The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-11-01 00:00:00

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BANQUET TO LORD BROUGHAM.

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'roe banquet by t'm cilium, of f.s'tliiilturgli to Lord
Brougham took place tbis evening. About (kW sat
down to dinner, and about RIO ladies and gentlemen
were presnit `lpeclators.
The Lord Provo,t having in appropriate language pro-
pined "die herJth" of the noble lord,
Lord Brougham rose to reply amid manifestations of
great enthesiasua and delight. He said he considered
this invitation and this reception as one of the two
greatest honours that lied crowned a not very short and
a very variegated life. Hi. being eiswen to represent
the great comity of York 11114 the other. He referred
to the instance. of gross bribery and corruption lately
disclomed in England, and cxpre•-ed his great gratifica-
tion that in Scotland electoral corruption did not exist
at all. Until it was extirpated with a steady, uefiincli-
ing, and strong hand die constitution of thia country
would be upon its trials. That it would survive he enter-
tained no doubt, because he entertained no doubt that
that corruption would yet be entirely extirpated. He
adverted, in affecting terms, to the many changes that
bad taken place bitlee hi. last appearance in Edinburgh
25 years ago, and expressed Ilia pain to think thou lie
we. the survivor now of nearly all liis private friends.
One change, however, be found of a more happy
description he had survived those rancours and del.-
miens of party which then to some extent prevailed,
those delusions which allowed no merit in ra adversary
—and admitted no fault in a friend. Referring to the
affairs of Italy, he said that whatever motive had
originated the late war a certain amount of good had
coins ont of it—a very great step had been made to-
wards the independence of the Italian people; and his
hope libb to bee them under the King of Sardiaia, as the
only practical mode of insuring their independence. Al-
luding to France, lie pictured the great tempter holding
out before lint nation the laurel, the emblem of warlike
glory, and expressed his hope that the French would
not be deceived by it ; and lie described the tempier All
likewise offering to this country the apple, the emblem
of the fruits of the earth, and trying to 'ell this
r country into a false security, leading it to abandon its
, preparations for defence. In this last he knew that vile
tempter would fail. This country, he said, did not
dittrult its neighbours, but. it trii.ted to itself. Their
duty was to be prepared by sea and land in every way
in which an attack was possible, an as to render it im-
, pos•ible not only that the attack slionld succeed, liot
that it should be ettempted. We did the best, both for
our neighbour and ourselves by being completely and
absolutely prepared foi whatever might happen. (His
Lordship was received throug4out with great applause.)
Among the toasts of the evening were :—" The Educa-
tion of the People," proposed by the Lord-Advocate;
" The College of Justice," proposed by Lord Brougham ;
" The English Bar," by Professor Aytoun ; and among
the other speakers were the Duke of Argyll, Professoe
Palau, Mr. Robert Chambers, anti others.