The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

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from them that obedienle and duty 'Whlah. citiz us are .:*
bound to rencter. (Hear, hear.) bare all, fmallorcien, .1
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•f mo-tifying in the minutest degree, tient Hitt ofittryln 3
which has been thr ugh all age. eer proud preroptife. :
and.which has been claimed, and claimed successfully, ..;
by a candidate for the imperial throne of Napoleon, hr 1
two members of ire house of 4ourb a lucces,il ply, axe r
pelled by an
.in,eigoant peoije, arid by anotht-r class of
exiles, men varying no ileuht in charraci er aed in eilades ie
of opinion, but men by a areat majority of whom I am i I
well convinced no sympathy ever has been or can be felt :-
with ae•assins or asetavtinatien— (clreere)ta.:teee who base
left home and friends and propertyeaed faaVe fought and
would have died for a hope which failed them and for an
id a which they could not realise, but a hope whfch eVere
in failure was noble, and an idea which at least was un-
selfish. (Cheers 1 LT s A
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be , ar.L.,,,,,,,..,. ~,,,,, ,noar to
political conflict,
cenrage, to self-sacrifice, —.. ~,fie, in eelf- .
sacrifice conscience is honoured, awl it is teat firm per-
sistency in politiral corieletiens which we re peer is
others that to Englishmen has been the permanent seed-
rity and the truest guarantee for their national rights acid
their constitutional freedom. (Cheere.) I say, then, you
net d have no fear, whoever may conduct the government
of tais country, that that right of alium shall be in any
• degree diminished. Whatever mistakes and misappre-
hension may have been produced by the document to
which I have refcrred will, I hope, be removed by a
friendly and temperate reply, and in the mesntime, we
are not prepared to introduce any obario in cur law .
until we are well sat Med by ectual trial that the
present law is deficient fer the purposes
efjutaice. (Hear, hear.) No.v, -gentlemen, I have
detained you, I feel, at great length; but before eon-
eluding let me say one word, and ore -only, which ?hall
he p rsonal to myself. o:ten:when onlfirriner occasions
I have addressed you in thisplace I baVe stated minutely -
my views upon the various questions which were likely
to come before Parliament. Ae a private member that
c-curse was in my power to take. As a private member
I had to consult upon each measure coming before
Parliament only my own individual juilgusent and con-
science. The position of any one who is a member of the
Government is necessarily different and imposes tome
degree of reserve. Whoever takes service in the ranks
of an Administration pledges himself so long as be
remains there to abide up in all important questions by
the decision of that collective body. He csu, therefore,
give no promises and no pledges, except that promise
which implierily every public man is bound to give—
viz., to think and act and speak open all questions as he
may deem best fer the national interests. (Hear, hear.)
It is by actions, net by words, by results, and not
n.vely by intentions, that those engaged in the manage-
ment of affairs should be tested. As fur
.myself, I can
honestly say that I have not sought, that -'have not
desired, the possession of executive power. No man can
tell on undertaking a business which is new to him,
whether he shall succeed or fail, I have accepted office
solely because, under the peculiar personal circumstances
in which I am placed, it seemed to me I had no right to
decline. (Bear.) I have accepted office becan eat the
present time it seemed to me a paramount duty to do
what in me lay to support the poll Teal position of one
with whom I am connected by nearer ties than any that
can arise out of the relations of public life. (Cheers.)
As to the future, even the immediate future, it is
idle to think of it. (Hear, hear.) If we are suffered to
remain where we are—if Parliament and the public shall
give us—l do not say their confidence, but their sup-
port, I hope we shall kn ,w how to maintain the honour
of England abroad and provide for the good administra-
tion of affairs at home. (Bear.) If we are not to be
trusted, I, for one, shall return to the position of a private
member with no reluctance and with no regret, con-
vinced that by no act of mine I shad either have for-
feited your esteem or violated my own convictions of
duty. Of one thing at. leaat I. am assured,—that, be the
charges and chances of political life what they may,
to whatever hand the guidance of the administration
may be intrusted, there is in the English people enough
of knowledge and of public spirit to correct any errors
into which their servants way fall, and to.ensure a steady
continuance in that course of moral, social, and political
improvement for which this country stands distinguished
above all other countries, and for which this age is pre-
eminent above all former ages. (Loud cheers.)
On the motion of the noble lord, a vote of thanks was
awarded to the Mayor, who acknowledged the compli-
ment, anl, three cheers having been given for" Stanley,"
the proceedings terminated.

HUNTINGDON.
THE MINISTER FOR WAR.
The re-election of General Peel am member for the

Unitedthroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchestei

took place yesterday (Thursday), in the Shire-hall,
Huntingdon. There was no opposition, and the pro•
ceedings altogether did not occupy more than an hour.
Mr.Deunis Herbert proposed, and Frederick James
Howson seconded the nomination of General Peel,
General PEEL, after expreesiog to the c3nstitueney
of the united boroughs his gratitude for the honour
they had conferred upon him for the eleventh time,
said he was sure that if any one had predicted a fort-
night ago that he should be addressing them at
that moment, he should have treated such prediction as
one of the wildest fits of the most vivid of iwa-

ginatlons, he akould not have considered anything S 3
probable—the result, however, only ehowed that fact

stronger than ficLion. Lord Palmerston had ex-

hibited such strength in his majorities on bringing, in the
Conspiracy mad India Bilis, that it aneared impossible
that he should be driven from office by an adverse vote,
kl.4.k.ol,l:l_the _time that Count Walgwski's desnatch was
that that despatch ought not to be allowed to be received,
containing as it did some expressions which at least re-
quired explanation ; that it should not be received
without a denial of at least a part of it. (Cheers.)
That such was the case had been decided by the vote of
a majority comprising members of every political section
of the House of Commons, and that without any pre-
vious agreed combination. (Cheers.) On that vote
being C)1110 to Lord Palmerston had adopted the consti-
tutional course of placingc, his resignation in the hands of
tier Majesty, and Lord Derby had been called upon to
form a government. Personally, he (General Peel) was
not anxious for office, and he had twice refused it under

the Government of hia brother, but when Lord Derby
:aid to him that hie acceptance of the office he had the

honour t) hold would acsiht him in forming a Conserva-
tive Government, he did not allow his own knowledge
of his incompetency and want of official experience to
deter him for one moment from offering the noble

Premier every aid in his power. (Cheers.) - lie placed
in Lord Derby that confidence which he trusted they
reposed in hiat ; he asked from Lord Derby no pledge
upon this subject or that, but took for his guarantee the
high and honouralde names included in the Ministry.
For himself he would venture to say that more real pro-
gress was made under a moderate Government than
under one composed of extreme politicians, who by the
violent nature of their measures ensured their defeat.
After the luminous ex positron of the Earl of Derby of
the principles that would guide the course of the cabinet
it would be absurd in him to touch upon more than
one or two points, and the first subject he would
allude to was our foreign relations. (Cheers./
With regard to France, the Government was not only
anxious to removeany mistrust or coolness that inightexist
between the two powers, but firmly to cement an alliance
which was so necessary, not only to the preservation of
theirt
sown e
rpee ascoe,
ibmupt r
,t,hsaetdofwtiltihe wthoeidd B
ina.
porteatnh Gve
ce,o)frne
this
amlleiannce, that he would venture to say there would be no
difficulty in the maintenar.ce of the alliance, due regard.
being bad to the honour of both. His own opinion was
that foreigners in this country should be free to come
and go, they might enjoy the benefit of our laws, he in
that respect recognised no difference between a foreigner
and an Englishman ; but if an alteration in our laws was
necessary, it should be made without reference to the
way in which it would affect the foreigner. He would
venture to may that there wag no crime snore universally
abhorred in England than that of assa,esination ; bre
Englishmen would not award punishment without con
viction on indispu'able evidence, and as Lard Derbj
said, " Suspicion an l notoriety were terms unknown
in our criminal jurisprudence." (Cheers.) On the a€ c?nd
point he quite agreed with his noble colleague the Earl
of Derby ; he thought it would have been. more prude' t
to postpone the introduction of the Intim Bill until India
was in a more tranquil state. It hal, however, been
decided by vote that the Government of India should
be placed at ones in the hands of the Crown, and this
made the position of the East India Company such, that
he had no doubt its representatives would see the itn•
propriety of attempting to delay it. He trusted that
the exertions of his gallant friend, Sir Cahn Campbell,
would achieve the pacification of India, and that it would
be maintained by an India Bill. The third and last point
ha would allude to was parliamentary reform; and
though be was one of those who on the whole was stale-
lied with the present investiture of the franchise, he
would frankly admit that many parties entitled thereto
were noweadil,euebra.eiw•wreabdsichferuo:om.enouoitlthat.ielcesor
nfe: (Cheers.)it
therefore, cordially and heartily assist in the arising'
those en
refrained(oCf hayrsln)
from entering wouldpin ts excuseqw a shim
o t ai rffebce-
tation on his part that induced him to 'easy eo, as he bail
not yet been long enough in office to acquire' 4--(laugh-
ter)—but he knew that anything he might say at the
moment would have an importance attached to it which
it would not otherwise deserve. Ile threw himself, then,
on their indulgence, and would simply add, with regard
to his own office, that he would do all he could to pro•
mote the comfort and ease of the soldier. If he succeeded
in that, then indeed he should not fad to do some good.
Ile was aware of the difficulties the Government would
have to encounter—he was aware that they were in a
minority in the House of Commons, but they asked no
forbearance from the 4. opponents, they asked only that
which, under the circunetntaenerese.e) y a
, TI eyweleedto b
e
pre-eminently
judged
entitled to—fair play. (e
by their measures, and if under the Divine blessing they
succeeded in upholding the honour and interests of the
country, he trusted they would be supported ; if not, he
should be the first to hail the day when the Government
should pass into opposition. (Loud cheers.)
General PEEL then proposed, and Mr. D. VEAset
seconded, a vote of thanks to the Mayor, and the pro•
ceedings terminated.

conseciNueOlißt U
TH NORTHMBERLAND.
A LORD OF THE ADMIR.A.LTY.
upon hiA appointment to be a Lord of the
al-
- Lord Lovaine has issued the followitg
dress to his ccn3tituents in North Northumberland :-
44 TO TITS ELECTORS OF TIE NoitTinuts DIVItION OP TUE
COCNTY OF '
Gentletnen,—ln e.oneqhence of my having accepted
ax office in the aduainigtratiou of the Lad of Derby, I again