The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

Vrobintial.

COLONEL HERBERT ON LORD RAGLAN
AND THE WAR.
COLONEL I'ERCY HERBERT M.P., last Saturday ex-
perienced a warm welcome and received a sword of
honour from his constituents at Ludlow. A public
dinner was given, and, after tho gallant colonel's
health had been drunk, the sword was presented.
Colonel Herbert returned his thanks in an able
speech, and replied warmly to the aspersions cast
upon the late Lord Raglan :
I cannot lay too great stress upon the difficnity he bad
to contend with—a sickly army, a small army, not properly
supplied with those establishments that are necessary to
an army, the consequence of the reduced peace establish-
ment which it hail pleased the public of Great Britain to
support There was, too, a divided command. There was
a great army, with an officer of the same standing as Lord
Raglan himself, iu command of the French, without whose
consent no great undertaking could be achieved or even

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commenced. How often must it happen, when a man is
the sole commander of an army, that the happy moment
of vietnry will pass away from him; and how much more
must the difficulty be increased when, More a great move•
went can be taken, be must go to his comrade and con-
sult with him, and get his approval and consent before any
plan can be carried out. These are some of the difficulties
that Lord Raglan had to contend with ; and although we
may take an example from him of the devotion which
closed his lips and tied his hands,sooner than by any word
or letter written in self•defence the interests of the country
should be endangered, though I say we who are of the
profession may take example from that, yet I think it
would be well for the public at large to consider whether,
if they treat public men as he was treated—if they listen
to every grumbling letter from the camp and such evidence
as that written by people whose hearts perhaps fainted
within them, or by those who could have no knowledge of
the facts about which they protessed to inform you—if, I
say, the country is to form an opinion upon such evidence
as that, and condemn unjustly a person placed in the
most responsible situation that a man can be in, they may
Sod to their cost at the hour of need that men of inde-
pendence and character may, as many thousands and
thousands of Englishmen have, and, as I trust, always will
be found irepared to face the thousand dangers of pesti•
lerce, sickness, and battle, though prepared to face the
thousand anxieties incident to that responsible, indeed the
most responsible, situation that it can fall to their lot to
fill, yet it may be that men of independence and character
may slit ink nom submitting themselves to such abuse and
misrepresentation as was the lot of Lord Raglan to fall
under.

MR. JOHN FROST was last Saturday presented with
an address from the democracy of York and Lan-
caster, at a public meeting of chartists, held at
Heyhead-green, Todmorden. From 15,000 to
25,000 persons were present. The address con-
gratulated Mr. Frost upon his safe arrival home
as a "cheering and encouraging circumstance" for the
democracy of England. Mr. Frost replied in a
speech of some length, describing the social life of
convicts in Van Diemen's Land, anticipating the
success of the chartist cause, and promising to de-
vote the remainder of his days to the accomplish-
ment of a radical reform of the House of Commons.
After a collection for "the cause" had been made,
the meeting separated. The collection amounted to
71.10-1. On Tuesday Mr. Frost attended a tea-meeting
of five hundred at Ancoats, and gave a florid picture
of the sufferings endured by convicts in Australia,
because "he knew of nothing more likely to excite
the people against the Government."
THE ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUE REGATTA termi-
nated last week with the usual ball, which went off
with great éclat. On Saturday a general meeting of
the club was held at the Club-house, and amongst
other matters brought before the members the race
for schooners for the 001. prize, won on Tuesday by
the 31araquita, was awarded to the Georgiana,
second vessel, the 3faraquita having topped her
boom before the starting gun fired. The schooner
yacht Viking, Colonel Stirling, was ran into by the
barque James Holmes, bound for London from
the West Indies, and cut down to the water's edge.
The yacht made for Newhaven in a sinking state.
All hands saved.
A TESTIMONIAL TO MAJOR-GENERAL WINDHAM
from the county of Warwick has been decided on.
A committee, of which Lord Leigh is chairman, is
taking the necessary steps.
A STAINED-GLASS WINDOW has been placed in
Lincoln Cathedral to the memory of the late Sir
Riebard Armstrong, K.C.B. Sir Richard Armstrong
was an old and distinvished Peninsular hem, and
was lately appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Presidency of Madras, but the infirmities of age
prompted him to resign. He sailed for England,
but died en the voyage off the Island of St.. Helena,
at the age of seventy-two.

THE AGAPENONE INMATES convened an extraordi-
nary meeting last week, at the Clarence Hotel,
Bridgewater. The Rev. S. Starkey, G. R. Thomas,
and J. Cohl attended from the Agapemone, and
several of their followers were also present. The
Rev. S. Starkey in a slow and impressive manner set
forth the "principles "of this deluded sect. One
pasage of his address is sufficient to show the
blasphemous nature of their creed. Mr. Starkey
said :

The Son of Man bath so loved the earth that he bath
given His owe Spirit, that whosoever believeth in Him
shall not die, but be alive, and abide the coming of the
Prophet. Behold He cometh? If any man believe in
Him he is a new creature; •old things have passed away—
all things are become new. The Son of Man was in the
Holy Ghost reconciling the flesh unto himself, and bath
given unto Brother Prince the ministry of reooociliation.
Now, then, I am the messenger of the Holy Ghost untu
you. The Lord of Hosts came and sent and proclaimed
that the day of grace was past, and the Gospel dispense.
thin ended; and, thus left, the world and the professing
Church were like Ephraim of old when be said, " Let him
alone." But He, to whom a thousand years are as one
day, was not idle. Chris:, in His flesh, was at the Agape-
moue, where he had gathered His people, who had pre-
pared for his coming; and the door was stint and did
what God purposed it should do—it judged the Church
•nd tbo Wprld, and •bni cheat in,