his
rule ! His Lordship left this country with honour—the
representative of his Sovereign, and the selected agent
of the Ministry, in the administration of our posses-
sion in the East. At the dinner given by the East India
Directors in celebration of his appointment, Lord
Ellenborough deemed it consistent with his position
to pass oblique censures upon the acts of his predeces-
sor ; and to enter upon a rather elaborate exposition
of the policy which he would adopt and carry
out in the government of India. Observance of
existing treaties—a careful abstinence from aggres-
sion upon the territories of native princes, arid a
constant demonstration of a pacific disposition,
were to inspire confidence in British honour
and moderation. The dominion of Britain in
India under his rule was to be kept within limits
clearly defined and prescribed. Condensation of ter-
ritory was to be the object of his constant solici-
tude ; and extension of dominion, by annexation or
conquest, was to be avoided, as tending to weak-
ness, distrust, and disorganisation. Lord Ellenbo-
rough's first proclamation on his arrival at the seat of
Government, breathed the same pacific tone ; and was
fraught with promises of moderation, justice, and
equity. The temple of Janus was to be closed under
his rule—the blessings of peace were to be cherished
by his smile science and arts were to be fos-
tered by his patronage—a new era, in fact, was
to commence with his administration. The acts of
Lord Ellenborough have strangely disagreed with
his promises and proclamation. From the date on
which his first manifesto went forth from the Govern-
ment House at Calcutta, to the hour when the
letter of reed from the Court of Directors reached
his hand, the Governor-General seemed determined
to exhibit the humiliating spectacle of a ruler
who had the power of conferring a large amount of
benefit on the people of his government, by merely
pursuing the straightforward course which he had,
prescribed to- himself; buf 'who' alternately' abused
his powers to purposes of puerile display, and of posi-
tive mischief to the empire. Lord Ellenborough dis
appointed the hopes he had himself raised. By acting
on a policy which, in the strongest language, he had
repudiated and condemned, he virtually pronounced
condemnation on himself; and invited all men to
concur in the sentence. He speedily diminished
the power of achieving extensive and lasting good
which he possessed when he entered upon the go-
vernment. Every monthly mail brought news of
some new freak of the Governor-General. His fustaiit
proclamations, and especially his general orders for
restoring the sandal-wood gates to the Hindoo temple
of Somnauth, with his bombastic address upon the oc-
casion—intended to imitate the Oriental style, but
which exhibited more of burlesque than imitation—
exposed his person to ridicule, and his high office
to scorn and contumely. Then followed the in-
dulgence of his vanity in military pomp and dis-
play. His projected expeditions—his army of
reserve, and his army of occupation—his march-
ings and counter-marchings—his reviews of troops
and his projects of aggrandisement. The deposi-
tion of the Ameers of Sinde, and the annexe
tion of their territory to the British dominions, were
marked by perfidy, and pepetrated by a mixture of
fraud and violence. The monstrous violation of
treaties, and the effect it was !ikely to produce gene-
rally on the native powers, at once astounded and
alarmed those who had previously only ridiculed and
despised Lord Ellenborough's indulgence of character-
istic vanity. The memorble exhibition on the plains
of Gwalior completed the eventful history of Lord El-
lenborough's personal puerilities. The " Brumma-
gem Napoleon" closed his military career with that
display of his genius for heroic deeds. The speech
with which he took leave of his brave troops at the
grand military banquet given to him, on the verge of
his departure, by a subscription raised by the military
officers—at which his successor, Sir Henry Ilardinge,
with great good taste, declined to be present—wound
up the spectacle of " Lord Ellenborough in India."
It might be easily worked up to a grand scenic ex-
hibition. At Astley's, or some other grand eques-
trian stage' it would draw crowded houses, and elicit
unbounded applause.
STANDARD.—The Duke of Victory has availed
himself of the legal and constitutional termination of
his official career—his regency de jure—to offer a
brief justification of his conduct during the period
that he actively performed the duties of that office,
and we confess we can discover nothing ridiculous or
ill-timed in his apology. It appears to us to have
been penned in the spirit of modesty and moderation
which has characterised his whole official career. A
capricious :Contemporary, who is " everything by
turns, and nothing long,' sneers at the fact, "so illus
trative of the actual position of Espartero at the present
moment," that it bears date London. That it does
so is owing to the very " purity of conduct and mo-
tive," which is admitted by his assailant to have
actuated him throughout the difficulties with which he
has been surrounded. Had the Duke of Victory dared
to exercise the power which had been so tyrannically
enforced by his successor; could he have reconciled
it with his conscience to have employed the means
of maintaining his position which have been re-
sorted to by that semi-brigand dictator; Spain, in
spite of the intrigues which had been fomented
against him, might still have been at his feet, and
his resignation of his trust might have borne
the date of Madrid instead of London. It has been
well remarked that the unostentatious privacy in
which he has lived since his arrival in this country
affords the best reply that could be given to the im-
putation on him of any ambitious desires or mo-
tives in the course he has adopted ; whilst it has
supplied his enemies with a pretext for repeating
the charges of apathy and irresolution to which his
stedfast anxiety to avoid unnecessary bloodshed have
given rise. The qualities of Espartero as a soldier
have never been denied, and it cannot, therefore, be
believed that his extraordinary forbearance during
the first few weeks of the insurrection which was
organised, against him, could have been dictated by
other than the purest and noblest motives. Through-
out the entire struggle he acted wholly-on the defen-
sive ; avoiding on all occasions collisions which he
appears to have been conscious would have been fruit-
so far as the general tranquillity was concerned.
In all violent changes, and more especially such as
have lately agitated Spain, the people are almost
invariably the losers; for it is on such occasions
that military despotism finds the most advantageous
opportunities for its exercise. The Spanish people
Here brought to believe that they had reason to
complain of Espartero; but the series of atrocious
violations of their constitution ; the total disregard of
law and justice, and the despotic tyranny of their
present military dictator ; must have satisfied them,
to apply a Spanish figure of speech, that they
have " got out of the frying-pan into the fire.
All the recent advices from Spain are of one cha-
racter—anarchy, open or concealed, pervading all
parts of the country ; daily, almost hourly,
violations of constitutional liberty ; massacres
ithout trials, and trials without justice; a Govern-
ment which commands no confidence; and a Senate
selected at the point of the bayonet, and prepared
to turn upon its creators the instant it is enabled
to assume an independent position. And what
manner of person is the successor of him of whose
government the besotted people of Spain became
impatient P—An Ishmael, against whom every man's
arm is raised—a dictator, whose tender mercies
were hardly exceeded by the stork, sent by Her-
cules to punish the eternal croaking of the frogs,
after their appeal to him for a new regime. Need
we point at the late cold-blooded massacres; mur-
ders unsupported by even the pretext of judicial
deliberation ; the imprisonment of members of the
Senate on the mere ground of a difference of
political opinion ; the summary rejection of
the decisions of such constituencies as were not
disposed to return Moderado candidates ; and
the total disregard of the privileges enjoyed by