The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-31 00:00:00

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stets, that there was another word much snore cortstitutional. e object of the meeting, he Mom vet, that the calamities d.m't know what tr IN* Mr. Coke gives tie;e I have pre
and much more beneficial to the country, which they ought to under which the country was now hamming would neve' posed his health so often ,not that I complain of it) that !
be afraid to call into use—he meant jealousy, constitutional have occurred had attention been paid to the warnate Call say nothing new ou the subject!' He should not at-
jealousy. We and they might not to poach on each other's voice of Mr. Fez. His great rival had been called Its tempt to sty any thing new at present, because all wh,
property. Wo ought not to give them cause for sterna nor shallow people, " the pilot who 'weathered the storm." heard him knew Mr. Coke, and loved Mr. Coke so well
they tujust cause for jealousy. How far these principles had He had, however, taken the vessel out of the had that would be quite unnecessary. The friend whom be
been observed since he had last the pleasure of visiting this whilst the storm was-raging, where Mr. Fos Het vi.ell that had before mentioned had once said to him, when complain.
City, it did not behove him then to sate—that is, it did not
it should remain till die storm Wee..iver. Those who tree,' ing of his lack of words in speaking of Mr. Coke, with
behove him to express-all the indignation which he felt at certain
That hit in Mr. Pitt's footsteps, had fudged brought her back great in 0 Get up and begin -, you'll not say any
infringements recently made, on them constitution.
protest had been entered against them, must he known as well into pUrt, but in a sia.te scarcely sea-elm-thy ; and if die thing amiss." y" Amin, of Mr. Coke," exclaimed the noblt
by them as by others in the country. That he hail not raised continued tinder their manegeinent, sle would not long . Chairman, " I bete not ingenuity enough to do it." Hie
very ever:jet can't di, it, iced
political enemies lie always
his voice so loud in reprobation of them ets others. erose from a qe imabled to sopped the beating of the waves,
eonviction oldie greet ability with which the constitution had The noble CHAIRMAN said, he was now going to give a must have, it Mist he contieues his deterniiiied opposition to
been defended, and from a fear that, if he had said any thing, toast, which would be received with raptures of acclama- the enemies of liberty. To praise Mr. Coke I must borrow
he might have weakened the force of the arguments so ably tion—"'l he Duke of Norfolk; and may the ancient here- my language, and I will do it trims tee word, of 'him why ee
urged by the political friends whit whom lie was in the habit of ditary nobility -of this kingdom ever consider it their high- memory we are now eclebsatinge They were words use eof
acting one!l political questions. It was impossible that anY est honour to support the rights and privileges of the peu- Francis, the great deice of Bedford—Can bad compliment, uy
toast could he given that night without adverting to the pur- {hie." He hoped that his worthy vice-president (Mr. Fow- the way, to Mr. Coke, nor will Mr. Coke dislike the coni•
pose fur which they had met; and in adverting to the memory
er) would he a little more perfect in the repetition of this parison t—" Never did man I thour to learn the trade by
of Mr. Fox, they wete certain to derive considerable benefit, toast than he
.had been last year (laughter). By the bye, which he was to gain his bread, the profession by which he
because it was only hem drawing a comparison of the merits
An
feltr. ruiv.ier neighereturn the laugh upon him now, as lie Was to acquire honour and dignity. or the nobler arts of pm.
•• and consistency of political characters he could khow how to
• considerable dttEculty in proceeding with his milogium eery and eloquence by which he was to Obtain immortality,
estimate the virtues of wise statesmen, and condemn the faults of
bad ones. •He generally preferred measures to men; but if men on the Duke of Norfolk, because, . knowing him as he did, with more zeal or ardour, than that with which he labour-
- . were consistent in their museum, and combined with them the lie knew him to be as mild and gentle and retired in private td in the art of doing good to his fellow creatures!'
weieht of their personal characters, then they were so united, life, es he was stout and resolute, and determined in public He should detain them no longer, bat would give them' he
' that it was impossible to separate them. Such at least was his life: and he (Lord Albemarle) was therefore aware that, toast.
idea. and tat observing upon the character of the illustrious if he spoke of his (the Duke of Norfolk's) character in that The health was then drank with rapturous applause.
statesman in whose honour they were now aesembled, he would language in which alone he could speak of ft% and which Mr. Co xr, after thanking his noble triend fur the rho- 0
. say, without comparing him to others,(for he would not rake up alone they would hear, he should greatly distress the feel q sent and flattering manlier in which he had introduced
the ashes of the dead. except it were to show hew the Milieu- inga and wound the delicacy of his noble and illustrious his health, said, that all those who had the happiness of 1
• des into which they had and the country could be avoided;) yet friend. The gratification of his own pride, however, pre- k lowing Mr. Fox as intim itely as he had done, could apt
the consistency of his character was evinced by thit.--that when
vented dim from b!ing silent
.ou one subject. It was ils— hap spending.. this day in mired feelings of pain. endeplea e I
he was satisfied of the expediency and efficacy of any measure.
he always carried it sole effect, without yielding tomny of those teet the Duke ot Norfolk, being at the head of that order of sare. in private life, Mr. Fox was the delight of all who
. ' little amiable weaknesses which had now become so &Atonable which he himself happened to he a member, had explicitly k iew him ; and in public life, he was the warm and uncles (
in certain quarters. (Cheers and laughter.) With the men who stated, that he thought it his duty to stand manfully for. viating friend of the people's liberty. It he had chosen to I
prided themselves on these little foibles lie could not act; but if ward hi the cause of his people. (cheers.) Under these cir- give himeelf up to the Crown he might have reached the I
they would act as Mr. Fox acted, though their prolasione would eumstances, he expected that this toast would meet with the highest rank and dignity in the st
ate; but by refusal to
not create confidence, their actions might t but, unless they most rapturous approbation. sacrifice his principles, he had acuired the esteem i f all
first established their principles, he could never yield to them 'Fite toast was then drank amidst loud cheers. who loved humanity and their enquiry, and who therefore
for a single moment. Ott the grand principles of liberty, kit- The Duke of NORFOLK said, it was impossible for him could never • cease deploring his great and irreparable
glishmen ought not to differ ; and if they would only now act to find words in which to express his thanks for she honour loss. Now that he was speaking ot the political conduct
firmly. he had no doubt but they. would soon recover those pri- conferred upon him• The noble Clivemell had coupled Ins of Mr. Fox, he could not help alluding to the political chaa
'lieges which had lately been invaded. lie hoped that he
might be forgiven for stating, and as he had the High Sheriff by name with tnat of the ancient ito-1-I;ty, because' to the r ex- ratter of his day. His Royal Highness had wed said, that
melons. in
.destroying despotism we owed the birth of our every public men ought to be true to his promise; but Was
his side, he was even as things now stood, speaking couetitutt-
orally, that he had a mortal dislike to vestry meetings. They early liberties. fie trusted that the extrtions of their de- this thrums case with the great rival of Mr. Fox ? Did not Mr.
were not British ; they were not constitutional—and it Was only scendents would not be wanting in the present day to main- Pitt pse them Parliamentary Reform, and use his pro-
m meetings like the present. attended by men of rank and taro those liberties should they ever be endangered. He raise as a means of acquiring place and power to defeat his
weight, and property in their respective counties. that a man was unaccustomed to public spi.aking, and should therefore professed object ? Did he nut pre:nke the renal of the
could now feel gratification. in speaking, or pleasure in being confine himself to expressimeade attachment to the cause of test-act ? Did he not, when the union with !refaced was in
listened to (cheers). Ile should now do himself the honour to liberty and Mr. Foe. On seeing such a met jug as the pre- agitation. promise emancipation to the Catholics, as their
return them his best thanks for the compliment which they had sent he telt his hopes revived, and he augured that the de- reward for effecting it 1 Did he not year after year make,
paid him, and.should conclude by observing, that though his testable measures which had heels heely passed, for detest • fine speeches in behalf of the abolition of the Slave-trade.
noble friend had called him forward on a painful occasion, owing able he must call them, would shortly be repealed, and 'het And yet,with all the power of Government at his command,
to the dubious state of health in which an illustrious relative of we should again be able to discuss our grievances with- did he ever tike a step to accomplish one of those objects ?
• his own was lying, be felt it his duty to come forward, beetmuse
out being lett to the mercy of spies and informers (cheers). Anal yet, in the very year after his death, Mr. Fox carried
when a public man once uttered a peomise, it was hie duty to
wwform it, unless prevented by -an overpowering necessity. Ilse next toast was, e Inc speedy and final extinction of the latter measure (cheers) When Mr. Foe carried the
Them was also another reason which induced him to attend ;it all laws, wheresoever they exist, which tend to obstruct the abolition, only 16 members voted against it; whereas in
was that the Duke of Kent coincided with him in political opi- sacred right of liberty of conscience." It was drenkamidst that•vero sante Parliament, whilst Mr. Pitt was in power,
s ' nion, and would say, if he knew all the circumstances, " How- considerable applause. the abolitionists were in a considerable minority—a fact
ever ill I may be, do you go and meet . them" (cheers). In The nuble Chairman then said,that he was reduced to the which proved at once the difference of the men, and the
doing so he was sure that he was concurring in the wishes of his situation of being the first to break a resolution which he (
what scarcely wanted proof the corrupt state of the
illustrious relative, and cementing that hannony *Mich ought h.d himself proposed ; fur, having enacted a rule that the House of Commons. Indeed, every man who was not paid
always to exist between the Throne and the people of England. absent should be drank without cheers, he was now going to could not help seeing how deep its corruption was. In the
(chasso, We had all, it was true. our separate interests to propose that an absent permit should be drank with cheers. last short session of Parliament more had been done by it
defend. but frosts the lowest to the highest. and from the high This toast was, the health of the respected and beloved Bi- against the liberty of the subject than had beenklane iii all
i t tat to the lowest, not one of us could do without the other. A t shop of the diocese. (cheers.) The Settlings which he en- the worst reigns of our worst monarchs. (loud cheering )
mutual payment ot' service was always nexteseary, ass) for his own
terfalned with respect to that distinguished individual—the The bills were hills of blood ; for, it acted up to, they could
part he wished always to owe a debt to the people. and trusted
that lie ehould never forget that debt which he had alteady con- mixed Meting* to affection and veneration, of love and awe, not fail to produce the most lamentable consequences. The.
meted. The royal duke then sat down amid loud cheering. so naturally united together byehe comeippletion of his job, however, was done; and Mitchell, the principal
The Earl of /teems weeteeei-Soeteaste are applauded nom character, disqualified hum from speaking ot him in any spy of Governmeut, who had proposed the partition of
• the sentiments they convey ...others from the quarters whence terms that would be satisfactory. He should therefore peu- Lord Fitzwilliam's estate, in order to give them a justifi.
• • they come. The present would be applauded for both reasons, pose his health, without saying more than 0.0 it was the cation for such measures, was now offi and no where to be
for it cisme faint the Duke of SUSSCILS and was " The respects health of is men without pile, of one whose whole lite was tumid. The magisti tees in Lencashire had been active
ability of the Crown. the durability of the Constitutiun, and the a noble illustration of that religion of which he was so about nothing ; but there was a good reason for them to
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prosperity of theria." slatting an ornament. Breaking. therefore, through his for- be active when one day's work could produce such • a
Tile toast was al* with three times three. mer rule, he should propose the bealth of the Bishop ot Nor- spanking remunerateni as 42 .50() . a year to a clerical anti
The noble Chairmen said here, that lie would suggest to the wish, with tame times three. stipendiary magistrate. ( loud cheering.) Could any ones
company. whether it would not be expedient w limit their testi- ,l'he toast was then drank with the greatest enthusiast°. after such a circumstance, doubt of the ministry being
names of applause to those gentlemen who were present' and Mr. Beenuasr, after a short preface. alluded to the con. identified with the magistracy on the lath of Angust ?He
not receive with cheers the name of any gentleman who knight
be. absent. To this regulation the company expressed their formic). which Lord Albemarle had observed in the conduct for one could not. •He had said so in the House, and he
assent. of the Bishop of Norwich with the dictetes of true religion said sit now •—The hunoerable Member then alluded to the
. The Earl of AT.nEltatsilLE still. that his next toast was from which Mr.-11.- said that the principles of mercy. aia various meetings that had taken place tor demanding inquiry
certain to meet with general approbation ;It was the health of general bete:mantes, and patriotism were essentially inse. into the transactions of the ltith of Auguet, and said if they
the High Sheriff ut the county. (Cheering.) It must be parable, aid which principles were inseparably blended had not been so numerous, the silence ot the country would
• . gratifying to hint (the High Sheriff) who was almost a stranger with time upon which the company were that day assem- have been construed into an approval of the excesses which.
amongst them, to *heave the applause with !Shia] the toast was tilled.. He then alluded delicetely to the pecoliarly painful were then committed. He likewise alluded to a requisition
. • received by the freeholders of Norfolk. He (Lord Albemarle), situation in wench the Bishop had bean. placed all aloug for a county meeting in Steifordshire, which had been re
• who knew of what guff they were made, and how much they by the
public avowal ta his bentuneuts. He said, that it fused by the High Sheriff, though demanded for a chari-
• feepaeted his, (the High Sheriff) for his ready acquiescence 111 difference in political (pinion with . his friend and pupil table object. Alluding to the view of poetical events
calling a county meeting. knew how to appreciate the value• of which had been taken by the Ntrueth • Owner, lie spoke in •
(meaning Lord Beihurst to whim: the Bishop was tutor)
their applause. (Cheers ) He was not aware who the sheriff's
a, gave a peculiar feature to the public services of the Bishop, the highest terms of that journal, and said that he hoped
Mr the neat year might be. but be was certain, that so long
• the present system lasted, they would riot be Whigs. Whoever itieemuch as while nu manwas more attached to a friend and to see its leading articles collected into cute pamphlet, and se.
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they might be, he hoped that they would loamy the glorious benefactor than hiuseelf,o: Was leSSASSthilit of those amiable Published for the honour of the vitality. He had now
example set them by his (die High Sheriff's) preeleoessors. Mr. feelings which, it he hadconsuhed intlueuces perhaps, it only to return them thanks tor the !amour done him, which•,
Lennie and Mr. Trafford Southwell. who had affinded the ever, u this Ca4C, ,WiliCli :kept have been pardonable, and convect] fur all the obloquy which had been attempted to be 'c.
every fatality fin exercising what he could no longer call which generally in suchsases operate, vet the conviction of thrown upon his political conduct. lo his opposition to
•aaliewbleright of petition, but what he must call the whole • the propriety ot his owe early priticipres, and the love of the Antericau war he had been called a rebel; in his oppo-
sition practice—lie had nearly again said, right of petition and that country under Whidl Elaine he lied Merin to curnpre sition to the French war, a Jacohiu; and now, in his op
renionsuance; becintee whenever the time should come when it head every legitimate toject of human affection, had in-
Position to the late measures, he had been styled a Radical.
should nut be allowed for any Individual to stand in the gap
duced hint to iiieke what might be fairly deemed a great Nu reproach of this kind would, however, prevent hint
between the Government and the potpie; when there was to •be
• sacrifice. Thee the Bishop's disposition was al. from doing his duty. If he had his life to live over again,
no tniddleorder; when the community was to be reduced to two Pensitiel
• dames, the governors. and the governed, and when Mom who ways to thitia most teseurably ot nieu and things, and to he would not change a single vote that he lied ever given.
wevensed knew only how to govern-by force, over .a people take the bright side of every question. That therefore nu He wished to curtail the prerogative of IIIC Crown ;In
paying sullen obedience to the laws, the day of calamity could suspicious or tears unfavoureble to human nature could be wished to destroy all undue influence ; lie wished to reduce
not be far distant. (Clicerres 11e would not. however, proceed allowed to operate upot his cruse of the general rights of the burden of our almost intolerable telatimi t and if a
• with such cliental forebodings, Little as itched been accustomed mankind, or induce ma to support any iiieesures of seve- time ever should come when an Englishman's house should
to submit to the loss of this right, he would yet submit to it at rity, while any means ti kindness were tett untried. That cease to he. considered as his castle, he hoped the country
present in the hope of having it soon restored. The noble upon this ground the Whop disapprot ed of the public po- would rise to a man, and resist
Chairman then concluded by geeing the health of the High hey at pi went pursuettoy Ministers, and wuuhd never con- " The right divine of kings to.govern wrong."
Sheriff emit, upon nu better go funds than those at present sheen, (bud applause )
The Hula Streeter • chord). returnee,. thanks, .and declared to the Abridgement ot tberty—tut liberty with ail its in. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex then, in a
that nothing could ever induce him to refuse culling a meeting
conveniences was better than despotism—That " fair free- highly complitnentary speech, proposed the health of the
when a requisition was presented to lain signed, as die last had
dune' he knew to be doomed, not only to feel the rabble's. noble Chairman, and lamented that, with lead Alb I ' enter es 4
been, by so niuch consequenm in the county, so many of its
rage," but alto " the trrain's angr steel.'—That the 111- powers of eloquence and highly constitutionel principles, he
Debility and gentry, so many of the dignitaries of its church, and
so many of its worthy and . independent yeotnanry. (Cheers.) shop fully agreed wishes beautiful assertion of Fail Fitz- did not come forward in Parliament. His Royal Highness
He was aware of the necessity of such meetings and if he had wilhant's, viz. that " iris not by a violation of the Wilda- said, if he would come forward amid use the seine spirited
ever any doubt of the expediency. lie should always give the mental principles of theconstituaun that tee constitution is language in the House which he had used in that Hall, he
benefit of that doubt to the people. (Cheers.) to be saved and maintaiied." With these seutinteuts, said would not find hint i the Duke of Suva:) backward in sup.
'the Earl of ALlikelett LE, in gis um the held toast, the Reverend speaker, has the Bishop lived; with thew sun. porting the same sentiments, and 'lame similar language.
The %layor and piusperity to the city of teorwiclia'apo- titnents will he (may haven avert the event to a very du- The toast was then drank with every testimony of ap- el
tegised oil his Owls behalf, and on the behalf of those tent period)—with thee :sentiments cell he die." ptause. .I.e.
tt lends with whom he was politically connected, for their The next Wan Was,' Tile cause at viva ALA religious hi. The noble CH Al e NAN ill a short good-humoured speech
inadvertence in nut having passed a vote of thanks to the berry all over the word " (cheers.) retuni.cd thanks for the linnoilr done and expressed his gee
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Mayor for his aCcommodating them with the use of dm lie noble CliAlitiesN, in proposing the next toast said, titude to the Royal Duke for the teener twittered Let him ;
Town-hall for the late comity meeting; and eel& that that lie found himself entirely at a loss regarding what he by his attendance on the occasion. •
they had now to thank hint for the loan of the Hall on the should say. He Wei going to propose the health of their l'oes.rs —" The cause tor which •Ramptlen died in the '''.
pi mitt occasion. worthy !heather Mc Coke. (lung, loud, and reiterated field, and Russell and Siduey on the scaffold." a
'flee Mayon said, it would be presumption in hint to say cheers.) The ineetim were kind both to hint k Lurd Attie. " The worthy inheritor of the U. 4.1.0 anti virtue of die
- much; for if every our in the room vette to epeak of tee made) and to his wonky friend, for it lied given them both House oh Russell the Duke I,f Bed- ord .' '
real man whose memory they were met to ceiebiale, easels time to consider wlet they should say. lie (Lord Alin- `, May the example of one let ulution prevent the webs II
might well find souteateweubeect of praise. to adverting to inarle) had said theother day to one ut his trend,, .. You city of another Err( continuation see Piste SS.)
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