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. _ LIVERPOOL ELECTION. sovaCIIES or - Tilt 11.1,(11.IT•IJO:s.T. W.. HUSKISSON. TArvrltrocir., , Februa,..l 16. Mayor and Gentkmen Preenten—Standinglefore you, arnsevenCeof the invitation which . 1 have received from a very large and , reepectable body of the freemen of this great, enligirttatitaieDrfbuoity," i s a Carrlidati'for the honour of representing yott in Parliament, .1 can asaure sou, that the first gelitg which I bring to these hustings is a sincere and ardent trlAt, on the part of all contending parties, there tray prevail the tarnon harmony and good hunloar.--(Applause). - 14.O.endeaveurs , will be wanting on my part, and: none, I trust, •wilthe, wanting on the part of my friends, to maintain and pro. nOte 'those feelings on the present occasion. Othvecandidates having been proposed for your choice ; .far,,, be it from me to complain, either of the language or the argu- Mcnts i,y which the .pretensions of thoe Candidates hays been z..commended and supportid. The honourable Freeman (Mr' 111.1s`wor.) '*ho put in nn;ilination the .iNehle Lord (not, I be prrt,tnt on this . occasion) did no more than his duty, en trertaining the &Utica! sentiments and the yiews, of the Consti t.,tion which he is known to.entertain, in recommending that Yebic I`.-Yr(3. to your choice, a;', a person likely to support those PiirtlYies in Pee liement.--(Cheere.)' Bat 1 am sorry that I must be under the necessity, before I erected to advert to Sortie' 'of the topics which the honourable rieeemen urged with no ordinary ability, to relieve ,myeell from seene,other grounds of objection, which, though they have not bien•etated bate been brought forward against me else- Where ; and I shouitl consider it a forfeiture of all ,pretensions toCharecter—a forfeltUre of all chance a obtaining your good opinion, if I. ware to pass those objections unnoticed. I trust, therefore, that: I shall be , forgiven if 1 advert, in the first in. 31i•neC to those objectione,. iaorde.r to vindicate: my own elle meter, and; m• far as character ie concerned, your selection of Me el ate,—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, arriving here late on Monday night, in compile asice.with an invitation which I had rlceived from you ; and being too much indisposed on Tuesday, to pay my respects to ihe freemen; the eirst thing of *Melt I . was informed was, that Pitll.nTe.wee,%;ylecet‘led about the town, in which it was stated, that " being an alien, I was disqualifital from' sitting in the geese of Gautlets." If these placards had been anonymous, I sheuld have considered their libellous abuse as only a part of that unworthy warfare which too frequently prevails during an cietion contest, and of which noenart who is a candidate for popular favoer ought perhaps to Complain. In that case, I iih9La,i have passed them over in silence, and with the contempt which they deserve.--.(.Great epylattee4 e eput %Then I found that tie:, meet calumnions . 9flthose placards had, received the eiemetere of en individual, wiree e name was onknewn to me, ee ! 1:1!; ?erten rs still tinknetten,,l naturally Asked (so extraordi . flery• was Cepeelernny) whether eleat uadividual seas some on. rflrPtiate being who heti escaped from . a lunatie , asylum ? • e • (ieruch laegliter and applettse.)- e dinkge of my ettepriee, when I was ti:at he wa:l a fleittleman aethed with Magisterial power e, one of Feet Mejeety'eitieticee for the ceeeerretion of 'Pact) 9f this great and eiepideutt cetenty, e --( Renewed laugh ter.)—lt because that Gentlerean holds this situation of. trust tlyts "apt ) , (1 will net now inquire how werthily), that I think itneeteitery to advert to his allegations against gerittirmm, I not' hold in my hand this placard, in which it ieiteoel, reit by inainuation, bolt in direct terms, that I am lye iltititirn ate glen," and, as t'e.h, disqualified from sittindin Parliernent: Stand, therefore, before you in this most ;lin. guilt situation, that...having Volen inNtlted:to Liverpool, in order to CAndidrad feethe .grt amid political honour and the • r I r bidliett l trust which the suffrages of freo people can be tow, an!i.. to which an Engliett Gentleman can aspire, I sin here call. eti rnoint to show not, my peetenelens (if any I have) to year confidence, but . that I possess those ordinary civil rights width the lawe do nut deny to thLi meanest 'of his Alajefity's subjects. -{f hegira. • _Gentlemen, tlzrx charge, thus placarded on'the walla of yoter town, is printed' in' the largest Roman type that tha.peintiegotfEw, I helieve, of tlis Honourable Freeman who proposed I,rrrd Molyneurt could supply, and, let me add, in ink pitelelk.lr - as the maligtity !Well could suggest' such a publics , - cheers.)--(llere - 1)r. .Crompton ,made some re marl; respecting the weril "oepanity," up/flied by Alf. 11111- kisson.l.—Gentlerne» t e eeitinned . the Right lion. Gentleman) I curt rar from vim peiinine of the interruption Of the Honourable Candidate, When 1 used .the word malignity,. r used it ad. visedle. 1 rtrpest it. I care not whom it pleases e and I apply it 0 Pg; author of thil be he why he may... e (Cheeti.)—A beau hied and a fouler calumny never was thrown on an Engilehmen ; and never, let ma ' add, was there' attempted a I(f9A 6 e; ineyoeition upon the freemen of the town of leiverpeol. 7 --(Chtere.):—Gentlemen, I scorn to disprove, holever indig . reantlY eepel, gist part of stria falee accusation which applies . to my pa.ntits ; hut. let me say that they were both English; that I I was born and educated in England ; that in England X e ieettived 014 NdinVOrkte my ediXatiOns of, which a re. veyetere for the 'free Constitetion of my country fernied a part; anti That' I nerl' left my native shunts. until that "education was nearly corenated.—(Renewed cheenee—J, therefore, 'crest, !menet: tee be told, that r do not poesees those dell rigbts, witihetit which I should, indeed, be an !diet' in nay native lend, and weld not Repko to the common privileges of a subject, lease). less to the bemeors of trees free a nd begy coUntry.-7 Kireet elleering.) Is' to mn ruost surprising, that any . gentleman should rashly have put his Dante to such an assertion as I have now adverted tti. 6/sod (had .1 is- it to be .presumed, that for twenty-seven years an Mien should have 414 the honour of a seat in Pattie. silent? Is it to he helieved, that I 'should presurne to stand before y'io, if I were conscious of any thing that could attach to my character AD fatal*, my pretensions as dist which isnow' charged against me ?-‘ Indeed, the very absurdity of the pre. pesitiOn ought ti have guarded is Alsgistrate fiorn,*nding the sanction of his name to such an imputation. hi he So ignorant sas pp!. p kriow, that, if I did not possess the civil rights of a subiept, 1 could not hold land, in take die oaths requ i s it e to ,qualify no to tilt in Parliament? . He refers' you to one art of 4 ,'„,in; if he . 1091:13, to atiether, ho would haysfourid that re ward is given, to the discoverer of property which had escheat od t) the Crown. - And I wish the ga , lbuit Colonel (for I under. atand thiit . 'lin it a Colonel at well al a Magistrate) so little harm Inreturn for the injury he has levelled at me, that I would recommend to him to try to make the discovery of whet ftee. Eold property I possess ; and if; its he 'alleges, I am an i' ale- , gidmate alien," I promise him, that lie shikl receive the reward to wltlch t for that discovery, he will be entitled.,-.(Cheers, and laughter: l f 'etlaaPs, Gentlemen, I Wive a right to complain, that "filen cum 'Ujunhy pat 'forth'these aspen , llo,l", 4edpe3 pit,M*.trie here, face to face., to peeve and establitili lily. dingo. 0 eiltleukto, - he ought, to be here to .mitke'ittel )l ; - leolcr;Vb4 tutne,!to the -Freemen of -Liverpool, for the impo -141911 "441 thhi planard attempted to pp,lin (boudeniters,) I;entlemen, I sun sorry to detain you se long OD forj eutirely personal ; hut, when a man is a cand:date popular favour, it behoves him first to clear himself from imputations which malevolence attempts to fix upon his individual cha- , acter, • -,er grounds of disqualification, however, are urged against me. 'Unquestionably, Gentlemen, according to the Constitu tion which Colonel Williams wishes to give to this country - , and in which the' worthy Freeman who proposed Lord Molyneux seems to concur, I should be disqualified; but, according to the constitution ottngland as it has prevailed at all times, and more especially since the Revolution, lam not dbqualified. It is only a farther proof of that confusion of intellect, of which the Gallant Colonel has furnished so many examples- - (A laugh) to find him stating as a legal disqualification, which would at once close the doors of the House of Commons against me, his individual opinion of what ought to he the nature of that con stitution ! The plain question, therefore, is, are we to ;be guided by the spirit of the constitution and the letter of the law, or by the wishes of those whose views (I say nothing of their intentions) would lead to the subversion of the_ . one anti 'the other ?—(Loud cheers.) Noir, Gentlemen, I can assure you, that, having disposed of *hat I must consider as an objection in bar to my becoming .a 'Candidate at all, I am quite ready to admit, that Ido not 7 - . corns here with any personal pretenaions- to your favour. disclaim them all together. Never would it have occurred to me to offer myself to your notice on these hustings, if I had not been invited by a very numerous and respectable body of the freemen. I will not waste your time by going into any Vindi cation of the public principles upon which I have acted, be cause I trust, that those public principles are known to ,the freemen of Liverpool ; because , I hop e and believe, that it was in consequence of your approbation of those principles that you honouredine with that invitation.—(Cheers.)—Gentlemen, it is not likely thatl should now swerve from those principles ; and the -Hon. Gentleman who opened • the discussion, le perfectly right in supposing, that my public conduct in Parliament, will not, shouldTbe the member for Liverpool, differ from what it has hitherto, been. Gentlemen, I am ready to avow to you, and I take pride in making the avowal, that I am not likely to desert those principles, , and those attachments to which the-Heine, :Gentleman has objected. Since my arrival in this town, I 'have seen and heard much to confirm me in ' the imprestion, that it it only by a steady adherence to those principles that I can entitle myself to your approbation and support.....(eheersey , , —I sliaold have been sorry that, in a community so extensive and so intelligent there should not be, as there will be among Englishmen, a great difference of opinion, as to the course *lnch Public. men ought ,to follow in their endeavours to pro mote the happiness of the country. I firmly believe, however, notwithstanding the contriver opinion so strongly entertained by the worthy Freeman, that the public principles which I profess. are not only in unison with those of the great majority .of the. freemen of Liverpool, but also with the principles of the great majority of the people of England. —(Loud Cheers.) • Gentlemen, the objections which have been made by -the worthy freeman td my election are, as far as they rest on public grounds, the same in substance as were urged to the election of the distinguished public character who has now retired from your service. lientlemen, the retirement of Mr. Canning I consider as no coMmon - occurrence. I consider it, and lam sure all of you must consider it, as the lose of no common representative. Gentlemen, it is no common occurrence which has compelled hint to decline to renew to you the offer of his services. In the pre sent critical circumstances of the country, more critical, per haps, hi reference to the peace and happiness of the Continent, a nd eventually, perhaps, of Englan, then any which have occurred ranee the breaking out' of the French Revolution, my Right Heintiuruble Friend occupies that exalted, but Wu- OUR ant responsible situation in the councils of his country, in Which every man feels, that to his energy, to his prudence, and to his talents, is committed principally the momentous trust oft endeavouring •tb avert those calamities' which must be the result ! of the attempt to impose on a gallant and tree people, or at ! least, a People struggling for freedom, an interference in their institutions, ..the ptinciple of which I detest as much as the Honourable Gentleman himself (Mre Rushton) can detest it.— (Immense and long.eontinuod cheering from every part of the hustings.)-eLet me not be misunderstood ; I will always main- ' Min the right of , a country, if hs internal security or its public ' tranehillity.he'obviously expend to- danger from the machine. lions- of *neighbouring power to take such measures as may be, necessity to :preserve its own institutions and to vindicate an d assure its own independence.--(Loud cheers.),—lt is no bulgi ness of mine to advocate or justify the new constitution of pain. In many respects it is; lam afraid, very faulty e but om this I sin clear, that Spain has a right, undeniable and pae remount, at an independent State, to alter its internal intakes dons in such manner and to such extent as it may think proper, with a view to its own separate Government, and to endeavour to acquire and secure the blessings ef civil and religious lifter. ty.e....(Loud and general cheerings)e-lt is quite, consistent in me to object to rash and theoretical innovations in this country, where freedom lies so long taken root and flourished e anti to thinkithat such an experiment as is now making for the establish. meat of free institutions is justifiable in a country which' has been so hing suffering and falling, to decay from the want of such institutions. Spain had the right to make the experiment, She has made it; and, in the course of that experiment, be it sUccesaffil oebe it unsuccessful—successful, I trust, it will be, — Spain has hitherto kept herself within those limits which belong to her exietence as an independent State. The Sovereigns of Europe nava no bettertight to interfere with Spain, on this ac count, than _ they haVe to interfere in the internal concerns of England., or of any other independent State.—Wheeringlye. Therefore, let me not be represented as wishing to countenance those monstrous pt inciples- which have been lately . avowed. As en Etiglislintan, I disclaim them; anti, I fear, if they are to be avowed itnd..iicted .upon, its a part of the new public law of Europe, that they may lead to want and calamities greatet and More durable (great as have been the sufferings of the late war) than any , which have desolated the Continent, since those wars of opinion which grew out of the equally frantic attempt to put down by arm& the doctrines of those who doubted the 'infalli bility of the Church of Rame.--(lmmense cheering.)—lf the absolute Monarchs of the Continent aro prepared to involve' all Europe, perhaps, in war, upon the principles put forth in the King ofrance,* speech, it i s not for me to predict what may_ be the final issue of such a tremendous struggle,—(ltes aimed Cheering.) : ; Now, Gentlenten, another of the objections which were made to me by the worthy freeman was, that I had supported mea auras which he thinks are to be compered to the present con duct Ofithe Powers of the Continent; .measures which beeeme necessary, in my judgment, for the' preservation of the Coneti-: tution and the liberty of this country, at the period of the, French ltevolution. Gentlemen, I did support those measures,; becanee I - felt they were necessary t'or our security and hide; penedence. The country , too, supported thteitt measures, be- t cause, in common' with the Poliment e they were convinced oft aheitenecessity, in order to prevent Europe from being nee ,vait! military Monarchy, in the bends of the greatest enemy to the peace of thiworld, and above all, to the independence and toms • Merge of Eriglandethat has existed in modern times. These elms could net be suetained without great saerificee; but they ,were finally crowned with that success which 'restored to Ettg land the,bleietinge: of peace, with all the glory of having, by her perseverance finally echiewed the independence of Europe. --(leheets.) , ' . • - ...,. . Gentlemen, it gives me great, pain, when / hear, in this and In oth tt r places, diet the efthrte made to accomplish Er great and tone an object have entailed on us a load of debt wh I,e or: we cannot pay. Gentlemen,. I deny this alleged Ina- filthy ao meet our engagements. I trust. that the country 'Willeel am sure that the country can—faithfully and honour ably discharge all its obligations.--(Cheers,)—lt is no light , Matter i aes period like the present, to call in question the publicfaith and the public honour of England.—. God knows how seen, though I trust the necessity may not occur, weinay be col - lapelled again to resort to the aid of that public credit.— In Ertgfaiid . ptablic. credit is public power ; hie the staff of our siecurity.-e(Ellieers.)--W hen, however, I my thits, let lime not be considered as meeninett imply that England could not de. fend her own intlepeedeuee, Wetted:od on her own shores with out the'uid of pnblic , tredit. —felieers.).....But I declare that I have :no -conception ;eliat 'England , could maintain her . rank among the nations of the world, if we once lay the axe to the root ot publie credit. Without that credit ; the mane, of hdlg: land might 301 be nietuioried for some few .years 'with respect by the great 'Potentates of the ' world ; but it would no longer be that Eiglandwhich checked the ambition of 'Louis XlVese which, in the Seveh Years' AVer, stretched otit with one hand succour and support to' the feeble' states - of Genuttey, whilst with the other _the sent forth her titetsi to conquest and triumph in every quarter Jades world.—( Loud clittering.)-elt would no longei be that England which again, and ii a greater degree, rescued ' Fetiope , in ,the late tremendous woggle, whilst 'IN naval superiority'was-stall More succesifitlly inserted end:mein. esined...-,(Renewed elteering.)—Thereforit,. !Gentlemen, let tie het think lightly - Of the advantages of pehlie credit. - I see 116; thing, in thusituat ion of the country which can • entianga the security-of the:public crediteresand it is - not a 'little stirprieing thateamidat '-all , the 4 :widens which the indium:lone dalletai are enjoying, and in this. county 'And in this town-in particular; ;11114 -ielgrottittg improvement of, the Publierevenue, a w l whin - that unprowaneipti tis you have heard trotht hie his j eltyle speech, admits of a reduction of the public burdens—it is, I rip, not a little surprising, that, under such circumstances, the worthy Freeman should talk of breaking the public faith.— (Loud cheers.) Therefore Gentlemen e if I have no other sin upon my head ; If I have no other crime to answer for, than that which has been put fbrward by the worthy Freeman, , namely, that I have sup ported measures which entail the necessity of a public hank ruptcy, I own that I feel little anxiety on that score.—(Cheers.) I am sure England will maintain its honour untarnished by a breach of public faith ; and so convinced am I that it pofseeses resources fully adequate to that object, that I have no appre hension of our not being enabled, by the aid of that credit, if necessary, to provide for any exigency which the honour of the country may require.--(boud cheers.) Another charge, Gentlemen, against me is, that I gave my support to certain acts of Parliament, in 1019,twhich, described as they were by the Hen. Gentleman, would appear to have been nothing lesii than the total deatraction of the Constitution. Similar sentiments; -I know, were uttered in Parliament when those measures were under consideration, They have now been the law of, this country for some years; and I would appeal to those among you who recollect the then state of the country, of this county in particular, and of theinannfacturing districts {fie nerally ; first, wherher there . was not a necessity for some le gislative measures; and, secondly, whether you feel yourselves now, by the effect of those measures, deprived of the benefits of the Constitution !—(Cheers.) ! When we talk of the British Constitution, Gentlemen, we do not mean any little book which contains it, like the Constitution of France nr of other countries; `divided into chapters, and sec tions, and articles; but we .mean, 1 epprefiend, those privi leges and rights belonging, by, prescription and common law right to the several classes of the community, together with those Institutions which have been provided by Parliament for the security of those rights and privileges. But ant Ito be told, that it is not ono of the first principles of the Constitution to do that which is the first 'object of all good goverements,— to provide against those dangers which threaten security of life, the security of property, the security of liberty itself ?—(Cheers.) —Gentlemen, did not such dangers exist and threaten the ge neral peace of the community in the year 1819 ? And is the se curity of all these blessings, in this county in particular, im paired or improved litthe measures which were then enacted ? If there exists a greater degree of SeceritYfOr life, for property, for liberty, and an improved confidence that the fruits of honest industry are no longer endangered by the inability of the Mae gistrates to suppreeslawless Mobs, and. the spirit of plunder and spoliation, I contend that diesel:awe, so fete from being subver- lave, are rather to be considered as props and stays of the - Con-, 'stitution—(Clusers).—Gentlemen, it was in the enure confidence ",that.such would be their result, that I Supported them in my place in Parliiimente-e(tenewest ebeees;) . ' I fear, Gentlemen, that I have trespassed < too lon g on your , ' time already—(Cries of ". No, uol") ;—but I will endeavour to cemprens what I have still to say into as narrow a compass as possible. - " . - • ' ' - Gentlemen, the other objections which were made,etr Me were :merely of a personal neture. But I wish not, on that eccount,e .to pate them unnoticed; I think thatthe objection. as stated,'l ihithe firseinstance; by the worthy proposerof betel Molyneuxe l arnounted very nearly to• this, that, In hie opinioe,he coincided: -with the proposition centeeinedin this most valuabNepablication 1 which I hold in my liaticte--t A laugh.)-:-I stir not now speaking of the caloanny east upon nee in one,pareof that publication, -of 1 my. being disqualified, ley,birth,P sit- in Parliament. I think, l!if I understand. Air. Rireliton's object in subtly, it is, that no person fielding any office of trust under the Crown ought to be a Member of Parliatnenta Gentlemen, this is' wfavourite doe trine amongst many of those who areehe advocates of what they, consider 'a Badleal Reforie; but I, have mi diffieulty in stating, , that, in our OrreititutiOne it. is, ateak, a new doctrine. It was not the practice of oueenceetots; it is not the law of the land. I May, therefore, content, myself with referring to the best times Of our history, and tO the acknowledged principles of our laves, as being at variance with the doctrines, - not, I believe; of the ' Whigs, but of the Itadical Reformers of the present day. But I will not conceal front you, that I think it is among the benefits of the Constitution, that these who tairniniater the public affairs of this country have seats in the,nottse of-Commons, where they are to account for their ,conduct, as servants of. the Crown k to afford such explanations as Parliament may require; to origi nate such measures as' 'their responsible situations in the State may point out 'to be necessary ; and to maintain a spirit of bar monyaod co-operation between thd Crown and the Parliament, do long se they retain the confidence of the one, and are thought deserving of support frbm the other. ((:heers.)—This support they cannot long enjoy, if they : Nola not the support of public opinion; for, Gentlemen, thave no difficulty ip saying, that it is absolutely impossible for any set of men, be their talents what they may, long to maintain themselves in the situation of Mini sters oithe, Crown, unless they have, at the saute time, the con fidence ef the intijority of the people.—(Cheers.)-1 am so strongly impressed with this feeling, that it wet no small part of thelnducemett which stimulated 'by ambition; at the experice of many personal, feelings which connected (tie with another seat, to accept the invitation of so large, so iinportant, and 'so enlightened a commuunity as that of Liverpool ; and it is now for you to decide, vtlietheis my situation . in the service of the Crown renders nie undesring of . your confidence and support. If men .in office ere to be excluded from, that great arena of legitimate ambition, the Muse of Commons, islt not to be ap prehended, that'Out of .doors the struggle for power will soon assume some irregular and dingerotte course ?—(Cheering.)-.. ire, then, it be your opinion, as I believe it is the opinion of all Who understand the Constitution, that a Certain number of the servants of the - Ciiiiiir 'Might to kit in Parliament, I hope I may, notwithstanding tiKisltnebten?esehjectititi, be considered by you its not disquelihed to eepresent Liverpool.--(Loud thecrs.) , • - Now, Gentlemen , with respect to what was stated by another worthy f r eeman opppeite. (Mr. 4ohn Ilarvey), that. I ant die qualified, as holding a pension from the Cr own. I can Leve no wish, and, if I had a wish, it would be -futile to attempt to conceal from you any thing which d may , hold from the 'Crown. (Cheers.)-eI will, therefore,admit to the houeurablegentlemap, that it pleased his late. Majesty, in the year 18014 on my re tiring froni a situation which , I had tilled, to histOw'upon Inc a pension, net exceeding, in amount e the towel remuneration hestond on individuate who had til led, a similar situation in the public service. I will not say, that, in my case, the remuneration had been earned by` 'any merits , of my Wren; but of this I am sure,. that it was: far *here of that 'which heti been given to many of toy predeceerre. I. have now for thirty years • been in the 'public 'service. - Miring thole , thirty years I have held situations *under eh& Crown, 'the! ditties of which I have endeavoured to discharge, certain ly not, with Lll2 ability I ,coOld wish, (for ilea woe wentioe,) hut inay appeal even to those who have been opposed to me io politics, whether I have been deficient in diligence, assiduity, or fide lity, in the discharge ht . my Public dutiee. 1 nevi safely and conscientiously' soy, that the offices which I liiied during a ; 04 t part of that period were of the most laborious and confi dential nature, and that their eitiolUrneini were not more 'than sufficient to (afford me the means' Of filling that station which the office s themselves conferred on me in society. Weil, Gentlemen, thia shameful, this lavish remuneration )thich I enjoy amounts to this; that I. hold a contingent pension, . from which, so long as I coutiaite in 'O l fi4e, I - receive no advantage, hut which, when, friini declining`years, frorn infirmities,: or thent any other circunesteneess 4 ohall .no longer be in the ,00blic service, will ,atiarti time, after the de ilitetions to which it is liable, Something less thad 990/; a-year. se4Cheers.l-el 'confidently appeal to the liberality,' to the' judg ment of thecotninunity which I am now' addeceetng, whether, i after having spe . nt a. life in the public service, which, if (le ! voted to other tinrsoits, might, perhaps,' have afforded me, if not epulenee, the means of independence, I have receive d, an undue or uhreasonabie reward?--(Cries of "'No; you have' not.") One circtunstence I must minion, which, at least, tends to prove, that the feelings of dame who ware most mix:loin for` economical ltefoem concur with the feelings which you have . pew ro kindly-ma:awed on this subject-7 In the year 11117, a Bill wits brought into Parliament for abeliiiiiiig high unit lu crative offices which were' become sineetires.: ' 'But the friends of Reform, who , brought in that Bill, thought it essential that upon these eirtecer es being abolishefl, the pewer ofeerant ' e insepensions ton lithitetl amount, sheitild be given to the Crown, for the ptirprfe of conferring suitable' rewards on those who had servett the public- in certain laborious !anti eesponsilde effieee of the gtat.C. , New, Gentlemen, eruct) =4t other enect meths in that Act,. which wail brattght in by tne Most zealous ediocate of econdiniCal - Itetbrin in the House of Coniniontt 'and supported. Witt y all the-Opposition, there it provision enab ling the Crowti. to confer on any patens, having filled the offices, which I have `held; - hot 9001, but 1;4091. a year , - end it was ftiether peovidede that ' such' persons might receive one halt' of thht Nosiest -Whilst 'he enjoyed arty; °two ofttce r . Therefore, Gentlemeti, I have now a -reversionary pension of 9001. only,. when I might have had that reversion increased to I;5011/. with this further advantage,' that I ,might now-be in the possession ii: one-half of thatjaNer astil. ,— ( ol „ e P r L) Gentlemen, I have detaine4 yoil fur too tong on tnis topic e hut it was neceetatti§ that' filiould . vindiCate' My own conduct, an ti:diet I ehoeld.not, withontsome explunetion„ suffer myself to he represented tp you in the character of a " 4 04 , ftre 3 l ) hlg adventurer, who only seeki pewee to iiilv'ence his own eeifish iiitereetee.e...( lenidelieere.)' ' ' , incapacitated a seat' in - Nilififetent—tnes e Mr. thisP9 lli " 4 1biPf t, to the PlFlsw e a til l ! (-44w.0,. should be "P w, thmti th tl9;l l I n eti h i d t is in :ell known to you eill,, et r i littiveyiiiid it . was Slot to • the antnane Oft the pension, which' lictbought feiely e eerned by Air. fittekisMits ithi to 1 4.1)004- eau, effect, ,on hie vote thethe objected.l l- I imak_ipe honour-' able Freernin for this - candid 'etatertient Of WS fehjeetitin,' - to which my shore reof lc 4w,, in Point of (set, At wit( period since I received this f a vour from the Crown, and when I was in the actual enjoyment of it, . ! was, at the same time in pretty constant opposition to those who were the AlillieterS 9f the Crown. - - Gentlemen, I must again apologize for detaining you. so bug; but it is necessary that I should answer" the personal objections which have been brotight against me as a Can. ditiete for your suffrages. Gentlemen, I am sure that I feel . Very much the honour of standing before you on the presint occasion. I pave placed myself in a situation in which I am afraid that, in aspiring to the ambition of representing a place 11,1ce Liverpool, I have been guilty of ,an act .of great rashness.—(Cries of No, no!)--For ten years the post to which you have encouraged me to aspire has been filled by a man possessed, in the estimation even of his opponents, of public talents, I may say, almost unparalleled at the present time—(Cheers)—of abilities which have placed him in the high Situation which he now holds the councils of his tiduntry. Whatever may be the objections to bhp, on the part of those among you who are opposed to his public . prmciples, the praise of diligent and successful atteruioil to the i rlocal concerns is not denied to hinveVen by the most determined,of his oppo nents? — (Loud ebeere.)—Corning after such Amen, services and exertions, more proportionate to my poor abilities are. all that I can promise, or that you can expect. However, I have obeyed your invitation, and I now place mystlf, an humble instrument t in your hands. My best endeavours shall not be wanting ,to promote the welfare of the , country, and to sus tain its honour ; and I need hardly say, that they will a'ways be directed to advance the interests and prosperity of -Liver pool, connected as those interests and that prosperity must al ways be with the general 'prosperity of the ernpireC—(LOud cheees)—oniy expect.Wg of you, pe an act of justice that-you, will not measure me by the standard of lay precteeeiser.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is not for me to anticipate what may be the result of this election, —though I own I hive no anxiety as to its issue. I ant convinced that your support will not be with held ; and if your triumph be as complete as I expect it to be, it will, I know, be the triumph not of the individual, but of your principles . ' From the moment that lam vested with the trust which it is in your power almie to confer, 1 shall feel it my first duty to entreat from all parties, as well as from my more immediate, friends as from those who are opposed to me, ' communications, advice, and aisistance, on all matters con. fleeted. with your peculiar concerns and local interests ; feeling ' onicioue, that it is only from such advice, assistance, and un reserved eemmunictition, that I can hope to discharge A trust at once so arduous an&mo important.: 7 (Cheers.) Gentlemen, thanking you for haying. he me with so much patience, I have now only to entreat, that if any thing should be said by 'my opponents, that may require further explanation ai on fi a t n . y art a P en dem 'AsiVeralminute )is. I s a i n tu s ll at be do a w li n ow it e n d a tAa t t eihnedenninggen,cew.—(hichTihaise lasted d ßielh ar e ! Altai a reply from Mr. R 119117014, Mr. Iltreartssog spoke it secaed time, : as follows : . . - 1 .considered wamning in what I owe to my own Character; and be . Ivri." Afvor and Centtenzin—l am sure that I should he eleticient in that respect which .L awe to the Freemen of Liver. 'pool, for whose suffrages I am now a candidate, if 1 did not, fter the second speech of the worthy Freeman (Mr. Rushton), i‘a briefly trespess on your time. . . , . The first charge which he has brought _against me is one to which I:plead :guilty, namely, thatil au not advert to the thanks, given to the Maricheeter Magistrates and to the employ ment or spies Gentlemen, I did oppose the attempts' made in Parliament • now avow myself of opinion, that, tint for their vigour, their I to ' stigmati z e the conduct of the Manchester Magistrates ; and thiness, their timely interference, there would' have been set op in Manchester a standard of . resistance to the laws ; _the possible consequences of which no man could have answered for, in the state of excitement, arising, in some degree, 'admit, front distress, which them existed among the population of this great Manufacturing county, and in the manufacturing districts of other counties... Cheers.)-1 nay,, Gentlemen, that never in my life did I feel more satisfied that I was doing a greatpublic duty than he protecting those Magistrates from obloquy and cen sure, a duty not to them only, but also to the more humble classes of ate community ; because, 1 would ask you, if ,the capitals which give employment to the labouring classes had been driven for protection to other countries, what would have been the fate of all those industrious manufacturers and artisans who are now enjoying, in peace and contentment, the fruits of their honest anemone ? Would they not he left to ,carve and pale; in indigence and want, if the inactivity of the Matistrates had eieffertia the machitiationa of the conspirators ,against . the peace of the country to succeed, unchecked by their authority ? --(Cheers.)—This, Gentlemen, is my answer with respect to what 1 thought was due to the timely interference of the Man chester. Magistrates.—(ReneWed Cheers.) \Vali respect to the individuals alluded to as having acted the part of spies, I cannot give an answer equally exßlleit. But thitcliwill s ay, that, as a Member of Parliament, .1 telt myself bound to g i ve confi dence to the reports of the Secret COmmittee appointed by Parliament to ioveitigate the subject; a Commit tee, not packed, and consisting exclusively of the servants of the Crown, or of those Members who give a general confidence eo the servants of the Crown ; but in which were to be found such men tie Leal Milton. and other Members belonging to the Op position. That Committee stated the necessity of the course which his Majesty's, goyernment pursued. 'What may hare been the misconduct of theindividual" aided to (and it mist be admitted, that such men:cannot lee among the most creditable members of society,) I cannot therefore say, and can have no Wish to vindicate. . The Hon. Gentleman, in his last address has talked to you a ' great 'deal' about " c or ru ption " . and '" independence: I fun eather t e e, old u alember,of the House of Commons, nht to knOW What it" meant by theite words, so common in the mouths of Ow who ageee with him. I understand that " carnip don," is the term applied to all those Members who, from a general concurrence in the: principles .of Administration, sup port thneneaeures of his Majesty's Government ; and I under stand lii ." independence" that iris the exclusive privilege of 1 thew eyite, on the other hand, vote on all occasions with the op- 1 Ponents of his' Majeety'e Government. But, Gentlemen, you will twee ,veieh ,me in thinking, that a reply, which .ought, as , much as possible,' to be confined to explanation, is not the proper thno for' entering on the-wide ' field.of discuseknewhieh the question of Parliamentary Reform would open before us ; and Teeball hot; therefore, detain you by enter in g upon tt on this OCCSiOQ, . Thellonoltrable'Oentleman Seems to insinuate that, at the commencement of the French Revolution, I west' Ze4*s odito 'Cite for the princiPles of that revolution ; and lam sure that the terms .in .witielt lie alluded. to that part of my conduct do net call from nie any complaint. I might have been all which he stated without having Clone any thing unworthy or an Englishman. In the early period of my life ; when I was about la, I was in France ; and if 1 ',Mould then have been misled by a mistaken admiration of some of—what .1 now think—the errors of that revolution, 1 trust 'that the ardour of youth would be no dis creditable excuse, ,ared would net injure me in your estimation. -(Loud elteers).—Rut my thanks are due to the Ilonotirable Gentleman for having afforded me. as. opportunity of stating. openly and. puhlicly, what my conduct was at that period and, under:those circumstaneee-e(Cheerit.) 'I am the more thankful: for.it, because I know that, in whispers and insinuations, that conduct his been imptited to inc as diegreiefel. I am awaree Gentlemen, that, among other calumnies ender which I have `sometimes suffered, it has been stated that I was once an ac.; tive ale:niter of the. Jacobin Club, I deny that I ever belonged to that club, or to any club of tie name and description, and 1 challenge any man .to prove it. I never was but once in the Jacobin Club. I went there by their permission, as other Englishmen did, to satisfy my own curiosity. I recollect that the late Mr. Wyndham was one of the party who went the saute evening ; and if my memory dOei not, at this distance of time, deceive me, another ware' a friend of mine, a Baronet belonging to it neighbouring county, the p resent Sir John Stan, ley. But I own that I was a member of another club. which was then formed in Paris, and which took the name of the " Club of 1789." ' Tile principle of that society was to support the monarchy, es settled and limited by the King's acceptance of the Constitution in that year. ' That Club was set up In opposi taut. mane anarchical doctrines anti tisring endeavours of the, Jacobins to'destroy the Monarchy, and in the hopes of proving a rallying point to .those who, Whilst they, wFre anxious,on the . one hand, to counteract such criminal ereeeeat, were not less desirous, on the other, to prevent, the return of the absolute power end abuses of the former ,system ; neither supporting the pretensiens of the old royalists, who would admit of no limita. dun of restraint upon the , power of the theene, "nor the exceeses of those who were, in facctliough riot, perhips,in intention l ikeir best allies; The one party weeeeteugelling to restore arbitrary' power, the other pursuing a course Which was sure to lead, as it did ultithately lead, dirough ' epoilation , and . misery, and oceans of blood, to a military despotism. Possiblit may have ' been an.act of indiscretion in an' Englishman to have belonged to any political society in France at that period. But I am not ashamed to avow that I was aexioue to see a rational system of liberty established in that fine country, which, while i't eaigneernteallepolivietirleofhattePiCneere4°nf,lenhedPe;llleite.e' shou ld etit limit frontplu t n h ;in t : tr th ill e country, for purposes ist caprice or ambition, in unjust and, iniquitous wars.-.4Lbitcl cheers.)-1 seldom attended and never but once teak part in the proceedings of .the Chili to which I' itayc alintled ; the creation 4 wits of thp.,.prpose of teciering uily.ppi rtio9u;iniritiiitilunAt'OlfhtiellFrtrititi"°slniboirettenrfilrir`oftTA,Y which' Y4 i il h fol w l e a :. ettli f l u e which gave to tha,Jaaabliie elle nenetuand 41 010 reeourcos of. Vreraea! aintl'a6?ical lee', fiest e te the eyerthrqw of die mouar -ay , and, m euceessum, to flit sithiugainen of Plitident, flolland, and lialY 4 4 - I;thia miters.) " --ei:Aletiqhtf:; plan of lesuing assignats was determined on by the Legislature, I withdrew evert from that Society, and never took any further part in their distill. 4 0123 --(Cheers.) If, Gentlemen, it be a criaL! to have thought too sanguirtal of mankind at the age of nineteen, and to have believed it Pt rribk that liberty might be sustained ag,ainst despotism, out becoming the victim of anarchy, to that crime Ipl an ead ilty. That guilt 1 share in common with many great 0d men. 'did entert4in a hope that such would be tho re sult fl If the change which had then taken place in the Institutions of France- That the sagacity of the great Minister whO at that change, may he inferred from all his measures, time (1790) w as at t h e h ea d of a ff a i r s in England, did net foresee any danger to the peace of other States from to year 1792, when, on the meeting of Parliament, the at from the Throne stated a sanguine opinion, that there WaS no thing in the state of Europe which threatened to involve til l ! country hostilities .—( Loud cheers !) I am Wm), Gentlemen, to have detained you so long; but the charges brought against me to-day having been often insi nuated in a less direct manner, I have only to express tnY sa tisfaction, that the Hon. Gentleman has afforded ire an OP , 1 portuniy, of vindicating myself from any •suspiciOn of having even up to the been guilty of conduct unworthy of an Englishman and a fries) . to rational liberty s and, once more, to thank you all fcr. the patience And attention with which you have listened to my vindication.—(Loud cheers.) LONDON BRIDGE.—At a Court of Comma ,n C ß o irti u t i d a ege c e i 1 was s l o d ma g y mr e : s en t d e d r tno a g, y at , trltteehre re b uildingcßo nespiodretrtof theboifei,cioiCe sncdu rn osn : sion ; in the` course of which Mr. FAVELLstateui that the Committee bad had fifty plans l ae i `` before them, and they had decided on one, We cost of which was to be but 350,0 001 4 and he understood a contractor was ready to ta ke it g i t that amount. Now the Committee had reporte that the funds applicable to this object wonted to 500,0001., and it was not necessary IP th .l4 immediately of new approaches. H e had 11,°, doubt that 100,0001. were quite atlequa te*tost, immediate expences. Some of the w ooden bawls: leading to St. Margaret's Hill might be it down at little expence, and it Was CO'ns oatory', find that they had sufficient for immediate es penditure. . . . .lee t. SEAMA HOSPITAL SOCIETY.---A gener— ing of the friends and subscribers to this Institn, tion' was held yesterday , at tUe City of It"L44: Tavern, and was very numerously and respec'e attended. At twelve o'clock the Righ t Rev. 0 Lord Bishop of CHESTER took the Chair , s a ti ii P ; of the Committee ported . by' several persons of eminence. Rev. Chairman opened the b us i n ess of the day Art an appropriate speech, after which the 01) ", i , ing was read, and detailed at some length rnalli h g et teresting particulars of the brave body of a l l n „„ t rot 4 had met to support. The laudable and vir'i a 'efforts of the gentlemen of the conunitlfe produced the:most beneficial result. Th r li to , were voted to his Majesty, to the Vice' Pli r t fam Treasurer, and Of f i cers of the Society. "" so t moving and seconding these Resolutionst 111,,,_1(0 of the last year's procee; able speeches were delivered -which our preclude us from giving. Six ' membe rs /Its" and elected in the ro om o f six who thanks % rot out , the hi cing been passed to the ChainnP' meeting adjourned. A great covourse of spectators sv 'ere a ffi l;111 : 1:: together opposite the Admiralty, yesterilal—,:pr; ingfto witness the working of th e tefri' b ri c h which I cation some h n in . was attributed to the preparations note In ",„ l ' ' ' ' l' !f‘‘ra' w as iul t ir h e cpoe i ri k ts d a m ial A d mira l ty ttoyht mot io n l' o °filo4t t r b al e u‘ : 1 1 ; 13:1:;' ‘l'lltall' 5a rice T ivipe,rsDa.ublin # sate Paper* al . Thursdusvps' AI , 0 , that the town. of !hinny, CouiltY ° 4—°fta''' was a scene of riotous joy on the ""si°"3"nfires acquittal of the' Orangeinen in Dub lin ' nu i ° I r t 4 '' audiliuminations took plum.and the P- ' a t di' clamations were accompanied by t he c onst 3o charge of fire-arms. - ~. The 'Turnpike -gate Keepers are eg acting ji ditional toll for " taxed carts, rnarke t f' r , i i s :l,6,' Other . car t s.. carrying passengers or ligni. ar. Act ne v ~.. which are by the 10th Section of the 'i 2,1 v-" exempt from , the extra toll on n arrow will oo llc T t al o ac h tcs h e e uel a ry ' v v r ae e r a.cr l yi ,j t s plo i t i: f i d s e Te:il f t ex emptionthe or 14 b v l a ri a Section tio 0 ' 31-17;51criWI tots bate. on the Toll-house. pledge ou rselves ;„ t i l t employ of the very respectable °Coupler ° , f , / crO 4 iswbeuotfn‘oveewxtsrtaaotred.inAarysersv.: ottifoi.ortlie: at one shot last week knocked claws ) ger" and IS magpies, a total of 30 at one dis char '' (Bristol Mercuty.) cli , I fron , At day-break on Wed es d 'mi. a $ l7/s " ne fishing stoop was ,_ . e , ay, the 12th i ,_ a , 00 , _, , by which a sail or wa d s i e :ered . on shore in .10Th C0'14,1' 1 ,03 Ur. O'Rei ll y, 'Adspfilatiwtrum.l.•am"g j ig) PrWO, O o w f a t: f e o v n e n si d el la , s w heil heu to bi t r hetriostiirds n r umbed.tirntoty the upman d , biting ht i ,t0 41 m by humauit on shore. Two men were tthee water, ber and at the Z. 11,1 0 s . v d b . ) f r , , o p--- tniralty ;%lid s hi prom an ' fi t O'Reilly, " suite j el led t° ° A e ri e O S his body washed onshor e .a ' P ltuation• --, 0011 and rescued them i " Portel, master, of .41'iel°5 dead-eyes, quite dead . bo a ou! seamen To. yeah n ae dn l o d u ot s fa? ' an t .b heel eo u . n.,;wtre.,:csi ,a sisti : i es 4► r! )i iti p 3 a I buried in the churchyard Die ppe. heurit iTillr• - 1 1 6 71 ;01 ' French Consul, who, with thaet R y e, and 3i v vrd fury , _ ,_ .:24 i v e .....0 00, followed their remains to the grave r . --(S NAIR* price• 4l3 , 0. 1 . 1t1i1940 v) 49 ,1 P : t° 34 0 in--- --- %o r BIRTHS. , Oro' J ., On Tuesday evening , in Bloornsbury- 9( 1"" 4 t,"' field, of a son. ref On Tuesday, the 'fhb inst. at his house in.lif'''' Lady or Dr. Peril, of a daughter. ~ V tidt DIE P D. aV° 4ll6 44 A A ()n Friday morning laat, at TorquaY, to •f" lb „ *ll l place fur the last few months he ha. been MAYO o. ki , A fit of his health, Mr. Wm. Oakley, only fori:i o 011 4rr , or b h E ig sq. hi , y th r e rot p n rle i n. yo l u a n y g or m o a f n Ny w e as yni o o n ntr y l• h'; el -1 1 . ti Y - 210"; ' ' 1 la b" ' o 4slo sf 64 ' Irsessed abilities anti virtues that but rar , or i t yestra s tis r . From the moss flattering prospects in life, the_...„ o , loo o it , ' ti°ll °fa 4'4u% Parent , and a lung train of sarrlyle t and friends, this interesting, but ill-fated Youth' tig cl,' decay, bre been thus early summoned. im o r et,, 'r o f On NV etinesday last, the Rev. Charles . r er . I p Ripple, and Vicar of St. MargareGat-Cliffs' to al pw "0 At Cheltenham, on Saturday the 154 1 in! f 'sotoi . . A r lit Charles Watkin John ShakerlcY, Esq' to r county of Chester, and daughter of Jollll, a . ~, Capplethwaite, in the county of Westtuore r 'a n ootaa lfr „.), On Monday, the 17th inst., aged SG, Al l f" 'Or .street, Southwark. f a r 10b r ill° At Ametsiupat, on_ Tuesday last, , I I ? licitik ' Y crun g eat dtkugliter of Mr. John Alia tall, 09 COAL-MARKET, VED. 1 9 . Ships at Market. Ships sa i d 8811Neweastle 63i le Sunderland . .19 t ow - Printell o tail ece, P N u 6 b . l7 l h 2 e, stranfor fp3l l . ll , i.v i g °6ll .4o ! t A' 1 05, I.