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'the 14th of January will he published, in a neat Pocket Volume, IRACTICAL NOTES made during a TOUR in CANADA, and a Portion of the ITED STATES. in 1831. ADAM FERGUSSON, Esq., of Woodhill, Advocate. iicated, by permission, to the •Directori of the Highland Society of Scotland. " VIDI." Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; 'F. Cadell, hdon ; and W. Curry, jun. and Co., Dublin. This day was published. ILACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH NIA GAZINE. No. CCIII., for JANUARY. CONTENTS:—I. The Portuguese War.—ll. Tom 'lngle's Log. Chap. 17. Scenes in Cuba.—lll. The (lam Chap. 3. Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.—lV. like Memory of Ensign George Holford Walker. By 1 . Hudson.—V. Little Leonard's Last " Good Night." ‘I. Mr. Bird's Picture, Chevy-Chase. Original Letter ,rn Sir Walter Scott.—Vll. Ireland. No. I.—VIII. An 0 3 Garland. 1. Ye Gentlemen of Ireland. 2. Ye kaases of Ireland. 3. Song to be sung at the Lifting of '7 Conservative Standard. 4. 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Bennis, Rue Neuve St. Augustin, No. 55, PROFITABLE PURCHASE. PIE SUNI of £4OO or £5OO is WANTED IMMEDIATELY, to be raised by SALE of part I Claim under a Blnkrup•cy amounting (with Interest) ! 4 Pwards of 4,6001., and to meet which a large sum of ° "Y has been placed out at interest by the Assignees. t he Money is required under very peculiar circum 4e", a part of the property will be disposed of on terms Yield a large profit to a Purchaser; or the Party en dto the Claim would have no objection to dispose of b whole sum, which it is expected will be paid under . "inkruptcy very in which case pqrt of the ch ase money might remain on security, or be invested pannuity. I d " particulars, apply personally, or by letter, postage ~..t ° Jr.A Bromehead. solicitor and proctor, Lincoln. : " t h December, lOT?• COACH PROPRIETORS, LIQUOR MER CHANTS. AND CAPITALISTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By JOHN WHITE, , t he Castle Inn, in the City of Coventry, on WEnwns r, the 9th day of January, 1833, at Five o'clock in the n be e subject to such conditions as will 4' l w , n... be produced (by order of the Assignees of Mr. IVWise Peters, a Bankrupt), lOST DESIRABLE and TRULY VALUABLE LEASEHOLD and FREEHOLD I,C„ATES ; comprising the City Hotel, three substan lih4easuages, and extensive Warehouses, and the Del !" public-house, all situate in the City of Coventry. . Q n ' b r rWELVE SHARES in the COVENTRY GAS t.'r COMPANY, in the following Lots .- I‘: 4 I.—All that eligible, newly erected, and compact 'tireld Estate, called the City Hotel, situate in the of the City of Coventry, in the occupation of Mr. : 1 1l comprising a Retail Liquor-shop, Coffee-room, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, two Dining-rooms, four ,tubers, five Attics, Water-closet, and most extensive 1 ,, and Liquor Vaults, and Cellaraee. . i ne Situation commands the Holyhead and Liverpool ' t tl the Leicester and Leamington roads, and the ' l " 4 I Varket, and is an invaluable property for a Coach ~I)tietor, for any person wishing to embark in the ,e 3 ale and retail Wine and Liquor Trade, or for the i,lll/alist ; and possession may be had on completion of purchase. I h e Estate is held under a Lease from the Corporation ' , entry for 21 years, commencing on the Ist day of } 14 I T , 1821, at the Annualandrenew tri or a second 21 years, at the Annual Rent of 11 , I.IOS, 0 1 : 4 a third 21 yf ars, at 201. Rent, there being there -0 years unexpired on the Ist of January, 1833. Grates and House Fixtures will be sold with the ; the Trade Fixtures and Utensils, and the valuable V:, of genuine Wines and Liquors, to be taken by t h e 4 `,°l/ier at a Valuation, in the usual manner , and the may have the option of taking the Household „ I ' . llar e or other effects on the Premises, on the same 3,4, 5, and 6 compri. , e very valuable Freehold ,Leasehold Estates in Coventry, and Shares in the ,141 try Gas Light and Coke Company. 4 t a view of the respective Leasehold and Freehold , il l i aPply to the Auctioneer, in Bishop-street, who begs h. " l the attention of the public thereto ; the situations r!t to be equalled by any in the City illated particulars, with ground plans of Lots 2,3, 4, May be had by applying to Messrs. Carter and .41% Solicitors, Coventry ; Messrs. Trehern and ' Solicitors, 134, Leadenhall-street, London ; s 0 ' 1 :. Atkinson, Barwick, and Co., Wine and Spirit accts, Saint Alary at Hill, London ; of the Auctioneer; t the Castle, King's Head, and Craven Arnie, Co t4)l the Albion Hotel, Birmingham ; the Warwick Warwickßoyal Hotel, Leamington ; the , 0 4 0 ,210te1, Cheltenham ; and the Stag and Pheasant, NURSERY MEDICINES. titTLER'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SENNA.—This preparation is composed of Senna Aer mild aperients, as C.issia Pulp, Manna, &c , t. °Matics. The taste and smell is so concealed by Etude, , of preparing it, that unless a child were told N - • im Medicine, it would not distinguish it. It has ti h N 3 etibed by several eminent practitioners, and found 'l)i t i /v 'r all the purposes for which the Infusion and the Eleetuary are usually administered. In Bottles, 44: 4 M Y'S GENUINE CARMINATIVE.—In order s -L " this valuille Medicine within the reach of all :11 4it Will be sold in future in bottles at Is. each, as B ti , l l at Is. 9d. ; but to prevent impositions, observe ' l 4 r ; er i Cheapside," on the Government Stamp, and Mr. ttil,'gastrre on the Label. qk; I . \ -Ell'S STOMACHIC AND DIGESTIVE lti a pleasant aromatic stomachic and powerful di ite will be found most serviceable in those affee . Is r :ginating in an impaired digestion ; and also an 1 p — "" gentle aperient for children. In boxes at Is. 014 Ed. "Y Butler, Chymist, Cheapside, corner of St. Savory and Co., 136, New Bond-street ; San 'tet.,so, Oxford-street ; Willoughby, 61, Bishopsgate -4" molt Dialers in Patent Ntdicinea. INCORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH FIXED WITHOUT WIRES OR OTHER LIGATURES, AND FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITH MI NERAL SUCCEDANEUM. mONSIEUR MALLAN and SONS, Sur geon Dentists, No. 9, HALF MOON-STREET, PICCADILLY, and 32, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, BLOOMSBURY, grateful for the high and EXTENSIVE PATRONAGE which has so eminently distinguished their pi ,fessional exertions since their arrival in the British Me tiapolis,- beg leave to announce to their Friends and the Public in general, that they still CONTINUE to RE- S FORE DECAYED TEETH,with their CELEBRATED MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, so universally recom mended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The Ope ration is PERFORMED IN A FEW SEC®NDS, with out the SLIGHTEST PAIN, HEAT, or Pressure, and Allays the most EXCRUCIATING PAIN, and lasting for many years ; they also FASTEN LOOSE TEETH, WHETHER ARISING from AGE, NEGLECT, or DISEASE in the GUMS. INCORRODIBLE MI NERAL and NATURAL TEETH, from one to a COM PLETE Set, which are INCAPABLE of DISCO LOURATION or CORROSION, and fixed without the incumbrance of Wires or any other LIGA'I URES, and answer every PURPOSE of ARTICULATION and MASTICATION.—Charges as in Paris. All Operations performed on the Teeth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Q UEEN-SQUARE. COOKY AND THE GENTLEMAN'S GF.NTLEIIAN.—Mrs. Lydia Burton, a portly-looking woman, superintendent of the kitchen of a gallant Colonel in Cadogan place, was charged with an assault upon Mister John Irving, the " wallay" to " Cook) 's" master. Frequent " rows" have taken place between the parties, and, according to the complainant's statement, on his entering the kitchen that morning, the cook took hold of him by the arm and abused him. He told her he did not want to quarrel with her, but she continued her tirade until he was obliged to run away from her, and lock himself up in the pantry for two hours. He was then obliged to re-enter the kitchen with a tray in his hand, when the cook get him down, and, stradling over him, swore she would have his life. She then reached the heavy kitchen poker, and struck him several times on the right shoulder. It was only by placing his head in a peculiar manner that he escaped a fractured skull. After a " scrummage" of a few minutes, he pulled his assailant down also ; but so fast did the termigant hold him, that they rolled over and over several times before he could ex. tricate himself from her grasp. This, however, being done, lie made hut one step to the exterior of the kitchen door, and, turning the key upon the enr.ged tigress, he stood for some time panting for breath. Oa recovering himself he called aloud for his master, who came down and put an end to the disturbance. A recrimination of some length took place between the parties, in which the complainant said that the defendant accused him unjustly of carrying stories" to the Colonel, and the defendant declared that the other commenced the assault, and that "his iindelicacy was beyond mention u hen he was down." The affair was finally adjusted by the defendant consent ing to leave the service of her master, and taking the wages which he said was due, although she declared she %% as entitled to double the amount. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISASTERS OF A TWOPENNY POSTMAN.— William Witt, a buck-shinned twopenny postman, of grave de portment and appearance, came before Mr. DYER, for the purpose of charging a youth, who was placed at the bar, with having picked his pocket of about three pounds in money. Mr. Witt, it appeared, took the advantage on Tuesday last of his " leave of absence" to pay his friends a visit, and to offer them the customary congratulations of the season, during which proceeding he poured so many " Christmas compliments' down his throat that towards evening he deemed it prudent to find his way, if possible, to his lodgings. The story was here taken up by a policeman belonging to the C division, who saw the complainant rolling bout Newport Market, surrounded by a number of young urchins, who were diverting themselves at his ex pense. When the complainant recovered his re collection the next morning he asserted he had lost his money, and then suspicion fell upon the defendant, from the communication made by a little bsy who was present on the occasion. The only evidence the boy had to offer was, that he had seen the accused busy himself in assisting the complainant to recover his equi librium. _ From something in the boy's manner and appearance, Mr. DYER was induced to ask him if he could read?— Boy—No. Mr. DYER-Don ' t you go to school ? Boy—l go to St. Ann's National School, Rose-street. _ _ Mr. DYER—WO, and don't you learn to read there? Boy—No ; 1 learn to write on a dry slate. 11r. DYER—What ! are you taught to write before you can read? What is it you write ? Boy-I write my AB C. Mr. DYER—How long have you been at school? Boy —More than a year. Mr. DYER—How old are you ? Boy—l'm eleven years old. Mr. DYER, on being informed that the school consisted of about 200 boys, educated by one master, and that their educatipin was finished at 14, remarked, that if the boy could get no further than A B Cin one year, be was not likely to carry away from that school a very extensive stock of learning. As there was not a shadow of proof that the boy who had been charged was the pilferer of the money, Mr. DYER decided that he should be released. Mr. •Witt left the office much chagrined at the loss of his money, and the possibility of writing himself " Walker, the Twopenny Postman." TIGHT LACING.—Tight lacing not only prevents a due development of the muscles by pressure, but, by fixing into one immoveable mass the ribs and ver tebrae of the back, which, more especially in youth, should have free motion on each other, makes the whole upper part of the body a dead weight on the vertehi ze of the loins, which, in consequence, give way to one or other side, and lateral curvature is produced. Not only does tight lacing act directly in this manner, but indirectly it operates in diminishing muscular vigour by impeding re spiration. It is well known that muscular power bears a relative proportion to the produce of respiration, animals having the highest development of the respiratory organs being the most powerful in muscular force. Tight stays compress the ribs together, and prevent the play of the respiratory muscles; when applied during the growth of the body, they prevent the development of the chest, and thus lay the foundation of many pectoral diseases. The female form, at least in youth, requires no artificial aid to improve it. Who would think of putting stays on the Venus de Aledicis ?—Bcole's Observatlons on the Spine. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—This is become quite a fashionable Court with lawyers and suitors. It is to the high legal attainments and polite conduct of Lord LYNDHURST that the great influx of business may, in a peat degree, be attributed. It is said that upwards o f 30,000 %, tits were issued from this Court during the last year. It appears in the fitst report of the Commissioners, that in 1827 only 8,197 writs were issued from the Ex• chequer, and 66.459 !rum the King's Bench. We believe the latter Court has lately experienced a great decrease of businei4,- , -Le94l EXaMiIiPT. MANCHESTER. DINNER TO MR. PHILIPS AND MR , PO ULETT THOMSON. A splendid entertainment was given on Thursday even ing at the Theatre, in Manchester, to Mr. P. Thomson and Dlr. Mark Philips, the first representatives for that new borough. The house was brilliantly illuminate , ' with gas. The Star and Garter, with the initials "W. R." shining - forth from the upper part of the spacious saloon, with the word " Reform" in large characters in gas, ran round the front of the second tier of boxes. The coup on entering the house, was most striking. During the entire day the demand for tickets bad been incessant, and after the number issued by the committee, many gentlemen, to be participators in this splendid cele bration of the great triumph over Conservative exertions in this borough, contented themselves with servants' tickets, and attended in that capacity. Upwards of 1,400 gentlemen sat down to dinner. BENJAMIN llEvavoon, late Member for the county, presided, and was supported on his right by Mark Philips, Esq , M.P., Edward Baxter, J. Shuttleworth, and Henry Forth, Esqrs. ; and on his left by the Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson, M.P., J. C. Dyer, R. H Grey, and Wil liam Haynes, Esqrs. Amongst other gentlemen present, we noticed R. Potter, Esq., M.P. for Wigan; John Wood, Esq., late Member for Preston; John Fenton, E•q., M.P. for Rochdale; Charles Hindley, Esq., the defeated liberal candidate for Ashton-under-Line; and Andrew Thomson, E-q., Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England. After the cloth was removed, the CHAIRMAN, in elo quent and appropriate terms, gave the usual loyal toasts, which were drunk with the greatest enthusiasm, and with every demonstration of loyalty. The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The healths of his Majesty's Ministers." The mere announcement of this toast was the signal for the most deafening and enthu siastic shouts of appl tuse, and was drunk amidst loud and long-continued plaudits. Mr. PortLETT THOMSON rose to return thanks, and, in obedience to the general call of the vast assembly, mounted the table amidst loud and long-continued cheers, accom panied by waving of handkerchiefs. As soon as silence was restored, the Right Hon. Gentleman spoke as fol lows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l rise to offer you, in a very few words, the thanks of my Lord Grey and of my colleagues for the honour you have just done to the Administration, and more especially for the most flat tering manner in which you have been pleased to receive that toast.—(Loud cheers.) As in my conscience I be lieve that every member of his Majesty's Government looks solely to the possession of power as a means for increas ing the happiness and extending the liberties of their countrymen, so do I agree in this expression of your approbation and of your confidence as the highest reward which they can attain.—(Great applause.) Would to God that the Noble Lord at the head of his Majesty's Councils, and who carries on (if I may be permitted so to call it) the people's Government— (Cheers)—would to God that he were present to be a witness of the enthusiasm with which you have been coed enough to receive his name. It has been his fate to struggle fur years in the great cause, the name of which presides over your heads. He has rejected power and place because the possession of them could not bring with them the objects which he bad most and dearest in his heart. He has lived to see the day when power and place were offered to him, and the terms which he was enabled tel make were a people's emancipation.—(Tre mentions cheering.) Would to God, then, I say, that the Noble Earl could have been here to witness this meet• ing of his countrymen,—an assembly composed of the wealth, respectability, and talent of the greatest, the se cond city of the kingdom,—great would be his satisfae tion ; and I am sure I speak but the truth whe❑ I say that it would be a rich reward for his exertions.— (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have said that I believe the Administration of Earl Grey seeks nothing in the posses sion of power but the happiness of their countrymen ; and now permit me to say that they have given you the. surest pledge that they desire that happiness only, for• they, at least, have placed the power of securing . their happiness in the hands of the people ; and it is in their power now to give to the Governtnent the ver dict which the people may think they deserve. Gentle men, I shall not.fail to convey to Earl Grey and my colleagues an account of the reception you have been good enough to give to the mention of their names, and per mit me to add that you have already given the best ex pression of your approbation in the selection which you have made of at least one of your representatives, whose only claim to that high honour is, that he has laboured during his short political career for those measures which Earl Grey, during the long course of his political life, has endeavoured to carry into effect—whose only glory is to have fought as a subaltern in those ranks where he com manded as a General.—(Cheers.) You have given at once what is the surest proof cf your approbation of his conduct, and which ever must be his best reward.— (Cheers.) If I can add anything further on the present gratifying occasion, it is this—that the expressions which I have just used are those which Earl Grey himself con veyed to me—(Cheers)—tbe very same expressions which I made use of when I had the honour of informing him of your successful exertions and of the proud situation in which I was placed. The Right Honourable Gentleman sat down amidst most enthusiastic cheers from all parts of the house. The CHAIRMAN, after a short but pithy and eloquent speech, next gave " The newly elected Members for the borough of Manchester," with three times three cheers. The toast was greeted and drank amidst loud cheers. MARK PHILIPS, Esq., M.P., first presented himself upon the table, amidst general plaudits, which continued for some minutes. The Hon. Gentleman commenced a speech of some length and great ability by thanking his fellow townsmen for the cordial and highly flattering manner in which they had been pleased to receive the mention of his name. He acknowledged the importance of the trust which their confidence bad reposed in him-_ a confidence which he should ever endeavour to deserve.-- (Cheers.) He felt the greatest embarrassment in address ing so vast an assembly ; but if anything could give him consolation and confidence, it was the conviction that the voice of a town like Manchester must elsewhere he heard and attended to.—(Cheers.) One of the means of carrying on the late system was to stifle the voice and to suppress the indignation of such large communities as that of Manchester ; but now, if he should feel like David when setting out for the conflict, be should, when backed by the power of their opinion, almost feel the strength of a Goliab.—(Cheers.) Alr. Philips pro ceeded to observe, that he never for a moment doubted but that victory would be theirs. It appeared to him most extraordinary that the Tories should again think of making Manchester the scene of triumph of their princi ples. He had no doubt that the Conservative party in England had looked with the greatest anxiety to the con test in Manchester, and they had found public opinion had set in against them as the Hopes of the Conservative party here had been laid low.—(Cheers.) But still it was an extraordinary thing that they should, in so gross a man ner, have miscalculated their resources in this town and country in ',articular. The Tories appeared to him to have forgotten one leading principle—whilst they simply revolved on their own axis the rest of the world was pro gressing. They had been forewarned of their danger, for if they had looked at their deserters, many of whose opinions at one time were the essence of principles propounded at Pitt clubs, it would have been seen that they had joined the current lest they should be left on the shore by the ebbing of the tide. It ap peared most extraordinary to him that the Conser vative party should have the folly and the audacity to declare that Tory principles would yet prevail. Ile believed that Toryism was now eclipsed, and that mere higism, as contradistinguished from it, was fast sinking beneath the political horizon ; and in proof of this he (Mr. Philips) would merely carry back the recollection of those around him to the recent scene at Newton. Here an indi vidual possessing great zeal,—one who had advocated those principles of free trade which his (the speaker's) Right Hon. Friend so nobly advocated, and who had af terwards been conspicuous for his attack on Lord Althorp —he had said, in reference to the humble individual then addressing the meeting, and to one of the present Members for the county, that there was an attempt at exclusive dealing, by taking two patterns out of one shop. Ile had only to say himself of one of those patterns, he had never paid domiciliary visits, he had never used personal solici tation, be had never kept barkers at his door to invite customers to walk in and purchase. He could answer for himself, and he could also answer for his friend ; but at the same ohne he only expres.3ed the feelings of himself and his friend when he said that they felt deeply— ' most deeply—the honour and distinction which had been conferred upon them.—(Loud cheers.) That in discreet individual, too, had thought proper to attack the religion of his friend Mr. Wood. And here he (Mr. Philips) might be allowed to state that he professed the same religious principles as his friend, and that no thing, during the progress of the election, had given him more sincere gratification than the having met with the support of gentlemen of every religious denomination.— (Cheers.) He rejoiced at this, as an evidence of the spread of that liberality on religious subjects which had received such an impulse at the passing of the great Act of Catholic emancipation. He rejoiced at the passing of that Bill, but he believed the Tories contemplated the event with a different feeling. Ever since that measure ‘145 carried Sir Robert Peel had stood before the world , ' lilts Peter Schleimel in the German novel, without his shadow.—(Cheers and laughter.) The war-whoop of intolerance might be raised by Mr. Holton and his friends, but be (Mr. Philips) believed that neither in that, own nor county would it find a responsive echo. —(Cries of " No, no.") He was as much a friend to religious as to civil lihertiea, and as such he should give his best aid to remove the disabilities of the Jews. —(Loud cheers.) As that meeting was entirely of a festive character, it was not his (Mr. Philips's) intention to trouble them with a long statement of his political opi nbins. The best explanation of them which he could give was, that they were in unison with those of the gen tlemen who surrounded him, and who had placed him in thie situation he then held.—(Cheers.) But if to assist, honestly and zealously assist, in the cure of abuses, the pro motion of economy, the removal of the burdens which press so heavily on the industrious classes—the lessening of taxation, the abolition of monopolies, the encourage ment of education, the abolition of the taxes on know ledge, the maintenance of peace, the restoration of pros perity and happiness among his fellow subjects, the re moval of the foul blot of slavery--(Loud cheers)—and to destroy the name of " slave" in the British dominions— if those views and determinations were considered good, then he hop , d to be of some use to his constituents and to his fellow countrymen ; and the conviction that he should render them some benefit would be an ample reward for those inconveniences consequent upon the duty he bad undertaken.—(Loud applause.) He wished to say a few words on the subject of pledges. Those he bad given he had given freely, from a thorough conviction of their pro priety, and they were such as he would have demanded as an elector. In giving those pledges be disclaimed any wish to embarrass the Government. He wished it to be per fectly understood, that it was his full intention to steer an independent course ; and that he would not be the mere puppet of any Administration, any more than he would submit, with all deference to the meeting, to go to Parliament as a simple delegate, restricted entirely from the use of his own judgment. Mr. Philips now proceeded in an amusing strain to comment on the late hours at which the legislation of the country was carried on, a grievance which he should endeavour to have redressed. He then passed to the condition of the working classes of that district, and expressed his regret that when the Duke of Wellington had visited Manchester a few years ago he should have returned to Downing-street with so imperfect an idea of the commercial and manufacturing system of this town and neighbourhood. He (Mr. Philip.) was not ashamed to confess that he gave him the humble meed of his approbation for the passing of Catholic eman cipation, and other measures of a beneficial character; hut there was one thing that he never failed to regret in con nexion with the visit alluded to, and that was, that the Noble Duke had not made himself acquainted with the wants and wishes and distresses of the manufac turing population. It was with pleasure, how ever, that he (Mr. Philips) saw before him then another member of another Administration (Mr. Poulett Thom son), one who did not content himself with a superficial view of our condition, but examined it thoroughly. When he urea here a short time ago he (Mr. Philips) -took the liberty 'of calling his attention to the desirableness of visiting, not only the wealthy cotton-spinning establish ments, but to go and see the abodes of the hand-loom weavers—(Lood cheers)—cot merely to see the lions of the town, but to witness the scenes of distress which too often presented themselves in this part of the country. And he had urged his Right Hon. Friend to entreat every other member of the Administration to visit this large manufacturing district during the vacation, that they also might make themselves acquainted with its actual state. Theurring ag tin to the Tories, he would remark, that in eonnexion with the Dutch war they had done all in their power to excite a feeling in the country hostile to the pre sent Administration ; but the weakness of their agents was such that he (Mr. Philips) did not believe they had been enabled to enlist a single recruit under their banners ; and he would say to them, as the Trojans said to the Greeks when the latter wanted to present the former with the wooden horse : " Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes :" his translation of which was—'. We are exceedingly obliged to you for your offer, but you will not catch old birds with straw."—(Loud laughter.) Before he sat down, he must thank those individuals who, during the election, had come forward so nobly and independently to offer their services in the cause of Reform wherever they thought they were wanted. He should return amongst them at the close of the ensuing session of Parliament, and if the discharge of his duties should not be satisfactory to a majority of con. stituents, he would willingly give place to any individual they might think more competent, and at once retire into that station which had been called the post of honour—he meant a private life. Before I sit down, said Mr. Philips in conclusion, allow me to thank you for the kindness with which I have been uniformly received, and in the language ordinarily used in reference to the buil& mg in which we now appear, I ask for your indulgence, as this is my first appearance on this stage. Mr. Philips resumed his seat amidst loud and general cheers. Mr. POULETT TnoaisoN next mounted the table, and his appearance there was the signal for the most deafen ing and astounding shouts of applause which it was ever our lot to witness, accompanied with the waving of hats and han , kerchiefs. After the applause, which was con tinued for some minutes, had subsided, and silence was restored, the Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to address the meeting as follows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, --There is no one here, I am sure, who will accuse me of affectation when I say that I rise under feelings of the greatest emotion. To address an assembly such as this, comprising within it all that is most distinguished for character, respectability, and liberal political principles in this great metropolis of the commercial world, would be to me at any time a task from which I should shrink, but from the circumstances under which I now appear before you, enhanced by the niann.r with which you have been good enough to greet my entrance, I own that I rise under feelings of emotions within me by which I am almost overpowered, and which compel me to claim your greatest and most kind indulgence.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, you see in the perso❑ of the humble individual before you one who now is about to address you for the first time,—one, not like my Hon. Friend who has just addressed you, and who is known to you from his childhood, but one personally unknown, with two or three exceptions, to every gen tleman whom I have now the honour to address,— one who ❑ever solicited your votes—(Cheers)—one who never addressed a single elector, one who never tendered to you his humble services, and yet one who stands before you to-day in the proud situation of representative of Manchester.—(Tremendous applause.) In that single sentence you have alike the history of your triumph and the sense of my exultation.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, no eloquence, however great—no expressions, however touch ing—could give utterance to the one, or had I the power of the other at command, could add force to that simple fact.—(lmmense cheering.) If, Gentlemen, I venture to congratulate you upon your triumph, no man will believe me vain or presumptuous, since no man will believe that I attribute any portion of your success to anything that relates to myself personally.—(Cheers.) If I feel the deepest gratitude for the kindness you have shown me,— if feel the greatest satisfaction in the triumphant result of your efforts,—if I feel deeply obliged for your exertions,— it is because you have embodied in me the great principle for which you contended ; it is because you have not thought me unworthy to have my name associated with the great cause in which you have fought, and because you have permitted it to be enrolled in the glories of the struggle in which you have been engaged.—(Loud cheers.) I feel proud indeed to have my name inscribed upon the base of the column which you have raised to celebrate ' your triumph, but I acknowledge that the pillar itself is dedicated to the great cause of reform and of humanity— (Loud cheering)....in which you have achieved a victory, —(lmmense cheering.) So far, then, only am I per -1 sonally concerned in the triumph you have won, an! I m a y be permitted, setting all personal considerations apart, to congratulate you upon the successful termination of your efforts. I may be permitted to congratulate you as an humble labourer in the same cause in which you have been engaged. I may c ‘ngratulate you as one of an Ad ministration whose exertions and efforts you have now crowned with success—(lmmense cheering)—and as one of your countryman whose honour and character, attacked and maligned by an expiring faction, you have so noblyre. deemed.—(Renewed applause, with waving of handker chiefs for some minutes.) Some few short months ago you were not deemed worthy of the rights and privi leges of free men. We are told in those days that the shrines of liberty were to be found only in the ditches of Gatton and the heap of atones at Old Sarum.—(Renewed applause.) In respect to these, Manchester wag deemed unfit to send her representatives to the great council of the nation; the talent, wealth, and industry which occupy and surround this great amphitheatre were declared to be unworthy of having a voice in the Government of the country, and for what ? It was said, what could be ex pected from a constituency composed of little shopkeepers and small attorneys ?—(Loud cheers and laughter.) What would the ragged 101. constituency send into the councils of the country ? Would not, on the one hand, sea a constituency return some Tory Crenate ; who, having bought the votes, would sell the liberties of his country st the shrine of corruption—(Cheers)—or, on the other hand, some mad demagogue—(Renewed cheers)—who, by creat ing a delusion in -the, wrierat of -the people, would go there to mar or impede the best efforts of the Legislature? That was the language which we heard whilst we fought, and successfully fought, the great battle of our country men. Gentlemen, you have nobly redeemed those assur ances which we gave for your characters.—(Lood cheers.) You have dismissed the two extremes ; you have been led away neither by the efforts of a faction—properly cha racterized by my Hen. friend sad Colleague as being in, the agoniec of death,—and you have declined to give your confidence to one whose high-sounding promises are his only boast, and whose professions want the test of past conduct.—(lmmense plaudits.) Gentlemen, you have returned one, it is true, who cannot do justice to the call except by his zeal ; but still one who, from his pest iife, cannot be considered as likely to become an enemy to free dom, or an opponent to the advancement of our liberties —Tremendous cheering)—one who, on the other hand, from the situation which he fills, cannot be considered likely to be the author of any rash projects which seek change alone. Gentlemen, in the name of one who had long fought these battles—in the name of one who had to answer for what might have been the result of that great measure for which he fought, and which was successfully carried, permit me to offer ynu my thanks, —not mine only, for they would be but little equal to your kindness, but also the thanks of that body of men with whom I had the, happiness in that struggle, and have now the honour, to act.—(lmmense applause.) But, Gentlemen, lam told already, that while you have conferred upon me tha distinguished ho nour of being your representative, while selecting me upon public grounds alone, unknown and unsoliciting, you have done so on principles which are incompatible with those of the Government with which I have the honour to be connected, and which would place me is direct opposition to its mem bers. 2tich language, I well know, has been used with in the precincts of this great town. The answer that I would give to those who dare thus to calumniate the Ad ministration to which 1 beloeg is one that not only I would give, but which has received confirmation from one far higher than I could ever hope to he in the councils of my Sovereign, and one standing also still higher in the esteem of his countrymen,—(Cheers.) The answer thus con firmed is this,—that no Government from which the con fidence of the people of such communities as Manchester, according to the principles oia which its representation has been conferred on me, is estranged can hope to stand in this eountry, or, I will add, ought to stand,—(Tremend ous cheers.) Gentlemen, now 100 1 / 4 to the principles upon which I have been retuned by you. I appear to speak them before you for the first time, though they ha‘e been represented to you by my friends; and if those friends were capable, as they are not, of speaking aught but truth, where would be the man who has a right to com plain, should he be deceived, when they have only re ferred you to that which every mate may read as it stands recorded? They have represented nothing to you which it was net in your power to ascertain. Every act of my public life stands in the history of letter years, every vote of mine is before the public, and every speech of mine may be found, read, and weighed, and if, Gentle- . men, you have chosen me fur aught, save my past con duct, permit to say that you were not justified in so doing.—(Loud cheers.) But what, Gentlemen, are those principles—principles that I have ever advocated—princi ples upon which alone you could give me your support, and on which alone I could consent to receive it ? No thing, save the advocacy of the only end of good govern Entnt—the happiness of the many.—(General, loud, and long-continued cheers.) To obtain a temperate, but searching, reform of our institutions—to remove from the face of the Church eitablislitnent of this country those specks and deformities which disfigure its appearance and injure its condition—to revive and extend our national in dustry—to alleviate the burdens pressing upon the people —to make the shackles fall from the limb of the slave— Lbo describe the enthusiastic cheers which reverberated from every part of the spacious but densely-crowded hall, if it may be so called, is impossible. The applause con tinued for several minutes, and was followed by three times three hearty cheers]---to give (resumed Mr. Thom son) that principle to representation which it should have, and which, I trust, it has, but if not, it ought to have, namely, the liberty for every man to give his vote consci entiously—(Loud and long-continued cheers, and general shouts of " 'the ballot")—these, Gentlemen, are the principles that I have ever advocated, humbly, but zea lously—these are the principles upon which I believe the Reform Bill to have been founded, and for which I also be lieve it to he the end and the means. I believe that by the Bill, as it now stands, we may obtain all these good ends; but if there are any defects or deformities in that great measure let them be examined—let them be looked into—let them be amended.—(Long continued cheering.) Gentlemen, I am aware that much misrepresentation has gone ata-ond upon the subject of anal measures, but I can attribute that to the watchful jealousy with which the conduct of public men is justly scrutinized. Gentlemen, I know not what is the meaning of final measures—(lrn roense cheering)—l know of no bounds for the march of improvement; I know of no limits which the course of human intelligence has to meet with ; I know of no power to send back the tide of civilization, or to make the spring. of human improvement stagnate at their very source— (Loud cheers)—and 1 feel satisfied, that as the course of years roll on, if the wants or the advanced intelligence of the community require any change, in the course of legis lation that has been entered upon, it will be for human wisdom and sagacity assembled, and collected as it ought to be, legitimately and orderly in the peat councils of the nation, to proclaim those wants and suggest those inapt ove ments. But, Gentlemen, when I say thus much, I muse add, that I should be the first to regret that any unneces sary change should be introduced into any legislative mea sures, or that we should waste time, which could be so much better employed, by cavilling about that which is but a means to an end.—(Cheers.) I conceive that it is our duty, as good patriots and subjects, to take that course which may go to reform those abuses which are most grievous—to look into and amend those evils which are acknowledged to be crying, rather than to dispute among ourselves about remedies for evils that are at least not proved. Upon one matter connected with the system of representation—l mean the subject of secret suffrage—a?) opinions are well known.—(Cheers.) I was one who, in early times, when it was unfashionable to be a Reformer, advocated in my place that principle, and to that principle I remain unchanged.—(Tremendous applause.) But I ant prepared to say, that unless a strong case be made out, and that circu m stan c e s transpired showing the necessity 01 its adoption, not I, for one, should be willing to emplo) my time, and that of the Legislature, to introduce that system, whilst I can conceive that we have in our bands the instrument to effect greater and much more substan tial Reforms. lam one of those who would equally b. prepared to resist a principle, however good I admit it, that might, in my opinion, be brought forward withoe , necessity, so as to interfere with greater and more pressitl objects. Gentlemen, what are the objects to which tht attention of the Legislature must be called ? For upwards of four years past, two great questions have attracte , the whole attention of the Legislature, and therefor, it has been that none of the other subjects have been perioitted to be ioirotkeed.,-(Loud cheers.) Mar I cast my eyes over the wide field for improve ment which presents itself to the Legislature I find much tl , at presses upon our attention, and ample employment for the early and most zealous efforts of the Government and the Parliament. I believe,—.and who will doubt it ? looking to the returns which have been made of represen tatives,—that there will be within it men willing to devote their hest attention to all those great subjects—(Cheers) — and who will see them in a liberal light, and will lend a willing hand in aid of the Government, or will force on the Government such measures of Reform that itself might be unwilling to originate. Gentlemen, if you look to the condition in which the great question of the Church now stands, every man must see that some measures ~ t Retoim "* establishment are imperatively demanded. We -. , dition of Ireland—(Cheers) —distracted by - , rtion of the population rnadch.ne.4 to '-'eases and language of gzi_ ' -n--another portion ` - nrn them the into in tb.. turn to the cu a party feelings--one pa. violence by the exciting aua. tators, who delude and betray the.. struggling to resist th e attempt to wrest ;la. power which, for a century, they have converts, and find the llotad l s same the Church tyranny—(Cheers) —who can Fee this state of chinas, w.....igpha.nrhrantewoiepdacpnphtheseynorirst:ydwhys shall l islranc(seLio:t uh d e Whichc cheers.) e eus res.in exists a vvo l ni aeena the t w question turnmeasure t to o fE tttlahiftrneehdegeeibin6enpttr first prevailing becauset a hho il r diiiennhgegr, prevailsott b at nsd e le4t: i h ighernte n h en a insn n ts l ; co, :en ::: intelligence, n h a m yy e e tt l e hh f n a : !ion, not lighting up the Fame flame, bat burning with an f stn, in the establishment ?—(Cheers.) Some kind of reform ly in Ireland but in Eaghind must necessarily be submitted to the Legislature, and will demand its early and most atten tive consideration. But, Gentlemen, does this single ques tion stand alone ?--on the contrary, two great measures of vast commercial importance equally press nn our attention. That commercial monopely now so long enjoyed by the East India Company- .(Lond applause)--a monopoly in my heart I believe affecting none more than the vast body or commercial men I have the honour now to address,__. calls loudly for r evisioti—(Cheers)—and the voice of the B4tCla applause ,) rter an 91 people of E ng l an d may he considered to join in the demand. —(Loud The the question of . t te b n e l r o e f n t er ie s . l . of w t r h v e . must be considered and finally decided on in the coming Session.—(Cheers.) Than this question, none requires a more attentive end careful consideration in the closet of all the great principles connected with it on the part of those who have to decide it, Standing yet before the country tinder circarnstances which renders it immediately necessary for consideration, is another subject which comes home to the hearts of more people within this realm than any other requ i r i ng str i ct attention and grave delibera tion, and yet effecting and agitating the feelings of the grass mass of the community. What, Gentlemen, sha I I say of the great subject of slavery ?_(lmmense cheering.) I believe in that as in every other question, true policy and true morality will be found to go together, and no man will deny to me that that subject, as well as those I have before mentioned, demands and must receive, the earliest attention of the Legislature.--(Loud cheers.) But, Gen tlemen, are there no reforms connected with our commer cial pursuits and the fiscal relations of this country which likewise demand early attention ? How long ought to continue the present system of corn laws?—(Cheers.) Abandoned even by its most zealous supporters, the sys tem stands almost exploded, and a change must be made now that the commercial communities of this country have representatives in the councils of the nation.-- (Cheers.) How many other subjects are there, Gentlemen, which might have formed a history for many a former session, yet remaining to be brought forward under the consideration of Parliament ? Is the present condition of the education of the people to remain unimproved, or are the lower glasses to be left to the gratuitous instruction of individuals ? We have given, or endeavoured to give, to the people that power to which they were entitled—the power of choosing their representatives; and if we wish to preserve this country from the abuse of that power, we must adard them the means of exercising it wisely._. (Cheers.) I know of no means by which so desirable and important an end is to be obtained except by the intro duction of some regulated system of education which shall place instruction within the scope of the lowest of the people. My Hon. Friend and Colleague has alluded to another great question—the condition of the working classes. I can assure him and you, that it has not, and never can, escape my attention as your representative, or that of the Government.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have now run through the long list of subjects, any one of which is sufficient to occupy fo r some t i me the attention of the Legislature, and with reference to which I believe you may uonfide in the Government of the country-- (Tremendous applause)--determined as they are zealously and earnestly to do their duty to the country L--( Cheers) but to undertake them well they must be taken sucees.. sively, and be well and duly considered; amendments must be carefully and scrupulously weighed and fairly discussed. Tn be good for anything they must be fully complete and perfect, for I am satisfied, Gentlemen, that none of you would think the better of any Government who should come down and throw pell-mell before the Legislature of the country subjects of such importance RS those I have ventured to name to you ; and I am con vinced that there is not one amongst you who, when he saw the character of the first measure introduced by the Government showing a determinstien to go to the root of all abuses, and their conviction of the necessity of searching into them, would not continue to place confidence in that Government, thou g h we should resist improper, because inopportune, introduction of other measures. Gentlemen, as you have evidence of the sincerity of the Government on one great measure, I trust you will give your confidence to them in their mode of carrying these changes into effect. I trust that no im patience will ac t ua t e y ou, t h at no assumption of insincerity will ar se in your minds, because you may see the Go_ verntnent of this country refuse to pledge itself to one hundred gr ea t measures at once, b ut which will endeavour to fix its attention and that of the ensuing Parliament upon two or three which press most.—(Loud cheer s .) Gentlemen, we s ee f or th e fi rst t i me i n the history of this country, or in any history that I have read, a Government which does possess, and I feel it, the confidence of the great majority o f th e nat i on . — (L ou d cheering.) Depend upon it, such a G overnment, actuated by the fear of losing the confidence of their country, is far more likely to set honestly and consistently than one which has not that confidence to lose.---(Loud applause.) Gentlemen, then blame them not if they should not go so far as those who, unacquainted with th e tar di ness of legislative proceed-. tugs, would wi s h. B e li eve me, G entlemen, that in not withdraa ing their confidence from the Government, the people will be far more likely to obtain that which, I be lieve, is their first desire—an energetic, but, at the same time, temperate and w e ll cons id ere d Reform in every branch.—(Great applause.) Gentlemen, my ex cellent friend, our worthy Chairman, has done me the honour, in proposing my health as one of your rept esenta tives, to allude to that political principle to which 1 save always lent my best advocacy —the advocacy ref liberal principles of commercial dealing.--(Loud cheers.) I have, Gentlemen, been for years exposed to all the shafts that mal ce or ignorance could point against me for the devotion I have ever shown to those principles. I have teen milked by every Tory blockhead— (Cheers and laughter)—ignorant of the most common principles o commerce —men whom not any of you would receive within your counting houses, even in the most menial ea pacity—(Renewed laughrer)—by men ignorant of any of the great principles a hich have not only been eloquently developed in this country, but have since been put to the practical test of e xp er i ence , I h ave b een exposed to every species of attack and vit u p erat i on . I have seen myself accused as a hard-hearted theorist—a cold-blooded politi cal economist, willi ng to sacr ifi ce at t h e shrine of his own fancy the best interests of his country. I have had it • wrung into my ears in speeches repeated ad nauseam and by the public press; but, Gentlemen, I base stood ere c t, and notwithstanding the violence which assailed me, still I have resisted it.—(lmmense applause.) Gentlemen, the confidence which you, the electors of this great commercial metropolis of the world, have reposed in me, unsought and unsolicited—an honour which I had never hoped to obtain, and which I never could have sought to achieve., is the most convincing and irresistible answer to at tacks of this kind and character. You, Gentlemen, have thrown around me a harrier in which I can proudly stand and defy the attacks of the ignorant, and the scoffs and calumnies of the malicious. You have conferred on me an honour which has rendered me impenetrabl e to any thing w hi c h may come from such a source . W ith a shield on my arm on which stands engrave d the word " Manchester" I can encounter my assailants ; as, in deed, I did before with trepidation, but now with confi. tense.—(lmmense cheering and waving of handkerchiefs for several minutes.) But what, Gentlemen, I may now isk, are the principles which I have thus ever advocated ? 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