The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-23 00:00:00

EXTEN SIVE EMBEZZLEMEN T.

(From the Reading Alerenry.)
On Wednesday, Frederick W. Walkling, who had been
married only the previous week, and opened a drapery shop
in the Market-place, two days before, was brought before
the Town Magistrates, charged with embezzling property
to a large amount, the property of his late master, Mr. .1,
Pluatbe, to whom he had. been an assistant for upwards
of 14 years, A search warrant bad hpen tsrantod on Mon.
day, mid Stephens, the policmanl no entering the pretniko,
diseoverod concealing some damask Moths, end
other articles, In the coal edits l a quantity or other things
which Mr, P, could identify, were also discovered on various
parts of the premises, The hall MU crowded to suffocation'
and the scene WO most painful, It was found impossible to
proceed with the. whole of the (Amain:lo°n, the prisoner un.
dergning a succession of fainting fits, in which state 110 was
carried from the hall ; the prosecutor, also, was so aliected,
as to be in tears the greater part of the time, and the fur-
ther inquiry into the case was adjourned until Friday after-
noon, when the examination was resumed. The drapery,
Irish, and other art itiJs, to the amount of 451. were identified
with Mr. Plumbe's private mark, as well as 2001. worth not
bearing that identity, but which the prosecutor had no doubt
belonged to him, and he was fully committed to take his
trial at the Spring County Assizes. The extent of plund• r
in goods and mosey is not fully known, but the lowest cal-
culation is estimated at full 1,000/.
Since his committal he has assigned the proceeds ,of his
guilt for the benefit of his creditors, and a portion to his
late master for the injury he has sustained. From circum-
stances which have transpired there is every reason to think
his accomplices in the lengthened series of plunder will be
discovered and receive the reward they justly merit.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS

BRUSSEI.S, OCT. 21.—A1l the workmen who were employed
on the sections of the railroad from Willeux to Ghent, and
from Louvain to Tirlemont, are now employed 'on the two
sections from Ghent to the sea. Mr. Simons was at Bruges
on Sunday last ; he visited all the works preparatory for lay-
ing down the rail-road from Ghent to Bruges; the operation
of levelling is fini-hed as far as Beerien, two leagues-from
Bruges. Mr. Simons seems to be sure that the section from
Ghent to Bruges may be opened in the month of May next
sear, and that from Bruges to Ostend in the month of June
following..
The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting yesterday,
continued the debate on the intended modifications of the
tariff. The point in dispute was whether the duties on certain
articles should be charged on the weight or on the value. It
was not decided, and the debate was adjourned to the follow-
ing day. -
BERLIN, OCT. 11.—A letter from St. Petersburgh says
that General Count Ye) male% who commanded in the Cau-
causes (before Paskewitsch took the chief command), but who
has not been employed since the accession of the Emperor
Nicholas, has been suddenly summoned to attend the Emperor
on his journey to Asia.
VIENNA, OCT. 11.—Count' Appony, our Ambassador at
the French Court, will arrive here to-morrow from his estates,
and then return immediately. The Archduke Francis Charles
is expected in the course of the week from Verona. as there
and no reviews to take place in Italy. Count Kollowrath,
the Minister of State, is to-return here on the 17th.
FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, SEPT. 20.—After nearly two
years opposition, almost all the Boyars are reconciled to Prince
Stourdza. How this has been effected I will relate in detail -
on another occasion. Enough, the two 'chief leaders of the
opposition, the Logothet, Aleku Khika, and Kostaki Stourdza,
are to be Ministers, and that on the express wish of Russia.
Prince Stourdza, who was alienated by intrigues from his
amiable consoi t, so that the Princess had gone to her father at
Constantinople, has dii:covelded the plot, and, being convinced
of the innocence of his wife, is again united with her.
The new elections for the General Assemblies begin in
Moldavia next month.

NamEs, OCT. 7.—The King embarked yesterday morning
in the steamboat TVenefiede,,for Messina. It is said that he
will proclaim a general amnesty, as many members of the
greatest and richest families were implicated in the late events,
but have for the most part voluntarily suLmitter% The sequel
ill show whether this report is well founded ; but pardon w►ll
at all events not extend to those base monsters who sported
with human life, and publicly sold human flesh in the market
(?)--nay, even roasted it for the dogs. A very large number
(reports, probably much exaggerated, say some hundreds) of
these monsters have already received their Merited punish-
ment, having been executed with infamy.

BELGIANFUNDS—Butissia.s, OCT. 21.
Actual Debt, 2 per Cent.
Rothschild's Juan, 5 per Cent
Loan of Thirty ............... 92
Loan of City, IR3'?, 4 per Cent
Society of Commerce, 4 per Cent
Bank of 13olgium, 5 per ('ent
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 21.
• AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Om 13
Five per Cents. 11Ietalliques
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares lat,G
—Allgenteine Zeitung, Oct :8.

Messrs. ;Horsley, E. Taylor, Bishop, and T. Phil-
lipps, delivered their probationary lectures last week, as
candidates for the Gresham professorship ; Mr. Gannlett
will deliver his lecture this evening; and to-morrow the
umpires will send in their report, whe❑ one of the candi-
dates will be chosen to succeed the late Mr. It. J. Stevens,
who held the situation for thirty-six years.

At the meeting of the Westminster Medical So-
ciety, held on Saturday evening, Dr. Jaws Johnson intro-
duced the subject of dissection-room and other poisoned
wounds, from an application proposed for the former by
Dr. Macartney, of -Dublin, by wrapping up the affected
parts in rags steeped in a swurated solution of alum water,
which were to be kept moist for two or three days. In
every case where this had been adopted, no bad result had
occurred, and the efficacy of this remedy would seem to
point out its advantageous employment in. many other
cases of poisoned wounds produced from animal virus or
substances.

There are at present four vacancies among the Royal
Academicians, all of which have occurred within the year.
Wilkins, who built the National Gallery, has been elected
Professor of Architecture, in the room of the late Sir John
Soane, but. the new Academicians will be chosen 'in February.
Ibrahim Pasha, according to the German Paper,
intends to pass the ensuing winter in Egypt, and with that
view has ordered his harem to be sent from Syria to Cairo,
DEATII QF EDWARD DwYER, Este.—lt is this
day our melancholy duty to record the death of a man
whose name has.long been associated with the struggles and
triumphs of his country. Edward Dwyer, Esq., the Secre-
tary of the late Catholic Association, after a protracted
illness, departed this life on Wednesday last.—Freeman
(Dublin).
Prince Gagarin is cjnvalesccnt, but his Highness
is not yet able to go out.
Lord and Lady Howard de Walden are expected
to arrive from Lisbon by the next government steam-packet,
his Lordship having obtained leave. They are expected to
pay a visit to their relatives the Marquis and Marchioness
of Bristol ; and thence they go to the Duke and Duchess
of Portland, her Ladyship's parents at Welbcck Priory.
• The Earl of Nlarch, eldest son of the Duke of
Richmond, has returned to Oxford to resume his studies,
from Gordon Castle, the seat of his noble father in Scot-
land. The youthful earl Accompanied his father in his recent
tour of his Highland estates, on which occasion his Lordship
was received by the ter,antry in a most, attached manner.
At the age of sixty-three I have undertaken to
collect and edite my Poetical Works, with the last correc-
tions that I can expect to bestow upon them. Thty have
obtained a reputation equal to my wishes ; and I have this
("round for hoping it may not be deemed hereafter more
'Chan commensurate with their deserts, that it has been
gained without ever accommodating myself to the taste or

fashion of the times. Thus to collect and revise them is a
duty which I owe to that part of the public by whom they
have been auspiciously received, and to those who will
take a lively concern in my good name when I shall have
departed. The arrangement was the first thing to be
considered. In this the order wherein the respective poems
were written has been observed, so far as was compatible
with a convenient classification. Such order is useful to
those who read critically, and desire to trace the progress
of an author's mind in his writings ; and by affixing dates
to the minor pieces, under whatever head they are disposed,
the object is sufficiently attained. Next came the question
of
.co;rection. There was no difficulty with those poems
which were composed after the author had acquired his art
(so far as he has acquired it), and after his opinions were
matured. It was only necessary to bear in mind the risk
there must ever be of injuring a poem by verbal alterations
made long after it was written ; inasmuch as it must be im- •
possible to recal the precise train of thought in which any
passage was conceived, and the considerations upon which
not the single verse alone, but the whole sentence, or para-
graph, had been constructed : but with regard to more im-
portant changes, there could be no danger of introducing
any discrepancy in style. With juvenile pieces the case
is different. From these the faults of diction have been
weeded, wherever it could be done without more trouble
than the composition originally cost, and than the piece
itself was worth. But inherent faults of conception
and
structure are incurable ; and it would have been mere waste
of time-to recompose what it was impossible otherwise to
amend. If those poems had been now for the first time to
be made public, there are some among them which, instead
Jf being committed to the press, would have been con-
signed to the fl lines ; not for any disgrace which could be
:fleeted upon me by the crude compositions of my youth,
nor for any harm which they could possibly do the reader,
lut merely that they might not cumber the collection. But
„esey po:r inissa rc:osqi." Pirated editions would hull
Jut as a recouunentlation, that they 0401110 whg I had
chosen to suppress, and this it heeonies prudent, anti there-
fore proper, that such pieces should be rutainod,--,griract
from Mc Pleface to the New Edition of Southey's Poeticad
Works.

FIRST PEJB.LIC pi N NEI& of the NOR

DURHAM REFORM SOCIETY:

( From the Dia ham Chronicle.)

The first public meeting of the members of the above
society was held in this city on Tuesday last, and was at-
tended by a large assemblage of the most distinguished,
zealous and ioflaential Reformers. The Earl of Durham
was unanimously elected patron of the society, and
s.porinkm, Emix, nr Newton•hall, president for the ensuag
titr, ltl tlt4 hilthwoh the immthers anti frit'.tiil® oftlW
cioty tepthee in the Pullin Sale :mil Jixhihitioh
ItoomL where Owl, were hoonure(l with the presence of
Lord Durham. Ihe party was at once the most nuille•
roes, rospeetohle, add inteitigent Ae ever witnessed in this
enmity on Any Relish.l4l Ocatiitin; Mr. Spearman fined the
Chair, tippOrted On his mitht by the R,aii of Durham;
Sir W. Charm', Bart. ; A. Woo,. t 44., M P. for. Sun-
derland I W. Hatt, late M P. for Hall Oran-
ger, Esq., late candidate fur this city l LiAltertant Colonel
Beckwith ; D. Witham, Esq., or Lartington ; and Dr.
Headtam, of Newcastle ; and on his left by Sir 14.
Rut.; Mr. Harland, the Liberal Member for this
city ; Mr. Bowes. M.P. fur South Durham ; J. W. William.
son, Esq., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions ; the Mayor of
Durham ; Co!. Mills, of Willington ; and W. Mills, Esq
Durham. C. H. Ramsay, Esq. of Derwent-villa, officiated as
vice. Amongst the company we observed J Cookson, Esq., of
Whitehall ; W. Witham, Eq; , of Lartington ; Hutton
Chaytor, G. W. Featherstonhaugh, It. Fenwick and W.
Bell, Esqs-, and Captain Bowlby, of Sunderland ; Russell
Bowlby, and J: Shortridge, Esqs., of South Shields ; Tames
Lost), Armorer Donkin, E. Chainley, R. P. Philipson, W.
Armstrong, and W. Cargill, Esqr3.. of 'Newcastle ; J.
Johnson, W. Kell, J. Watson, and W. L. Harle, Esqs.,
of Gateshead ; W. Scruton, R. H. Allan, I. Bonotny, G.
Appleby, W. Shield, and A. Story, Esqs., of Durham ; H.
Morton, Esq.,. of Lambton ; Scurfield Grey, Esq., of Stock-
ton ; R. M. Dimsdale, Esq., of Newsbam ; H. Fenwick,
Eq., of South-hill ;W. L. Pratman, Esq., of Copley ;F.
Mewburn, Esq., of Darlington ; the Rev. I'. A. Slater, of
Hutton House, &c. The cloth having been drawn,
The -CHAIRMAN proposed " The Queen—our young and
amiable Queen"..—and may she ever deserve and receive
that tribute most high to the head that is royal, the love of
those hearts that love liberty too.—(Great cheering.)
The toast was drunk with three times three, and .one
cheer more. •

" The people, for whom Sovereigns rule, and government
was instituted."

The CHAIRMAN proposed " His Royal Highness the
Duke of Sussex," one of the most sincere and steady sup-
porteis of those principles which placed his family on the
Throne ; and may such of his family as forsake those prin-
ciples be themselves forsaken.—(Great applause.)
Drunk with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN gave " Her Royal Highness the Du-
chess of Kent, the mother of our Queen," and may she
enjoy the best reward of the cares and assiduities of a tender
but firm and sensible parent, in living long to see in r child
obtain the respect, love, and affection which she has ta,tght
her to deserve.—(Drunk a ith all the honours.)
The Army and Navy."
Col. MILLS returned thanks for the Army, and Mr. MILLS
for the Navy.
The CliantmaN proposed " The health of the Duke of
Cleveland," accompanied by an ardent wish that be might
love many
,years to support the cause of Reform, of which
he lied been a tried and stanch
.friend.—(Cheers.)
" The. Bishop of Dulham."
The CHAIRMAN—In rising to propose " Success to the
North Durham Reform Society" on the occasion of this its
first anniversary meeting, it will probably be expected that
I should accompany the proposition with somewhat of ob-
servation. To the members of our Society now present I
need not, I am sure, say one word, either in explanation or
in commendation of its objects, and yet less to stimulate
their zeal in the cause it has been established to promote.
There are, however, I believe, many much-honoured guests
now present, who are so, I hope, with the intention of en-
rolling themselves in our fraternity, should our views, when
explaii.ed to them, be such as thby approve. And I -am
sorry to say I believe there are very many professors, at
loast, of the same political faith as ourselves not present on
this occasion, whose faith is not so lively nor their zez so
ardent as might be desired, on whom a report of our argu-
ments and exhortations on these topics may not be alto-
gether without its effect.—(Hear, hear.) As, however,
conciliation will, I hope, ever be a fondamental maxim of
our Society, I should be sorry to say anything that might
he thought to bear too severely even on the apathy and in-
difference of those who consider themselves our friends ; and
in what, therefore, I am about to say on that subject, and
iu commeadation of' political zeal, energy, and activity, I
would rather assume an attitude of defence—defence of such
of tis, as least, as may be thought by some to be exceeding
in these_particulars. Those who do so think, then, I would
beg to remind of the well known aphorism, that no sooner
sha'l tke citizens of a State begin to say—What are the
affairs of the State to us ?—than the liberties of that State
May. he considered as lost.—(llear, hear.) Long, indeed,
may it be b fore Englishmen begin to say—ere EnAlislimen
are h !art' to enquire—What have we to do with politics ?
(Cheers.) And I should be glad to be referred to the pe-
tiod when politics, foreign and domestic? ever assumed a
character of deeper interest than the present. At home
we see it to be question yet almost in suspense—Whether
a Liberal, a Reform Administration is to be permitted to
carry into effect those ameliorations of our institutions, civil
and ecclesiastical—those reforms of the law, the Church,
and the State, which our great Reform Bill, after all, is
rightly considered but a means of procuring us—(Cheers)—
. or whether that Reform Bill is to be rendered a mere dead
letter, or even less, if possible, by the return to power of
a Tory Administration. For, is there a man in his senses,
who does not believe that the great majority of the sup-
porters of such an Administration—of those by whom it
would be propelled—would be restrained by nothing but
their fears—and God knows some of them are hold enough

in their political iniquities—from expunging the-Reform Bill
from the Statute-book to-morrow—from repealing the CA.-
tholic Emancipation Bill, the Municipal Corporation Bill,
and, in short, from " re-acting" upon the whole round of
Liberal measures which have been already carried by a Li-
litre' Government ? Yes, Gentlemen, depend upon it we
should then, indeed, see " re-action" with a vengeance.—
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") But, continuing our
viem at home-L-if what relates to the people of Ireland
does not, according to a notion one has heard of, belong
more properly to foreign aff.sirs, since us " aliens" we have
been told we should consider them—as regards Ireland it is
also a question whether she is at length to have tardy jus-
tice
,done unto her, under the Liberal and just rule of a
Normanby and a Morpeth ; or is it to he again assigned to
the tender mercies of an'Orange faction—(Cheers)—whe-
ther she is again to be held down by a strong hand—a hand
necessarily grasping the sword, and God knows how long
then unopposed Eby the sword ?—( Hear, bear.) Looking
abroad, never, to city vision at least, did the political horizon
present a more dark and lowering, a more gloomy and
threatening aspect, as regards the cause of civil liberty, of
Constitutional Government, than at this moment. We seo
absolutism assuming a bolder attitude at etch fresh success,
already exulting in its prospect of a signal victory in Spain,
which one day's possession of power by a Tory Government
in this country would reduce to a certainty.—( Hear, hear.).
Let us, however, hope that these hallowed causes, though
borne down for a time, will be so but to rise again with
redoubt, d strength and vigour---(Clicers)—that this our na-
tive laud will present herself as the ark in which they will
outride the storm, and float amidst the breaking up and out-
pouring of those waters of absolutism which threaten to de-
luge the world.—(Cheers..) Let us, I say, hope this.; but it

is a stout heart that can declare itselltotally unaffected by
fear when it adverts to the fact that but one fragile life is
interposed between the accession to the throne of this realm
el one of the-would-be most absolute sovereigns in Europe.
—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, " Can such things be, and
pass us like a Summer's cloud unheeded by ?" Are there
men, and Englishmen, with hearts in their bosoms, nay,
with heads on their shoulders—finr these, are matters appeal-
ing rather to reason than. to the passions—who, thinking, if
think :hey can, on these things, can sly what have we , to
do with them—what are politics. to us ?—(Cheers.) Is not
the more rational question that serious one, what shall we
do to be saved ?—(Cheers.) I say shake off this fatal
lethargy—no more slumber—no more folding, how little
socver, of the hands to sleep.—(Cheers). Be up and do-
ing—doing your duty—your duty to your country, to your
children, and to', the latest posterity.—(Loud cheers.) It
is as enabling each and every one of us, however humble,
we may be in our position, to do these our political duties
—and in some particulars in which they are irksome duties
—that our society invites support. For we are all too
much disposed to lay the flattering unction to our souls of
thilting that in making an occasional strenuous effort we
have done enough,,not caring to consider that it is the want
of comparatively slight but steady and continuous exertions
that render those extraordinary ones necessary, and but too
frequently unavailing.—(Hear, hear.) It is through the
instrumentality of such societies as our own that they can
be alone or effectively made. The primary object of it,
therefore, is to maintain an attitude of constant preparation
for prompt, concerted, and simultaneous action bearing
upon the maA important object—securing the just repre-
sentation of our opinions in Parliament—our opinions b,ing,
moreover, that her Majesty's present Administration should
be steadily anti strenuously supported,-(Loud cheers)—be-
lieving that their continuance in power will advarme the
prosperity' of our native land, support the sacred cause of
civil and religioqs liberty, and th:4cby promote the welfare
and the happiness of mankind.--(Great cheering.)
The cuktalq4N rose to give " The health of che Earl of
Durham," and was received with three times three raptu-
rous cheers. He said—l have the honour of proposing to
you the health of a Nobleman whose services in the cause

of R.,.form justly entitle him to the highest cosasideration,
to the gratitude, and to the applause of every society of Re•
formers.—(Cheers.) And if such be the case as regards
the kingdom at large, how much more is it. so here--here
in his native county—the county in character of whose re-
presentative—( Hear, hear, and-great applause)--he began
his public life, his political career, and in the represents-
!inn of which he would have been motioned to the end of
• his life, had ha not been culled to the other Moe of
raliftotontl wive Portia -still lends him her ;mint! ?.°,
((Them) Who .1. 120 lot Ow hooar of proolias the,
ikalth or thu Now iarl, fro a root end somewhat :1141i.
tar oetoion Eo tbd present, hi OtPi‘e-ssith; ihy l'egl'et at ahtl
accounting 110 absence, t retitonther Eo .int've
that one contideratOrt alotie rueOnaiied nig iii un:y degree:
to it—natelyi th3t I was thekolfy set at lilis~rtr to
myself of hint. With It rOater frget)prit than t . should have
Awn to do in his pr;senbe. This. then, gentlest eni iS
tt Aliadvt,* ocia ann whiuhalb h&ppy to it), mity.
labour,; but I ant di I
sposed to think that the. pla,senee
of the Noble Lord will;kompensate to yon tim'ab-
sence or my eulogium. , There are one or two topics,
however, to which, as having mutual relation to- the
Noble Lord, and to what I may call the business of the
day, I cannot refrain from adverting. No one, I-beg leave
to say,"-has taken a deeper interest in the formation and or-
ganization of oar society, or done more to promote its -suc-
cess, than the Noble Lord. We all know, gentlemen, that
it has been said that envy follows merit like its shade ; and
perhaps it may be taken as no bad criterion of the political
merit of the Noble Lord, that he Is constantly attended
upon, not only by the envy, but the hatred, malice, and un-
charitableness Of his political opponOnts, especially in this
part of the world,—(Loud cheers.) We need be at no
loss . therefore, to divine what the charitable interpretation
will be that will be • put upon his connection whir our so-
ciety, seeing that his near relation is one of the represen-
tatives of North Durham. But I can tell a plain tale that
should put them down ; for I take leave to say—and I
must remind the Noble Lord it is some time ago that he
gave me leave so to say, when and wherever I thought fit,
though perhaps I take him by surprise in doing so now— ,
that so far as he and his Hon. relative are personally
concerned, if the Liberal electors of the Northern Division
would put in nomination and secure the return of two
Liberal candidates, independent gentlemen of the county,
his Hon. relative would be ready and willing to retire
from the representation to-morrow ; but that until we are
able to effect this, for our sakes, and for the sake of the
cause, our worthy Member will, like a British sailor, as we
know him to have been, still stand to his guns, despite the
expense, trouble, and vexation which repeatedly-occurring
contests necessarily occasion.—(Loud cheers.) Having
alluded to the desire of the Noble Lord to promote the
success of our Society—as a proof of which I might have
instanced his presence amongst us to-day, as I happen to
know at considerable inconvenience to himself—l cannot
refrain from expressing the satisfaction which his presence
affords me on many accounts, and especially as it affords
me an opportunity of appealing to hint in a matter in
which, by his influence and opinion, he may render the most
essential service to the Society—a matter, in short, of vital
importance. I mean the necessity of the utmost forbear
once one towards -another—the most perfect toleration of
differences of opinion as to the means by which may be
best attained those great objects which we, one and all,
have, sincerely at heart.—(Cheers.) Sorry, indeed, shall I
he to sec our Society rent asunder by those principles of
repulsion—those repulsive principles, too, I will take leave
to call them—self-conceit and pride of opinion, which
prompt men to dogmatise over their fellows. Let us
rather be for ever held together by those principles of at-
traction, liberal and kindly feeling, good sense, anti prac-
tical wisdom, teaching us to keep steadily before us
the end we have in view, and instructing us as
to the best combination of means to attain it.—(Cheers.)
Let us ever bear in mind that such great end is the return
of two Liberal Members for North Durham, and I devoutly
hope, therefore, that no part of our proceedings, especially
on these occasions, will have the effect of excluding a single
individual who would pledge himself to promote that end—
the only pledge I hope we shall ever hear of.—( Hear,
hear.) I appeal with the more confiderice to the Noble
Lord for his precept because we know what has been his
example.—(Cheers.) We all know his political opinions—
the objects which iris the first wish of his political life to see
attained—and the means by which he thinks they may-be
best to attained. But we well know also his determination
never to force them dogmatically or peremptorily on the
consideration of others. When recently he had occasion to
express those opinions, which he accompanied with a decla-
ration of this determination, there were not wanting those
who chose to assume that this declaration was a novelty. I
beg leave to say, however, that those who will take• the
. trouble of referring to the collected speeches of the Noble,
Lord in 1834, in which these opinions are most explicitly
stated, will find- that they were constantly accompanied
with a similar declaration.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, we
have erected, or rather, perhaps, sonic of us, at no
little trouble, have been erecting, to use the modest
phrase of ancient artists, a structure which, it I might
be permitted the figure, I would liken, if not for its
beauty, at least its utility, to the arch, and which, like
the arch, requires a key or master-stow . to bind the whole
and to preserve its very existence. Wi th us that key and
mister-stone is unanimity, without which our society mu.,t;
be dissipated like the baseless fabric of a vision. It ap-
pears to me to be reserved for the hand of the Noble Lord
to imptlse this key, this master-stone ; and if he do so:—
and successfully I hope and trust he will—well indeed may
we greet him as the head of the masons of the north—then
indeed may we bail him as father, patroo, of the North
Durham Reform Society ; a title which I am. sure we
one and all wish him, in health and happiness, long so
retain.—(Great cheering.)
The toast was received with immense and long-continued
cheers. When these had subsided,

The Earl of Duattam rose, and the company instantly
greeted him with three times three and one cheer more.
His Lordship appeared to be deeply affected by his en-
thusiastic reception, and some moments elap,ed before he
could proceed with his address. He said :—I should in-
deed be the most insensible of human beings if I did not
feel deeply conscious of the enthusiastic and affectionate
reception you have given me this day. I meet you under,
to me, very peculiar circumstances. Eleven years have
now elapsed since I last rose in this room to address the
independent electors of the county of Durham. I was
then your representative.—(Cheers.) I had the hoaour of
representing not only the interests, but 1 hope the feelings
and opinions of the whole constituent body.—Cheers.) I now
rise again to address you, after a long interval, marked by,
to me, deep suffering and deprivation—marked, too, by a
change of circumstances in my position, which brings me
back to`-you, not as your representative, indeed, but ever
deeply interested in the prosperity of the county of Durham.
—(Loud cheers.) I come back to you covered with the
honors bestowed upon me by my Sovereign, for services
acknowledged both by the Crown and the country, but still
clinging to the recollection of the comuction which for-
merly subsisted between- us.—(Cheers.) Born and bred
amongst you, my interests deeply connected with yours,
every thing I have in the world being vested in this county,
every feeling of attachment to my interests, and every feeling
of regard for the county with which my ancestors have been
connected from the c.trliest period of its history, are reci-
procal between us. Such feelings, spting'ng from the
deepest recesses of the human heart, are those which press
upon me at this moment ; and I pill declare to you, not
as a mere figure of speech, but in the simple language of
truth and sincerity, that they almost deprive me of the
power of utterance.—(Loud cheers.) Your worthy chair-
man stated no more than tlte truth -when he said that I feel
a deep interest in the-formation of this society, and that I
had urged him and others, by every means in my power, to
institute it. I told him that, to make it efficient and
useful, it was necessary to establish it on comprehensive
principles—to found it on conciliation and tolerance—that
every man should have the highest .regard and respect for
the opinions of his neighbour ; and though they differed in
sentiment, that they should admit they had a common object
in view---as I feel I have with all true Reformers—the good
of the country, and the advancement of liberal principles—
(Cheers)—that they should have the co-operation of all
those who, though they might not agree as to the details,
were yet unanimous in principleand prove such a phalanx
of strength as would put down those who agree with them
in nothing, either in principle or detail, and who arc held
'together merely by the ties of self-interest, in contradis-
dinction to all principle.--(Cheers.) At the same time I
also feel it proper to state that, although I believe I am right,
I have not the presumption to suppose—l have not sufll-
cient confidence in my own judgment to say—that the
details I recommend are alone or tire best calculated to
secure the happineSs of the country and unite all classes to-
gether.—(llear, hear.) All I ask is for fair discussion—
that opportunities .of free and unfettered appeals to the
judgment of those who think things have gone too far, and
of those who think they have not gone far enough, should
be afforded ; and I exhort all who hear me to encourage,
after their return home, amongst themselves, their friends
and neighbours, habits of free, fair, open, and tolerant dia.,
cussion.—(Cheers.) I will also beg leave to suggest tkpyoy
that the attendance of this day—the unanimity and calm,
siasm I see displayed on this oecasion=noaght km% to crease
and determine with this day rAlpe,-,-(Cbtkos4.) Remember
rather, you
tiay, . evt4iotii are to be contiqued week after
Ivsdyy and hour after hour.—(Cheers,) 4ec.01,
lect-that under the new Constitution under vhieh Wt;
for, after all, it is a new QAttrAkttlticin-,(Blear)--,,greater
duties are imeo;e.t.t twat yott, and that with well-educated
wt4thy eitiAtins of this great empire idleness is impos-
sible. You must put your shoulders to the wheel, and work
as others have worked before you.—(Clicers.) I will ask
you whether my own has been a life of idleness ?—(Great
cheering.) Whether, in reference to the political Adis of

the country at large, or to the provincial affairs of tio• y
of Durham, mine has not been a life of bardL•wo-l'n.; ti
dustry ? I have sacrificed even the consideration o" my , ri-
vate affairs to the general advantage of the country,=-(L,
eirers.) Have I not a right, then, to c9ll on you to ex.
hibit something of the same spirit; Hale I no: a right to
ask you, if, since the year 1813, when 1 first had the Itoi.oor
of representing this county, I ha, e ever spared kbour
expense in your torviee, but have constantly heen at our
whenever you dim to nlaitn ttt timimeltavg rot
nillk to ask you whetkf Pots not (In is.lr
zolletilvely What I him bun 016 g tii, ikktto
Syr
t.
cuter
.1,1106 nd tit the result ors.q:; ex 4
-Perlitidnt,—(itear.) I knifiiltlu hitch of the elvoi..firb of this
eg cuirl4,totl-eihrvl.: In the oPlitenee of 44 Want of itis
terlo. nMangst them on this E. übjecti- tr they act;
la thcir bead prepared lei ind them to tAttlo,
for tone; would nbt IlUeolllii theit willingness to fans inns
file Conniff) 0 ottitalti doubt as to the result of the
slru glee Iloiv, then, it may be asked, has arisen that
event the occurrence of wbieh has produced the necessity
of such exertions ? Hating been abroad for a consideratilt
tiinP, in a fur distant country, I am not prepared to trace
all the small and minor causes which have led to flat tem-
porary eclipse of your former liberal ascen'Lncy—that
brief obscuration of your liberal charActer. Suffice it
to say that it has happened, and that, if I live, it never
skill happen again. [The whole company sprang on their
feet and received this declaration with deafening shouts of
applause.] Can I doubt those who stood by me in 1825 9
When the administiation of the day and the whole power
of the Church were united against me ; when you had to
contend with the influence of the Bishop •of the diocese—
and wishing only to speak well of the dead, I refer solely
to his political principles—and when every difficulty was
placed in your way, you stood -by me and enabled. me to
come triumphantly in. You had no opposition to contend
against in the late contest.—(Cheers.) The only object
with which you had to contend was your own too great
security.,—(Hear, hear.) Intoxicated with your strength,
and the justice of your principles, you deemed your cause
too good to be defeated, and did not think it worth while to
make exertion. But take a leaf out of the enemy's book.
See how they work together! Little is to be observed
except when the diy of trial draws near. There is a wisl

and energetic combination amongst them. Why should
there not be the same combination amongst Reformers ?
(Cheers.) If you will only assist me, and join my Hon.
Friend, the Chairman, in coalescing and bringing together
your energies, and acting with him as I know my lion.
Friend wishes to be supported, there can be no fear of the

ie.olt.—(Cheers.) I Cannot advert to the late event
without saving a few words to a gentleman of the neigh-
bouring county of Northumberland, who, for some time, is
likely to be -Your Member.—(A laugh.) - I allude to Mr.
Liddell, of Eslington—(A laugh) ;—and my remarks shall
only refer to the observations Mr. Liddell of Eslingtort
has chosen. to make upon myself. With regard to that
gamtleman—Mr. Liddell of Eslington—l could make no-
objectioa—it, w. uld be the greatest act of presumption in
Me to make an objection to the claims of his family. God
forbid ! He. the son. of as respectable and excellent a
nobleman as any in the kingdom ; and in that respect his
claims would be indisputable. But my objection's to Mr.
Liddellof Eslington are founded, I will not say on per-
sonal, because I have none, but on individual grounds.
In the first place, Mr. Liddell of Eslington has, on
More than one occasion, repudiated the county of
Durham.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie. has declared
it. was the highest offence against him to say that he was a
county of Durham man.—(Laughter.) It was asked of
him in Northumberland how he could think of opposing
Mr. Matthew Bell when be was a Durham man? " I a
Durham Mill ?" said he, " no such thing ; I have left
Farnacres, that abode of peace and innocence.—(A. laugh.)
fly father has made over to me the Eslington property, and
I am a thorough back-bone Northumbrian.--( Laughter.)
Now, I will say, that unle,s the laws of the country are to
be reversed, Mr. Liddell of Eslington having divorced him-
self from the county of Durham, a niensa et tlia,o, can
never claim her for his bride again.—(Great laughter.)
That is my objection to Mr. Liddell Of Eslington. .I could
not have hail the same objection to :any of his brothers.
But I consider, and I shall always hold, that Mr. Liddell
disqualified himself by that act from becoming the Re-
e
pres,ntative of the county of Durham.—(Cheers.) So
much for -Mr. Liddell's disqualification. Now for his
qualification:. As an ,elector—for I observe that a de-
(Hon has taken place in favour of the Duke of Nor-
folk, and I hope the Revising Barrister will allow me to
register myself next year--(A laugh)—as a freeholder of
the county, I. have a right to pass my judgment 'on Mr.
-qualifications. I will tell you in a few words
why I think Mr. Liddell is net fitted to be four Re,
prusentative. He is a very accomplished gentleman : ha
sings well, he dances beautifully, and he writes remarkably
pretty verses.—(Much laughter.)• But in 14 conceienee, I
believe these are not the necessary qualifications you ought
to look for in your representative.—(Cheers.) I believe
you jegoire a person of a greater grasp of intellect ; and
however qualified he may be to shine in society, were I an
elector of this comity, I should feel bound to tell him, Oki
he call upon me for my vote, that though nature heal qua-
lified him to grace a drawing-noon,, she had not
him to adorn the Senate.—(Cheers and laughter.)
Allow me to advert to the two charges -air. Liddell of
Eslington has made against me, and to say that I thick
this part of his conduct is that which reflects the least credit
upon him. So long as no opposition to him was to be
heard of he disphyed no ill-feeling towards myself, and
made no attempt to mislead the public judgment on the
subject of the new Poor-law, But the moment the I iberal
party brought forward Sir W. Chaytor, he-then accused me
of ambition and dictation, and founded his pretensionS to
your favours chiefly on his opposition to me. Now let me
state to you what my dictation was, and what may dictation
will be.—(Cheers.) My dictation was, not in proposing
my worthy friend on my right as a fit candidate for your
representation ; it did not consist in any original resolution
of mine, but in my agreeing with the resolution of those
who had d'etei mined on that step at the meeting. at Ches-
ter-street. What would have been said had I refused
to countenance the resolution of that meeting? Why, that
I shrunk from it because I did not choose to put my bro-
ther to time expense of a contest—that I felt his seat was
secure, and that, such licing the fact, I withheld my assent
from the resolution of time meeting, because by
,joining in
it I should incur an expense from which my family would
derive no benefit.—(Ctmeers.) But did I hesitate ? The
moment a representation was made to me—though I eon-
f, sr I thought too much time had been iost-1 instantly
agreed, and • gave you all the support I constitutionally
could.—(Cheers.) And now, gentlemen, I will tell you
what toy dictation wilt be.--(llear, hear.) I will repeat,
in very few Words, what has been stated to you by my
worthy friend the Chairman. I now declare to you, in the
not e of my brother and myself, that if you can select two
individtrds worthy of your confidence, and will put them
forward at the next election, he *ill be extremely happy
to move or second . the nomination of either of those gen-
tieneu.—(Clicers.) If you cannot do that—if you can-
not find two—and if either he or any other member o;
my family should be necessary for the maintenance of
your rights--should be necessary to preserve your inde-
pendence nod to enable you to resume your former rank
in the scale of Liberalism, I know enough of Linn and
of my family to say, that you will never find them shrink
From the service of the county of Durham.—(Great
cheering.) As for my ambition, gentlemen, I own I
:on atuhtious to serve my country.--(Renewed cheers.)
I :mu ambitious- to -be of service and advantage to
my native Pontity.—(Repeated plaudits.) Is there any
thing unworthy in that ? I am also ambitious that my
reputation should never be sullied or tarnished liv unworthy
means.—(Cheers.) I now come to the letter, some ex-
pressions in which have been alluded to by my Hon.
Friend the Chairman. The letter addressed to me by
Mr. Russell Boalby communicated the wishes and inten-
tions of the meeting at Chester-le-street. I certainly ad-
dressed that letter so Mr. Botvlbye or rather to the electors
of North Durham, with the belief; or rather time certeetty,
that the sentiments it contained would be circulated
throughout the kingdom.—(Cheers.) In penning it I wns
influenced by several reasons.
my al;enee from England, liberties had been taken with
my name, in associating it with doctrines and principles
wits which I never had and never will have any connec-
tion. On my return to England I thought it necessary to
opinions,,e I.cited I
a g rimo:tv
meal-
lude to the memory of my countrymen the principles I had
ever supported, and theieservations with which I had ever
accompammiedtrhteeiduieeerliay to theratio
nofettitieoeseks
more pa
by the Radical—l say it with all respect—portion of my
countrymen ; though it is my fate to he committed against
the extremes of both parties.—(Cheers.) In the course of
my fife I have been opposed by Mr. Cobbett in London,
Mr. A;.twood in Gateshead, and those now in the public
press who oppose the
arc actuated by desires
principles I support, I do not blame
them. I believe they
honest to
effect the happiness of the couutrye--(Cheers.) But what I
complain of is, that they have -.mot only forgotten all my
Previous declarations, but have, by implication, identified
me, iu my absence, with schemes I -never did support,
twit to which I always have been, and always shall be op-
posed. My friend, the Chairman, has referred to 4 compila-
tion of my speeches, of which many thousand copies have
lleco circulated since I visited Glasgow in 1834. I had then
the honour to ho received by the largest gathering of
.Iny feie
was
Tetwheivew working so&
loot-countrymen
wits uelte nt
oe;erresaesisiet na)!i)ilactill,driess to me. Did I sittink
.rOlll expressing my sentiments to Ahem? Didt.
1 did when meeting
otlfieDn,utautii,:vonnifore than
I shi•ink from telling them, en the green at. Glasgow, that I
differed from them in many points, and that their opin',oras
could never be carried out but by conciliation and tolerraw,,?
I told them that however ardently I was attached to the

thi ee ohjec is I- had in view—Household Suffrage, Vote by
Ballot, and Triennial Parliaments—and though I should ever
he ready to declare that attachment in my place in Parlia-
ment, I never could, and never would, as 1 stated in my
letter to Mr,' Bowlby, force them dogmatically on the consi-
deration of the Government or the country.—(Cheers.)
These are not afterthoughts brought forward for the purpose
of qualifying opitlions formerly expressed.—(Cheers.) They
• ate the itlentiCal words and expressions which I used in. 1831,
• • And which Are recorded in print.W by should I qualify My npi•
- Omit?: I 1111%1,Ni:object to gain by doing so. I rekat t 6 you
said ,it• Glasgow*, that I '`could not receive the-highest'
ioitiotarc triss.psople'or my Sovi,reign hate.it in their power to
LeitOvv, tlitwo,vrre to be obtained by the abandonment or
-compromiie of ititympinion I ever entertained.--41enmense
• cheering.) • 'int while I declare this to you, I will state,
• that howeverunchangeable my attachment to those princi-
plea may be, if, on a division, this meeting were to decide
against me on an'y or every one of them, I would not press
them on your consideration, any more than I would press
them upon the consideration of the people before they were
prepared to receive them—because, if I have read history
right, when great changes in the polity of States have mis-
carried, it has been when those who proposed them have en-
deavoured to force their doctrines on the people before
they were ripe to receive them ; whereas the true and wise
Reformer—he who prepares the ground, sows the seed,
awl affords time for its ripening—when the season for
reaping the harvest arrives, will have the proud satisfaction
of having attained an object of the highest importance to
his country; without having forced it against the feelings
and convictions of his countrymen.—(Great cheering.)
Such have been, and always will be, my principles. Such
has been, and always will be, my course of conduct.
While I live, depend upon it I will never lose sight of those
measures which I think best calculated to promote the ho-
nour and the interests of the country ; but, at the same
time, I will never refuse to give the freest scope to the ar-
guments and feelings of thoie even who differ from me
in opinion.—(Continued cheering.) There is another sub-
ject on which I think it necessary not to be misunder-
stood ; and to which I shall advert, because my name has
been -ennnected with it in my absence, under the presump-
tion that 1 should be favourable to it. Now, to what is
milled an organic change of time House of Lords, I am de-
cidedly opposed.—(Hear, hear.) In the first place, what
is proposed-to be done is a perfect absurdity. What is the
defect in the constituency of the House of Lords for which
it is proposed to make it elective? It is because it is not
in harMony with the house of Commons. How will you
Correct this ? By election ? If by a higher rate of consti-
. iuency than'that which elects_the House of Commons, the
House of Lords would become more Tory than it is. If
by a lower, you would raise the House of Lords higher in
the scale of liberality than the Commons. And if by the
same constituency that elects the House of Commons, you
would liave it exposed to the same influences and feelings
, which in the House of Commons, too frequently pro-
duce mere personal and local feelings, in contradistinc-
ton to the general interests of the country. An elec-
tive House of Lords is an absurdity and a moral im-
possibility. If you come to the question whether or
not there should be a second House of Assembly, that
is a very._ different matter ; but as it has not been yet
mooted I need not discuss it now.—(Hear, hear.) But
while you have a House of Lords, I do say that the
material= for making it elective are not to be, and cannot
ba, found in this country. Therefore, say, I cannot consent
toShaate_ my name connected with any such opinions.—
(Hear, hear.) Having ;aid so much in reference to that
letter, I will only add, that my opinions are unchanged.—
(Cheers.) I see no reason to alter them. If I have seen
any reason to change, it has been such as would strengthen
rather than impair them.—(Much cheering.) For see
ja;hat,,,lies happened since I declared them at Glasgow in
laffaa ,The English Corporation Bill has been passed, in
which. household suffrage has been established as the quali-
fication for voting. The Town-councils are elected, not
by 1.0/. occupiers, but householders, who react upon the Pa-
rliamentary constituency ; and if they can be entrusted with
the Municipal franchise, I think they might be fairly en-
truited with the election of Members of Parliament.—
(Loud cheers.) With regard to the Ballot, I stated in
1834 that it was advisable. Now every day's experience
adds to the number of its supporters. The last election
has increased them a hundred fold. What do I rnean by
the Ballot? Ido not mean exactly the wooden box, which
.111 so great a matter of difficulty to Mr. Liddell that he can-
* understand it.—( Laughter.) I do not mean merely-
aheAcix letters that spell Ballot. I mean independence to
the, voter.--(Great cheering.) The opponents of the Ballot
declare that they, too, are anxious to give independence to
the- voter, but unfortunately deny him the only means of
securing it. If any other mode of effecting this object
can he foued, I shall, for one, be most ready to adopt it.
My wish would be, were I a Member of Parliament, that
I abould he elected by the true and conscientious opi-
nions of my constituents, and not by force and intimi-
dation.—(Cheers.) I fear I am almost wearying you by
the length at which lam addressing you.—(No, no.) But
as it is the first, and I fear it may be for many year. your
I ist opportunity of hearing the opinions and feelings of the
individual you have done the honour of electing the patron
- of your society, 1 will, if you will allow me, conclude the
observiitions I have made to you by a few remarks on the
general state of affairs in this country.—(Loud cries of
" Hear, hear"); for this is a very important moment, when
every man should lend his aid to the elucidation of those
questions, and the solution of those diffieulties, which are
prejudicial to the great cause we have at heart. I allude
no re particularly to time outcry which has been raised in
other counties, if not in this, during the late elections—l
mean the ciy of" No Popery"—and I wish, if you will gibe
me your patience for a fru' moments, at once to gripple with
that question.—(Cheers.) It has been made the means, by
the Tory newspapers, time Tory parsons, and the 1 ory squire-
archy, of influencing a great number of voters, and of pro-
ducing immense alarm to the old and infirm and superan-
nuaind of both :;exec.—(Loud laughter.) Now, what do
they mean by fear of Popery ? Is it fear of the Pope him-
self ? We' all know that the poor old gentleman who lives
at Rome has no influence or power himself, that with the
Austrians at Milan, the French at Ahona, and the cholera
at his own gates, he has enough to occupy all his
attention ; and there is no man living who does not
know that but for the assistance of the AUstrums he could
not govern his own States.—( Hear.) We also know that,
in reference to the most bigoted, or it may be the most re-
ligious country in the world, Spain—he has not had influ-
ence enough to protect the church property from confisca-
tion and sale. What right then, has any man to say that
anything is to he feared from any authority the Pope can
exercise in this country It is a farce and an absurdity
trinai will be scouted by every man of education and intelli-
gesier.—(Clesers.) Is there any fear of the Catholic priests?
We bear of no conversions. For one Catholic chapel be-
ing built, we bear of 300 or 400 or 1,000 chapels and meet-
ing houses springing tip in all directions. But if no danger
is to be apprehended from the pauper head of the church
of Rome to the princely establishment of this country,
rich in the possession of its weath in lands and mines—as
we know so well in this county—(A laugh and cheers)—
it may be said there is danger train the Catholics them-
selves. Why, who oppnsss church rates ? (Cheers.)
Not the Catholics ; there are no Catholics in vestries. It is
not the Catholics who attack clerical -non-residence, time
ainrcuri4n of deans and chapters, and the abuses of the
establishment, but Protestants—Protestant Houses of Par-
liament.—even Protestant bishops, according to a very clever
ond learned friend of mine—the Rev. Sidney Smith—have
dealt most unmercifully with the property of the establish-
ment. —(A laugh ) If there be anything to endanger the
safety of the Church, 1 deny that it. will spring from the
Catholitts hula in truth, there is no danger, except to the
:ibli4CS I have referred to. I assert that, purged of these
defects, which are lamented by the best
.and wisest of its
dignitaries, time Church of England must ever retain its
hold on the affeetioris,. and, hest supply time spiritual wants
of the people of England. As for the- Catholics of Eng-
land—and I speak it in .the presence of my excellent
Catholic friend, Mr. Withanis'of Lartington, who is a
type and emblem of them all—l are ashamed of time abseil-.
r,tv in which they suffer themselves to remain. It', would
almost induce me to believe that they refrain from coming,
forward in the affairs of public life from a feeling of pride,
were I not satisfied that having no selfish object to at-
tain, they are content, while enjoying the protection of
the laws, to live in peace and quiet, and even in obscurity.
—(Cheers.) I have travelled over most parts of the Con-
tinent, even the most despotic, but I never heard of a man's
religion being inquired about. Aye, even in Russia-L-which
has been much libelled, and of which Englishmen know
too little—do you think the Emperor of Russia would
sulfa r himself to be deprived of the service of a rmlomis
at.' able minister, because he was a Protettant or a Ca-
ehehe ? Private life and moral character may be inquired
into, but ralitsious opinions never.—(Cheers.) And ,now I
will come to a point that is well deserving of your most
serious considenttion. The English Catholics are small in
number, and may be safely made the scape-goat of the
calumnies of time party to whom I allude. But when yotit
look at Ireland the case is very different, and becomes very.:
dsngerous.—(lmmense, cheering.) There you find severe
millions of Catholics to one million of Protestants ; and -},
believe I exceed their number when I say they amount to
a million.—(Hear) The Catholics, notwithstanding cen-
turies of Tnry krsecution, have grown up in wealth, in--
destry„ .and., edu4tiori.—.( Hear, hear.) They are seven
shiiiiiinets.oLeinr-fAlow-subjects.--(Cheers.) They are not
part and parcel of the
I.lg S cheers)—but
gilt FZritish empire.—(Renewed cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I
trill ask you what you will do with them ? You cannot
• exterminate them—you cannot, as was once recommended,
pat Ireland under water if yoU wished it. How are we
to*, deal with them ? Now, only mark the tendency, the
vitable consequence of the Tory policy. The Tories

tell us—and this is the ground-work on which they seek
to oLtain your confidence—the Tories tell uss—and the
columns of their newspapers, the Times, the Standard, and
ethers, throughout the country, are filled to satiety writ
the dangers of Popery and the machinations of the Catho-
lics, not against monarchy only, but against the lives and
prof er.ics of all Protestants. If this be true, the fact
must be an insuperable bar against their resuming the
reins cf power over this-united emplre.7-(Loud cries of
Hear," and cheers.) :Of England and Wides—by what
:arts we may guess--they may become the rulers.--of Sent-
' hind I think they cannot be l bet of the united king-
,lote of Great Britain and Ireland they never can be the
Ministers.---s-(lmmense cheering,) I should like to know
whether the Tories think our young Sovereign will extract
from her crown one of the most brilliant jewels in her dia-
dem, for the sake of obtaining the services of a Tory Mi-
nistry.—(Great cheering.) I question whether even Ernest,
Kirss of Hanover—(Expressions of dislike)—Grand Mas-
ser of the Orangemen as he is—( Hear, hear)—would con-
sent thus to dismember the British empire.—( Hear, hear,
and cheers.) But, fortunately, Providence has blessed us
with a true British Queen, who loves and protects all
classes of her subjects, whether Protestant or Catholic
Churchmen or Dissenters, and who scorns to be the soVe-
reign of a faction, or the ruler of a sectien of her empire.
—(Great cheering.) But see what a dilemma the Tories
would be placed in. If what they say be true, the same
Gazette that announced their acee sion to office must con-
tain a declaration of war against Ireland, and a sentence
of outlawry on seven millions of the Irish. —(Loud
cheers.) If it be not true—if the superseded and
cracked toseie of alarm has been sounded, only to enable
them to creep into power—( Hear, hear)—what can you
think of the conduct, what can you think of the hypocrisy,
of those who have excited fears which they know to be
groundless, and endeavour to set one part of the empire
against the other, for the unhallowed purpose of scrambling
into place ?—( Loud cheers.) I have perhaps argued this
question at too much length for you, but it is the great
question of the day, and must he boldly met. The dilemma
in which the Tories are placed must be constantly kept be-
fore them. If what they state be true, they must, if they
return to power, commence a war of extermination against
the people of Ireland. As Mr. Liddell says—(Derisive
cheers)--they must maintain their position by shedding
blood with the sword ; or they must plead guilty to the
charge of raising a cry unfounded, in fact, for party and
electioneering purposes.—(Cheers.) But I trust this will
never be the case. lam not one of those who despond
over the present state of things.—(Great cheering.) Iler
Majesty's Ministers have not so large a majority as when
I had the honour of being a membr of the Government.
It was then 150 ; it is now only 45 or 40. But the times
are altered. A large majority is not so necessary, pro-
vided it is composed of respectable and influential men,
and provided the measures of the Government are
marked by wisdom and energy ; above all things, if they
never compromise those great principles for which they
were called into action.—(Loud cheers.) My confidence
in Lord Melbourne is such that I believe you may safely
trust him.—(Renewed cheers.) I speak independently.
I am in the service of the Crown, but I am not a Member
of the Government. I know nothing of their councils.
All I know is in connection with my office as ambassador
to Russia. I look only to their public proceedings and at
the character of their heads, and I shall not be much dis-
appointed if you do not, in the ensuing session of Parlia-
ment, see them pursue a course that will secure to them
the respect, the esteem, and confidence of all classes of Re-
formers, be their opinions what they may.—(Tremendous
cheers.) As for myself, I will never support any. Govern-
ment which has not this object in view. My object is to con-
tribute to the steady progress of needful reforms, and the
timely amelioration of our national institutions. To this our
steady and constant attention ought to be directed. I
will not say " Nil actum reputans, si quit superesset agen-
dum." I will not say that nothing has been done while
aught remains to do ; but I do say that the success which
has attended our former efforts should encourage us to
proceed in the same direction, that the good we have done
should inspire us to do more.—(Loud cheers.) If I were
disposed to urge anything more than. another, it would be
the establishment of a system of national instruction for
the people ; for without a fair and liberal education, neither
those who are above nor those who are below you in worldly
station can rightly understand or fitly discharge their poll.
tical duties.—(Great cheering.) I should apologise to you
for the great length at which I have addressed you. I
have given way to these outpourings of my heart before
you, because I know that there is no part of England where
a greater community of feeling subsists between myself anal
those whom I address than in the county of Durham.—
(Cheers.) We have fought and struggled together in the
hour of adversity—we have enjoyed prosperity together ;
and now, when a few clouds darken the horizon, it is time
for us to meet together, not to repine over temporary re-
verses, but. to join heart and hand in declaring that though
our enemies may reproach us with weakness we will never
permit them to deprive us of the rights and privileges won
by ourselves and our ancestors—that Whether we exercise
these in instituting such societies as that whose establish-
ment we are met to celebrate, or in supporting, by the elec-
tive franchise, those great principles of Government which
we expected to see carried out by the Reform Bill, we will
unite, as we have united this day—that we will merge all
minor considerations in one great and paramount object,
our country's good—that we are ready to sacrifice health,
and case, and comfort for this end—and that we will not
confine ourselves to the enthusiastic expressiol of our
opinions, but that we are determined to act with firmness
and vigour, and to place upon an imperishable foundation
those great and glorious liberties which the best 'and
wisest of our Statesmen have secured to us if we choose
to enjoy them. (The Noble Lord sat down amidst tumul-
tuous and prolonged plaudits from every part of the room.)
Mr. HUTT, in giving " Her Majesty's Ministers," said
he was sure the toast would he received with the same
satisfaction lie felt in proposing it. He 'could cordially
drink the healths of the Ministry, trusting they would
be endowed with wisdom and firmness to take advantage
of the improved situation in which they were now placed
in the favonr of the Sovereign, to give the people the
full advantages of the Reform Bill, He felt persuaded that
few of those who heard him could have observed the late elec-
tions without. feeling that the Tories had discovered a means
of working the Reform Bill which was likely to prove no less
effectual for their purposes than the old system. By means
of the tenants-at-will in counties and the old freemen in the
towns, they had nearly obtained an equal footing with the
Reformers in the House of Commons. He honestly be-
lieved that the heart of the country was with the latter ;
but he saw no means of obtaining a fair representation of
the people without extending to voters that independence
to which the Noble Lord had alluded.—(Loud cheers.)
fic, for one, dreaded the return of the Tories to power,
because he thought it could not happsn without placing the
institutions of the country in peril.—( Hear, hear.) if ae
were not to witness the revival of the scenes of 1831,
and have one of the best and wisest communities that ever
existed again placid in danger of subversion, he trusted
Ministers would unite with the people in achieving inde-
pendence for the voter.—(Cheers.) If the people, in 1831,
wrested the great charter of our liberties from the Tories
in the plenitude of their power, they would not now suffer
the Oligarchy to deprive them of the fruits of their victory,
Those who lila(' not been awed by the lion would not tamely
fall victims to the wolf.—(Cheers.)
Sir HEDWORTH WILLTAMSON, on rising to propose
Earl Grey," was received with three times three. He
said they would be liable to a charge of the greatest ingra-
titude if they omitted to drink with every mark of respect
and affection the health of that. nobleman, who had done
more for the cause of Reform than any living Statesman.
He did not believe that there was any " reaction" in the
country. The Tories were always strong, but they were
kept down by the unanimity. energy, and determination of
the Reformers.--(Cheers.) He only hoped that they would
hereafter be animated by the unanimity they had dis-
played in support of Lord Grey ; and though they no
longer bad the uncompromising character and talent of
that illustrious statesman in the government, yet that his
successors would persevere in carrying out the principles he
had maintained.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with three times three.
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of Mr. Hedworth
Lambton, the only Liberal Member for North Durham."
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Lord DDRIISII returned thanks on behalf of Mr. Lamb-
ton. Having said so much already only on the subject of
his brother's connection with them, he would only add that
he was, not in words only, their most devoted servant.-
-( Cheers.) They had only to point out the mode in which
he could serve them, and, whether in the ranks or at their
Bead, they would find him equally ready to obey them.—
( Cheers.) With respect to his conduct in the House of
COmmons, be might appeal to all who had seen 6iur there
as to the vat with which he applied himself to his duties,
As far as his health and personal inclinations went he had
nn desire for a Parliamentary life ; but so long as he con-
tinued their representative he would feel himself bound to
de rote his best attention to the furtherance of those in-
terests which were equally Iris own and theirs.—(Cheers.)
01. MILLS proposed " The health of Nir Wm. Chay-
to'r. —(Great applause.)
Sir, WM. CHAYTOR returned thanks.

Loki Ma'am proposed" The health of the Chairman,"
and paid a high and well-deserved compliment to him far
the great services he had recently rendered to the cause
of Reform in the county.—(Tho 4.Dast was drunk with
hearty and prolonged cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks.
The health of Sir H. Williamson was drunk with three
times three, and Sir Hedworth returned thanks in a short
speech.

Mr. HUTTON CII4YTO4, in propossing " The Members

for the Southern Disision," alluded to the charge that had
been made against Mr. Bawes of interfering with Lis te.
nant-y, and said that although the accusation had been re-
futed, and he might add, withdrawn, he was still anxious
to bear his testimony to its utter want of foundation.
Mr. BOWES said the kind manner in which they had
been pleased to receive the toast was doubly grateful to
him, as it showed they npproed of the political opinions
of that constituent), which returned his Ilan, Colleague and
hinitell to Parlianwnt, Had not his lion, Friend, Mr,
Chuytnr adverted to his conduct to his tenantry, he should
not have troubled them with any allusions to a subject th.tt
merely
.refitted to so hitn,ble an ititlividttal as himself. Hal-
ing some, interest in this division, he thought it his duty to
assist as far as lay in his poWet the liloetal cause.
By so doing it seemed he had incurred the high 'displea-
sure of Mr. Liddell.--s-(Laughter.) That. gentleman bad
made a statement in this town which he ( Mr. Bowes) had
felt it his duty to tell him was not founded in rect.—
( Hear, hear.) With regard to the tenants he was said to
have coerced, he was glad to find, from the manner in
which they had received the observations of Mr. Chaytor
on that subject, that the company disbelieved the charge—
(Cheers)—and lie had the proud gratification of knowing,
from the communications lie had since received, that his
tenantry did not think they bad been treated improperly.
He concluded by proposing a bumper to " Lord Mulgrave
and justice to Ireland."—(Cheers.)
Mr. MILLS gave " The Cause of Cis it and Religious
Liberty." •
Lord DURHAM requested permission of the Chairman
to propose a toast which he felt the greatest pleasure and
gratification in giving. It was the health of a gentleman
upon whose judgment, discretion, and honour he had, in
circumstances of the greatest delicacy, placed the fullest
reliance, and who, by pursuing a consistent line of public
conduct, had entitled himself to the confidence of his fel-
low-citizens.—(Cheers.) He had the additional merit of
being the son of an old and valued inhabitant of that city
I—one of the best and most honourable men—who had
left it to his son to convey to his posterity the good
name be had earned by a long life of professional exer-
tion, distinguished for the honour and probity of his con-
duct, and by his stedfast adherence to his political principles.
In gratitude for his individual act of friendship towards
himself, and as a mark of approbation of his public con-
duct, he begged to propose that they should drink " The
health of Mr. Harland.'
The toast was drunk with three times three.
Mr. HARLAND expressed his grateful acknowledgments
for the flittering manner in which his health had been pro-
posed and drunk, and the pleasure he felt its . being present
on an occasion so likely to further the cause of Reform,
and to obtain the ends of good government.
Mr. RUSSELL BOWLBY proposed " The health of the
Liberal Representative of the Borough of Sunderland."
Mr. WHITE returned thanks.
Dr. HEADLAM proposed " The Liberal Constituencies
of the two Divisions, and of the City and Boroughs of the
County of Durham."
Mr. BALD, of Stockton, returned thanks for the elector
of South Durham.
Mr. GRANGER proposed "The Liberal Members of the
House of Commons."
Mr. GRANGER, in the absence of Colonel Beckwith, who
had left the room, was about to propose " The health of
Mr. Hutt and the Liberal electors of Hull ;" but, at his
Lordship's request, he yielded the toast to
Lord DURHAM, who said that, under ordinary circum-
stances, he should have felt great reluctance in interferieg
to prevent his Hon. Friend from giving a toast to which
he was sure he would have done great justice ; but he did
feel that, in consideration of his honourable connection
with the town of Hull, he had a right, more than any
other individual, to request permission from the Chairman
to propose the present toast. He had had the honour of
of being proposed to the Crown as High Steward of the
borough of Hull ; and he felt most highly flattered by the
distinction that had been conferred upon him by those who
knety nothing of him privately, and must have been influ-
enced solely by his public character.—(Cheers.) Thus
connected with Hull, he regarded it as a matter of duty to
propose the health of one who had won for himself the af-
fections and confidence of those whom he must for the pre-
sent call his late constituents. He said his late constitu-
ents ; but he trusted a short time would reinstate him in
that situation from which he had been excluded by his own
honourable adherence to the principles he professed. His
Lordship said he had long had opportunities of knowing
and admiring the great and useful qualifications of Mr.
Hutt. He had seen him devoting himself to the discharge
of his duties with a zeal and ability hardly to be matched,
and realizing by hi; assiduity, talents, and knowledge of bu-
kinesa more than any man he knew, his notions of what a Mem-
ber of Parliament for a large, industrious, and enterprising
constituency ought to be. He had lost his seat by the foulest
arts of bribery and intimidation, but he (Lord D.) had no
doubt many weeks would not elapse before they saw him re-
stored to his situation as Representative of Hull. Before
he sat down the Noble Earl begged to say oue word in ac-
knowledgment of the attendance to-day in support of the
great cause in which they were embarked. In his whole
experience of the county of Durhath, he had never wit-
rie,sed a more gratifying meeting. Persons representing the
interests of all classes in the county were present ; and the
events of the day could not leave a shadow of doubt as to
the result of their exertions. One thing only did he regret,
and lie begged to suggest to his Hon. Friend the Chairman
and the Ceatnittee, that at their next anniversary meeting,
whether it should embrace both Divisions of the county, or
be confined to the Northern alone, they should make ar-
rangements for extending the communion of feelings, wishes,
and interests, by inducing the attendance of all who were
enrolled as members of the society, whatever might be their
station in life.—(Cheers.) He wished to bring together
the forty-shilling freeholder and the elector of 40,000/. a
year, and to produce upon the minds of all, by the speeches
they would hear delivered, a knowledge of the wants, wishes.
and duties of each other. The ruling principle of his life
had been to bring within the pale of the Constitution all
who were entitled to its- protection, and to bestow its privi-
leges on all who proved themselves, by their.education, in-
dustry, and intelligence, worthy of the enjoyment of so
great a boon.—(Great cheering.) To that object lie should
continue to devote himself; and he did not think he could
better prove it than by rising to propose the health of a
gentleman who had been the faithful and consistent repre-
sentative of those classes to whom he more particularly re-
ferret

The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Mr. HUTT returned thanks for the compliment paid him
by coupling his health with that of a body whom he was
proud once to have called his constituents, comprising-, as
the analysis of the poll-book showed they did, a large ma,o-
rity of men of educati9n and property.—(Cheers.) Whene-
ver Reformers wet at the social board the Liberal electors
of Hull deserved to be held in off, ctionate remembrance.
They would read the proceedings of this,day with the
deepest interest and the greatest gratification. 'they would
not pass over without the warmest feeling of interest and
satisfaction the speeches of the Noble Lord ; and they
would thank him for the very kind manner in which he had
referred to them. lie trusted that the Reformers of North
Durham would, ere long, have an opportunity of meeting
again in that room, to celebrate their restoration to their
former pre-eminence amongst the Liberal constituencies of
the empire.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The Vice-President."
Mr. RAMSAY returned thanks.

Mr. BOWES proposed " The Countess of Durban' and
the Ladies of the County."
Lord Duttuast returned thanks in an animated aid elo-
quent speech.
The list of toasts having been gone through, the Chair-
man quitted the chair. Lord Durham was loudly cheered
on retiring ; and the company immediately broke up.

SPEECH OF THE REV. MR. STARK,
OF FOltßk S, at the GREAT REFORM MEET.NG,
held at INVERNESS, on the 12th Inst.

(From the Inverness Courier.)
The Rev. Mr. STARK rose to propose the next toast,
and spoke nearly as follows :—The toast I am instructed to
propose involves an approval of the policy of her Majesty's
Ministers in regard to Ireland. It has been well observed
by our excellent Chairman that they ground their claim
to our confidence on their being reforming- Ministers, and
this meeting considers them well entitled to this confi-
denno,(Cheers.) Perhaps there never was a Ministry
more misrepresented and reproached, but I hope that their
regard for the good of their country will determine them to
persevere against all the calutnniea of those who wish to
drive them from their offices, and that her gracious Ma-
jesty, in addition to all her other excellent qualities, is too
good a reformer to part with them until she can find as
' good men and honest reformers to supply their place.—
(Cheers.) They may not have done all the good that
sanguine reformers anticipated•—they have not been able
to accomplish all the improvements which they themselves
desired, and endeavoured to carry Into effect, They have
had to struggle with extraordinary difficulties ; and they
ale not omnipotent—they have been supported only by a
small majority iu the one House of Parliament, and opposed
by a great majority in the other; and the Court, for a
considerable time previous to the auspleious aommence-
itonetnholfist,th:f
v oui,tros
present reign, might, I believe, be fairly placed
so that the wonder is, not that
they have done little? but that they have heart Idde to do
anything in currying the Reform Rill into its legitimate
effects, in the ,correction of abuses and the extension of
good and cheap government over the country. And yet,
Gentlemen, they have done a great deal ; they have reduced
the expenditure of the noverement seven millions annually ;
and part of that reduction has been effeeted by lewering
their own salaries—a thitg which filled the Tories with