The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-04 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1858.

People are looking with considerable anxiety to
the statements that may be made by 'Members of
the new Administration to their respective consti-
tuencies, respecting the policy about to he adopted
by the Government in reference to many important
questions now before the Legislature. We have
already bad the revelations given by the Premier
to the House of Lords—but, e)c necessitate, no
announcement could be made is the representative
branch of the Legislature—all who had accepted
offices of trust and emolument under the Crown
having vacated their seats, and been obliged to
obtain a renewal of confidence before they
could offer explanation to Parliament respecting
their views and intentions in office. It was on
the hustings, therefore, that the first intimations
could be given of the course about to be pursued.
And there, too, it would be ascertained whether
the electors were disposed to accord a fair trial to
those now interested with the control and manage-
ment of national affairs.
Four of these elections have already taken place,
in each of which the candidates have been re-
elected without opposition. The most im-
portant was unquestionably that for Droitwich,
in which Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, an influential
and leading member of the Cabinet, and
responsible head of an important department
of that " glorious service," which is our proudest
boast and best defence, has ',declared his opinion
not merely to his constituents but to the entire
community. Every sentence that he delivered
will be " wafted on the wings of the press,"

throughout the length and breadth of the land,
and will carry with it as much authority as if
spoken in the House of Commons. The speech
of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON will, therefore, be eagerly
perused by all classes. As might be anticipated,

it follows closely in the track of that of the Firs
Lord of the Treasury. There are, however,
even clearer, and we may add, more satis-
factory indications of the future policy of
the Government than were given by Lord
DERBY. He recognised the unequivocal
decision of the nation on the Chinese difficulty,
although adverse to his own impressions, and the
vote he had given, and acknowledged that the late
Ministry resumed their functions in May last, at
the head of apparently as powerful a party as
ever supported a Cabinet in the House of Com-
mons, The Indian rebellion which, to a certain
( xtent, distracted the public attention from the
affairs of China, was gracefully alluded to, and he
onthe declared that "he was not disposed to be severe
late Governmentuu orm
of
,ot difficult
r the
part which they
had taken dmost
unforeseenoesecen
.circumstances. He did not, how-
under that
suffi-
ciently alive to the
they under•rated it " they had been
magnitude of the danger—
nizing
the
duty
wh.,„ca:d were too slow in recog-
and the extraordinar
danger has, 'however
gallant solliers—in a
and we may reasonably hope to
restoration of peace and The
be to Providence,
greatrd and
''kill
of
our
gyreitenpesassetehd away ;
thanks be
on
them.,
tranquillity, the speedy
er
with the re-establishment of British supremacy
in the disturbed districts. He also bowed to the
decisive majority in the House of Commons,