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that I would there have it in my power to be of use to my 

 friends in this country. There is not the same opening 

 here for employment that there was forty years ago. 

 Many farmers also, with large families, find it difficult to 

 put them out in the world. I had the agreeable feeling 

 that I should have had the opportunity of lending them 

 my best assistance. (Loud cheers.) I should certainly 

 have done so to the utmost of my power. (Continued 

 cheering.) Gentlemen, the recollection of a dinner may 

 pass away, but the remembrance of this meeting shall 

 never pass from my mind, nor from the view of those who 

 may succeed me. The proceedings of this day will no 

 doubt appear in the public prints. I shall take care to 

 have such account framed and glazed, and hung up in the 

 Hall of Ury, as a proud memorial of the good opinion of 

 the farmers of the country, and of my kind friends around 

 me. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) Dinners are 

 often given as a mark of approbation of particular politi- 

 cal sentiments, and for other reasons, but I am not aware 

 that one like this has ever been given in this country. 

 (Cheers.) I shall not longer detain you I feel that I 

 have encroached too much upon your time already (No, 

 no) ; but it was impossible for me not to attempt to give 

 some expression to the overflowings of a grateful mind. 

 (Captain Barclay sat down amidst loud cheering.) 



The Chairman rose and again called for three distinct 

 rounds of cheers for Captain Barclay, which were given 

 in the most enthusiastic manner. 



