The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

"
Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Oct, 9, ig.
TENDERS will be reePived at this Office,
"'
, won
12 o'ciceic, noon, on THURSDAY, the sth November,
1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Con-
tra .t to supply
PAILLASSE STRAW AND STRAW FOR ROYAL
ENGINEER SERVICE,
in such quantities as may be required fram the Ist December,
1863, to 30th November. 1864, for the use of her Majesty's
Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com-
mand.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of ten and four o'clock.
The Tenders must be properly filled up and signed, and
delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the
outside "Tender for Supply of Straw)," and no Tender will
be noticed unlesi made on forms obtained from this office,
and delivered by the hour appointed.

LUXURIANT WHISKERS or
MOUSTACHES.—Mv formula firces them to gro..v
heavily in six weeks upon the smoothest face, without injury
to the skin, and a sure remedy for holiness. 13 stamps.—
Mr. FOX, Macclesfield. Fox's celebrated Hob wash Formula,
for removing scurf and curling the hair, seven stamps,

DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
,,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
:icott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
suffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind,
spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, Ste. For habitual
costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe cite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's dilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
,reen package, with " William Lambert," engraved On the
Stamp.

TIDMAN'S SEA SALT bas been analysed by
Dr. Hassan, who strongly recommends it as very
superior to the rock and oth,r salts commonly used for
bathing purposes. It is the only efficient substitute for sea
bathing. In bags of 141b5., price 28. ; 281b5., 4s. ; 561bs , Bs.
1121b5., les.

Sole Proprietors, TIDMAN tt SON, 10, Wormwood-street,
London, E.C. Sold by all Chemists.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL'and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard-
street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer
to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually
restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at
what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of the properties of
dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and
when the hair is once restored one application per month
will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or
in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the
highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respecta-
bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell
and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHAKSPEARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert
N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv-
ing' SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the
account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge
and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks,
Stratford-upon-Avon ; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and
Greenway, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co., Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
Glyn and Co., bankers, London.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
tion li.t to the nation most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance The Committee
r.st their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only
the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to
all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his
home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at King's-cross.
Patron—The QUEEN.
President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.

The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support,
to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that
daily present themselves.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward
Mas Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the HospitaL
STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary.

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ao
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Com-
pany of London took place at Wormwood Scrubbs.
fioefldthdeayof
Hon. the Life
Artillery Guards
and
The Hon. Artillery Company arrived on the ground
soon after 10 o'clock, and was soon afterwards fol-
lowed by the Ist Life Guards, under %he command
of Col. the Earl Mount-Charles. The troop of the
Ron. Artillery Company consisted of 6-pounder
guns, which were each drawn by four horses. They
were under the command of Capt. Jay. The weather
was most unfavourable.
Full beneßt of reduced duty obtained by pur-
chasing llornirnan's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and
4s. " High Standard " at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Sd.), is the
strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every
town supply it in Dackets.
[AnvEnTrsEmENT.]—Constunption, all nervous, bilious,
liver, and stomach complaints, in every stage, are only ag-
gravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but
perfectly curable by Du Larry's health restoring Revalenta
Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had
fonblvotitii, pfeeratfpf fearful
cough,
been considered hopeless. We quote a few.—Cure No. 62,914.
from the last stage of
Miss Lange, 18 years of age, cured after the medical men had
abandoned all hopes of her recovery
, hexpectoration
aciated to a skeleton. She is now, thant God, ern
G a perfectly
pexuhlnaluosntaioryn,cospintstiunmaptol
healthy, blooming, fleshy girl,—N. Lav:l;ce, co
issaire de
Police. Cure, No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Primley
Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lunr •
gs, spitting of blood
e , liver
derangement, and partial de A.—Cure, No. 47,121. Miss
Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme, nervousness, indigestion.,
gatherings, • low spirits, `and nervous fancies.—Cure No.
'
54,816. 'the Rev. Jam,
~-.
A T. Campbell, Pakenham, Norfolk,
of indigestion and torpidity of the liver, which had resisted
corP .
llb 28 9d ; 21b, 45 6d ; 51b,
all medical tre
,t ent. In tins, ,
118; 121 b, f'^ ---ul
'al; 241 b 0 Barry du Barry and Ca., No. 77,
d'egen also Fortnum and Mason; and all
f, 4 s.
~street,, London;
A 01 the Vnitedlida
grr
5 and chemists in every tow gdora,.

Immediately the horses reached the post Mr. M'George
got them in line, and despatched them on their way, They
ran nearly in a line for 100 or 200 yards, when the running
was taken up by the Birthday filly on the lower side,
closely followed by Revolver, Little Dick, Villette, and
Oberon, General Hesse, who headed the rear division,
lying on the upper ground. They retained these positions
to the " bushes hill," where Revolver headed Mr. Watt's
filly, and came on with a slight lead into the Abingdon-
mile-bottom, where Covey made his final effort, but failed
to reach the leader in consequence of his filly breaking
down badly, Revolver winning in a canter by three lengths
—two lengths between the second and third ; Equinox was
fourth and Little Dick fifth; the others beaten off; the last
two being General Hesse and Oberon.

Free Handicap Sweepstakes (First Class) of 30 sous each,
20ft ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. T.Y.C.
7 subs.
Mr. Watt's Newmarket, 3 yrs, 6st 51b' (Loates) 1
Mr. Jackson's Lady Louisa, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Doyle) 2
Mr. 11, Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 4 yrs, Est 9lh (Murfit) 3
Mr. G. Lamberts Humphrey, 4 yrs, Est 131 b.. (Morgan) 4
Mr. G. Bryan's Welland, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ....((ustance) 5
Betting-6 to 4 agst Welland, 4to 1 agst Newmarket, 5
to 1 agst Lady Louisa; and 7 to 1 agst Peignoir.
Some time was lost at the post in consequence of Hum-
phrey breaking away twice and refusing to face his horses.
At last the flag was lowered, and the horses got away upon
equitable terms, but after running a few strides Lady Louisa
took up the running, which she retained for the first 50
yards, when she was pulled hack, and the lead taken by
Newmarket, who was never after approached, and won in a
canter by a couple of lengths, a length separating second
and third; Humphrey Was fourth, close up ; Welland
beaten off.

Match. T.Y.C. 100, h ft.
Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 2 yrs, Bst (Fordham) 1
Lord Uxbridge's Liston, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b .... (S. Rogers) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Liston.

The favourite made the running to half way in the cords,
when Attraction got to his head, and he cut it, leaving her
to win with great ease by three parts of a length.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards.
Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 300 soya.
T.Y.C. 11 subs.
Duke of St. Albans' Ostentation, 2 yrs, Gat 131 b

1
Mr. Kinnard's Norroy, 4 yrs, 9st 31b (Alderoft (S. Adams) )
2
Marquis of Hastings's Garotter, 2 yrs, fist 131 b (Deacon) 3
The following also ran :—Benjamin, Confidence, East
Sheen, and Gallus.

Betting-5 to 2 agst Gallus, 3to 1 agst Norroy, 6to 1
agst Ostentation, 8 to 1 (at first 5 to 2) agst East Sheen, 9
to 1 agst Confidence, and 10 to 1 each agst Garotter and
Benjamin.
East Sheen was extremely fractious at the post, which
caused some delay in getting them away. On settling into
their places, Norroy took a clear lead, having the favourite,
Garotter, and Benjamin, in close attendance, Ostentation
lying away until they reached the half mile post, where she
joined the leader, the pair running in
company to half a
dozen strides of home, when the Young one got up and won
cleverly by half a length. Garotter was third, beaten off,
Benjamin fourth, East Sheen fifth, Confidence sixth, and
Gallus last. The Marquis of Hastings claimed East Sheen.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts. Bst bib,
and fillies Bst Sib, The winner to be sold for 150 sus.
T.Y.C. 8 subs.
Mr. H. Lowther's Antoinette, Bst 81b ...... (S. Rogers) 1
Mr. J, Osborne's Lord Adolphus, Bst 101 b.. (J. Osborne) 2
Mr. Merry's Crisis, Bst 101 b ................ (H. Covey) 3
The following also ran :—Junius, Wild Huntress, and
Daniel.
Betting--Even on wild Huntress, 3 to 1 agst Antoinette,
and 5 to 1 agst any other.
They left the post in close company, with the exception
got godly off, Antoinette, with a
of Load Adolphus, who
s ight lead, was followed by Crisis and Wild Huntress into
the cords, when Lord Adolphus, having gradually gained
his lost ground, joined the leaders, and when within a
dozen strides of the chair Osborne made his effort, and
headed Crisis, but failed to reach the leader, who wen very
eaily by two lengths, a head only between the second and
third ; Junius was a good fourth.
sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr •olds ; colts, Sat 101 b,
and fillies Bst 71h-
The winner to be sold for 100 sow
T.Y.C. 4 subs.
Mr. H. Ten Broeck's Dolphin, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 1
Mr. J. Greaves's Rosebud, Bst 101 b (Doyle) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Country Maid, Bst 71b
(J. Goater) 3
Lord W. Powlett's Vindictive, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 4
Betting-7 to 4on Dolphin, and sto 1 agst any other.
Rosebud, with the favourite and Country Maid, lying up,
made the running into the cords, where Dolphin headed her,
and won very cleverly by a length, Rosebud secured the
second honours by a head from Country Maid, a bad fourth.
Mr, 3. Cxreayes claimed the winner,

VALETTA, Oct. 10.—Letters from the fleet in
Greek waters give the following news :—The latest
date is the 3d inst. The country continues in a tran-
quil state, the arrival of the new King being looked
forward to with feelings of pleasing expectation and
deep interest. Her Majesty's ship Revenge, 73
(bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8.),
which is to escort the young King from a port in
France to his new dominions, does not leave Malta
for Toulon until Monday next, the 12th inst. Her
orders are to be at Toulon by the 15th, and the King
is not expected there till the 22d or 231. It is re-
ported that the Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Randolph,
which left the Piraeus on the 25th ult. for Corfu,
and the West Coast of Greece, will form part of the
escort squadron. The following ships of war are at
present at the Piraeus :—English—Marlborough,
121, Capt. C. Fellowes (bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Smart, K.H.) ; Trafalgar, 70, Captain T.
Mason ; the Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar ; the St.
George, 84, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton (in Salamis
Bay); end the Boxer, 2, gunboat, Lieut. Com. F. S.
D. Broughton, tender to the Marlborough. French
_The magicienne, 28, screw frigate, being the flag
of the Rear-Admiral commanding ; the Tangier, 4,
and alouette, 4, paddle wheel steamers. Austrian
--The Dandolo, 22, screw
corvette ; and the Wall,
4,
screw gunboat. Italian—The Tancrede, 4, pad-
dlewheel steamer. Turkish—The Broussa, 22, screw
corvette. Greek—The Athens, 6, paddlewheel
steamer, and a screw gunboat. The Engash paddle-
wheel frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Army tage,
sailed from the Piraeus on the Ist inst. for Nauplia
and Patrv. The Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Acting-
Com. Boger, was expected at Athens about the 10th
instant from Beyrout. She was to return and
winter on the coast of Syria. The Liffey, 35, screw
frigate, Capt. G. Parker, was also to winter on
some part of that station. The Cossack, 22, Capt.
w. R. Rolland, and the Icarus, 11, Commander N.
are at present there. Report says
Salmon, V. C.,
that the Marlborough will shortly return to Malta.
The Admiral intends, however, to remain at the
Pirmus, and hoist his flag on board the Queen. The
three men who perpetrated the cowardly murder of
a marine belonging to her Majesty's gunboat Fox-
hound some months since are about to be brought
to trial before the Criminal Court of Athens, the
decision of which will be final. The Trident, 3,
iron paddlewheel sloop, Commander C. J. Balfour,
arrived at the Piraeus on the 25th ult, from Malta
with a mail and despatches, and returned on the
6th inst., bringing despatches and letters from the
squadron ; also three naval cadets and an assistant-
clerk for the Meanee, and two naval cadets for the
Phcebe. She steamed from the Piraeus to Kala-
mata, where she communicated with the Wanderer,
4, gunboat, Commander M, C. Seymour, and per-
formed the remaining portion of the voyage to
Malta, with the exception of the last 12 hours,
under sail,
acquitting herself better than was ex-
pected. The Liffey was expected at Kalamata on
the 11th inst. The Foxhound, 4, gunboat, Com-
mander W. H. Anderson, left Malta on the Ist inst.
for the rhesus, and the Meanee, 60, Capt. G. Wode-
house, quitted port on the Bth for the same destina-
tion, both taking mails and despatches for the
squadron. The following mail will probably be
conveyed by the Trident. The Caradoe, despatch-
vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. Wilkinson, is at Con-
stantinople; the Weser, 6, Commander A. H. J.
Johnstone, and the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Comman-
der Gillson, are on the Danube station; and the
Procris, gunboat, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J.
B. Vivian, is at Gibraltar. There are at present in
Malta harbour the receiving ship Hibernia (bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. T, Austen, C. 8.),
Commander R. 13. Harvey ; the Revenge, 73 (bear-
ing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.)
Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley; the Chanticleer, 17,
Commander C. Sterling (lately arrived from Syria);
the Medina, surveying vessel, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt,
C.B. (awaiting her relief the Hydra, 6, paddle sloop,
from England) ; the Trident, 3, Commander C. J.
Balfour; the Psyche, despatch vessel, Lieut.-Com.
Sterne, and the Growler, tender to the Medina (ar-
rived on the 2d inst. from Sicily). The Revenge,
having got ashore on the mud at Navarino, was on
arrival here admitted into dock for examination.
No damage was discovered but what a few sheets of
copper will make good. The Phtebe has also been
into dock to have her bottom cleaned and examined.
ller broken engine is being repaired here, and it
will be necessary to cast a now cylinder. It is not
expected she will be ready for sea again in much less
than three months. Her Majesty's iron screw trans-
port Orontes, 2, Capt. W. H. Hire, which brought
2d
here on Wednesday evening, the 30th ult.,
h
t
Battalion Bth Regiment, under the commandtut. n t o
of
Lieut.-Col. Woods, from Gibraltar, left °ii
Gibraltar, on Monday, the sth inst.,i
with
of
hrethe 2d
battalion 15th Regiment, under the command
Major Fulton, from this garrison, to replace
return with
the for-
mer regiment at Gibraltar.
She .
the 100th (Royal Canadian) Regiment,wi and take
away from this the 23d (Royal Welsh) Fusileers,
which have been for some time under orders to pro-
ceed to Gibraltar in exchange for the 100th. The
Bth Regiment is now quartered in Verdala Bar-
racks, on the other side of the harbour. The follow-
ing are the names of the officers of the 15th Regi-
ment, and the strength of the battalion, as embarked
on board the Orontes:--Majors H. Fulton, and
w. C. Armstrong ; Copts. F. P. Hopkins, H.
M'Kenzie, C. Crawley, F. E. Dickson, U. Starke,
and F. F. 0. Hodson ; Lieutenants U. S.
Jemmett, C. E. Layard; J. J. Grier, E. C.
Ward, S. P. Marjoribanks ; Ensigns J. J.
Osborn, H. E. Adams, G. B. Skinner, F. H.
Greenall, and J. H. Ruxton ; Assist,-Surg. E. Cof-
fey, Quartermaster A. R. Mitchell, Bandmaster U.
Allen, 776 non-commissioned officers and soldiers,
55 women, 94 children. Col. Hallewell, deputy-
! quartermaster-general, Copts, Cochrane, Somerset,

Last night a grand civic banquet took place at
the Town Hall in this city. Among the guests
present were the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P.,
the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., Cot. North,
M.P., Colonel Pane, M.P., the Recorder of Oxford
(the Queen's Ancient Sergeant, Mr. Sergeant
Manning), the Vice-Chancellor, the High Sheriff,
the Senior Proctor, the Public Orator, the Masters
and Provosts of the various Colleges, the Mayors
of Abingdon and Woodstock, and a large number
of the principal inhabitants of the city.
The Town Hall was beautifully decorated for the
occasion.
The MAYOR (Mr. Alderman Thompson) occupied
the chair.
After the various loyal and patriotic toasts had
been given and responded to,
The MAYOR proposed " The Health of the City
Members," which was most cordially received.
Mr. CARDWELL, on rising, was received with
loud cheers. He said—Mr, Mayor and Gentlemen,
I have been accustomed to rise and return thanks
for this toast with feelings of gratitude and joy;
but I regret to say that to-night those eelings are
allied more to sorrow than to joy, whenf I refleot on
the state of health of my respected colleague Mr.
Langston. Your mayor has truly said that he has
been faithful to you, and you, gentlemen, will be
faithful to those who have been so faithful, and
therefore it is that you testify towards him your
sincere respect and cordial regard. (Cheers.) For
my own part I esteem the privilege. of representing
Oxford in Parliament as the highest honour to
which I can aspire, and so long as you extend to me
that privilege I will not attempt to repay you in
words only for the kindness which you have shown
to me. (Cheers.) I hope I shall never show myself
unworthy of that steadfastness of principle and
conduct which you will naturally expect from any
one whom you may select to the high honour of
representing
you in Parliament. (Cheers.) Gentle-
men, I have the pleasure to-night of sitting by the
side of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, and I need
not remind you that in the summer of this year the
city was honoured by the visit of the Prince of
Wales, and sitting by the side of the Vice Chancel-
lor I would beg to remind this meeting that upon
that occasion I was selected as the recipient of a
high honour and mark of favour on the part of the
University of Oxford. (Cheers.) That mark of
their favour I most highly esteem, and I have taken
the liberty to recur to it, not in reference to myself,
even to express the gratitude I sincerely feel to the
university, but as a proof of the connection which
exists between the university and the city. (Cheers.)
That connection is extremely valuable, and reflects
equal honour upon either party. (Cheers.) It is
impossible for us to assemble together as we have
done on the present occasion without a feeling of
wonder and gratitude at the circumstances in which
this great country is now placed. Wo have just
gathered in a harvest more bountiful perhaps than
any harvest in the experience of my right hon.
friend Mr. Henley, large and valuable as that expe-
rience has been, for he is, I may safely say, one of
the most experienced farmers in the county. In the
north of England, with which part of the country I
am more particularly connected, I am glad to say
that those scenes of recurring distress with which it
has been visited are now passing away, and that
things are more promising than could have been
anticipated for the suffering county of Lan
certcor
(Hear, hear,) 1, for one, was always Bang
this point, and believed that the triial
borne
which we were passing would übiteaherough
"tit°ine -a state of
with great heroism, and would at large, but
undiminished prosperity to thc, vo
cbaa'
gone through
I did not believe that we could ,„eh a terrible clla.
the fiat, and Oven tWO yea_ersased
Divine Providence
mity as that which it has Pit hat
the country would
to afflict U 8 With, and yet
contrast
happy COUt. to almost every
present such A
country in the worioI am sure, then, that I only
echo the sentiments of this meeting when I say
of the
British
that we cannot contrast the happy position
Empire at
the present moment with that
of other countries without a sincere feeling of
gratitude to God for the gre4t blessings which

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enjoy. (Cheers.) If we look e 41_, _ll
east or the west we find an lel eft;
...,:;_
narchy and a republic plunging
t, e
.- • ee
se— --e
war, which is the worst of wars, _ eeintirs
.
fraught than any other with public calaMitiee, an" 72.
i
wherever we turn our eyes upon the great an -1-
powerful country of America we see bloodshed in the
field ana sort-- -- "- 'earth. Contrast that with
the contentment, the tranquillity, and the remark-
able prosperity which upon the whole exists among
ourselves, and above all with that c )rdial and sin-
cere affection to our institutions, and towards each
other, which happily prevails among e 11 classes of
the people of this country. (Cheers.) Ido not
speak of those slight differences of opinion upon
public questions which must necessarily arise among
a free people, who are in the habit of discussing
openly and fairly all such questions. Such diJe-
rences of opinion du not disturb the mutual respect
and the sincere regard which the various classes of
society in this country feel for each other—but I
speak of that deep and broad undercurrent of unity
on all questions of paramount importance which are
essential for the existence of a free, happy, prospe-
rous, and powerful country. (Cheers.) That pa-
triotic feeling is manifested upon all occasions in
which the honour of the cAintry is concerned, and
it results in respect for our institutions, and not
only in loyalty but iu warm affection, amounting
to reverence, towards the person of our Sovereign
and her family. We watch with the deepest inte-
rest every event that tends to augme:it their hap-
piness, and when,
as we have read to-cloy, an occa-
sion occurs which recalls the loss, the trials, the
suffering, and the sorrow of our gracione Queen,
the whole nation vibrates with sympathetic feling,
and joins in the
expression of sentiments and
loyalty and love. (Hear.) ,This, then, is the haEny
condition of our country; we owe it to a nigbe,,,
power, and it is therefore onr duty net to be found
wanting. But considering the advantages and the
blessings we enjoy, we ought by the exercise of
energy, industry, perseverance, and fidelity to those
great principles which should be the rule of every
man's conduct, to endeavour to increase those
blessings and multiply those advantages for the
benefit of the commmunity among whom we live.
I believe that the foundation from which we
derive those blessings will be found in the exist-
ence of our national institutions ; and they,
thank God, are in this happy land fixed on so broad
and deep a basis that they will survive every storm,
and continue to be, as they have ever been, the envy
and admiration of every country in the world.
(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Health of the
County Members," observing that the county was
singularly happy in having as one of its representa-
tives the Right Hon. J.W. Henley, who had always
commanded the esteem and respect of his fellow
countrymen, and who was listened to in the House
of Commons with the greatest attention by men of
all shades of party, for whatever might be their dif-
ference of political opinion they all admired the
sound commonsense observations of the right hon.
gentleman, and were grateful for the light which
he invariably threw upon all public questions when
under discussion in the house. Col. North had ate 3
proved himselt a faithful representative, and mast
now be considered a tried public servant, while their
younger hut not less respected member, Col. Fane,
had given proof of ability and energy which en-
titled him to their gratitude and esteem. The toast
was most cordially received.
Mr. HENLEY assured the company that it always
gave him great pleasure to be present at the hospi-
table gatherings of the municipality of the city of
Oxford, and he must express his deep regret at the-
causes which prevented their esteemed friend, Mr.
Langston, from being present, as he had so often.
been on former occasions. It was his sincere wish,
and in that wish he knew they all cordially joined,
thai it might please God to restore his hon. friend
to health. (Cheers.) His right hon. friend had
been pleased to call him (Mr. Henley) an old agri-
culturist, and had appealed to him to say whether
' this was not the very best harvest he could recollect.
Now, it was quite true he had bran an agriculturist
as long as he could remember, and he should con-
tinue to be one as long as he could do anything.
But the very fact of his being an old agriculturist
had taught him not to be too confident of any-
thing, and farmers did not reckon up everything
till the end of the year, although they had got in
the harvest. Ho believed the recent harvest had
been very good—nay, an excellent harvest ; but the
right hon. gentleman must excuse him from saying
that it was the very best he had ever known. In
all that had been said by his right hon. friend with
respect to the prosperity of the country he most
heartily concurred. They stood, he might say, in
broad and open contrast to.almost every nation in
the world, and they must be thankful in a becoming
spirit to Divine Providence, in order that these
great blessings which they now enjoyed might bs
continued to them. The present condition of this
country certainly afforded a subject of deep congra-
tulation ; because, let them look where they would,
either to the far east or to the west, no man could
say whether there was greater prospect of war. Ho
hoped that the clouds which now darkened that
political horizon might pass away without a storm,
and that by the blessing of God peace might be pre-
served. (Cheers.) Speaking in the presence of one
of her Majesty's Government he might be permitted
to say that he trusted they would continue to fol-
low that wise course of policy which they had
hitherto adopted, and endeavour to keep the nation
clear of any troubles that might hereafter occur in
foreign countries. (Hear.) He had no fear but that
the honour of the country would be safe in their
hands; at the same time, when they saw a prospect
of great troubles springing up in other countries,
he thought it was not out of place in any publio
man to raise a warning voice, and to express a hope
that the same care which had hitherto been mani-
fested in keeping it free from the quarrels of other
people, would continue to be exhibited in the pre-
sent threatening aspect of affairs. Difficulties had
sprung up in every direction, but hitherto he was
glad to say the course which had been taken by our
rulers was such as to place this country in a per-
fectly impartial position among the contending
parties, and he felt disposed to give to the servants
of the Queen, whoever they might be, the fullesta
support, so long as they continued to
the honour and dignity of the country and to
avoid an unnecessary interference with. no
preserve
the
affairs of other nations. There could
..roorae
all
doubt that by so doing they would obteibleill
classes of the people a general support, %Nit' would
, otherwise
enable them to adopt a course which enough to
they might not find themselves shtrisoee
right honour-
take. He could have wished that
able friend would have been able
daypand
ee re-
hopes of better times. It
that dayto have held out
sa r b Yof d
gret to every Englishman
almost hour by hour we ;eneiod nothing but ac-
counts of bloodshed
at country which of all
fracinhno to possess in itself all
others one would itfplilappiness, and prosperity,
the elements of Pteair
/natter of regret that there
country, and it was Lamas ;n, up in the United States a
be groom. m•
for SO
seemed to towards this co
of bitterness concerned he had never been
feeling .
was
isghtest reason for it. (Cheers.)
far asEughTha
able to find -e
He wised Sincerely that he was in a position to
that he could see any prospect of the termina-
tionsay
that dreadful struggle n •
of now going on in
America, but he was unable to do so, and the best
advice that ho could give to her Majesty's Govern-
ment was to continue the same impartial conduct
they had hitherto evinced, and to hold themselves
and this country entirely aloef from it. (Hear, and
cheers.)

Various other toasts of a local character were
given anal responded to, and the proceedings
terminated.

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