The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-28 00:00:00

171 TE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1859. THE EDINBURGII D H INNER TO LORD BROUGAM. The dinner given by the citizens of Edinburgh to Lord. Brougham took pl ace in the music-hall there. The hall was crowded in every part. The number of gentlemen who sat down to dinner exceeded 650, and the galleries were filled by a brilliant assem blage of the fair sex and of gentlemen who were unable, from the extraordinary demand for tickets, to obtain access to the table s. The distinguished great was received on enterieg the hall, eliortly after six o'clock, with a most cordial and universal welcome. The chair was occupied by Sir John Melville, Lord Provost, on whose right sat Lord Brougham, the Earl of Rosslyn, the Lord Justice- Mr. General, the Solicitor-General , Lord Naves, Adam Black, M.P., Professor Pillans, Lord Dees, and the Lord Advocate (croupier). On the left of the chair were the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Kintore, the Lord Justice -Clerk, S i r John..A...l'Neill, G.C.8., Sir W. Craig , Lord Curriehill, frofessor A 3 toun, Principal Barclay, and Mr. R. Chambers (croupier). Apologies were received from the Lord Chancel lor of England, who was detained in London from having to officiate at the prorogation of Parlia ment ; the Duke of Roxburgh, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Stair, the Earl of Rosebery, Lord Pan mure, Lord Dunfermline, Lord Abercromby, Lord Jerviswoode, Lord Ardmillan, Sir Gra ham Montgomery, M.P., Sir Edward Cole brooke, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., Mr. E. H. J. Craufurd, M.P., Mr. James Caird, Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Professor Campbell Swinton, Mr. Campbell, of Craigie, Mr. Leonard Horner, &c. Sir JOHN. MELVILLE in fitting terms introduced the usual loyal and patriotic toasts. To that of the "Navy and Army," Capt. Peat, R.N., and the Earl of Rosslyn replied. The next toast was " Her Majesty's Ministers," to which The Duke of ARGYLL replied. He said,—l know, very well that the kindness with which you have received this toast is neither from personal nor from political feeling, but simply from that goodwill and regard which every public assembly in this country bears to those who may for the time be intrusted with the high responsibility of conducting public affairs. (Applause.) And, gentlemen, when I recol lect that since the year 1853, when I first had the honour of being in a position to reply to such a toast as this, there have been no less than four successive Governments in this country, giving an average duration to each of somewhere about 19 or 20 months. (A -laugh, and cheers!) I cannot feel, there fore, that this toast has any personal or peculiar position, or that it is otherwise than in some respects an impersonal and abstract toast (renewed laughter and cheers) —because our position as Mi n isters of this country partakes in a very large degree of that incertitude which is said to belong to all sub lunary affairs. (Cheers.) Therefore I will only say, in thanking you for this toast, that with regard to home affairs, I trust that that stream of steady and continuous improvement which is the very life blood of our political institutions, and in consequence of which they unite the vigour and authority of age with the vigour also and elasticity of youth—that that current will not be allowed to stand still in our time. And, with regard to foreign affairs, I will only say that I trust we shall be abl ° e to maintain the in terests and the honour of the country ; that, on the one hand, we may be preserved from the great error of undue interference when neither these interests nor that honour is concerned ; and that, on the other hand, we may be preserved from the other error — the policy of selfish isolation, which would deprive us of our just influence in the councils of the -world. (Loud cheers.) And, lastly, gentlemen, that when that influence is called for, and when it can be exercised with propriety, it will be given in favour of those principles of justice, of humanity, and of freedom which are the mainsprings of all our own blessings. (Loud cheers.) The toastmaster then called for an overflowing bumper, and The LORD PROVOST rose amid loud and prolonged cheers to propose the toast of the evening. His lordship said—l now ask you to dedicate this toast to Henry Lord Brougham—(enthusiastic applause) —whom we have this day met to honour, in grate ful recognition of a career of unrivalled brilliancy in literature, science, and statesnanship, which has rendered his name illustrious throughout the civi lised world, and will carry his memory down to posterity as one of the greatest benefactors to his country, who has lived in an age remarkable for men of large and enlightened philanthropy. (Loud applause.) More than half a century has elapsed since our distinguished guest became a member of the bar of Scotland—a body of men which has always been celebrated for the intellec tual acquirements of its members. Even before he had joined the Scottish bar, and when a youthful student at our University, he had given evidence of that vast intellectual power which was destined to exhibit to the world the rare and, I believe I may say with perfect truth, the unexampled com bination in one individual of the talents and gifts of the orator, statesman, lawyer, man of science and of letters, the qualities of each of which call forth our admiration when found in any individual singly, • but which excite our wonder and delight when found, as they are, marvelously blended in the person of our illustrious guest. (Loud applause.) He has prosecuted with untiring energy the course of scientific inquiry and original discovery which he first began at our university, and which has given him a high rank among the philosophers of our day. It is with feelings of unmingled satisfac tion that I can refer in proof of what I now state to one whose testimony will be viewed with peculiar interest by this assemblage. I allude to an eminent philosopher whom I expected to have seen on this platform—Sir D. Brewster—and who has been pre vented from appearing here to-night by the most insurmountable obstacles. In his " Life of Sir Isaac Newton," that great philosopher bears testi mony to the value of the discoveries made by his early. friend and coadjutor in science—discoveries commenced at the age of 17, and continued with unabated vigour till the present time. There is scarcely a subject within the whole range of our literature that has not been embraced within the grasp of his powerful intellect, and elucidated by his genius. History, science, philosophy, State po licy, education, have all occupied his pen, and been improved and illustrated by his efforts. While Lord Brougham has enriched our literature by con tributions to science and philosophy, his attention has been constantly directed to promote the social wellbeing of all classes in the State. He has borne a prominent and conspicuous part in every measure of importance which has passed through Parliament during the eventful period in which he has been a member of the Legislature, and yet his literary and scientific labours have been prosecuted with an as siduity, earnestness, and success as great as if they had formed . the sole object of his attention. His name is associated with most of the recent improve ments in our criminal and civil jurisprudence, and his powerful talents have ever been exerted to pro . mote the interests of independence and freedom,and to protect the innocent and oppressed. (Applause.) His is the proud distinction of having most power fully contributed to bring to a successful issue those measures which great and wise and good men had long ago been labouring to accomplish for the pur pose of aboliShing the accursed traffic in human blood, and of raising Great Britain to the high and noble position of being, along with her dependen ciesethe abode of the free and the free alone. (Loud and prolonged repplause.) The noble lord has lived to see the time wnen experience has proved that the. forebodings of evil from this act of justice to an injured raco were visionary, and that the natural concomitants of freedom are happiness, tranquillity, and peace. What, above all, has endeared the noble lord to his countrymen, and given him a last ing place in their warmest affections, is the constant and unceasing devotion of his great intellect to the deviSing of measures for the instruction of the peo ple, and raising the humbler classes of his country men to a higher platform in the scale of social life. (" Rear, hear," and applause.) . While we admire the genies which has produced results such as these And many others which no feeble language of mine can describe, we ca r nnot fail also to recognise and feel grateful f or then self-sacrifice and patriotic devo tion which were indispensable boastf to their accomplish ment. It was a proud e r r . the Lord Chancel lor of England to declare on l a the last time from the woolsack that he had not left a single case (Hear.) unheard or a single letter unanswered. In office and out of office the same course en lightened and philanthropic interest intheofwe being of hi s country h as b een ev i nce d by the great man now in the midst of us, to whose genius and patriotism we, the inhabitants of this, his native city, are assembled to d o homage — a h omage, I re joice to say, willingly offered alike by political ad herents and political opponents ; for when the names by which our party differences are known shall have passed into oblivion the name of Henry Broughan will live in the grateful" recollections of his countrymen, as having been gifted not with matchless genius alone, but with matchless devotion also, to the dearest interests of the human race. (His -lordship resumed his scat amid enthusiastic and prolonged applause.) Lord BROUGHAM, who was received with most enthusiastic cheering, said, —My Lord and Gentle. men, I assure you that though I use an ordinary ex pression, it is not the less correct when I say that I want words to express my feelings upon the pre sent occasion. (Applause.) This great assembly, preceded by an invitation from men of all classes and of all parties, and of all sects without distinc tions I consider is one of the two greatest blessings and honours of a net very short and a very variegated life. (Applause.) The being chosen to represent the great c,Qunty of York in Parliament is the other—(cheers) —and these two I deem by very much the greatest honours of my whole exis tence. (Applause.) Your worthy Irasident, the Lord Provost, has mentioned my still continuing to work, though I might perhaps claim the benefit of rest after so long a life of labour; but the real trnth is—and I venture to utter it in the presence of many younger friends, as it imparts a useful prac tical lesson--as expressed by the great Christian poet, Cowper,— " A want of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed." (Loud applause.) And I know one illustration of this maxim, that a worthy man to whom I was oftentimes opposed in party conflicts—opposed on principle on my part, as he was opposed on princi ple to me on his—l mean the late Lord Liverpool, so long at the head of the Government of this coun try, and who had the singular satisfaction of pre siding over the Government during the immortal victories of Wellington, always stated that it was his plan to read a certain portion every day of some thing unconnected with the cares of office. For he said he knew the time must come sooner or later when office would cease to occupy him, and where should he be, he said, if he had no means of filling up his time, for reading then would alone remain to him ? (Applause.) I have known many brethren of mine in the profession of the law who entirely de viated from this maxim. I could name two or three of the most remarkable of them, who, I don't be lieve, ever opened a book since they left colleg e — (laughter and applause)—with the exception of pro fessional books, of course ; but any book not con nected with their profession—anything they were not bound to read—they hardly ever read, except ing, perhaps, the newspaper, and not always that. (Laughter and applause.) Much wiser was Lord Liverpool's maxim, and so will every man feel who applies it to his own case, to prepare him for the rest, or that which is commonly called rest—namely, the change in the application of his mind. (Cheers.) We know that men as well as animals are rested when they change the muscles that they put in ac tion. A long, fatiguing journey will be rest to the horse as well as to the rider if it is up hill or down hill, instead of being always on a level. It calls into action a new set of muscles, and so the man enjoys what alone should be called rest—is re lieved, from fatigue by changing the application of his faculties, and by looking at, thinking of, reading of, and discussing other subjects than those which usually come under his eye. (Hear.) You will excuse me from stepping aside to give-this little practical hint to many of my brethren in the profession whom I see around me. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) My Lord Provost, I have referred to my connexion with Yorkshire as the other great honour and great event in my life. I must add that when I was living among my own constituents it was a very painful reflection to consider—though I was received ke them most affectionately and kindly, no doubt—that in some parts even of that county, and in many parts of other counties in England, there prevailed a degree of corruption in the exercise of the elective franchise that almost made men doubt, not only whether the franchise should be extended, but have led them to doubt whether it was of any use at all. It must be highly gratifying to think that this observation does not apply to Scotland. (Hear, and cheers.) There may have been in years past one single exception or thereabouts, only proving the rule, but electoral corruption does not exist in Scotland. (Loud cheers.) Of some parts of England, of too many parts of it, it may be said— " At gold's betwitching charms the franchise flies— The meaner sell it, and the rich man buys." (Applause.) Until it is extirpated, and extirpated with a steady, unflinching, and strong hand, the constitution of this country will be on its trial. (Hear, and cheers.) That it will survive I enter tain no manner of doubt, because I entertain no manner of doubt that that corruption will be en tirely extirpated. (Cheers.) It is now 25 years since I last had the happiness of being in this great city, and the lapse of those years had created so many blanks ---[here his lordship seemed much moved]—that I dare not trust myself to think of them. To think that I am surviving all those friends whom I might have expected to see here to-day—friends of all ages, the last and greatest loss of all Lord Murray, but very shortly before that John Hope, Lord Justice Clerk, of a younger age—but I cannot bear to dwell on that subject. I would only add that these reflections yield the only drop of bitterness that is in the cup which you have pre sented to me this night. (Hear, hear.) But five and-twenty years have made another change—a change of a happy description. I have survived, I won't say party, but I have survived the rancour and delusions of party. (Loud cheers.) I have survived those delusions which allowed no merit to an adversary and admitted no fault in a friend ; that mixed blindness and rancour, I have happily survived. '(Cheers.) I had, indeed, to a certain degree anticipated it myself ; but still it is a happy thing to have it to say that we have the raro feli city of the times to comfort us—the felicity of the times which were described by an old Roman when you can speak what you think, and think as you list. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) " Rara temporum felicitas, übi sentire qum velis, et gum sentias dicere licet." I wish the Romans of the present day had that happiness. (Cheers.) They have only half of it; they are allowed to think as they please, pro vided they do not speak what they think. (Hear, and a laugh.) Ido fervently trust that out of the strange confusion—for I can call it nothing else— which prevails in Italian affairs, I can hardly say I expect, but I hope to see something like a real existence of freedom and independence in that part of Italy. (Cheers.) From the total absence of party rancour, spleen, and blindness at present one may venture to say a word on the state of things at home and abroad. (Hear, hear.) As for our home affairs, I entirely agree with my noble friend the Duke of Argyll that we must continue to make useful and well-considered and practical improve ments, as he happily expressed it, to peseEve to our constitution the moderation and wisdom of age with the vigour of youth. (Cheers.) As to our foreign concerns, there may be various opinions about the late war in Italy. Some may think that it was undertaken with the single and honest pur pose of freeing the Italians. There may be others less innocent in their belief (laughter), who may have a hankering after an opinion that it was not alien to the plan and motive of the war to give the King of Piedmont a great piece of the territories of the Emperor of Austria. Be that as it may, and be the cause of that war ever so suspicious, nay, be it ever so unjustifiable, my belief is that out of it, if it be evil, good has come, for there is a cer tain, indeed a great step, I may say, made towards the independence of the Italian people. (Cheers.) My hope, Ido not deny, is to see them under the King of Sardinia, as the only practical mode of insuring their own independence. (Cheers.) I entirely agree with my noble friend Lord John Russell—my noble Scotch kinsman, I may call him —who held the other day, when he received the freedom of the city of Aberdeen, that the cardinal view for this country to take was that no foreign Power should interfere with the affairs of the Italians; that they should take their own course, side with the party they chose, and that no foreign State should interfere to sly - nay to them, or to say " Why do you so ?" or "Do otherwise." (Cheers.) But have we no interest in all these matters, direct, important ? I look to France. I have very great confidence in the duration of the more peaceable connexion—l hope I may say alliance—with that country. And why should it not be so ? (Hear.) Why should not France, possessing all that a na tion ought to desire, and endowed with all good things, not innocently and hmulessly enjoy them, and why should she be tempted to do what is un lawful ? Our first parents had in unmeasured abun dance all their wants supplied, and all lawful en joyments allowed; but the Tempter came; the fiend, the father of mischief envied their innocence from which he himself had fallen ; he hated that inno cence and envied the happiness which was its fruit, and he resolved on their ruin. He addressed him self to the weaker party, as the most likely not to resist. In an evil hour he was listened to ; our first parents fell, and they involved the world in the curse of their transgression. So with France. Every comfort which a nation can desire is theirs. Glory is theirs, even of the kind which erring mortals prize ; of warlike glory they have enough to satisfy the most ambitious nation. In the sacred pursuits of peace their renown is immense. They have the foremost place in .all the glories of the arts and sciences. But the same Tempter, ever restless, envies their innocence and their gains, and he must needs address himself to the weaker portion orftte.mA, Again n au h s e eth atportion is the less likely to es must tempt them, but this time it is not with an apple, but with the laurel. (A l u V i t h s w laugh.) "What pursuits—what he sa looking ys after to comfort of your lookingfamili tn e: B : i , ge o sn' r i"ihs . after gains, The true motive for a great na ct"iroonvellillengyei-guainisseglory, warlike glory. Of it, no doubt, you have had a great deal already, but it is a thin , ? of which y ou never can have enough. I turn your minds to wa r an d t o th e glorqes . of war." " Don't suppose," says the Father of that you will cease t o l ie a bl e t o ma k e your ordi nary gains in your wonted pursuits. By looking after warlike glory you will s till b e a bl e t o carr y on those pursuits ; if you make discord prevail generally you will suffer much no doubt, but other nations will suffer more. Therefore seek that glory by all means. No price is too great to pay for it, no sacrifice is too great to make for it. Let your name be emblazoned, let it be written in brilliant letters of fire; and if the conflagration spreads you can extinguish it with blood, while the air rings with the cries of misery. Glory, glory :at all ha- glory at all costs; glory will be cheaply pur chased by the blood of thousands and the wretched ness Will our neighbours ? I am sure the rational and n li e s s t s en of millions m t i h ll e io l n ,e s m r p,,er respectable part of them—the great bulk of the people—will turn with indignation from his words, and will not give ear. Even those he singles out, the weaker part of them whom he has chosen as most likely to be his victims and his dupes, the mobs, armed and. unarmed both, even that part of the community' really do not think will be tempted by him; but of this I am quite sure, that whether or not the Tempter's wiles may succeed in this case, I know where he will fall. When he spreads his murky wings, and takes his inauspicious flight across the Channel, when he tries his arts on us, there he will fail to obtain audience for his words. (Cheers.) He will not come over here in a warlike garb ; he will leave his laurel behind him. (A laugh.) He'll come to us as a respectable, prudent, well-conducted counsellor of gain and of trade. He will say, " The first of all objects is gain. Gain is worth all the glories that ever were fancied in the world. Study gain." And so he tempts them with the golden apple, not with the laurel. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) " Study gain," he says. " Let gain be your first object. National independence may be a very good thing in its way, but it may cost too dear. You cannot be much worse off, happen what will." But I believe the meanest-spirited. individual in the whole British Empire to whom he addresses these in fernal words—(loud cheers)—willanswer, "Avaunt, Satan !" and refuse to listen to him for another word. But he is unabashed. He is of infinite perseverance, and never despairs. He is of infinite pertinacity, and of infinite resources also, so he tries another tack. " What are you afraid of ?"—and I wish we may be so certain of his having no listeners in this —" What are you afraid of? Nobody is going to attack you—there is no chance of any attack. Why should you spend so much of your substance in making preparations for your defence ? (Applause.) These preparations are costly and they are use less." I fear some of you may listen to that. But the great body of the people of this country, high and low, rich and poor, of all ranks, of all parties, of all descriptions, of all seats, must know and feel to the heart's core, that that is the most dangerous of all the Tempter's wiles—(loud cheers)—that it is the most perilous of all the fiend's devices, and that there is but one safety for this couutry, and that is to be prepared by sea and by land, in every way in hich an attack is possible, however unlikely such attack may be, and prepared in such a way as to make it utterly impossible not only that the attack shouldsucceed, but that it should be even attempted. (Loud cheers.) And I firmly believe there never was a more universal feeling of assent in this coun try to any one doctrine than to this, that we don't distrust our neighbours—very far from that, we trust them, but we trust ourselves still more. And we do the best and kindest thing for these neighbours and for ourselves in being completely and absolutely prepared for whatever may happen. (Cheers.) Once more I must return you my hearty thanks for this reception you have given me, which I shall never cease to regard. as the highest honour —as I before said, there is only one other honour to which I could compare it—of my whole exist ence. And once more I heartily thank you, first, for this invitation, and nextifor the reception you have given me, and, last of all, for having so pltiently listened to what I have now said. (As the noble lord sat down the whole company rose up and loudly cheered him.) Mr. MONCREIFF, Lord Advocate, in proposing " The Education of the People," said—Although, my , lord, as you have very truly said, there are few topics in the wide range of statesmanship, philoso phy, or letters with which the name of our distin guished guest is not honourably associated through out Europe, there is one question which I have been asked to make the subject of the toast which I am about to propose which I think every one here will feel to be peculiarly appropriate on the present oc casion. It has been the rare fortune of Lord Brougham to hold the front rank with the greatest of our statesmen, our writers, our philosophers, and our men of letters. But I surpose that no man has thought or written or acted or laboured in the great cause of the education of the people for the last 30 years without turning instinctively, as to his great master and preceptor, with pride, with gratitude, and admiration, to the name and to the labours of Henry Lord Brougham. (Cheers.) 'lt was on this field that I think he won his greatest, and I believe I may truly say, his most undying laurels ; all the more honourably won that the ground was all but untrodden when he first commenced his career, and that it did not lie directly in his path, either in the pursuit of an arduous profession, or as the leader of a great political party in Parliament. The noble lord has told us to-night that he has survived many things—some to be regretted, some whichhe gladly has seen vanish ; but I believe his country will never forget, and I believe posterity will never for get, the manful battle which he waged. single handed in the cause of the education of the people. (Cheers.) We owe it to him, in conjunction with other great labourers in the field, that we shall no longer have to discuss the question whether the slave is fit for freedom. (Hear.) 'We owe it to the labour of his own right hand that our descen dants will never have to discuss whether man is fit for knowledge. (Cheers.) The battle has been fought with unexampled power and courage by the noble lord. The time has gone by, and the victory has been won ; or, to borrow perhaps from the words of the peroration of one of the noble lord's most magni ficent orations, he can say he " found knowledge the inheritance of the rich, and he has left it the patrimony of the poor." (Cheers.) And glad are we to find, after so long a life of labour in that glorious cause, that the standard he has planted with his own hand amid the gloom and clouds of despondency, he still holds with his accustomed vigour, waving it over the scene ef his triumph, and holding it there still to show to the second and third generation how the battlefield of educasion was won. (Cheers.) Bat how has the victory been improved? The battle has been won, and the education of the people is now a cause in which all interested in the welfare of the country are exerting themselves. But how has the victory been improved ? There are persons who rather reverse the motto of the ancient Roman, and think it right always to de spair of the republic, and whom you hear speaking of the scarcity of fruit which so much good seed has produced, the meagre results of so many bril liant hopes and expectations. I cannot say that I sympathise with any of these sentiments. It seems to me that, looking back on the period since the noble lord's exertions on education first began, that a close observer may see in the whole state of society little short of a social revolution. No doubt, you cannot place your finger here and there, and say that this and that result is attributable to the education of the people. But I think it is plain that the tide of intelligence has rolled over this country, that the population now is no more in its habits, in its modes of thinking, and in its style of thought the population of 1819 than it is the population of 1745. There is a humanising element that has per vaded the whole mass, from that assembly, of which the noble lord is so great an ornament, down to the humblest in the empire. You sec it in the Peers, you see it in the Commons, you see it in the press, and in every institution in the land ; you see it here to-night ; it is that element which, beginning as it did, as I have already said, amid much discouragement, has gone on until now we are able to discuss with temper, with modera tion, and with yielding to each other questions which in former days it was impossible to discuss, excepting at the risk of very considerable difference of opinion. (Cheers.) Now, I say that this is the first result I would point to. But people say, " Look at the statistics, and you will find that there is more whisky consumed; you will find it all ends in whisky and the statistics of crime being increased." (A laugh.) What are you to say for your education, according to these philo sophers, but that the noble lord ought to be re penting from the bottom of his heart the miseries he has brought on the land ? (Laughter.) But I think these are but shallow truths. Statistics will never show you the effects of these efforts. Sta tistics may indeed tell you the aggregate and pro portion of crime and intemperance, but is it not plain, in the first place, that by a natural law, which it is impossible to withstand in this sub lunary state of things, we do produce both sweet fruit and bitter ? No tree planted by human hand can do otherwise. Knowledge brings enterprise, enterprise brings prosperity, prosperity congre gates large masses in our great towns, and men when congregated are prone to crime. So it is as fruitless to point to the statistics of crime as afford ing any indication of the results of education, as it would be to compare the social condition of Glas gow at the beginning- of this century with that great Queen of the West who spreads her tendrils .month by month and year by year over green fields and growing corn, comprehending within h+ r bounds a population drawn frotnt all parts or the empire, outgrowing the old means of control, ail calling loudly for new exe rti ons . (L ou d c h eers .) But en you where the results of education are to be found. Don't look to statistics or blue-books, but tell me how many a man has had his heart warmed and cheered, has had his mind elevated— as he has sat amid scenes of useful industry—}tow many a man at the loom, in the shop, and down in the lowly y mine, has had inspired into him the noble feelings of mankind, and by dint of stern in dustry, like your Stephensons and men of that de scription, have walked, step by step, up the ladder of fame, and mounted it, till at last, beginning at the very bottom, they have found themselves at the very head of it; or, not even to take these, how many a man has been able to bring himself up from small beginnings to a much lower station, but still a station of respectability; or, not even that, tell me how many men owe it to the noble lord that they have been enabled . to bring up their families with respectability, with good sense, with a know ledge of their duty to the State and to God — (cheers)—tell me that ; count them, no blue-book will tell it; biLt to every family and to every man of whom that can be said, we can point and say, " Hero arc the results of the triumphs of educa tion." (Loud and renewed cheers.) Ido not in tend to trespass longer upon your time. I shall conclude with one single sentiment regarding the future. The noble lord and his coadjutors—but he, indeed, stood almost alone—had it in view when their labours commenced—and none has it more at heart now—to elevate the great mass of the work ing community of this country. I believe that has been done to a degree which it is impossible to gauge; but which, in all probability, it is difficult to overrate. But there is a great deal more to be done. My only observation—and with this I will conclude—is this, that intelligence has so much spread among the working classes of this country, that they are so respected, so powerful, and so in telligent that I believe that the next great move ment in social reform and in educational economics must be a movement in that cause by themselves — that it is for the working men especially to provide, or at all events to promote the cause of education among themselves, and it is my belief that the time is not far distant when, instead of standing upon platforms and dwelling upon the benefits of educa tion to an educated audience like this before me, we shall have the working men taking up the cause themselves, and through the families of. the work ing classes themselves insisting that every child shall be taught to read and write, and that educa tion shall be the standard among themselves of re spectability and worth. (Cheers.) I have to pro pose " The Education of the People." (The toast was drunk amid loud cheering.) Lord BROUGHAM then rose to propose " The College of Justice." He said—My Lord Provost, I am about to propose to you a toast in which I take a very great interest, an interest, indeed, I may say personally felt by me in it for very nearly 60 years—l mean the College of Justice, for next February I shall have been for 60 years a member of that great body (cheers), and I will say as to the members of it, whether of the judges or of the advocates, or of the writers, or other agents, all of whom I have constant, I may say daily, experience, in my judicial capacity in the House of Lords on appeals, that I have there had the experience of their sound sense, their wisdom, and their liberality in the various measures for the amendment of the law which it has been my lot for many years to bring forward. (Applause.) I have found the most marked difference—but they say comparisons are odious, and therefore I won't compare my brethren of the College of Justice with any other bodies ; but I will say of them that I have found them singularly liberal and sound in their princi ples in all questions concerning the improvement of the law. (Cheers.) I speak this with the most distinct recollection of the particulars ; but there has been a work published by my friend Sir Bard ley Wilmot,,containing an account of my bills and acts, forming, no doubt, a very cumbrous volume — cumbrous in all respects—(a laugh)—difficult to buy, difficult to read, and I need scarcely say diffi cult to remember when you have read it ; but I see there has been advertised by Sir Eardley within the lastitwo or three days a very short abridgment of the larger book, containing not the details of all the acts and bills, but containing the substance of them in short discourses in a very small handy book, and they who will look at it will see a proof of what I have said, because I am very much mistaken if it does not appear that of the obstacles, and obstruc tions, and delays which were interposed to these various great improvements, not one of them came from members of the College of Justice. I would say more in praise of the members of the college were I not in the presence of the heads of the court, but indeed that would be superfluous, for every one who has presided in the House of Lords as long as I have done in appeals must know the infinite merit of the decisions of these learned judges. (Cheers.) Lord President M'NEILL, in acknowledging the toast on behalf of the senators and members of the College of Justice, said-1 hat our humble efforts to maintain the character and reputation of that in stitution should have elicited such expressions of approbation from our noble guest is in my estima tion no mean reward ; for of all living men he is perhaps the best qualified and the best entitled to form an opinion, and to pass a judgment upon that point. In saying this, Ido not allude merely to his acknowledged talents and erudition, and scientific attainments, nor even to the wide range of his ac quaintance with the laws of nations, as well as our national system of jurisprudence. (Hear, hear.) I allude also, and more especially, to h's most distin guished professional character, both forensic and judicial. He is a member, as he has said, of the Col lege of Justice; and a considerable portion of his long life has been devoted to the study and practice of our law. He made himself familiar with it, and when he had to devote his attention more particu larly to the law of the sister kiugdom he did not forget, but, on the contrary, he improved, the les sons of his earlier training; and when, in the course of time, and by the force of his talents and his cha racter, he became a member of the highest legal tribunal, and had to deal with Scottish interest in the Court of last resort, he did not forget that such interests could be justly dealt with only in ac cordance with the established law of Scotland. (Applause.) He was not afraid, and he had no cause to be afraid, to draw on the resources of his own previous knowledge and familiarity with those laws. (Applause.) We, the present members and senators of the College of Justice, cannot expect to attain to the high and distinguished reputation which still attaches to the name of some of our pre decessors. They were giants in their own time, and the race of giants is now fast wearing away, al though I cannot be permitted in the presence of the noble lord to say that it is yet extinct. I can not conclude without congratulating the College of , Justice on the honour of having among their mem bers one so distinguished as the noble lord. (Cheers.) He is our solitary representative in the great as sembly to which he belongs ; for although the rolls of the College of Justice disclose the names of many who would have done honour to any country, and to any age, yet it so happens that that distinction which in the sister kingdom is frequently bestowed on the profession of the law, and not unfrequently too in the sister island, has I believe hitherto in no instance since the Union been given to the profes sion of the law in Scotland. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Solicitor-General MAITLAND proposed " Both Houses of Parliament." The Duke of ARGYLL in reply said,—My Lord Provost and gentlemen, it will never be otherwise than a grateful task to return thanks in the name of the Parliament of Great Britain—that most an cient and famous Parliament, whose manly and in dependent spirit—a spirit at the same time the most loyal and the most peaceful, delighting in the love of liberty and in the love of law, the ppiest union for the welfare of the people, and whose ex ertions have built tip our constitution through pre ceding ages, and have made it what it is, the ad miration and the envy of the world. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I need hardly tell you that I have \no right to thank you for that which is the most powerful branch of Parliament—the House of Com mons. I deeply regret to say that I never had an opportunity of belonging to that great body. I believe that if it is not necessary, at least it is the best entrance to public life—(hear, hear) —and I have never ceased to regret that I had not an op portunity of entering the House of Commons. One word I may perhaps be allowed to say, not so much as a member of the Legislature as a member of the Government, that having seen the deliberations of one or two Governments at very critical times, I have never known an instant's hesitation as to appealtng to the House of Commons on any ques tion in which_ the interests and honour of this coun try were concerned. (Cheers.) That is a ques tion upon which no minister ever entertains for one moment a single doubt. (Loud cheers.) In regard to that assembly to which I have the honour to belong, I trust, gentlemen, you will allow me to say that though it is not an elected, it is not the less on that account a representative assembly. (Hear, hear.) It is not, indeed, representative — for I repudiate the idea—of any one class, or of any one interest of the hingdom. (Cheers.) It repre sents the great historic memories of our national growth, the great barons of the olden time, the great lawyers, the great statesmen, and the great orators of every succeeding generation. (Loud cheers.) It represents their memory ; and I trust I may be allowed to say that it represents some thing more than their memory—something of their spirit also, (Renewed cheers.) Nothing can be more different than the right apparently by which I have the honour of sitting in that assembly aad the right by which my noble and learned friend whom we have met here to honour to-night has acquired by his own exertions and his own tran scciidant abilities a title to sit in it. (Loud cheers.) I acknowledge from the heart the immense supe tolunartnhaetunii.eusitn b w e .h c o l dead dantocisconnittgahlnididf cchtohhoueenneobit.uise. yr.s)atibtfleeCidi aity of the one and the great inferiority of the other. (Renewed applause.) But this I will say, are not ar i t t go o le t scia a ybsyt; exertion.i es l u pf s oe r t e descent s en o t f of continued and hon it ourable you can, to acknowlede that duty, that solemn obligation, has been dis- Hisonwot far and appreciate it. (Cheers.) And this I will say, gentlemen, that, although the keen contestsof public life, and the unlimited freedom of ' expression which exists in this country, We ma y • senntimes, A or(3l:aoa'grueol, fooefn rare intervals, be the objects of unjust suspicion, or to an occasional illiberal remark, I acknowledge with the deepest gratitude, with the most heartfelt conviction, that on all occasions the great mass of the people of this country are but too kind and too generous to their great hereditary names. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have felt it repeatedly in this city, and on many occasions•that I had the honour of appear ing before you. I know what a large measure of gratitude ii given to us for the little that we do, I know what a large measure of allowance is made for us for the much that we omit to do and for the much that we may do amiss. Thanking you, gentle men, for these sentiments, I have only to say that confident as I am of the good feeling of the people of this country, and acknowledging that they are over ready to give us the benefit of what Lord John Russell called some years ago, in a letter dated from this very city, and a letter celebrated at the time, the memory of immortal services—thanking you for that, I have only to express the ardent hope that the Peerage of the country will long continue to enjoy its confidence and support—confidence which, if they did not enjoy, they would be powerless in deed—(hear, hear)—confident that if they possess it they may yet render the most important services to the country. (Cheers.) Mr. BLACK, M.P., replied for the House of Com mons. He said,—As one of the youngest members of the House of Commons—(a laugh)—and having had but short experience of its ways, I am, perhaps, but indifferently qualified to respond to this toast, especially when standing, as I do, before him who has shed such a brilliant lustre upon that house for 20 years, and who by his splendid talents and his burning eloquence has assisted in the progressive advance of civil and religious liberty, and of social reforms in this country. (Applause.) To him and to those who co-operated with him we owe an im mense debt of - gratitude for the invaluable privileges which by their labours have been conferred upon us. Before these days the press was gagged, poli tical meetings were forbidden, the man who would venture to breathe the word " reform" would be sus • petted of treason, the price of the people's food was artificially enhanced, trade was shackled, the test and corporation laws disgraced our statute book, and the slave trade existed in all its horrors. To these men we are indebted for the great efforts which they have made to relieve us from those dreadful evils. (Applause.) The battle has been fought and won, fortress after fortress was made to fall before the arms of these mighty men —for there were giants on the earth in those days —(applause)—and it is with indescribable pleasure that we are now privileged to look upon one of the sons of Anak in the midst of us (great cheering)— one who adds to the dignity of the Upper House by the justice and wisdom of his decisions, and by his influential efforts to promote every measure for the advancement of the prosperity and happiness of the people of this country. We were delighted also to hear tonight his strong expressions of sympathy for the liberty of those in foreign lands. (Cheers.) The House of Commons has a decided aversion to war. (Hear.) Not that it has any doubt of the prowess either of its army or its sailors ; bt:t it looks upon war for the mere purposes of conquest, or intervention in foreign countries, as wicked and leading to most dangerous consequences. (Applause.) But within the walls of Parliament there are to be heard tliose strains of liberty which are re-echoed through all the civilised world, which carry dismay to the hearts of tyrants, and nerve the arms of struggling nations with boldness and power. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Black then referred to the recent disclosures which had been made re garding the bribery and corruption which bad been resorted to iu order to obtain seats in the House of Commons. One would be apt to imagine from these disclosures that the members of that house were not very scrupulous in their character ; but from the experience he had had he could with perfect confidence assert that there was no society of men equal in numbers in the country who were equally honest, honourable, and intelligent. Out of 650 individuals it was only, to be expected that there would be a few not perfectly correct in their conduct. (Laughter.) It was the fashion in some quarters to revile the House of Commons, but those who had observed the progress of opinion, both in the nation and in that house, must have seen that they were making rapid and great advances in civil and especially in religious liberty. (Applause.) The Duke of ARGYLL then proposed "The Health of the Lord Provost." The LORD PROVOST briefly replied, and proposed " The Universities of Scotland," to which Principal Barclay, of Glasgow, replied. Professor AYTOUN then proposed "The Bar ofEn g land." He said—The toast which lam privileged to propose is, like most of the others which have been given this evening, associated with the life long labours and splendid triumphs of our illus trious guest. (Cheers.) As a member of the Scottish bar, I cannot but feel proud of that profession in the exercise of which Henry Brougham acquired that oratorical power and forensic ability which a few years after he had quitted his native city raised him to the highest rank as an advocate, and placed him before the eyes of Europe as the first pleader of his time. (Cheers.) I refer to the momentous trial, for such it was, though designated under an other name, that in 1820 absorbed the attention and convulsed the people of this country—a trial quite unparalleled in its circumstances, in its mag nitude, and in the grandeur of its august tribunal. (Cheers.) I refer to it now as a matter of bygone history, for the trial itself lies beyond the reach of my remembrance, and fortunately the discord which then prevailed has left no trace on the aspect of so ciety. Only one page of that voluminous record is now perused, and it will be perused and studied as long as eloquence is admired—the page which con tains that magnificent oration of our honoured guest, which yields not in power, pathos, or splen dour to the highest efforts of the orators of Greece or Rome. (Loud cheers.) 'We, my Lord, are very proud that we can point to the name of Lord Brougham as still adorning the list of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland. (Cheers.) Claimed as he may be by the Bar of England as one of the sources of their pride, we cannot forget that here he re ceived his nurture; and, though it has sometimes been alleged that the Scottish Themis is but a rough and unkindly mother, we have in this in stance ample proof of the lvantages of a hardy training. (Cheers.) I need not at this late hour detain you by descanting upon the merits of the Bar of England, or the . greatness of the men it has produced. Long may it continue to maintain its high and useful position, without fear and without reproach, zealous in its guardianship of the liberty of the subject, and yet attached to that noble consti tution from which it derives its independence ! (Cheers.) I propose the "Bar of England," and shall couple with that toast the health of Mr. James Anderson, Queen's Counsel, another errant brother, who, not satisfied with the heather wreath, has sought and won laurels elsewhere. (Cheers.) Mr. J. ANDERSON, Q.C., in returning thanks, said he rejoiced to think that the most perfect de votion to the interests of one bar was consistent with the strongest loyalty to the other; and in his observation in the sister country he had found that the feeling had been most intensely entertained and cherished, for when the bar of Scotland met the bar of England in the House of Lords they were re ceived with the greatest respect and with the greatest admiration and forbearance. He then stated that the bar was an important institution in' contributing- to the independence of the country, and in vindicating the rights of the community and redressing their wrongs. Bath the bar of England and of Scotland had furnished noble examples of this; and, as regarded Scotland, he need only men tion the names of Murray, Wedderburn, Grant, Horner, Erskine ' Brougham, and Campbell, all of whom were of Scottish origin, and all of whom were the brightest stars in the southern constella tion. Ile, in conclusion, referred to the soundness of the judgments of Lord Brougham as a judge, and said that the judgments of his lordship had contributed more than those of any other individual to give the high place which the jurisprudence of this country occupied in all States where law is established. (Cheers.) The other toasts included " The Croupier," by Lord Neaves ; " The Early Friends of Lord Brougham," by Mr. R. Chambers, to which Pro fessor Pillars replied ; and the " Secretaries to the Banquet, Messrs. R. Chambers and J. D. Marwick," to which those gentlemen responded. ' Three hearty cheers were then given successively for the Queen, Lord Brougham, and Lord Provost Melvillejand the proceedings terminated. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A few more of the Ext raor di nary Cures without Medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabic°. Food, are here given :—Cure 52 ,422.—Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1351-33 years' diseased lunr , s, spitting of blood, liver derangement, deafness, singing in the cars, constipa tion, debility, shortness of breath and cough, have been re moved by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances. 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Subscription Handicap Plate of £5O. D.I. 2 miles 119 yds. Lord Portsmouth's Tame Deer, 6 yrs, Bst llb (H. Steggles) 1 Mr. Payne's Rechab, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Drew) 2 Mr. T. Brown's Joskin, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Holder) 3 The following also ran :—Clydesdale, Mourayieff, York, Accurate, Kinnersley, Catherine, and Star of the East. Betting-3 to 1 agst York, 7to 2 agst Rechah, 7to 1 each agst Kinnersley and Joskin, S to 1 agst Clydesdale. The winner not backed. Tame Deer led from start to finish, and won by fifteen lengths ; the others passed the post at wide intervals, in accordance with the order given above. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, h ft., for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. A.M. 7 fur. 212 yds. Mr. Merry's Madrid, Bst 71b Mr. Payne's Nana Sahib, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 2 Baron Rothschild's colt by Touehstone, out of Rowena, Bst 71b (Wells) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Madrid. They ran nearly abreast to the top of the hill, where Madrid took a slight lead, which ho improved in the cords, and won by two lengths. Bad third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 1.5 soya each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds. D.M. 7 fur. 201 yds. 11 subs. Mr. Fuller's Simple Simon, Bst 41b Mr. Barber's Ben Webster, 7st 31b (Entwistle) 2 Mr. Fleming's Clio, Bst 41b (Norman) 3 Mr. Fenton's filly by Weatherbit, dam by lon, 7st 31b (Holder) 4 The following also ran :—Edmund Kean, Mesmer, Crim Tartar, Rosamond, Confessor colt, and Convivialist. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Ben Webster and Convivialist, 5 to 1 each agst Crim Tartar and Simple Simon, 6 to 1 agst Rosamond—and 8 to 1 agst the Confessor colt. Ben Webster made play to the cords, where Simple Simon passed. him, and won by a length; four lengths be tween the second and third ; a neck between the third and fourth. Convivialist headed the next lot beaten off. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for two-yr-olds, ist ; and three, Bst 121 b; fillies allowed 21b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. 5 fur 150 yds. 4 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Pescatore, 2 yrs, 7st (Bray) 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Tousle, 2 yrs, 7st (Madden) 2 Mr. W. Etwall's Jessie Brown, yrs, 75t.... (Challoner) 3 Mr. Seymour's Hop Merchant, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b.. (French) 4 Betting—Even on Pescatore, 3 to 1 agst Hop Merchant. Won by a neck; two lengths between the second and third. The winner was claimed by Mr. T. Dawson. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Leontes, Bst 91b .. (S. Rogers) 1 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Bird-on-the-Wing, Bst 21b (Alderoft) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Leontes. The non-favourite led until they were half-way up the cords, when Leontes disposed of him, and won easily by a head. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. T.Y.O 11 subs. Mr. Savile's Montebello, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Murland's Benbow, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb (Daly) 2 Lord Coventry's Maud, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (car 7st 41b) (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Olympus, Harry Stanley, Nereus, Madame Ristori, and Timon. Betting-7 to 4 agst Maud, 3to 1 agst Olympus, sto 1 agst Montebello, 6 to 1 agst Benbow. Olympus, with Maud in attendance, led to the dip, where they gave way to Montebello and Benbow, Montebillo running home the winner by half a length ; the second beating the third by two lengths. Harry Stanley was fourth and Olympus fifth. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds. T.Y.C. 11 subs. Mr. W. Thornton's Curlew, Est 121 b (A. Edwards) 1 Lord Clifden's Rosary filly, Est (Bray) 2 Mr. J. Clarde's Sherborne, 7st (Challoner) 3 The following also ran .—Spofforth Maid, The Gentle, Chere Arnie, Fenella, and Lucknow. Betting-6 to 4 agst Curlew, 4to 1 agst Fenella, sto 1 agst Spefforth Maid, 8 to 1 agst Rosary filly. Curlew made nearly all the running, and won by half a length; a length between the second and third. Fenella was fourth, and Chere Arnie fifth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, if demanded, &c., First half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 215 yrs. 13 subs. Mr. Fleming's Raspberry,'7st 71b (car. 7st 81b) (Norman) 1 Mr. Mills's Greenwich Fair, 4 yrs, Bst 21b.. (Lambourn) 2 Mr. 3. Ward's Dame Alice, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Volatore, Chantress, King of the Forest, Blackthorn, Amsterdam, Volta, Brenhilda, Cumberland, and Harry. Betting-2 to 1 agst Brenhilda, Bto 1 agst Blackthorn, 5 to 1 agst King of the Forest, 10 to 1 agst Greenwich Fair. They ran nearly abreast into the cords ; a fine race was won by a neck, the second beating the third by a head only. Brenhilda was fourth, close up, and Blackthorn next. Volta was last. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b: fillies, Bst 41b. Tho winner to be sold for 40 sovs, if de manded, &c. Last half of Ab. M. 3 fur. 217 yds. 9 subs. Mr. T. Dawson's,Tousle, Bst 41b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. Eastwood's Buttercup, Bst 41b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. R. Calder's Golden Pippin, Bst 41b (Perry) 3 'The following also ran :—Tour de Force colt, May Bell filly, Golden Rule, Wild Deer, Vouralak, and Maria, Betting-4 to 1 agst Tour de Force colt, sto 1 each agst Gold Pippin and Tousle, 7 to 1 agst Golden Rule, 10 to 1 agt May Bell filly. Won by a neck; a length and a half between the second and third ; the Tour de Force colt was a good fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Eastwood. - Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for three yr-olds ; winners extra. A.F. 1 mile 2 fur. 73 yds. 12 subs. Mr. W. Day's Schism, 7st 41b (J. Adams) 1 Mr. S. Willi ams ' s Mazzini, 7st Mr. Rigby' s N ewcas tl e , 7 s t Glb (L. Snowden) 3 Wild Rose and Sir Hercules also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Wild Rose, 3to 1 agst Newcastle, 5 to 1 agst Schism, 10 to 1 agst Mazzini. - Sir Hercules was the first off, but after going a very short distance Wild Rose went ahead, Newcastle and Schism lying up. They ran thus to the Bushes Hill, when Wild Rose began to tire, and on descending it throw out signals of distress. Newcastle almost at the same time beat a re treat, and Schism then took the lead, and ran homo the winner by four lengths ; the second beating the third by two lengths ; bad fourth. Sir Hercules was beaten off. Renewal of the Glasgow Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft; for two-yr-old colts, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M. Mr. Mills's Dartmouth, Bst 71b Mr. Merry's Trovatore, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 2 Lord Glasgow's Tom Bowline, Bst 71b (Alderoft) 3 Mr. Crawfurd's Winton, Bst 71b (Wells) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Tom Bowline, 2to 1 agst Winton, 5 to 1 agst Trovatore, 6 to 1 agst Dartmouth. Dartmouth led, with Trovatore second and Winton third At the top of the hill Winton was beaten, and Dartmouth and Trovatore went on together. They ran " locked" up the cords, Dartmouth obtaining the judge's fiat by a head; three lengths between the second and third ; Winton beaten off. Optional Selling Plate of £5O, for two-yr-olds and upwards. R.M. 1 mile 17 yds. Mr. Gibbs's Peasant Girl colt, 2 yrs (nO), sst 21b, car. Sat 31b (J. Adams) 1 Mr. Halford's Ladybird, 2 yrs (Z5O), ssi 21b.. (Thomas) 2 Mr. Savilo's Mainstay colt, sst 21b (Daley) 3 The following also ran :—Swertha, Fortuna filly, Little Nat, Lord Palmerston, Coxcomb, Annie, Asphodel, Gift, Foretop, Kitty Kingston, Pipo, Flitch, Chanoino, and Sen tinel. Betting-5 to 2 agst Lord Palmerston, sto 1 agst Flitch, 8 to 1 each agst Annie, Peasant Girl Colt, and Mainstay Colt, 10 to 1 oach agst Littlo Nat, Swertha, and Coxcomb. Won by two lengths. Match, 400 sovs, 200 ft. A.F. Mr. F. Rol inson's Ariadne, Sst 41b, received forfeit from Sir J. llawlcy's Musjid, 9st. AQUATICS. BOAT RACE FOR, ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. The long-expected rowing match between Geo. Drewitt and Thomas Pocock came off yesterday, and was a very hollow affair, although it had been expected that it would be a very close one. In effect it was only won by a short distance, but in reality the winner did what he liked with the loser, although for some reason best known to himself he made it appear to be a close race. Drewitt is a lands man, of Chelsea, about 23 years of age, and is a fine strong young fellow when in good health, which is of rare occur rence. Pocock is a waterman, of Lambeth, and has proved himself, both below and above bridge, to bo a very good sculler. At first Pocock was the favourite, but as it became known that Drewitt was all right and rowing very fast the odds settled down upon him, and ultimately money went begging on him at nearly 2 to 1, 10 to 6 being about the average. _ They rowed from Putney Aqueduct to Barnes Railway bridge, tho shortened metropolitan course, for VO a-side, in outriggers, and were accompanied by Citizen B, Captain Turner, who, like Captain:Hawkins, on Wednesday, gave the hindmost man an equal:chance with the foremost one. The umpires were Henry Pocock for his brother, William Blake for Drewitt, and Mr. Newnham was referee. Unlike the weather of Wednesday, it was very smooth, but cold. Pocock obtained the best place. They started very evenly, and remained so to the Star and Garter, where Pocock led slightly, but Drewitt soon overhauled and passed him. After going ahead Drewitt never once exerted himself, but kept about the same lead all the way, and ultimately won easily by two or three lengths, Pocock rowing a very game stern lace throughout the whole of the distance. [ADVERTISEMENT.] — Holloway ' s Indiges tion, Stomach, and Liver Complaints. — Persons suffering from any derangement of the liver, stomach, or the organs of digestion should have recourse to Holloway's pills, as there is no medicine known that acts on these particular complaints with such certain success. They strengthen the tone of the stomach, increase the appetite, purify the blood, and correct depraved secretions. In bowel com plaints they remove their primary cause, and soon restore tho patient to sound health. Nervous or s i c k h eadaches and depression of spirits may be speedily relieved by a course of these pills. Thoy are composed of rare balsams, without the admixture of a gra i n o f mercury or any noxi ous poison, and are as safe as they are efticaciollf3s IMPROPER PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS. An interesting and important discussion took place in the Norwich town council, on Monday, with reference to improper practices at municipal and Parliamentary elections. At a meeting held a few days since the council resolved to print and circulate a "declaration," pledging candidates to abstain from organised and systematic personal canvassing, and Every form of corrupt and illegal expenditure or practices ; the mayor and sheriff, with an umpire, to determine whether the agree ment was carried out honourably, and an infraction of the pledge to vitiate the election impugned. A copy of the declaration was forwarded to every mem ber of the council, with an inquiry from the town clerk whether the gentleman. addressed was pre pared to carry out the proposed plan. On Mon day the town •clerk reported that of the 64 members of the council to whom the declaration had been sent, 16 had given it their unqualified approval ; 'four had returned a qualified assent; seven objected to the plan ; and 37 had taken no notice whatever of the matter. Mr. Skipper, on the part of the committee who had prepared the declaration, said it would be clearly of no avail, under the cir cumstances, to proceed further in the matter. With respect, however, to the second subject to which the committee had directed their attention, viz., the suppression as far as possible of improper proceedings at Parliamentary elections, he would move that certain suggestions prepared with this object should be printed. Mr. skipper expressed his opinion that the present system of carrying on elections could not go on. Some light had recently been thrown upon that subject by the inquiries now pending at Gloucester and Wakefield, where the law had been set at defiance, and where the s gentlemen who had been examined as witnesses exhibited such equivocation, and such shuffling from the truth, that it was lamentable to think that such a class of persons should ever be placed in the position to exhibit themselves as they had done. The instructions prepared by the committee recom mended the abolition of canvassing--a point which Sir It. Carden had pressed upon the attention of the Gloucester commissioners. Canvassing and bribery were synonymous. Elections should be made freely and independently ; but so far from this being the case in practice, electors were fol lowed into their houses, solicited and entreated for their votes, and cajoled in such a way that many of them never voted without a consideration. Again, with respect to polling, the present mode was to buy votes early, and gain if possible such a majority by nine o'clock that the second candidate had no chance of recovering himself. Tho com mittee proposed that the progress of the polling should be secret, and that no check clerks should be permitted on either side. The revult of the election would thus not be known till the official declara tion of the numbers. It was also proposed that it _ . should be made the regular business Of the return" ing officer to ascertain whether the election over which he presided had been properly conducted. After some discussion, in the course of which the proceedings at Gloucester and. Wakefield were fur ther referred to in severe terms, and in the course of which some incredulity was also expressed as to the possibility of preventing canvassing, the mo tion for printing the suggestions of which Mr. Skipper had given a summary, was agreed to. It will not, of course, be forgotten that although the council assume such a high and virtuous tone, Nor wick is itself without members at present, the late representatives of the constituency having been ue" seated for bribery. COUIVTRY MARKET& MANCHE STER—Our. 27. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, and th• attendance was good. A firm business doing. Best Eng' lish wheat sold freely, at the extreme rates of last Thum" day; other sorts a slow sale. Business in foreign yrs! limited, but stiff prices were asked. Little business No' done in flour, and quotations maintained. Oats id Cr y 451bs and oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Beans more I' quired for. Indian corn a shade higher. BIRMINGHAM—OcT. 27. Our market was pretty well attended this morning, sh a there was an increased supply of English wheat, and th e turn in buyers' favour. Barley is dearer. Oats unaltereth Beans and peas were dull, and only taken in retail. LOUTH—Ocr. 26. A rather in&ctive business was done to-day, an d till , prices were at no advance on last week, viz., wheat, red and mixed, old and new, 41s to 44s per qr. ; white, 491 ' Oats, 21, to 245; beans, 42s to 465; barley, Us to 41$. PLYMOUTH—Om 25. This market rather inactive, with more wheat offering A t the late advance. Oats in fair demand. Grinding bar ley in good sale. Flour the turn dearer. English whit* wheat, 46s to 48s ; red, 44s to 46s per qr ; French do., 43 1 to 45s ; grinding barley, 26s to 28s; oats, 20s to 248 ; flour, fine, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 325. MARKET HARBOROUGH—OcT. 26. There was a good supply of wheat, which met a rather in' active demand, at lower rates. White wheat, old, 401 OP 44s ; new, 36s to 40s per 36 stone. Barley in limited Va li ; tities at a slight advance on former terms—old, 47s to 5 01 . ,„ 1 new, 30s to 365. Oats were a fair show, from 23s to 3:6' per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 45s to 50s ; _new, 38s to 400 per 38 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN—Ocr. 26. Sales were heavy to-day. Wheat on the top 2s Od down .average Os 3d dovni. Barley on the top Os 31 down average is 5d down• Oats on the top Os 3d down average Os 7d down• Beans on the top is down. ... - average Os ld up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat. . . Barley 1 15 7 9-12ths Oats 1 7 0 1-12ths Beans -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1045 qrs Sold 665 qrs 8ar1ey........2369 qrs Sold 1583 qrs Oats .1597 qrs Sold 110 qrs Beans 5l qrs Sold 92;qrs CORK—OCT. 25. Rea The following were the quotations this morning wheat, 21s Od to 21s 0 ; white, 24s Od to 25s 3d; barley I. `" 6d to 12s 6d; oats, 7s 6d to 13s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—Our. 25. a 1111 There was a good supply of fat stock t o -day, with 7 attendance of buyers ; high p r i ces were asked for the bet. quality, but a few of the middli ng sor t w e r e left unsola Sheep were in good supply, with no alteration in Pri ce ' Fat calves more plentiful. Beef Mutton ... 6d to 71c1 Pork Lamb Hides, 3id to ca ß lf o s u k g in h s fa 6 t d , t 5: 6611dper stons• . FOREIGN MAIL PACK - E - 2 1- LIST. In the following table E signifies that letters are despatcb 4 by evening mails from London, and M by morning mall N lNor. DESTINATION& Despatch Port of 31 ,,„ ° : of Mails. Despatch. ""-• Australia and Mauritius, via 1 0 Southampton N0v.12, M Southamp. 4A— NO V. 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Bahamas and Havana via New York Oct. 28, E Liverpool.. Oc t. Canada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt.) N ov. 1 , E Li verpo ol.. Oct. 2 Cape of Good Hope, Ascen mon, and St. Helena Nov 5 ' E Devonport Noy.l Singa pore, via Southampton and Singa ampton , Ditto, via Marseill e s China, Penang Gibraltar, via Southa m pton.. Oct. 27, M Southamp. over d le Honduras and Blewfields .... N0v.17, 31 Southamp. Nov. 11 ' India (Calcutta) and Ceylon, N o v.via Southampton Nov. 4, M Southamp. , - .r 0 7 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay),Oct. - , E 31 Southamp. dd. South ampton Ditto, via Marseilles Lisbon, Brazils,Buqnos Ayres, w Ar 0 via Oct. 27, and F. Islands Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto Oct. 27, 31 Southamp. o °' • Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via r`l ,lB Southampton Oct. 27, 31 Southamp. °Y e ~ Ditto, via Marseilles 1 Mexico and Havana Nov. 2, 31 Southamp. N° ' Newfoundland Nov. 4, E Galway ... • United States and British N 2 America (by British packet) Oct. 28, E Liverpool.. Nov. Ditto (by U. S. packet) Oct. —, E Southamp. West Coast of Africa, Ma- over , deira, and Tenerife West India, California, Vene zuela, Chili, Peru, Grey- Nov 1 town, New Granada, &c. ____:„.,4 BIRTHS. GinsoN.--On the 27th inst., at 1, Wellington-square , wife of William Gibson, Esq., of a son. LANRESTEL—On the 26th inst., at 8, Saville-row W. , tile wife of Dr. Lankester, of a son. PEARSALL.—On the 26th inst., at Islington, the jf e of Mr. H. R. Pearsall, of a son. STEPIIENS.—On the 26th inst., at Down () L o d g e, the W ife of the Rev. T. Stephens, of a son. MARRIAGES. ERRINGTON—BEST.--On the 24th inst., at CoreP t „,, °l , Church, near Guildford, Lieut.-C o l one l Ebrington,.C27ti manding 4th Battalion Rifle B r i ga d e , t o E m ili e J. o ,e' only daughter of George and Eli za b e th G eorg i an a „ Best, of Eastbury Manor House. SALAMON—SOLOMONS.--011 the 26th inst., by the I I :1: Mr. Marks, J. Seymour Salam on , E sq., o f M orn in g ''' °— r road, Regent's-park, to Lo u i sa S op hi a, sevent h &mote of B. Solomons, Esq., of Albemarle-street, Piccadilli* DEATHS. Walter BUCKLAND.—OR the 19th iust at Axminster. Buckland, Esq., broth er o f the late Very Rev, I)r. l3l . l°l ‘' land, Dean of Westminster, aged 67. MA.cArraltEw.—On the 25th inst., at Bayswater, John ° Mac Andrew, E sq ., l a t e C ap t. 9 4t h R egt., e ld eE t son Sir John Mac Andrew, K.C.8., &c., aged 38. PATTOUN.—On the 26th inst., at Gravesend, 1413j0r r at' toun, R.M. WALDEGRAVE.—On the 2lth inst., at Hastings,„. l7 , l A e r Admiral the Right Hon. William, eighth Earl lv grave, C.B. WIIITE.—On the 25th inst., 'at Wokingham, Bmrkst t t l2 o : Rev. Charles He nr y White, rector of Shaldon, San aged 93. Der t WODEROUSE.—On the 27th inst., the infant son of ge r Wodehouse, Esq. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO . V° L) of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, No. Strand, in tho Precinct of the Savoy, in the c 9 ll ntl Middlesoi, Friday, October 28, 1859. I