The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-31

IN this refpect lHssr, besr) Public opiw,on nop "
ors s s or *. FORMED s,nsa Gu. y door. e e.
hear look seth great apprehens.on 20 state Of Aing
IN nnien persons, hoGsvs, as ys. ,sAolly iyepensso
look Nth apprehension to state of things IN loAic
those whoa nog call 'tAs gentlemen Of ne platform
haze intuenee BY their speeches than 'Ae Oemfeme
Of the House Of Ccmmonsn Hear, Aear) T1St ssate D
things has been grouing in ibis esHtry. IL fills me sr
considerable alarm. Ihnow the importance Of Watching
public opinion nov the importance OF endeavoring
direct it. 1t appear to me that public opinoa-HI ma
so express mJ sslf-in manner resembles great rive
iDpsrcepsbly, and without dssssr' sppsisns,, in III
eyes of those upaccustomed to their progress but
sos area &c susn that y
every thing before THIN. The watsrs, howevsr,
distribpt.d BY pruds,t and udicious management int
conyiion then that II essential 70 the good working
of the nittutiop that Parliament should direct fa
as possible, public OPP MON, that make this motion
Hear, hesr) msie it for the purpose OF enabling
sople (cbsers) make it for the purpose Of inducing
you to the foot of the throne the faithful inter
prefers Of public opinion tear TO state respectfully
the extent Of public COMPLAINT to state your determine
ion and that Of the opls 70 assist her Majesty With a
ind necessary war; but at the tins TO stats you
opinion that the government must be conducted ON thu
consideration OF their Of serving the State Hear
bssr 1t vas the conduct Of the government, anl ro
that OF the Generals which he wished to comment on
All pre- para'cns for var, the most obvious, h&t
bten neglected; and the new War Department. had I'd
fight battles at home and wrest usurpsd authority from
. step in the right direction. These combined exped
tons both into the Baltic and the Black ssa
and the evils ef divided command were realized spit
of the utmost coroality and good the part oil
the Generals AS for the Baltic, where troops and
tnps o. ar small SIsSs n ss spsih needed
a failure was the result. Then, in the Black Sea
after shifting about from Gallpoli to varns, two
fultct had hann tad
tons to sebastopol and Eupatora instead Of vigorous
blows struck in Asia ard on the Danube by which lat
at present she had been left in state of isolation, and
overawed by Russia unable to give US any q sist
anes Hs s would say moth ng Of the Of
faithful of history but when he told that those
suferings had been caused ny systsm, he recognized
stead Of soaring above with Vigorous grasp q mind
Il that qusy Of mind which had sent their
had sent Mr. Yorse. Sir James Harris, and his own
father to take their aeats among the Peers Of England
Actusted by this feeling, hs trusted their lordahips
would place themselves 'front.' OF pubic opinion, aud
not be led by it, and lay at the foot of the throne the
complaints and Of the country at large
lot to read such concocton Of assurances
tanned in Lord Eenboroughs resolutions supported b
was quite i'm possible to meet those resolutions by d.
rect negative, for to many parts Of Them he gave hs
cordial assent No could view the ausrngs Of the
army with greater regret but he could not admit that
thore suerugs had arisen from the misconduct OF theI
government at home We had suffered, in fact, FRONT
having been involved suddenly in war after forty
Of peace nd economy and the army, he was hap.
Ply to ray 1t was recovering from Its misfortunes
re,ss. 0x them % BY 'he the Duke Of
which had tiuce been adapted and carried out by|
the government Lord EsnSSorSugh called on tn.
U but he forgot that he and bis friends
they chose and that they had
destined the task. So far from viewing the action OIL
thought that act 90 salu,ar, but the public must
by this time that it bed Of roses to undertake.
the task Of government At such CRISIS and that mi
times like thsfe change Of admin tration hight
matter. For this II for other reason, he trusted
the House would show its Of these resolutions,
jsctipg them and the executive with renewed
vgor to carry ON the great war in which the country
The Earl Of HARDwIcKE in q speech of considerable
length enumerated series Of s)unders which had been
fatal to the success Of the war; and intimated his inten
ticn of voting for ths resolutions.
The Earl Of ELGIN in . short, but able speech de-
cared that he felt bound to oppose the resolutions on
the ground that the whicb had befalen the
army not justly attributable to the government,
end because be Thought 10 bs his duty, undo, exist
ing e,cumsssncss 10 nsa!en 'as nsnas ., rne 40
atoms.
After some observatops from Lord wIScHIlsxA in "a
vor of the resolutions,
Lord GRAsyLIE defended the govsrnmsnt from the a.
tacls Ct Lord Ellie ough and wtiy exposed the
ceved notion that the Of tn. country
directed by clique OF Covers Cavendshes and Howard
10 the exclusion Of all other families high low, the
fact being that Offices Of great trust aud i'm portance had
been Offered by LORD Palmerston to who h,d risen
from the middle classes entire tbeir exsrons.
The Earl Of DERBY in speech OF great length and a5
lily expressed bis hope though he differed from Lord
EentorouPh In many Of his views that the resolu lions
would b pressed to division for the purpose Of testing
the feeling of the House
The Duke OF Newcastle, the Marquis Of clanricards,
the Marquis Of Lsnsdo~pe and other roble lords also
addressed the Boue, after which Lord marlborough
Piled and their erdsbips divided, when the numbers
For the resolutions. II
Against. ISL
Majority ............. ITO