The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-13 00:00:00

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A FRENCH CRITIC ON THE CHESTER ELECTIO
MEETING.—A writer in the Avernir National of Par3B,
in describing the late election meeting in Chester, is eV
dently much struck with the incidents of a scene so entirely
different from anything that could be seen in France. 11.-fte,r
praising Mr. Gladstone for the tact and delicacy with
he supported his son, and announced that he by no means
presented the young man as sharing his own views '11"
every respect, the French journalist pursues his obser-
vations in these terms:—" There is a certain pleasure
in observing how men of eminent parts conduct them-
selves in an unaccustomed En:there. In the gouge
of Commons Mr. Gladstone is accustomed to colt':
mand attention, and developes without interruption h
financial and political plans. Every one hears, with a OP'
of religious silence, so authoritative a voice. At Chester
he found himself face to face with the numerous partis°,s
of his son's rivals. One was Mr. Fenton, a Liberal candi-
date, a gentleman of great consideration in the country; the
other was a Tory, Mr. Raikes, who had his friends also
among the assemblage. But the partisans of those two can' •
didates seemed agreed to disturb the speaker at one time by
jests of questionable taste, at another by tediously Prir
longed vociferations. In the eyes of an English crowd
Minister has no exceptional character, and when he solicits
their suffrages, either for himself or for another, he is treated
exactly the same as any other speaker. Imagine a Prf
vincial assembly in France, before which M. Rouher or
Baroche should come to deliver a speech, their everY
word would be received with religious respect, and il°n.
indignation could be too great for an audacious jester or
noisy interrupter. The English have no worship for f'
official, and they go so far, if the occasion presents itsell,
as to hiss even Mr. Gladstone, though at the same trio
they acknowledge his oratorical talent and his firlsueiliv
ability. The Minister, on his side, is neither profounw"
moved nor astonished by these uproarious interruPtienits
and Mr. Gladstono had to submit tranquilly to tunin.ty
which would have thrown into utter confusion the rriaj°,,riiie
of French speakers. It must be said that the Britishpu',:,
enjoys a certain pleasure in subjecting its statesmen totll
facetious outbursts of electoral saturnalia. And the nriti'
statesmen accept with a good grace a conflict in which 0.0.)
do not hesitate to adopt the tone of their adversaries
order to combat them with their own weapons. Lord ri't,
merstonis an acknowledged master in these popular i°..115t, t
ing bouts. Mr. Gladstone showed himself no less adrcii;
Chester. At the end of half an hour's agitation he had s';10
dued the crowd of interrupters ; he swayed with ad;
power of his talent the turbulent assembly, and was
eat
wards listened to in a respectful silence, broken 004
intervals by irrepressible bursts of applause."
A FAMILY OF SOLDIERS.—There is residia°
Chatham Barracks the descendant of a family of 5(31),,
diers who have been serving their country uninterruPte
and wearing the British uniform, for a period of 165 Ye
rn
His great great grandfather served in the sth Dragooui:r
the year 1701; he fought in the celebrated battle of Bong,
heim, in which action he was killed. He left two sioi
George and John; George joined the Guards in 17°'joss
John became the land steward of Lord Fordyce.
Bertram (the steward), had two sons, 'John and B°
soon
Robert joined the Royal Artillery in 1779, and -wairn
promoted to sergeant. John joined the Edintturgh ' derA
teers, and • with others, forming the 71st Higlinftei,
he went with this regiment to America in 1775•
tiroe
seven years' hard fighting and privations he re deal'
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with the regiment to Scotland, where it was '3" „pa
In 1787 he entered the Royal Sappers and Miners' he
was appointed master blacksmith. During the tiif °Doll
served in the American war he had a son, who W,Li'B,itlis
on one of the fields of battle. This son, George, j°aaci- vrg°
Royal Sappers in 1796. He was made Sergeant 1,
attached to a company of Maltese Sappers. 1:1°1d,'Ily for)
order among the noble body of Freemasons, he he'''°
popular and was held in great esteem by the galte:itvies
were nearly all brothers. He fought in the t Veit
the Peninsula. After being discharged from t's't Tod':
Sappers and' Miners, he entered the late Hort.
Company's service as a sergeant-major, and died atborn
in 1830. His sister, the mother of soldiers, Wasbe ,Doi;
the Royal Sappers in 1787 ; she is still living. udatiJi,el
is the mother's side. On the father's side, the gpif wtePti
of Mr. Bertram Browne (the subject of this hriel779, sPor
was a sailor in the Royal Navy ; he entered ju„,80;
fought under Admirals Byron and Rodney in
his al
the latter Admh al he was wounded and obtaihe'lie goy
charge. He had three sons, all of whom entered 'los on;
Sappers and Miners in 1794. The youngest died
16 years of age, He was discharged in 1818,L-ct 1,, 1815,
1848. He had three sons; the second, born him `vas
listed in the 46th Regiment in 1833, from which _ergesn.,,l
charged through ill-health,and was schoolnaaster;),
00,4,
1848. The youngest son, born at Chatham in f 8 ea terns
for the 41st Regiment in 1835, and was
46th Regiment in the same year. In June, fry the, fr:ot-
agsin transferred to the School of Musketry at •`-`
clan o 0
which establishment he was discharged as a t'sert gitrriSp,
geant instructor in 1847. Since then he has been of Per'
librarian and sergeant-major of the local comriii_ Slier
transifesrt6;', 1300
sioners in the Chatham district. His talents as:B 000 e.
geant are conspicuous in the appearance and Pr.e0...8 eoreoi.„o
in which the veteran soldiers perform the various ho c
of the rifle when they are up for training, ac_out-nl,t-
individual)y under the instruction of the s ono
Thus, then, for a period of 165 years the faru_i_loY.,reigolco
Met
inducen:.:;llt hie
tram Browne have faithfully served their
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their country, and although every
to their grandfather by the Americans to rein.e 0
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nothing could make himbreak the allegiane
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King. Thisfamily have still continued Ye
is nowl,
out five generations. Mr. Browne, who k the late„B, 10.
of the British soldier without a stain of
prime of life, fully bears out a, renararioeli
folio
Clyde, that "Browne is a fine soldie73 ~99, apa
,sca
Browne's father-in-law joined the 4
fa
so,fo,vot
discharged as a corporal from the ! in 1 leo
brothers-in-law, one joined the 85th Regiment
as eel°tir-se dig'
was discharged from the 46th Regiment
9,
and wassir 13
in 1841; the other joined the 36th inAlsl
charged as sergeant-major in 1844.
a son-iti
now serving in the 67th Regiment, a 4.
Regiment.
sergeant instructing in the 24th tdislhonour threonireed