The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

GREAT BANQUET TO THE
MEMBERS FOR MANCHESTE

MANCHESTER, llt.c 11.
The great banquet to the Right Row T. Mhos
CrwthenCluardn jEohnenhtrgigeh,tiaEstule'vtehneinge,nisrbtunef6ntr!ie4A'thilliaai
and spirited display ut the kind than any we have had maul
borough for many years p .st. At a long table, ',retch'
the whole length of this ep. chin :1,14 room, sat the chid
principal guests, and from tun branehtd off at no ar,o,
eight other tables, at tech of which was seated upwardly
60 elect ors, end the whole number of gentlemen pr.„..ot ws
ah.mt 500. A most sumptuous droner was sere. d by kr
Towt n, of the Queru'a-botel. J .mes Kershaw. E,q,
for Stockport, and an alderman and myth tab.
cheater. prrti led. Os the right of the cheirrnso vote
Right But. T. M. °Anon, M.P., G. Wilson, Esq J, Pa;
Etq , Oldham, THO . E.ko
Eaq , Tnus. Bazley, Esq.. Wm. Rawson, Rq., by%l4l'.
Atsahm Wa kin, E q., end Gro. HoMield, 04
James he him of the chairman ware—:.hwn,,thkriir.:7EslE.44... 31cP.
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Walkcr, E•ti , Jas. Harv_y, E.g., M P., Wm. bf
and Alterman Bradford. _

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the county,
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the grand fury; and from W. Brown, E.q,, It C.',
moiety ; It. C oh len, D.() , M.P. for the *het
Yoikstaire ; Shaman Crawford, E.q , M P. ; 11
along, Esq , M P. ; joint Potter, Eq.
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pleasure than he rose to propose the next toast, fur senefeei
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assembly, tar whether he c osidered. the object
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lot
was .urrounded by friends, wit, would expect root. es.-
him hut petiteness of apueeli, and a sincere desint, wo!reiii
could assure them he did must deeply feel, to preemie the
festivity end the harmony of this meeting, (h std
He tel that he was addressing many of the Tory best ism---"
and of the most earnest refurinen that this c unto; 0)41
boast; he felt that he was surrounded by those rho lid
laboured to ether throu.h a great number of yea. :et se,
purpose of advancing those great principles of re. um is
which he and the y were moat comely attached Aid sty,
had laboured together, so they would now eudeeeour to re.
joice togetner ; for, however gloomy and dale the ;solidest
atmosphere might sometimes appear, and hoeev.rdismt
raging the aspect of public alien-a might be, veers he :oohed
upon slum a scene as this, and when he cenoileted whit
cuff the assembly was made of—that this. same tium he
gend ueon, who had fought and conquered h ton, wps
again banded together for retrenchment and for ienett te.
form—he felt that he could net despair for his emery. In
times put they had not laboured in vain. Mute esior hod
vindicated its sotachmt tat to civil, religious, ea, tumult,'
lib, try ever since she hod Men honoured with tot !retches
I and a piece in the representation of the omen, tee
he had no fear but that she would manfully adore to
the same course. (Cheers) It bad been the AP of the
people of Blanchester to lead the way to one et the treat
splendid triumphs that was ever gained in the tail hinny
of ante country. Manchester had made herself bead by the
rest of the commuuity Her name was known and tweeted
on the continent el Europe—he might say, by ail tee wadi.
They ought net to magnify their importance, but he rhos*
he wa justified in say a g, that for such a cons nurser si
that ot Manchester, with lrem 200,000 to 30.1.b00 oblieleh
aots—a city of so much CULllnkfelilli and ?Ulan Wining a.
terprise, and a city whom teed/ brought her into e mite
almost with the whole habitable globe—in such a ilece Mel
had a claim for their representatives to men of tee fiat
order. They bed a deem to men of great talent, men
rise information, unbending poll ical integrity, rued worth
and men who would strenuously and consistent:} a Menu
those prirciples of reform and retrenchment to w t ioh tent
.ustituency had shown its unswerving ettactim.tot. It thou
were the men to whom such a borough should It; shim
he had no hesitation in say leg that ttey had two seen rep* ,
sentativee in their present right honourable and It urea* I
members—Mr. Gibson and Mr. Brght. ("liar, hem"
and loud cones.) The right f.on. gentleman:, Mr. Gibs,
had now served them as their representative fur so wail*
able paled ; and he was sure that, making a...nemesia
those differences of opinion which must Inlnktinl, II I lAMB
between men whose general opinions were most In WWI&
ance, he had served them well. Their other lion. ass
tentative had occ'spied his seat but for a shun tine,
but they knew him as one of the hommitibls
laden of the great flee trade movement. (L uo dam)
They knew Mr. Bright as the uncompromising. the aisle
as the needn't altrocate of public liberty ; they item, Ma
to possess a large amount of mental ability, and cc saw k
developed day after day ; they knew him to be a eau elle
most strong, unbending, unflinching integrity (led
cheer.) It was utterly vain for him (the chairm.e),biew
ever, to characterise the abilities or the worth of their fe
presentative', and he would not detain the me trig funk,
but at once propose the toast, which was, "The hem*
Members." (Load and entimei•etic cheerir.g.)
The Right lion. T. MILNER GIBSON, M.P., presto'
himself to respond to toe tout amidst prom eke chemise
Re said, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—l 1..1 highly
sensible of rue kind manner in which you have roe. ;veil al
health, as one of the representatives of this boot. ugh. I
thank you, Mr. Chairman, fur the too flat, one it eueeris
which you have been pleased to eptak of my pall meanly
, conduct. I presume that on such cements th than
man of meetings like the present are not in the habit
otspeaking of their members altogether in Mot reed la
truttioul manner which perhaps their conduct may meet
There is a certain allowance to be made on see ~..esieee:
' and I trust, sir, you will allow me to say so no, t, for I
cannot accept the high compliments you have p,l i to my
talents without some alluwasee for the occasioe. nu cloth
they have been called forth. (Cries of " No, g "1 With
regard to the step I felt it my duty to take io. I..riog the
government, you have, air, correctly explained ii motives
of my conduct. I bad no difference—no angry thil.ienee—
with the government ; I quoin tiled with none ; but 'simply
found the t, coesidering what was likely to be the ..eicy of
the government with the then formation of th.. !Lase of
Commons, it would net be possible for me to sal; oett the
government—which I was bound to do as an bow., mansail
a member of that government—and to wally my to.' ascent
duty, to fulfil my pledges to my constituents and it use pelt.
ciples which they had sent me to the House of Coe
mucus to support. (11.ar, hear) I know t ore
tea
men who fancy it is desirable that a coustituney dual
have one or more of their members to suppoet
a government; that may be the opinion of many, hat Ide
not think the usefulness of a metioher is so gm,. 'hen so-
o uping
.a seat in the government as when sac, e,teg
tY
place simply of an independent member. (ilea', hem)
I take some pride to myself that it has ben wy
good fortune to be one of the rank and file who were Wine
' mental in accomplishing the great moral victories to which I
allude. I kuow that there are sneers thrown ow' in pulls.
I mast sometimes about what are called the politicisea of the
" Manchester school." (Laughter.) We hear that this
*eat triumph was accomplished by the " Machette
school." It by the woods it be intended to convoy the 1/1.
ration that the inhabitants of this enlightened torn took s
' prominent part in accomplishing the improvements tact
were brought abou', then they may accept the e.melireest
and no man need feel otherwise than honoured In the sp-
pellation ; but if it be meant by the term diet the
inatcccroomtplmisehrteldy, hthaevne bneoetnningof
caapnarbteielmotaiittactwyoth
cothharalnuogcaselusch a representatien ' for if ever there was a Oki
which deserve ef to oe pursued on account of its impartiality.
it is the policy of commercial freedom, which would deal
with all sorts of industry, whether commercial, manufac•
tutting, or agricultural, noon the pimple maxim of "fair 1,41
to all, exclusive favour to none." (Cheers.) Little lo se
know at present the great political and social eons queue
which will follow the changes which have been made to ont
commercial {system. The repeal of the corn laws will law
large poltival cotosequences in this country. It war lei
merely a contest—the corn law question—as to imoorto se,
expanse but it involved a contest between the cholera
and the feudal principle. (Hear, hear.) la egad
of the equaliostion of the sugar duties will be, that the eta
of the country will be opened to the fallacies of toe old colo-
nial system. Now that your colonies are placed moos
footing of independent countries, people will not he 50 eom,
fused and mystified as they were when, by m• n pdies
countortmonepolies, there was a sat of conflicoog del
made out for something like commercial advationf. teti'
this has been swept away, perhaps not entirely, but to I
great extent, by the changes in the sugar duties, and in het
liar permitted foreign ships to trade fairly with your celoist
Toe consequences of this cannot hut be that men will ash
themselves what is the advantage we gain by gintswg
and defending, at our own expense, these colo,ntes—(.moo
hear)—of people who are, in reference to thee• man
in the position of foreign, independent celfult
Defend the colonies! And from whom ? Why.
present moment the people at the Cape perm
inclined to fight you, and to seek for defence form you W.
anybody else—(laughter)—for rather than be • ceP*
de for British crime, they are trying to block up thoirr!
against the discharging of cur vessels, and threeten to tar;
out the governcr and his troops. (Hear, hear. send 1111.
ter.) And thus the thing will work. The ce 1 nies,h'
they have en monopoly in this country, will not submit
be made use of for your crime—they will not c.nret w
sucked by the leech( s that the ruling few may cboolii
send over to fasten upon their resources. (L -0d chee
And the end of it will be that your great colonial se "tern
be found to have had no other luundatioa—t6,",_
whole pointy that has been pursued and perm,.
rd tat
than that of cajoling the colonist with the ouiiiion 1•'
he was getting some advan•age from the Brittilloper,
vernmcnt, and inducing him to submit to a
;
tious he will not consent to when P't
the footing of an independent nation. I ill
us ask the colonists to defend the mselves—to g over,
.te, s!'",
selves—(hear, hear)—and the end of the pr. se ntt irffe
will be thrcugh that means the beginning of gees treet',
Meat in our expenditure. Four nafilions 'sterling I
lk
eqlo)7,
at the very least, are expended from the British E T.
in the attempt to govern the British colonies cuustitsfeL:
must comes, to what they would govern themselves..
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teary to their habits and wishes. lota may 611Ve ml !-1:1
petite, and with it increase the attachment of thew' calcine
These These arc the pciitical consequences which I believes;
Loin the great measures of commercial freedom which