DINNER TO MR. EDWARD STANLEY. 
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Mr. W. Willes, Mr. C. Willes, Mr. A. Cartwright, and many 
of his fellow-townsmen, and many of those agriculturists with 
whom I am so happy to associate this evening. Mr. Stanley, the 
professional skill which you have so long exhibited, the atten- 
tion which you have so invariably paid to every case which 
has come under your notice, and the civility which you have 
uniformly shown to every one who employed you — (Cheers) 
— those fair and honorable — those proper charges, with which 
you have contented yourself for every service you have per- 
formed — (Renewed cheers) — these, I say, Sir, combine to 
raise a claim on our part of approbation and good-will ; and 
it is to testify to you, Sir, our approbation and good-will that 
we are now met in this place. (Cheers.) We are sorry to 
part with you ; but we know, and confidently hope, and have 
no doubt, that it is to further those individual and family 
interests which are so important to you. We have pleasure 
in your removal, from the belief that in proportion as you 
have a wider field for the professional services which you 
will be enabled to render when called upon, so will be your 
increase of prosperity. (Cheers.) I feel that upon an occa- 
sion like the present it is unnecessary for me to say that 
during this evening we entirely exclude politics — (Hear, 
hear) ; any hint on that subject is totally unnecessar}^, as I 
feel sure it will be acted upon throughout the evening. 
Nevertheless, I may be permitted to mention, as a collateral 
fact, that that highly important and respectable body of men, 
the Conservatives of Banbury, did upon a recent occasion 
select you to represent your townsmen in the Town Council 
of this borough. (Cheers.) Adhering to the rule I have 
laid down, I still feel I am entitled to mention that fact as 
showing the esteem and regard in which you are held by that 
highly respectable body of men. (Reiterated cheers.) Esteem 
there must be, and it is entitled to great weight, as it shows 
itself in a matter out of your profession. It also shows the 
high estimation in which you were held as a neighbour. 
(Cheers.) I do most sincerely hope that in the wider field to 
which you are going, that success will attend you to which 
your merits justly entitle you, and may your life be long and 
your happiness great. (Long-continued cheering.) 
Mr . Stanley rose to respond, amid loud cheering. He said, 
Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, — I am sure that every friend will 
feel with me that the kind reception I have met with fills my 
heart too full adequately to return thanks for your great 
kindness. I have lived amongst you twenty years, have 
received a great deal of respect, and have been treated with 
great confidence by you, yet I did not think you would have 
