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ferred upon him he resumed his seat, loudly
applauded.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Aclayor,
I and the proceedings terminated.

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TSB AB-ELECTIONS.

BELFAST.
TH.E SOLICITO R-GENERAL,
BELFAST, Feinar.
According to previous notification the election of
a representative in Parliament for the borough of
Belfast, consequent upon the acceptance of office by
Mr. Cairs, her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Eng-
land, took place to-day in the Court-house, How-
ard-street, at 10 o'clock. A little before that hour
the court was crowded with the most respectable
electors of the town, and on the hustings were a
large number of the gentlemen of Belfast. Shortly
after the opening of the court Mr. Hugh M'Cal-
mont Cairns, Solicitor-General for England, ac-
companied by several of his friends, entered the
court, and proceeded to the hustings amid the
applause of all present.
At 10 o'clock Mr. Samuel Gibson Getty, Mayor
of Belfast, and returning officer for the borough,
opened the proceedings by reading her Majesty's
writ, after which he called upon any elector present
who had a gentleman to propose to come forward
and do so.
Mr. J. CLARICE, justice of the peace, then came
forward and was received with loud applause. He
felt great pleasure iu proposing Mr. Hugh M'Cal-
mont Cairns, as a fit and proper person to represent
. the borough of Belfast in the British Parliament.
(Applause.)
Mr. J. RUDMAN begged to second the nomina-
tiot: of Mr. Cairns, and had great pleasure in
doing so.
The Mayon then asked if any other elector had
a candidate to propose, and was answered by loud
cries of " No, no l" whereupon ho declared Hugh
M'Calmont Cairne duly elected to represent the
borough ef Belfast in Parliament, which declaration
was received with repeated cheers.
Mr. CAIRNS, Solicitor-Genera,l, then came for-
e ward, and was received with loud applause. He
.arose to address them on that occasion under cir-
• cumstances somewhat novel to him—novel because
of the reason which made the proceeding necessary,
and novel because of the absence of that opposition
which he had formerly experienced. The scene on
the present occasion was less exciting than at pre-
vious elections, but it was much more agreeable. i
(Laughter.) His mind travelled back for a period
ef six years, when he had the honour of being
first returned for Belfast, and six years was
no small slice out of the life of a public
man. During that time ho might have taken views
on many questions quite different from those of
many of his constituents, yet he never heard an
unkind word from one of them, or an unkind ex-
pression from a political opponent. (Hear, heata)
He had, on the contrary, experienced kindness from
them even beyond what that service deserved. He
-then passed on to notice the circumstances which
had brought about that election, the particulars of
which, 1,0 doubt, they were all aware of through
the public journals. They were aware generally of
the circumstances which led to a change of Ministry;
but he would briefly refer to them. (Hear, hear.)
There was nothing more to be desired than that
friendly relations should exist between England and
France. When they considered the close proximity
of the two countries to each other, they would see
the importance of their being on friendly terms witn
each other. (Hear.) An attack was recently made
on the life of the Emperor of the French, and of
course the French people felt indignant at it. It
was found that the assassins had lived some time in
England, and:they were ready to condemn England
for giving an asylum to such men, although no-
thing was known in this country of their intentions.
- He did not attach much weight to some expressions
which emanated from French colonels ; and, indeed,
these kingdoms should be the last to object to this,
• for we claimed liberty of speech and liberty of the
e press for ourselves. (Hear, hear.) But a demand
was made on the part of the French Government
that the law of this country with regard to
refugees should be changed, and it was impossible
to mistake what the French Government wanted—
they required a limit to be put to the security
of refugees in these kingdoms ; but if there was one
thing anEnglishman held more firmly than another
,:it was our right to give security to political re-
fugees. But the law relating to conspiracy to
murder required a change to be made in it, and
the House of Commons, by a large majority, voted
for the bringing in of a bill on the question. But
if the matter had rested there, there would have
a.. been no change of Government, he believed ; but
it did not. A letter from the French Government
- was laid on the table of the House of Commons.
e- When he called it a letter they should remember
that a letter from one government to another was a
document which should be carefully examined, and
replied to if necessary ; and it should be seen that
it contained nothing offensive. Well, no doubt
they had all seen the letter to which he alluded,
as it was published in the newspapers ; therefore,
he was not going to go over it all ; but he would
point out three statements made in it. The first
thing alleged was that the Government of England
harboured assassins. Now, it was well known
that no country hated assassination more than this
(applause); and if assassins resided here it was
without the knowledge of the Government. An-
other statement made was that in England assas-
sination was preached openly. That was also in-
correct. (Hear, hear.) England abhorred assas-
sination, and did not preach it—(applause)—either
.d.

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. Pank, 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
1 speaker.
Dr. M'CARROGHER 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. PINK 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-
ive 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 forsupport inappealing 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 and
they would find the honour of England safe, and
they did wait in order that the noble individual at
the he ad 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 and 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 temp-
tation of reading it to them. 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 not
fat enough, Parkes pushed him aside, andharrying on they
at last spied a very fat man coetemplating the achievement
of getting over the wall at the extreme rear of the yamun.
Captain Key and Commodore Elliott's coxswain rushed
forward. Key took the fat gentleman round the wa'st,
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."
(Laughter and applause.) For the full amount of
glory of that capture he gave the noble lord ample
credit. (Laughter.) Ho would now pass on to
the subject of France, which was now uppermost
in the minds of the people, and he should approach
that subject with great care, although nothing that