The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-15 00:00:00

CITY OF LONDON CONSERVATIVE
FEED.

The anniversary festival of the City of London Con-
servative Association was yesterday celebrated in the tem•
porary pavilion erected for the purpose at the rear of the
premises of Messrs. Cubitt, Gray's Inn-road.
At least '2,500 gentlemen sat down to dinner. George
Palmer, Esq., was in the chair, and was supported on the
right by Lord Monson, Lord Jermyn, Sir Edward Burten-
show Sugden. Bart. ; the Rev. Dr. Croley, Sir Henry
Hardinge, Bart., M.P. ; the Hon. R. C. Scarlctt, M.P. ;
Sir George Sinclair, Bart., M.P. ; the Hon. Edward
. Kenyon, George Lyall, Esq. ; Captain Alsa2;er, M.P. ;
Colonel Wood, ALP. ; M. C. Barclay, Esq., M.P. ; Sir
Frederick Pollock, M.P. ; Mr. Sergeant Lcfroy, M.P.;
and the Knight of Kerry—and on the left by Lord `feign-
mouth, Lord Radstock, Sir John Beresford, Bart. ; the
Hon. R. Trevor, ALP. ; W. A. Mackinnon, &q., ;
Sir Edward Filmer, Bert. ; W. M. Praed, Eiq., M.P. ;
H. N. Coleridge, Esq. ; H. Broadwoo4, Esq. ; J. Glad-
stone, Esq. ; and W. Ormsby Gore, Elq., M.P.
Thc CHAIRMAN said that the toast which he was about
to propose—the first toast of the evening—was one which
he was sure would excite not only feelings of loyalty, but of
enthusiasm, in the breast of every individual present. The
Hon. Gentleman concluded by giving " Church and King."
(The toast was drunk with ace:amation.) Song—" God
save the King."
The CHAIRMAN said that not less welcome to them would
be the toast which he was then about to give, namely, the
health of her who was the solace of the Sovereign at the
present moment--(Cheers)—or her who had ever been the
brightest ornament of the throne. The toast was drunk
with long-continued and enthusiastic cheering.

The (111 AIRMAN said that the toast which he had next to
propose was the health of the Heiress Presumptive to the
Throne.—(Cheers.) Great pains had been taken to make
her acquainted with the general affairs of the country. She
had visited different parts of the kingdom, and in this way
she had acquired a knowledge not only of the localities, but
of the public and .private concerns of .the parties residing in
them.—(Cheers.) He was satisfied when it pleased God
to call her to the high station which she was one day des-
tined to fill that she would be found to be all they could
desire she should be ; but, while be said this, he was sure
that at the present moment his constant prayers were of-
fered to Almighty God that. it might be long before she was
called on to fill that station.—( Cheers.) The Hon. Gen-
tleman then gave " The health of the Princess Victoria."
The toast was drunk amidst enthusiastic eheering
The iollowing song was then sung by Miss Woodyatt :
Sleep, gentle lady—the flowers are closing,
The very wind and waves are reposing;
0 may our soft soothing numbers
Wrap thee in sweeter, softer slumbers 1
Peace be around thee, lady bright !
Sleep, while we sing, good night, good night !
0 may our soft and soothing numbers
• Wrap thee in sweeter, softer slumbers

So exquisitely did Miss Woodyatt sing this song that,
departing from all precedent, it was rapturously encored,
and she without hesitation repeated it.
" The other branches of the Royal Family" was the
next toast, and it was drunk with the customary honours.
On the toast" The Army and Navy" being drink,
_ _

Sir H. HARDINGE returned thanks on the part of the
army. It had ever been the pride and glory of the army,
in time of peace as well as in time of war, to merit the
thanks and approbation of their fellow-countrymen. The
army owed much to the citizens of London, and more par-
ticularly for the great honour just bestowed on them in the
person of the Duke of Wellington, for whom all classes
telt respect and gratitude. In that chief the same great
talents which rendered him so conspicuous in war were emi-
nently displayed in times of peace, for the purpose of main-
taining the institutions of the country, and those great Cchi-
servative principles which the• present company were as-
sembled to celebrate.—(Cheers.) That illustrious chief-
tain was an example of what a British soldier ought to be.

Lord RADSTOCK returned thanks on the part of the
navy. The sympathy which had ever existed between the
city of London and the navy was in no respect, less than
that which existed between the city of London and the
army.—(Cheers.) The services of the navy had always
been appreciated by the city.—(Cheers.) He trusted that
on some favourable opportunity he might see some member
selected of a different description from the present repre-
sentatives of London—representatives, who, like the 300
foxes of Sampson, scattered alarm and destruction through
a free and happy country. He trusted that the next re-
presentatives of the city of London might be rather more
" free in the hips and unfettered in the tails."
The CHAIRMAN next proposed a toast in which they
were all interested. He was proud of the honour of pro-
posing such a toast, when he saw around him such an as-
sembly, an assembly which could not be equalled in any
part of the world, whose only object was to promote the
welfare and interests of the country, and defend the consti-
tution under which it flourished. It was for the purpose of
sustaining the institutions of the country, and resisting the
encroachments of a party whose only object was to destroy,
and to re-model according to the dictates of their own ima-
ginations, that this institution was established. If they did
but put their shoulders to the wheel, depending• upon the
assistance of the Almighty, he trusted that they would still
be able to defend the important features of their liberties.—
(Cheers.) He would speak out plainly, however. They
must be true to themselves, and not consent to join a baud
of robbers, conceding much, under the vain hope that they
would preserve the remainder. The Hon. Gentleman then
briefly referred to the corporations, many of which had been
destroyed ; whilst for the remainder, as in the case of the
City of London, the axe was even now holding over their
heads.—( Hear.) Let them not be deceived into the belief
that the trumpeted measure of Reform was for the public
good, and that alone. Was the House of Commons improved
by it? Did they meet with more gentlemanly manners
there ?—(A laugh.) Were the Ministers of the country
more efficient, better able to execute the functions of their
office ?—(A laugh.) Were the morals of the people likely
to be improved by it ? It was an ancient and venerable
principle that man and wife plighted their faith before God,
and that their vows should be registered in heaven. Hence-
forth the dusty shelves of an apothecary's shop would hold
the registry of their vows. As to the Church, the Minis-
ters, when they commenced legislating on the subject, de-
clared that their* object was to serve the Church, to pro-
mote its welfare, and ensure to it the enjoyment of .the
property in its possession. Yet the leader of the House of
Commons now said that because they had passed former
Bills under this assurance, that the property of the Church
should not be touched; it now became necessary, in order
to carry those measures into execution, that the property of
the Church should be taken into their own management, in
the hands of a Commission appointed by the Government.
—(Hear, hear.) And who was all this scheme of appro-
priation supported by ? By whose energies was it sought
to be carried ? By the Roman Catholics.—(Hear, hear.)
The toast which he had now to propose waspne which they
would drink with enthusiasm and the mostbeartfelt earnest-
ness, namely, " The City of London Conservative Asso-
ciation."—(Cheers.)
Mr. HOWELL, the Secretary of the Association, returned
thanks, and urged the necessity for organisation and syste-
matic co-operation amongst all the well-wishers of the Con-
stitution. At the present moment he was grieved to say
the• City of London had-not a single representative of its
feelings in the House of Commons. He hoped, however,
that better times were not far off. The Government ap-
parently considered that the moral and religious condition
of the people was no part of their business.
Glee—" Great Apollo, strike the lyre."
Sir G. SINCLAIR, M.P., then rose to propose the next
toast, to which, however, he felt himself very much unable
to do justice ; namely, " The Archbishop of Canterbury
and the Established Churches of the United Kingdom."
—(Tremendous cheers ; great part of the company stand-
ing up.) That enthusiasm proved to him how strong was
their feeling of regard and fellowship for, be would not
say the rival, but for the sister Churches of Great Britain.
—(Renewed cheers.) As a Member of the Church of
Scotland he could assure them how sincere was his feeling
on the subject ; and be could state also, as an intimate
friend of the Reverend Dr. Chainlers, that there was no
one who more highly venerated and prized the blessings
conferred by the Church Establishment of England upon
society, than that great and justly-respected divine.—
(Cheers.) In his tune he had seen manydistiuguished
members of the Church of Scotland welcomed en their ar-
rival in this country by the chief magistrate of this city,
and by the liads of. the Church.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
Long might such a cordiality and good understanding
exist between them ; and as the two Churches bad but
one common interest, let them recollect that they had
one enemy in common.—( Hear, and cheers.) The Established
Church was a national blessing, and it was the duty of the
nation to protect and preserve it. To illustrate the inesti-
mable benefits of a Church Establishment, he could not but
refer to the mountain recesses of his
..native country, where
the cotter gathered his family around. him to perform the
devotions of their Church, not only on one day in the week,
but on every day in the week, thus rendering the poet's