The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-24 00:00:00

SUDBURY ELECTION COM

MITTE E.

The Committee assembled yesterday at eleven o'clock.
Mr. Sergeant Witax?iiaar resumed his address and con-
tended that the nomination of Mr. Bagshaw by Mr. Purr was
too late, inasmuch as it was not made until the Mayor was de-
claring the return of 'Mr. Tomline. Supposing all that his
friend had stated was correct, there was no distinct nomina-
tion. Thero was no objection made to the declaration of the
return of Mr. Tomline, by any person who had the slightest in-
terest in the election. Was it then surprising that
Mr. Purr's mind should have fluctuated when he re-
collected the responsibility attaching to him—a respon-
sibility felt more deeply than any others—a pecuniary
responsibility ? His would be liable to all the expenses of the
election. Mr. Purr might have been warned to take care what
he was about, and that he might have to pay the bill. Now
this was the greatest of all checks upon enthusiasm. Was it
rea onable that a party intending to adhere to his proposal
should have heard the returning officers say that no distinct
nomination had reached him without contradicting such a
statement. They allowed the Mayor to remain under that im-
pression, and thus had waived their right to object at
any subsequent stage. 'What could be more absurd
than that a party should be by without objecting, and afterwards
be allowed to come before a Committee anti say the return
was void, because he had proposed Mr. Bagshaw in time.
Whether they intended to waive the proposal or not all dis-
cussion ceased, for if they did it was of no effect, and if they
did not they were now too late. Neither the Major nor Col.
Addison, no: yet the Reporter, who was nearer the
body of the Hall than the Mayor, heard the nomination. The
latter said he heard nothing of the kixd more than a cry from
the Hall of " Bagshaw, Bagshaw." This proved conclusively
that the proposal was such as the Mayor could not have
heard, or attended to if he had. He was satisfied
he need not urge more upon this point, and the
more especially as his Learned Friend could, if ho
pleased, have put Mr. Hazel in t he box to prove that he had made
the nomination, which, however was not done. The Learned
Sergeant then adverted to the cases of the Bristol, Gloucester-
shire, and other elections that had been cited by Mr. Sergeant
Mereweather, and contended that tl ey had no adverse bearing
upon his case, and that they were all in favour of the point he
was contending for in the present ease, namely, that the ehaice
of the electors was over when the declaration of return began.
First, then, his Friend had foiled to make out that which was
essential to his case, namely, that Purr sir Saxby were electors
of the borough, and entitled to put Mr.l3ag,shaw in nomination.
Secondly, it was proved distinctly the Mayor was in the act
of declaring the nominat ion of Mr. 'Tomline, when he was inter-
rup col by Mr. Acland; and, thirdly. if the nomination of Mr. Bag-
shaw had been made at the first moment when the May, T called
upon the electors to nominate another candidate, the subse-
Tient conduct of the proito,er and ,econder in remaining mute
was a complete waiver ot their former proposal ; and as they
declined to adhere to it then, they were not entitled to adhere
to it row. His Learned Friend had not dared t i call the
Mayor, but he (Mr. Sergeant Wrangliam) would do so, and
thus rest his case upon an opponent, and put the Committee in
possession of the case which had been hitherto withheld from
them ; and he trusted the Committee would determine upon
his testimony, and upon consideration of the whole facts of the
case, that Mr. Tomline was duly erected for the borough of
Sudsurv.
Mr. William Spooner was then called and exam'ned by Mr.
Austin—l was Mayor of Sudbury last year. The last election
for the borough occurred during my Mayoralty, and 1 was
consequently the returning officer. 1 was aware when I read
the precept that Mr. 'Tomline would be a candidate. It was
known generally throughout the town. I did not hear of any
gentleman who was spoken of as another candidate. lam a
Liberal, and am proud of saying so. I have been actively
engaged in the elections for the borough. I should be greatly
surprised at any person being nominated by my party without
my being aware that it was intended to nominate him. On
the morning on which the election took place I was positively
assured that Mr. Bagshaw would not be put in nomination. Mr.
Acland came to Sudbury about a week befo:e the election.
He wrote from Manchester announcing himself as a candidate.
He and Mr. Tomline were the only candidates at the time the
election was held. There was a :Mr. Hoey there, aft iend of
Mr. Acland. I saw him on the morning ot the election, and
he wished me to give Mr. Acland the same facility at the elec-
tion as his Honourable Opponent. I seas surprised at the
que4i-in, as I wished to support M
Mr. Acland, if he would sup-
port her Majesty's Ministers. I inquired if he had a proposer
and seconder, and het old me that arrangements had been made.
1 learned elsewhere they were Mr. Saxby and Mr. Large.
The day before the election Mr. Acland asked me if Mr. Bag-
shaw would be proposed, and I replied that I knew that he would
not. This was my firm belief and knowledge. Mr. Bagshaw
had been previously Member for the borough. I knew Mr.
Bag-haw had an eye upon Harwich at the last election. When
he was last defeated for Sudbury, he declared to me that he
would never become a candidate again. After the usual pre-
limina ins had been gone through at the time of election, I ad-
dressed the assembly, and inquired if any person wished to
propose a candidate. Immediately upon this Mr. Tomline
was proposed and seconded. After that was done, I naturally
turned round to Mr. Acland and his party, but to my utter as-
tonishment they were mote. Mr. Bagshaw was not there. I
pau=ed a full minute at least, it may have been longer. There
was ample time to have nominated ten gentlemen. I should
have been pleased to hear Mr. Acland proposed. I had not
the l-ast wish to send Mr. Tomline to Parliament. 1 would
much rather have sent Mr. Bagshaw. At the end of the hour
I turned to the town clerk and said there was no other candi-
date ; and he replied that I must then do my duty. I believed
there was no other candidate—l am still of that opinion. Fri-
day the e w,s no other candidate. I immediately made up
my mind that Mr. 'Tomline was returned, and I was about im-
mediately to dec.are him duly elected; but before I got
through the whole of the passage I was very rudely interrupted
by Mr. Acland, who cried out, " Wait, Mr. Mayor, wait ;"
upon which I rather petti,hlj turned round to him and said,
" Well, then, I'll give you another minute." He then fu2,led
the assembly, and it appeared to me that he would put a gen-
tleman's name into their mouths. I gave another minute.
Mr. 'Tomline, who was standing by me, put his watch into
my hand, and I timed the minute, during which I felt some
embarr,ssment, thinking I had done A.r Tomline an injus,-
Lice. At tiro expiration of the irsiopte I at•empla l to malt,te
a second declaration, and I did return him amid great coarti?-
siou, in the maiiner expressed in the Suffolk paper. No per-
, son seemed d =satisfied but Mr. Acland. I dtd not see Sir.

Alderman Purr. Dur:ng the time I was returning Mr. Mar-
line 1 indistinctly heard Mr. Purr nominate Mr. Bagshaw. I
took no notico of it, the time having expired. Mr. Aclardl
protested against the return as irregular. I said I had g.ven
ample time to propose any g• rifleman, aid no one having come
forward, I coi.sidered it my duty to return Mr. l'omline as
duly elected. After the minute had expired I heard Hazel
crying oitt, " Bagshaw, Bagshaw." He was ro. in a condi-
tion if life I simuld expect to nominate a c_ndidatc. He is a
ruspiTtable poor man. Mr. Parr did ni4t demand a show of
haints nor a poll ; nor did Mr. Acland nor Hazel. At the
time I eomint need declaring Mr. Tomine's return, I hal
made up my mind that he was duly returned, an..l the election
was over.

The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Mere-
wether, but nothing important was elicited.
Mr. AUSTIN then summed up the evidence, and contended
thlit the Committee must decide the election of Mr. Tomline
to have been a good and valid one, and that if they should be
of opinion the nomination of Mr. Bag,haw was in time, still,
as the petitioners had neglected to prove that the proposer and
seconder were electors of the borough, they could take no legal
cognizance of the fact.
Mr. Sergeant MEnEwETlitu being caller'. upon to reply,
begged the Committee (it being neary four o'clock) to allow
him until to-morrow to prepare himself.
MN. AUSTIN and Mr. Sergeant WItANGIIAM opposed the
application, and said that as there would be two other Commit-
tees sitting to-morrow, it would be for the convenience of Coun-
sel, as well as for that of the Committee, to bring the inquiry
to a close that evening.

• The CitAtitmAN said it would be particularly so, as several
members of the Committee wished to attend her Yajesty's first
Levee for the season to-morrow.

Mr. Sergeant 111F.REWETIIEK. repeated his application, and
assured the Committee that he wou•d be as brief in his reply
as pos,ible.
After some discussion it was arranged (Mr. Sergeant Mere-
wether undertaking that his reply shou'd not occupy more
than an hour), that the Committee should adjouni until ie.-
morrow at ten o'clock....

Air. Au ST I shalt ho 'd my watch in my haul, and 'ime
my Learned Friend to- morrow.—( Laughter.)
The Committee then adjourtrd.

FUNERAL OF A DISTINGUISHED
ACTOR IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

The Journal des Debats announces in the following
tlrms the funeral of one of the most extraordiaary act):s
in' the revolutionary drama :
" Yestcriay was perforrnel the modest funeral cf J. A.
Rose, who was a principal act)r in one of the most honour-
able events of cur revolution, namely, that of the 9.h
Thermidcr. Rote was a Scotchman by birth, and a Prc-
testant by religion. The pastor Coque el accompacizel
his rema,ns to the grave, and in an eloquent oration reca-
pitulated the princ'pl events of his life.
" Named lusher of the National Assembly, Rore, by his
conduct, r. iced himself above his pos.'t;on, and became the
friend of the most distingui,lied men of that epoch. Nil a-
beau was particularly attached to him, and, when dying,
appointed him by will to execute his On the eve
of the 10zh of August he found means to warn the unfortu-
nate Louis XVI. of the evils which threatened him.

" During the time the King's trial lasted Rose paid
every attention to the monarch, and rendered the same
services to the Quc en. Those good actions, as well as
trial), others, were unknown to the world. In 1814, the
Duke de Choiseul having met Rose in the lobby of the
Chamber of Peers, threw himself on his te,:k, exclain
This is one of tl'e happiest days of my life.' The friends
of Rose were alone acquainted with the number of per-
sons whose lives he bad saved. Rabaut St. Etienne owed
b-s life to him, but lost it at a later period. The Duke de
M,ntesquieu, more fortunate, awaited the end of the reign
of terror in the asylum which Rose had procurod for him.
" In fine, he served as an iostrument for the srLty of all.
As usher of the Convention it was he who arrested Rohe:,
pierre. Having then gone with Courvoi to carry the de-
cree of accu-ation to the commune, he was pursued by a
furious multitude, and only ()Ned his safety to his physical
strength and his intrepidity. This circumstance made an
impression upon him which was never effaced. It was this
fist, he used to say with strong emotion, at the same time
showing his large hand, it was this fist which arrested the
monster.'
" lle preserved his functions at the Council of Ancients,
I who voted him a sword of honour for the firmness which
he displayed during a stormy debate.
" In 1814 M. de Scmonville attached him to the Cham.
by:eg
t:olf,
ePdeers,
down resignedabnydthheeinfiornmlyilicsofold ago. From that
his situation when
period he led a retired W.', devoted to literstu•e and the
practice of all Christian virtues. He died at the age cf 84,
with the tranquil conscienco of a man who had concluded
a well-spent life,"

REMARKABLE CHARGE OF BELONY —A
curious case was heard at the Guildhall, Carmarthen, on
the 8:11 inst., when a Mr. Simons, solicitor, of that town, and
a gentleman of the name of Cooper, were brought up,
charged by Mr. William Gardner, attorney, with having
feloniously entered a house, and stilen, on Sunday night,
the articles of clerk.hip and assignment of Mr. Cooper,
LT being la'ely assigned to Mr. Gardnor. The evidence
given was to the effect that the articles were merely taken
by Mr. Cooper, to file in the proper office in London, on
Tuesday, the last day for doing so, and that Mr. Si-
mons attended as a witness on his behalf, to see that he
waa guilty of no impropriety. After a lengthened in.
quiry the Magistrates dismissed the complaint.—Cambrian.
CHILD STRIPPING.—On Thursday last two
girls, the one about eight and the other twelve years of
age, were placed at the police bar, charged with ten dif_
ferent acts of child stripping, all committedm the Southern
Dstricts. The cases, were remitted for trial to the Sh.-
Ciourt.--Sootsman.

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.
(From the Liverpool Times, of 23(1 March.)
The Oxford, the New York packet ship of the Ist of
Zilarch, arrived in this port on Sunday. The papers
which she brings are not of a later date than those
brought by the Colombia steamer, of which we gm:
a very full account last Tuesday, in a second
edition, but the New York Express of the Ist
March contains a few interesting particulars as to
the buiines; before Congress, net contained in ti e papers
received last week. From this paper we learn that the
motion of Mr. Saltonstall, fur appropriating the sum
of $500,000 to the purpose of building war steamers, in
add tion to the sum of $1,425,000, voted for the build-
ing, wear and tear, and repair of the navy generally,
had passed the House by a majority of sixteen votes, after
having been previously rejected in a committee of the
whole House, by a majority of ti 7 to 62. It is a curious
proof of the lengths to which party spirit is cerrried in the
Uni el Stites, that the warlike Mr. Pickens, and the
Van Burenites generally, who voted fer his gunpvider
report, voted against Mr. Saltonstell's proposal to build
steam ship*, both in the Committer and afierwards in
the House, Mr. Pickets himself asserting that he had
not the slightest wish for vi a-, nor any expectation of it
Similar language was also held by other members of the
Van Buren party. The following is the summary given
by the New York Express of the measures carried in the
ting of the 27th February—by far tilt most important
Ee isiorr, if estimated by the amount of business done.

NAVY, ARMY AND INDIAN BILLS.

WASHINGTOII, FEB. 27.

The Navy and Army Appropriad pa ails both i.aised
the House of Representatives t^-day. The former was
taken from the Committee of the whole last evening, and
th‘t latter this evening at an early hour. The late period
of the session, and the ever'a ting talk upon the va,ious
propositions before both Houses of Congress, make ►t e-
cessary to state results.
Tie Navy Bill passed with an important amendment,
appropriating the amount aske I for in the amendment so
long under consideration, and introduced by M. SaLor-
stall of MASS. In ad i ion to $1,425,000 fir the build-
-inr, wear and tear and repair f ships, $575,000 are ap-
p-opiirted for tie e purposes, $5OO 000 to be expended
for the crectim of steam ships of war of a middling class.
The same ame.idnEent was rejected in Committee cf tie
whol t, but passed in the house by a majority of some six-
' t.en votes.

It is worthy of remark, that those valiabt mer, like the
Chairman of the Corn tali tee on foreign relations, who talked
so much of war in a blustering report, were all found in
opptxi ion to the appropria+i n of the navy. The whole loco
fico patty, always to brave on paper, were nct honest
enough to lit to an appropriation hardly Leo inning to carry
out the pi inc'p!es of their report. Yeu have the Seas and
nays a d they arc worth putting upon record. It the
part of unsophisticated loca)coism, to look one way and
row another. It was only lw t week that this war re,iort
rectiv..lll so much favour in Congress by tte supporters of
Cie Aiministration, and to-day the same men stood forth
in resistance cf the measure. Thii is in character.

TI e Army Bill was passed without ameadmcnt. Mr.
Evans, of Maine, presented one, which was warmly diF-
cussed, and in reference to an increased appropriation far
the Flori la service. It si as lost in the cveni• gby a ma-
jority of only seven votes. _ _

'lle Indian Bill, making appropriations for the Indian
servicl for the current year, was considered in Cemint:ce,
ald reported to the House.

A 13.11 fur defraying the expenses of a delegation
c.f Indians to Florida was taken up and laid aside. A
Bid in rcla nt to destitute Indians was also passed in
Committee and in t!:e House. Before the adjournment
the four Bills weco ready for the Se ae, and will be
forwarded on Monday. The House (to r,nder honour to
whom h mour is due) have done a good day's work.
What Fat bce I done, too, has Leea as well done as it
would have been hid the discussion been prolonged for a
month.

In the sitting of the 26th, the llcuse refused to take any
steps for armii g a nay•il force on the Canadian lake:.

BELGIUM.

The Paris Constitutionnel eon'ains the following letter from
Brussels, explanatory of the Ministerial et isis in Belgium :
" BRUSSELS, MARCH I9.—The Ministerial crisis has not
come to any solution. The King, on receiving, 3 esterday, the
address from the Senate, made two answers to the representa-
tives of the noble Assembly,—er, at least, the Preident of the
Senate read to that assembly one reply, and, in the evening,
the Independant (the Court Journ3l) addressed another to the
Brus3uls pre=s. The first of these answers runs as follows :
" I receive, gentlemen, the address from the Senate. I
will examine it. I never doubted its good intentions. Com-
posed as it is of persons representing all the interests of the
count, y, it must be quite able to appreciate its necessities.'
" The second, the official answer, is still shorter and drier:—

•' I receive the address from the Senate. I never doubted
its good intentions. I will exami e the ad•lress with attention.'

‘l' It is generally admitted, even by the Senate, that the
first venion is the right ore. At all events, s hen the Presi •
dent communicated it to the'noble a,s2mb!y, no objection was
raised. At present the error is explained by the President
having confused the official words employed by the King with
some expreszion of a private conversation which followed the
In sent ation of the Address.

" However this may be, the King is obliged to reflect. This
morning, at nine, the Ministers proceeded in a body to the Pa•
lace to tender their resignation, unless he should think proper
to cUszolve, not only the Senate, but the two Chambers. It is
stated that no imnacciietho artawor was, si.sen, anti thn general
opinion is, that Leopold was aware of the plot forme:l in the
Senate against th, Mini-tors before they were themselves.
" The present Mini•try, which is wrongly called a Liberal
Ministry, and which is but a doctrinaire Cabinet, was little
liked by the country, but the manner in which it has been at-
tacked by, its enemies. has almost rendered it popular. The
chiefs t f this Cabinet a e Messieurs Lebeati and flogier, and
their most active lieutenant out of the pale of the Ministry is
M. Devaux, one of the cleverest men in the kingdom, who
makes Ministers without -wishing to become one, and who,
when the revolution of September occurred, was along wit's
Messieurs Lebeau and Roger, one of the directors of the Po-
litique of Liege, one of the principal organs of the German
pa, ty, or catholico-liberal coalition which then overthrew
King William, and which, having remained master of the
c untry by the destruction of the Orangist party, I.as now
split into parties fighting for office, and which untortuoately
for the country are pretty equally divided in the two Chambers.
"The colleagu s of Messrs. Lebeau and Rogicr rre men
little known out of Belgium. The Minister of Justice is
M. Leclerc, procureur general at the Court of Cassation, who
has taken care not to fill up the vacancy oeca=ioned by his
taking office. M. Leclerc is an Orangist turncoat. M.
Lieitzt, Minister of the Interi formerly president of the
Tribunal of Antwerp, is a man whom the Catholics long
reckoned as belonging to their party, and he as well as M.
Leclerc would probably have remained in office, had not
circumstrnces brought about a general resignation. The
same ritzy be said of General Buzen, Minister of War, a
man according to the King's heart, especial on account of
his mania of Germanizing, as much as he possibly can, the
Belgian army. The Minister of Finance, M. Mercier, is a
statesman of little note, but he is notorious for his behaviour
town cis the Minister who preceded him in office, and under
whom he was employed, and against whom he voted in a
Cabinet question, after having previously advised him not to
yield. This behaviour has rendered him, and with reason,
obnoxious to the Catholic party. Messrs. Mercier, Lebeau,
and Ilogier, form, therefore, the triumvirate, against which
the adverse party directs all its hostility. A trail/action might
have taken place with Messrs. Liedtz, Leclerc, and Buzen ;
and perhaps these gentlemen would not have wai`ed for the
'first offer if the march of ev% nts had not otherwise ordained.
Bight or wrong, the King is supposed to entertain a personal
antipathy fur Messrs. Lebcau and Bogier ; and this supposition
has enc uraged the attack math against them, and has given
rise to the opinion prevalent that the late sortie of the Senate
against the Ministers surprised his Majesty less than ma.sy be-
lieve it to have done.

" To explain the situation of the country, it is necessary to
state, that the soi-disant liberal party, which, after the revo-
lution of September, was ready to fling itself into the arms of
France, is now the German party. The Ministry, whose re-
signation is announced, was endeavouring to make B lgium
enter into the German Customs League, and to prevent every
connection of a simil nature with. France. In 1830, the
Catholics of Flanders and Antwerp were hostile to France,
owing, it is said, to the destruction of the Archbishop's pa-
lace at Paris, and other scenes of that nature, which, now that
Orangeism is no longer possible, and that Ghent and Antwerp
no longer hope to enter into posses-ion of the Bute) market,
they call themselves French, probably on account of the be-
nefit their commerce and agriculture would derive from the
large population of France.
" In the last attacks aga'nst the Cabinet, and in the address
itself, the adversaries professing the princii le of the
union, demanded that all parties and interests should be
represented in the Ministry. Hew can a Ministry of this
nature be formed now when so much irritation prevails?
Would a Ministry entirely Catholic obtain a majority? If
it did so, it would be a very trifling one—at all events a part of
the Chamber is subject to re-electoan this year. The Coll-ges
which have to renew their Representative are those of Flan-
ders, Hainault, and Namur, and it is probable that these re
e'ections would turn the scale in favour of the Liberals. There
is a tendency even in the lower clergy against the exclusive in-
fluence of the bishops, and for the erection of a church out of
the pale of Rome. This ecclesiastical party reckons many
clever men, among others the Abbot Count de Robiano, the
Lamennais of Belgium.
" P.S. There is some talk of adjourning the Chamber for a
month ; this is a poor remedy. The Budget is not voted, and
the Belgian Constitution is more severe than the French on
money matters. A demonstration in favour of the Ministers
is to take place in the Park at five this afternoon. Several
groups are already proceeding thither."

THREATENING LETTER TO A JUDGE..-....A
letter, of which the following is a copy, verbalist et lite-
;vim, was received on Sunday by Mr, Baron Rolf..:—
'° For the unjust sentence you have passed upon Hib-
botson Strakic Greenwood Thomas Griffin no one ever
outraged English law so much in this a-old befor and a=
you have done this I am determined. to blow your brains
out in less 11:an 3 days from this date you have been
pleased to transport these poor young lads.they are mi
relations and as they Eye you shall have your portion from
this pistols some body else shall pass toy sentence and I
will go with em but if I live you Thant do it if you are a
Gudge,"—Addressed to " The Right Honourable Sir
Roht, Monsey Rolfe Kright York."—Leeds Mercury.
THE MACE Off SusstX.--The health of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Susses is improving. His
Royal IlighnesP, we understand, was on Monday last at-
tacked, during dinner, with a giddiness and affection of
Iho 11-,d to such a severe degree that he was compelled to
oc led to pis tiffs mcleal attendants were imme-
diately summoned, through whose skill and attention he is
fast recovering from the cfftcts of the attack. On the day
in question, his Royal Highness had been sitting (without
his cap) to the artist engaged in painting the picture of the
Royal christening (as we are Informed), and it is sup-
posed the effect of the sun's rays striking full on his head
occasioned the indisposition..
BUST OF PROFESSOR WILSON.—We have
great pleasure in stating that a subscription is about to be
commenced for the purpose of procuring a marble bust of
John Wilson, Esq., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the
University of Edinburgh, to be placed in some public
building, that will hereafter be fixed on, in his native town.
--Paisley Advertiser-
Sixteen war-steamers are ordered to be built,
six of the first class and ten of the second, all to be
arm with guns of ten-inch calibre. Several of these
will be laid down immediately, and the frames of the
whole converted without delay, so as to be ready against
the engines ere prey ed,....Araval and Military Gazette.

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON

A General Court of this Corporation, to celebrate the anni-
versary of the Battle of Alexandria, was held on Monday even-
ing at the Freemasons' Tavern. The attendance was very nu-
merous, and comprised " a large array of the fellow-country-
men of the distinguished soldier whose stirring memory" was a
large and exciting influence, connected with the occasion of
Monday evening's meeting. There was, as usual, a very con-
siderable number of the members of boih services present, and
many gentlemen appeared arrayed in the Highland costume of
their several clans. The assembly was presided over by The
Chisholm, who discharged the duties of President in a manner
that elicited the most deserved praise. Amongst the principal
present, besides the Chairman, were the following:—Sir Geo.
Murray, K. C. 8., Sir Hudson Lowe, Bart., Sir John Webbe,
Sir John Macrea, Sir John M. Wilson, General Pereira, Capt.
Kelly, R.N., Captain Read, Major Stephens, Major Annosley,
H. Langlands, Esq., Divie Robertson, Esq., Dr. Ralph,
Major Macdonald, &c. &c. The Coldstream band was in at-
tendance, and played several fine pieces of music during the
evening.

Dinner having concluded,

The CHAIRMAN, in an appropriate speech, proposed '• The
Queen." The toast was received with the most unbounded
enthusiasm, and with reiterated cheering—the band playing
" God save the Queen."

The CHAIRmaw next proposed "Prince Albert and the
Princess Royal."
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This toast was received with the most warm and cordial
feeling, and with great acclamations.
The CHA in max prefixed to the rpxt toast the name of one who,
besides being conspicuous for the benevolence and charity of her
disposition, was distinguished by every virtue that could grace
the woman or adorn the Queen. He proposed " The Queen
Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family."—(Loud and pro-
longed cheering.) The toast was drunk with the utmost en-
thu-iasm.

The CHAIRMAN said that he next wished to propose the
health of an illustrious member of the Royal Family. He
would point to the portrait of that Noble Duke which hung
in that ha'l, and which &splayed- him in the ccstume of his
adopted country.--(Loud cheers.) But besides this, his
Royal Highness had shown further his attachment to his
adopted country, fur he had married a Scottish lady.—( Cheers. )
He, therefore, in giving to them the health of his Royal High-
ness the Earl of Inverness and Chief of the Highland Society,
would propose that the toast should be drunk with Highland
honours. The toast was accordingly drunk with Highland
honours and great cheering.
The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received a letter from
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, expressing his
regret that a recent and sudden attack of illness had pre-
vented him from being present on the occasion ; but express-
ing a desire to become a member of the Highland Society.
He proposed that they should suspend the standing order,
and he moved that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge should be admitted a member of their Society.—(Loud
cheers.)
Sir GEORGE MURRAY, K. C. 8., seconded the proposition,
which was agreed to with acclamation.
The CHIsHoLm then proposed the " Health of the Duke of
Cambridge," which was drunk with Highland honours.

The next toast was " The Duke of Richmond and Lennox."
Drunk with all the Highland honours.

On proposing the Army and Navy, the CHAIRMAN said—
There exists a custom not more sanctioned Tay wage than it is
congenial with our best feelings, to remember at all festive
meetings like the present, the gallant services of those whose
courage and conduct in war have secured to us the blessings of
peace, and whose high character thraughout the word is the
best guarantee for their continuance. If, however, circum-
stances can furnish us with one occasion more fitting than an-
other to pay this just tribute to the merits of our Army and cur
Navy, sorely the anniversary of the Battle of Alexandria supplies
such an occasion; for if we look at the army under Aber-
cromby, from the moment of its landing in Egypt up to what
I must call the great crowning victory cf the 21st, we shall find
it one continued, unbroken series of the most brilliant military,
achievements ; and if we call to mind whence that army dis-
embarked—from the Bay of Aboukir—we are forcibly re-
minded that on those very waters, three short years before, the
immortal Nelson had asserted and maintained, in the Battle of
the Nile, the supremacy of Britain's flag " O'er the glad
waters of the dark blue sea"—" Far as the breeze can bear
the billows foam." But although we have among us this even-
ing some veterans who witnessed these achievements, their hair
grown scant and grey in the service of their country bids us
recollect that these are not tales of yesterday, and the enemies
of Eng'and would fondly hope that in a long protracted peace
our Army has degenerated, and our Navy is not what it was.
Iu the spirit of peace I would urge them not to lay this flattering
unction to their souls. Has our army degenerated ? Jam glad to
see some officers of the Indian service present this evening, for I
would point to Affghanistan, and bid Ghuznee answer the
question. Is our Navy not what it was ? Let the coast of
Syria reply. Her echoes have scarcely yet ceased to ring back
the triumphant peals of British broadsides. And since I have
touched upon the coast of Syria, I cannot forbear claim-
ing the gallant Napier as our fellow-countryman. I
speak of him as a straight forward,dashing, fighting sailor. I speak
not of him as a diplomatist; yet at the same time I
am free to confess that in these days I have heard of
worse diplomacy, at least to my mind, than sailing into
the 1.0.... of refractory Peeha, with guns double-shotted,
and decks cleared for action, and using eee,e such language
as this—pointing to his guns Here are my credentials
pointing to the ultimatum of his Sove:ei„,en—" Here are my
terms. Take them, consider of them; and if at the expiration
of a given time you assent to them—well. I will extend to
you the right hand of friendship, and show you the hospitality
of a British man-of-tsar. But if not—Beyrout has been born-
harded—Sidon is taken —Acre has fallen. The walls of
Alexr ndria shall crumble about your ears." Such is the lan-
guage, such the diplomacy of a Scotti,h sailor. May such long
continue to be the proud bearing of every British soldier and
every British seaman. Gentlemen, let us drink to the pros-
perity of our Army and our Navy.—( The speech of the Hon.
Chairman was received throughout with enthusiastic bursts of
app'ause.)
The Army and Navy," drunk with the customary honours.
Sir G. MURRAY returned thanks. lie said that the best
feeling subsisted between both services. Whenever he had
had the honour of serving with the Navy he had always expe-
rienced from them the best feeling and the greatest kindness.
With respect to these services, he was proud to say that in
whatever part of the globe their exertions might be called for
they would always be found ready to maintain the character
that had always distinguished them.—(Loud cheers.) With
regard to that branch of the service with which he was more
immediately connected, he would say, let them never permit
any injudicions friend or insidious foe to attempt to un-
dermine the discipline of the army, for that diseip:ine was an
essential element of their strength and efficiency.—(Cheers.)
Captain KELLY, R. N„ returned thanks on the part of the
Navy.
On proposing the principal toast of the evening, " The
Memory of Sir Ralph Abercromby, and the Heroes who
fell with him in Egypt," The Chisnoem said The
toasts which I hive hitherto had the honour of proposing,
have been well calculated to call forth your joyous and tri-
umphant shouts. It now becomes my duty to touch a more
tender chord. We have met this evening to celebrate the
victory of Alexandria ; and it well becomes us as Britons, and
as Highlanders, to remember with pride ihe.gl irious deeds.of our
felloe -countrymen on that occasion. But it no less becomes us
as men to recollect the price which that victory cost tee Aber-
cromby fell. Early in the action was winged " the far hissing
globe of dea h," charged with the fatal message to sever the
spirit that conceived, from the frame that earned out that vie •
tury. The same frigate which brought to these shores the
standard of " The Invincible Legion," emblazoned with the
names of all those battles in which, till then, it had glanced
unconquered and unconquerable—that same frigate bore the
lifeless body of the conqueror to his sea-girt grave. Aber-
eromby fell, and he fell not alone. Of the hearts that, on
the morning of that day beat high for praise, hundreds, ere the
sun went down, could feel that pulse no more.
" There is something of pride in the perilous hour,
Whate'er be the shape in which death may lower;
For Fame is there to say who bleeds,
And Honour's eye on daring deeds;
But when ell is post, it is humbling to tread
O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead,
And see worms of the earth, and fowls of the air,
Besets of the forest, all gathering there ;
All regarding man as their prey,
All rejoicing in his decay. '
Yes, it is humbling, but to those who have loved the fallen,
" there is," in the words of Abercromby's successor," this conso-
htion, that their memory wi 1 be sacred to every soldier, and em-
balmed in the bosoms of a grateful posterity.' And to Aber-
cromby was afforded a still greater consolation, for he lived to
see what he died to gain; he saw Victory, that had long ho-
vered, eagle-like, with uncertain flight, over the dubious battle,
at length close her weary wings, and perch triumphant over the
meteor flag of Britain. Well might Abercromby, and those
who fell with him, have said what, I trust, will be this evening
verified:—
" For us, even banquets fond regret supply
In the red cup that crowns our memory,
And the brief epitaph in danger's day,
When those who win at length divide the prey,
eked cry—remembrance sadd'ning o'er each brow—
How had the brave who fell exulted now !"
Let us then drink in solemn silence " To the Memory of Sir
Ralph Abercromby and the Heroes who fell with him in
Egypt."
The toast was drunk in solemn silence.
Song—" To England's renown we gave one laurel more."
Sir GEORGE Meanest. said—l have obtained the permission
of the Chairman to propose the next toast, and I would beg
you to drink to the health of our President. It is most appro-
priate to see the Chair of the Highland Society filled by an
hereditary chief, and one, too, of so ancient a family as The
Chisholm, and the able manner in which he has performed the
duties of the evening show that he is, in all respects, qualified
for the position in which he is placed. You must have ob-
served the gentlemanly suavity of manner, the graceful elocu-
tion, the commanding eloquence, and the hearty feeling with
which he has introduced the subjects of the evening. You
must remember with what loyalty he called upon us to do
honour to our Royal Family, with what martial feeling he
was animated when he recounted the glories of our Army and
Navy, from the battle of the Nile to their recent splendid
achievements on the coast of Syria, and the tact with which
lie introduced the bold diplomacy of our fellow-countryman,
Sir Charles Napier. You must have perceived, too, with what
depth of feeling he touched upon the death of the gallant
Abercromby. I can only speak for myself. Forcibly was
that illustrious man brought back to my mind; for, being on
the Staff, I received from the lips of the General the order for
tire formation of the troops on their landing, and was in the
boat with the distingushed naval officer to whose care was en-
trusted the debarcation of the army. When, too, Si Ralph
Abercrombie received his mortal wound,
vn‘d,hiliehe rlesnignewedhahviemsthelef
into the arms of the gallant regiment
honour to command—the Old Black Watch.—(Great cheer,
insl'L toast was received with great enthusiasm, and drunk
with the Highland honours.•
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drank my health. The flattering and unmerited terms
in which it has been proposed might well nigh make me forget
myself ;Unit, white I am proud of the high position to which
your kindness has raised me, I am not vain enough to attri-
bute this proud station to any other than its true cause. I am
here because you are Highlanders, and because I am, by my
inalienable birthright, a Highland chieftain. I am painfully
sensible of my incompetency, adequately to fulfil the duties that
devolve upon rile. If, then, I that I felt no diffidence in
taking your chair, I ahould err widely from the truth ;
and that diffidence was much increased when I re-
membered that this station was, at yeut last an,

niversary, so ably occupied by my Gal'ant
a
on my right, Sir George Alurray, at once a Highlander, F:°a
I 1
dier, a statesman, and a scholar. To assert, ht.wever, th
felt a shrinking or nervousness would be no less wide of I
truth ; for I know that I come among you as a Highland Chief
among Highlanders. I know that the proper of 34.Chf;
is at the head of Highlanders, wl.ether it be at
an
Lnort
board, or in the dark hour of danger and of battle! d 1
he
that, so long as the Chief shrinks not from hi ost, , piov,
will never be without Highlanders to back and to support hich
Gentlemen, I again thank you for the kind manner in •
you have recei‘eci this toast. p it
The CHAIRMAN said there was one toast which be knew
would be only necessary to name to call forth their utmost
thusia.m. It was the health of the Duke of M'ellingOre.
(Great and prolonged and reiterated acclamation.) not
gretted that the Duke was not a Highlander, but that wa,'
de
his fault. His son, however, had n ade up for this o6cfest
for he had married the daughter of a Highlanr.--(ur

cheering. )
" The Duke of Wellington."
The toast was drunk with all honours, and with the uttacit
enthusi
Shortly after this 'Sir George Murray and several 0f th.
principal guests retired. laritiel
Several other national toasts were drunk, and the o' the
of the evening were prolonged, occasionally enlivened 1.).
dancing of Scotch reels, &c., in the true Caledonian fa-