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    $ 3 / ^^ S ^^^ fesD" * v | t ? ttQi ( re 4 > jr Mr . Newdegate , equally W {/ - ' ^^^^^^ Offl . - B'P ^^ ' « ft ®? -wliich , leave was < d ^^^^^^ S ^^ MjBgB .- ; -tl | at the House do go into Com-2 % ^^ S B ^^ j ||^| M ( jB f and ^ & » n 8 , Mr . M . Gibson drew ^ 2 fen ^ B Kyj ^^^ y ^ * 8 ° ^ ^ ltra ^ * time of war . ^ llillaK ^ Jlflf'iS ^^ coa 8 e ( I Tience °£ a leanest from Sir ^ ^^^ g 9 HrafiplMb ) f' } ie ^ diQacle no allusion to "Prira-?" ¦ f ^ W ^^^ SP ^^ SS 1 ® wished to know what would be the y * v ^^^ j ^ STO ^^ TOr merchant ; vessels in the ensuing war , ' ' > s ^ JMB ^^^>*^ e 4 on trade with the enemy , on which the ¦ V ' ^ E ^ V&mn ^^ nit had expressed no decided opinion , alii ^ fl ^ ough - some imperfect information had been given i ^ j <| iqiSttbje « t throiigh 4 he publie journals . His ob-¦ ? SW ^ yas only that instructions should be given to her Ifajjesty rs ciiusers not to interfere ; with neutral % Imljf loaded srithjnereaatile j > rpdiice , not contxa-¦¦ * taiuidof war , eo that private property in the Baltic P ^ efoigbt $ m- respected , all theshipmentjs of Rus ¦ - ' - ¦ -iiiifr ^^ and ; paid for , and . i ^ terefore the . property Q ^ neiitrals or British subjects . I < i ^ I ^ fr-Hoxra ^ LKtfalfiopressed , the subject ; . >| - , ^ IiprdJ . RnasEJtL stated that ; the question was one £ ptm ^ & ^ M ^ t yf » 84 thecpreparation pf the paper by ki- tmist would guided would

    ^ hinh- thp i ^ VTAmmfint be euided re-^ bieh-rthe ^ C ^ yerBinettt ^ nwipt b §\ reinjurerthesjtrictestvvertalaceuracy ? but he hoped ¦^ th | £# wx&U ) 1 be . - ; iie » dy J ^ JForehosliilities werepxo" ' ^ iHinjgd . - ;^ r . - ' - .. i : I- ^ cS :. n ,:. c ¦ ¦ - £ xJ ^ ife || & : 3 ^ sajoJite » Kicabbk > , ar » 4 Mr . Bright : \ : ^ p ^ j ^ q !^ d- Ihft ^ prompt decision o £ the Govera-;^ p ^] t |^^/; tttii ^ fi |^ j ^] Q ^ n urgiug , 4 he necessity of ^^^ c ^ ipgcting ) fJaliy the < rights of neutrals , unless this , # CS ^ r a ^^ iB ^ bi | r << s * ri Wfiiltth ©; United -States . ' . ' . ^• IpjfK ' ^^^«*» % sa » ke 4 ' $ hV forbearance of the * jH&W&to ^^ : s v - ¦ ;• ¦ ' ¦ . - ' 4 ^^ 'QlM ^ il !? . AXl | j | a 9 Ufe € ^ i - > d 3 ) BCu . 8 si . <» B . tikext arose , which - ¦ in ^ m ^^ . Patrick ' s day ; on Mr . Cb ^ jMdp *^ bringing the question of the negfect ofolie C ^^ ; itt-iby jir . Stonor , who ^ e name had . been connected ^ 4 ^ h corruptispracticeSv at the cSligo Election before Mr .

    his appoutcai 0 n ^ tola ^ iidge 8 hip at Tictoria . T ? . PisEiiadmitt ^ itxwas ^ aoyersight , and , Mr . Whjtk-8 U >^ . ^ rii 5 ift ( W » rTiBiaMir . ; Httme , 3 Miv S > ato . bib , Mr . Ba ^ cK /^ a ^ ioth ^ r meBftbers ^ alternately assailed and defended ttie ^ Y ^ rninf ^ . ^{ Afte « L , tbis fracap the ' JficipRe ^ we njt « into ; Ck ) inwttee of Ways and Means , iitheliwx « ie' ; ta *> / iwhen Mr . Hume proposed « n : amendm ^ t to bring th&jtax down to incomes of 60 / . a year ; to which I ^^ G-i'Apsxps& . vould not agree , Imt itnwa ^ jexentuaUy arranged that the question » 4 u > uldvheibr <) ught forward , on another occasion no ^ ^ rfchery progress was made /; and shortly after the House adjourned at twenty minutes past twelve . . ; In ? the House of ILords the Earl of Malmesbury

    scvived ^ the ^ uestion of the / alleged betrayal of secrets ifAhe ^ Cabniet ^^ d ^ he transmitting of the contents of private Goyernme ^ n ^ despatches to the Times , whichJheSarf ^^ e ^ een had atated to have been th 6 act of . a-clerk in the Foreign-oflBce . Lord Malniesbury iiad , communicated with the gentleman indicated , a Mr . Hugh Astley , and he had received a letters from him denying that he had , directly- or indirectly , communicated the contents of any official document / and that as to those particularly in question he never knew of their existence until he heard of the accusation against him .

    i The Bail of _ Abkr » ebn said , that on the last occasion that this matter was before the House , he had said he was willing to leave this matter to the decision of the , gentleman in question ; but he certainly did not by possibility- expect a denial of the fact . The letter read by Lord Malmesbury was , however , conclusive , and lie was sorry to have made the assertion he . did ; but he should be glad to put the noble earl in possession of the reasons on which-he did so . As a general rule , nothing could be higher than the character , or more honourable than the conduct of the clerks in the Foreign-office .

    - The Earl of Derby expressed an opinion that Lord Malmesbury should accept the offer of Lord Aberdeen toi disclose the grounds on which he made the accusation in question . He then alluded to the fact that the Times had recently often been in possession of what ought to haire been secrets of the Cabinet , which couldNpnly have been obtained by the misconduct of some member of the Cabinet , or the want of discretion , of some official . He strongly stigmatised the . granting to newspapers the use of documents which were ,, not Jaid before Parliament ; for in the present inatanw a journal had been enabled to publish the ultimatum of the Government before it : could by possibility have reached the

    Russian Government , and this might be accounted # > r by the fact , that the editor of the Times was on terms of personal intimacy with several members of the Cabinet , while other members of the Government wero absolutely " leader writers" in that paper . If the matter was not brought before Parliament , he would take upon himself the duty of endeavouring to induce Parliament to use its power to discover and put a stop to , as well as to punish , such , practices . In reply to Lord Ci ^ ankioabd « , Lord Clarendon promised that the whole of the plan of the Government , in regard t

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    arrangements of Europe ; it is very difficult thus to measure out war accurately by the yard , or effectually to bring down the " blasting influence" agaiiist which Lord Clarendon proclaims a crusade , without giving a shake also to some other blasting influence . This conservative view reminds one ( rf the task imposed upon some fairy hero , to carry on a broadsword combat wita

    ten men , while he continued to play a lute ^ as a charm to prevent the castle walla : from tumbling about his ears . Burif in England we doubt the possibility of Lord Aberdeen ' s successfully carrying through a broadsword combat while he is playing the lute f ! w * the preservation of Austria , it is evident that to the Prussian Government the proposed course of action , which would sacrifice the vecySnobject of all the warfare , aiid the complete curbing of the blasting influence tp . ithe

    convenience of Austria- —Prussia ' s rirai in Germany—moist suggest serious reasons to doubt the sincerity , the good faith , the strength , the independence—in short , the honest purpose <> f the English Government * The attempt to hold up Prussia to odium-as a dca « xter , and then to frighten her- iikto ; an alliaiice , not only adds insult to injury , but furnishes a foretaste of the treachery which is anticipated . . SiWJh is the -view on which the conduct of

    IS SECRET ADMINISTRATION UN-ENGLISH ? The disclosure made by the Times on Saturday , that a secret negotiation has been going on between tKe Russian Sovereign and our (• jrovernment , raises two questions which are in themselves absolutely distinct .

    , -Prom all that we know on the siibject , we are not at all inclined to presume that the English Government will be convicted of showing any subservience to Russia , especially in the recent stages of the dispute ; and we fully expect that , the correspondence which will be laid "before Parliament

    wHldisplay bus Ministers in a position more creditable than that which hap been hitherto assigned io them ,-l = « iore in accord with the description which Jbojrd Clarendon has given ofthewar , its motives and objects . At all events , 4 > n that question our judgment must be entirely suspended , until we shall have the evidence before us ..

    The second question , however ,-is of still greater importance ;—of importance quite as great in regard to tHe specific subject of war , and infinitely , larger in regard to the general conduct of pur Government in conducting the affairs of the country abroad . It ia the question—To whom are Ministers responsible ? Something must be amiss , when we find boniest men , like Lord John Russell , betrayed into secret negotiations with mean offenders that wear crowns or stars abroad .

    And there are otter signs that something is going wrong — something "which threatens that while we are wasting "blood and treasure to purchase victories by sea . and land , we may be losing much greater ground in the covert battle of diplomacy . The fact is that Prussia , which hai been up to a certain point urging Austria into a more cordial alliance

    with this country , had drawn back and shirked the alliance , turning cool and endeavouring even to prevent Austria from going forward . The immediate impulse , of course is immense indignation against Prussia . But we have heard it averred that Prussia is not acting in the present instance without grounds .

    According to the view whieh is entertained in Berlin , Prussia , does not hesitate to take a decided step herself , bat requires other parties in the negotiations to take steps not less decided . Englishmen have already asked whether their own Government has established a firm position ? For example , has Lord Aberdeen taken any guarantee that the treaties which Russia has so abused shall be cancelled , and not renewed for purposes of further abuae ? We are not aware that he

    has done so ; and it is quite natural that Prussia should be startled at any appearance of faltering decision in the English Government . Englishmen would desire that their ovn Government should effectually sustain the objects which we have in the East ; but it ia evident that to Prussia any vacillation in England must imply a doubt whether the alliance with this power would be safe and politic . It ia the policy of Austria to make just so much war as is possible without disturbing tho existing

    Prussia is explained— -a view which ia formed not without some knowledge of the councils actually prevailing in Berlin . " We do not say that it is a just statement of the case as respects either Austria or England . "We have no evidence with which we could compel the reader to accept it ; but we do "say that the exposition of such a view is sufficient to

    create a strong desire for a much more explicit statement on the part of our Government Prussia says , You are sacrificing the interests of Eorope , in owlei * to subserve the purposes of Austria , by keeping the war within certain delicately arranged limits . Now is that true or is it not ?

    It is the more desirable to know , since the very approval which Government receives' for keep-ing back information is in itself suspicious . Lord Derby thinks that Government is right ; Lord Malmesbury would not call for an explanation ; and , indeed , that class of gentlemen speak as if the conduct of the Administrators for the time being only concerned themselves , —as if the great body of tlie nation really had mo interest in the matter . It ia only by the accidental intervention of the Times that this information is

    dragged out ; and evidently neither the Ministerial statesmen , nor the Anti-Ministerial , think that nation of any importance . A _ nd perhaps they are right . The day is passed when the nation was prepared to prove its own importance . Formerly , before the representative cli amber would vote the public money , it required to know what the money was voted for . But , one by one , Parliament has been giving up its privileges . To raise questions on nights of supply is

    thought unpolifce . That duty is leit Government entirely ia the lianda of gentlemen having crotch eta to serve , who can obtain attention at no other time , and who prostitute the right of stating " grievances " . until it bec-omea a mockery . The English nation which has suffered itself to be deprived of thes privileges secured to it in the Bill of

    Eights , —winch has virtually , if not literally , yielded up its local government , its right of meeting , ita suffrage for every freeman , its right of possessing arms , its right of withholding supply until knowing "what it ia wajited for , —really retains no power of ita ovrn—no power to which Ministers or Parliament really defer . If Ministers slight the nation , it ia because the nation prefers to be alighted . But , in the meantime , it ia well to

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 18, 1854, page 252, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2030/page/12/