The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-13 00:00:00

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104

losses at present stand as

LOSSES.
Lyme Regis
Maldon
Preston
Sunderland
Tewkesbury
Thetford
Whitby
Woodstock

... ... 1
... 1
•• • ... 1
•• • ... 1
••• ... 1
•• • ... 1
... ... 1

• Total
GAINS.

... ..
... 18

Leicester
Lincoln

••• ••• 1
••• ••• 1
••• 1
••• 1
••• 1
... ... 2
... 1
•.• 1
... ••• 1

Newport
Poole
Portsmouth
Taunton
Tynemouth
Wakefield
Weymouth
Windsor

••• 2

Total ... 24

Lord Stanley at Lynn.

The nomination took place yesterday in the Town-hall.
The Mayor (Mr. W. Monement) presided.
Mr. L. SELF proposed, and. Mr. E. BAGGE seconded, Lord
Stanley.
Mr. L. W. JARVIS proposed, and Mr. MOM seconded,
Sir T. F. Buxton (Liberal.)
Mr. D. GURNEY proposed, and Mr. C. WILLETT seconded,
the lion. P. Walpole (Conservative.)
The nominations were made amid a good deal of uproar
from a few noisy partisans, but there was no serious ill-
feeling observable. The mayor had, however, very great
difficulty in obtaining a hearing at first.
Lord STANLEY, who was received with " Three cheers
for Lord Derby," and loud cheers for himself, said—
Gentlemen, electors, and non-electors of the borough, old
friends all, I am come here to ask you to confer upon me
once again the honour which I have on six previous occa-
sions received at your hands, and which five times I have
received from you without contest or dispute—that of re-
presenting you and serving you in Parliament. Ido not
intend to trouble you with many words to-day, partly be-
cause my voice is not powerful enough to enable me to
be heard by more than a small portion of those whom I
now see before me ; partly because by tho kindness of the
mayor, I had only a fow days ago an opportunity of explain-
ing to you in considerable detail the political opinions which
I hold, and I endeavoured to place a copy of that state-
ment in the hands of every elector; partly because, after a
Parliamentary life of 17 years,and a life too, which, if I may
say so, has not been wholly inactive—(hear, hear, and
cheers)—l think that all who take an interest in public
affairs must pretty well know by this time what is the line
of political conduct which I have pursued, and what that
line is which, if returned again, I am likely to follow.
Gentlemen, I am for a policy of peace ; I am for a policy of
non-intervention in foreign affairs ; I am for a moderate
cautious, and gradual reduction of our present armaments.
As to the franchise, I will explain as briefly as I can what
my views are. lam not opposed to a redistribution of seats,
provided always that in any re-arrangement the balance
is fairly kept as between the towns and the counties. I
do not think it would be a wise thing to disfranchise wholly
or partially a number of small boroughs, and to turn over
all those seats to the great towns. At present, taking it
man for man, the representation of the rural population is
below that to which its numbers entitle it. Nor do I ob-

ject to a moderate extension of the franchise ;1;1; I tell 30u
frankly I am not prepared to support a £6 franchise in
boroughs, nor any measure which would amount practi-
cally to a transfer of political power from that class which
now possesses it to another class. If you look to the 33
years which have elapsed since the last Reform Bill, you
may search, I believe, in vain in the records of any coun-
try for a period of greater prosperity, or in which improve-
ment has been more rapid or the accumulation of wealth
more constant. I have heard people say, "If this is—and
no doubt it is—the result of one Reform Bill, that is the
reason for having another." But to my mind it is a very
strange kind of reasoning to argue that because that class
who now are the depositaries of political power have exercised
that power (as every one admits) admirably well, therefore
they are to be dispossessed, and that power transferred to
others. Now about Church questions. I have never raised
the cry of Church in danger, nor did I ever support it
(hear, hear)—and for this reason, that 1 do not believe that
the Establishment—at least in England—is in any danger
whatever. (Hear.) I believe that upon the whole it is
stronger than it was 30 years ago. The only question in
connection with that, of any popular interest, is that of
church rates (hear, hear), and with regard to that there
seems to have been less interest in it of late years, and
that it has rather gone back than forward. (Hear, hear.)
I think the reason of that is not difficult to divine. Tho
great towns have in practice relieved themselves from the
rate ; to them therefore it was only a theoretical grievance,
and naturally they do not feel very much interest in it.
Still, as a matter of general principle, I believe now, as
I have done for the last ten years, that the establishment
would be stronger without that power of taxing Noncon-
formists than it is at present. (Cheers.) And that being
so, I shall continue to vote upon that question as 1 have
always done. Now, I don't think this a convenient op-
portunity for going into detail on a variety of political
questions. You know that I have no objection to do so

in your presence whenever a convenient opportunity
offers. I shall of course be ready to answer any in-
quiries which any person in the room may wish to put
to me. With regard to what I may call the personal
part of politics—the relations of political parties one to
another—most of you know that I am not a hot or
vehement partisan. (Hear, hear.) I do not belong to the
school of those who think that the existence of political
parties is an evil or an abuse. On the contrary, I think
that they are the necessary and legitimate development
of free political institutions. (Hear, hear.) With regard
to the Government of Lord Palmerston, I am not inclined to
criticise that Government harshly or severely. They have
not involved us in war; their finance has on the whole
been good; and they have the negative merit of having
done no mischief. (Laughter and cheers.) On the other
hand, they are fairly liable in some important respects to
censure. As to the Conservative opposition, of which I
am a member, I think it fairly entitled to claim the merit
of having abstained from factious opposition, and of not
having shown itself greedy of power. (Hear, hear.) And in
the existing balance of political power a party, numbering
about 300 out of 650 members, cannot fail to exercise a
very useful influence upon affairs by checking any inclina-
tion for extreme measures. As for myself, I always per-
sonally prefer rather to support than to oppose the
Government of the day. I have no personal object or
interest to serve. (Hear, hear.) I don't make it a boast,
but, as a fact, it is a matter of indifference to me
whether I again hold office or not. I have held it before,
and that kind of life has not for me any illusions. As far as
my personal 'tastes are concerned, I, infinitely prefer the
ease, the leisure, and the freedom of a private member
to the slavery (honourable slavery though it be) which is
involved in the headship of a public department. But in
that matter, as in all others, I should be guided by one
consideration—the consideration in what capacity I could
be of most use to the public. I have only two strong poli-
tical feelings ; one is the wish that at least I might suc-
ceed in retaining your confidence, your good opinion, and
your support; the other a hope that whenever my public

life is drawing to a close, I may be able to look back upo
a political career which shall have been honest and inde-
pendent, and not wholly useless. (Cheers.)
The Hon. F. Walpole and Sir Fowell Buxton also ad-
dressed the electors.

The Mayor took a show of hands and declared that the
result was in favour of Lord Stanley and Sir Powell
Buxton.

Mr. Ands demanded a poll on behalf of the Hon. P.
Walpole, and it was appointed to be held this day (Thurs-
day.)

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