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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1858.

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BANBURY, SEPT. 14.
The annual meeting of the Oxfordshire and Ban-
bury Agricultural Association was celebrated this
day at Banbury. In_ the afternoon a dinner was
held in the Town•hall: Col. North, M.P., presided,
and was supported by the, Right lion. J. W. Hen-
ley, M.P., Lord Leigh, Mi. J. H. Langston, -M.P.,
the Hon. W. Fiennes; Col. Cartwright, M.P., Mr.
J. J. Henley, the Mayor of Banbury, and a large
number of the gentry and farmers of the district.
The usual loyal toasts having been given,
Mr. CARTWRIGHT proposed " The Health of the
Members for the counties of Oxford,S outh Northamp-
tenshire, and South Warwickshire." He trusted
that the right hon. gentleman • who had honoured
them with his presence that day, notwithstanding
that politics were rigidly excluded at the meeting,
would be enabled to favour them, at any rate, with
his experience at Cherbourg and his opinion of the
character and importance of the works there. Since

the last meeting of the society the right hon. gen-
tleman had been appointed President of the Board
of Trade, and he (Mr. Cartwright) was satisfied the
country generally would feel that he was the right
man in the right place. (Cheers.)
The toast having been drunk with loud cheers,

Mr. HENLEY, M.P., rose to respond. After thank-
ing the meeting for the cordiality with which
they had received the toast he proceeded to say—
My hon. colleague in the chair has warned us to be
short in what we have to say. I hope I am not in
the habit of trespassing very long upon your pa-
tience on these occasions, and I can assure you that
I shall not occupy any considerable portion of your
time now, for I know you have a good rule in con-
nection with this society, which requires that we
should not trespass upon' what are Called political
subjects, viz., those subjects an which differences of
opinion are likely to arise. At the same time there
are some subjects on which no difference of opinion
can arise, and which I may be excused for alluding
to for a moment, whether they be of a domestic or a
general political character. (Cheers.) I think, in
the first place, that I may congratulate the country
on its general state of prosperity. (Cheers.) Upon
former occasions, when I have had the honour of
addressing you here, I have said that we were un-
fortunately placed in the position of having empty
workhouses and full gaols. lam glad, however, to
be enabled to say to-day that we have both empty
workhouses and empty gaols. (Cheers.) I was glad
to find, on returning home last week, that the whole
number then in the gaol was 82 or 83, which is
much lower than for many years. (Cheers.) Such
circumstance must afford matter for sincere congra-
tulation to all of us, for we all know that crime is
generally proluced by the pressure of the times ;
and the absence of crime leads us to the conclusion
that our humble brethren are well employed, and
have the means of comfortable subsistence. (Cheers.)
There are many subjects of public interest upon
which we can also mutually congratulate ourselves.
Our prospects in India, where there is scarcely a man
among us who has not some relative or friend about
whom he is anxious, are much more cheerin6 than
they were when we met on a similar occasion 12
months ago. Our women have, at least, been all
removed to a place of safety, and, so far as I can
judge from the accounts which we receive from
the disturbed districts in that distant coun-
try, there is every reason to believe that
things are growing daily better and that the trouble
is fast subsiding. (Hear.) It is also a matter of con-
gratulation to its that the war with China, how-
ever it may have been begun, has terminated. A
war with 300,000,000 people at that vast distance
must always have necessitated the maintenance of
a large naval force at a considerable distance from
this country. Ido not intend to say a word about
Cherbourg, notwithstanding the appeal of my hon.
friend, Mr. Cartwright, for the simple reason that
I was not there ; but with every disposition to be-
lieve in the good intentions of our neighbours and
the good feeling which it is the mutual interest of
both countries to maintain towards each other, I
honestly confess that I think it is a great relief to
every Englishman to find that about a fourth part
of the naval forces of the country, which has
hitherto been occupied some 15,000 or 16,000 miles
away, will, in consequence of the. treaty with
China, be enabled to return, and, at all events, if
not altogether discharged, be engaged in cruising
nearer home, ready for any emergency. (Hear.)
The entering into a war with 300,000,000 people
at such a distance was a serious responsibility, and
no human being could have foreseen when such a
war would be terminated. Fortunately we have
now reason to believe that it is ended, and that
circumstance alone is a matter of mutual congratu-
lation for all of us. (Cheers.) Perhaps it would not
be becoming in me, in the office which I have now
the honour to fill as a servant of the Crown, to
touch upon any general polities nor would it be in
accordance with the rules of this society. Never-
theless, there are some questions upon which we
don't disagree, on which I may possibly be excused
if I say a few words. At many of the meetings
which have lately taken place in various parts of
the country there has been a considerable quantity
of loose talk by what I might almost term loose
fish---(laughter)—in reference to the Government.
Persons who are now occupying similar positions
to that which I have the honour to fill, have been
subjected to somewhat coarse remarks. Some have
abused us for being Conservatives, and others have
abused us because they say we are Liberals.
(Laughter.) Now, lam old enough to . remember
when the name " Conservative" first came up, for
unfortunately I am not a younc, man. I believe,
however, that three points which were then raised,
and the defenders of which were called Conserva-
tives, are now scarcely known. At any rate they
have long ceased to be attacked. Those three points
were, first, an indiscriminate attack upon the Irish
church ; secondly, a demand for church property
to be put into secular pockets ; and, thirdly, the
independence of the House of Lords. Those were
the three points on which the Conservatives stood.
Two of them were attacked furiously for many
years, but now all of them have died away. I cer-
tainly don't see why we should be abused for being
Conservatives and for not going whooping and
halloaing about these matters when nobody makes
any attack -upon them. I do not think we have
any right to lae abused because we have stood still
solely because those parties who were opposed to
us have given up attacking the questions which
originally constituted Conservatism. If similar
questions should ever be raised again I do not think
that the Conservative party will be found wanting
in their defence. (Cheers.) With regard to the
future, I am sorry that I cannot pretend to say
anything at all. You know very well that the Go-
vernment are in this position. The parties who
made the Reform Bill have chosen for the last six
or seven years to find fault with their own work.
(Hear, hear.) Mind you, it was no work of the
Conservatives. (Laughter and cheers.) It was no
child of ours, and, therefore, we have nothing to say
to it ; but the parties who constructed it have been
themselves the very men who have amused them-
selves for the last six or seven years in singing out
all over the country that it must be altered. (Hear,
hear.) In fact, they have dirtied their own nest to
such a degree that they have felt most uncomfort-
able in it. (Laughter.) They have never attempted
to mend it themselves, nevertheless they still say
that it wants mending. The cry has now gone on
for some years. As I said before, the Reform Bill
was no child of ours ; but, at the same time, if
there is any possibility of our mending it so as to
satisfy all parties, I see no reason why we should
not make the attempt. (Hear, hear.) I hope I have
not trespassed on the rules of the society in what I
have said. (Cheeri.) I don't think, as a public man,
m
appearing before many of my constituents, that it
would have been fair for me to say less. I can only
say that so long as I have the honour of being in a
position to serve the county I shall be most happy
to do all in my power to promote your interests,
and to do my duty according to the best light that
God gives me. Hitherto I have always experienced
a kind reception from all my friends in this county
and neighbourhood, and I have no doubt that so
long as I hold the same course and " keep the dish
even" I shall be similarly received. The right hon.
gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
Colonel NORTH, M.P., and COL CARTWRIGHT,
M.P., also responded.
Mr. B. BuowN
proposed the health of the mem-
bers for the city of Oxford and the borough of
Banbury.
Mr. LANGSTON, M.P., responded. He said his
right hon. friend Mr. Henley had told them in re-
ference to the Reform Bill that the Whigs had
so dirtied their nest that they found it impossible to
remain in it, and that the hon. gentlemen who had
succeeded them in the possession of the nest were
also so dissatisfied with it that they were deter-
mined at length to make an alteration. He was
extremely happy to hear that a Gonservative Go-
vernment were really disposed to try their hands in
giving the country a better Reform Bill than that
which had been passed under the auspices of the
Whigs. Being a sincere Reformer at heart, he
was most anxious to see reform carried out to
the fullest possible extent so long as it fully

preserved the constitution of the country, and he
was therefore extremely happy to find that
his right hon. friend and the present Govern-
ment were prepared to try their hands
because he now hoped to see all parties united in
carrying a really good measure, such as would prove
ultimately beneficial to the whole country. (Clic en.)
Several other toasts having been given and re-
sponded to, the proceedings terminated.

1111?. SPOONER, 111 P., AND MR. .YETVDE-
GATE, M.P., AT TAMWORTH.

TAMWORTH, TUESDAY.
The anniversary meeting of the Sparkenhoe
Farmers' Club was held to-day in this town, and
was largely attended by the neighbouring gentry.
and farmers.

The annual dinner took place in a large marquee
erected in the field in which the show was held,
and in which about 1,100 ladies and gentlemen sat
down to an excellent cold collation, wider the pre-
sidency of Mr. Spooner, M.P., who was supported
by his hon. colleague in the representation of War•
wickshire (Mr. Newdegate).
After the removal of the cloth,

The PRESIDENT proceeded to give the usual
loyal and patriotic toast. In giving " The Health
of the Queen" he observed that he had heard -with
regret that in another part of the kingdom the
name of the Queen had either been altogether
omitted or had been made secondary to a toast
which in this country was one of the most objec-
tionable that could be proposed. Whatever might
be the case in Ireland, he trusted, and indeed he
believed, such a thing could never take place in
this country. (Hear, hear.) It was an insult
which might in the course of time be forgotten, but
it was one that by an assembly of loyal English
farmers could never be forgiven. (Cheers.) Such
a Sovereign as we now had was an honour
to the age, and to substitute for her venerated name
that of the Pope was a direct insult to the Protes-
tantism and loyalty of the country—(cheers)—such
an insult as would not readily be erased from the
minds of her more loyal subjects. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Health of
the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," and in doing
so expressed the great pleasure he felt in witness-
ing the interest which the clergy now took in those
agricultural gatherings, being, as he was, quite
aware of the great benefits which the labouring
classes derived from the constant intercourse they
had with the clergy. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Mr. -MOULD, vicar of Tamworth, in re-
sponding, said that he was at all times rejoiced to
be present at a meeting of this description, know-
ing, as he did, the great advantages such associa-
tions had conferred upon the labouring classes.
They lived at a time when enormous progress was
made in every branch of the arts and sciences.
They could not be insensible of the fact that the
science of agriculture participated in that progress
and was advancing with rapid steps ; and the cul-
tivators of the soil had that day given tangible
proofs of what they could do to promote the na-
tional interests, as well as those of their own class.
They knew how much could be done in dealing
with the land. The old adage used to run—
This is a beautiful world to live in,
To lend, and to spend, and to give in ;
But to beg or to borrow, or seek for one's own,
It's the very worst world that ever was known.
Now, the land that they cultivated was of just the
opposite character, and farmers had discovered that
the more they lend to the laud the more it returns
to them, so that the interest of the cultivator went
hand inn hand with the interest of he landowner
and the great national interest. By N means which
had been taken to draw out and develop the in-
tellects of the husbandman, the farmers of England
were now enabled to do work which never could
have been effected while the minds of the peasantry
were in their former ignorant condition. They saw
what great good these societies were doing in all
parts of the country by teaching the working classes
and training them to skilled labour, thereby pro-
moting their own happiness and that of everybody
around them. (Hear.) He trusted that he should
always see the clergy working hand in hand with
the society, and that the Tamworth Agricultural
Association might continue to enjoy the esteem of
all connected with it. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE, on rising to propose the next
toast, was received with loud cheers from all parts
of the room. The hon. gentleman said—Sir, permit
me, in tho first place, standing here at Tamworth,
to convey to you the deep satisfaction with which
I view this assemblage—on a site where the
shadows of past differences have been lengthened
far beyond the measure of their appropriate day ;
and let me congratulate you ladies, that you
arc here, as you ever are, the harbinger of peace.
(Cheers.) I would that I could speak to the whole
town of Tamworth to tell them how glad I am to
see that those of their neighbours who are engaged
in cultivating the soil have again come to hold out
to the sons of commerce the hand of friendship. No

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time could be more appropriate for this meeting
than the present. It has pleased Providence to
grant to the agriculturists of this country, notwith-
standing the present somewhat inconvenient
drought, a yield in the cereal crops which bids fair
to remunerate them for the skill and enterprise
they have displayed in the cultivation of their
farms. (Cheers.) But there is an old adage, and
that is that farmers are never happy unless they
have got something to grumble at. The real an-
swer to that is, that they can afford to grumble
where commerce finds it more prudent to hold her
tongue. (Laughter.) But, even if commerce were
not so prosperous as it was, still I think it well
that they should come here and tender the hand of
friendship with their best wishes that the co-ope-
ration of agriculture may tend to support com-
merce, and that unity of interest, which is the
strength of every nation, may again prevail and be
exemplified in the union between Tamworth and
its neighbours. The particular toast which I
have to propose to you on the present occasion is
" The House of Lords." (Cheers.) In other coun-
tries you may find representative assemblies elected
more or less according to the will of the people.
In other nations you will find Sovereigns with
power more or less absolute or more or less con-
trolled, but in England alone you will find a
balance of power, which is established by the exist-
ence of three co-ordinate estates, that of the Sove-
reign, the House of Lords, and the House of Com-
mons. The House of Lords is appointed arbiter
between the will of the people and the discretion
of the Sovereign. Often has that house interposed
its independence, which is its most glorious cha-
racteristic, to stay the arbitrary invasion of the
Crown, or check the wanton impulses of the people.
(Cheers.) Depend upon it that the debt which
England owes to its House of Lords io far
greater than those who think lightly of our
interests can estimate it at. I believe
that the House of Lords is independent
because it is hereditary, and it is that, therefore,
which gives it its true value. The ladies must
ever feel deeply interested in everything that is
hereditary—those ladies who may be the wives and
mothers of peers hereafter have a deep responsibi-
lity east upon them, for they have the first mould-
ing of the minds of our future hereditary legislators
—and the history of the House of Lords proves
that the peeresses of the kingdom are entitled to no
small praise for the care which they have taken of
the education of our youthful nobility. I beg to
propose " The Health of the House of Lords,"
lamenting that we should have been deprived of the
presence of the distinguished members who have
been prevented attending by illness, but I ask you
to drink this toast, because the House of Lords is a
great Christian institution in England, and the em-
bodiment of the independence of the country against
arbitary power. (Hear.) Long do I hope it will
continue to be so, and long do I hope that England
will continue to be the sanctuary of freedom and
the glory of the world. (Cheers.)
Mr. WEBSTER proposed " The House of Com-
mons," which was drunk with cheers. This asso-
ciation, with others of the like nature, eschewed
party politics, but it was somewhat difficult to steer
clear of politic in proposing the health of a body
composed of all shades of politics and all parties.
He must say that he gave great credit to the House
of Commons as a whole for the spirited manner in
which they conducted the business of the country,
and the country was bound to return them its
thanks for the valuable services they had performed
The House of Commons had lately made an expedi-
tion to visit the Emperor of the French. They-had
seen a great deal of what had been done at Cher-
bourg, and the country had a right to know what
the impressions were which those fortifications had
made upon the minds of hon. members. Many of
them had expressed their opinion upon the subject.
They might be meant for peace, but they looked
much more likely for war. They would remem-
ber that war could not be carried on without
the sinews, and he thought the visit of the House
of Commons to Cherbourg would be very likely to
be a means of obtaining those sinews. (Hear.)
When the estimates came before them next session
he thought there would be very little cavilling at
granting the necessary votes for our coast defences.