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

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PAp E R
we enjoy. (Cheers.) If we look e
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,
east or the west we find an .„1.
narchy and a republic plunging
war, which is the worst of wars,
fraught than any other with public calami nl‘s,
wherever we turn our eyes upon the grey t
powerful country of America we see bloodshediai trie
field and sorrow on the hearth. Contrast that wit, 11
the contentment, the tranquillity, and the reeaark• •
able prosperity which upon the whole exists Wong
ourselves, and above all with that cordial and sin-
cere affection to our institutions, and towards each
other, which happily prevails among all classes of
the people of this country. (Cheers.) I do Et
speak of those slight differences of opinion upoti
pL7blic questions which must necessarily arise among
a free people, who are in the habit of discussing
open.'y and fairly all such questions. Such diffe-
rences of opinion do 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 paran:ount importance which arc
essential for the existenes 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 c pantry is concerned, and
it results in respect for our ius:itutions, and not
only in loyalty but in warm affect ion, amounting
to reverence, towards the person of our Sovereign
and her family. We watch with the deepest inte-
rest every event that tends to augment their hap-
piness, and when, as we have read to-day, an occa-
sionoccurs
and whieh recalls the loss, the trials, the
thesuffering, sorrow of our gracious Q.neen,
the whole nation vibrates with sympathetic feeling,
and joins in the
expression of sentiments an d
loyalty and love. (Hear.) ,This, then, is the happy
condition of our country; we owe it to a higher,
power, and it is therefore our duty net to be found
wanting. But considering the advantages and the
blessings we enjoy,
and fidelity to those
we ought by the exercise of
energy, industry, perseverance,
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 comnamunity 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 ixed 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 also
proved himself a faithful representative, and mast
now be considered a tried public servant, while their
younger but not less respected member, Col. Fane,
had given proof of ability and energy which en-
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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 been 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. He 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
rem:wet to the prosperity of the country he most
They stood, he might say, in
heartily concurred.
broad and open contrast to almost every
in a
becomingnionin
the world, and they must be thankful
spirit to Divine Providenene,oiwn
enoirodyeredthmaitghtht these
great blessings which they
parseusebnjetcctoonfdditeieopn
coofngthrais.
west,where
nethmeyanweoouuldld,
continued
country
afforded The
look
either either to the far east
tulation ; because, let
othretmo
say whether there was greater prospect of war. He
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 public
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 fullest
support, so long as they continued to preserve
the honour and dignity of the country alltlL
avoid an unnecessary interference with then
affairs of other nations. There could be
Would
classes that by so doing they would obtaincfn
classes of the people a general support, which
enable filer o.
enable them to adopt a course wbi
enough t wiseo
they might not find themselves strong
his
rfght honour-
take. He could have wished that to
have held out
ma
tter
able friend would have been able o
of deep re-
hopes of better times. It was a day by day and
gret to every Engliehmso that
not
_icednothing but ac.
almost hour by hour we
Tat country which of all
counts of bloodshed from to possess in itself all
others one would iraagi,ze„piness, and prosperity,
of regret that there
the elements of peaacew, :ttKe;
for so
and it was almost_ UP in the United States a
seemed to be rronwes'sub
concerned he had never been
towards this country,
feeling of biii.e
was
far as Englaliao
slightest reason for it. (Cheers.)
able to fiad
sincerely that he was in a position to
He wished
oilld see any prospect of the termina-
tion that e c dreadful struggle
f that .rea now going on in
tion o
a but he was unable to do so, and the best
advice that he could give to her Majesty's Govern-
ment3ric
was to continue the same impartial conduct
they had hitherto evinced, and to hold themselves
and this country entirely aloof from it. (Hear, and
cheers.)
Various other toasts of a local character were
given snit responded to, and the proceedings
teriningtPd.

,„, LAtiVEßTlsmirrcr.j—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
Ile variable temperature of autumn is always pregnant with
('olds, catarrhs, humours, and abscesses, and all scrofulous
diseases and glandular affections usually become worse at
this season. Holloway's Ointment diligently rubbed upon
the skin as near to the affected part as possible, will be
found the most safe and efficient means of immediately
subduing pain and finally eradicating the seeds of future
mischief from the system. Whenever the tnaltlY
be
chronic, constitutional, or dangerous, the Pills 9,
st:curvy,
taken to quicken and increase the curative
skin diseases, and similar disorders disa
remedies;
cleansing and healing influence of HollowaYon_y,
i require
which, for their successful empl.)ymela:
moderate time and fair attention. pi7ewirbefore the