The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-22 00:00:00

UTE PRF.SIDEN'T OF THE BOUM OF TRitilF„

fir. Bright. c n Lis re-eleetion for Ir.rrni ag-
ham raid—ltr. Mayor aid gentlenva,—l thiuk st
is *held five week. to-day slum I was permitted
to Mild before you as a cund:chite fur your suffrag.is
at the recent general election. On that occescoa
you Were pleased to se!cct me an one of your re.
eresentatives. aid three of UP were sets:tell, as yoa will
remember. Ly an tocemoue majority over our opponents.
(Lend cheers.) At that time. I beg to acsure you, I Lad
no expectance end no intention of petting you to the
trouble of reconsidering your choice—(a laugh;—or of
giving. you—Calihter)--the opportua:ty of cutting short
my pihtical existence. (Much laughter.) It wa- a dre are
that I had in ay youth—l suppose it mud haveorigeated
is, the thiskicni of my school day.--that as I stymie:it iu
life 1 should find myself more at liberty and lass under the
iroutrol of circumetencie and of the opinion of others.
(laughter.) I Mid thet wa- &together a dream —;rinewel
laugher)—aid that the longer I live the less I seem to
1e my awn 'meter. (Much laughter.) I find myes!f
fruit year to year becoming more of west I may term
almost a bowl .lave—(laughter and cheen.)—aild that my
masters hi come f rom yeur to year moo.- mum-e out and more
exacting. (Much laughter and applae se.) The peed of all
thin is tl.at 1 am here to-day, and in a new eharact er, each
ea I liad never 'ejected to assume. and such ai I have
*seemed with extreme requet•ace. (Laughter.) Since we
t die Weeks 140 great chauges au you know, have
taken place. A gut. moment oldish ought rester to Lave
La en a eoverhumut —(heer, hear) goveru melt whi :h
had the but dues. to say that it might take its plc a &mice.
side of the test goverunimst• the. 'smutty Ism eq. r 114.1
(ein Ls eechle.ly vauished. (l Mere.) It was a
et;w.ge eoscinnuet. It war Lein up epee the fraud of
the PeeftOtt of 'Ob. It heed iinring the mod .n of 'ei",
doh., that eli,eh in tie preceding -cession it Lail d ,ctare
was dertluct.ve ci the con dilutes. and tine neesarchy ;
pence ed a haltering cxesteece dorm 4 the
melon al letiB by theta Wag the dying part,-
t with all bi yal to a deal coust.tiunicy.
(haegliter tied chair-.) Aud new no entirely has it
meddled. that if tee lechers of Constitutimal
seetions--(laierlder)—imil the frantic clergy —Ltroane
who have niece to much immest in the rosiest ginned
eh ttioa— at they emit ti Lewisham-street and looked fur
it, they would mot filet a Luse of it lett. (Leuglater and
cheers.) '1 he euleidelice, of omrse, of one go.ern,.ent
mud rvitatev the lOrinatiou of another, and Mr. siladdone
—(clictre;—was to officc—(eontameel cheering) --
thy, doubtless, the 'name 'Woe of the tames
(cheene —end Ly the coucurrenct of the vied majority
et the people oi the Inked Kingdom. (Cheers.) Mr.
cOladstoae, boon after be proceeded to the formation of his
slicitostraticn. Lela d me to joie lam in the gevensurenL
(Loud cheers.) I Lave reams to know that he m vie that
i.roroaition with the cordial and "mimes ac luirecenio of
Lheetr Majesty the Wy..14 (Loud and peolunged cheering.)
As you knew, I ;had very strong nation, for refuting to
shames my seat and place in the Ileum of Commons. The
arguments which were used to induce me to change that
opuiiou were argument^ based eutirely upon what was
accaideard heat for the interests of the great liberal party,
and for the pubis, service. (Cheers.) And I wax obliged
to admit, looking at them from that point of view, that
they were not seedy to Le =menet On the other Laud,
] Lad to otter arguments which were more of • private
and persousil nature, which I also Is:tiered to be wei
anitatrub:e. but when the private and the personal
came to Le weighed against the apparent public
sea-ens--'cheers)—then the private and the
yielded to the puldic reasons—(loud cheer.)—an I sur-
rendered my loch:At:on, and I may .ay, also, my julg.
meat to the opinion. and to the judgment of my friends
(CLeers.l Mr. Gladstone teld me that he did not wish me
to accept of any offices taint wax inferior in importunes or in
inammueut to any oft. e held by any one of his celiac :tics.
(CLivm., And be polkaed that I should accept the
povition of herittery of Mem ler India. (Chi-eri.) Now,
very many w my inends have urged in past tai /3 that I
should undo take that office— (cheer —end not •
few have expeeseed regret that I have not accepted
et. (Hear. bear.) Iu a sentence, therefore, 1 think it
eight to expiate why I took the enures which led to my
eleclitsier that 'roper( ent poet. You know th it
twelve yeas. ago, just before rcarne here that I suffered
from cm 'nice hook down of my health, which out
me toff nem public labours for about two year..
The huhu. department, I believe, is one of very leave
work, NA I felt! was net justified in acerptirut it unlues
there were some gout probability of corn,, were! re eft
which Wald not be recompliaheil under any chief of tie
elem. (llear, Lear.) Isos, my own "pietist it that the
views I have expreseed in time. past —.Specially itt the
ar term when the Judie,' Goverioneut Bell wail paesice
throueli 'parliament—that Sees views are bound, awl
that the tiros will Conte When it will be necreary to apply '
there to the (government of India; but believe that
embec apini,n no not yet sufficiently advanced to allow
ta to adopt them; and that if 1 had taken that office
sheuld Lass found myself unable to carry into execution
the primiplie which I believe to Le emud with to
lowanitoveituo.:ot. Meta, beard At the samereirldec, I '
will mama freely that it din not mew seemly for roe —I
think 1 ebouki have felt that I was in m wrong pisesi
with the views which I have held from asjyontli upwards
—it had connected myself distinctly witb the direction of
the great =meow department of the Indian government.
ei Hear, hear," and them.) Looking, tlreref
at them pointer I felt my (lute to decline
the proposition ; and I said, v,,7aigincuy, thas
ii I am to wooed tiny awl in this government, I
should to take the aim of President of the Board
of TraeTe (Chews) In that nace. Parbwes. I /nado •
little geed, Auld, lie, I may prevent Sits* Carm.
(Laughter and cheese.) At least it will not, I hove,
burden me that I may be linable to take same reasonable
part in the discussion of the great questions which meet
come very speedily before the Hones of Commons.
(Rear, hear.) having maid this much& then, I
laud ask you to eunAder that, althoug I stand
before mi in a new character, yet I have not
• the t fidelities of getting rid of my old one.
((liars.) I lime the tine lies arrived in this (*entry—it
has eeibi, rosette arrived--when a man may perhaps with-
oat difficulty act ers an lionise minimise of the crown, end
at the range time an home riot devoted asevant and
seameillor of the people. ((;helsea) But I shell ;lave
to ask your patieure, and to ask year lenient lailgment
of my conduct in Huard, it may be, le the quash
hone which am now oat able to nerdy, but ahiek Hemet