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SEPTEMBER 27, 1852.
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PUBLIC DINNER TO LORD PANITIURE.
PERTH, FRIDAY NIGHT .—Wben the Hon. Fox
Maule succeeded to the title and estates of the late Lerd.
Panmure, his connexion with the representatives of
Perth ceased by his elevation to the House of Lords.
To mark the sense which the constituency entertained of
his character and services, it was resolved to invite the
Noble Lard to a public dinner in Perth, and Lord Pau-
mare having accepted the invitation arraegements were
made to make the demonstration every way worthy of a
great public occasion. The Lord Provost,
magistrates,
and town council of the city eteutified themselves with
the proposal, and invitations were forwarded to Lord
John Russell at the Garth, to Lord Kinnaird, Sir Charles
Adam, and to all the Members of the House of Commons
in this part of Scotland who are connected with the
Liberal party in the State.
Tho dinner took place in the City-ball this evening,
and was attended by upwards of 400 noblemen and gen-
tlemen, and graced by the presence of Lady Panmure,
the Hon. Misses Maule, and about 100 other ladies, who
filled a gallery in front of the chair.
The L n•cl Provost of Perth occu
led
the chair, sup-
ported on the right by Lord Panmure and on the left by
Lord John Russell, the other guests' at the principal
table being Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. Lauderdale Maule, etp., Mr. Fergus, M.P.,
the Hon. Mr. Maule, Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., G.
J
Duncan, M.P., J. - M
meriffes isa.p., Sheriff Monteath,
Panmure,
George Deas, Advocate; the Provost of Dundee; Rev.
Dr. Guthrie, Eiinburgh; and
Rev. A. Gray, Perth.
Baillie Imrie occupied the Vice-President's seat, and was
supported by Lord Kinnaird, Sir James Anderson, M.P.
Alexander Misfit?, M.P., Sir William Gibson Craig, G.
B. Andrews, QC., Mr. Adam,
Younger, of Blair-Blair-Adam,
Sheriff Currie, Mr. Dunlop, Treasurer Kemp, Utiles
Honey, Hewat, and MacFarlane. The hall
splendid building, was brilliantly lit up
for the dinner,
d,
and when the guests were seated the
scene had a very
characteristic appearance. avt'lgeiliscussed an exbel-
lettdinner, supplied by Mr- Kenuez'
~of 'eta Salutation
Hotel, , which is a
The CHAIRMAN gave the usual loyal and patriotic
toasts, which were warmly received, and followed by
In proposing " The Army,"
The PROTOST said, it is impossible to give this toast
without bringing to our remembrance the sad event
which has taken place in regard to our army—the
appropriate music.
Commander-in-Chief, the illustrious Dake of Welling-
ton, has fallen under the stroke of death, We cannot
fail to remember so great a man—great foiehis valour and
prowess in the field—great for his success in arresting
Europe, and great for his influence in the councils of
the attempt at the suppression. of liberty
the nation. The nation mourns his loss. Many may
find in his example a bright pattern to follow in the
revanloutaibmleitaanbdle byo all
t o throughoutcharcharity.
ways of honour, of virtue, and. of unostentatious
has ofle
flits --ant heexy.
much that can
are imitable by exceedingly few—but he
Colonel MAULE, in returning thanks for the toast of
aarnmadpnloyeu ogo fhl tmt hisou qualitiescbhe it mh aittaitase d by us all.—(Cheers.)
d"eTmhise Aeofrne
thye;'N'
aolbluledeDdukine. equally feeling terms to the
Admiral Sir CEARLES ADAM, in returning thanks
for the navy, said, in reference to the tribute to the me-
mory of the Duke of Wellington, "It reminds me that
Portugal, and I
first
in landing in
directing
the disembarkation
of his army on that occasion in August, 1808 ; and I
I happened was
a witness
to be employed ah is
had ,the honoured satisfaction of seeing him review
40,000 British troops under the walls of Paris in 1815.
—(Cheers.) Perhaps I ought not to have alluded to
anything personal to myselt, but it is gratifying to this
company to reflect in how short a time he saw esta-
blished the freedom, the honour, and the independence
of the world."—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the even-
ing, the health of their illustrious guest, " The Right
Hon. Lord Panmure." It was rather more than twenty
years since the Hon. Fox Mettle became known in
Perth as a gentleman of decidedly liberal principles and
a keen advocate for Parliamentary reform. In 1835 be
was returned for Perthshire, where the Marquis of
Breadalbane had sown the seeds of liberalism, and the
conduct of Mr. Maule in Parliament was such that a
few years afterwards he was invited to represent the
burgh, and, being returned, was their honoured represen-
tative for a good many years; and the tie by which he
was thus united to the " Fair Maid of Perth" would not
have been dissolved but by the higher claims of another
district and events which had taken place in the dispen-
sations of Providence. From his first entrance into Par-
liament Mr. Maule advocated liberal principles and a libe-
ral policy, and he had risen to eminence by upright and
decided conduct and strict adherence to sound principles.
Honoured by his Sovereign, highly valued in the coun-
cils of the State, possessing the confidence of the nation,
the friend of the soldier, and a schoolmaster for his
children, Mr. Maule would ever be remembered with
feelings of gratitude and pride as a distinguished states-
man, a patriot, and a philanthropiet.—(Cheers.) "Such,"
said his Lordship in conclusion, " is the gentleman we
have assembled here to-night to honour; such has been
the commoner the Hon. Fox Mettle, and may the Right
?on. Lord Panmure continue to be for many years to

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN.
The shareholders of this company have agreed to con,
vene another meeting for the consideration of the scheme
for an extension line from Salisbury to Exeter, ninety
miles in length. The line was originally estimated to
cost 2,225,000/. as a double line, and for which Parlia-
mentary sanction was obtained in 1846 and 1847, but
the powers were allowed to expire, and the scheme was
abandoned. The landowners of the district, headed by
the former engineer of the company, who is also a large
landowner, have recently come forward with a proposi-
tion to the company, stating that Mr. Brassey and others
are ready to make the line, a single one, for the sum of
1,100,000/ or 12,2001. per mile, finding everything ex-
cept working stock, on condition that the South-Western
Company subscribe 550,0001. towards its construction,
and guarantee interest at the rate of 4 per cent. on the
other half 550,0001, which sum the landowners propose
to raise. It is believed that, if the South-Western Com-
pany agree to the proposition of guaranteeing 4 per
cent., that the landowners would be enabled, on
paying the deposit, to sell the shares at a
premium in the =diet, and leave the public and
the company to make the line, should Parliament sanc-
tion it. The estim rtes of engineers have been so often
exceeded that it will not be surprising if they are ex-
ceeded in this instance. The shareholders have practi-
cally no security whatever that the estimate of coats will
not bo exceeded, or the estimates of traffic realised,
although the parties interested in its construction—di-
rectors, landowners, engineers, contractors, and lawyers
—are all wealthy enough to give ample security for sup-
plying any deficiency in the estimates; but it is not
expected that they will do anything of the kind. From
the accounts of the company it appears that in July,
1846, they had expended 2,634,5831. on 93 miles of rail-
way, being at the rate of 28,3291. per mile; and up to
July, 1852, they had expended 8,614,885/. on 244 miles
of railway, being at the rate of 35,3071. per mile. It
thus appears that the increase in the capital during the
past six years amounted to 5,980,3021., and in the
mileage of the railway 151 miles, being at the rate of
39,6051. per mile for the various branch and extension
lines; and exceeding the cost of the main lino as
above by 11,3001. per mile, or 40 per cont., the ex-
cess being only 9001. less than the proposed cost of
the central line, the construction of which is so
strenuously advocated by the landowners of the district.
Had the extension lines of the South-Western coat no
more than the main line, viz., 28,329/. per mile, they
would have been constructed for 4,277,6791, being
1,702,6231. less than they actually cost. Allowing
1,000,000/. for the extra expense of the 24 miles from
Vauxhall to the Waterloo-road, there would remain an
excess of cost on the 149 miles of branch lines of
702,000/., or 4,710/. per mile more than the cost of the
main line as shown by the accounts of 1846. With re-
gard to the revenue, it appears that for the year ending
July, 1846, the receipts amounted to 385,000/.. the work-
ing expenses, rates, and taxes to 163,0001., and the
profits to 222,000/. The dividend for the ordinary stock
for the half-year ending December, 1845, amounted to
2/. 2s. 6d. per share, and for the half- yeer ending July,
1846, to 1/. 17s. 61.; together 41. per share (4111.), being
at the rate of 91. 16s. per cent. The receipts for the
year ending July, 1852, which include four months of
the Exhibition traffic, amounted to 663,177/., and the
expenses to 269,3661., leaving a profit of 393,8111.
to pay interest on loans, preference shares, and
dividend on ordinary stock. The dividend for the
half-year ending December 31, 1851, was at the rate of
51 per cent. per annum; and for the half-year ending
the 20th of June, 1652, at the rate of 31 per cent. per
annum, the average being 41 per cent. This shows a
falling off in the dividend in consequence of the construc-
tion of extensions, branches and feeders, from 91 to 4i
per cent, the latter including four months of the Exhi-
bition traffic, without which it would have been about
3i per cent. The traffic on the 93 miles of mail line
tor the year ending July, 1846, averaged 4,1401. per
mile, and supposing that no increase had taken place
from development of the traffic, wh'ch is very impro-
bable, the receipts on the extensions and branches
would amount to 1,8461 per mile for the year. But as
the traffic on the main line might have increased during
the six years about 20 per cent., that would add about
8001. to the traffic per mile on the main line, and leave
the branches with an average traffic of 1,0001. per mile,
being about 2i per cent. on the average cost. Before
sanctioning any further extension of this undertaking it
may be as well for a committee of independent share-
holders to investigate the whole of the matters
connected with the expenditure on the branch
lines, the revenue, and the working expenses, and, if pos-
sible, to ascertain why the cost of their construction per
mile has exceeded that of the main line, and how it is
that the engineer and contractor can now construct the
proposed central line at 12,2001. a mile, being less than
one-third of the average cost of the branches and exten-
sions already constructed by the company.

come what the Hon. Fox Maule has been for many years
past.—(Cheers.) May he continue to be in public and
in private a virtuous and a valuable man. May he con-
tinuo to exhibit and act on those great principles of re,
form which he has hitherto avowed and acted on, and
which have obtained for him golden opinions. I have
no doubt that they are far too deeply seated in his heart
to allow any elevation of rank to unseat them; and I do
not know how it is possible to obtain any better training
than he experienced as a commoner for fitting him to
step to the higher Court of Peers. I would therefore ask
you to jofn me in expressing a wish that Lord Panmure
may have health and comfort in the
,
high titles and large domains which have righteously
fallen into his hands."—(Cheers.) enjoyment of those
The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm.
Lord PANDIIIRE on rising
to acknowledge the toast,
was received with long continued cheering. He said he
felt they would readily believe him when be said that
he was overcome by an overflow of feeling which he was
unable to express. He was not vain enough to look on
that splendid ovation as confined within the narrow
bounds of his own responsibility; but he looked on it as
a tribute paid by the Liberal body of that city to those
great landmarks which the Whig party had ever -
career he haruSntsiillucbee
re-
spected, and never for a moment been tempted to desert
and to political principles openly and manfully avowed,
and political consistency rigidly and religiously adhered
to.—(Cheers.)
introduced among them. When he first settled in the
indifferent to politics—he meant the
county of
Perth, his views were rather turned to the
hweo übladd had take tbseh
honourortrevi review of
beingth e
field of nature than the field of politics. But he came
at a time when no man was dead enough to be altogether
were engaged in their great struggle to obtain Parlia-
namo, of the Father of Reform, and alreadY
mentary reform. He came to reside at a time when Lord
Grey had already earned for himself the name, the proud
period when they
plause)—opened in the. House of Commons,
Friend, whom ho was proud to see in that hall—(Ap-
had his Noble
stricken senate, the almost incredible details of the
to a wonder-
Reform Bill. He did then also take part in the agita-
tion, the rightful agitation, which brought about the
Reform Bill ; he took part with Lord Ormelie in his
first struggle to give the county of Perth its freedom—
the chairman of the committee 01 air. Graham when
victory wail denied them, and in 1835, when he (Lord
Panmure) had the honour to become the representative
of that county on the most liberal and independent
grounds. Shortly after he was returned to Parliament
his Noble Friend Lord John Russell, with a kindness
which he could never forget, offered him the confidential
post of Under Secretary of State • and when the Noble
Lord left the Home-office for the' Colonial-office he left
him (Lord Panmure) to represent the Home-office in the
House of Commons, and atterwards,in Lord Melbourne's
Administration, he became Vice-President of the Board
of Trade. He would pass over the period from 1841 to
1846, merely reiterating the remark which the Lord
Provost bad made, that though the Liberal party were
compelled by
Conservative successors, they had the satisfaction of I
seeing the principles they had promulgated, and on which
they had acted, grow stronger and stronger, until they
an adverse majority to give place to their
thrust themselves on their successors and gave a life to
their policy, which was somewhat dead. In 1846 he was
made Secretary at War, " and here," said the Noble
Lord, with emotion, " I cannot refer to that office with-
out a melancholy satisfaction—a satisfaction
ht whichinto
I
shall ever feel as long as I live, that it brow me
immediate contact—not simply into official communica-
tion—with that great man so lately at Dow h
of the
army, and whose loss the country has now to deplore.
I can say for that Noble Duke that there never was one
who transacted public business with greater efficiency or
greater success. He and I were associated in the ad- 1
ministration of military affairs; he wielded the sword, I
held the purse strings; and if the Noble Duke would
sometimes complain that use economy was stringent and
d
our establishment seenewhdt meagre, yet he always, w
that spirit which was the key to his great successes,
took care to make the very best use of the means which
wore put at his disposal. Gentlemen, that Noble Duke
now sleeps the sleep from which neither trump nor
bugle shall arouse him again to deeds of arms, or shouts
of victory. Ile sleeps till the last trump shall sum-
mon him, with the rest of the brave and good, to
everlasting peace and never-ending love." The Noble
Lord then at some length thanked the constituency for
the confidence they had placed in him, by which he had
been enabled to rise thus in the councils of the nation,
and then said in reference to more general affairs:— I
" It is not for me to advert to the circumstances which
of Government,
cem nis. or o f him
have led to a change of Government. All I can say is,
that we resigned the offices which we held with no per-
sonal pain, because wo found we could not retain them
with personal honour. Our successors followed us into
we have looked in vain. No taunts
them
office, and we looked, the country looked, and the House
of Commons looked, for some declaration of polic—
., on
hi-
therto, te, representsgentlemen
the part of the leadinertboef
tHheounseewßut, hi-
have been powerful enough, no questions have been skil-
fully enough devised to inform us as to the policy on
which the new Government is to be conducted. Judge
them from the past, they are of one colour; judge
from the present, lo! they change; judge them for the
future, lo! they are blank.—(Laughter.) It is impossi-
ble 19r any one, at this moment, tOttdviso us onwhat prin.
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BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD.—It appears that arrange-
ments are being made for opening this line throughout
on Friday next, the Bth of October. The Lord of the
Isles engine, which, it will be remembered, occupied a
conspicuous position in the Great Exhibition, is to pro-
pel the first train. Six trains aro to run daily each way
between London and Birmingham, four of which will bo
express trains, and it is said they will perform the en-
tire distance in about two hours and a half. It is esti-
mated that the traffic on this line will be about 501. par
mile per week.

ciples Lord Derby's Government means to act after
Parliament meets, and, therefore, it is impossible that
the Liberal party, or any other party, can devise any
system either of attack or defence, seeing they, cannot by
any means attain a knowledge of the enemy's position.
But, leaving them in that statein which, as a public man,
I should be sorry to find myselc, I may say, as Mn indi-
vidual, there is one system of tactics which the Liberal
party will, I trust, pursue, and that is union among
themselves—(Cheers)—for on this we may all rely, that,
if any Government is to exist which is inimical to the
liberties of the people, and the progress of that policy
which the people have hitherto countenanced, it can only
exist by the dissension of its opponents; and let me tell
you that that is one of the surest cards which a Govern-
ment will very often find it convenient to play.—(Hear,
hear.) I have alluded now to:the general policy on which.
I have hitherto been engaged, but I cannot pass over or
omit some things which tho country are sometimes apt
to forget in judging of the public men of that day. It is
impossible in this free country to expect that any man,
whether he be a Minister of the Crown or a public man
in any other position, will always command the popular
opinion of the day; but, in judging of public men, I
would say that particular instances are not to be too
harshly judged of as specimens of the whole. It is bat
fair to look back on the general tenor of the man's public
life; and so with regard to parties; and I am sure that if
the career of that party of which my Noble Friend is the
great leader be looked into from first to last, for years past
before he or any of us were born, we shall find that the
great liberties of this country were due to that party which
he now leads; and that they were contended for in the
worst of times, when even the people themselves,
for whose liberties they struggled, were cold or indif-
ferent or were taught to run them down.—(Cheers.)
With the Reform Bill many Reformers arose, and under
it many will still rise to the administration of public
affairs—the more the better; but still, it is hardly, I
think, fair that the great performances of the old
should be gassed over and forgotten; and I hope the
public gratitude will give to those who so naturally
merit it the full meed to which they are entitled. The
Lord Provost has alluded to the benefits conferred on
the country after the passing of the Reform Bill. He
alluded to-day, in the council, to municipal reform,
and to the abuses swept away when that measure was
prosecuted in this country. He did not allude to the
variety of taxes which were repealed from 1830 to 1841.
Be did not allude to the burdens on the people which
have been alleviated, nor to the ameliorations which have
been made in the criminal law of this country, making
its code less sanguinary and its enactments less se-
vere. He did not allude to the amelioration which
had taken place in the civil law, bringing it, as tho
Common phrase is, to the poor man's door, simplifying
its form and cheapening its price. He did not allude
to the oppressive taxes on the people which have
been repealed. I may refer to one of them, the re-
peal of which, scarcely two years past, we owe to my
Noble Friend. I mean the iniquitous window-tax.—
(Cheers.) These are benefits which are not to be lightly
forgotten. And you may rely on this, that, let the Libe-
ral party seek where they please for leaders, there are
no soldiers to take the field, such as those that have been
accustomed to lead forward armies to victory. They
know the tactics to be guided by and the ground to
stand upon; their honour is unimpeached, their con-
sistency
is unquestioned, and they deserve the confi-
dence of the country, rather than those who may present
themselves as younger and mere raw recruits. The
Noble' Lord, in conclusion, said—Now, before I sit
down and take my leave of you, I must express my re-
gret that circumstances have severed me from the posi-
tion of your representative. I hold that for those who
seek to take part in the councils of the country the
House of Commons is the sphere where a man's use-
fulness to bis countrymen may be best displayed. But
in the constitution of our country there is another branch
of the Legislature to which, in the course of Provi-
dence, I have now been called, and the most fitting and
best education for a peer is, as the Lord Provost
says, a few years service in the House of Commons.
There are men in that assembly, and some not far
from me, as devoted to liberty, and as devoted to the
welfare of their fellow men, as any in this country. It
shall be mine to join heart and hand with these men in
promoting the best interests of my countrymen; for I
feel that, though no longer responsible to a constituency,
I am responsible to my God and to my country that I do
not prove an idler in the place in which I am put, but
that I do my duty in my station of life, not in preferring
my own petty concerns or interests, but in establishing
and advancing the best interests of my country, and in
doing so, advancing the best interests of my country-
men.—(Applause.) There are, gentlemen, yet many
reforms to be achieved. The Reform Bill was but the
stone set in motion—it never can stand still. There may
be seasons of progress—that progress may sometimes be
faster and sometimes it may be slower, but progress this
country must and will; and as people become more intel-
ligent and capable of governing themselves, the franchise
must be extended, and privileges must be held out to
them which they do not at present enjoy. I hope I shall
live to see the day when we shall have a far larger ex-
tension of the franchise than at present. I hope to live
to see the day when a sound religions and secular
education shall spread far and wide among the peo-
ple ; and I hope to see the day when this country
will take as high standing for the enjoyment of its
liberty, and for the intelligence of it people, as any coun-
try can do on the face of the earth. In the enjoyment
of liberty, at present, I believe, she stands first; let her
also aim to stand as the best educated and most en
lightened people of the world. To achieve these objects
gentlemen, shall be my utmost endeavour; and in what-
soever sphere or station I am placed, my whole energies
shall always be devoted to the benefit of the country at
large, and in my own locality, as a landlord, to see to
the comforts and attend to the interests, both sacred and
secular, of those who live around me.—(Cheers.) Gen-
tlemen, I must now say to all of you, Farewell. This
is the occasion which separates me personally from the
politics of your city, but it does not separate me from
my affection to yourselves. As long as I live I shall
look back on Perthshire as the place in which the
happiest part of my days have been spent, and I shall
look back on tho constituency of Perth as the body
which has evinced the greatest confidence in my public
honour and discrimination.—(Applause.) The Noble
Lord then proposed " The health of the magistrates and
town council," which the Provost acknowledged.
The LORD PROVOST then gave "Lord tiohn Russell
and the cause of civil and religious liberty all over the
world." All men professed to venerate that cause, but
he doubted if there was another man alive who had
done so much for the promotion of it as Lord John
Russell. When Lord John Russell entered public life
the cause of civil and religious liberty was in a very
prostrate state. Slavery, with all its enormities existed;
civil disabilities were rigidly and stringently enforced on
account of a religious creed; and the people were neither
represented in Parliament nor in the municipalities of
the nation. To Lord John Russell they were mainly
indebted for the redress of those grievances, and there
could be no doubt that, by the passing of the Reform
measures which that Noble Lord introduced and carried
the country was saved from anarchy and ruin. In a
spirit of generosity Lord John Russell had conducted
his opposition to his opponents, and advocated the cause
of civil and religious freedom. The spirit was to be
seen alike in his speech in the House of Commons on the
melancholy death of Sir Robert Peel, and in his elo-
quent and touching allusion at Stirling to the death
of the Duke of Wellington, and he trusted that which-
ever party were in power the same spirit would charac-
terise the conduct of all.—(Cheers.) The Provost, in
proposing the toast, said,—Having said this mach, I do
not intend longer to deny you the pleasure of hearing
Lord John Russell address you. lam the more de-
lighted to give this toast, seeing that he is the youngest
burgess of this city. May he long be spared to enjoy
these honours, which are trifling in comparison with the
many honours which he has already received. I give
you " The health of Lord John Russell, and success to
the cause of civil and religious liberty all over the
world."—(The toast was received with tremendous en-
thusiasm, the whole company rising and cheering for
several minutes.)
The band played " Saw ye, Johnny, comin'."
Lord J. Russcaa, on rising to acknowledge the toast,
was received with an outburst of applause, the com-
pany standing and the ladies in the gallery waving
their handkerchiefs. When the applause had sub-
sided the Noble Lord said,—My Lord Provost
and gentlemen, I feel that, strictly speaking, I
could only appear here as a supporter of my Noble
Friend, Lord Panmure, to whom you have so justly
given this testimony of your approbation; but having
been admitted to-day a burgess of the city of Perth, and
having the freedom given to me in a box of oak, com-
posed of part of the dwelling of the Fair Maid of this
fair city—(Laughter)—l feel that, perhaps, I may have
a further claim to intrude on you than I should other-
wise have possessed.—(Cheers and laughter.) Let me,
in the first place, before I speak to that noble cause
with which you have done me the honour to connect my
name, say a few words on the subject of my Noble
Friend whom I came here to-day to join you in honour-
ing.—(Hear.) He has recounted to you most truly
that on the formation of Lord Melbourne's Adminis-
tration, when I held the seals of the Home-office, Lord
Melbourne having desired me to name a person whom I
should wish to assist me as Under-Secretary, I named
my Noble Friend. I did so at that time, not haling
much personal acquaintance with him, but being
struck
with the remarkable ability of the speeches he had niedo
in the country.
I must say that my discernment in that
whole time
respect was not at tault, because, during the
that I was at the country I
conduct in a higher station the affairs of this
Borne-office and since when I ba to
have derived the greatest advantage from
sthb! iitedgmf emnty,
the intelligence, the prudence, and they
couldlly
noot have
Noble Friend.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,
a d not been also
been contented with these
satisfied from the intimateclku:oliwticesd.
of that great man
loge that I had of him,
that he is impressed with the istax
to whom he has referred,
and
his name—" That that
from
is mwohroamll yh ewrong,has derivedneve
which never
t (Cheers.) While, there-
can be politically right."—
-(Cheers.)
the same end by the same
fore, we were pursueouf us convinced that while that
means, we were both
1?. blio benefit, the means should
and should be for the
be always honest and honourable.—(Cheers.) Having
said this much with respect to my political connexion
friendship for, my Noble Friend, I will
with, and my eremarka to you with respect
venture to address loin

to that cause of civil and religious liberty all over the
world which you have this day done me the honour to
connect with my name. But on speaking upon this sub-
ject, I am sorry that on the continent of Europe,whether
we look to France, to Germany, or to Italy, wo have
little came to congratulate ourselves upon the progress
of civil and religious liberty. We shall find that the
attempt which was made In 1848 to introduce wild
license in place of sober liber:y has tended, instead of
fixing or extending freedom, to confirm the claims of
authority, and to make men rush with wiliingness, nay,
with enthusiasm and vehemence, into the arms of despo-
tism,—(" Hear," and cheers.) We think, however, we
have some reason to congratulate ourselves that an the
pursuit of civil and religious liberty wo have pursued a
more sober course, because, while if any one will enu-
merate the advantages which have been gained to that
groat cense in this country during the last 20 or 30 years,
he will find their immense in numbers and precious in
value—(Cheers)—and I for one cannot say that at any
one moment authority has been really endangered or
the constitution rashly overturned.—(Cheers.) G elide_
men, in connexion with this subject, I must mention
however, an alarm which has been lately—l was going
to say excited, but it is not an alarm which has really
been excited, but an alarm which has been attempted to
be excited—with respect to the advances of democracy.
It seems to me that those who at present have the con-
duct of public affairs, being somewhat embarrassed as to
those measures which my Noble Friend says truly are
kept in profound secrecy, have rather endeavoured to
divert public attention from what may be their short-
comingstcreate a or dubieties on these subjects, by endeavouring
panic that we are at present subject to a
fearful approach of a wild, unbridled democracy.—
(Laughter
my authority s and cheers.) I hold, myself, that that alarm
itotally groundless.—(Hear hear.) Perhaps, how-
ever,donee my opinions—.that
subject, because part of
y will noth be' considered great on that
t e alarm was that I had aban-
'they were supposed to be opinions. No one said _ adop
tly what they were, but
I hadted some other
hl
4ear? alarming tineLhig y_ de-
mocratic—(Laughter)—that
about to introduce
measures which should have thewae'lee
time, of shaking the stability of that constitution
at some futureh
I venerate as much as any
ray, is united kingdom.
man in
this
which
—(Cheers.) Well, I need not
that this rumour was totally unfounded—.that that subject,
that it had
madam) opinion
no circumstance on which it rested—.that
of mine that I had given in public
sub-
ject to that insinuation. Whether this wsa
me
charge, or whether it was an observation—
(Laughter)—that made me subject at all to the
statement that I had changed to these opinions, and
was about to advance in this dangerous and democratieal
direction, I will not say. A Right Hon. Friend of mine
(Sir G. Grey) told me that he, in his canvass,found some
credence to this matter. I asked him what explanation
he gave. He said his explanation was very simple and
very direct. I was by using a monosyllable which I will
not now repeat to you. But, 'gentlemen,
let us look at what is this alarm which is attempted to be
created at the present time. Does it mean that the
people of this country (who are, in other words, the de-
mocracy of this country) are seeking to add to their own
power at the expense of the Crown or of the House of
Lords? Does any one mean to say, really and solemnly,
that the people of this country are endeavouring to
diminish any of the prerogatives of the Crown? I really
believe that nobody could stand up and say that that was
really his opinion, because the notorious fact is that at
no time in the history of this country have its people
been more attached to the Monarchy, or more loyal and
affectionate to their Sovereign. Well, then, does it
mean that they are attempting to take away the lawful
privileges which the House of Lords holds, and to de-
prive it of its part in the constitution of this country?
Now, I think I may appeal to my Noble Friend, who
lately entered the House of Lords, whether he has ever
heard of such an attempt, where it has been made, and
what impediment there has been to the lawful exercise
of any power or any privilege which by the constitu-
tion of this country the House of Lords possesses. Well,
then, if that has been so, that at least is not the charge
that is made. It does not mean that the democracy of
this country—and, be it observed, democracy has as
fair a title to the enjoyment of its rights as monarchy
or nobility—it does not mean that the democracy of
this country is in a state of discontent and disaffection,
and is endeavouring to push down this constitution, and
to deprive the other branches of that constitution of any
powers which lawfully belong to them. That cannot be
—that I think we must immediately say cannot for a
moment be maintained. But it may mean something
else; it may mean something else which it behoves us
all to wish—that the democracy of this country—mean-
ing by that term the people of this country—by increase
ot power. by increase of intelligence, by in-
crease of wealth, has increased in that weight
which they must have not only in this country, but
in each of the couutries of the world; hiss
gained an increase in that weight which is duo to a
people highly industrious, and earning a competence by
their labour, physical and intelitctuisi—empioyit.g their
minds in the acquirement of knowledge, end in the
forming and fostering of that pubiic opinion which is so
much the guide and government of this country. But,
gentlemen, if these attempts to which I have lately al-
luded are made, which, though ttni have existed,
ought to be discourcged and resisted—this fair growth
of the honour of democracy —this growth of inieiligence
—this growth of wealth—this forming ot opinions more
enlightened and mote calculated to carry on, in an en-
lightened manner, the Government of sae world—this is
an increased power which ought not to be crushed, but
ought to be encouraged and maintained.—(Enthusiastic
cheering.) But I will say more—l will say this, that the
manner of dealing with that increase of the powers of
democracy could not be according to the old system of
restraint with which I was but too familiar during the
first few years after I had entered Parliament in 1817
and 1819, which, besides all the faults of an irritation,
promoting that discontent which it was intended to check,
proved utterly powerless, and bad much the same effect as
if persons were to attempt to dam up your mag n ifi
river with the view of preventing an inundation—or,
to use a simile which applies perhaps more properly to
the present time, as if persons were to lock up all the
gates of the railroad, with the hope that the express
train would be stopped in its course.—(Laughter and
applause.) Well, then, that is not the mode in which
this increase of the power of democracy ought to be
dealt with; but the way in which the power of democracy
ought to be dealt with is, by listening to every complaint,
and by giving a legiti-
by considering every grievance,
mate and legal organ to that power and influence which
otherwise may be mischievous, irregular, and injurious.—
(Loud cheering.)r That is my way of dealing with that
which is on-plained of incrcase of democratic
power in this country. Let me ask you, suppose at the
time of the revolution in France in 1848, which bro
hadke
out to the astonishment of all men—supposo we
found ourselves. having followed the blind counsels of
those who are our opponents in Parliament—suppose we
found ourselves with all the nomination boroughs in full
force—with Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield,
without representatives—in short, with all the abuses ot
the old system—suppose we had found a corn•law,which
tended to make the food of the people dear and scarce—
(Hear, hear)—suppose we had found the people of Ire-
land discontented and disaffected, in consequence of the
denial to them of all civil rights en account of their re-
ligious beliefs—suppose we had found all these things
to be the case in February, 1848-4 ask, how should we
have met that revolution which was attempted to be
made by some turbulent persons in the spring of that
year with the confidence and support of:the whole people
as we had the glory to do?—(Loud cheers.) I must
beg your pardon, gentlemen, for having trespassed thus
Bduti I
am do
glad not
far with respect to public events and this subject of de-
mocracy.—(Loud cries of "Go on.")
think it is of the utmost importance—and
to say that I have an easy task in this respect—l do
think it of the utmost importance that the people of this
country, and above all, persons of property,
be affected by this vain and groundless p n' —and that
they.should go on, as my
Noble Friend :111 les, with pro-
gress—that they should go on with im roYvenlent, and
trust to the confidence which they show Pto the wisdom
should not
which they exhibit for those bularksagainstdemocracy
justly said as
which your violent measures never will produce. It was
who denies what That has never been ourio
is just."
policy.—(Loud ,
a proverb of old, "lie denies everything
cheers. We have been
granting what was just in order that hear.)
in refusing what was nurigw"Ll belieevei all this
And now, gentlemen, let me say,.
.....t tilattlempt to point me
attempt to make anwe iniAbatairbweaYstsrong
ah'rnme- -aillso wasa endeavouring to
out,
eadmaonnggeroouthsecrhecingases ;1-
loarthatmake constitution, is, in fact,
h y have a very difficult task to
those who feel ,they
ande laughter.) We know that
perform.—(Loud
is b_eehseuemmoned very early in the course
PofarNliaemveetanth.e.r to
that the commercial policy of this coun-
We know that the Prime Minister has
to wait, and anxious to hear
I shall be quite himselftlen bi
tee s
willingetttled. ( Ilear, hear.) For my part,
of commercial policy will be. I will not
the fear of this panic, and forced from
be diverted by .
in f
wag that question the ace.—(C e s
'he r My
morning,
) per- Prince Hermann of Hohenlobe arrived at Clarence
ion .
suasion is, that during the last ten years we have been House, St. James's, at an early hour on Saturday
pledgedw try
bat shallth a t plan
iu the right course—(Loud cheers)—and knowing lam
on the right road, the device of any gentleman who
town at lo'clock for .A.bergelclie, on a visit to her
tells me to bear back, or to bear to the right or left, will T., -en
have very little influence with me, because lam per- Aoy al Highness the Duchess of K.
from Ostend. His Serene Highness lest
suaded the road we are travelling, which has already I A deputation, consisting of Dr. Gourley and Mr.
with M Secretary
produced 50 many material benefits, and which has and I Moira Maclean, had an interview r.
is producing so much moral and political content,
a road from which we ought not to stray, but ought, ; His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs,
rather, steadily to pursue.—(Loud cheers.) And at the Abbott Lawrence,
and Colonel and Miss Lawrence,
same time, we are bound in justice,is \ Walpole on Saturday, at the Home-office.
as well as, I think, . have left Castle oward for Arundel, on a visit to the
directed by policy, to wait until these measures are
dated which are to give to the agricultural interest,
to 1 Dispatches were sent from the Colonial.offiee on
the colonial interest, and to the shipping interest, all iSaturday evening for the Governor of Gibraltar.
that compensation of which they have hitherto been I
Pro- Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.
unjustly deprived—(Laughter)—and which are at the
same time to confer benefits on every class in the com-
munity—(Laughter and cheers)—these admirable mea-
sures, which are to put an end to a long contest, which
are to satisfy people who are at the present moment in
the greatest state of satisfaction, which
are to content
people who have never been discontented—(Laughter)—
and which, at the same time, are to reconcile along. with
them other classes who are discontested and dissatisNow, no man can deny that there has been nobodyfieat
ed.
belief that ouch weaeures tae to be produced;
r

COURT CIRCULAR.
BAL MORAL , FgwAT.
Her Majesty drove yesterday in the open carriage,
accompanied by the Princess Helena.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-
stalking.
The Right Hon.
Balmoral yesterday, and will remain in attendance
upon her Majesty.
Sir John Pakington arrived at

AIVENCE or MlND.—Bude, whom Erasmus called
the wonder of France, was a thoroughly absent man. One
day his domestics broke into his study with the intelligence
that his house was on fire. " we
Go, inform my fe," d he,
" you know Ido not interfere in household affairs." Leasing,
the German philosopher, being remarkably absent-minded,
knocked at his own door one evening, when the servant,
looking out of the window, and not recognising him, said,
" The Professor is not at home." " Oh, very well," said
Leasing, composedly walking away, I shall call ailether
time."