The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOESE, 26T11 MAY, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY DO HEREBY C
I
GIVE NOTE, That
the Dobentures for the Loan, Act 21 Vie., citp. 3, will be ready for
delivery at the Treasury, at this House, on and after Thursday, the
27th inst. J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

ASCOT RACES-Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of
JUNE--r'arriagrs and Horses will be taken by the GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY, to Windsor, by any of the regular trains,
on each day of the Races. The trains leave Paddington for Windsor
at 6.15 a.m., 7.20 a.m., 8.45 a.m., 10.0 a.m., 10.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m.,
and 11.45 a.m., and return from Windsor at 4.40 p.m., 6.0 p.m.,
6.35 p.m., 8.5 p.m., 9.0 p.m., and 10.15 p.m.
In addition to the above, on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, a
Special Train wal leave Paddington at 11.0 a.m. direct for Windsor,
returning from there at 7.0 p m.
Fares to Wi Astor and back—First Class, Gs Gd ; Second Class,
4s 6d; and by the 8.45 a.m., and 10.30 a.m. down Trains, returning
from Windsor, at 6.35 p.m., and 8.5 p.m., 2s 6d in awerei car-
riage:
A good supply of carriages and omnibuses will be provided at the
Windsor Station, for particulars of which see handbills.

ASCOT RACES.—TiONDON and SOUTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY.—From Waterloo-bridge Station to
Ascot, within 400 yards of the Grand Stand.
Horses and Carriages—On Monday, May 31, a Special Train, with
carriages and horses, will leave Waterloo for Ascot Station, at 3.50
p.m. The 4.40 p.m.Ordinary train "oti that day will not convey
heroes and carriages.
Arrangement of Trains on Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th June.—On Tues-
day the Ist, and on Thursday, the 3d June, a train, with seated
covered carriages, will run from London •to Ascot at 8.15 a.m., and
will return from Ascot to London at 7.30 p.m.
Fares there and back, or either way, Os ; or fares there and back,
with the privilege of returnina. by any train to which covered car-
riages are attached, up to Saturday, 7s. 6d.
Special Trains will run from London to Ascot, each day, from
10 a.m. till 12.45 p.m., and will return from Ascot to London from
4 till 7 p.m.
Fares there and back, or either way.—On Tuesday, Ist, and
Thursday 3d—first-class, 12s. 6d.; second-dais, 10s. On Wednes-
day 2d, and Friday, 4th—first-class, 10s. ; second-class, 7s. Double
journey tickets, available for the four d tys—first.c ass, 425. ; second-
-
cla S
ss, 32s.Sufficient first-class accommodation cannot be guaran
teed by every train.
Tickets, at the above-mentioned fares, can be obtained on and after
Monday, the 31st May, at Messrs. Tattersall's, Hyde-park corner ;
and at tha Universal Office, Regent-circus ; Swan-with-two Necks,
Gresham-street; Spread Eagle, Graceenurch•street ; 53, King Wil-
liam-street, City ; Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet-street • Green man and Still,
Oxford-street; Georg 3 and Blue Boar, Holborn;f Golden-cross,
Charing-cross; Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, Chcapside ; or 90,
High-street, Borough. By order.
Waterloo-bridge Station, May, 1853.

F.CONOIIIY.—A Nine Gallon Cask of First-
Class DINNER SHERRY for 71., cask included—Cazh.—
lIENEKEY, ABBOTT, and Co., 22 and 23, High Holborn. Esta-
blished 1831.

CisF. HANCOCK, of Bruton-street and New
Bond-street, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Principal
Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, begs leave to remove an erroneous
impression which exists amongst some of his cu.toiners, that he has
retired, or is about to retire, from business. This impression (which
is entirely unfounded) has probably arisen in consequence of the re-
tirement and selling off ,f a jeweller of the same name, also of New
Bond-street, but with whom C. F. Hancock is not, and never has
been, in any way connected, either in business or by relationship.

ST. JAMES'S HALL, Regent-street and Picca-
dilly. The CAFE and RESTAURANT which are in con-
nection with this attractive building comprise upon a similar scale
of elegance and effect numerous rooms for public and private parties
requiring refrechments, whether breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, or
suppers.
The SMOKING-ROO,IT, which is fitted in a manner equivalent to
the general character of every other department of this superb and
unrivalled establishment, is supplied with the periodicals and all the
novel publications emanating from Mudie's library, with all the
papers of the day.
The department appropriated to families and ladies is replete with
every convenience and accommodation.
Wines and Spirits of the highest character.
WM. DDNALD, Proprietor, 69, and 71, REGENT-STREET.

nR. RAREY, the AMERICAN HORSE
TAMER.—Mr. Remy will give Lessons at Messrs.
LUCAS'S HORSE REPOSITORY, LIVER POOL, on Monday, the
31st Inst., and Tuesday, the let of June. In Edinburgh, the 3rd and
4th of June.

Mr. Ram- vill give lessons at the ROUND HOUSE, Kinnerton-
street, Belgravia, the third week In June. Due notice of the days
of teaching will be announced.

TILE WILD ZEBRA OF THE AFRICAN DESERT.

Mr. Rarey (by permission of the Council of the Zoological Society)
has subjected a Zebra to his process.

Mr. Rarey will exhibit this animal to his subscribers in June.
The subscription is Ten Guineas for a Gentleman, and Fifteen
Guineas for a Lady and Gentleman.
Further inform .tion and forms for Subscription may be obtained
on application to the Secretary, at Mr. Rarey's Office, left hand of
the yard, Messrs. Tattersalls', Grosvenor-place.

GRANDES NOUVEAUTES IN PARIS.-
LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE,
/Co. 37, Boulevard des CApucinoq, Paris,
Have just exposed for sale their NOVELTIES for the SEASON, corn-
pri dng SILK-STUFFS, LACE, Indian and French CACIIEMIRES, printed
MUILISS and PIQUES, FANCY STUFFS of all kinds, WEDDING OUT-
FITS, MANTLES. BURNOUS, &C.
The successive aggrandizements of the establishment of LA. COINI-
PAGNIE LYONNAISE have rendered it one of the most extensive
in Europe ; the ware•rooms at the present day comprise upwards of
thirty saloons or galleries, having four separate entrances. Being
their own manufacturers, their productions are not liable to the
extra charges made on account of intermediate agents, and thus this
company can afford to offer to the public on terms far more advan-
tageous than any other house. Every article, even the Cachemires
is marked in plain figures.
LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE have established houses at
Lyons, Kashmere, Ale :g: and Chantilly for the manufacture of
Silk s;uffs ,Cachernires, and Lace, but they have no succursale fur
sale in auy country whatever.

FATAL COLLISION ON THE THAMES.

Last evening an inquest was held at the Anchor and
Hope Tavern, Charlton, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, coro-
ner for West Kent, on the body of Robert Robbins, 16,
who went down in the collier brig Arab, which was
wrecked in consequence of being run down by the screw-
collier Black Diamond, on Sunday morning last. The
proceedings excited considerable interest, and the room
was densely, crowded.

The following witnesses were examined
Richard White, master of the Arab, deposed—On
Sunday morning last, the vessel was laying at anchor off
the Coast Guard station at Charlton, and witness and
several of the crew were in their hammocks. Witness
was aroused by a cry of " brig, a-Loy," and instantly he
felt that the vessel was struck. He had just time to get
up the companion ladder on to the deck, and found that
three of the crow bad already entered the boat, which he
cut adrift to save it from swamping. The vessel was
then fast sinking, having been completely split at her
larboard bow, and witness managed to jump from the
side of the brig into the arms of the captain of the Black
Diamond, just before the vessel went down.
Henry Slmp3on, mate of the Arab, deposed—At half-
past six o'clock on Sunday morning last be was asleep
in his hammock, when he was aroused by the cry of
" brig, a-boy." He ran up the ladder, and before he was
on deck he heard a crash, and then knew that the vessel
was struck. When on deck, he saw that a steam-vessel
had entered the larboard bow of the brig. He had just
time to enter the boat before the brig went down.
William Nelson, the cook, and John Robinson, a sea-
man on board the Arab, gave similar evidence, the wit-
nesses having narrowly saved their lives by jumping into
the boat.

Robert Ward, forecastle boy on board the Arab, de,
posed he was asleep in the same cabin with deceased and
a boy named Boxall, who was drowned. He was aroused
by Boxall, and whilst running up the ladder the vessel
was going down, and witness was np to his shoulders in
water. Bcxall and Hobbins had no chance of escape.
This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Funge, pilot
to the Black Diamond, and denied having stated to
Funge that he had shook the other lads and• could not
wake them. He did not speak a word to Funge on the
subject.
George Gray, of Sunderland, captain of the Black
Diamond, deposed—He left Gravesend, after taking a
pilot on board, early on Sunday morning. The John
Bowes, screw steamer, started at the same time, and
proceeded at about the same speed until the two vessels
arrived at Gibson's Hole, off Charlton. The John Bowes
at this point came up within eight or ten feet of the I
Black Diamond, and passed the starboard side of the 1
vessel. This movement caused the John Bowes to gu
northward, and the Black Diamond southward, com-
pletely altering the steerage way, and preventing all
control over the steerage. The engines were stopped
and reversed, but there was no control over the steer-
age, and collision was inevitable.
By the Coroner—l am not aware that screw vesst ls
are liable not to answer to the steerage so well as the
old paddle brats.
Th3mas Honey, a waterntan, who was towed up in his
boat at the stern of the John Bowes, was examined and
deposed—When the collision took place the John Bowes
and the Black Diamond were about 5 feat apart. He
a;tr,buted the collision to the draught of water made by
the John Bowes, and there was not sufficient water for
the other steamer to pass.
The Coroner said it was evident that if any blame was
to be attached to either cf the stt am vessels it must be
the John Bowes ; and it would therefore he advisable to
adjourn the inquest for evidence on that point.
At a late hour the inquest was adjourned until Wed-
nesday next at J'CiOCk.

DINNER TO MR a ff. DU PRE, M.P., AND
MR. DISRAELI, M.P , AT SLOUGH.

Yesterday the Conservative electors of the south-
ern part of the county of Buckingham entertained
their representatives, Mr. C. G. Du Pre and Mr.
Disraeli, at dinner in the Royal Hotel Gardens,
Slough. A handsome tent, containing about 500
persons, was erected on the grounds in front of the
hotel, and tastefully decorated with flowers and
evergreens and a profuse display of flags and ban-
ners. Some of the latter bore inscriptions appli-
cable personally to the guests of the day, such as
" Disraeli and Popular Institutions," "Disraeli
and Protection to Native Industry," "Disraeli
and our Ancient Institutions," with the motto,
"Forti nihil diffieile ;" "Du Pre and Independ-
ence ;" while others were of a more general charac-
ter, as " Chut eh, Queen, 'and -Constitution ; '
" Agriculture, Trade, and Commerce ;" "Prospe-
rity to the County of Buckingham," &c. At 4
o'clock about 500 gentlemen sat down to dinner,
Col. H. Vyse in the chair. Among those right and
left of the chair were the Duke. of Buckingham, the
Earl of Orkney, Col. P. Williams, M.P., Col.
Knox, M.P., Mr. Bernard, M.P., Mr. Vansittart,
M.P., Gen. Hall, Viscount Curzon, M.P.,
Mr. J. R. Hibbert, Col. Fane, Gen. Higginson,
Mr. C. Ga,kell, Mr. Rose, r. Franklyn, dre.
Gracie was said by the Rev. Mr. Lloyd. After
dinner,
The CHAIRMAN gave in succession, "The
Queen," " The Prince Consort and the rest of the
Royal Family," " The Army and Navy," (for
which Gen. Higginson returned - thanks), which
were drunk with the usual honours. _

1
Mr. FRANKLYN proposed the health of "the
Bishop- indsOlar gy-of : thos-Di °cc see" and the Rev.
Mr. LLOYD acknowledged the toast. .
Mr. Aexr es proposed "Tile House of Lords,"
coupled with the name of the Duke of Buckingham,
whiCh was drunk with great applause.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, in acknowledging
the toasf, said ho felt confident that so long as
the House of Peers existed, it would ever
be found foremost in supporting the Crown and
the best interests of the nation. (Cheers.) He
could assure them he had a heart to feel deeply the
compliment which they had paid to him personally,
and he never could forget the kindness which for a
period of 40 years he had received from all classes
in the county of Buckingham. (Cheers.) That vsry
month 40 years ago he was first brought forward
to canvass the county. He then retired, for reasons
to which it was unnecessary he should now refer,
but he was glad to take the present opportunity—
perhaps the last he might have—of thanking them
for all the kindness he had received at their hands.
He came there that day to do honour to the it ex-
cellent representatives, and he rejoiced to witness
the reception they had met with in one of the
largest mee ings that ever took place in the county
of Buckingham. (Cheers.) Again he thanked them
for the kindly felines they bad ever shown towards
himself, and he did so all the more warmly because
it might be the last occasion on which he would
ever have an opportunity of expressing his grati-
tude. (Cheers.) Trusting that as their old friend •
he might not entirely be forgotten, ho could
only repeat, in conclusion, that he would never
forget them or the kindness they had shown him.
(Great chsering.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of the
members for the county, Mr. Du Pre and Mr.
Disraeli, congratulated the electors of Buckingham-
shire, which had always been a Conservative county,
upon one of their representatives having achieved
for himself the honour of a position, end that by
no means an unimportant position, in a Conserva-
tive Government. (Hear, hear.) or his own part,
he should be unworthy of his name and unworthy
of living where he did, were he not to feel the
deepest interest in the progress of Conservative
principles, and he could not but congratulate the
people of Bucks and of England that they again
had a Conservative Government. He had the
greatest pleasure in prekiding over a meeting which
ivas considerably larger than he had ever anticipated
that it would be, and in proposing the lie this of
their " Conservative County Members." (Hear.)
Mr. Du Par, in'returniug thanks, said that he
had often heard that some little discontent existed
because the county members did not mix so much
with their constituents in that part of Bucks as
they did in other parts, but he could assure the
company that he had often felt and expressed re-
gret that in that part of the country he was a com-
parative stranger.- For his own part he could not
help considering the large meeting of that day as a
triumph of Conservatism, and he believed the peo-
ple of England generally would support any Go-
vernment which would fairly carry out the princi-
ples of Conservatism. The 'ate Government were
turned out of office by a national outburst of feel-
ing on the part of the people against having their
laws altered at the instigation of a foreign Power,
or the refuge which this country afforded interfered
with. The present Government during the short
time they had been in office bad deserved well of
the country—in the first place for preserving ami-
cable relations with France, and in the next for
their conduct in the case of the two engineers. He
was afraid that if the present Government were diss
placed the extreme Radical party might be thrown
into power, and that there would be danger to the
State and Church, and even to the throne itself.
(Hear, and a laugh.) The hon. gentleman con-
cluded by thanking the company in the name of his
right hon. colleague and himself fur the honour
they had done him,
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health
of " her Majesty's, Ministers." He stated that, in
his opinion, Conservatism consisted in administer-
ing the affairs of the country in a manner which
should conduce . not to the benefit or welfare of one
class, but of every class of the community ; and,
secondly, in pausing before laying a rough hand
upon institutions which once were the envy and
admiration of all. He could congratulate the coun-
try upon now having a Government which, in its
foreign relations, would not cringe to the strong
and bully the weak,would
and at the same time with prudence. He believed
a Conservative Government would command the
support of the country, and ho trusted that his right
lion. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would
as far as his Position would allow him to do so, state
the views and policy of the Government. The hon.
gentleman concluded by proposing the health of
" leer Majesty's Ministers."
The toast was received with great cordiality.
The CMANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, on rising,
was received with loud cheers. On the cheers sub-
siding he said :—Gentlemen, though your kind in-
vitation to meet you here to-day was offered to my
colleague and myself beforo I was qualified to re-
turn thanks for the toast which has just been given,
I can assure you that I am gratified that this unex-
pected opportunity is afforded me of expressing the
hope that I do not misinterpret the reception you
have accorded me into the belief. that so far as you
can form an opinion You are not dissatisfied with
the conduct of leer Majesty's Ministers during their
brief tenure of office. (Cheers.) I may be permitted
on this occasion—the first, I believe, that any Mi-
nister of the Crown has had of meeting a large body
of his fellow-subjects since the present Government
came into office—of recalling to you for a moment
the circumstances under which we acceded to office.
(Hear.) You will perhaps remember that a Govern-
ment supposed to be omnipotent suddenly fell to
pieces with a collapse altogether unprecedented. (A.
langb.) You will perhaps recollect that her Ma-
-1 jesty, in the exercise of her constitutional preroga-
' tive, en these circumstances applied to my rale
friend the Prime Minister of England, and re-
iqueeted him to undertake the great responsibility
of directing public affairs, You will, perhaps, re-
, collect that, with a frankness which belongs to him,
Lord Derby, not eagerly grasping at office, repre-
sented to the Queen, as it became him to do, the
position of himself and his friends in the House of
I Commons, communicating to her Majesty that in
that powerful assembly be could not, from the ex-
traordinary circumstances in which the present Par-
liament was elected, answer for receiving support to
his Government from a party much exceeding 1 3d
of the number that formed the house. (Hear.) Then,
I
though he ex
pressed his readiness under all circum-
stances and at all hazards to undertake the respon-
sibilty, ho counselled her Majesty to pause and
well consider the great contingencies at issue, and
not hastily call on him to undertake the charge
which she bad so graciously offered to intrust to
him. (Hear.) I say, therefore, there was no un-
seemly eagerness for office on our part. (Hear.) I
may remind you that her Majesty availed herself
of the opportunity thus afforded her by Lord Derby.
Her Majesty gracioudy condescended to reconsider
the circumstances of the time and of the State, and
it was only after that second consideration that the
Queen expressed her conviction .that it was the
duty of Lord Derby to undertake the trust, how-
ever difficult it might be. (Hear.) From that ex-
pression of her Majesty Lord Derby did not shrink,
' and he took upon himself, with all its difficulties,
the office of Prime Minister of this country.
(Cheers.) The heritage of difficulties to which he
. succeedel was not a slight one, and it would have
• been no easy matter tc) hive encountered those dif-

ficulties even if we had been supported by an over-
whelming majority of the House of Commons.
(Hear.) It is well now for us to think lightly of
the perils we have passed through—even to forget
, them ; but when I tell you and tell you seriously
that the question of peace or war when we acceded
to office was not a question of weeks or days, but
i of hours, and I am sure you will remember that
peace has been preserved, while the honour of the
. country has been vindicated. (Cheers.) Let me also
• remind you that at that very moment t woof your fel-
low subjects were lingering, and had lone lingered,
in avforeign dungeon, and that the efforts of a Go-
vernment which boasted of being irresistible in its
demestic strength and in its foreign policy had not
succeeded in relieving the misery of their position,
or in vindicating the honour of their country.
(Hear.) But in a few weeks—l might say Almost
in a few days—the Government of Lord Derby,
with all these difficulties to. encounter, and with
its unquestionable want of strength in the popular
house of the constitution, did succeed in freeing
these two neglected and suffering Englishmen—
(cheers)—brought them back in triumph to that
country which had so long felt indignation inex-
pressible at their unmerited sufferings and shame
for the weakness of that Government which had
permitted them so long to endure it. (Great cheer-
ing.) I think, therefore, I may also refer to that
• circumstance as one to which the Government of
Lord Derby, to often described as a weak Govern-
ement, may look back with pride and satisfaction.
Cheers.) Then let me remind' you' that during all
this period, while we had to maintain andestablish
peace with Francd—while we wernvindicating the
honour of England and the rights and privileges of
all that- dwell on its soil—while we were freeing
from a foreign dungeon our suffering fellow-couns
try,usen, the arts -Ist faction were pursuing us on
every side. (Cheers.) A war between Naples and
Sardiniawhich would have been a war that would
have se't the whole world in flames—was nearly pre-
cipitated in order to inconvenience, and, perhaps,
upset a Government which was the choice, after due
reflection, of the Queen of this country and which
was honoured by her confidence not for-
mally, but sincerely and cordially, because
they were the only party who would come forward
and incur the responsibility of carrying on .the Go-
vernment. (Cheers.) The foreign difficulties were
not the only ones to which in these difficult circum-
stances we succeeded. The finances of the country
were in a position of the most extreme difficulty ;
and—what was still worse—they were imagin CI by
the country generally to be in a position even more
embarrassing than they really were. The tendency
of that feeling greatly increased the difficulty of
dealing with the subject, because it induced depres-
sion and even panic in the public mind, and acted
in a most injurious manner on the commercial en-
-1 terprise of the country. (Hear, hear.) These finan-
cial difficulties were looked forward to by our op-
ponents, equally with those we encountered in our
foreign air Lire, as the means by which it was hoped
our failure might be accomplished. (Hear.) It
does not become me to refer to the measures by
which these financial difficulties were encountered,
but I may be permitted to mike this single o'isfr-
vation, that it was my duty, as the Minister of Fi-
nance in the Government—in the midst of this
hestile House of Commons, and facing a band of
opponents such as few have had to encounter—to
propose measures to meet the emergency which ha I
the singular and unprecedented fortune of being
passed with general acclamation. (Cheers.) But
our difficulties were not limited merely to the ex-
treme danger of our foreign affairs, when the ques-
tion of peace or war was hourly before us ; they
were not limited to the deficit in ourfinancos, which
can only be counted by millions ; we had before us
the state of India, and had to consider and deter-
mine on the policy on which the weal or woe of
that great peninsula depended, and with which the
renown and the power of England were so inti-
mately connected. (Cheers.) It is unnecessary to
refer to what has taken place within the last 12
months in India. The great events that have
taken place there are graven on every man's
heart and convictions. They were accompanied
with circumstances of such harrowing interest
that there is no man, whatever his condieion
may be, whether he fill the highest place in the
peerage, or follow the plough and gains the
prize at our agricultural meetings, who is not cog-
nisant of all the principal details and features of
those great events, and who does not feel for many
of the startling incidents that occurred in the course
of these transactions. (Hear.) But we had to de-
cide—for it was the turning point of our Indian
empire—the character of the policy which ought to
be pursued ; whether it should be a pelicy of un-
I mitigated vengeance, or whether the time bad ar-
rived when we should attempt t ) rebuild our great
empire in the East on principles of a very different
character, and leading, as we believed, to a very
different result. (Great cheering.) -Was it to be
military occupation by an army four times greater
in amount than any army of Europeans that ever
entered that country 7 Was it to be military occupa-
tion, attended byenormous taxation, by a draining
of her Majesty's subjects from this country, and
by a perpetual exhaustion of our resources ? Or
were we to recognise that vengeance had done its
duty ? Were we to recognise that the time had
arrived, or was fast arriving, when, upon the fall
of the rebellious capital, we ought to announce to
the inhabitants of India the principle on which we
proposed to reconstruct our empire—a principle
that we believed must contribute to their happiness
and to the welfare and power and glory of this
country ? (Great cheering ) Was it always to be
massacre and confiscation ? On the other hand,
was it to be discriminating amnesty ? Was it to
be respect for private property, toleration for reli-
gion, and a due and decent regard for the manners
and customs of the people 7 (Cheers.) Were we
or were we not to distinguish the great body of the
millions—who after all are her Majesty's subjects
in India—from those military and treacherous re-
bels who have received or will receive their due
meed of reward ? (Renewed cheering.) These are
the three great subjects, gentlemen, which have
occupied our councils and which have demanded
our management since we came into office—foreign
affairs., that involved the question of peace or war ;
financial arrangements, that involved the question
of millions of a deficiency and a reduction of taxa-
tion ; and the principles upon which a groat em-
pire should be reconstructed in India—(cheers)—
three great subjects, gentlemen, and we have been
in office three months ! (Great cheering.) And
yet we are told that we are a weak Government and
have done nothing ! (Cheers.) Why, we have
vindicated the honour of E ngland ; we have pre-
served peace ; we have freed from imprisonment
our suffering countrymen ; we have met an immense
deficiency, and at the same time reduced taxation ;
and we have /aid down principles for the recon-
struction of our Indian empire which England ap-
proves and Europe admires, and which, if acted on
will maintain the greatness and gloryof our country.
Gentlemen, we have bad to perform this difficult
task under unprecedented difficulties. lam bound
to declare, especially after some observations that
have been made to-day, that I for one—and from
my position I may be considered a candid and im-
partial judge—have no reason to complain of the
present House of Commons. (Hear, box.) Con-
sidering that it was elected under the auspices of
our rivals, considering that it was supposed to pos-
sess an overwhelming majority against us when we
assumed the reins of office, I am bound to say that
1 the Government have received from the House of
1 Commons, as a body, a generous courtesy, and that
on more than one occasion the sense and spirit of
the House of Commons have baffled the unceasing
intrigues and restless machinations by which, from
the first moment of our entering office, the Govern-
ment of the Queen has been assailed. (Cheers.)
And, gentlemen, this leads me to the very key of
the position. There exists at this moment in Eng-
land that which has not existed since the days of
Charles 11. There is in England at this moment a
I cabal—(cheers)—a cabal which has no other object
but to upset the Government of the Queen, and to
obtain their ends in a manner the most reckless, but
the most determined. (Renewed cheers.) Now,
this cabal consists of some scheming English politi-
cians, and some foreign intriguers. (Hear.) They
possess resources of all kinds, and in considerable
amount, and they are reckless in the mode in which
they dispose of them. (Hear.) Their social in-
fluences are considerable, and they are perverted'
without the slightest remorse to obtain their poli-
tical ends. (Cheers.) They possess great sources
of political information, especially with regard to
foreign affairs, obtained in a manner not very con-
stitutional. (Cheers.) They have succeeded in
doing that which no cabal in modern times, I am
proud to say, has yet succeeded in accomplishing ;
t hey have in a great degree corrupted the only pure
and independent press of England. (Loud cheers.)
Innocent people in the country—(laughter)—who ,
look to tile leading articles in the newspapers for
advice and direction—who look to what are called
leading organs to be the guardians of their privi-
1-gee,eed directors of their political conscieuces—
(lauehter)—are not the least aware, because this
sort of knowledge travels slowly, that leading organs
• now are place bunters of the cabal—(chotre and