The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-21 00:00:00

111111 ID EDITION.

T:11• EI.aTIONS.-(THIS DAY).

t;II,F.I2CIVICR.
I.l.t.crurs OP' MM. OLADBTONE.
isione's re-election took place On the
• :.t ~f the Ranger's-house, Blackheath. The
a...1.-tration which the electors of Greenwich
to make in honour of their distingelMed
was prevented from taking place by the
the with which a day that wiU be remark.
• . 1,,,t0ry of this country had bees ushered in.
• thousands of persons who would have
•.:m the heath to testify their respect
hen. gentleman, had tie morning
mg was comparatively small. and in-
-2,000 persons who might be raid
• . working. class element. Some artisans
. 3.-ompanied by a band, arrived about
were loudly cheered. The crowd was
of several influential inhabitants of
• A lisrgv number of mounted and foot polio,-
. but there was little if any necessity
. : v iees. Shortly after 11 Mr. Glad-
- by Mrs. Gladstone, and Mr. and
:.. arrived at the hustings. They were
Immense cheering and waving of hats.
who occupied scats on the platform were
Salomon. M.P., Mr. Anomie* Canon
v Dr. Goodwin, Mr. W. D. Barnett, Mr.
-

_:er. Hon and Hey. F. G. Byng, Ac.

OFFICLE (Mr. Chapman )" having read

I .... ‘, .1 t_ aIN. who was received with load applause.
.... ~ . M:. tAadstone's re-election. He oulogisod the
' ... .r...uArative and financial abilities of this right
t.* * ..r.:.anan. and rejoiced that the affairs of the
-••, !p.m, entrusted to him.
1_ ..:.posttion having been seconded,
—t:, turning oeicer evoked loud and ironical cheering.
.....•.-: if anibudy had a second candidate to propose.
• re 1,-...ng no other candidate,
Et:T.-vs:No Ormuz declared Mr. Gladstone duly
~...,.::.u. Toe asnoincsmant was received with a burst of
. ~....ze. erlach we. intensified on the rising of the tight
...-. cent:eman to acknowledge the honour which had
... L oderred upon him.
v: ..:Lipsrotcs, in the course of his speech, said that
.....,,:onty by which the late House of °amnions had
.:1...,:ti :te sentiments upon the vital question which
~. • f!:: wards referred to the people, instead at Wag

-....-,::,-:: uito a minority, as expected by Mr. Disraeli,
: ::...::,.-,1 about twice as large u it was before. In
.. , Ai vich a manifestation as that, it was not nuns.
:' •ctrh he believed it was the grit case on record—
s -:: Tr.lT.l.try then in power melted away—(laughter)—
::. parliament which had called it into existence
, • • :. ling that parliament in the face—without
I .. • : ::-..ni it the judgment they had undertaken to
4 ' Z. —melted away, in the words of our greatest
i • :.. I.:- t. like "a mockery king of mow." (Load
.• : ..i. 1 .Leers.) The right hon. gentleman then
: the arduous task which devolved upon him,
I • . 1., wa•••• sustained by the conviction of a good and
. , a an.: by the support and kindnees he had re-
:. ci :he electors of Greenwich, and by the belief
• • • :... . onduct of the great questions that were
• -1 • zccernment he should receive a considerate
.•zeht treatment. He was sure allowance would
i . f.: all the great difficulties that necessarily
.... • ii• : li:eat legislative settlements, and that men
. : , I :spared to abate somewhat of their own par-
: • e...Ws and opinions provided that the great prin-
-. c which they proceeded was faithfully observed,
,—.•.ey punned the noble ends they had in view—
.. •he strengthening of the institutions of the
.T. :414a the establishing of the unity, harmony, and
. aci,iig all claims* of the community and in
. .:•., ci the empire. (Protracted cheering.) His
thanks were due to the electors from the fa-
- . :..:rcum-tance :—lt had happened to other men in
i : :Imes holding the same or a similar position to
. • wi.ichhe now filled, when soliciting the votes of great
: : .encifts, to fail in their immediate object, but that
• .. so far as be knew, never happened to any one of
. • was this: that when they failed in the solicitation
.-- made for the suffrages of one great constituency,
. another great constituency was ready on the moment
. _nsolicited to make them the object of their choice.
..• • rs.) In those times ministers had been compelled
... k refuge in some pocket borough from the
: .1. they bad sustained. (Renewed cheering.)
::. si i,., well aware, as they were well aware,
• i :he cares and responsibilities of the office to
~ . _ Le bad been called prevented him from giving to
. ....,teresta the attention which the electors had • right
.A from their representatives ; but he bad the con-
• 7: :ttiection that in his honoured and trusted friend
i iri,an Salomon.) whom he now rejoiced to call his
....e, possessed as he was of their confidence, and
t • . t .. it senior member—(laughter)—while he (Mr.
. i e, gladly accepted the second honours of the
; ...: r-cewed laughter)—they had a man who was
i• a:: lec,l,iiim his effectual aid, and to bestow hi. un-
::.• : . Lep,. upon matters which the people of Greenwich
,• : cimediately concerned in. Glancing at the subjects
::1 the attention of parliament, the right
.. _i.ble gentleman said the liberals had won •
•-., *.:-.-iniph, but that man's mind must be
7 ._.,.1 who could see in the recent occurreeese
tr. umph and nothing more. The triumph of the
::.t be worth anything at all derived its whole
-.•.4 .ignificance from its being the road to the tri-
, .cd principles of the party, and upon the capacity
V . ministry to embody those principles in practical
- ..- _its. and in the conduct of the administration, would
: ..i.. the ultimate verdict which the electors would pees
:..1r conduct. And for hie part he hoped that when,
an•aher election came, the present ministry were
: .to Lace been unfaithful to their trust, the electors
• .. : dismiss them as summarily front the public service
.y bud lately done somebody else. (Laughter and
1,.; With respect to pa diamentary reform, he
' we Lad attained to a state of advancement
-dil to I•optilar suffrage that formed an epoch in the
r , i the country. It would be premature on his
I% the situation which he held, were he to attempt
ib, measures which might be necessary to give full
•: . that reform. He had no doubt that after a short
4 many points, many imperfections and anomalies
Ls.• t, the recent bill would require a careful review.
. • : • name time that review was not the liminess of the
• 1-.. caulk every sensible and every practical man
• .trive to address himself to subjects of public in-
i. the order which their importance—and even their
.•ai (.1: for the time—might prescribe. There
however, two subjects that could not
,srlocked in connection with the represen-
is of the people, one of which was the
...ty offered by the present system for perfect
•I• in in the giving of the vote—(loud cheers)—which
' ' had not been conferred as a favour, but imp:eel
' duty by the legislature upon the members
community. Upon this point he would
say that in his opinion the occurrences which
• marked the recent election, especially in
e parts of the country, but most of all perhaps in one
.e borough—the borough of Blackburn, with which his
the honour to have some connection—theme occur-
,, ought to form, in the hands probably of indepen-
• members rather than a government representing a
the subject of searching and impartial in-
(Cheers.) He had at all times given his
• •. in favour of the method of open voting, and
• .i do io now, but with this important reservation,
• -.- whether by open voting, or by whatsoever means,
'V. 5r.,,.t.g must be assured. (Renewed cheers.) Another
• '-'4, of the utmost urgency belonged to the category
• " .isti.entary reform—be meant the position of actual
:414. and suffering, in which a large body of persons
••T ily known as compound householders were placed
: • ' -1-:., ,ompelled practically to alter the tenure on which
• Y 1.'.1,1 their dwellings as a condition of their exercising
•••••• which he must again observe had not been given
' .:•'". as a personal favour, but as a public trust and
:.lad if the vote was so to be conferred, he held
• it Ought to be conferred in a way that
Lot entail suffering or grievance. He be-
., list those grievances had been needlessly—he
•i•• .i.: not iay wantonly—infiicted, and undoubtedly it
-:.! I e the duty of a liberal government forthwith to
about the weans of discovering, in the best, simplest,
~ tawt ihr•ffent•ive form, the remedy whichwits required.
'' 11. then, there were other great questions in arrear. The
' ....snob of bankruptcy was one in which the commercial
: 4as.. nit y was profoundly interested. There was the ques-
t, of education—great in all its beaches, greet la that