The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1859.

serietates of diplomatio etiquette we were not lottifitd in lac-
tic, bat Is have ached—with oontldenw, with the Pow"
dell goes always with frankness and straifiadonwudna"—
we hem idled of the Remise government whether, in case
cer war between France and Germany, they ha" "We into
fiffly.._ll•llll4llalat to declare war stalest Germany;
MOM 7101•11.11 from the Bear= geeernment the moat expil
dt, the most unequivocal dselsratlon that so em;liotooid
the kind existed, or has ever been asked of there. (Chetru)
[A Voice • " Pitch it into the Tess."' Oh, I km* that
to you. (Laughter.) Now patlatem, so mach 4the
secret treaty—the secretcceivesties; so meth for the egad
to between Faroe sail Boa* ocatroola ate
rareetur °blest—the immillatiea, prime, the
struction of wired. Ton me how -I it is that
the
the
coastry timid sot Amide to the heat of Why,
vary same day it am olio atmenneed, spat "greet Who-
rity," that Um* was • morel treaty between Dimmit sad
!Mee framed with the mos object. Every one sees what
that object le—it is that the whole Beesdinevisiea=
should probably be sited to that of Frame sad s
in order to destroy the supremacy of Egghead. We have
made inquiries of the overt Si Deasserk, our manna
and, I am bound to sw, • width upon all • •
has exhibited of late the almost friesdliems and madam
to England, and I bare the very beet authority for thus
publicly stating that there Is sot • shadow at foundation
for inch raleseeme►e—(einme)—emd I say God forbid
that we should ever hem to call opts oar allies sad freed.
to rally round oar standesd esd to tapped the ems of
Ireedlcri, truth, sad justice—bat fa mac a tam I Amid
look with the utmost midis°, that the stopport ef
Ifearllasyla would be enlisted upon our the
struggle. (Cheers.) But what was the might of rem
maims falsehoodsl There has • party which, we me
told, practised esormose lying—l always brined it was
a colemy, though the observation was made by a nimble
of that pedillat some say it was dose to create a
mirth* France sad Ramis—end it appears to me
to be tot a design probably to be true—or whether It
wee time for KIM great stock-lobbing manoeuvre—(groat
cheering)—mad I treat there it no toundatton for that
whiles; or if it be, which probably I leer is the natural
sad Ulla moieties, that it was done to create at the
.coast of • general 'Motion • prejudice against her Mo.
jetty's Walston —(oheers)--all this 1 must leave to year pre-
sent jade/meet; probably time will reveal it to us. Gus-
t aMly leans very convenient for gathers ca the heatless
to ase Lord Malmesbury, and say, " Whet sepia. men
these are that, while they have confidence in the good in-
testine of Promos and in the dignified oosoiliation of Aus-
tria, ell this Me these adroit judges of human conduct wme
ignorant of • deep conspiracy which had born long matur-
ing for the abatement of the English power, perhaps for the
destruction of England's independenos, for the partition of
Europe, and the damolition of the British navy. (Cheers).
I believe that It hes had some effect, but union. amity we
Eve la ea age when truth no lower lies st the bottom of •
well. (Logics.) We etas sacs coned that which le
Wee; warm speedily promisees thee which I. tree. Whet
I havearted to you to-day is the truth el lame abeam-
stasors, end *meter* It is not for we difikalt as Is the poli-
tica el sahib affaire—daegerous, indeed, as I may cell it—
it is not kr weweb etand here and demount* the powers of
Europe, Moms I do not think that, though wee has probably
siready comummeed, Intend, or even Rum* ought to
forego their politics as mediators, and I think we ought to be
prepared, whether our amiss me on the Germs frontier, or
whether our fiesta end equedrees are ooroodag la the Medi.
tame= or in the Adriatic, weo in be there to watch
events, and seise the fo ity when
we may retreats the straggle, es 7P= a mit-
timeest d Nerve beaded epos jostles sad those
=llBlwhich my premiss • permanent 'names..
Nowl may be asked—ea it is a very qui-
lion to ask—" Whet le your opinion with reaper to the
straggle which has sow oommencod ? What will be its
effects upon England, and what probability Is there of our
being dream into the struggle r My policy is the policy
of every sound-headed man in this country. The policy of
England is eminently • policy of peace. The interferenos of
England in other countries In order to change their domestic
institutions, or to infinence their internal policy, whereto
may be the motive, is Invariably, I think, a mistake. But
although the interest of England 1. ernlesarly that of peace,
it Is of the utmost importame that England should be pre-
pared for war. (Cheers.) It It our best security
tor the traimuillity of Europe that England should
show that she has the power to moat her
Inflame sad maintain It with effect Now, what
is the costeUtkr of England, at this moment?
that respect have w. been caught " napping ?" (A laugh.)
do not take ell the merft—l have no wiah upon this otos-

is tab aie -
wassett tore Maieety's goverent to which
they ens not entitled—l am ore awe that of what-
ever mem the dile Gams tat ght have been formed,
lam is., that, ea regents their funks policy, they would
Mae permed eased, the sere OXUS, Ile we have done, and
that as regales theft preparations doe eventual daggers and
dare they writ have sere the sera preparations as our-
selves. it is, there*" not with gay hoestfulnees, but with
the becoming pride of an Ensnare& speaking to English-
men, that I tell you what is your sitar= at this incesest.
(Hear.) You have in India 100,000 seasoned and
valiant troops, each, probably, as never before existed
in the world—(cbsen) —equal to that army which
Wellington rendered immortal. (Cheers.) A =
poems of those troops ought now to quit
for England. They are at our command, and it they mar
her. it is not for the necessities of England, but bemuse the
happy course of affairs in India and the politica erre
Indian government reader It cleanable that they absuld gift
that country. (" Hear.') Thee ere have la Miegisoll
Itself at thee time 100,000 valiant and &Wettest men, sot
rust perhaps to those who have bees seared la the Marl-
ow cripaigns d Ittlis, het rebel, Macipthsed seism sr
valiant 1- seed not say. for Ury aryour countrymen. (Cher.)
We have bees UM by one hos gsstlrwan who petaled me
that goring would satisfy Wm but • powerful fleet In the
Channel. You will have, before six guttural doer
only • powerful fleet in the Cheneel, but a powerfulfleet In the
Marrero= also. (Chews What nation in the world
can compete with that? (Gond cher.) Yes
have all this with a of your Weise meet whole.
some and most healthy. (Hear, hear.) These great army
meets which will over be sorrel tempt, for purposes of
defence—(itommise chsering)—or foe the maintenance of our
honour and the vindication of oar striate intereste—(hear)
—will be supported by • coottry lightly taxed, pertly
prosperous, and whom hearts mad seat are with the inatite-
doss of their land. (Choirs.) Why, then, are we to he'
alarmed—why ought we not rather to feel that ours is the
position to give temperate consist, prepared as we shall be to
support those counsel' at kart with- that authority which
comae when the counsellor is knows to be strong. (Hear.)
But what is the condition of other menthe I shall not
make any particular referees to may ;error lasd, or mon-
tage, or king, or emperor, or dominion ; bet we have seen
something of European war upon a great scale within our
rear experience, and let iss look to the ways sad moans by
which those haughty princes and their mighty armaments
carry en war. Why, when the second campaign comes the
shoe always pinches. (Hear, hear.) I cannot say that there
Is any ocatineetal power that could enter Into • tbkd earn-
I know it may be urged that the same thing was
tra France during the great French revolution—that Mr.
Pitt said that France was then in such a state of insolvency
that she could set carry on two campaigns, and yet
that that war lasted 25 years. That is all very true;
but them great Preach revolutior do n-,t hippos
frequently. Little French revolutions may ; but the great
French revolution was to modern history what; the siege of
Troy was to ancient history, and the French revolution is not
miss to be repested. We know that war, always a costly
operation, is immensely increased (=ditties by the cir-
cumrtinces under which ft la now on. Your armies
are larger, your einnitkon are more extravagant; your artil-
lery costs more la these days than the whole of your 'lem-
matise would have coat in olden days, end the means of de-
gustation ere much more complete. (Hear.) Then what Is
the condition of England It The world has bete startled by
an annotumement within these few days of a great sovereign
who has gone down to his council and obtained 20,000,0001.
to carry on a war; and the world seems frightened
that a sovereign can thus ear 20,000.0001. for
such a purpose, and the funds fall, and people think that
the Independence of England is threatened. Why, what is
' 20.000,000[ of mousy by way of loan to carry on • war
(Hear, hear.) It goes like water.
Ale ELECTOR—Aye, what is 800,000,0001. P
The CHANCILLOI of the EXCHIQUIR The
800,000,0001., if borrowed byes isdestrione and free pevio,
is a mere Des-lute. (" Haar, bear," and cries of " That's
right.") My friend seems quite frightened by the amount of
the national debt. ("No, not at all.") But Ist me tell you bow
Engler carer on war. If the Emperor of France, or
&MIX, or Austria, ears a loan of 20,000,0001. to carry on
a war, set Is all spot in a year ; and allow mil to remind you
that that is ea garriment which cannot be often repeeted.
Lear, bear.) Bat what does the Queen of England do?
goes to her parliament, mi with their concurrence, by
sr irk tax—eat that not heavily Imposed—she can on ea
emergent:year 20.000,000!. a-year. Why, If the country wife
he donor, we could, with the income tax alone—but God
"forbid that the serail for imposing it should ever come to
pperarr, and God forbid, further, that I should ever be the
Wssreltor of the Exchequer to propose it—(a laugh)—bet if
tin oseatry were in darer, we could, by levy's( a dog's
tax—an income lax of 10 per cent.—raise 20,000,0001. par
arum, not of loan, not by borrowing mosey, not by adding
to the terrors of my elarmed friend—[The Elector: "No.
no ;I am not alarmed")—but out of our sera' wooer asd
iscomo—not grudgingly, but heartily, given—our sommign
could raise this sons. (Cheers) And you might add to
that a loan of 20,00e,n00t. a year ; for Englandoould give the
Quoit a loan of 20,000,0001. a year for ten years running, if
the neomeltise—if the hewer of the country required It—
and yet at the esd of that time, instead of being
exhausted ,we really should not, conskriag the ctreumstancis
of the are, that the freedom of the psopletthe Independence
of the realm, and the greatness of the em
were at star—
cousittalug them eireristancea we shoo sot end that the
reveres of the country would after all be sensibly impaired.
(Cheers.) When I know them things lam liot highteser
by them berme of kluge ad 111 poron. I low that

there is to be s war of nadenlitin fin at opinion* "a
races, oral revolution, or efeatelenrowp we shall "law
the ekes MIL) It will:nee he that suffers, it is
Hinge nee MI he itesfeted, It Enron that will be
hishless sal them whesaispile, =Win, and
'Salm wirCilli= atadVigegest
rile eel whin they sew senegy. Mare Mar)
b= a goal lest sheet the Wham el pewee, at
amend
=6:ef malgtelneg aortae larrisre la Nworgs, and
1°111: sil of whin le a eaten degree are
hoe, and elI of walk ihe a certain tin ale, Inn& But
▪ zoo take els oppillssity of konsiisig apes you that
the time is
the
hum ad okay whea the
sondes at the ed power ass as etageritsirild
Esseps stem. Ss bps whoa last Fs-
idled rest hswe promo Is Weellie MIK
who will not moil lie dNs khan of awes Is
be ailed to Neseps. Yea hieve cm the ether sneer the
Annie vigorous and penerfal ocenesualties, whe
as Ismer engin to yew circumscribed and Nunn
theories of authority. You have the Australian
eakeierthey are HI their youth it is tree, bet
It is the peeth of • giant—they have already as it
wen themes their coloseal shadow over Europe--acrd it Is
fbe ell Swop I lament that she &odd so upend her
11111•111111111 MI bar energies in then were. I wish
dflNeseps Is pegare for that awful annestine—that
se finale lost inevitably incur. I watt rather see
BMlssmear, sad Runs Ifig their iesources,
din agriculture, nab populatioa,
ibe arts of life meld mil seleatilic—and pm-
=Vizstbe sempelittes nest neenister, Instend of
seenneses mil whoa lie hour arrives, by
thdr ova mlomplapepoli, their OM men of insolence,
oomph* ea Waist psalm New just ;remember
always that the positing el Land, although
she is bound to Beier by Miellan, by affection,
by great similarity abeam. end by ill lbws ties which time
can sloes create sad essilwase—asalsal Is not a mere power
of the old world ; her issampliad milks, her laws, her
, her religion, mann her es we with the new
triage: with the old. (law.) lad Ahem* she less oc-
cupied not only en eminent, bat, I ses bell S. sw, the most
eminent position among Europe= aelhos for spes-11 ever
Europe, through her own short , falls Into an in-
ferior and exhausted position, for then will yet Re-
main en illustrious future. (Lend ) We am bound
up with the communities of the new world and those greet
powers which our own atantlaat gad our nth cokshing
energy have created, we see lamed to than by ties
of interest which will =Week wpower sad permit as to
occupy as great a position ia the Adore se we do now la the
present, end at we have done to the pig. Aid therefore
now if Europe is on the eve of war, I say ft is belts:op sad
not for Sinned that my heart shim, an I hope It will be
by the inflame of England that the war whin Is new opin-
ing, or has opened, may be a war of limited duration, that it
may be health Us cheracter—that it may In limited in its
ciontioct—sad that after some encounters of armies both
Priam mid Austria may foal that it may be well be the in-
fiance of those who have not been reduced by their political
teterminals the strife, an Nome at the same time
Ciabere to r
government of Italy and the peace of the world. I
would remark, that in a very short time the new parliament
will sesemble—what may then occur we shall probably know
In doe emeca—(hear and laughter)—but this I think I can
say, although the general election is by no means terminated,
that her Mejesty's ministers will find in the next
pertinent a eonsiderable &ocean= of strength. (Great
cheering.) I think from the returns that have been
made, and that may be counted on—end from the communi-
cations we have received from parties who, though not im-
mediately connected with us as habitual supporters, are
degrees at this moment of difficulty to rapport her Majesty's
government, that her Majesty's government will receive a
considerable addition of strength. (Hear.) But whether
that strength may be sufileient to enable ue to carp. on
the affairs of this country with that anatomy which I for
one desire to ire, as I mentioned before that is a question
which time only can decide; but this great foot will remain,
that there will metaled, be a compact sod united party in
parliament, anismeed by the same spirit—holdin the same
opinion—acknowledging the discipline of a party, and I hope,
as I think events will prove—having some conlidenoe In their
leaders—in numbers perhaps not inconsiderably exceeding
110 e, end whether these patina= air behind the minister or
Wore him, depend nom it that is a great fsot for
the constitution of this country—it will give strength
to the throne— it will add authority to the
council' of the crown—by whomsoever they may be
formed—it will add to the authority, and will maintain
the character of the House of Commons, and at moments of
dense like the present it will repaint, in • great degree,
the united pertains of the English people. (Loud chases)
And, nehmen, If that alone warethe result of this appeal to
the people, behove me it would be no moan result. To be a
minister of the crown is • noble :object of personal ambition,
ant I do not think that any man ought to be depreciated or
decried who has that ambition. (Cheers.) But after all
there are greater things than—l will not say the grati-
fication of permed pride or even the maintenance of
pablic policy—there are greater things than these,
the security of the country, and the :honour of our
own parliament. I know nothing which more tends to these
two great ends than that a great political party should be
established upon distlect principles—that they should Strew
their private dilemma for great public ends, an that they
should enter iatn genre= rivalry for the conduct of ants
in that spirit which prompted our forefathers, and which I
believe led to the establishment of our freedom saddle neat-
ness of our empire. (Cheers.) I think I see from the sprit
of those addresses from all sides width I have soureed in the
public prints that those who are returned to the present par-
titmice, upon both eider, are much animated and influenced
by then feelings. I think that men will eater the present
parliament with a more serious and deeper ernes of public
duty then they had in that somewhat hap-Iteend
assembly that Mat met at Westminster ; sad whether
you are to maintain or whether you are to change
your institution, how you are to cheeps them—
whether if you reform, the spirit of the change should be
conservative or whether ft should be revolutionary—
whether" if 'velum" in`the resaagessestof your fonignaffaire a
great part to fulfil, that part should be one rather of temperate
mediation than of eager *granitic —all these ere questions
upon whtch I think men have deeply pondered and are pee.
pad seriously to act. (Chews.) Whatever may be the fate
of the government, I look to theAperliament to be an
assembly which will obtain the oonadmce of the country,
and I think it will be formed of men sextons to do their duty
to England, and I dourest earnestly pray that whatever may
be the consequences of their decision upon the destiny of
ministers, that all that they do will be for the honour of the
land, the denten of the sovereign, and the benefit of the
world. (Cheers.l
The non. W. 0. CAVENDISH very briefly expressed his
grateful thanks for the honour the electors of Backitigham
had conferred upon him, in electing him as one of then re-
presentatives. He was delighted to hear the explanation
they bad received from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
should, *afar es ha possibly could, giveto the resentgovern-
meat his support in maintaining the bonour and dignity of the
country. Witb regard to the Reform Bill, he had voted for
Lord John Russell's proposition, because the mammon
measure made no pennon for enlarging the franchise in
boroughs, and because also he thought it unjust to de-
prive the 40e. freeholders in boroughs of their county
votes. He believed that his votes in parliament had been
entirely in accotdance with the p'edgee he gave at the last
general election. He had voted for the total abolition of
church rates beano he thought churchmen had influence to
uphold and support the church without coming upon the dis-
netters. Upon the subject of foreign policy he concurred
with the opinions Mr. Dirndl had expressed upon most
point, and contended that our course in the patent coati-
neut.l difficulties should be on of strict neutrality.
Mr. Du PRE moved, and the Hon. W. O. Cavern:inn
emended, a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, the scknow-
lodgment of ihieh by the worthy functionary coneladel the
proceedine.