The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-30

chartered Their own steamboats,, bought thsr owa
SEES provisoned their men, and took out their
cterie within twenty four hours after they arrived
they commenced WORK, and they completed their
tract one month within the given time. (Loud
than that OF the ucompsteney of government officials
with the business liz powers OF single firm sssrs
Peto Cor Hear, hear) On that comparison he took
lis stand. There rcial undertakings the
city OF London which could vie in the magnitude Of
operations and the extent of their with
any OF the Continental kingdoms, but they could no.
expect TO meet with success II they conducted their
Affairs On tie same principles az the government
aged public service For instance II any time il
ccncern-for new blood necessary at
times to every undsrtakiug-the head Of the Arm
to take charge Of the particular department and
perhaps 1t might be one Of his own clerks, VINO had
come in as junior clerk, aud who by his ability and
perseverance, bad proved himself worthy Of promotion
(Hesr) In the formation OF mt no wever IL
was generally the and over again. and
even when IL found necessary to iniuse new blood
stance. there Sir W. Molesworth, who was
first taken into the government when Lord Absr-
deems aorinistraton was formed He was gen.
teman Of considerable talent, of arstocratt, fami-
Y, but OF hteral opinions. He hal devoted long
lie 10 the sxsm nation of colonial affairs. and
thoroughly up the subject but, of course 1t would
wss = snSisct he understood-(a iaugh)-so he vas
capped INTO the Woods and Forests (Hear, hear }
The consequence Was that there was not worse
managed board at This moment than the Woods and
Forests. (Hsar) Then there was Mr.. Bernal Osborne
(aughter), ready debatsr, AMI always thorn In q
ministers side. He must have place, too SO he
made Secretary of the Admiralty, a place which he
knew nothing about and the consequence was that Mr.
Osborne hac the hardhood to mantain in his place 10
the House, that whatever ght be the defects OF the
Iomm ssat the War Office, other depart ments, tbs
Admiralty was perfect Hear hear, and lsughter.)
Lord Pawerston ha1 evidently found a response in the
feelings of the meeting Cbeers Was 1t not notorious
that the noble lords time evr since mis- access'o to
Office had been spent IN amusing not IN instructing the
lecisiaturey (Hear hear On one occasion ne went so
far state that while the srstocratis classes had
done their duty while they had evinced t.ent energy
and bravery the field ali the disasters had arisen
from the unbusiness like habits of the middle
classes (Laughter This reseived in the House OF
Commons with loud cheers, though a urtounded,
wanton ton never made. Hear, hear) II
there one profession more than another which was
recruited from the weather. MIDDLE classes II was the
army tor 1t there that they could pur by their
money that rank which many of them mach coveted
The ranks Of the army in TACT filled with the sons
OF our merchants bankers, and On the
other hand there any branch OF the public service
which had been protituted 70: political purposes was
the civil ssrvse BY whose influence we're tho Ordnance
the Vicuang Board, the Transport Board the CUSTOMS
and the Excise 6lled9 1t would be found that almost
every official those departments had obtained his post
by par Elementary infuepce-whig influence at one time,
tory influence at anothef-but in almost all it
the influence OF member of Parament which had bssa
instrumental in procuring the berth mercantile man
who transacted his business on that principle, would
very find himself in Baspgha street, and this
just the why the nation served by incomps
tent while the mercantile frms got the compstent
people. Hear He appealed to every who had ever
had not found in the officials belonging to them an
amount of impairment felfhuciency joined to incompe-
teDcy whsh would not be tolerated for moment in
ercantile establishment. (Hear 1t was NO wo ader,
then, that 6isgusted with such ncompessncy and mis-
rule in the dets Of every department. OF the public scr
vice, With the prospect Of long before it, and
knowing that millions O, the public treasure and the
lives brave solfiers were entrusted to such men
these, the whoie nation had reused itsef and de
Ddnded cih roice Immediate administrative reform.
cloud and continued cheers Hs was now exprs ssing
the MOP he ielt confident, of iarse OF tnng
ing whose natural desire to keep in the retire
nent Of their chops and contingencies, but who felt
Themselves constrained to 0rwArd at such crisis
reform of the customs sgitated-he had never bs
fore sppeaied to puoc assembly such as this; his
proper place in the oountnghouse and his pleasure
was there too but in criss Use the present, 1t was
the duty OF every citizen to stand forward, to speak
plainly, and act firmly and it because he felt that
the part he taking forced upon him hy bis
duty 10 his country and 10 his t-ow ctzans tn he
hac presented himself before taem to second this motion
cloud cheers)
faction ia supporting the resouoo He fully coucurred
in the remarks ef Mr. Gasiot that this tiuo whsn
beloved every lover OF his country 70 stand forward 10
do bis best 70 give effect to the unstakabs expression
OF tie national wiz (Hear, hear The country At the
present moment felt Itself hum lated at home and de-
Irecated abrcad-not because ITS impair
ed that there any want Of that patriotism which
had alxays been distinguished element in the British
cberacr but oecaueA its had been squander
ed and its ala previously msmanaged in every direc
ton. They must Apply remedy, constitutional and
The sniyit az lbs r.,;on rhso semontrsteS could he
for nd rf because IL was foapcet upon resson
and MT actuats6 by ambitious Or selfish motives.
They attached body Of aud part ;ular govera
mept but imperfect, alroost rotten system iear,
hear The mdG'c classes knew something about the
in which business ought TO bs condu .ted, and
although they did rot pretend 10 be erea. dpomatist
or to understand sn parts OF tie machinery o;
The State, they could Judge such matters as the hire
OF Transports the suppy OF stores the regularity with
which contracts performed and they could that
there lsmentable want of foresight ia qua rters
where it ought Dot 20 exist woy t. every 70
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with their boas;ed institutions Was 1t for the interest
OF humanity, civilization and religious trusn that this
country fhoud to have that moral weight, that
just nusnc among orher natoos TO which she was
titled, while she sought her own aggrandizemsu
by improper means? (Che.rs,) Administrative reform
would be work Of time, and II required consideration,
but 1t be carried out Soue of the evils to be
msded we're obvous, such for instance as tie extra
ordinary up6tnes OF certain for particular Offices,
ard the unnecessary, restraints imposed
upon the choice Of nnec highly respec'ab bsronet
filed the Office of )hapceor of the ENcbequer but
If unusually winter had not premssorely, in
all probability, Terminated tie exstence of the RICH.
hor geptlepan's father be would not have hal seat
PsrlaGeDt aud the country ccuIa not have had the
benefit Of hs services He saw no reason why Minis
ters Of The Grown should not sit 10 Parliament es
oGdo 10 transact business Why should they limit
the circle from ~htch the memsers OF government
Ssep by ing that all ministers must be med
bars OF Parliament! LORD MeioouInes fe'ecton OF MIR
Shell, gent mao who knew nothing about trade, to
fiji the office of Vice President OF tie Board o. Trad,
merely because he WAS me mber OF Parltament was an
instance of the other evil to which he had referred
Hear, hesr). They had been told to be careful how
they stirred agitation but he thought they ought 10
look the evils Of which they complain I'd in the face
(Htar hear If they preferred staguaion to agtstoa
If the Moderate Of the middle classes would not
the that had be DONE let them take that
not dane for them by others less compstent than
themselves. Hear hesr). Their ouy object was thst
the country oud be governed that should remain
the same nigh position it had hitherto occupied.
(Hesr, hssr)
The resolution wss abou. TO be put, when
Mr. A. WALKER addressed the Chairman from the gal
lery above the platform, and asked permission,
LIVERY man Of Loncon, To propose amendment as he
thought the terms OF the resolution not sufficiently
strong.
The CHAIRMAN said be cid not feel disposed TO curb
there spythng hhe division among them they had
better pevtr nave met. (Cheera).
Mr. WALkFr then attempted to speak, but
ceives with fuch strong expressions OF dsspprobaton
that after UNNECESSARILY endeavorng for minutes
to obtain o hearing, he tore up his amen iment.
The CHAIRMAN stated that Mr. Walser had agreed not