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London, England, 1822-01-26 00:00:00

that Englishmen were more easily led titan
driven, that kindness and affection, and attention
to the wants and interests of the people, were
more pOWerful weap-ons in-'. the ha;xls of Ministers
Man the trOn, rod of.despotism(-Cotild possibly be.
They
.would have found that, in the'words of the
Poet, it would have lieeirfattetter,

" I 9 wincing ways to conquer willing minds;
An let. persuasion take the place of forte'
(Great APPinuse).—We area met, concluded
the Noble Chairtnanf to,drink t.o the memory of
the Right Hon: Charles-JAmes Fox ; recollect
that we come not herd,tormop, or in, the words
of my friend, Mr. John4ay:llhr, in his beautiful

"Come to his tomb, but not to Weep,
'Tis yieedern's holiday we keep
Here shall her sacred altar be, Tr,
On which we vow to Liberty."
" The Nemory.• of the Right Honourable Charles James
Pox," was then ,drank in solemn silence. After which the
Ode, " Come to his' tomb," was sung. •
"The King and Constitution."
The Noble.. Earl then rose and gave,:" The
health of his. Royal Highness the Duke, of Sus-
sex." It -would have been a'rnatter of the
highest gratification to him, to have dwelt on the
public and private virtues of his Royal Highness.
With respect to his public character, it had been
proved, and required no obsrvation : it. was
,only necessary to be known tp be admired. As
to, his private worth, the knowledge of that could
be-.better obtained from ,he; _report of others
thars-, from himself.. But Ite7(the Noble Earl), if
the meeting would accept Aiis testimony, stood
forward as a willing witness, to testify his know-
ledge,ofthe kindness ,Of heart and benevolence
of character of his Royal Highness. This was
not flattery—it was truth. He would say it be-
fore the whole meeting, he-would say it before
hisßoyal:Highness himself.—(Loud and conti-
nued, applause.) "' •
HIS ROYAL lll6tsEss rose and said, he would
follow the example of the Noble Chairman, in
not wasting the time of the meeting by express-
ing at length his feelings of gratitude for the
kind manner in which his health had been given
and received. Acts spoke better than profes-
sions. The-kindness the Meeting had expressed
for hint was reciprocal on his part—the cause
and motives which brought them together were
the same. Not having met the yeomanry of the
county for two years, be embraced this opportu-
nity of expressing his satisfaction at the pro-
ceedings which had lately taken place. Ile had
attentively considered those proceedings, and he
assured, the meeting he had gone with them hand
and heart throughout the whole. It was now
two years since he attended a meeting, during
which time many events had happened, creating
a variety of feelings in his mind, and calculated
to warm his heart. He had discovered that there
was in Englishmen a disposition to do that in
every instance which was right and "constitu-
tional. He had heard in Courts that truth
was a libel; but he had never heard, and
he:dared any man to state, that truth was
treason. Nay he would go further, and say,
that it was truth alone which could prevent
treason. On looking back to the late wars,
which for so long a time desolated Europe,
it would become the province of the historian to
consider why or wherefore those wars had arisen?
If they arose from a desire to. defend the rights
and liberties of the country, then were those wars
just and necessary. ‘: It was the struggle for the
preservation of those rights and liberties to which
his Family was indebted for the high situation
which it filled ; and any individual who attempted
to draw it away from those principles was not its
friend but its enemy, and also an enemy to the
country. When the late war commenced, the
icountry-was. told it was necessary for the preser-
.vation of our liberty. We had success. We
united' with the Powers of the Continent—ad-
vances were made, but instead of seeking to enter
into some compact for the benefit of the nations
at war, it was aggrandizement which was sought.
One step taken was to make the first spoliation
of Poland, and when, in 1792, the French Revo-
lution broke out, and the power and consequence
Of Monarchs were threatened, they conceived a
second spoliation of Poland was necessary, and
thus they began by obliterating froth among na-
tions one of the finest and bravest people of the
earth ; and during all this time England stood
by and shed not a tear. In- short, through the
whole of the war the people had been forgotten,
and a system of aggrandizement was all which
Was followed. His Royal Highness would, how-
ever, be candid—he would own that the present
Ministers bad given up, when peace was made,
what others much wiser than themselves would
have kept, and this folly told much against them.
Then came the end of the war—we•found at last
a Sovereign placed on the Throne of France,
•
1 without any compact being entered into to secure
the. liberties of the people—in fact, by the fiat
'of the united poWers. It was a war of bayonets,
to put down public opinion—but it was to
no purpOse ; the blood which- was shed would
give birth' to new people, Who would' rise to de-
fend their liberties. After all,this was a Consti-
tution conjured up, and' 'crammed down the
throati Of a whole nation, which a single indivi-
:dttar'OVerthrew by hAding up his finger, and
,pdopr Legitimacy marched off with much more ra-
pidity than she had advanced.,, After this came
-the glorious battle of Waterloo glorious it was
as respected, the character:4 the nation, and glo-
.rious -.had it been if it bad'roved productive of
public 'good. But had the public felicity been,
increased by it ? When the number of lives
which had been lost were considered, the enor-
mous .expense which had
.been incurred—when
we saw ourselves worse off, and the Continent
.enslaved instead of being made free, it could not
be look'd upon otherwise than as a melancholy
event. These were not times to mince matters—
plain truth must be spoken, and :when he saw
such institutions as the Holy Alliauee,his heart
misgave hint,' and he should be ashamed of any
one who could entertain such a measure In fotc
skier times, when nations were in distress, we

-11 It is proper to state that the Mr. JOHN.TANLOR, whose
Poem is cited in this place, is not a..Proprietor,of .Txt Suw
of the same name, whose polith2l. Principles are totally
ferent, and who has for very many years made an animal tribute
to the PITT CLUB, in honour of :that Illustrious Statesman to
whom this Country is indebted for its own security, and for
that national importance which enabled it to accomplish the
deliverance of Europe,