The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-14 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL NOMINATIONS.

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The notainatioThi of the candidate' to represent
tiffs eenaty leek pleas yasanday to the Tows-WI. Ayles.
hey, which wee densely thronged. • esesidevable number
of ladies were present is the galliny. The HMI imam
(Mr. Diathesis' Ones lessbert) presided.
Mr. Daum propONII. Sad Mr. T. T. Haman seeeeded,
Mr. Werke Gorge Du Fri as a et aid props, pence to
represses the toasty le parliameet.
Miler O. M. CHISTIR proposed, sad Mr. TIMMER 's-
eceded, the Bight Hon. Benjamin Disraeli.
Mr. A. J. Rove= sad Mr. E. Wa.mya proposed Mr.
Robert Batman Harvey.

Mr. JOSZVII firaTOHBUST said he bad intended to propose I
Dr. Lee, but the state of his health prevented the doctor
cesaing forward, and be would, in hie stead, propose Sir
Heavy Veraey. (Larightar, and cheere.)
There beiag so records, to the motion It fell to the ground.
The HIGH Blisurr then declared, amidst toed cheering,
that the following gentlemen had bees elected :—Kr.
Ca-
bdee George Da Pri, the Right Hon. Beejamin Disraeli,
end Mr. Robert Babson Harvey.
Mr. Du Pas thanked the electors for having placed bun
in so proud a position, sad expressed his determination to
panne the same mouse which he bad already bee la
parliameak

Mr. Dere= that came forward amidst enthusiastic
theerieg, and wise silence had been restored addressed the
electors in aspeeth of ormaiderable length. One compensatory
censequence, he said, of the rejection of the Derby go-
verment reform bill was that " if ever that subject erre'
before us seas, the people of England generally will be able
to being to its conaideratioe a more matured jedgmma than
they hitherto perhaps may have exercised.* He was in
favour of the absolute religious liberty which the country
enjoyed at the present time, and was an reampromisial
supporter of the otaariou of the Cruel with the State se
✓earing religions freedom and that spirituel instruetiott
which was • reemity of man. The country was
prosperous, sad he would give the government in
alonee their fair share of the credit for such •
reale were it not for the extraordinary demands which
they made for expressions of gratitude. In due coulee,
if he bad been responsible for the administration of our
finaaces, be shield have proposed the repeal of the paper
duty, but he hoped he should hare been more skilful in the
conditions. As for the tea duties, he himself leopard, 13
years ago, their reduesion, but was defeated by the opposi-
tion of Mr. Madera sad his Moods. And it would not be
forgotten that the conservatives endeavoured to substitute
• reduction of those duties for the abolition of the paper
duty. The Moome.tax bad only just teen reduced to the
Mkt at which the conservative government left it, after
having been doubled by lir. Gladdre. Ose rub.
;ea, continued the right hoe. gsntlemao, upon which the
present administration bars taken, and deservedly, great
✓adii, is the French treaty of PASSIDIMS. it is said upon
every hustings in England where there is sliberal candidate,
and in every liberal newspaper that can produce • leading
article or fivelsadi ng articles—for thereareposee that produce
fre—ra laugh) —that II you had not had • free trade govern-
/rot you would not have had • French treaty of commerce.
But what surprisesme is this, that • free trade government
should ever have yam us • treaty of commerce. (Hear,
hear.) Is 1843, when the oommerce of this rushy seemed
to be languishing, end when persons in parliament and in
yobbo life were suggesting schemes by which an impulse
might hegira to it, I had the honour of bringing the sub.
Jar of treaties of commerce before the House of Cre-
ams, and I dwelt very much on the advantage of having •
Firth treaty of commerce sad other treaties I thee toil.
. meted. But what was my treatment by the frertradan
Tbef seta, "This won't do at all ; this is • moat old-
fashioned step. We don't want treillage( commerce;
open your porta—that is all you have to do. Take care
of your imports—your exports will take care of them-
selves.* AM rem Sir Robert Peal, who tau a cautious
ara, and bad not made kis great plunge, told
me privately that he doubted whether be would
• live to see another treaty of commerce. Now
• that was the view of the extreme party at that time,
and he was thee beginning to be influenced by their views.
I else said daring all our gauger and debates on these
economical msbieets that you would nearer able to fight
hostile tariffs with free ports. I further said that the
gorse of events and experience proved that their views
were perfectly futile, and that the only way to merge
beadle tariffs was to have free impede. Ire 1852, the first
thug the governenentof Lord Derby did was to enter into
negotiatioes with the cabinet of Freer, to order to have a
treaty of commerce ; end those negotiations were rearing
while we were in office, but when that was mentioned as
one ef the things which we attempted, it was received
with scoffs and coanniely or Mere by the free.trede
party, for they said the notion of a treaty of roomers
violated their pr.eciples. Now you know how valuable trea-
ties of contemn, are. (Hear.) Now are web be told that
his only a freetrade government which oso gain for us
treatise of eennesses, whoa treatise of commerce are in
violation of the principles of free trade (Cheers.) You
have all been told that there was going to be • treaty of
commerce with Austria. I always said there was not the
slightest Maur of • treaty of commerce with Austria, and
the reason is that we have nothing to give Austria. Why
thee, it may be asked, did you roomed with France You
succeeded beers* Sir R. Peal rug obliged to retain the
duties upon some of the priecipal articles of French pro-
duce, as for instance, on wines and silk, and therefore
when you negotiated the treaty with France, you
had a great deal to offer her. That treaty ha. bees of inesti-
mable brefit to this country, hot it has been effected in
total violation ef the principles of tree trade. (Hear.) I
gas told that there ban been a greet reduction of taxation
on the pert of her Majesty's government. Well, them her
been. I admit it. But then it has been • reduction of
taxes whisk they themselves imposed epos the country.
(Laughter.) By excellent colleagues have expressed decided
opinions on the subject of the malt tax and it may
be you may have observed that I have mottled to do so.
I did not mention it for several reasons. In the first plate
I thought that having served you for 18 years with your
approbation, and haring bees more by readmit
than
Cr,: merit of my owe, placed in a position in which
have mane control over public Mein. I might ask you to
Mena me to: parliament =pledged on any subject ; and I
also considered that if there ware any subject in reference to
which it would be neereary for me to express an opinion, it
would be the repeal of the malt tax, for in 1852,
at a time when it wee necessary to revise the gear
ral taxation of the country, and when the wintry had
adopted the priociple of unrestricted competitios, I recom-
mended that the malt tax should he reduced by one-half.
(Cheers.) What happened! Ido not say I received cm
that occasion any fervent support, even from some of the
gentlemen sitting on my owe side ef the hour, and who are
now for the repeal of the tax. Bat this most remarkable
circumstance took place es to the liberals. They rid the*
the remiasicre of half of the malt tax would be of no arrier
whatever, and yet you have heard these very men colliers
upon us in the House of Commons, and bawling on the
hustings, that the reduction of one-third of the tax in se-
comary for promoting the interests of British agriculture.
(Laughter.) And yet they opposed my proposition to reduce
it one-half. What induced us to deal with the malt tax! We
believed that as the country had definitively adopted what
le popularly called free trade, that must bare an injurious
aeon on the value of the wheat crop of the British farmer
is the long run, and I think the events hare justified that
opinion. (Hear, hear.) Therefore it was of importaaes
that the crop art in value to the wheat crop should be
freed as much r possible from all trammels in its cultiva-
tion gad general use, and be freed from every possible dis-
advantage which might attend it ; and though in proposing
to take off halt the malt ter, we did not entirely attain
the desired object ; yet in dealing with a tax pre.
(rein now six minims and at that time five millions,therei
most be • begiaaing. If you take off half the malt tax, and
the revenue of the country periodically produces • surplus,
the other half must in time be taken off. (Hear, bear.)
The real reason why so much feeling has been displayed in
the country Mont the malt tax is that experience has proved
to the farmer that he cannot depend upon wheat as a profit-
able crop, but be must give his attention more to the culti-
11Sti00 of barley. (A Voice : We shall all get jolly
drunk.) I think you, sty friend, had a glees before you
cants here. (Laushier.) Whenever the repeal of the malt
tat 11 brought forward I must consider it with refereeee to
the state of the country sad the condition of oar firers ;
het you must feel that the predisposition of my mind is that
if I could relieve the British former from the impost I should
de it upon the principle of financial justice as well es of
grand With.
Mr. HAIM having briefly addressed the meeting,
A vote of thanks was pried to the sheriff, and the wo-
rdage terminated.

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

The election of members of parliament com-
menced in the Convocation-house yesterday morning, but
the proosedisp were of a very formal cha actor. The
Vio►Chanosl!or (the Rev. Dr. Lightfoot, Rector of Exeter
College), was accompanied in procession by the yeoman and
again Wells, the Senior and JOOlO, Proctors (Mr. W. W.
Capes, Queens, and the Rev. H. Furseanr, Corpus Christi
College), the Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church, the
Heater of University, the Warden of All Souls, the vener-
able Arehdaicon Clerk*. the Principal of Jeans, the Regis-
trar of the University, tee., and there were present
large number of resident and non-resident doctors and
masters. After the gruel preliminaries, whiab were
is Latin, the Dean of Christ Ohara (Dr. Liddell) pro-
posed the Right Hos, W. R. Gladstone ; the Warden of
Ail Seals College (the Rev. Dr. Leightos) bateau:Jed Sir
William Boathooks ; and the Public Orator (the Bev. R.
Michell, 8.D.. Magdalen Hell) nominated Mr. Who've
Hardy se It and proper peesess to npreeent the university