The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-07 00:00:00

[Stamped, Id. Additioomi]

NORPOLS POLITICS.

MICH OF BARON BUNSEN.

NORWICH, Oor. I.

The annual meeting of the North Walaham
Agricultural Society was held lest seeking at that town,
acid the chair at the dinner was occupied by Lard Sormix,
who was supported by Sir T. F. Buxton Ohs liberal can-
didate for Lyno), Sir H. Robinson, Colonel Coke, M.P., Mr.
C. Buxton, ALP. Hr. R. Flown, M.P., Baron Bunion
(son of the date dhevalier Bunsen, Pruesian ambeweador),
the Hon. F. Walpole (the cooservative candidate for Lyon),
Mr. J. G. Hoare, the Hoo. and Rev. J. If arbord,

Sr F. Bergrow proposed "The Strangers," emaciatieg
with the taint the name of Baron Bunsen. (Cheers).

Baron Samaras, in respoeding, aid, that if any of those
whom be was addressing were to visit him at has home on
the Rhine, although he should not be able to show them
much among the surrounding farms which would be new
to them, they would all be plowed to see the in • um
of those implements and appliances, and those halite w •
had transformed the shallow, though not unfruitful, soil of
Norfolk iota the very garden of England. He bad asked
himself whether, appearing before them as a German under
the present circumstances, they would not think it very
mean of him if be did not steed up in defence of his
country. (Hear, hear.) He should therefore state his
opinions, and he should be glad if they would kindly and
forbeary forgive him the sins of his opentrymen and
exams him in what he was about to my, from friend-
ship, what they would condemn in others. He wished
his voice were loud enough, and his arguments
weighty enough, to impress than with the strong
conviction be entertained, °Pottery to that ci the majority
of Magitionsia, somely, that the ellestrigaelstelners
bad been at war in the right, that the Danes were in
the wrong, sod that the Germans were bound by
every consideration of self respect and national duty to sever
and save the Slcewig-Holetainers from the oppression of
the Dimes. They might may, supposing it had been a war
of deliverance for the duchies, yet the result bad been
obtained only by sheer numbers, and not by any bravery of
the troops employed. They might also say that the war
had been carried on mercilessly towards the Danes —(hear,
hear)—that it had been carried on very harshly towards the
Bleswig-Holateiners themselves ; and finally, that the
King of Prussia, after having once entered the country, was
going to keep it for himself. (Hear, hear.) To every one
of these accusations he (Baron Bunsen) offered the
most unqualified contradiction. As to sheer num-
bers, he would say what the Germans felt about
that much-abased army. They were all, of what-
ever political creed, proud of possessing young soldiers
who whet suddenly called out in the midst of a winter of
unusual severity had left their comfortable homes, and
proved themselves superior to all dillicultire they enootin•
tared, and who bad marched day after day through snow
and sleet, and bivouacked many consecutive nights on the
bare ice, totally unsheltered from the merciless winds.
The Germans were proud of an army which, after an min.
tempted pesos of about 80 years, had been able to show
that steadiness in its marches and that self-reliance which
were only to be expected in the third or fourth year of a
campaign. They thought that if such were the calibre of
their man and officers, they could look with very different
eye" than before towards their western neighbour. He
'poke from experience, because during the months he had
spent in the Rhine this summer he had often beard the ques-
tion asked, " 11 the French were to oppose the Father-
land ;" and the feeling was now one of much greater confi-
dence in the ability of the army to keep the French
off if they should coma. If the Germans felt
more confidence in their army and in their
weapons—those breech-loaders and rifled cannon—which
were the astonishment of the world, who, he would ask,
should rejoice at this result more then the English (Hear,
hear.) In his opinion it was the English who ought most to
rejoice at any Worms* of strength to Germany outwardly or
inwardly ; because whatever ought happen Germany and
England together would have to keep the peace of the
world. (Hear, hear.) It was Germany and England stand-
ing together that were the real protegees of pesos and the
promoters of civilization and program. (Hear, hear.) As
to the question of merciless treatment towards the Danes,
he knew that his hearers would hardly accept the contradic-
tion on his part, because they bad never bad any accounts
which did not speak of it. But he would ask them bad they
ever dope anything hi the case of that English Knievel who
commanded the bombardment of Oleaborg ? Did they call
him a barbarian who had ordered Kagosinui to be set on fire ;
or did they est him outside these of civilisation who, in
1807, felt constrained by and weighty reasons to
destroy the Danish fleet war, the English admiral
at the male time co-operating and destroying numberless
trading vessels, thus ruining no end of small traders 1 War
at the beat was a most borritde thing. (Hear, hoar.) When
Englishmen read of constant vexations which took plate in
so gesmy's Freebie oesspisd by Weeps, let then bee tow*
that these things were mutual. lie text came to the ques-
tion of the rouse taken by the King of Prussia. Some of
those present might be aware that be was a member of his
present Majesty's loyal, but very strenuous opposition. if
he were a diplomatist he hoped be should not have had ap-
plied to him the old definition of a diplomatist, according to
which it was his duty to lie abroad in his country's
service—(sughter) but he was not a diplomatist, and
therefore be was free to say 'imply the truth. But he
could speak with positive certainty when be said that the
King of Prussia had never for a moment listened to the
shameful and abominable idea of annexing the Duchies of
Sleewig and Holstein • sod although the matter was not yet
at an end, he was eartain that his majesty never would
annex the duchies. He had firm hope, in spite of all the dif-
ficulties which beset the question, that in a few weeke—et
least is a few months—the man who in his view was the
rightful Duke of fileswig-Holstein,viz., the hereditary
Prince Augusteolzug, would be proclaimed the duke. He
had the advantage when a young man of being at college
with this future Duke of Bleswig-Holstein, and be was
cosviooed, knowing his character, that his would be a
model state in the north of Germanzlt is my hops," said
the baron, who spoke excellent bah. "that we shall
have there a second edition of your English oonstitutiooal
rule. Now, I must really jump acres from the green and
glorious fields of llleswig-Holsteie to the green and glorious
fields of East Norfolk, sod I wish all your =terming every
kind of success and happinem." (Chose.)
Other toasts and 'peaches followed.

MODERT Bmisrzersica. —On the opening, at a
emumittee meeting of goiverdty College Hospital on the
fish inst., of the cootribution boxes at the doors of the hos.
pits!, there wan found a sum of 78/. odd, in bank notes and
all the various ooios of the realm, from pounds to farthinp;
among them were four distinct gifts, me of 251., two of 51.
each, and one of 21. 10s. The committee were also gratified
by receiving notice from one of their body, Professor Hare
(executor and residuary devisee). of a very considerable
bsqueet in reversion, the amount not yet ascertained, of the
personal estate of the late Edward Yates, Esq., who for
' some time past had been a subscriber of 201. annually. On
the other band, it appeared that in order to equalise the
ordinary receipt and expenditure for the financial year,
which would expire at the mid of the month, further coo-
tributious to the amount of 1,2001. would be required.
THE WINDIJOR TRAGEDY. —The little girl Ade-
laide, daughter of the murderer, John Richard (look, with
whom she was found with her throat cut, lyisg in bed, is
still a patient at the Windsor lofirme,ry, under the charge
of Mr. Brickwell. She is fast recovering from the effects of
the wound, one long gash in her throat, and gradually im-
proving in health. Since her admission to the infirmary it
understood that she has not made any statement
other than that her father cut her throat last
Friday. Yesterday the bodies still remained un-
buried, that of the oldest girl, who wee poisoned
with vitriol, and who expired, as already stated oe
Wednesday morning, presented a most fearful example of
the effects of the violent and deadly poison administered
to her by her father. Preparatioas are being made for the
funeral of the suicide and four murdered children. They
will be buried, it is expected, to-day at the parochial ex-
pease. The corpses will be intersect in Old Windsor church.
yard. Those of the children in one part, and that of their
father in another, and as the fact of Cook's having com-
mitted suicide virtually precluded him from being buried in
consecrated ground. his body will be brought to the entrance
of the church-yard, and aftmwards intoned without the
burial service being read over it.
Moss INCENDIARY FIREB.-011 Wednesday, about
noon, a fire was discovered on the farmstead of Mr. ilodakin-
son, of Stirrup, nearriekhill. which terminated in the destruc-
tion of fourteen of his stacks of grain. During the progrees of
the fire on this farmstead some of the burning embers were
wafted by the breeze into the adfoinining farm property of
Mrs. Grooves, which is about 100 yards distant from the
former, and there igniting tea stacks, destroyed bo*them'and
the outbuildings. Engines arrived at an early of the
coafiagration from Worksop and other places, but the draw-
back to these invalaableauxiliaries was theahasnoe of water.