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The Late Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart.

At eight o'clock on Saturday evening the 46th
Middlesex paraded in Westminster Hall, to testify
their deep respect for their late lieutenant-colonel,
Sir J. V. Shelley. Every officer and man wore
mourning, according to the regimental order. The
battalion having been told off and square formed by
Captain Henderson, the adjutant,
Lord CAMPBELL, the major of the corps, entered
the square, and said :--Officers and men of the 46th
Middlesex,—You well know that I am not in the
habit of addressing
speeches to the regiment. There
is not a single person in the whole volunteer force
less inclined to all unnecessary effort in that man-
ner. But after the heavy blow we have experienced,
it devolves upon- the second in command to say a
few words upon our prospects. Those prospects
rest
.entirely with you. - First, the nature of the
volunteer system. Governments are not able to
perpetuate a corps, and would not feel entitled to
dissolve one. .If you determine to go on, the lord-
lieutenant of the county, I feel certain, will be
guided
,by the public interest in naming a com-
mander. He is not in any way bound to appoint
the major to the vacancy. No such rule exists in
our service. I have frequently ascertained, as a sup-
porter of the movement, that volunteer regiments
ought as far as possible be conamandid by men who
have served her Majesty as regulars. Thp opinion
was confirmed tcy-Korything I saw of our lamented
friend and colonel while I acted under him. His
alacrity, his promptitude, his coolness and decision
on parade, always seemed to me to have resulted
from his early discipline in the profession of a sol-
dier. Capt. Henderson, who has lately had more
frequent opportunities than I of mixing with the
regiment, informs me that a brief allusion to the
remarkable career of our late commander is desired
by those who knew him well, and by those who have
lately joined us. And although it is only in latter
years, from acting with him in the corps, that I
had the honour of his intimate acquaintance, so
far as I am able I will try to satisfy the
in early youth,
ere-
feeling.solvea onf.iiarrinJaohnas Shelley,
solved and learnt a,
portion of its rudiments in Hanover, at that time
connected closely with Great Britain. While he
remained in Germany he had the happy fortune of
coming under the protection and residing in the
house of Goethe, the great philosopher of Weimar, a
fact of which he never ceased to recognise the benefit,
and which throws a light on many phases of his
subsequent activity. On his return to England he
joined the Royal Horse Guards as a cornet, and in
a very short time he undertook the office of the ad-
jutant. Our attention ought to rest upon that mo-
ment, because it stamped his character and in-
fluenced his fortunes. It was most unusual then, as
it is now, for officers in the cavalry to hold the post
of adjutant. Since the time of Sir John Shelley
only three have done so in the regiment he be-
longed to. The labour which devolves upon an ad-
jutant in infantry is onerous ; but in cavalry he has
to look to horses as well as men. The whole ma-
chine, being more delicate and complex, requires
greater supervision from him. In the Household
regiment; on his eye depeud—although this per-
haps is the least important of his cares—the arms
and the accoutrements which form on certain days
the outward splendour of the monarchy. He parades
every guard before it leaves the barrack, from which
he is seldom absent. Duty of this kind would be
supportable enough, unless pleasure stood beside it
as a rival. But at that time Sir Juhn was known
in the world as having the keenest taste for every
species of enjoyment which an adjutant renounces,
and was led into this arduous and self-denying post
by military zeal and by professional enthusiasm, not
that he had any reason to think himself a loser, by
the sacrifice. Although he had to fly many of the
charms society presents to the young officer, he was
pursued by what he thought, perhaps, the greatest
which it has to offer, its esteem. So much was his
credit raised by the example he had set and by the
labours he had courted, that without any further
effort of his own he found himself within the walls
beyond as representative of Gatton. As member
for Gatton, he was bound to uphold the charter of
the borough against the great change of 1831, by
which it was endangered. And this duty be per-
formed on the second night of the debate with a
vivacity and judgment which cheered his friends,
although it irritated his opponents, and which at
least sustained the lustre of the regiment of which
he had not ceased to be the adjutant. When the
Act of 1832 had passed,
he withdrew from the
political arena, and under no satiety or lassitude—
but because he did not see the prospect of becoming
a commander, he left the service of her Majesty.
His mind was not fixed on agriculture as an occupa-
tion and a science. He kept 2,000 acres under his
own management, and formed a model farm for the
instruction of the county he resided, in. These
practical pursuits Jed; 4im
vs deeply to resolves the;
questions which then. began in agitate the comitrYtl
viz.—whether foreign corn should be excluded from,
or, on the contrary,
invited to its harbours. All
that he had learnt froraGoethe in his youth—all the
views which Adam Smith had scattered in the world,
all that other men of the same school were then im

and daily toil in the fields, led him' ion to the urging, unitedwrth—his growing insight
petuously
con-
clusion of which Sir Robero Peel, his ancient leader
in the House of Commons, became eventually the
organ. In those days, to be at once a landowner,
a farmer, and free-trader was a position so remark-
able that no man who held it could remain secluded
in the country, however great the happiness derived
from it. The reputation of Sir J. Shelley pene-
trated Westminster; and in 1852 he was enrolled
in that high order which has been illustrated by the
names of Charles Fox, of Sir Francis Burdett, of
Sir John Cain Ilobhouse, and of Lord Dundonald.
Men reach many dignities by favour or by birth ;
but it is not by such means alone that they have
ever sat for Westminster in Parliament. Again in
1857, again in 1859, our late commander reached
that honoured situation. Speaking in that hall,
and surrounded by those who watched him as a re-
presentative, it would be absurd to dwell on the
political fidelity by which for so long a time he
constituency is
en-
gaged the confidence of his supporters. But one of
his daily habits in the post he filled during three
Parliaments ought not to pass unnoticed. The cor-
respondence
most oppressive of its duties. If allowed
and ief t him
iiis
l doore or saw his friends until his
ng before breakfast,
neveramongst
tii e of a metropolitan
a single day to fall into arrear the tide is such that
it becomes impossible to stem it. Impressed with
inthe morning this fact, Sir John answered every elector whose
letter reached
astminster, he found leisure to
disposed of. Engrossed by
Parliament correspondenceao w
d Westminster,
create the Bank of London and this regiment.
With regard to the latter, you know far better than
myself the delays, annoyances, and opposition he
surmounted. It will always be a satisfaction to us
that last Easter we saw him as a brigadier in all
the vigour of his faculties; that twice more it was
permitted us to follow him—on the long summer
afternoon when the Prince of Wales attended in
en ii in spite of di-
minished at our head
for neither the intention
h e o f
have
all
a v appeared we l
nc h
Hyde
the
h Parko inspection.
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nor the capacity to eulogise his merit ; to do so any
man must be acquainted with the business of a
soldier, both in cavalry and infantry, with that of
a politician, of a banker, and a farmer. All these

parts he tried, and in every one he was distinguished.
But if, setting eulogy aside, I were asked in what

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consisted the secret of his various versatile ability,
I should subscribe it to his uniformity and con-

stancy in labour. Most men are ready to exert
themselves if in a fortnight they are going to be ex-
.

amined for a place or a degree ; or if to-morrow

they are going to be inspected in their regiment ; or
if in a few hours they will have to speak in courts
of justice or in Parliament. DO no miler has tbo

danger passed and the necessity subsided than they
'sink again into a trance, from which no argumeut
can rouse them. Sir John, on every day of his
career, appeared to have the energy which other
minds may reach in a can-Taig) or an election. For
us, we cannot hope to catch the ardour and inten-
sity he gave to all the stages of his life ; but yet,
by patient toil and strenuous exsrtion in every
tw..k which we approach, we may become more
worthy of, the care and zeal which he devoted to our
regiment. There is but one further point I feel it
almost a sacred duty to refer to. As there will be no
drill to-night, perhaps it may not be fatiguing to you.
Unflagging will and constant animation, great and
pregnant as they are, can never be regarded as a
guarantee of principle or virtue. The best and worst
men may equally possess them. Although conspi-
cuous in the
.person we lament, they do not form
his only title to our sorrow. In moral character he
stood.a test which some of the most scrupulous, the
most high-minded men have not been able to en-
counter. However urgent the temptation, he re-
solved that he would never practise illegal outlay in
elections. Not only did he .openly proclaim that
mode of thinking
-in discussion with his friends, but
when his prosp3cts were at stake determined to ap-
ply it. On retiring from Westminster in 1865 he
went to Bridgwdei, a; borough in the west of Eng-
land. When -corruption set -in against him with a
fatal,. force he declined in . hapnwinner to retaliate
upon it. - With his usasrfirmness and despatch he
unseated his opponent by a parliamentary cornmittes;
but when he heard that nothing but illegal outlay
could return him for the place, he declined to take
advantage of the vacancy his efforts had created.
His last political proceedings were therefore an em-
phatic tribute to the purity by which, as he main-
tained, elections ought to be conducted. So strong
and so remarkable was his opinion on this question,
that had any one been able to propose to him an
absolute control of foreign and domestic policy, with
all the ordinary patronage of State, on condition of
his securing 10 or 20 votes, by men who to the end
of time would never be considered as his agents, he
would not, I feel convinced, have fallen into the
arrangement. I have often been led to contemplate
and reflect on this feature of his mind, and striking
as it was, have not been able wholly to connect it
with his origin. One word remains to be said as to
the regiment. To disperse or to disband would be a
treason to the memory we honour. We cannot bring
him •
back, but we may-cherish the result of his acti-
vity. So long as this corps survives—and it may
last from age to age—his name will never be for-
gotten. Whatever form of government you choose,
the same defences will always be wanted to
uphold it. Staggered as we are, however, by
this irreparable loss, we cannot be expected
yet to take the field as a battalion. In the meanwhile
you may remember the first duty of a soldier is the
theanual and platoon,
cool and steady practice of the weapon which be-
longs to him, because it is only to enable him to use
it at the proper time and under t4e best circum-
stances that all the higher movements of an army
are directed. You know the conditions upon which
we allow rifles to remain in private houses. Every
man the moment he gets up may go through the
y one t exercise,
position drill and
attachingab
iam drill,iagmore
o n
may
i importance
r giveakeaoeptu n e himselfto mammal
the latter than thep
c
former. Proficiency in arms was never more essen-
tial than at present ; those who have ought to retain
and those who want ought to acquire it, since no
man knows how soon he may be called upon to guard
the safety, or how s3on to vindicate the freelotn of
his country.

During the speech, which lasted about 20 minutes,
nearly every allusion to Sir John Shelley was inter-
rupted by the marked sympathy of the corps—his
death having evidently made a deep impression upon
those whom he commanded.

Reference in the Queen's Speech to the

United States.

The paragraph in the Queen's Speech which more
particularly affects us is the third, in which her
MAJESTY states that she "has suggested to the
Government of the United States a mode by which
questions pending between the two countries, aris-

ing out of the civil war, may receive an amicable
solution."

This is the official assurance from the highest
quarter that the Government of Great Britain has
directed its attention "to remove all grounds of
possible misunderstanding, and to promote relations
of cordial friendship" with the American people. On
this subject her MAJESTY appears to have been well
advised, and we have no doubt that her Ministers
had good grounds for putting the words into her
MAJESTY'S mouth, that "if these advances be met, as
I trust they will be, in a corresponding spirit," that
these results will be obtained. A great deal of the
bitterness felt towards England in the United
States, at the close of the civil war, has died out.
The attention of that country has been mainly
directed since then to difficult questions of domestic
policy. Even the few events which have caused
discussion throughout the Union, in relation to
foreign affairs, have had little reference to Great
Britain. The difficulties of working neutrality
laws in a free country have, since the depredations
of the Alabama, and other piratical cruisers, and
the raids from the Canadian frontiers, been expe-
rienced by the Government of the United States,.
and has taught it a practical lesson of forbearance
to other Governments similarly placed. If Fenian
inroads have had no other effect, they will at least
strengthen the hands of the Commissioners ap-
pointed to consider and adjudicate on the claims
which may be submitted by each side for adjust-
ment. It cannot be surprising that a cruiser could
escape to sea from a British port, to a people who
have seen a band openly organised, and marched
from their own territories, for the invasion of a
friendly province. If the raids by Southern rebels
from the frontiers of Canada excited the deepest
indignation throughout the States, the raids of Irish
rebels into Canada from the States may be con-
sidered as a full counterpoise, and teach the people
of both frontiers that the game is a dangerous one,
at which two can play, and, however played, must
lead only to their loss. It is in truth a crime of the
deepest dye to foster such brigand enterprises.
Nor is it only a crime—for it is even a
greater folly. To permit such villanies to be
perpetrated is but a return to the worst days of the
middle ages, to play into the hands of the lawless
ruffians of both nations, and to encourage a class of
armed cut-throats whose knives will always be
ready to be turned as quickly against former friends
as against present foes. If two great Christian
nations are to fight, it should at least be an open
and civilised warfare, and not 'by such underhand
and surreptitious means as these. It is a pity that
the great building firm to whom the people of Eng-
land owe the miseries and misfortunes entailed by
the hateful cruise of the disreputable Alabama can-
not be reached by law, and that the nation shoul.l
I be subjected to so heavy a loss, which, heavy as it
is, will be but a small part of the troubles caused,
that this firm should make a paltry profit. It may,
however, be a question whether England does not
deserve it—for, if the law could not reach this
firm, public opinion could, had the community
chosen to exert it. Many were foolish enough to
applaud, when the craft escaped to sea to pile up a
huge bill of destruction, every cent of which they
themselves will have to pay. Had they been gifted
with a grain of sense, they would have seen that if
successful in establishing such a precedent, a case
as bad as it is possible for imagination to conceive
would have become a fact, to be used hereafter
against their own commerce—the most vulnerable
of all nations. If not able to establish this prece-
dent, they would have to swallow all their excla-
mations of delight, to pay for the depredations, and
to eat some very disagreeable " humble pie." Pro-
bably when the tax comes to be Icvicci which is to