The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-14
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The English Reform Bill.

The English Reform Bill.
We present our readers with the following in
teresting speech Of Mr.. JOHN STUART MILL, one
of the leaders Of the opposition, and one OF the
clearest heads in the three kingdoms
At at public meeting held in Westminster, on
Saturday, June o. Mr.. J. 8. Mill, NJ P, spoke.
On rising he was greeted with tremendous ap-
plause, the whole assembly rising and cheering
with extraordinary vehemence. He said they
were called together that evening in order thai
they might ask themselves the question whether
or not the people of Westminster cared for Re-
form. That WAS the question before them, and
that was the only question. Who would be the
men for whom Her Majesty would send to form
an administration if she accepted the resignation
or her present advisers, of course they could not
tell. Referring to Mr.. Love- he said that although
ne was the only man among the opponents of the
present bill who, in direct terms, declared he was
against all Reform whatever, yet all who had
heard, as he had done, the shouts of rejoicing
winch greeted every anti-popular sentiment to
Which MIR. Lowe gave utterance, would know that
the whole of the sympathies of the Tory party
were against any measure of Reform, Whatever it
might be. He believed that there were only two
opn43hs as to What might be the course the Con-
2 Ministry: First whether they would propose a
Reform 1se,1 blu at all and, SECOND, whether they
form They said that any bill Ion on this subject sub tc
must be a compromise.
Well, the Liberal party made q compromise at
the commencement Of the season, and a very
great compromise it was. They gave up the best
part Of the matter in dispute to the Tories, and
now after the Liberals had given up to them the
ILaughter.] The difference was split with them
In the first instance, and now they wanted to split
the other part. But it was worse even than that,
and he was going to tell them something which
they bad not the means Of knowing, but which few
had paid much attention to, and o very significant
and characteristic process it was. He would tell
them what Was proposed by one Of the best of the
Iory party. Ii a workingman could occupy f1O
mouse 1t must in most cases be by letting some
part OF it but Sir Stafford Northcote proposed to
oisIrancnlse al such persons unless they were
able to show that, after deducting all they re-
celved rom letting, they paid f10, f7 or what
ever sum might be agreed upon, to their landlord.
Propably he would have spared those who were
at present on the register, but he would not con-
sent et that - any one hereafter should be on the
e. other Fiat was condton tha1 I1o NboS
very few working men could fulfill; and if that
propossltion came from one Of the best, most
eervatlve party, what might they expect from the
others? [Hear, hear.
NOW, as as to the foreign policy Of the Tories he
ne mad done to the five hours Of solemn abuse of
the Italians, in which the Tories had induleed
when the reform bill should have been brought
9noer uiscussion. Liberals, painting to help and
de1end the noble Italians against the calumnies
heaped upon them, were restrained from entering
upon the discussion, lest they should have delay,
get. But now came the question of the present
government, All knew the manner in which thew
nao heid up the banner OF the people through the
iate stormy session. Their political enemies had
been taunting them and insulting them day after
Gay, saying that here was a Government which
started With clear majority of 70, and had con
and why hs.dl they doneit There was majority
Of 10 pledged to support Liberal Government.
and who would have supported: them II they had
followed out Lord Palmerston's poHcy Of ICin I.cing
nothing, and'gloasihk it off as an excellent Joke
The Government might have seven years. un-
disturbed lease OF power ii they had adopted
similar course-that Is, if they had determined
on doing nothing in the way of Reform. But
they had chosen to resign office, to receive bait
ing, taunts, and insults, directed against them
the greatest parliamentary leader which the
country had had in the present century, or, per-
haps, since the time Of the Stuarts. Whatever
the speculation might have been, it had been de-
feated-the hopes OF the opponents OF the Gov
ernment had not been fulfilled. [Hear, hear,] Il
would appear to him the most natural thing that
his constituents might not like to incur this great
expense twice in tho same twelve months. [Yes,
yes.] 1t was very natural that they should not
wish it, and he should not have the face to ask it
for himself. II they thought they could fight this
didate than himsef-any candidate who would
Dear the expenses that must necessarily be incur
red, or part OF them-he trusted that no consi
deration for hmself would induce them to refrain
fom taking that course. 600
The Italian Army.
correspondent of the London Daily Ne,os,
writing from the headquarters of the Italian army
at Cremona June 10 (before the battle) gives
the following description of the army and it's