The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

TEtt SUN, LONDON

lawyer—" For God's sake, don't introduce any new I
legislative enactments in this respect until you have I
most carefully convinced yourselves that the law
is already insufficient for that purpose." No law
which increased penal servitude from two to 14
years would affect the purposes of such men as
those who had lately attempted the Emperor's life,
who would stand fulminating the gunpowder that
might blow them to atoms in order to accomplish
their purpose. It would be absurd to suppose that
it would deter such a man as Orsini from carrying
out his design. (Hear.) Lord Cowley came to the
rescue of the Minister, but it was too late. His
lordship said that if the object was to soothe, it was
important to let time exert its usual influence
Therefore we were not to deny that England was
the workshop of assassination. Now, with regard
to the vote he had given on that occasion, he be-
lieved he had acted in accordance with the opinion
of the constituency of Chichester and in accordance
with the majority of the people of England.
(Cheers.) He believed there was but one cry—
' " Down with the Conspiracy Bill." His lordship
next proceeded to express his opinions in favour of
Church and State, and so long as the Church and
State were united he thought the fabric of the
Church ought to be supported by the State. He
believed the ballot to be a bag of moonshine, and
un-English. He thought the bill lately passed for
preventing bribery and corruption at elections might
be amended. The next question he must touch upon
was reform, but his friends must remember that if
the reform they had was not good it was no fault
of the members now in office ; it was the fault of the
Liberals. Sir Jas. Graham inscribed on his banner
peace, economy, and retrenchment, but his peace
was war with Russia and China, his economy a
vast increase of the national debt, and his reform
was laid on the table one day and taken away the
next. His lordship proceeded to say lie did not
think it reasonable to expect Lord Derby's Ministry
to bring forward a reform bill this session. It was
no act of their own that they had been called toge-
ther. That the Times was the great Leviathan of
the press for intelligence and ability in every respect
no one would deny, and he should be sorry to say
one word to impugn the great and ample services
rendered to the country by that paler. But the
Times in November last stated that a Reform Bill
in 1858 was not possible, "simply for this reason
(quoting the Times) that no person in the House
except the very few with whom such reform happens

to be a crotchet or a personal affair will be Mile to
attend five consecutive minutei to the subject."
On November 18, in criticising the Roebuck Reform
Manifesto, the Times observed " that such a con-
fluence of considerations suggests the postponement
of Parliamentary reform, that the difficulty lies not
in stating them, but in stating all of them, in doing
justice to their number and force, in not omitting
some while we mention others." The Times (con-
tinued his lordship) then proceeded to point out
the folly of postponing Indian legislation in prefer-
ence to Parliamentary reform, and concluded with
a passionate appeal to reformers that parliamentary
reform had better wait even for the sake of parlia-
mentary reform itself, so as to enable us to secure
an effectual settlement instead of a corrupt bargain.
Now he (Lord Lennox) adopted those conclusions.
When Lord Derby left office in 1835, what did Mr.
Richard Cobden say ? Ho said this :
, " I think that the Conservative Government would give

them :: better chance of reconstructing an honest party
both in this house and in the country. I look back with
regret on the ♦ote which I gave on the motion which
changed Lord Derby's Government. I regret the result of
that motion, for it has cost the country 100,000,000 of
treasure, and between 20,000 and 30,000 good lives."
(Cheers.) Let them not, then, be frightened at the
threat of a change of Ministry. The Government
organs abused the Conservatives for adopting the
measures of the late Government—not measure,
but subjects. India would be treated in a very
different way, and they would upheld our national
honour iu respect to our countrymen in the
dungeons of Naples. (Cheers.) In that amusing
imaginary list of Derby horses taken from Pitltch
and inserted in the daily papers he should have
got the "Man at the Corner" to add to that
Sporting Intelligence—Strong list of new favorites
in consequence of Lord Palmerston's British Lion
having on his trial on the 19th broke down, and
been out of training. (Laughter.) He hoped they
would all consider and believe that Lord Derby the
other day had no other course open to him but to
attempt to form a Government and stand by the
Queen on the present crisis. Lord Granville had
twitted Lord Derby with attempting to form a
Government when he could not do so in 1855, but
he (Lord Lennox) could tell Lord Granville that
the people in 1855 believed the national honour was
safe in the hands of Lord Palmerston, but they did
not believe so now. He only asked them not to be
led away by prejudice. The government certainly
was not composed of the great Whig families, but
auoh names as Disraeli, Henley, and Pakington
were associated with it, and, although they might
not be nobly connected, their names were honour-
ably known. (Cheers.) They ought to give Lord
Derby's Government a fair and impartial trial. Fair
play was the right of every Englishman, rich or
poor. His lordship having thanked the electors for
the honour conferred upon him sat clown amid
much cheer'.
The assemblage then separated.