The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

SOUTH WILTS
MRELECT IM B IBRIUM.ON.- RETURN OF,
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(mow own owl woman.)
Yesterday the election for the iesiblet alides
Wilthin, nattered neesseary by the sgsgblumeldlgr.
Slag Harbert to the office of Beenhlp data Om Ile
condos, tea place at the T4lllll Hall, mem Ss
right boa. gestleman was retuned ud
Mustlngs had bees erected is am mad Mitifiarle r the
motor plus, but, owing to the suswity M the weathip. the
preatediags took plus in the Tema Hall, in the puessmos
01 Ant is. Modred of the *Mom mad asareissesseef the
Wrist. Mr. Hobert, accommeilell ti/ NM SSW sad
some Meade, SUM over from Wan at 11 trieilhand was I
loudly sheered on his airlift'. Preclaniatiosi lee
auk la the weal form,
'lle High Shiriff, Loots CLurnnovcr, Esq., said that
la elemquess of the mildew of the weather, end the con-
peratively small atteadasee, ha thought it would be more
hr the isonvealoass et the electors if the prossodisp wars
hold is that i.e. knead of adjourning to the open air.
Moan boar.) Hs would, without further obiervatim, oak
apse the Resters to aim their madidates.
Mr. A. Poems, said he lad • madidata M Iffieplel
tikes same he was son would earsy its own rateMtheldift
list to the 'lotion. They were all aware if the mss
eueges la the ministry which ladled to the appokiffiliat d
Mr. Sidney Herbert to the dike of Seerstary of IMMO to
the COIODIU. Any one undertaking the responsible said
difficult office • f minister of the crown ia the pressed seiti-1
sal time was la his °pinata entitled to the gratitude sad
soaldems of the people, and more wearily mina Its
brought to the task such abilities and powers of application
as those possoised by their late member. Hs had, there-
furs, great pleasure is prepare, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert as a fit sad proper person to represent the southern
divides of the entity la parliament. (Chun.)
Mr. J. H. Jacopo said he had not the slightest hulk.
is mouths; the proposition, and hoped that the elec-
tors would team with his la ending Mr. Hobert for the
fifth time to represent them in parliament.
No other candidate appearing,
TM Lon Smut declared Mr. Herbert to bays bun
duly sleeted.
Mr. SIDWIT Hlllllll.la than ram to return theaks, sad
was received with loud itheariag. mused with soma partial
Mums of daunt from the lower sad of the hall. Ro said
Mr. Sheriff and thintleasom,—My friend, Mr. Jacobs, has
reminded me that this is the fifth tints he has neommadmi
me to your suffrages for the purpose or reminds; you
in parliament. lam not sure that he has &lakeside/ally
counted the number quits usantaly, bums, I am aware'
of this feet, that I have beta • very troublesome member
to this esastitaosay, and owe them many apologies, seeing
that this Is the third time I ban stood as • candidata for
their suffrages to represent them even in the existing pu-
bs:aut. (Roar.) You are so well aware of ths 'amm-
eter's which have nocessitated the presser election, that I
need sot detain you for any vet y hag time kinking ma-
mutts on them. I believe that when two years ago I
satered the goverment I had your approbation is so doing.
It was felt by you, se it was felt by myself, that la a
moment of public difficulty and emergency, se ma who
believed that he could with harm to himself urn the
crews and the public, was justified in refusing his services.
(Haar.) As I thought then I think now, and I am ears
you will sans with me. that all are bound who can in say
way contribute to the public tarries to do all they ma to
'Metals that smite in sffisleacy sad vigour. (Chem.)
There is so denyiag that the airsammitamos of the country
are at this moment critical is the GAMIN& (Hear.) Time is so
dealing th at the war in whisk we an angsgod with • 'mos'
powerful sum/ is ono which requires at onzhamds sway
effort of which this country is capable, and the reassise
every energy which its people possess. We laws bad
wage that war with an army—one of the dart, sub,
ever left the shores of this comtry—use that asualik
sauntered the essay except to manor ; but *Mailbag
meetly mot with an newsy more fell sad mon dsallelels
than say hum foe. I moan disease, by Mirka"ems
army his been crippled to a fearful 'steal. (Lend she el
I. Hear, hear.") That army has had to emulate, pollihe
Has and hardships which have been borne with • bertha
almost unexampled, but which require a sear:lsis, invert-
sorsa (lied sties of " bear, hoar"), is order that tic
peeps, remedy should be applied, and that the libmuftile
blame than bo—should fall on the right shoulders. (Load
sheen.) These two points it behoves the government to
tee as time in sanding to ; but at the tem Rawl mast
remark that it has been the fubion, psalm to bib
striminately, to put out blame on the beads of them
setailly engaged in carrying on operate= k Ito Crimea;
and I would have the censurers to tiedisst that then aro
others besides these actually engaged in thus operatics@
who mast boar their sitars of whatever blase may &rim
out of the mode in which they have bon serried ea.
It is better is this subject to speak plainly, sad that the
whole truth, however us palatable,should be uprooted. Mau,
of those who are now most kneed to decry what has
hem dem, sad to blame those who have been charged with
doing it, begot how mach of the blame attending spacer
disasters should positively fall to their own share. Sr
NUM that la time of peace this country has always bola
most jukes of the existence of a standing army. Ws
have had, la props:tits to the meat, weskit; mil power, it
this smutty. perhaps the smallest snap if lesipme
power, sad ..all as it was, it has always hem baba spa
with jealousy, has had every aagnombles watrhad wit
the atom vigilmos, aid, as a general role, posiewled
when mention was possible. (Hoff, hear.) We Mc
farther, that army so used and so placed, that it was tee
likely, at the sossamoment of a war, to be whet
hr the purposes of exteaded warfare. I have 'global
this elsewhere, but I repeat it now because I think that die
truth should be sadiesteod, and because the womb I sod
se the subject hays been miarepressated. I homed SO
the English army ought to be as good as my may fa the
world. (" fie it is.") If that gontlomaa wet ellaw
ms I will explain why it ought to be as good a
say army fa the world, and why it is met so la come
partieslar slats. To ass • strssg swanks, we
have la time of peace so such thing es ea lba.
glish amp. We have Eighth foremasts satiated
all over the weld, sad throughout all parts of the Milted
Maiden; nay, men, we haw la Inked regiments
beaks, up late emporia sad detriments of samplaise,
awl employed fee the purposes of Mill-kauting sad the est-
holies of tazoo—omployed, In short, net as an army, but es
polies. Well, Imy that the proof ef our army beiag
awake of organisatioa as say Army k the world is this,
that they do that which they hays been practised in &kg
better than any army in the world. (" It's all the fault
of the ministry.") If that geatisma wfll patiently Men
to what I hairs to say, we shall all be glad to km him is
reply. (leughter, sad "Tara him out.") Imy that the
Ruttish army is emposod of regiments, sad that thus re-
'intents an thoroughly masters of their duty, the roe.
mental system Is the Ituglish army being as near perfectas
as would be possible lo any human histitutiu. Throughout
the campaign oar regimental officers have done their duty
thoroughly ; but what we wast,And what we ban set peas-
tised in time of peace, is the organisation of large mama of
men collected together in one place—a thing whisk
has never yet been seen in England. Now, I trust
you understand me. In every other country the
army is a collection of regiments, accustomed is
sat is muses, and the buds of which are aossetmsd
to move, food, aad organise largo bodies of mos, while
in England we never attempt such spondees until
the time of warfare has Mosby :arrived, mad thou we
expect oar men to lean and ansiees implicated operatlows
at one and the same time. (11114 hear.) But as I ham
already said, our business new is le Ms every effort to repair
the snore that have been meansittods to apply the prayer
remedise, to prevent their repairs., mad so ta stnegthas
and maintain our army, as that ullatataly we mio he •
moral certainty of swum Recoiled; thetiaddltbetbil
obtained—and the object of all was de peek; lees= Ile
object of all was is to get rid of flees hilledles weak
make the preservation of peace mositehi
it peace is to he obtained, those who are Maim he it
should contribute their best efforts towards the 4...,_a sad
active prosecution of the war. (Loud cheers.) Through
the medium of a war so prosecuted, I look for • satisfactory
end luting peace, but when, it is appealable for as to say.
Your are aware that her Majesty's government has deputed
one of the most eminent statesmen of the present day to
negotiate—if negotiations be honestly and fairly con-
ducted—for a peace which may he honourable for England
and honourable for the who's world. Then is no
doubt that if any country in Christendom has an
interest is peace, it is England, with her immense
commercial interests in all parts of the world, and, above
all, with the strong religions feelings of the people, which
make them pre-eminently desirous of posse. We have
entered late the war nlustantly, bat we ban dam so from
• tease that the peace of Europe was .thrsatossd by a power
whisk, if act misted sow, might hams toe powerful for