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present Government. He would move that the Bill be read
that day six months.
Aftera few words from Sir-C. KNIGHTLEY,
Mr. FORBES moved the adjournment of the debate.
The discussion required a full
,House, and more anxious
attention.
After a short conversational discussion the House divided,
when there appeared—
, For the motion of adjournmen,t
Against it

Majority
On our re-admission to the gallery we found
Lord J. RUSSELL descanting on the importance of the
Bill, and saying that he would postpone the further considera-
tion of it till Thursday next. Then they would have a full
opportunity of discussing the merits of the Bill.
The further consideration was then postponed.
LIGHTHOUSES BILL.

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On the mo!lon of Mr. P. THOMSON the Lighthouse
Bill was read a bird time.
Several clauses were then brought up, which were if:N-01..14
read a first, second, ano third timv.
The Bill then passed.
GREZK LOAN. _ . _

Lord PA LME.R.STON mo,ved for leave to bring in a Bill
to "amend the Act of the 2d ane: 3d William IV., cap. 131.,
relative to the guarantee of the Greek Loan." He would not
now enter into the general question, but merely state that
France and England were prepared to perform their part of
the treaty ; but that Russia objected to 0:0 so except under
certain stipulations. This produced a diffict:lty which it was
the object of the present Bill to remedy.
Several. Hon. Members expressed their few! that they
should have to record their dissent from the BiII, but would
not oppose its first reading.
The Bill was then read a first time.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned.at Two o'clock.

DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL AT
ROCHESTEk.

The Reformers of Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud, having
determined to evince their sympathy in the wrongs of Ireland,
and their readiness to respond to tlw call for justice put forth
by that country's patriotic advocate and unceasing friend,
invited Mr. O'Connell to a public dinner, which took place
yesterday evening' at the Ball Inn, Ro-clii‘ster. At an early
hour, several thousand persons, decorated with ribbons, and
bearing handsome banners, proceeded to the appointed place,
and arranged themselves in order for the procession. It was
nor, however, until past two o'clock that the travelling car-
riage of Mr. O'Connell came in view. Upon Iris presenting
himself he was received with loud and enthusiastic cheers
fram the assembled thousands. On reaching the has.d of the
procession, he was met by T. Bentley. Esq., who, on the part
of a deputation, consisting of the leading men of the Radical
party, requested he would leave his carriage and take a seat
in an open barouche, handsomely adorned for the occasion of
the public entry into Rochester. Mr. O'Connell having com-
plied with his request, the procession formed, and in order
proceeded to Rochestor, vires acquirens eundo. In his pas- -
sage through Rochester Mr. O'Connell was received with
every manifestation of applause. On reaching the precincts
of Chatham the procession was met by several members of
the Corporation and influential inhabitants, who, falling, into
line, accompanied it the remainder of the appointed distance.
Oa reaching a convenient space of ground in the Alilitary-
road, it was determined by Mr. O'Connell and his friends to
stop the procession, in order to give him an opportunity of
addressing the people. At least sixteen thousand persons
were in view at this moment, but notwithstanding the great
anxiety to approach the carriage, the utmost order was observed.
Mr. O'CONNELL proceeded to make the following address :
Men of Kent, I bless God for the conjunction which we now
ace. I-bless God that the period has at length arrived when
the constitutional liberties of Englishmen are knit up and
hound together with the freedom of the ill-governed land of
my birth.--( Cheers.) The happy conjuncture is arrived, the
period has at length come, when the Tories, in being my ene-
mies, are yours—when those who seek to oppress my country,
in doing so pass the weapon through that which has given you
birth.--( Cheers.) My business here is to appeal from the
Tories to the people at large. In my political life at present
I have two objects in view : first, I have to combine together
all classes cf Reformers.—( Cheers.) At all events, I want
to advise all classes of Reformers to combine together, and
then, when I succeed, as I think and hope I shall succeed, I
want' to unite together, in an indissoluble Lend, based upon the
principles of equal rights and privileges, the people of Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland.—( Loud cheers.) First, I want a
union between Reformers; next, I want a real, permanent,
and substantial union, not a mere parchment union, between
three parts of the United Kingdom. lam myself a Radical, a
thorough Radical.—(Loud cheers.) I have all my life thought
that the radical cure was the only cure for all manner of dis-
eases.—( Hear, hear.) But though lam a Radical, lam at
the same time as decided a supporter as any man of humble
abilities can be, of the King's Government in the hands of the
Whigs.—( Cheers.) My anxious wish is, that the Radicals
throughout the kingdom should support the Whigs.—(A voice
in the crowd, " They don't go far enough.") Why they don't
go as far as I could wish them ; but would the cure for that
be to stop them ?—(Laughter)—that is not a`kind of blunder
we would commit in Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) No ; the cure
for that is to shove them gently on.—(Cheers.) In Ireland
the very name of Tory means a robber. And as they aro rob-
bers, they arc fairly so called. Is there an unjuet tax in Eng-
land that was not put on by them ? Is there any burden from
which you are suffering that did not spring from the Tories or
robbers ?—( Cheers.) No, not one ; and what is mote, there
never was yet an abridgment of your liberties that the Tory
seal was not on it. Somebody said just now that the \Vh.igs
did not go far enough. I admit it; but still they have gone a
good portion of the way—they knocked off fifty-six nomination
boroughs at one blow • now that is what I call a good Whig
blow.—( Cheers and laughter.) I remember when I was at
school in France, a French boy insulted one of his English
schoolfellows, by saying to him vous mentais—the English boy
instantly knocked him down, adding, " that is plain English
at any rate."—(A laugh.) Now I say to knock off fifty-six
nomination boroughs at one blow is samething like plain Eng-
lish.—(Cheers.) Now why do I want you to support these
Whigs ? I will tell you. That they may go the rest of the
way, that they may knock off 56 more nomination boroughs,
extend the suffrage, and give us vote by ballot. The Whigs
have already done much, and I know that they will do more.
—( Cheers.) Have they not struck off the fetters of 800,000
men of colour ?—( Cheers.) When the Whigs came into power
there were 800,000 slaves in the British dominions. Blessed
1)3 God, no man within the range of the British flag can now
be called a slave.—( Cheers.) Well, the Whigs did, all this
for you ; but did they do nothing more ? Upon coming into
office they found the East India and China trade shut up.
They threw it open to your commerce.—( Hear, hear.) Was
this nothing ? Is not tea, the poor man's luxury, much
cheaper than it was four years ago ?—( Cheers.) But what
did the Whigs do for Ireland, for I must now say a word for
my own country? When the Whigs came into power, the
Orange faction, that blood-thirsty faction which for years
past has been a scourge to that unhappy country was domi-
nant in Ireland ; thanks to the Whigs, its fangs have been
drawn and its nails clipped ; and though the monster will oc-
casionally snarl and scratch, thanks to the Whigs, again I say
it, it can do no mizchief.—( Hear, hear.) In former times no
one could get a place under the Government unless his poli-
tics were those of the Orange faction. Is it so now ?
thank God ! The authority of the law is respecteclon 1r few
cases of its violation now occur. In the city which
e..
present, out of a population of four thousanc:
hun-
dred, there were at the last assizes bu
four pri-
mere for trial. In short, the days o
rin go bragh"
are returning to us, and no doubt retufrn"iEf the Whigs are
allowed to retain office. What is it we all want ? Is it not
good and cheap Government ? Do we not want that English-
men should be allowed to put their money in their pockets,
or spend it as they please, instead of paying it over to the tar-
gatherer ?—( Cheers.) This is one great thing that I want ;
but, in addition, I want to see worked out the great principles
of Radicalism. I want, for instance, to see the Parliament
shortened.—(Cheers.) I want next, Vote by Ballot. I want
next, an extension of the Suffrage.—(Loud cheers.) My own
opinion is, that every man ought to have a vote. Every man
is taxed, and I say it is a robbery to put a tax on him who has
no Representative in Parliament. These are the things I want
for England—these are the things I want equally for Ireland ;
but, depend upon it, we cannot get them for either country un-
les; we combine together to support the Whig Government
as far as it goes, and, above all, to keep out the Tories. in
the towns of England, where there is to be found the most in•
telligence and knowledge, the Tory influence is weakening
from day to day, but they have, some how or other, gained a
strong hold among too many of the farmers in the agricultural
districts. Now, I must say, that I am surprised at this--an
English farmer is, for the most part, a very shrewd fellow,
and he generally knows when there is a rat in the sheaf—
( Loud laughter, and continued cheering)—but in politics
they altogether mistake the rats ; if they knew but all, they
would soon find that the Tories are the rats that grind dovm
the farmers.—(Hear, hear.) Tho change in the circulating
medium of the country was one of the first blows aimed at the
agricultural interests. And who gave it to them ? Why Peel

and his party.—( Cheers.) Who-put the heavy taxes upon
them? The Tories. And who would take them off? Why
the Whigs both could and will if they are allowed to remain in
power.—( Cheers.) The surplus revenue for the last quarter
was 1,300,0001. ; every farthing of that will go to the remis-
sion of taxes ; and I venture to say, that if the Whigs are
permitted to remain in power twelve months longer, that every
man in the country, however humble, will feel their utility.—
( Hear, hear.) At present the agricultural interest are not in
as prosperous a state as I should have wished them, but still they
are improving; and on the other hand the manufacturing in-
terest was never in such a state of prosperity as at this moment.
There are now building no less than thirty-six new cotton fac-
tories in Lancashire, while there is plenty of employment for
the operatives in every manufacturing district through the coun-
try. The Tories only advance themselves by the use of cor-
rupt influence; we don't want that; what we want is a clear
stage and no favour. Scotland got Corporate Reform. Eng-
land has Corporate Reform. Why, I ask you, should Ireland
be deprived of it? The Lords tell us that we shall not have

it, because we are not fit for it ; they lie in their teeth.
—( Loud and continued cheers.) Both countries have the
same burdens ; why should not they have the same liberties ?
I confess I am not sorry that the Whigs are not more rapid
in their *progress ; they act upon us as a kind of drag.
chain, preventing the upsetting of the coach, but not pre-
eliding its arrival at the :bottom of the hill. My wish is
not to bring down England to the level of Ireland, but to
raise Ireland to the level of England. I have now a word
to say to you respecting the Bishops and the House of
Lords. As to the former, I shall only oabdsermveindthtahtailr w
wish
that they would give up legislation, a
trade (Hear, and laughter.) As far as the people are