The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-29 00:00:00

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never cease .to II der in the ears of her persecutors,
until herNajesty is placed in foil 'posseniun of all the
Constitutional tights to which she is entitled as the Queen
Con:tort of these realms."
'flue cheers with which this toast was received lasted
five minutes.
The following song, written by Mr. Priest, of Norwich,
was then sung, by an amateur present to the air of "
Leary."
Hail ! hail! star of Itruniwick; tho' foes may surround thee,

The arm of Et nation is lined to save ;
The threats of the wicked shall never confound thee,
While throu'd In the hearts of the good and the brave.
Tim' slander and tyranny basely are leaguing
Ta blast thy fair honour and sully thy fame
When justice unveils their internal intriguing,
The day of thy triumph shall plunge thew in shame.
The tyrants believ'd thee iinfriended, forsaken,
A victim their malice might safely pursue;
But thy wrongs cud thy siting hies anon shall awaken
The vengeance that is to their infamy:due.
!leveed be the shades of thy kindred who perished
In glorious conflicts with England's proud foes;
And dear In our memory ever be clierisli'd
That child whoa affections once solac'd thy woes.
Then hail! star of Brunswick, their virtues reflected.
•midst dangers and trial hears brightly in thee ;
In Illy truth and thy fortitude firmly protected,
'flay cause is the cause of the just and the free.
In vain would thy base persecutors dissemble,
The voice of a nation is raied in applause;
Let villany shake, let tyranny tremble,
The arm of a nation is rais'al in thy cause.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE Mild, that the toast to whirl'
he next followed in necessary succession to the last.—
It was a corollary deduced from that proposition, and
a conclusion derived lion the same premises: it was—
" The Dismissal of his Majesty's present Ministers."
(Cheers.) Upon that subject, which he considered to
be one of vital importance, he hoped that they
would permit him to occupy their attention fur a
short lime with a few remarks, which he was r tiller en-
titled to do then, as he had abstained Irons it before.—
Prey iously to addressing them on that subject, lie wished
to say a 14M WOrlii on a kind of double charge that hail
been preferred against himself. His political opponents
had stated, that though he was very ready to put himself
lihrwaaii iu county meetings, be was very loth to take any
other than a silent share in the debates of parliameut.
His political friends, on the other hand, charged lion with
not being forward enough in promoting a comity toweling
upon recent events. if jib regard to the first charge, he
would confess that it suited taut the retired, or, if they
chose, they might call them the idle, habits of his life to
take an active part in the debates of parliament. He had
no object to obtain, be hail no ambition to gratity, neither
could lie render any service to his country, by so doing.
He made that declaration a iillollt 1111e;Illitig any thing
hostile to those who pursued a contrary line of conduct:
but when all the force of wit and argument anal eloquence
was so completely in the hands of those friends with whou
he was accustomed to act hi the House, as it was at pre-
sent, he thought it would be a waste of time for so second.
rate a provincial performer as himself to attempt to add
any thing to their observations. In the county of Nou folk,
however, the case was difeient: there he was a promi.
sent character. from the accidental circumstance of birth,
not from possessing any superiority either of talent or
patriotism over any of the gentleman ii whom Ile saw arotmit
him t there he ss as told by his friends that it was his duty
to come forward ; and lie rilerefure dial come for ward
before the comity, where he aas sure to he not with
partiality by some and with taintless by all, wilt re lie was
cher' ed with :be hope that lie should obtain the approba-
tion of his friends and his of ighbours, where, lie said it
with confident certainty, lie had never appeared except
in support of the just prelogatives of the crown or the
acknowledged rights of the people, according as bOlll or
either of them might requite his support. (Cheers.)—
Thus much as to the first charge. With regard to the

second, that of being [lukewarm in not promoting a county
meeting on the late disgraceful proceedings, lie must
plead not guilty. lie would say, on behalf of himself*
and his excellent friend near hint (Mr. Coke), who was
implicated lit that charge—and lie was glad to he in the
same boat, in either fair or foul weather, with his excel-
lent friend, who was now for the first time in his life
charged with Inkewarnmess —lie would say, on their con-
joint behalf, that they did not wish to have it thought that
they led the county. They had, however, been ready at
all times, •nd wile toady t.ven now, if it o tile the wish of
the county, (loud cheei log, and cc iss of " It is, It is;') to
conic forward along with them. The truth was, that nei-
ther he, not his excellent friend Mr. Coke, nor the county
at la ge, w ere lukewarm. 'limit, were two reasons fur
their not meeting at pvesellt. Use of the objects of such
a meeting wunlit he to express the abhorrence which they
had felt at the late pet pecution of her Majesty ; and the
oilier, a consequence of the former, would be in ask for
the dismissal of ministers. The county of Nia flak bad,
however, accomplished both these objects: it had met
and dceidi it minim Milli (louse questions, nut, indeed, in
ally hole or corner, nut in the loom of any private ur
linii-c (hind cheering)—out like the soi-disont loyal
addressers of the coital), of 'Noilulk, who met in a private
ruum in the count) of Nut ho met in a private room
at the Angel lung Nur% lit the county coin u,
by the Slier.th in the hice 1.4 day, to
the lace of their pulitical opponents, who mould
never he pei waded to dare to intet them openly. (Cheri-
jug )-I.lle noble Earl the.' plot:elided to state his opinions
41111 feelings respecting the persiiiiiiiutts of her Majesty,
as they were at once ill 1-1111 re 111118011 181111 his geneitil be-
Militant character. and the declared 'milli:muts ut. every
Englishman, we 111.1 y be allowed to omit them. Ifs
Luidsliiii concluded by stating, that it NB.lB lie constant
trick ul iiiiiiistei s to accuse their opponents of the conduct
, of which they were tlimmelv es guilty; the people, how-
ever, wt re lint ally longer In he utreived by them, and
were cuss hanging Mein as the 41111101,0 111' We
Melt otreuvetwhtlntinglhem. Their 'knit-
to ding to iiiic•e—ho w,,utd nut dignif. what
limy posbesin so I'M' as lu c,,hl it swot —lli, delei-
, initiation to cling to place, Ise repeater brought duo
• upon us such un acCututilation gat' evils its it would be me-
• possible to remedy without a complete change of sy %lent.
As he trusted that the time tor oi-twig that Change was
• cot far distant, he al Id conclude toy proposing to then)
• as a toast, "The dismissal isuna his lii_iesty's councils ut
II those iiiiiiisters who by their tunilliet v e pros cif thcm•
. selves to be alike the t itrudes of the ilis oat std the pen-
: pie.' Lord clieetiag.

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