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ciple he had been false to. (A voice, "To Reform,"
followed by cries of hear, hear,) They sent him
to Parliament charged with their political inte-
rests, which one had he abandoned ? They did
not send him to Parliament to be a mongrel. spaniel
or a lackey. (Cries of "We sent you to be a
watch dog." Laughter.) But one of their com-
plaints was that ho barked too much. (Laughter.)
He did not come there as the ally or nominee of
any particular party, but if the constituency would
hold a public meeting and allow him to express
his sentiments, and they thought him worthy to
represent them, he should feel it a pride and honour
-to undertake that service. On that understanding
be went into Parliament, and he now stood before
them bold and strong in the conviction that he had
dono his duty to them, that their Parliamentary
good name, their high character, their unsullied
honour had not been damaged in his keeping. He had
not served them perhaps as ably as they might have
desired, but this testimony he deserved—that he had
served them industriously, independently, and faith-
fullyto the best of the ability that God had given him.
'Cheers, amid which the right hon. gentleman re-
sucied his seat.)

On the conclusion of the right hon gentleman's
speech,
Zlr. BOWLEY moved the following reso-
lution:—

" That this' meeting, having listened to the ad-
dress of Mr. fforsman, regrets that he has felt it his
duty to pursue a course of Parliamentary conduct
during the past session of which it cannot but
record its disappt-o,;`)ation—a course which, in their
opinion, is calculatt.o neither to promote peace or
the true honour of this em-
liberty in Europe, mu'
pire. This meeting desire.' to express its confidence
in'her Majesty's Government;• and feels disappointed
that during the late session o.f. Parliament, instead
of receiving the support of Mr. Ylorsman, to which
it was entitled, it was subjected to repeated attacks
which this meeting considers undeserved."
The resolution, on being put to the vote, was
carried almost unanimously.
Mr. HORSMAN said that, notwithstanding the
vote, he hoped to be for many years the Liberal re-
presentative of the Liberal constituency of Stroud.

GALLANT 41 N PERksEY BRING. LIFE-
-130417 SERVICES.

The following important communication from
the Rev. J. Pellew Gaze, hon. secretary of the
Brooke, Isle of Wight, Branch of the Royal Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution, detailing the gallant
and persevering services of one of the society's life-
boats recently placed at the back of that island,
will be read with interest :
Brooke, Isle of Wight, Jan. 1, 1861.
On the morning of Monday, Dec. 31, 1860, a
vessel was seen close to the shore in Compton Bay by
the officer of the Coastguard, Mr. Cutajar, and
Charles Harding, boatman.
Blue lights were shown and pistol fired until
between 6 and 7 a.m., when the ship fired a gun,
presumed to be a signal of distress. Shortly before
7 in the morning the usual signals (two discharges
of the 32-pounder from the Coastguard gun battery)
having been given, the crew of the lifeboat belong-
ing to the National Lifeboat Institution assembled,
and the lifeboat was launched at 7.30, and after a
pull of three miles through a severe heavy ground
sea and breakers, and against tide, reached . the
vessel in Compton bay, which proved to be the
brigantine John Westley, 109 tons, in ballast, of
en's name George Abbott. After Guernsey—the mas,"
communicating with the master, and pointing out the
dangerous position of ale ship, on a lee shore, with
reefs of rocks close at hat d, and hanging only by a
single anchor, the coxswain ,of the lifeboat urged upon
him the necessity of securiLlg his own safety and
that of the crew by coming on shore in the lifeboat.
The proffered assistance was however declined, and
the boat returned at 9.30 a.m.
At midday the sea increased very considerably,
and the ship appeared to be labouving heavily ;
when, as it was impossible after launching the boat
at Brooke to pull round the point to the westward
into Compton Bay, it was determined to take the
boat there by road, and to revisit the ship, from
which a second distress signal had been fired.
The boat trausit to Compton Bay was accompanied
with no ordinary difficulties ; gates had to be re-
moved, gate-posts cut away, and by dint of very
great exertion the boat was lowered on the skidds
over the cliff into the bap, the carriage being taken
down afterwards. The boat was then replaced on
her carriage, and amid very heavy breakers launched
at 4 p.m., to search for the ship, in a thick fog and
drizzling rain.
After finding the. ship, and on reaching her,
the coxswain again urged the master and crew
to come on shore, and pointed out the uncer-
tainty of any assistance being possible
during the night, the weather being very thick,
with drizzling rain, and every appearance of a
S.W. gale. All assistance was again declined. By
this time darkness had come on with increased surf,
and, indeed, so heavy was it, that a sea coming over
the stern of the boat on her return from the ship
filled her to the thwarts, but she immediately self-
ejected the seas. The lifeboat on this occasion
returned at half-past 5 p.m.
It being impossible to return the lifeboat to the
boat-house, she was replaced upon her carriage, the
stores safely stowed, and guards appointed to take
charge of her during the night, Ist January.
Signal guns of distress having been fired from the
ship, at 2.30 a.m. the signal guns from the Coast
Guard Battery again gave the alarm, and it was
reported that the ship was stranded in Compton
Bay. The crew of the lifeholt (many of whom,
though worn out with the previous day's labour,
had never left the boat-house) repaired imme.
diately to the scene of danger, and were mustered
there.
At this time a heavy gale was blowing, with
driving rain. At length it was discovered that the
ill-fated ship had gone on shore under the White
Cliff, between Compton Bay and Freshwater-gate,
and that the crew during the early part of the night
deserted the ship, and were taken on board a tug
steamer from Southampton.
I have also to inform you that the lifeboat has
again returned safe to the boat-house at this station.
It is my painful duty to add, that owing to the
refusal of the master of the ship to leave the vessel
when urged by the coxswain of the lifeboat, a fatal
accident has happened to 1). M‘Leed, a commis-
sioned boatman of coast-guard, at this station.
This morning the unhappy man was lowered over
the cliff in company with a comrade, to ascertain
if any of the ship's crew remained on the wreck,
when upon his being hauled up again, a piece of
rock fell and smashed his skull to atoms. The de-
ceased was a man of quiet respectable habits and
regarded with esteem by those with whom he was
associated. He leaves a widow, on the eve of her
confinement, and five children, totally unprovided
for.

I feel it my duty to speak in the highest terms of
the conduct of the coxswain of. the lifeboat, John
Hayter, and the rest of the crew, who have never
been absent from their respective posts from seven
o'clock on Monday morning to midday on Tuesday,
and who, owing to the heaviness of the sea and
thickness of weather, ran very great risk on this
rocky coast.
Nor can I close the report without tendering,
through you, my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Cutajar,
the officer of 9pastguard in command of this station,
and the men under him, for their valuable and effi-
cient assistance rendered during a very trying and
anxious service.

(Signed) JOHN PELLEW GAZE, Hon. Sec.
Brooke Station, Isle of Wight Branch of
the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

WALMER (NEAR DEAL), lAN. 1.
This morning about 9 o'clock, after a most tem-
pestuous night, the fog hanging over the Downs
cleared away in the direction of the Goodwin Sands
for a few minutes, when a vessel was observed to
be on shore upon the off side of them. The wind
had moderated, but the surf on the beach was
heavy, and with a fresh breeze from the S.W. The
Walmer lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institu-
tion was launched as soon as possible, and proceeded
under sail directly for the sands, which were crossed
under considerable difficulty, the lifeboat being
frequently filled by the seas which broke into her;
but the vessel was at length boarded, and found to
be the French barque Duguay Tromin, of St.Vaast.
The barque had been deserted by her crew, and the
sea was making a wreck of her. The long-boat had
apparently been hoisted out, by which it is supposed
the crew had left, but no intelligence of their safety
has as yet been obtained. A candle was found
burning in the cabin, and some papers, from which
the foregoing particulars were gleaned. No other
boats were observed to be near the vessel. A steam
tug lying in the Downs proceeded round the South
Sand Head at the same time at the lifeboat was
launched, but the latter got to the wreck first.

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