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° At ,~ ~~ L a certain distance. said ,the ediki. be cleared ell the scaffolding which obscures its proportions.rl Theri it will stand' in the native beauty of the origi n al design. Mr. Brougham, 1 repeat, will one day be Or moved Tuts the exaggeration, and the prejudices, and the noise, and the vulgarity of party spirit ; bin that day the Negro shall beiree—(Chers);—and. that day out commercial policy shall be thoroughly reforgied ; and that day the despotism on the Continent shall be broken—( Hear, hear, hear!); and in that day, in our own happy land, the lamp of competent knoilledge shall be found burning naturally and familiarly, and be held the glory of every mechanic, and an object of devotion to every peasant—(Cheers).—Various and strong as are those claims he bas on our good opinions, Mr. Brougham will reckon it no deduction from them, i' I now conclude by adding, that even these are not his strongest claims, but that he has one which is still stronger. and the last it is, that he is a cititen of &tiff burgh. There ate various other parts of the kingdom (I know no part indeed) that has not cause to express its gratitude for his set vices, and admiration of the manner in which these services have been performed; but am I not safe, Gentlemen, in assuring him, in your names, that here, and throughout every step in his career and his progress, he has been followed by our eyes and our anxious solicitude? Am I not safe in saying, that aufdst the long and splendid course of his achieve ments, the tidings of not one of them ever reached his o .vn fellow-citizens of Edinburgh without inspiring us with a satisfaction which had its source in oar personal interest in the man? Loup Gentlemen, may there be a reciprocity of such feelings between us—long may ' we and this Gentleman be united—(Hear, hear ! ) long may we be united in the sacredness of our cause, and the identity of our principles, and the recollection of ancient ties, and while the memory of this man re mains. Gentlemen, I propose " the health of Mr. . Brougham." This toast was drank with all the ha flours and the most rapturous applause. Mr. BROUGHAM: Gentlemen, I am sure I cannot find words to express what I really feel on this occasion ; and heing unused to address meetings of this kind, my difficulty is increased (Hear, hear ) ; yet, in the ins possibi icy of anything like a description of the deep sense which I feel of that very singular kindness with which I have been received among you in this city, I know that I owe it to two things—which are of the many, which the kindness of my friend, our worthy Chairman, has so eloquently expressed; namely, that I am your fellow-citizen, born, bred, and educated in this place. How much I owe to that it would be in vain for me to attempt to express. Suffice it to say, that I admit that I owe everything to it, and this I have never shrunk from saying in England as well as in Scotland. The other claim that I possess is to a higher title still—not that I take credit to myself for any, even of these panegyrics that have been passed upon me by the kindness and partiality of my friends; but I feel proud that I now return among you, my fellow citizens, and, stretching out these hands, can say they ate clean—(Loud cheers). I am not a person who is much in the habit of countenancing discussions, and would proceed to that which affords the most agree able reflections to a British mind ; but where are the privileges which we once enjoyed ? I perceive not wound me those who used to grace such occasions, but whom it is our fate never to see more. I allude to Miller, Playfair, Horner, and Henry Erskine, and many others ; but those whom I have named the most illus trious, the indomitable friends of the oppressed, and the enemies of the oppressor. When I see the blank which they have left among us in these our days, I look for comfo:t from one man, who, thank GOD ! is yet pre served to us, I mean Mr. Dugald Stewart—in old age firm and active, and in the full vigour of his great in tellectual capacity, who glories in the triumph of those principles which we cherish, and nothing but indisposi ti al could have prevented him from appearing amongst us ; but 1 feel that he must have hailed the arrival of this day with the greatest pleasure. As has been well observed by the Learned Chairman, it was in this town I received my education, and it is my duty to tell you that you can not too highly prize your own city as a place of education. I have seen much of public systems of education, and have had great opportunities of observing the habits of teachers, and of hearing the expectations founded upon, and knowing the effects of various systems ; and I cer tainly have never yet seen any one place, or any one system. so well adapted for training up good citizens, as well as learned and virtuous men, as the High School of Edinburgh and the Scottish Universities. I do not mean to depreciate any other system, because it hap pens to be new. or to institute any comparisons; but it is none of the least of their recommendations, that the establishments I am speaking of are capable of im proving themselves; what, however, I chiefly admire in t! e High School of Edinburgh is this, and I speak in the presence of those who perhaps think a more select school is better (I only mention what I know, and what a mote enlarged experience has now tended more firmly to confirm), it aims at higher objects than that of the studying Greek verses—not that there is any harm in that ; it is such an amusement as I myself was a ddicted to, though I must repeat, an academy should have other and higher objects.— There is this other recommendation, that the scholars tieing in the dwellings of their parents, there is a se curity for their good conduct; and this other, that men of the lowest ranks send their children there, and thus exclude the patrician principle. Ai to the boys of Edinburgh, they enjoy a singular benefit, not only (tom the number of learned men and most original geniuses in the different departments Of science in the days that they live; but in it they base what appears superior, in my opinion, to any establishment of the kind formed originally on monastic terms. While t h e youth enjoy the benefits of education, they live under their fathers roof at night in the middle of the family, and any anxiety about the state of their morals is pre served. So deeply am I rated with its vast supe eiority in every tespect, a t consider it one of the first establishments in the kingdom. I certainly hive taken a part tweedy, and I have very great happieess in announcing to you to-day, what has been done on the subject of education, because I know you will be glad to hear that, upon the Scotch model, an establish ment is ably to be formed in the metropolis of the sister kingdom; a school, on the model of theold High School, is there about to be established, and there steps have been taken for the almost immediate establish ment of a University, to bestow, upon the Scotch plan, 'the blessiags of a scientific ed ucation on the countless inhabitants of that town. Suffer me, Gentlemen. be fore I sit down, to express r 7 regard of a meeting of • this description as by no means one of mere paatiate'er curiosity. I regard it as a great public meeting, in i lk. _ which esen are met together, who bold the sane pria roples is common, and who hold these principles quite ' safely; they are met to commemorate those principles, and pledge themselves one to another in the face of their countrymen to support them; and by becom ing United together in such a congregated form, they follow the example of all ages of the most re fined, as well as of the most civilised—in matters of religion as well as in matters of polity.—lt would have been mockery to feast together, if it were not to commemorate those principles, and to shew the &arms of our minds, and bind us together. What we do just now is only an outward symbol of what many may be called upon to suffer in our present, and hive suffered in worse times for the good cause ; and that, if a greater and a higher sacrifice is required, they would not be found wanting to seal their attachment with their blood. This Meeting sees but what a tew years ago would hardly have been allowed. Ido not impute this to their refined principles or language. We do not live in terror of the dark night which drew down the vengeance of those in power upon every man who held an opinion of his own. When frowns did not do, as some of the most noted here present, one of whom I see close by me, the Vice•Pres'dent (Mr. Gibson) well knew, there was nothing left undone to harass the obnoxious individu .1; and had their power been equi valent to their desires, more effectual means would have been resorted to of crushing their cause ; but, blessed be GOD. the,e times are now gone by.— There were not wanting tho,e, who, by the r.selves and their abandoned minions, have had recom.,e to men of as abandoned principles as their own for rru.sh• ing the freedom of speech and fair discussion. Blessed be GOD, those days are now gone by, and very s'rortly many may not credit the tale I have now told. But we have now seen that there was a track f lime, when a Member who got up in his place in Parliament, and was bold enough to advocate the principles of free trade with foreign nations, was denounced as a J !co bin—as a theorist at least, or a visionary; but I have lived also to see those very principles acted npon by the same men,— and in the very same place, who but a short while before were loudest in the cry of 4 , ja cobins and visionary ;"—and hollow majorities voting in favour of the same measures which they formerly execrated ;—following in their principles those y same maxims of our 's in favour of frre trade,—and this too by men who formerly followed the cry of him who uttered his severest declamations and jokes against us. Let us not twit them with their change, for as their conversion to our principles is but recent, and may not be so determined and steady as generally liaio ens with new converts, let us not twit them with it, so as to give them a pretence to turn back again: but rather let us extend our eye to the chap fi e which has t 'ken, place in their foreign policy, which e is no less sinitar. How many long years have we not seen, when to b an Englishman on the Continent was painful, it not de grading condition? I mean during that dark and murky night of power, when the mac. 01 the family of the tyrants of Europe were at work, and when they could reckon upon the Miniver of England its silently suffering, nay, permitting their deadly march against the liberties of mankind —(Hear, hear). Eng land then had her fair name degraded, by being cows dered as the abettor of every tyrant's plan tor the tub jugailln of his subjects. Then was the time when no despot could open his glazing eye, flashing with ven geance for his prey, without catching the glistening eye of the suppliant 13tithh Minister. Then was the time when no tyrant could hold out his hand, after shaking it in the chains which he had tor ged to bind and excoriate his people, without its meeting the cordial grasp of friendship of the Btitish Minister.— Then was the time when the oppressor stalked abroa.l, with the countenance •if the rulers of that land which was called the champion and protectress of the free— then did horrid tyranny, more grim in its blasted action than even in the vices of its original debasement, dis hare the fair face of Europe, while linked and leagued (0, shame upon the pen of history I) with the free t Government upon earth, to which, nevertheless, the tyrant never turned his glance, or stretched his hand in vain, during such disastrous times--(Loud cheers). — That black and disgraceful night of intellect and free dom has now gone down—the sky is clear, and the view is changed into a brighter prospect. Now we can speak out, and look abroad with clear vision. What man is there now, I would ask, in half-represented Eng land—in unrepresented Scotland—(Loud cries oftlear)— aye, where and which of you, in either country, or even' in tortured, insulted, fend persecuted Ireland—wh-re, I say, can the man be found, who dared look forth in the broad face of day—who dared to raise his voce bef.'re his fellow-men and say, •• I befriend the Holy Al liance"—(9isp/ause).—Not only, I repeat, is there no such man, I will not say so wicked, but so childish—l will not say so stricken with hostility to free principles, or so bent upon the destruction of his own character, in the whole walk of society, as to avow such sentiments. Oh, no! not out of Bedlam could we find him: hardly there, save in the precipitation of a maniac's rage, could we behold a being in the shape of a man, to stand up and say, • I am the friend of the Holy Alli (Cheers). If there be the man where Ireedom shines, who could look with complaisancy on the accomplished despot who fills the Calmuc throne—who can behold with meekness that spacious and ungrateful imbecility which promised first, and then refused, flee institutions, to the Germans who had bled and died in thousands to restore his throne,—if there be any man who can ap prove the scourge of fair Italy, and the tyrant of Aus tria—if there be, I repeat, any such man so reckless of himself as (not to admire, or approve, for that is out of the maddest range of speculation, but even) to tolerate the mere mention of the name of that cruel tyrant of his people at home—the baffled despot, thank GOD, of South America (Load and contiaued cheers), but whose sway, however, it pleased Pnovivzscs still to permit at home, and to suspend for a short sea son the doom of that nameless despot—if there be a man, I say, so monstrous and unnatural as to approve of them Royal minions, then it is a consolation to know that such a tributary bad the graceto confine his thoughts to the regions best adapted for their culture, to lock them up in the innermost recesses of the offices of &ate, or confine his silent migrations to the merest purlieus of the Court, or perchance to lurk • behind the arras,' to live there among the con. genial vermin which were its natural tenants (toad laughter and there to gloat upon the merits of Alex. ander, Frederick, Francis, or Ferdinand—have I named him ?(Cheers) —among the spiders, the vipers, the toa d and those who hated the toads , the lizards"---(Laughta I never can geethem to confront me in Parliament ; I seek them there with longing eye. AU attempts to call them forth are in vain—none of them will appear,— they all chime in with the cry against the Holy Allies ....all are betimes at bad when a division is called for, ~~. an d t hen bide themselves air tenets ftona the AP of that Sun who A* almost diso4. by shining upon them. Now what are the practical results we should draw from this representation ? I would avoid the presumption of giving cheering council to my friends, or of flattering them with the hopes, that by perseverance in the good cause they have begun, all will yet end well. But I want to add a few words to' my young friends, who say that ambition ought to the first object of every public man, by which they mean place and porter. I conceive that place gives no power at all. If place can give power, I can only say that I never saw it do so. Many men are led astray by this false construction of power. They ought not to suffer themselves to be so fur the sake of mere office, by the notion that they are mating a sacri fire to ambition. How they deceive themselves I Ambition, in my sense of the word, is the love of solid, substantial, and independent power. I know of none who have so little power as the Ministers of this country. Something wai said by my worthy friend of my being a party man. I know of no way, at least I have never been able to discover any way, in which an honest man can effectually serve his country, but by cordially and strenuously uniting himself to some great party. lam not now speaking as a party man. The life of a Mi nister of this country is not one of power, but of base truckling, and paltry compromise. He must do so much for one man to mute his co-operation, twice as much for another, and to a third he must promise every thing. To one individual lie must promise all he asks. If tlos man holds up his little finger, he will get any thing. His language is, go a little my way to-day, I will go one hundred and fifty miles with sou to-morrow; only go a little of the way with me, and I will goal! the rest with you ; only once, and for this d•ty let me go on this highway of my oen. and all the other days of :he year I will go with you into all your dirty tracks. This is what they cal p , twe , -, aod having the c m 'nand of other men. The Minister is like the poor cl , - ludrd man who embraced a cloud, and tcok it f-r a goddt ss; but th . Minister had not even the excuse of a cloud fo. his folly, he embt aced a mere suggestion, saying t it, " be thou my god—power. I.e thou my goi, and compromise, be thou my glory." I there tore deny that he sh-ulti be called an ambitious man ho seeks place and calls it power, but that he is the ambitious man who boldly places himself in a si tua son which enables him to back his country in her need. I will not say that the placeman s. eks power for money, though some certainly do, they are not many how. vet. But lie does so for patronage—that' is, the pleasure of having his table crowded with Petitions from sti . cors, to make one man ungrateful and twenty di-contested. To have his door blcckaded with bun. gry applicants, and his t.me consumed in the .ervice of those on whom he depends for the carrying through his measures. This is patronage, and mote sacrifices than these I have hinted at must be made for power. Ha it is who enjoys the. purest ambition and HI enjoys power,—not less successful because it has limits, and secure because he never exceeds the wishes of his con stituents. I return my grateful thanks for the honour you have done me this day. I consider this Meeting as beyond all'example (and I have seen many). but this is the most astonishing assemblage of intelli g ent in d.viduali I ever witnessed. I: is astonishing to me— past words to express. But, oh ! how dearly am I re paid for my humble exertions, when I se! in it such a representation, and such a display of' moral and en. lightened opinions in the inhabitants of this country, and when 1 consider that it portends to that country such a blessed and happy consummation of their fondest wishes-1 pi opose as a toast, " Lasticg prosperity to the City of Edinburgh." HALLIBURTON rose to propose " Catholic Eman cipation," in doing which he adverted to the splendid efforts made in the cause by their illustrious guest; and that there was now a presage of a sure and not a dis tant victory. The Protestant Church, he feared, was too grasping and selfish. Mr. Halliburton proposed— ., The Duke of Norfolk, and Catholic Emancipation." Mr. JEFFERY said, that he was well aware that to night, and after what they lately heard, their old ac customed speaker ss ould not be listened to with great patience. Perhaps it was unnecessary, but he thought it right to state, that when he undertook to propose a toast thus early, " The health of Sir James Mackin tosh," he was not so much calling upon them to ho nour the distinguished patriot and illustrious statesman as the grateful, kind, and indulgent friend. Of his emi nent qualifications and great political science, it would be easy for him to speak, and alightful to them to listen ; but the character of 'that person was too well known, and his services two conspicuous, to requite, even if propriety admitted it, any eulogium or discussion. Thus much, however, must be said, that it was impos sible to mention his name, without saying that there was no individual in our time, nor in former times, who ever brought into the public councils of his country a mind so richly stored with the treasures of learning, or deeply imbued with the light of philrhophy; shewing on all occasions how extensive learning, and a settled and mature judgment, gave the best security to poli tical government. It was also impossible to avoid le marking, among his high and singular qualities, that, with his less learned colleagues, he was not less distin .guished for the range of his intellect. than for the mo deration. temper, and consistency, with which he main tained his principles. When the inflexible principle of liberty was the subject of discussion, no man was more free from violence, scorn, or hostility to his opponents ; and by the rare union of his powers, the person who claimed the-least, exercised the greatest authority. It was no slight sacrifice in him, that he clothed himself in the shattered armour of another, in order to rest his claims to the gratitude of posterity, by using every men that could promote those ends from which coun&ss generations, and endless posterity, alone were to derive benefit. The Hon. Gentleman concluded with proposing the health of Sir James Mackintosh. Mr. A. Score, in the absence of the distinguished individual whose health had just been drank, had to propose " The advance ment of education in all ranks," which excited considerable applause. 44 The immortal memory of Charles James Fox." Mr. J. S. MvasAT, after taking a comparative view of the Chumhes of Ragland and Scotland, gave " Sir H. Moncrieff, and the independence of the (hatch of Scotland." air H. Moacaure returned thanks. Mr. &ace ruse to propose "Parliamentary Reform," which was drank with applause. The Hon. Mr. STUMM after Melly paying a just tribute to the pricy and honour of the Gentlemen of the Bar, proposed The Members of the Faculty of Advocates." Bamsenan, in Use absence of Mr. Granetenn, after a brief impressive address. gave " The memory of Francis Horner," which was drank in solemn silence. The ClialinAll gave, " The University of Edinburgh." Professor Lame re turned thanks. Mr. Fasoirsou. of Reich, in a seat eulogy on the Chairman, PCedr " the health of Henry Cockburn. ' Calasanan returned thank*, and proposed " the health of the Red of Rossiya." Mr. ilkaonhin aim, tilt indisposition akin prtve..t:d tht a the Noble Elul. gili g is rligni„ of Craig, proposed as the next toast, 44 the bean Mr. Nrstegbant, and may the Opposition ever Isrersuch a kadek." Mr. Bitouounst returned thanks. He was not aware the Opposkiis nknowledged luny eshhly leader. They. bil were or a toed I% by Which th ey were Itelttogether. c= d leader tt id Ist lindeesitondersid, ilLiris on whose linty k was to • • ielvfse Ms oirn party ; and •11 painful duty k was es • abossete% He had sometimes had to reproach bh with saws ritimetidna with being too forward; but this be would aver, that diey were never duggish.;—never !bond wanting, when as attack wts 4* fie made on the liberties of the People. The Learned Gentlentaw, in elusion, to the alleged de. airE the cgs bad for getting into Power ? said, they might have dawn if they had been Ins scrupulous & the terms on which ' they would accept of it. In conclusion, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman recommended, that they shOuld endeavour to obtain a steady and uniform Reform in Parllaitielit, and proposed " The healdis of . the Dukes of Hamilton and Argyle, and the Whigs of Scotland"--(Much applause). Mr. R. B. Rex= proposed " the Hon. James A' betkinlillA, and soften to his exertions to obtain a free representation for Edm.. burgh in Parliament." Mr. J. Mosicatne is an animated speech on the atroettß-. of the Slave Trade, pr oposed " the Abolition of African Usury," which was drank amidst loud applause. Mr. J. T. Gluon CRAW rose to propose the health of one who had done much for the • honour of Scotland and the cause ; and when he mentioned the name of Dugald Stewart, he was sure the Meeting would agree with hint—(Applause). "The health of Du. geld Stuart," with all the honours, was drank accordingly. Lord Guanacos' after some well-merited complimentary ob servations, proposed " The health of Mr. Halliburton, the Vice- President." Mr. HALLIRERTOW returned his cordial thanks for the honour done him. The Hon. Gentleman's speech - occasioned considerable laughter by the happy allusions he made theircumstantes attending Mr. Brougham's contest for Westmorland, and sat down amidst much applause, after giving " The Independent Electors of that County." Mr. BROUGHAM, as the only Elector present, returned thanks. The Learned Gentleman, with infinite humour, entered on the county politics of Westmoreland. The Honourable Gentleman then allueled to the ungallant conduct of the Meeting, in never having hinted that there were two stxes, which neither Wbig nor Tory ought to forget, and which he had &ought proper to bring to their recollection, as it waa better late than never. The Lady he meant to give was one of the best and truest of Scotswomen— the Duchess of 11.4ford—(Applause).—Mr. Brougham then gave. The Duchess of Bedford, and the fair Ladies of Scotland"— (Very great applause.) Lord CHARLES RUSSELL returned thanks in very appropriate terms, and was much applauded. Major Lunn HAT then rose, and with much feeling adverted to the state of South America, which he knew he bad only to mention to excite the enthusiasm of the :Wetting—(Applause)—* Bolivar, and the liberties of South America."—Drank with much applause. Sir A. M. GIBSON gave, " Greece, and the full establishmeut of her independence—(Applause). Mr. Ilatuauann proposed " The health of Mr. Jeffrey"— (Drank with great applause). Mr. Jairran returned thanks, and concluded an eloquent speech by giving " The Marquis La Fayette, and the Friends of liberty in France"—( Applause). Dr. blact.anan, after an eulogium on the professional talents of the Gentlemen of the English Bar, gave " Mr. Serjeant Lens, and the hider:flint* of the English Bar"—(Applause). Mr. Joust CRASH anticipated the most enthusiastic applause, whew be mentioned, that the toast be meant to propose was " The health of Mr. Joseph Hume"—(Long continued applause). In conclusion he proposed his health, with all the honours. Mr. Jour Commonest's gave " The President of the United States" (Applause). The CHAIRMAII, at half-past one o'clock, having intimated to the Meeting the propriety of their drinking good night, as Mr. 13roughant had, just before their assembling, completed a very fatiguing journey, and had to undertake another in the course of a few nights, Mr. BROUGHAM rose t. observe, that it was very hard the Chair man should lay upon him the blame of dissolving so excellent a Meeting. He must certainly have supposed the stamina of his constitution to have ►een relaxed since he left Edinburgh, by re siding in a more effeminate climate. He could assure him he was quite mistaken. He had only been up all one night and the half of another ; but two nights siccing up he valued as nothing. When in Edinburgh formerly, four o'clock, and not one, was his usual hour of going to bed—(Much laughter). The truth was, the Chairman had exhausted his stock of toasts; and was obliged to resort to this expedient. But now that be was upon his legs (to use a phrase common in another House), he would try to sup ply the want; in doing which he would have to pronounce a name. which never was uttered in that same House but with praise of the tiling it signified ; and then some dire mischief was sure to ensue to that same thing—he meant " The Liberty of the Press"—(applause). The Chairman and Mr. Brougham then retired; and the Meet lag immediately separated.—This was at two o'clock on Wedges. [day morning.' Trik; EvENING snit. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Console opened at 936 fee the Account, but nothing k deb& and few persons are at the Stock Exchange, owing to its befog a grand Holiday with the Hebrews. In the Foreign Market no business is doing. Spanish Bonds keep their price. Current Prices: New Spanish ISt. Old Spanish 236;, Russia► 951 1, Mexican 796, Austrian 996 1, ChUian bison New 901, Brazil Scrip 21 6, Mexican Scrip 1 4, Greek Scrip 5 46 disc. Danish Scrip 2 1 2 discount. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ex div. 234 • 3 per Cent. Red. ex div. 92% % 3 per Cent. Cons. 93% % Si per Cent. ex div. 99Y8 Si per Cent. Red. ex div. 99% 4 per Cent. 106 3 / a Long Ann. ex div. 22 3 / 9 5.16 7-16 India Bonds 87 89 New Annuities 93% £l,OOO Excheq. Bins 64 66 63 £5OO ditto 61 66 63 £lOO and £2OO ditto 64 66 63 Commercial 60 India for Acct. 231 Cons. tor Acct. 93% This forenoon we received Frankfort Papers to the Sd inst. but they contain little intelligence of any in terest. The Honourable FREDZIIICIE CATMOAST, who was appointed twelve months ago Minister Plenipo• tentiary from the Kis° of Great Britain to the German Diet, has been formally recognised by that Body. A discussion took place on the Petition of Goma to have kis works protected from piracy, when the talents of this distinguished writer were highly eulogised ; but Committee reported, that the subject .did not come within the attributes of the Diet. The French Papers of Thursday bate readied as but they contain little news of importance. It is stated in the Journal des Debuts, that. a society bad been Conned at Paris, to raise subscriptions in aid of- the Greeks, and a list of the MemSers of the Committee is given, when the names of men of most opposite politics are to be found amicably blended together. So many frivolous documents are called for in Par liament, that the expense of printing is every Session