The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-25 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'clock.
We are in momentary expectation of our dispatches
by the Overland Mail from ladia,the arrival of which
at Marseilles wo were enabled yesterday to announ
e.
Particulars of the news, which will be up to the Gth
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to the Ist inst., by the packet-ship Columbia, tele-
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to give lit a subsequent edition.

DINNER TO MR. CHARLES BULLER.
On Wednesday evening a public dinner was given,
in the Market hail of Li:lke-ad, to Mr. Charles tralleald.P.,
the judge avocet., by his constituents. The chair was
occupied by Mr. Bernard Antis, the mayor of the borough.
The Chairman basing proposed the health of the chief guest,
Mr. C. Bettett said, Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, when I
say that in rising to return you thanks for the honour
which eon have done me on the present =Moo. I rise on
an occasion of deep interest to me, and that my feelings of
gratitude and kindness toward you are more strongly ex-
cited than on any former occasion on which I have had the
honour to address you, you must not underasand that speak
solely or even mainly with reference to the circumstances of
our late contra. I cannot consider that contest ever was
dangerous, nor could it hardly be called' serious one. (Ileu.)
W slave in former times had to contend with great power
and with great influence and with evens; antagoniste—oar
triumph on this occasion has been more signal, but we must
not disguise it from ourselves, that it has been achieved with
the weakest antagonist ever brought forward against ns.
(Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, I fed pride and interest
when I advert not merely to the late election, but to the
many elections that have gone before. I look eck in the
long petiod of our connexion to 15 years ago, when I first
sallied firth to solicit the representation from the electors of
Liskeard, then for the first time invested with the franchise I
mew the Reform Bill. (Cheers.) I had to contend with a
nobleman of great power, of long attachment to the borough,
who had endeared himself to the inhabitants of this county ;
of great abai y —of great worth, which we all have in later
years been proud to acknowledge. (Cheers.) I had to rely
en one single eta of my public conduct; that net I believe
secured me the support of the majority of the electors of
Liskeard. It was simply that, being a member for the
borough of West Looe, I did not hesitate to vote for the
Reform Bill, and to conrecrate the interests of my family
to the public good. (Loud cheers.) Well, gentlemen,
those were the palmy days of reform • those were
the days is which Cornwall was indeed reprepre-
seated by men worthy of her—by my distinguished
friend Sir W. Trewliwny, and by Sir W. Melcsworth.
(Cheers) Since that time our principles and party have
experienced great vicissitudes. That was the zenith of our
sun. We have seen times of gloom and, despondency suc-
ceeded by large encroachments. The number of reforming
members in the House of Commons has been successively di-
ininitred, until at last, in the election in 1841, we were placed
for the lint time in a minority, and the tories were brought
into power. (Haar.) But, gentlemen, during that period,
though we were deprived of the services of such men as Sir
W. Ttelawny, and the other reformers of this county, the
borough of L'skeard always held its steady course, un-
swerving, undeviating, and unfaltering. (Loud cheers.)
And now, gentlemen, it is after this petiod of 15 years of al-
ternate success aed depression, that I come to you in what I
think a very memorable epoch in the history, not only of
this borough, but of the country at large. I come to you
at a period when your fEreatest triumph has been achieved
through the complete triumph of our opponents. (Cheers.)
I look on it the. the succees in 1841, and the raising
of a tory ministry to power, has been the greatest triumph
for liberal principles that the course of events halt ever
brought forth. (Loud cheers) You bad a tory govern-
, meat with men of the moat distioguisbed ability, and who
bad been borne into oda by •maeority of nearly 100 in the
e House of Commns, and an untold majority in the House of
Lords • that tory mini,try was enabled to carry out in parlia-
Lament any measure it proposed. Then came the test of
principles ; then came the test of the wisdom of the policy
professed by each party. What is the result of that ? Why,
that able and intelligent men, borne into office by the tory
party, could do netting but carry out the policy which you,
the electors cf Liskeard, had sent me to parliament to support
(cheers), and I know not anything you may pride yourselves
on more than trio consistency you have displayed inbad times.
You may pride yourselves in basing sent me to parliament
to eppoee a powerful ministry, supported by a great majority
la the House of Commons ; but I know of nothings° gratifying
to you, as men of intelligence, to find, when you sent me
there for that purpose, that without going back from a single
profession, as the liberal representative of a liberal con-
stituency, I could conscientiously give my votes in support
of the great proportion of the measures proposed by the tory
government. (Cheers.) And why? Because that tory
government, being opposed by men of ability, saw that
the country could be governed by no other principles but
these which you had supported ; and that principle, which
was stronger than party, stronger than property, stronger
than any coalition of influence, that could be brought to bear
against it, coerced the strong ministry to break up the tory
majority by carrying into effect a decidedly liberal policy.
(Loud cheers.) And now, gentlemen, I come before you
tinder more favourable auspices; the sun of liberal pnn-
ciples, so long set, is rising again, and let me say, if
not with the brilliancy of former times, at any rate
with the promise of a long and unclouded course. (Cheers).
I am not speaking now as a party man ; I am not saying
that this government, to which I belong. and to which I am
firmly attached oa account of my convictions of the honour,
wisdom, and liberal principles of its chief men —I say
it is not as if latching undue importance to the existence
of that political ministry, that I congratulate you on the
triumph of liberal principles, and of their assured suc-
cess and predominance in the government of this country
for msay years to come ; and, gentlemen, I feel assured
that the triumph of liberal principles no longer depends
on particular men. We have got to be independent men.
(Hear, hear.) We have got into such a position that, be
the government of this country possessed by any man, it
is evident t: at whatever man is borne to the heatrof
affairs, the progress of liberal opinions must be steady,
and, I would add, safe. It may be arid, that it is pos-
sible that we may have even a protectionist government
—that we may Dave soother tory ministry, and that
Lord Stauley, in the House of Lords, and Lord (i. Ben-
Una, in tie House of Commons, may direct the public
affairs. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I do not believe it
possible, and I therefore entirely dispense with that sup-
position. After all the boasting in the last parliament, this
fact has come out at the late election, that they are the only
party that have suffered the whole loss by which the present
government is strengthened, and therefore I feel that I may
congratulate you on its being certain, whatever may be the
fears of individuals—whatever person may be at the helm of
affairs, or of whatever individuals the government may be
composed, we may look forward to this ; that the govern-
ment of this country will be for many years in accordance
with the liberal opinions of the great man of the people.
(Cheep.) It has been said of late, and much exultation has
been exhibited on the subject, that the reign of piety is at
an end, that this country is not to be governed by party any
longer. Allow me to say, that however gratifying it may be
to as as human beings, I do not believe that it none whiter
practical men we can entertain. My own opinion is, that In
every free country the .government must be by piny—bat
I will tell you what I mean by party. I mean that men
holding the same principles, and thinking that the same
line of policy will benefit the country,, feeling confidence
in each other, are willing to wave minor differences to
carry out the great principles which they hold in common.
Now I believe that ut this world, where every great end
must be obtained by the combination of individuals—that
in such a way parties must be formed, and that the
government must for the time be conducted by the
dominance of party. (Hear.) Where a party gets odious
is where the link of party is not public good, bat personal
gain. Where old family connexions—where the con-
nexions of party for personal patronage form the link,
and net the desire to carry out any public principle or
achieve any public object, then I think it is that party
becomes evil and a mischief. (Cheers.) But then, I say, it
is not because party is bad in itself, but because the party has
outlived the principle which gave birth to it. And I believe
that in every free country, where the state of political
feeling is not entirely vitiated, you will very frequently
have periods in which questions that have divided men
cease to interest them—men naturally come 'to reconsider
the four dation of their party alliance. and form themselvea
again into fresh parties. Now, I think that this country is
put at one of those periods. At the paasiug of the Reform
Bill there was a general desire to change,—a great wish to
sweep away old abuses. That proineni the reform party
which carried the Reform Bill and its consequent changes.
Then there came a strong conservative reaction. Men who
thought the institutions of the country were menaced, said,
We will oppose all change, because we think all change de-
trimental to the institutions of the country. That led to the
existence of the great conservative party, which thwarted the
efforts of the reformers for so many years and ultimately tri-
umphed under Sir Robert Peel. And now the question that
separated us has been carried in favour of liberal principles.
And now, it seems to me, that honest men of every party
come to say, What is it we have been battling about ? Let
us see
let us no longer be seared by names, and bandied in °ppm.-
tion to particular men. (Cheers.) And what Is it that the