Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

OCTOttit 81, 1859 I y 118 looked for along' the tine of route, and was at Ze 1 recognised an d warmly greete d b y t h e spec t a t ors . ow 2 i i t Old Swan _the passengers :on several crowded u llsQ hailed the earl's coach, and cheered lustily, ac- I The by doffing of hats and waving of handkerchiefs. RI e a rt.! Proceeded down Prescot-street, along Russell- Mount -pleasant, aeunt-pleasant, and .Hope-street, amid many -1 1 demonstrations f goodwill. At the Philhar therewa ° a great exhibition of popular ° a nd welcomelo the distinguished visitors—where tr tarrived about half-past five o'clock. The. Countess di ate er bY and party dined at Knowsley Hall, imme lbo ilt after the earl' s d e p ar t ur e for Liverpool, and in sh ip .aa hoar and a-h a lf th erea fter they followed his lord t. la f our carriages—one of which was a private titt i l3 : B l , seated for klarge number; and they nlso met half e arty reception on reaching the hall at about i n set en' The twenty-three horses and ten Isere Put llsed hy thi s ill us t r i ous party on the occasion meat 11 1 3 at Gardner's, in Lime-street,—an• establish- Ytar s clllPl° 7ea by the Derby family.for the last thirty Lord - iat* on his arrival at the Philharmonic Halt Plabe he to o k " -erb T was met in the reception room, in which .. I .: }I SENTATION 'THE ADDRESS.. ; tr e 'letis to the Banquet in the. Hall, the principalm:m F - . fibs n ° l ll , r e Conservative Association, including-Messr '4 1 7 4 ,„ . • Lloyd, J. Tobin, T. Littledale, C. Tur- Il t ;,;?. Anderson,, L. Peel, T. Dover, T. Bold, T. B. 11 ° )1 44, J. G. Livingston, George Arkle, Cl.. Taunton, ,i 4tehi son, J. ,B;inaft; James Robertson, , the Ven. Ibt,h-eacon Jones, Sir Henry Leeke, M.P. 'for Dover, 1 11 • 131 . t a ' s Edwards Moss, 'the Hon. A. F. Eer . ton ! and f Ik' e l. o l , the' members for the Southern` DIN-Lira ti n.c asul re (who appeared in uniform), assembled in the d t r efreshment zoom for the purpose of presenting '''. i .i r er b „„ e l°Y with an'address from the ' Conservatives. of _which. 'was got up on the occa soi ohis lord -,„ielitgaing office in June last. The address wasta~ at that time 7,090 Conservatives., the p ttr a ° t l i l n °f W hich Ives delayed until a Caservati_ye . demon At inn a grand scale should take place in Liverpool. a!iied - ' l , 'Past six.' o'clock the Earl of Der.by,.ac John the Pigsht Hon' the Disraeli, Sir the LO l rd Stanley, the Earl of Malmetb_ll7 : tlarci'quis of Rath, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Sir' Stafford Northcote, Ord 1) 9 Joh e ; *latt n r " e 'raat 'Gladstone, Lord Chelmtford, Lord C4 ir tlB' t he 'E*ht Hon. J. Napier, H. MTalm e o n n t t s 4 fter il iv s ct i ce - entered the room. a few mom I , P.' h is • --4 /Itis SHAND (adcheesinglerd Derby), said -duty, it is my great thonour, to present vati ve - tQssilip with an address signed by 7,090 C la it.A ' af ; and I thinklumumbers, as t w e e e k ll in a i s t hat b' aell ee, it greatly exceeds anything of h Wilf,, aB ,ever . left the good old. tithe (Hear, hear.) Nitah, 6 ‘ anticipate anything whic address ,itself has •It is dated the 28th of June ; and more time . stat e - e :Psed than ia, usual en sulk occasions, r circum tea /ag prevented it being presented took place, .it th " n la a principal feature of it. I may say this, haste ugh it be a olitical matter, the substance of it h as t i ,p asse , P Nurre," u. away with a moment, and therefor e . .it n l: t rength by remaining till to-day. With °r(l-1/8 Peralissioil, I wilknow read the ADDRESS. • ' HONOURABLE "THE EARL OF DERBY,' ETC. give„ undersig. ned Inhabitants of the Borough of a n e" , , desire to approach your Lordship with pro- You hayiitinients of resp ec t an d gra tit u d e f or th e serviees din-i n : e so loyally re n dered - to ' the Crown and country he a period of unexampled difficulty. n °"-%11 /11 4e e ee1 4 18 iS at' which year Lords hiwas upon_ to • .he duties of the Premiership was one of deep 411 xiet y. ?,f r i li 'r rik e Y' e Was then both in France and England a feeling I. oiel i i h ted nationality, whic . h-threatened to sever the necessary to their mutual' prosperity. j a 1 4 , :11 11 7 1! 1_ ° t e s t error in diplomacy iplomaty might have kindled of a l . : A:I t hie and generous allies the feuds and enmities oar% a Y s ' re found equal to the ',ilities °f s ec.ta s i ot rTness and prudence.v b l; ot Y ll your iyi=e councils the jealous suseepti- The ilespatehe untries were hoirlir Y abl satisfied. prove the 8 °llF( irtigil Affairs, recently published, went toineaairrrtaLes.t anthese" endeavours of your Govern 4how h ow fr ee • . sincer e • In peace of the world, while they _cyan in Italy. were your efforts to promote real talent;we reco gal..e in these despatches not only the greatest feeii ut a fi rm and dignified spirit, and a sound Eng- Yo ur li g' tr Ying c°ll ntrir gratefully acknowledges that stirred th yrtv is Pas B -ij e riol, when great nations have bee w n he WhiCh threaten the peace of the le world, has `. - Ternment has avoided all entangling alliances, th e inaintained the strictest neutrality, and bas placed ste t 4 t e ,, f tn cos of England .on the basis of powerful take rm:./ Will regard your administration as a bright itn •our country's annals :; Tor therein Il aPre ee rcified," "Our Army : victorious ," “ is written :victorious," Our Navy Th e nfrdly powerful." Il 'erse:" l nehlties of your position ,were increased by the acting. with as adversellouse of Common: , easueC's., niany of your legislative measures, thoueehotittr'l l itstice and calculated to meet the wants of h W . re met by opposing majorities. every' Painful t o reflect that party . spirit overrules of action among unpatriotic legislators , ir oth the subdivisions of -political parties the; ' e asib. s ,,.‘ i ci'vernment is dependent for the success o I ;,..eati eg - s ' S It the caprices of rtes small, intriguing, and ' cli ffe - ,„ se ! ti ellthemselves ponsible, and therefore nty a ""‘ t 4) consequences. om d',,.°Talhination of these sections the country has 13 ef lftl ' ft szi of your Lordship's services ; but happily ~„7vera,„.e Your measures had proved the policy of your `eas 'foram have been based on constitutional ro- ZPe re,material prosperity.— .1 'Sce t he advancement of 44 e, 18 2 ' °') L or d 1.64 th at t.. 1.% replied by saying —Gentlemen, I highassure r ec Eve with the greatest pleasnre the ,„ Ptrae h "`' 'which you have been pleased -to pay me in Ithe he Part of so large and so respectable a portion „ ; 44 4 1 1111 , - I , 4 7 i talits of this great commercial town, by the "leer 6: t ell has just been read. I thank you most t :, t t Ivi t ej i: °r Your approval of the policy which, in con -7aetti,-," eolleaaes, we felt it our duty to _pursue 4tioti-- Ministry.. I thank you for your congrat.uh :t pl : P : n. this mark of distinction with whic ; 1 1 1 1 re e my gracious mistress and Sovereign .to f sg e ir„"6 her gracious approval and acceptance o tel l4ct -Pe f f eet services .which I have been able to , e rrata ' 4° country. You have not in your address alet, the difficulty and anxiety of the period in 4 rce lit lv i e accepted office:; but you have overrated the °f Personal merit which you have attributed with Pkallo if , c 'nr army • during that period met 1. 5 5 0 p BUCCCSg, it is to the noble exertions of our te lt til e, s' G e -11 1 . cl e ,... t h_e gallantry of their commanders, and not bel at el vee th'ment, who claimed no further credit for ks), of „ that of having exerted ourselves to the for gall I , l r ability to reinforce and support those °4 t e -Tic ability contest in which they were again n you consider that those documents t helately -°n published respeetinm the foreign It il) ;s o ' v of tilje county re such as to' merit your ollt/440117, t i. h ren P d rnep Y le . w m e merit near nrnoet,due to me, but to who filled the ecretary st l i tt n t . i f l o e r Foreign Affairs. His p ll 4 , B ll tio - 4 ; e e ss, his a un e tinn" g industry, his patient %toile thugh e firs ,l 3 uslhEss, joined to a determination to r i ght coarse, and steadfast) to follow . it out if ref to all di o !tculties—to him, and not e o n ra t e, is due the D o , ` ' l lr a t av n 6e f r t ‘ l , the foreign policy of the t c en u he t i, - icehas been greatlyex extended the Again, ng have been at the Bead of the adjninstration Pijrie/ufwaloonfll fled ythat I concurred with my right 441:tvyiralty, b d the office of the First Lord of the az Y whose efforts, I am happy to say, the ~,,Iquehw..- Placed upon a footing far superior to that ,"'o4tlp,i‘ W as in we entered office. (Hear, hear.) ~Nat.,;e,,n, with regarden to the pacification of India, for "e'neation wasdue, in the first instance, as I be the o s ,aid, to the valour and ad heroism of our troops,' for tite li 1 1111°14 I can claim was the concurrence with the 4e aOrk w , ee retary of State for India having united in j`i, 441 4 111 ,„_ 1-14 ,itig,' to the Cabinet, by whom it was at once !me adopted, the humane proceeding, which, at e 44.44. scene? crowned by a general and almost universal amnesty, the success which had been gained by our victorious armies.— (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen„ individually, if I, can. claim anything it is only for having been, able to: select and: bring around me,. colleagues; by whose assistance my I.abears were" lightened, and who, in their several departments, proved themselves not unworthy of that confidence which, indi vidually, I reposed in them. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I concur in :the view which you naturally take of the unfortunate state of parties in the House of Commons at the Present moment, and of the mischief which must arise to the country, if no One party has such a prepon derating majority as to carry on the business of the country. It is a serious injury to the public interest—a serious injury to the interest of thnCrown—that every party should be so weak in numerical strength as to be liable at any time to be overthrOwn by a combination of the inferior sections. It is to the Conservatives of England . that we must look for a. remedy of this state of affairs. (Hear, hear.) It is to their continued exertions, by arousing themselves from the - apathy in which they haVe .been so long sunk, and continuing that suc cess that they have to Some extent 'obtained. Gen- • tlernen,—l shall have, in the course of the evening, through your extreme kindness, another opportunity of addressing you more at large upon public affairs; end, I trust, therefore, you will excuse me if I now Con- ' fine myself to expressing my grateful sense of the kind- • ness with which you have received me, and the splendid present which has accompanied this address—a present whieh, valuable As it is as a woik of art; is still more valuable under the circumstances which attend its pre sentation. It will be considered by me as ore of the Most dear and'culued articles of - my house ; and; I trust, that many generations may look with satisfaction and ,with honest - pide upon and Consider it anhonour - which had been done to one of their - predecessors by - the impor tant commuelty of Liverpool. ' The address, and the signatures attaches to it, were enclosed in a massive ebony box, which served as a - pedestal to an exceedingly elegant casket of oxYdiseff" silver, relieved with gold. The sides of 'the casket are - ornamented by carefully-reduced copies of the Elgin Marbles. The centre •of the cover el- lid contains a delicately-chased bas-relief, representing Minerva end ing the dispute about the armour of Achilles," and .on either -side of this is : , placed a finely worked copy of Thorwuldsen's beautffal composition, " Night" , and " Morning." The interior of the casket . is lined'with rich crimson silk velvet, a silver shield being affixed to the inside of the lid; .gearing the following inscription : • Javerapoor. , tins CASKET, DE?: BY A4,- - US. • AIMS. CONTAliclicr AN ADD `st SIGNED BY 7 09 0 CONSERVaTIVES OF 'LIVERPOOL, WAS PRESEMSI.I. TO 7ria , MIGHT HON'OURAB LE THWEARL OF DERW, K.G., O TILE 291:11 OcTDIER, 1859. - "The Presentation was followed by a Banquet In the Philharmonie-lialL FRAOCIS SHAND, Esq., in the Chair. IV this casket is deposited tt beautifully' illuminated copy of the address,lwritten on valuta ; and also a description of the casket, 'written on vellum and illuminated. THE BA,NQUET, long before the hoar - fixed for the commencement of the Banquet,: - the company began to take their places at . :the different , tables. The arrangements in the hall had, 'been of the most judicions , character, At the front of i - the orchestra the "dais" or principal table was con -structed. This, which was . raised eighteeninches from t:the , level of the floor, extended completely across the ball, being 64 feet long, it had a circular curve in the %centre, with its convex side towards the orchestra, a considerable portion of each end was in a right line, and at this table the principal guests were seated. They were thirty-one in number, including the chairman, and they were-seated in the following or her : NCIS SHAND, ESQ. On the left by THE HIGH SHERIFF (SIR E. GERRARD, BART.), THE MARHEIS OF SALISBURY, LORD CHELMSFORD, THE EARL OF WILTON, THE EARL OF DONAWIMOICE, LORD RArENSWORTII, LORD KINGSDOWN, SIR JOHN P4HINGTON, BARR., M.P., SIR HUGH CAIRNS, M.P., SIR STATFORT, NORTHCOTE, M.P., .1 - HON. A. EGERTON, M.P. SIR W. H. G: T OL-IFFF., M.P., T. B. Honsniza., Esn., M.P., HON. F. LYGON,-31.1', COLONEL TAYLOR, M.P. In front of the "dais;" and at right angles to it,-seven rows-of tables stretched away the whole length of the hall. These tables were slightly varied in length, but on. the 'whole might be. said to average thirty-six-feet in length each. These tables were divided into two by a -passage which stretched right across: the hall. The - tables were allotted in Alphabetical order, and at:them were seated the followingzentlemen, viz. := _ Supported on the right by THE EARL or ,DERBY, • THE EARL VT M,LMES BURY, THE EARL IDE EGLINTON, THE EARL Or HARDWICK E, "liit RIGHT HON. B. DISRAELI, M.P., LORD STANLEY, M.P., LORD JOHN MANNERS, 'ARCHDEACON 'JONES, Tin RIGHT HON. JO€EP2I NAPIER, TEE MARQUIS OF BATH, LORD SEELMERSDALE, LORDCRET DE WILTON, M.P., \WALIAM J. LEGH, ESQ., M.P., SEYMOUR FITZGERALD, ESQ., mx. 'TABLE A.—Edwd. Laurence, Geo. Soho Meld, Thomas Statter F. Peek, A. R. Lafone, W. T. Mann, Charles J. Ford, Richd. Bell, H. T. Jefferson, Weir Anderson, John Moss (Menthes ter), Sidney Sherlock, Henry Stubbs, William Clay, Robt. -Ratter, T. B. Hughes, H. N. Pedder, Edward Pedder, Rev. E. Littlewood, Trevor Roper, Geo. C. Hale (Knowsley H.), w. R. Winch, Saml. H. Norris, John Sidebottom, Rev. J. Armistead, John Anderson, Chapple Gill, James Lees, Hugh Eaten, W. W. Shand, George Swainson, Wm. Stockley, E. C. Thomas, T. R. H. Thomson, IL A. Mould, Capt. Pedder. TAnix B.—Geo. Booker, Rev. F. Haggitt, Peter Wright, P. B. Drinkwater, Thomas Kendall, Thomas Morris, Edward Whitley, Henry Wilson, Capt. Mocatta, Wm: Dalgleish, Arthur Ashton, J. W. Hyslop, P. M. Dove, Thomas Dow dall, jun., Thomas Healy, Thomas Chilton, J. Whitley, jun., W. R. Coulborn, W. Cha:nbres, J. C. Lowe, T. R. Bridson (Bolton), Hew, Worrall, T. S. Hurst, James Roper, M. Mocatta, G. A. Tinley, Arthur Moore, Alm'. Harley, G. E. Taunton, Robert Norris, Richard Withers, Jos. Fenton, John Whitley, A. Middleton, Wm. Rodger. TABLE C.—Sir H. Leeke, T. Edwards Moss, Major Tempest, J. N. Walker, Colonel Jones, John Marriott, Francis J. Powell, Chr. Bushel, Alfred turner, E. Zwilchenbart, G. A. Mackenzie, W. H. Maclean,. James P. Campbell, N. D. Bold, John Campbell, Robt. Horsfall, It. Zwilchenbart, R. H. Frank, C. B. Robinson, R. C. Naylor, Charles Turner. R. Watt (Speke), Sir Alexr. Ramsey, Bart., Laurence Peel, Matthew Gregson, S. Leigh Gregson, George Grant, James Tyrer, A. H. Lemonius, Sir John H. Maxwell, Bart., Wm. Worrall, John Clowes, John B. Case, E. G. Deane, Dr. Trench, A. P. Fletcher, Edward Gibbon, Robt. Hutchison. TABLE D.—John Ireland Blackburne, T. B. Crosse, J. S. En twistle, John S. Leigh, J. B. Lloyd, William F. Bailey, Wm. Nevett, George Daglish, Capt. Horn'ay, W. F. Hulton, 11. D. Anderson, G. B. Denton, J. G. Livingston ; J. F. An derson, Thomas Bourne, T. B. Newton, John Chasm, W. It. Callender, Geo. Arkle, Colonel Clifton, Colonel Smythe, Sir Thomas Hesketh, Colonel Lindsay, •Hector F. McLeane, Nath. Eckeesley, J. C. Harter, Thomas Mackenzie, Sir W. Minto Farquhar, Bart.; Major Henry Edwards, G. H. Horsfall, James Robertson, Thomas Addison, T. A. Bushby, Rev'. T. B. Banner, Edward Banner, John Calder, John Sudlow, Warner Shand. TestE E.---B.obt. H. Norryes ' Sir W. Byam, J. S. T. Greene, J. R. Shaw, Thomas Haigh, J. Bromley Moore, Capt. Vin cent King, Thomas Bold, H. Littledale, James Plumpton, S. R. Graves, John Stewart, John Bibby, John Crosthwaite, W. B. Brett, Henry Clark, T. Hideout, Rey. B. S. Clarke, John Stannistreet, Adam Hodgson,. Cob Clowes, Robt. Woodward, Wm. Harrison, Matthew Brown, Sir W. Fraser, Bart., N. R. Fowler, T. Littledale, James Lea, Alderman Dover, B. U. Carroll, John Hodgson, John Swain son, T. R. Bridson, Henry Forshaw, Rev. J. Jackson, Patk. Hunter, R. Dennistoun, Henry Steel. TABLE T.—Colonel Taylor, Sir T. Gladstone, R. W. Houghton, Alex. Shand, Alfred Power, John Fin, Jos.• Thibback, John Laird, J. G. Morris, Alderman Parker, John Fornworth, Thomas Akroyd, Edward Parry, J. G. Woodhouse, Hon. F. Stanley (Knowsley), Fredk. Earle (Edenhurst), John Wilkin s 3n, J. A. Tobin, Sarni If olme, Robt. Rankin; Chas. Saunders, Edwd. Johnston, Josias Booker, Hilton Halhead,* Rev. John James Moss, Murray Parkes, RN., G. W. Moss, R. L. Jones, B. H. Blundell, J. 11. Turner, Edward Ward. (Present), W. McAdam Stewart, John Parsons, Henry Bushell, Thomas Wilson' (shipbuilder), Alf. ed Radcliffe.. TABLE G.—John Hig,on, . Reginald Haigh, R Alert Higgiu, John Peacock, W. Pilkington, jun., Jas. Holme, W. M'Cor mick, James Gorton, Wm. Radcliffe, Oe.irge Whitley (Leigh street), H. W. Banner, Thomas Ridley, J. J. Ridley, H. Armour, George Artingstall, John Atkinson, John Hamil ton, R. H. Sherlock, Henry Royds, James T. Bourne, Wxn. Hall, W. Pilkington, Win. Rowson, Ald. T. Robinson, 'Jeremiah Chaffers, Henry Carnson, Rev. W. Whitley, H. T. Wilson, C. L. Campbell, T. H. Ridley, T. W; Cooksox, James Ackers, Jas. Andrews, Edward D. Murray, W. H. Benbow, Henry Bremner. • TABLE ll.—Jahn Rashly, Wm. Whatham, S. Beekwith, Thos. Hughes, Robt. Birkett, J. L. Cattrall, T. B. Collier, Wm. Clarke, Jas. R. Cooper, James Crellin, jun., Jas. Jack, A. F. Mackay, John Orrell, Thomas Kirkpatrick. George Paris, J. H. Lancaster, Samuel Taylor, Thos.*Brakell, David Morton, D. Davies, J. G. Ball, John Prie?tley, Joh i Crane, Thomas Calrow, William Culshaw, James Cretin, Samuel Holtne, jun., Edward Littler,"Daniel 'Mackay, Jos - . Rawson, Richard D. redder, Thomas Rigby, Christr. , Sharp. Samuel Goodacre. TAT'LE I.—John parker, Jos. Brereton, Robt. C. Crosbie, George Robertson, John Gradwell, T. P. Holden, Thomas Huson, Rev. R. Wail, Charles Hand, Henry Hornby, M. C. Jones, Dr. Inman, D. Jardine, John Ireland, Chas. Jenkins, Sep tams Ledward, R. B. Minton, Alderman Cooper, John Weightman, Fred. Saunders, G. W. Ewing. Thomas Parker, Quentin Fleming, Oliver Hatch, Geo. W. Hewitt,Samuel Rich. Hankey, John Jones (Chapel-street), J, F. Jonei, ' Jackson, John Jerdein, jun., Ellis Jones, surgeon, Walter P. Jeffreys, J. W. Lister, Thomas Tomlinson. TABLE J.—Joseph Cary, Dr. Formby, A. Blowers • Smith, Robt, S. S3wler, James W. Thomts)n, Henry Lafone, Thos. I Dutton, Win. Harrison, R. }I. Hutchison, Peter Thomson, T. B. Ryder, F. Staveley„ Wm. Shimmin, John Rimmer, Thos. Radford, Daniel Radford, Wm. Payne, H. Whitmore, /LP ' , It , A , Payne, Thos.' Ramsay, W, Tannicliffe, G. H. Loxdale, John H. Loscla.le.,Trios• Wagstaff, Thomas Rossall, Humphrey Roberts, James Battey, Jobn ' — Stacm, - John-Shimmin, R. L. Shrapnel', H. L. Slarapnell, Bramley Radford, Wm. Whitby. 'TABLE K.—Benjn. Arkle, Thos. Branch, Wm. Bennett, James Bland, Robt. Bradbury, R. C. Gardner,: John, S. Gardner, J. Atkinson, Thomas Whaley, James Livesay, ,F. D. • Lowndes, David Waddington, late M.P., James Burroughs, , Jos. Burroughs, Andrew Browne, Edwd. Blundell, • James • • I3eazley, John 'Crossley, Danl. Clarke, W. IL. M'Cheane, C. B. Wilson, Charles Clarke, Rev. J. C. Gardner, Thomas Gardner, John Tyrer, James Little, Thoffias Livesey, James Sykes, Thomas Cunningham, Edward Byford; Edwd. Bal main, Arbuthnot Blain, Joseph Bailey, Jos. Brundritt. TABLE L.—Alex. Reid, Bury (Manchester); R. Kinahan, (Dublin), PalgTave Simpson, Saml. Woodhouse,, IL H. Withers, S. Waterhouse ) Thomas Vernon, John Pemberton, - J. B. Winstanley, Hugh Pearce, Edmund Preston, Henry White, Robert Wood, Christopher J. Bushell, Robert Roberts, Thomas Blisset, Edward Garven, (Warring ton), Joseph Aspinall, Henry Walker (Calderston), George Warden, Geo. Webster, W. H. Waddington, Abraham Wren, J. P.Whittaker, Leonard Wilkinson, John Pollit, John Park, Geo. Wade, jun., Wm. Yeoward, Charles Taylor, Robert son (Pascoe, Grenfell & Co.), A. W. Powles, Thomas Black burne. TABLE 111.—A Castellain, T. H. Percival, Wm. Marriott, Robetrt Mason, Fletcher Rogers, John Hesketh, F. Kule:- kamp, T. Littlewood; John Laird, jun., R. L. Harvey, John S. , Maxwood, George Okell, Wm. Owen, Edwd. P. Parry, James Poole, John Postlethwaite, Henry. T. Pearce, Hugh . Perkins, James Price, It. B. Molyneux, Geo. Maples, J. Hartley, J. H. Holderness, William Kirkby, Henry Lees, W. IrLairdizan., Charles Myers, C. P. Phipps, Rev- B. Maddock, R. Latlffiury, John Parrott, Richard Proctor, W. Pritchard, James Pickering. TABLE N.—R. C. Lo'sndes, Daniel Waterhouse, Barton (Springard), 11. G. Bromilow, J. S. Clayton, J. R. Crooke, Hugh Dixon, Henry Wilson, David Quake, David Evans, •Wm. W. Fall, Win. Priest, Samuel Hill, Henry Griffin, B.A. Galan, Dr. Goret, Thomas Green, Laurence Bailey, Rev. Cecil Wray, —' S. W. Bulteel, = Chadwick (Roch -.tale), Wm. Drvies, J. C. Dreaper, John Longton, Edward =Draper (Prescot), Samuel Flaman, A. P. Forwood, VG, 11. 'Grimmer, W. 'P. Hornby, James Gaskell, H. L. G2ttgory, Robert Highal, Wm. Taylor (Clarence , -st.). The tables were very tastefully laid out, and were - richly decorated . by epergnes and' flower vases, 'present ing on the whole an exceedingly pleasing and elegant appearance. Soon after seven o'clock the bcrses were fillerbylaaies, as were also the whole of the seats which could le spared in'the orchestra. The,galleries had been appor tioned totgentlemen, and the seats there were all- com pletely - filled. As a mere speetsarle, the aspeet of the noble hall wain every way admirable. Seated at the different tables many gentlemen wore the uniforms of military corps, land by their variety afforded a 'lively play of colours, and in no small degree assisted in 'keeping up the eiFect produced by the Conservative rosettes, of blue and red; which were wornby a large proportion , of the gentlemen at all the tables. The "dais" presented a very rich appearance from the numerous display of aristocratic insignia, including the orders of the darter and' of' the Bath, which were worn 'by severatot the noblemen who, by their presence, graced the banquet. The boxes and orchestra, however, were the grand points of attraction tothose who regarded the proceed ings and the scene as an interestmag and attractive tikleau, for these were enriched with " Store of lades whose bright eyes Rain infuence ;". and if they did not here " adjudge the prize" which . had been awarded to Lord Derby by the general 4a claim of the great body of Conservatives through 'out the kingdom, they nevertheless conferred, by :their presence, a purer and more cheering enjoyment of 'the great triumph, for " Without the-smile from partial beauty won, What were this life? a world without a sans" While offering a word of admiration in respect of the general appearance of the company, it would be unpar donable to omit allusion to the grand and telling effect of the magnificent hall, which, for this occasion at least, was converted into a banquetting saloon, fitted, by its noble proportions, and the simple yet effective beauty of its decorations, to be the scene of so important and memorable a demonstration. The polychromatic harmony secured by the finely attempered decorative designs, and the xich—indeed luxurious—upholstery of the boxes, and the finely arranged symmetry of the galaxy of beauty which adorned the orchestra, formed a corn biLation of charms bordering on'the romantic. The. Countess of Derby and party occupied three boxes ; and among the fair occupants of those, besides her ladyship, there were Lady Emma Stanley, Lady Chelmsford, Lady Pakington, Mrs. Disraeli, the lion. Misses Thesiger, and other ladies of distinction. The boxes were occupied by ladies, under the auspices of the following gentlemen:--Richard Watt, Rcibert Higgin, James Roper, R. C. Gardner, John Marriott, J. P. Campbell, John Stewart, Lawrence Peel, Thomas Littledale, Francis Shand, R. J. Rankin, Charles Turner, J. G. Livingstone, G. E. Tarlton, Thomas Bold, T. D. Anderson, Thomas Dowdel, H. Littledale and J. Torr, Joshua and George Booker, Captain James Thomas Bourne, H. Banner and party, James Livesey, Weir Anderson, John Parker, John Hamilton, Alexander Lafone, Thomas Ridley, J. G. Morris, Chris topher Bushell, J. Higson, James Tyrer, John Farn worth, James Lea, Edward D. Murray, R. W. Horton and Mr. Ripley, Robert Statter, Richard Bell, T. B. Horsfall, and Hon. J. Napier's party, Hilton Halhead, Richard Dennistoan, Thomas Haigh and G. Grant, J. N. Walker, Thomas Dover, William Bennett, S. R. Graves, G. if. Horsfall, J. B. Lloyd, James Robertson, James A. Tobin, George Arkle, Robert Horsfall, Robert Hutchison, Charles Saunders, G. A. M'Kenzie, T. Edwards Moss, G. W. Moss, Captain Hornby, R N., Edward Johnstone, N. R. Fowler, G. H. Toxdale, James Beazley, Captain Thomas Bourne, and N. D. Bold. The CHAIRMAN—My lords and gentlemen, I esteem it an honour, a very high honour, to propose the health of her excellent Majesty, our gracious Queen. I am glad that it is a homage due to her Majesty, not through any mere regard or formal deference to her high authority, but to her exercise of those exalted virtues which, what ever may be the splendour which jewels other , crowns, gem her diadem with a peculiar lustre, which make the throne, not one based upon material element but on the hearts and affections of her people. (Cheers.) Anthem—" God save the 'Queen." The CHAIRMAN—My lords and gentlemen, it is not only our privilege to live under the beneficence of the reign of ourpresent gracious Sovereign, but we have the promise of a long continuance of our present auspicious dynasty. We have 'also to rejoice at the benevolent feeling' which his Royal Highness the Prince Consort exhihits on every occa sion ; and therefore I propose to you " The health of the Prince Consort, the Prince' of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." (Applause.) The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN—My lords and gentlemen, the reli gion of the nation I hold to be the essence of our insti tutions, from which so many privileges flow ; and I hold that all of which stimulates to the attainment of our eternal good, which promotes the learning, and the authority, and the 'glory : and the freedom of this great nation, there is no influence that produces more effect than that of the church ; and therefore I beg to propose the health of the bishop and clergy of this diocese, coupled with the name of Archdeacon Tones. (Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with all the honours, The Venerable Archdeacon YONES said : Chairman, my lords and gentlemen, in rising to acknow ledge the compliment so kindly . proposed and so generously responded to, I beg most sincerely to thank you for the compliment which you have paid to the bishop and clergy of the diocese, I myself amongst the number. But, gentlemen, having used the word compliment, I would fain substitute another better suited to this occasion, in being surrounded by such an assemblage as this, where we are of one heart and one mind. (Cheers.) I may be excused if I take it, not as a compliment to ourselves personally, bat rather as an expression of your attachment to that national and apostolical church of which we are members ; that church of the nation to which our beloved Sovereign, and the vast majority of her faithful subjects belong ; that church which, with all its imperfections—for nothing on earth is perfect—notwithstanding all its imperfections, and all the difficulties that surround it, is still the veritable church of the nation. (Hear, hear.) The church is not only supported by the laws of the land, but also it is so intimately connected constitutionally with the stability of the throne itself, that to endanger and destroy the one, is to endanger and destroy the other. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I speak not these things in the spirit of political partisanship. I have already had a long life of labour in the church, and I never allowed myself to be influenced by party politics, for I felt I would injure my usefulness if I threw myself into them ; but still I think it is the duty of every clergy man of the established church to give an example of what is kind, gentle, and pe . a:ceable, that he should be a pattern to others in tolerating and being charitable to those who oppose him. Still we must be allowed to mark with some degree of sensibility the things which take place in connJxion with our own church establishment. Whilst we are told to be harmless as doves, we are also enjoined to be wise as serpents ; and we must be careful of the temporalities, as well as the spiritualities of our church. We ought to be prepared to meet those men who NORTHERN DAILY TIMES "ould openly and: secretly sap its foundations ; and &en a clergyman may Use the influence which he possesses to give his support to those who will be true to his church, and that must be my apology for coming here to-night to unite you in paying unfeigned respect to the dis tinguished nobleman, that consummate statesman, who graces this occasion with his presence. (Cheers.) In conclusion, for I ,will [not detain you longer allow me, in consideration of the sacred office which I 'hold, to mingle my earnest prayers with your hearty good wishes that God may bless his strenuous efforts—more strenu ous, I. I hope, than ever—for the advancement of the divine glory, the good of His church, the safety, ' honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions. (Loud applause.) The CHAIRMAN again rose, and, after a suitable intro duction, proposed "The Army and Navy." He said that he had received an apology from General Peel, who had been selected to speak to the toast, but that, in his absence, the duty would be suitably discharged by Lord Hardwicke. (Cheeri.) He proposed "The Army and Navy." (Loud cheers.) The Earl - of HARDWICKS, who was. received with cheers, said :—Mr. Shand and gentlemen,—lt becomes my duty to return thanks for the honour you have done the army and navy. I regret exceedingly that I am obliged to undertake the duty of returning thanks for the army, in consequence of the absence of General Peel, who has 'been called, by the sudden death of a very near relative, to London. I feel sure that you will all join 'with me in that regret which I feel for the absence of that right honourable gentleman, who is so much honoured and respected in the army,—(cheers)„ —in which he has fulfilled all those duties which, the public service have called upon him to perform with singular ability and with singular honesty of purpose. (Cheers.) And no man, I believe, in the country :can say otherwise than that he has had the pro fession.of the army and . all its interests deeply at heart. Gentlemen, I see befere me officers of that profession who are much better able to do justice to the subject than a am; but I know this, that the two professions, the army and navy, being toasted together, have gained on this occasion a new interest—that this toast, usually considered a formal one, has gained by the circumstances of Europe at large more importance In 'the minds of the people of this country than it possessed some years ago. i It s-a, misfortune, undoubtedly, that a warlike spirit per vades Europe at this moment, in a much greater degree at least than it didfor a long period of time after the battle of Waterloo up to the time of the war with Russia. That was a Period sv - hen the angel of peace spreads her wings over Europe, and we -sat down silent , and contented, as far as re aided that question, and when these toasts were c.re ceived as a matter of mere formality. At this moment there is arising in the , minds of - the people a sense of necessity towards - their support, and a sense that the public should look to them with a closer eye of scrutiny and -diligence. The evil <senius df war, since the period of the Crimean -straggle, has certainly entered into - the minis of the people with much greater force, and the tendency to armaments of a warlike character has led the people of this country to contemplate this subject, and to consider those toasts of a less formal character than they were on former occasion. With respect to the army, I am - Sure those gentlemen I see near me who are connected with that profession will permit me to make use of the same language that is always used in reference to that profession, namely, that whenever it is called upon' to perform any public duty, it does as it is told to do, and when it is ordered on the field of battle to stand in one place, it never goes away. (Loud cheers.) This is a remarkable feature in the British soldier, that retreat is the last thing that ever enters his head. (Immense applause.) Gentlemen, in addressing myself to my own profession, you will permit me to say that I do not forget that I address gentlemen of that great emporium of trade, the town of Liverpool, con ' nected so nearly and deeply with the maritime inte rests of this country, that I can appeal to them with out the slightest chance of being rejected in my ap peal for the assistance which they are always ready to give towards the support of the dearest and most impor tant maritime interests of this country : (Hear, hear.) And I know fall well, that, in addressing myself to the men of Liverpool, and in receiving from them the expres sion of good will towards the profession that I have the 'honour now to represent, that this feeling is one univer sally in their hearts, and that an earnest desire exists that they may be enabled to give in their support the greatest assistance to the arms of the country whenever the necessity of it may arise. (Heat, hear.) Gentle men, I feel sure that upon this occasion you will be very desirous that I should curtail anything that I have to say upon this interesting subject. And I say that in dealing with the question, although it is a very large one, my duty is confined simply to returning thanks. But at the same time, I am sure you will forgive me, if I, as a sea man, express the feeling that I am confident that at all times the naval profession will render those services to the country which they have ever shown the power and ability to do ; and that the kind expression which you offer towards the service, on every occasion stimulates them in their desire to do so. We have recently, I regret to say, to lament that which is very seldom known or very seldom heard of—a defeat. But the defeat by no means need at all dis courage, or need at all detract in any way from the character of the service, for in that action there was the'greatest display of courage, and the most devoted chivalry was exhibited. (" Hear, hear," from Lord Derby.) The arms of England acquired a brighter fame under those circumstances than the circumstances would have led us to expect. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, I know no engagement like it, wherein the commander-in-chief of an expedition against an enemy has suffered no less than three vessels to be sunk under his foot, until wounded he retires to the fort, unable any longer to per form the active duties of commander. (Applause.) There was an exhibition of glorious chivalry, of high and honourable bearing, of daring and resistless courage, which was only imitated by the officers and men, who, in their devotion, sacrificed their lives in a worth less attempt, but against a force which was not to be Wt down by the contemptible means brought against it. hile we rejoice in the magnificent display of that useless carnage, we at the same time ought, as a public duty, to speak of, and mildly to represent the causes of the failure, and the extent of the loss. The cause of the failure will be evident to every man. We have been accustomed to consider the Chinese as enemies that were to be beaten with the greatest ease—that a defeat was never dreamt of ; and although the enemy was strongly posted, it was naturally conceived that he could be defeated. I am not surprised at it, and I can hardly blame it, because the successes had been so easy on al: former occasions that we were led to believe that success was inevitable and certain under the circum. stances; that ordinary European warfare would have been considered irresistible. But that was a defeat caused by a want of respect for your enemies, and which is not likely to happen again ; but the loss was occasioned, in my opinion, by another mistake, and by one which the public can mildly correct, by noticinc , it in meetings of this kind„and by pressing upon the Government of the country the attention which the public mind has given to it. (Hear, hear.) It has been 'the practice in the naval profession, and a practice which was full of use and of importance, that on no occasion of flotilla or boat service should the commander-in-chief or the admiral himself take the lead, and expose himself in an act of that description. It is manifest that the moment that an individual who commenced an attachment of that sort involves himself in it, his personal honour becomes im mediately concerned. Captain Tattwall, the chivalrous American captain who witnessed the whole of those operations, said, in the letter to his Government : " In fifteen minutes I saw they were beaten, and there was not the slightest shadow or chance of success." If the gallant and chivalrous admiral had consented to continue his flag flying on board the Miranda, or on board of whatever frigate his flag was flying at the time, and had sent his second in command to take charge of the - flotilla that was sent against the batteries --if he had brought his eye close enough to observe the engagement, he would have recalled his flotilla at the time Captain Tatwall saw it was useless to fight any longer, and all the loss would 'lave been saved to the British people, and so many grieved hearts would not have had to grieve over the loss caused by continuing too long an action which was utterly lost at the begin nings. I say, then, th e o ld p rac ti ce o f ou r profession ought to be followed, and that the commander-in-chief has no right to enter into an action of that sort, but be prepared to direct them, and save the personal honour of the men whom they send, and not risk their personal honour, which compels them to fight out an engagement to the last. I have been drawn to make these remarks on this occasion because it is here, when English hearers learn a defeat, that on such an occasion it is proper we should be able to account for the defeat, and state those causes from which it has arisen, so that those causes may not happen again. I will make no other re , mark on the engagement on the Peiho, because I am quite ignorant of the ground, and am not acquainted with the nature of the defences against which the flotilla was engaged. I shall not venture to enter on the,question of_p_olicy ; but all I will say on the past of the subject is that of dislike to the policy which has brought us into constant war from the date of the giving up of the: Charter of the East India Comp an y down to the present time. Gentlemen, I have now only to return you thanks for the honour that you have done the Army and Navy in proposing their health--(cheers)---and in - doing so, -I beg leave to express what I believe is the sen timent of those professions, namely—that the houour they receve at the various tables, and in various societies of this country when the formal toast is given, is one of those means by which the public interest is sustained towards those professions, and one of those stimulant which is given by the public, which induces them to render at all times their whole heart and soul in the ser vice and for the benefit of their country. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of the High Sheriff—a gentleman who, in that district, represented her Majesty, and who, he ventured to say, bore the sword of justice, - like Heaven itself, with mercy, (Cheers.) The dignity and courteousness with which that gentleman fulfils the duties of his office deserves that a toast should be greeted with acclamation which introduced the name of the High Sheriff of the county. (Loud cheers.) Sir ROBERT *GERARD, who was received with great cheering, said he could not adequately express the grati fication he felt at having received an invitation to that magnificent entertainment. (Cheers.) He felt that the honour was intended for the office which he bore—(cries of "No, no,") —but still it proved to him that no act of his had met with the disapprobation of his Liverpool Con servative friends. (Cheers.) He felt that it would be unbecoming on his part to detain the meeting even for a moment, and he • therefore begged them, at once, to accept his sincere and grateful thanks for the honour they had done him. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—My lords and gentlemen, when I look around this magnificent assembly, and consider the cause which has attracted it together, I find that words are quite inadequate to introduce the toast which it is my especial purpose at the present moment to propose. I propose to you, gentlemen, the health of the Earl of Derby. [A burst of acclamation interrupted the speaker, and every one in the hall rose and joined in the applause, while handker chiefs waved from every part of the building.] I say again, gentlemen, the health of the Earl of Derby-- our great Conservative leader. (Renewed cheering.) I am sure there is none here who forgets the period of anxiety at which he was called upon to take the head of affairs ; anal am sure that there is none who does not feel the greatest amount of respect and grati tudefor the skill and prudence with which his diplomacy was applied, and for the power with which he exercised it. (Cheers.) I can, having this day had the honour of presenting an address from 7,090 Conservatives, in that box which is now placed—for the better advantage of your seeing it—upon the lower table ; having had the honour of presenting such an address, I can draw from it the elements of hope. (Cheers.) But still, I must lament that party spirit overrules so often every process of . generous sentiment—every motive to generous actions—and that that success which ought to have won for him a triumph from the nation, has, as in the case of Aristides for his justice, condemned him to depart from his authority. (Hear, hear.) I know not whether we ought to rouse any feel ing of desire' for his 'return ' because we ought, at the same time, to prepare you for some dread crisis of difficulty, because we have never yet seen him called to power except when there was some unexampled difficulty to be encountered. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) But we know what has been his success upon every such occasion, and, therefore, we look with hope and with confidence to his return to power, and to his conducting the affairs of the country in that manner which has always made memorable the measures of the Derby Administration. (Loud cheers.) The chairman then concluded his ad dress (which, it should be added, was very imperfectly heard) by again proposing the toast. Lord DERBY, on rising, was again received with great cheering. The Noble Earl spoke as follows : Mr. Chairman, my lords and gentlemen, words would wholly fail me, were I to attempt the hopeless task of expressing, in adequate terms, the sentiment of deep gra tification, and, may I venture to say it, not wholly un justifiable pride, with which I survey the magnificent assembly before me, and rise to acknowledge the splen did compliment which you have paid to me and my late colleagues in office, by your attendance this day, andby the overwhelming reception you have given to the toast proposed by your worthy chairman. (Cheers.) Next to the consciousness in a man's own breast of having endeavoured faithfully to discharge those duties and those obligations which his station in life impose upon him, the highest reward for which a public man can look, is the expression of the feelings of bodies of his fellow countrymen, such as that which I have now the honour of addressing,—thut those efforts have not been wholly thrown away, and that he has acquired some claim and some title to their past approval and to their future confidence. (Cheers.) And if there can be circumstances which could heighten the value of such a compliment as that which you have been pleased to pay to me this day, it would be that this compliment is paid in the centre of this great commercial metropolis of the country ; but not only so, but in my own native county—(cheers)— and where not only my public but my private life, from my earliest boyhood, is open to the criticism of all whom I address. (Renewed cheers.) And one more circum stance I must add, gentlemen, namely, that in inviting me to this splendid banquet you have associated with me, and I am happy to find myself surrounded by, the great body of those colleagues in the late Government —(hear, hear)—by whOse energetic assistance, by whose cordial co-operation; a load of responsibility was lightened to me which no single frame could bear ; with whom, I may venture to say, I never had a subject of difference or of controversy—(cheers)—and who carried on with me the difficult, the sometimes anxious, affairs of this great country with a spirit of union, which is the best security for the harmonious conduct of the affairs of the State. - (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, deep as are my feelings of personal gratification at this mark of your esteem and confidence, they sink into nothing as compared with the political importance which, upon public grounds, I attach to this influential gathering. (Cheers.) I am willing to believe that many—nay all, whom I have the honour now of ad dressing are actuated by kindly personal feelings towards myself—(cheers)—but it is not as, an individual that you here receive me, nor as individuals that you receive my late colleagues ; you receive us as the holly imper sonation of Conservative principles. (Cheers.) It is true, gentlemen, that we do not meet upon the present occasion for the purpose of celebrating the total and entire triumph of those principles; they have been overborne by the decision of the present Parliament ; but we do meet here—and that I take to be the signifi cance of your invitation to me—you do meet here to testify and to declare your adherence to the principles and to the doctrines of true Conservatism. (Cheers.) I mean by this, not that Conservatiim falsely so called, which would obstruct all useful change— (hear, hear)—but I speak of that Conservatism which is not obstruction, and which is the best promo ter of safe and gradual social improvement—(hear, hear,) —of that Conservatism which strenuously adhering to the old machinery of the Constitution—(hear, hear,) —adapts, from time to time, the various parts of its mechanism to the real requirements and the real capaci ties of the age in which we live—(hear, hear,)--of that Conservatism which should give to all orders and degrees of men within this realm their due weight, authority, and preponderance—(hear, hear,) —of that Conservatism which loves the interest of the people at large—(hear, hear)—but will not be led away by the noisy demon strations of blustering demagogues—(cheers)--either to shrink at the voice of menace, or timidly to concede rights and positions to large bodies of men for the pur pose of obtaining a temporary moment of popularity— (cheers) —when, in our hearts, we believe the concession of those coveted boons would be the worst injury to the classes to whom we give them. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, this is the Conservatism to which, I take it, you pledge yourselves by your attendance this day. (Hear, hear.) They are the principles which I have ever professed, and upon which I have ever endeavoured to act, and you are here this day, not only to testify your adoption of the principles, but to declare, that you will shake off, for the future, all apathy—(loud cheers)—that you will not be content with mere acclamations or enthusiasm, however great, but will by sober, steady, and united action—(cheers) — evoke that great dormant spirit of Conservatism which ,has too long been allowed to be latent in the country. You have, in this county, amidit all discouragemcnts and all difficulties, achieved a great victory. (Loud cheers.) But I hold the . great merit of that victory to have been, not the acquisition to the House of Cork mons of my two honoin able friends whom you have succeeded, in returning; I take the great merit to be that you have shown to .the, country at large, and you have shown to yourselves that which you did not suspect, your own inherent strength (eheers);--and the firm hold which your principles had in the hearts of the constituency at large. (Loud cheers.) Ge n tl emen , I a m told that at the 'last elec tion, even when we won the battle, the registration had been so neglected, that several gentlemen who might have been very properly applied to to propose and second the respective candidates, were found not even to have their names upon the register. .(Hear, hear.) I , know that this has been the case with some of the most devoted friends of the Conservative interest—(hear), — and if I may whisper a secret in the ears of so large a party—(laughter)—l have had it whispered i n m y ears that, previous to the last revision of the registration; the name of my respected friend the chairman of this assembly, was not upon the county register. (Loud crie s o f " Rear.") N ow, gen tlemen, I say it is not only for this you have put your shoulders to the wheel, you have succeeded in returning two Conservative members for this division of the county—(cheers)—and, if I am rightly informed, you have made upon the present registration an advance and an improvement, which renders future success a matter of no question. (Loud cheers.) May I be permitted, gentlemen, to say—l speak with all respect of the late member for the county, whose wise and judicious liberality has endeared him personally to all the residents of this town—(hear) —on account of his per sonal character and his great liberality—l wish to speak with no disrespect of one of the present members for the borough of Liverpool, I know his high character, I know his business-like habits, I know the respect and the esteem in which he is held by those who are his personal friends, but I say boldly of Mr. Ewart here, as I say of Mr. William Brown, with regard to the county,—l speak of both of them with most unfeigned respect,—but I say that their political opinions are not those of the constituencies which they profess to repre sent. (Loud cheers.) I say that, as South Lancashire will not hereafter be satisfied without retaining her two Conservative members, Liverpool ought not to be satisfied without obtaining two. (Great cheering.) My lords and gentlemen, I have watched with the deepest anxiety, and I have seen with the highest gratification the gradually progressive improvement in strength, in unity, and in everything which constitutes the political power of the Conservative party for the last fourteen years. (Hear, hear.) I wish to speak in this assembly—as I have spoken upon all occasions—in no terms indicative of anything but the highest respect for the distinguished genius, and for the personal character of that great statesman, whom England has lately had to lament, the late Sir Robert Peel. (Hear, hear.) And if there were any occasion upon which I could not speak in terms other than those which I have always used, it would be at a moment when a melancholy domestic calamity has prevented the attendance of his nearest relation, one of my most veined colleagues in the late Government, and who gave me most able and admi rable assistance in the mana g ement of the most difficult department, namely, the civil' department of the army in this country. (Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, I ant not speaking disrespectfully of the memory of a statesman with whom I had the honour of many years of personal friendship, and, I believe, reciprocal esteem, if I say that the course which, at the close of 1845, was taken by the late Sir Robert Peel, completely and entirely, for the moment, shattered the Conservative party of this country. (Hear, hear.) lam now able to state fact, which I believe is not known to half a dozen individuals in the country : (Hear, hear.) -Upon the failure of Lord John Russell's endeavour to form a Government, I wrote confidentially to the most eminent man of the country—to the late fluke of Wellington— a warm and cordial admirer and supporter of Sir Robert Peel, and a man who had stood for many; many years prominent,—the foremost man of the world, in the eyes of his countrymen—(hear)—l wrote to consult him as to the position of the Conservative party, and the best means of restoring that unity which had been so lament ably disseVered. I received a long letter from the Duke of Wellington—which I need hardly say I have kept, and deeply value,—in which he explained to me his own position, and in which he stated that, having accepted, under the abortive attempt of Lord John Russell to form a government, the duties of fie neutral position of Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces, he considered that he had for ever broken off his poli tical'connection with any party. Ile intimated his con currence in the opinion which I had ventured to express, that the alienation of the Conservative party from Sir Robert Peel was not a mere temporary feeling-, but that it was impossible that he should ever again place him self at their head with a prospect of success; and the Duke of Wellington, I will not say entreated, but I will say he exhorted me, as a matter of duty to my Sovereign and to my country, to throw aside all doubts and - all hesitation, and to assume at once the leader ship of that great Conservative party, whose exist ence, and whose power he deemed to be essential to the well-being of the country 'and all its institutions — (hear)—and he almost implored me, in my attempt to foim an administration, not to be discouraged by any difficulties, except those which should absolutely be in superable, but to sacrifice all other feelings to the desire of serving my Sovereign. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, for fourteen years I have endeavoured to act in the spirit of that wise and patriotic advice, coming from that eminent man—(cheers)—and I have been rewarded, by seeing the Conservative party, not only in Parliament, increasing in numbers and in union, but spreading their roots deeply into the feelings and the heart of the country, and forming, as our opponents are compelled to acknowledge—and in doing so their fears rather magnify the position—and declare that we are actually at this moment at the head of a Parliamentary majority. (Cheers.) And I have seen it added, with a melan choly sense of the painful contrast between the two sides,—and the advantage thus obtained is doubled by the fact—that it is a majority of a united party. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, you may perhaps ask me,—and it is a fair question on the part of those before whom I appear,—to justify the course which I have pursued ; and—l am prepared to speak to you with the most entire and absolute frankness—you will perhaps ask me what is the use which I desire to make of that greatly increased parliamentary strength, and that all but majority in the House of Commons. Perhaps, advantage were re the I d g e e si nt r l e e s m o e f n , s o l m e shallof the m disappointore enthusiastic, the andprobably and of most of the younger members o f tha t a ssem b l y w hich I now address, when as h ra have no ng desire mightuf w o hd the p immediate overthrow of the present administration. bt(ol conceivees a o r gainedhea that ; r .) Ishould e a I say momentaryol that but there are considerations high er th an those of party, only so considered; these are considera tions of that which is for the public advantage, for the advantage of the Sovereign, for the strength of the country in the eyes of foreign countries, and and for the strength of Parliament, and the -respect due to Parliament in this country. All those considerations militate against ephemeral governments acquiring office by a barely possible majority, liable at any moment to be displaced by the caprice of some few dozen votes in the House of Commons—(hear), ---and exposing the Crown and the country to a perpetual change of persons and of principles, which renders all steady legislation impossible, and which, whether for internal respect or for external power, paralyses the hands and weakens the power of the Government of this country. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, as it appears to me that policy which is dictated by a due consideration of the interests of the country at large, is the policy which. is also dictated by the interests, well considered, of the party to which I have the honour to belonce--(hear, hear)— it cannot be for th e ad van t age or the i n t eres t o f that party that, for a short time, I should be prematurely called upon to form a Government, without sufficient strength to maintain it against all attacks and ag ainst all combinations. (Hear, hear.) What is r e q uired is the effort of the country itself—(hear,) the effort of the Conservative strength of the country, to prepare for future events ; to consider that every man has a duty to perform and a cause to sustain (hear) ; that it is by the combination of small efforts that great results are to be' produced—(hear, hear) ; and not to compel me not t o com p e l or any who may represen t the Conservati ve party at the time, when the momen t shall have arrived, them to accept an office which they cannot be confident of holding--confident, at least, of holding so long as honestly and fairly they discharge the duti es which they owe to their Sovereign and thei r coun t ry. (Cheers.) G en tlemen, your worthy chairman has spoken of the period of difficulty and of anxiety at which we succeeded to office. In some respects, I believe that, at the present' moment, - the difficulties of the present Government are fully as gteat, and their anxieties as great as these to which we wore heirs. (Hear, hear.) I know nothing but what I hear from the public organs of intelligence, but I am much mi s t a k en if our r ioreign relations, at the