New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-15
ROEBUCk'S COMMITTEE on THE MISus
AGEMENr OF THE WAR

IheTs was crowded attendance IN the How q
Commons to listen 10 the explanations OF tie q.
Ministers, sid TO The debate on Mr. RoEBUcxs -.
ton for Committee. LORD PALMERsros enterea 4.
House at o'clock, and immediately moved thss q,
order of the day be postponed until after the oonl
GRAFTON Of Mr. Rcebuck's Committee. ~.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM proceeded to state tue M.
sons which led TO his resignation Of office. "
had hoped that the change in the Cabinet -
the measures OF Administrative reforms VIA
had sresdy been inaugurated, in his On,
and other departments, would have beea n.
cepted by the House as satisfying ils dso ,aex,
for pact msdeeds, snd securing better m-nsgsusot
10 future. This not beng the case, snd n nquk,
by Committee being stil insisted upon he fslt -.
bic 20 saI cuon or accept proceeding which 10 h.
lieved 70 be alike unnecessary, unjust and iaexssi
ent. Tie might be taunied, he said, with desert;a,
his colleagues at period Of great dificulty-bVtH
denied that he was sdesert.r be had taken posnis
by the sice of his colleagues 70 resist inquiry al
they not lie hsd abandoned the position
Mr.. SYDNEY HERBERr trusted that the House vooA
slow him 10 explain the reasons of his resignen
Tie position he held differed somewhat from thath6d
by Sir Jelnes Graham and Mr. Gladstone be hNh,
been connected with one o. the War DepartAsus
and, therefore, implicated In the censuIe pissA "
the House upon the management Of thoss Oseet
ments. The motion OF Mr.. R0ebuck divided tsli
into iwo poitors-One related 10 the conduct 4 n
Department at houe, connected with the suppI q
the army in the field the other referred 10 the aEs
OF the amy before Say tstopoL 10 the hrsl pat d
the motion, be had no objections but tho appointment
of a committee hsd another aud a wider scope. He
corside red with Sir ames Graham that the mosnlsr
a Committee equivalent 70 a vote of censUrA
TIE general expectation was that when the Esdw
Abeldsens administration was at an end, no noso
would have been heard OF THE Committee. But nns
country determined that there should be ssscA,
ing inquiry, q Select Committee was not the bet
most constitutional, or most efficient mode. Aa
vote Of ceDsufe therefore, the motion now vses
less; as an inquiry il would be a mere shan lie d.
approved this Committee, and, If were resist 9le,M
would rot be party to it
Mr.. GLADsOsE commenced his explanation byH
ferriDg 10 lis communications with the Earl Of Do.
by curing the latters attempt TO form Govern
melt. He alec set forth at great length, his motives
fer Joining the existing Administration, not sithitrd
ing the demsslcn of the Earl OF Aberdeen, on whooe
character he took occasion to pass warm paneyre,
He (Giadstone) re read the objections he had o1ee4
on the goth Of Japusly. 10 the pIoyosa, TOT -
mlttee, ard sskeo If i were wonderful be shCue ~
sign bic office rather than be party to the measure
be had so denounced. lie denied that the Hssn
would be scting constitot'onsl'y in entering upa
such an investigation pending great military
operation. A Committee of Punishment i w
not iniSndeSa iea "fsais was not the non %Ss
eflectual or most expeditions form of remedy ThsS
what wee il 1t was a Committee of Goverausnf
taking out Of tie hands OF the Ministers Of the Crow
urging at much length other objections 10 the propose
inquiry. be concluded by expressing q hope IN y
had ade il clear that the ground upon which b. ~
his friends had acted, was not an aversion TO nqsu
into the calarnitie. in the Ciimea, into impat&
acknowledgement
Several members spoke for and against the motion
for Conn ittee Mr. BRIGHT stating that 50 lsQu
Lord Pomerston endesvored to terminate this wwN
negotiation, no vote Of his (Brghts) should be ivd
TO shake his power or 10 change his position; N
which H
Lord PALMERsToS said he should not utter val
OF criticism upon the which his late c)sssDU
bad thought it their duty TO pursue. He himsslfks
from the frst objected TO this Committee, and -
Jeotons In some degree remained; but il was i0ooe
sible ret to see that the great majority which -
affirmed the motion had acted upon two distinct NJ
tives. One portion thought an inquiry ought tot4
place. but another supported the motion -
cause they considered it to be q vote OF =
confidence in the Government. The country ~
up the inquiry in the former sense; the country y
manded inquiry, and that opinion Of the countvr
acted upon the House He found himself, thereio9n
this positoI-.hat he could not persuade the Hoase
rescind its vote, or postpone the Committee, dfaes
he had hoped that when he had stated the changeeeo
inquiries ne bad proposed to make, the House vcsh
have consented to defer it. But hefo)uld no. 49,
take the task Of forming an Administration apps =
chsnee Of the House resembling it's vote, nor 49,
he shrink from bis post, If /. could not be pesuN1
do so. No doubt there might be inconvenieno =
IN the country presenting the spectacle OF sGow
meIt in ObeyaDce at period 80 critical 10
been asked by MIR. Bright il he intended 10 abids y
the propositions for peace already settled. No.
plied that be did intend to abide by them, and -
the Instructions with which Lord John Russell -
provided were founded upon them. ano the Cow
ment was prepared to negotiate in good fsltn 2
they failed in obtaining peace consistent viii
eecurity Of Europe, il would be the1 duty 70 -
cute the war with vigor necessary to oriDgnSSS
fer MT md 10 -
they would not appeal in vain to the gener'as"F
port OF Parliament.
Mr.. DIsRAKLI considered that the explsnsiou ~
en- by Lord Palmerst0n was not only unsasisiSsy
but Inconsistent inasmuch as he no Longer w.
the Committee TO which he had previously oys'.
in the strongest language. Disraeli reviswsa
conduct Of Palmeiston at considerable length,
conteDded that. If there was no precedent fof ~
Committee, ii was the duty OF tbs House 10 eats'
one. a.
After protracted remarks by other membenu
motion for Committee was agreed TO, and, ~
considerable can assipg, the ioio"Ing we're ~.
mated. Lord Seymour, bes.rs. Layard, bramse
John Ball, E. Ellice, 5. Q, Lewis, Gen. rsel,
be a quorum. The House then adjourned til ~
At Birmingham and other town., meetings hsi be-
held or were to be held, in condemnation Of the -
management of the war, and in favor of the iDqag'
DISTRESS IN ENGLAND-RIOTs AT LIyEF
POOL AND LONDON.
Des,tution in England had almest resched il hs&
From the combined causes Of an unusually ev@
winter, unusually dear prices for all description
provisions, and total stag nation of trade, the -
are in deplOrabIe state. Many thousand lss0's
have been for weeks without food, excepting theT
plies Of charity.
In Liverpool the times have been peculiarly M ':~
in consequence of frost having stopped the sfsssS
building works. and from the continuance Of 80
wiLds having prevented the arrival Of Amencn
ping. The Absence of shipping alone deprived ~
5000 dock laborers and poriefs OF work, ana. -
descriptions Of laborers there were NOT iesu
Is COO nen destitute Of employment. ConI