The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-31 00:00:00

THE ROEBUCK TESTIMONIA,

FO AT

A public meeting for the purpose of promoting the
iMwd.d testimonial to Jobs Arthur Roebuck, M P.,
use hold is the Sheikh* Connell-hall cm Weduesiay
evening._

The MaTOl, ea Wing the shah, said that ever sine he
begs. to take as Meerut is polities he bad kaolin Mr. Roe-
buck by mate es a gentleman devoting rare talents and
rare with • somewhat rare integrity, to the public
service el tits reentry. (Hear, ben) Of late years he
had henna Mr. Rena& es eenneeted with the representa-
ties of the lestmoli K ShelleM, is a saner which
be thought was heameable bath to hies sad to his con-
stitsesey. As their tegessestative he had claimed to
minim his own judgment sad his owa IMUCielie• in
Miss sad speakisi, and they ow their put had
willsgly treated him to et se. It mated, thinks*, fit
HMI they .build sew suggest some testimosial that
Medi work the vane put epos his nitride and
riasrabies services thrssgh • loss period of life.
isebeisk bed sot bees merely • member Les Balk sr •
ameba kr 'Wield, bat e member of the peiMsesse el
Wend I tbereihne the semmittee wen willing thet tem
st my mann shoull be veseleed from say
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list be (the aset biped they weld raise some-
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MMIS Mr. Iftebsok. (Applause.)
Allem* MIMI lay* moved a reeeluties aspressive ff
the valsaMs Isrliaineatary senior of Mr. Reebok said
that it was sessethia mere tbes twenty yeas sissei Mr.
bashed' as psrlfmwt. He wee retuned Mr Both is
1832, sod lest Ms seat la the emend elosies et 1110. He
was Isis salnemsd at the amend Maass MUM. 1118=
Isat la seat at es resent deities of 1047, awl
ddisig bit ss bar ewe is ISO ; and the Maumee at Mr.
21191•111111Oest at all wasting v eves=
Is was as- of It The efbat
Is paellemest wee meet meted, ea Ids
return ea both occasiebe Ass Mooted, by
as unesimose f«lia ofmappobalisa frees ail aides of
the how es Ms hissentl els/min tbst bewoms
sash mesas my diem ME s sisle=ips=
yobbo. they were emesises lbst him lb*
as ial, well-odseebele wolf I~sasd.asd, shrew
as hamat statesman. (Cbsess.) It.,add be
by dof them that on all the pest swede= MIMI bad
bus esibited during the lapartu7gyeess. Slim iselmek hod
Mims a yeessisent part. Om be might lON Is. be-
ing, it was distinctly adve to la Me ressisties—Mr.
Iselmelee advocacy of what was embed their atiesial
istereits. The principles of seleadal poillezzras
Mr. Roebuck laid down to the Hew of
twenty years ago, sod which probably did set at that time
seam the approbation of t Wrty mambere of the home,
were now the avowed pies of the eamiameial pelley of
the 'essay—the pls. on whit! sloes the saM it was
eafe mad worthy Zagliahams to be —principles
es whisk aloes they meld Ms *Moslem could either grew
tato great stets., or is whisk they meld be beselletal to
themselves and cease to be a bard., to the asether-conan7.
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Now U that were the only good whisk Ik. bobs* bsd
aceemplished, he wield gull have ma a wt: of Mgh
hooter and iseetimable yenta. He 1M Mat •Mlifyille that
they had say idea of rem seiggiullog Mr. iselsalt Is a peen-
sissy petit of view; that would be perhetiy Imgeseible.
Foe what saw they ? They sew a mem—e rarer is every
sense of the term—an Englishman, meetally end bodily—
who led devoted twenty years of the prime of his life to the
service of his 'misery. To talk of remunerating that man
in a pecuniary mese would be absolutely out of the quali-
ties. The value of a testimonial of the kind contemplated
was not is its pecuniary worth ; it woo in its spwtaneously
Bowie. from the hearts of the people; it was that it should
NANO not only the party to whom Mr. Roebuck belonged,
bed 1101111111“ of men of the sprat* party ; and be was glad
WM hem the subectiptiam list that men of eomprehensive
efeweeesseettid with the opposite party, eassidered Kr.
Illesbeek worthy of • teedeessiol. (Apgiesse.) He was
eery glad that the working elm. bad galled that meeting.
They wen all owe that 144 Meobsehl ed. sod vet. had
wee has hurl es the die et Medea, of aisseeeneet, of
=M(Lend sheep) Fttii value it sushi • seise tied
ote es Mr. Roebuck sin the Rine el Commose, who
sews tell? That was a point he wished poems to reflect a
Ode epee. Ern they bad in the Hewn ef Commas a
111111116Niad to nate in ability, second to SNIP k power
el espeeesing that ability. They had this nes dowaehmi the
winded his time to the welfare of the nation. Mr. Roebuck
Waage eras belonging to the aristocratic class, nor yet to
the elviroyed aristocracy, but a man who having secured that
Meolnitito competency with which every wise man would he
eenteet, devoted the whole of his abilities to the service of
the public without any fee, pay, or reward. (Vociferous
cheering.) He had heard to his great sorrow, and with
some indignation, friends say, " Why talk of a testimonial to
Mr. Roebuck ?" These testimonials, they said, were be-
coming so common that they were quite a aghast*. Well,
suppose he wore to admit that, he still said that he wished
they could see Englishmen et the studies and mark of John
Arthur Roebuck became quite isogamete. (" Hear," and
beldame). His name had never been MONO from the di-
vision when any question was at stake which involved the
honour of his country or the welfare of his countrymen.
It was proposed that a sum of money should be raised, to
pettiest a toadstools' to Mr. Roebuck, to be held by him
and his family after him ; and also that some likeness of
Mr. Roebeek himself—either a bust or a portrait—should be
takes and deposited in one of their public halls. (Haar,
hear.) He had no doubt that everytbing necessary to seeste
both them objects would be obtained. He was anxious that
the subscriptions should take as wide a raoge as possible;
and therefore they would pardon him for ropes!inn that the
shillings of the working men would .:pees/ as mash as the
larger offerings of those who could sifted to do more.
Mr. Joust WILSON (a working man) seconded the resolu-
tion, which was carried veauimously, amidst loud applause.
Y. T. Warns, Eq. (Master Catler elect), proposed the
re appointment of the committee previously elected to sow
duet the obtaining of subscriptions, with the oddities of
the following potholes :—T. N. Mocks, Sutphen &en,
John Wilma, James Wilson, Joshua Sykes, Beojamin
Hainfords, Thomu Renshaw, Henry Turner, Joseph
Barton, John Elliott, Andrew Birks, Emory Iff...tenholin,
and George Osllimore.
Mr. &rocas wended the motion.
Mics•n• Bus. supported the resolution, sad passed
• warm salsa ee Mr. Roebuck.
The resolWest was serried unanimously, end • vote of
' thanks to the mare IN presiding eoncinded the pro-
; media's.