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London, England, 1858-06-09 00:00:00

ESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1858.

tors to be taken by way of ballot."—The house divided ;
ayes 197, noes 294.

• . - AYES-191.
Adair, H. Fenwick, H. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Alcock, T. Ferguson, Colonel Osborne, R.
Anderson, Sir J. Fitzgerald, J. Paget, C.
Atherton, W. Fitzwilliam, C. Paget, Lord A.
Ayrtou, A. Forster, Charles Paget, Lord C.
Barnard, Thomas Fox, W. J. Paxton, Sir J
Bass, M. Freestun, Colonel Pease, Henry
Baxter, W. Gibson, Milner Pechell, Sir G.
Beale, S. Gilpin, C. Perry, Sir E.
Berkeley, F. Glyn, G. Philips, R.
Bethel], Sir R. Goderich, Viscount Pigott, F.
Biddalph, Col. R. M. Greene, John Pilkington, J.
Biggs John • Gregson, Samuel Power, N.
Black, Adam Grenfell, Charles W. Pryse, E.
Blake, J. Greville, Colonel F. Ramsden, Si r .T.
Bland, L. H. Hadfield, George Rawlinson, Sir H.
Bonham-Carter, J. Hall, Sir Benjamin Rebow, J.
Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Hamilton, Capt. Ricardo, J.
Bowyer. G. Hanbury, Robert Ricardo, 0.
Brady, J. Ilankey, T. Ridley, George
Bright, John Hanmer, Sir John Robartes, T.
Brocklehurst, J. liardcastle. Joseph Roebuck, J. A.
Buchanan, Walter Harris, J. D. Roupell, W.
Bury, Viscount Ilateliell, John Russell, A.
Butler, C. S. Headlam, T. Salisbury, Enoch
Buxton, C. Henchy, D. Schneider, Henry
Syfig, G. H.C. Hodgson, K. fseholeileld, W.
Caird, J. • Holland, E. Scrope, G.
Calcott, M. Horsman, E. Shafto, R.
Campbell, B. Hutt, W. Shelley, Sir J.
Cheetham, John Ingham, R. Sheridan, R.
Clay, James Ingram, 11. Smith, J. A.
Clifford, C. C. Jackson, W. Smith, J. B.
Clifford, Lt.•• Col. IL M Kershaw, J. Somerville, Sir W.
Clive, George King, Locke Stanley, W.
Cobbett, J. M. Kinglake, A. Stapleton, John
Cogan, W. H. F. Kinglake, J. Stuart, Lord J.
Collier, R. P. Kingscote, Capt. R. Stuart, Colonel
Coning ham, W. Kinnaird, A. Sullivan, Michael
Conyngliam, Lord F. Kirk, W. Sykes, Colonel
Copeland, W. T. Langston, J. H. ' Talbot, C.
Corbally, M. E. Langton, H. G. Tancred, H.
Cowan, C. Laslett, W. Thompson, General
i Cox, W. Lindsay. W. Thornely, T.
Craufurd, E. !H. J. Locke, John Tite, W.
Crawford, R. W. Locke, J. _ lieltleTowiinashwachl. ,
3.F., .
Crook, J. • Itlacarthy, Alex. •
Crossley, F. M`Cann, J. Trelawny, Sir J.
Dalglish, R. MacEvoy, E. Truman, C.
Dashwood, Sir G. MacMahon, P. Turner, J. A.
Davie, Sir H. It. F. Megan, W. Villiers, C.
Deasy, R. Maguire, J. F. Vivian, H. 11.
Denison, W. H. Mangles, C. Vivian, J. C.
Dent, John ' Marshall, William Waldron, Laurence
De Yore, S. E. Massey, W. Watkins, Col.
Dillwyn, L. L. Mellor, John Westhead, Joshua
Duff, M. Mills, T. Whitbread, S.
Duke, Sir J. Moffat, G. White, James
Duncan, Viscount Moneell, W. Willcox, B.
Dunne. M. Morris, D. Williams, W. •
Ellice, E. Napier, Sir C. Wood, W.
Elton, Sir A. H. Nicoll, D. Woods, Henry
Wyld, James
Ewart,Evans Swir. De Lacy
NNoorrrrierss.STir.
Ewalt, J. O'Brien, P. D.
T ELLIE&
Ewing, Crum O'Connell, D Berkeley, Hon. 11. F
Fagan, W. O'Donoghoe, The Martin, P.

80-ELECTION OP BJR E. B. LYTTON:

Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton appeared before the
electors of the countyof Hertford yesterday, in con-
sequence of his appointment to the office of Secre-
tary-of State for the Colonies in Lord Derby's Go-
vernment, and was re-elected without opposition.
The proceedings took place in a field adjacent to
the borough of Hertford in the presence 6f a large
concourse of the townspeople. A semi-circle of
open carriages filled with ladies and drawn up in
such a manner as to enclose the crowd on foot,
gave a pleasing relief to the monotony of the as-
semblage.
The candidate and his friends, together with Mr.
Wilehere, the High Sheriff of the county, and his
attendant officials, arrived on the ground at a
quarter to 11 o'clock, and took up their position
in a series of waggons which had been provided
for their accommodation, the centre waggon of the
group being fitted up with a rostrum.
The business was commenced by the reading of

the writ, after which the High Sheriff explained
the object of the meeting, and bespoke a fair hear-
ing for all parties. •
Mr. F. P. DELME Rebeereeethen came forward
to nominate Sir E. B. Lytton as a fit and proper
person tb represent the county of Herts in the
Commons House of Parliament. Sir Edward, ho
said, was justly entitled by past tried and approved
services as their representative to a renewal of
their confidence. It was unnecessary to expatiate
before a Hertfordshire constituency on the genius
or the merits of one whose fame extended to another
hemisphere, and whose claims to their support
were freely acknowledged by men of all parties.
Sir Edward now stood before them because it bad
pleised his Sovereign to confer on him the office of
Principal Secretary of State for her Colonial Domi-
nions, and no doubt the constituency would view
the choice of their representative for so distin-
guished a post with sentiments of pride and gratu-
lation. The leaders of the Liberal party in Hert-
fordshire, with that high and honourable feeling
which might have been expected from them, had
declined on that occasion to disturb the peace of the
county by a contest. Actuated by the highest mo-
tives, they had spurned the incentives of the
lowest, and had rejected with scorn the advances of
minor satellites, who had coveted a transient
triumph from a less magnanimous course. (A laugh. )
He, for one, strongly repudiated all vain-glorious
boating as to what had been or might be effected
by the present Government ; and he should be still
more ashamed of all ill-timed and uncalled-for
animadversions upon the misdeeds of a Ministry
which had passed from power. As a plain spoken
independent country gentleman, he had no hesita-
tion in avowing his belief that there was very much
iii the conduct of Lord Palmerston, and especially
on the China question, which challenged his
warmest admiration. But Lord Palmerston had
been dieplaced from office, not, however, by any
factious- opposition, unworthy intrigue, or chica-
nery on the part of Lord Derby. The present
Milieu owed their accession to power to a ra:e
concatenation of events, and, above all, to
that overruling sense in the community which
would always concur in, sooner or later, putting
the tight man in the right place. As the Liberalism
of Lord Palmerston had been essentially Conserva-
tive, so the Conservatism of Lord Derby would be
essentially Liberal ; and if the latter noble lord
only received a fair trial ho would doubtless esta-
blish the longest and strongest Government which
had existed for ages. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr.
Radcliffe concluded by nominating Sir E. B.
Lytton.
Mr. C. J. DIMSDALE seconded the nomination,
and took occasion to contradict a statement which
had appeared in a morning newspaper, to the effect
that two, noble lords connected with that county
had endeavoured to dispose of the representation
of Hertfordshire by arranging that Sir E. B. Lyt-
ton should obtain undisputed possession of his seat
in the present instance, and that Capt. Grosvenor
should succeed him at a future election. As a
member of Sir E. B. Lytton's committee, he de-
clared that no such communication had ever been
made to them, or did ho believe that, if any noble
lords atterwed to dictate to the comity of Hert-
ford who should be its representatives, the inde-
pendent electors would submit to it. (Cheers.)
No other candidate being proposed,
The HIGH SHERIFF, amid vehement cheers, de-
clared Sir E. B. Lytton duly elected a knight of
the shire for the county of Hertford.
Sir E. B. LYTTON then presented himself to the
assembly, and was greeted with loud cheers. He
said,—Gentlemen, it is somewhere between 300
and 400 years ago that an ancestor of mine, who
resided at Knebworth, wasa Minister of the Crown,
and also a member for this county. He held a con-
siderable station in the councils of King Henry
VII., and he was equally honoured by the confi-
dence of the electors of Hertfordshire. At a some-
what later period another member of my family
held a post of great dignity under Queen Eliza-
beth ; he also had the proud distinction of being
knight of the shire of Hertford. And now I stand
before you as my forefathers stood before your fore-
fathers, and I thank you from the bottom of my
heart for having permitted me to identify the
honour which I have received from the gracious
favour of my Sovereign with the representation of
our native county. Gentlemen, in my address I
stated that they who best knew me were aware how
little at any time in my life I have been actuated
by the desire of office in the part that I have taken
in public affairs. Perhaps you may say that that
is a declaration which is made by many and be-
lieved by few. 'But it so happened that several
years ago, when I was a young man, and at that age
when ambition is most keen, I refused an intro-
duction into office under a Government which then
seemed so firmly established as to offer every
inducement to an official career. And I think you
will candidly allow that it is less likely that I should
be tempted by office now, when I have arrived at
that period of life at which men who have worked
as hard and as long as I have done usually begin
to desire repose ; when my countrymen have ac-
corded to me some degree of literary reputation,
which may have little to gain from the hazardous
experiment of office, and when a fortune which
suffices for all my wants, and a country home to
which I am strongly attached, would naturally dis-
pose me towards that comparative freedom from
anxiety and toil which is the happy privilege of an
independent member of Parliament. (Hear.)
But you may ask, if that be so, why do yon take
office t Gentlemen, why do Englishmen do many
things which they do not like very much in them-
selves ? In this crowd there is, perhaps, some
honest tradesman who in the course of his life has
given a vote that he need not have given at all,
and which he would rather not have given, as it
may have obliged him to offend some powerful cus-
tomer of his, but by means of which he has, never-
theless, sought to serve an upright cause. Why,
again, does the old soldier go forth once more to
fight when, perhaps, he would prefer to stay by his
own fireside ? Who do many children work for
their parents aid many children continue to work
in their old age for their children ? Is it not be-
cause Englishmen are accustomed to believe that
the first object of life is not ease, but duty ?
(Cheers.) And, gentlemen, when those by whose
side I bad acted for many years of Opposition were
suddenly called upon to form a Government, and
did me the honour to think that I might be of some
use in sharing the task which they had undertaken,
you will allow it was my duty to do all that might
lie in ray humble power to assist them in the dis-
charge of responsibilities they did not seek, and
from which they could not shrink. (Hear, hear.)
I have been asked, and I will take this occasion
fully to explain, why I did not join Lord Derby's
Government when it was first formed. One Wed-
nesday morning Lord Derby, when he was just
beginning to construct his Administration, asked
me whether I would accept the same office which I
have now the honour to hold. I answered " Yes,"
from the same motives as I have just stated, though
with a sincere and painful diffidence of my own
capacity. A few hours afterwards, on the evening
of the same day, I received a sudden and unex-
pected intimation that my seat would be hotly con-
tested. I did not complain of such a proceeding ;
it would have been perfectly constitutional. I only
say it took me by surprise, be pause it is not usual
when a member has been appointed to office under
a Government which has not been tris d even for a
single day, as that of Lord Derby had not been.
I assure you if I had then been only an independent'
member of Parliament, with my own safety alone
to consult, I should not have feared 'any opposi-
tion. But my immediate thought—and it was my
own thought---was this, that the new Government
ought not to be exposed to the slightest possible
risk of the loss of a single seat on its first appeal to
the country for the re-election of its members.
(Hear, hear.) At that time I had not an hour be-
fore me to decide. All the great offices of State;
were to be immediately filled up and publicly an-
nounced the next day. None of my agents v ere