The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-01 00:00:00

EAST SUFFOLK.

Sir F. Kelly, the new Attorney-General, has issued his
address soliciting re-election to the electors of this con-
stituency. The learned gentleman observes iu the course
of his address :

" The Ministry has been dissolved by a vote of the House
of Commons implying a direct censurp of their policy upon
a question which, though connected with our foreign rela-
tions, more immediately affected the independence of the
Parliament of Great Britain. While all were prompt to
admit the importance of our alliance with France and with
the Sovreign who now rules that great country, I, in cora-
-1 mon with the chiefs of the Conservative party, in the House
of Commons, supporCod the amendment to the Bill, on the
ground that the provisions of the Bill afforded no ejjective
remedy to the evils proposed to be redressed, and that the
bill itself was au evasion of the principle of independent
action which has hitherto been held sacred alike by the
Parliament and the people. It would obviously be pre-
mature to enter at this early period into the views and in•
tentions of a Government which has yet scarcely come into
existence; but I may venture to assure you that if we are
fortunate enough to enjoy the confidence and receive the
support of the constituencies of the empire we shall
bring to a satisfactory conclusion the great question
affecting the fate of cur dominions in the East, and,
that we shall advance the cause of law reform and of
the civil administration of the affairs of the State so as to
satisfy the just expectations of the country. My senti-
ments upon Parliamentary Reform are well Known to you
all. Whenever the time shall have arrived for the further
consider thou of this all-important question, 1: shall be
found ready to support and assist in any measure for the
extension of the elective franchise to every man in Britain
qualified by property or by education to exercise it with
independence and intelligence. A redistribution of the
boroughs and towns possessed and unpossessed of the fran-
chise, so that all above the rank of villages may be repro-
seated in the Legislature is, in my opinion, called for upon
every principle of justice and expediency. For why should
Yarmouth return two members to Parliament while Lowe-
toft is without any representation at all ? I think also that
the proportion between the numbers of the population and
the representatives should be much more just and proxi-
mate throughout the counties and towns of England, Scot-
land, and Ireland."
It was reported in influential quarters on Saturday
afternoon that Col. Adair, late M.P. for Cambridge, would
appear as a candidate in the Liberal interest, in opposition
to Sir Fitzroy. No address had, however, appeared from
the gallant colonel.

PANMUEE'R LEGACY TO GENERAL PEEL—A most
affdcting inci lent took place at the War Office a day or
two ago, which proves that ministers after all are but
human. Lord Panniure met General Peel to hand over
the records and expl tin to him all that had been done—
which took a very short time—and all that bad not been
done, which was rather a tedious detail. General Peel
listened with polite attention to all that the departing
Secretary of Sta•e had to say for himself, and seemed
deeply to symp..thise in the sorrow which reddened his
face aed agitated hie waistcoat. When the business of
the interview was cvdr, G neral Peel, with a degree of
kindness that will never be forgotten, grasped the hand
of the sobbing " Out," and in a tone worthy of the ordi-
nary of Newgate when addressing a malefactor on the
scaffold, or of a second in a dual, who sees it is all up
with his principal, said, "'Tell me, tell me, my good lord,
is there anything I can do to mitigate the affliction which
bears you down I" The generosity of the appeal quite
overcame the ex-captain of the 79th. Bursting into s
torrent of grief, he exclaimed, " Oh, general, this is true
humanity—my heart must speak. Take—take—oh, do
hake—canz or Dow p !" United Sem'it'e Journal,