The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

Deaths.

HOLLOWAY.—On the 23d inst., at Folkestone, the Iten,st.
Cbarles Holloway, rector of Stinford Dingloy,
Reading, aged 64.
I.luxium.—On the 20th inst., at -Winkel on the Rhine/

Commander Henry Huxhatu; R.N., aged 35.
LIMPERANI —On the 23d inst., at Walworth, Joseph Lill°.

perani, Esq , aged 83.
PEACOCK.—On the 22d inst., at his residence, Bath-Wee)
Dadston, Walter Anderson Peacock, Esq., more than 4,
years a member of the Court of Common Council, and
26 years Deputy of the Ward of Bishopsgate• without)
aged 85.
POTTS.—On the 20th inst., at Haversteek-hill, George
Potts, Esq., aged 56.
PRATT. —On the 22d inst., at Mellor° Villa, Fulham-road)
Samuel Peace Pratt, Esq., F.R.E.) aged 73.

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Chairman in London

WILLI-A. 31 WAINWRIG TIT, Esq.

XTR&Cf S FROM THE REPORC FOR THE YEAR
1812.
rile Directors of the Royal Insurance CompanY are now
Palled upon to make their accustomed periodical Report at the
/sleeting of its Shareholders.
FIRE BRANCH.
The Directors have, as p'easingly as unexpectedly, at the
that the Fire
close of the year, to announce, for the first time,
Premiums have not only reached, but exceed £300,000.
i the Royal in the
The hitli comparative position ,enroll
msintained.
Government Returns of Duty is ag
ar t u-
The profit of the business of the year exceeds
and c insiden y
rar
sbl
the amount realised in the precechng ye ,
csrinedeistt ohtet
Passes that of any year, with but ta'oexceptotiotnhse,
commencement of ad= Office, the balance
ess which is ep kt sepa-
account o B
f ritish and Foreisr,n Insurances being £45,107 10s.
-54., and of the North American busin „
rately, £11,097 16s. 10d.
LIFE BRANCH.
The very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to
state the sum assured on n"w policies for fhe year 1862
exceeds even that of the ye 1801 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived
at the almost unexampled amount for a single year of
£701,427 on 1,498 new policies issued. Until within the last
few years it is believed that such a sum assured as that which
has just been announced as the result of one year's business
Was all but unheard of.
This portion of the Company's business has been carefully
-watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the
shareholder, as well as no small encouragement for the
future to the participating life assurer.
Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply
afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have
amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sum
proposed for assuran'e , mounts to .43,281. Various degrees
of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined.
No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day
record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much. if at
all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis-
attic in a single year from deterioration of some kind or
another.
If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert
briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that
in Fire Business its progress has been undoubtedly more
rapid than that of any other Company established either in
lon dm or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken
place. The returns of duty have proved this. In Life, the
amount of New Policies already reported make all other
evidence needless.
The Directors conclude their present Report with the
expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal
Insurance Company were never brighter, and of a consequent
hope, founded on a grateful remembrance of the past, that
the future may unfold for it a sphere of still greater magni-
leele, combialag distinguished -oommsreial success to the
Office with a lex. gthened career of usefulness and protection
to the publ.c.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.

A.D. 1720.
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION
(Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First)
FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES.
Offices, Royal Exchange, London.
Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall.
OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor.
GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor.
Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor.
DIRE,

:TORS.

Nenrp Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq.
Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville.
I.l4v.roiaihi
or, nikrni
aercamsua ;Dr
Davidson,
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s,s
q:.. s, q. Chas. Jno. Manning, q•
Henry Nelson, Esq.
The Hon. Josceline W. Percy.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq.
Fredk. Jos. Edlmann. Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq.
Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, q.
I?obt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. William Wallace, Esq.
Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Es
4'q.
Medical Referee, SAmtrnt. SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S.
NOTICE.— file usual fifteen days allowed for payment of
IRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire
on 11th October.
FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this
Corporation on advantageous terms.
The Reversionary Balm on British Life Policies has ave-
raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums
ayable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus.
The divisions of Profit take place every Five years.
Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one
Life.
This Corporation affords to the Assured—
Liberal participation in Profits--with exemption from
the liabilities of partnership.
A rate of Bonus equal to the average of Mutual
Societies—with the guarantee of a largereturns invested Capital
Stock.
The advantages of modern practie,e,—with the security
of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex-
perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Policies on the participating system, granted on or before
the list December, 18A3 and in force at thP close of the year
1865, will be entitled to, share in the next division of profits

ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established 1309.
Incorporated by Royal Chrster and Special Acts of
Parliament.
Accumulated and Invested Funds
Annual Revenue 422,401
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Insurair es .2:rante~ both at Home and in Foreign Countries
on the most liberal terms.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.

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London : John Maxwell and Company, 112, Fleet-street.

T H X F ORD
6, OXFORD-STREET,
THIS EVENING, Will be performed Operatic Selections
from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and Bellini's
SONNAMBULA.
Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs.
Green, Bernardi, finish, &c., with full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Flute Solos by Drew Dean. &c.

Lm•rOadi

PRICE.....
STAMPED

)RE
NO. 112 f
UlitY

Comic, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man "), Eugene,
W. Randall, A. Lloyd, and George Hodson.
Also, a Pei formance by Herr SCHALKENBACFI on his
wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRA contain-
ing a full baud of 40 instruments.
Me HALL has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated,
and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis.
Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ;
private boxes, 10s. 6d.

You will observe—and it is worthy of observation
—that while in all foreign Countrice they have gone
iu one direction againstforms ofgovernment baeedon
absolute despotism, they equally discourage systems
based on unmitigated democracy; and perhaps the
close of the century will be chiefly remarkable to
historians by the establishment throughout the

fIANTERBURY HALL " GHOST."—In order
V) to gratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing crowds,
Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro-
fessor Pepper and Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral
Illusion, "THE GHOST," from the Picture Gallery to the
Concert Hall, where a new and elegant stage is erected,
affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal-
cony, and body of the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr.
A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im-
provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH
EVENING, at Ten o'clock.

All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Unsworth (the modern
Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c.

whole of the civilised world of constitutional monar-

POLYGRAPHIC HALL.-MISS HERAUD
and Herr KRUEGER'S celebrated SHAKESPE
RIAN ENTERTAINMENT Illufttrative of TIIE PAS-
SIONS, interspersed with Descriptive Music, THIS EVEN-
ING, and every Evening, at Eight; Saturdays_ at Three.
Music by J. C. Beuthin, Esq. Solos Miss Mabel Brent,
Mrs, Beuthin. Herr Bonn, Mr, Page. Mr. Stedman, and Signor
Nappi. An efficient chorus. Booking, &c., at the Hall, Xing
William-street, Strand, from Ten to Five, or Tickets of
Musicsellers.

OFFICES :
LONDON 5B, Threadneedle-street.
4, New Bank Buildings. Lothbtuy,
„ West-end Office B, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These elegant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter
Season. They have been entirely redecorated.

Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of monster concerts cele-
brity. The band )8 selected from the Crystal Palace, the
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.

Manager—M. GRENET.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The
GriosT ! new version—The FAIRY FOUNTAIN—
Grand Divertissement—Favourite Opera Selections—NICO-
SIA, the eminent Violinist—RAPHAEL DE SOLLA. the
Infant Tenor—LANGLOIS, the Great Juggler, Every
Evening.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSOCIATION.
Established IS4O.
TRUSTEES.

clues more or less imitative of this old monarchy of

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.V. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.ll,
Mutual Life Assurance for all classes.
This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a
total sum of £1,500,000.
The Annual Income is • • . £51,000
The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 2 0,. 00
It has paid in Claims .. .. 112,000
The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among
the Members. Three divisions have already been made'
when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the
Policies
Dec. 31, 1847 .. • •
„ 1852 .. • • •
/1 1857 .. • • •
„ 1802 .. • • •
making the total bonus additions, £91,000.
Bonuses ma.; be received in elsh or applied to the reduc
tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an
addition to the tobey.
Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid-
up policies introduced by this Association, by which the
sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of
po icy is wholly avoided.
The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all,
whether assurers or otherwise.
Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre
seated districts.

ours. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps among the many
....

.. X 1,400
.. 11,500
.. 23 200
.. 56,500

W3l. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863.

causes which contribute to our political tranquillity
and the safety of our social progress is the due pro-.

portion in which the influence of intelligence and
of numbers upon legislative enactments and upon
public opinion is divided between the two great
classes which are happily represented in the as-
sembly which I have now the honour of addressing
—I mean the class of those who pursue their occu-
pations in the busy life of the town and the class of
those who form their habits of thought on the
calmer life of the country, for thus political changes
are pretty well considered and matujed. The re-
forms which may be pressed by the eager spirits
which catch fire from each other in the heated at-
mosphere of towns are sure to be sifted carefully by
those who, living more remote from popular excite-
ment, are accustomed to weigh well the conse-
quences of political change, and are not disposed
to welcome a novelty merely because it is a
novelty. (Hear, hear,) Thus public opinion, we
see, has time to work itself free from public passion,
and reforms, whether they are wise or whether they
are not wise, still never take the violent character
of revolution ; while when they are once adopted
into the law of the land, no politician dreams of re-
voking what has become part and parcel of our free
constitution—as safe from the riots of a mob as it

DEAFNESS.—The SOUND 'MAGNIFIER
INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in-
vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into
the ear, not perceptible, removes sinvine: noises in the head,
and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at
public assemblies.—S. and B. SOLOMON S, 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly.

TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town
or Country).—A. GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKE
ADVANCES of CASH, without delay, to respectable persons
(male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy
can be relied on.—Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to
vir at Mr. Robertson's, Accountant, 40. King William-street
London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants.

is from the guards of a king. (Hear, hear.) Now,

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Office,
Aldershot, 2d September, 1863.
TENDERS will he received et this office, until
noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for
the supply of

FORAGE,
in such qnantities as may be required, from lst November,
Majesty's
1563, to 3st October, 1861, for the use of ITer J
Forces stationed at Aldershot Carop, and within the com-
mand.
be ob-
tained of Tender and Conditions of Contract may
on apnlication 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 Poraze"). and no Tender will be noticed
unb.ss made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered
by the hour appointed.

HENRY R. MORSE,
Deputy Commissary- G eneral.

ARMY CONTRACTS.
ENDERS will be received at this
12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October from Office until
persons who
may be willing to enter into Contracts to suppi
y
FORAGR AND PAILLASsE STRAP{*,
3inra
js
eusethy
'sclutilatnidtiels'o'rseems asytabt? required, for the Use of Her
from Ist November, 1563, to 31st October, 1864 g places,
FORAGE.
1. Hyde-park, Kensington, Regent's-park, and Horse
Guards.
2. tiounsl 1w and Kneller Hall.
3. Hampton Court.
4. Windsor.
5. Brighton.
6. Sandhurst.
7. Enfield.

CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of
the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon-
Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (ot 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
GreellV7fLy, Warwick ; or their London agents, Messrs.
Payne, and Co , Messrs Hanburys and Co., or Messrs.
The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip-
GSmlynitha' Co , bankers, London.
and
tion list to the nation, most earnestly appeal to the admirers
of Shakspeare for their aid and assistance. The Committee
rest 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
hr.nne, the town he loved, and where he lived and died.

PAILLASSE STRAW.
1. Brompton House. Ilvde-pa,k, and KensimeTton.
2. Regent's-park, St. *John's-wood, and Portman-Street
Barracks.
3. New Barracks, Chelsea.
4. Wellington and St. George's Barracks.
5. The Tower.
6. Hounslow and Kneller
7. Hampton Court.
S. Windsor.
9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shore-

ham.
10. Croydon.
Separate Tenders mast be made for Forage and for Pail-
arse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Bar-
acks as groupe i and numbered.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at KiIIg'I3.CTOSS.
Patron—The QUEEN.

Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this office, by letter or in person,
bet wecn the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up
and si 'tied, and no Tender will be noticed unless delivered
at the under-mentioned Office, under closed envelope (marked
on the outside "'fender for Commissariat Supplies "), before
12 o'clock noon on the 3d October next.
(Signed) W. 'l'. POWER,
Commissary-General
Deputy Commissary-General's Offiee,
5. New-street, Spring-gardens,
London, S.W., 10th Sept., 1863.

these two classes—the town and the country—must

President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
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-
penied 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.
•• - -

both be gainers, and through them the nation which
they compose, according as they can be brought into
a friendly and familiar intercourse, as they are upon
these occasions when the farmer and the trades-
man can sit side by side, and find as they talk
together, that however they may differ as to
individual measures, or the character of public
men, they all feel the same love for their com-
mon country, the same zeal for her welfare, the
same anxieties for her peril, the same stake in her
freedom, the same patriot's pride in her renown.
(Cheers.) Why should this meeting be called a
meeting of the agricultural interest? Its object is
one of national interest. In a paper by the illus-
trious Liebig, whose name is a connecting link be-
tween agriculture and science, I found a few words
which are so impressed on my memory that I will
repeat them to you, because if they were uttered by
a farmer they would be considered an extravagant
compliment to his own profession, but they assume
the simple language of truth when they are uttered
by a philosopher so disinterested and so profound.
" Upoa agriculture (says he) depends the welfare
and development of the whole human species, the
riches of States and all commerce." Well, is it
not so ? And may I not now call upon all pre.
sent, tradesmen as well as farmers, inhabitants
of the town as well as inhabitants of the
country, to join with equal heartiness in the
toast which I now propose, " Success to the Harts
Agricultural Society." (Loud cheers.)
The toast of the members for the county having
been duly honoured.
Mr. PULLER, M.P., said it was usual for a mem-
ber on returning thanks to make some allusion to
the events of the past session. The last session must
be characterised as one of a peculiarly quiet and
tranquil character. Whether it was on account of
Lord ealmerston's genial character, or his courteous
manner, which had endeared him to the people of
this country, or from the general conviction that
he drives the team at least as well as any one else
could do, there was no doubt that on the part of
his political opponents there was an indisposition
to disturb him. (Hear, hear.) It was now two
years since there had been any great party fight
in the House of Commons. The want of excite.
ment might, perhaps, render the house rather dull
for hon. members, but on the whole the country
seemed disposed to acquiesce in the present state of
things and to be satisfied. During the whole of the
last year the country had realised the sentiment of
the old Roman poet—how pleasant it is to sit upon
the sea shore when the winds are agitating the waves,
and to watch the raging of the elements and the
havoc they make. In whatever other direction we
looked we heard of wars and rumours of wars. If

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TAMWORTH, .11W. 24
Last night the electors of Tamworth held a meeting at
the Town-hall for the purpose of hearing an address from
the Hon. Mr. Cowper, the candidate who has the support of
Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Robinson presided, and among these
present were Sir Robert Peel and Mr. C. H. Bracebridge,
the latter of whom had been a candidate for the borough,
but had retired is favour of Mr. Cowper. Since then,
however, Mr. John Peel, of Middleton, has offered himself
as a candidate, so that it seems likely that the election will
be a contested one.
Mr. Co PER, on stepping forward, was received NI ith
loud and continued cheering. He said he should be an in-
dependent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, be-
cause he was convinced that much .f the prosperity of the
country was owing to the ability, skill, and experience of
that statesman. After eulogieing what he considered as the
wise provisions of the French treaty, he said that he did not
think that his opponent, Mr. Peel, had been so eeplicit in
the statement of his views as he ought to have been, He
(Mr. Cowper) was in favour of a moderate extension of the
franchise, but he thou..ht that it should be extended to
individuals rather than to classes. With regard to
Church-rates, he expressed himself in favour of a mea-
sure that should release all persons having a conscien-
tious objection to their payment, but he should never
support a measure for their entire abolition—that of
Sir John Trelawny, for instance. Ho entirely approved
the policy of the Government with regard to the Ameri-
can struggle. He concluded by alluding to the Polish revo-
lution, stating that that country eminently deserved the
sympathy of England. In answer to a question put to him,
he said he should not support vote by ballot. He did not
think it would be applicable to a borough like Tamovortle.
Mr. Bracebridge then vainly endeavoured to address the
meeting, after which
Sir R. PEEL came forward, amid mingled cheers, laugh-
ter, and hisses. He said—Gentlemen and brother electors,
I speak to you for the— [Voices—" You had better shut.
up !" " Will you turn us out of our houses ?"] (Laughter
and uproar.) Sir Robert Peel then insisted thee as a burgess
he had a right to speak. If any ore persisted in interrupting
him there were those present who would silence that per-
son. (Uproar.) He was not at all to sit down, and
they need not alarm themselves in the least about that, Let
them remember that a Peel had stood upon that platform
for the last 70 years. [A voice—" A. better man than you."]
(Cheers, laughter, and hisses.) Before remarking with re-
ference to the possible candidates lot the borough, he wished
to bear testimony to the admirable manner in which their
late member the Marquis Tow'ashend had discharged his
Parliamentary duties. (Cheers.) He could speak to the re-
gularity of his attendance in the house, because during the
last session no one had been more assiduous in the discharge
of Parliamentary duties than he (Sir Robert) had. [A voice
—Oh, gammon I] I have been obliged to, in the first place;
and, in the second, I did it con amore. [A voice—Palmer-
ston made you do it.] (Turning to the quarter from which
the last as well as many of the former interruptions had
come)—Now, Mr. Barraclough, will you be silent? I know
your voice very well. (Confusion.) Their late representative
having been called to the House of Lords, they were unfor-
tunately in this position—There was not another Towns-
hend to come forward and take the vacant seat, and con-
tinue a long line of ancestral representatives which had been
always welcome in the borough. (Cheers.) Directly the
vacancy occurred there were numerous candidates in the
field. There were Mr. Bracebridge and Mr. Sleigh, among
the first, and he had hoped to have seen a gentleman who
on one occasion contested the borough with him. He alluded
to Mr. Daniel, Q.C., a thorough gentleman, who, although
he differed from him (Sir Robert) in his views on political
matters, behaved in a manly, straightforward manner.
When that gentleman came forward there were no misre-
presentations, no handbills by Barraclough and ethers.
(Laughter.) In Mr. Detniel he met an upright antagonist,
who did not countersanee any such men as the blunder-
headed bullies who were now bellowing out every sort of
misrepresentative about coercion. (Cheers, laughter, and
confusion.) Did Mr. Daniel ever speak of coercion cr say
he could net get those to vote for him who wanted to do so?
No, he was too much of a gentleman for that. (Cheers.)
There had been intimidation in the present contest. [A.
Voice—On which side ?] I will tell you directly, Let the
meeting recollect that Mr. Cowper was the popular candi-
date, and if any one dared to use intimidation there were
thousands—hundreds at all events—who would come for..
ward and support the old —. (Cries of "Freedom" and
"Free trade I" and cheers.) This time Mr. Daniel had not
come forward. [A. Voice—You turned him back the last
time he came.] At the conclusion of that contest Mr. Daniel
said that he intended again to contest the borough. He,
however, only mentioned this to show the position of
affairs. There was Mr. Sleigh, who at once withdrew from
the contest. Mr. Sleigh was undoubtedly a capital fellow,
but a little too advanced for a place like Tamworth. Under
these circumstances Mr, Cowper appeared—no nominee of
his, for he gave the meeting his word and honour that until
that gentleman came forward he (Sir Robert) had not the
advantage of his personal acquaintance. [A Voice—What
means the notice at the foot of the bill calling the meet-
in —" Sir Robert Peel is expected to attend ?"] Sir Robert
said that he should attend when Mr. John Peel expressed
his views. He, in common with the rest of the electors,
wished t 3 know Mr. Peel's views, and what particular
phase of his father's views he favoured. He was told
that the farmers supported Mr. Peel. What was the
fact with regard to his honourable friend ? He was heir
presumptive to immense property in land, and would, there-
fore, be likely to watch the interests of the farmers quite as
narrowly as Mr. Peel would. He held in his hand a copy
of Mr. Cowper's address, and ho asked them whether it was
not better for them to vote for a man who held and expressed
such views as those contained in that address than for a man
who traded upon the name of Peel and talked about coercion,
(" Yes, yes!" "No, no I" uproar and hisses.) Immediately
upon Mr. Cowper coming out Mr. Bracebridge withdrew.
[Voices.—" We shall turn you out next time."] (Hurrah I
hisses, cheers, and uproar.) Are these men voters. I hope
you won't turn me out. I don't think you will. (Laughter,)
[Voices.—We will if we can.] (Renewed laughter.) Oh
no ; come now. (Uproar.) I won't go. Now, let me be
serious for a moment. After Mr. Bracebridge withdrew Mr.
Cowper was the only candidate in the field. Then came
forward Mr. John Peel, and he would ask that gentleman
whether he had come forward as an opponent of the Go-
vernment of Lord Palmerston, the only statesman who
could take the helm of affairs at this moment.
Mr. BARRACLOtiGH,—No, he is not.
Sir R. PEEL.—Then he would take it that Mr. Peel now
came forward to divide the interests which ought to be
united.
Mr. BARRACLOUGII—Did you tell your agent to compel
the tenants to vote for Mr. Cowper? (Uproar, and cries
of " Turn him out.")
Sir H. PEEL—Turn him out. lam not a candidate, and
decline to be questioned. I must say that a course of pro-
ceeding has been adopted by the party of Mr. Peel which
has never been followed in the borough of Tamworth in my
recollection, Mr. Peel was a namesake and a most honour-
able man ; and as to his personal character he (Sir Robert)
would say nothing ; but there had been charges of coercing
his tenants brought against him which were utterly untrue.
Coercion had never been practised on his estate, and never
should be.
[Voices—Carmichael has coerced your tenants.]
A gentleman sitting at the front—Have your agents never
coerced or attempted to coerce your tenants ?
Sir R. PEEL (emphatically)—Never.
The same gentleman—Not to your knowledge?
Sir R, PEEL—Never, upon my honour, I recollect on one
occasion a tenant farmer on my estate at a county election
said to me he should like to vote the same way that I did.
I told him to vote for the man who in his opinion was the
best of the two. He did so, and told me immediately after-
wards that he had not voted for the same candidate with
me, and I told him that we should be none the less friendly
on that account.
Mr. BARRA.CLOUGH—Nonsense I Gammon I (Confusion,
and " Turn him out.")
Sir ROBERT said that he held handbills in his hand of the
most scandal ous and scurrilous description— (applause) —and
such as he never remembered to have seen in the borough
before. If Mr. Peel was privy to them he did not deserve
to be returned. (Cheers.) At any rate he had sufficient
spirit to say that he should scorn to bear the name of Peel
and descend to such disgraceful practices. (Applause.)
[A. Voice—Supposing he is not privy to it ?] If he were
not, then he would meet him fairly and frankly, and as a
man deserving all the support of those holding opinions
similar to his own. There had been no coercion on his part,
and he most certainly had a right to express his opinion with
regard to the candidates in the field, and he most unhesitat-
ingly said that in his opinion Mr.Cewper,who came there as
a supporter of the Government of Lord Palmerston, was the
best of the two candidates for the borough. (Cheers and
hisses.) In many instances he had opposed the Government
which had now given him one of its chief offices, and he
said in all sincerity that he would resign his position to-
morrow and vote as an independent member if ho believed
the Ministerial measures were not adapted to promote the
best interests of the country. And (continued Sir Robert
I believe that Lerd Palmerston is the only statesman who
can guide the country to a satisfactory issue, and I have heard
many of Lord Derby's principal supporters express the
same opinion. (Cheers) I shall record my own vote in
favour of my honourable friend Mr. Cowper, and I have no
doubt that in the end he will finish with a triumphant ma-
jority. (Tremendous uproar.) I will say further, that if
there are any electors who have pledged their votes under
false pretences, they are absolved from I
such pledges, and
are perfectly at liberty to please themselves. will tell you.
why I think you will return Mr. Cowper. You have re-
turned me for 15 years, and I do not think you will now
turn round and elect a man who would sit upon the Opposi-
tion side of the House of Commons. (Cheers.) I know there
are some persons who may think you ill-tempered, but this
is not the case, for, with the exception of three or four
blunder-headed fellows—(laughter)—you are all good tem-
pered. Let me give the meeting a parting assurance that
Mr. Cowper will win. (Laughter, cheers, and confusion.)
Some confusion here ensued in consequence of some ex-
cited conduct on the part of Mr. Barraclough, when, in
answer to an invitation, a man roughly dressed, and appear-
ing to be a mechanic, and who was said to be Barraclough
himself, clambered on to the platform, and amide tornado
of groans, cheers, &c,, endeavoured to speak.
H e w
vised not to, however, and desisted. The mee tingats ad-
vised
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we looked to the east we saw unhappy Poland strug-
gling in her very despair to throw off the iron yoke
of the most cruel despotism upon the face of the earth.
If we looked to the west we saw that great nation to
which the chairman had alluded carrying on a civil
war upon the most gigantic scale that had ever been
seen since the world began. And for what pur-
pose ? The Federals were seeking to force their
model republic upon those who wished to escape
from it—they, the great sticklers and defenders of
the right of men to govern themselves, were trying
to compel, against their will, the seceding states to
re-enter into union, and act in harmonious co-ope-
ration with themselves. On the other hand, the
secessionists hoped that commercial and financial
necessities would compel us to come to their assist-
ance, so that they might be enabled to found a new
and mighty empire, based upon the wickedest and I
most cruel institution in the world—the institution
of slavery. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the
legislation of the last session, the private busi-
ness afforded a proof of the growing prosperity
of the country in the shape of railway extension,
and the improvement and enlargement of docks
and harbours and various other works required by
our increasing commerce and manufactures. Some
afforded to the country
little relief had been
by the reduction of twopence in the income-
tax and the remission of the war duty on tea.
As one of the members for the county, he had
maintained a small fight on behalf of the maltsters,
whose credit the Chancellor of the Exchequer had
contracted by pursuing a
- course which would have
driven the weaker men out of the trade; and
although the maltsters were not so successful as they
ought to have been, the plan was so far modified
that the injustice was mitigated, if not altogether
removed. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member then ad-
verted to the distress whieh prevailed in the manu-
facturing districts and the steps which had been
taken for its relief, and said it was satisfactory to
find, notwithstanding the existence of that distress,
that our imports and exports had increased to ouch
an extent as almost to counterbalance the loss which
had arisen from the combined causes of the manu-
facturing distress and the American war. (Hear.)
Mr. A. SMITII, also acknowledged the
toast, observing that his colleagues had exhausted
almost every topic on which he might have touched.
They might not have done anything very great last
session, but he found on examination that they had
passed 124 acts upon various subjects. At all events,
they had done this—they had taken off the income
tax to the extent of 2d. in the pound, which was a
measure that must, he should think, prove highly
acceptable to the whole country—as acceptable, he
should suppose, as a sweeping reform bill, or even a
commercial treaty, They had just been blessed by a
most abundant harvest, and with the exception of
the manufacturing districts in the north, the whole
country was in a state of prosperity. There was one
thing he might say, and that was that with respect
to the national defences, the country did not grudge
the expenditure which the House of Commons had
granted for those defences. He had been struck
with the cordial reception with which the Chancel
fleet had been received, and the enthusiasm
which it had created on all parts of the coast
which it had visited. The people of England, he
felt assured, would always support the army and
navy, who on their part were always able to hold
their own. England at this time occupied a proud
position, being happy and prosperous at home and
at peace with all the world. (Cheers.)
Various other toasts were given and responded
to, and the proceedings terminated.

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