The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-01 00:00:00

Lary men of England would consider his defen d ancient reputation. ArEDNESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—The weather is lerambulate the town and the quays. Orders I ► remove the barricades in the streets of the tot acy of the city have applied by deputation to ee points: Ist, that the wails of the citadel I immediately abolished; 2nd, that a price be, ee it now, for the benefit of the poor; and, of siege in which Antwerp has been some tint have not heard the King's answer, but it stt at the corporation should make the latter delft cision of Holland as to peace or war be known er all is tranquil. The Austrian brig lies opp ready to sail : ten or twelve small vessels I renoon with the Dutch wounded from the Tel I from the citadel, going . to Bergen-op-Zoom. :tants, who tied from their houses during the all .prong home. Crowds of curious arrive; but o see the citadel as yet disappoints than sal difficulty also to get into the trenches. r oNE o'cLocE.—l was deceived yesterday I ,ught to be well-informed as to the passing of into Holland. I have been now assured, on at neither he nor the French officer sent by on Monday have been allowed to pass into, ers. They now remain on the conf i n es , wa il of Holland as to the fate of General Chasse son of the citadel of Antwerp, which will, as 91 procrastinated long. m the evening edition of the Independ an t.] SAL OF THE KING OF HOLLAND. ust received news from Antwerp of the retut ficer charged with the mission to the H ag ue capitulation of the citadel. Messrs. de Take ho have returned with him, were obliged to ill the frontier; their entry into Holland having 11 am refuses to evacuate the forts of Lillo and mating that he wilt give them up • only to quires by the terms of the capitulation. I will astonish no one. DEC. 27, THURSDAY, ONE, P.M.—Those who' itch obstinacy . are not likely to be disappoio, aof Orange reigns. He has, as was exp ec te d :re, sent an answer in the negative to the pro surrender of the forts Lillo and Liefkensbd lose two forts are, it will be difficu:t to take t should come so hard as to make the ice o them able to bear the weight of canno n; an d ity years there has not been, I am informed, ior is there any appearance at present of the ch of such weather. On the contrary, it i 5 or the season. is are already begun for the evacuation of he forts dependent on it, by the Dutch garri• narched without delay to the rear of the k soon as places are ready for their reception, be sent into France. TURKEY AND EGYPT. teur Ottoman of the 24th Nov., an article on ) Sultan's quarrel with the Pacha of Egypt expose addressed to the Governments and po order of the Sultan himself. UnansweratA d in this expose must prove, it &obvious that t stand in need of any such mans to prods ustice of his cause. Every government and cant with the modern history of Turkey are e n was never guilty of any act of injustice, op ration, which could in the remotest manner attack made on him by his Pacha, Mehemet' ry, he had always entertained a high esteeo pieced an unlimited confluence in him, hq i, and had long been looking to the power 0L !ration for the execution of the important OP] he had contemplated since the year 1808, who, volution placed him on the throne. ersons in Europe who are individually inter ity and success of the Pacha of Egypt, and, taking great pains to show that his cause of popularity of the two. In proportion, arrel between the Sultan and his powerful %. interest and importance, Europe will B an; e side whose triumph will best promote th e c in Turkey. If we were to form an opinioi of the last few years, it would not be too ha' it the whole welfare of the Ottoman empire Sultan's making a successful resistance ag .j.and the other rebels who have join e d SMTt , uction of that empire can hardly t 1 ). latter's succeeding in dethroning their Sovere g any decided advantages over him. Mel' rant and uneducated Turk, who has risen ' humble station, notthrough any particular ° it through chance and those accidental circ, h every Turk in power owes his elevation. e nothing more for him than assist the dece oral sagacity in discovering how far the re soa be rendered profitable to himself. Sultan A S i of a sovereign who has reigned, who h a s tit e advantages of education that are withio rk, and who was the fa.vouriie nephew and sultan Seim, by whom he was taught ho ' ish empire from the state of insignificanc e en left in consequence of the rapid strides by the other kingdoms of the European ir° hat Mahmoud has made, especially of late ye ible the natural and great resources of Tor ild not be intended for his own individual bey had, in fact, nothing to gain. It is the pros?: spire and the good of every one of his saki 2.rtaken and made the greatest efforts to pro° ith which he has met and which he has over t formidable kind. He was in -a fair woof , part of his laudable projects realized before rural life. If he obtain not a signal trumpb ° , the rebel Pacha will surely obtain a signal for even if through mercy he were sufferc!. drone, his power would receive a mortal bi ;nod be completely paralysed, the Janiss• foot, and all the miseries of the former Cy` ) condemn Turkey to perpetaal barbarism 0 4 y of these considerations, which ought to fil 6 1 to civiiiiation to desire that the Sultanl ms, there are motives not less important, 1) :ent. liwsia is watching the progress of e e . u:ate her own future steps in that part of f imph of a rebel, and the dethronement t ign, would afford a pretext for Russian ) 11 „ Late of complete exhausticn in which the Or ere even the Sultan allowed to remain ofl ave it at the mercy of its natural enemy, ical destruction with which it has been threat e ty years.—Parix Correspondent of the Times' CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. eett received from the Cape of Good HoPe f `tuber, by which it appears that 21.-_, cattle ict of Beaufort have sent a memorial t o the i they inform his e xcellency that " t (.10 1 ; ertain enactments" contained in th e nevi s ig in council. The objections of the ol eo actments relate principally to five clauses'i leaning of which they appear to be misinfo, o l a very imperfect view. They •object, 1 10 a hours of labour, beyond whi ch ' the ese r " t y not to be required, on the ground that t e for the necessary protection of their rs from the orders themselves, that sl'e ci el e re to the labours of such slaves as ere ct ) ties to which they refer. They make o _l s the nature of the clothing and the virtu` he slaves, and the bedsteads with which tid d, which appear equally devoid of foun° o o l tt latitude of exception and discretional" P oo l he slave-owner. The remaining object' o iti hich all slave-owners are required to aff°, eo l' tedical attendant to their staves in the e% .1 0 able only in cases where the owner has ue forty slaves or upwards; but it seems t b o eo no cattle farmer in that district who po l" ciil slaves. It is, indeed, ordered, that, ian.. , Yerous disease of any slave or slav es ? 3r shall employ a medical practitioner fo r dtis, treatment ;" but as the memotialists.icol' ian being, ur any one interested, cons iu u e is of his own accord, independently of t'; 1 0 1 bjection to this enactment of the order lamed."— Times. 11 GUATEMALA. be f private letter from Belize, dated Octo,,eo.- aquillity is restored to the Republic of '4leol i e cessation from actual warfare, yet colwo the Government is as distant as eve . n.i o lll sla a decree for a forced loan of 90,UN .t a time when the raising of ha!: the su a oe, of distress amongst the already harra . ss e 1 0 0 esmen. Money was daily becoming but little mining, and lege coinage. DINNER TO LORD SANDON. r A• public dinner was given to LordSandon, on Friday even in the large room at Lucas's Repository, Great Charlotte eet. The room was arranged in a new and mole convenient 1 , than on former occasions. The taLes, instead of running Whole length of the room, extended a.cioss, there being ven in all. Each table was laid for thirty guests, but they e not quite fuil, and three others were not laid at ail'. lii centre of the room, between the two tire-places, was placed cross -table, extending across live of the other rabies, and on Platform erevated above their level, whereby the noble arid tiuguished guests were rendered visible to the whole co:11- 'y. Over the chair was placed a banner bearing the.arnis of erpOoi; on the opposite wall was a red and uniiiant star, centre containing "426:4" the .number of electors who . d for, Lord Saudon. . 'these were the only flags exhibited, the room had a very agreeable and spiendid appearance. half-past liVe the company began to assemble, and long be e six the room was nearly !hied with gent.einen of the first pecta.biiity.. .:About that noar his Lordsnip's approach was 'euuceu by a simultaneous cheer, , thellarmonicJiand at the 'e time playing " See the conquering hero conies." Ills. rdship was auinitted by the sine door, And preceded by the. irman of his committee, Charles Lawrence, Lsq., waiked ' id the upper end of the room towards the cross-table. lie followed by Mr. Moss, Mr. Thomas Tobin, and Mr. Alder- Sandbach. Sir Howard Douglas came next, supported the chairman or his committee, Mr. Alderman Robinson, • Richard Leyland, Mr. James Heywoith, Sir Thomas ncker,.Mr. Duncan Gild), &c. &c. On the arrival of Lord Saudon at the cross-table, his Lord ') took his seat on the right side of the chairman, Mr. Chas. ivvrence • next him sat ..11.r. Richard Leyland, Mr. Alderman kirne, 111 r. John Moss, Mr. Adam Hougsou, Mr. Sandars, Id other gentlemen. On the left of the chair sat Sir Howard glas, Mr. Alderman Robinson, Mr. A.clermau Sandbach, James Hey worth, and other gentlemen. The dinner was - served by Mr. d..ynn, of the Waterloo, whose ellence as a caterer is too well known and appreciated by ' readers to require any comment heie : it is but just, how r, to say that tile viands were good, abundantly suppled, and tufficient variety. There was a most satisfactory supply 01 inpagne during the dinner, and the wines that followed e of excellent quality. lie number of guests was about DO, the great majority ring the Sandun and Douglas favours. 'hen the cloth was drawn, Non Nobis Domine was sung in style by Messrs. Holden and Cearn. The Chairman then e His Majesty the King, Duke of Lancaster"—three times ee, and one cheer more.—" God save the King," Her Majesty the Queen, and the Royal Family". .es three.—" Here's a health to ail good Last•es." `Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the ncess Victoria"—three times three.—" Hail, star of Bruns k." '—three 1" The Lord Lieutenant of the County." The CHAMMAN demanded a bumper for the next toast, and yi said— Gentlemen,—The next toast is one which I am sure you will teive with the enthusiasm . it merit s : 1 me an the hcaith of our ble guest and representative, Lord Sandon. company rose anave a succession of chees which we not number, but which g might probably be nine r times nine, ith all the enthusiasm the worthy Chairman anticipated. Lord SANDON then ruse, and was again greeted with almost of the former ciamourous applause. lie prucveded : hr. Chairman and Gentlemen,--1 would l had the eloquence one who once was your representative, in order that I might '.ress adequately the feelings which possess me, when now, a second. time, I receive from you the honour of this cum .sent, after success, in being placed in the situation of your resentative. You must, however, be content with the sim and plain expression of my acknowledgments. I feel, in d, that in retaining me, you have not served me alone, an . ividual person, but that )ou have been serving and forward . the objects of a great cause, and of..A great .principle. I old, indeed, be more overwhelmed than - 1 am . , under the (lir tostances in which I stand before you, if I thought that all !interest, all the excitement, all the exertions, which have . . titated the town, were stirred oniy in the cause 'of an inuivi !al, and that indiviuual ulyseil. Ido not think so, but have kve to rejoice, along wi:h you, in the success of a cause which triumphed in my name. Gentlemen, I feel that with me, the instrument, you have successfully resisted an attempt to mincer over this town.—(l - lere Lord Saudon was interrupted a regular volley of cheering.) Gentlemen, his lordship re ed,-I feel that, with me, you have resisted, the endeavour to up one class against another, as though there were an hos .'ty of interests between them, in place of the identity which es in fact exist, or that perfect union of interests which is lit- less than identity. Gentlemen, I feel that you have also, in name, resisted an endeavont to, bind iositw Atter, the mind Your representative; so that, in place of — lie - Corning the true IJl . esentative of your interests, in a 'general and cumulative use, he could only inanimateLy reflect the ohitiidris and views 'a portion of your community. 'phis is a triumph in which lhonest man may rejoice, for it is untainted by corruption in l e means of success, as it is just and excellent in its object. I Pei, said Lord Sandon, with indignation, the imputation of Purity which has been cast upon our proceedings, for the !those of sullyin ,, our success; and I do not envy the feelings those who, in the l first moment of defeat, and before it was " 4 sible to know tne truth, hazarded that charge of baseness, the purpose of throwing a tout blot upon the fame of .our tuiph. We, I think, it defeat had been . our fortune, would it have endeavoured to cast that stain upon the'ineaus which 1 / 4 ;•lit have caused our failure, but wound have acknowledged, ttiout asperity, the fortune which had overthrown our hopes. 4ttlemen, I - do feel indignation at this unworthy treat- Llt.; and I cannot think it the part of ood townsmen, or good fellow citizens, to take that occasion to iii , or to L 44 eavour to fix, a lasting reproach upon the town. I hope ,Ite question is now set at rest, and that we shall hear no more it; and I shall go up to parliament, feeling certain that Represent The unbiassed suffrages of this' great community. hen I tirt.t came among you, and afterwards, when entertained 'lt similar manner to that iu which I am now'honoured, I tie- ~reu plainly - that you must consent to take me with all my luions as they were then frankly delivered to you. I have tiered to those opinions through evil and through good report, a I am content with the verdict of approbation which, by the which calls us together, as well as by this particular et warm incident of our proceedings, is now by you pro tinced upon my conduct. These are, and those that are re- Itly passed have been critical times, in which it has not been ry for any man to secure so general an approbation from those 4„Whom he is acconntable, that he cannot say he has offended *l in the exercise of independent judgment i on he contrary, , e lB impossible but that in such times a man will offend many. I ~,, xi eat, however, that you have given in your verdict of approba t'd to the general course of my conduct, and with that result I A kv ‘ e reason to be well satisfied. I to.d you, when first I ap i,-ared to solicit your suffrages, that I was a reformer. So I was, '! l d am a reformer, desiring that object in order to renew, rein- Orate, and restore, but not to destroy. It was with the same 4 )wal of sentiments that his Majesty's ministers entered upon tir work of reform, declaring that that measure was to be a al measure. As a final measure I accepted it: lam pre ,red to abide by it, and I will not go beyond it. (Loud cheers.) 'ehtlemen, as a final measure it was offered, and I accepted it, Il d to that I sacrificed both interests and strong feelings and , Possessions. Being a final.measure, and beCause it was so, s lued to it the consent of many reluctant supporters ; and I ,idk it would be dishonourable in his Majesty's ministers, if, Sr li :e carrying their measure on that ground,' and being sup w,rted on that ground by man y n o t willingly . consenting to the it 'ole measure, they were now to violate the express or under (kid condition of that stippo'rt, and to endeavour, with the alis so put into their hands, to carry other measures of reform 1 3 then contemplated. Ido not, however, apprehend any t .` 1 " 1 1 result, and I hail with the highest satisfaction those decla tt4tlons of his Majesty's ministers, in different parts of } ando , which proclaim . their adherence to their original sole ' ll , 4 pose of reform of parliament, and which show them to us.in 0 act of shaking off that . radical support with whi c h 'they have 41 encuMberea. (Cheep.) I hope now to see the FOllUd i, I. of the community unite against the common toe, and the. MiNelent shades of opinion, which already grow faint, wholly erg e i n the hioaderdistinctioas, which are adapted to present i t r tles, the obsolete, may I call theni r definitions- of whig and to ,' displaced by those of so far deeper meaning, which express I;'esent distinctions, conservative and destructive. ( Cheers. ) Let V e tilt take the example of the Greeks of the lower cmpire,.and 'tlpy ourselves in eiscussing the colours, the •red au, l bate Of the Vilieteers, when the enemy is at the 'gates. Let us rather It t , i:;e, a .,,, I hope we may, the support of the executive power. 4 . Is a prinoiple with me to support the governmeet. I • differ 1, 4 2di them. witii mut:twice, nor is it fitting that we samild lightiy, ,' fur less than gravest reasons, differ front those who are i t ' iy the head of affa It is my principle to stand by the execti !, if possible, and not to differ from them but with regret. "ig for us to bear constantly in mind that there is an enemy I.'er watchful to take .advantage of the disseittions among k t h i '''Se who, in fact, mean love the same thing, and to rush in ' t rough that advantage to rthrow the settled and orderly k,l'lte of things. I repeat, then, that I shall go to parliament !th an independent wish to suppirt, if I can properly do so, 1 1 ' Majesty's government. lie siould not then enter further to what he might call general party politics. Some partii'u THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. far topics call for brief notice. With respect to commercial subjects, he hoped he was now general.y well understood to have liberal general views of ail such questions, with a leaning to Caution in the practice. Such, he thought, the policy of the time requires. No one can observe the signs of the times, and last y.et I. :t a t or u t g h h a , t C while on the o h d the a r ng u e a i n . t o 4 f the icis mac equ a h l n n ye obvious ou s t moving hat whatever real abuses do exist, impeding the freedom of its movement, must be removed. Ile - hoped to see more and more, day by day, a middle party established; that the government d would, in the main, represent or he iiinbetriaienitty'olo•efmvoisetwsrawnokuoldf that middle party, and that a cautiou s be the leading motive and princip le of this p olic y . Ile al: uue to the inonetory system, us one which should be toucheg with a cautions baud. lie hoped that the experience of -many years experiment would -not, however, be thrown away, .bat that measures might be adopted w hich would afford E ord a so st jn mei d n i c a ..e tr a ad se e d ease •to the industry of the country. l be antacihated. A thilicul natirlydihneigLopsaelitynat an eniargement of the c calledo 111 n ehricse attention,of t hea the China trade; he .alluded to . supposed ty hail been removed from the settlement u or.edtheneqcueessstiitoyn of to aid the defective means of the . Cumpany t i o ha u t ia . monopoly, establishments outof their territorial revenue. The .present ..Governor General had removed that difficulty, by his success in lowering the expense to the revenue of the Indian establishmeuti. Ile (Lord Sandon) hopeu to see a gratifying tevival of commercg, after that great opening should be given to the enterprise . of British Isiereliatits.— One subject he approached with much caution, a subject in which ad our leeitugs and our highest interests are concerned, the church. Into a leftism of that establishment he was pre pared to go, but with a ueep reverence for the body which was to be the subject of that reform, with a deep reverence for that connexion of church and state, winch he believed •tended, not to render the church secular, but the state redgious. What would be the state of the country in general; in we towns the argument may hot apply in aft its extent, but in the country, what would be the state of the poor, if the care of religion were abandoned to the will of those who cared for it ? Do the poor now pay for their religious advantages ? No such thing. Au o,d burthen upon the laud supports the establishment; and he is no frieud to the lower orders who wouid ,suggest measures to ' deprive the poor of their presengadvautages in a national este; O.ishment, and leave them to-the mercy of their own inutile lence and indigence, conspiring to rob their of that benefit. Here some one caused much interruption; we know not well Ivith what object; he was at length put out, but iu the bustle wi lost some of the connexion or Lora Sandon's speech.] The reform, we understood hint to say, which he would support in the church, would be to the extent of improving the efficiency of the establishment, and of increasing its stability, by dimi nishing the inequality of the livings, .and by enforcing c.erical residence in every parish, and thus to provide for the great and obvious objects of au estabtished church. He felt sorry to so inadequately express himself. (Loud cheers.) " Gentlemen," said his lordship, "I need not lon g er trespass upon your atten tion, or approach more minutely the questions which must agi tate opinion in another place, as they already no the country; but I will take again this opportunity to thank you for the great cue and exertion which you have shown in the cause with which my name was here itieutitied. I wish the feeiing that has b.. , en displayed in Liverpool were a sample of the feeting of the country at large. I hope,.indeed, a great deal of dormant feel ing has been generally awakened in the community. I hope the new Parliament, though some sad materials are mingleci in its composition, will vet uisplay that feeling, and I hope those very, materials will have the effect of separating, as it were, the black sheep from the white, and that thus, in the ve.y extent of the evil, we shad find its -antidote. I will not," his lordship concluded, "ruttier intrude, as I fear I have wine, in a manner very unworthy of this entightehed assembly, which have dune so much honour to myself and the cause, than to thank you fur that honour, and acknowtedging, with heartfelt thanks, the exertion, the zeal of your friendship, and =attaining, • at the same. time, the honour and purity of that exertion, winch may well be an object of jealou s y to other communities, throw my self upon your indulgence for this imperfect expression of ail my ou.igations to you."—'l he nob,e mid was most cordially greeted with acclamations on concluding his. speech, which be had hardly done when he obtained leave from the Chairman to propose a toast. When the cheering had subsided, - his lordship observed, that he had the Chairraan'sperhussion to propose a toast. It was the name of one. Who had contributed largely to their success, and one who waslionoured and respected wherever that name was known, one whose sound judgment and calm temper had, in agreat degree, enabied their bark to come into that haven. Hehegged.topropose the health of their worthy chairman; Charles Lawrence, Esq. The toast was drunk with loud applause. The CtiainsiaSt, in rising to return thanks, said he was quite inadequate to the obligation which their kindness had imposed upon him. He beggeu to assure the company that no exertion on Ins part, had been wanting to ensure - the success of their cause. (Cheers.) He knew the wificuities of such a contest, and all he could say, was, that he was proud to have his name connected with the election of Lote Sandon. (Loud cheers.) He then begged to propose the health of a distinguished officer, who had done them the honour to become their guest that evening. It wou.d - be irregular in him to allude to election matters, or differences of opinion in politics, but'he did feel that there had been so much unison iu the conduct of the election commit tees,. that he hoped he might be allowed to make use of the wish contained in a letter groin one of his Majesty's ministers, namely, that in these times, whatever the different politica of men might be, they would see the paramount necessity of lending a cordial support to government, to defeat the object of those whose design was to have no government at all. (Much cheer ing) He begged leave to propose the health of that distin guished general, Sir HoVvard Douglas. (On receiving this toast the company rose and continued cheering for several mi nutes.) Sir IiowARD DOUGLAS said, he was very sensible of the distinguished honour which had been conlesrLi upon him iu the very gratifying terms in which his name had been introduced to the company, and to the gentlemen present it was utterly out of his . power to express, and . indeed, in his peculiar situation, it would not be fitting in him to attempt. it, the sense which he en tertained of the very generous and gratifying manner in' which they had been pleased to respond to the proposition of the wor thy Chairman. (Cheers.) lle was greatly indebted to that in dividual and to the other gentlemen of Lord Sandon's commit tee, for the honour which they had done him in inviting him to that splendid meeting. He wasshankful that he had been af forded that opportunity of rejoicing politically and socially with them on the occasion of them-electron of that respected noble man as one of thegepresentatiVes of this borough at parliament. (Cheers.) lie congratulated them all, he congratulated this great town, in the tliumpii ,which principal had had in the per son of that nob.enian. (Immense cheering.) In the pei-sou of that noble Lord whose success by the issue of the late contest they were then assembied to - celebrate, and, lie begged leave to congratulate his lordship most respectfutly and sincerely on that success, and on those. expressive add well-merited marks of respect for him which were there and elsewher,r manifested, in which he did most cordially concur, in principal and spirit, and rejoice-in personally, (Loud Cheers.) In obeyilig the call made upon himself to become a candidate for the replesen , tation of this ancient and loyal borotah in parliament, it was, ' he did avow, a great object of his ambition, and he hoped a legitimate one, to have been his Lordship's colleague. This he might be permitted to declare without being taken to mean anything personally offensive to the other candidates, who en tertained opinions, and avowed political purposes very, very different from those which he ban ever .professed and pursued. But as he did aspire to - the high honour of becoming his Lord ship's colleague, so did he never wish to interfere with his lord ship's election. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) And he might say, in speaking of himself, that as soon as it becaine distinctly ap parent to him, in his independent, uncompromising, and un coalesced force, that that full success, in the doubie return of candidates on conservative prineples was unattainable—(loud cheers)—as soon as that became impracticable, he expressed the greatest solicitude to his friends that they should not re gard his personal feelings or himself in any way, but combine every exertion to secure the return of Lord Sandon. (Cheers, the company again rising.) Next to that issue which, to his 'mind, and to all his ambitious and feelings would have been - the most satisfactory, he meant that doable return,- it had terminated in a shape the next best, namely, the triumph of his Lordship, which they were then celebrating. - (Cheers.) It would not become him to trespass much upon their time. ((;o on.) But it was with their permission that lie wished to take up a little more of their attention. Ile need say little - of his principles, because, from the prompt and explicit manner in which he had declared them at the very earliest, period of his arrival, he soon became hailed, as it were, as the beacon, the rahying point, of a dis-spirited and almost dispersed host.— (Cheers.) He had been selected to become the leader of a great an extensive, an influential, and a powerful conservative body: (i:heers.) That body had gone on increasing steadily up to the termination of the election, and he was still more proud to say that it had continued to augment up to that very hour. (Loud applause.) From that body he had received the greatest support, and from it he had recently received the strongest as - suranees for the future, if ever that future should convene them together. (Loud cheers.) That body knew right well that they might depend 'most perfectly upon his principles. (Hear.) As he raised his banner boldly on his arrival, so would he ever bear it firmly and steadily. Let it lead him where it might, and it should 'lead him whithersoever the interests of his country called, (cheers,) he would devote to it all the exertions he could command. In the council, if it should ever be his fate to be placed there, and if any extremity should arise from reckless folly, there, too, should his hand he raised for the protection and safety of all that was just and good. (Cheers.) Such an extremity, however, he did not anticipate. It did appear to him that in perilous and difficult times, such as those in which they lived, and particularly in that particular conjuncture at which this country had now arrived, that it behoved every man to come forward promptly to declare his principles. Let every man who would rally round the throne, and the altar, and the constitution of the country, hesitate not to come forward and declare his principles, so that they might si gna li se to eac h other their determination to devote themselves, whatever their minor party distinctions might have been, and however terms which ought now to be considered obsolete Might formerly have influenced them, to devote themselves to the great paramount obligation of protecting the country, and defending it from in ternal enemies. (Vehement appause.) This appeared to him the only way in which they could prevent those fearful extre mities: But it did appear to him that acting thus, and resolving themselves into a great conservative phalanx, they should ren der it quite impossible for the enemies of the constitution to make a' breach - in it. (Cheers.) They should thus be enabled, with an eilectual force, to maintain the dignity of the monarchy, and the prerogatives of the Monarch, (loud cheers); to uphold the constitution in church and state, to defend all the other institutions, the political institutions of the country, and the in stitution, lit its impeiial sense, of the empire. (Loud applause.) They should be enabled to cement that union between church and state which could never, but at the ruin of the country, be dissolved. That point of union, in legislative considerations, was secured by the presence of the spiritual peers in Parliament, and whatever might be done for the reforming of the discipline of the church, or the regulation and management of its affairs, as an inferior measure of economy, that . reat legislative privi lege could never be abolished without consigning it to destruction. Another point upon which he wished to say a few words, al though no legislative duties were likely soon to devolve upon him, he meant the proposed alteration in the mode of voting, the vote by ballot, which the noble lord most justly and most forcibly deprecated the other day, which a great leading cha racter had denominated un-English, but which he would de nounce aS„olculking, demoralizing hypoerisy.—(Loud and long continued applause.) If it were suitable he would enter into other subjects, in which it would be seen that there was a con siderable concurrence of opinion between himself and the noble lord, but which, standing in his situation, it would be out of place-for him to advert to. This, however, he might say, that with respect to principles, though firmly attached to those which he had asserted,—bound to them so firmly that he coital never be driven from them,—yet, as he regarded the reformation of abuses in particular departments, so far as it could be done without affecting their stability, he wouid not resist theni. But, as in politics, like physics, all depending upon the main 'system being supported, he wouldke careful not to disturb that system. In the political as well as in the physical world, bo dies or systems were not in a state of stability unless their com mon centre of gravity were supported; and, therefore, he was opposed to the reform on this view, because society could not be in a state of equilibrium, or in a state of stability, unless that beautiful equipoise which we now possessed were maintained. —(Cheers.) He was not bound with so strait a lacing, he was not riding with so short a stirrup, that he might not peal a lit tle to the impulse with which the changing current of time pressed down upon him, or accommodate himself to the fluc tuations which were constantly taking place in the political as in the mental and physical worid.—(Cheers.) Having thus presumed to speak of his principles, and to illustrate them a little further than he had done on former occasions, and for which he hoped he should be pardoned, he should conclude in a very few words, The declaration which he had made of his principles had been most useful to him, by . procuring the sup port which lie had received, and the acquaintance with which he had been honoured. It was to those principles, and to the prompt and uncompromising avowal or them, that he was in debted for the friends who had gathered round him. Invited here as the leader of that powerful body, it was to those princi pies that he owed the honour of coming into their presence. hi those principles all his friends unanimously concurred, and he was very happy to perceive they were in accordance with the . opinions of a great number of those whom he had the honour to addres. (All, all.) He would trespass no further upon their time. He returned thanks to their worthy chairman for pro posing his hearth, and lie repeated to the gentlemen present the profound sense which he entertained of the generous, kind, and gratifying, manuerin which he had been treated, and the in dulgence with which they had received the proposition from .the chair. Sir Howard Douglas then sat down amidst reiterated cheers, and the CHAIRMAN gave, " His Majesty's Ministers, and may they adhere fo their declaration, that the reform bill, now the law of the land, shall be a final measure as regards the consti tution of paniament, and may its result equally uphold the dig nity of the crown,•the safety of our institutions, and the best interests of the nation."—Glee, " Here's a health to old En gland." • The CHAIRMAN.—The next toast I have to propose is those greatly calumniated but independent men, the 4260 who voted for Lord Sandon. (Great cheering.) Lord SANDON begged to make a few observations. It was made a charge against him that he was returned by the majority of the old freeman, not by the new constituency. (Cheers.) He would not think it any disgrace to have been supported by a body whom Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson were proud to represent: (Loud cheers.) He (Lord Sandon) would consi der it no disgrace to have the support of loyal and wortby men, who, though poor, represented the mercantile body on whom they depended. (Great cheering.) He would not refer to anv particular body, for he looked fearlessly around him on ail parties—shopki.:epers, professional men, or the working classes; and he looked proudly on all. (Cheers.) And on looking round that room, ho might say that he represented ad small portion of the wealth and respectability of the town. (Loud cheers.) . But, if the fact be as represented by those who calumniated their eleCtion, he was satisfied for what he had received. (Cheers.) Sir How Alia DOUGLAS had to propose a toast. It was usual, when honour was about being done to an individual, to precede the announcement of their name by enumerating their virtues, but he felt that it would not be proper to keep the name of Lady Prances Sandon for one minute in reserve. (Loud cheers.) Her ladyship was so well known here that it would be out of place to do more than propose her health. Drunk with en thusiasm. Lord • SANDoN returned thanks. Lady Frances was no stranger to them; she had shared in their enthusiasm, and her heart thrilled at the -name of Liverpool. (Cheers.) On the recent occasion' she had shared in their anxiety, and she had shared in their triumph ; and if there was any good she desired for her husband, it was, that he might retain the good opinion ,! of the people of Liverpool. (Great cheering.) Before sitting down, e begged to propose the health of Lady Douglas.— (Cheers.) Sir SWARD DouG 'As briefly returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of our worthy Chief Magistrate, to which due honours were paid, and Mr. ROBERT HinisFau. returned thanks, in a very happy and appropriate • speech. The CHAIRMAN next gave the canvassers. Lord SANDON, iu returning thanks, complimented his can vassers on their reputation, for they had been sent for from Manchester, but were too busy at home, and could not go, Mr. GEORGE GREEN then rose, and spoke as follows :—lt is with a feeling of double exultation that I appear before you to return thankSnn behalf of my brother canvassers,—of exulta tion that our efforts have been crowned with victory, and that we have been the happy instruments of returning to Parlia ment the nobleman who sits beside you. (Cheers.) A noble man on whom the accident of his birth but reflects back a bor-• rowed lustre from those talents, and that innate integrity which would have distinguished him in any rank of life. (Great cheering,) May his honoured father long continue to enjoy, in the repose of private life, those honours, and that esteem which his public career has secured to him. (Cheers.) May his son so long continue to fill that proud situation in which we have now placed him, (cheers,) that of the independent mem ber for Liverpool ; and when, in the course of events, he shall be called to that station in the councils of his country, to which his rank and talents entitle him, let him not forget,—he will not forget, that he won some of his first political laurels as the re presentative of Liverpool. (Loud cheering,) lam returning you thanks as a canvasser, rough and ready, as is the usage of our brotherhood, and, therefore, I will not hesitate, at once, to speak to the charge of bribery which has been so calumniously . brought against us. (Hear !) That our opponents should con nect the iuea of victory with that of bribery I do not wonder; for I Well remember that the only triumph they ever gained, was achieved by the most profligate bribery which ever dis graced the annals of parliamentary inquiry, or corrupted a con stituency. (Great cheering.) We deny their assertions, and dare them to the proof. (Great cheering.) Nor let us forget those who were associated with us at the close of the late con test,—the canvassers for Sir Howard Douglas. (Cheers.) If they do not, with us, bear the palm of victory, they shared with us the toil of the contest. and the dust of the race; (cheers;) they, when they found their own exertions were not to termi nate in a triumph, anima„ted by zeal in a common cause, gene rously lent us assistance' in securing ours. (Cheers.) Oncemore, more, Mr. Chairman, I return you thanks'on behalf of ) the can-, vassers, as cordially as such warm hearts and ready hands would wish it to be done. (Cheering.) Mr.' Miller being called on, sang an appropriate song. Toast : "The master tradesmen of L iverpool : nine times nine. Mr. Samuel, Homes then addressed the meeting as fellows : —Sir,—Notwithstanding the calls which have been made upon me, I am really not anxious to occupy the prominent position in which I find myself, whether I consider my own station iu life or the auditory lam called upon to address. On common occasions, I should have contented myself with simply thanking you for the plaudits, with which you have hailed the health of myself and brother tradesmen. But, sir, this is no common oc casion--,these are no common times. I shall not reduce myself to the level of our opponents by condescending to use vitupera tive language or by displaying a spirit. of recrimination, but I do deeply feel that there is a spirit of disaffection abroad, which is aiming at the subversion if not the destruction of our nation al institutions. We ail know, sir, that a Child may detach a fragment whose impetus a giant cannot arrest, and, I think that man must be blind to the signs of the fiiries, who does not Perceive in the restless spirit of chabg,e, which is so widely spread, symptoms of that disorganization which if not guided aright, must involve society in one common ruin. II has an ultimate object, and, why should I mince the matter ? it is the eventual overthrow of the Established Church and, with it, the monarchy. It is the spoliation of her property—the desecrating of her altars—and the overthrow of the throne. Ivy clasps aim encircles the venerable edifice, and gives to it at once stability and beauty . : so do I believe the national establishMent of this country mainly tends to the security and stability of the throne. I think, by the purity of its doctrines, the mild tolerance and the beneficence of her diffusive spirit, not only does she benefit the nation at large, but I may safely add the whole habitable world. But the spirit which is now abroad strikes at the root of all subor dination, and subordination is to the social system what the cir ciliation of the blood is to the human frame; and, if it is de! stroyed, the cement which binds the frame-work of society is. broken and we can look for nothing but discord. Now, Sir, I do think our national church presents a strong bulwark against the undue encroachments of democracy; and do we need to be told that the tyranny of democracy is the vilest and most arbi trary of all tyrannies? Is not then the national establishment the surest guarantee for the real civil and religious liberty of those who dissent from her? And am I not borne out in this by the opinions of the wisest and the brightest of their own ho dy. That man has studied history to little purpose, who has not discovered that revolutions heve,been commenced by bring ing into contempt the ministers of religion. Look at Prancc— they first attacked the altar and then they overturned the throne. I cannot sit down, Sir, without alluding to the tie just treatment which the freemen of this borough have re ceived from our opponents. As long as the lower order of the burgesses were necessaay to them as stepping-stones, or stirrup holders, they were cajmed as the " worthy and independent burgesses of Liverpool " but, no sooner do they assert their real independence, by cfioosiag for themselves, and by reject ing a man who, although he is a Liverpool merchant, neither builds a ship, makes a rope, or forges a bar of iron .in the port, why then they are loaded with contumely, epithets of disgrace are heaped upon them, and like the celebrated razor-grinder of Mr. Canning, they are unceremoniously kicked into the street. Sir, I am not ashamed to stand up in this great assembly, and boldly declare, that I hail"the humble and industrious artimrn as a brother. It is with indignation that I sec him thus trodden under foot as the mire, and I cannot but raise my voice against those who treat him so basely. I will say to my fellow-trades men who now hear me, that we have something more to do with the working classes than to wring the sweat from their brow. There is a great influence which we possess, (I believe there is none so humble, but lie possesses influence of some sort,) I mean the important influence of moral example. Let us bear this steadily in view, then will our actions speak out; and Whilst we teach our workmen by our own loyalty and consist ency to "fear God, to honour the King, and to meddle not with them that are given to change," we shall need no coercive measures : for that man will not oppose the master who has taught him to regard him with affection and respect. In times of great politicarexcitement, apathy and influence may almost amount to moral turpitude ' - and neutrality is a moral, if not a political crime. One word more, and I have done. -The laurel of victory has not yet decorated the brow of our gallant guest, (Sir H. D.,) but when I look at the conflicting parties com posing the Commons' House of Parliament, and the notes of jarring discord which it must touch, I feel a presentiment that its duration will not be very long, and I do pledge myself that if life and health be spared, I will give him my feeble aid on a future occasion, and I. have little doubt that a future effort will be crowned with success. I thank you for the patience with whiCh you have heard me, and as it was'aptly wished the other evening, that in allusion to political events all things might be "settled upon the best and surest foundations," so I will ex press a fervent hope, that "peace and happiness; truth and justice, may be established amongst us to all generations." Loan SANDON, in proposing the health 'of "The' Lancashire Witches,—the Ladies of Liverpool," said, he proposed the health of those whose smiles and whose enthusiasm hail sup ported him in the hour of danger, and who had saluted him with their congratulations . in time hour of victory. He could only say, that it he had come to Liverpool a. bachelor, he did not think he should have gone away one. (Much laughter.) . Lord SANDON said he had another toast to propose, and it was one deeply impressed upon his heart :• it formed the great object of his life, and, -since his connexion with Liverpool, the object of his devoted exertions, to which their kindness would only add a greater zest. The toast he was going to propose was, "The Town of Liverpool, and the trade thereof." (Loud cheers.) That trade, however, would never be promoted by the increase of another trade—the trade of political agitation.-- (Loud cheers.) Their sister city of Bristol bad learned this secret, and another . great town was, acquiring the secret in another way. Birmingham, iu her commercial affairs, was experiencing the inconveniences and the miseries which follow ed the dictation of a mob. (Cheers.) Men of business were quitting that town, unable to bear the tyranny and assumption of the enlightened Union of that town, He believed this com munity was too intelligent to sacrifice . its interests to political agitation : he trusted the country. would learn the same truth with..it. There was only one branch of trade that was not checked, and almost suffocated with it; and that was the trade of the newspapers.. He believed that was the only trade which thrived under agitation. (Laughter.) It was unfortunate that it should be one that had so large an influence over the minds of the community. At the same time, he would pay his tribute to those who, not led away by the delusions, or the worse mo tives which had actuated so many, had stood so nobly iu the breach, and defended the institutions of the country. Mr. G. H. IRLA /41 proposed the health of Mr. J. Gladstone Mr. GLADSTONE said, as a humble individual, retired from public life and circumstanced as he was, with increasing years, and less able to take that part in the public views and opinions of his fellow-townsmen which he once had the honour of hold ing among them, he felt indebted to Mr. Irlam for introducing his name to their notice, and to their kindness in particular for the very gratifying manner in which they had received it. Mr. lrlam had 'been pleased also to mention the situation of his sons, as a circumstance of which he ought to be prowl, lle had cause to congratulate himself on the fortune of his chil dren. (Cheers.) And he did not hesitate to say, in their names, that there was one grateful feeling in his mind to the the town of Liverpool; for much• did he owe to Lice pool and his fellow-townsmen. (Cheers.) And he confidently took upon himself to say, that, if ever, in the course of that public life on which they were now embarking, any opportunity should be afforded them of contributing to the wealth and prosperity of their native town, it would be an equal gratification to them to be found in the ranks and following the business like footsteps of their noble representative. ( Lund cheers.) He agreed with that nobleman when he said, that the time was come that a stand was to be made, and that we should rally round the constitution of the country.— It had been stated, that the reform bill was to be a final measure, and grateful should he be if such was case; but, he must say, he had looked with apprehension to the consequences that were to follow it. He had read the declaration of Mr. Stan ley with regard to the policy of ministers, and all he hoped for was, that they might be able to accomplish their ob ject. But they had parted with a power which was in their hands, in transferring it from property to population, and he greatly feared that now they must obey another will thank their own. Mr. Stanley also doubted whether a change would be effected in the corn laws to a fixed duty. The great object in this trade was steadiness of price; but he did not think the changes which were proposed would do good in any way. The manufacturer flattered himself that, if - by the removal of re strictions, he could get cheap corn, he could increase his ex. ports, and obtain better prices. But what did he receive in re turn ? The productions of other countries. And when his best consumers, the landholders, were gone, through the ruin of their profits, how was he to dispose of them (Cheers.) He understood, from Lord Sandon, that our monetary system was likely to be discussed, by which he understood our money trans actions and our system of currency. But he deprecated the folly and the injustice of pouring more paper-money into the country, -at a time when capital was too abundant for its wants, and when such a measure would only hold out a profit for the speculator, and the man without principle, to inflict injuries ou their neighbours. (Cheers.) In conclusion, he thanked them most cordially for. drinking his health, which, he assured thew, he esteemed no trifling honour. It being now eleven o'clock, Lord Sandon bade the company farewell, and wasfollowed by the principal gentlemen present.