The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-12 00:00:00

ALDERMAN THORP'S ELECTION.

him as the iittert.Bll of toe principles st Welt were neatest to
Ili; heart. whirl' toraicil the cresol of flint a %eetlent auto Mr
Harvey Conshe, who was slow no more, and which were meat
essential to the happiness of this country. as well as of all
mankind-(very loud spplanses.) —1 he worthy Alderman
concluded with proposing the health of the Chairman ; who
had, he observeil.donit so I► goof{ to freellmitatul 00000 anis
ty throughout his life, and especiii;ly to the Chat liable Es.
tablislinit•uts in this City. .

Monday • number of respectable noblemen and gentlemen
Mood at the: &moduli Titters,. to tele:trate the Pies.' tot. of Mr.
Alderman Thorp. Befor• the eninitatty sat down to dinner,
1161 Royal llighneus di. MA* of Solves stated, hi it in con-
autpreice of the melaucholy 'vest of Mr. Hervey Combe's
death, Mr. Royce Couilse, who was aminuneei chairman lisr
the occasion, was prevented from attending ; and therefore
lie, who had to the meeting mesely to join as a sisitor
in congratulating his conutrytaten Noun the triumph of their
independence, was called upon to take the chair. Under
sneh circumstances, he hoped the meeting would grant him
every indolgetice due to his situation—(Applenses.)
Upon the cloth hying rtentoved, and the health of " The
King" being given. the Chairmen proposed "'lle Prinec
Regent t and may he never forget the principles which
placed the house of limo:wick upon the Throne of this
country ;"—(Arelatuati tttt s of applause.)—" The Queen, and
the rest ;•1 the Royal Family" followed, and was received with
appropriate demonstrations of respect.
'llw Royal Chairman then said, that before he called the
attention of the pi taunt ivisembly to the particular business
of the day. lie wonlil first propose—
" The City of London, and Prosperity to its C pomace."
Anxionely olive as he fe!t for the coinineree :mil indepen-
dence of tht. City, lie could net allow this toast to lie put
av Wean the pielii tt itt ary expression of his waroi approbation
(applause.)
The toast war given will, three tunes three.
The itoy al Chairman, in rising to particularize more in,.
mediately tile !rosiness of the day, regretted in a ;reign:on
attlbC, the it Iltellet: of the worthy Chairman, who was pre-
vented by is iltesseetic afflietion fr-an perfor g the duty
allotted to iiim.• and the particular predicament iii which he
(the Royal Cheirmati) was pieced to the injury of that cause.
of which he declared himself so sincere an advocate (great it p•
plause.) His Royal Highness stated, that he came to she
meths; on ;olitic grounds, and merely as an individual,
emotions to t•ungratulate his worthy friend, Mr. Alderman
Thorp, 011 I lIV seeress of his cause (applause.) He intended
to have hems present merely as an individual participating in
tLe mention sits so which the occasion gave birth ; but aecis
dent heti. on this occaximo, thrown him into a more prominent
situation. and he could assure the meeting, that no man Inure
deeply tilt for the interest of theeountry at large than lie
did, or untie cordially rejoiced in the triumph of that great
.question on Whirl* they had produced so constitutional and
effective 411 op Mon( applaose) lie was a man of few weeds,
though erne who 3em•rally reflected on those whit•lt 11l from
him Wore their utterance. He lia.l entrted, an far as his
jadgnneul guided him. deep into the interests and welfare of
his country. —They had been of rats sears of vital impor-
tance, and storied* deserved the Cair and unbiassed opinion o
the people at the emoutry : indeed limy were of that nature
that it urea tie a milder of ionpurtaticeonly ei* duty, for an
honest Ili w 111 prommare M*ooB6oll upon them (applause.;
This w.ts au urea:4.A' to %shirl, a mast would. generally epeakitie,
be inclined lu sn down on hi,. triumph. and nut revert to Ilse
reline*, awasto •es that were ha 11.1111 t•mint•eted with it. He
'vomit tom rotenone hi:details ofthe acts oldie last Pailiametitt
butt 1111.11041:1411k ttttt sondem Riedel least to lament the resulisof
these isces had dente nom a long and nom ote reted war, obi
the merits or dements of which lie now a tould 1101 bunch. Bill
the comer. knew ai.d felt that. after a lung and and
struggle, when the Ministers, by their own demarations, had
triunipheil—when the country had cue lusted this war to its
VCI/CIII•ii/11 at an amparallelled expense, and when all the
snain pledges of economy had been left unfulfilled —a hen
iu t• •of pears ie standing army was useissiaanal, and its
candid:tit/nal reduci.ou reseiteu—a hen every eller' was
vainly made for a reasiciem, awl when all the p 'wet it.
sults of the war had failed eit the hands of the promotive* of
it—it waa•high • • that she people, should wok at the con-
duct ofthose who euppurtea the war,and at that of those who
opposed it. It was then f a review of the acts of their
legniatoot, the deity of the people,when the hour of the cue.
stitutitmal exercise of their power came, to exat ll ill r specie
deafly the cleiiiis of the candidates fur ;heir support. The
citizens of Lundou led, in his opi tt itt u, made a wise VII emit',
and lie now 8110,1 heartily congratulated them upon it (ap-
plause.) He would not, by a tetruspect of the business of
their election, touch upon the dead (laughter.) He would nut
uunecessai ily elites upon invidious comparisons. Nosiness
more loved treedom than he did, yet lie would not 'mowers•
sarily interfere in the choice at an election—us a Peer it
would be unconstitutional. Now, however, that the election
was over, lie was fret- to say, that as he had heard mail votes
had been solicited for on the ground of private frit liaship,
he begged, on this account, to declare his cpinion. He had
his private frieudslispe and his preJilections ; hut he would
most positively declare, that on no ,grounds of private friends
stile,unaccompanied by a public claim, should his tote. if hue
had tine, be glom' ',great applause.) The t•osifidtaire and
disposal of public power constituted uk ditt.Cr.lit trust le oin
that of private friendship; where ale rare union of the
claims of both was apparent, then the task wan as easy as
it was grateful—where the claims were merely of a ;insult
nature, and opposed to public principle, these in vain wonted
the claims of friendship be -pleaded to Mtn—public duty
should have paramount sway (peat applause). He emigre.
Watts! them on this genet feeling M the tate f lee lion. 'rimy
bad chosen, among other iodependent Illt.ll it worthy Alder-
man Chirp) whom his Royal Highness Lad known since the
tone of his tehrievalty, and whose kind assistance lie had
often found in the cause of charity and benevolence (vest
applause)—He had also given pledges of his 'inure patine
conduct—those, indeed, were unnecesseiy, when they con.
sidered that the worthy Allterin lies father had toren the can-
staid friend of the reo es tel Charles Foe (applause.) The
Royal Chairman contimied by proposing—
" The health of Mr. Ahlerraaa Thom and may he long live in
the tftictioas nib Ftillow-citUcaf."—Dlallk whit three tines three,
sat g-cet applause. _ _

The worthy Alderosn's observations were received with
loud ars,l reiteratcdapplawes.
The Royal Chairman said, that he would, not display so
much bad taste as to Comment upon the toast which hail just
received from them such flatlet ing marks of approbirtion.—
His politics were dictated by his conscience-01cl wire at
least honest, if they were not efficient.—As to his ettort• ii,
the emote of charity, he only shared them with •ahler and
more efficient men, and exercised them, as he was -boom) to
do, !Ur the benefit of the community at large. Hr had no
poiijical professions to make to any public meeting. He would
only say, VIM Le nou'ershood and duly appreciated the pain
Hides which had placed the House of Brunswick on the
l'hrone. T:iey were principles of freedom, the maintainanee
of which were alike imperative on the Crown and the pro.
ple.—(Applause.)
The next toast front flue Chair was—.

" Reform in Parliament; and may its speedy attainments secure
the People in the enjoyment of the.a. constitutional Rights and Liber-
ties." [Three times threcand great applaus2.l
The Roval Chairman then rose to propose the health of
Lord Holland, on whom his Royal Highness pronounced an
rioquent and well-merited eulogium. Ile hail in early lite
known his Noble Friend abroad, and that acquaintance had
been snbsegurntly matnred and cemented by the warmest
reciprocity o' feeling on general political einestions.—(Ap-
planse.)—lie begged leave to propose the health of—
•' Lord Holland, the advocate of Civil and Religious Liberty,
and the strenuous opposiircf the suppression of those Acts which
ferm the great Bulwarkof the British Constitution."
That toast, his Royal highness oar erred, need flu comment
--he milled on the meeting 'o give it Ni Is three tins-. three.
Lord Holland rose amid loud and reiterated cheers. He
thanked the suretin4 for the Battening manner in whirl' they
had been pleased to drink his health, and wider the emotions
which the compliment excited he fell it difficult to rare
his sentiments. lie felt, however, that the compliment we.
not proposed to him as an individual, but as the relati.e f
that great man Mr. Fos, whose principles had so glorious!,
triumphed in the late Eleeti n for the t ity—whose name and
principles he was glad to find dear to his contitr. men, as lie
had uo doubt they were to all the liberal and intelligent men
of Enrope.—For the principles iif his illustrious relation's
kind heat were, he was convinced, not more coadticive to
the prosperity and happiness of England, than to the freedom
of all inankind.—(Applause.)—The Noble Lord c.ingratidati d
the tweeting upon the return of Mr. Alderman flint p, whom
he understood to be the stet of a most respeistab e
always devoted to the genuine principles of free Inn. There-
fore he rejoiced in the event which the inertia:: was as.i m
bled to celebrate, however that meeting might " the
greea-eyed," or grern.bagged monster ofjealun •v .
Upon the !widths of Messrs. Ryng being
drank, each returned thanks in appetipriate r 11C.
The Duke of Sussex having pscpu,ed the health of Mr.
Ellice, the brother.ie-law, be said, of Lord Grey and the
I its Mr. Whitbread, who had lately been returned for Coven
try, which proposition was loudly eln ered ;
Mr. Ellice teturned litatats ist a manly impressive sPeeeh ;
assuring the metingthat his conduct iik'arliainent should
never be influenced by any personal connection ur party at-
tachment.—( Applause.)
The meeting broke tip about 12 o'clock. •

MR. WAITIIMAVS DINNER.

The friends of Mr. Waitliman dined together on Wednes-
day at the Loaf !on Tavein; they were numerous and vet),
la spec-1.0.1v. en• Alderman Goudbehere was in the Ch :
Ma. N'aitimistn, Mr.-l'horp, &c. sat-on his rjght ; Mr. By tig,
C. un his h it.
After dinner, the usn:d toasts were given; anal upon the
Chairman proposing `• itlr.Wditlimaii, the intrepid and perse
se, hag friewl• •nisil def. nth rof the people's rights, and may
he long continue one of the repr:sentatives of the City
of London ;"
Mr Waldman spoke as follows :-;." Mr. Chairman and
get Bonen, sere 1 to attempt to de,,eribe any feelings at this
moment l know the attempt would be wait,. I never felt so
oppressed, it I may use the term, with tit:- kindness of my
friends as at this moment. If you %cer, me:. here this day
.merely from personal attachment to me, I should feel great
difficulty indeed in ibllresaing you ; but knowing, as I do,
that you arettssembled tu eel. bi ate the signal trintopli of the
cause of truth and freedom in the election s hick rewrtied me
as one of year representatives, I SUIIIIIIOII fortitude tc speak
and to cunt adulate you on your success, on the ruceess of the
City of Lowden, on the success of the whole British empire.
Fur myself. if I may be allowed to speak on so important
subject, I have to thank yogi for placing me in the p: rudest
siinationin which an individual can he place•l—a situation in
which he eau advocate the rlglitsand Mollies of the first nation
in the world; and you have placed me iu this situation, not by
the eonertul friendship of an y particular person, but by your
owe iodepeadent choice, for the purpose of supporting your
isalependetice, sad. reatraining the tyranny introduced and
sepporied by Ministers and their agents. Their gigantic
Aerie to establish a system of opinions and of public con-
duct foreign to the feelings and to the habits of this nation,
I hope to see not only shaken but overthrown, aLsolutely
overthrown, and that fur ever. From my boyhood my opi•
nitres of 14151ir iiberly have been unaltered. I lemma her the
Ante:ban astr, and my opinions were then formed by the
duetting of Mr. Fox. Upon those opinieus I ;sett d ideo,

Mr 111.111 Thorp 0114(4'401, that from the 111:111Ner ill I up..o these upinious 1 hair acted all my .Itre
his 114,4111, had bean propelled by the Waits mos rno respun to change my opinions. In the year 1793,
roan and rev:cis% dby the Com hr Ahoyl4. 11411 C felt ea .. WAS was amaacerl, tab the cone pritiviplt: us the A Mirriedis
trimly r sumaraased rilli If hr remit have ear; Itw ,s a *sr to otyptilt tAxiiiiiun without evert min:llion.
deemed such apt Swoosii, a per/imam caaropl •Itt; limit eon- Alias. al this car, tins cruel and destructive nal, this war
(diving (Sid, It.alarattr ranter meant as testimony 1%1 favour of at.' It lies Iven tic cause a all the . ails *4
those pi toctpar s. of ahlrh la- oats 11111 an n aaaaa tole sat. ..UN 141.1 this MID I was the first main tti...l uhliel)
toeste, that rolhartaysatient was removed. He was glad foram d uolof Pailimaride sud was the firvi wt o pr.,-
find lisamwlt resat-44n as the frosted of Igoe. ty and ilitirpcw petition anaiust it I iliiiiiAVVrt 411 Iht 1111,1.. rdt..te
and he hoped he should tawny Intint-11 deses sing 4.4 .4, sill, au l say that II was theft .1,10 tippiAir Slit 114'011 e Tat.
use: resald. I si.tividitsl esievni he duly trammed, 0.1 lac •h 4 hut IWO tuapp..se Nat at.tv.rm rd tar, I; att to usa Moo:.
wive esteemed tur-stippor lof thou. who tosikel to him as the .1. lin a. .94.1.1 g,• if they weld ilk insets.... II! light'
rolveent, sit s .0.01 u% tomra of lisp Yr Was ~1 lendrit f • :he H. • *Wei,
',Aped igi.k.eato to 6tltl t:iyi be aa. 54) 44.804.. t 4i so the course u, olu lills WiCtiiry uhtr.. vs.' I; w C 'l, bortte.▪ 1t i to I a
of his canvas, and mi She plbigia As of the pu.l. F,.r 11- Iti At Vielmy 11,. the (:as:. ..1 1.0.1.11011 tor the .
mama cllstinetiou or partiality eogld ever be so grateful to lof MAI ty all over the world. This victor). ▪ been actileved