LORD PARLERSTON TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1167, 28 September 1865, Page 5

LORD PARLERSTON TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.

94, Pucadilly, July G, 18C5.

Gentlemen—Parliament having been dissolved, fresh elfCtions will immediately take place, and I beg to solicit from you a'ruucwul of' that confidence with which y-u hi(ve honoured me during seven successive Parliaments. It I were tuiiiressiug you f..-r thu first time, it might be necessaiy for me 10 dilacu upon tho future; but I think i iniiy with propriety fouid my apical tor the continuance of your favor upou a rolcience. to the .pasti und to the result) o£ ilij course pursued by the Uovernmeut of wliioli, during die,lust Bix years, I .have: had the honour of being a member. During tlibse six years, '.notwithstanding the iicav> pies-.ure oi three bad sea-d.is in' Ireland,and 'tins severe distic-s which prtvailedi i S)tn« of'tlni manufacturing districts in consequence of the great diminution of the supply of oof.on irom North America, the United Kingdom, as a whole, has enjoyed a retnackable degree of progressive prosperity; p^ace has been preserved with foreign nations, ; and this country has been exempt from the exe.tioiis and sacrifices which within that period,other countries have been required to make. Add.tiwual frce-iom has been given to the employment* of capital, and. to the exorcist: of pro uclive in Histry. Trade with foreign countries lias bjen relived from many obstructions, while new and important channels of commerce have been 'opened in distantparts of lha globe. The result has been that the weaith, of the United Kingdom has rapidly increased ; and, though great reductions of: taxation have b.:un made, und some diminution has been effected in the national debt, the revenue Ins always been sufficient to provide for the pubHc expenditure, and to maintain in efficiency ih >?e national defences, naval and military,.'which arq to every country among the best securities, for pvace. The present time is remarkable for the progressive application of the results of science to the operations of war, both by sea and land; and thisciuotry has not in such matters Jagged behind the oilier groat pwers of the world. Norhasoureolonlil administration been less successful. The populations of our North Ameii'san.provinces aru iievpteilly loyal and attached to connection with this counttyr; and India, no longer the Rcene of insurrection nud rebellion, is making rapid strides in civilisation and getieral prosperity. But the six years pcrio'l. in these respfcs »o Iwppv, was doomed to witness a calamity which plunged the whole nation into grief;' and while; the loss of the Prince Consort will for over be recorded among the. greit domestic misfortunes of the country, the universal sorrow which that loss occasioned,will at least testify that tbo nation duly appreciated the high and admirable quiilitits. of ihe Prince wliorn they mourn. On the 'other hand, a bright irloam of hope for the future ha«.ciieer«:d the land by the fortunate and happy marriageof the Prince of' Wales and the birth of tw>> royal princes. How long the Ministry of which1 1 have the honor to be a rm-mbtr may eoniiiiue ; to direct the affairs of this greif, .nation must depend upon the will of the. Parliament now about to be elected; but I think I may be allowed to any, for myself and my c >U-igues. that n just judgment of our pa3t administration will entitle us to the same measure of coo Will which has been extended to us by the Parliament now dissolved. In the meantime, I agiin respectfully and earnestly solicit a co-itimi-ance of that confidence which for so many years has been to mo a proud arid honorable distinction. I have'the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obliged and obedient servant. --*'~;, , , PjkXMgRSTOX.,