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THE PnEss, OCTOBER 23, 1858.

his body. The sepoys, seeing their plans frustrated, next
made for the officers' compounds, not the 82nd and cavalry
lines. Captain Penn's having brought up the llth Pun-
iant, Infantry, that officer and Lieutenant Hogg, of the
Fusiliers, proceeded to sweep the cantonments, the oth
Irregular Cavalry moving on the flank next the parade-
ground. The Punjaubees went at the Pandies with right
goad will, never neglecting, after shooting n sepoy, to
constitute themselves heirs and residuary legatees to all
the money, ornaments, &c., found on the bodies, which
varied in amount from 40 to 400 rupees. The vepoys now
ran for their lives, scattering over the country ; they
were not cut up by the cavalry, as they might easily have
been; for this wany causes are assigned, but, in the
absence of proof, nothing should be asserted with certainty.
Want of orders is one of the reasons adduced, with some
show of justice.
The casualties on our side are :—Brigadier Far.
quaharson, slightly wounded by slugs; Ist Bombay
Fusiliers, Lieutenant Mules, killed, and six men
wounded ; Royal Artillery, four men killed, four
wounded.—'these men were wounded by the sepoys
firing from their huts with muskets taken from the
guard of the 11th Punjaubees.
The latest intelligence from Mooltan states that
only a few stragglers of the sepoys remain unac•
counted for, the police and the villagers having de-
stroyed the main body, which separated into two
divisions, the one ascending the Sutlej, and the other
going down the Chenaub. Rut 125 men refused to
join in the mutiny, and these chiefly belong to the
tf2nd Regiment.

Great Western Railway to Windsor, and pr oceeded
to Frogmore on a visit to her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent.

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF DERBY have during
the week entertained a succession of visitors at
Knowsley. The circle included the Earl of Carlisle,
Lord and Lady John Russell and the Misses Russell,
Lord Henry Scott, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry,
the Right lion. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole and Miss
Walpole, Sir Robert and Lady Emily Peel, Sir
Roderick Murchison, &c.

THE EARL OF MALMESIHIRY Will, it iS expected,
transact business at the Foreign-office to-day.
THE EARL NELSON has met with an accident by
the accidental explosion of his gun while out
shooting in the grounds of Trafalgar-house. One of
his hands received an injury, which is not, however,
likely to prove serious.
LORD LYONS has, we are happy to statel recovered
from his recent illness.
MR. SECRETARY WALPOLE has returned to London
from a visit to the Earl of Derby, at his seat,
Knowsley-hall, Lancashire.
A MATRIMONIAL. ALLIANCE is arranged to take place
between Lady Emma Stewart, second daughter of the
Earl of Galloway, and Mr Tollemache, eldest son of
Mr. John Tollemache, M.P. for Cheshire.
THE MARRIAGE OF SIR EDMUND Fu.MER, BART.,
East Sutton, Kent, with the Hon. Miss Mary
Georgians Caroline Hiil, daughter of Lord and Lady
Marcus Hill, of Chesham-street, was solemnized at
St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on Thursday.
The marriage ceremony was performed in a very im-
pressive manner by the Rev. John Rashdale, M.A.,
minister of Eaton Chapel, the bride being given
away by her father, in the presence of a brilliant
assembly of the aristocracy. The bride was attired
in a magnificent dress of white silk ; headdress
consisting of a wreath of white roses, white lilies, and
orange flowers, and a square veil of Brussels lace.
The bridesmaids were dressed in robes of white
tarlatan, with a wreath of ivy and red roses. A
grand dejeuner was given by Lord and Lady Marcus
Hill, at their mansion in Chesham-street, Eaton•
square. In the afternoon the happy pair, after re-
ceiving the congratulations of their friends, travelled
by special train to Orobersley Court, Worcestershire,
the seat of Lord Sandys.

ralitttal.

THE RIGHT HON. W. BERESFORD, ALP., AND

MR. DU CANE IN ESSEX.
THE annual festival of the Hinckford Conservative
Club took place last week at Castle Hedingham in
this village, and was more numerously attended by
the resident gentry and farmers of Essex than has
been the case for many years. At the dinner, which
took place in the evening, Mr. T. J. Miller, M.P.,
presided, and was supported by Major Beresford,
M.P., Mr Du Cane, M.P., Sir C. Crespigny, Colonel
Brice, &c. After the usual loyal toasts,
Col. BRIBE proposed " Her Majesty's Ministers,"
and having eulogised all they had done except the
admission of the Jews, be thus adverted to Reform
Is the present state of reform satisfactory? Is it not
the fact that at present we have only 144 members f,r
counties, and 310 for boroughs and cities ; and is it not also
the fact that each member of a county represents 3,263
electors, while each borough member only represents 1,220?
Look at the income returns, and, taking the question in a
property point of view, you will find that the 144 represent
no less than 54,000,0001. of property, while the 319 repre-
sent only 35,000,0001.
The toast having been drunk standing amidst loud
cheers, " The health of the members for the northern
division of the county " was proposed by Mr.
MAJENDIE.

Mr. BERESFORD, M.P., in responding thus referred
to his support of Lord Palmerston :
I considered it my duty, and I stated it was my inten-
tion, to render an ample support to the Minister then at the
head of affairs, because he had upheld the country and the
honour of the country under dangerous and difficult
circumstances. He showed also at that time a promptitude,
a firmness, and a determination to maintain the power of
the country and the integrity of our empire, which in-
duced me to tender him an honest and independent
support, not as a Ministerial hanger-on, nor an admirer
of his general politics, of which I was still an opponent,
but as the honest and energetic vindicator of England and
the integrity of the Queen's dominions.

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Speaking of the accession to power of the present
Ministry the right hon. gentleman proceeded :
I thought it right to give that support which I bad
tendered to Lord Palmerston, from whom I diffdred on
many points, to those with whom I agree on so many.
I wish I could say I agree with them on all, but I cannot,
I honestly confess, conceal from myself, and I should be
wanting in truth and candour if I eudeavoured to conceal
from you, that on some few points I cannot sympathize
with all the measures which hare emanated—l cannot

support every principle that has been enounced by the
present Government since they have acceded to office.
Much lies been said in regard to that, but in this room to.
night—l say it here now, on the spur of the moment,
that I am •ain enough still to think that in any point on
which • difference of opinion does exist, I bare adhered
more strictly, and have not repudiated so much in any point
my former political creed and principle as her Majesty's
Government have done. Notwithstanding that, I say it
here, and I am not ashamed to say it openly, I have
supported that Government where I could, and I shall
continue to give them that support as long as they adhere
to Conservative measures and Conservative principles.
Having narrated the course which he had pursued
on the Conspiracy Bill and the India Bill, Mr
Beresford touched on the coming measure of Parlia.
mentary Reform :

I believe it to be as easy to predict tho winner of the
Derby next year as to foretell the character of the pro-
raised Reform Bill. When it is produced by her Majesty's
Government I trust I shill act in such a way as may be
most advantageous to the great interests of the nation, and
the benefit of the constituencies at large. If this bill only
realizes what has been said about it, all I can say is
that it will be a most wonderful and miraculous specimen
of legislation, for I have heard it said that it is to suit all
parties and be pleasing to all classes. If so, let us accept
it at once. But if Parliament does pass a bill which is
pleasing to all parties it would be hardly fair to a Parlia-
ment which had passed a measure of that sort to consign
itself to oblivion. I cannot see the justice of that. If a
Reform Bill were merely an acknowledgment of their in-
efficiency, they ought, perhaps, to pass it; but if they pus
a bill which shall give satisfaction to every one, then their
last act will givs the strongest possible contradiction to the
character they will probably give themselves in the pre-
amble of the bill.

Mr. Du CANE, B 1.1)., also returned thanks. He
attacked the Whig party for its conduct in powzr and
its conduct in opposition, and said, that without
pledging himself to any details of a measure of Reform
that might be brought forward, he should support
any measure which comprised among its provisions a
moderate and judicious extension of the county
franchise, and which should also afford a wider and
freer scope to the elements of education, intelligence,
property, and numbers than at present existed in our
representative system ; but be denied that there was
any moderation in a measure like Mr. Locke King's,
which arrived at that fatal fallacy, uniformity of
suffrage, which would prove the complete destruction
of the legitimate influence exercised by the landed
property of the country.
Sir W. BOViYER &aunt, in responding to the toast
of his health, also addressed himself to the question
of a new Reform Bill. Three courses--as was very
often found out in the House of Commons—could, he
thought, he pursued in the matter. With regard to
the first, we had been living for twenty-five years
under what was called the settlement of 1832. Now,
were they satisfied and contented with that settle-
ment ? He confessed he was not, and he believed
the Conservatives were always opposed to the settle-
ment of 18.32. A Reform Bill was going to be pro-
posed by her Majesty's Ministers. About this some-
thing was known, because its tendency had been
described by the most eloquent and eminent man in
the House of Commons—he referred to Mr Disraeli—
who spoke of a Reform Bill thus

A measure which shall not be a mere party measure,
which shall not be devised merely to prop up a facti3n,
which shall not be invented merely to increase the
political importance of a political section, but a measure
which deals largely and completely with all those questions
connected with the subject which are entitled to considera-
tion will, I trust, recommend itself to all temperate,
rational, and sober•minded men as a measure adequate to
the occasion.

The settlement of 1832 had been very properly
described as a disfranchisement, as a good many
boroughs of Tory principles were disfranchised, while
otkers in the interest of the Whig party were enfran-
chised. If the measure proposed by the Government
was like that described by Mr. Disraeli, he recom-
mended his honourable friends to pass it, as it would
contain the best terms they were eviir likely to be
able to extort in the form of a Reform Bill. He
thought the moderate men in the house would pro-
bably combine to take such a measure as a fair settle-
ment—he referred, for instance, to Mr. Gladstone, Sit
James Graham, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Milner
Gibson, Mr. Horsman, &c.

" The Hinckford Association " (acknowledged by
the Rev. J. Cox) and several other local toasts were
proposed and responded to. The proceedings, in fact,
extended over several hours.

THE EARL OF HARDWICKE ON OUR
NATIONAL DEFENCES.
AT the dinner which followed the annual meeting of
the Western Cambridgashire Agricultural Associa-
tion, at Kneesworth,
The Earl of HARDWICKE, in responding to the
toast of " The Navy," made a speech on our national
defences. He said the condition of the British navy
was now such as it had never been in the times of
heir sires ; and though such condition was to be