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eters, that there was another word mu eat more th constitu tio ght na to l. dud much more beneficial to the country, which ey ou be afraid to call into use—he meant jealousy. conttitunenai jealousy. We and they ought not to poach on each other's property. We ought not to give them cause for . alarm, nor they us just cause for jealousy. How far this principles had been observed since lie lead last the plea lure of vision, - the; City, ,it did not beho ve him then to state—that is, it did not behove him to express all the indignation which he felt at certain Infringements recently made on the constitution. That hi, protest had been entered against them, wont be known us well by them as by others in the country. That he Mel not raised his voice SO loud in reprobation of Meta as others, arose from a conviction of the great ability with which the countatution had been defended, and from a tear that, if lie had said any thing, he might have weakened the force of the arguments so ably urged by the political hiends with whom he was m tic habit of acting on all political questions. It was impossible that any toast could be given that night without adverting to the pur pose for which they hind met; and in adverting to tic memory of Mr. Fox, they weie certain to derive considerable benefit, because it was only hoot drawing a comparison of the merits and consistency of political characters he could kliow how to entimate the virtues et wine statesmen, and condemn the faults of bad ones. Its generally preferred measures to men ; but if men were consist , nt in their measures, and combined with them the evei:,lit of stmt personal characters, then they were so united, that it was impossible to separate Such at least was his • 'den, and in observing upon the character of the illustrious - statesman in whose honour they were now assembled, be would • say, without emanating him to others, (for he would not rake up the ashes of the devil, except it were to show how the difficul ties into which they laid led the country could he avoided ;) yet the consistency aids charactet was evinced by tit that when he was satisfied of the expediency and efficacy of any measuhosre, he away., carried it into Alma. without yielding to any of te little amiable weaknesses which had .:ow become so fashionable in eatam quarters. (Cheers and laugh.er.) With the tun who prided themselves or the .e little foibles he cuuld nut act ; but if they would act as Nis. Fox acted, Omagh their protennions soul not create confidence, their actions might; but, unless they first esaublished their principles, lie Willa never yield to them for a single moment. 11n the grated principles of liberty, kat glishmen ought nut to differ ; and if they would only now act firmly, he had no doubt but they would noun recover those pri vileges which hail lately been invaded. lie hoped that he ir iglu be forgiven far stating, and as he had the High Shcritf by Wde, lie was, even as things now stood, speaking coestitutt innally, that lie had a mertal dislike to vestry meetings. They were not liritis4 ; they innate nut canstitutional—anti it was only at meetings like the present, attended by men of rank and weight, anti property in their respective counties, Mat a man could now feel gratification in speaking, or pleieuire in bei..g listened to (cheers). lie should now du himself the honour to eeturn deem hi: be.t thanks for the compliment which they had paid him, and should cow:bide by observing, the t though ilia noble friend had called him forward on a painful occasion, owing to the duiiiuus stile of health i u w h ic h au illustrious relative of leis te.vn was lying. be felt it his duty to conic forward, because • when a public man once uttered a promise, it ass his duty to perform it, unless prevet•tisl by an overpowering necessity. were was also another reason which induced hint to attend ; it was that the Duke of Kent coincided w ith him in political it?i --• nion, and would say. if he knew all Ma eireutnstancss, of Huw. • ever ill I may be. do you go and imct diem." (cheers). In doing so he was sure that he was concurring 111 the wishes of his illustrious !dative. and eementing that Mention) , which ought . always to exist between the Throne and the people of Coglantl. (f:beers.) We had all, it was true, our separate interests to defend, but front the lowest to die highest, and from the high est to the lowest, not one Of us could do without the other. A muntal payment of setvlCC was always necessary, KO for his own put he wished always to owe a debt to the petiole. and trusted that he nhinild never forget that debt winch he had :Meade con stricted. The royal duke tier. zat down :Mild loud 4:heeling. the Earl of Amiss:it AIS NLn. Sonde toast., are applauded from the sentiments they convey ; others from the gunnels whence they conic. The present would be applauded tor both reasons. • tor it came from the !hike of Sussex, and was .6 The respect abnity of the Crown, the durabany of the Constitution, and the prosperity of the people." The toast was drank with three times three. The noble Chairman acid here, that he would suggest to the aompany. whether it would not ke. expedient to limit their testi monies of applause to time gentlemen who were present, and receive with cheers the name of any gentleman wief Might. be t absent. To this regulation the Cullipally unli..sied their anent. Toe earl of ALBEiteterti.r. said, tlvit his next toast was certain to meet with general appeohation ; it way the health set toe High Sheriff of the county. (Cheering.) It must he gratifying to hem (the High Sheriff.. woo was '- '.dmits! a atranger amou”st Mein, to observe the applause wi th which the toast was received by the freeholders of loriolk. lie (Lord Ailiewarle), who knew of what stuff' tlicy were made, and how much they respected Ilt6ll (the litsll Sheriff) Mr lies ready azquicseenee in tolling a county ineeim;;. knew how to appreciate the value of their applause. ((•heers ) lie was not aware who the slientik for the next year might be, but he was certain, that leo loupes the pr.ssent system, lasted, they would not he Whi;;s. Whoever they might lie, lie hoped that they would tellow the glorious example act them by his (the lbw' Siletitl'e) pIeIIeCeSSOID. Mr. I.outbe and Mr. Tr:oiliest 5U1111164 , 41, who had afforded the people every facility for exercising what he could no longer call toe inaliehahle right of petition, but whit he Ititt , t Call t'.e whole • %elle practice—lie Lou neatly again said, ligitl 01 ilLti:6oll acel rzenonstiance; because whenever the tulle should wow when it would not be allowed rile any individual to stand in the gap between the Government and the people: when there was to be no middle order; when the eounitunety was to be reduced to two classes, the governors and the goveined, and when Muse who governed knew only how to govern Ly three, over a people paying sullen oliedience to the -laws, the day of calamity could d not be tor distant. (Cheers.) lie would nut, however. procee with such dismal foreboditegs. Little as he had been accustomed to Athena to the loss of this right, he wouid yet sumeitt to it ar present in the hope of having . it soon restomi. noble Chairman ham concluded by giving tilt: health of tie High sberiti, The Ilittit Suen tFP shortly returned thanks, and declared that nutheng could ever iiiiktee bin. to rctu-c calling a meeting -wheu requtsMon W. 1., presented to (cilia signed , as the last haft been, by so touch consequence in the remote , so roanY nobility and gentry, SO many of the dignitat kb of its church, and so many of its worthy used liedependettt yoneiatery. (Cocchi.) lie awate ut' the necessity it such meetings rand it be OKI ever any doubt of toe eweateiley, lie should always give the boleti; of that doubt to the people. (Cheers.) The Earl of AI.IISMAIi LS, in sexing Ike next toast, " The May or 41111 pfuloulity to the coy of Noe week," apt). logised on his own behalf, aeol tin the behalf ut Ilene iriendsaviile-whom lee was politeraly e •eted, fur then . inadvertence in MA hasiug passed .6 vole of thanks to the Nay or tier his ace latit,„; Ihrtii elie es-a of the •TIFINII-116111 rut the late comity meeting; bud said, ilia! they hail now to Maul. him lot the luau of the Hall uu tips present occasion. fhe !tiAS ON Plaid, it would be presumption MI to say meets; for It every one In Ike room %vole to speak of the great man whose memory they were met loreit•blaw, each Night Well lied ewltlewewrillklcctof r ialse.ho adverttog to THE NATIONAL REGISTER. the object of the meeting, he Wise, wed s that the calatiliCts under which the country WKS now lAhouring ivutild newel have occurred had attention been paid to Ilse warning voice of :air. Fos. His .;,eat rival had been called by shallow people, " the pilot who is thered the storm " lie had, however, taken the vessel out of the hail *Whit the storm was raping, where Ali. Fox advised that it should remain till the storm was liver. Those who head in Mr. Pitra foutstepa, had indeed brought her bark into port, but in a stalls seerecly sea-Aim thy . and if slit conliiiiteil under then ntanagemeso, she %mild not liaig tie enabled to sappin t the beatiog of the waves. The noble Cam emon said, he Was now going fn dice a toast, which would lee received wills raptures of ;reel:iota non—'. The Duke of Norfolk; and Illay the Ancient here ditary nubility of this kingdom ever cutisider it their high eat honour to support the rights and privileges rit the peo ple." He hoped that his wort by vice•prezadeut (Mr. how ler) would be a little more pet lea in the sepetaitin of nos toast than he had been last year (lough,er). 13y the bye, Mr. howler might return the laugh upon Min now, as he felt considerable difficulty in proceeding with his eologium on the Duke of Norfolk, because, knowing bins as be did, lie knew him to be as mild and gentle and 'mired in private life, A. he was stout and resolute, and deternmwd iii public life: and lie (Lord Albemarle) was therefore aware that, if bespoke 01 his (the Dave of Norfolk's) character in that language act WiliCil alone he could speak of it, and which alone they would hear, he should greatly distress the feel ings and wound the delicacy of his noble and illustrious friend. The gratification of his own pride, however, pre vented him from being silent on one .abject. It was t los that the Duke of Norfolk, being at the head of that order of %chit!) he hiiii,elf happened to be a *heather, had explicitly stilted, that he thought it his duty to stand manfully for ward in the cause set his people. i k . eheers ) Under thew cir cumstances, he expected that this toast would meet with the most rapturous approbation. 'lite toast was then drank amidst loud cheers. Tne Duke of NORYOLIC said, it was impossible for him to find words its which to express tits tliaoks fit the honour conferred upon him. '1 he neb,e Liaerinan hail coupled his name with that cut the ancient holiday. beeaaw to di , ' r ex ettions in destroying despotism we owed the birth of our early liberties. He trusted that the extriluos of their de. sceodants would mit be welding in the present day to maiu tam those liberties should they ever see endangered. He was unaccustomed to puotic sprokiiig, and should therefore confine hianselt to expressing his attachment to the cause of liberty and Mr. Fare. On seeing such a nice ing as the pre sent he left his hopes revived, and he auguital that the de testohle measures which had been lady passed, for detest able lie must call them, would shortly be re i .ealed. and that we should again be able to discus, our grievances with out being lett to the mercy 01 spies and iinuriners (cheers). 'Die next toast was, " elite tweedy and Eliot extinction of all laws, wheresoever they exist, which tend to obstruct the sacred right of liberty of conscience." it wee drank Atintlat considerable applause. The noble Lltairitiati then said, that he was reduced to the situation et being the first to break a resolution which he Is .ti himself proposed ; tor, having enacted a rule that the aliamit should be dratikwithout cheers, lie was now going to propose that an absent person should be drank with cheers. Phis toast was, the health of the respected and beloved Bi shop . of the diocese- (cheers.) The leeliuga which he en tertained with respect to that distinguished individual—the mixed feelings of affection and veneration, of love and awe, ni naturally united together by the comeniplation of h $ character, disqualified him from speaking of him in any terms that would he satisfactory. He should therefore pro. pose his health, without saying more than that it was the health of a mall Wlt:loUt guile, of one whose whole ti,e `.Vas a milee illustration of that religion of which he Was so sliming all ornament. Breaking, t herefore, through his for mer rule, he should propose the health to the Bishop of Nor wich, with three times three. ihe toast was then drank with the greatest enthusiasm. Mr. Bo c he est', after a short preface alluded to the con formity which Lord Albemarle lead observed in the conduct tit the Bishop of Norwich with the dictates of true religioh, trout which Mr. B. said that the principles of mercy, and general (enevolence, and patriotism wets casentially inse parable, and winch principles wee hise i mralily blended with those upon which the company were that day abse , ll. hied. He then alluded delicately to the peculiarly painful situation in which the. Bishop had been placed all along by the public avowal of his sentiments. kie said, that a IIIIL:Ittlee in politieed opinion with his friend and pupil tineminig Lord BA - burst, to whom the Bishop was tutor) gave a peculiar feature to the public services of the Bishop, 'headwall as while nu man was more attached to a trend and neuetoctur than hinuretfoir was less destitute 01 thiLitt inladble let:1111V UlllOl, it he had consulted nalueuces perhaps, it ever, in this case, which might have been pardonable, And wiricti generally in such eases olivine, yet the coaviction of the proomety set his own early principles, acid the love of that country under which name lie ItAd leArin to compre hend every legitimate object of human atlection, had hi 'lured hint to make what might be tairly deemed a great personal sacrifice. 'That the hishop's deeposition was al ways to think must favouratity of Olen and timings, and to take the ()rigid vide of every questiou. That therefore no suspicious or tear. unlovourable to human nature could he allowed to operate upon his warm of the general rights tit mankind, or induce min to support any nice-ores of seve rity, while any 1111:14/1s of kiiittneas were tett untried That upon this ground the Dimity disapproved of the public per ' hey at present pur-ued by /athletes:is, and wouol never con scut, upon no better ground. , than those at preaunt 'gown, to the sibridgehtelit tit liberty—that Ilhelly W.LII ail its in convert:mice. waa better than despotism l'h.st " fair free dont" tie knew to be doomed, nut oily to feel the rabale's I rage," Out alto '• the tyrant's angry steet:'— l'hat the Bi shop fully agreed welt a beAutitul assertion of tail Fitz without's, VIA. that " it is not by a violaters' of the feuds mental principles of thee constittiotal that ate constitution is to he saves! and Illallatailleti. " V 1 ith these eentainehts, said the nevereud speaker, Las the &Atop lived; with these Am timents will he (may Heaven avert the-est:lu to a very die Lila period)—with these ,elll.lllleht , will lie die." Tne acct toast was. ".The cause tit clvii add religious li berty all over the world " scheers.) Inc made CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast said, that tic timid I should *ay. lie was going lo.prOptlse the n:aitit tit their worthy mealier Mr. Cote. (Ictig, loud, And reiterated cheers.) The meentig were kiwi itoth to nun (Lord .Sine matteortnd to hi. worthy friend, toe It had given tnein both 1 finis to consider what they should say. lie (Lord Airie r i mark) had stud the other do to use: et Ilia nit:ads, " You 36 • don't know what trouble Mr. Coke gives me; I have pr..- posed his heath so often snot that I complain of it) that I can say nothing new on the subject." He should not at tempt to say ally thing new at prc,ent, because all who heard him knew Mr. Coke, and luvcd Mr. Coke so well, that would be quite unnece , sary. The friend whom he had before mentioned had once said to him, when complain • rug of his lack of words in specking of Mr. Coke, wide great ingenuity, " Get up and begin; you'll not :ay any thing amiss." "Amiss of Mr. Coke'," exclaimed the noble Chairman, " I have not ingenuity enough to do it." His very ener.:iet can't do it, and political enemies lie always must have, whil,t lie contemn! , his determined opposition to the cleinies of liberty. To praiw Mr. Coke ► must barrow my language, and I will do it *ruin the words of hien w hose memory we ate now c‘lubrating. They were words user! of Francis, the great duke of Beeltord—eiii bad compliment, the way ,to Mr. Coke, nor will Mr. Coke dislike the com parison Never did nun labour to learn the trade tv which he was to gain his bread, the prolesion by which he was to acquire honour And dignity, or the nobler arts of po etry and eloquence by which he wit' to (Anion ininiortality„ with more zeal or ardour, than that with which he labour ed in die art of doing good to his fellow creatures." Ilc should detain them no longer, but would give tlicin elm toast. The health was then drank with rapturous applause. Mr. Cue e, after thanking his noble friend fur the do. quent and flattering manner in which he had iutrctioced his health, said, that all those who had the hippinco of knowing Mr. Fox as intimately as he had done, could no t help spending this day in mixed lettings of pain and plea sure. In priv.tte life, Mr. Fox was the delight of all who knew bins ; and in public life, he was the warn) and mice • vi ding friend of the people's liberty. It he had chosen to eive himself up to the Clown, he might hare reacted the highest rank and dignity in the state; hut by refusing to sacrifice his principles, he had acquired the esteem of ail who loved humanity and their country, and who theretore could never cease deploring his great and irreparable loss. Now that lie was loileakill4 of the poNtical conduct of Mr. los, lie could not hp alluding to tho political cha racter of his day. He Ro el yal Highness had well said, that every public man ought to be true to his promise; but was this the case with the great rival of Mr. Fox ? Did not Mr. P.tt promise hem Parliamentary Reform, and use his pros inise as a meaus of acquiring place and power to defeat his professed ob j ect ? Did he eut posiniae the repeal of the test-act ? he net, when the union with Ireland was in agitation, promise emancipation to the Catholics, as their reward fur effecting it ? Did lie no: year after year make fine speeches in beta I of the abut tioa or the- Sias eorade. And yet, with all the power of Goveinniein at his CUI11.11:1U41, did he ever take a step to accomplish one of those objects? And yet, in the very year „tier his death, Mr. Fax cat rued the latter measure Oleo s ) When Mr. Fox carried the abolition, only lo meailiciis voted against It Whereas is that very same Parlianient, whilst Mr. Pitt was on power, the abolitionists were in a ciiiisnletable trinotity—fi fact which proved at once the differeuve of the men, and the (what scarcely wanted prossai—the cotrupt state of the House ot Commons. linteed, every man who w s not paid could not help seeing how deep its corruptioa was. In the last short session of Parliament more had beets done by it against the liberty of the subject di:1311ml '; , e4L,l i etnle .a all the worst reigns of our worst nionatchs. Cloud cheering-) 'Flue bills w. re bills of blood ; tor, it acted up to, they could not tail to produce the mint lamentable cotocquences. The job, however, was done; nod the principal spy of Government, who hid proposed the partition of Lord Filzwilliam'e , estate, in order to give them a justifi cation tor such measures, was now otr, :OA iuu where to lie timid 'flue magistiates in Lancashire had been active about nothing ; but there was a goctl reason for them to be active when one day's work could produce such a spanking remunerat AS 2 SuJO . a year to a clerical and stipendiary magistrate. (loud cheering) -Could any one, after such a circumstance, doubt of the ministry being identified with the maeistritcy on the iGth of August ? lie for one could ns.L. He had said so ia the House, sod he said so ouw.---The lionaiurithle Nienther then alluded to the various meetings that bad taken place tur deinainling ioquiry into the transactioas of the into of August, and said if they had nut been so MIIIICCOUS, the silence tit the cuontry would have been coustroed into en approval of the escesses which were then commitied. Ile likewise alluded to a repisitiou • tor a comity meeting in Statfordshire, which had been re fused by do. High filieritf, though tionatiard fur a chari table object. Alluding to the view of political e,elit• whaii had been taken by the Non: .4 G•til , Off, he spoke sa the hipbest terms of that journal, and said that he hoped to see its leaoing articles collected ions one pamphlet, and published fur the litmour of the. comity. lie Is td now only to return' tl.cm thanks tor tile honour done him, which etnisoled far all the obloquy which had been attempted to bet thrown upon his poliacal coneloct. lit fns oppositioa to the American war he had been called a rebel ; in his Oppo - to the French wsr, a Jactibm; and now, in has op• positiots to the late use isures, he had been styled a Radical. No reproach of this kind would, however, prevent hina from doing his duty: If he had his life to live over again. he would not change a single vote that he had ever given. He wished to curtoil the inerogative x7l the Crown; tie wished to destroy all undue influence; he wished to red ace the burden of our almost intolerable taxation and if a time ever should come when au Englishman's house should cease to be considered as his castle, he hoped the country would rise to a man, and resist " The right divine of kings to govern wrong." (loud applause i His - Royal Highness the Doke of SUSSEX then, in It highly complimentary speech, proposed the health of the uoble Chairman, and lamented that, with Lord Mbimarlc's powers of elotiumwe and highly constitutional principles, he did not come lurward in Patliament. His Royal nighties* Sit d, if he would ranee forward and use the same spirited ianguage in the House which he had used in that Hall, he would nut find bim fthe Duke of btatiitx) backward in sup. porting the same sentinteuts, and using similar language. The toast WAS then drank with every testimony of ap- P t l it 4e e noble CIIAIRMAN in a short good- litz monied speech retunrc.l thanks for the hotwee dune and exl , re•wit his gra. 'nude to the Royal Duke for the layout Ceit,e• ....d nit hint uy tits attendance un the oz.. is DJ . I ova Is —" OW cause. tor which Hampden died in the field. and Russell and Sioecy on die .eallad." " The worthy inheritor of the o.tioe and virtue of the I louse of Russell the Duke of lied ord." . " May the example of rue revolution prevent the twee► ,ity of another." ( Eor continuation set' l'a,se JS.)