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not longer detain them, but propose the health of &quot; Cap 

 tain Barclay of Ury.&quot; The toast was drunk with all the 

 honours. (Air Kind Robin lo es me.) 



Captain BARCLAY rose amidst loud cheers, and said, 

 Mr Chairman and Gentlemen Unaccustomed as I am 

 to address a large public assembly, I should feel it suffi 

 ciently embarrassing to do so even on any ordinary occa 

 sion. You may judge, then, how utterly impossible it is 

 for me, even were I gifted with the command of lan 

 guage and eloquence of a Peel or a Brougham, to ex 

 press, in anything like adequate terms, the feelings which 

 at this moment pervade my mind. You have conferred 

 upon me the greatest honour which, in my opinion, a 

 country gentleman can receive the spontaneous expres 

 sion of approbation of his conduct, by the practical far 

 mers, cordially joined by the landed proprietors and 

 other kind friends. Gentlemen, I should be paying but 

 a poor compliment to your judgment, if I did not admit 

 that I am aware that this mark of your respect has been 

 caused by your feeling that, by my pursuits and exer 

 tions as an agriculturist, I have been the means of doing 

 the country some good service. (Cheers.) If I am 

 right in this conjecture, the fondest wish of my heart has 

 been obtained. (Loud cheers.) From my earliest in 

 fancy my mind was turned to agriculture ; but, in this 

 pursuit, the path was made easy, by the energy, talent, 

 and perseverance of a father. Forty-one years have now 

 passed away since he departed this life, and there are 



