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

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n-t,°*l-arredealt bloodshed should ultithately lead to the de-
liverance of Italy and the establishment of
good government, then the cause of freedom'
—the great cause of the happiness of man--.would
have gained greatly. (Cheers.) If the French army
should go back content with the.liberation of Italy,
and not intoxicated with victory—if the Emperor
should not have his head turned by the feeling that
he is a great general, united 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 recog-
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 hoped and prayed
that we should be spared from seeing a repetition of
what our forefathers saw. (Hear, hear.) Passing
from foreien affairs to the other head, reform, he
hoped and trusted that the present strong Govern-
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
would, in his opinion, involve the necessity of one
great central 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 domestic 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 ofland
and property might be greatly amended. He saw
no reason why the sale of land and houses should
not be rendered as easy, expeditious, and 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 the
Liberal party must give Government 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,ailoth edr,esainrde
itfongiswperianncidpletaakneimaantdedytiheeldproenseentto
Government—and he hoped and fervently prayed
that it would—then they would at length see a
strong and united Government, one that would
carry on the affairs of the country, and would not
lose the time which had been lost this year in the
strife and quarrels of party. The present Govern-
ment must be supported by the country. Those
members of the Liberal party who arc excluded
from the Cabinet for the present must be content
to work for the general good with those who are
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. MoNcx, 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, asd 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
would meet th.
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a real Reform Bill. (Applause.)
A vote of thanks was then given to the Mayor,
J. Andrews, and the proceedings terminated.
Mr. C.dataNnvdhch