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London, England, 1830-11-27 00:00:00

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..tit. ,(Flom the Norfolk Chronicleof this day.)
i ; ARRIVAL OF MR. ROBERT GRANT.
eyCle, _Thursday morning this Right Hon. Gentleman or-
! -lit Item for the purpose of presenting himself to the
'..ifreintetrand freeholders of Norwich, a new writ having
i' fiteen moved for on Tueeday evening in the House of Com-
.`ftuuni, lit crineequence of his having accepted the office of
P•;. Adtin'',AdVocate under the new Administration. The
,''_ ' Right Hon. Gentleman did not make a public entry, but
It.sru-given out that he would address the fiver-ten at two
:;•• :o'lloelc'at the Anger, ih tlii ihiitet-plare: Previous to
' that timilitGlier; hat( collected in the spacious yard of
tl. '''lhai inn, "and on the ordeal of the candidate, he was re-
' 4'''` blued with loud chiering. Having ascended the steps to
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"turillit town, Mr. Grant epoke to the foll.owing effect :
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1 w Gentlemenl am induced At the outset to offer you
' ..; 4-11Catioloity, fur the unprepared and inartificial manner
!:' 'l"i4 Whish I shall address Jou, circumstances to which it is
"} 4 '141111011540 to 'allude, having led me to suppose that I
~
~. 4(41 not have so soon had the opportunity which is now
I.: r-r. 14'lliet me of presenting myself before you. I offer you
it :1::•"°:LPOogy for my own readiness and eagerness at all times
y...;t0 meet my constituents, for that readiness and that ness int!l,i, I
eager-
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' t;-•••can assure you at the present moment with
-'ll3B in rof ei. undiminished. 1 only bespeak your indulgence
i,,,,rra thit'atiCipion, as I address you neceraltrily unprepared,
:,;•11111164111Ortly after the fatigue of travelling, a fatigue
, .,1 tuistaine‘ arid relieved by the hope and anticipation of that
"T4CWllidi weletnne which I have now to acknowledge. Your
`,„:,kflidtitss has now, as on other occasion*, even outrun my
':::lll4P2***4-and I do feel most particularly gratified by this
n
iwireitlereption. - Far be it from me not to obey the
.4 :I!ettbicit you is my, constituents have a right to make at
'-,k`t,..41,-.114.10, that 1 °should give some account of what I
4-,.l'llrt Ono since I had the honour of being elected as one of
,iittnienUttiers in Parliament—it is my duty to meet
!gar.,„,, a!,,..1 tk give you such an account as I am able of that
ri1t,,,,,. aidship With which you have entrusted toe, and of the
-rillttastitie.s that have led to
.my now again appearing
.trau.' 'lt to duty to state from what cause it
om'''Zeffitt 140 soon call for a renewal of that affection and
tiwhich I have so fervent a recollection of hav-
... ing been sn lately bestowed upon mo.—(The Right Hon.
Afttleottei was' here interrupted a 'few Minutes by the
lifilie aril'in from the pressure. of the crowd to get into
lk111"4_714:4*)---I hope that I shall. so id that I may
''','!s'l,'",,''''o**,itit a more disagreeable interruption than that
;,..It.l,loll,atistes from the eagerness and ardour of my friends.
i.`,.;"(!4'id*ht!ri.)-oentlemen, I Owe it to you to give
v 1 ih?t 01 mountlif what T have done, and the circumstances
'l6l`.hive led to tn
i. yoM soon again appearing before you,
' ,;Dot 01* representative but as a candidate. The account
o,Which I have-to ginels one and the stune. In the little—
. 'll./4 11")" timethat'has passed since I last met you—durint
'Zs fragment of the Parliament which has elapsed--little'.
''...!1 ilk4ed' beri done, but that little has been of great mo-
'4flas and is peculiarly connected with those circum-
.. offmces which have- led . to my again presenting myself to
:: r:1),"!WL11/411'Procred: therefore to ,itttorm you, as to the
',;Pfe %Instances that hive lid to my taking office, and as to
"ani" hitherto elapsed of the present Parliament. fbe
-..'.'".'1.1.111/1/1...' *of ;het Parliament to which I shall allude, not
'. *murrO bed to a &silk* hot becauee it is msterially con-
WO clicontetaneas that have followed,- was the
,lalik•V-IPPeolii That Speech, it is, per'eetty well known,
;.,ganfil, felt by the; Sovereign, is entitled to he heard
''. "'!" "900, to 4 criticised will' temper, to be remarked
'74.1.,2*,!Wit1i, delicacy; that every abstinence is due to it as
w'ming from such authority, and that it is nut an
littlet -1.
, , o be dealt with'
captiously or canselessly.--
“.... _ .--Y.fit..,the tame time, proceeding as that Speech
! "'"'"444ftwhpdgad- . to. do, •not -freer the Sovereign per-
-1 51, 1421Yr-init from Ministers, it is still open to all that cri-
' *"l‘ti."l Which'it ii the right of the people'', representatives
to - Make, .and which if they do not make when comments
Ire called for. by it, th 4 would be shamefully deserting the
41.Luty,tehiah they owe to the people..--(Cheers. )—I trust
''
Fhltt has passed that we, who disapproved of that
;:.;pees!, ki''unilett with every respectful observance that was
.t.711110k the authority from which it ostensibly emanates
''t7p77*lmnumint. duty which we mat to you the people. •
I'„,..."l"iliveted ta_that speech, and many in the House ex-
' b'frwri. „ their objections to it, both for what it had and
' ' .W.it It had riot ; we objected, in the first place, to the
L.Allitsioas in that speech regarding recent proceedings on
11*-thotitsentof -Europe:— The great rule of English p0.1a1°.404
.lal°.404 to Its peace and forbearance—not to quarrel
a:,' '
17;411T. interfere in the internal policy of other States,
404 lriou 'attempt to interfere, you may judge of the feel-
t't4;4ll.ll!tt:.-imlusse,,by recollecting what would be your
ii:'l9lPttp 'l49lo4'mq prebumptuoui foreigner dare to inter-
. !RC with' fps's!. ,diamessia ebnoerns; if MO is to he de-
Hlkitte'l frent—H. the polinciple of now-interfeeenee is .to be
`:;7lllgetaaset4eonsa-a-ifinsentasirs-itrerttrbe node upon the in-.
Itornti attire of *llles Potions in atsiocument so public as
t 4 the King's speech—if we do- digress from a rule which
~1 'Olt to be nbeeryerii. let that deviation be made in accord-
'''''' ',With the feelings and sentiment* of the people at large.
,Hear, heareand-ebeers.)—Thongh we have abstained,
tied I trust we -shill abstain from any interference, it is

do'reason that it should check our sympathies with
''tlill- ..revolution in Paris, which has occurred since I
Cruet rt... I say we may sympathise, indeed I cannot
Itcenre any. amen dissenting from it,.--I cannot conceive
tpr't‘en refusing his sympathy and approbation to that
4404• ; . bloodless, that honourable revolution, which.
_tics,:
Tn 46141 , IPOWer on its right basis without those sacrifices
illifischich that advantage is but too often purchased.—
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4.149"."‘• helm )--..,1f it had.-expressed an opiuion as to the
e-4Postic taffaira of continental nations one would have
~ INtAtilied that opinion would have been directed to recent
1 .-,1-rcitseetions in France. I could have forgiven however
,11.Lnolitte of the revolution there, but I do object that being
3‘'"9114'11.* 10 France, the 'Speech should have given a gra-
, 1.144)14 opinion upon what has passed in Belgium. We
;4• ~tollti not then kgree or consent to the propriety of the late
!'!)....utileirnment entering into remarks upon that point, still
• I.•'' os,"„„4° their pronouncing the Government of the King of
'''''"it:nethertanit, to have been an enlightened Government,
4-..1._41/066411y as all, we know is that whatever light it has
-f. "1"411.1 Ittd tans not unfrequetitly been under a fearful eclipse.
13,44/ then .was our. first objection to the King's Speech.
° did also presume to feel, and other hlembers of more
412__I•thin. inyielf did express their opinion, and if it
''-t".egen.necessary.l was ready to have supported them,
''
7,2;hy, speech ,gas guilty of the fault of oniission in not
:..4t15t.,,"-hing of
allusion to. the present distresses of
`'' ' "'T'vPili of this Country. .If indeed the late Govern-
. NO meant!to infer-that they could do nothing respecting
-Aka ; r ~_ ~.,
4.,i41! mo•utry.tuought. that they mere great distresses, in-
-;-; ""4Yi PrOitionce, and beyond the reach of human
'4. lttbn; they tlugite ,art 1,44 to have stated so, they zi
~,,,,. Ore said to the people .sO4 : give you our sympathy
itk.7lsEk vOo cannot gnat you relief; they might have ex•
'4, trel*Wilips ctincern, end-laken some notice of distresses
• it "11:113, I may add, been so patiently and so nobly. borne.
t ' ! might have, expreased: acme wish to ameliorate the
.•" 'lion f hi' .
'..gtoill —p . t „people, or made some attempt to carry
'illopm-111411,„_r•-4141% they were...Ain to effect, for it would have
. ~.: is'ivagri met it ,should have proved that they were more
liltrtik,,tll,lknott and more rodent for the attainment of
~. Seth here°Prete wise or successful in their measures,
'' igt as a subject unnoticed. On this point,
1!: 8,-i-Zer, the-Kieg's Speech was silent, and here was our
.1,,,,.'77.*biecti0n.;-,,(Cheeri.) • A further objection to the
I ' r-b wee tlatit it did not cell distinctly, .or "hew that
;' ''.l i.""Ml"lVNll'itleiiiled" to lead the way in that course
' •:14,;;;," sad coosistent retrenchment and economy that the
.till ie oxionaly look for, that events call for, that reason
istilict'..4h,itt•-inatiee! calls-for, ' thet every thing
. in fact
~104„...7 except the late Government of Isle M.ajeaty.....-
•"1iii,17.7.!,) !liveiaid.that though these obaervations were..
Yom,. at to the Speech it did not lead to a thei-
4.Nbill ?tense those who did not coincide with the language
~..' or .:.?I''SPeech.were anxious nevertheless to chew a degree
=t Peet. towards it, emanating as it did from his Majesty
,i7,l7rit.the occasion of 'his meeting the Parliament. But
4;irith it did not lead to a division,-it did occasion a watch-
'i.thigildttiley to the, plant- atid proceedings of the late Mi-
. 04.11; and this was speedily and strongly exhibited when
2rel'e called upon to a terimion of the Civil List. I
italOttlisi details at -this moment to which I can refer ;
-.4141-11` froth memory, burl ant tore that I am nut mit.
-,.% treltrilllatlauth 'yeark• the plan proposed by the opposing
!r,itt the coiner, 'of the revision of the Civil Liat that
114iim,e, re desirimilsof Oro' ceding With every regard to de-
' tit 7'114') /*tillertest' his M.ijesty, and without any- Wen-
-.l.:riLlto‘ intrude offensively upon the King's Household.
Governinent, however, resisted ns altogether
that. question, division , .
-ipm.u. , a took place, and
_ll majority
''tai;;; tirsitit the King's Government, the King's ooveirn-
.. ettecet.4 Yet,' ProPtrly tiV immediately relinquoihing t mu
loci Is°n4l and the humble individual who now addre!ses
!Rtuptl'es invited to take Office with the new Adminiitratom,
2145'i1i the prineiple.npon which be now stands herr.
4.447..tnlerrhystien bete took place in the crowd, lile.flags
iO4fruris which had been brought into theand I:eincit
I 7:f obstruction to the seeing and hearing a. musty
''.i;40,4„:,,,i tt.cry Walk raised to have theta removed, %blob
I,i.:', %tray done; by taking them into one of the win-
-7.11t"E the it n.) Mr. Grant raterwardir proceeded a.
tii:7l`,''l'''l! is contrary to ' tny'wish to speak with seve-
i eptik.liknorwhis 'have- now relinquished power, or
.t"
hut 1 d„.„..P.4 IY' of what.] -may conceive their miecondul,
1 44, „,z recline to "ay au ;noel' us is necessary to explain
"'twit which I 8010 occupy. I would desire to do