New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-24
ANOTHER BRITISH REVELATION.

papers of Sir A. BUrDes, published by his father
in order to clear his memory from the false im-
putation, csst upon him by Lord PalmeratoD, Of
having initiated the infamous and unfortunate
Afghan war, and proving to evidence that the
o.caled dispatches Of Sir A. Burnes, as laid
before Parliament by Lord Pamerston, were not
Only mutils.ed to the entire pefyersiOn of their
original sense. but actu,ly fslsifed aud inter-
poated with passages forged for the express
purpose of misleading public opinion-with this
single exception, there has, perhaps, never ap-
peared series of documents more damagingto
the reputation Of the British Government! and of
the caste which enjoys hereditary tenure of Of
fce in that country, than the correspondence be-
tween Sir James Graham and Sir Charles Napier,
u,t published by the old Admiral with a view
to yiDdicste his own character.
In this controversy Sir Flames Graham possesses
one great advantage over his adversary-no reve-
laiiou whatever is likely to lower his character
in The worlds judgment The man who loudly
boosted Of having been an accomplice in the
murder of the Bandieras; who stands convicted
of having regularly opened, and tempered with,
private letters at TIE Londen Post Office for the
mere benefit of the Holy Alliance; who spaniel
Ike licked tie hands OF the Emperor Nicholas,
when he landed on the English shOre;
who even exaggerated the atrociOus cruel
ty of the new English Poor Laws by
his peculiar method of administering them;
ard who, but few months ago, yainly
attempted in q full House TO throw upon
Mr.. Lsyafd the odium of the injuries he had
himself inflicted upon poor Captain Christie
such man may be fairly considered character
proof. There is something mysterious in his
public career. Possessed neither of the uncom-
mon talents which allow Lord Palmerston to
belong to DO party, nor of the hereditary party
influence which enables Lord John Russell to
dispense with uncommon talents, he has never
theless succeeded in acting prominent part
among British statesmen. The clue to this rid
die is TO be found not in the annals of the history
Of the wOrld, but in the annals of fnnch.
la that instructive periodical there &C.
curs, year after year, picture drawn
from the life, and adorned with the laconic
inscription: "Sir Robert Peel's Dirty Boy"
Sir Robert Peel was an honest man, though no
erea. man: but above all, he wssa British states
man, a party leader, forced by the very exigen-
cies of bis position to do much dirty work, which
he was rather averse to doing Thus, Sir
James proved true godsena to him, and thus
SIR James happened TO become an inevitable
man, and great man too
Sir ChallesN Ter belongs to family alike dis
tinguiShed BY their gifts and their eccentricties.
The Napiers, amid the present tame race ofmen,
impress one with the notion of some primitive
tribe, ensbled by their natural genius to acquire
the arts of civilization; but nos to bow before
its conventionalities, TO respect its etiquette,
or to submit to its discipline. If the Napiers
have always done good service to the English
people, they have always quarreled with and
reyolted sgainst their government. Ii they pos
cess the value of HOmeric heroes, they are also
somewhat given 10 their staggering mood.
There wss the late General Sir Charles
Napier - undoubtedly the most ingenious
soldier England has possessed since the times
of Marlborough but not more noted for his con-
quest Of Scinde than for his quarrels with the
East India Company, which were prolonged be-
youd the grave On the part of his family There
is General Sir W. Napier, the first writer
in the military literature Of England, but not
less famous for his eternal feuds with the British
War.Office-whose regard for the narrow preju.
dices Of his countrymen is so small that, at rst,
bis celebrated history fthe Peninsular War was
unanimously denounced by the British reviews
as "the best French account ever given Of that
THAT War" There is also the antagonist Of
Sir James Graham, old Admiral Napier, who
mide his renown by unmaking the order, Of his
superiors. As for this last burly scion Of the
Nspierf, Sir James fancied be had wrapped him
in boa-constrictor folds but they finally prove to
be- mere conventional cobwebs.
Sir James Graham, NJ first Lord Of the Admiralty,
deprived Sir Charles Napier. on his return 10 In
gland Of hs command in tho House of Com
m0un hs pointed 10 him ne tho responsible author
Of The Baltic failure. IN proof Of which hc quoted
soihe passages from his private letters ho nc.
cusSd him ~ having shfunk from Tho oieou
ton 81 the bold orders ha had received from tho
Admiralty EDaii hu oppressed holie that
etLef Lind 81 tho Admiralty would al any future
tine be ih'DhsiiefAie enough To- hoist Eh
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psPs's at bis disposal as Fighting thailey who.
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