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alway S-be crowned with similar success. He concluded by, pro,
posing "Prosperity and permanency to the Canning Club.','
Mr. ACKERS proposed The health of " -Miss GladstC;ne, our.
present Lady Patroness," which was drank with three times
Circe,- 'and great applause:
Mr. GLADsT oNE briefly returned thanks for the honour
which the company had just conferred on his daughter.
The CHAiaranw, in proposing the following toast, passed a
deserved eulogium uon the character and talents of Hus-
kisson, and spoke of his readiness at all times 'to be of service
to the interests of Liverpool. He was one of the ablest Stated-
men 'and men-of business the country possessed, and the valued
friend of our Right Hon. Representative. The honour which
they might confer on Mr. Huskisson would not, therefore, be
in,)re gratifying to his feelings than to those of Mr. Canning.
The toast was drank with three times three, and loud applause.

The memory of Thomas Rodie, Esq. ; in solemn silence.

The Managing Committee on the present occasion.
Mr. KNAPPER, Secretary to the Club, briefly returned
thanks.

Mr. BOLTON, in the temporary absence of the Chairman,
rose to propose a toast, which he had no doubt would not
merely be drank with three times three, hut nine times nine.
It was to the health of a Gentleman to whom the town of Li-
verpool is greatly indebted : he meant their worthy friend,
Mr. Gladstone. The company were indebted to him also, for
the able and distinguished manner in which he had' promoted
the 'enjoyments of the evening. The toast was received with
applause, and drank with loud and long-continued cheers.
Mr. GLADSTONE acknowledged his deep sense of thelionour
which the'company had just conferred upon him. Ile shoUld,
indeed, be ungrateful, if, after a residence here of 35 years, he
should be wanting an respect and regard to every inember.of
this great community, but more particularly to- the f‘tielichi by
whom he was surrounded, and with whom he had.generally
the happiness, to think and to act on public occasions. That
the interests of ,Liverpool lay near his heart, they would readi-
ly believe. He only regretted, that the Opportunities he had
of shewing his attachment to the town *ere so
.few., But, he
assured the company, that, whenever his services Were wanted,
either by the town at large, or by any inhabitant of it, be `he
who he may, in Support of his just. claims, those services
would always be .cheerfully and promptly rendered. Ile wanted,
no other motive to action than the desire td be useful to his 'fel-
low-townsmen, and to proniOte the interest of this great com-
mercial community.
The Mayor of .Liverpool : three times three.

The CgAinstare observed, that he would take the liberty of
prefacing the next toast with a few remarks. Ile was one of
those who thought that to the firm, decided, and constitutional
conduct of the County Magistrates who assembled at Man-
chester, on the 16th of August, 1819, the country was ranch
indebted. Those Gentlemen were then and still are charged'
With motives which; he was persuaded and believed,. did not
actuate their conduct on that occasion. They could indeed haVe
no other object than the faithful discharge of their public duty
in a crisis the most trying, and under circumstances almost un-
precedented in the annals of the country. In the conscientious.
discharge of that duty, they put to,hazard the safety, of their
property, as well as their own lives and those of their families.
They stood forward boldly, regarding these objectS as of minor
importance when compared to• the safety of the state, and the
preservation of the lawful rights and liberties of their country.
'Their conduct, on that occasion, was not the result of rash and
inconsiderate anxiety, for the theastire had undergone full deli-
beration. Nor did they at last resort to the.powers which the
laws placed . in their hands for preserving the peace, until cir.:
cumstances . rendered it: imperative Upon them to put- those
powers into eatecution. NO•.meni he 'believed, 'could more
deeply regret the fatal consequences which grew out of the
'dispersion of the Manchester Meeting. than the Magis-
trates who , had ordered it ; but he' was well persuaded, that.
the lives lost on that occasion were the meana of. saving
Many more, and, probably, Manchester itself from destruc-
tion. On that occasion, the spirit of radicalism, he might
say of revolution, received a most fortunate check, of which
the good effects have since- been witneised.' Having made
these remarks, he, could Doti but advert to the change in the
circumstances of
,the. country which had taken place since that
event. It was gratifying to see that the 'working-classes now
entertain very different views from what they entertained
at that period. , "With but few' exceptions, they arc. now ern.
played, contented, and happy. With such a faefbefore us, we
can be at no loss to form a just opinion of the arts which were
then resorted' tO Lb. induce them to believe. that their distress arose
from the faulty constitution of the Ilouse of Commons, and to
beat them up to revolution, under the pretext of purifying cor-
ruptions. 'Prosperity, notwithstanding all the predictions to
the contrary, now exists in all the manufacturing districts. It
is pleasing to think,,that.at no former period of our history were
the mandactpres of the country carried to so great an extent
as they are at the present moment. It is also pleasing to see
the changes that are taking
.place in different parts of the world,
particularly in South America, which seem to be opening new
fields to the enterprise of our merchants, and new vents fur the
sale of the products-of British skill and industry. This is not
then, certainly, t 4 time for despondency ; it is not a moment
for us to .complain of the badness of the times. Ile looked
to their improving; although it will happen, 'that out 'of the
abundance of good, evil will occasionally ariselo damp our.sa-
tisfaction. Our commercial enterprise, sometimes pushes us too
far. The eonsequence is, an excess of supply beyond the 'de-
mand, which sinks prices and produces temporary Crnbarrktss-.
ment to the unfortunate speculators. But these evils, in time,
cure themselves. All must regret the present depressed state
of agriculture. The agriculturists are peculiarly situated'; for
they have'the same burdens to bear with 'diminished' nreans.
Btit for the remedy of their present distress they
_looked to
measures which, if obtaincd, would not alleviate„.much less:re-
move it .The existing corn laws give the cultivator `of the soil
the monopoly of the home market, up to a high averageprice, and
no'otherlegislative measure could give himmore, Whilst the far-
mer .brings more corn to market than can be consumed, a fall 'of
prices Must the necessary consequence of excessive supply.
VVh en, however,the ag, fcttlturistsshall, byrestrictingcultivation,
have checked the supply, thay may-then look for remunerating
.prices, and participate in that prosperity 'which the manufac-
turing part of the community vre now enjoying.' It Was gra.•
tifying to see Liverpool still extending her trade and commerce.
Letthe, company-only.look back for a little more than a century.
At that period Liverpool was a fishing town now it possesses
one-third of the whole export trade of Great. Britain. This. is
so surprising, so, astonishing a fact, that, were it' not founded
on official documents, it would be almost too incredible for be-
lieT. Such, hOwever, is the fact. • Nor has the proaperity of
Liverpool grown out of diminished commerce. For this pre-
eminence, she is mainly indebted to the talenti, the economy,
and the enterprige Of her inhabitants and he had 'n6 doubt
that, in*another century, the same causes would produce greatly
augmented opulence and prosperity, to which it was inipossiele
to contemplate a limit. ,He had, in some measure, digressed
from. the subject of the toast, and for which he begged to apo-
logise. Ile then concluded by giving— - •
TheNlagistrates of Manchester and the neighbourhood, who
so successfully exerted themselves' in the discharge of their.
duty for dui preServation of the peace of the &runty three
-times three. i . " - '

.The. Liberty of-the Piess, without its licentiousness.
Field 'Marshal the . Duke of Wellington, 'th'e.glory of our
country, and the champion of the world; three units three.—
Sec,. the conquering, Hero co."
- . May, the energy of the Loyal ever defeat the views of the
Fac-
tious.
The President and Members of our Sister Club—the Back.
bone,; Ahree, times.tiiree.

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The emory of Lord Nelson.. "Death of Nelson."
, ay the Principles of William Pitt ever annimate the Coon-
•eils'of 'Great •• • • ' -• • ' • • -

:The Wooden Walls of Old. England. " Entain's best.bul-
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wa'itjakscthe Rose, the Shamrock, and the Thistle be so invignr.'
aced hx.Union., that neither Fokign nor. PonieStic Blasts carr
ever wither them. (lice,, " When• Arthur first."
• The Lancashire Witches.
Ships, Monk's. and Commerce.
The Land we live in.- • • •

British Valour andl;ritish Beauty.
The Landea'ktid t',ormytercialinterests of the Country. •
.1 The good Old' Town •of Liverpool, and the trade•thtreof:
Plenty in'the.,La,bd,, and Loyalty in the People. •
In the course Qf,tl}e evening.seve'rd gentlemen amateurs de-
lighted the conipahy brsihgjfigKoine songs. Mr. Gifibit; sang
• "Fan of Flatribro? Head"—l' The. Birth of Liberty'''--"' For-
get me not",,-.‘,‘ The Afiller's Maid"—"Wii) NV at. —and
.", The Death of .NelsOM"
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` 111 r. oladstone quitted the Chair at tcli'o'clock, and accorn-
panied by
.51r. L Mr. ToLin; and
9.ther gentl9thep, cl't.tlie room, amid
,the cheers of the company.
,11r. ,11r. Acicers was tlien tO'tbe-chlli; and' the festivi‘is of
The efer*i.g+ iretekeik a sotiiiitinie longer: ,