The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

The National Freedmen's Aid Union.

On Wednesday evening a conversazione took place
at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the auspices
of the Duke of Argyll and Lord Lyttelton, patrons,
and Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Bart., M.P., president
of the National 'Freedmen's Aid Union of Great
Britain and Ireland, for the purpose of afford-
ing the supporters of this institution an op-
portunity of meeting the Rev. Robert J. Parvin,
rector of St. Paul's, Cheltenham, Philadelphia,
hon. official representative of the American Freed-
men's Union Commission, previous to his return to the
United States. Amongst the company present were
Mr. Hughes, M.P., the Rev. J. C. Galloway, Mr. T. L.
Pulling, Mr. Elihu Burritt, the Rev. Mr. Parvin
(the guest of the evening), the Rev. Sella Martin,
the Rev. J. W. M'Cree, Mr. B. H. H, Cadbury, of
Birmingham, the Rev. Samuel Minton, Mr. James
Bell, Mr. Andrew Cosham, Mr. Henry Vincent, the
Rev. John Siebold, &c.

Mr. T. HUGHES, M.P., having been called upon to
preside, ohserved that they were assembled together
on this occasion to hear a few parting words from a
gentleman who was the appointed representative of
the American Freedmen's Union Commission, who
had, been several months in this country exerting his
endeavours in furtherance of the cause which that
union was designed to advocate. The accounts
which had been received from America showed that

the worst part of the work sought to be carried out
had been already accomplished. The freed people
wore working admirably in the Southern States, and
the new condition of affairs had been accepted in a
much more satisfactory degree than was expected a
few months since.

The Rev. SAMUEL MINTON proposed, and the
Rev. JOHN SIEBOLD seconded, a resolution to the
effect that the meeting heartily sympathised with the
multitude of philanthropists nobly engaged in vari-
ous freedmen's aid associations and otherwise in pro-
moting the welfare of four millions of emancipated
slave.s in the United States of America ; it regrets
that the series of political and financial crises in this
country—now historical—have limited the practical
results of the very valuable honorary services of the
Rev. Robert Parvin, who has visited Great Britain
at the invitation of the National Freedmen's Aid
Union as the representative of the American Freed-
men's Union Commission. That this meeting fur-
ther assure Mr. Parvin, and the great body he had
so wisely and faithfully represented, of 'their warm
sympathy and continued practical co-operation, and
rejoiced in the deep conviction that the Divine bless-
ing would be even more signally accorded to the
persevering efforts of the various freedmen's aid
associations throughout the world.

The resolution was carried by acclamation, and
Mr. PARVIN, in acknowledging it, expressed his
gratitude for the sympathy he had received in
this country, and committed the cause they
were advocating to the continued support
of those who formed a due estimate of the import-
ance which attached to the best means of aiding the
emancipated slaves in America.

A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.

BANK OF ENGLAND.—At a Court of Directors of
the governor and company of the Bank of England, held
yesterday, for the election of a director for the remainder
of the year in the room of the Right Hon. Stephen Cave,
who had retired, the scrutineers, at four o'clock, declared
Charles Frederick Huth, Esq., elected thereto. No other
candidate appeared, Mr. Huth being recommended by the.
Gourt of Directors.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Wednesday
The Queen drove out in a carriage and four
yesterday with Princess Louise and Prince Leo-
pold, and her Majesty walked in the grounds this
morning with Princess Louise and Princess Bea"
trice.

The Hon. Lady Biddulph had the honour of
dining with the Queen and the Royal family Yes-
terday. •

Lady Waterpark left Osborne yesterday.

THE HYDE PARR RIOTS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
am directed by Mr. Walpole to state that
.
no arrangement was made by him on the part °
the Government with any member of the Ref°'
League to announce that a public meeting Iv"'d
be permitted to be held in Hyde Park on MondaY,
next, the 30th inst., as stated in the bills placarded
and circulated by Mr. Beales. . _

An application for that purpose was made by
Mr. Beaks after the interview which Mr. AValPt
had with the deputation, to which no answer bw
yet been sent.

I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant,

July 25.

S. WALPOLE•

SIR HENRY EDWARDS.

We have to congratulate Colonel Edwards and
his numerous friends in the West and East Riding
on the well-merited honour of the baronetcy recently
conferred upon him. His own services to the Con-
servative cause, in the numerous elections he b°'s
contested (no less than seven in 19 years), and in
unwearied attention to his Parliamentary duties,
have not been his only claim to this distinction'
The Edwardses have ever been staunch `suppatt2rs
of the constitution, and in the days of his fare:
fathers Pye Nest was always the headquarters 0'
Lascelles and Wilberforce, when canvassing the
district in the great contests for the representation(),
the county. The gallant colonel's private worth and
the faithful discharge of his duties as a magistrate'
and as commandant of the 2d West York Ye,°'
manry Cavalry, are too well known and appreciated
to need our allusion to them. He materially as'
sisted the late respected Colonel Pollard in raising
that regiment after the riots of 1842, at the urgent
solicitation of the Lord Lieutenant, and in bringis'e
it to its present high state of efficiency. In rea°g;
nition of his political services, a magnificent piec"
of plate, costing upwards of 1000 guineas, was Preci
sented to him by the constituency of Halifax a%
the inhabitants of the district. His advocacy of the
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interests of the labouring classes, especially as the
seconder and strenuous supporter of John Figiding s
li
Ten Hours' Bill, proposed by Lord Ashley, as vie
as his determined opposition to the after conWr°-
mise of eleven hours, will ever be gratefully rerael:
bered. Although an opponent of the Russell-&1a
stone Reform Bill, he gave proof he was not averse
to a judicious extension of the franchise, by his
port of Lord Derby's bill in 1859. The meicaa
house established by his family, in which he is inte-
rested, has been connected with Spain and S. America
for more than a century. They are of Warviici
shire origin, the grandfather of the hon. barnl
having settled in this district in 1749, and about 20
years after built Pye Nest, the colonel's present re.
sidence. His mother's family, the Priestleysl Is;
according to Burke, one of the oldest in this part (.;
the west riding. He married, in 1838, Marl.
Churchill, eldest daughter of the late Thos. Coster,
Esq., of Marchwood, in Hampshire, and Regent 5..."
park, by whom he has several sons and daughters•ar
Halifax Guardian. In quoting the above from °u
contemporary, we cordially add our own congrathe
lations on the occasion of this recognition of t
worth of our gallant representative, and believe
that there is but one feeling on the part of the c°11,,,...
stituency stituency here, and that is that the honour A;
thoroughly deserved. Men of all shades of politics
must admit that, from the date of his first return
1
for Beverley in 1857, up to the present time, 0
consistency with which he has maintained his Prz.ni
ciples, and his conduct as a gentleman, entitle In;
to his newly-acquired position, which he will el'
hold with dignity.—Beverley Guardian.

LITERATURE.

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The Poetical Works of Burns. Edited by the RI:
Robert Aris Wilmott. One Vol., pp. 29
George Routledge and Sons.
Numerous as are the editions of Burns, We
of no more beautiful little pocket-edition than the
1
one recently published (at a ridiculously small price)
by the Messrs. Routledge. It is at once a bti
and a bijou—a casket of literary pearls, Prinwia
in ruby- type. Turning over these lovely ° t
familiar songs and ballads of Robin Burns--3"5
true-born National Poet if ever there was one;
Poet who must liver be for Scotland what lth9c;or
will be perennially for Ireland, and Beranger fin
France, and Schiller for Germany—we look in vg,
for what we certainly had imagined to be Barns s,
and none other than Burns's, that world-fanl°to
love ditty (whose else can it be ?) in which °cc
those perfectly well-known lines—

And braid with gems her hair :
And she shall walk in silk attire,
And siller hae to spare.
A line sounding almost like an echo of the last btl
one—

" And ye shall gang in rich attire,
Weel busket up fu' gaudy," &c.,
nollg
we certainly do light upon here, at p. 246, al, ~,be
the Songs of Burns (it is in the one entitled
Collier Laddie"), but the actual line it is not,
that line with its fellow—
" And she shall walk in silk attire,
And siller hae to spare,"
we are still in search of—so far as relates, that
to their authorship.

Lost and Found. A Pastoral. By Crawford VP °o.
One Vol., pp. 114. William Freeman.
ear
Mr. Crawford Wilson has sensibility, An
for music, and many of the subtler attributes
(instincts, we are almost tempted to call theme)
of the poetic temperament. He is no 03e"
ge
manufacturer of harmonious 'versification. hit)
can think and-- what is more—think in
heart. And, to his varied musings and eraGtl°.n-g
he has the rare gift or faculty of ,
whenever he lists, suitable utterance. 'l'l
dente of his possession of this gift or facu-io
he has already afforded the reading public
" Elsie" and " Gitanilla," in " Jonathan :of
ham" and ic Flights to Fairyland.,, Here,
in this charming little pastoral of 44 Lost
.115.
Found," is the latest, and not the least meritorioll.loi
of these metrical utterances of his—as speciEa°llB to
" easy writing," that for once is not, according ea
Sheridan's intolerant dictum (as a rule) "
hard reading." Fluently and elegantly wri;orel
throughout, we turn these pages of Mr. Craw'
Wilson's " Lost and Found" with unwearied 03ti5..0,
faction until in fact we turn the very last of the
finding, then, to our unaffected regret, that

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