The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-30 00:00:00

.THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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( Puv Dinltter COUtiliat'd pp` J..;
The noble CHAIRMAN in giving the health of the mem-
bers for the city ot Norwich, said that Mr. Smith was ab-
:emir owing to the death of a near relative.
Mr H. UuRNLY then returned thanks for himself and
es,,league ; and concluded by proposing the health of Lord
Dt,ry, and prospt city to the house of (2uiddenhatn.
Lord Bun a returned thanks. He was untried in public
EA!, and must reter them not to the past, hut to the future
Times 01 danger were conning on, Ism those who had to act
thdin would not act in darkness 1 hey would have
tlit! principles of Fos as a beacon to direct their course.
(.h:ers
Tri el by )(Iry ; and Lord Ft-A:inc." which w.is ptcf.tcc.l
by the animated .euloginto pronounced by Mr. Fos tin that
Lord's defence of Lindy &cheer•)
" 1. )rd A 11.01% , and thanks to him for In. patriotic con-
-t in the county ot StalTord."
The Hon Geoe,w. returned thaults•
Anson and Mr. Itimbold, with the inZependence
of Vartlmmli
The Hon. Groans ANsoa •gain returned thanks.
The indite CHAIRMAN, in intrtalucing the nest toast to
their notice .wli ch was, " A full. fair, and free represen-
tation in Parliament.", vont nencva by saving that this wits
a suliiect th.n acted like an electric :hock on the people ot
exhilarating mime and depressing tithe- s; treated
lov one p ,rty a• 3 re;iiedv for every evil. and by the oche, as
C.Ot ot every mischief; and by both, in Ilia opitoon,
vtrongly t cited. He recollected • reading of a boWing-
. green that was Illsich frequented by country squires. to
ss Lich a gentleman often resorted, well dressed, well edit-
. cited we I mantiered, and against whom no vis the cause of
. complaint c Add lie found. This ind,vidnal WAS, however,
slimmed by all the usual frequenter. of the bowling green.
and fur no other reason, than because he had once been sits-
pencil of entrapping a hitch hos. flood laughter:, In other
coarities, for they managed these things better in Nortialk.,
an it aal is oi t, n shunned for almost a similar reascia
lit
may 'pc fair i., his dealings, honest its
is prinnples, b;uhe t parmay
ty
so; rit high, be meet, with geaeral
admire the Prince Regent's government, though th,'re may
be some particular pints on which he may have taken of
fence against it ; he may dislike the disarnung bill ; he now
&egret that lie cannot meet escept in his own psrish
Wit Ii
more than four or live friends; he may It we perhaps got
kis 1ic..41 full of Radicals, may s'trp"sea hundred thousand
of them to be ill arms in Isis neighbourhood, though so inany
males du not exist in the district; ha may suppose that
they have pikes come-Jed, though these can no where be
fonod. except in the patterns seat down to the country by
, the aecretary of State lie now he shocked at the licentious-,
ties. of the press, though he deems it in general, to use the
I.lnguage of a great barrister, the 6e:ainel of the state,
• the th 1, cunt ot impotore, which, when it sinks, draws along
scull it the &gni( y of the pc..yle, and the security of the
t !n)r e. He may du and thiiik all tins, and yet he is avoid-
, ed. Why -ii He either does not go so far as his neighbour,
who goes farther on theoretical returns. :ibis is the ease
elsewhere, but not in Norfolk; tor here,stid the noble lord,
.dre agree to differ. Nothing had yet fallen from him calcu-
lated to create discussion; but snit he was antitnts to seize
on the present opportunity of making known Isis opinion
on parliamentary reform. Far many years of his life
he had been less a friend of pat liamentary reform than
many his political associates; Ile haZl beenmaking certaina
that there would be great risk incurred in
reform; lie had thought that when once it had been
conimeneed, it wool 1 he uiflicult to arrest it; he ha
of
d
thought that it was likely to increase the
power
tic Crown.—and be had had several other reasons for
rut supporting it warmly, which he then deemed to be
go od. but wltieli he now knew to be irisutficient reasons.
Never. his:eser, did lie think that the cause of re
bform
could be met by direct :argument; ;or that it could : de-
fended by common sense, that Castte Rising timid('Di, g• return
two 9,r:tubers to Parliament. wilds. Shellield, and
ham, and Leeds, :tort Manchester, did not recant tme. He
would have prevented the racy ion of Parliamentary reform
!rusts being agitated as much as it hid been, by conciliation
and good government. Ministers had, however, destroyed
his theory, and he was now a friend to returns, aad titat to
a eunsicicratteextent, being cottediccil that whittevsr risk
night be incurred by promoting rehorm, was a mere lea-
tiler in the scale when compared witlt the evil already
done without it to the constitution. Having stated his
ointsopi-
nion this far, he would state how tar lie would go in p
renann Ile was for the resluration of ti pa:lie-
n:cots, though that, tak 0 hy itself, would lie in little ed-
. vamage. lie was for tot. &sit aochisd -cut of buronglia where
ever corruption v.. as CiILiC4VCI; he WM for granting the right
tit represe:da:ion to the pupolinis districts, -did tor elend•
rug the si.drage every 111.‘11 Coilinbuting, directly to the
taxes. 71,e1 c Was Juuther reform more impur.ant even than
these: he tre:::tit, the reform withfil the Hunse of CWlllllolis,
as to the capability 4.f members lioldnig places sitting there-
he in. 'I 1.16 V, i but the opinion of an mionleidiv,dual, but
behevedA tnat others Lesides lotusl:in had n
iceentiv. beem
made converts. Each of them separately was humble, and
i.lit.ider, thought them so; but it they were uitce united,
they would e must 11,1',Velful. Aloud
.--citeeriil).„
l'uast" I Universal 111e.1.11/11 kutleatiou.
Toast.—" Mr. Honey wuud, Menalaer fur die county of
Air. Ho NEVWOOD returned thanks it, an animated eels,
which Ste regret that our limits and time will not allow us
to report Ihe hum gentleman atterwa, ifs, at the re•piest
tit the Chair:l'4'l,6n% one of MCIOLUCa, O. for
the swords ot usher days."
'Toast.—•• Lord Holland. the representative of the name
and priori pl,ss ot Fox."
Toast ---•• 1 tie kiestora.icil tit the Liberty ot the Pt ess."
(cheers.)
Mr. CORC proposed " The health of Mr. (lacclonaltl,
ti P.— a man whose pubhc apt! pris ate virtues vette
tiiiimpeacliable—a matt who-e principles wet e tlu,e ot Mr.
Vol, :old whose uudta tiled exertiwis VeCtt ill tits: tit
the
people." 'I hi; toast was drank with three times three, stud
MaSti,llowed by loud ard ret,,ea;Lil clieet 5.
Mr. LI) said th,t whatever embarrasmiciat liee
felt at the the wishes given to him as th
suggestion or a mail whom Lim meeting empliatic.nly entreat
theft own Reort•se,,olliV:, rte was 1101 to HHat:slH; time
It tic
source from whit :hose wishes came . they came not trim
any hunib.c pi etension• of la,, h .t from the auspices tinder
winch he %VW. ced •I 11
he acc.ved ut tlicintrodu
.) the C.:airman it did nut become
him to speak ; hat of the lerald th tor him 1.:
could not bean inuiffereut spec.ator• (applause i but pi
CHILI:II3s lie was f, out sneaking et the Cii.llllll.lU, lie wou:il
spear, to them and say, that the mall Who did not preter the
waruoa-un ot suers a pecting to CuLtrt I.I:4tI4ICLAJL:b, V. 43

not an Englishman. lie should say nothing of the illostri-
ous and noble personages by whom the Chair was support-
ed. It was auflicient that they bad before them a Prince of
the Royal Family, who pledged himself to support the
people's, rights, and who as:lotus...le:wed it to be his duty to
du so. Having said this, whet mole was left for him its say
(loud cheering; ? Oa the other side he saw the premier
Peer of England i a man who did honour to his title, but
who Was excluded, by his rel gious opinions, from an equal
participation in the blessings of that Constitution which his
ancestors assisted its forming. And why should he, who
lied foregone many of the advantages, hut none of the true
dignities at his tit:tvon, be thus excluded on account of his
religious adherence to a particular torn) of worship ? But
to retire. He saw. besides those ilhutrious peramiages,
set of tree and independent men assembled together, to
promote, and wish Cod s leave. to perpetuate Brttish free-
dom, by doing homage to a man whose soul
iiiwas wrapped
in the liberty of his country. (cheers.) Every dependent
mind nos: feel stronalv on such an occasion; and he was
glad to see many Geatlenteu present, who came fresh and
reeking from the sacrifice of the people's rights, raider it
take feeling of illusory pine. Flavin witnessed such a
scene, it sails tin wonder that they shout(' tools with eagerness
to such a meeting Where were they to assemble and lamest
what was lust, or tally round what remained 01 public
liberty, unless at the thrills of Charles Fox ? It was now It
year. ,once the decease or Mr. fox. Perhaps it was neces-
sary that a little time should elapse, in order to throw into
the shede any objectionable particle 01 a great man's charac-
ter, and in order to tulle Ming out the ins re. splendid light of
his immortal character. It was lord against Mr. losonat he
had not done enough. True, he had slot done enough, ii the
measure were to be the great power of Ii s mina. But
then, let those who made the (injection, look to the ditlical •
ties wills which he lied to contend, and then the wootter
woidd.lme how he had dona so much. It w.'s known that
Mr. Fax was king an object of jealousy to the Court. He
apposed himself to the Allletican war; Inc opposed himself
to the French war—where sw.s he adequately supported?
flie result or this want of sepport wAi the Coalition, the
immediate consequence tit which necessarily was a tempo-
rary loss of popuiarity But it never could be said that he
had fur a 11101114:11t cons period:meal his great political principles
—that lie had ever !oat sight of the rights of the people.
But even it this were a stain, it was wiped away by his
emancipation et the Slave. (cheers.) Let it he recol-
lected too flit hi:Jest act was an attempt to do away with
religious tests 'or civil olliees "%VII% ,it the catalogue of .lr.
Fos', irtues wee to stop here ,he would be eutitled to
glory,v and relic;r nations would beatow though we denied
it But, as it had been eloquently put float the Chair, be
placed the Press of this commutry upon a rock tit adament,
le.onnz its guilt or innocence to ue decided by a 131 it alt
Jury. (applause ) Witea the me.istires of last session came
across hi. mind. the recolleetion was odious as the transition
was revolting, fruits remax,( whom the Regent was proud to call
friend) to the utopeakable littleness of the pre:watt Ministry.
Lea no: disgust, however, hurry him into iojuatice. !'here
w. 5 one of the Ministers to whom they we, e indebted, and
that Minister was slow partakiag the fie:d spot:: of the
country its their neighhournomd •lb Inns it was that they
owed the liberty they emijoyed of meeting ia th a Hall;
notwitisoanding the frown of a lord lieutemmut or the veto
of a Magistrate. Fur thare was a power to-Mod, which
was reedy and for ever :,discerive them uf ate lemerty of
holding catch mia (-tangs. even my Loth Castlereagh,
ashamed to go so tar. atepaed in between the aeople and
those who would further oppress them. at .tirvt Inc mea
sures intended to he brought forward were at it very slider-
ent nature from those now in force. Minister, had con•
certed a measure a hundred-told worse than that of now
restraininia the Liberty of the Press, and in order to teel
their way, had circulated it privately among booksellers
Rut the booksellers remonstresed so powerfully against it,
that it was withdrawn. Thia circular had been sent with an
understauding that it was to be kept private,. and accord
ingly it never saw the light. Minim-tees having, as the!),
conceived, /passed bill, enough, refused to inquire into the
state of the country—monstrous alssuramity ! Let them ask
the mannfacturer—let them ask the farmer—let em sk
the philanthropist, who best knowa as he mostth seeksa to
know, what the distresses of the country are ? Let them
ask their calculating Mr. Vansittart whether the revenue
has not fallen off from one to two nmilliomot Such
state of the conotr y, that lie might say with the poet
the
" Thy sack'd inhabitants repine, complain,
Tex'd 'till the brow of labour sweats in vein.
War laid its burdens tin a reeling state,
And peace does nothing but declare the weight;
Successive loads succeeding broils impose,
Aid sighing millions prophesy its else."—(cheats.)
After several observations on the evil.; produced by the
e,trictul issue ut paper money, the irjurious effects of
successive loans, and the „rieceasity retrenchinetit
economy;anol
be.eshorted them to act with Ulattomity, with-
out unetniMity it -.vas impossible that a Reform in Parlia-
ment could be achieved. tie concluded by sincerely thank
Mg them for the honour conferred upon him.
Toast.—" Sir R.• herguson m"—who let urned thanks.
The Doke tit Sussex. in rising to pronoae as a toast," The
Indeimendent Yeomanly (it the Cammity of Norfolk,' said,
that he could not adequately describe them as they were,
and should therefore attempt to describe them by stating
celiac they were not. It was not the gallant Yeomaury. of
Nor hml ie who would have galloped into a peacealmle meeting.
A,t2MI,IC .1 tot peaceable purposes, there to cut down melt,
women, and children. iloud cheers.) Neither were there ill
Norfolk inag•sit amt., s,hu would have given orders to sic ii
an effect ; and if they had been gives, the Yeomanry of
Norfolk would have paused before they esee teed them.
Cloud cheers.) lie was utie of .hose who believed the Yeo•
maitre to be the constitutional force of time country—but:rid
to preserve peace and good order, not to be the first to
violate and destroy it. kchi:et.). He wished the Ye, e
manry throughout the comery to he viewed with re
spurt -
and ..
el he thought the ye.eery at
Nortola. IID
141: what the aticieist yeomanry of the
county were, and at what they (male to be. (cheers.;
11e AttVi,tal them to stick to their sights, co staimd by
the Constitution ; and if they did co, he commld asomie
timman they would always lied those who would stand by
them Meetings like time present were tit imaleinable au-
vammtage. Ile winder not have come doom to thia had he hot
thougot res. ..ao order from a noble Jai a, or a sign manual
Irvin another iihn.e. Clitild tint have brought hint dovi,ll, had
he disapproved alt: lint Meeting at they u.eu did (Mika
vially, they could discuss impurtatst leshjects us a