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may, individually and collectively, enjoy every hap-
piness and prosperity-, is.the ltrst, and will be the
hy,i, wish of my liast."-..." Mr. Dr ilio.olll sat down
amidst the loudest aerlematiojts.)
The health of Lord Nloltou was net Proposed by
the Ito-. R. Sy ces, whu,4iu iatroduchig thesiniad,
spoke to this purport —" If; 'Gentlemen, the
speeches whichyou have heard from your President
and your late Representative (friends with whom
I aiu so ueajty connected—to one by blood. acid to
both by the toes of affection) were nerd-of amy
full, the, whims, which 1 son about to Moake.tvould
probably fashikehat end, by the dark bilaile:which -
it would caaron the brilliant ground of theirs ; but
the speeches of my friend laud-brothe-era too excel-
lent in themselves to need any such contrast. ..Mr.
Denison-has spoken morinly in favourof our pee-•
sent representative. Lord Mahon, 'and I nut
fectly willing to add toy tribute to h:s praise ; het I -
most still lament that the conuexion between this
town nod my excellent friend opposite to one (Ur.
I)eilison) is broken otf ; and 1 hope he wall periun
me to say, in the sincerest effusions of •uty heart.•
fleet if *Lord Mahoisshould, as 1 trust he will;fultil
the roost ardent expectations we cry form, yet that
he cannot be a Denison to our. Von will pankn
me, I hope, for briefly engrossing your attention,
before 1 propose to yo:n the health of my noble
friend Lord Milton. That Noble Lord will believe
me, when I say, that 1 love him with the warmest
and sincerest atfection—a do I love his iebk.
Father, and revere the memory of his illustrious
uncle, the Marquis of Rockingham. To that No-
Llcinan my father introduced me while a child, and
he received me with his accustomed goodness; and,
from the kindness I have r.eeire.l from hint, and ,
the affection I have borne him, I may truly say• I
was brought up at the feceof Gawaliel. l'he ho-
nest praises of.F.arl Fitswilliano will, I know, sound
sweetly in the ears of' soy nohleframd, and inrat-
tachment will cover the deficiency of my worths:—
The father is truly worthy of the son, and, the sow of
the father. I cannot say inure of either, 1 did not
expect, till 1 saw Lord Milton this.: fey, that be'
would have honoured us with his company; but I
rejoice that he has been pleased to appear neamogst
us. You may remember, when this Noble Lord
offered hiunself us a candidate for the county, how
earnestly we all canvassed in Isis favour; and you
cannot have forgotten how eager our opponents
were on the adverse side. The utmost effoots of the
itigenitity and political hatred of this party could •
()oily tax one solitary stigma on the character of my
Noble Frienu. And what was this dreadful cried*: ?
It WAY youth ! • " Lord Milton was too youeg—lw
was, u baby-n-he was an infant." 'the name objec-
tion once an iielccently ulged against the gnat
Lord Chatham. Vee, Gentleauro, Lord Milton
was almost an infant. • hat that, adverting to the
((,revers of his mind, he was an infant flercultro, sod
find well nigh strangled two serpeoits in his crrulle.—
One of theca he Crushed to stows ; and I believe.
fowl the bottom of nay heart, that oar week's fat-
they WI had (domed the other beneath his feet. I
wish it had been so ; but I wish it without heeling
any thing more !halo political hostility to either of •
Load,Milloa's opponents. Under the anspices of
any• *Noble Friend, we have obtained a great st,d
gimlets% victory; -my own exertions were of little
avail, hut I am proud to belong. to that *et of men
quorum pars ithetion fur,. If Lever wished to pos-
sess extraordinary powers, it was is suppeirt oi the
nolde louse of Wentworth, to whom I am bound by
every/ sieof gratitude, bonoer, Mad affection. Per-
mit Atse to co nude, by giving, with all the ap-
plause which you call bestow on it—
'The health of Lard Mute., sad bag may Le Set) his
seat fur the rummy."
Lord 31iltou's health was drunk with three times
three, and thunders of applause.
-Lord klts.-rot then rose, and returned thanks in
a speech satins etf. ct:-.-"Gentletuen, I return you :
oily most griteful uel;nowledimeuts for tltekowsur
pitt heave 'chine we : our have I to tioxiik you for
yoer present fiavoursonly. Though Ldo not, I be-
lieve, now stand in the county which I have: the ho-
nour to represent in Parlimn:nt, j know I am si.r-
rotpuled by rawly of the freelioldensof that county,
to sallow I am bound by the strongest ties of gratis
'isle for their noble support of me. I shall not,
Gentlemen, occupy vont. file with a cligebseion of
political topics wheel; have liven so al4 treated by
my lionouriattld Friend, your late Representative.
I shill only my, that in every topic nay 'llonsnorable
Friend has touched upon; I cordially agree, except
ill one of miner tinportaio e. To prevent raiscon-
tertieu, I shall mention th's imintit is the promo-'
'bon of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bauch
to a gent in the Cabinet : iii my view of the subject,
'no constittationnl note was broken by that appoint:-
meet. Mtio.ll as I aplaud the general conduct of
that Athoilii.tmition, Sane not to blind as not tuber
their usisisokes, and ropeetiag that other which my'
lienoateelde Yrieud hiss pointed out, I certainly'
agree with him. I shall o .iy, Gentlemen, further
detain you, by expressing, the gratification which I
&live from witnessing the afactiou which subsists
between my Honourable f riend and yoti, his late
constitutions, and after Noin returning you my
hearty ricknowledgnints for the honour you have
conferred upon toe, to prapose awe twit— •
Prusperity to the loon and trade.? Uull."
'The Cti JARMAN next gale—
. Lord -Mahon, and the Independent Electors of Hull."
"In •propo,ing this toast to you, (he said), I
deem it proper to say something as to the character
and abilities of the Noble Lord, whom you have
the happMess of cellist.; your Representative. With
that Noble Lord I load not the honour of an ne-
qnninterice, until the period that introduced him to
you also. At that time I had the pleasure of fre-
qnenteonversations with him, on 'topics of national
nod general police. arid, in every one, I hind the sa-
-tisfeesiou to' rind him -entertein opinions shnilar• to
those we had.'l • found-him imbued with all the
principles of Whigism, not eonsidering that name as
the designation-et Si party, hot as siguitioant of the
here. priticipte*Of English liberty. I found him
net merely accustomed to attend his place in Par-,
IMment as a duty bnt as a pleasure. I found Flea
&spiting the dissipations hut too freqacer amongst
men of hie rank, anal betiding his attention 'solely to,
objects worthy of the Senator of a great motion. 11l
brief, I found him every thinz that we could desire
in any Repossentative. Nor Fuss his conduct, since
'you elinse AIM to• ferment yap, belied the joidg-
tmentrhiell I thus early' conned. Zealous and un-
w•alierl in 'hie 'attendance on( Parliament, 'his vote
(malt 11*watt:tarot mositeut has been suck as 'You