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Show THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN AND PEOPLE. Mr. Card well, the Kujji.-ih seeretary of war, recently addressed hi constituents constitu-ents at Oxford. In aludin to the illness ill-ness of the Prime of Wales, he said it had served to develope and taint; out the reciprocal sympathy which always exists between a constitutional sovereign and a free people. Tltu hcerctary aNo intimated that the attention of govern-mont govern-mont would bo directed to the consideration con-sideration of social mcxMires for (he improveiuonl and welfare of the people. There is truth in the view of secretary secre-tary Cardwcll; but it must bo remembered remem-bered that tho moral lessons drawn from sympathy, while they take an acute form, usually dissipate with tho removal of tho causes which draw out the popular feeling. The dangerous illness of the prince, however, set the Knglish people into a practical turn of thought. In tho present unsettled atato of social and political reforms, tho death of the Queen's immediate successor, suc-cessor, involving a? it probably would have done, a regency of a considerable period, would have produced a state of uncertainty, that might at any time have culminated, in a dangerous crisis, threatoniuft to the stability of the government. gov-ernment. This great danger, which the nation has been called upon to face, will not probably bo without" its effect upon the deliberations of parliament. Secretary Cardwcll is already suggesting- legislative considerations of social, reform for the relief of the people, and unless wc arc mistaken, more pro-! found attention will hereafter be paid to the popular demands for uks(anlial " reform than ever before. It is a no-: cessity of th commercial position ol ' Creat Britain that her people should ' hare a larger voice in the eoutrol of! the jwvernment. Ureal as have Wen the reforms of the past few years, they have been but the stepping stone to' me eencesaons which will bo made within the next ten years 10 the common com-mon people of the realm. The great safety of the empire lie iti Its flexibility flexibil-ity to the governing influences of tlie country, as they sucevively arise and take tin ir places in the political and social life of the community. Wi;h a Soveruruent so nicely adj-ied, aau under the most complete working vs-tem, vs-tem, a civil revolution is almost an impossibility, while the eoumiereiai cou dition of KuIand miist render it the great balance wheel of the worM the peace pvwcr ol the K'tropi-.m c onti nent. |