The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-15 00:00:00

"At home, the Irdtel name of rarty eea.e.
And faction. meth. are wearied Into peace."

The noble lord resumed his seat amidst loud cheers.
Sin E. B. LTTION'ir POLITICa.—The right honourable
baronet is well known in Linealn from his former con-
nection with the borough. The Stamford *Ferry
says of him—" Sir E. Deicer Lytton's conservatism is
but a name. In heart he is as much • Liberal as he
was In the days of his youth. liii speech at llitehln
the other day was tantamount to a direct reply to
Earl Derby's attacks upon Italy in the early part of
last year. The right honourable baronet rejoices in
Italian unity, and has no more real sympathy with the
Earl of Derby than with the ex-king of Naples. At
Kneloworth the friends he gathers around him are
invariable inen of the Liberal school. Mr. Charles
Dickens (who has just returned from thence), Mr
Fonblanque, and Mr. Foster are perhaps his most
intimate associates, and the strong Liberal shade either
politics is pretty well known to the world. The Derby
Cabinet as much as any we have ever had, was a
coalition."
RAU. DI GIST AND RIPON on PUBLIC AFFAlla.—
At the annual banquet of the Mayor of Ripon, on Tuer
day evening, Earl de Grey and Ripon and the borough
members, Messrs. Greenwood and Vyner, were present.
The toast of " Her Majesty's Ministers was proposed
by Mr. Alderman Husband, of York. Earl De Grey,
in reply, alluding to Lord Palmerston, observed that
the Premier had obtained the confidence of the people
because he had desired to uphold the reputation of
England, and take every measure which would conduce
to the prosperity of the country, and Weans" he was
determined to protect our shores and defend our
honour. (Applause.) He would allude briedy to the
principle of non-intervention in the conduct of the
foreign again of the country, and be believed the
course the Government had endeavoured to steer amid
all the complications of foreign politics had received the
approval of the country; and the same might be said
with respect to their efforts to strengthen the national
defences of the country, whether by an increase of the
regular army, or the organisation of that arm of the
national service which had been raised up in the Volun-
teers. It must have been observed that during the last
two or three years, when foreign politics had occupied
the attention of every one, that the Government had
endeavoured to maintain themselves free from the toils
and complications which surrounded them, whilst at the
same time they had not held their opinions in abeyance.
His Lordship then referred to America, where it was
much to be deplored that amongst our kinsfolk there
were scenes of bloodshed wet civil war. In our rela-
tions with America Her Majesty's Government bad
desired strictly to carry out the principles of non-inter-
vention. However touch we as a nation lamented the
war, we conceived it to be our duty to stand aloof from
it, and he trusted it would not be regarded by our
kinsfolk' in America as showing a lack of sympathy
with them because we followed out a policy whiA
we thought best for the welfare of this country, and
which we also thought meet likely to preserve that
friendly feeling with them which should ever exist.
But he regretted to think that we ourselves might
suffer, and suffer sevenitly from the effects of that
disastrous civil war. If it were continued—and con-
tinued too in the manner present appearances seemed
to indicate—it was too much to be dreaded that the
great branches of our industry might be brought into a
state of stagnation which might produce a deplorable
amount of suffering; and the next winter might be a
period of great trial for the people of this country, and
especially for the working classes, such as had not been
seen for many years. If it unfortunately should be
the case, he trusted that the people of England would
make every sacrifice to avert the calamity, and that
nothing would indulge them to resort to any course
which would seem likely to them in the height of the
suffering and ix.isery which might prevail to cut short
the evil by forcing their way by illegitimate or unfair
means to endeavour to obtain objects which might
appear favourable to their interests. (Loud applause.)
As regarded the national defences, the efforts of the
Government had uniformly been directed to place the
country in the highest possible state of security, with
no aggressive or hostile spirit to other nations, but
simply with a desire to uphold our independence and
maintain that puition this country ought to hold among
the nations of Europe. (Applause.) Alderman Hus-
band had spoken of the great loss the country had sus-
tained in the death of Lord Herbert; and be might
may that the death of his lamented friend was • lou that
could not be exaggerated. During the eighteen months
be (Earl de Grey) served under him his experience was
that no man could have • more humble, confiding, or
practical chief, and no one could have served • master
who could better have taught a young politician those
principles of honour and virtue which marked the
dealing% of England, and which he trusted always
would mark the career of English statesmen. (Ap-
plause.) The death of Lord Herbert was a loss, not to
the Government or a party alone, but to a much
wider extent. It was • toss to the British soldier of a
magnitude it was difficult to over estimate; it was •
loss to:the Volunteers, whom he had so largely helped
to organise and establish, and it was • loss to England
of no uncommon character: (Applause.) Though,
however, they had been deprived of the advantage of
his talents of administration, his spirit still ruled in
the War Office, and they were still desirous of carrying
on the work be commenced, of maintaining and in-
creasing the defences of the country, labounng to im-
prove the condition of the British soldier, to guard his
health, to improve his mind, and lead him away from
low temptations to better objects, and snake him a
better defender of his country, because they made him
• better citizen. (Applause.) After expressing at
opinion that it would be a misfortune should Lord Pal-
merston be removed from the head of affairs, his lord-
ship sat down amidst loud applause.