The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 18594 1"

servatiort to offer. (Hear, heart) Well, here at last is a
case in which a chance of emancipation from the yoke of
Austria is presenting itself by an intervention (if interven.
tion it be), and a hue and cry is raised against it, and prin-
ciples are invoked in favour of oppression which were never
invoked in favour of the oppressed. (Hear.) It is afdiscredit-
able hypocrisy.. Let Austria be replaced in the position into
which the heroic arms of my nation had hurled her in 1849,
before foreign intervention lifted her up from the dust, and
be sure neither Italy nor we shall want any assistance; but
if England permitted Austria to be saved, and the rights of
nationalities to be crushed by foreign intervention, let it not
be recorded that, when such intervention might have
turned to the advantage of the oppressed nationalities, then
only was it opposed for the first time by that England
which was so much indebted herself to foreign assistance
for her deliverance from oppression. (Cheers.) Besides,
in this case there is not exactly intervention, there is war
between established governments. That one or more
nationalities may take advantage of the opportunity is, I
should think, not exactly a proper reason for England to
throw, Brennus-like, her sword into the scale in favour of
Austria, a name synonymous with oppression, and with the
murder of nationahes. (Cheers.) What may be the
special motives which induced the present ruler of France
to engage in. this war I do not pretend to know, but I know
what cannot i)e in his interest, and therefore cannot be in
his intentions. It cannot be in his interest to enter on the
career of a conqueror, because that would be positive ruin
to him, as it was the ruin of Napoleon .I. Nay, though that
great captain was certainly an ambitious man, yet I feel
perfectly certain that if he was to rise this day from his
grave, with all his high-towering ambition, not even he
could enter now on the career of a conqueror. At certain
times certain things are impossible ; and this is one of them.
Furthermore I know that it cannot be in his interest, nay,
that it is positively against his interest, to aim at the oppres-
sion of nationalities. (Cheers.) It was the irreverent disre-
gard of the sentiment' of nationality which sent Napoleon I.
to die a fettered eagle on the scorching rocks of St. Helena ;
it is the same irreverent disregard of the sentiment of
nationality that will shatter to atoms the tottering throne
of perfidious Austria. And verily it does strike me that
Napoleon 111. is not exactly the man to repeat the fault by
which Napoleon I. fell. By doing good to the oppressed
nationalities he may earn great moral advantage; by doing
them harm he could not earn anything but ruin for himself.
(Cheers.) In forming my opinions I take for a starting point
interests, not men; and knowing that in matters where so
much is at stake men are not likely to disregard theirinterest,
I dare trust to the soundness of my conclusions. And after
all there is some guarantee in the force of circumstances
too. Suppose— I give you as a supposition —suppose
the logical development of the present war should
offer to my own nation, not an incitement to hazard-
ous desultory riots—these I 'should sternly advise her
to- avoid but should offer her such a chance as
would, with reasonable prospects, place her indepen-
dence within the reach of her own determination,
would you advise her to reject the chance because, under
the mysterious dispensation of Providence, it would have
come to her from a Bonaparte ? Why, she would be a fool
to reject it. (Cheers.) Hungary cannot be made a French
department ; she is both too strong and too distant for that ;.
her distanCe alone places her out of that danger. (Hear,
hear.) And even as to Italy. Hated as Austria is by every
Italian, the iron rod of Austria was strong enough to pre-
vent Italy from organising and arming the nation. Thanks
to the assistance of Franco, they can do it now. . Let them
be wise enough to take advantage of the occasion, and,
having had assistance in getting delivered from the foe, if
they should not know how to secure their future indepen-
dence from their friend, they would not deserve to be free.
(Loud cheers.) When the fate of nations is trembling in
the scale, woe to the man who, loving himself more than
his fatherland, would allow himself to be guided in his
judgment by his personal sympathies and antipathies rather
by what he owes to his country. I love my fatherland more
than myself—more than anything on earth ; and, inspired
by this love, I ask one boon—only one boon—from Eng-
land, and that is, that she should not support Austria.
England has not interfered for liberty ; let her not interfere
for. the worst of despotisms on earth—that of Austria.
(Great cheering.) The only boon I ask is strict neutrality ;
and this, too, I should not ask if I were not certain in my
conscience that England's interference in the war would
bring incalculable calamity on this your free and happy
country, without any possible present profit or future com-
pensation. (Hear, hear.) I owe, and gladly profess to
owe, eternal gratitude to England. I should feel it much
like a misfortune befalling my own native land should Eng-
land inconsiderately rush into a calamitous course by coup -
ling
her own fate to that of the House of Austria. (Hear.)
The English nation has mighty destinies in her hands.
Please to bear well in mind this, that no war can be thought
to have assumed European proportions, unless Germany
and Russia become parties to it. Now, my lord, I am
of opinion that, though the German nation be uncom-
monly excited, Germany will not fly into the war to the
rescue of Austria unless Prussia takes the lead—(hear, hear)
—thus abjuring the policy of Frederick the Great, which
raised her to the position of a first-rate power. And I, for
one, considering the attitude which the Czar of Russia
would be likely to take in such a case—l, for one, cannot
think that the Regent of Prussia will risk the dangerous
hazard unless he shall be made sure of being supported by
England. .Thus it evidently depends on the resolution of
England whether or not this war is to assume general
European proportions ' • because if Austria, from reliance
upon England's support, plunges it into the war on the side
of Austria, it is more than reasonable to anticipate that
France in that case will be supported by Russia. (Hear,
hear.) Let, therefore, her Majesty's Government well pon-
der over the consequences of a rash, inconsiderate step, and
let them weigh well the immense responsibility of their
position.. The course which the national interests of Eng-
land recommend is very clear. Keep yourselves out of harm;
develop your own freedom ; advance your own prosperity ;
go on steadily on the road of progress, to your own advan-
tage as well as to that of humanity and of civilisation ; and
allow me to express a hope that if, under the merciful dis-
pensation of Providence, a chance of national emancipation
should arise, from the present complications, for any of the
nationalities whom Austria holds in bondage, the good
wishes and hearty prayers of this free, generous nation
will not be with the oppressor, but will be with the op-
pressed ; that England will not be backward in cheering the
endeavour with her approbation, and in encouraging it by
her sympathy. (Great and long-continued applause.)

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

MEMBERS RETURNED.

The following is a complete list of the Members
who have . been returned to the New Parliament,
distinguished as " Liherals" and " Conservatives"
Places. Names. • L C.
Abingdon .. • . Mr. J. T. Norris .. 1
Andover .. Mr. Alderman Cubitt 1
Mr. D. Fortescue 1
Anglesea .. Sir R. Bulkeley 1
Arundel Lord .E.• Howard .". .. 1
Ashburton .. Mr. Astell . 1
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Ashton .. .. Mr. T. M. Gibson . 1
Aylesbury .. Mr. T. T. Bernard 1
Double returx Mr. S. G. Smith
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Mr. T. V. Wentworth 1
Banbury .. Sir. C. Douglas .. 1
Barnstaple .. ~ Mr G. Potts • .. . 1
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,Mr. J. H. Davie .. 1
Bath.. .. Mr. Tite
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Mr. A. E. Way .. •• 1
Beaumaris Hon. W. 0. Stanley .. 1
Bedford Mr. S. Whitbread .. 1
Major Stuart .. •• 1
Bedfordshire .. Mr. Hastings Russell
.. 1
Col. Gilpin .. 1
Berkshire .. Mr. Walter
Hon. P. P. Bouverie .. 1
Captain Vernon .. • • 1
Berwick .. .. Captain Gordon • . 1
Mr. R. A. Erie
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Beverley .. .. Mr. Walters •1
Major S. Edwards . •. 1
Bewdley .. Sir T. Winnington .. 1
Birmingham .. Mr. Bright .. 1
Mr. Scholefield 1
Blackburn .. .. Mr. Hornby .. •• 1
Mr. Pilkington .. 1 •
Bodmin .. Hon. P. L. Gower 1
Dr. Michell 1
Bolton ' .. Mr. J. Crook .. 1
• Captain Gray :. •• 1
Boston .. .. Mr. H. Ingram .. 1
Mr. W. Staniland .. 1
Bradford .. Mr. W. 11. Wickham .. 1
Mr. Titus Salt .. 1
Brecon .. .. Colonel Watkins . 1
Breconshire .. Mr. G. C. Morgan 1
Bridgnorth.. .. Mr, J. Pritchard .. 1
Mr. Whitmore 1
Bridgewater .. Colonel Tynte 1
Mr. Kinglake 1
Brighton .. .. Sir G. B. Pechell .. 1
Mr. W. Coningham
.. 1
Bridport .. Mr. J. A. Mitchell 1
Mr. K. D. Hodgson 1
Bristol Mr. H. Berkeley 1

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Mr. W. H. Gore Langton 1
Buckingham .. Sir H. Verney 1
Mr. J. C. Hubbard
Buckinghamshire.. Mr. Disraeli 1
Mr. G. C. Du Pre .. 1
Hon. W. G. Cavendish • • 1
Bury (Lancashire) Mr. F. Peel.. 1
Bury St. Edmund's Lord A. Hervey .. 1
Mr. J. A..Harcleastle .. 1
Caine .. Mr. R. Lowe . 1
Cambridge .. Mr. K. Macaulay . 1
Mr. A. Steuart 1
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Cambridge University Mr. Walpole 1
Mr. Selwyn
Cambridgeshire .. •. 1

Mr. E. Ball • „
Mr. H. J. Adeane 1
Canterbury .. Sir W.. Somerville .. 1
Hon. 11. B. Johnston .. 1
Cardiff .. Colonel Stewart .. 1
Cardigan .. .. Mr. E. Prose ,
Cardiganshire .. Mr. Powell
Carlisle .v Sir J. Graham .. 1
Mr. Lawson 1
Carmarthen .. Mr. D. Morris
.. 1
Carmarthenshire .. Mr. D. Jones 1
Mr. D. Pugh 1
Carnarvon Do. .. Mr. Wynne „ ,
Carnarvonshire .. Hon. E. G. Pennant 1
Chatham Sir F. Smith „ „
Chester .„ .. Earl Grosveno: . „
Mr. Humberston •• 1
Cheltenham .. Colonel P. W. H. Berkeley I.
Cheshire, North .. Mr. W. T. Egerton. 1
Mr. G. C. Legh , „
Cheshire, South .. Sir P. Egerton .. •• 1
Mr. Tollemaehe
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Chichester .. Lord 11. Gordon Lennox 1
Mr. H. W. Freeland .. 1
Chipneuham .. Mr. Lsley
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Mr. R..P. Long
Admiral Wakott
Mr, A. Bathurst .
Mr. Ponsonby
Mr. J. T. 'Hopiiood
Lord Naas
Mr. Steel
Mr. Miller
Mr. Papillon .
ML It. Davey
Mr. St. Aubsrn
Mr. Agar Robartes
Mr. N. Kendall
Mr. E. Ellice
Sir J. Paxton
Lord Ashley
Mr. Goddard ..
Hon. C. Howard ..
Mr: Mara/1M)
Colonel Lowther ..
General Wyndham
Schenley

Christchurch ..
Cirencester , .
Clitheroe
Cockerinolith
Colchester
Cornwall, WeA
Cornwall, East

Coventry ..
Clicklade

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