The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-02 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 1 40.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK, ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES &c. &c. &o.

LONIJON, TUESDAY, DEC. 1.
Number Dividend Price
o per C ANALS. oer
Shares. Annum. Paid. Ili ire.
1,766 7 per cent. Ashton& Oldhain...Average97l.l+l.3ll• 11')
1,082 41, Astiby-de-le-Zouch A•aerage 11 ii.sti 73
4060 Basingstoke 14.11/..h. 5
,t 1 I V. Brecknock and Abet gavenny' 15a,..5h. '2
~1601.10a15. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....81/. Sr 711. •..0.1
.141 ...,...„ Ditto & Liverpool Junct. Peal. sii. 160 pil 0i;
090 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pa --
100 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. sh. I'll
500 .21. C arcotr y 1410/.111, Ico
Croydon.
CCO 51. Us. Dudley 100/.sh. in,a.,
600 134. Derby lOO/, sh . 1 6
t( 4 per cent. Gaiinhe and Mayne ll/.1:34. 4.1 pd 01
41. F.ilesinereand Chester A vetagc 1331,44. Al
251 601 Et eveasn lool.s ii. WO
:t ' 301. North and Clyde.... Average stai/.165..h. hail
141 8!., Grano Junction 1001. an Pao
48491 255. Grand Union
1,500 ..«..... Grand Surrey
1,000/ 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. • (3
3090 Grand 'Western
600 131.105. int. Glamorgansiiire, Aver. cost 1791, 13s. Id. ef:(o4
749 111. Ilrainthiori ..... ...... ... .......... .. ..1501.3h. tO3 ,
6,238 21.05. Huddeibiald......Average a /I. 63.6 d. sit 56
100 Kensingto a lO6 sh. all ltd 10
23,309 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/. 18.. Uhl. sh 264
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. Sd 25
2,8974 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl.ll 760
5451 151. Leicester 140/.0 1113
1,897 51,01. Leicester & NortNainpton Aver , !31.10 •••%,:,
2.400 101, Monmouthshire WO/ oil 500
150 101. hlelton Mowbray . lOO/ sh. al
500 05/. Mersey
-and Irwell lOOl. sb . 505
3,000 21. 105. Macclesfield lOO/. sh, all pd :i714
247 171. Neath lool.sli. 305
2,400 51. Peak Forest iivei.ge about 75/. sh, 75
21,419 Ess. Regent's (or London) Av.:411/.10,8d. sit. 10
5,669 61, per cent. Rochdale Average 85/, sh. 61)
500 81. Shropshire
sob 101.0 s. Somerset Coal
3,600/. 41 par cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock _lO/. 10s. sh. 1114
700 3el. Stafford and Worcester. 110/.811. 01.0
1.00 15/. Shrewsbury 105/. sh. 291)
300 91. Stourbridgef.....e, 1451. sh. 396
3,647 2/, Os. Stratford-on.Avoi. A ver....791. 9s. Lid. sh 4 t
.33 lni Sw,.nsea WO/. sh. '265
.1,732 21. Os. Severn and Wyc and Railway A r. 351. sh. 4a
. 2,6008 sn. ale. .40e. :Traott 341 i Mereey, I share lO4. sh. COI
auto .... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 1.91.55. i,....i, al.. ti
' 1,00018.1 1„,. Warwick and Birtniagharn lOO/.sl. i.-1.5
000ish.
.5 "'
950 131 War wick and ilapswn lOOl, 58, 173
7,000 41' Worcester & Birmingham Av. 751.135. sh. 56.74'
5,000 324. Wilts aini Berke Average 671. lOs Bkl. sit. 2,i
800 6.. Wyilev and Essington 125/. sit 74
.26 1v .Socacti ' n.r.' +h. So
905 Is. Wey and Arun. llO/. ,a. ao
DOCKS,
1001.811. I's
11460,°„°184,1..1 3p. c. Commerc al
East and ('test India Sto,k i 8
3,038,310f1. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 0114
Ditto Bonds
2,009 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Overage 14"./. Os. sh. 75
68,3241. W. per cent. Ditto Notes, various artiaunt; IOS
352,750 5 percent. St. Katharine ' toe k 99ti
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pier "01, sh. 001. pd 10
BRIDGES.
,600 Ills. Haminersmiti. a. ll/.'iB. 01
7,031 Southwark, Old I.v. 03/.2(4. Sd. sh. 03a
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, ol 71 per cent.. 'M.A. 13
.1,000 Waterloo 100/, sh. 3
5,000 20s. Ott. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ fine psi ;2631
5,000 195.:12. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ... 4O/. pd 1734
60,0001. 5!, per cent. Ditto Bon 4,1
9,„',
5,848 9.2 s Vatialiall ...d.es a:average 70/. 10s. Oil. sit. 25.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
e,OOO 3! Albion ...,... ............. ...;,001. sh. 501. pit 73
50,000 [nlneld. ciesl:.l•l Alliance B ritish X; Foreignloo/. sh. 111. pd 1314
60,000 6 per cent. DIM', Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 4.'
4,000 1/. per sh. -Atlas 5O/. sh. Is!. I 14,14
I,ooolsli. Si. Birmingham 4 ire.. O5Ol. oh. 55/. Id 10714
20,000 41. per cent. British Fire •,',Ol. sh. 511/. psi 44)
12,000 61, per cent. British Commercial 5O/, 5!.... 5/, pd fiY,,
5,000 /../. per cent. Clelicad & Media. I Lite, Kash. 0110 s pd 41.
4,000 2/ 153 County lOOl. *h. 101. pd 47%
20,014 53. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pit 5%
tyq 15 Per tent,l Economic Idle lost/. 2h . 910/. pd 400
( and 301 Lo,
2,071 225. percent. European Li. • •'Ol. Hi. all pd 20
50,000 Os. Ditto, New "0/. sh. '2l. pd 1%
1.000,000/. 6/. per ct Globe Stock ::, 12.11
20,000 51• (Ina:alum
31,000 s. H. Hope
0,400 5/. 7s. 41d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. :h. 50/. pd 135
7,500 Os. Imperial Lite ... 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10
13,459 51. par cent. Indemnity Marine loll. sh. 8!. pd 21
'2,020 31 10s Kest Fire 50/. sh, all pd 92
3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. lid 66
10,01)0 Iris. Law Life lOO/. sO. 101. pd 311
3.001./ 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12!. 10s, pd 1744
3,9011 10s. London, Ship "5/. sh. 101. 10s. pd 17.. i
1.000,0001. •.. ..... Minrrvi Lite 100/. sh.
5110,000/. - ...... ....0.1. ss. pd 3
:10,0(10 51. per cent. Palladium Life 5lO. Oh 9/. pd et (is
50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire "01. sl., '2l. pd Ids 041
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant laissenters .... 16114, sh, W. pd 5%
.4,500 11. Provident. Luc
00,600 ss. Rock Life ' 00/. sh, 1/. pd S
89,200/ 5/. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock 000
0,000 5 per cont. University Life 100 e sit. M. pd 514
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. W. pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
05,000 Aerie. and Cum. of I relanil2s/. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 8 per cent. Austialasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 54
10,000 10 percent. Bank of Sincinghain 50/. sh. 10/. pit 13%
Brom Ii) per cent. Birniingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101, lid 23
39,1400 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. '2.51. pd 2314
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10!. pd 10%
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/. sh. 50/. pd 30
25,1100 Liverpool
51 100/ sh. 101.
pd
dd 0101
~,,,,i
541,000 71 percent ancliester and Liver.] Si-Joh. ... 13.
pool District
20,000 7 per cevt. Manchester lOOl. sh. 25/. pd 43%
20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. sh. '251. pd 44
11,000 5 ler rent. National Bank of Ireland 50/. sli. 1711. pd 11i$,i,
10,000 5 per cent. National Prov...cial Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 35
10,006 ...... .• Ditto New 104. sh. 10/. pd 91!,
10,000 Gloucestei shire 50/. sir. 10/. pd 30 --
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. lid 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,5041 Ilis Od Bath 201. sh. 1)11. pd 22
MOO
5,000 L.per cent.
Land Hs. 4,,.1 Ditto Provincial .01. sh. 19/. pd 25
928 5110 s Birmingham 50!. sh. 9(1
1,950 9/ Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 153
:4250 3/ lOs Brighton •,0/. sit. 14
7.50 3! lOs Ditto, New .O/. sh. 15/. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all ./d 9
4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 6211. pd 105
1,000 lot. City ••• London.. ....... .....100/. sh. all pd 105
1,000 6/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150
4,0(10 31.0•4. Equitable 5Ol. pd 00
10,000 2) per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 54
800 Si. per cent. Isle nf Thanet 25/. sh. '2Ol. pd LN
2,350 (Si. per cont. Independent 30/. oh. all ra. 49
9,000 41. per cant. PlielnliX 5O!. sh. 39/. pd 3434
1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63
4,000 South Matropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 17
9,000 4!. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 3351
240 51. per cent. Warwick. 5O/. sh. 50
40(1 51. per cent Wakefield
2,000 1. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12e. Ditto New 5(l. sh, 111/. pd 1 11,t,
740 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd
WATER WORKS
1,800 105. Birmingham 251. sh, em. pd 29.
4,434 7!. East London 100/. sh. 170
5,500 21 153, Grand Junction Average 411, 13s. 4d. sh. 65
5,000 01. Kent 100/. sh. 4514
372 101. Liverpool Bootle .001. sli. 32(1
1.500 2 /105 Ns w River Loudon Bridge Water Ann... 00
6,48(6 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford.... ....... .1001. sh. 56
1.000 4 per cent, South London lOO/.sh. 10434
8,294 41/. West Middlesex Average 631.1123. 9d. sh. 101
1,1160 1/ Its York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001, sO. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,800 Birmingham and Derby ..... lOO/. pd lii
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 901 pd 65
15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 3554
7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 551. 11
3,00 a Clarence 1001. sh. 1001. pd 25
8.000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/, pd
841,1104 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 211. pd 9
100011 Great North of England 1001. sh. 70/.lid 57
10,018 14 per coot. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd
25,000 Great Western lOOl. sh. 651. pd 8914
25,000 ...... ... Ditto New. 50/ sh. 40/. pat 50
1 cow per cont. Gosport Junction.. 5Ol. sh. 351. pit 34
2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. all. 100/. pd IISN
8,000 ... ...... [lull and Selby 5O/. sh. 45/, pd 451
2,100 4/.per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 6514
5,100 111 percent. Liverpool& 'Manchester 10(1.5h. 100/.0 192
7,908 111 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5O/. pd 9714
lli 00 ) Lo
~19: 10 per scut, Ditto
a. ,:i l
ttoQuiriri
Quarter shares
.
hare 5........... sh, 401
..
.... ii)
... iild
545
:it 14
24,000 London and Blackwall 50!. sh. 2211. pd 5
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich OOl. sta. '2Ol. iid 6,y,
05,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 90/, pd 164
25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....05/. sh. 51. pd 2614
:411050 Dit o New Shares 321. sh. '241. pd 47
36,060 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381, 17s. ild. 54
113,000 ...... ... London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 158. 93. 1
Ditto New Scrip.... 12
13,000 Manchester and Leeds 100/. sh. 70/. pd 81!
13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 05/. pd :3l
10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 701.5t0 35/. 9914
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 4
10000 Midland Counties 'OO/ oh. 100!. pd 7014
15,000 North Midland ..... .... • 1.01. sh. 100/ pd 7ti
Ditto New 40/. pd 29
5,128 Northern and Eastern.... CO/. slf 301. pd '23
i.,6150 Preston and Wyre 5O!. sh. 30/. pd :16
[B,OOO South Eastern and Dover
i 1,000 10!. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... loor,sii. 272
9.000 Thames Haven 5Ol, sh 5!. pal
' 6.000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. NI i'
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 11/. psi 12
4,000 11. ss. Aite'n l5/. sh. 12!. II spd 10
10,000 ... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.loo/. sh. al )1d 11.4
Ditto Subscription 25/. 'al 11.;,
2,000 10/. Bolanos • 150/. sh all pi 35
10,000 IL (Os Brasilianlmp. iss.s/. pm 35/. sh. 20/. pd 12
6,000 Macaubas & Cocites United 251.81).251. pd 15
11,000 ...... ... Ditto St. John Del ltey Va. sh. 141. pd 2
10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pal f
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip
.20,000
........ British Iron 50!. sh. 551. 1.1 I
,000 British Copper 51. sh. 41/. pd 196
C ita Branca 6l!. pd 1:14
Candonga......
10,000 11 Copiapo .............. .......... 001. sh l'3/. pd 10
8,500 elf Colinnblan, Hs. Si. pin. ~.551. sh 55/. pd ON
2,850 3/, English l4!. Cs. pd 3
20,000 General 51iningAssociation201 sh.lB/. pd 0
6155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 5711 lid 6
3,008 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. Si. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered
Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 100
30,000 United Mexican, its. X pm. 40/, oh. all pd 314
Ditto Scrip 't 4,
Ditto New Scrip 51 pd 614
West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 35
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1,000
1,5(10 London University .........100/, sh. all pd 8
700
King' College 100!. 11.1;,',
MISCELLANEOUS.
160 a
1.
1.
per
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n.
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BritishCAaunsatrdaal
Americani n
CompanyA g ri c u
Landltur a 1 .11
Company. fs h . 223811: r
)1
1112!:,!0°0 :3180
100/. sh, 30/, pi! 3a%
51.1p:er.c.ent.
GeUneprpaeirstCeaanma(N•taaLviogaantien
151. ,
0.
141.
pd
181.2i(57)4
101. per cent.
,000 1/.
CNaepowni tit3et
Brunswick
uo
TN,u
sec:C:
co
km
Landpm yc.. p , „ y 5 . , d
822::75:
51. per
cent.
Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. s'h... t)1
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n Thamesp i 7,
nuenhn. :IL a . d . . .
.10050 i. th s. hi.,7V. :),,di 11, 14
10,00040(KI 61. Va

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LIST of SCOTTNIOSviIBs.
500. spaßhLinen Companys-00.1100.,1h.5.111.411.L3 1
1,000,0060001; 6!. p..
ct.
sank ot
2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Royal of Scotland
500,0001. 61, p. ct. Commercial
500,0004 5 p. ct. National
500,0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union
1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 73
INSURANCE COMPANIES. •
250,0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1. Pd 270.63.
7,500 7p. ct. Hercules... ....... ..... ...... 100/. ah. 10/. pd 13 1.,
100,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland AK sh. all pd 9C
50,000 Bp. et. North British ..... ..........2004 sh. la pd 180
1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 207''
5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1514
100,000 111 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818 „.....„ Edin. and Gins. Un. Canalsol. ch. all pd 10
Ditto Allocated'. 001. oh. all pd 47
5,401. 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2sl. sh.,all pd 35
B.ooosh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundory 504 sh 481. pd 53
10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. oh. 184 pd 8
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 2.54 sh. all pd 5...
4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 254 sh. all pd 52
'MO 7} per cont. Leith Coal Gas 2O/..h. all pd 51
1.900
'MAO b per etni, /Equitable Loan Company 351,ohiva V., is

DINNER TO MR. ADAM BLACK

On Weduesday a public dinner was given to Adam
Black, E q., at Edinburgh, in the Waterloo rooms,
iu testimony of the respect in which he is held by his
fellow-citizens, and of the value which they attach to
his exertions in the cause of civil and religious free-
dom." The Right Hon. 4 L 1.3 Donferndine took the
Chair, and was suppnrted - the rie lit by Mr. Black,
R. Steuart, Esq.. M. P.„ 7r W. Ilasnl:oii, B wt.,
General Mayne, C. 8., Pelfitssors 'Fred and Ilender.
:on, Convenor Scott, John (3teegory, E,q., A•lveette,
Councillor Lotiiimi, Andeete Millar, E•q, ; and en the
left by Sir Themes Dick Lesler, Bsrt., W. I). Gil-
len, Esq., M. P., C. W. D. Pundae, Esq , M. P. for
the county of Flint, Millie Richardson, Ceuneillor
Richardson, Colonel Skene, Heiler-ids M•Kenzie, E. ,
W. S., Sheriff Currie, &c.
Blessing was asked by the Rev. W. L. Alexander, of
the Independent Church, North College-street.
After grace had been said by the Rev. Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts having
been proposed,
The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said—The next
toast I have to propose is, " The health of Mr. Black,
and the principle of equal rights in respect to religious
opinion, with which he has beep identified in the recent
contest.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, in mingling once
more, and probably for the lest time, in your concerns, I
have departed from a rule which I had prescribed to
myself, and to which 1 hoped I should have been able
to adhere ; but when I was asked to join with you
m paying a tribute of respect to Mr. Black who has
been so ungenerously and unjustly treated
(Hear, hear, and loud chee s,--to concur with you
in giving a pledge that we -,ould aesert and m tintain
by all due means in our power the great principle that
no mail ought to be affected in his civil rights on
account of his religious opinions—l felt that if I shrunk
back in such a cause I should be ungrateful to Mr.
Black, from whom I had received acts of friendship and
of kindness which 1 ant proud thus publicly to :acknoe-
ledge—(Cheets)—l should be ungratv Jul to you for the
confidence and cordial support you gave me wle n I had
the honour to be your representative in Parliameet.—
(Ch sers)—l should be faithless and untrue to the prin-
ciples 1 always professed,: and which each succeeding
year tends only to confirni and strengthen.—(Cheers.)
I never hesitated to obey your summons. Gentlemen,
the highest tribute which can be paid to the character of
Mr. Black is to be found in this fact, that during the
whole of the late contest for the Chief Magistracy in
this city, in no one instance was the perfect purity and
uprightness of his conduct even questioned.—(Cheers.)
This is the more remarkable when you recollect that
Mr. Black has passed the whole of his life in this city—
that he was amongst the foremost in all political and
local struggles—that he expressed his opinions, and at
times when they were most unpopular, with unreserved
freedom and undaunted courage.—( Applause.) Fur-
ther, that during the late contest he inflicted that cen-
sure—not unsparing on some—which it appeared to him
their conduct merited.—(Cheers.) Mr. Black has passed
through this ordeal without a taint or blemish, and his
doing so must be accounted for by his having proved his
title to be respected as a man (Apure and blameless elm-
racter.—(Cheereee.) Of the competitor of Mr. Black in
the late contest 1 shall say nothing.—( Laughter.) 1 t is im-
possible for me to speak of his public conduct in those tel 1118
of respect in wh.ch I should always choose to speak of
an individual who happens to fill the office :of chief ma-
gistrate in this city. But I may be permitted thus
much to say, that during the late contest no one ever
denied that Mr. Black was most amply qualified to dis-
charge all the duties of the office to which he aspired,
not only with the greatest satisfaction to the pub-
lic, but with the greatest honour and credit to him-
self.—(Great applause.) I am old enough to recollect
the revival of Liberalism in this city. It was Mr.
Black who cherished it, who watched its progress,
and promoted its success, by his manly efforts. Ile
saw it flourish and become triumphant ; and it is a
strange thing, and no honour to some portion of the
Liberal party, that he is now defeated by the failure of
that section to give hint the support to which he has
such irresistible claims. Those who have so successfully
opposed Mr. Black have unconsciously conferred on
hint a greater distinction. They have connected his
name with a great principle. • It is in his person that
an indignity has been cffsred to all the friends of civil
and religious liberty, who resent that indignity the more
keenly on account of the great merits and unimpeached
character of the candidate they supported. This
event will teach you, gentlemen, not to be teo
confident in your own strength. [ t will show
you that the battle is 'not won—that there is still
need of perseverance and union among all the
friends of civil and religious liberty to secure the
fu
, arr. Black, and of the principles
er trlei.,ri of
s,ntg.._(
(Cheers.)
I dare say massy of
you have heard, as I have heard, it said that the ten-
dency of this meeting was to widen the breach which
unhappily has taken place in the ranks of the Liberal
party, and to prevent all hope and chance of reconcilia-
tion. I think not so. Our course is plain and straight-
forward. It cannot be expected that we should either
relinquish or compromise our opinions. That could
neither be asked nor conceded. But let the proceedinss
of this meeting be conducted in a spirit of temper and
of' moderation. Let us abstain front whatever can on
necessarily irritate and offend. But let us express and
avow our own opinions with that calm and manly firm-
ness which most commonly attends and characterizes an
honest adherence to principle. If we so conduct our pro-
ceedings, we may then safely leave it to the public to deter-
mine whether they respect the generous appeals which are
dictated by this meeting, and the zeal to the cause which
has brought you here this evening, or whether they would
shvtaraei
nnetdo re
his respected h
e it
itzeant,.
trreosme revxepre whichssin g
tewouldr s hayssympathy
trie-
-1 y
with Mr. Black, and have left the indignity offered to hint,
and to our principles in hire, unvindicated and unresented.
Mr. Black was excluded because he is a Dissenter, and
that exclusion torts effected by a union of a portion of
Liberals wish the Conservative party. It is a great
consolation that a very great proportion of the Liberal
is faithful. It is very painful to think that aey
however portion of them,
party
small, have deserted their
taith and opinions—et least that faith and those opinions
which we always were induced to
hope were cherished
by them as they are by us. Oa this coalition it is not
necessary for me to say much. It is a coalition which
I consider intolerant, unjust, and most mischievous to
the political interests of the country. Any such coali-
tion must wece±,satily call down upon it the warmest
expression of indignation on the part of all those who
their doctrines, :
to d cround of religious opt
numbered amongst the true and sincere friends of
civil and religious liberty'. There cannot be anything
more opposed to their feelings
to their principles, than that any set of men, be they
who they may, should unite and combine to exclude a
sts qualified individual fro any office which the trit
lawl
es, a h
left open to him solely on the
pions.—(Great applause.) Oue effect of this novel
proceeding is, that it introduces a religious test. The
Legislature has done all in ispower to abolish religious
are ts yititt
tests ; but if we are to have tests, let me say, I would
rather have a test enacted by the Legislature than
such a test as tine recent contest in this city ex-
hibits and exemplifies.—( Hear, hear.) The reason
11VilYtest,I y so
silt approaches ac this—when
es towards th Legislature establishes
being accurately and
distinctly defined. At all
events, we know
i si
will
pl
introducer o paotset
id,
e.
pulßenauesteurrticai
if
onr
fell
anynigd capricious tests. Th,
religious
party in the country, this
wo us tests to be intro-
duced
par-
ties front whom the emanate will not propose them till
the moment they are to be acted upon, '
rhey will be
proposed, in all probability, at a moment of great ?A-
eitement, and individuals are under the influence of
impassioned feelings, and arc liable to adopt principles
and follow courses which' on more calm and sober re-
flection, their judgment repudiates.—(Cheers.) If,
then, we are to have any tests at all, it is far better to
have
one
made by an Act of Parliament, than one made
oy the arbitrary will et partisans. 1
s'arili;
amentary tests
are bad enough, but •,,,ch tests as this are pregnant
with the greatest danger to the peace, the security,
and the happiness of the PeoPle. Gentlemen, I have
expressed strongly, but not tore strongly than I feel,
the judgment I have formeins with regard to this coali-
tion, and with regard , to the objections I entertain to
their conduct in introducing a religious test. I don't
wish to exaggerate the danger. IBut I feel it upon this,
as on all occasions, to be toy fluty to speak what I consis
der the truth. Now let us consider the condition of
Scotland, as it is seen by
\V hat
and disinterested
observer a this moment. \\. hat has happened that a
coalition should be forint d between a portion of the Li-
beral party, and, as it seems, the whole Conservative
party ? Gentlemen, for my own part, and expressing
• dividual opinion, I roust say, tha' when I
my own to .
to Mr. Black, ' .
anti its injustice
heard the objection raised 1 ,
openly
vindicated, I celled to my'
remembrance the ar-
guments with which I heard Sir Robert Peel support
his opinions in ' favour of the removal of the Catholic
disabilities, when he proposed the measure for that pur-
pose to the House of Commons--opinions which I be-
' lieve he sincerely entertained then and from which I
have no evidence that he has ever receded. Knowing
that, 1 did think the Conservative party would have
seen that, so far from uniting with other; for the pur-
pose of ,
excluding Mr. Black on grounds diametrically
opposed to those which I venture to think their Parlia-
mentary leaders do still entertain, they would have seen
that their true and real interest was to have come for-
ward and crushed so ungenerous, so unjust, and so mil-
-1 chievous a cry. Not so. The Conservatives of Scot-
land have preferred success in a small cause to that which
I might have redounded to their honour. They left to

Mr. Urquhart, in the Town Council, a nionopOly of the
isliole credit of acting a.. manly and generous part. Mr.
Urquhart refused to vote against Mr. Black. He re-
fused also to vote against his own political friends ; and
it appears to me that this very moderation of his con-
duct is the best guarantee for the sincerity of his inn-
tives.—(Cheers ) Well, Gentlemen, if the feet be so,
what we have to face is en union of the whole_ Conserve-
tis e party ts ith a portion of the Liberal party. ‘V hy, then,
every cairn and dispassionate man will say, here is a state
of things which calls—for what ?—for the union ofevery
r.en I of civil n id re'isious liberty,—(Great cheering .)
With all our union and exertions, it this state of things
continue, I c moot deny that I anticipate defeat, awl
something very little shot tof exclusion. But, are we
defecated : No. I know our principles are based on
truth and justice ; and that, sooner or later, truth and
justice will prevail. Those who have now begun this
course of policy, may ere long find it recoil upon them-
selves. They may be victims of that mischievous, in-
tolerant, and narrow system which they have applied to
Mr. Black ; and certainly they would have earned it by
their departure from all the sound and just principles
which have been adopted by the Legislature, and by
their disobedience to the law of the land. And let me
here observe—because it is apposite to the present sub-
ject—that if there are any among you, as 1 know there
are elsewhere souse, who think that the Catholic Relief
Bill has failed to secure the objects for which it was passed
—let nu! observe,that if the benefits of that measure have
not yet been reaped, it is not Iron any unsoundness in its
principle, but from the circumstance that those benefits
have been intercepted. The measure has not been carried
into full and practical execution, owing to the efforts of
those who would still inaintuin the ascendancy of princi-
ples which the Legislature has negatived. The benefits
of the Catholic Relief. Bill have been intercepted in effect
by an effort similar to that which it bas been attempted to
introduce into this country—the establishment ofa prac-
tice at variance with the law—a practice which we are
bound to oppose. The Church cannot stand solely by
die authority of the law. It is a public institution ; and
in these tunics, I contend, that no institution can exist or
endure which does not conciliate for itself popular fa-
vour, and consequently popular respect. The Dissenter
makes great sacrifices by relinquishing all the chances
of a share in the great advantages enjoyed by those who
are members of the Church. lie or his family never can
enter into orders with the chance of that preferment
which is open to others ; he therefore testifies sincerely
his conscientious adhesion to his religious opinions by
abandoning all the advantages he might possibly derive
from being a member of the Established Church. I
am, therefore, of opinion, that it is the duty of a
reasonable and just government—of a reasonable and
just legislature—to do all that is possible to mid-
gate and make easy the condition of Dissenters.
Now, let me ask you, what possible reason can be as-
signed why Churchmen and Dissenters should not, each
in ther several callings and several courses, exert them-
selves to the utmost in improving and elevating the con-
dition of their fellow-creatures ? Let there be as much
competition and rivalry as you will in these generous
pursuits. But why there should be a cell for a very
different kind of Competition and rivalry from others,
who say, " we- insist upon it that there still be retained
uGni.iduerresht
a,
,al(ni
.d the eh inferiority
ed
o s Dissentershgoxni:sedoy'l'uus.),ul.lo,,tetiejausi:tisrLsitoiini,
is
e vt:oru r
sonic tests which shall mark the superiority of the
s
ciple, ou
ch
tttt Chief)ariscL
I think, the
eyi rds
in w.unuteißiitteginlieo:it ungenerous ekor ofwu'rsse aei
ahat
u, most pernicious
jg o u liberty ei o uorrsee .n
wI havepl
placed,
ced,
are endeavoured,:o.uiu:uhawsltzllontdo,siol:loattlov
for union in defence of these principles
l
pderirnsku,aswioituh
clocradlililoanttyaescul:nlsntl
en-
thusiastic zeal for the cause, the health of " Adam
Black, Esq., and the principles of equal rights in re-
spect to religious opinion, with which he has been iden-
tified in the recent contest.''—(Loud cheering.) The
toast was drunk with all the honours and with raptur-
ous applause.
Air—" A man's a man for a' that."
Mr. BLACK rose, amidst loud and continued chain-
ing, and said—My Lord and Gentlemen, if words
could express the deep emotions and the grateful feel-
ings which overwhelm my mind at the present moment,
I would utter them, But it is Not in language to ex-
press the: sense I feel of the honour you have done me
—an honour which is enhanced by the circumstance of
its being conferred upon me as identified with the prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty. I consider it no
detraction from your approbation that it is not be-
stowed for any personal merits on the humble indivi-
dual who now stands before you ; but in consequence
of' his name having been associated with a cause dear
iSe erne; and
d friendsu
n doe: civilt
t
to every freeman. And I receive it as a pledge
of your approval of the manner in which my friends
and I conducted ourselves in the recent struggle,
in which the luvidamental principles of liberty were as-
smiled.—(Much cheering.) If I and my supporters
have any merit, it is only that of having gone straight
forward. We listened to no compromise of principle
for the purpose of attaining our immediate object—
choosing rather to be completely defeated, with our ho-
nour untarnished, than that the principle for which we
professed to be contending should be violated in a single
instance, or in the smallest degree.—(Cheers.) If any-
thing could add to the high gratification of this testi-
mony of your approbation, it is the fact of its being
communicated by a Nobleman who has long allowed
me the great privilege and honour of numbering him
among my sincerest friends—(Loud cheering)—a pa-
triot who fought in the foremost ranks of the assertors
of his country's freedom, when all around was drear and
dark—who won the confidence of the citizens of Ediu-
'burgh by his disinterested devotion to their service,
when that entailed obloquy and reproach—who, •by his
wisdom in council, his unflinching courage in acting, and
his undeviating adherence to the principles of civil and
religious liberty, has, through a long life and under the
most trying circumstances, maintained unsuliied the
glory of the name of Abercromby--(Great cheering.)
And allow me to say, that it is not one of the least
of the grounds of gratification to me, that I stand
in the midst of my friends and fellow-citizens,
who have known my manner of life from my youth
up.—(Loud cheering.) It has been said that a
prophet is not without honour except in his own coun-
try ; but in this instance, even where my foibles, and
failings, and faults must be known, you are willing to
overlook them all, and only to notice what you consider
commendable ; and to coder upon that a 'need of
praise far beyond what it deserves. lam proud to
claim Edinburgh as my native city.—(Cheers.) Hero
have I spent almost the whole of my lite, and here I
hope to end my days. When a very young man, I was
so imprudent as to take two steps which threatened to
obstruct my progress to respectability in life. First, I
joined one of the most obscure and uninflueutial bodies
of Dissenters. Think you, my Lord, that a young man,
not without the natural aspirings of youth—not with-
out the common sense to perceive that the dissevering
himself from the respectable, the wealthy, the powerful
classes of his fellow-citizens, does not feel the painful-
ness of the sacrifice—does not look about for some
apology to conform to received opinions, and secure
the countenance of those who can best promote
his views in...life And what is there to hinder
him but conviction—(Cheers)—a sense of duty—
a fear to offend that Being to whom alone he is re-.
ble
professes no opinions dangerous to society—is it either
thiss nisis ci na
tttvehresr co ftlreligionthere man ?a—c
t Co
on cceori'.?
asi c t oNhe
nV,aenrtl
in conformity with the dictates of common sense or of
true religion, that he should be considered less worthy
to be trusted in the management of private affairs or
public businese?—(Cheers.) Shall man take it upon
Wm to say to his fellow-worm, I will tolerate you to
worship God according to your conscience, and be
thankful for my clemency ; but if you will not worship
in the way that I think best, or in the way that the
State directs, you must not presume to aspire to public
office ; at least you must be excluded from the higher
offices of the State ?—(Great cheering.) It has been
argued that there is tio persecution in this ; and in
reference to the late contest, one of the Edinburgh jour-
nals says, " The man is persecuted whom the civil magis-
trate requires to recant his religious opinions. The
magistrate has in this case overstepped his pro-
vince, and interferes where Divine authority should be
paramount ; but the magistrate and legislature may
rightously exclude from certain functions those who
cannot comply with the conditions which grow out of
them"—or, in other words, we acknowledge that the
old fashion of burning at the stake to make a man recant
his religious opinions, is persecution, but to attempt the
same thing by excluding him from offices, or by brand-
ing him as a member of a degraded cause, is a righteous
act in the magistrate, or in the people who resort to
such measures. Such doctrines are so monstrous that
they only require to be exhibited in their naked de:or-
mity to secure-the reprobation of every right-hearted
man ; and I assure you, my Lord, 1 do not regret the
result of the late election, because it bus roused the at-
tention of the public more extensively, and displayed the
evils of intolerance more palpably, and advanced the
cause of liberty more surely, than could have Lees,
by a successful competition.--(Great cheering.) Io my
sin of being a Dissenter, it is known to most of you, that
at a very early age I added that of Reformer. To many
of my friends my case then appeared despera.te, and
more then one of them, in the spirit of real kindness,
con-
duct,eitpo andtulatetdent,viietrhedmetoonmtlem
veryfullyprudent a
being confident that I was right, I persevered n the
course I had chosen. But it tansy be necessary to remind
my younger friends, that the word Reformer, although
pnddd eanitigeadvice of
inY ;
buti