The National Register. — London, England, 1818-07-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lIEGISTEIt 218 3U LT I'3 ALDERMAN THORP'S ELECTION. him as the iittert.Bll of toe principles st Welt were neatest to Ili; heart. whirl' toraicil the cresol of flint a %eetlent auto Mr Harvey Conshe, who was slow no more, and which were meat essential to the happiness of this country. as well as of all mankind-(very loud spplanses.) —1 he worthy Alderman concluded with proposing the health of the Chairman ; who had, he observeil.donit so I► goof{ to freellmitatul 00000 anis ty throughout his life, and especiii;ly to the Chat liable Es. tablislinit•uts in this City. . Monday • num b er of respectable noblemen and gentlemen Mood at the: &moduli Titters,. to tele:trate the Pies . ' tot. of Mr. Alderman Thorp. Befor• the enin i tatty sat down to dinner, 1161 Royal llighneus di. MA* of Solves stated, hi it in con autpreice of the melaucholy 'vest of Mr. Hervey Combe's death, Mr. Royce Couilse, who was aminuneei chairman lisr the occasion, was prevented from attending ; and therefore lie, who had to the meeting mesely to join as a sisitor in congratulating his conutrytaten Noun the triumph of their independence, was called upon to take the chair. Under sneh circumstances, he hoped the meeting would grant him every indolgetice due to his situation—(Applenses.) Upon the cloth hying rtentoved, and the health of " The King" being given. the Chairmen proposed "'lle Prinec Regent t and may he never forget the principles which placed the house of limo:wick upon the Throne of this country ;"—(Arelatuati tttt s of applause.)—" The Queen, and the rest ;•1 the Royal Family" followed, and was received with appropriate demonstrations of respect. 'llw Royal Chairman then said, that before he called the attention of the pi taunt ivisembly to the particular business of the day. lie wonlil first propose— " The City of London, and Prosperity to its C pomace." Anxionely olive as he fe!t for the coinineree :mil indepen dence of tht. City, lie could net allow this toast to lie put av Wean the pielii tt itt ary expression of his waroi approbation (applause.) The toast war given will, three tunes three. The itoy al Chairman, in rising to particularize more in,. mediately tile !rosiness of the day, regretted in a ;reign:on attlbC, the it Iltellet: of the worthy Chairman, who was pre vented by is iltesseetic afflietion fr-an perfor g the duty allotted to iiim.• and the particular predicament iii which he (the Royal Cheirmati) was pieced to the injury of that cause. of which he declared himself so sincere an advocate (great it p• plause.) His Royal Highness stated, that he came to she meths; on ;olitic grounds, and merely as an individual, emotions to t•ungratulate his worthy friend, Mr. Alderman Thorp, 011 I lIV seeress of his cause (applause.) He intended to have hems present merely as an individual participating in tLe mention sits so which the occasion gave birth ; but aecis dent heti. on this occaximo, thrown him into a more prominent situation. and he could assure the meeting, that no man Inure deeply tilt for the interest of theeountry at large than lie did, or untie cordially rejoiced in the triumph of that great .question on Whirl* they had produced so constitutional and effective 411 op Mon( applaose) lie was a man of few weeds, though erne who 3em•rally reflected on those whit•lt 1 1 l from him Wore their utterance. He lia.l entrted, an far as his jadgnneul guided him. deep into the interests and welfare of his country. —They had been of rats sears of vital impor tance, and storied* deserved the Cair and unbiassed opinion o the people at the emoutry : indeed limy were of that nature that it urea tie a milder of ionpurtaticeonly ei* duty, for an honest Ili w 111 prommare M*ooB6oll upon them (applause.; This w.ts au urea:4.A' to %shirl, a mast would. generally epeakitie, be inclined lu sn down on hi,. triumph. and nut revert to Ilse reline*, awasto •es that were ha 11.1111 t•mint•eted with it. He 'vomit tom rotenone hi:details ofthe acts oldie last Pailiametitt butt 1111.11041:1411k ttttt sondem Riedel least to lament the resulisof these isces had dente nom a long and nom ote reted war, obi the merits or dements of which lie now a tould 1101 bunch. Bill the comer. knew ai.d felt that. after a lung and and struggle, when the Ministers, by their own demarations, had triunipheil—when the country had cue lusted this war to its VCI/CIII•ii/11 at an amparallelled expense, and when all the snain pledges of economy had been left unfulfilled —a hen iu t• •of pears ie standing army was useissiaanal, and its candid:tit/nal reduci.ou reseiteu—a hen every eller' was vainly made for a reasiciem, awl when all the p 'wet it. sults of the war had failed eit the hands of the promotive* of it—it waa•high • • that she people, should wok at the con duct ofthose who euppurtea the war,and at that of those who opposed it. It was then f a review of the acts of their legniatoot, the deity of the people,when the hour of the cue. stitutitmal exercise of their power came, to exat ll ill r specie deafly the cleiiiis of the candidates fur ;heir support. The citizens of Lundou led , in his opi tt itt u, made a wise VII emit', and lie now 8110 , 1 heartily congratulated them upon it (ap plause.) He would not, by a tetruspect of the business of their election, touch upon the dead (laughter.) He would nut uunecessai ily elites upon invidious comparisons. Nosiness more loved treedom than he did, yet lie would not 'mowers• sarily interfere in the choice at an election—us a Peer it would be unconstitutional. Now, however, that the election was over, lie was fret- to say, that as he had heard mail votes had been solicited for on the ground of private frit liaship, he begged, on this account, to declare his cpinion. He had his private frieudslispe and his preJilections ; hut he would most positively declare, that on no ,grounds of private friends stile,unaccompanied by a public claim, should his tote. if hue had tine, be glom' ',great applause.) The t•osifidtaire and disposal of public power constituted uk ditt . Cr.lit trust le oin that of private friendship; where ale rare union of the claims of both was apparent, then the task wan as easy as it was grateful—where the claims were merely of a ;insult nature, and opposed to public principle, these in vain wonted the claims of friendship be -pleaded to Mtn—public duty should have paramount sway (peat applause). He emigre. Watts! them on this genet feeling M the tate f lee lion. 'rimy bad chosen, among other iodependent Illt.ll it worthy Alder man Chirp) whom his Royal Highness Lad known since the tone of his tehrievalty, and whose kind assistance lie had often found in the cause of charity and benevolence (vest applause)—He had also given pledges of his 'inure patine conduct—those, indeed, were unnecesseiy, when they con. sidered that the worthy Allterin lies father had toren the can staid friend of the reo es tel Charles Foe (applause.) The Royal Chairman contimied by proposing— " The health of Mr. Ahlerraaa Thom and may he long live in the tftictioas nib Ftillow-citUcaf."—Dlallk whit three tines three, sat g-cet applause. _ _ The worthy Alderosn's observations were received with loud ars,l reiteratcdapplawes. The Royal Chairman said, that he would , not display so much bad taste as to Comment upon the toast which hail just received from them such flatlet ing marks of approbirtion.— His politics were dictated by his conscience-01cl w ire at least honest, if they were not efficient.—As to his ettort• ii, the emote of charity, he only shared them with •ahler and more efficient men, and exercised them, as he was -boom) to do, !Ur the benefit of the community at large. Hr had no poiijical professions to make to any public meeting. He would only say, VIM Le nou'ershood and duly appreciated the pain Hides which had placed the House of Brunswick on the l'hrone. T:iey were principles of freedom, the maintainanee of which were alike imperative on the Crown and the pro. ple.—(Applause.) The next toast front flue Chair was—. " Reform in Parliament; and may its speedy attainments secure the People in the enjoyment of the . a. constitutional Rights and Liber ties." [Three times threcand great applaus2.l The Roval Chairman then rose to propose the health of Lord Holland, on whom his Royal Highness pronounced an rioquent and well-merited eulogium. Ile hail in early lite known his Noble Friend abroad, and that acquaintance had been snbsegurntly matnred and cemented by the warmest reciprocity o' feeling on general political einestions.—(Ap planse.)—lie begged leave to propose the h ea lth of— •' Lord Holland, the advocate of Civil and Religious Liberty, and the strenuous opposiircf the suppression of those Acts which ferm the great Bulwarkof the British Constitution." That toast, his Royal highness oar erred, need flu comment --he milled on the meeting 'o give it Ni Is three tins-. three. Lord Holland rose amid loud and reiterated cheers. He thanked the suretin4 for the Battening manner in whirl' they had been pleased to drink his health, and wider the emotions which the compliment excited he fell it difficult to rare his sentiments. lie felt, however, that the compliment we. not proposed to him as an individual, but as the relati.e f that great man Mr. Fos, whose principles had so glorious!, triumphed in the late Eleeti n for the t ity—whose name and principles he was g lad to find dear to his contitr. men, as lie had uo doubt they were to all the liberal and intelligent men of Enrope.—For the principles iif his illustrious relation's kind heat were, he was convinced, not more coadticive to the prosperity and happiness of England, than to the freedom of all inankind.—(Applause.)—The Noble Lord c.ingratidati d the tweeting upon the return of Mr. Alderman flint p, whom he understood to be the stet of a most respeistab e always devoted to the genuine principles of free Inn. There fore he rejoiced in the event which the inertia:: was as.i m bled to celebrate, however that meeting might " the greea-eyed," or grern.bagged monster ofjealun •v . Upon the !widths of Messrs. Ryng being drank, each returned thanks in appetipriate r 11C. The Duke of Sussex having pscpu,ed the health of Mr. Ellice, the brother.ie-law, be said, of Lord Grey and the I its Mr. Whitbread, who had lately been returned for Coven try, which proposition was loudly eln ered ; Mr. Ellice teturned litatats ist a manly impressive sPeeeh ; assuring the meting that his conduct iik'arliainent should never be influenced by any personal connection ur party at tachment.—( Applause.) The meeting broke tip about 12 o'clock. • MR. WAITIIMAVS DINNER. The friends of Mr. Waitliman dined together on Wednes day at the Loaf !on Tavein; they were numerous and vet) , la spec-1.0.1v. en• Alderman Goudbehere was in the Ch : Ma. N'aitimistn, Mr.-l'horp, &c. sat-on his rjght ; Mr. By tig, C. un his h it. After dinner, the usn:d toasts were given; anal upon the Chairman proposing `• itlr.Wditlimaii, the intrepid and perse se, hag friewl• •nisil def. nth rof the people's rights, and may he long continue one of the repr:sentatives of the City of London ;" Mr Waldman spoke as follows :-;." Mr. Chairman and get Bonen, sere 1 to attempt to de, , eribe any feelings at this moment l know the attempt would be wait,. I never felt so oppressed, it I may use the term, with tit:- kindness of my friends as at this moment. If you %cer, me:. here this day .merely from personal attachment to me, I should feel great difficulty indeed in ibllresaing you ; but knowing, as I do, that you arettssembled tu eel. bi ate t he signal trintopli of the cause of truth and freedom in the election s hick rewrtied me as one of year representatives, I SUIIIIIIOII fortitude tc speak and to cunt adulate you on your success, on the ruceess of the City of Lowden, on the success of the whole British empire. Fur myself. if I may be allowed to speak on so important subject, I have to thank yogi for placing me in the p: rudest siinationin which an individual can he place•l—a situation in which he eau advocate the rlglitsand Mollies of the first nation in the world; and you have placed me iu this situation, not by the eonertul friendship of an y particular person, but by your owe iodepeadent choice, for the purpose of supporting your isalependetice, sad. reatraining the tyranny introduced and sepporied by Ministers and their agents. Their gigantic Aerie to establish a system of opinions and of public con duct foreign to the feelings and to the habits of this nation, I hope to see not only shaken but overthrown, aLsolutely overthrown, and that fur ever. From my boyhood my opi• nitres of 14151ir iiberly have been unaltered. I lemma her the Ante:ban astr, and my opinions were then formed by the duetting of Mr. Fox. Upon those opinieus I ;sett d ideo, Mr 111.111 Thorp 0114(4'401, that from the 111:111Ner ill I up..o these upinious 1 hair acted all my .Itre his 114 , 41 1 1, had bean propelled by the Waits mos rno respun to change my opinions. In the year 1793, roan and rev:cis% dby the Com hr Ahoyl4. 11411 C felt ea .. WAS was amaacerl, tab the cone pritiviplt: us the A Mirriedis trimly r sumaraased rilli If hr remit have ear; Itw ,s a *sr to otyptilt tAxiiiiiun without evert min:llion. deemed such apt Swoosii , a per/imam caaropl •Itt; limit eon- Alias. al this car, tins cruel and destructive nal, this war (diving (Sid , It.alarattr ranter meant as testimony 1%1 favour of at.' It lies Iven tic cause a all the . ails *4 those pi toctpar s. of ahlrh la- oats 11111 an n aaaaa tole sat. ..UN 141.1 this MID I was the first main tti...l uhliel) toeste, that rolhartaysatient was removed. He was glad foram d uolof Pailimaride sud was the firvi wt o pr. , - find lisamwlt resat - 44n as the frosted of Igoe. ty and ilitirpcw petition anaiust it I iliiiiiAVVrt 411 Iht 1111 , 1.. rdt..te and he hoped he should tawny Intint-11 deses sing 4.4 .4, sill , au l say that II was theft .1,10 tippiAir Slit 114'011 e Tat. use: resald. I si.tividitsl esievni he duly trammed, 0.1 lac •h 4 hut IWO tuapp..se Nat at.tv.rm rd tar , I; att to usa Moo:. wive esteemed tur - stippor lof thou. who tosikel to him as the .1. lin a. .9 4 .1 . 1 g,• if they weld ilk insets.... II! light' rolveent, sit s .0.01 u% tomra of lisp Yr Was ~1 lendrit f • :he H. • *Wei, ',Aped igi.k.eato to 6tltl t:iyi be a a. 54) 44.804.. t 4i so the course u, olu lills WiCtiiry uhtr.. vs.' I; w C 'l , bortte. ▪ 1t i to I a of his canvas, and mi She plbigia As of the pu.l . F,.r 11- Iti At Vielmy 11,. the (:as:. ..1 1.0.1.11011 tor the . mama cllstinetiou or partiality eogld ever be so grateful to lof MAI ty all over the world. This victor) . ▪ been actileved by you; she whole credit of it livelong,. to "4111. ti atelloo • IV,thir; to this victory. W..; 1.41 VIVI Menem - at,. to II B i ish charaeter—if was Imu.swei Me In the sl.ili «mifs every f. en arms; hot what were Ile resents? Were no! tie' French 'ration subjected to clones of steel. in unit r to compel them to belr a system of government suited to the vicws of tyrant, GI our 1/Wll country, was not a standing army k. pi up in tim e of peeve, only fur the purposes of opine-swim: f Nu eelre ne k_ oleo! wigs otloplrd--.410 relurm was admitted. Mettle of Mete 100 was the Minister's tenth, in Wh • :eh neither this te•ssietiy our the Emollient gained any bent fit. It was fiat, therelore, to lie compared to the victory gained in ; tor till theft dor CO - of London had bee n the cootie hold ; it eta.. 04 they k 110 . 1.4, stroug mid unassailable. In the City the !Minister had his tools as ready end as active as in the House of Cenitutofte. It is now aratifyinc, at the eml of 20., ears. to to d !bast. w:to whose power sve vomentled against in Vaill•lollo.taioulisql .1 u. , cajoled us, • au4l elsisseeens, till the British lion Was 1'4.1190.4 gnu hurl e d ;hem them thei: - station, it is gratify lee to remind Them that their power V. 4, foateled in falsehood arid oppreseion, midis therefote short lived. When I first ent..reil into the corps„ ration tit ' London, dime was Ilene to suppress me except the t• ertieut and toed hood who has unit eloho me the Item a: rig till the chair; 'ruder his bowlers I listed, and whatever difierencts of opinion we sissy have had, OM' (to iiii-hip I. 'revel - been in lei The Co;(( 11411 was ken a set. volt in:aliment in the lintels of Alb:asters. They'lbel only to send 1111 e illithNr In propose a Idtoorste measure. r o il it Wit 3 adopted. Every thing was canted on with shut deers, and Hu talents terry et en allowed to he Monett' into action. The livery have now felt their emu streogni, mot I hope they will never reitounre the litAAer they hare designed. In Westmin ster misfire - rude:ll inductive ow. peoe.till, , but it 4,48 nothing to chat it was fu the city; Go the Almister nee, r attempt ed Oily 111e4Slift• Vl'll 1111111 tisst patiug th. W II), fm the city by a itiveltillg of illerdiaalP, nastess, deo% lor the %%;11' the re WaS a meeting 111 411crehani Tell I's Hall, at se hi. li tit' vvas first raised, and at which no 111411 1111 •t 01.p,51. the Minis. terial sentiment without hazeriling hls I 1 ; tier a relent' whom I have in my eye (11r. Fes e.l) very mil sooty escaped situ fire ir that meeting. Evety ma..'s life was thee: et the pleasure of the Miwiatrr , Who mete daily cm remelinients on the constitution, and had recourse to pee petnal sitsuerisioris of the mamas Corpus. Assoilarr meeting ea. hi Id 41 GI ocer4' Hull, consequence ufa petition Irian the livery iu cowmen Ball against the war ; sit that nweting, white' yitto mull MI remember, I st have 1 4 4 it my life bait fee you. At thatilmo all who advocated reform, who oppuseel the war, tit oho dis emcee, with the %Bluster. were revinistionists, fire brands, .and persons not to be endured in society. ()floe, they have acted ',the. wise ; ton they 11/4ve done so, only bet suss they haver/mod t..eir delusional an clod. They formerly uctiicd into • corners, and voted the public resolutions of the Livery disloyal. Will they now charge it. wing ilodOptit!, ? luck al the late meeting et the loyalists; they soon set a kirk. log one auother out of nom s, and it elided in a llneon squ4b.. hie. We Jae - ohms, on the eoi.traty, meet and enjoy one •enothei's society in queerness and social hummer. Ist can. vassii.g, 1 141111311 such a change of opinion, such a warnit ' s Joann. ling in s learnt( public . events, as proved the lively outeresi 11.. w taken in the conduct of . , your representatives. At the ratite time I 10111111 111411 y whoierd no idea of making • odic I 11,r el their elective franchise but inertly to off - bee or serve a friend. I hupe those wilkaou catch eoine of the dame which is happily now so powei fel. It is most gra til)itl. 10 me to eye 40 111411) of the lowest persons, who are nsua ly celled ratible,taking such a keen but peaceable inter est in the triumph of .indopentlence. ThOhlt persons are usnaliy treated With contempt ; but is it not from those diet our army antieav y are suppled: and shall they have so much praise fur sari dieting their lives in war, and yet be execrated it tht y but t elapse a political sentiment ? professiens •!•IVl' 11011 C to make. fly past coif:eget is the only profession I otter. If your presera representatives are found deficient in talent or iu principle, your !Humph is not therefore less ; for you beer mist ti whom yon thought you could rely *you, 141111 yeti base dO.ll 11:d 111441 e whom you knew y o u 4.011111 no: rely u , tin. / thasik y for the expression or your ,entonensi. gi Chris lime ; I thank lon tor the esertion mule during the elertion: 1 hope you will traumata the et ample to your child. co, and teach them , stn act in the same manner, When they find the goverment& toNhe country carry. mg on measurrs Sessional to the Intel ests of Vir nation." When Mr. Weidman concluded this speech, thee whole company roes Pp as by one spontaneous feeling, applauded Is) every denwestrai ion of setisfaction,aad concluded by three :mist hearty ellt _ Mr. %Valituna's then proposed the heath of Mr. Alderman Goodbehere. Mr. Alderman Good!eeliere returned thank'', and congratu lated them on their deliverance from the to aunnels which had confined all their ethnic Alankind would tee e now leave been muchadvanced in science, literature, wraith., mod happiness, but for the preposterous 'cyst/ins of government %Melo had prevaihl, and entailed slavery, privation, and me aey swami men. Ku hoped that their late success would pewee both the commeacement and the stimulus to a he tter u; der of things. " The 4003 liverymen who voted fur Mrs Wahl/mail." ",Mr. Alderman Thorp." Mr. Aldernt..n Thorp, -in returning thanks, congratulated thew, not so 11111C11 because li. happened to be one, of their representatives; not even because of their choice of his friend, whose long, able, and coin...jest/a )))) *support of free dom, cutit:ed him t.. the narssiestatatitteile of his friluse Ci tizens ; but because they had established their onto indepen dence. It would be his dui) . and study toe rile.- ti. tear Outsell, he had already given, and he trusted that ss hen the day of account came lie should not tve found to have been unfaithful. His father, if his age aud health had allowed hoe. to be pre sent, would have told him whist his iiiiisciples mid Is. rat lot 50 yea's, and Irons them they might perhaps havelafrrr. d 14 own. ` Of his electieu hr !ad only to s.iy , that *hi a Mr. Wattlinutia's was durbuCol , he had no tight to ei.tu.sie sru:es; but be had to thaitA their good %theist' that ,sta.ectioss tor his sorry... 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