The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-31 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE:

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CITY OF LONDON ELECTION.
DECL sIRATION OF THE POLL- THIS DAY).
Mr. Western Wood 5,747
The Lord Mayor 5,241

Majority 506
Mr. Wood was declared duly elected.

OXFORD.

Mr. Cardwell, who was recently transferred from
the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland to that of
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and whose
seat in Parliament as a consequence became vacant,
presented himself yesterday as a candidate for the
suffrages of the electors of Oxford. No opposi-
tion to the return of the right honourable gentle-
man was offered. Ho appeared on the hust-
ings, accompanied by the Mayor of Oxford, Mr.
Sadler, who presided on the occasion, and about a
dozen other gentlemen, at 12 o'clock, and before ten
minutes had elapsed he found himself once more
entitled to take his seat in the British House of
Commons. He was proposed by Mr. Pike, and the
nomination was seconded by
Mr. CASTLE, who, among other things, expressed
it to be his opinion that the foreign policy of the
Government was satisfactory, adding that public
opinion was, after all, the great basis on which the
measures of all Governments must be founded.
Having thus been duly proposed and seconded,
and, without further delay, declared to be elected,
Mr. CARDWELL came forward amid cheers, and
said—Gentlemen—All that now remains for me to
do is the grateful task of endeavouring, however
imperfectly, to express to you my acknowledgments
for your constant kindness and generous confidence.
You have to-day, for the third time within a period
of little more than two years, conferred on me the
honour of enabling me to take my seat in the House
of Commons as the representative of this ancient
and distinguished city, and that, toe, as the result
of your undivided election. For this renewed mark
of favour I return my warmest thanks to those cor-
dial friends who have given me that earnest support
which secures me a place in the great councils of
the nation, while I also desire to make my acknow-
ledgments to those liberal opponentl, whatever
views in politics they may entertain, who have al-
lowed the present occasion to pass over without
putting us to the inconvenience of an unnecessary
contest, knowing, as I believe they do, that we,
even when we differ from them in opinion, are ani-
mated in harmony with teem, by the single desire
to promote the greatness and the welfare of that
common country to which it is our privilege to be-
long. (Cheers.) I appear before you now in conse-
quence of a great calamity, which has caused changes
to be made in the constitution of the Government
—I allude to the serious illness, and consequent re-
tirement from office, of one of the ablest, the most
honoured, and the most distinguished of the ser-
vants of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) Of the per-
sonal qualities of that eminent man I will not permit
myself to speak, for it has been my privilege to
have been associated with him by the closest ties
of friendship during the entire period of my politi-
cal life. Of the importance of the services which
he has rendered to his country in, probably, the
most arduous of all the offices of the State, every
Englishman, nay, every person conversant with
public affairs in Europe and throughout the world,
'a aware. (Hear, hear.) The last of those great
services was the sending out to China that noble
expedition which, though equipped in accordance
with all the improvements which modern science
has suggested, yet was so thoughtfully and pru-
dently prepared, that at the distance from us of
half the globe it vindicated, in concert with our
allies, without check and with but little sacrifice
of life, the outraged honour of our country, restor-
ing us to relations of amity and commerce with
one of the most extensive empires in the world.
(Cheers.) My noble friend will be succeeded in
the office which, unhappily, he has been obliged to
vacate by a man no less able than distinguished ;
and you, I doubt not, will feel that in his hands
and in those of the other servants of the Crown the
policy to which the people of England have given
their approval, and which demands that the two
sister services should be maintained in a state of
efficiency suitable to the power, the position, and
the greatness of the country, will be zealously up-
held, and that, too, not because of any unreasonable
distrust of other nations or any desire of aggran-
dizement on our part, but because of the simple
feeling that a country like this, which has a right
to be heard in the councils of the world, and whose
example is looked up to by other States, ought to
maintain herself in such a position of serene and
conscious power that she need not fear to pro-
nounce her independent opinions, and should be
able to give expression with a voice of just autho-
r7ty in those councils, for the freedom of other lands
which are dear to the heart of every subject of
the Queen. (Cheers.) My friend, Mr. Castle, has
alluded to the foreign policy of the Government;
and of that policy it will be necessary for me simply
to say that, whether it regards Europe or America,
it is a policy which is in accordance with the sen-
timents, which, indeed, it but justly reflects, of the
English people, whose chief characteristics are a
love of freedom, a love of independence, and an
attachment to the cause of progress. (Cheers.)
Having mentioned America, I may be allowed to
express my sincere so-. Tow at thecalamity by which
she has been afflicted, and my sincere desire that
the blessings of peace and tranquillity may, under
the guidance of Providence, be speedily restored to
her people. (Cheers.) Permit me now to say a
word with regard to myself. I have, owing mainly
to your favour, been spending the last two years in
dealing with the affairs of the sister country in
conjunction with Lord Carlisle, who, from the day
when he first gathered his early laurels in this city,
down to the moment at which I am addressing you,
has continued to grow in tne esteem and affection
not only of the English, but also of the Irish
people. (Hear.) During the period to which I
refer many of the measures which were introduced
into Parliament with respect to Ireland involved
questions of great interest, and I sincerely hope
that they have been dealt with by the Governnient
in a manner which will tend to promote a cordial
attachment between the two countries, and to root
out, as far as possible, those feelings of an opposite
character, the existence of which we have had so
much reason to deplore. (Hear, hear.) In Ireland
the spirit of industrial improvement is, I am happy
to say, manifesting itself, from one end of the country
to the other, in a degree most creditable to the
energy of her people, and extremely conducive to
the general contentment and tranquillity of the
realm. (Hear, hear.) In the office in connection

with that portion of the empire which I so lately
held, I have been succeeded by the inheritor of a

name more than all other names dear to the Irish