Mr. Charles Buxton and Mr. Locke King are, after all,
to be opposed in East Surrey by Mr. William Hardman and Mr. James Lord,—the chief assault being on Mr. Buxton's seat, for his conduct in the Jamaica business. Fortunately for the Liberals, their opponents seem violent and weak men, who make up by the strength of their language for the weakness of their case. Thus, Mr. Hardman said that, to his mind, " disestablish- ment meant Popery, and disendowment robbery ;" Archbishop Manning is pulling the strings, and Mr. Gladstone "is the con- scious or unconscious puppet,"—and so forth. Mr. Lord is, if pos- sible, still more Protestant,—a member of the Protestant Associa- tion,—professionally Protestant. Mr. Hardman calls for "execra- tion" of the Jamaica Committee. Our old friend, Mr. Hamilton Hume, rises to this cry, and indulges in a little of it,—with a little fibbing at the same time, thus :—" The Jamaica Commission had entirely exonerated Mr. Eyre." What can the man mean by "exonerated"? We suppose that Mr. Locke King's seat is safe. We sincerely trust that Mr. Charles Buxton's may be. It will be a disgrace not only to the county, but to England, if Mr. Buxton is condemned for conduct which has been throughout manly, noble, disinterested, just.
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