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-duet; and this other, that men of the lowest ranks send their' children there, and thus excluded the patrician principle. He whom I should have highly rejoiced to see a mongst us to-day, he and I, (1 was a person certainly not in the most opulent ranks erlife) I remember, from the earliest times, were at the High tichoof for many years. There-were some in the same class with us, equal with ourselves, and many others, sons of men in the lowest ranks of life, and there we aIL sits, and said, and took and yieldedylaces without any difficulty (some of them were sons of mechanics in the Cowgate), and without the least impreesion on minds of my Noble Friend that they were superior, or in the mind of these boys that they were inferior. This is my reaecei for preferring the good old schoel of Edinburgh to what n called the Patrician nchool. As to the boys of Edinburgh. - hey enjoy a singular benefit not only from the number of !easned men and most original geniuses in the different depart meats of science in the days that they live ; but in it they have slat appears superior, in my opinion., to any establishment of the kind formed originally on inpnentie terms. While the youth enjoehthe benefits of education, they live under their fathers' zeteLat night, in the middle of the family, and any anziety nbont the state of their morals is preserved. So deeply am I nftetrated with its vast superiority in every respect, that I consider it one of-the first establishments in the kingdom. I eertainly- have taken a pert recently, and I have very great hap phiess in announcing to you to-day what - has been done on the subject of education, because I know you will be glad to hear, One . upon the Scotch model an establishment is -likely to be formed in the metropolis of the Sister Kingdom • a stilt:sol, on the model of the old High School , is there about to, be -established, and there steps have been. taken for the al .:wet immediate establishment of a Univereity,,, to bestow, upon the Snotch plan, the blessings of a scientific education on the countless inhabitants of that town. Sutter : ' Yee, Gentlemen, before I sit down, to express my regard of &meeting of this description as by no means one of mere pastime or curiosity. regard it as a great public meeting, in which men are met- Together, ,who hold the same principles in common, and who theseyrinciples quite safely ; they are met to commerno. ri:te those principles, and pledge themselves one to another in ahe fare of, their, courneymen to support them ; and by becom. ir.g united together irinneb a congrvgated form, they follow the . exhinpleof all ages of the most refined, as well as of the most civilized—in matters-of religion as well as in matters of polity. 14 would have been mockery to feast together, if it were not to commemorate those principles, and to shew the firmness of our minds, and bind us together. What we do just now is only :an outward symbol of what many may be called upon to *tiffei he our present, and have suffered in worse times for 4)4 good causes-and that if a more and a higher sacrifice is immured, they would not be found wanting to seal their attach went:smith their blood. This meeting sees but what a few years and would hardly have been allowed. I do not impute this to their refined principles or language._ We do not live in terror of thellark night which drew down the vengeance of those in sower upon every man-who held an opinion of his own, ,When frowns did not dp, as some of the most noted here present, one et whom 1 see close by the Vice-President- (Mr. (;ibson) well knew, there was nothing left undone to harass the obnoxious individual; and had their power been equal to their desires, more effectual means would have been resorted to of crushing their cause ; but, blessed be God, these times are now past. There were not wanting those, who, by themselves and their abandoned minions, have had recourse to men of as aban doned principles as- their own for, crushing the freedom of speech and of fair discussion. -Blessed be God., those days are now gone by, and very shortly many may not credit the,tale I have now told. But we have-new seen that 'there was-a trait of time, when a member who got up in his place in Parliament, and was bold enough to advocate the principles of free erade with foreign nations, was denounced as a Jacobin—as a theorist at least, or a visionary ; but I have lived also to see those very principles acted upon by the same men and in the very same place, who but a short while before were loudest in the cry of " jacobine and visionary ;"—and hollow majorities voting in favour of the same measures which they .formerly execrated;—following in their, principles those very same maxims of ours in favour of free trade,—and this too by men who formerly followed the cry of him who uttered his severest declamations and jokes against us. Let us not twit them with. their change, for as their conversion to our principles is but recent, and may not be so determined and-steady as ge nerally happens with new converts, let us not twit them with It, sous to give them. a pretence to turn back again:. bunrather let us extend our eye to the change which has taken, place in their foreige policy, which is no less singtilar. For howmany long years has it been painful, and even degrading to feel that ono was an Englishman ? I mean during that darknight, in which, in league with the _tyrants of the,Contiuent, England was toren - met to succour tyrants in every attempt against ties liberties of mankind, and a Counsellor vras always- to be fnund hi her ateelin elbow of evernone-whovrished to sacrifice and trample on the rights of nations, and not a despot could turn his eye to this country but met the glistening eye of fellaw feel ing ineand .the iron hand of the oppressor .reeking with the blood of the slain, wits greeted in her friendly grasp... When Europe, beheld the degrading -spectacle of the union of Liberty with-l'yeariny—a set of despots leagued together antinst the liberties of the human rate—and when the most de testeble object of: the basest superstition never turned in vain fir assistance to the government of the freest country on the tenth !. -That black disgraceful night has now gone down the sky—the voiceof Englishmen has been heard at last. What man is there now, in half-represented England, or in non-re prestenteel Scotland, or even in tortured, misgoverned, and per eeeeted. Ireland—what man, I ask, dare now to stand forth and sAyi °t,l befriend the-Holy Alliance ?" Not only is there no seeh man, 1 will not say so wicked, but so foolish, who is not bent on his own destruction, or struck with judicial blindness—there as no man out of the- precincts of Bedlam, woo will now dare to say, " I am a friend to the Holy Al lience." If there be any dupes of that accomplished pink et reifidy, the Spanish Monarch—if there be any specimen of imbecility wanting—of a illonarch basely forfeiting his pledges and his dignity to purchase his restoration to a throne ; if there he any, man' who approves of the conduct of that scourge of fine Italy, of the oppressor of the Austrian States, or is fond of the -.lenne of the mosteruel ,and the falsest tyrant that war sat on a Tbrone-„of that baffled despot of South America still dond- , netting over Old Spain—if any men have so unnatural, so in nate a peppenaity to royal admiration, at least they have now the, grace to.contine themselves to the region, that best befits thane, of men locked up in some of the offices of state, or to ela‘Tal their migrations among the familiars of Court, or to linger behind the arras in friendship with the vermin—the natu ral inhabitants of the place, or in the congenial society of Alex-, ander, Frederick, and Francis—of lizards, vipers, and toads ; and; worse than all, of those who- eat the toads. I can never gee them, to- confront we in Parliament ;,L seek them there with l e mgiog eye. All attempts to call them forth are in vain. None of them will appear : they all chime in with the cry ageinst the lloly Allies ; all are betimes at hand when a division is called for, arid then hide themselves and their tenets from the rays of that men who feels himself almost disgraced by shining upon them. Now what are the practical resultS wa•should draw from this representation ? would- avoid the .preeumption of giving cheeriot council to my friends, or of flattering them with the hopes, t bypereeverance in the good eitu,ae they have begun, ale will yet end well. But I want to add a few words to my youtig-friends, who say. that ambition ought to be the first oh elein of every public man, by which they mean place and power. 1 conceive that place gives no power at all. If place can give power. 1 can only say that I never saw it do so. Many men are led astray by this false construction of power. They ought not to buffer themselves to be so for the sake of mere office, by the notion that they are making a sacrifice to am bition. How they deceive themselves ! Arinbitiun, in my sense of the word, is the love of solid, substantial, and inde pendent power. I know of none Who have so ,little power as the Ministers of this country. Something was said by neyworthy friend, of - my being a party man. I know of no way, at least I have never been able to discover any way, in which an honest man can effectually - serve his hentotry, but by cur. dialler and strenuously uniting himtelf to some great paity. I sm not now speaking is a„ party mane The life-of a Minister of, this country is not. one of power, but of base trickling, and paltry . compromise. Ile must do so much for one man to secure his co-operation, twice as much for another, and to a I third he mustpromise esery thing. To one individual he must promise all he asks. 11 this man 'holdb up his little finger, he will get any thing. His language is, go a little my way to-day, I will go one - hundred and fifty miles with you to. Morrow ; only, go a little of the way with me, and I will gain the rest with yoke only mice, and foi this day let me go all this highway of my oven,' and all the other days of the year I *Will go with you 'into all your dirty' tricks. This is what they call power, and having the command of other men. The Minister is like the poor deluded man who embraced a cloud, And teokit for s goddess_ but the Minister had not even the excuse of a cloud for his folly, he embraced *mere suggestion, saying to it; " be thou my. god—power -be thou my god, and conipronsise, be thou my glory. I there fore !levy that he should beinalled.in ambitious man .who seeks place and calls it pewer, _best' that he is the ambitious man who boldly places himself ire a satiation which enables him to back his country- in her-need. 1e will not .say -that -the placeinan. neeske i power, for money, thoggle:ltorne• certainly-do—they are not ninny, howerer. , But be does so for patrbnage--thar is, the pleasure of having his table _crowded with petitions from. aniters e ece make one man -emsetateful, and twenty -discontented ! To have his door ,blockaded with hungry : applicants, and his time consuined in the service of those on whom 'he depends for the carrying AI/ough his measures:. - This- inpatronage, and more sacrifices Asa th,e.Lhav-hinted at must 1K made for power. Jciz it is _who enjoys the purest ainbition, aria HE enjoys power,—not less senceesful because it has limits,—and secure -because he newer exceeds the wishes of his constituents. I return my grateful thanks for the honour you hare done me this day. I consider this Meeting as beyond all example (and I have Kea many), hut this is the most astonishing . assemblage of intelli gent individuals I ever witnessed. It is astoriitiliing to' me past words to express. Buteqth ! how dearly itm.l repaid•for my humble exertions, when ,I see in it such aeepresent!ition, and such a display of liberal and enlightened opinionssi the inhabitants of this Country, and when I consider that it por tends to that country such a blessed and happy consummation of their fondest wishes—l propose as a toast, " Lasting prospe rity to the City of Edinburgh." Mr. Haneinunerost rose to propose Catholic Emancipation, in doing which he adverted to the splendid efforts made in the cause by their illustrious guest; and that there was now a pre sage of a sure and not a distant victory. 'There was little doubt thattit would pass 'the-Commons; but-- wharits fate -would be in the Lords they must wait to see. That Hotlse.etas opposed to all concession, hut, at the won't, the big wigs-might - fall on to the other heads; ifthey did not alter their opinion, at all events they would see a House divided against itself. The cry of " No Popery !" was almost expired ; now and then a scrag , gling petition was presented,—from Cambridge of course :—so also, froni Oxford, froM Bath, and Wells, and from the ladles and gentleman at the Pump-room, of whom lie did not mead: to speak with undue levity. The Protestant Church, he feared, was tea) grasping and selfien Mr. Halliburton pro posed, " The puke of Norfolk, and Catholic Emancipation." , Mr. JEFFREY said, that after what they hid heard from the eloquent speakers that had preceded him, what, he had to offer would not be heard with patience.—(Hear !)—The distinguished individual he meant to propose, was a countryman, who, had he been present, would have filled a secondary situation, al though they all must acknowledge it would have been conde scension on his part to have accepted of the first—a station he had occupied when with them not long ago. He did mean to allude to Sir J. Mackintosh—(cheers) —both as a distinguished statesman and a tried friend. Mr. Jeffrey, at some length, and with his peculiar force and eloquence, which brought most strikingly into 'view the private virtues and public talents of Sir James Mackintosh, concluded,: by giving the " health of that eminent Statesman," which was followed by Mud cheering. Mr. A. Scoria In the absence of the distinguished indivi dual whose health. had been just drank, had to propose the advancement of- education. Mr. S. entered into a detail of the benefits conferred on the country by their distinguished guest, whose exertion had inculcated the soundest principles: into the minds of the lower orders, instead of indulging their animal appetites. Mr. Scott gave " The trlvancement of Education in all ranks," which excited considerable applause. The Cnainatax rose to propose the health of the Lord Pro vost and Magistrates of the City of Edinburgh, which lie did in terms raost flattering, that body who, he said, had voted the freedom of the city to their distinguished guest. There was a better system, he was happy to say, prevailing in that body, and he had the pleasure to state, that, among the host that gathered to meet Mr. Brougham, the first man to shake him by the hands, when he got out of Lis carriage, was the Lord Provost.—(Much applause.)—The Learned Gentleman, in alluding to the cause of Burgh Reform, said it had received a.greater blow from the liberal conduct of the present Chief Magistrate, than all the Magistracy of Scotland could have in flicted. The Learned Gentleman proposed " The Lord Prevost and Magistrates of Edinburgh, and may they long make so liberal a use of the patronage they possess." The toast was received with very great applause. The Citaineseast shortly, but impressively gave " the im mortal memory of Charles James Fox," which was drank in silence.—Air, Here's to him that's awa'.' Mr. J. A. 9 MU RRAY would dravfoff the feelings of the com pany from, what was so dear to them. The Learned Gentle man took a comparative view of the established churches of England and Scotland, in an eloquent speech, which we regret we are, through want of time, obliged to omit. The Learned Gentleman gave " Sir H. Moncrieff, and the independence of the Church of Scotland," which was received with the roost rapturous acclamations. Sir H. Mostcuirrr expressed his gra.eful thanks for the manner in which his health had been drank ; and was proud to say,•that lie was a Whig of 1681, without caring for the novel.. ties that had been ingrafted. " The principles of the Revolu tion of 1683, which had been the cause of the prosperity the country now enjoys." Mr. A. BLACK rose to propose, that they should drink Par liamentary Reform, and proceeded to detail the grievances'he contended the country had to complain of; in doing which, he touched on topics which some of the company seemed to think irrelevant to the purpose, whose symptoms of impatience occa sioned Mr. Black rather hastily to propose " Parliamentary Reform."—(Applause.) The Hon- Mr. 5: CURT, after briefly paying a just tribute to the integrity and honour of the Gentlemen of the Bar, pro posed The Members of the Faculty of Advocates." The - CHAI AJAX stated that his friend, the bean and Faculty, had come from the country for the purpose of attending the Meeting, but he was sorry to say he had been suddenly and severely taken ill; and from no other cause would lie have been absent. Mr. Binounitaat, in the absence of Mr. Cranstoun, after a brief impressive address, gave " The memory of Francis Hon. nen" which was drank in solemn silence. The CireareataN gave, " The University of Edinburgh." Profess& .LESLIE rose to return thanks, and addressed the Chair for some time, but being inaudible at a distance, much impatience was expressed, and we therefore have to regret that we cannot give even an outline of the Learned Gent.'s speech. The CHAIRMAN rose, and requested that he might be al lowed to exert a little official authority. If there were any pre sent who were tired of the meeting, th ty might retire ; and those who were not, he begged would be as anent as possible. In so large a room there were doubtless some who, from being unaccustomed to speak in public, had a difficulty in audibly expressing themselves. There might be individuals present who could not be aware of the difficul-y of preservng order in so large a meeting, and he called upon the Stewards to exert themselves for that purpose. Mr..YERGIISSON, of Raith, aftur what had been said from the Chair, trusted that whet he had to offer would be heard with patience. Alluding to the crowd d meeeng, he doubted not, that had that Hall le-en twize as large, it would have been filled. In the toast he had to pro i one, whets he nulled Mr. Cockburn, he was confident it would be received enthu siasm. In his private life he was all that was amiable and de lightful, and in his public character he was all that was inde pendent, high-mind ,d, and eloquent ; and it must be to him the highest gratification to meet his old conteinporary in such a re spectable and numerous meeting. Without, therefore, detain ing them longer, he should propose, " The health f Henry Conliburn," which was drank with unbounded applause. The exam:Teen in returning thanks for the manner in which his health had been received, ascribed it more .to the kin.lness of the Meeting, than to any merit of his own ; and he thought the shortest and best way for him to adapt, was by getting out of the subject as soon as possible, by getting into another, which he should do by proposing the health of the Gellant and Noble Earl of Rooslen.—( Applauvn)—The Learned Gentleman paid a warm tribute to the merits of the Noble Lord, in whose public life, he said, there was no quest:on he had not speedily and firmly met, nor was there a friend he had ever deserted. Distance alone bad prevented hint being present that day, but his heart and'viiehes were with them. Although his profession and habits were military, still lie met every subject that engaged his attention with an intelligence that seemed as if it had been his particular study. He is, -of .others, that one of the Scottish Nobility who brought most *eel and independence into action in die service of his country.— The Learned Chairman concluded, by giving " the health of the Earl ofßosslyn," which was drank amidst loud applause. Mr. FERGUSSON, of Raida; said he had that day received a letter from Lord Loughborough, stating that he was prevented by indisposition from attending the Meeting. but he (Mr. F.) was certain that nothing would give him greater pleasure than the manner in which the health of his Noble father had been received. Mr. J. GinsiaN CRAIG took the liberty of congretulati Mr. Brougham on being received by a meeting. the largest that had ever assembled on such an occasion, it having been impossible to find accommadation for the hundreds who bad been excluded. Bail it been to receive a Minister of the Crown, ample accommodation would have been found. Their Honourable Guest had not basked in the sunshine of Court .favour,but had, during his long political life, been engaged in de lending the liberties of his country. The people had few honours to bestow, little beyond their applause,whieleMr. Brougham had earned,. Mr. Brougham was now acknowledged, by the unani, mous conseut of all parties, as. the leader of the opposition in the Conunons House of Parliament, and wt;11 deserving he was of being the successor of the immortal Charles James Fox. With out detaining them longer, lie should prop se `• the health of Mr. Brougham, and may the Commons Rouse of Parliament .ever have such. a leader." . Mr, BROUGUABI returned thanks. He was• not swans the Opposition acknoWledged any earthly. leader. They •ollewere possessed of a good principle, by which they were. boldetogether. What a leader meant he did not understand, . .unless WAS. one whose duty it was to counsel. and advise .1111 1 1 own _p-wty ; and painful duty it was on many ac. aiounts. „Be 1434 sometimes had to reproach his .party with slageishnese- n tioroetimes, with being tan forward but this he w" l4 - . that they were never ,sluggish,--never found. !wantingn when an attac k was to be made on the li berlieg °lthe -Pen*. His principles were those which led to the .:Ilevolutiren. The Learned Geatleman, in ,allueion is thealleged desire the Whine had for getting into power, sad, they might have dimes() if they had been lees scrupulous of the tennis on which they would aceept.of it. Ile, with much I,u -rnour, alluded to the situation of parties in 1307, as to the Catholic Question, when the Whigs were in the Administra tion; his late Majesty was willing to keep them in, and the present King was their warm friend. The former observed, that his son was in ra v ouf,ottly:r4oolic claim —let him have his time out-- o weit - .a year, Oh twee".:lteid then they might have it their 'own.' wig e and,fhere-, e were sortie who thouglit . there was nothing ointreasoinalft sti. that. e But his pertye:--and: he, for one, thinight ory - tivere:righL .- -.4Aitl it was unconstitu tional to tie up their hands,!lf tkrlieelmth' ou t c ry waslaitted —it would be borritile:-ie woUld•ba indecent—it would be lee. ruin of the English 'Church if eves. an Irish Ensign:Came over,. and God knovetie whaVeeoikld be theeettiVerf.it. But an "odd change took plate ; for, in OM the.•same men brought in a Bill similar to the measure thiey formerly deprecated, which passed both Houses of Parliament, sub siknao, and now formed part of the statute- ire of the land ; and now an Irish Ensign serving in England causes no sort of uneasiness. In 1812, when a lamentable accident happened to Mre Per cival, his party were again invited to accept-of office, and all but a carte blonehe was offered them. But the King Wished to have the nomination to ceetairraifficese such a* the Lord of the lied-chamber, and '(but he .was not very 'conversant with offices or their names) Stewart) of the Household. The Whigs demurred to any shell teemil and, estrange to say, many who applauded 'their tondutt: thene. thought they were too stern and self-denying now., )le gs for one, thought them right; bat he noticed these instanees merely to skew, ' that if the Whigs were at all apt to be for Ward, it riffs not in running into place. The Learned Gentlemanoulverted to the Catholic Association, which had uttered. to. Members a really way to get out of the Catholic Queetionoebut it Was. most . singulae, that not one had flinched front hie duty during the whole Session ; - the - history of the world, did,not aftbril. such an. instance of public spirit, aeel-neeer tlid the Oppeeitien stand on higher ground. The powers of elequence displayed during the four nights'discussion of the .question, hadeneeer been exceeded, and had had.the effect of subduing the prejudices entertained by many of their constituents. Sonic Members had occa sionally complained to hint that they were afraid to do so and so on particular questions. To them his advice had always been,—try to do your duty, and your reasons niay prevail over the prejudices of your constituents; second e , do it because it is your duty; and they had now an instance, in the happy re sults of those four nights' discetssion, of how well reason, duty, and interest coincide. He - was ' an old school-master, and one of his pupils, the Chancellor,. of the Exchequer, in whom he felt an interest, had undergone a great and whole some change in some of .his opinions.. The - opinion formerly expressed by him, that there-was a -necessity for keeping up useless establishments, was a horrible—to use the lan. gttage of the Church—a. - damnable doctrine; yet, if it were asked who was the 'meat liberal and enlightened man in the House of Commons, the reply would be the Chancellor of the Exchequer? Now, as one proof of the change of the times, had any one, three years ago, suggested in the House any one of his pupil's modern measures, the proposer would have been assailed with the cry from every quarter of visionary, theorist, speculatist ; and he would have been happy if he had escaped the reproach of loing a Jacobin ; but now the very same ma jority which would have scouted all such measures with a tem pest of indignation, or is torrent of those fine words, " vision ary, theorist, Jacobin," and so forth, now laud his pupil to the skies for introducing them. -Being a \Vhig of the old school, be could assure them, that it was their bounden duty to graft upon their old stock the liberal and enlightened policy of the present day, which Lord Chathani would do if he were alive, and which Charles Fox, who carried popular doe trines higher, because he lived later, and - had the benefit of more experience, and who, beyond tedoubt, had a still greater genius than Chatham, would,' if now living, have devoted his whole energies to accomplish. A Whig was not a Republican, because the consummation of all Republics : was military des potism ; hut considered a moderate-and limited Monarchy as the best.for the people. In conclusion,.the.llon. and Learned Gentleman recommended, that they should endeavour to obtain a steady and uniform Reform in Parliament, and proposed, "Tits healths of the Dukde.of Hamilton and Argyle, and the Whigs of Scotland."—(:Much eppleuse.) Mr. R. B. Bter . rtt said, that it required no laboured pane gyric from him in proposing the toast lie was about to give, nor should ho presume long to interrupt those bursts of eloquence they had that night heard. Mr. Blyth warmly eulogized the public conduct of Mr. Abercromby, and particularly called the attention of the Meeting to his exertions to obtain a free Repre• sentation fir this City, by which he had succeeded in obtaining the support of a considerable body in. the flottee of Commons. --(cbeers)--meee than their most sanguine friend e expected, giving them the prospect of- ultimate victory ; and he trusted they would still persevere till they obtained their object.. Mr. Blyth gave "..The lion. James Abercromby, and success to his exertions to , obtain a free Represetitatiens Or this City in Parliament." Mr. J. MoNcettrir said, the observation's he had to make related to a subject that he knew was close attire heart of their Honourable Friend, who had that day delighted them with his 'elnquence,. and Whose exertions had been the means of conveying the'llighte of knowledge into .the lowest cottage. The subject .Was : deeply wounding, and, calculated to excite the keenest sense oflionenr and duty. 'There were eight or nine hundred 'theutiatitl being*, .who niight be consi dered as eubjeCts'of this country; who were groanlog.lll'a state of personal bondage in the very depths of ignoeance, and moral darkness. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thcu sand in the kingdom had made up the minds on this subject years ago, and measures had since been carrying on to wipe away the stain. Nineteen years ago, the AffiOn Slave Trade had been abolished ; Mr. Wilberforce had ler,g. Ltboured for that object, but it way reserved for Mr. Fox to accomplish it. It was imposeible to name this subject without- alluding to Mr. Wilherforce—(applause)--and however he might differ from that statesman on other subjects, no liberal man could deny to him the merit of forty years' exertions. Their Ho nourable Friend now here had given it his powerful aid, though not at the time in Parliament ' • and he ( Moncrieff) now trusted that the traffic will speedily be totally suppressed, for the people of England, Scotland, and Ireland, will not be satisfied with any thing short of it. The sentiments of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs were not satisfactory on the sub ject, he having said, that were the question put to bins, if im mediate emancipation should be granted, or perpetual slavery be continued, he did not know hut he should choose the latter. This had excited hia astonishment. Ile (\lr. M.) was avowedly for complete emancipation. The slave is abso lutely, extinguished as a sentient, a reflecting, or an immor tal being—he is like the spade or the hoe be uses, and is in the will and keeping of another man—he is his goods, his money, his property—he may he beaten for pastime, or trodden under the feet of the miscreant who is over him. They had been told that the slaves were well treated, clothed, acid fed, better than was to be seen among the peasants in England, or in the cabins in Ireland; but this was the evidence of persons in terested in the continuance of slavery. The slaves felt their de gradation ; they felt, like all the sons of Adam, the love of liberty —a chord that vibrates to its keenest note. It was said they were anxious to give them instruction, but it was only the education of slaves, calculated to reconcile them to slavery. Instruc tion will in the end putdown slavery. It. must not be thought that he did not feel for thoie who might be in danger from sud den emancipation, -but that was the very nature of the thing.— He wished for gradual emancipation, but it must be determin ed. It was for the masters to consider whether they would at once safely grant emancipation to the slaves, or wait till their liberty- was forced upon them by opposite conduct. The Learn ed Gentelnian, in concluding an animated speech, said, it was not the abolition of slavery in the West Indies alone that was desired, but wherever it existed.—" .The Abolition of African Slavery" was then drank with loud applause. Mr. J. Ts GIBSOK - CRAIG- rtlie to propoee the health of one who had done much -for. the honour of Scotland and the cause ; and when he rafitioned be bathe of Dugald Stewart, he was sure the 31 eeting would agree with him.—(Applause.) —At that late hour, and after the eloquent speeches they had heard, he should sot detain them longer, but merely propose " The health of Dugald Stuart, with all the honours, which was drank accordingly. Lord G LEX OTICITY, after some well merited complimentary observations, proposed " The health of Mr. Haliburton, the Vice-President." Mr. 11 A L TON returned his cordial thanks for the honour done bins. After sonic pertinent observations on what had been eloquently stated that night, and the instructions conveyed by the , developement. of principles, the Vice-Presi dent said, the Hon. Member for Winchelsea (Mr. Brougham) whom he then wished to allude to as such, had only been pre , vented by a small minsrity from being elected for Westmor , land, and he should like to hear from his Honourable Fr iend some of the secrets attending that election. lie had been op ! posed by a noble. family of great wealth. Of the private cha racter of the head of that family be should be the last to speak with disrespect. That person was a monopoliser of coals and Members of Parliament—ship loads of the former he sent to Ireland, and cart loads of the latter to St. Stephen's. The people of Dubli n ; at one time, had to regulate the heatinoarr cooling -of their fingers by his Lordship's thermometer ; t the People .of Westmorland had to submit to be represe n t ed p eo p 1 e of just as he chose. The people of Dublin had been nnad % i e of pendent of. him by the discovery of native coal; and t a W re e p st r ni es o e r n ala ti n ite d. l o n f ig ti l l i e t ir s o u w re n ly ci d io is o c s o in ve g r . snla.tiimierelinotnet.aol ecnnotiuegniliafno,rs speech occasioned considerable laughter by the Y o a rn i et : e : rt i n ° fe n o : he made to circumstances attending Mr. Brougham e c ‘Vestenorlend, and sat down amidst much airp , lel " Tne.ladeperdent Electees.of that County' Me. Bnotroefeem, as the only lite humour, en. thanks. - The Learned Gentleman, use, after giving tered on the county. politics . of Weeteriorl , xactly explain but ties; what ehev meant 14. it lie. could not li e ere was ' • • which were in the habit of comparing' it with the beots court.. larity between them. What ditferen certainly entertain the idea th e a e t tthey sawabgerteptsninant; English and a Scotch county he could not say; perhaps it Was, that the English ones' lay South, and the Scotch North ; but so it was, that the Westmorland folks have the above joke. The Honourable Gentleman then alluded to the ungallant conduct of the Meeting, in never having hinted that there were two sexes. which neither Whig nor •'Tory ought to forget, and which.he had thonght proper to bring to their recollection, as it was:better late.than never. The Lady he meant to give was one of the best and truest of Scotswona en— the Duchess of Medford—(Applause)—one of whose sons (Lord C. Russell) then sat.. beside hind—(Loud applause) —a young branch of a house that had done more by their blood for the liberties of the country than it could ever re - pp.—Mr. - B. then gave " The Duchess of Bedford, and the fair .Ladies of Scotland. "—(Very great applause.) . . Lord CIiAItLES RUSSELL returned thanks in very appro priate tersits,r and was much applauded. ?Major Lc.nru HAY then rose, and with much feeling ad verted-to the state of South America, ivhich• he knew he had only to mention to fixcite the enthusiasm of the Meeting.— (Applause.), ---Ile spoke in indignant terms of the conduct of Ferdinand, Whonnhe described as a reptile that never chewed itself but to sting, and in the warmest terms eulogised the pa. triotism and valour of Bolivar—the glories that encircle whose name, he said, must be admired by a party of freemen.— " Bolivar, and the Liberties of South America."--(Drank with much applause.) Sir A. M. Ginsoer gave—" Greece, and the full establish ment of her Independence."—(Applause.) Mr. HA L LIBIJ RTON observed, that it was three hours since they had heard the speech of Mr. Jeffrey, on which it would be unbecoming in bins to say more, or to enlarge on those qualities that entitled him to their. esteem ; he should, there fore give. " The health of Mr. Jeffrey."—(Drank with great applause.) Mr. 'JZITFUEY said, at that late hour it was unnecessary to trouble the Meeting with any thing about a being so insignifi cant as himself—(A laugh)—and, for more reasons than one, he could have wished this toast had been Omitted. In had been quite a triumph to witness the proceedings of that evening ; no honours of his own could have been half so gratifying; and, from the reception his Hon. Friend had met with, he (Mr. .1.) regarded the present as the happiest day of his life. The Learned Gentleman then passed from the Old to the New Hemisphere, and entered on a review of the life and political conduct of the • Marquis La Fayette, and dwelt with peculiar animation upon the glorious changes which that illustrious in dividual had lived to see matured. Nothing could be more gratifying than his progress through the United States. The Learned Oentlernan.concluded an eloquent speech, by giving " The Marquis La Fayette, and the Friends of Liberty in France."—(Applause.) Dr. Macnaoasr, after an eulogium on the professional ta lents of Mr. Sergeant Lens, Mr. Denman, Mr. Scarlett, and other Gentlemen of the English Bar, gave " Mr. Sergeant Lens, and the independence of the English Bar."—(Applause ) • Mr. Joss CRAM anticipated the most enthusiastic ap plaume, when he mentioned, that the toast he meant to propose was " The health of Mr. Joseph Hume."—( Long continued applause.) That Honourable Gentleman had entered late into public life ; but by perseverance and a straight forward course, he had attained the proud elevation where he was now placed, notwithstanding the derision and obloquy he had suffered, as the country would never suffer such a man to be put down.- 11 Craig dwelt at some length on the benefits Mr. Ilume had conferred on the country by checking the expenditure, and al luded to the perverse use which had been - made of the - repeal . of the Combination Laws. In conclusion, he proposed his health, with all the honours. Mr. JonN Ctr NNIWGSIASIR took a brief view of the poli tical situation of the United States; and in doing set, dis claimed all intention to draw an inference against the Govern ment under which we lived ; but he maintained, that the United States ought to be held up to all other countries as a model how a well-ordered Government can be conducted. Mr. Cunningharne gave " The President of the United States."— ( Applause.) The C1iA11131434, at half-past one o'clock, having intimated to the Meeting the propriety of their drinking good night, as Mr. Brougham had, just before their assembling, completed a very fatiguing journey, and had to undertake another in the course of a few nights, Mr. Buono tax rose to observe, that it was very hard the Chairman should lay upon him the blame of dissolving .so excellent a Meeting. He must certainly have supposed the stamina. of his constitution - to have been relaxed since he left Edinburgh, by residing in a more effeminate climate. He could assure him he was quite mistaken. Ile had only been up all one night, and the half of another ; but two nights sitting up he valued as. nothing. When in Edinburgh formerly, four o'clock, and not one, was his usual hour of going to - bed.—(Much laughter.)—The truth was, the Chair man had exhausted his stock of toasts ; and was obliged to re sort to this expedient. lint now that he was upon his legs (to use a phrase common in another House). lie would try to supply the want ; in doing which, he would have to pronounce a name, which never was uttered in that same house but with praise of the thing it signified; and then some dire mischief was sure to ensue to that same thing—he meant " The Liberty of the Press."—(Applause.)—Whenever he heard that Liberty vehemently praised by Crown Lawyers or others in the House alluded to, then there Was a moral certainty that some good stiff statute was forthcoming to shackle it. This Meeting, however, he was persuaded, would drink the toast with perfect sincerity.—(Much applause.) - ' The Chairman and Mr. Brougham then retired ; and the Meeting immediately separated. This was at two o'clock on Wednesdaf morning. LIVERPOOL and :11ANCHESTER RAILWAY BILL, It is understood that many of the promoters of the Railroad from Liverpool to Manchester have travelled through Ireland, and, by every means in their power, have en deavoured to impress the inhabitants of that country, with an opinion that it would tend to the advantage of its agricultural interests, by aff)rding a cheaper and quicker communication with the populous manufacturing districts of England. When the facts are sufficiently known, it will be left to the Gentle men who represent Ireland, to consider whether there has not been an attempt to mislead them. The corn vessels from the different ports in that island are unloaded in the docks at Liverpool immediately into the vessels of the Trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, and those of the proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, as well as into the vessels of other carriers navigating the respective canals, and by them their cargoes are conveyed to Manchester, loch. dale, Wakefield, &c. with regularity and dispatch, and without changing bottoms. It is clear that Irish corn could not be removed from the Docks at Liverpool to the Railroad to be carried in waggons, without being subject to an expense and risk which are not in curred at present; and as it cannot be carried in bulk with safety in these waggons, the wear and tear and frequent loss of the sacks, which it would be necessary to use in the one case, and not in the other, would certainly prevent the trader in Corn from adopting that mode of transport to advantage, espe cially as the freight paid on the canals will be found to be 'as low as the projectors of the Railway offer to the public, and, it is apprehended, much lower than they will be able to realize Ishould they be authorized to establish the Railroad. The freight+ of Corn is ten shillings per ton between Liverpool and Manchester. It is ridiculous to suppose that they can make good their promise of effecting the transit from Dublin to Manchester in sixteen or eighteen hours. The loss of the consumption of oats would be felt by the Irish grower, and the breeders of horses there would no doubt experience a decreased demand In conse quence of the adoption of the very objectionable power pro posed to be used in this undertaking. Can any man suppose for a moment, that a few hours gained in time, and a reduction °fon , ' fourteenth, or at most one-tenth, of a farthing per pound in carriage, which would not amount to one thirtieth of a farthing per yard on manufactured goods, could have any effect in bringing the surplus labour of Ireland to : I llanchester ? and yet these are all the advantages whic'i 111 r. andars has to offer in support of that part of his case„, and even these will not be realized. There will be a conjunction of the Moon and Georgium Sidus in Capricorn at half-past four o'clock to - mor . row morning, and a Quartile of the Sun and Georgium Sidus from Aries and Capricon at midnight. As Mr. PITCHER, of Blackwall, was crossing the river in a boat on Thursday, it was run down by a steam boat, and Mr. Pitcher was drowned. *.• For LITEAART NOT PM:CU OF STOCKS TOM' tlamit Stock 234 31 ex div. 3 per Cent. Ilea. 92a ex dir. 3 pertl.,nt. Cons 3i per Cent. Ditto Red. 4 Di:ssd . per Omit. { New 10 , Long An. 2211, 5-16 7.16 Imp. 3 per Cents. India ;stock . I Ditto Bowts South Sea Stock PRICES OP FORRION PI ,A mutat - I rids, 5 per ct. — Brazilian Bds Scrip ISA prr. 1825 ... 2gi pin. Buenos A yres 11dg Coloni bi an I id'. 6 per a 9li Do. do. 1824 Danish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip tireek Bch Do. Scrip, 1825 ...4i 5.} Mexican 13th Do. Scrip 1823 Oi pm. 1 • rcr, see qnr Fourth Page• DAY AT axe o'cLoca• 0141 Annuities New Ditto . Ex. Bills 10001. 2d. ...... Ditto 1 id. —64 66 " 1)i 5001.:>.l. Ditto 10.-64 66 DO Ditto Small 2d. ...— Ditto 1 id. ...64 €0 6 3 Ditto Commercial Bank for Act. India for Acct...... . 2 61 Cons. for Acct. 031 NDS, AT ONE O'CLOC4. _ _ . Chifian, lids, tiperet ...... •••• Peruvian Borids Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ..• Neapo. oli , tan Scrip -- litan .......... .. i l:o rt r i t 3 ux n e a s s e p r3 e o r ii c tl t s . ..................9 1 i Ditto New - Ittissinn, New, 5 per ct 95 Spanish 18215 per ct. 23 1823 fis French Rentes...lo2if. el do r . —.—.. Exchange —. ..... "'" Scrip .... PRICES OP 511AUFA AT ONE O''CLOCR. Par shoe , Anglo-Mexican Mining Company ' ' 102 k J O6 I Anglo-Chilian Mining Company . - i Milian and Peruvian Company • 12i Pasco Peruvian Mining Company —.. .... : 22 21/ 22i.22 , • -: d i Peruvian Mining Company United Mexican Mining Company Welch Iron and Coal Mining Company 4 . Palladium Assurance Company lt— ti Continental Gas Company British Iron Company • 194 e Columbian Colonial Company .. li.quititbla Loan Bank Company Gold Coast Association ' London Brick Company L.:ndon Drug Company . li - 4. i i 4 Mexican Company Me.r politan. Fish Company 13 Provincial Bank of Ireland 'Di Patent Bricks . Patent Steam Carriage Company ' ' • YOMEIGN MAILs.. ... :• AnntirEt). DeN. ~ Guernsey ancl'Jersey .. Hamburg!' - - - 1 0 . Brazil - .. - 0 1 Buenos Ayres 0 1 - Jamaica 0 America 0 HIDII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORBO u a aligning, 31 minutes after 7.1 Evening, 2 minutes. atter •vi Tim SUN. - - SOLEN QUIT DICERE FALSUM AVI/E3 ? T • LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 105" The administration of justice is always a sideration of the first magnitude in every ell : governed State. It ought to be cheap, end ought to be expeditious. Unfortunately, in thi S country, these two - qualities do not attach, nobody, we think, will question the purity (3° which judicial decisions are made; but perl is Pf we may find consolation in the fact, that vih re• ever justice is cheap and expeditious, there/ i o f most cases, she is polluted. The Court . - Chancery in England, and the Court of Sessi. °'° ( io in Scotland, have been themes for theorists declaim upon ; but in the midst of their d e clan' te., Lions they have forgotten to suggest the metly ; and upon our previous position we mast hold that the tirades thus launched against tile ° Courts for their delay. and, their expencess /69 to speak legally, a " collateral" compli niel't paid to the honesty and uprightness 0- ( Judges who preside there. Although we 11r8 l adverse to this system of declamation, on el i l A possible subject that presents a scope for ° V servation, yet, at the same time, we fell . le ; luctantly compelled, to admit, that the Court of Chancery and the Court of Session but Po sey ' tr too many sound causes for complaint. We —0 however, that the time is not far distant swb g° more, beneficial constitution will be afford ed i y the Court of Chancery under the auspice s th' s the Commissioners now deliberating on of subject. But with reference to the Co ur- Session, the day of improvement is at ba'l The first step taken towards the removal of t iw- • s causes of of complaint in the Court of Sisso n In the year 1815, wh4 n trial by jury in causes was for the first time extended to 6 ., 1 land. Since that time different measures 17 tiler been resorted to, more or less efficacious i n operations. But, in the year 1823, the pr'''' - tV of judicial business, and the enormous BCC mu .-- Lion of undecided appeals front Scotland, in tl e * the House of Lords to nominate a Cononl its6 Pt' on the subject, which recommended the appto , went of Commissioners by the Crown, t o 7, 1 ,0 under their consideration the various sugget'tbe offered to the Committee; and accordingli of Commission was issued, under the authOrilloos 4 Geo. IV. chap. 85. Last Session of " went a Bill, founded on the Report of tl-.4 O tnissioners, was brought into and passed I l e s' , House of Lords; in time House of Commonsi..o"- ever, it met with a check, and the Session i - 040 s over without giving its wholesome provi si° force of law. The Bill was renewed this e ss9 .0 0 and we hope it will this time meet with th e ' de' of it deserves. It appears that the main cause s „ O tt lay and expence in proceedings before the 11‘. ' • See a pamphlet published in 1824, by Hunt e r' Of yard, on this subject, but without a name.