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DEATH OP COLONEL-SIBTLIORP.

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It is our painful duty to announce the decease of the
well-known Colonel Sibthorp, member for Lincoln. The
name of the gallant Colonel has long been a household
word as the embodiment of honest but unreasoning Tory
prejudice ; down to the very last he showed himself a
politician of the extinct school of Lord Eldon and the
late Duke of Newcastle, whom he thoroughly revered,
and consequently, in these days of divided parties and
allegiance, he found himself as frequently opposed to
the great Conservative
party as the late Frederick Lucas
to his Liberal adios.
The deceased gentleman was de-
scended from an ancient family fettled upwards of a
century and a halt at Canwick-,tall, near Lincoln,
many of whose members from time to time have repre-
sented that city in Parliament. His father, the late Mr.
Rumple y Waldo Sibthorp, sat for several years at
the cAnmencetnent of the present century. His son,
Charles Dalaet Waldo Sibthorp, was first elected in
the high Tory interest in 1826, and with the exception
of the brief Parliament of 1833.4, ohosen under the ex-
citement consequent upon the passing of the Reform Bill,
lie continued to represent Lincoln to the day of his death.
The Colonel's influence was great among the registered
electors, upwards of 1,300 in numbetr, consisting of free-
men resident and non-resident ; but it did not extend so
far as to be able often to secure the second seat for a Tory
friend, the predilections of the constituency being rather
personal towards himself than bayed on any political
grounds. Thus, although Cul. Sibthorp could generally
re,':kon on the support of some 600 voters, and in con:e-
au
'1no) was usually returned at thin head of the poll, in
1835 aud 1837 he was unable to pry ;vent the then Radical
Sir :Edward Lytton Bulger from 13,.ting chosen as his col-
league, while in 1847 Mr. Charles :ieely and in 1843 Mr.
Thomas Holihouse were elected against Tory candidates,
and M r. G. F. Ilereage secured the second seat at the
general election in 1852. Once, and once only, did the
gallant' Colonel's good fortune fail him, oriel that was,
have said, in 1833, when a majority of 83 dis-
placedaswe
him to make room for Sir E. Bulwer. The gal-
lant Colonel was born, we believe, in 1782, and in 1813
arrie d Maria, daughter of the late Mr. Ponsonby Tot-
i-e:ha le, many years M.P. for the borough of Fethard,
in the Irish House of Counnone, and by whom he leaves
iseue everal children. His brother, the Rev. H. Waldo
Sibthory, late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, be-
came a Roman Catholic some few year, since, but soon
atterwar d. returned to the English Church. Col Sib-
opa) ways for many years a magistrate and deputy-beu-
tenant for the county of Lincoln, and in 1852 was ga•
netted to the Colonelcy of the South Lincolnshire Militia.
He strenin eusly and consistently opposed in all their
stages Cathi )lic Emancipation, the Reform Bill, and the
&boll ion of' the Jewish Disabilities, and wag one of
the minority of 53 who censured free trade when Lord
Derby was in office in November, 1852.

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MR. F. PEEL, M.P., OX THE WAIL

On Friday evening a densely-crowdsd meeting of the
electors and inhabitants of Bury was held in the Town
Hall, for the purpose of affording to Mr. F. Peel, the
representative of the borough, an opportunity of express-
ing his political opinions, R. Asht .n, Esq., occupied
the chair, and in a brief speech introduced
Mr. F. PEEL, M.P., who on rising, was greeted with
a hearty round of applause. He said that no year which
had passed had been more full of events of the greatest
interest—of occurrences of deep signification, and having
the closest bearing upon the honour, the interests, and
the position of this couutrv. Seldom had a member of
late years bad occasion to take a retrospect of so inter-
esting a period as this. What, be asked them, had been
the valour of our troops ? What were their endurance
and fortitude under trials of every description ? What
the skill of our generals, their genius for command, their
resources, their capacity to turn to the best account the
powerful instruments that lusd been placed in their hands ?
What had been the patriotism and the sagacity of their
public men ; and what, again, the steadfastness, the
cleat-sightedness, with which the people of this country
had kept in view before them the oljects, necessity,
and policy of the war ? And what had been the
li-
berality with which the wealth and pawer of this
country had been placed at the di-pesal of those by
whom its affairs were ruled, and by whom the adminis-
tration of the war was conducted ? Those, indeed, were
questions of the greatest interest, and it was no waste
of any man's time to devote himself to give a reply to
them. They had great and just reason to feel proud of
the army that had been fighting their battles in the
Crimea. In its hands the lamp of the ancient military
glory of this oonn,ry had burned with its accustomed
.brilliancy. The patience of that army, and the forti-
tude with which' it'endured the severity of last winter,
and the courage which it had invariably displayed
bef,:re the enemy, had enlisted the sympathy andsupport
of every class in this country, in every quarter of the
land. (Cheers.) It had been the same with our fellow-
countrymen beyond the sea, and distant colonies had
sent liberal contributions towards the support of those
who had suffered by this war, and had undertaken, in

many Instances, their own defence, in order to set free
the troops for engaging actively in the war. The hoe.
gentleman congratulated his constituents ou the cordial
alliance which still crutinued between this country and
France, and also upon the unanimity of feeling which
had throughout subsisted between the generals in com-
mand of the troops of the respective countries, remark-
ing that it was a thing unheard of before, that there were
on the eastern side of the Crimea French troops entrusted
to the command of an English officer, and at Eupatoria,
English forces obeying the orders of a French com-
mander. They ought not to forget their noble ally, the
King of Sardinia. The Sovereign of that country had but
lately received a cordial welcome from the free people of
this, given on account of the noble stand he had made in
defence of religious liberty against the interference of the
Papal power, and because in the midst of the despotisms
of Italy lie had founded a Government on the principles
of constitutional liberty, no lees than on account of the
b Ad manner in which he had ranged himself on the side
of the Western paver: to put down the aggressive spirit
of the Emperor of RtlB,lA. They might congratulate
themselves also on the improved state of the Turkish
forces. They would remember last year the honourable
reputation that was acquired by the army of the
Porte in defending the passage of the Danube against
the Russian forces. They then acquired great credit,
and contributed much to our cause at that period.
Afterwards, in consequence of the conduct of some
of the Turkish soldiers on the day of the battle of
Belakiava, they lost reputation and fell into great dis-
credit. He rejoiced to say that again the Turkish army
in Georgia, under their distinguished leader, Omar Pa-
cba, who now himself directed their operations, had re-
newed their ancient reputation, and showed that, whether
it were in resisting the passage of a river, or in forcing
one in the face of the enemy, they had equally proved
themselves superior to the foe with whom they were en-
gaged. (Cheers ) Looking to the Asiatic army of the
Porte, they might most favourably contrast its condition
with that of last year. Without pay, without provisions,
without arms, without transport, they were last year re-
duced to the condition of a mere rabble ; but when placed
under the orders of the brave General Williams, who

had acquired such a noble reputation for his defence of
Kars, they had proved themselves fully equal to the cir-
cnmetances in which they were placed, and though Kers
was now reported to have surrendered, it had fallen, not
from any success which the Russian troops had gained
against it, but solely on account of larnine within the
town and the absence of relief from without which they
might have expected. The speaker expressed the satie•
faction with which he had read the spirited speech of
!Sir. Fox, the hon. member fur Oldham, to his constitu-
ents recently, remarking that, for himself, as a member
of the Government, he could not be expected to criticise
it 4 roctieurco with the freedom whieh ono not so con-
nected might indulge in. As a member of the Govern-
ment his individuality was in great part merged in
that membership, and on no other principle could any
Government stand, because if it did not receive the cor-
dial support of those of whom it was constituted, it
could not expect the support of those outside, who had
not held the allegiance of those who were actually of it-
self. When he joined the Government, having their
support in doing so, he took it he should receive their
foregone conclusion in giving it his unhesitating sup-
port so long as its measures kept in community with
the principlee on which the Government was first
founded. The hon. gentleman then briefly remarked
upon the reluctance which was manifested by the Go-
vernment of this country, in the first instance, to enter
upon the war, and went on to say—They knees as well
as he did what was the particular occasion and the cause
that occasioned the war. The Government of Russia
artfully and studiously concealed from the English Go-
vernment the existence of certain demands which it was
making with the Porte, to a right of interference with
the subjects of the Ottoman Government which were in-
consistent with the dignity of that Power. The Govern•
inept of the Sultan deliberately declined to concede these
demands ; and then, in time of peace, the Government
of Russia marched its troops into the territory of its
neighbour. There was provocation enough ; but it was
not without an attempt to procure from Russia the re-
traction of the injustice and wrong that had been done
—it was not till after many repeated, though fruitless
attempts that this country thought it its duty, without
longer deferring, to enter into contest, with the assist-
ance of France, to defend the people and Government
of the Porte from the encroachments of the Government
of Russia. Such was the cause which commenced this
war ; but they must not suppose that was the first or
only act of usurpation on the part of Russia. It was
but one of a series of acts all tending to the same object.
Its aggressive policy lay in two directions—one route
towards Constantinople, and the other towards the Cas-
pian Sea and there acquiring territory abutting on Per-
sia, with the view of gaining a great preponderance
among the Governments of the East. They felt that such
usurpation should ba resisted before that power had ac-
quired a still more dangerous preponderance—a Power
which has shown itself so defiant of the observances and
usages of civilised orations. He thought there should be
entire unanimity as to the justice of the war. Differences
of opinion there bad been, but more as to the manner in
which the war should be conducted than as to whether
it was right or wrong. When be spoke of the conduct
of the war, he (lid not include the operations by the
fleet. He alluded to those by land only—operations which
resolved themselves into one great enterprise against the
town and port of Sebastopol. His own belief was that,
in taking that direction, we assailed our enemy in her
most vulnerable point. He regarded Sebastopol as the
symbol and visible sign of the aggressive policy of Rus-
sia, for it was reared that it might afford the means, in
time, of destroying the power of the Turkish Govern-
meat at Constantinople, and of transferring it to Russia.
Therefore, he said, when we struck there, we took the
shortest and straightest direction, for we struck at the
very heart itself of that which was at once the symbol
and instrument of Russia's aggressive policy. He knew
it had been asked, why did they not strike at the heart
of Russia itself ? He said they would do well to keep
away from therel; for the army would perish and waste
away amid the wastes and snows of central Russia. Her
vital parts lay in the extremities of her towns, and when
we assailed Sebastopol we had assailed Russia in a point
where she was most vulnerable and most likely to feel
the force of the blow. The siege of Sebastopol had been
indeed memorable ; it would live in history as the siege
of Troy had dove ; for never was there a defence more
obstinate, or he alight say more glorious to the defenders,
but not more so than was the attack of the besieging
party. Never wag a inure numerous army or more
powerful engines of destruction employed on either side.
He had beard it asked, what bad we gained 1 In one
respect we had not :got our fleet in the enemy's har-
bours ; we were not refitting our vessels in its doe s,
nor quartering our troops its barracks ; but was it no
advantage, just as the winter was corning on, that we
had saved our troops from the work in the trenches,
which last year caused such havoc among them ? It
we had not gained much, had not Russia lost a great
deal ? They would know the difference between
the south and north side cf the harbour during
the forthcoming winter, for they were now in a posi-
tion more exposed and less able to afford them protec-
tion than the one which we occupied lest winter. (Cheers.)
It had been said it was a proof that the war was
not very popular, that we had not been able to bring up
our army to its establishment. •Had that been a fact i
he should dispute the inference ; but he knew not that
the fact was so easily to be admitted, because, though it
was proved that the number was short of that they
bad
the power to enlist, it must be borne in mind that in
1854 they enlisted more soldiers than had ever been en-
listed in the course o± any previous year. In the present
year they had raised for the army, not only as many as
were raised last year, which was more fruitful than any
ofts i
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IpBrse (41 e.c easrs,
do rs,
therefore,butt.hy ;hi dfaraised
nhalf
ragstinniiaennyt
oagain
-
ference cou'ld be deduced from the state of recruitment,
he should conclude that the war was popular rathrr than
otherwise. (Hear.) With respect to the army now fight
ing our battles in the Crimea, be said we never had so
numerous or so well-appointed an army before. Of actual
English soldiers, 18,000 was the full force with which
the Duke of Wellington won Waterloo and in the whole
of the Peninsular campaigns, even when he invaded the
French territory, excluding the Portuguese and Spanish