The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

carry my election.
Ifelt myss4C bound to lay Aside every
private consideration, anti to place myself unreservedly
in your hinds.—(Cheers.) I have avowed distiecily, in
my erotiptioosne,stowsuhpicphorlt
ttamyd l)erby
in thaeddbelieve
to be for .the general. good.—(Cheers.) Genth-men, it
hsa net appeared to me to be a question whether Lord
Derby or. another M.llll should be the Prime Minist'r,
earzo eu thatre which m yhe intention
but who it. eras poestble for her Mjesty to call to her
teniecile in the diffieulties cf the country. in order bust
I believe that her Majesty could not have fixed upon any
to admitdexer its affairs for the good of her people; and
man more fitting than. the Noble Lord at the head of the
Government.—( flearehear, and applause.) It has been
f the Noble Lord's paternal home, and I am
reach o
my fortune to pass a large part of my life within the
well acquainted with his habits, and with his character
iev the
Ibe le thim to be a high-minded, chivalrous man, far
abo v
power—
one who will devote himself to the service of his coun-
trytemptation of place, or patronage, or
with all the ardour of a generous heart.—(Enthusi-
astic cheering) I reserve to int twit' the right of exer-
my own judgment on the measures the Noble
Lord
forward; but I have a firm convic-
tionpropound only such as shall be for
the general good, and such as will meet your aepro-
•
bmon. I declare to you, that I would neither bind
thatma y
he bring
will
myself to follow the Noble Lord, nor any other man,
lthe views which he might enunciate at the pre-
ent moment on the question of free trade; because I
believe that that measure, changing as it has done the
reciprocal . relations
.of so many interests in society.
must be it. own experiment, and until that experiment
has been further worked out that no man can decide
upon its success—that iu any event the burdens
of the country should be more equally divided.
That the agriculturist, vvhe has suffered so largely,
ehould be freed, as fir as justice will allow
him to be freed, from the unequal imposts that he
has is, .I do think, a matter to be
i of time. But when we speak of
free
I ask, is it
.free trade, iu the ordinary
,eal
t beentr withad trade, may
m withouta e
y
loss
sense of the words, when the freedom is on one side only.
on our part, and not on that of the nations of the world?
—(Hear, hear.) Do. thosekeen and clever men on the
ether side of the Atlantic, whose cotton and whose corn
we are importing free of duty—do they receive our iron
or our manufactures on similar terms? Gentlemen,so long
as I see a.great and progressing nation like the United
States of. .America refusing to adopt the principles
of free trade, I shall think, that we have something yet
to learn as-to its results. lam most anxious that every
branch of the industry of this country should be encou-
raged, and so fat as possible that it should be protected.
My opinion is, that heretofore there were so many re-
strictions thrown upon trade that the natural consequence
was, an outburst of indignation against antiquated and
obnoxious sumptuary laws, and that it is possible that that
outburst has carried changes furth©r than it may hereafter
be proved wisdom would have carried them.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen,. I have announced myself hostile to Po-
pery in every form and phase which it can assume,
and your unanimous approbation of my views and
expected services, this day, proves to me that on
that head we are of one mind. It is the glory
of our country that we have a scriptural and spiritual
Church with so much truth in it, and scripture so
fairly end so fully laid open by it to the people,
that no man can be voluntarily led astray by it, and,
it is our boast, too, that every man is allowed to differ
from the doutrinss of that Church, and to worship God
according to his views of scriptural truth and the light
that is in him, unmolested, under his own vine and under
his own fig-tree. So long as I can raise my voice, or as
I have any influence, I will endeavour to oppose the
venom of Popery, and to keep its influence out of
your homes and families.--(Applause.) Yes, gentlemen,
I will use • every energy I possess to keep fully open
before the people that great charter of their liberty, that
clear exponent of the duty of man to man—the Sacred
paan drb y
in thatth
Scriptures. • That, gentlemen, is the Protestant faith—
apth lathwy of illaablil a
abide—which
hichhims, a sympathyecurestothe
which he Las a right to claim.—(Applause.) It I cameo+
appeal. as the Noble Lord on my right hand can do, with
whom I 'am proud to serve, to a long and illustrious
descent,—l can boast' that lam one of the people, and
that every
sympathy of mine is in unison with them. The
Noble Lord.said in his 'addreis that he was no orator, but if
his henot elequeece, I am unacquainted with Haltogether.
I felt that he spoke from his heart, and what he says he
meaes, and will endeavour to carry out. Nothing can
be more flittering than the honour that you have con-
ferred upon me,—nothing shall be more faithful than
my service to you. If I fail, it can only be for want
of power or abtlizye—it shall not be from want
of will or wish to dol you service. Time has
made it impossible that I could pay my duties
to the electors individually ;
.you know that I
am much. indebted ep my. noble, colleague, who is
personally known to each of you, that he has laboured
among yotkand that shave, benefited by.his labour. I
promise you that he shall find in me a zealous colleague,
in endeavouring to promote every object of benefit to you,
and I once more thank,you for the honour that you have
couferred upon me, and for the kindness and the appro-
bation with which you have listened to this imperfect
address.—(Loud appleuse.)
A vote of. thanks to. the gayer for his conduct in the
chair was then pissed by acclamation, and the business
at the hustipgs conclieded.
,the successful candidates
then paraded the town in procession, and afterwards
dined at their respective hotels.