The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1853.

Vio Court.

WINDSOR, OCT. 15.
The Queen and Prince, with the royal children,
walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning.
Ihe iimourable Eleanor Stanley and the Ilemourrkle
Beatrice Et nq h ire succeeded the Honourable Mary Dulttel
as Maids H•enoer in waiting to her Majesty.
1. .rd De T.bky has anis ed as Lord in Writing and
Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey u Equerry to the
Queen.

Lieut.• Colonel Frencis Seymour has succeeded Lieut.-
Colonel Honourable A. Gordon in waiting to Prince Albert.
The Earl of Aberdeen d from London today aid
had an audience of her Majesty
Lady Caroline Barrington and the Honourable Mu.
Grey hail the honour of dicing with her Majesty tacky.
Ihe Queen's Pris.ste Band was iu attendance in the
Cagle after dinner, and played the following 'election:

aw~a•"

Auber..

Duettu—.4 Die lastgeaWeiber TOO Wit.thior" 0:to Nicola.
March—. hulas of Athena" Berthosea.
haste —" I Martha" Floww.
V;aldertraiime Weiner
OCT. 16.
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The Q•reen and Prince, with the Prince of iVsies,ihe
Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the ladies and gentle-
men of the court, al.o the domestic household, atti nded
divine service this morning in the private chapel of the
Cut's. The Ron. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has arrived at tiawarden
Carle, near Chester.
The Turkish Minister transacted business at the Foreign-
on Saturday.
The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town on Friday even-
ing from Jamul:ling the Qut en from Scotland.
ll spatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off
from the Colonial•ofce on Saturday evening. De.patchea
were also sent to the Governors of the West lodia Colonies.

THE CanlNET.—Since the Cabinet Council, held
on Wednesday last, several of the Ministers have left Lon-
don, including the Lord Chancellor, Lord Palmerston,
Lord Gransilb,, Sir Charles Wood, Sir William Moles-
worth, and Mr. Sidney Herbert. The Duke of Argyll,
Lord Lansdowne, and Mr. Gladstone remain absent from
town, the last-named right hon. gentleman having, on
leaving Manchester, proceeded to Ilawarden Castle, where
he is staying with his family. Lord John Russell bad in-
tended to have left London early on Friday morning, but
being !nightly indisposed, his lordship remained in town,
and it is now expected that instead of the noble lord travel-
ling to Scotland, to join Lady John Russell and family, her
ladyship will quit Itoseneath and proceed to London with
her family, to join Lied John. The Duke of Newcastle
reached Loudon on Friday night. Lord Clarendon, Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, remains in town, and
received a visit on Saturday at tke Foreign-office, from his
Excellency the Turkish Minister.
In the course of tin days a Privy Council will be held by
her Majesty, for the purpose of settling the period of the
further prorogation of parliament, which at present stands
for the 27th of the present month.

GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.—The Hon. W.
Stuart, now Second Psi I Attache to her Majesty's Embassy
at Pans, is appointed Forst Paid Attache there. Mr. Odo
Russel!, now Unpaid Attache to the Mission at Vienna, is
appointed Second Paid Attache at Paris, in the room of
Mr. Stuart. Mr. Frederic R. Nixon is appointed °antilop
of Woods and Forests at the Mauritius. Mr. George Price
is appointed a Member of Council, Jamaica.—Observer.

THE LAWS FOIt THE PROTECTION OF
WOMEN.

The seventh report of the Associate Society for
improving and enforcing the laws for the Protection
of Women has just been published. It says:

Several lawyers of cmsiderable eminence In their profes-
sion, have expressed an opinion that the Act of Parliament,
obtained by the society in 1849 (12 and 13 Vitt., c. 76), is
likely to prove a much more efficient measure than was at
first anticipated. They believe that it will reach a class of
cases not contemplated when the act was passed ; and, for
which no other adequate provision exists. The capabilities
of the act in this particular will be tested as soon as a
favourable opportunity may present itself ; and it is hoped
that the opinion expressed above ma be found correct.
The fullowing is a brief ou,line of two or three of the cases
which have been investigated during the year: A respect-
able young woman advertised for a situation. In a few
days she received a letter from Brussels, containing what
appeared to he a most advantageous offer. The writer
stated that he was about to start upon a three years' tour,
and that he required a young person to act as companion to
his wife, and governess to their two little children. She
would be introduced to the best society, and would have an
opportunity of acquiring a thorough knowledge of two
or three continental languages. A very liberal salary was
offered, but she would be required to pay all her own
travelling and other expenses for the first three months
The reason assigned for this was, that a short time
previously he had paid the travelling expenses of' a
young person front England to Naples, who,within a month
of her arrival had married, and thus all the expense in-
curred on her account had been thrown away. He stated
that arrangements had been made for commencing the pro-
, posed tour on a given day, and requested that, if Miss
approved of the offer, she would proceed to Brussels at
once, u he was satisfied from her advertisement, 'that site
was in all respects exactly such a person as he required. He
stated, in proof of his respectability, that both himself and
his lady were presented to her Majesty a few years ago ; and
that since then they bad been presented at almost every
foreign court.
Miss •-•—• and her friends were delighted with so tempt-
ing an offer, but thought it prudent to request from him •
reference. A second letter was received, expressing sur-
prise, that a gentleman residing abroad should be exp. clod
to give references t7persons in London, and containing an
urgent request that Miss would join him immediatelj,
as • single day's delay would put him to great trouble and
expense. This letter was accompanied by an old and
much-worn copy of the Court Journal, in which was an ac-
count of his presentation at Court. Other letters followed,
if possible still more urgent, pointing out the best mode of
conveyance and fixing the time, so that he might be able to
meet her on her arrival. By means of the Court Journal
some information was obtained which induced the friends
of the young woman to prosecute their inquiries with in-
crusted vigour. To their great surprise they found that two
other parties, unknown to each other, were making inquiries
under circumstances precisely similar. Offers, agreeing in
all respects with that described above, had been made to
them, and they too were urged to proceed to Brussels with-
out delay.
The committee determined, if possible, to put a stop to
such iniquitous proceedings. They forwarded a statement
of the whole case to the administrator of police at Brussels,
and the indidual in question was compelled to leave forth-
with. There is 'good reason to believe that he has been
carrying on his nefarious practices for a considerable period
and with success. One case has been discovered in which a
young woman, respectably connected, was prevailed upon
to join him on the Continent, where she was speedily via
timised of all the money she possessed, amounting to • con-
siderable sum ; but, happily, no worse cone qui nee' fol.
lowed. It is hoped that, should he be still pursuing the
same course, he may, ere lung, meet with the punishment
he so richly deserves.
The daughter of a tradesman in the City inserted an ad-
vertisement in the Times for • situation as assistant gover-
ness. On the same day she received an anonymous letter,
purporting to come from a gentleman, desiring a personal
interview. If she saw no objection to this she was to sig.
nify her consent by another advertisement, and he would
then appoint a time and place for a meeting. At the re-
quest of the parents it was resolved to try what could be
done to get bold of the writer. An advertisement was in-
serted in the Times in accordance with his suggestion, and
on the same day another letter was received by the young
women, appointing an interview near Nelson's Column in
Trafalgar-square, and Axing a sign by which he might be
able to identify her, but giving no clue whatever as to any-
thing by which be could be recognised. Of course she did
not keep this appointment. From the style in which the
lettere were written they must have come from a person
accustomed to move in a respecable sphere. But who he is
it his been found impossible as yet to ascertain.
A footman, who had been but a few days in hie situa-
tion, made indecent overtures to a fellow female servant.
As these were promptly rejected he locked the door of the
place, and commenced a violent assault upon her, and he
would no doubt have succeeded in his execrable purpose, had
not her screams brought some person to her help. The mas-
ter was immediately informed of what had occurred, but in-
stead of showing any sympathy towards the young woman,
or investigating the matter, he peremptorily ordered her to
leave the house and never enter it again. She obtained a
summons evilest the man who had attempted her ruin,but on
proceeding to the police court at the time appointed for
hearing the charge, she found her master there before her,
who premised her that, if she would let the matter drop,
he would again receive her into his service; the footmen
should be dismissed, and the whole affair should be fur-
. gotten She hod scarcely reached her master'e house,
however, when to her great astonishment,:she was informed
that her services would not be further required. She en-
deavoured to obtain another situation but without avail, as

her master positively refused to give her a character, or to
see any one on the subject, Her ease was reeommentlrd to
the committee. She was found to be a well-conducted good
servant; and through the judicious interference of the so-
ciety's officer, a character was given her. She obtained a
situation and is doing well. [Why do not the society pub-
lish the name of this master, if they believe the sta•ement
of this servant.]
Two young women were prevailed upon, by a promise of
lucrative employment, to accompany a person to Amster-
dam. On their arrival they were sold to a brothel-keeper.
They dittoed to become prostitutes and were confined in
some part of the premises, but contrived to make their
deep, did a person to whom their case became known ob-
taine d for them a passage hack to England. The nflizers of
the society took considerable trouble to discover the parties
implicated in this transaction, but without success. Atten-
th re has been directed to other very similar cases, but fr-ns
the extreme caution 'Wowed by persons thus engaged, sind
the parsing of the society's act lb'. the punishment of teed' rs
in prostitution, it hes been found impossible to obtain sulti
dent evidence to justify au attempt to prosecute.

lIINCKFORD AGRICULTURAL AND
CONSERVATIVE CLUB.

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND THE TORIES.
CANTLE MEDI:4OIIAM, SATURDAY, OCT. 15.
The anniversary of this old conservative club was
celebrated yesterday by • dinner at the Bell Inn, Castle
Hediusibans,a small hamlet in North Essex, about nine
miles from Braintree, lo,g the great rendezvous of the
conservatives of the county, where the "Essex ten" were
wont to meet to rejoice over the fact that both divisions of
the county and every borough in it returned staunch pro-
tectionist. as their representatives to the Commons House
of Parliament.

Prior to the dinner ploughing matches took place in
fields abutting upon the Sudbury-road, and prises were
distributed to deserving labourers and servants. A% one of
these illustrates in some degree the revel question of wages
at present paid to agricul. oral labourers in this part of the
' kingdom, it is given here.
"To the agricultural labourer of good character in the
service of a subscriber, and not in the receipt of more
i than 10s. per week, eactusive of harvest, who has subscribed
the longest time to a medical club, 11."
Mr. G. ROUND, of Colchester, presided at the dinner, and
the attendance was numerous and respectable, although not
so great as on many previous occasions.
The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were dru,k with the
usual enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN, In proposing the toast of the evening,
" Success to the Hinekiord Agricultural and Conservative
Clnb," said that be took a sufficiently vivid interest in the '
affairs of the county and the boroughs within it to be able
to utter a few 'caulks in reference to their present position,
which was one of most extraordina:y novelty when com-
pared with that time last year. At that time Lout Derby
was at the head of the government. (Cheers.) A strong
and powerful and true hotly of conservatives were at the
helm, and iPwas hoped and fondly believed that those reek.
less sad ruinous courses which lied been adopted to the
prejudice of agriculture would have been in some degree
stemmed and averted. (Cheers.) But that had not been
the case, and they now found themselves, the most power-
ful and important interest in the country, with a govern-
ment that had no sympathies with them, with every party, as
it were, hostile to them, with war almost on our shores, and
with a high price of corn, which they well knew was nei-
ther the result of men nor of polities. It had been most
unjustly said by their opponents that much of the present
scarcity of food was to be attributed to the course which
had been adopted by the cultivators of the soil. Ile
hurled back that assertion with disdain. lie
hurled it back, on ht half of that club, with
the most infinite disdain, because he believed
that a more earnest, independent, industrious, body
of men in the cultivation of the soil was not to be
found than the men of the Ilinckford hundred. (Ap-
plause.) NotwithstanOing the lachrymose language
which some might hold, he maintained that the time was
approaching when their seer should he in the ascendant.
Leaving, however, to able: hands to point out those
political views of the horizon, which might be the most
cheering, he was content that they went, never caring how
the course of political events (much as they longed for
the day when they should have a ministry which would
with heart and hand support them) wero quietly pro-
gressing in the discharge of their social duties, with
honour to themselves, credit to the country, and with a
due regard to the interests of the labourer of the land.
The labourer of the land upon these occasions was an
individual that must nut he forgotten, he de-
served their steady and warm attachment and
'support, and it they gave it him they would have
his labour in return. 'the day might come, however, and
was perhaps not far distant, when they might want the
bone and musee of this country for other purposes than
those of agriculture, and then those who had spoken of the
yeomen and labourers of England with disdain, and had
looked upon them with contempt, would be glad to hail
them as the bravest supporters of the independence of our
native country. (Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with all toe honours.

The Rev. J. Cox, M.A., of Feirstead, in acknowledging
the toast, observed, after a passing allusion to matters of a
personal and only local interest, that it would seem that
the system of persecution to which they had been exposed
at the lest election was only the beginning of a series of
complicated affronts and persecutions which were to be
adopted towards them by the whig radical party.
They ware aware of the prose indignities to
which his honourable friend Sir John Tyrrell and
his right hon. friend, Mr. Beresford, had been subjected at
the last election. (Hear) He hoped he should never see
the like again, because he did say now, quietly leoking at
it through the vista of one year, that it was disgraceful to
all those who had been concerned in that business. No
sooner, however, were the elections over, than the present
Attorney-General moved for a committee to inquire into
the conduct of Mr. Beresford with regard to certain pro-
ceedings at Derby. As that question yet remained to be
tried before a legal tribunal, he would not enter further
into it than to say, that in the whole history of party warfare,
party persecution, and party spite, there never had been
anything at all to be compared with the virulence with
which his right hon. friend had been persecuted. (Loud
cheers.) The question which the select committee of the
House of Commons had to try was, " Is Mr. Beresford
guilty, or is be not, of being concerned in the bribery
which took place in the borough of Derby. That
was the issue— was he guilty or was he inno-
cent. But what was the course taken by that
whigoradical committee with a Peelite chairman ? They
were obliged to fiud that his right hon. friend was
totally exculpated from any share in bribery transactions at
Derby ; yet they could not forego their itching palm ; and
so great was their love to finger something which might be
detrimental to the conservative party, and destructive to his
right hon. Rated, that though they pronounced him " not
guilty," they concluded their verdict with a most severe
censure upon his conduct. (Cheers.) He said that such a
proceeding was unheard of in the whole parliamentary
history of this kingdom. (Cheers.) But that was not sof-
fLient. His right hon. friend was to be indicted as a
criminal for entering into a conspiracy to bribe the people
of Derby. As that, however, was an issue which yet re-
mained to be tried, he was precluded from saying
anything upon it. Even that was not enough to
satisfy the animosity of their political opponents,
hut they must present • petition against the return of
his hon. friends Mr. Du Cane and Mr. Miller for the bo-
rough of Malden. Now, though be had not been present,
he knew some little about that election, for his advice had
been asked with respect to it, and his advice was to contest
that borough upon the purest possible principles, without
bribery, treating, or corruption of any sort whatever.
(Cheers.) They had read the evidence, and they might
have thought when an Attorney-General gave 2s. Cid. for a
rat of porter, that a man who gave a voter 6d. more than
' actual expenses might have been honourably acquitted ;
t no : having persecuted them one might have imagined
a
to the very verge of persecution, they were not satisfied
until an adverse c mmittee declared hie two hon. friends
to have been guilty of corruption. (Cries of "Shame.")
Every one who had inquired into the facts knew
that that decision MBA diametrically opposed to the truth,
for the commission which was appointed to inquire info the
wwedinp at Malden, found that the greatest possible care
had been taken by Mr. Miller and Da Cane that there
should be no bribery whatever. (Hear, hear.) He had
been asked why he opposed himself to • conservative ad-
ministration. What ! an administration that combined fur
oo other purpose than to throw out a conservative adminis-
tration! (Hear, hear.) They were sailing under false
colours, and he never would help to man a ship which didn't
hoist her proper colours at' the mast-head. He hoped that
none of them would fall into the trap laid by • govern-
ment calling itself • conservative administration. (Hese,
hear.) He acknowledged that the conservative party were
not in a very satisfactory condition at present, and no doubt
they had been greatly injured by the decision which the
country had come to on the subject of protection. He
should be told that proteection was dead and buried long
since, and that to attempt to exhume, it would be a sin.
He avowed that at that moment he was as much a
protectionist as ever. (Hear, hear.) Still, he did not tell
them to agitate for protection. By no means. lie thought
that it would be foolish and wicked to do so ; but he thought
that they might fairly appeal to the prophecies of the free
traders and of the conservative party respectively, to see
which had been in the right. The free traders had told
them that they should have peace, plenty, cheapness, and
uniform prices. But, instead of plenty, we had free trade
and famine. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobden said, if we bad free
trade, we should have peace all over the world, because it
would be the object of the Emperor of Hauer, who was the
great lock-keeper of the Danube, to sell us his cern. In
place of that, however, the Emperor said, "1 hold the
keys of the granary of Europe : I'll do what I please, and
you dare not touch me—if you do, I'll starve you." This
it was which accounted for the vacillating and truckling
conduct of our government on the Eastern question.
(Cheers.) As to uniformity of prices, he defied any of
them to recollect the time when, within six
months, corn had risen 100 per cent. The fact
was, that growing. wheat at 375. • quarter did
not suit them. Instead of corn, therefore, they had
sown clover and barley, and had put their land under a
different course of husbandry. The consequence was that
haring made ourselves dependent upon foreign countries
for corn, it bad advanced at this moment to a most exor-
bitant price, and there was no security, except perhaps,
the great influx of gold, that next year it would not be
down to 37*. a quarter again. All their prophecies then
of peace, plenty, and equality of prices, had either vanished
or been falsified. (Cheers.) The conservatives on the other
hand had prophecied that corn would be reduced to such a
price that the British farmer could not grow it, and that
there would be such a drain upon the Bank tepurchase fo-
reign corn as would very likely lead to • commercial panic. He
contended that the prophecies of the free traders had been
much more at fault thou those of the conservatives. But the
. question arose, was the conservative party to be entirely ex-
'anguished because they had been beaten:upon a fiscal duty on
corn. (Cheers.) Their association had been established
upon a conservative basis, ant their principles were " Fesr
Om!, honour the king, stand fast by the protestant intitu-
tains of the country, take ears of the interests of farmers,
labourers, and of all persons connected with the land."
i Thew. principles must remain as long as the kingdom
existed, and therefore to say that the conservative party was
I annihilated, because it had been beaten upon a fiscal duty
1 on corn, was a monstrous absurdity. (Loud cheers.) On
what photo, I then could they constitute, a reel conservative
' I party. Were there no principles on which they could rally.
Ile knew the newspapers said that party was at an cud—
the ir definition of " party " being the madness of the
minty for the advautege of the few. Mr. Disraeli hail given
a better definition of " party," namely, " the embodiment of
i • principle." (Cheers.) lie knew that party was at au end
with the present government, because they had no principle
but were a mere combination of Peelites, whips, radicals,
Pore's bands, and a variety of other little conglomerations,

e imitating a knot of persons is parliament whose object
was the destruction of toe conservative party. (Cheers )
Under these mecums:UM:lP, it was the duty of the coo-
-1 servatives to hold fast by their principles, and to jails with
ti..ne of them, leaving them, whip.. radicals, Peelites, and
all, to fall into the t. re:gilt's march " plated ley the Pope's
brass band. (Loud curers and laughter.) The positi of
the present gosernment was this, that they were bound
hand and foot to the Pope, and without his sanction they
dared not make a movement : witness the Canada Clergy
Reserves Bill, the Charitable Trusts Bill, and the humilia-
ting letter of the premier to Henry. Hensel!, Keogh, and
Sadleir. They must erect, then, the conservative party
upon the great platform of the protestant institu-
tions of this country. (Loud and prolonged cheer-
ing.) Any man who supported the present go.
vernment should be looked upon as aiding end abetting
in the overthrow of those protestant institutions. It was
impossible fur him to tell with.. what party it might be
their duty as loyal 'objects to form a Junction; but any
government that had the smallest tincture of Peelism in it
should have their most unmitigated opposition. (Hear,
hear.) He trusted that the great body of protestant dis-
senters in this country would support Lord Derby's pro-
testant government, because the whole point at issue and
the ground on which they should have to tight their battle
would be protestantism or Roman catholicism. (Cheers.)
Sir J. Graham had promised the country a large measure
of reform. What direction was it to take .. Did :hey want
pure constituenciea, free from bribery and intimidation ?
Then let them raise the franchise, for it was in little petty
boroughs and not in the counties that bribery took
place. A live pound franshise would enfranchise the
men who pelted t°.em at Braintree' whilst the agricultural
labourers would be disfranchised. Let them not goon tin-
kering and altering the franchise in that way; but, if there
were to bee change, let them go the whole hog and have
universal suffrage at once. (Cheers, and sours opposition.)
That might seem strange from hint, but he said that uni-
versal suffrage was conservative compared with a 5/. fran•
chile. (Cheers.) Ile spoke only his own views, bat he re-
peated that there was something imperial in universal suf-
frage. Look at France. Universal suffrage was imperial,
but the 51. franchise was downright direct democracy.
(Cheers.) lie should hold up his hand then for universal
suffrage in preference to any whig-radical tnkering of the
franchise. (Loud and continued cheerirg.)
The Cuainstan called upon the meeting after the excel.
lent speech they had just heard to drink a special toast to
the Rev. John Ca..

The toast was drunk in a bumper.
Mr. Asul'ubv MAJLNDIE, of the Castle, in a eulogistic
speech, r ropi.sid the health I f the county members, and
read the following characteristic letters from two of them.
The first was from Sir J. Tvrell :

" Rougham Hall, Oct. 9, 1843,-1 am sorry frankly to
admit that I Cato ntither heart, spirit, nor courage to
attend your meeting at Hiclingham on the 14th October.
I fear that many friends will think I am neglecting them ;
others, that I am inditfornt to what is passing in the
county. Your meeting is conservative and agricultural,
and I have a few words to say upon the subject. The con-
servative party is so completely demolished in the House of
Commons as a party, that it must be re-formed before it can
he a combined party. It I am asked what has brought
about that state of things, my answer is, the perfidy and
insincerity of conduct and action of many of that party
who talked loudly on the hosting. of confidence in Lord
Derby, and who were afterwards in the lobby of the enemy—
defeating by their countenance the proceedings of the most
strenuous of our leaders. Under these circumstances, our
mural influence as a party has vanished. Undoubtedly I
acted like the cabmen and struck work, and perhaps you
may say abandoned ins Outy. I admit that lam too old to
enter the lists, and I have seen too much of party conflicts
to attack those in our own ranks who, though their motives
may be sincere, have in my opinion acted a part inconsistent
with their declarations, which excited cheers from the
hustings, and caused extraordinary exertions to be made to
secure their return to parliament. It is not impossible that
we msy ere long, from the pretests sedative state of the
party, be awskeaed by some attack upon our own protestant
liberties, or by the din of war mainly brought about by the
an'iquated imbecility of the head of the cabinet, whose
known sympathy with the Orleans party has encouraged
Russia to rely upon a division between England and
France, which would at once leave Turkey at the
disposal of Russia. This state of things would never have
occurred had Lord Derby remained in office, and that
is the penalty that England has to pay in supporting a go-
vernment bound by a combination of trading politicians—
that is, of men whose great object was to be in office on any
principles or at any price, and which is daily becoming ex-
plained to the public by he ,It4te of the Irish party. These
gentlemen, it stems, have been tampered with by the un-
derlings of the Peel whit[ party, putting into the shade, by
their imperfections, the little imperfections of which Lord
Derby's officials were accused. The only consolation of an
alleviating character that is left fur us amidst the convul-
sion in the money market is, the prospect of bread and
meat being Is. a mouthful. t cannot be said that that has
been done by the noblemen and gentlemen of the counties
for their own benefit. That is the only pull, in a selfish
point of view, that we have. It is a deplorable state of
things that we have a cabinet composed of statesmen with-
out a party, who are staking the very existence of the honour
awl credit of the country and the nation upon the decisions
and numbers of public meetings ; and ministers of the crown
get on waggons and platforms in order to give their opinions
weight at the next cabinet council. I sincerely wish well
to the objects of your meeting. I cannot see my way in
this crash of the conservative party, sod I know that the
gentlemen of the Hedingham district understand the local
but meritorious object of their meeting better than I do ;
but, at the same time, I acknowledgo that I have neither
heart nor courage to attend and speak my real opinion, of
the causes that have brought about this internal confusion
and break down of our party in the House of Commons. I
admit it would bring such a hornet's nest about my ears,
attended with no beneficial result, that I shall refrain from
attending meetings, and content myself with floating upon
the political surface, till some event takes place that may
render it less disagreeable than it would be now, by coming
in conflict with many of those with whom we have fought
many a battle.—l am,
_ _ _

(Signed) "J. T. TYRILL."
The second was from Major Bercsford, and was as fol-
lows :

" Hampton Court, Oct. 13.
"You will oblige me by communicating to the members
of the Hinckfoni Agricultural Association, that upon
mature consideration, I have thought it advisable to abstain
from attending the dinner at Castle Hedingham, on Friday.
Till within a few weeks, it was my decided resolution to
have taken advantage of their annual meeting to lay before
them and the constituency of North Essex, a full and de-
tailed statement of the transactions connected with the
Derby election, and the consequent inquiry, and to have
vindicated myself from the unjust and malignant imputa-
tions which I have borne hitherto in silence, awaiting
that opportunity to expose and refute them. A fresh
persecution has been lately commenced against me.
The whole matter has been opened afresh, end is
to be brought to the issue of a trial. Such proceedings
necessarily preclude me from entering into those explana-
tions which might be impolitic as far as I am individually
concerned, but what must be unfair towards others whose
cause has been mixed up with mine upon this occasion. It
would not, therefore, become me to present myself at
Castle Hedingham tongue-tied ; neither would it be justifi-
able to put forward a one-sided statement to prejudice the
cue before it was fairly submitted to the tribunal by which
it is to be investigated. Such is the reason which induces
me, however distasteful it is to my own inclination, to ab-
sent myself to-morrow from the meeting. I trust that
those to whom you will read this letter will patiently await
the conclusion of those legal proceedings before they con-
demn unheard, or en the es parte assertions of malignant
enemies, one whose unremitting exertions for six years in
the cause of the agricultural and conservative interests, if
overlooked by the party in whose service he has toiled,
have not been forgotten by their opponents and his unre-
lenting persecutors.
"I am, &e. (Signed) 11'n. BERESPOYD."
The toast having been enthusiastically drank,

' Sir W. B. SMITH, M.P., returned thanks. He did not
concur with Sir J. Fords in the hopelessness of the agricul-
tural cause. Indeed, were it ten times worse than it was,
he should not be afraid to meet the agriculturists of the
Hinckford hundred. With reference to his parliamentary
conduct, he was proud to say that he had never given one
vote against Lord Derby's government, nor one in favour of
the present government. (Cheers.)
Mr. G. SPERLING proposed the health., of Mr. C. Du Cane
and Mr. J. T. Miller, the members for Malden, who bad
been unseated on petition:
Mr. MILLER acknowledged the compliment. Although
the result had been sufficiently mortifying, it was gratify-
, log to know that they had not lost their seats on account
lof any fault of their own, for his conscience told him
that not one single act had they been guilty of
which, if weighed by an impartial tribunal, would
have deprived them of their seats. In the last
session, 130 petitions had been presented against members,
of which only 47 had been tried, the remainder having
been disposed of by the agents in any manner they pleased.
Attempts bad been mado to induce them to compromise
their 'eats, but he and his colleague had invariably refused
to accede to any compromise._ feeling in their conscience
that they had gone into the House of Commons pure and
unsullied, and resolved to keep their seats upon the same
terms or take their chance of an adverse decision. Twenty-
three of the committees which bad sat, involving 39 sCars,
bad been presided over by • liberal chairman. Of those 39
they had unseated 15 Conservatives, seated 15 Liberals ;
unseated 5 Liberals and seated 4 Conservatives. That
was a specimen of the justice which a Conserva-
tive might expect at the hands of a committee pre-
sided over by a Liberal. (Cheers.) In c: nclusion,
he expressed his satisfaction that his conduct had met with
the general approbation of his countrymen, and his regret at
the absence of Mr. Du Cane (on whom he passed a warm
eulogium), which was owing to the death of his brother,
who had recently returned to this country after winning
laurels at the Cape in hie profession as a soldier.
The CHAIRMAN gave, " Lord J. Manners and Mr. Haw-
kins, the conservative members for Colchester."
Mr. C. HAWKINSi responded.
" The Yeomen of Essex," " the Chairman," " the Com-
mittee," " the Ladies," and other toasts followed, which
protracted the proceedings until too late an hour to reach
London the same night.

REPRESENTATION OF SALISIIVRY.—On Saturday
an address to the elector. n' this city was iwued by General
Buckley, of New 1614 \VW*, in which he states that he
has hem requested ay •• 4 I.rgc and influential body of the
city " to offer himself as a e mdidate sGr its representation.
The gallant general avows himself a decided advocate of
progressive reform, ban st Av. that he will not be precluded
from exercising his judgment oa any 52ezific measures that
may be brought before parliament.