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London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

ferred upon him he resumed his seat, loudly
applauded: - • --- - - - ---- -
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Mayor,
and the proceedings terminated.

CHICHESTER.
A LORD OF THE TREASURY.

Lord Henry Gordon Lennox having accepted the
appointment of one of the Lords of the Treasury
under the Administration of Lord Derby, his re-
election for the borough of Chichester took place
on Saturday without opposition. His lordship
arrived at the county-hall at 12 o'clock, accom-
panied by his proposer and seconder, Dr. Wear-
' rogher and Mr. William Gruggen, both of whom
had served the office of mayor of the borough. The
Mayor, Mr. G. Henty, as the returning officer,
presided, and as there was not the semblance of an
opposition the attendance of voters was limited,
and the proceedings would have possessed very
little interest but for a very lengthened speech of a
Mr. Park, a voter of the borough, an advocate of
manhood suffrage, paid members of Parliament, the
ballot, separation of Church and State, and all those
questions which are diametrically opposed to Con-
servative principles, to which his lordship adheres.
The usual preliminaries having been disposed of,
the Mayor addressed the limited assemblage in the
usual manner, requesting a fair hearing for each
speaker.
Dr. WCARROGHER then nominated in a few brief
remarks Lord Henry Gordon Lennox as a fit and
proper person to fill up the vacancy occasioned by
the change of Government, and the nomination
having been seconded by Mr. Gruggen,
The MAYOR inquired if any one had any other
candidate to propose ; but there was no response to
his inquiry.
Mr. PANK then made a long speech, congratu-
lating the constituency of Chichester on the liberal
tone of his lordship's address, and expressing a hope
that he would act up to the liberal principles which
he had propounded in that address, at the same
time having his misgivings that he would act up to
his professions; and, in order to test his lordship's
sincerity, he put a number of questions to him rela-
tive to his views on the popular topics advocated
by ultra-Reformers, at the same time expressing his
.belief that he should have candid answers.
Lord HENRY LENNOX commenced his speech by
expressing his regret that he_ had been unable,
through indisposition, to pay his respects in person
to his constituents. It was only in the month of
March last that he had sought at their hands the
honour of being again returned as their representa-
tive in Parliament, having been sent like naughty,
boys to their constituents by the late Prime Minis-
ter, who had placed his reliance on five Protestant
bishops in our land and the notorious Yeh, and upon
them he threw himself for support in appealing again
to the nation. With the aid of these evangelical di-
vines and the Chinese Yeh he obtained such a ma-
jority that there was no measure he might not have
carried and no good he might not have effected if
he had steered a proper course. So blind was their
confidence in that Government that Mr. Vernon
Smith had repeated the assertion that the fright-
ful rebellion in India was only a partial outbreak
of a military mutiny ; but the Opposition knew
well, and told them that it was no partial mutiny
but a fearful rebellion. (Hear, hear.) Just before
Parliament met certain appointments were made
and certain distributions of Crown patronage were
conferred which did not meet with public favour.
They were asked to wait the issue of events 4nd
they would find the honour of England safe, and
they did wait in order that the noble individual at
the head of affairs might have an opportunity, of
clearing himself of the charges that were brought
against him. Daring the recess it was said that
the peace of England was safe, but certain circum-
stances gave rise to great doubt. In the month of
August, or thereabouts, two British subjects were
taken from a vessel on the open seas, and permitted
to linger in the prison of Naples. This was what
they might call upholding British honour ; but
with a large majority at the back of Government all
was silent. There were no applauding cheers to
greet the Minister, but an ominous silence reigned
around. He (Lord Lennox) had opposed that
Minister's policy of the war with China as errone-
ous ; but at the same time, while he attacked the
policy of the Minister of the day with regard to
that war, he must, in justice to the noble lord, give
him the full benefit of the capture of the valian
Yeh. (Laughter.) To accomplish that purpose
our harbours were denuded of our ships arid Our
ships and our shores of our troops ; and really ;he
had seen such a laughable account of the capture of
this veritable Yeh that he could not resist the terlip-
tation of reading it to there. It was this : •
" At last the guides called a halt at the door of a third-
rate yamun which appeared closed and deserted. The doors
were forced open, and the bluejackets were all over the
place in a moment' It was evident that they were now on
the right scent. The place was full of hastily-packed bag-
gage. Mandarins were running about, and at last one came
forward and delivered himself up as Yeh. But he was pot
fat enough, Parkes pushed him aside, andhurrying on they
at last spied a very fat man contemplating the achieverciont
of getting over the wall at. the extreme rear of the yardun.
Captain Key and Commodore Elliott's coxswain rnshoyi
forward. Key took the fat gentleman round the ward,
and the coxswain twisted the august tail of the Imperial
Commissioner round his fist. (Laughter.) There was, no
mistake now—this was the veritable Yeh. Instinctively
the blue jackets felt it must be Yeh, and they tossed , up
their hats and gave three rattling cheers." r
(Laughter and applause.) For the full ameunt of
glory of that capture he gave the noble lord ample
credit. (Laughter.) He would now pass on to
the subject of France, which was now uppermi:et
in the minds of the people, and he should appro4ch
that subject with great care, although nothing that
he might say could be considered to implicate the
Government with which he bad the honour of being
connected. He might begin by observing thathc
had the warmest respect for the French nation,
and he believed this country were of the same way
of thinking. (Applause.) And he-could not 141 p
saying that to that remarkable man, the Emperor
of the French, this country was greatly indebted.
When they remembered his co-operation with us
in the Crimea, and the great struggle before Sebas-
topol, and the enormous host of men he brought
side by side with Englishmen to fight for liberty,
he was entitled to our great consideration, and
there appeared no other than an absolute nece,sity
to vote for the alliance between France and Eng-
land. It should be our utmost study to keep on
good terms with France, and all the time England
and France remained faithful to each other there
was no danger to the liberty of Europe. (Applause.)
It was melancholy to think of the fearful crime
that had been committed against the life of the
Emperor of the French, the elect of millions, the
chosen of France ; but it was a source of consola-
tion to find that Providence had watched over him
and his young wife, although the misery that at-
tempt had created in other respects was more
dreadful. We could not avoid - lamenting that
liberty should have recourse to such dark deeds
and taint her name with such acts. It was
very. natural that an outcry should take place,
but to the idea which sprang up that the plot was
hatched in England he could give a flat and un-
qualified denial ; and some of the miserable con-
spirators and assassins had actually resided in
France many days before the diabolical attempt
was made on the Emperor's life, and not only
resided there, but actually had the temerity to ex-
pose the very iiaLrn al machines that were to be used
for the purpose. Where, then, he would ask, was
the activity of their vaunted police ? The late de-
mand of the French Government was an attempt to
add an English trophy to those won from Belgium,
Switzerland, and Piedmont. Nor could we Mime
the Emperor Napoleon for that. His was a despotic
government, and, deeming inmost conducive to the
welfare of the people, was he to blame for trying to
achieve triumphs in its name ? Were we to wonder
if he, who obtained his present eminence and his
throne from the name of his uncle, ihould gladly
obtain by thepen concessions which the First Cowan'
and Emperor never could wring with all his armed
legions? No. LouisNapoleonwasnot intrusted with
the maintenance of our honour—he was not the Mi-
nister of England—but, unluckily for us, he found
that England had no Minister, for Palmerston was
the willing Minister of France. He would now refer
to the vote which had displaced the late Ministry.
The Opposition did not, as was well known, oppose
the introduction of that bill. They allowed it to be
introduced, but it was a remarkable fact that the
very day that bill was introduced Count Walewski's
despatch was also laid on the table ; and it was the
very fact of Government treating that despatch so
lightly that the Opposition thought it was high
time that Government could no longer be trusted
with the honour of England. (Loud cheers.) The
caiefrtraaetd:ol::sv
Earl of Clarendon declared that Count Walewski's
statement regarding the legislation of England was
strictly and literally true, and he also declared that
any man who understood French, or, having read
the translation, represented the despatch as other-
wise, was guilty of gross and wilful misrepresenta-
tion of its meaning. Now he (Lord Lennox)
professed to know something of the French lan-
guage, and he would be bold to say this, that
no less than four of the charges in that despatch
were hateful to us as Englishmen, and not one
of
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