The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-08 00:00:00

the former was founded upon compulsory service as the
rule, admitting voluntary service as the exception, while
the Bill of the present Government, which I supported
was founded upon voluntary service as the rule,
and
and
admits of compulsory service as only the.
rem
now to
ccntingeat exception.—(Cheers.) T
be raised will be raised by bounty.a6he&
militia
if
fault to find with the act, it is that I think the bounty I have any
fault
isy
i
rather too high. That, however, I presume, cadn. be nod
ground of objection to young
to enlist.—(A laugh.) My belief
no ballot, but that you will rine
men a
is
yourthat you
who may be
wfrielleahasposethvee
spontaneous patriotism of the ')
in-
ducement of the bounty. I do tille, aided by the t
think so ill of the
to
tehear in
h
that they eye will
militia.be
ay
forueni
dg
emf e2nl o f
days' England
service a
durings
the
I2ns vvdha
regiment of local militia, which used
to assemble commanded
for
training, and I knew only one
instance of a mit
yos'wished to go home before the
28 days were over!,
He was one of the privates who
wish you would let
me and said, "My Lord, I
-elm' to me replied, "Why? you have only a week
me go e now?" Well," said he, "the fact is that before
tio cowedsery here I promised a young woman in my parish
home. I
that I'd marry her, if so be as I surwived the campaign.
_(Laughter.) I replied, " Lleavn forbid that the
young woman should be disappointed. Go home and
marry her, and tell her tho campaign has not been so
dangerous as she may have thought it."—(Laughter.) I
am convinced that the young men of England won't be
afraid of three weeks' campaign in a militia regiment.—
(Cheers.) Mr. Rowcliff has asked me my notions of
Parliamentary reform—whether I did not vote against
Mr. Locke King's motion? whether I should be prepared
to vote for the ballot, for the repeal of the Septennial
Act, and for the substitution of triennial, or, as they are
sometimes called, triangular Parliaments?—(Laughter.)
Now, Mr. Rowcliff is a Chartist, and is for the five or
six or any other number of points of the Charter. lam
not a Chartist, and I am too old to become a Chartist.
I am quite satisfied with the constitution of the coun-
try under which I have been born, under which I have
lived, and under which I hope to die.—(Loud cheers.) I
am for a limited and constitutional monarchy; I am not
for a republic. I have seen what republics are in other
countries. I have seen that they cannot maintain their
ground, and that, when you try to establish them you in-
variably lead the way to a military despotism.—(Hear.)
,I am for septennial Parliaments. A septennial Parlia-
ment, practically, is not a Parliament that lasts for
seven years, for w© all know that the average duration
of the Parliaments during the last 30 or 40 year has not
been more than three or four years. It you establish
annual Parliaments you will have the country in a per-
petual commotion. Your Members of Parliament will
not have time to learn their duties, and your business
will be ill done. In the same way, if you have trien-
nial Parlismentinduring, the firatyenrthe Members will be
learning their business, in the second ) ear they will
just be beginning useful measures, and in the third year
they !vill ba thinking of the Rowell& of their respective
tbittiehyeenibT,tarsidcro.e
censinueucies—(Laughter)—and endeavouting to shape
) order to
:eh:, noteceerereest e
vi
alofint4oidrtnegi t—athhueleg
hg
most c
objectaord. oftei
:0
iitistht,yhe ierrfe
gtnre
regard
their country,
co° avsohttui
vote
because I think
it atvariance with the national character and wit • h the
principle of our Cenci:a:ion. I think a trueEglish-
do not believe that a majority of Engli so' wen would.
would
English-
man hates doing a thing in secret or in the dark"
consent to give their votes in secret, even if the law per-
mitted them to do so; and I think if the law compelled
them to do so it would be aßedtebalsehmaevnet
aofhfghheenraettin,eel_
characters—Cl-fear, hear.)
.eon. I hole that the riglit of voting is u trust reposed
in the elector for the puslic good. I don't think that a
vote is given for the benefit of the man who possesses it,
and that he can take it to the best bidder and get M.,
101., or ens
---, as the case may be. The vote is given as a
trust for the public and for th© nation; and I say that
any trust repose' in a man for the public good he ought
re peztotm in public —(Hear, hear.) I say, that fur
men who are charged with the high and important duty
of choosing the beet men to represent the country in
Parliament to go sneaking to the ballot-box, and,
poking in a piece of paper, looking round to see that no
one could read it, is a course which is unconstitutional
and unworthy the character of straightforward and
honest Englishmen. lam for improvement. lam for a
gradual and steady improvement, where improvement can
properly be made; but I am not for rashly and hastily
overturning tees° ancient institutions under which this
country has long flourished and prospered, which have
contributed to the contentment of the nation, and which
have rendered bur country stable amid convulsions
which have shaken to their csntre many other States of
Earope.—(Cheers )
Three cheers were then given for Lord Palmerston;
and

Mr. F. HOLE moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor,
which was carried by acclamation.
The Altana, in acknowledging the compliment, ex-
pressed his pride at holding for the third time the office
of chief magistrate of the borough, and his satisfaction
et the order and decoram with which the proceedings
had been conducted. _ _ _

At the last general election for the borough the pro-
ceedings lasted for nearly eight hours, and daring the
whole of that time, in consequence of the scanty cover-
ing provided for the hustings, the candidates and the
greater proportion of their friends were exposed to the
scorching rays of the sun. On this occasion, however,
thanks to the forethought of the Mayor, the arrange-
ments were materially changed, and ample protection
was afforded by a projecting roof to the occupants of the
hustings, on what Lord Palmerston justly described as
one of " the hottest of hot days."