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government means , and is of that still noble character which makes it restive under despotism , and especially of a "woman ' s and her minion ' s despotism , we see , in these ideas qf the new-men , some guarantee for future ^ stability . " Gettffinly , at whatever cost , we trust t&sgee the Spaniards left to themselves . Louis NstgJ ^ leon will remteEtt"ber that his uncle was trappeiliin . Spain ; andti&e English public o \ gght not 4 K > * fi > rget that ftsord Clarendon has biingled too much in Spanish politics to be trusted in an arbitration at such a crisis as this . , , ! » I
The brilliant weather is antagonistic to public movements" in England . The nation is feeling hot , indifferent to Parliament , and grateful for the fall in the price of corn—a fall that will be retained . We have had , in the Mansion House , a grand fashionable meeting for the propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts ; in the policecourt adjoining the Egyptian Hall a " great city merchant" being tried , at the very moment , for enormous malpractices in commerce ; and , also concurrently , atjthe west end of the town a , fracas B = > r "' y ' ' o
of respectable and pious people was going on , because they were an * doubts as to the sort of Gospel they "would endure here . ' ¦ * Which is the Church 'of England ? " is tiie question in Christian and civilised Belgravia : and that might be answered before our Bishops and our Secretaries of -State urge subscriptions for the behoof of the heathen , —who does not miss the Gospel , Assuredly , '¦ " Convocation , " which met the dav after
the Bielgraifian emeute , would look less absurd , if ^ we could trace in its aimless debates—remarkably like some of Mr . Liddell ' s " mummeries "any sign of a will , or even a wish , to deal like honest , not to say Christian , men , with a schism the existence of which renders the lives of half the-clergymen—who scowled at one another , on Thursday , in the Jerusalem Chamber—living lies and frauds .
The Oxford bill might also have been a question . The Commons are -to consider the Lords ' amendments on Thursday next . The most important change introduced by the Upper House was the restoration of popular instead of sectional election . The professors , however , who are . anxious for immediate power , side with the Heads of Houses in favour of the sectional plan , and the point will probably be contested in the Commons . All Liberals must rejoice and wonder at the liberalism , of the Lords in throwing out that part
of Mr . Jtoandell Palmer's clause , which was intended to protect the school monopolies at St . John ' s and New College . The u great twin foundations" are nurseries of Toryism of the least respectable kind , hermetically sealed against purifying influences . The Bame thing may be said of King ' s , the fate of which is bound up . with that of New College . On the whole , the bill , even in its present sliape , since it has been cut down by the
combined opposition oi Tories and independent Liberals , is a great , gain . In its original shape it went n , s far as could well be expected . It was dear that honest Tories and High Churchmen must be considered so long as they exist in their present force ; that is , if it is important that the new , . system should work . Anything which drove that elookent from Oxford to exclusive seminaries would bo a great misfortune—both to them , and tUo Oxford aesidents . .
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FPSJTION OP TJUE dOVBJlNMKNT—THE MJtNIS'jmit OP "WAIt . This expected great debate last Monday " wont ofly Lord John having announced to his <* supporters , " at , tb . o private meeting that day , and subsequently to { . he (^ position in tho Mouao , that ho meant , next week , toeomo down for more money for tho war ; the discussion on gonoral policy and the position of the Government having consequently to bo adjourned ttllrne ^ Monday , when a credit for 3 , 000 , 000 / . ie to P ^ WKen-ramountinff to a " confidence" vote . Tfteirtfte ( 17 , 300 / . ) ww > , howovor , moved on Monday W Mr& . jQhn , who explained how matters ( stood :
the explanation , aoaountkig to this , that there could not be an immediate v consolidation of the various military departments until the Duke of Newcastle saw his -way * better . His speech ( consisting of merely technical details ) lasted half an hour . "Sir "« T . P . A 5 KINGTON said he had listened to the noble lord'with fe&fings of tfae greatest astonishment and disappointment . The noble 4 ord has told them he hadsftfiated tfae views of ifae Government , bat it appeareti to him that that-vas exactly what Lbe coble lord'haduot ^ stated . vHecouldorily understand from the ntitrie lord that , TOth the single exception that the commissariat was to be transferred from the Treasury to the new department , the Government had formed no view on the subject , and that they had formed a new establishment , and appointed a new Secretary of State , without knowing what were to be the duties of that officer . He ( Sir J . Pakington ) . agreed that it was impossible for the Secretary for the Colonies adequately to fulfil the duties of the War Minister ; hut he thought trie Government ought not to have rested content with stating their opinions that , now we were involved in war , the duties should not be performed by the Secretary for the Colonies , Pie thought they had a right to expect that , before the Government came down with an estimate for a new Secretary of State , they were bound to make up their minds what were to be his duties . But the 4 *\«
vt rtT-v I ^ V 1 S ^* ms ^ m \ rt **! ' *•! ^>^ ^ % *^ ^ t ^ H * s ^ svt Al < * - » ' 1 ^ ft ** . ^ J * ' E ^ l * * rt tirn ^ noble lord had done nothing of the kind . ( This was hear-heared ; the House was evidently disgusted . ) Then , how is the administration of the army itself conducted ? "Why , for the conduct of the army there are no less than five departments . I speak now , of course , of what has been the state of things up to the establishment of this new . vrar department . The Secretary of State for the Colonies was theoretically and nominally the War Minister . . You then had the Horse Guards , with the Commander-in-Chief ; the Ordnance , under the Master-General ; the Commissariat , under the Treasury ; and you had the office of Secretary at War distinct from all .
Mr . Sxdstey Hebbert replied , endeavouring , in the first place , to reconcile with , his present position his speech early in the session , in answer to Mr . Hume , against any change in the war administration —this attempt to preserve consistency being a complete failure . Then he sought to defend his present position per se . . ' * With regard to the first complaint , I can only say that the Secretary . at War has nothing whatever to do with tho management of war . The duties of the Secretary at War are duties delegated to him by th <; Treasury , and he acts as a check on the expenditure of the army ; but that advantage would be lost if we had the Secretary for War exorcising the -whole executive functions of tho military department , and at the same time checking his own expenditure . I have
heard the honourable member for Montrose complain that the management of the navy is more expensive than that of the army , and I hare no doubt that the management of the aVmy has been more closely looked into than " anything else , and I believe the reason of the economy in that department is , that one man cannot spend any money without , another man ' s consent , imd not a step can be talwn by the Coinmander-in-Chief without the consent of the Finance Minister ; and I can only repent , that it is on that account that the military department has been conducted with so much economy . Tho right honourable gentleman objects to the office of Secretary nt War , and says that it is useless . Well , if it be useless , by all means abolish it , but I do not think that it is useless , and I hope that I have satisfied tho committee that it is the vital cause of economy in the
adminis-ATTBM ^ TS AT TIIE PUBLIC MONEY . In . committee of supply , on Tuesday , Mr . Geobob DmrbAB . asked the House of Commons to order the correspondence in tho case of Dr . Reid , the ventilator , whom MtvDundas represented as an ill-used man , among other reasons because he had been insufficiently iemnnerated . The House did not sympathise in the demand , the great ventilator being decidedly unpopular ; and Sir W . Molksworth , as commissioner of works , "was enabled to snub Mr . Dondas . He said thia ^ piestion had been settled by an arbitration to » which Dt-Reid had fully consented , and in pursuance of which 8250 / . had been paid to
that gentleman in full settlement of his claim . Dr . Reid had placed before the arbitrators a complete statement of his case , the matter had been thoroughly investigated during a reference of not fewer than thirty days , and the award had been made upon the maturest deliberation . The evidence alone occupied 5000 folio pages , and to print it would involve a cost of not less than 10 O 0 £ , an outlay perfectly thrown away , as not two members of the House , in all probability , would read a line of it . If the hon . member himself wished to peruse it , he could do so at full leisure at his ( Sir W . Molesworth ' s ) office . ( A laugh . ) He certainly could not accede to the motion .
Then Mr . Bowybr asked for a committee to inquire into the claims of one Mr . Sturgeon , who was a . porcelain manufacturer , resident in France at the time of the first revolution , whose property liad been confiscated , and who had never received proper compeftsation out of "the funds placed in the hands of the British Government to" meet such cases by the French Government on the Restoration . Mr . Wilson said that the case had been done justice to , that Mr . Stingeon ' s representatives had consented to take a certain sum in full acquittal of all claims , &c . &c . ; and on a motion official influence prevailed over a sense of justice , the committee being refused , but only by a majority of one , the numbers being 39 for and 40 against .
Singularly enough , the next question before the House was one of " compensation , " and the Govern - ment again carried their point by a majority of one . The claim was made by Admiral Walcot on behalf of Captain Dickenson , of the royal navy , who , some years ago , at great risks and sacrifices , and by great energy ,. got an-enormous salvage from the wreck of her Majesty ' s ship Thetis , wrecked ( in 1830 ) off the coast of Brazil , With a vast treasure on board ; the admiral on the station having reported against the possibility of saving anything ; , and having only reluctantly allowed Captain
JJickenson to make the attempt . The claim was for a larger allowance of salvage money than the Court oi Admiralty had allowed : the service having been arduous , and Captain Dickensoai , in prosecuting ' hie worlc during eighteen months , having expended a private fortune . Sir J . Graham resisted the application for the usual official reasons : hinting that Captain Diekenson now enjoyed a good situation at Greenwich Hospital , and had no right to be bothering the Government . The announcement of the numbers , whea the division came—40 to 41—excited great laughter in the House .
tration of the army , and , so f « r from wishing to aee it abolished , I should like to see its operation extended , for I do not fioo why tho whole expenditure for the materiel and personnel of tho Ordnance should not bo placed undor tho control of the Secretary at War . With regard to tho question , aa to whether tha Secretary of State for War find the Secretary at War should bo Cabinet Ministers , that is a point upon which I shall not enter , nnd , with rognrd to the genoral question , I can only say that I hove looked at it and considered it with perfect iinpartinlity . So far from attempting to prevent changes being made in the present system , I have urged tho noewsity of chunge , and I h « vo in Parliament spokon as to what woro tho evils to be remedied . I am sorry that tho right honourable baronet objects that thvro should bo two Cabinet Minister connected with tho Wnr Department ; bat it appeared to mo , and I liopu that I shall not bo thought euUty of aclf-STtfftcienoy , that , having been
FI . OCQINO IN TUB NAVYMr . W . Wiixiajhs brought tho flogging cases , in her Majesty ' s sloop "Star , " Warren , cominander , bofore the House of Commons on Tuesday : Mr . Williams said , that nearly all the crew of tho Star had been flogged , that many petty officers had been disrated to able seamen in order that they might bo put in a position to bo flogged , and that mmiy ablo seamen had been reduced to ordinary seamen . Ho on a former occasion asked the right lion , baronet tho First Lord of tho Admiralty , whether the statement was correct or not , when he suid that only a few punishments had taken place on botird tho Star , and that thoso punishments w « ro inflicted in u enso where some eeamen had stolen a Omsk of wino and got drunk upon it . He
( Mr . Williams ) had received a statement from tho Star , sanotioned by tho crew ; and ho indignnntly denied the charge , and was sure tho right hon . baronet b « d boon docoived . Ho would pluco his information aganiat the information of tho right hon . baronet , * tnd w « s ready to go into an inquiry with perfect conlidenco < if being able to allow tbut tho right hou . baronut had boon entirely misled . Tho right lion . _ baronet had refused to give tho return asked for by the motion , upon tho protonco Mint the Houbo of Commonu waa not n lit place for Uuving anything to do with cither the discipline or tho management of Ijor Majosty ' B navy . The House of Commons find done more lor tho navy and tho nriny llinn any Board of Admiralty or any Goinjniuider-in-ChM had ever dono , by oxnoaing tlic cruoltioa thut hud bcon
for a long time Secretary at War , and having , during that time , received most cordial support from every one conneoted with tho army , that haying fccstowed a very coinauorablo amount of attention on this subject , and from my lmowlcdgo of tho details of tho busineBS of tho Wflr-offlco , I thought tliat my services might bo of great value to iissisfc not only in promoting the eillcioncy of the army , but also in n « aisting tho Government in arranging in a linal and Batiafactory manner , tho various duties of tho War DopurlmQiit . I thought that I aUould not bo justified in resigning an office because it had becomo of , porlinpa , a little lesa importance , and , thorcforo , I undertook to oarry on tho duties of Secretary at War j and if tho right honourable nunllcman diuupprovoa of my doing so , I regret it ; but I can only say that tho amjlstuneo which I iruiy huvo civon to tho Government uhull continue to bo givou , and I hope that tho rcauli will bo , that wo Bhnll bo ubtu to lay upon tho titblo of the Houbo a dotnilod plan of tho omtiro change . " Tho House then emptied , and Colonel Dunno nnd Mr . George Butt , spunking would-be opposition , talked incongruities to half-a-dozon mcniborn . Mr . Butt down , and tho votu wus summarily voted , amid the' half dozen members' murmuring laughter .
practised m both Hcrvicea . What v « s tho cojiscqucnco ? 1 lie praotico in tlio army waa to inflict 1000 lualieo . That wuh tho viinunwii , and it was contended that they could not Inflict a ninglo lush lens without bringing tho army into it htato of insubordination . Well , a motion waa mudo for nbolinliing Hogging hi tl » o army , and what followed ! ' Why , the Duko of Wellington reduced tho niunbur oi laubea from 1000 iiowi » to 60 . 'Jfhat wmb dono entirely in deference to ( ho opinion of tho llouao of Commons . It wua . just tho awnu with roBpcot to tho niivy . 1000 lushes wuu the punialiini'iit in tlio navy , and wliioh wore inflicted with a cruelly tlwtt . would dlii , gn * co a cunnibal . Well , lie himself brought forward nnd exposed cases of enmity in the nuval uorvico « v « jr » ud over Mgwin ; and whnt Jhad bcon the conuoquence ? Why , the
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Leader (1850-1860), July 22, 1854, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2048/page/2/
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