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ApRIL 20 s . . 11° . 8 Stttl SN iense.,xt proposed the members for the county (Greartheeriiiii.) 'I henries' was responded to on their behalf liv Estes CtienN- Wicx t eEsq. • • aat Ns, Fsg e then -rose to prePose the next toast. After preinisitos that he• was not ditty prepared for thetask assigned to' hint, having, until that Mettrent. been engaged in the duties o f his pu►!'essuru, stud t he toast he hail to propose was, " Sir Bold. feel and the conservative Members a the House of Commons.". (Cheers:* Xlie etttliirsiasia of. their cheers eiroveyed to his mind pried' positive that they required-no rhetoric on his part to do amide justice to the te a si. '1 heir cheers preyed to him that th!tylad diligeutly pursued the course :adopted' by those high nonded and honourable men whom-they might leok upon as the hest friends of the country. When they hit kt ti upon the character of him who was placed at the head of this honourable phalank ; when they _looked at his firm and manly . bearing; when they looked at his .masterly judgment: when they looked at hitu andlourail in him the long-tried statesman and the trite Christian, tees; Would net 'wonder that he should feel himself highly honoured 'in •being the medium of presenting the toast athicli he had! given to their notice. (Cheers.) Mr. WilkittS then proceeded with muchele.liteace to eulogize. the conduct ef Sirsltebert Peel as a statesman, and the tatent with which Lot() NlMf e i e 'a e ti a d vindicated the character of the House of Com- Driseended te him the name of Winithelsen -was net likely Y to -expire. (Cheers.) Mr. th e n proceeded -to take -a review of the . coriduct of the wtrigs; their only endeavour was to throw flown' the church and upset the bulwarks of -the constitution. It was useless to eppose reason:And argument-to them, as Curran had• once said, they flippantly hiipPed over reasons, and hopped over arguments, and art ived at conelusiens, and called it logic. •(Cheers.) He alluded, to. the reaction Which h*Ail taken plate in the country, alel peitited to Westmin . ster,tis Struthyrark, and other plaCeS; would the ministers point to ,FirisbUry Co prove shut there was tin reaction ? the facetieus meiliCatmember of which plare had tised a character to them which yfonla be a sticking piaster which would stick to them its lttp g aallteY existed. (cheers and Lees titer.) Where would they pout for proof of the.conntrie s coulidence in them? To the - taiserable Member for Salford-, who .had so I mg been the clock of the lleuse of Commons ? ( Latighter.) Hrceulrl not nay that the 'of Catualen had an P:afllinated clock. (Great Laughter.) ' It stauek him that ere tang they would hear a voice of _Salford, which would conduce them that they had been crying ease, ease, where no ease was. (G.e it cheer• lug.) Ile would ask them if ministers had not broken every Ptontise that they hail made to the British people? • Did they notcommenee their administration wirtathe words retrenchment on. their lips, and was it not notorious that the tsatienel debt -was increased four millions, since they had come into efliee, and that the secret service money was greater m amen:rt. than it was ever before ? qlail they net talked about eciinoinv, whilst they had found theft heir extravagances Were niest lavish ; •as for instance e the sendin g out of Lent Parham-to Caitailiteat an enormous expenditure, out because„he Wits the fittest nein, but because - was. 11tfe mast troublesome'? Ecitneiny W'here shotilil they find lip allitilietto 31e. O'Centiell and his patriotiein, fer which, he received so much 'premium They might depend upon„ it, to use .the Irish- expression, that fese e sieti.oralyas Arearing trade: (Cheers and Laughter.) lie ellailed to the appoint meuts of ministers made withitut regal il to tit ivess fitr effive e the last of these was 'that:of Mr. - Shiel, as a trustee of G,eelitvieli whose - irge acquaintance with e navatsailairs, had been acqiiired Tr his joarritey between ,Kingston ,and Liverpeal. (Cheers .and . laughter.) Ile coil tcluiled a speech of great elogitence, during the delivery of which he was loudly applauded. by.proposing the toast. Sir Gsereca, Stset atit ruse tit proprise the next toast, and was gree t e d on rising With loud cheertug. begaeil to return them his sincere Blanks fer the kindness with which they had invited hitn to attend that. meeting, and for their reception of him. He had prevailed nit .his excellent friend Sir Francis Burdett, 'a ho was rather frightened by the fatigue if atteuding three meetings.on - citusecutive nights, to . attend that meeting, because they met . tinder feeliues of drier ppeintment, and the abseuce of his friend would be therefore more felt. He trusted that ,he who was their member de j , tre, would eon) be so de fa c to. Ile highly complimented Mr. 'Wilkins for the eloqiience with whichihe had just addressed them. lie felt delighted to dwell o n the merits of 'Sir Robert Peel, his old school-fellow, and even when opposed to hint in politics, he had ever admired bins for his sincerity, his ability, and his sit tight forwardness. They were •triav bound iu honotir to. fight his battles. Ihe great object of. their atubition ought. to be, that such a man should be placed at the-head of public affairs, and that he simeld possess the confidence of the sovereign to tee same degree as he possessed, the centidensees and: respe c t of the - taatiun, Per sons were called aims:Wes trecarie they would net go along with ministers in sotne of tiiei,r,:rrieasitres; but, as hail been observed, a great many words were:changing .their Meaning. and they must soon have a neverevisien of Jiihuson ; for now-a-days, if- Any man practised : pactatsive dealing soul was harsh and a tyrant, be was celled adtberale. if any true assisted the popish priests against : the e charrite he wits calletl'a whits; whilst con sistency meant .putting Your hand into the _public purse—in keeping ,office as some of 'the present Ministers haire done; and with respect to the, term renegade, it was. now applied to those who sacrificed and suppressed every personal feeliirss and private . interest for the puhlie reeod- (Hear, hear.) He concluded •with proposing "s S3S ,electors of Salford, who voted for Garnett at the last election; might their numbers be in creased, their ,zeal nuctiministerd, and their exertions in future lie crowned : with success." ,S Loud cheers.) Mr. J. B. - ATANKI.S-N,, as onit of the electurs, - resprinded to the toast. F . ( s ir ea- • • ,At•this juncture Sir Francis Burdett retired, and was again greeted, with enthusias.ic applause. Mr. GA RNETT, thell reposed_ `• the health of Lord Maid *time." (Immense cheering.) - Lord MainsTorse.then roseapil.was received with tremen dous cheeriee, ale islet, be need net tell them how happy he was that it had : fader' to his I , it, the firsit tune that he shoulit borne northAfthe e Trent, to begin at Leeds, to go on to Salford, t 4 -ICo.ou to i lWanchester, and to go on to Liverpool, and to be • present as hedtail : : heen attwo, and as he-hoped to be at other two, of as glorious Conservative festivals, as he would say in the ntemory of man.had ever been presented to the•public tie Greet liritain. At that late period of the eveuing he would. !tot enter into the topics of the day: such as the • imbecility of tuittisters stud. their unfitness for office,—these topics • had becn fully :treated min aunt had been received as they-deserved. As be had the opeortunity• iif knowing something about the - Ballard elec tion eionmittee,she would mention for a few moments Whet he shad seen withihis own eyes and heard with his own ears in that cotrenittee room_ (hear). Ile would say that the petition against the return of the sitting member fur Salford was not. one of ynur lietitions got up, without rhyme or reason; it was not even like .rune of those found fault with of the Irish petitions gut tip for the purpose of being a petition — it was not one of t hose Co pp uck bottom petitions; it had truth fot its foundation, ind if gone into must have gene against Mr. Bret herton. Mr. Bretheiton 'told them he courted- inquir y ; Mr. Garuett courted ingitiry ; the electors did so, and the House of -Commons desired them to make the iuquiry. Whist had they done? He liked their 'proceedings alt very well, but he danot like those legal quibbles, end had said to the- committee " Do yitu anything about law ? !tril't know anything about legal .quilthles and the COITIRIOII sense of this implies , is gut. over on a legid_quibble which we don't understand ; and it becomes us to investigate this, and we are not doing our duty if we, allow Mr. Garnett ti go away unsatisfied that his ease has been heard (great cheering) with that justice which should characterize the British senate." He 'said shOuld characterize, for really in that day there trete faults tP'be found with the committees, and he hoped to see the pre sent system altered.. Mr. O'Connell had taken it for granted that e th"eir party were interesteden keeping up the present con stitution of committees? He would-say that tin party was less interested, or Who were less likely to have sway in those com mittees because they had a less number of members to choose out of, Suppoajpg that the House of Cotntnons would ;Blow . that, which he Wlked they. would not, to vote merely by party liias, then it would go agattist the Conservatives, because there Were more members of the opposite party to choose on commit tees. 'rhea why should the Conservatives have the odium cast on them of keeping this system of committees, in which.not only the Whole house but the whole country admitted that there was something deficient.• lie did say that front what he had seen of this Salford committee—whatever they might bring forward at the either side.-to counter-balance, that the present system of committees -might not to he continued, and they must have some change. ,One lawyer was teiling them one thing, and another another, and that they did not know what they voted for. They did not take a cotittnnn sense straightforwatd view oldie case. They ought not to be led.away by legal quibbles and by the strict meaning of words, - but ought to stook et the oith• and marrow of things. (Hear, hear, and Mail cheers.) The're was nothing now straight forward in these committees -nothing pleasedA committee better than upsetting a foundatipo: whieh had been cousidered firmly settled before: -This was to be considered the spirit of the age. He wisheithe could see a little more common sense hu it. . It was a hocus-pucus conjuro cus, and there they were. There was, however, one good thing: if they must have a future. member they must hkve. Mr. Garnett. (Cries of We erill.") He knew Mr. BrOtherton -would find a place in Mr. O'Connell's tail.- Whether or not be would,go out as legal adviser of Lord Durham he could not say ; that was a situation, of £l5OO a-year not yet filled up. He wonlit de any thing to get him out of the coentry, arid -let them have a good memher in his place. It had been his fortune to plunge . head over heels into public life. He-had not first gone uncle • deep• in the stream, and then up tie the knees; liehadeaken regular' header into the midst of turmoil . o litical . (Cheers.) Certainly nit man in this tverld haeL had a „better opportunity. The, case which he had any _eharSy school-boy might have. brought through successfully:and triumplutatly. (No,) In the House of'• Commons Mr. O'Connell's ungentleinaply language .had become habitual. and hislies also: and he would •tell. him `so to his face- only he had put himself init'efthe pale Of ti s gen „denten. (Cheers.) Ile had gained the victory from not emu-. .ing down from the 'vantage hill,of truth on which he was Placed :into the hogs and swamps of the 'depllclty of the ministerial --party. O'Connell never met a questiOn fairly;; he went of to the right hand or to the left ; he went riff with "will you do • us tice to Ireland?' (Laughter:) Bift really it was impossible to Meet him fairly on any question, fur of allthe buffoons he 'eyes saw in a public asseinhly he was the greatest. e beat Astley's -all to wahine:. He only hoped that some of dHe might liVe to see the end of his political career; .and he trusted that there were better things in store fur England to de. lie trusted that the spiritof Englishmen was graduallyarising. (Hear.) Eng lishtnen were so stout they took some time ttirnints—(a.laugh they could not-make them whisk reamd like a Frenehrtnin. But when once the spirit or an Englishittan was aroused it could not be stopped. Suppose they hair gone to the extremity .which they might have done, and have couttnitted Mr. O'Connell to • the tower, instead of his getting there amidst the acclamation of all the inhabitants of Lowden, as it was said he would - , with 60,000 Irishtnen lining each side of the streets, tie was sure he would, have had more cats, and dirty beastly cabttag,es, and all sorts of nuisances in his route, than those he would meet with in • his passage to the House of Commons. His popularity was titone. • However, he was a man not to.he despised; he was a 'Mau of gm eat talents, and had agitated and agitated and put Ahem into such a state of confusion, that it would require years le restore them to a healthy state, and to cool the fever which was consuming their vitals. Let the m .goon on their side agi tating, agitating; agitating, and he would be bound to say that before it was very long they should see these squeezable minis ' tots and their master. Daniel O'Connell, under whose protec tinitthey came into office, erased from the very page of ,English history, and rroin'the 'remembrance of all the true and inde pendent hearts of this great empire. (Great - cheering.) The noble lord concluded with proposing as a toast, "The Lance- Rhiie witche4; and the ladies of the borough of Salford." ' Several other toasts- were given after we left the room, at a ;I•uarter.past twelve o'clock, and thi evening passed off with , ereatestnrder, decorum, and good feeling. 'rhe planet Jnpiter now appears in the evenings, when the .a tniospheteis clear, remarkably bright and resplendent, pre senting a most attractive and interesting object. THE LATE ADAM DUGD A LE, ESQ.—On Wednesday last, the Interment of the remains 'tithe late Mr. Dngdale, of Dovecot, lite of 'Manchester, took place in the family vault , at St. Chat'ch, Knotty Ash. On leaving the residence of the " e( !eased, the funeral procession was met by upwards of 100 chi lci;enitelongint, VO the girls' and infants' school, erected there at t he sole expense of the. late lamented gentleman, who . ..‘ A vnt ' , ilA4's most monificent . contributneto the. church at Knotty loss tcill bis.obvng and sincerely regretted by his t h " :9Y l iiPitdN, but espect`tilfy , iti a rrighbou . thood which, through ~tn.„..fras received such innalco!....!)tti - benefit frotn his- affording pOor th e richest treasure ••, could havc—thevery means of obtaining d teligiOUS edifeativit kit: their childied. ANNIV ER SARYDINNER THE MA NCH ESTER OPER AT IVE :CQNSER VATI VE•ASSOCIP.TION. On Wednesday last this Association held its third Anniver sary in the large r n ntn at the Corn Exchange. Though a dinner of great magnitude, it was not to compare either in magnificence, or in the nninber of its guests, with the dinner at Salford. of the preceding evening. The large room, capable of seating I,0(X) persons, was very neatly ornamented with blue and white calico. At the upper eOd was an elevated table, at which sat the invited guests. From this were nine Cross tables, the whole lerlgth of the room each capable of admitting about 70 people, which, with the sioit cross tables, made ac sommodation for $OO perstMil, exclusive of the guests, which number of tickets, we under Stand, were sold. Mr. John Rid ley, the president of the association, occupied the chair, and on his right and left - sat the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Maid stone, Sir Francis Burdett, sir George Sinclair, Wm. Garnett Esq., the' Ilev. Oswald Serjeant, M.A. F.C.C., &c. &c., and other gentlemen of distinction. Over the chairman's head was hung a portrait of the Duke of York. Ow either side of the chairman's table were the splendid flags of the South Lanca shire Conse'rvativeAssociation, and the 'Ashton-under-Line Conservative Association. hound the room were hung flags, bearing various inscriptioni, as " Lord Maids4me, the de . - fender of honour and justice," " The Duke of Wellington, the preserver of Europe ;" " When bad men combine, good men must unite ;" "W. E. Gladstone;" " Manchester Operative Conservative Association, established 1835;" Queen and Con st ution ;'• " A Conservative founds his principles on his duty to his neighbour, his :c(inutry, and the King;" "With Peel forour pilot we'll weather the storm," and a number of other flags. On the arrival of the 'distinguished guests, they were each enthusiastically received. The dinner, which wniprriyided by . lll r, , Rutter, of the Prim rovt Tavern, was plain and sui stan . tial.n A most excellent company of glee singers were in attendance. As soon as the cloth !al been removed, " Nun Nobis Dwaine" was sung by • the company standing; : • The CH A labilig then briefly proposed the first toast, " The health of the Duchess of Lancaster," with three times three. Anthem—" God save the Qiieeri,' ; whit-h was enthusiastically snug. " The - gaeeri . -DoWager and the • rest of the Boyal Family," with- three.:tianes three edgers,—Glee—" Hail Star of -Brunswick." On - r - glorittus COn4iintion in Church and State, and may they never he severed," with three times three entilusiastiecheers..:°Tlfe`kkrmy and Navy," with three times three. The Chairman. annininced. that at six o'clock that evening 1w had received a note from Sir 'George Murray, stating, that lie was so indisposed from an attack of influenza, thal'he wts unable to attend their festival that evening. rouse ,quelltiv they stotald be deprived of the power . of his eloquence. The, CHA IHSI,h ty said the next toast he had to propose was, The Wardeu tied Fellpws of Manchester," a more worthy body of onto could not exist. They were • men who had ever supported the conservative cause, and were ever ready to co operate and assist-in any work which tended to the welfare of their fellow men., (Cheers.) The toast was given with three times three. - The Rev. OSSiALD SSRJEANT, one of the fellows, rose to respond to the toasL He said, on behalf of the wardens and clergy of Manchester, he, begged leave to offer them his un feigned thanks for 'the truly gratity ing mark of their esteem they had just received. Their favourable reception of their names formed, he assured them, a most gratifying contrast to those prevalent and malicious attacks upon their motives, character, and conduct, with which modern times had rendered them, together with the rest of their brethren, painfully familiar: (Cheers ) - It encouraged them-to bear up with be coming fortitude, udder the now- admitted principle, of no ens couragement to the protestant church and clergy—(!}ear and cheers)—whieh he_was sorry to say actuated the sworn pro tectors of their righti and privileges. (Greatcheering.) They were not to be encouraged, because they were - opposed to cer tain schemes ofthegovernment. And why were they opposed to these schemes? but because they regarded them as fraught. with consequences most detrimental to the interests and in tegrity, and the stability of that venerable establishment which they were solemnly engaged to defend, and whose welfare they believed to be essential to the welfare of the community. (Loud cheers.) The clergy of the Established CeUrch were by no means the' advocates for the continuance of any recognised abuseshear, hear)they would gladly hail such improve ment in the - church. as might be safely and honestly earlier.' into effect, with the single view to an increase of its efficiency —(hear, hear)—but they must entirely deprecate any reckless and intemperate changes. - .'They must, it they have any regard for their own character, not meddle with those who were given to such changes as would endanger the existence of the church. end would tend to the confiscation of church property, and after that to the unscrupulous appropriation of every other species of property. (Cheers.) He trusted be should riot for feit their approbation, if be ventured to declare, in the name of the clergy, that•l hey were.net prepared to relinquish the defence of their church, neither to leave it to the tender mercies of whig legislation - ( loud and enthusiastic cheering)—to secure the enceuraeing smiles of a government forgetful of duty, hut tena cious:of office,—(thee,s)--,willing to receive their confidence — he would not sayy - with the intention, but, considering the means which they exercised, proceeding from their tortuous course — with the moral certainty of betraying it. (Cheers.) lie was folly sensible that the clergy incurred the censure of some by taking part io the proceedings of meetings like the present; but were they theeefere blatheable? (Loud cries of " no.") Were th"..y . not, he Would ask, 'solemnly Wood to inculcate the great fiteing•Ged andtionouting time Qicen ? (Great cheer ing.) .. And- oo, : tteeing when, that sacred duty was widely and . tiehlushinglv violated, were they justly blameable for makiiig c onnion shise.with their brother operatives—(loud cries of N o ") —who - were willing, he believed, if tieed were, to spend and be spent in defence of the altar and the throne ? (Loud cheers.) He email have wished that the necessities of the times bad not required the clergy to step, even fora brief season,' from the quiet an &unobtrusive pursuits of their ordinary ministerial administrations; but it did appear to him, that the interests of their revered establishments, at that critical juncture, would not he consulted -by timid compromises—(chems)—or by un hallowed conceAsions, but by a mauly independent discharge of their official duties, and by a fearless, yet temperate, defence of their acknowledged rights and priVileges. (Cheers.) He would fain hope that the cloOd which hail so long dimmed their ecclesiastical horizoo, was now gradually passing away. He would.fain believe that they had already braved the most inju rious storms of popular delusion ;, that men were beginning to take a dispassionate and, impartial estimate of the value of the church establishMent. • (Hear, bear.) Judging by what he saw mound him, he thought he should not be chargeable with . any overweeniug presumption if he ventured to entertain the conviction,t that the great' majority•of thinking people of Eng land might yet, under God's blessing, return to their first love. and might again resolve, at the hazard of life and fortune, to fulfil the sacred duty they owed to theinselves,to their children, to generations yet unknown, for the memory of past services to • maintain and inviolate the church of their forefathers. (Enthu siastic and prolonged cheering.) He would not longer detain their. (L , u 1 cries of " go on.") Whatever might be the ulti mate destiny of the Church of England, he trusted that her bishcpe and clergy would not disappoint the expectations of her friends in any conflict she might yet be doomed to undergo. (Hear. hear ) He trusted they might steadiiy pursue their career of duty, whether for honour or dishonour, through evil report or goo d report, regardless of the taunts of their enemies, and dispersing the"base rewards that might be held out to cleri cal apostacy. They would at least be stimulated and supported in such a course by . the glorious ' example of their predecessors in daps gone by-i-of those truly Christian men who broke the iron grasp of papal tyranny—(cheers)—and sowed the first seeds of civil and- religious freedom only to water them with their blood. (Cheers.) Of others, who, at a subsequent period, withstood the tyranny of the second James, when both parlia ment and people had submitted to his tyrannical mandates; and thus stood unprotected that glorious 'constitution under whose wings they were' now protected—no thanks to the Whigs. (Cheers.) They would he further stimulated to pursue the on ward path of duty from the recollection that their conduct was constantly watched by unrelenting adversaries, eager to take advantage. of any s oVersight ; by the affection and anxiety of. friends torch as he then saw around him ; and above all, from the all -seeing •ey e of that God who alone could direct a favour able issue in the contest-in which they were then engaged. ( Hear, hear.) _lle begged leave to thank them for the honour they had done the warden and clergy, and to drink their very good healths. The 'reverend gentleman sat down amidst most enthusiastic.cheering. . . The CrestestAN next proposed "the Duke of Wellington, the preserver Eui•ope," with three times three, enthusiastic cheer-, and one cheer more. Sir FR liyittstiTT rose, and was received with tremend ous cheering. Thitard—Gentlemen,. I waited what I consider ed to be a reatonahhi time, t ind e r the expectation;4hat, in all, probability', th ere would be some gallant son of 'Me army or navy, whete -heel; h we have- just drunk—some coin pli toe ut worthy of thelJukellf Wellington, of which all- his army was, worthy, from to:the general commanding the re-' gimentsovith , Wirtrt.the great.genius of that great man, not only the greatest man of this great country, but the greatest man of the age in.whkh we might possibly have been here, and might have had the'lsitis'Netion of gratifying his ()Wit feelings in drinking this seutiMent with respect to the Duke of Welling ton, which we sell egeally feel, althuugh we are nut all equally capable of appreciiatitig. It appears to me, that I-see such a body of Englishmen before. me, exhibiting such true English spirit :awl feelieg:as. t have had the satisfaction of seeing on no public occasion ; and I should not think that I did my-duty as an Engliitiman, if I didpermit this toast to pass withaut'stfeh little remark as the occasion of the moment might inspire me with.. (Cheers.) True, the - task .in one respect, is not difficult, since we have-only to express our common feelings on the subject. At the same tiale,:tt is an insurmountable difficulty if anything is to be expected fram any Man Which can add to the heuour of the • Duke of Wetlington • (Cheers.) However,' it -happens,„ that the great merits of the Puke of Wellington at the few ex hibitions,of those great qualities With which hehas been endow ed and displayed, and with a devotion to his country - so disin terested and so pare, that I will challenge all history to produce a man, (let it even he in the ancient times, or the much-vaunted time of Greece and Roman virtue, or in the no less truly -de serving tunes of our own historical accounts.) that 1 defy the workl to pi-mince, ancient or modern, so straight forward; single minded, disinterested a 'patriot., great iu intellect, u s well as clear in mind, exhibiting such disinterested qualities of firm ness as well as honesty of purpose. (Cheers.) At the same time this has tweet (bole with a degree of unpresuming modesty, that one- scarcel . i• knows how. to conceive possible , • with the ne cessary ennsciousness.of the immense powers, moral and intel lectual, which be must have felt himself to have possessed, and which no difficulties or daugerS for an instant ever altered or embarrassed. (Cheers.) But so it is, that the Duke of Wel lington, seems to have been 'almost the only being living - that was not aware of his own transcendent merits. (Cheers.) For tunatelV,and happily frOm the zeal and attachment of an officer, Cabinet Gurwoed, who had done himself almost as much honour as it. is possible far man to derive, by the dhle manner and in dustry:, he has displayed in collecting those Invaluable documents that are called, " The despatches of the Duke of Wellington," and which embody for the instruction of all men that are called ripen, am) ere _destined to serve their country not only such ex amples of wisdom and conduct, but of pure disintere sted ness , g reardlessness of himself. and devotion to the service of his country, that, in my mind places him transcendrntly above all the great Men. of whom history gives us any record.—(Cheers.) Gentlenien, That book ought to he Made a book to lie studied by you in all the. schools in England; for it is worth all the classics. i wish extremely it may. become a clasSlC.,in the schools of those youth who are destined to serve their country,. They hate only io,study it Well, to turn over its pages. by day; and to urditate bit night, to see traced before them the. .true .ath of glMv, and the true means of serving their cou n try. What book should be inscribed with the memento to y0u,',11 77 , " From henceforward learn that vione, through labour, is, the road to honour, to in- patriotism. to the good of your country, ,, to everlasting repown." 1 . woad not. avoid ebtiuding myself for some little time. I have only the satisfaction, the proud sa tisfaction to feel,. what you, as a sample of all England. I'o4-4 (cheers)--all tliase chords that halie been touched Upoui and which I fruit wi!) in ii , :soldthly unite ne altogether in every rank oesi thigree iu,leietiTe of teat great Toiletry which the Duke. of Wellinglon has serve , '. and to reeler immortal that eStablish-: meet ie church anal cons! it a; w:kich his eit,rtm have preserv- ed to us. The honoorah e baronet sat down amidst 'the most raptarous cheering. The Cti A tam AN s tid, al(' next toast en his .list was ." Lord Lyndhurst and the Ilouse of Peers." The toast was given with three limes three. The Marquis of SALISBURY rose to respond to the toast, ,and was received with much cheering. lie should—hombie indi vidual as he was in that house, the name of which they had just _ . . received with so much cot hn4iasm, he felt great difficulty in pro- perlyleturning them his thruks.for the hOnour they had done him. He most sincerely wished that the toast had fallen into abler hands. ("No.") . It was some consolation to him to think that he was addressing an assembly, who by their pre sence there that night, and by the manner s in which they had received that toast, at once denied the calumnies, which hail been heaped on that body of men of whom he formed so insigni ticant apart. They had been accused of being utterly unworthy of the age in which they lived—of being utterly opposed to ' a il improvementof having separated themselves tlum the rest of the country; and they had been threatened in no measured terms of being deprived of their hereditary privileges. If those hereditary privileges which they enjoyed, were not exercised to the best of their judgement for the benefit of their country, they should deserve to be deprived of them. ((Nieces.) And let it be recollected that they were utterly powerless unless supported by the petiple. (Continued cheering.) It was true that they had the power for a time, to suspend any measure which they mightdeem injurious to the country; exercised it and should continue to exercise it. any They would beiieve that if there had been on occasion errors in their condoct, they had been errors of judgement, and not errors of the heart. Their interests were intimately coo nected with the interests of the rest of their fellow subjects; their habits were the same: they enjoyed the same blessings as did their fellow subjects, and probably, if by some distinguished merits of their ancestors they had been raised to the proud situation which they held, that situation, thank God, in this country was Open to every mullet him but he distinguished; in whatever career of -lite he was, he Would surely rise and receive that weed of konme whic h he .de. served. (Cheers.) It was not for him, fo . iptike -comparisons, but he did sincerely believe that . they had neither detierved the aspersions that had been. cast. upon Ahem_ uor_had. they. by any part of the thinking people'of •:England been, deemed guilty of the faults imputed to them. They still he trusted were looked upon with confidence, and he hoped in general—he might say :almost universally they represented the feelings of the thinking part of the population 'of, England perhaps better than sonic of those who were mistermed their represent.i tives. (Loud. cheering.) He passed no imputations upon any one, but it was a notorioes tact that if the voice of the .majority of the representatiyes, of that part at least of the united kingdom,. were attended to, their institutions would. fist. be threatened with the danger which now overhangs them, It was notorious that even in the present parliament there existed such a majority of the : English members farobrable to all just reforms, but at the sane adverse to all innovations upon the constitution, that they sheuld net now- be compelled by the exertions which he was .happy to see those around him Use to defend themselves front the dangers which beset thens, if it de pended on-the_ English. members. alone to preserve that eunsti- Lotion inviolate. (Cheers.) He had said, that tha,t majority existed only with the people of England ; why did it not exist elsewhere? Not be - believed because the .feeling in the sister kingdom amongst those persons whose good opinion it must be desirable to have—we l. were the fittest judges of what was fitted for this country whose interests connected it with the British empire—not that their feeling as a nation differed from that of England, but because they livethunder a state of intimidation which deprived them of the power of choosing their representa tives, which the people of England still happily enjoy. They were the abject slaves of a faettion that run not only their country but also the ministry and government of this country to a road of ruin. (Cries of 'shame.') And why had they that power? Because that government had been sufficiently profli gate to throw its weight, and the power and authority entrusted to it to preserve the peace, in Favour of the friends of anarchy and confusion. (Cheers.) If it were necessary to give in stances of the state of intimidation in the sister kingdom, he need only refer them to the horrible cruelties practised against those individuals who had dared to make that sedepenilut ex ercise of the vote which they were entrusted with. lie would allude to the fact, horrible on the minds of any Englishman, of 'two individuals, Mr. 111`lienzie and another, : returning from voting for an adverse faction, being bound and left in asecluded soot to die the most horrible death, that of starvation. He felt that he had already detailed them too long . , and ought to apo logize to them, but he coudnot refrain from saying a few words as to the effect of this unnatural coalition between the govern= ment and a faction anxious to overthrow the monarchy (hear.) He could not lint allude to the effect it hart on the house of their representatives. Every institution had been assailed - in its' turn. A ministry who compromised the best interests of the country for the sake of the preservation of an olliee'which they degraded—(laughter)—had in almost all instances given what the popish faction were supposed to consider, and which he (the Marquis of Salisbury) stated t hat they did consider, as an instal ment.' The faction stated openly that they would drive home the wedge of which the point had beets inserted. This was not the only effect that would he produced. He regretted neat the effect oti the,majority of the House of COmmons.had been in a great theastire to diminish their respect for themselves. Ile re gretted much to find that they no - longer entertained that high feeling which - would rinske them consider the imputation of net jury in the , exerrlse' , of their legal duties, a reproach; They had on the present occasion the presence of a young nebleman— (tremendous c heeting,)--who_had distinguished himself by the stand against - the vituperation with which the : hpuse suffered itself to be overwhelmed. He had been successful in bringing that man to be reprimanded by the house fur the language he hurl used againit - Ile was told that that ariung nobleman would emulate the good qualities-Of father. Unfortunately the course he had pursued had not on all occasions been fol lowed uN. The House-of Commons had submitted to the dic tation that their decisions were grounded on perjury. They' must all know and feel, that it a person lost respect for himself, others would not respect him; and this he much regretted to rase was the course that the.present House of Commons was follow ing. (Hear, hear, bear.) . This was Jam of the' ost - awful signs of• the times, When the guardian's 'of :publie liberty lost the:respect of those who entrusted lheir litierties to their care. lie feared that the libel ty which'' they enjoyed was in very great danger; lind. - he very muchh-feared that if this system of disregarding the imputations tht were. cast Up o n th em were : . suffered to continue that shortly theY"'W'obld cease tc - i regard that hotly—the great -bulwark of Englith liberty--as worthy of their lords confidence. eou lti(io Th e y might stop malicious . measures, ((Cheers.)which 'the This was : a point in . nothing. and might give an oppoitunity of appealing' to' them whether they hail been right wrong; but this was this people's hatte,' and they must light it. Ile dui assure them that it was with th e .greatest pleasure that he saw that night an• assembly es like that determined to withstand th e a tte mpt th at was made: against their constitution ; and he cou ld onl y say, on the posted the house, on whose part he was th en addressin g them, th at he was convinced that nothing would be wanting on their pa r t. But the House of Lords looked to the people to do tb:ir duty (cheers;-) and whenever it became their duty again to ehn,, s „. their representatives, let them choose then such mato put. down that faction which, he contended, had brenght the dangers noon the country which now attacked it. He must apologise for having detained them so long, and begged to drink all their good healths. (Cheers.) • The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to propose he was: sure they would all drink with enthusiasm. He would give them " Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative Members of th e House of Commons." (Great cheering.) Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR ruse to respond to the toast, and was received with great cheering : He said his venerable friend Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Maidstone, and 'himself had, in the course of the last few days been going what might hi called the northern circuit. (A laugh.) 'They had been to Leeds, to Salford, and to Manchester ; they had appeared before 'congre gated multitudes of their respected and respectable fellow. countrymen, and had considered them in the light of so m a ny grand juries, who had beets considering and meditating on th e charges of apostasy and the factious; and they had the . truth, giving assumptions which had grand juries had thrown out the l i s:e p t i s ,i brought h e e l . e i v n e st t t h h a e t m t h e b s y e hills, and that a verdict of acquittal stood against theism—that they did not accuse them of a departure from principle, because .they hail ceased to support those men who had abandoned these principles which they (Sir F. Burdett, Lord Maidstone, -and himself) maintained. It was impossible to exhibit and difficult to acknowledge in adequate terms the enthusiastic reception which his Teemed and sioble friends had ever received; and . for which they felt the deepest gratitude. He remembered it was said in a German tale, which had struck him for its ab surdity, " A sudden thought strikes me—let us form an eternal friendship ;" vet, in the places they had visited, this, though absurd, was absolutely realised in is thousand instances, for a variety of friendships had been cemented in every place they hart guise to. They read in ancient story of a person whose name was Briareus, who was represented as having one hundred hands, and if his friend Sir Francis Burdett had had ail these hands he would at least have timed ten persons ,ready to take each. If he might venture to make another allusion to the customs of courts of law, he should take the liberty in say that the kindness they had experienced, which would serve as a kind of retaining fee. (1-hear.) Anxious as they had at all times been they should nisw• be more solicitous than ever to devote their time, either in or out ,if parliament, to promote the interests and the trade of the manufacturing and popular classes of this great 'country. (Cheers-) It was, in his- (minion, impossible to exaggerate the importance of such meetings as these, and the' benefit which must accrue Ron, theni' . to themselves: and the: country at large. - These meetings: had the happy effect of, amalgamating all classes of society.with each other, of enabling them to appreciate each others worth, and of -removing each Others prejudices—to tell the rich and the poor that all had the. same rights, the same dulies--4hat all hod the same interest in, lime-ethat they had all the same prospects of eternity. (Hears). And they would'allow him to say that thiS most deSirable baud -of-onion had net been cemented in the degree in which it might_ have been wished, and he felt that the reason why it hart not beets so was chiefly to be attributed to the Class to which he: be-: longed. (Hear.) - He must confess—arleast it was his ( minion —that they had beets in the habit of keeping too much woof, they had not assumed that pasitiori amongst the operative classes to which they were entitled, .and the consequence had been that demagogues and agitators, .and persons to whom the people would have turned a deaf-ear they had been addressed by others of a different description, had assumed that place in their esteem which they might have earned, and possessed themselves of that confidence which they might have easily shared. (Hear, hear.) He Feared that there were many who had not done justice to the working classes of the country ; they had not appreciated their Merits and their virtues ; and he must say that so tar as they knew, and experience and obser vation went, there was no class so susceptible of good feeling as the working classes; none exhibited more of gratitude, none who more readile appreciated the humblest endeavours to serve them. Upon then) a !loot! word was never lost (hear, hear;) upon them a kind look was never ihroln away, (Loud cheers.) Ile might here advert to a system which was very frequently resorted to by their, nsidions opponents, by which they often'cont rived to inveigle and delude the unwary, . who were not aware of their designs—he meant the baba of using certain general terms to which very different ameanings might be attached. For instance, some came'and said, "all we want is good government " Well, Isis answer was, " Pray, who wants had government?" But what did they mean by " good government?" for it might be applied 'by different per sons to very different things. The Emperor of Russia would say it to be despotic, and destroy the n" In America they would say "good nationalityas ' : , g f rs t o h d e g r n , y o e e r s ous government" consists in giving the highest degree of licentious ness to the white, .and the most degrading, slavery to the black. (Cheers.) He, too. wos for good government; so were they. He, was for the government of Queen, Lords, and Commons. (Cheers.) Ile was for ecclesiastical government ; and, though . he was a Presbyterian, and gloried in being connected with the Church of Scotland—(cheers)—he might venture to sae, dear ;IS his own church was to him, it was not dearer than.i he Olsoreh of England. (Continued cheering.) But (bore was another general term—"l am all foreilise . ation." Who 'Weis 7 rig , iinst education? Who wont!l stand forward and say that " igreir,inee is bliss ?" never heard such a .sentimenis 01va , w ,, 1 in an enlightened assembly. But did they divine what t bey 111,,int by eduChtion ? • If they'Speke the truth they would tell Iteeti, any thinebut the one thing needful; any thing but she eos- Pel;",--to know the science of mineralogy, sar, if they, pleased, ► .brit' to heave tWeria to Piek Up reliskioti where they , . STAsrbAkt).. conld. (Cheers.) Then there was a third generality for "edus cation.conneeted sitia Christianity." That was something, hut push a little further. Whet did they mean by." Christianity?:'_,, Tney would then he a little pushed, and say it was not liberal to be so particular in siskiug questions: (Cheers, and laughter.) But if thuy. would tell him what they meant by "education," he weekd tell them what he meant. He meant by "education:" education etheltrcted upon the principles of the established Church, not upon the Ceristianitv if the Papist,—(hear)—de based by touch that was human; and not the Christianity of the Sumeiniate (cheers ) .--beseft of every thing that was di via'. Well, - this would never do. Perhaps his friends would say, " am always fur the greatest happiness to the greatest number." They att wished all mankind to he as happy as possible there was no doubt. But there were those who were not at that meet ing who were very sorry they were there. When they began to ask-in what "happiness" was to consist they would find it very different indeed. They must tell them what they (the eon seryatives) thought it consisted in: to cultivate the glory of God in the highest. and um earth peace and good-will towards men. (Hear ) Well, let them try another of these geneiali ties. His friends, the Ministers, cline forward anti said, "We are all true reformers." Now, was there any man there who was not a trite reformer? He never heard a man say tie was an advocate for the continuation of abuses. But the question was, what constituted "Reform." lie had begun by trying to " reform," himself, in 1811, when " reform" was at a discount. He, remembered, in 1812, voting in a small minority on a ques tion oireform, but he had got now at least 40 per cent. more than he would have asked for then,—( hear, hear, and cheers) — and he was called unstable because he would not ask 100 per cent. (Continued cheering.) Well, he meant to retire on what he had gained, lest he should lose all that which he had struggled. to .get before. (Cheers.) He would tell them of a kind of reforM, which the less they had of it the better—that was, reform of the House of Lords. of which they had that day seen and heard so respected and valuable a specimen. He only wished that he had been able to speak of the House of Commons as he was sure his right honourable friend would permit him to speak of the House of Lords. But the y (the electors) must all do the best they could to amend them. They must all turn " re formers," and they must all try and reform the representation of Manchester. (Tremendous cheering.) He was sorry that Sir .George Murray was not present. He was sure no con stituency could reflect greater honour on themselves, or do greater good to the conservative cause, than by placing him again in that situation from which every conservative must re gret he was excluded. He could not help making a few remarks, :which would make it necessrry for him to detain them a little 'longer. Being a public man, in the House of Commons he saw 'more of her Majesty's ministers than they did, and perhaps more than he liked. (A laugh.) But he did not think he should he quite so hard upon them as his respected friend Sir Francis Burdett-had been at Salford, for he wished them all to be hung tip hy, the heels. All he (Sir George Sinclair) wished was to get them out of their places. He should be very happy to double their salaries, if that could be accomplished; nay, they should have their salaries converted into annuities for ide if they would only retire, unit make way for Sir Robert.-Peel. (Cheers.) Be cause be not only regretted all the mischief which they did, but he lamented all the.good they prevented being done. (Hear.) Ie wondered if ministers should be friends to the voluntary system ? They did not say that they were; but they would be very sorry to have the voluntary system extended to their salaries. (A laugh.) Ministers said they (the people) had no benefit from the church. What benefit had they from the mi nisters? (Cheers.) Some said they were friends of the church because they wished to take away its revenues. They seemed to say of the church "he who steals thy purse steals trash," but never applied the principle to themselves. If there was any attempt to lay a tax on zhemsalves—Oh, then they changed their note altogether. This led him to notice what he ought to have done before. lie had stated a little time ago, that he had two reasons why he wanted ministers to he got out ; the first was, because of the harm they did; the next was because of the eoodehey prevented. Now he had had on two former meetings Fikeethat to speak of the merits of Sir Robert Peel. Some people would say it would be very hard to speak on the stone subject again ? Oh, not at all, tor the merits of Sir Robert Peel were inexhaustible. If be were to return thanks in his -name to that day week, he should find something new to say in his praise. lie was a school-fellow of Sir Robert Peel's, and was a friend of his venerable father, notwithstanding they were opposed for some time in politics. But he meat say it had afforded him a happiness he had seldom enjoyed, when he was enabled, consistently with his principles, to give his support to the administration of that old and valued friend. (Cheers.) He thought he had read some very old Gieek story, though he did not know whether he ought to allude to it—he thought he had read that upon one occasion 10 general officers were assembled, and there 'wasa sort of vote by ballot at that time—each to put into an urn a paper marked whom thee' thought the best and second best officer, when, ou examinaiion, it was found that each had put himself down first and some other officer after him. Now it' all the conservative party were to put down their names in that way, Sir Robert Peel would not be second on any list, because he would be first on them all. (Cheers.) He did not believe that there was a single individual who did not more highly appreciate the talents of Sir Robert Peel than he did himself. He .(Sir Geo. Sinclair) had observed in hen an acuteness of intellect, by which every thing was comprehended; a retentiveness of memory by which nothing was forgotten. Lie had once heard him make it long speech on tea, and one would have thouebt he hail been a partner in Twining's house laugh)—all his life. The other dai , a question had arisen on Scotch prisons, and several Scotch members spoke upon it, and thought the subject quite exhausted, having fully prepared themselves cum the discussion; but when Sir Robert Peel got tip and spike on it they found it was not even entered uphn; he threw -so much light upon the subject that all the Scotch members were astonished and delighted with for the light he cast on Atte question. (Cheers.) lie would ak of another great. statesman—need he mention Lund Stanley ? (cheers) He knew they would indulge his heart lay giving a cheer for hint. (The audience started up and gave 3 cheers) And would they refuse the same compliment to his friend Sir Jas. GrahaM? Woutnnied cheering) Let them point out to him two men who ever made sacrifices at the shrine of public duty, and who, in the assurance of this sacrifice had been more mauled and misrepresented? (Hear, and cheers.) But the cheers or such an assembly as that outweighed whole columns of abuse in the Chronicle of the petty. He rejoiced that they had before them two most admirahle samples of what he wished the ma jority of •the House of Commons was; and he was sure they wouuul agree with him, it W." not what it ought to be . In the first place he could not help adverting to the deep gratitude and deep emotion he felt towards his treble friend near him. lie hail sometimes heard young men spoken of as promising, but in the case of his noble friend performance had preceded promises. No man knew what he would b ec ome till he was enabled to show what he was. He had ri s eu at iiis once e lo b q y u e h n i e s e. in manly couragelaa aDucet an d cl r a i i s v e a n lro to usahearinghe ig ht a _from which he wa s sure he would never des c la (C ti l t i Y eers.) If he were to attempato do justice to his feelings t. of friendship and affection in alluding to their other dise u 1 : 1 1 (mtUl l a y l mu linguished guest, he should detain them too long if he endea voured to say of him what he thought. lie thought that it was the part of one great mind, to appreciate, and value the merits of another great mind.- They had beard the glowing and im premeeitated eloquence with which Sir Francis Burdett had eulogized the Duke of Wellineton, supposing' the case had been reversed; supposing that Sir Francis Burdett's health had been given as a toast, amid the Duke of Wellington were theme, and on Sir Francis Burdett's health being given. no one had risen to respond to the toast. the Duke of Wellington would have risen as Sir Francis Burdett himself had done, and would have delighted in dwelling, on his public services, his exertions in the House of Commons, his consistency and his straightforward bess—as great its his own. (Cheers.) Ah ! those who knew Sir .Francis Burdett, even through the medium of that portion of the press which respected and eulogized hint as he deserved knew little of his character to what he (Sir Geo. Sinclair) did who had the happiness of listening to his conversation, and lis tening to his principles in the unobserved conduct of private life. (•Cheers ) He believed they were aware that he was in some measure connected with the Westnnuster election. He would ask them if ever there was such an instance of chivalrous en thusiasm. At time recauisitiou of it few individuals whom hemi,ght have treated with contempt, and would have been praised in doing so, be had thrown up his seat, and relied in the strength of his cause. Ile knew that this feeling of enthusiasm would be found in the breastsof the people of Westminster, and in that he was not deceived; but his confidence must have been great, and as great as his want of pm eparetien ; for whom he had con fided it, he had not before dreamt of doing such a thing,. But his name had been sufficient to rally thousands of his country men around him, and many an honest Euelistimae said a' he has been a great man in my day—l can't gum against him—(cheers.) —[ vote for Sir Francis." The cause did triumph and he must say that his respected friend owed his triumph to nothing but his name, for he was disabled by the gout from making his ap pearance. But this was nut all; at that time his respected friend was labouring under the most cruel of all disorders, the gout, to which he was frequently subject, but when the election was over, he was tecommended by his physistans to his seat, at Ashby de la Zouch for his health, and he, took his departure. Two or three days after he called at Sir Francis's house and asked if he was at )wore, the servant said he was not and he (Sir Geo. Sinclair) sail he would walk in and wait for him; then said the servant, you Will have to wait a long time for lie iseun his . way to Ashby de in forming him of it, and when within a few miles of the termi ou l t u h a e b i i t u o t e da r . est ß s o U r t t t l h ie e r c e il t u va re s h a , n a m i l a d eip h o e rt w a r t t e qu a es i t e u t u t t e m r et t m e mi h n i teen on, - na t ter , of his journey, the letter was put into his hands; „ and the m moent he found that this important questiOn was coming on, he (Sir Geo. Sinclair) called a coupl e of da y s afterwards at -his -•t"otutirVrotuunndisahnindegnotlfrusufcrhienadpiluacteh.e"C"Sreid.tgheatwaitbhsthmliumte'l d ywhe he i n house, he found he was actually arrived before he could expect him: Still he was labouring under this cruel disorder, and his fa • mily entreated him not to go to the House of Commons and re main there till three o'clock in the morning, He (Sir Geo. Sum chair) had reason to believe that directions were given by the oppo site-perty:Olhese men of their party who were the most sick and .infirin e on no account to pair off with Sir Francis Burdett. He must say of a radical—the radicals he was inclined to think - much hones ter than the whites—who inquired of him (Sir Geo. Sinclair) why Sir Francis Burdett did not pair off? 'Why, said he, " I cannot get him a pair, orders are given by the whites .that none of their party shall pair with him." " Have they indeed given such orders," staid the radical, " then I will pair off with him myself." There was an hottest radical; there were so few of them that he dare say they would guess his name. He (Sir Geo. Sinclair) told him that they was much obliged to him, but he would not accept his offer, for fear he should injure himself with his constituents. - Sir Francis Burdett went to the house on his crutches, and voted, and told him afterwards that he would not have been absent from the division for £5OOO, he • was so delighted. (Cheers.) It only remained - for him (Sir Geo. Sinclair) to express the deep sense of gratitude which he personally felt for the kindness they had testified to him in in viting him to be present on such an occasion as that. He had only to add, that on all future occasions he should be very much at their service. (Cheers.) He was aware that that was a very selfish insinuation, but he was sure it was cordially participated in by every other guest. There were three days in July called the three glorious days. because on those days "Frenchmen had assembled-for the purpose of averting the efforts of despotism to overthrow the principles of the French constitution; now, the last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday had been the three glo rihus days of Sir Francis Burdett, Lord Maidstone, and himself. (Cheers.) They haul enjoyed a degree of happiness and consuls Wien which it was impossible fur him to describe, and to the latest moments of their lives he was sure they should retain the most vivid remembrance. He trusted he need not address to them the language of exhortation, that he - need not tell them tut • what he was reminded by the inscription at the end of their room, " when bad men combine good men must unite"—that they would practise what their reverend brother preached. They, as good menehad united in the great cause of conserva tism, and he trusted they world strengthen that cause by adding to the member of the eonservativeinembers in the nest parlia ment. They remembered the speech of Lord Nelson, "England expeets every rime to dui hie duty. But that was not all; En gland exiiected every edvehuit s e,te rlo•hieeduty ; England ex pected eery member of peratereet to do his duty, and Eugiand expected every elector to de Iris ditty. Whatever might be the result or t h e pre,put House ne. Ctimmohs. for he could not say that it would have a long life, he trusted that the parliament hereafter to be returned, weulul be the meuns of calling to the helm Sir Robert Peel and his. colleaguesi and enable him to do that geedauehis country which he Mime would b e able to effect cud establish. sir George - Sinclair sat Gael amidst lOU and . general cheering. Glee.—" Elail smiling morn." The 0 FIA lIIM AN said the next toast on his li=t was " th. mem- bets hr the Southern Diviiitn of the county—Lord Fraucis Egerton and the Him. Itivhari 11.1otle Wilbraham." The toast Was atien with 3 times 3 cheers. 'CneC lAlit 1.5 N then annonoced • that he had received let ter from Lord Francis Egerton, expressing his regret that a se vere attack of the gout prevented his attendrhg the anniversary of that association. After some preparatory eulogistic remarks he proposed as a toast " Sir Francis Burdett." The announce-- meat of Sir Francis Burdett's :tame was received with the most tumultuous cheering. Sir Fa aticts Bunntar then rose, and it was long before his enthusiastic reception allowed him to proceed. He said he must confess that the chairman had imposed upon him, by the honour he had done him, the most ditlicuit task that could he imposed on man; for how could any man speak of himself with any credit to himself? He must leave it to others to estimate his actions and judge of his conduct. The meeting had already testified to him Their feelings; but however gratifying it might be to his kind friends, it was utterly impossible for him to Utter more words on the subject than to say that he thanked them for the kind feeliugs they had expressed, and his strong opinion that they felt ac warmly . to him as they did on account of that great cause . which inseparably united them together—the good of the country. (Cheers.) The genius and talent of his hon. friend (Sir George Sinclair) had already more than sufficiently and justly noticed the theme that iu his mind he had contem- plated with apprehension. He could not pretend to speak of his (Sir George Sinclair's) judinent which be had formed, which he (Sir F. Burdett) knowing the honesty and integrity as well as the sagacity of his understanding; the stores of his mind, the good feelings and genet ous and warm feelings of his heart, and estimating - , as he (Sir F. Burdett) ought to do, his know- ledge of the world and . the country, and his patriotic character. when his fruitful judgmept which his friendship dictated was confirmed by so long and so respectable and important a portion Of his fellow-subjects, be ( Sir Francis) could not but express his feelings of gratification, and thought that he should overstep the boundaries either of discretion or prudence and modesty. if he did more than say he was proud of their approbation ; and he trusted and hoped that as he had run so long a career of public duty, and he would say without the least motive except the public merest, what he now believed and most highly esti mated. was that neither king nor any power under heaven could deprive one of the consciousness of one's own.rectitude of conduct,—that reward which'heaven had given (next to that conduct)—which was above all mortal considerations. He would end that theme,—a difficult one to him—though at the same time it was gratifying, as it was not distasteful. (Hear.) He would conclude this subject with the saving of a true hearted Englishman—in the words of Nelson and other great men, if he could do anything for the service of his country he was willing to render them ; and he hoped most sincerely to thank them for the honour they had done him. ( Loud cheers.) Sir FRANCIS BURDETT having sat down, apparently under strong emotion, again immedia — tely rose and said, he would turn from that theme to which he had lately alluded, to another subject—to that of his fellow-countrymen, of the most import .. ant station—or at least as important as any station could fie in this great, industrious, and commercial town ; he turned from himself with great satisfaction to the consideration of those whom he saw around him—the operative conservatives of Man chester—(loud cheers)—which was in his mind as a barren waste to a fruitful soil, full of the healthy and thriving plants, and ready from, a degree of the most successful cultivation, and which could be expatiated upon by an Englishman proud of his countrymen; and he firmly believed there was no set of men to be produced in any part of the world ; and be looked to the . . . gentlemen of America, who were supposed to be the same as En g lishmen, though at a great interval from their own country, to see if they could produce a specimen of superiority iu any rank of life, and he turned to the operative classes in England, where England was concerned, and he firmly berieved no people in the world could produce such a display auroral qualities and religious princip!e (cheers) as those whom he • had the honour and pleasure of seeing. It was to him (Sir F. Burdett) a far preferable consideration to be invited there by the high opinion of those operatives amongst his fellow-couutrymen, com prised within the industrious classes—the operatives of which class were, perhaps, the most intelligent and most likely to judge well, and not easily to be biassed by false patriats—bv sham patriots, or by any other description of persons;. and, therefore it was that he felt the weight of the the tribute, and the great public feeling of affection which they had shown, and he felt the affection which they had done him the pleasure as well as the honour they had that day testified. He was not surprised' at this under the circumstances, from his own opinion of the "native stuff" of which Englishmen were composed. He always relied on the country, and ho expected that the country would rally in support of all honest law in England; and let the time come %viten come it might, and he would perish as an atom, and without regret — his only regret weuld be. that if it could • be shown that their countrymen had belied the character which, for so many ages and centuries gone by, to the remotest time, if they should at last fall under the maladministration of the weakest men • that ever presumed to rule this great country, the first in the world for religion and for undaunted courage—the first of all men of every description—the first in science—the first in literature, ancient and modern—the first in religious belief—hilt which was in accordance with the principles of the established church of England in which he was bred. He (Sir Francis) knew the liberality of his hon. friend's mind—he knew his enlightened understanding, and, at the same time, the justice of his heart, that he could indeed " spy desert in a bishop." There was no firmer man in the church of England than his noble friend; but if they wanted a firmer friend to the church establishment, they would have to go to that limb of the church which hart attended there that day;:and who had spoken like a true protestant Eng lishman, who was determined to support that glorious and be neficial establishment which there were some few vain, shallow pretenders—some shallow, cold philosophers—some presump tuous men would not. only submit, but would be totally at a loss if called on' to place something in its room. He had been abroad, but his reason had confirmed him in his firm attach ment to the church of England. He loved the clergy as the most enlightened, as the least interfering (he ought to say, no-interfering") but, at the same time, reads at alt times, and with greatest ability, to prombte the welfare and spiritual com fort of the people at large. (Cheers.) • '['hey would not disgrace themselves —they would not injure or desert the establishment; their integrity was too honest; they would not betray the best interests of the country; and though, in general, they withdrew from political contamination (if it might be so called) which he (Sir F. Burdett) doubted; for he confessed, that if the society of men of high moral talent, of great understanding—if the so ciety of men of great talent, of liberal principles and unsuper stitious religion—(cheers)—if this be thought to be in any way discreditable to them and disserviceable to their fellow coon trymen,—then he confessed himself one of the most mistaken of mankind. (Cheers.) He was delighted with the learned and pious gentleman who had addressed theta early that even ing. He was a man of whom he was proud, and he thought he dare meet the whole world in comparing churchmen belonging to the establishment as enlightened persons in all the great ,paths of learning and science,• whether as instructors of the public mind; whether as directors of those who were placed under their care; whether as friends and enlightened and good advisers of those who are in the highest stations in life, or as a inistrators for the salvation of those who are lost. He lo7fied on them as men striving for the happiness of the coun try. (Cheers.) They were not like the popish priests—They were not ambitious seekers of power • (Cheers.) They,did not basely intermeddle, intruding themselves on the private affairs of persons. All they do, was their duty, and they did not make themselves intrusive; but if called upon were ready to perform it, and were ready to do good to whomsoever has the wisdom to demand it front them. Somebody said at the Salford meeting that every thing seemed to be thought culpable in an English clergyman; but nothing seemed to be culpable (if even of the mist atrocious kind) ins popish priest. He was sorry to ae lieve that this was a sentiment quite. consistent with the prae lice of the present ministers. LSir Francis again animadverted upon the conduct of Lord Melbourne for what he said in the House of Lords respecting the effects of whig legislation upon the Irish church.] -1 - le (Sir Francis) was, therefore, an irre concileable foe to such a system of government. He had long been connected with the ministry, and had had a lon. and strong connection with them, which he put au end to with r'great pain to his own feelings.. He always considered the interest of his country as next to his God. Ile trusted in the mercy of divine Providence that his life would never be prolonged until he should be insensible of these feelings, or forget these prix. ciples, and thus he weak enough to change his line of conduct. It was now a matter of policy to see the importance that all should unite in support of the great cause which could not but be now triumphant, in spite of the miserable popish priests. They were driven and not led. They dared not say their souls were their own ; and' in spite of agitatton to boot,—in spite of all those persons who seemed determined to do away with all moral feeling, and who did not seek the interest of the country, they would preserve the institutions of the country, Having again adverted to Dean Swift's saying respecting the difference in doing things in Ireland and elsewhere, Sir Francis pro phesied that O'Connell would fall like Lucifer, and he com pared O'Connell's transactions with ministers to the quarrel betwen Peachem and Lockett, when one said to the other, " Brother, brother, we are both in the wrong." This was the Peachem and Lockett administration, for he believed that no body doubted the existence of an alliance between the parties in what Mr. Sheil called the compact of Lichfield-house, and O'Connell was offended if any one called it a conspiracy; tint he (Sir F. Burdett) would call it the conspiracy of Lichfield= house. O'Connell pretended that he had no influence, with the government. "Oh, no," say .- me for say thing." He was a perfect roaster of his heart, and pretender,, when people came to him for his interest in obtaining situa tions under goveihment, that he conld render no service, as he had no influence. Sir Francis then adverted to O'Connell's conduct in the Raphael business. and the parmetit by the latter of £I,OOO for a seat in parliament, which he lost, and the subse• quent offer of a baronetcy by O'Connell. He thought no farther proof of the Lichfield house conspiracy was necessaty after the circumstance of the Raphael affair; a nd in this matter the government was standing natural,y, like ;kangaroo, upon its tail. He again animadverted upon the conduct of the ad ministration with respect to the Irish church and their expensite commissions, which cost more than the money they saved. .They seemed to think the Irish church was affected with ple thora, which was to be removed only by a vast.deal of bleeding. They should take the government front those hands which were too puny to direct it, and from persons whose minds were too vacillating to have any firmness Of opinion—whose under standings appeared not to be ennobled by any fixed principles or convictions. The hon. baronet concluded, amidst loud cheers, with givino. "The Operative Conservatives of Manches ter, and may they live long and prosper."' The toast was drank amidst hearty cheering. Mr. LETTAT, a member of the Manchester Conservative Operative Association, rose to acknowledge the toast, and spoke with. much ability. He adverted to the increase and spread of the association since its commencement, anti spoke strongly 'of the utility of spreading conservative principles amongst the working classes. The CHAIRMAN next proposed "the health of Lord Maid stone, the defender of honour and justice." Lord MAIDSTONE, on rising to respond io the toast, was greeted with prolonged cheering. Ile said he sht.uld begin the very few remarks, which he should make to them that evening, by prefacing them in the same way as he had dune at a similar meeting at Leeds the other day, by telling them the honctir they had conferred' upon him by drinking his health, was ill deserved—that 'he was not the asserter of the integrity of the House of Commons—that he was not the defender of their rights,but the person who had given the members of that house the opportunity of defending theit own rights. Had it not been far the confidence he repoSed in them, knowin g that they were all Englishmen of honour and straightforward men, and and that they would not sit down tamely under such an imputa tion as that of perjOry, he should nut hive acted as he had done. For what was petjury ? It was his crime who 'Jo to God his I Maker, in order that he might deceive niau, hii fellow-creature. Here was an imputation roi; one man to east upon another's condition. He (Lord Maidstone) was ashamed, and quite me• lancholy and sorrow struck when the observation was Made, :14 he Sat . in his place in the House of Com Mons. .No punishment attic indiiidu'al,could indemnify theta, end nOthing could re deeM their hondur, lint the united voice of the nation, saying— hear)—" You ;ire not the men we took you fur when we stmt you to parliament, if yoo would so allow party prejudice and feeling.to bias you, that fort' s.Volcd do an intentional injaistice on your oaths. ,to your fellow-vouotry Whotn those who differ from you have sent to represent their . interests iudepett. , dently ju the great British Senate." It waft these feelingiorbieli induced him to step forward, unacquainted as he was With the forms of the House of Commons ; tint he knew they were men of common sense,• end lit it if he weir _nna,qualuted with - curls forms, th - e-y 7 tvould lay them aside while . they ex amined into the case on its own Merits. Ile had not been deceived in the result, and he was happy also to perceive that the country was not deceived iu their estimate of it. When he had the honourtir come into this part of the world, for within the last few , days it , er as. the first thine he bad set his foot north of the Trent,—(we belie it is nut the tast)—he had:been incited to foist conservative dinners. He had deter mined therefore not to say all he hadati say at one, butto divide his subject into several chapterS, one, two, three. - This was chapter the third. At Leeds on Monday , and at Sallord on Tuesday, he had disposed to the best of ilia abilities' of Mr.- O'Connell. (Lauehter.). Now he wished •to•sav a few 'words with reference to the conduct of that -distinguished gentleman's adherents, he meant with regard to his public reprithand in the House of Commons. What did these gentlemen do? They all got up with one accord—he believed the tail numbered about forty, and he believed there was pretty neatly as many on their legs at once, and all talking at once. ,He• recollected perfectly' well when sitting on his seat and shrugging up his shoulders; saying, here is the fruit of the tree of reform, all hanging on the branches of the tree itself. Sir Robc..t Peel told ,them that that would tie the case—that there would be uo order in• thelis sembly—that no speaker, or any 20, could keep them in 'order. He must trespass on their attention with one more observation before be concluded, and he thought they would find that it put the compact of this gentleman Mid that tail in;ti clear point of view, and also fully justified the conservatitres in the conduct they had thought right to pursue—they, the majority of the House of Commons, consulting their own dignity. -.The trauma he should borrow was from a noted work—from the novel of Don Quixote, and he would have given the world to have • stated it at the time, but the rules of debate would not allow him to speak twice. When the house appeared entirely at a loss what conduct to pursue, and were chitning in with the words and sentimewa of Mr. O'Ciinnell, the judgment of Squire Sancho, when he was made judge of a certain island, came into his recollection. It was as follows. Some of the inhabitants came toSancho, sorely puzzled what course to pursue; they thus stated their case—we have a bridge in our town, and there is a gate at one end and a gallows at the other. Now, the man who goes thrdugh that gate, if he does not give a correct account of what he is to do at the other side of the bridge is to be hung on the gallows. Here is a very difficult question, sir, and we want your advice; for there is a man come to us who says, when we ask him what he is going to do, " I am going to be hanged." If we hang him we wet be doing injustice, tur he has told us the truth, and if weir not We shall not fulfil the laws. " Oh," said Judge Sancho, " if he is so very ansieus to be hung, we shall punish him quite enough by disappointing him this time. (Cheers and laughter.) And as these gentlemen were so very anxious to go to Newgate, and scented to wish to prescribe _for • themselves, and to direct the sergeant-at-arms, he thought they (the conservatives) were justified in not satisfying their. whim at the minima. He did not think they would pet the: conservatives in a dilemma, for he never heard of a case where the culprit sugeested to the judge the particulars. Enough per, haps of Mr. O'Connell. He would now address to them a few 'words on some other subject. The next subject of inquiry that suggested itself from a conservative assembly, was the much. talked-of imbecility of ministers, He would give them a little bit of advice in the words of Shakspeare, when he said, " Thott wear the lion's skin ? Doff it fur shame, and hang a calf skin on those recreant limbs." (Cheers.) What business had they with the lion's skin? What business hail they to dictate the confinement of the British lion ? If imbecility from home and absurdity abroad; the confidence of the country lost at home this point disputed in the eyes of foreign nations,—if this could give fitness for advisers, then he admitted that they were by far the fittest • but if that was not the case, turn them to the tight about. Vol- his own part, he would almost sooner see a radical administration than such a set of whigs Let him say one word about Lord Dui ham, who was a luminary of no oidinary bright ness. What was he like? He was like a comet, and his attributes were made upfike two of the planets, and he would tell them how. First of all, he %relit to Canada like the planet Jtipiter, encira cled with the belt of his own character and his own amiability of temper ; and then like Satin n he went attended with a whole tribe of satellites, many of whom he must deerii and call super numeraries. Now who that knew Lord Durham and his charac. ter would ever suppose that he would condescend to take advice • of a legal adviser valued at £ISIX). a year ?. ' He ( Lord Maid stone) did not believe that his spirit Would allow him to take that advice • and he did not believe withotit that advice he was capable of legislating. Novi here was something for the Cana dians, and he wished the country joy of it. After some few fur. ther observations, his lordship concluded, wan giving "success to the honest and industrious oper a tiv e s," Mr. G. KI...NYON responded to the toast. • The MA eQuis df SALISBURY propoed the health of the chair man, which was drank with 3 times 3. . • The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, And prnposed the health of Wm. Ewati. Gladstone, which was given with 3 times a Mr. CROSSLEY responded to the toast. A number of Other toasts were given, amongst the rest "The Conservative Press," which was ably responded to by Mr. K. Sowler, of the Manchester Courier. The meeting then broke.up at a late hour, the greatest ordei' and regularity having prevailed throughout. The regiiilent Of. King's Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry wilt assemble at Liveipool, for silt days' permanent duty i , o h t h e 26th of May, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Wil braham Egerton. The different detachments will march oti Friday, the 251 h, to Warrington, Latchford, Wilderspool, and Sankey. • BA i'TISM btr CONVERTEMJEWS.—We understand that a Jew and his wile, persons of high respectability in this town, having been convinced of the truth of Christianity by thelarguments erf the Rev. H. 111'Nede, are to be baptized'in St. Jude's Church on Sunday morning next; Sm) that a young w oman o f a re- , . spec:table Baptist family; is to be admitted within the pale of the church at the same time. New MAatsTivsms.—on Wednesday week, at the Preston quarter sessions, James ,Nowell Farington, Esq. of Shawe Hal), Leyland ; William Birley, l Esq. of Kirkham; and John Master, Esq. of Crofton; and on Thursday last, at the Salford quarter sessions, James Taylor, Esq. of Todmorden Hall, qualified and took the baths, as magistrates of the county palatine of Lancaster. , We understand, that Colonel Williams opp o s e d t h e giant , ing of a church-rate in Childwall parish on Tuesday. by moving a postponement; hut only two hands were held up in favour of his amendment—that of himself and his seconder—and the rates was consequently carried. AMVHITHEATRE.—Ate. Bates has engaged the valuable ser vice's and handsoMe stud of Mr. Batt!.., and seems determined that on his part there shall be no want of energy or exertion td win the public fayour—"golden opinions from all sorts of men." Amongst the new perforiners is a.Mous. Marrotti, who we may safely style a wonder of the. world. He is the most extraordinary equestrian we have ever seen, feats on horse 4 back are almost iMpossibilities. We recommend a visit to this handsome theatre ; a few bout's very pleasant amuseineat may be derived. RAILWAY TO SOUTHPORT AND PitltsTON.—We understami that it is in contemplation to make a railway front this - town to Southport, and to continue it afterwards from that watering place direct to Preston. We believe surveys were made last week of the projected line between this town and Southport. It is intended to pass through Waterloo, Crosby, and Formby. WHITEHALL, AfRIL 10.—The Lord Chancellor hasappointed Henry Christian, Of Liverpool, lb the cohnty of Lancaster,: Gent.; and Thomas Taylor; of AlanCliester in the county of Lanrester, Gent., to be matters extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery. The Holyhead and Shrewsbitry mail will discontinue running from the sth of July next, when the present contract ceases. PA NolimitA.--During this holiday.4naking time, those who y are in pursuit of amusement and noveltcannot do better thati pay a visit to this most agreeable, novel, and instructive exhi bition. The views art excellent and full bf interest, and the low rate of adMittance places it in every one's power to vied them. At the annual vestry meeting of the parish of Walton-on-the- Hill, h e ld ow Easter Tuesday, Thomas Everard Cartwright, Esq., and Mr. Pryce I)av►es were elected church%%ardens for the %ear ensuing►: A patish tate of threepence in the pound was allowed, and the business passed t.ft in perfect good feeling. .. LIVER THEATRE:-Mr. benefit *ill take place thin evening at the Liver. We trust that he will Have a good house.. Ile is exceedingly talented, not only as a singer, bat as an ac tor. The entertainments are " Paul Clifford," "an Inconve nient Distance," and " a Dev and a Knight." In the latter ; Mr. Collins persoriates five different characters. it was written expressly for him, and contains some good and laughable situ ations. We perceive that Mr . Whiteman, late of th e Ad e l p hi Shades, has taken the Brunswick Hotel, in Hanover street, which he has fitted up in a very superior style. From Mr. Whiteman's previous character, we have ho doubt that the ac commodations will be found of the best.order. . TIM " DISTINCTIVE DlE!"—The Plymouth Journal says : —" Handbills have been printed on stampi, and wehive several witnesses to the fact. On this plan superiority of circulation. may be obtained; and even conscience need nut blush too clout , when it is attested that such and Stich a number itt stamps have been purchased, been printed on---no matter whether as hand bills or newspapers—and sold !" MErro N , 1101, , NT)S.—We have authori!y for staling that rho Melton hotinds*ill, in future, be solely under the Management of Lord Suffield, but not, as we have recently been informed, conjointly with Lord Gardner. His lordship has taken Quoin kennels and stables.— Leicester fouiwal. A swallow, the first seen this season, was shOt in the neigh bnethood of Lancaster two or three dais since. , • The ReV. James 'rate, M . .A., maSter.of the grammar school,. Richmond, has be6n presented to the vicarage of Easb), near RichtnOnd, vacant by the death of the Rev. Caleb Readshaw. —Patron the Queen. Sir Charles Metcalfe, tart. ' G.C.8., Governor of the north western provinces of British India, and prthtent. Governor-Ge neral, after the departure of Lord William Bentinck, is on his passage home from Calcutta, after a lengtheced service in lodia. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, AtetL 10.--The market to-day his been exceedingly tiat• ' very tittle busiuesS hai been done , and those whit. have sold have obtained very low prices for their goods. The Wool matket has been dull; but the last week's prices have been maintained. The young Duke of Roxburgh receives a large addition to his rent-roll by the demise• 01 his relative, Mary Dowager Dnchess.of Roxburgh, relict of William, the fourth duke, who settled a large juitattre on her-grace, charged on the family estates in Roxburghshjre, aid which now reverts to the noble duke as neat heir male: No*KL ARTICLE of CommF.OcE.—A French merchant is now sojourning at „Atitiesley, in Nottinghamshire, for the "nlineut4V° pur ?pose of piocuring a freight of donkeys for the caster Gazette. . - SOLAR LIGHT.—The splendour of solar light is more than three hundred thousand fuses that of the full moan. In other wot ds, if the firmament were paved with three hundred thousand full moons, their united splendour would be inferior to that of the sun. Now the daylight of the most distant Planet, Herschet, is only four hundred times less than ours, and therefore it must be nearly a thousand times brighter than the light aiThrded by our full moon.—Muialtly Chronicle. LEICESTER THADH.—We are sorry We. Cannot repott any improvement in the demand for goods.—Trade still continues extremely dull. A reduction of Irl. per..lh. has taken p iece in worsted varns during the week. in Wood little or nothing is doing: Prices without alteration, but entirely nominal.; NORTH UNIGN RAILWAY. —The spirited contractors on this line of railwa3r, whose labours have been so much itopeded the protracted frost of the winter, are straining cvei . Het vo to effect an openingeithe line into Preston, in August. .N 1 ob , ,pe. that they may be - successful in the , attempt, as we uudeistatut premium is &pendent tipon ils . realizatioH. • • • BB .4r cu tee.COMHERCE.—A salesman from Spitalfields market ; is now in Guernsey purchasinpgboroczceonli to send to Lon_ cion.- He . has, we are informed.; a l re ady .bought upwards of 8.000. heads, at from Is. 9d. to 25.2,1. er An Inhabitant of Guernsey has alsti.emba,ked iu a sianlar;spetailation, and. is on the point of goicg to London with Feterai thousar.d • heath( of the above-irentioneiSegetable, which w ere r his day shipped on board t fie Molus.-OnerintekEtik