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necessary I r tutu to reamid then., Was the pi nat a wok of those civil and religious lit erties country has erjaed since its first establishment - (G.eat applause) There was an accusation brought anainst the Members of the Be unswick Constitotimial Clu'is, that they had been established to take from t seat lel:ow-subjects those political rights which they stele praying Parliament to grant them, and also for the I tit • pose of dictating to the Govonmesit what line t f p I o_ity they should pursue in the altered, and, he alight sa the fearful state in which the empire was placed. He • was firmly convinced, that in speaking his own scuts. men's, he spoke those of every individual who then beard hits—(applause) that so far from wishing to with hold from any individual in the empire those privileges and those rights which they (the Nlentbeis d f the Brunswick Clubs.) themselves enjoyed, they would be the first to stand baward and call for the repeal of any Act that might be unjust or oppressive towards any portion of their fellow-subject-, if it were consigent with the principles of the Constitution, and coula be done without endangering the civil and religious liber ties which this country so happily enjoyed—(Applause). It would be unpardonable to trespass at any great length upon the attention of the company, as there was a number of toasts which would occupy them for :ome hours ; but he would repeat, that so far from wishing to dictate to the Government, he, for one—and he believed he spoke the feelings of all who t card him—only. meant to stand forward and state to Government, that they were strongly'uttached to the Constitution, and ready to give their fie m, united, cordial, and waim support, to uphold its principles, and transmit its blessings tc. their posterity—((ileac applause) lie then l roposed 4. The principles that placed the House of Illiunsivick on the !finish Throne; may they ever receive. that support which the inteie:ts and security of the count!) , require!" This roast was drunk with three times three, and great cheer ing. Afterwards," Wh-n Order in this Land commenced," was . snug with good effect. The twat toast was," Our Protestant Constitution in Church and State."—The loyal Glee, " With a jolly full bottle," followed.— After the couplet, " Here's a health to old England, the King, and the Church, 3lay all phoning contrivers be left in the lurch"— An excessive burst of applause followed, and the company gene- I rally j tined in ripening the lines. 11. e CHAIRMAN next proposed" the health of the High Sheriff," with three times three—( Applause). Air—" 7 he Melt of Kent." Sir E KNATCHBULL then rose and sa•d—l claim per missioa or toy Noble Friend, the Chairman, to pi o l ua e a oast ; but before I propose it I request you will do the the honour .to fill your glas-es—(applause—the glasses being filliid).—l perceive, Gent'emen, by yout eagerness upon this occasion, that yon anticipate the toast that I am about to propose; but I should ' • charge the task I have undertaken with little justice to my own feelings, and I am stare without any satistac • tion to you, if I did not offer a lew words in proposing to you the health of your Nahle Chairman—(Loud and reiteiated cheeaing and clapping of hand )s e man ner in which this announcement is received would ren der it. unnecessary on my part to say a syllable none, were it not for the very peculiar circumstances which have recently taken place, and under which you have bad an opportunity of witnessing the honourable cha lacier and noble firmness and independence exhibited by my Noble Fiend-;(Cheers). You have all wit nessed the intrepid boldness with which the Noble Lord . came forward to do his duty, and the unrivalled purity of heart and sincerity of feelings with which he has dis charged that doty—(Cheers, with cries of " We have, are have"). Gentlemen, I could say much more upon this subject, were I not aware that that delicate and sensitive feeling which does honour alike to the heads and hearts of the wisest and best men, would in him feel offended if I went any further(Cheers). We have all assembled here as we did upon a very recent occa sion, for the purpose of expressing our opinions upon a question which vitally concerns us all; and let me ask 7oti whether, on both the one occasion and the other, we have oat contracted with my Noble Friend a debt of gratitude which this country can ill repay, and can never he so ungrateful as toforget?.. (loud and repeated cheering) . My Noble Friend has afforded this great and independent county an opportunity (for the whole . of the proceedings of the last ten days we owe to him), of publicly and legally assembling for the constitutional purposes which iii his speech he has just pointed out to you. We supported my Noble Friend, because we all knew his strong attachment to the Constitution—we supported him ton, because no man knew better than my Noble Fri-nd, that if the objects of our meeting were unconstitutional, they would never be supported for a moment either by you or by me—(Cheets). We are assembled here, not k the purposes of aggression, but of defence ; se are willing to give to others all that we claim lot ourselves; and surely this they cannot find fault with. I shall not detain you, Gentlemen, Cu' then, than by expressing a hope that we shall maintain, and continue to advocate. the feelings and principles by which we are at this moment actuat.d. You will, I am sure, join me in drinking, with the enthusiasm which Irs conduct, chat acter, and merits deserve, " The health of our Noble Chairman," with three times three. Cif would be impossible to describe the deafening • shouts, screams, clapping of hands. and stamping of feet, with which this toast was received. After tit noise had continued for more than a minute, there was a cry of "one cheer more," which was given at great length. Again, " one cheer mine" was called fin, and given; and a third "one cheer mere" was called for, and given with unabated strength of lungs and earnest ness cf manner]. Air, " Bre the Conquering Hero comes." The CHAllllAN—Gentlemen, if f were to attempt to do justice to my own feelings, 1 am sure l could not find wird: wherewith to express the ten•e I ei.tertaiii o the eel y distinguished honour you have joist done me. Gentlemen, if. as I must under any circumstances, feel lushly hotfooted by the approbation of the freeholders of this county, how much more proud must I feel, and gratified, at seeing around me a meeting so numerous, so highly respectable in its rank and character, so man fully independela in its feelings and principles—( Loud cheer•) —a meeting rarely equalled, and I am quite sure never exceeded, even in this county I My Honour able Fiend near toe ha-, from the kindness of his per -son L lee.ing towards me, paid me many compliments, to which I feel I have sent the slightest pietension, other than lb. t having stood fora ard to advocate plan ciples dear to us all: and, Gentlemen, I trust that there a , e thousands in t..is county, who did not come to r:aen•ien Heath, who will yet range under our banners. and support our principles to the latest hour of their and our lives. I have only to add, that the exalted station its this coital y in which it has plea-ed Pawn. DIME to place me has rendered it imperative on me to stand forward, when publicly called upon to do so. I trust. Gentlemen, that my conduct through lite has hitherto been honou' able, consistent, and independent —(Cheers)—and that it will so continue to my latest hour—(Carers). 1 am fully aware that those I have now the honour of addressing estimate men not by their tank and titles, but by the soundness of their principles' and the openness and independence of their characters —(Cheers), I hope, Gentlemen, that the en . ple sit by the county of K. nt will be I•llowed by•the people of E , igleind; and if those persons who hold rank and station in the other counties of England co.ild only ap precia'e the delicious feelings I entertain at heing thus greeted for merely having done my duty, I am stile they would come in ward and advocate a can.e wloch is alike important to the whole mismointe—(Teets) Genien,en, again I thank you—from me bottom or my heart I thank you; and b fore I sit Joan. I beg tee propose a t east which I am sure you will all erttire with warmth and repect ; for, Gentlemen, however I may differ upon certain points with cur Noble Lord Lieutenant, I am quite sure that not the sligltte.t de• wire of animosity in ill-reeling exists be seen us— (Cheers, and cries of " No, no! certainly nit") I pro. pose to you, Gentlemen, " The health of the Marquis of Camden, the Lord Lieutenant of the County," with three times threr--(Applausr). Song (Mr. Broadhurst)—" And does net a meeting like this make amends?" It was beautifully sung; and warmly applauded. Colonel STRATFORD proposed—" 'The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury, :and the Clergy of the Diocese," with three tames three—(Applause). Glee—" The Red Cross Knights." The Rev. C. Daastmc returned thanks on the part of the Arch bishop and his brethren of the diocese. The CHAIRMAN said, he had next to propose a toast which, he was convinced, would he drunk with hearty satilaction by the whole Meeting. It was the health of their worthy and independent Member I i the County; in proposing which he was sure the Meeting would allow him to make an observation or two—(Loud and repeated cheering) Whether they looked to the manli ness, consistency, and independence which had mar ked his character, as a re f r •sentitive e f their county, or the devoted attenimii which he had ever paid to their in terest , combined with thevenei al welfare .4 country, tie was sure that they would continua to find him wor thy of the exalted situation which he hal so long and so honourably filled. In conclus'on. he begged to pro pose "the health of their serially Representative. S r E. Koatchbull," with three times three—(The toast was drunk with I ud and continues! applause.) Sr E. KNATCHBULL :Ad, he presented himself to the indulgence of the Meeting, for the purpose of re. turning to them, as well as he wis able, his heartfelt thrnks for t ,r favour they had so handsomely cont.:lied upon him—(o.eers). It had often .b-en his lot to at te.td county meetings in Kent, assembled for put pose. of public business; but never had he had the pride and satisfaction of attending a meeting so numerous and so res, getable, bra tight together for purposes so seriously important as the psesent. had pleased that meeting to express its ajepiobation if his conduct in the House of C mons ; to this he would only answer, , hat if he had not caught a potion 4.11 the freedom and indepen dence of the men of Ken, he should hold hirnsel tin. worthy of being their representati% e—(Cheers). Thank ing them for toe approbation and s upport with which they had hitherto honoured him, he might, p-rtiaps, he permitted to rest his observatio s here; but he felt that recent occurrences required him to snake a few adoi tional observati 115. H. had met his br.ith r freeholders on Penenden Heath on Friday last, at a public meeting, for the purpose of ascertatibing their feelings and opt. nions upon the important question of Catholic Eman cipation. The peculiar situation which he, as a Repie. sentative for the County, had the honour to fill, pointed out to him that it was not his duty to take a lead in di recting the course which his constituents ought to take, because had he assembled his friends for such a purpose, rt might have given to the meeting a party chiffonier, ' which no one could pow cast upon it. If he did. not take that valise then, it was not from a want of a strong feeling upon it, but because he wished to avoid giving rise to an undue impression as to the manner in which it had been convened. This it was that influenced his conduct in taking the comic f e had adopted, and he had to congratulate the Meeting upon the Jesuit of that day's proceedings—(Cheers). As a Representative of the County cf Kent, he felt proud of the Meeting; but he knew not which to praise most, the numbersand respec tability of the persons present, i r the order and decorum with which the puce edings of the day had been coo ducted. They had been on former occasions told, that their meetings had been held in holes and corners, and that they dated not assemble in the open face of day. He would ask whether the meeting of the 24th did net put a decided negative upon that assertion ?—(Cheers, and cries of "It did, it did.") Ile maintained, that on no former occasion had he seen public opinion so clearly, so fairly, so unanimously. ex..res.ed---(Cheeis). Some proceedings took place on Penenden Heath, which he felt bound to allude to, as it had been attributed to him that lie had interfered with the light of a fieeholder to address the Meeting. He asked, if he did so, a liether he did so without reason ?—(Cries of o No, no") I. had been on a former occasion decided, that it was illegal to allow occasional voter s at elections, and it was equally clear that they ought not to allow occasional debaters at County Meetings, for he knew n t why stiangers should come amongst them—(Cheers, and cites i f" No Shiel !" "No Hunt !") He would in vet oppose the lowest voter in the expression of his opinion, Lut he should ale ways resist the tntroduction if strangers attending as they did at the I ite Mee ing. Thi., Gentlemen, said the lion. Baronet, " is what I consider standing forward in support of the rights and privileges of the people,and with that view it is that I have made the declaration. I have always understood that we, who have uniformly a, ted in suppo t of Government, were looked upon a.; toe Friends and advocates of civil and religious liberty. I was, theietore, surprised to find that there were Gent.emen present who arrogated to ti em.elves tl.e character of being exclusive defenders of that civil aid liberty which we have always supported and stood by —(Applause). 80., Amer all, it was an absurdity into *loch I should have supposed no Gentleman cnuid have fallen, to takeaway from its our share of that ques tion. The sexy era from which we have a right to date the commencement of our civil and religious liberty is from that day when Popery was driven from the shores of this country—(Cheers)—and, therefore. I cannot con ceive how that is a portion of civil and religious liberty which is to place those persons in power who maintain the doctrines of Popery itself—(Loud cheers). What. ever opinions, howevei, Gentlemen, may prey oil, I do not hesitate to state, that the union beta een civil and religious liberty, in this country, is indissoluble. 11 I were to look fora prat f of this, it should be in what tell from my Noble Friend (the Eirl of Winchilsea), in the course of h s of servations on last Friday. My Noble Friend, on that occasion, referred to those commies where the Romaq.C l itholic religion still prevailed ; and from what was then ofetailed, let me ask whether it does not appear than the Whole of the principles there recog nised are not exclusive of all leedona and toleration? —(Loud cheat). .Gealsasen, it is on these grounds that we met on the late occasion at Penenden Heath, and t o gether raised our voices in such a manner as to be ' heard in every part of this great empire —(Cheering). All that we ask is, that the Constitution should be al lowed to remain in the positidn in which it now is, and that we should not be led away by false pretences. Let ' Us proceed in the manner we bare Welk rtO done, and we sl.all have been rendeling ad - incalculable service to the cause we are all so anxious to support---(Lend cheeiting). Gentkitten, be it remembered that we only wish to possess liberty in exactly the same degree as we willing to give it, and we ate only desirous of withholding it from one class of society. hecause we liase been taught by those on whom the It 'man Ca tholics rely, that it we give sisc,ll a pokier to r.em, they 'oust either ten• unce tho.e principles which they have Intl et to advocatru, or do that which must inevi t ably be de t. inictital to the principles of our invaluable Crinstii inn—(Great cheering). These, Gentlemen, I ;husk. are cleat, distinct, and intelligible grounds of ac• tion. I always have regulated, and always shall regulate my actions on these principles with the utmost sincerity ; and at the same time I cannot cunciral the sati faction I felt at rho e declarations which 1 heard on Penendeu Ileath—(Cheers). Gentlemen, I shall forbear to say anything more, lest I should say that Which allay he deemed unadvised. We have been told that it is i. contemplation to legisla.e on the suhject of emboli( Enlist* 'ration. Let it be so; at lea-t what you base dime can be no t' measure that may be proposed, for you have but declared yourselves the uncompromising and inalienable defenders of the Con stitution—(Excessive cheering) lliond that point. Gen demen, we shall not venture tie go: if anything can indeed he done in this question that may be consistent and compatible with these principles. I need not tAI yr u that I shall be most happy to support any such measure ; and I am sure that you would never wish that they should be denied toleration, if it did not go to injure the nature uf the present Constitution of England ; but, Gentlemen, my conduct in my seat in the House of Commons must he governed by those declarations which I made o t Penenden Heath, and which I have repeated this day—(Esc. ssive cheering). Let me not be mosundet.tood: I would give to the Roman Catholics all they ask, if triosr things could be granted with safety , o the Constitut - on—(cheeis)—bur I am persuaded, whether more can or cannot he given to the C. , tio , lics. we cannot give them power wiltout endangering our constitutional safetv—(Chering and huazas). (knot:- men, I thank you for the reception I have met with from you. and I will btu venture in yrespass upOn tine any f orbs r—(11 al, heat !) Allow me, however,' before 1 sit down, to esp.ess a h pe, that on this and on' every other question in which my conduct may be of interest to you, you will permit a flee a. ,t 1 fr.endly in tea cum se us subsist between us; and I assure yr.u, that you will always find me most ready to attend to al, those poims which nosy be uiges.l by you—(Cheeis)— reseirving for myself that et isi e g e blab Is tut lair— the right t f acting and thinking f al niyi.e.f —Whetting) Sing—Mr. C. Taylor," The Girds and Gaddr•St%." Sit J. IloNywotto I at he ro s e by the ;:ermis,ion cline Noble Lord who l ersided over the meeting. to propose to them a most Ansel' he was site would be re. ceived w ith the prate t satisfaction. Ile begged to propose ° the healtht f Mo , er and Seconder of the Kent Ceistitutional and Mr. Plum tree, with three times tier." Toil, cast was dunk oh the pr' posed honour., and accompanied with loud ANA rime. Mr. GIPPS Jose tot the pu , pose of ri tinning thanks, and said that he begged tu assure the company that he was very sensible cal the honour which, had joist been conferred upon him, and a hsch he f it was not so much due v.) him as an individual as to the cause e.f loot Fii day, which he had the pleasure of advocating—(Cheer • I. Of his own conduct lie would only say thus much—he felt last t'tiday that he hid taken us himself a mo s t important duty; that duty he had endeavoured to dis charge to the belt of his abik y. H- hid claimed on that day, and he again claiii.ed this trght, for those who advocated this Catve, the title of " The Advocates of Civil and Religious Liber y"—(Cheers)—and how. ever well it might suit tt e Catholics to take to them selves the title of the Sueponters of Civil and Religious Liberty, be must confess ttt..t he. was not a little asto nished alien he saw teat thinking Nit te.tints of this, country ventured to raise ci.ch a cry, dud couple {hr name of civil and nesigious liberty With that of the Rt.- man Catholics of Ireland—(Contii.ued cheering).. He would beg CO ask View alt it it was that they meant when they formed such an triion?—( !CAI, beau). Was it in allusion to the Catholics' right of speech—to their right at person—or to their sight of worshipping Goo (as he trusted that they should 411 do, Catholics and ii.otes tants, to their dying day) in iliac 811.1011er which then_ consciences tang+ t then, was the proper ot.e T II it a .6 to these things allis•ion WAS made, he would ask. whol denied them ,nny sit these?—(Cheers). T. ey were re fused no pa IVI.ei4CS on those poiots winch they deemed the most esseuts,l to their Mel are; but he was afraid that any wan i insect that cry meant a peat deal mom by it than the pilots whah i.e had already specified— (Cheer n); lie a AS Ail ai,l that they meant by it to cement the b of cooltition, and instead of promoting liberty, to e tAb.ish raiin)—( mond cheering). lie trusted, however. th t the l'ittte,taists t f this country would al ways stick to one tezc; lie ousted, that while they would feel disposed to give up every point that they thought might yea.onably e conceded, with safety tsi the Constitution, they would, :t the same time, with hold to themselvr s the benefit of these advantages and results which our present Constiturii n alone could give -.(tumultuous cheering). Hornig said thus much, he would no longer detain the meeting Isom the observa tions which his Hon. Friend was about to make to them —but he begged lace to retain for himself the Intel lege (after those observations) Of proposing a toast to the company, %hien he was sore they would receive with much satistac ion—(applause). Mr. PLUAITHES then tow and said, that he was deeply sensible t f the honour that had be n mimed upon himself and his co League, and begged to express his thanks to them for the manner in which that comp. went had been paid. In looking back to the trainsac !ttons of the 24th 0 ttberi he could not help reminding them of the gap which had t ken place in the proceed• . lug of that day, owing to ti e unfortunate absence of his Honourable Friend, Mr. Ward. Owing to that circum stance hr (Mr. Aumtter) had been called upon to un dertake 111. Wand's office, and he had felt that if he had spoken in that situation any thing but his open, honest. and uovainiwied opinion. he should ban been unarm thy I f the title of a Alain of Kent—(Great cheers). On the great question of Catholic Emancipation, he had never enter tallied but one opinion, although he had lived long en..u.2h to see many i ersons tossed to and fro on that important question, as if a tacisting from right to wrong was'as justifiable as it was easy—(Cheers). The present indifference that was manifested was eso a thing which he could not look upon unconcernedly; and he I.ltrwise viewed with as much surprise as soiree the conduct of men—and those too who were highly esteemed for their civil and religious character, which was too much calculated to excite indigna ion— l(Clirers). The Catholic Question he bad ever considered as one of those cardtatal questions on winch the happiness and prosperity of nits great country mainly tuined— (Applause). Away then arils all indifference. careless.' i,evs, and apathy—(Continued applause). To adopt an uncertain and traveling line of policy on a rubj-ct which was established on fixed and us et ing principles, tainly did not appear to him to actin.' with the l ake of this great country—and he was quite wire that it did not with the sense of the great and noble county o f Kent —1 teiterated cheers). As Britons—as men o , K ele —and, above all, as firm and uptight l a totestant s , h e asserted. that they had a plain path to follow—A im Duties—simple, sttaight4orward duties were dirt's. events a higher and infinitely better hand guided, s o i to his care they might well be content to leave the m , Iv.et s). Mr. Plums tee then once more thanked ;h e Aleeting for the honour they had done him, and sat down amidst the applause' of the company. Mr. Goer; said, that he would now propose to the Meeting the toast to which be h a d alluded berate, Plumtrse had addressed them. The Meeting had al aasetr frank the Clerpy of the Diocese, and it had af oa d ed him much pleasure to witness the spirit with which ll* toast had been received. Nay, the toast that he v as .bout to itopose referred to the Clergy not of t h at Dioce-e—not of England, but to that Clergy to whi ch they must look for any teal ErnancipAt:on of Ireland,. (elle:0. The Meeting would readily anticipat e th * he was about to prolose to them " The health of t h e Protestant Clergy of Ireland—(Cheers). Might they fl,uirish with a calm, steady. and blight light; augh t they lead their flocks to that emancipation which the only real one; and might they free them horn datkness which was the cause if all their onset", (Great applause). The toast was then drank with three times three, wad fund prdbation. Glee—Tbe Red Cross Knights. Mr. Waus said, that the Noble Chairman had give % him pet mission to propose a toast to the Meeting ; wed he was sure that when they heard what it vr.s. they would receive it with the warmest approbation—(Hew), The toast that he intended to propose to them, sa e o the heilib of their wrathy and excellent Secretati a ,. Wiliam Hammond, EA. *oil Charles Ward, El. sad likewise that cf Cap air. D'Ait the Treasurer of th e Club"—(l.olid applause). Toe tow-t was draa alto three times three. Mr. HAMMOND returned thanks for the compliant that had been paid to him, and could assure the Ilse'. log that he had received the mem efficient assistance trim the Gentleman who was associated with him ia his office, and who was the nephew of one of A t oldest and most consistent Whigs of that county (Hem, hear). From that Gentleman he had received Otter, expressive of his 'egret at not being able lost. tend the piebent dinner, °mug to the illness of his to cir; and he (Mr. lianimonc) was sure that that 'egret would be materially increased whets he atomic' be informed ,f k what a bond or union had been exhibited on the preset% -). He was dears us of taking that ..ppottuitity of sa) mg a %surd or tiao relative t t h e prisiciples on which the Ciub had been established... (Heal )—especially as asp twos had been rut., heti, thrown out against it by pi ruins who were watching th e i r proc e ed s , gs with au eye of jeal .usy ; and he cm. taialy had heard with surprise that these attacks had been acc ',alibied by the most unjust imputations-. (Hear, best). From these accusations he had learned, for the fret time, that the honest assertion of the public opinion ut the Men of Kent, on this important question was to be etigniatized as an temptquestion, to dictate to the Government of the country, and to be cried down as illegal and unconstitutional—(Hear, hear, and cheers). Rut of this he could assute the Meeting. most sincerely —that he. as a aersant, though but a humble servant i.t tie Club. would newer hear such smertmos as slime made, without ent -ring Ins decided and uneomp o. mising protest against them—(Great cheering). He knee DO princip4 upon which the Kent Brunswick Constitu. tioiial Club had been established, but that it might serve as a focus of concentration to the I sal Protesta,lts a t .e county, and as a bond of union for all those who were anxious to display their attachment to those laws which they had rece.ved from their ancestni s more this a cen.uiy and a halt ago, and which, from that period, had formed a portion of the Constitution of the count:, ....(ebearinys). .He could assure Me meeting that the friimition or the Club was nit for any intinested, sel. fish, or factious object ; but for the purposed . expressing their of for those establishments, which had era fisted ever since the commencement of those liberties which they most valued. If these were sentiments sad trelings for which they ought to be apt:raided, he was most willing to take his slime of the odium—(Cheer)- and at all times be should be proud to assets his poi lege to that share, in the face of those who arraigned the Club as an ill-advised or injudicious establishment —(Cheers). With respect to the Club itself, he trusted that it would continue to exist as a lasting record of their opinions; or, it the country should happily return to such a state of quiescence as to render the exertions of it unnecessary, he at least hoped that the names if those who had assisted at its formation would be made to endure, so that they might be handed down to tt.eir sons, and to their sones sons, and so to all posterity. Mr. D'Arru likewise rose for the purpose of return ing thanks fur the unexpected honour the company had bestowed on him in drinking his health. With respect to the Club, he had given his services, such as they were. to it, because he was desirous (in common with the whole of the Meeting) that the real civil and reli. gious liberty of the country should be maintained and supported, as well as those glorious constitutional prin• ti t le., which he hoped would be handed down to posteiity, uninjured and unimpaired—(L aid cheers). He thanked them most cordially for the honour they had done him. and begged leave to drink all their good healths in return. Mr. C. Taylor then sung the eon& a . .. 1-44., Law." with wo common lirmour and point. The Gentlemen of the Brunswick Club appeared highly delighted with the bits it made at the caps clots. swallow of the legal profession; and there being a pretty pa sprinkling of country rummies in the roam, heightened the ioke to dime who could log their neighbours, mad slily whisper " That s a good 'un for ?dr. • • •." The CHAIRMAN Me to propose a toast, which he w ar sure they would drink with heartfelt pleasure. Teat toast was, "The Men of Kent composing the triumphant Majority on the 24th." In whatever point of view they looked at the result of that Meeting, it constituted a source of cordial gratification to every individual alio could boast of a connection with that county. The men of Kent had set an example, which would not only girt inwaid satisfaction to those who, in the hour of don. gee, boldly stood forward, votwithstandig the threats and violence of their adversarial, and treated them with scorn and contempt—(Applaose). This fact alone (continued the Noble Chairman) proves the weakness of Abe cause our opponents advocate, and the inferiority of any power they can bring against us. We would not contend against the ordinary opposition of the County, or even that of England only, but against all who could come against us limn the whole empite• We had to contend net only against the adherents of Popery, but against all those societies established in :his country, whose ultimate object, under the mask of civil and religious liberty, is to toot up the ground wink of all our institution., and especially our Proteltant lost.tutions. which are of the greatest value to the wel• fare and stability of the country. The triumph was ow, and id, tad shall I be of it to the last moment of :1) lute— (Applaubej. 1 Mast we shall all value these