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BANBURY
PUBLIC FESTIVAL IN II ON' iI y
VINCENT.
On Wednratley the 7th inst., a p, • •
held in. Mr. B. Austin's spacious inaltbou ee-
withstanding the unfavourable state on ItHePtet4444l::l\;
nearly 800 ladies and gentlemen were present to pay a
tribtite of gratitude to their able and uncompromising
advocate, Mr. 11. Vincent. The room was splendidjy
illuminated and beautifully decorated, some hundrede of
paintiags, &c., having been kindly lent and a great pro-
fusion of flowers supplied for the occasion.
Mr. Coleman was celled to the chair, and after the
tea was concluded, Mr. J; Osborn, moved that the follow-
ing address be presented to 3lr. IL Vincent, which was
seconded in a very able speech by the Rev. J. Clarke,
and unanimously adopted by the meeting :
" Mr. 11. Vincent, _
" Sir,—The Electors of BanLury, Nelthrop, and the
Hamlets, take the earliest opportunity of congratulating
you on the honourable position you maintained at the
poll during the late severely contested election, and
when we look at the number of respectable, intelligent,
and honourable individuals who recorded their votes in
your favour, we cannot but look at the defeat, if it can
be so called, but as a preface to the certainty that awaits
you of your being most honourably, eeturnca as the Re-
presentative for Banbury, when ive again have the
honour of accompanying you to the p.lll. On looking
at the variety of circumstances that have! at this time
operated against you--the comparative few alto
knew you, or the principles you hare so nebrY
and honourably advocated—and the prejnebeTS, that
have now for ever vanished, that once eloyae'd the
minds of some of the electors of Banbury,
hail your minority a triumph, and your defeat a
victory. The clouds that appeared in the politica:
horizon when you entered the independent town el
Banbury as a candidate for our suffrages. have for ever
disappeared, and the glorious sun of political freedom-
has arisen in the power and splendour of his majesty,
and has sent the mighty rays of democratic govern-,
ment amongst us ; based upon the only true faunae,-
tion, the Political Rights or the People.
"In congratulating you on the noble stand you have
made on democratic principles, and the philanthropic
zeal with which you have so nobly advocated those:
mighty principles in Banbury, we point you to the-
people's'. House of Commons,—thither will we send you
—to wield yonr powerful talents, and your sterling in-
tegrity in the ever-glorious cause of democratic liberty.
-"We beg to thank you mot sincerely for coming
amongst us as a candidate for our suffrages—for tle7e
great moral"principles you have so talentedly dissemi-
nated amongst us—for your honourable and gentle-
wes,lv conduct during your canvass, at the hustings. and
as the pall—and the noble feelings that actuated you.
to enform upon the minds of the assembled thousands
the propriete: of preeervieg tilt? peace ; and we beg to
bear our testimony, in conj:tnction with every iuliabitane
of Banbury, to the perfect tranquillity of the tower.
during the election, attributed by parties of different
political opinions to the influence your very powerful
appeal has had upon the minds of the people, to keep
sober, and receive an insult iu good humour rather
than resent it. •
"In conclusion, we beg to request that when another
opportunity offers, you will again come amongst us to
solicit our suffrages, and we have no doubt but we sheik
be able to place you at the head of the poll."
Mr. VINCENT then addressed the party in a speech of.
nearly two hours' duration, of which the following is a
brief report :
Whatever my feelings were during the contest, they
are nothing -compared with my feelings on the present
occasion. I feel a pride that though the green flag wa.s
smitten down, my friends have not deserted it. I feel/.
'am not Worthy of the respect you show me. 1 hope you
are not come to congratulate me only ; but that YOU
look further—to God and to our cause. This shall go
on until every slave shall be made free, until the dis-
tressed are made happy. I have drawn the public *mind
to the great principles we advocate. If you feel any at-
tachment to me for the part I have taken in this contest.
let us reciprocate this feeling. Though driven back from
the poll, yet we have obtained a victory. Wits it nothing
to see the great mass of the people—artizans, mechanics,
ladies, all ranged on our side ? Every man, women,
and child, prayed for my success. We bare achieved a
victory which has put fresh spirit into the Radicals. By
whatever name we are called, our principles are the same.
We hold that every man shall be prepared for those great
national privileges which God has intended him to enjoy-
Look at our country—at that part of her population who
have fought'anel toiled for her good. Aro they treated
as they ought to .he ? What are the principles upon
which good government is founded ? The. first princi-
ples of government are to promote the happiness of so-
ciety, to protect the unprote:led, to relieve the distressed.
The proudest spirit which eciu;:l actuate the ancient Ba-
ron was, to take care of the pobr—to take care of the
serfs. And he was then aceounieel the best man who
performed this duty best, who rendered the hearthstone
of the cottage as secure as that of the paw*. There is
a mass of misery existing in this country which few are
aware of. Few Christians are aware of this : were they
they would, as one noble army, come forward and at-
tempt to alleviate it. The duty of Government is to pro-
vide not only for the temporal, but for the spiritual wants
of the community. The great body of the people—the he-
bourer, the tradesman—are borne down by the character
of the times. The. plague is abroad ; end every one
knows the plague must go on, unless arrested by a power
greater than that which produced it. Is it not much more
difficult to obtain employment now than it once was ? Is
is not more difficult now to make payments ,eood? Every
one must bear testimony to the fact, that things are get-
ting worse and worse. The Conservative says '• things,
are wrong; we want a Tory Government to make them
better; we want a good war." A good war! we went no
war, we want peace and plenty. Our sufferings have
been occasioned by war. The Whig says you are right;
this country is in a bad condition. I say to him, then.
"You have been in piiiver, but you have not bettered this
condition." Ile is obliged to acknowledge this. brat
pleads many excuses. Sometimes the King opposed him,
and he durst not take a step in opposition to his sovereign
will. But when they had the Queen and her Chambermaids
with them, they did nothing. Whig and Tory are alike,
both are interested in keeping things as they are. The
man who advocates liberty when out, how different is he
when he gets into the House of Commons. You should -
endeavour to understand the meaning of party. The
Radical party is as prejudicial to your interests as the'
Tory, unless prepared to give you your share in the re-
presentation of the country. I wish to upset all attach-
ment to party, and to endeavour to form one great party,
founded on the principles of justice, of universal intelli-
gence. Let us cast off the swaddling-clothes of political
babyhood, and stand forth as men to advocate those
principles. If Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, or
Mr. Tancred advocate those principles, I will give either
Of them my most cordial support. What are our princi-
ples? A Radical is a man who wishes the government of
the country conducted upon the best principles -possible.
He advocates cheap government, a government which
shall protect every man in the exercise' of mental and
bodily labour, and throw especially the shield of its pro-
tection over the worn-out part of the community, and
make their deaths as easy and happy as possible. The
Radical reads in his Bible that God made of one blood
all the nations of the earth; he believes, therefore, that
the prince and the peasant are alike equal in the sight of
God. Reasoning on these principles, the Radical can-
not see why a few Peers should govern this great
nation, or that a few thousands should govern thirty
th• l''ons. He asks—how, in every age and country,
hoots e 1.,: few exercised the power ? And whether he
looks to this ,eountr to Sparta, or to Rome, he finds
that the few have..
against the interests
used th© power they puseessed
of the man
reluctanthave
sougthot cothnecedie y. They .have ever been
interests eopk their rights. If they
been when they have been sewing their own. During
the people, it lute generally
Let.us
the reign of John, the Barons saiel to the serfs'
take prerogative. by the beard—they.
by the beard, and shook from his calks hear' the
field of Runnymede that Charts which is the has)
ion,
framework of all our great national
PriviZnat that
took preregattihyee:
Grey conceded the Reform Bill.
measure is a final measure. Final You
absurd I What
continue to progress I How atrocioluoswy?
Cheap hrtred
are you promised by the
Whigcsorine forward and
,prea-
and cheap sugar. Wby do .)
the
that they have not tr
oiuni atirieatt which must-
mise you this ? Because
peg on which to hang
one of them "Cheap bread,"
in these two pegs, and JAW,
ir thinking thus to here a
and the other "Cheap sting.
but they are shocking bad
peg to hang their bats.
theitrhepyolal hat. So they put
erPess for the labourer, the ar-
ats after all.
injustice for none ; aPil'ieei that the spirit of Radi-
o= prinoci Les are these--Justice for till,
tizan, the shopkeeper.
If there are any is h o
What I have stated to you is true.
they -are at liberty to come
think they can refute me, ,
them Radi-
calism must be understood. and its principles triumph.
and lend me their ai
doubt and
forward. If they cannot refute me em.de,as away all
On Saturday morning last, (0 Mr. James
Groves, a market gardener from Pinvin, was,,nr,oceeding down
Red-hill, on the L‘tnrion-road, with a cart lose. of vegetables
and fruit, the back chain broke, which caused the shafts of the
cart to fall considerably, and the horse took fright asad started
off at full speed towards Worcester, which threw peel' Groves
from the fore part of the tart where he was sitting. It ,}'Nears
he held by the cart for two or three seconds, when he wee s.'en
to fall head first, and, the wheel passing over his head, he diet:
instantly. An inquest was held on the body the saute day at
the Carpenter's Arms, and a verdict of Aecidental Death
returned. Groves was a very steady man, thirty-eight years o,
age, and has left a wife and one child.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE. —On Monday the sth
instant, the little village of Hooke, near Goole, was thrown
into great consternation in consequence of a report having
spread about that the wife of a sailor, named Richard Penui-
son, had killed herself. Numbers of persons immediately went
to the house, and found the woman lying dead. A little girl,
daughter of the deceased, stated that her father was at Goole, :
and had gone thither for wages, and her mother had tried to
hang herself, but did not succeed. She then took a fork and
stuck it into her throat. No reason, at present, cin be assigned
for the rash act. The poor woman has left two infant twins.—
Hull Advertiser.
A HANGMAN THAT WOULDN'T WORK.—
The following odd dialogue aepears in the Paris journal called
L' Audience, and professes to he a rep"rt of a proceeding be-
fore a Correctional Police Court at Steckholm :--Charles
'l' an executioner, was brought before the Tribuual on
a charge of failing to pertorin his duty. 'resident—Yore re-
fused to perform your duty, it appears. Defendant— One, mon
mapigrat ; 1 found it impossible. President—lf you had any
repugnance to the performance of your duty, you should have
obtained assistance. Defendant-1 did not prepare la toilette
du eourleonne myself. 111 y assistant Peter shaved hint. in the
prison and preparedihim tor the scaffold. I had not seen him
until the morning of the execution. Presiden*l—And et was
then yOu refused to perform your duty? Defendant.— 0
monsieur. President—Will, this caused a delay o two hours.
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your assistant did not hang the prisoner until twelve o'ciekk-
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