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London, England, 1852-07-17 00:00:00

11;.-Tp,;71, 7thoaTw—a-oprofeeaerl liherality would, for the
:.ihe of consistency, extend a terient if not an indulgent
heerieg ate what ho had to address to them.—(Hear,
aeete) Let theta remember that insolence was
uot, wit and that uproar was not discussion.—
Well ;hen, with this brief preface be begged
leave to sea, that he did not agree with
those ;who disagreed with Dr. Lee in thinking that
the suffrage ought to be extended to the fair sex.—(A.
laugh.) He had always been of opinion that if universal
suffrage was to be granted there should be no distinction
of sexes.—(A laugh.) Certainly he would not support
hat was called universal suffrage with that limited and
disgraceful restriction.—(Hear, hear.) A lady sat upon
the throne, while many of her fair subjects were occa-
sionally willed upon to discharge the duties of
churchwardens sad overseers, and therefore, when the
whole subject of universal suffrage was brought forward,
he would not consent to support it except upon the con-
dition that the is ties were allowed to participate in the
benefits of the extension.—(Laughter.) Passing to the
next topic in order, he came to the attack which an
Hen. Baronet had made upon the Ministry, but the Hon.
Baronet must have been smarting under the influence of
the hot weather when he thought of introducing them
to tho subject of Tuscan politics.—(ob, oh, and
cri .'s of "Gammon.') Let him tell the worthy
eleeier who cried gammon, that when parties make
attlicheiu a seine of gammon they must be answered in
the same manner.--(A laugh.) Well, now, with regard
to the -eubject matter of this attack, whet does if really
amount to?. Why all he could tell them was this, that
the main circumstances all occurred before he came into
offico; and he begged to tell the Hon. Baronet that he
was not prepared to go to war because •a foreign state
would not allow the circulation of the English Bible.—
(Heer.) He regretted that the Hon. Barons' had lost his
ce,it for Bedfordshire, because his speech to-day would
have beerereserved for Parliament.-"( Hear, and cheers,)
Now, foar months ago he was returned for this empty
without opposition. and he thought, under the eircarn-
stances in which he now found himself, he had a right
to ask what ne had done in tr,at time which shouln have
e:rfeved their coefidence?—( A. Voice—" You have done
nothing.") The most, then, that 'could be said against
him was that he had done nothing. Surely no candi-
date had ever appeared before a constituency with
more advantage than he did now; but he ceded any
man to lay his hand upon his heart and say that the
Governmeat had done nothing.—(Hear, hear.) The
electors would remember that the first night he took his
seat &ter his re-election he was submitted to a severe
cross, examination from Lord John Russell; and the
objcrat of that cross-examination was to prevent the Go-
ver Ument doing anything,
and produce a precipitate dis-
arelution.—(Hear, hear.) The Government, however,
resisted the attempt, and eventually they were enabled
to ease many measures of rororm, and make provision,
for toe efficient defence of the country,—(Hear, hear.)
They brought forward other measures, such as those of
law reform, which their predecessors could not carry,.
and, after the lapse of three months, which were taken
up with the discussions on these measures, no less a per-
se "e than Sir J4mea Graham, either the friend or the
"al' of Lord John Russell, called the attention
of the Rouse of Commons to the then state
of Public business, and called upon the Govern-
ment to confess that they were incompetent
to carry on the affairs of the country.—(Cheers.) They,
however, refused to make such a confession, and within
the brief space of another month all those impossible
measures were passed into a law, and received the
1 of the country.—(Hear, hear.) But it was
approve
said they had passed measures, but did not prepare them.
_(Hear, bear.) Now, wan that really so? Was the
great reform of the Court of Chancery the work of their
predecessors? Certainly no:. They never could carry
out the recornmendaions of the Chancery Com
miestoneraa and on one oczion Sir James Graham,
while allowing the importance of the reforms recom-
mended, exciaimed in &emir, where can you find the
man to carry them out?—(Hear, hear.) Now, the pre-
sent Government did find that man in the Lord Chan-
cello?, and besides that they gave one of our coloeiee
art important constitution and passed two exteesive
measures of sanitary reform.—(Hear, hear.) Could it
be said then that Government had done nothing within
the past tour months, or that he had been guilty of any-
thing in that brief spice which should induce them to
withhold their conficheice from him for tee future?
So much then for the past, and how for that something
which lootas in the future.--(Hear and a laugh.)
A. Voice—Tell us what it is.
Distuem—First, then, what ho saw looming in
the teture was this,that in a few days he should be one
of the' Members or the county of Buckinglsto.(A
laugh.) But joking aside, he must say a word or two as
to the' future policy of the Government.—(Hear, hear.)
No'coe Could suppose that the present Administration
had any intention, or ever had any intention of re-
statieg protection.—(Hear, hear.) Neither be nor
‘tv,p7 had ever expressed any desire or intention
to bring back the laws which were repealed in 1846, bat
`he had -never shrunk either in or out of the House of
Celehnons from expressing his opinions as to the effect
whiliftehe repeal of teat law must inevitably produce. He
always held that the law repeated in 1,846 was repealed
lie panic and precipitatioh, end he had never hesitated to
confess that in assisting to accomplish wh it might have
hien a necessary end the interest of one great class was
not only alaolly lost sight cf, but absolutely sacrificed.—
(Et eer, hear.) The moment they resolved upon that

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must sooner or later have to consider the
financial system of the country, with the
view to its adjustment.—(Hear, hear.) That was
the principle which he held now, it was the prin-
ciple which he advocated in opposition, and which as a
Minister he was prepared to put in practice.—(Cheers.)
With respect to the subject of local taxation, he must be
allowed to say, that the views which he advoca ed some
time ego in the House of Commons had been pretty
extensively adopted during toe electioes, not only by
candidates for counties, but for boroughs and towns too,
and be now found that those views now enjoyed the
settnetethy and support of both town and county.
Too lor.g had these inequalities of taxatioa separated
class Petal class, and it was his hope, and the wish of the
Government to which he belonged, to bring forward
metviures founded in justice and applied with policy,
*ltch should terminate that strife of classes that had so
'erg injured and degraded the high moral ;one of Eng-
le nd.--(Heer, hear.) Let them not, however, misunder-
tttand him; he did not pretend that a revision of our
beg taxation would give that amount of relief to the agri-
cultural interest, and they must still look forward to the
time when. the Government would be in a situation to
bring forward other measures which should have a ten-
dency to -reduce the grievances of the cultivator of the
soil, ant', ensile him to compete with his foreign rival
with ti;_ivantage to the country and satisfaction to him-
stlf.--(flear, hear.) They should remember that h
old. pa- ties would not be found in the- next Parliament
etnte
t vvonld rather be composed of parties who would
re-
,
present new principles, and in spite of the influence of
party politics, the Minister of the day would be enabled
'to carry his measures with far less difficulty than he had
hitherto had to encounter.—(Hear, hear.)
A Voice—Bat what measures do you propose?
Mr. DISRAELI did not feel that the present was either
the timo or the place to go into details.—(Hear,
heir.) The proper audience for that would
be the House of Commons, and when the time
arrived bo should be prepared to unfold the particulars
of the pitins which the Government would propose for
the coraitry.—(Hear, hear.) All that he had now to
do SVQ,a to state the tone of policy that he was prepared
to re commend, and ready to adopt.—(Hear, helm) He
tell. them what was the spirit of the policy
thset animated thee Government and the object which
tieey wished to obtain. and it remained for him to hope
that the explanCiou would secure alike the approval of
the country and the constituency which he sought to
repeeeee; (Hear, hear.) There was one interest which
he neust now be allowed to refer to. He alluded to those
who were engaged in the cultivation of the soil, and who
bed hitherto° been too anxious to look to an artificial
Price for their wheat.—(Hear, hear.) But there
'7153 something tar more valet-tele than au arti-
ficial price, end that teas a ;eduction in the cost
of production,
.which should
eneble the
object,
producer to
compete with hi' rivet;.—(dear, hear.) His
then, and the object of the party to which, hewas
a re
attached, was to bring about such duct ion, and
m.an
be asked the county of Buckingham to gil'eilie had
opportunity of c trrying out the principle which he
t'e 1)1y attempted to explain.—(Hear.) With regard t 4
the qriestion of religion, he would not detain them.
e
_fershra tll
than to remark than in issuing
I**owet proclamation the Government had been actuated
by
_I; sincere desire to secure the peace of the country;
av e with these observations he begged leave again to
W,sure them that if wpreetta.tithey once more returned him as their
presentative he would do hie duty; and his idea of the
duty of a ,
country I,...ealtenateer in his pasiti.)a was, to make
his
x,xx. prosporens.—(Cneers.)
Dr.
%bat hr, ,__w11:O was greered wish loud applause, said
her
th:epunebtotacharged with tiling a common distur-
Callerl (Laughter.) He h
.11,ePe,ea andee
'it aria said he had takennd übpee:
th"a`tlifr,:sapne.t to conferring the franchise up
insult to the women of the country.
on
E7le e
(Os'i and t err. ) The melodious nightingale of
chalgeh.Ln (Grelait dlr.n.yehdterh)ad limit" him fromthatnoe `know that the hi ---(G
T 1 had been asked if he
didlagreed with toe Whig's th-itt
iofries of the countyhad
i
to the return of Mr, Disrat li acid.heY
made
no
ePPesiti"ll
Tories) would, as a'favour, Show 41r. Dupre'. they (the
recur aed., He (Dr. Lee) could only r°say e 4tYhatiet ntiheell Whigs to be
had dole
more to prevent him from coming before
t
to-day eac his honest and opm-hearted opponents
ib a Tories.—(Cheers and laughter.) He
must say that
tee bad vet, little encouragement from the Whigs.
Clentsvied laughter.) 1)r. Lee then proceeded at con-
idesieeiele icegth to explain his political views, stating
that..l,o was to favour of free trade, of the ballot, of the
eclin'oeioe to Parliament of all British-born subjects, and
of v ::•1 tenaloh the enffrsetc, which in certain cases
e euld confer upon wotren. He was also an advocate
t :;,)/1 Chureh and State, nod he was
tie °
"Leis
prGalute the reform of ecclesiastical sod legal
.
steelici us v:rttain the liberty of the press,
land se
-as tor the removal of the stamp duty upon news-
jpapera, adm.eseme,:„, end paper, and of every impose
`whiett .tinpethi'd the extension of knowledge. He at the
"111''')
11(244' preferred et nnial to qainquennial or trien.
tiale.Parliateente he„-j, from conscientious motives
refreel to etopte. paid aeeets or canvassers, bat he
bjLeved his _ri_Ye.tk9y
" far approved by the elec-
t/ rs of the county that they would return
r epresent.tiv,.
Mr. BARRY wished to ask the Right Hon. tientleman
the Chancellor or the Ech-en-nnr- what the present
Ministry meant to do as to -1." for the sup-
post the poor?