The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-07 00:00:00

WEST SURREY.

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EA ST NORFOLK.
The election for this division took place yesterday
morning in the Shire-hall, Norwich. The High Sheriff
(Mr. A. Pountaine) presided.
Mr. W. E. L. BIILWER nominated Major-General C.
A. Wyndham ; Lieutenant Colonel CUSTANCE seconded
the nomination.
Mr. H. R. UPCHER nominated Sir E. N. Buxton,
Bart. ; Mr. J. T. MoTT seconded the nomination.
No other candidates being proposed,
The HIGH SHERIFF declared Major-General Wynd-
ham and Sir E. N. Buxton duly elected, amid loud
cheers.
Major-General WYNDHAM, in returning thanks, said,
—I am, as you all know, a supporter of Lord Palmer-
ston ; and I believe that in supporting him I support
the man whom you also would support, I am, as you
know, for progressive improvement. lam free to admit
that I should be delighted to see all the fruit gathered
which has been produced by the old Reform Bid; at the
same time I shall not offer any opposition, but, on the
contrary, shall give my support to any moderate measure
brought forward for its improvement. (Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, in addition to this there are a vast number of
other reforms. There is administrative reform, legal re-
form, ecclesiastical reform, and, lastly, military reform.
To all the projects for these reforms I intend to pay at-
tention, and support those which appear to be useful. I
am, however, a soldier, and not a lawyer or a clergyman.
Now, then, gentlemen, I come to the subject of military
reform. You must understand that in calling myself a
military reformer, I have no intention to set to work to
badger the Horse Guards upon every point. I am not
going to undertake that duty ; I don't believe it is neces-
sary, and if it is necessary I don't intend to do it. What
I mean by a military reformer is something vastly larger
than that. I wish to see the militia permanently estab-
lished and well treated ; I wish to see the militia put in
connection with the army ; I wish to see the system of
recruiting vastly improved ; I wish to see a certain por-
tion of civil offices given to soldiers, provided they
show that by their merit they are fit to hold
them. (Cheers.) I wish to see education vastly in-
creased ; and I wish to see ad this done without putting
you to any unreasonable and unnecessary expense.
(Cheers.) Many gentlemen whom I see around me have
lived in towns, and they know that a man living in a
town can very often give a very splendid entertainment
by employing waiters and people by the day, without
keeping up an enormous establishment, while a noble.
man who lives in a distant part of the country is obliged
to keep up an immense establishment, although-he pro-
bably does not want it three times during the year.
What I wish to see in the army is that it should be so
organised that it could be increased to almost any
amount at a short notice, without your being called upon
to keep up, at an immense expense, an enormous force
which you possibly may not want for years. If I can realise
this I am sure I shall be conferring a vast benefit upon you.
Some defences you certainly must have, but a few years
ago—l speak not of the present moment—you certainly
bad none. When you look, gentlemen, at the enormous
advantages which you have received from the power of
steam ; when you remember how it has benefited you in
your shipping, your manufactories, and your mines--
when you look at the enormous wealth that it has
given you, and think that it has injured you but in
one respect, viz., in absolutely obliterating the British
Channel as a means of defence—l am surprised that any
body should say that something ought not to be done to
render our interior defences better now that our exte-
rior one is removed. I think I have said now all that I
have got to say to you.

Mr: T. F. BUXTON thanked the electors on the part
of his brother, who is now at Nice.

Mr. C. BUXTON, M.P. for Newport, added a few
words on behalf of Sir Edward, and stated his belief that
his brother would support a settlement of the Church.
rate question, an extension of the suffrage, and other
well-considered reforms.