The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

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have gained greatly: (Cheers.), If the French army
should go back content with the liberation cif Italy,
and not intoxicatea :with xictoryLif the lmporor
should not have lir head-turned by the feelingthat
he is a great general, naked to a love of War, then
the results of these proceedings would conduce
greatly to the benefit of'mankind:. He had-referred
to the war to show what would be the duty of the
Cabinet of this country under the circumstances,
which would be to prevail upon the one side to be
content with the great glory he had achieved of
having contributed to release Italy from an oppres-
sive rule, and also to prevail upon Austria to receg- ;
nise the duty of abstaining from Similar acts of vio-
lence and oppression--_(hear)—to say firmly to
France, you-shall go no further, and to prevail upon
the people and to contribute all that can be done
for the establishment of real liberty and constitu-
tional Government in Italy. If that could be ac-
complished it would. be the means of consolidating
the state of things in the future of Italy, andwould
contribute to the benefit of all who inhabit that
country. He hoped such might be the case, but still
he would remind them that they Must-be prepared •
for the opposite contingency. It was possible that
the love of conquest might know no limit, and might
be pushed to extremity; and then a state of things
might arise similar to what occurred during the
time of the last generation; but he boped and prayed
that we should be spared from seeing a repetition of
what our forefathers saw. (Hear, hear.) Passing
from foreign affairs to the•other head, reform, he --
hoped and trusted that the present strong Gavern-
ment would be the means, of introducing measures of
great social benefit in the domestic policy of this
country. One of the electors had called his attention
to a topic of great difficulty, the equalisation of the '
poor-rates. The carrying out of such a measure
vw iill. 'n his 911i----1,--wichre; the necessity of one
- trta administration-of the poOr-rate of the
whole country, a system which he deprecated, be- '
lieving that local affairs are best managed by local
bodies. With regard to social and domeatic re-
forms, he earnestly:. hoped that if they could not
anticipate a remission of part of their present bur- •
den of taxation, yet they would-find in the present
Government men of great skill and great success in
reforming the administration of the revenue and
finances, which would have the effect of retrench-
ing and lightening these burdens; and he believed
the subject had attracted in a forcible manner the
attention of those whose duty it was to form the
present administration. He reminded the electors
that it was impossible to form a strong Government
unless they included- men of great experience and
knowledge in the science of government. In proof
of this he referred to the subject of the amendment
of the law, and asked if it were possible to amend
the great and crying grievance—the oppressiVe
evils arising from the present state of the law—un-
less they had lawyers in the House of Commons,
and it was therefore necessary that they should se-
lect men who from their past history it might rea-
sonably be supposed would discharge their. duty
faithfully and honestly. (Cheers.) The subject of
the amendment of the law had long occupied his
attention, and he thought the present state of the
law with regard to the sale and conveyance of land
and property might be greatly amended. He saw
no reason why the sale of land and houses should
not be rendered as easy; expeditious,rand_as inex-,
pensive as the sale of £lOO Consols or
-the transfer
of a railway share. If they could only bring the -
system to something approximate to that, it would
be a great benefit and tend to increase the value of
property. The subject had been taken up by the
late Government on a suggestion made by himself,
and he could assure them that it would again be
taken up by the present Government, and he trusted
it would lead to the accomplishment of this most
desirable change. Sir R. Bethell also noticed the
law of bankruptcy and insolvency, and of debtor
and creditor, as well as the subject of the consolida-
tion of the statutes, as subjects which would receive
the careful attention of the present Government.
Referring to the duty of Liberals of all shades of
opinion at the present time, Sir R. Bethell said
ni the,
Liberal party must give Governent their united and
mutual support. Members must not be self-confi-
dent, not so weded to their own opinions as to have
them carried out to the letter, yielding nothing to
the opinion of others. They must make mutual
allowances one to the other ; no man must be confi-
dent, in his own mind that his opinions are the
entire truth. They must exercise mutual forbear-
ance, desire to give and take, and yield one to
another, and if this principle animated the present
Government—and' he hoped and fervently prayed
that it would—then they would at length see a
strong and united Government, one that would
oci-my or4tiroctdairs rX.the-countryi and- NA-I:M.I 11q, --,-- -- -:-
Jose the '[...1.1., Aiich had been lost this year in the
strife and 4u4rrels of party. The present Govern-
ment must be supported by the country. Those
members of the Liberal party who are excluded
from the Cabinet for the present must be content
to work for general good with those who,nre
included. If that should be the case, then he hoped
that when they met again he should be able to
convince them that they had a Government whose
object had been to consult the interests and devote
itself to the happiness of the people at large.
.(Cheers.)
A vote of thanks to the Mayor, moved by the
Attorney-General, was carried 'by acclamation.

RADNOR BOROUGHS.

The Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis was yesterday
re-elected at New Radnor for the Radnor boroughs
without opposition.

READING.

Yesterday Sir Henry Singer Keating, the newly
appointed Solicitor-General, was re-elected without
opposition, The proceedings were exceedingly
quiet.
Mr. J. B. MONCK, of Coley-park, proposed, and
Alderman HARRIS seconded, the hon. gentleman ;
and no other candidate being proposed,
The MAYOR declared Sir H. Keating duly
elected.

Sir H. S. KEATING, after thanking the electors for
the honour they had for the fifth time conferred
upon him, alluded to the course adopted by the
Liberal party in ejecting Lord Derby's Government
from office, aed referred to the subject of Parlia-
mentary reform. That the country would have
such a measure of Parliamentary reform was be-
yond a doubt, and a Government which came into
office pledged to Parliamentary reform must at
once and immediately set about the work. But
then it must be remembered that Government took
office at a very late period of the session. There
were many things that required to be done, and
he felt persuaded that at the earliest
practicable
moment that question would receive the attention
of the Ministry. Whether the measure propounded
would meet the views of all WAS doubtful—he
thought he might say it would not ; but still, when
they did propose a measure of reform, it would be a
real and not a sham one. It would not be giving
with one hand and taking away with the other, but
it would be that which it purported to be—namely,
a real Reform Bill. (Applause.)
A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor,
Mr, C. S. Andrews, and the proceedings terminated.