The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING TRUSSES.

ILMON, ODY, and CO. most respectfully
inform the Public, that their PATENT SELF-ADJUATING
TRUSSES afford more ease and security for the relbl of HERNIA
than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for
right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage.
Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of
the body one inch below the hips.

Cg.trrrox.—As 5 any mercenary druggists are vending an inferior
article, purchasers are requested to observe. that .44t.L MON, ODY,
and CO., 292, Strand, London, is marked upon the Leather Case.
Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town
In the United Kingdom.

JOZEAIT'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED
CAPSULES, approved of by the French College of Physicians.
successfully administe-ed in the Paris and London Hospitals, an
Zrene'vledged by them to be the beg.; remedy for a cer,,n disorder.
Zre " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A co;y will be forwarded on appll-
en•—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, a. 9d. To be had of the inventor,
tRIET..7OZEAU, Fresc'i chemist, 49. Haymarket, London, and
the Principal chemists.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
Injunction we. granted by tie alga Court of Chancery, and
11.11 the J •ne toilowin; WAI rirde per:mtual, egainst Joseph
Franklin and other. to restrain them, rnder a penalty of one thou-
tmd Pounds, earn • Aitatinz tits Medidne, which is protected by
.'°3711 Letters Parent of D.glend, end secured by the seals of the
&cole de Charmed') de Pails, and tie Imperial College of Medicine.
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,
la a remedy for Relaxation. Sperinatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of th,,
831nant, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
_ To those persons who ere prevented entering the married state by
the consequences of early errors it is invaluable.
TREE:IEII,IA R, No. 2,
liffectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebt
turn 80 long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
of a vast portion of the copulation.

TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy fox ,:tt class of Disorders, which
unfortipiately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 2. and 3, ore alike devoid of taste or smell.
and of 1 nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet Wet
without their use being suspected.
Sold In tin cases at ils. each, free by boat, 2s. extra, divided into
separate doses, as administered by •Valpes.u, Lallemand, Roux.
&c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68,
Comhill; Hannay and Co.. 63, Oxford-street: and Sanger. I`o, Ox-
ford-street ;R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, ,1 arket-street, Manchester ;
H. Bradbury, bookseller. Deanagate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, ;2,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15. Westmoreland-street.
Dublin; Winnall, nookseiler, High-street, Birmingham.

THE NORTH SIDE of SEBASTOPOL to be
TAKEN.—The plans of operation not being made public, but
a general impression existing that successful measures will soon be
adopted, it is the north and wintery side of the Russian fortifications
Which will next fall before the Mlles, and furnish another instance
of militaey skill and perseverance. The attack on the south has
Succeeded, and the surrender of the forts has revealed valua,de mill.
tart' provisions. By the force of comparison every one will perceive
the analogy between these circumstances and the business of E.
vt:MES and SON. The success of their summer campaign has been
lull,' attested, and has revealed the vast commercial forces they
command. The light, the waterrroof, the attractive, and the gen-
tlemanly garments, which have been so approved, have risen above
all criticism, and left every one vocal in praise or the generalship of
• Mosgs and Sore. The Autumn and winter season aoproaches ;
the opponents of personal comfort must again be combatted ; the
resources are ample and the arrangements complete.
The Kertch Jacket and the Empero.'s Cape, in which the materi-
als are seasonable, the designs popular, the elect highly satisfactory,
comfort secured in every way by these garments, and by thousands
of oiler elegant and novel inveulions. The north completely con-
filtered with superlative Dress, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., &c.,
at extraordinarily economical prices.
Every article of Attire required by Sportsmen is furnished
Mons and Scar. Their Sporting Dress is the most comfortableand
may. Novel in materials and design, it imparts a graceful appear-
slue and mamtaina universal approbation.
Pats and Caps for Sportsmen of the most novel and serviceable
order.

The largest stock of Boots for sporting excursions, of very supe-
rior materials and wo*kmanship, at very reasonable pi :ces.
Hosiery for Sportsmen, the newest articles in the greatest variety.
Prices always very economical. •
Sportsmen in the country can obtain their dress complete, in an
inimitable fit, by application for E. MOSES and Sore's system of` self-
Measurement, sent post free to all parts of the k ngdom.
CAUTION.= E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
Pubilo again.st imposition, having learned that the nntradesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or "
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
ebvicttui reasons. They beg to state that they have
No Connautin WiTst ANT OTnta HOUSE rN oa oIIT OF LOSDOIif.
• London , except theit own Establishments, as under :
City lishment; 154; 155, 156, and 157, Minoriea, 83.
84, 85. and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. r'l communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, corner of Hart-street, all communicatirT.
BradiOrd (Yorkshire)
Sheffield Branch, 36, 'aßranch. 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
rgue.
Colonial Branch. Efelbonrne, Australia.
Merchant Tailor • Clothiers, DraPers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot
and •incoe Mrnufacturers. Oaneral Warehousemen, and Outfitters
for Ladies and Gentlemen.
Should any-
article purchased at their Establishment not give cs-
tisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or the money will be re-
turned without any demr”.

G R A VESEND ST Ai;
PACKETS.
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lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station.

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Brixton-road and Camberwell.—Long Leasehold Estates,
producing £375 per annum, and ground rents amounting
to 2165.

MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and.
LYE are instructed to SELL by AUCTION
at GarrawayE'A,.B
ss,_, Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 12, in lots, the
private
ESTATES and GROUND RENTS,
vfl:.o,wtiltnregeL
ences, pleasantly situate, and being
Nos. 2,3, and 5, st,Bll
Brixton-road, in the Ann's
-terrace, on the west side of the
g and Mr.
occupations of the Misses
Campbell and Warin
Willis, at• rents amounting to
1501. per annum : held by
ground
leases for terms whereof
44 years are unexpired, at
rents ; four private dwel-
tNheoßrillo2ll-34a6dan73(1
, in
the Minerva-terrace, on the
harbour
occupation of the Misses
limwnengsnt-lhe:yiduesaenosdf' Law, Mr. Manley., and
rents amounting to 160/, per annum, aMrs. Tw:tchel ; let at
residence, known as
and held for terms of 46
years at peppercorn rents ; a detadie,l
with lawn and conservatory, and,
Denmark Villa, situate in Cold
kitchen gardens
Camberwell,
gardens ; let at
651. per annum; held for a term, whereof 46
years are unex-
pired, at a ground rent ; also leasehold
amounting to 1651. per annum, issuing out or
Nos.ound rents,
9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, Minerva-terrace, Brixton- 4,
7, B'a a
house and shop in the Vassall-road ; Nos. 11, 12, Brixton-road i
Bowhill-terrace, Brixton, and a piece of garden ground in the
rear of St. Ann's-terrace, Brixton-road ; held for terms of 46
years, at peppercorn rents. May be viewed, and particulars
had of Messrs. Anderson and Son, solicitors, High Petergate,
York ; of Charles Fiddey, Esq., solicitor, 3, Harcourt-
buildings, Temple ; at Garraway's ; and at the offices of
Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lyo, Lancaster-place,
Strand. , ..

W iatiaPvtPee
nearlyi
1., Wapping-wall.—Extensive
i D-
iwo, —Extensive and highly valuable Freehold Es-
Oacikal Thames,o; 3
FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
andper Wanhnaurmfs,. with extensive frontage to the
Dwelling-houses, clic., producing a rental of
MESSRS.LYE are instructed by the Executors of the
Esq., to SELL, at Garraway's, in
(unless an acceptable offer is pre-
lv October,al toeu,Ji John h n
madeinE .
variousß ob yulpedo tto,
private
a t
st e
contract), the following valuable
FREEHOLD ESTATES, consisting of Nos. 78, 78, 80, and
81, Wapping-wall, being extensive-Warehouses, Wharf and
Waterside Premises, let on lease to Messrs. Cooper and Ayes,
at 3111/. per annum ; the New Crane Coal-wharf, with quay
and frontage to the river, let to Messrs. Sargeant and Sons,
coal merchants, at 2001. per annum ; valuable Waterside Pre-
mises, called the New Crane Dock and Wharf, let on lease to
Messrs. Tebbutt, Stoneman, and Spence, at 3501. per annum ;
a Wharf and Premises, abutting on New Crane-stairs, in the
occupation of Messrs. Francis and Frere, of the value of 1201.
per annum, let on lease to Mr. James Caldwell, at 201. per
annum :
Nos. 6,7, and 8, Wapping-wall, let on lease to Mr.
Henry Pitt, at 401. per annum. Particulars had 21 days prior
to the sale of Frederick Farrar' Esq., solicitor, Godliman-
street, Doctors'-commons ; at Garraway's ; and at Messrs.
Farebrother, Clark, and Lye's dices, Lancaster-place, Strand.

Strand.—The remaining portion of the London Freehold Es-
tates of the Marquis of Exeter, K. G.—Valuable and im-
portant Freehold Estates, Nos. 343, 344, and 345, Strand;
Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and 6, Catherine-street ; the Fountain
Tavern, Catherine-street ; the Exeter change-arcade, No.
16, Wellington-street north ; presenting a most favourable
opportunity, for capitalists and trustees for investment.
ESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
-.1.n LYE respectfully inform the public that
the following FREEHOLD ESTATES, being the remaining por-
tion of the London property of the Marquis of Exeter, K.G. ,will
be SOLD by AUCTION, the first week in Nov. next (unless pre-
viously disposed of by private contract), comprising that well-
known property the Exeter-change, with 12 Dwelling-houses
and Shops, forming an arcade leading from Catherine street to
Wellington-street; the House and Premises, N 0.17, Wellington-
street north, and forming No. 1 in. the Arcade ; the House
and Shop, No. 4, Catherine street, and forming No. 7 in the
Arcade, with extensive cellarage ; Two Dwelling-houses and
Shops, Nos. 5 and C, Catherine-street, adjoining, viz., the
Exeter Coffeehouse, let on lease; No.• 5 in hand ; the Foun-
tain Tavern, with entrance from Exeter-street; and th 9
House No. 40, in Exeter street. A Freehold Ground Rent
of 201. per annum, with reversion to the fee in 1915, issuing
out of two public dwelling-houses, Nos. 36 and 37, Exeter-
street, at the rear of ;;lie Lyceum Theatre ; the excellent, spa-
cious, and substantially-built Dwelling-house and Premises, .
No. 345, Strand, of handsome elevation, add recently repaired
throtignout, occupied as the Engineers', Masonic, and Uni-
versal Mutual Lle Office ; spacious Workshops of 3 floors and
a basement, situate in the rear, with entrance from Catherine-
street, now occupied and used as prititinm offices, let on lease,
expiring in 1855. The above valuable block of buildings, co-
vering an area of upwards of 12,000 square feet of ground,
presents; from its central situation iu the Strand, with
frontages also to Wellington, Catherine, and Exeter streets,
one of the most important freehold' properties for the capi-
talist, either in its present State or for conversion to other
buildings or uses. T.,is lot at present produces, and is of the
estimated value of 1,2001. per annum, exclusive of the rever-
sion. Two Freehold Dwelling-houses and Premises, Nes. 343
and 344, Strand, at the corner of,• and with considerable front-
age to, Catherine-street ; 343 let on lease, and 344 with pos-
session, Three Dwelling-houses and shops (erected by Messrs.
GriSsell and l'eto), being Nos. 1,2, 3, Catherine-street, with
extensive ctllarago, in the several occupations of Mr. Onwhyn,
bookseller, the offices of Courrier de l'Europo and the Era
newspapers. Tide lot forms a valuable range of compact
freehold property, and is of the value of about 6151. per an-
num. The property may be viewed on application to the re
spectivo tenants. Particulars With plans to be had of Messrs.
Walford, solicitors, Bolton•sireet, Piccadilly; and at the
offices of Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye, Lancaster-
place, Strand.

Hanover-square and Brook-street. Important Freehold
Estate, for occupation or investment.
MESSRESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
S.
LYE are instructed to SELL, at Garra-
way's on , at 2, (unless an acceptable offer isjprevi-
ously made by private contract), a highly valuable and im-
portant FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATE ; comprit,
ins th,, noble mansion, 21, Hanover-square, with spacious
carriage yard, coach-houses, and stabling in Brook-street,
admirably adapted for the occupation of a nobleman's or gen-
tleman's family, a bank, or other public institution, or from
its proximity t,) Bond-street, the extensive frontage in Brook-
street would form a first-class building speculation, there
being space for the erection of several residences. A more
detailed advertisement will shortly appear, and the day of
sale fixed.—Lancaster-place.

Wiltshire.—Very valuable Church Preferment, amounting to
nearly 1,5001. per annum ; the incumbent aged 70 years.
MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
LYE are instructed to SELL the very
valuable NEXT PRESENTATION (subject to the life of the
incumbent, aged 7 years) to the Rectory of rewsey, situate
about seven miles from Marlborough, 12 from Devizes, 30
from Bath, and 14 from the Great Western Station at Hunger-
ford ; consisting of au excellent residence, with offices, gar-
den, and 124 a. 2r. 1p of glebe land. Also the Commuted
Rent Charge, in Leu of the great and small tithes of the parish,
containing about 4,000 acres. The gross annual value is
1,4641. lls. 7d. Descriptive particulars may be had of Messrs.
Blake, Tylee, and Tylee, 14, Essex-street, Strand ; and at
the offices of Messrs. Farebrotlier, Clark, and Lye, Lancaster-
place, Strand.

Herefordshire, three mi es from Broniyard.—Capital Freehold
Estate, called the Wells Farm, with Farm-house and well-
arranged Agricultural Buildings, and nearly 200 acres of
Laud, lying very compact. .

MESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
LYE are instructed to prepare for SALE,
early in November (unle-,s an acceptable offer is previously
mode by private contract), the WELLS capital FREEHOLD
ESTATE, situate three miles from Bromyard, consisting of
an excellent farm-house and all suitable agricultural build-
ings, and nearly 260 acres of productive meadow, pasture,
and arable land, and orcharding, lying very compact, The
above will be more fully advertised, and the day of sale fixed,
in future advertisements.—Lancaster-place, Oct. 5.

Gilocestershire and Worcestershire.--Very valuable Freehold

and chiefly Tithe-free Farms.
VrESSRS. FAREBROTHER, CLARK, and
INl._ LYE are instructed to SELL, at Garra-
way's, early in November (unless an acceptable offer is pre-
viously made by private contract), the following ESTATES :
A Freehold and Tithe-free Farm, called the Hooze, with farm-
house and suitable farm buildings, si:uato at Walton-hill,
three miles from Tewkesbury, containing about 84 acres of
capital meadow, pasture, and arable land, and orcharding, let
at 2101. per annum ; Freehold and Tithe-free Farm (also
called the Hooze), with convenient far house, and 58 acres
of meadow, pasture, and arable land, situate about five miles
from Tewkesbury, and let at 1101. per annum ; the New Rock
Farm, with farm-house and buildings, and upwa'als of 50
acres of rich meadow, pasture, and arable land, and orchard-
ing, let at 1101. ; the Church House Freehold Farm, 10 miles
from Worcester, with farm-house, garden, orchard, well-
arranged agricultural buildings, 'oast house, &c., and 143
acres of meadow, pasture, and arable land, and hop gardens,
let at 1801. per annum. The above estates w:11 be more fully
advertised, and the day of sale fixed, in future advertise-
ments.—Laneaster-place, Oct. 5.

SIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING
k_ FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Sick
Rooms, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when
"uted for use.
Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street, City,
Gallons, as. Quarts, 2s. Pints, ls. Half-pints, 6d.

!HE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY,
lust published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by pc it for 26
Stamps,
VER VOUS DEBILIT y:
1 Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper:
ciaa.orrhcea, with Practical Oboe! rations on a safer and more
•ue.iesetul mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative
yetern, obta'ned by the use of the Microscope in de.ectine pod
inguishing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of
wery variety of complaint. whether arising from solitary habit.,
.xceeses, accident, or climate, followed by practical. remarks, founded
311 twenty years' experience in the treatment of impuissa ice,
lervous Debility, Locel tveeenees,Spermatorrhrea, &c. To which
are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre-
cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice,
and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various Rtiteta on
these important disorders.
By SA MUEL L
UAR HRT. M.D.
37, lIEDFOR D-SQ E, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matr,calated Mem oor of the University of Edit,
burgh, Honorary Memeer of toe London Hospital medical society.
Licentiate of Apothecariv.' -dm London, &c., &c.
me es totes' eseiect this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
s, quences resulting 'tom certain habits irregrilerities, and excesses,
,vhich have produced more misery ia Youth. degradation in Man-
:ood, and prematute decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, soy
,ther class of disease kdown to modern pathologists, Its perusal is
•artieularly recommended to percent entertaining secret dtlubts
tueir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
tee health, happiness, and privileges to wb,ch every human ,wing is
entitled;
It is absolutely necessary that all man rheitild know, that there arc
.rinciples persona' maragement ,hick cannot be violated without
ecurring !grievous penalties, and when wisuo.n and regre' succeed
:ne heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these Penalties
lay be mitigated, how too sting of their bitterness may he removed,
.nd how the ee and its consequences may lee avoided, and above all,
eat there is scarcely any deeree physical inn! mity or :anctional
eirangement to which the timely aidol science cannot apply a cure.
e Author ha. for a eerie' of years been engaeed in an extensive
ictice in the treetrneni of these delicate complaints, which have
antortuna:e'y been too geeerally confided to the care of knot ant
erneirics, who inflict groan injury on those who are induced to place
1.,1th .0 their prelersiona.

NERVOUS. DEEILI y re had, price 2s. of Messrs. Sher-
wood e.no Co., . "., Pate.L.,.ter-row; liarnay, 63, Oxford-street;
I". m Mann, 39, Cornhill; or free by post for
st, any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed-
e°, a-a :ware.
At home for consultation del from cevett till two, and trOra six!
till eight.

The usual loyal and constitutional toasts having
drunk,

The CHAIRMAN gave "Prosperity to the Herts J
cultural Society," and in doing so observed that he
always taken a deep interest in agricultural meet
especially those which offered prizes to agricul
labourers.

Mr. C. H. ELLIS then proposed " The health of
Members for the County."
Sir EDWARD BIILWER LYTTON rose to respond tc
toast, and was loudly and enthusiastically chee.rec

some minutes. Hesaid—Gentlemen, Ithankyou since
for the honour you Lave bestowed on my colleagues

myself. I am requested by Sir Henry Meux to expres
great regret that he is not present on this occasinu.
he has not been unmindful of his old friends, and- w,

indebted to him for eome of the excellent Cheer

the
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13 hie

has been provided for our entertainment to-day. , Ir-
deed, gentlemen, I may say on behalf of my colleagues
that the time of year appointed for our annual meeting
;s not calculated to insure a large attendance of rriern-
hers of Parliament, who, naturally enough, fatigued by
a long session, are accustomed to disperse themselves as
soon as it is over —some on the continent and some on
the Scottish moors—in search of health and relaxation.
And no man who is not actually in the House of Com-
mons can know how much wedesire, and hew necessary
to us are, some complete changes of air and scene after six
months of heated atmosphere, of angry passions, and, I
would add, of speeches which seem much shorter in the
newspaper reports than they are to the orators who de-
liver them. Gentlemen, before I touch upon any topics
immediately connected with the trust which I hold Rs
your representative, allow me to say a word or two in
my capacity as a member of Ws society, and also as a
member of a public and still more numerous and still
more ancient body of labourers, whose ploughshare fur-
rows the ocean, and whose industry enriches the globe.
I mean that very active association commonly called the
people of England. Now, first, with respect to this
lesser society in which we are interested, I congratulate
you upon the success that has attended the wise experi-
ment that shifts the place of our annual meetings, and
that brings home to these rural districts the advantages
to be derived from competition, and those suggestive
ideas that arise from the sight of modern inventions, and
the intercourse of various minds. I am told, indeed,
that in the show to-day there is a deficiency of stock ;
but there is no deficiency, I am happy to think, of that
which is nobler and better—there is no deficiency of men
—(cheers)---and I think this is the largest assemblage of
gentlemen whom I have ever yet seen at any agricultural
dinner in this country. And, talking of the value of
suggestive ideas, one idea was suggested to me to-day
before I entered this meeting to account in some degree
for any deficiency in stock, while at the same time a
remedy was in some degree suggested by the remarks
we have heard from our admirable chairman with re-
spect to the nature of the prizes, for, perhaps, the defi-
ciency of stock may in some degree arise from the cir-
cumstance that the tenant farmer is called on to com-
pete with the greater capital of the gentleman farmer—
(cheers)—and this, to a certain extent, may be disheart-
ening to him in the rearing of stock for exhibition at
meetings of this kind. I would, therefore, respectfully
suggest to the gentlemen who give and the gentlemen
who arrange the distribution of prizss, whether on some
future occasion it might not be possible to give the prizes
with regard to stock as I have always given my own
prizes, namely, confining them always to the exelusive
competition of tenant-farmers, while there should be
other prizes for which the gentlemae-farmer and the
tenant-farmer should be equally competitors. And the
prizes of the tenant-farmer should be of the value of those
given to the gentleman-farmer—(hear)—for it is some-
thing of which a gentleman-farmer may be very proud to
compete in skill with the tenant-farmer ; while, on the
other hand, it is somewhat hard fur the tenant-farmer to
be called on to compete with the capital of his landlord.
(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, thus much will suffice in my
capacity of a member of this society ; and now one
word as your fellow-citizen of the great community of
England. In an earlier stage of your proceedings yon
drank to the health of those gallent men who are
fighting in a cause which has pledged the honour of
England to the preservation of those boundaries which
separate civilised liberty from barbarous force. We, in
this country, have had our share in the national glory,
and we have had, perhaps, more than our share in that
private grief which commands especial sympathy and
respect. By war, or the disease which war has entailed,
many of our neighbouring hearths are now darkened by
mourning ; but thet mourning is a robe of honour, a
title of nobility, which no democrat will dispute ; and
is conferred on the humblest Englishman who can point
to a hero's grave and say, "There lies the brother or
the eon whom he lost in his country's cause." (Cheers.)
And henceforth, it seems to me, as if a higher rank
among the inhabitants of this country will be due
to those families who have enrolled amongst the
glorious victims of Sebastopol the names of Sutton,
Powell, Clutterhuck, Blake, Ryder, and Delmer-Rat-
cliffe ; and when I utter this last name I am reminded
that, if our friend Mr. Delmer-Ratciiffe has a sorrowful
pride in the son who fell at the Lead of his men,
in the field of the Alma, so he has now a glorious
pride in the living son distinguished by his wounds and
his valour in the assault on the Redan. (Cheers.) I
wish to read you an extract from a letter which may,
perhaps, furnish you with an answer if ever you hear a
sneer against what are called "raw recruits." This is a
letter from a distinguished officer in the Coldstreams,
who was an eye-witness of the assault on the Redan,
and who wrote the letter to a family in this county.
He says—" The conduct of our young officers in the as-
saulting regiments, and the way in which they led their
men, was splendid. The bravery of young Ratcliffe, of
the 123 d, was beyond all praise. Three times did this
boy attempt to climb the scaling-ladder, twice was be
beaten down, and the third time he gained the top,
when be was wounded with the thrust of a bayonet, and
hurled to the bottom of the ditch. Bat, strange to say,
he is now doing well." Why, that boy was only 17.
(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I wish that you would cheer,
for that cheer will not only gladden a father's heart, but
will ring through this county of Hertford--(cheers)—
and it will show of what mettle Hertfordshire men
are made. (Renewed cheers.) And, gentlemen, While
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we do honour to those young living soldiers, do not let
us forget that Hertfordshire can also boast of one of ma•
turer years, who is still spared to the service of his coun-
try, the son of Mr. Pretyman of Wheathampstead, whose
name, as one of the ablest and bravest officers in the
English army, is now familiar to every military man.
Well, perhaps Sebastopol has been a rough school ; but
I think it will turn out sum famous scholars, and ws