The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

THE REPRESENTATION OF WIL7S.

The following address has been issued to the
electors of South Wilts by the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, on his elevation to the House of Lords:
" To THE ELECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN DIVISION OF
THE COUNTY OF WILTS.

" Gentlemen,—lt is with pain and regret that I find my-
self compelled to relinquish the seat in the House of Com-
mons which I have so long filled as your representative.
" The incessant attendance and late hours xnavoidable to
a member of Parliament seeking thoroughly to discharge
his duty, aid aggravated in my case by the labour of repre-
senting a heavy department, have proved too much for my
strength, and I have at last most reluctantly arrived at the
conclusion that I must not risk the result of another year of
so much fatigue.

" I entered Parliament a very yoxng man. Through
your favour, I have represented the division uninterruptedly
for 28 years. I have never had to seek for another consti-
tuency.

" Neither has this uninterrupted honour been the result
of a complete identity of opinion, nor have I purchased it
by any dishonest submission of my opinion to yours.
"Not doubting my earnestness, you have left me a free
agent, and, though differences have existed and been unre-
servedly expressed, you have treated me with a confidence
and an indulgence which I can never forget. For myself, I
can truly say that I havo never made a toy or a pastime of
the position you have given me, but I have looked upon it
as a solemn trust, and have laboured constantly, assiduously,
and to the utmost of my ability so to discharge its duties
as best to insure what appeared to me to be the public goad.
" Through the favour of the Crown I hope still to be
enabled, though at the cost of less physical exertion, to take
a part in the councils of the nation, and the interests which
you have hitherto committed to my hands will not be less
sacred in my eyes when no longer directly confided to m's
by you.
ti In bidding you farewell, I must offer to the many and
true friends who have given me so generous and constant
a support my most warm and heartfelt thanks.
"I must thank also those who have been opposed to me
for a forbearance and courtesy honourable to them and now
most gratifying to me to remember.

" To all I offer my best wishes for the future, and I pray
for a continuance to you of every blessing.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most grateful
and faithful servant, " S. HERBERT.
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DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—On Saturday night
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomson, residing at 22, Hamilton.street,
Greenock, died at the patriarchal age of 102 years, She
had resided in Greenock since her birth.

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