The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-26 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM ELECTION DINNER.

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A public dintier commemorate the triumph
of Independent principles in the return of Joseph Birch and
-Thomas Denman, Esqrs„ to represent the town of Notting-
'ham in Parliament, was given at the Exchange Hall, Notting-
ham,. on 'Wednesday la's: The suite of rooms were elegantly
Sited up for the occasion, sand the columns anti pilasters deco-
-rated with laurel, and harmers with popular mottos.
The following Members of • the Corporation were thr
.Stewards :—The Mavor, .(0. T. Oldknow, Esq.), Aldermen
W. Wilson; John Allen. J. H. Barber, anti C. L. Morley;
and Messrs. Thomas Wakefield; H. Enfield, A. T. Fellnwes,
.W. Hurst, and J. Beard, Members of the Com Mon Council ;
,and the whole arrangements for the entertainment were credit.
able to their efforts and avowed anxiety to affOrd the utmost
-possible accommodation to the electors.

• COilistON BALL. •
Previousito the dinner, a Court of Common hull was held
:by the Corporation, for the purpose of swearing in several Ito-
noraty'burgeases. A nuuiber of persons attended in the listiwn
tHall to see the ceremony: After some routine businees was
tilepoeed of, Mr. Alderman Waitliman was introduced, and
sworn m a Burgess of, the Corporation. After the worthy
itllefintin had taken the oath, the Town-clerk, Mr. Enfield,
*dressed him as follows :—" As the officer.of this hall, the
4tatry devolves upon me of expressing the high satisfaction of
this Court, at having this opportunity of enrolling yOur name
-among its corporate members. It is with the greatest satisfac-
,tion that we add to our number the name of a gentleman, who
.uppn all occasions, both within and without the walls of Par-
-Variant, has persevered lh Making the most decided, unyield.
ino,lind uncompromising efforts Ire the cause of civil liberty,,
and in the extension to every class of the community of those
.13:et:sings which the true principles of the British Constitution
are so well calculated to diffuse: for these able efforts we row
,enrol your name upon the list of our members, and I have
Rityself the greatest satisfaction in being the organ of so gratify-
lute a communication."—(Applause.)
Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN.—" Mr. Mayor and 'Gentle,
nmen of the.Corporatien,--Accustomed as I ant to deliver my
sentiments tut he public, I
,assure you that I feel on the present
occasion the embarrassMent which is peculiar to every man on.
-finding himself placed in a new situation : probably, I now feel
-that embarrassment greater titan I should have felt upon any
other occasion.. To express to you my gratitude for the honour
you havadone me would hi doing little : it is impossible for
me not to consider this one of the highest horours I !Hive re-
amived---to be selected by your independent Corporation as an
individual who has always supported the genuine cause of civil
liberty, is Indeed too high an honour for me to acknowledge by
-the mere ordinary expression of my thanks ' • and I feel mat it
I were capable, under any circumstances, of relaxing in those
elute which have secured for me so decided a'mark of your
approbation, this act of yours would give men fresh stimulus to
exertion. I can therefore assure you, that I shall seek to merit
this compliment;'not by the mere thanks which I now convey,
but by a steady and unrelaxing pursuit of the sante line of con-
.aittet which you have stamped with your applause. On the
*present occr•pri I feel myself peculiarly fortunate, for 1 am,
sccording, fo all human probability, on the eve of buying to un-
.dartaket one of the highest offices of the city of London ; and
it is not a little singular that your Corporation should have been
the first in the kingdom to have declared and petitioned against
the late expensive. war with France; and it was at that very
-period my fortune to have been one of the citizens of London,
.who, pursuing a similar line of condtict soon after, expressed
:our citations in language of the same import,- which we pro-
Toed as a
.petition to Parliament against the war. I there-
lure think it to be one of the most fortunate circumstances of
-my life, that after the lapse of 27 years I fiutl myself elected,
amongst others, a member of that Corporation, whose conduct
I endeavoured, to follow in the year 1793, upon so momentous
an 'occasion." In conclusion, lierepeated his thanks, for the
liOliutit which had been conferred upon hint.—(Applause.) •
Three or four other buttresses were admitted soon after.
ti/rest anxiety was evinced for the arrival of Sit F. Burdett
.and Troia shin, who were expected to take the oaths alai);
titirne•sas; but neither, liad sxriVed at flee o'clock, 'Sol the
Cairn :on jixlt WAS`dissoled.