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

agitated it would not be laid down, as it had been
taken up, as the plaything of a party. The Liberal
party would have it out now, or, in the words of
the song, they " would know the reason why."
(Cheers.)
At the conclusion of Colonel Adair's speech; Mr.
CHILDS, of Bungay, from the same side of the
hustings, attempted to address the crowd, but the
Conservative partisans refused to hear him, and he
was obliged to withdraw.

The High Sheriff then took a show of hands,
which he decided to be in favour of Colonel Adair
and the Attorney-General ; and a poll having been
demanded on behalf of Lord Henniker, it was
arranged to be taken on Saturday, beginning at 8
in the morning and concluding at 5 the same
afternoon.

SUSSEX (WEST).
The nomination of candidates for this division of
the county took place yesterday, in the Guildhall,
Priory Park, Chichester. The candidates (the Earl
of March, President of the Poor-law Board, and
the Hon. H. Wyndham) were met at their resi-
dences by a large body of yeomen on horseback,
who accompanied them to the hall, where a consi-
derable number of the inhabitants of the city had
assembled. The noble lord and the hon. gentleman
were received on entering with cheers. The High
Sheriff, W. W. Blaauw, Esq., presided.

C. S. DICKENS, Esq., proposed, and Colonel
CARR-LLOYD seconded, the nomination of Lord
March.

W. BARTELLOT, Esq., proposed, and Major SAND-
HAM seconded, the nomination of the Hon. Henry
Wyndham.
No other candidate being proposed,
The High Sheriff declared the two former repre-
sentatives re-elected.

The Earl of MARCH then addressed the assembly
in an able and argumentative speech. He first
alluded to his again appearing before them so soon
after the recent appeal he made to the constituency-
on his appointment as President of the Poor-law
Board. Next, he dwelt at great length upon
the circumstances under which the dissolu-
tion of Parliament had taken place, and de.
fended the policy pursued by the Earl of Derby.
As to the course pursued by the Opposition, he
considered it factious, and believed that the people
of England would prefer the Conservative policy of
Lord Derby to the democratic attempts of Lord
John Russell and Mr. Bright. The resolution pro-
posed by the noble lord did not, in his opinion,
forward the cause of Reform, but prevented the
Government from proceeding to the settlement of
that question, which they could not again intro-
duce during the present session. He did not believe
that Lord John Russell's object was to facilitate the
settlement of this very important question, but to
oust the Ministry, in order that he and those who
coalesced with him might step into their shoes. If
the Government bill had been proceded with it
would undoubtedly have been greatly improved in
committee ; and he might remark that, even as it
stood, it would have had the effect of doubling the
numbers of the existing constituencies. The noble
earl then referred to a late speech made by Mr.
Bright, at Manchester, and said that the words he
then made use of, if they meant anything, meant
very little short of exciting a revolution in the
country. With regard to the ballot, he was de-
cidedly opposed to it, because he believed that it
was wholesome, right, and proper that those who
enjoyed the franchise should vote openly, so that
the people might see how they exercised their
franchise, and that they were not influenced either
by sordid motives or the interest of gain. If we
adopted this system of secret voting, we must, in
order to carry it out to its legitimate extent like-
wise have a penal enactment that no voter should
divulge the name of the candidate for whom he
voted, or we, in reality, would have no ballot at all.
In short, he believed that if the ballot were
adopted it would make the electoral body of
this country a mass of humbugs and hypo-
crites. Having disposed of the " democratic
tendencies" of the speeches and conduct of
Mr. Bright, his lordship adverted to the present
threatening state of affairs on the Continent. He
said he believed it was the duty of this country to
preserve an armed and dignified neutrality, and, if
possible, to keep out of this great conflict. Our
policy ought to be a policy of peace ; at the same
time that would be best secured by our being pre-
pared with a fleet and an army to go to war, if
compelled to do so. He believed that not only the
electors of this division of the county, but the
people of England, would stand by her Majesty's
Government at a great crisis, and maintain our
constitution unimpaired.
The Hon. HENRY WYNDHAM next addressed the
electors, and the proceedings terminated.