The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

(STAIIPZD, Id. ADDITIONAL]

SIR J. PAKINOTON WITH HIS CONSTITUENTS.

The election for the borough of Droitwich, occa-
sioned by the removal of the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Pak-
ington from the head of the Admiralty to that of the War.
office, took place yesterday at the Town-hall there. There
was no opposition to the right hon. baronet's re-elastics.
The MAYOR (Mr. Fardon) having gone through the mud
formal proceedings,
Mr. E. BEARCROPT, of Mere-hall, Hanbury, proposed
the re-election of Sir John in a few brief sentences.
Dr. Ropily seconded the nomination.
No other candidate being proposed the MATOR declared
Sir John duly elected amidst loud cheers.

Six J. Paxincrroe said this was the eleventh time that
this, had done him the honour of electing him as their
asember, those elections extending over the long period of
30 years, and having acknowledged the honour so re-
peatedly conferred upon him, he went on to refer to the
opposition to the Highway Act in the county of Worces-
ter, and to the course which he, in association with Lord
Lyttelton, had taken in the matter, their object
being to obtain uniformity of action. However, as so strong
a feeling had been displayed against the act, he should
wish no further steps to be taken without inquiry. He
than proceeded to advert to the main political topic of the
day. He bad observed in the newspapers that there had
been recently a meeting of the " Droitwich Branch of the
Reform Letaq" (Laughter.) Hs heard some of his
friends laug • , but he begged to say that he should
always listen with respect to his Droitwich neighbours,
whether members of a reform league or not. He under-
stood one of the objects of the league to be "annual par-
liaments;" and, if so, he must congratulate them on
having attained that object in Droitwich so far as be was
concerned. In the year 1865 the electors of Droitwich did
him the honour to return him as their representative at
the general election ; in 1866 he again came before them
on being appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, and in
1567 (added Sir John) here I am again. He was almost
afraid that they would get tired of these annual cere-
monies. (No, no.) With regard to the circumstances
which had led to the present election, he entreated them
to believe that be had accepted the duties of that
moat difficult and arduous office to which he had I
just been appointed in no spirit of presumption.)
Quite the reverse. He had undertaken it not '
from choice, but from the paramount feeling of the duty
which he owed to the Queen, and with the desire to sup-
port Lord Derby's administration. His friend Mr. Bear-
croft, in seconding his nomination, had spoken of it as a
" promotion," but he (Sir John) regarded it as no promo.
tion whatever: he considered the one position which he
had just left as honourable as the new one he had just
undertaken. He had already expreceed his opinion that
the head of the navy ought to be a secretary of state, and
he trusted this would be so ere long. But, nevertheless,
he looked on the head of the navy as equal in rank and
digni to the head of the army. He had accepted his
new charge with feelings of great reluctance, having left
an office in which he had taken the greatest interest, and
colleagues with whom he had acted with the greatest
friendship and harmony. It was true that up to this mo-
ment he had received the most kind and cordial assistance
from the stall at the War-office. Nevertheless, the change
was one involving a sacrifice of feeling and inclination on
his part, and he only undertook it in the feeling which
he had expressed of the duty he owed to the Queen
and Lord Derby's administration. He added that
no one had ever acted in a more honourable
and consistent manner than General Peel. He deeply
deplored his loss, and in taking his place it was with the
strongest feeling on his part of his Inadequacy to discharge
the duties of the War-office in the manner in which
General Peel had done. They were all aware that these
changes in the government had been caused by the resig-
nation of three members of the cabinet, of whom General
Peel was one. That was a question which was so much
mixed up with the position in which he stood then that it
was impossible for him to avoid referring to the circum-
stances leading to those resignations, and he was not be-
traying any confidence, because the facts had become
notorious through speeches in parliament and the press.
On Saturday, the 23rd of February, a cabinet council came
to conclusions in respect of the Reform Bill which the
government intended to propose to parliament. On Mon-
day, the 25th, at two ei'clock, Lord Derby, as Prime
Minister, was to addressthe whole conservative party in
Downing-street, and at half-past four the Chancellor of
the Exchequer was to explain the Reform Bill to the
House of Commons. As soon as the cabinet council of
Saturday the 23rd had been concluded it was a notorious
fact that Lord Derby left London for IVindsor to commu-
nicate with her Majesty on the subject that
had been discussed that day by the cabinet.
He (Sir John) heard nothing more until Monday morning,
when he received an urgent summons to Lord Derby's
house at half-past 12. When he got there he found three
or four members of the cabinet assembled, but as they had
anticipated no such summons the messengers could not find
all the members of the cabinet, and it was more than half-
past I.—Lord Derby having to meet the conservative party
at 2—before the cabinet could be brought together, and as
each one dropped in, the first question was, * What is the
matter'" Then every one in succession was informed of the
fact that Lord Cranborne and Lord Carnarvon bad
seceded from the adoption of the bill which the cabinet had
adopted on the preceding Saturday. He had the greatest
respect and regard for his noble friends, but he could
not help thinking that in so acting they were
precipitate. They might imagine, therefore, the extra-
ordinary
difficulty and embarrassment which must have
attended a minister of the crown placed in this position.
Lord Derby had to address the conservative party at
2 o'clock. He (Sir John) (lid not think they had more
than ten minutes in which to make up their minds. They
knew the result. It was determined by a majority of the I
cabinet to propose, not the bill which had been agreed to
on the Saturday, but en alternative measure in the place
of the largerand bolder scheme. Now, there was no wisdom
so easy, no wisdom so common, as to be wise after the I
event. They were told by their critics that their conduct
was vacillating and unworthy, that they ought
not to have made that hopeless attempt to keep ,
the cabinet together, and so on. But be that as I
it might, that was done. They were driven to a
decision which they really had Lenity ten minutes ;
to think of, and if they did make a mistake—and he was
not prepared to say they did not—he thought that those
who criticised their actions before they were so sure upon'
them should consider what they themselves would have
done under circumstances of such difficulty and embarrass.'
meet. They all knew what was the honourable and '
Imanly course to take when one had made a mistake, viz.,The Leeds Reformers contemplate having
to retrieve your steps, and that was the course which the , another large demonstration on Easter Monday.
cabinet soon found that they must take. For himself he I
THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE ARMY.—
deeply felt that the course taken had been a mistake, and
‘,OLCRISTER WEInfEBI/AY.—A meeting upon the above
that was the unanimous feeling of the cabinet after they
sn jai., convened instanceGourley, was at the of Dr. • I cid
had met together. They felt that however painful it
• ‘lts_t even at Town-h.alL_ The Mayor of the borough
might be they must part with those of their colleagues by several of the
who had taken a less liberal view than themselves of , ,"`". I'. O. Frn"'eut "1
the matter, and that they must bring in the measure which clergy. andriu6Fal. inb"l"th""* .17:1:41urhlt after con-
the the practice of flogging the army as inhuman
they had previously matured. (Hear.) They knew what
and disgraceful, spoke at some length of the extraordinary
changes followed in the cabinet. He had been called upon
amount of
.mortality the British soldiers, the
to take the administration of the War Department, andof amongd he said, in • , average longevity the soldier,
being so called upon he felt that he had no alternative
being about 10 years, while out of the army it was 43
but to accept it. On Monday next it would be the duty
Al. He conteuded that this was not the case in the
of the government to submit to parliament their reform
Frenc.chr sad other arm
ers .mies,theandcceounnsitryderilatothlty ethveery
lima
bill He stood before them as one of the members of that
government, and as the measure had not yet been sub- '"
he had learnt his drill, it was an important rt t matter
mitred he should be guilty of a breach of duty if he e
ns both a pecuniary and philanthropic point of
tered into details respecting it. The general outlines "both
view. He there argued that was great mismanagement at
they were already acquainted with, but he was free to say
the Horse Guaels and the War-office, and that the root
that the main principles of the bill would be a Lege and
of the whole evil was the forced idlenessof the soldiers,
bold concession of the franchise to the working claims.
(Applause.) by which they were led into sin and drunkenness, whereasI
if the suggestions be had made to persons high in autlio.
Mr. SMITH magistrate)—Don't clog it with any impos-
rity, for the industrial occupation of troops, were carried
gable conditions, Sir John. out, much of the present evils would be eradicated. He
Sr J. Faust:roe resuming, said they would discuss the .
stet that instead of providing the soldiers with foot-
conditions at their next meeting. (A laugh.) But those "Pes . . .
balls and gymnasiums for exercise, they should employ
would be the main principles of the bill. They had a
them. in gardening and in workshops, where they would be
moat difficult task to perform, and they were willing to
something useful, and something that would be of
take a lemon from the past. In the great act of 1832 a doing
tothemleavingt
, benefit
10/, rental was decided to be the right test as to who
for tim removal of barracks from cities and large towns to open
0, I
should have a vote. That served its purpo
but, as they all knew, the men who were living in houses aces in the country, and also the entire sweeping away
si
the large government contracts, and letting the sol-
below 10/. rental complained very much of their being shut ofon
be their own oontractors. He stated that the leisure
out, anal asked what was the principle in 10/. Was there
time of the soldier was reckoned at eight hours, and if he
any principle in 10/.? No ; undoubtedly there was not. I
There was no principle in 10/., and there was no principle
wall employed daily half that time, and paid three half-
There an hour, it would in the course of twenty-one years
in asy figure. Then a few years ago a rental of $l. was pro-
as the right sum to fix for a qualification for theamount to nearly 300/., while a great saving would
thereby be effected to the country. He remarked that
h 1 been t in from all theprincipal garrison
pored is
;and the late government brought in a bill for a
towns in England, approving of the plan of industrial
71. franchise' the other day in that short-lived bill of theirs. rePwta.sen •
(A laugh.) 6/, was to be the mark, and then somebody got
up and said he would prefer 51. (Renewed laughter.) He occupation for the soldiers ; and in concluding he stated
is, I that the thin edge of the wedge had already been got in,
repeated, there was no principle in any figure,
ever figure they might adopt they might be sure that some
ex cession
Ind w— 'and he appealed to the public of Colchester to assist by
theiran
opinion to drive it in still further.
persons would be discontented with it. (Hear, bear) The
speakers addressed the meeting in support of the
government, therefore, bad asked themselves whether it I kleyend
resting proposal for employing the soldier in industrial °mem.
Hone during his leisure time, and it was unanimously
would not be safer to rest on a principle instead of
on • figure ; whether it would not be a safe way, as w
adopted that a petition signed by the chairman, should be
drawnlid" up and presented to the House of Commons, pray-
ss • test of respectability, if you did not give the vote to
a man merely as • householder of 61. or 7/. rental or rang, lags the house to take into its consideration the 'abject of
ultentaession to the working improvement of the social and moral col (linen of the
abupo,t becaitionuse.,ewnhaebtihLrbaitnioccuac.p.piyerthorerabuterre.ye.rt,htet.wttwaa such
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British soldier.
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classes. (A Voiee—" It's more radical than Bright.") It
meets and insrani disorders behov the fne.tl .Ifecovery of
could not be denied that great difficulties attached to preparations. N0n,,,,a„ need non be at a „safer
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imblic men in endeavouring to arrange matters of this fully mandating ulcers, sores, tumours, bons, bruises, sprains, ate-
kind. He could hardly imagine a deeper responsibility Enveloping Holloway's mmlleine are very intelligible printed
sion of such matter as this ; and he would tell then • and Woloedlelel, followed by application of his treatment
than attached to any government charged with the der- directions for using them, which should be attentively studied
that the minist with whom he had the honour to act Boomer or later the sufferer will assuredly triumph over the worst
ry !diseases. This searching ointment disperse. all those malignant
felt that whatever arrangements were to be made it must. humours which aggravate many diseases of the phi.. often pro-
be for the general interests of England that no one Giant vest the ekutrisation of ulcers, and ever kindle inflammatory
should exercise a predominant power. (Hear.) Hs tendencies in the system.