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short probation he has exhibited a dos._ all•rlauent to slinse
principles which have inosouttslianl Mr. Fox, and to.those
of his ancestors, for I have borne feast... Co I.now that these
were the principles of Ins father and gratiolfai ker. The writ
of Habeas Corpus has heen Obliet.,l; lint there was a still
more penult:lmm thing as a pies Divan the absolving
Bill uf hob nosily —r/fp/ofintvc)—Tll4l Kill was 111."'".1
more fraught with misellivf shin IDe Ilaloras Coo pat• Sitspeis-
pion Act, I in .y leave uot she stunt ~1m.., fur if those
who exercio ol the powrrii roolri-itil by the suspension had
Ines. brought N the rehilintion they deserved, it would have
operated its a very puvseiful preventivo• of future suspen-
sions, Mr. Lamlition hut always exerted himself in favour sof
economy *ad Wren. 'intent. He very ..',lv ,eiondrd a most
important motion no.ode by one of tl. ..lconMovi fur New-
castle, *conc.% a part of the infroozeonvot. of ihe Crows.,
and he inns at the head of that iIIVC,II-:i111 111 wla leh exposed
the corruption or the Lisbon job. I (hint, its tar a. lie has
gone these is scaseely any one principle supported by Mr.
Fox on which he has ant t•xprtssrd si Maar ,entiluesets i. it ii
that nreat Statesman."
'lke worthy Grotto twin then proposed " J. G. Insultton.
Esq. out of the Ittopresrldit 'Via for 1110 Comity of Duclia.u,"
which was skunk with three times three.
Lissitrroal—" Groolcneett, it is hardly tiossilole fur
me to reps eseet to you any teems in which I EMI •itfliciently
(specs. the 15ciist I entertain of the humour you hate just
conferred 5.88 me. After the very ft-kites mg inallorc t 1 wldeli
my name and (amity, and the small Pei Viers which I have
rendered, have been mentioned by the too great partiality
of my friend, Mr. Hoare, I T.ftreely know how to tiros!.
yaw. Willi regard to my Parbanientary conduct, it has
beeis game time before you. All that I Eno say of niptelf is,
that since my rut mice into public life I have ev.r bail the
principles of Mr. Fox in my view, as say best soil sure:.(
guide. Ido aneerely cotacta, that oneis as it his fall. is lo
my 1.• I to be present at Meetings of this slc•scripi iiiii , thane
are muse 11.. t go..e Inv 4., notch pleasure as the ;Niewenstle
Fitz Matteis. I trice t.tLru R very great interest in the
p.oesess a Ririe I hone's, and will support them as lung a..•
Is Orr ur rcoiain iu this country. sore wills toy"
Noble titian i.,0, our IVot thy Cbairmwu, in thinking that
there never was a time whin Illr di...1.114ra of Mr. Fuss wtve
more called on to mert soil declare their setilionenie tban at
preseot. Oa the subject of the Honor of CoilitisOUS, l sissy
say, of the late Pas hament 1 casmot speak but with the
deepeat horror and ratitempt. Blindly devoted to the Mi.
nodes, it sustained its character to the last. They sassy
voted acconliug to the wishes :owl petitions of the people,
except its sine instaiee, sad I hest th. y co:write.. Cie run-
"emirate al their own pr.--Aets. I remember well my
Lord eassilereagls, its bis extramoliseary phraseology, ask-
lags ahoher they would tune :heir hacks upon them-
awl'', kumh.)—They were actuated by list principle
otsellf-intereat, and conceiving that by swing their ten per
cent. Iliry wool.' lest keep their backs in their original
pirsilluns, they infused to continue the Income Tax. Ex-
! Cept in that tote instants., they were constaia in prufustod
and servility. It is hue, 1 had a seat iii that Feriae:twos,
and I was prono of it, but not . is uccuttlit of the place ill
whack I sat down, but as is swank of the sateculsun comps
den,_e of my fellow-citisens. The late electiou lims been a
triumph of the principles which dist nigisislied, 8411 11U1111to.
tasty distinguished the friends of Mr. Fox. Every thing has.
Rune (bat way, Slid SO it might to have aune—fur they have
been *lucre all attached to thee. Constitution. The rouse-
quinces of the el.ction will, I hope, be must fortunate. It
will serve to rescue England from being the pander to the ty-
ranny of confederated Monarchs, who assemble in she name
of Kimmel for the most ineliefoUs foirpiisrs ; for ri pieasing
the nascent Voice Of freedman ; for the huying and it Iling
of
States and the wholesale transfer of people. 1 base
to the acts of those own oho have been lifted into office
from the sphere of their own Wilma! insignificance—nob
tittle dependants bawling fur libeity and popular rights,
they have dome more flesh:leery thaw et-c r could have hero
effected by all the nutted ,Voucialtil with the
lowest of the rabble, they calk.' upon them to disclaim
all public men ; Ili place their faith on themselves, a
could wily rise by corruption mid hi tidied to the id,
natural elevation that they sought- They constantly
urged the necrusity of physical loser, nod the poling" y
of a state of life which could meter he natural, evict
amongst savages. They wanted to establish systems which
could may terminate iu a comphtC despotism or a confirmed
anarchy. They claimed respect atilt from the
people that they could waver gain. We had then an *omit.
dation of spivs and informers. With that mid their pi t vious
conduct the Halwas Corpus Act was .nips.'..'.
snit people of England bail no coin 00000 idealism with them.
[Flit worthy Gentleman then cited a very rlorpient pas-
sage (ruin Lord Holoclortke, to chew that such Miorsrsts
and such proceed:air us had been witnessed iu this eatit-
try, wen• pi uductive of the loss of liberty nod grandeur Ili
Rome.] Agantst such characters it is the fluty of ever) titan
In exert himself. They have too loo; stilled the voice which
should have called them from their seats. How. much sootier
that would have been effected had 31e. Fax been alive and
employed all his eloquence, nay well b. supposed He
hiss
left an auprrisbable iiiinr, snit I twee tin doubt butt his
pi iiiriples will he of eriive towards the ultimate salva tiyp.
of the country." The worthy Gentleman concluded by !Lai.
in* the company for their atient 11111 l 'm4 looping to be i vr•
denied fur the length to which he had prutracisd his .n.ser.
yahoos.
Copts's hoped he might he allowed to pro-
pose a toast, which he was sore would be di unk with pica-
sure—" The health of Sir 11. W. Ridley, Hart. Mclut..:r fur
INewetstlr-upon:f pie "--(Apptituse.)
The tuast was arisrik wills liner limes three.
Sir M. W. lliDt.sit—" Gentlemen, it wolail be nth. in me
were I to ati.itipt to (Icily the extreme plricare. which
bare rreetved Punt the Immure iu which you hare di link
my health. %%lien I ...insider that it was druak w Ctliellte-
tion with my attaclirmot to the pi ineiplea of Mr. Fox, I
need only say, this! ut a .inpossilde to make me son vv
front toy attachment to those prinesples. They have beets
drvpty rooted iu my mind from may earliest iutaiwy, and I
think they will descend with use to the grave. There are
mans here by a hose kindlirse I have I,eidu enabled to take
a part in public affairs, and I trust they will bear me neat,
ahrn I say ;hat I have iiivariahly maintamed the principles
we are here met to celebrate. I look forward with *newsy
lit the neat, but likewise with a Isupt time this pnuriplrs we
support will be more generally a vogilisrol times formes ly. it
shall always be my eiiileavour to support your iisterests,
and I hare do doubt that as long us I pursue the lose of
co:id:let in which I have hitherto acted, 1 shall continue to
Es cesve the a pproluition wish %bah I have been honotire..l."
Mr. BILIGY. proposed the health of sit Cloaks Ilunck,
Ilion+ was drank nob three t im. s three.
Sir Otani., s lIONCK returned thanks in a swat slier els, in
which he stated his attachment to the principles of Mr. Fox,
and his determination lit pis seven to the last in Ow Course
in which he had monmencell.
It was decided Skit the Stewards fur the next year 40)44
be W. Ural, Esq. of Fettling's; H. Riddell, Esq. of Felton,
fur Northumhetland—H %Valiant, Esq. mud H. latitictob,
Esq. fur Dorlansio—Tliumas Bigge, Esq. and W. Armstrong,
U.N. fur Neat...sae.
The health of the Stswarols for the ensiling year heingdpro-
-nosed by the 'Noble Chair malt, Mr. Witham ruse and spoke
nearly as fulloas i—
" Gentlemen—ln behalf of my brother Stewards soli my-
self, I beg to rel urn pop our sine. re shanks fur the honour poi
• have conferred upon et. Mil.. 1111011 my legs, I beg Wel:eon
your indulgence for a few momenta. Gentlemen, the eithject
am about to trouble you upon is une which has been sits-
caused by men whose talents mill Carillons would do ho-
nour to soy cause. T. none are the Catholics of this great
empire Inure peculiarly iiirlelitrtl 1!.511 10 the Noble Earl who
dna day has done us the hoonotsr to take Ilse chair, and also
to those Honourable Gentlemen attic House of Comtiletta
have the pleasure to see him. My Nellie mart ions,
Geollemen, in the great cause of catholic limanci pail 00000
titter the thundre of eloquence which has rolled flow the
lips of a.. many distinguished slatesnwit in both HUISSILI of
Parliament, ean sold but little to the ; situated,
however, as I aril, 1 will rade...vow to sin my dant,.
" When them, Getillestien, I claim your astetitani to this
cause of Catholic Emancipation it wont.l he idle in se to
enter into all the details of that great question. 'Fbc Ca-
tholic Question is nut a religions, it is a political one; I
wish not to enter into Ihr religions quirks of the priesthood,
. hut I wish to ask why the Catholics of the present day shouhli
he vicludtgl (rum an egoist runcipatikui uf the privik.cis of