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Sir Robert Peel, on Wednesday, entertained his immediate supporters in Tamworth, at dinner, in the King's Arms Tavern. The guests num- bered nearly two hundred : among them were Mr. R. C. Colville, M.P., Mr. W. S. Dngdale, M.P., Mr. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Colonel Dicken- son, Mr. Yates Peel, Mr. Bolton Peel, and Captain Dyott, the unsuc- cessful candidate for Lichfield. Sir Robert took the occasion to make a long speech, addressed to more than the couple of hundred round the

table. After a compliment to the guests his constituents, he put forth such a manifesto as he considers at present expedient-

" On a review of the declarations which 1 made in 1835, and on a review of the opinions which I expressed with regard to particular measures in 1840, I have nothing now to retract. I entertain the opinions which I then professed; and it is my intention, whether in a private or in an official capacity, to act upon those declarations. Gentlemen, I shall not presume—whatever may be the speculations as to the majority which the Conservative party may exhibit on the meeting of Parliament—I shall not presume in what manner her Ma- jesty may think fit to exercise her prerogative. I retain my opinion, that no Government in this country ought to continue in the administration of the public affairs unless it possesses the confidence of Parliament; but, while I respect that constitutional principle, I hold in equal respect the prerogative of the Crown; and it is not for any individual to presume in what manner that prerogative may be exercised. Gentlemen, I am constantly asked what it is I mean to propose supposing I am called to the administration of affairs? Gentlemen, I will answer that question when I am placed in that position. My advice for the present is, dismiss those who are at present in office. They have not the confidence of Parliament, and they have not the confidence of the people. Change your physician—the patient has not confidence in him. They found her in health, and they left her in sickness ; and then they say to ins, what do you prescribe ? But Ill wait till I am regularly called in. Gentlemen, I see around me some of my attached friends of the medical profession ; and I appeal to them whether they do not cordially concur with me, that it is not fit that any man should offer the prescription whilst another administers the physic.. No, gentlemen ; he would be acting the part of an irregular practi- tioner—the part of a quack docthr, and not of a professional man—who should Profess that he had some invaluable nostrum, which, without being consulted by the patient, or allowed to feel his pulse, would prove a perfect remedy for whatever disease he might labour under." Sir Robert then alluded to some little gossiping matters in which his name had been used ; and first, to a report that he had gone out of the way am almost surprised to find myself here ; for if I could have believed the newspapers—the organs of her Majesty's Government—I should find myself on the Continent ; having taken refuge in a foreign country on account of the embarrassments in which I am involved from the number of applications which I receive ; or perhaps it may be on account of the desperate condition in which I find public affairs. I need hardly tell you, for you, I believe, give no credit to the assertion, that I have not the slightest intention of visiting the Con- tinent ; but that I do intend, on the 19th of August, to be present in my place in Parliament, personally to witness the result of the appeal which has been made to the people of this country."

The Globe had published a paragraph " from a correspondent" respecting a demand for 16s. 6d. that was made on Sir Robert Peel at the hustings, for a rent-day dinner which was provided by the claimant for a certain number of Sir Robert's tenants ; but as they did not all go to.eat it, (the story ran,) that deduction had been made from the ac- count. Sir Robert took up the tale- " Talking of these paragraphs, I cannot help alluding to it, but I don't know if you have seen an artier in large letters in the Clubs newspaper. Why, gen- tlemen, our fat friend, the publican near us, has produced a Globe newspaper, and in it appears the old story of Mr. Harrison and his demand for 16s. 6d. It is in large letters from a correspondent.' Whenever there is any particularly shabby paragraph, it is always 'from a correspondent.' But really this is too bad; for this publican is converted into my attached friend Mr. Robinson, who is made to complain of the non-payment of 16s. 6d., and that from the magna- nimous way in which he challenged me on the hustings only he secured the payment to him of that sum."

" All I ask of you," added Sir Robert, " is, that when you see these paragraphs, you will let no consideration induce you to retaliate." [This looks rather like one of O'Connell's suggestive dehortations.] He handled another idle report- " I will read to you another paragraph: it is headed ' The Queen and Sir Robert Peel'; it comes from the Globe again, the organ of her Majesty's Go- vernment—' On dit, that the Queen has heard of the vain boastings of Sir Robert Peel, that if he again came into power he would make her a Tory or a Conservative, as be said) in six weeks, and that consequently the Right Ho- nourable Baronet is more disliked than ever at head -quarters.' Now, gentle- men, observe, it is not confidently asserted, it is only 'reported,' that the Queen had heard the vain boast ; but there is no doubt at all about my having used the expression. The correspondent says—' a Tory (or Conservative, as he says): Now when a person is so particular, who can doubt his veracity ? Gentlemen, I trust that I need hardly say to you that the whole of this para- graph is a mere fabrication. Need I say that I never made this indecent boast ? I refer to these things without anger or irritation—quite the reverse: 1 think such paragraphs afford the most satisfactory proofs that there is very little which can be said front that quarter provided the truth be adhered to Gentlemen, if it were possible to suppose that her Majesty could look at these miserable fabrications, which are evidently intended to injure me in her Ma- jesty's opinion, I very much doubt, not only whether her Majesty would attach• any credit to them, but more than that, whether there would not be excited feelings of indignation at the presumptuous familiarly which undertakes to answer for the private feelings of her Majesty. I must say, that if any one thing can be more unwarrantable than another in the conduct of a portion of the public press, it is their attempt to represent her Majesty, not as what she is in truth and in fact, the beloved Sovereign of a whole people, but as the par- tisan of a party in the state."

He afterwards attacked Lord John Russell's manifesto, his address to the London electors. He laughed at its enumeration of victories if it

were well-founded, he might have complained of the triumphant tone used towards the vanquished. And if it were true, the result of the appeal to the people would he more marvellous than it is- " It is surprising that her Majesty's Government, having held the reins of power for six years, possessing, as is the constant boast, the entire confidence

of their Sovereign, seeing the use, the improper use that has been made b

some candidates of the name of their Sovereign—it was only yesterday that I saw inscribed on the banner of the Honourable Mr. Petre, Vote for Petre, the Queen's candidate'-1 say it is surprising that, notwithstanding this, and

the appeal to the female portion of the population with reference to cheap sugar, and the cry of the big loaf to the labouring cla ses—that the consti-

tuency and the people have ratified the decision of the late House of Commons, namely, that her Majesty's present advisers did not possess the confidence of the House of Commons, and that their retention of office under such circum-

stances was at variance with the spirit of the constitution. It has not been

the Chandos clause that has produced this result. It was not the Chandos clause that returned two Members for the city of London—that for the first time since the Reform Bill returned a Member for the city of West- minster—that wrested one scat from the opposite party in the great mann- factnring community of Leeds, two Members in Hull, two in the city of Dab- lin, two for Belfast, two for Liverpool, and four Members fir the great county of 'Lancaster, and frightened any Ministerial candidate from opposing Lord Stanley, Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Wilson Patten, or Mr. 'Wilbraham. It was not the Chandos clause that returned two Members for that district of im- mense importance, as connected with the vital manufacturing interests of this country, the West Riding of Yorkshire ; which has dispossessed from his seat in Parliament, a nobleman whom, from his abilities combined with his virtues, it is impossible to mention without respect—I allude to Lord Morpeth. The counties, no doubt have made returns in an increased number unfavourable to the Government ; but if you look to the towns and boroughs containing popu- lations exceeding ten thousand inhabitants, even where they have little or no connexion with the agricultural interest, the cry of cheap bread and cheap sugar has totally failed." The change was to be accounted for simply by Ministers having lost the confidence of the country. Sir Robert finished by drinking to the prosperity of the town and neighbourhood of Tamworth. Other speeches were delivered, and the hilarity of the occasion was main• tained throughout the evening.

By favour of the Duke of Buckingham, the Committee of the Buck- ingham Couservative Association gave a fete in Stowe Gardens on Friday last. About nine hundred persons assembled. Booths, mar- quees, and tents, were erected in an open glade near the rotunda. Dancing seems to have been the chief amusement : it began before three, and continued till past seven ; the Duke opening the ball with Mrs. Grogan, of Billesden Park. The Dutchess, with the visiters at the Castle, joined in the dance.

A grand dinner was held at Stainton, on Tuesday, to commemorate the return of Conservatives for West Worcestershire and East Glouces- tershire; General Lygon and Mr. F. W. Knight for the former, and Mr. Codrington and the Honourable F. Charteris for the latter. Sir Anthony Lechmere and Mr. Dowdeswell, M.P., were of the party. Before the grand banquet a dinner of roast-beef and plum-pudding was given to about two hundred forty-shilling freeholders, in a large tent.

A " grand Conservative festival" was held at Rye on Tuesday, to celebrate the defeat of Mr. Charles Hay Frewen, the unsuccessful can- didate for the borough, and the success of Mr. George Darby and Mr. Augustus Elliot Fuller in East Sussex. The speeches were eminently Conservative and preeminently dull.

On Tuesday, the Croydon Conservative Association celebrated their seventh anniversary, by a public dinner at the Greyhound Inn in that town. Mr. Newman Smith officiated as Chairman ; supported by Mr. H. Kemble, M.P., Sir H. Bridges, Dr. Chalmers, Mr. J. Trotter, 3I.P., Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P., Sir E. A atrobus, Mr. Walter, Mr. Freshfield, M.P., and others. Above a hundred gentlemen joined the party.

On Wednesday week, about a hundred and fifty of the Liberal electors of the Rape of Bramber, residing at Worthing, gave a hand- some entertainment at the Sea House Hotel to Lord Edward Howard, the late unsuccessful candidate. Mr. Frederick Dixon, the Chairman of the District Committee, presided. The chief guests were Captain Pechel, R.S., M.P., the Earl of Surrey, Lord Fitzalan, Mr. Newton Wigney, M.P., and the Mayor of Arundel. Captain Pechel accounted for the late defeat of the Liberal party in the person of Lord Edward- .' We most not, gentlemen, conceal from ourselves the defeat we have sus- tained, but trace out the causes of that defeat ; and when I say that one of those causes has been ably alluded to by my noble friend—the neglect of re- gistration—you will not deny that the remedy is within your reach. The whole power and strength of the Conservative influence of this country is di- rected to what they call 'purging the register '; and it is by the aid and in- strumentality of these means that they have succeeded in expunging as far as they can every man of liberal feeling from the lists of voters : but I hope that those who have felt the crime which the Tories have committed against them will turn upon them and use this important remedy in such a manner as to strengthen the Liberal cause against a coming election. Hitherto we Re- formers have been deterred from retaliating by our unwillingness to interfere with the political franchise: but there is a limit to forbearance; that limit has been exceeded."

The Reform electors of Bury met on Friday, in the Corn Exchange, to dine and make long speeches, in honour of Lord Charles Fitzroy, their successful candidate. Sir Henry Bunbury, Mr. Bunbury, Mr. Shafto Adair, and Mr. Muskett, were among the diners ; who num- bered 430.

The Liberal electors of Winchester entertained Mr. Crowder and Mr. Pigott, their candidates at the late election, on Monday, in St. John's House. Among the hundred and eighty guests, was Mr. Baring, the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Liberal electors of Tewkesbury gave a dinner in the Town-hall, on Tuesday, to Mr. John Easthope junior, the late unsuccessful candi- date. Nearly two hundred assembled on the occasion; a larger number, it is said, than ever met there before for a similar purpose. Mr. Han- ford of Woollas Hill presided ; and near him were Mr. J. Phelps, the Mayor, and Mr. John Easthope, M.P., the father of their guest.

The Liberal electors of South Durham celebrated the triumphant re- turn of their two candidates, on Thursday week. The large room of the Sun Inn was crowded ; nearly two hundred gentlemen sitting down to the entertainment. The chair was taken by Mr. Wilkinson, of Har- perley Park ; who had on his right Lord Harry Van; M.P. Mr. W. Hutt, M.P., and Mr. T. C. Granger, M.P. ; and on his left Mr. J. Bowes, M.P., and Mr. J. Pease.

The proceedings of the four hundredth annual election of scholars at Eton, to the foundation of Eton and King's College, Cambridge, com- menced on Saturday, with the arrival of Dr. George Thackeray, the Pro- vost of King's College, and the Reverend Mr. Harvey and Mr. John Law, the two Posers. Besides the " election-speech" in Latin, (which made a complimentary allusion to Prince Albert's annual prize of 501. for proficiency in modern languages,) an elegant entertainment, and a regatta in the evening, the learned visiters were entertained with a dis- play of counterpanes a hundred years old, in the long room.

On Monday morning, a splendid dejeuner was given at the residence of Dr. Hawtrey, the Head Master ; at which were present the Bishop of Lincoln, Dr. Thackeray, the Dean of Windsor, Lord Douglas Stuart, the Provost and Vice- Provost of Eton, Lord James Stuart, M.P., Colo- nel Bailey, M.P., Mr. Scott Murray, M.P., Lord Muskerry, and many other gentlemen. Several recitations were then delivered ; after that the company ate at a magnificent entertainment in College Hall ; and next adjourned to Election Hall, to wine and dessert.

The election of scholars was proceeded with in the evening. There are nearly thirty vacancies upon the foundation of King's College.

In honour of the completion of the fourth century of Eton College, the present bolydays are extended one week. Since 1838 there has been a progressive increase in the number of students at Eton. In that year the numbers on the Election-List were 507 ; in 1839, 545 ; in 1840, 590; and this year there are 635.

Goodwood Races took place this week. A respectable assemblage was attracted to the course on Tuesday, the first day, by the prospect of an abundance of sport and the agreeable weather. The races on that day were unusually excellent ; and so numerous as not to be finished before seven 'in the evening. The morning of Wednesday opened with such a lowering aspect that hundreds held themselves in reserve till Thursday, when the great race for the Cup was to take place : the company was on this account below par both in number and rank. On Thursday, the weather was again favourable; and the re- porters say, that although there was a marked absence of the aristo- cracy, in consequence of the Duke of Richmond's absence from Good- wood, still there was no lack of respectable visiters : the Grand Stand was tolerably full, and the place assigned for the reception of carriages presented a variety of gay and happy groupes. The great race of the day, for the Goodwood Cup, was won, after an excellent race, by Mr. Johnstone's Charles the Twelfth, ridden by Mason.

In the dark, on Friday morning, the Russian barque John of Riga, Gerard master, ran down the Prussian barque Prosperata, Albrecht master ; and eight out of eleven of the crew perished. The John was bound with timber for Bilboa ; the Prosperata with iron rails from Newport, for Stettin. One of the survivors was the mate of the Pros- perata, Charles Rathka ; who made this statement-

" There were two men forward keeping a look-out, and there were also on deck myself and a man at the helm. The captain had gone to lie down, and the other seven hands were in their berths asleep. When I was told there was vessel ahead, I sang out to the men at the helm to keep off, and put the helm up a-larboard. I also sang out to those on board the John ; but instead of her keeping to windward, as she should have done, she ran foul of us, and her lar- board-anchor fixed in our bow. I believe there was no look-out on board the John ; and the captain told me that be was below at the time making up the log, and all the crew were aft hauling in the braces. The anchor of the John made a hole in our bow of several feet, and we were both fast with our sterns upwards, and did not know whirls vessel would go down. I called to our cap- tain, who came upon deck to see what was the matter. * • * Our captain then called on us to try to get clear of the other vessel; and half of us on deck set about hauling in the mainyards, and the others were engaged in cutting away with an axe the bulwarks of the Prosperata, for the purpose of disen- gaging her from the anchor of the John. The carpenter, named Westing, was called, but did not come. perceived at this time that there was a large hole in the bow of our bark, and I told the captain so. The sea now came up be- tween the vessels, and the captain ordered us to get the boats ready. I imme- diately ran to do so ; and was cutting away the lashings when the John hove to, and struck us again, and our vessel went down immediately. The captain, when he ordered us to get the boat ready, went into the cabin to fetch his papers, and he had not time to reach the deck again. I saved myself by jump- Mg on board the John ; and Heckendorff the boatswain and Eugen a seaman did the same. Those that have perished were all in bed except the captain."