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their support by concessions &Ingenue to protestant interests.
I need not say, gentlemen, that this imputation was as base-
less as one to which I have seen great currency gives,
namely, that I had eountereigned a pspec containing stipu-
lations with regard to the Reform Bill, upon the faith of
which I was to obtain the votes of certain liberal members.
u" Hear, hear," and laughter.) All I can rey is that
ntil I saw that subject a how days ago dealt with in the
newspapers, not ally I bad never countersigned, but I
had never seen—l had never heard of such a document; and
upon writing to the pattern= whose reported speech had
given rise to this imputation, be most candidly and honour-
ably sutured me that his language had been wholly misrepew
rented; that such • document, indeed, had been signed by
himself and others, and it had been intended to he presented
to—(aughter)—and by them intended to be signed by, Lord
Derby. Gentlemen, to revert to the other topic to which I
called your attention, I am happy to say that, with regard to
the great body of enlightened Roman catholic* of this coun-
try, I have for o'nxie time pat perceived a growing tendency
to alginate themselves from the advanced liberal party, and
to unite themselves withthorie who au their natural allies, the
conservative body. (Cheers.) I have myself personal friends
among the Roman esthetics; I may specify among others
:ay hoootirable friend the High Sheriff of this county—
(meers)—than whom no stauncher conservative sits at this
table, and whose reception to-night by you satisfies me that
you share with me the feeling that a difference of religion
ought not unduly to prejudice political union. (Cheers.)
Still lass ought they to interfere with the obligations of
private friendship. I have Roman catholic tenants, I have
Roman catholic labourers in my employ, and I should be
ashamed of myself if, in the treatment of either one or the
other, there could be discovered the slighteet difference
between my treatment of them and those of my awn religion.
r' Hear," and cheers.) I go further; and I my that I cor-
dially and earnestly sympathise and concur with those en-
deavours which were made, so much to his credit, by my
excellent friend the late Secretary of State for War, to afford
to those gallant soldiers who are serving in our army greater
opportunities than they had hitherto possessed for exercising
the rites of their own religion and obtaining the consolation
of their priesthood. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I think I
may appeal to the whole course of a somewhat long political
lite, of now near six and thirty yam, whether lam a man
who, with every desire to mamma the erinciples dentin
tolerations:id of religious liberty, which I have at all times
supported and maintained, whether I am the man who
would voluntarily yield to any of the encrose.hmeuts of
the Roman catholic church as a political body;
(cheers)—or whether I would sacrifice one jot or one iota of
the rights and of the privileges of that church to which I
myself belong ; or whether I would diminish its means of
public usefulness, or whether I would depreciate it, as a
great portion of oar political institution', by lowering its
position and • its rank and influence in the coun-
cils of this country P o that church I have always been
sincerely attached, for that church I have made many sacri-
fices even sgainat the opinion, at the time, of some of its
members who are amongst my personal friends. I have
introduced many measures, the value of which has been
subsequently acknowledged (" hear, hear," and "no")—and
you may depend upon it, gentlemen, that there are few
feelings which are nearer to my heart, and few principles
which I am more determined to maintain, than the
maintenance of the dignity, the importance, the rightay
and the privileges of the Established Church: of these
reeling. (Cheers) Gentlemen, I know that I have
detained you longer—(no)—than would have been consistent
with my duty on ordinary oomaiona ; but this is no ordi-
nary, it is • most gratifying and a most extraordinary eons-
Mon. lam called upon here to receive a high compliment—
I am celled upon to receive your approval of my past mune,
and you have a right to know whet see the ',Hoopla and
the opinions upon which I have acted in that course which,
if your confidence be continued to me, it is my in,entioe,
with God's blessing, to pursue. (Loud cheers.) I speak
to you in entire openness ; and I say to you that whether
in my time or in the time of my successors, whoever may
be at the head of that great conservative party which
now honours me with their confidence, the fats of
that party, the fate of this country (became I
consoles the fete of this country to be involved In the
d in the prosperity of that party)—(chsers)—
=late an
is in your hand,. It depends upon your energies, ft
depends upon your confidence ill your leaders it depends
upon your nuked action, it depends upon your shaking off eli
that apathy which has hitherto paralysed your meauces.
(Hear, hear.) And what you have to do is to determine that
there shall be a ooneenative government in this country—
(theers)—aed to set upon that principle in such a manner as,
by your own endeavour. and by your own exertions, to
render that possible which, without those exertions and
without those efforts, will be wholly hopeless—viz., the per-
manence of emanative principles in the government of this
contrary. Gentlemen, once more let me gratefully and **-
dimity thank you for the high honour which you have done
me, and assure you that no time will ever obliterate from my
memory the gratifying recollection of this proud and tritim•
phsnt demonstration. (The noble lord resumed his seat
amidst enthusiastic cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Earl of hlelmeebury,"
upon whose general policy be passed a high eulogium, espe-
chilly praising his conduct in freeing our countrymen from
the t ninnies' chain of Naples.
The toast was drunk with all honours.

The Earl of MALIIMBURY, to reersondieg, said—On
the first occasion when my noble friend was oalled to be
prime minister of this country, we found France is • very
anxious position. She was obliged to change, or bad deter-
mined to change, her form of government, and even to
change the dyneety of her sovereigns. My noble Mend, and
I acting under him, saw at once that the only course which
we. to be pursued was that which is most consistent with
the principles and feelings of Eaglishmen—that of respect-
ing the feelings end the wishes of the French people.
(Hoer, hear.) We at once, and without hesitation, reoog-
nisei] the prance whom France had chosen to rule over her ;
and, although other countries did not follow in our steps,
bat hesitated to do the same, we refaced all advice to
pursue their course, and at once, follow mg out those prin-
ciples which I have described we acknowledged. and cor-
dially acknowledged, Louis l'fapoteoa as the Emperor of
the French. (Cheery.) It ao hsppened that it wee my fa--
tune in fatly life, end even before he was ea exile in this
country, to be intimately acquainted with that prince, sad I
ware you that I really, deeply, and completely appreciated,
from the moment I first knew Ohs, his greet qualities end
abilities ; and there are men now who eau bear witness to

my hamnfr publicly and constantly stated what I do here of
those abilities and qualities when very few Englishmen were
acquainted with or had an opportunity:, like tripoli, of judg-
ing of them. And it will be a satiefaction to you to hear
what it Is right, for the mike of truth, I should say, that
whenever I had any conversation with the prince upon poli-
tical matters, long ago and since, and even the very last
lime I had the honour of any communication with
his Majesty, be always held the same language, and
always expressed his Debit that it is not only the
beet policy of France itself, but hie earnest personal
wish to tuaiotain a cordial alliance with this land. (Cheers.)
That is a feet which ought to be known—and a fact which
ought to be pondered upon by the statesmen of this country.
(Hear, hear.) But, notwithstanding the feelings of the Em-
peror of the French, we have again, *Moe that time which I
have described, but under considerable appreheneion as to the
feelings of the French nation, and the French government,
towards us; and if I may be permitted, from the experience
I have had of foreign affairs to exprera my opinion with re-
epect to the feelings and the policy of the French govern-
ment, I would say that however earnest their minister. may
be to maintain that friendly &Mamie, I think they do not
quite understand the policy and the nature of this country.
(Hear, hear.) It appears to me that we ma with perfect
ease maintain a cordial friendship, a complete alliance with
France and she with us, without our being obliged to go
hand in hand, end arm in aeon, end step by etep in every course
anti every path which she may follow consistently with her
own political interest. (Hear, hoar.)
The next tout was, " The Health of Lord Chelmsford,"
which the noble and learned lord acknowledged, referring
generally t, the circumstances under which he took the
office of Lord Chancellor, the importance of the &vice of that
office, and the manner in which he bad fulfilled them.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of the Right How
B. Disraeli." It Mr. Disraeli could have sustained the ad-
ministration by his eloquence he would have one so. (Cheers.)
He had held the poet of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
he (the chairman) felt that there wee something to to maid in
relation to his occupation of that important ()flied. At the
present time the country was called upon to pay an extra
charge upon its income, end blame wee laid by some upon
the predeoessors in officeof the present government. (" Hear,"
and laughter.) But he maintained that the conduct of Mr.
Disraeli in office was both just and judicious, (Cheers )
The country was at the time rising from a great women:dal
crisis, and if they bed then had an additional income tax laid
upon them, it would have crushed them down, and prevented
them from bearing, as with recovered strength and prosperity
tbeynow could do, the financial burdens of this country.
The tenet was drunk with enthusiastic applause.
Mr. DIARAELI, when the applause had rabeided, pro-
ceeded to mutual:a upon the history of the 00131.131,011iV1D cause
during his leadership, and proceeded : —1 maintain that it is an ,
error, a pernicious error, to associate the existence in Eog- '
land of great parliamentary portico solely with the existence
of great political questions. (Hear, hear.) Brest politi-
cal questions should be rare, and will he rare,
in communities which enjoy so salutary a political
state as. on the whole, Eoglead bee ao long en-
joyed. The duties of en opposition, gentlemen, are not to be
confined merely to emergencies; there are duties which per-
petually exist, and which ought to be constantly fulfilled.
There are duties of vigilance and of criticism ; and it is only
upon great emergencies that an oppuedion is called upon to
propose the initiative. I therefore hold that our dutim as •
great conservative patty, although there may not at
the moment be questions that concern the eziotenoe
of the principal institutions of the stet* at stake,
are still duties which are urgent, which cannot be
neglected, which must be fulfilled ; and it is a doctrine
which I trust will never be popular in this country, that
political party is • constitutional arreagement which ought
to be obsolete. (Hear, hoer.) If parliamentary government
be, as I believe it is, se I cannot doubt yon and the great

majesty of Englishmen believe It is, the beet guarantee for
public liberty, then, rely upon It, political party most be
acknowledged as a salutary intlwance in the state, because
patlianientery government is impossible except on condition
that there should be political party. (Hear, hear.) What is
a Hotels of Commons—what is a Howse of Lords—.what
is the proudest parliament in the world, though its elements
may be composed, in one house, of men like your noble
guest (Lord Derby), end in the other, of the moat distin-
guished commoners that ever existed—what are they but
two crowds of individuals, if there is no sympathy of prise'.
ple, no similarity of sentiment, and no combination of action,
to grdie them P (Loud cheers.) Such a senate, whatever its
elements, must be the slave of a minister, and would deserve
to be so. If that were the condition of the representative
body of • parliament generally, what moat be the condition of
the nation of which it should be the type and guardian ?
(Hear, hear.) 1 say this in vindication et the character of
our parliamentary government, of the necessity of political
parties, not to differ from the toes which has been adopted
and the counsel which has been offered to-night by your dis-
tinguished guest, the chief of the conservative party, and the
chief under whom I have laboured on terms of confidence
and trust, which probably have never been exceeded before
between two public men—l /ay this not to contravene, but
to substantiate the advice be has given you. (Chimes.)
Because there are duties ef great political WO" other than
those of vigilance and of criticism—other even than those of
advancing at an emergency to propose a policy or to initiate
a msesurs. There are duties even more important, end, I
would say, more oedema—there are moments when a party
like the great conservative petty of a powerful and ancient
nation like England have not to oppose a government, but,
if neceseary, even to supMahn and if they deem that the
requirennues-st thew 111111 t mut demand such a
i entree, to give strength even to their rivals, and to support
three whose lumen in their political career might, under
ordinary circumstances, be to them a source of disappoint-
ment and mortification. (Loud cheers.) Gentleman, I
am not one of those who scatter ambiguous voice
in the market-place. That has never been my
custom. I have ever been the supporter of a
peaceful policy. I have ever believed that peace
might be maintained with a good understanding with
our allies, and that we should look upon their conduct not in
a suspicious or litigious epirit, but that re should give to
their conduct, and allow to their proceedings, a fair and even
a generous interpretatiort. (Hear, hear) I should, indeed,
be blind to the signs of the times, I should be insensible to
the feelings that are univhrsally expressed, I should be treat-
ing it with, I think, • haughty negligence, if I did not recog-
nise what is the anxiety of a great people. I know not
whether It be true or not that designs upon the independence
and upon the empire of England are cherished by any go-
vernment er potentates in other onuntries. I preemie not
to read state secrete, nor is it to me, in the responsible
position in which I and my colleagues have been placed,
to presume to pretend that we can communicate to you
any Intelligence of which you are not already equally
the masters. But this I will ray, with reference to the form
of our constitution, and especially with reference to that
house in which I have the honour of a sett, that if there be
any foreign government or foreign potentate who, on the
supposed distractions and political dissensions of oar form of
government, believes that he has found elements upon which
he may calculate for pursuing with niceties any system of
aggression or of violent ambition, then I can ware that
government or that ruler that they mistake the character and
the genius of the English people—(loud cheers))—and the
English constitution ; and if they count on one dimensiotus,
or 1,11 the noble rivalriee of ourinilic life, for the suoceseful
prosecution of their dengue, will count upon them to
their confusion—(loud cheers)--a thatif ever the time should
come when the independence el this oountry or the empire of
our Sovereign is indeed menaced, they will find that the
Sovereign of these realms rules over a devoted people and a
united parliament.
The next toast wee the health of the Berl of EglintOn,
who, in replying, said—l feel that the honour you have pad
me is in relation to the position that I lately held in the king-
dom of Ireland—(cheers)—a country in which I take the
deepest interest, and whisk has been on two oat:aeons com-
mitted to my charge. I should be guilty of the basest in-
gratitude if I did not feel the liveliest affection in the livelier('
of those who, on both those occasions, treated me with a
kindness and a confidence which has been but rarely ac-
corded to a public man, or to public men. (Chien.) Your
chairman has told you that Ireland is permeable—is keep-
ing piece, at least, with the rest of the kingdom—(hear, hem)
—and I will add my testimony to his. (Hear, hear.) L wfil
say, gentlemen, that the most gratifying thing that ever
happened to me in my life was to find the improvement
which had taken plane between the time when 1 wee int
in Ireland, and when I returned to it on a later oocesion.
(Hier, hear.) The improvement that had takes place. and
which was progressing, wei beyond my hopes, infinitely
beyond my expectations. (Hear, bear.) I found agriculture
of every sort improving; Upend rents paid; I found gene-
ral crime dionaiehed—(hear, hear)—l found the poorhouses
were empty. (Loud cheers.) There was, and there li, but
one plague-spot left, and that is those dreadful secret combi-
nations for asaas.ination, which retard the progress of Ire-
land, which occasionally deluge it with honest and worthy
blood, which are a diegrace to a civilised people. (Hear,
hear.) That is the only plague spot, and 1 believe the only
thing left which retards the progress of Ireland, and I be-
lieve that that would be put a stop to if every Christian,
whether layman or churchman, of whatever religion homey
belong to, were to put his shoulder to the wheel, like my
noble friend, your guest this evening. (Loud cheers.) If
they were all not only to do their utmost to secure the appre-
hension of the climbing, to express their detestation of
and to refuse to have even any connexion with them who
are the abettors and eiders of such sessasinatione, great good
would follow. Gentlemen, to go from that grave subject,
I will mention one point which, I think, will And favour in
your eyes, and which, I think, It is but justice to Inked to
allude to:and that is, that in the division on which the fate
of the late government depended, Ireland sent 68 out of 105
members to its support. (Lind cheers.) I wish I could
say the same of the country to which I, as an individual,
belong—(laughter)—but I have hopes of that country yet—
(renewed laughter)—and I do not feel that we are so much
diageaced, so far as the conservative feelings of our country
are commend, as we have hitherto been—(laughter and
cheers)—cartainly not in the county to which I individually
belong, because I come here bearing the news of the recent
triumph of the conservative party there. (Champ.) I am
happy that that event occurred upon so ansp'cious an reca-
sion, and I trust it will be a v.vy happy omen of future
elections. (Hear, bear.) In otitclueion the noble lord said—
With mocha leader as Lord Derby and with such feelings es I
perceive actuate the mesinbly before me, I feel sure the con-
servative cause will triumph, and that this is but a prelude
to greeter energy on the part of thom, not only whom I
am addressing, but of those of whom they are the repro-
eentatives. (Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Sir John Poking-
ton, which was drunk with great cheers.
Sir JOHN PAKINOTON replied.
The next toast was "The Health of Lord Stanley," which
was drunk with much applause.
The NOBLW Loan, in reply, end—ln an place, and upon
any occasion, such a reception would Wive been to me deeply
gratifying. It is doubly gratifying—l am compelled almost
to repast my father's words, because I have thy father's feel-
ings—(cheers)—it is doubly gratifying when in the country,
end in the town with which not I alone, but those who have
borne my name for some centuries, have been connected. It
is doubly gratifying when, in the presence of that band
of colleagues and friends who with me have fared
the uncertain features of parliamentary war—it ie, above
all, gratifying when foremost among those colleague.,
and foremost among those to whom you Were met to do
honour tomight, I tee one to whom I am personally
bound by ties earlier and closer then even three ties of poll,
liml sympathy and connexion upon which my friend, Mr.
Disraeli, lima so eloquently discussed. (Cheers.) Geotleinen,
the state of political affairs beg been so often mentioned to-
night that I shall not trespass further upon that ground.
Only this I will ray, that I think it is impoeeible for any one
who has watched the public events of the teat fifteen or
twenty years not to ere that u great change has come over
the feelings end ideas of this country. There Dever was a
time when extreme opinion., both in parliament sad out of
it, were more thoroughly dies ounti minted than they are at
the present mon,ent. There never was a time when our par-
liamentary parties were more ttoreuebly united in desiring
to carry, or, what is oonsetions bonier to ?o, in desiring to
men carried even by others, measures of practical and venal
reform. The grievances, real Or supposed, which formed
the bitter cures of the hut generation, hove, for the
most peer, died away; ar.d I do not tee that a new cry
has risen up to take their ;fere. The old breach between
the landed and the mercantile and mannfacturlng interest
hsa been rffectuallyand finally closet; mod I believe that them
two great interests are more thoroughly iileetited In sym-
pathy and in feeling then at any previous period of our
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in mind that the true canters:vivo policy coneiete not merely
In clucking agitation where it hie atiren, but M anticipating
agitation by removing its tint.. (Cheere.) Gentlemen,
your chairman bas med. morn.. reforms., to rho circumstances
under which I became conot,ted with the home adminietra-
lion of Indian affairs. When I took that office in May of
last year, it was an office of emeidersbla labour, and of very
greet responsibility. I may say to you frankly
now that when I accepted it I did so with no gem-
guine anticipations am far me my personal interests were con-
cerned. (Heir, beer.) I thought that I myself was far lees
likely to promote than to foefeit any little reputation I might
&noire. but I accep'ed the effiee without any hesitation or
doubt, because it seemed to me that circumstanced as the
government of the country was, I had not, in honour, the
option or the right to refuse. (Cheery.) And, gentlemen,
atter twelve months of intimate connection with Indian
affairs, 1 veutnee to say, although it is not now the Cubism to
be seep:ins upon that ethje..t, that I am esieguine as to the
future proapecta of British ladle (Cheers.) Asiatics are
not so unlike Europeans as it is very often the
[ fashion to inept.... Treat them fairly and kindly, and you

fry {mesa the maims successfully. ',Wet, hear.) '
V. do thee, which I bar we tare not at all baser wish
of ear bi.bsy dase—if we tryst the Wive piror
of isdspeadeat mates with atrial &limes sad jos-
ses—if we statue from rash sod foolish later-
soldhary with Weise customs sad idess—if as opts
to emirs iodate"), sod Wait the opp,rtuattoss for a
blew, k Arr.& quip they hero hitherto saisycid, sod the ems
ewe d Use British government, sad if we cony oat ths peg
wh&li .1 lot. y, us 15.,. Lees nottsted—the i.olicy of
out the ...tau L. Ifitysett an ,spitel—/tteis
lour ....damsel d ladrs ,ioverawent be fulfilled, I ma e 011•
rin.lo thee is • few year. we shall see within of the eta
• ditficul•ser which or pr.. -at appear so tismOdable• Used
slivers.) We snot molt. t that lb. petal muse of delftwa-
re.' esibwriammwst of lads. to its esurimote solitary tapes-
&Mrs, sad the witiotist of thet expesditare a lettire
NO Sae es the istsro.l defence owl protection of the countiy
mm weacessed• will oleos]) depend us wheth. r you determine
I. adopt sad cony out a policy ail plink*, or • policy of seer-
dos sad WV' bee,..) I mastspologise for trespassing
sat of the bounds of domestic affairs, hat lb.&sheet Is cos
ea which I cannot \sip feeling deeply, end it is one which, is
fte ultimata re.slla iavolves little lees obis the prosperity or
mlidartuse el the satire British empire. (Cheers.) Gentle-
=awe more accept my Omuta (Tie pubis lord as
shsessilsa resamiag lue seat.)
Lord DISMT is propose the csairmsit's been, entered
into ma sapasastioa of b., (lordship's) &shags with him
Mit lesastry relative to the murder et Doos.
This toast basal: hews deny bosomed.
Theo Cif *ma to retuned thank., sad gave lb. Esttlish
• coupling s.tl it the ammo of B,r H. Celia& Isle
sabcitow.gcserst, which the boa. sad Liaised penman
rephel m, sad io the course of hie sp cat chimed milk for
Lied Derlys • goversoness for their endeavours to promote
low reform.

Mraibres kr South Lanceslitre" woman, next irsen,
Is vim h the Han. A. EftKIWI Moimoded, roe aberwenis
breelth of Mr. lionielh she rouilervative member firr Liver-
pool. 'tiro. to which Mr. HoistsLl, M.P., spoke.
.• Prioperily to the town at Limpet" followed, and tha
r et. halm,: tuna, as swell la Lancashire., wee Use Lea-
•.t• •PO taw," which Lord Derby, ins hoax/roue rpm h,
rvp......1 w.
Ibe K.:eft:Wig* were brought to a clews soon alter
midnight.