The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-02 00:00:00

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1822.

LIVERPOOL.

FAREWELL DINNER TO MIL CANNING.

The Constituents of Mr. CANNING, at Liver.

pool, feeling anxious prior to hisleaving this coun-
try to offer to him the tribute of their gratitude
for the services which he has rendered to them as
their Representative in Parliament, invited him,
as our Readers may remember, to dine with them
before he should proceed to -India. The invita-
tion was accepted, but the Right Honourable
Gentleman suggested that it might be more con-
venient for them to meet after the Parliament
had been prorogued, than while the Session was
yet in progress, and it was finally resolved that
the dinner should take place on the thirtieth of
August. Considerable interest necessarily attach-
ed to a dinner on such an occasion ; and that in-
terest was not a little augmented by the specula-
tions which have for some time been afloat ill
consequence of a late mournful event. The ap-
plication for tickets in the week before the festi-
val exceeded all thatwhad been anticipated.—
More than three hundred were applied for over
arid above the number that could be accommo-
dated ; and considerable sums were offered, but
in vain, for tickets, which were no longer to be
obtained at any price. The Gentlemen from the
Loitdon Press, who are generally exempted from
the most rigid regulations of this sort, could not
be accommodated with tickets at any price.—
It was, however, at length managed that places
should be secured for them immediately on the
cloth being removed, a favour which many of the
most respectable persons in the neighbourhood
had solicited in vain. At first they,were re-
quired to promise that they would not publish
the proceedings in a London Paper before Tues-
day, but this restriction was 'subsequently re-
moved, as we were informed, at the request of
Mr. CANNING. On Thursday and Friday Li-
verpool had to boast of an extraordinary number
of arrivals. On the latter day nothing was talk-
ed of in the town but the Dinner to Mr. CAN-
NING, and it was not a little remarkable that but
one feeling was manifested on this subject, that
of satisfaction and good will towards the Right
Hon. Gentleman in honour of whom the festival

was announced. A deputation of 'Gentlemen
left Liverpool in the morning td wait on Mr.
CANNING, at the house of Mr. GLLDSTONE, at
Seaforth, with the following Address, which had
been voted by the parties subscribing it, (some
of them active opponents of Mr. CANNING at the
last and preceding elections), and those whom
they were authorised to represent :
TO THE RIGHT HON. GEO. CANNING, .&c.
SlR—Having been deputed by the Associated Commercial
Bodies of Liverpool to convey to you their respectful acknow-
ledgments for the various and important services rendered by
you to this town whilst you have been its Representative in
Parliament ; we have much pleasure and satisfaction in
pressing the deep sense they entertain of the obligations you
have imposed upon them by your constant and zealous atten-
tion to their interests; by the kindness and impartiality with
which all applications for your assistance have been received ;
and by the prompt exertion of your splendid taws, in the
promotion of every object in which the character and prospe-
rity of this great commercial community, have been involved.
We therefore beg to tender you their most grateful and
hearty thanks, accompanied by their best wishes for your fu-
ture health and happiness.
, We have the honour to be, very respectfully, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servants, .
(Signed by)
GEORGE IRLAM, Chairman, ,
CHAS. LAWRENCE, Deputy Chairman,'
of the West India Planters and ;Merchants'
Association ;
ALEX. MACGREG OR, 'Chairman,
WM. RATIIBONE, Deputy Chairthan,
American Chamber Of Commerce;
THOS. CASE, Chairman,
JOS. SANDARS, Deputy Chairman,
Underwriters' Association; . -
ROBT. GLADSTONE, Chairman,-
THOS. LEATHOIII, Deputy Chairman,
Ship_Owners' Association ;
JOHN CARTER, Chairman,. . •
NICHOLAS ROBINSON, Dep. Chairman,
Corn Exchange Association ; =
THOS. F. D.YSON, Chaiirrian,
RD. HARRISON, Deputy Chairman,
Portugal, Brazil, S. American, and Meitican
Association ; •
ROBT. BENSON, Chairman, •
JAS. HIBBERSON, Deputy Chairman,
East India Association ;
FRAS,JORDAN, Chairman, - •
DAVID HODGSON, Deputy Chairman,
Irish AssoCiation
ROB. GLADSTONE, Chairman,
THOS. MOORE, Deputy Chairman,
Baltic Association.

Liverpool, 27th August, 1822.
On the party arriving- at Mr. GLADSTONE'S, they were
ushered into an apartment, where Mr. CANNING received them
with that politeness and altability.by which he is so highly dis-
tinguished. After the usual complimentary greetings, the above
Address was read.

Mr. CANNING, on hearing this Address, and the names.sub-
' joined, was so overpowered, that tears burst from his eyes, and
his feelings almost deprived him of all power of expression.—
He assured the Gentlemen, after some pause, that he felt
highly gratified at receiving this unlooked for, and, he feared,
unmerited, mark of their kindness, and declared, that where-
ever it might be his lot to pass the remainder of his days, the
recollection of this honour should be affectionately and grate•
fully preserved.
The Gentlemen who waited on him with•the Address were
not a little affected by the emotion which it called forth on the
part of the Right 'flop, Gentleman. They shortly took their
leave, and returned to Liverpool.
It was determined that the dinner` should take place .in the
News-room at the 'Lyceum in Bold-street, which was accord-
ingly fitted up with great taste and splendour for the occasion:
A place over the door was fitted up for the Band, and the
spaces between the pillars of the portico in Bold-street were
closely boarded up, to guard against the inconvenient pressure
of the too anxious multitude, and to secure the close examina-
tion of all tickets that might be tendered: A considerable
body of the police attended during the whOle of the 'afternoon.
Nine tables were laid in the News-room, which, it was con-
sidered, would accommodate 420 persons. Every seat, those
excep!ed which were reserved for particular individuals, was
occupied before the arrival of Mr. CANNING. •

Air. CANNING came- ------------------- a few minutes before
six o'clock, accompanied by Lord W. BEN TiNcx, Lord G.
BENTINCK, Mr. K. FI/41.1LAY, of Glasgow, and other Gen-
tlemen. lie was received at the entrance of the building with
loud shouts by the populace, but on entering the room, ie met
with a reception which blended manifestations of ~the sincerest
affection with the most 'enthusiastic admiration. The Right
Hon. Gentleman, accompanied by the Chairman of the day,
proceeded to the head of the centre table, when he took his
seat on the right of the President (Mr. 11. 11. HOLLINSHEAD)
amidst the continued acclamations of all present.
The cloth removed, " Nan nobis Domine," was sung by a
corps of Liverpool vocalists. The Chairman then gave, " His
Majesty the King, Duke of Lancaster," with four times four.

The toast was welcomed with shouts of fervent applause, fol-
lowed by the prescribed number of hearty cheers.
The Anthem of " God save the King" was then sung, the
whole company joining in chants,
The succeeding toasts were given in the order in which 'they
Occur I-- 1
" His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, an 4 the rest of
the Royal Family.".
" The Army and Navy of the United Kingdom."
" The House of Brunswick,_ and-May they never forget the
principles which seated them on the Throne of these reahns."
" His Majesty's Ministers"—three tunes three.
The CHAntristAN now addressed the meeting. He had no
doubt the company anticipated the toast which he was about
to give. He also anticipated that it would be drunk with ae,
clamations and enthusiasm. - However flattering it might be to
them, as the friends and the constituents, of their Right Hon,
Representative, to see him selected to take upon himself the
administration of the Government 'of British India, the most
important of our foreign possessions in point or territory, as
well as with regard to our mercantile interests, they could not
but regret that they must separate. It was true that on the
right administration of the government of India, the happiness
of millions must depend, together With the future success of
our countrymen in their intercourse with that country. Still he
might be allowed to ask, would it not have been possible to
have guarded those interests, by sending out some other high
character, and thus avoided the necessity of withdrasiing from
this country its most enlightened and most experienced 6`tates,
man—(Applause)-and from the lionse of Commons (the boast
of Englishmen), its greatest-ornament and most eloquent orator?
He would indulge the: hope that circumstances yet
arise to detain the Right Honourable Gentleman in Eng..
land, and preserve him to his present constituents.—(Ap-
plause.)—With these few observations he would takethe Jiberty
to propose— '
"Our highly distinguished'Representative, the Right Hon.
George Canning, with our cordial thanks to him for his emi-
nent services ; our --deep regret for his separation from 'us ;
and our sincere and heartfelt wishes for his health and liappi—
ness." -
This toast was.marked to be drank with three times three,
but the enthusiasm of the assembly carried them with loud
huzzas to nine times nine.

31r. CANNING rose,. and the acclamations were renewed.—
Some minutes elapsed beforelie could speak, from the enthu-
siastic huzzas which continued to burst forth from the whole
of the assembly. Silence being at length restored, he addressed
the meeting to the following effect :
" GENTLEMEN—Often as I have had occasion to expreSs my

acknowledgments for the kindness which I have received froth
my Constituents, I never rose under feelings so oppressive as
those which experience at the present moment. Your kind-.
•ness I know from the period when you 'honoured me with your
early and unsolicited selection, has continued to grow during
the continuance of our connection, but this crowning of the
whole at the moment when I appear before you to thank you
for the past, and to terminate our connection for the future, is
so truly overwhelming that it almost deprives me of the faculty
of Making any return for an honour, so justly- prized—(Ap.
Planse.)—Gentlemen, let those who doubt of the excellence of
the British Constitution look at the scene presented by this
assembly. In my case you look upon an individual, who, with-
out a name or connection in this great community, has suc-
ceeded in gaining your good opinion, and I hope I may add
your affections, by the strait. forward performance of his duty,
a duty which it was as pleasant as it was honourable to him
to discharge. In a country like this, where a Constitution
exists under which such reciprocal feelings can be created and
Sustained, there can never be any danger of the establishment
of a despotism ; there can never be a prospect that that
anachy will prevail, which, while it ruins all those institutions.
which are of dational value, goes at the same to the extinc,
Lion of all that is dear and venerable in private life. Gentle-,
road to
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men, there are other roads- to power and popularity than
power
those whichnay b
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heldi)av
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subserviency,fbl ed
and One
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it es ure
ready by
popularity to hold out a remedy for all the evila that may be
complained of from time to time. By attributing to the acts
of men those calamitieS which milt from the visitations of
Providence, and by undertaking to cure all that may. be com-
plained of; some aim at popularity, told hit the marts at which
they aim. But to neither of the courses which I have de-
scribed have I ever thought it consistent with my duty or my
interest to lend myself. I have been viewed as compromising
principles which 1 ought to have maintained, because I would
not oppose myself to that which in my heart I could not but
approve ; and I have been an unpopular representative, be,
cause I have always known that the true foundation of
popularity is not to be found in flattering the feelings
and passions of the people.--(Applause.)—The people are
open to flattery as well as kings, but I have always- told
them what I believe to be truth, even when to do so was
to risk the loss of,popUlarity.--(Applause.)—BUt no sacrifice
of truth was necessary togain your favour, and gained, to main-
tain me in your esteem. I found you a great and an enlight-
ened community, composed, as might be expected under our
free Constitution, of different interests and conflicting opinions.
I found that conflict in its result giving teniperance of lan-
guage with energy of 'action, loyalty consistent with independ-
ence of feeling, and a sincere love of freedenn, blended- with
hatred for -those excesses which have been committed in its
name.—(Applause.)--It was by acting on like principles that I
sought to gain your good opinion, which I hope I have • ob-
tained. Sure-1 ian that I have endeavoured to gain it by at-
tention to those duties which were confided to my care, but more
sure I am that no eflort-that no exertion on my part, could be
so successful as to merit that strong expression of kindness with
which you have honoured me this day.—(Applause.)--:-On
former occasions when I have addressed meetings of my Consti-
tuents, the task which has. devolved upon me has been less dif-
ficult than that which I have this day to perform. Then I could
address myself. directly,to• your feelings on the subject of the
course and conclusion of the 'struggle. in which we had been
connected. We have met to celebrate victories gained over op.
ponents, and we all know that in the celebration of these muni-
cipal victories sonic excess of triumph is not only pardoned, but
allowed by one party to the other: - But dearly as I feel and its
I wish it to be'understood I. feel, the past and present kindness
of my supporters; 1 am at this moment in a very.peculiar situa-
tion. The circumstance is glorious to this great town, but 1
now stand in the peculiar situation of not knowing that I have
in Liverpool a political enemy.,(Cheering.)—Phave received
a deputation of Gentlemen in the course of this day from the
associated commercial bodies in your town, with an address ac-
knowledging in a manlier far exceeding the merit of any
service that I have been able to render, my labours during the
last Moe years. Looking at the signatures to this address,
representing as these signatures do all the interests into which
your community is divided, I find that every second name is
that of some person who has been actively engaged against me
in every election. That I deserve this distinction I cannot pre-
tend, but that I have received it will to My last hour be a subject
of pride and self-congratulation, such as I expected not to find,
and l'shall transmit it to my children Us-- a proof that under a
free Constitution like that of England, 'a public man has only
to do his duty to reap sooner' or later that reward to whicn
those who faithfully perform public duties are entitled.—(Ap-
plause.)-I need hardly say that such a testimonial as. that of
which 1 speak while it satisfies the doubts which , I might na-
turally entertain as to my.competence to exercise functions so
delicate as those which were entrusted to me, with the requi-
site impartiality where interests were to be regarded in some
degree alien to each other, and where opinions were directly
opposed, disables me from speaking with any thing like acri-
mony—(acrimony, thank God! I never felt)--of those who
are of somewhat adverse politics, and whose efforts, when ne-
cessary, we must combat as well as we can, but whose hostility
here never survived the contest out of which it grew. Ido not
know but some of these were among the Gentlemen who did
me the honour to wait on me this morning, and while in jus-
tice to my own polidcal'feelings it is necessary to recapi-
tulate and "justify the past, I beg to be understood as
saying nothing against those, who, differing with me in
sentiment, have thought it right to oppose me in every
election.—(Applausc.)--1 am enabled to treat the subjects,
of which I shall speak with more impartiality in my re-
trospect, as the great war in which the country was engaged
when I first came among you has since terminated. While its
success was doubtful, diderent ideas were entertained as to its
policy. All differences, however, were eventually drowned in
acclamations for the triumph- at its close. In addition to this,
however, there were when I first came among you, and there
arc still, o great public questions, with respect to which I
have frequently taken a prominent part, and with respect to
one of which 1 have the misfortune to differ from a great body
of my most respectable friends in this town. On the second
question I am agreed with the great body of my friends, but,
of course, differ from those who are their political adversaries.
The subjects to. 'which I refer are the Catholic Question ad