The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-31 00:00:00

itnlgerl by his past acts, and not by pi utuibes.
( dpplause.)
The elLillUldlif rose to propose the Isealiti of
one of then N•il.le guests, tlw tissue of eiltw.e
fl Wily was sar toothed a with the establisrlovirtit of
English liberty. that it was only a debt of- gidi-
ttide ftw Eoplitliniest to dense the toast with the
withosialent or freemen who gloried iu then i.oer-
I
/1-4. and who revered the illustrious ssersotessgee
.toi.s had secured diem in the time of their once*.
. %Vlwn he alluded to a member of the House
..t llossell—(Greest applastse)--lie spoke of •
family who had not only steadily advocated the
cause of libeity. bat who iu the hour of 'writ had
not be.itated to abed their blood to preserve the
litwrties of their tountry.—((real apple use.)—
When Englishmen shall forget the debt they owe
this illustrious they must erase to revere
the principle, which have made them great, happy,
and free—they most .hew themselves unworthy of
shot 'them. to the estublislitursit of which the
house of Russo 11 had so essentially contributed.
ale wotil.tilierefspre propose—
" The Wed. OA' (loose of Rossell,wkieb bad nourish-
ed the greelb of Liberty, emu with its ktotal."—(Great
apphaw.)
Lord Joule llu.sitt.t. rose to return thanks. He
expri..ed hineelf highly gratified- at the present
proof thee had given Ins family of their kindness
and altaelmient. He eh(((( not attempt to de-
scribe los fee-bogs at bring identified with hi+ family
iu their eft is in the cause of liberty. They had
at all periods of their history, used their best efforts
to redress the people's wrongs and relieve their
bin de in.-4 iippierrse. j--W it is reference to Ilse
event which led to this Meeting—he meant the elec-
tion of their worthy Alderman (Wood)—lie could
only assure them, that he was at that time engages{
with liis Noble Friend (Lord Ebringtoo) iu rasa-
Wishing the principles of liberty iii• the county
of Deism. When they had heard to that coun-
ty or the result of the London contest, they hail-
.d it as a great example for the people at large
—they saw it as a beacon which lighted thesis front
afar, and illuminated the path of liberty—(Grew
appluarel—they proclaimed the result with conk's-
must's at their dinner tneetings—they spread it about
the streets Devon as the first victory g lined by
the ormile user their oppressore--Its the first blow
whir h was struck at the ravenous wolf, whose
jaws Were Open to devour illelll.--•-(Grfta up.
ploase.) —During the late war, by the culinisig
taint of general danger, the filitsisters of the Crown
contrived to steal into the Coistidetice ut the people.
,W lieti the war was over, they repaid that confidence
by auspentlitig the liberties of their too credulous
benefactors, and then indemnifying themselves fur
Ilse corthequeirces of their owls wrongs. Let the
people take *arising by the past, and guard against
the future. They might. indeed, never again have
the iltishpf tine of such u set of Ministers, or sash
a vet of ilepreventatives. The people at large, by
following she example of the City of London, might
at least !save honest Represeistatives, and thereby
kihtatst cue step, at least towards that which their
situation co mach required-4 fuller and greater
share of llepreseuhdi for the People is the Com-
a iiii A House of Parliament. He concluded by
'Ottani:log tin- Meeting for the honour they had duce
Isis Family. —( /applause. )
The CH A IRM A N I lies

"TineHealti.. of Lord Limit:Eton and the ludependmt
tleetors of tile County of Devon:'
Lied EMU a GTO N rrturnrd thanks nt behalf Of
himself and the Independent electors of his county.
He warmly applauded the high example set by the
ioitiiets of London, and, as a Devonshire man, felt
not a little prole at coining from the birth-place of
their worthy trod respected Alderman (Wood).—
(Applisose.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the health of the
lion. Henry Grey Bennett, paid an eloquent and
upproprode tribute to the disinterested benevolence
used pitrosisni of that humane soil excellent man;
dryer was nothing too high to he the object of his
'attention, sione so low as to be beneath Iris care
and regsril. lie proposed-
" The Health Grebe Hon H. G. Bennett, the Friend of
the Friendlees."—( Lord upplasse.)
Mr. livat la err 'rumor.' thanks for the honour
'lent was door hint, and b. gged.loave to assure them
lust 'meter had no reward to bestow which was so
grateful to his feelings as the approbation of his
fellow-cosutrymen.— Applatru.)—He hail been
;Resent it the celebration of their for Mer victory.
It had beets well said that the City of London had
seta proud example to the country at large. They
had nut only ottccessfully toward their lorinciplt.s;
but nla. reworded. iii the way honest men can be
best reoariled, those whit had shewn themselves
to be the real friends of the people. —(Applause.)
When Sr James Shaw retired from the conte.t,
,t was said they might have a chance of gettiow
its three popular Members, few persons ut the
time relied upon this expectation. It was of
the first importative for the people to see, whe-
ther the Ceintidritts who solicited thrir suffrages
Were, in the first instance, entitled tot hein—whetilei•
he would rote for the corrupt misitoris of power, or
for tli friends of the people—whether lie would
vote fur a government by law or u government by
force. The Him. Gentleman their recapituhtted
sonic of the leading acts which characterited the go-
ieriiment of the present Ministers, their suspension
or the Ilebees Corpus Act, their Intleimiity Bill, &e.
eisoliug the oftbetcd, he (Sir. Bennett) said he
tilts only following the phin chalked out by Mr.
Alderman Wood, who was the firm supporter of
the civil rights of the City, and who was daily err:-
ployeul in relieving the distressed and the utifor-
turnsit..---(reppienite)
Thr Citstiattai proposed...
" Tbr Health, of Mr. Lytteltoe and the independent
Freeholders of rityreeeter."
Leeext.tria briefly returned thanks, and
was glad to bear his feeble testimony to the influ-
ence of the socce.sful event oh the late Election,
the triumph of which they were now celebrating.
The CIIAIIINAN roes to propose the health of a
very active rood independent member of the sister
kingdom. He could slut look upon the wrongs
*hid; Ireland had received, cud still reeetved, flow
this country, without feeling the utmost pain sod dis-
appointment. The people of Ireland writ: sh•ptived
or their civil tights on account of religions clistiii‘!-
tow, oleic!' riery litmus 'mould be left to settle with
his netglito•tn, accordnus to the dictates of his own
eneiscrefiCe. The fight of maul to worship Ins rea lor in
..VMS Way mit be fettered by civil r.st ice mos.
itel4.uassibeily shoulJ karmic the fro:t habitable