The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-10 00:00:00

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE-

MENT OF SCIENCE.

BELFAST, WIDNESDAT EVENINO.
The business of the several sections, with the ex-
ception of the geological one, terminated yesterday, and
the whole proceedings of the association will be brought to
an agreeable wind-up this evening by a festive entertain-
ment in the Music Hall. To-morrow a large party will
set out for the Giant's Causeway.

SECTION 0.-0 EOLOO T.
Colonel Portlock, president of this section, took the chair
at eleven o'clock. _

Among the papers read during the day were a " Report
on Crag Formations and Coprolltet," in a letter from Mr.
Long; Mr. Smith. of Jordan-bill, "On the Conditions
under which Boulders occur in Scotland;" Mr. Bryce,
"On the Disposition of Granite Blocks in Argyllshire;"
Professor Nichol, " On the Occurrence of Glacier Moraines
in Arran ;" Major Vicaray, of Wexford, "On the Geology
of a portion of the Himalaya Mountains," communicated
by Sir R. I. Murchison ; Mr. H. Twining, " On some Pecu-
liaritiet of the Granite in certain parts of the Pyrenees."

0 ZOLOGICAL 7H1601.Y.

Mr. H. Hennessy, .1. Cork, made a verbal statement of
his views relative to some points of geological theory. lie
referred to the influence of geographical and astronomical
causes on the climate of the earth at different geological
epoelts.
Several recommendations of the general committee hay-
Inebee n confirmed, the meeting was adjourned until August
or September, 1853, to be held then in Hull, the exact day
to be hereafter determined.

The concluding meeting of the association was held at
three o'clock, in May-street Presbyterian Church. There
was a numerous assembly on the platform, but le the body
of the building the attendance was by no means so crowded
as at the opening meeting.
Colonel Sabine occupied the chair. He commenced the
proceedings by stating the several appointments which had
been made as to presidents and officers, and the various
transactions of the committees during the week.
Mr. Boyle, general secretary, then reed a report of the
recommendations confirmed by the general committee.
The Chairman observed. that the members of the Asso-
ciation could not but perceive, from the increasing number
and importance of those recommendations, the increasing
importance of the Association. It had been felt as an in-
convenience, that persons could not be in all the sections, so
as to hear what took place in each of them ; but, in some
degree to remedy that, the Rev. Dr. Robinson had been
requested to give an account of what passed under his no-
tice, it being understood, however, that the account was
not to be understood as embodying all the transactions of
the sections, but only what had been observed by the ee-
-1 verend gentleman.
l'rofessor Phillips, at the request of the chairman, then
' gave a statistical account of the number of members and
associates, and other facts connected with the present posi-
tion of the Association, as compared wi-h the last year.
From the details it appeared that the Association has made
considerable progress. Having mentioacd the great in
crease of lady associates, and other facts, the report stated
that the total number of tickets issued last year at Ipswich
was 711 ; and at Belfast 1.108. The total sum received at
this meeting was 1,106/., which exceeded the receipts of last
year by about 4001.
The Rev. Dr. Robinson observed that the flourishing
statement just given was sufficient to give him spirit' to pro-
ceed with his task if it was necessary. It was impossible
for him to do full justice to the proceedings of the sec-
tions, hut even if he were to attempt to describe u he
ou ht the number of interesting facts which ho had previ-
ously observed, he found he would weary them out. After
the opening address of the Pmideat, it was scarcely neces-
sary to remind them that the investigations pursued divided
annul,. a into two important classes. The first were those
which led to the development of general principles of know-
ledge, and opened up to the philosopher some new and well-
tried fields of enterprise The second class were those
which involved the application of science and art, which
ministered to the wants of society and the industrial eel •
gentles of life. The reverend gentleman then glanced at
the various sections, commencing with the first or mathe-
matical section, and expressing the pure and unmixed
sstislaction with which he contemplated the progress of
future science, from the men—such as Stokes, Thomp-
son, and other distinguished names—whom he saw
assembled in it, and engaged on its committee.
Having dwelt upon the importance of this science, he
observed that amongst the communications received,
that of Professor Stokes, in his plan, held the first place,
for the light which it threw upon those phenomena which
had engaged the attention of Hemphill and Brewster' lie
regarded this as a third epoch in the history of light, and
opening a field of which they could scarcely anticipate the
end. He could see already a host of practical applications
of which it was susceptible. Not less interesting, sod even
more exciting, were the donations of drawings and the ob-
servations of Lord Rosee upon celestial nebula, and the
interest which his presence evinced, and the information
which he afforded. In testimony of the extraordinary
wonders which these discoveries had excited, he observed,
that when a young friend of his first saw one of those
strange nebula he returned thanks to his Creator for having
hem permitted to see a wonder which had never before been
NCI by man. Having then referred to the communications
of Rankin, Thompson, and others, and the meteorological
facts stated by Colonel Sykes in reference to India, and the
report of Dr. Lloyd and Mr. Haughton upon the climate of
Ireland, hen:included his notice of Section A, by noticing
the ascents made at the instance of the association in Mr.
Green's balloon. Having noticed the disgusting exhibitions
in connexion with balloons, which had made them ridicu-
lous, and expressed his gratification that even upon this
amount the emaciation had adopted this means of
scientific inquiry, he alluded to the important results
which might be expected in estimating the condition of the
atmosphere, and referred to the circumstances of several
seronau tie sisseis, sad the extraordinary observations which,
in some insamenee were made. The first two of • series of
explorations bad bees made in the Nassau balloon, and he
trusted they would be continued. After describing the
contemplations of Mr. Walsh and Mr. Green in the course
of their ascents, and dwellii.g upon their remarkable cool-
ness, adventure add chivalry, under the peculiarities of bal-
looning, the reverend gentleman proceeded to advert to the
principal features of the next section. He alluded to his
efforts to have chemistry introduced as a portion of the un-
dergraduate mune of college, and, urging the great im-
portance of the study of chemistry, he observed 'hat, in a
theoretic point of view, the moat interesting communication
was that on the subject of Endosmose, by Professor Gra-
ham. Another thing which he thought worthy of notice
was a paper upon a test for soda, invented by Dr. Andrews,
the beauty and efficiency of which he warmly eulogised.

LAW OP DIVORCE IN FaattcE.--The tribunal of
Beauvais disposed the other day of a remarkable case. A
certain Monsieur T. ill-treated his wife from the very eons-
mencement of their union. Himself addicted to debauchery,
he often made his own home the scene of his riotous ex-1
comes. On one occasion, when gaming with one of his
guests, he offered his wife as his stake. The offer was
accepted, the game played, and the slake lost. The de-
praved husband at once pryceeded to deliver the forfeit, by
conducting the winner to his wife's chamber. In her terror
she made her escape by the window. Some time afterwards
he repeated the outrage. Madame T. fled to the house of
her parents, and took up her abode there. When she in-
hatted their fortune, her selfieh husband wished to share
it. and commenced a legal suit to compel her to return
I under his roof. She defended herself, proved the facts,l
and obtained a decree of separation for both person and pro-
MAY.
UAUTION9 FOR TRAVIELLRIIII.—A correspondent
says :—" Our tourist countrymen should beware of the re-
commendations of railway porters and omnibus conductors
in favour of certain hotels. Among the crowds of English
who have been tempted, by the celerity and economy of the
route, to visit Paris per Dieppe this summer, many are of
course wholly inexperienced, aced utterly unable to explain '
themselves in French. Such have been entrapped at Rouen I
by the landlord of a third rate commercial inn, situate in a
part of the town where the stench, both night and day,
would be alone motive enough to keep at a respectful die
team from the spot. This innkeeper pays 30 sous per head
to the porters and conductors for every guest decoyed to hie
home; and if the victim stay. long enough to be well
tweed, the landlord adds soother half franc to the recom-
pense. Rouen has several very good hotels, able to afford
English travellers those comforts to which they are accue•
tamed at home. Persons making their first continental
tour would do well, before they leave Engler d, to get the
address of a good hotel at each stopping place."
A MAIIRIAOR PORTION FUND. The British
Friend, the organ of the Society of Friends, gives a
notice of a somewhat singular fund—a "fund for re-
moving obstructions to matrimony among the lower clam"
of Friends. A sum of 1,8001. has been rai•ed, the interest
of which is to he disposed of according to the original pur-
pose,en "übnyd:andeedpailmotlol
eevnetaryre.t: inton abLthmeansubact
membersears
of certain meetings, provided they ar'is nwot oo
ther-
wise worth 301. When the money is short, women are to
be preferred to men, and spinsters and bachelors to widows
and widower. The stock of this Marriage Company is lent
on mortgage. The names of the subscribers to the fund
are given.
Tim. CHANNEL ISLAND4.—The French Minister
I of Police has ordered that Frenchmen landing in the Foi-
-1 lish islands of the Channel with passports obtained in
France, must procure the visa of the French vice-consul of
Jersey, without which they shall not be allowed to land on
the French coast.

INAUGURATION OF THE PEEL STATUE
AT BURY.

A fine statue of bronze of the late Sir Robert Peel
has been tweeted Mahe Market-square of Bury, Lancashire,
and on Wirdnesdaste ceremony of inauguration attracted
an imoiense concourse of pesple from all parts of the town
and neighbourhood. The effigy is 10 fest high, awl the
attitude easy but emaniatialing. The statesman is repro-
seated standing with his kit hand resting upon his side,
the right hand slightly raised and extended, t'te chest well
thrown out, and the uncovered head, though erect, is
natural and lite-like. The attire is that so generally worn
' by Sir Robert, and the peulptor, Mr. E. 11. /daily, R.A.,
! has succeeded in placing the open surtaut in a
I manner exceedingly characteristic of the late statesman's
mode of wearing that article of his dress. The features
were pronounced by most of thole who should be able to
form & judgment to be good and truthful. As it whole, the
figure appears rather massive in breadth, but it is un-
doubtedly a noble monument; and placed as it is in the
centre of the town, which was Sir Robert Peel's birthplace,
it will posse** greater interest, perhaps, than most of the
statues that have been erected. flee money paid to the ar-
tist is 2,500!. The figure rests upon a piece of rock work in
bronze, IS inches high, Owed upon a square pedestal of
Aberdeen grey granite 12 feet high. In front of the pedes-
tal the four letters composing the name " l'erl " stand out
in granite, and are surmounted by the arms of the family.
On the two sides of the pesketel are bronze has reliefs, one
representing " Commerce," the other " Navigation ;" and
at the back is an inscription, giving the memorable words
used by Sir Robert when moving the repeal of the
corn laws: "It may be that I shall leave a name sometimes
remembered with expressions of good will in the abodes of
those whose lot it is to labour, end to earn their daily bread
by the sweat of the r brow, when they shall recruit their
exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the
sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of in-
justice."

Chamber Hall, the house in which Sir Robert l'eel was
born, is situate about a third of a mile from the spot where
the statue has been placed, and it had been arranged that
the authorities of the town, with the committee and other
par lea joining in the cer, mony, should assemble on the
lawn in front of thie buileing. he hall is now the resi-
denceof Edmund Hardman, E-q., who is also occupant of
the extensive print works doer by, which also were once the
property of the Peels. It is a double-frunte d square looking
substantially built mansion of brick, two stories high,
standing out from a baek ground of wood, the counterpart
of hundreds of such buildings erected fifty to eighty years
ago, when manufacturers began to make money rapidly,
and could afford to live in greater ease and comfort than
they had been accustomed to. Amongst the easiest of the
gentlemen who congregated on the lawn be fore the house
were noticed Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. John Wilson
Platen, M.P. (who was obliged to leave at an early hour,
however, to be present at a dinner to Mr. Greene, at Lan-
e:eater), Mr. Fred. Peel, M.P. the very Rey. John Peel,
D.D., Dean of Wurce-ter ; Mr. Lwrence Peel, Mr. Bagley,
President of the Manchester 'lmmix,. of Comm ; Mr.
Edmund Grundy, of the Wylde; and Mr. Bally, the
sculptor. A great number of the magistrates of the division
were also present, with the improvement commissioner' of
the borough, and $4 viral ledges of freemasons and odd
fellows. The company were shown the bedroom in which Sir
Robert Peel was born, a spacious and lofty apartment look-
ing to the west, over • large expanse of lawn, iind a num-
ber of extensive reservoirs upon the old print. works. They
were also taken to an older portion cf the mansion, with
narrower passages, smaller rooms, less elevated ceilings,
but certainly not less substantial in its brick and mortar
construction, where is the room into which th 3 tuture states-
man was first convey oil aft, r birth, an apartment now used
as a library and smoking-room.
A little before two o'clock the procession formed in front
of Chamber Hall, in the following order.—Band of music;
the Independent Order of Oil i Fellows; the Free Masons;
the Band of the 4th Regiment ; the Bury Improvement
Commissioners; the magistrates of the division; the com-
mittee, sculptor, invited guests, and subscribers to the mo-
nument. In this order the procession at once moved forward
into the town and into Market-square. The monument
steeds immediately in front of th- parish church, and
• large space had been railed off in front and behind it, for
the company forming the procession. A email platform
hod been raised for the speakers taking part in the cere-
mony, between the monument and the church, and txhind
this an extensive and lofty gallery, which was filled with
ladies. The people assembled in the square and its ap-
proaches were probably not less than 20,000 in number, and
the windows and balconies and house-tops all around a ere
crowded by multitudes of persons of all ages. The scene
was exceedingly animated and impressive. About a quarter
past 2 o'clock the military band struck up "Rule Bri-
tannia," the statue was unveiled, and the ass, mblage broke
forth into a loud cheer, whilst the bells of the church gave
forth an effective peal from the steeple close by.
Mr. EDMUND GRUNDY, chairman of the commit-
tee by whom the subscriptions were raised, then
addressed the as-emblage.
Mr. OPENSIIAW, on behalf of the improvement com-
missioners, formally accepted the trust, and paid a short
tribute to the memory of the great statesman.
Mr. THOS. BAZLEY, President of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce, also briefly addressed the af41:01.
blw, saying that he did so with mingled feelings of regret
and exultation—with regret that in the inscrutable dispensa-
tion of providence they had lust so great and good a bene-
factor, and with exultation because he saw in it a proof that
a nation could be grateful for benefits received. lie
thanked them for raising this tribute to the splendid
and undying services of Sir Robert Peel. His services
were recorded in his deeds; and his deeds outlived him for
their satisfaction and their prosperity. It might be a fit-
ting occasion to remind many of them that only • few years
ago the most melancholy spectacle was witnessed in this
enterprising town of Bury—that of men physically capable,
willing, and actually desirous of sustaining themselves by
their own industry, being prevented by the untortunate
state of the fiscal laws of this country. Thanks to the
great statesman whose memory they were me: to honour,
those laws were changed, end they all recollected the magic
change which had been thereby effected, both in the physi-
cal condition and the moral habits of the people. He con-
trasted the happy, contented, well-clothed and well-fed
people of the present day with the wretchedness and want
so largely prevailing before the corn laws were ',pealed,
and retired amidst much applause.
The boys from the Grammar School sung the national
anthem, and this closed the ceremony of inauguration.
The workin: people were now enabled to get a closer
view of the statue, and continued to crowd about it to a late
hoar in the evening. The political feelings arising out of
the late election have not entirely subsided, and it was said
that the cheers given iu presence of the new member, when
the statue was uncovered, were hardly worthy of the occa-
sion, from lungs such es the people of Bury possess, and the
reason given was, a fear that the nature of the cheers should
be mistaken. Thiy amply compensated for this later on,
however, and the singular scene was witnessed fur hours
afterwards of crowds of people collected around the inani-
mate effigy of the statesman to whom they owe so much,
cheering and shouting tiU their voices were hoarse with the
exertion. •
_ . _

The event was afterwards celebrated by two public dirt-
' nets, one at the Albio t Inn, and the other at the Town
Hall. The latter, which was at first supposed to be a
dinner in honour of Mr. Frederick Peel, the new member
for Bury, but which the committee say was never so in-
tended, was that which drew together the principal com-
pany. Mr. Grundy, of the Wylde, presided, and on his
lft were the Very Rev. Jonn Peel, D.D., Dean of Wor-
cester, Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P., Mr. Bailey, mid Mr. R.
Peel Willock. On the right were Mr. Joshua Knowles,
Mr. Thomas Wrigley, Captain Hort, and Mr. Bally (the
sculptor). We also saw present Mr. Richard Ashton, Mr. J. R.
Kay, Mr. Thomas Calrow, Mr. J. W. Swann-kit, Mr. John
LOOISZ, Mr. Edmund Grundy, of Bridge-hall, Mr. Wm.
Grant, Mr. William Open•haw, and Mr. Hardman. Letters
of apology were read from the Duke of Welliogton, Sir J.
Graham, Lord Ellesmere, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and
other distinguished men.
Captain HORT having responded to "The Army and
Navy,"
The CHAIRMAN proposed "The Clergy and Ministers
of all denominations."

The Rev. Mr. BOUTFLOWER, in responding, said he
had no difficulty in connecting that toast with the great oc-
casion which had brought them together that day, for no
statesmanship could be sound which was not connected with
religion. He alluded to the exertions of the lamented
statesman in the cause of religion, and in ameliorating the
condition of the poor. He had left behind him a name
which would still survive when the granite pedestal, and
the broom statue which rested upon it, had ceased to re-
mind them of it. ((heers.)

Mr. THOMAS HAZLEY, President of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce, rose to propose ^ The immortal
memory of the late Sir Robert Peel, to he receired in
solemn silence. Ha had to encounter some embarrassment

from the aheence of hie friend, Mr. Brotherton ; and he
assured them that he felt like some pilgrim who had wan-
' dered to the shrine of a great and good man, there to pour
out his feelings of gratitude for the services which he be-
lieves himself to have been rendered by the person to whom
he was desirous of showing his testimony of respect. flar-
ing, in his public position, hvd frequent opportunities of
waiting upon the late Sir Robert Peel, on business of
great public importance, and especially in reference to
the great changes which he was most instrumental in effect-
ing in the commercial policy of this country. Ile believed
that Sir Robert Peel hod readered to his country greater
services than any statesman who ever preceded him in the
office and tumours that devolved upon him. (Cheers.) It
had been his pride and pleasure to sit at the same board
with the late right hon. and distinguished baronet, u •
member of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the
Industry of All Nations, and he could assure them that his
duties were most cheerfully performed, and that the
services he rendered to that Exhibition were of the
moat important kind. Although he did not live
to see the triumph of the Crystal Palace, he did
much to consummate the success of that great na-
tional and world wide exhibition. Under the old firma
system, we were subjected to periods of extreme depression,
and the national glory and greatness were sinking, hut,
like another Cantu., that statesman leaped into the gulf of
party conflict, and rescued and saved his country. (Loud
cheers.) If they glanced for a moment at the services he
rendered, they must have forcibly brought before their
minds the great fact that, as a financial minister, the late
Sir Robert Peel had been unequalled. Directly or indi-
rectly, he reduced the taxation of this country by nearly
ten millions sterling per annum, and yet we had • greater
amount of national revenue than we had before we began
that reduction. (Cheers.) It they looked to our home and
foreign trade they would find that • vast augnientstion wan
the result of the changes he effected ; and he believed the
minimum extension of our trade at home and abroad was
not less than 60 per cent—(cheep)—for before he intro-

anted those chimps ear exports summated to fifty willies*
~,bne per annum, sod now they exceeded upwards of
11,;,anti millieus. He believed the increase in the comforts
• tit, people was fairly represented by the
sae •undue' ; and, though her Majesty's Bode.
1
Gelleflt had dictated that he believed so more
b:::1 was eaten by the people of this moony than
inter, the repeal of the awn laws, he most differ with I
that iintiaguohed lawyer, and tell his he believed the'
...le of this country were eating food fifty per mat. in
tsrew at what they ate throes the repeal. (Cheen.) He
reolleend well that in the towns of Laneashite in owe et
tb,. last periods of depression which they had to Lamm%
Am:. of butchers' meat actually were sold instead of
isi• so, and that pima of beef end mutton no longer the.
oast. n were to be seen displayed on the stalls of the
reuse markets of that county. Ile hoped such • display
.4 hum, trade would never again he witnessed. This%
change had clowned upon them : and they were nod
to the enjoyment of every comfort; their indsetry
as, proninug fur them all that they need, d, and the, Mil
Wore them, he trusted, many years of happier, mid
r.opeeity, not only fur themselves but also for those whin
one after them. (Cheers.) As l'resident of the Menthes-
Clumbs r of Commerce, it s of the most grateful
ad pleasing duties that he was ever called upon to perform,
to sign a letter on behalf of the directors of that chamber,
npriesine the gratitude of the trade and commerce of Man-
(tinter. fir the eminent services rendered by the late Sir
uebert Peel in the changes which he had effected. (Cheers.)
lie would n ad an eztract from • letter which Sir R. Peel
adJfee•4l iu reply to him, in conjunction with his very es-
',wit friend Mr. Alderman Welkin,. then Mayor of him-
cluster. with the view or being presented to the directors of
the slumber.
Drayton Manor, et's July, 1846.
It in indeed to be hoped that one of the happiest results
of the me4sures which hare been sanctioned—as 1 believe
May and ieresue ably sanctioned—by parliament, will be
the ter, iiiation of momently recurring and irritating dis-
co...oos. and the removal of all causes of jealousy and con-
tents.% between thine, who though occupied in different
di partsm, its of industry have interests that are inseparably
n. 1 thank you for the hearty good wishes you
ripe.+ in my welfare. • • • Ile assured that in a
print. station I shall give my continued support to those
pt,nriples of commercial legislation which have been ap-
prove
; "'sally by the tie !unions of reason and by the re•
sults of practical caperiment, and that I shall rejoice in the
prop.... of all measures adopted with due caution and cir.
eignetwetion that shall be calculated, by extending ems.
mem, to give addition sl security for enteral pram, sod by
ensuring their just reward to skill and industry, to lay the
hr.! foundation for the nitrite:teal and moral improvement
of the people."
By tintretract th, scold see very clearly that Sir
R. ben l'ei:'s sagacity °girded the measures of free trade
as a nu .in. to an iflirorrolt end. He foresaw that these
gees r
t principles would le id dinctly to the establehristot
‘ d peace. not only at home, but universal peace on the
while tan of the earth. Ile also foresaw that with the
cr. stun comforts which were necessary for man's
euisistenee. there would come those intellectual attain.
meats, without which man is • degraded being. List week
nillanehe.ter they bad a loretaste of the fulfilment of the
volt, he then espreseed, by the establishment of the Free
Lamle. (Cheers.) (tie attention would now be directed
to the wilt...qua' culture, and to the raising of man from
the degraded position in which ignorance must leave him,
to tl.et important station which he ought to occupy before
his I.eler, and before his fellow.men. (Cheers) With
then n.i.!itnents, be most cordially proposed the toast he
kelpies! oiled.
The CHAIRMAN nest proposed " The Member for the
hope that in his place 111 the House
et Common* Mr. reel would adeoeate every. needful re-
form, sn.l do all in his power to render thee inhabitants of
thie mighty smpire peaceful and prosperous. (Hetet cheer-
ing
Mr. FREDERICK PEEL. M.l'., whe was received with
enthusiastic cheerio", Yen to return his acknowledgments
fur the distinction which the y heel conferred upon bias in
drinking his health in his character of representative of
this town in partials at. and to thank them for the enthu-
siastic—be hail almost .abl affectionate reception with which
they greeted the mention of his same. (Cheers.) It was
naneenairy fur him to mann them in how high an esti-
mating he held the relation 10 which be bad the honour to
stand towards them, and how deep an obligation he con-
sidered himself to he under to those whose exertions bed
placed him in the sity•ttion to which he had been elevated.
,Chrets.) As between a member and his constituents, he
vas not of opinion that the obligation was altogether ones
soled. (Hear, hear.) If they wile served as a teprelenta-
tire ought to hem, there was at least • recipro-
city of obligation. (Cheers.) Mr. Grandy had reminded
him of the onerous character of the duties which had de•
volved upon him. He did not, indeed, presume to mitten-
pate that he should come up to that measure—take which
ever standard they would of the two to which the *air-
man refereed, end by which he (Mr. Peel) acts
they 1.4.1 a right to judge him. That would be atilltbarso
ordinary difliculty. Th, duty of representing an lapertant
coestitneney in parliament was one never lightly ee be us.
ilertaken, nor easily to be fulfilled—(cheers)—but tie 4111.
tufty increased when one represented, as he had Me
tumour to do, a constituency which was all iminelfirctill
intelligecce, all activity, and all animation. (Chese.)
should be emulous oi the character of his aseedieselle. wed
should try to mould himself alter their Mblens.
Ile should endeavour to enter ow llm d ti
his parliamentary duties with dm seam dander
and earnestness which they carried fate the yew
formance of their own avocatiann cord punts
This he knew, that be had at ell events NO peat Wiser
meat to incite him to do his best, and the ma, that he had
the utmost respect fur, and held in the *beet ham" his
constituents. Ile thought he had god seem re be peed
of them he needed no sago sum he biles of
them than the occasion which had idled tam dthd
day. (Cheers) He was posed of she asortiss sett on
menaces which they had :als M retried Ikea
apes the result which they Ira adaliese. mad meat Is
triumph which had crowning Sint etertisns. They bud
erected • states which had dome Mat to themselves, and
served also to evehellish she Sera. They had erected •
statue which, Ilesehs te les admirable art of the accom-
plished scalpels by ids dde—eheere)— wee worthy to sus-
metnorate one who, been then:, hod shed • lustre
and r distinction upith b. Intim town. (Loud cheers.)
Ili connexion by birth with this place, and the
connexion of his (Mr. Peel's) family. with it both
before and since that time, suggested • variety of reflections
cf an interesting nature ; but they had been reviewed with
so much ability an. I eloquence by Mr. Boattlower, that he
telt it unnecessary to dwell upon them. (Cheers.) Bat
boamarable wee it, so to be eseueested with the early cares
of one who, is whatever character he was regarded-mss •
public man, as • statesman. es a representative of the
people, or Ms minister of the crown—was one whose Moth
eels guided and moulded the public opinion of this comae,
most happily for its pesos sad for its prespority--(ch
during a period of forty years, from 1810 to 18507 en
was • period of time which, so most of them would re.
member, was characterised by post chugs, ; by reed..
boas, social, moral, pun itial, isessmaiesl--revolutisitha
in short, unexampled fur their variety, sad for tide
importance ;—(elmers)—revolatioas milleriog •
a. complete almost as from night to-day ; requ
lions making • change so entire, that if • stains
man of 1810 Mr. Percival, for instance —weft IP
come to life again, and see the England of IMO, he men
sot know it sethe: England with which he had hen air
versant. (Cheers.) And yet this cliange,—thealeimnills
him alone ot whom he spoke, but to the whole sommokm of
mat men who in the coarse of that interval of tithe had
°tenpin the seat of power in this country—had bear mild
without any disruption of social order, er iaterforoninteddl
the policy of this country ; changed—
" Like the world's great scene.
When without noise the rising sun,
Night's vulgar lights destroys."
But above all must he be regarded as the author of that
great boon of the year 1846, won at the media ed math
that was dear to every man, and ofrriawih s
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steadies, but is the pursuit and promenades limn we
would have faced greats r obstacles than any width he bed
to encounter, and submitted to greater easdlier Man say
which he made, if he had been called apes se mho theft
so deep sad entire was his conviction of the WOW be.
tenets which were dependent oa the lases a the qualea,
whether or as the trade of this esselet sheet" be use..
cumbered from those fetters width OM boa pureed tb
cramp its energies—(cheers)—to ile 0.
weaken its springs, and to remove, es it men, the quern
endives of its industry. lie (Mr. Peel) knew not who Waft
merit of arrasging the programme of that day's preessibm
hut he felt it was • most felicitous idea to ma ins —go.
enable, in the first instance, at ChesiLsr Hall, the Illenthie-
(disma)—where, as they were aware, that stthiontlin Min
bora. He knew not what reflection attain ham beenemlnlild
in the minds of others, but, adverting to the reaspemilysty
humble character of that dwelling, and to the wedidthowit
early history of his family in this town' he (Mr. Ped)seedd
not bat fell into • train of reflections leading him to
the practical working of our constitution, which •
nue, born with no pride of extrastios—(theers)--inherit-
die no ancestral dignities—(cheins)—but what woe mach
• cum.,' in has bend the credentials of wisdom ado(
virtue —(theeis)—to obtain the loftiest summit of Immo
peer and Mager which mold possibly fat to the
lit of an English subject. It was, indeed, by ne
unworthy nets that he rose to the diatinetion which he ob.
toned. (Hear, hear.) The Esglith people diaoeraed in
him character as well as capacity, qualities of the Inert as
well ea of the head, the virtues villa were omen as well
es them which were liberalliZeters.) '1 hey saw in him
at ta
the of public life, re of private interests, and
siagle.minded in the pursuit of the public good ; and the
Ten of private life, animated by sentiments of religion
ied of morality. (Cheers.) He menfessed that he did
opou this se to him • day of unstilted ottisftetlea.
Ile felt it! to he the reelhaties et the tiniest desire et
hi. mind—the desire to have bolded him a same
which, from Its mattelatiems with public sets of acknow-
-'lited utility, might come to be regarded se an inheritance
..preathed by him to his country. Had that noble aspira-
te* been deemed to disaypelainsat ? Had it set bees
fafilli .1, or, at all events, was it sot is the coarse of a
prompt ',IRAs eempkt• halms( ? (Cheers.) That was
h'• desire, sod they saw mew see aniversal sentiment of
meitinte andadmuntioss. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Peel) who
wee jealous of his dithor's liemear, me a his memory,
ks 4 easier, for the 'Manse of that anathema (Hear.
h. sr) His satiety wee roan that it should have pen-
men... and durability. (Herr, beareialle gestelFal
Uwe lee having erected • statue ewould peens*
" m.feezter eh la the reediest's. el deer desesedeate.
Me fins hod mid that his mem would outlive the
Pnimtal et stem and the eta.e et bemuse whisk steed
apse it. (Hest, WWI It might be INN bus he (Kr. Peel)
,lifeised he eared sit to dive so deep dews Into the moths-
meted depths of Maturity. (Chore.) Nor did ho

treat Or it altogether. After ell,ipeoking-gonerally, @mai-
moot wee • isesimg end a logfellei Wog I this.. as they
knew. oftessit geiniaosol is aim weakened impremlooa. He
Aid, met mean *sem th-t la the soiree of • genitalia. the
;NatWest' which they cherished ao warmly would he eh*.
gether of sod obliterated. No; but it was possible
that they would, be less strongly felt, sad loss strikiagly de-
veloped; Mat was the reason why, he repeated, be was
grateful to them (or having called is the mid of the statuary
I --and such • statuary—to clothe their sentiment with tuns
and passion ; to give to it permanence sad • principle of vi.
tality, and to endow it with the attribute el • substantive
pommy:so. (Cheers.) He felt that la taking that
coarse they had secured the certain trammnission of their
sentiment to their dementlauts, and they had taken
security for that purpose, for by a wise sad provident fore-
Omagh( they had roomeeted that sentiment with the public
ornaments sad *embellishments of their lowa. Succeeding
to this gift of their endowment, be doubted sot that the
00111111ibliJOI rs would guard, with all the vigilant jealous
of an incorporated association, the pubde property which
had been committed to their charge—(lend ebeer,)—and,
so doing, be doubted nut they would cherish with a corre-
sponding solicitude that sentiment, the sentiment of re-
spect and lion which that public property is designed
to be the symbol sad the representative of, and which I
sincerely hope it may be destined to perpetuate and to re-
produce for ever. Wrest cheering.)
Mr. PEEL then rose again to propose the health of Mr.
Walker, the late member for the bormigh. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. R. WALKER, jun., briefly responded to the toast,
and expressed his wish that Mr. Peel might meet with the
same unwavering and respectful attachment from his con-
stituents as it had been the happy fortune of his prede-
cessor to resistive from them. Ile concluded by proposing.
"The health of the members fur the county of Lanca-
shire." (Cheers.
Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., responded. Ile deeply regretted
that his colleagues in the representation of the twenty were
nut there to hear the cheer which was given on the un-
covering of the statue of the lamented Sir Itlbert Peel. It
was not one of boisterous esultauon, or one give. at the
commemoration of • great victory, but a cheer that pro-
ceeded from the heart as a tribute of respect to a departed
friend. (Cheers.)
The Very 1t.,. JOHN PEEL, D.D., Dean of Worcester
(brother of the late Sir Robert Peel), who spoke with great
emotion, said he was quite sure that the toast which he had
now to propose would, atter what they had seen to-day,
command a respectful attention and • cordial reception to
this large and respectable assembly. He had to propose,
"'the Health of the committee Secretary, and Subscribers
to the Bury Sestimosial." (deers.)
Mr. WM. HARPER, the Secretary to the Committee of
the Peel testimonial, briefly responded.
Mr. LAWRENCE PEEL (brother of the late Sir Ro-
bert Peel) said he regretted exceedingly that • loam ab-
sence from this part of the country had rendered him almost
an entire stranger to those whom he had the honour of ed•
dtai.g. (Cheering.) Ample justice had been done
throughout the whole country to the memory of the late
Sir Robert Peel, and he glad te think that the name of Peel
was still to be connected with the town of Bury. (Load
cheers.) He concluded by propeeing " The health of Mr.
Bally, the statuary." (Cheers)
Mr. BAIL/ briefly acknowledged the honour.
Several other toasts were given, and the company &cps- II
rated at about half-past seven o'clock.