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

they I can eat, or whether I can drink, my tout sioll be
—‘ Success to the good old cause.'" In the words, then, of
his eminent friend, he would propose his toast—" Success to
the good old cause."—(Cheerso

The CHAIRMAN next. proposed-the health of Sir Robtr.
Heron, upon whose public conduct, so long., established in a
neighbouring county, it was unnecessary for him to filatiate.
No man was better attached to the " good-old cause. If ru-
mours were not incorrect, he would soon in a neighbouring
county be its representative. He now proposed " The health
of Sir Robert Heron,, and may he shortly be the
,representative
of the county of Lincoln.":--(Loud applamit.)

Sir ROBERT HERON said, that:proud it, was of the honour
which was done him, by the manfti whi his health had
been drank, he felt that he owed it to the partial kindness of
his old friend (Mr. Denman); and well contented he was to
owe it to such a source. It was melancholy to consider into
what woful disgrace the profession of the law had fallen. He
spoke of the more prominent membOs a that profession, among
whom there was no want of talents or oratory ; but the misfor-
tune was, that such abilities were deemed by many of the pos-
'sensors as so many marketable commodities, to be bartered for
honours which were dishonourable when so acquired, and to be
exchanged for place, and wealth, and power.—( Hear, hear !)
—There were, undoubtedly, brilliant and honourable excep-
tions, and one of them they had the honour of possessing as
their representative.—(Applause.)--He should now say one
word respecting himself. He had received information of the
very dangerous, it not fatal illness of the father of one of the
county Members (Mr. Pelham.) If it were true that that
honest and warm-hearted man (Lord Yarborough) were 'dead,
then he (Sir R. Heron) avowed himself as a candidate for
the county of Lincoln.—(Applause.)—He had pledged his
honour that in such a case he would O'er himself as a can-
didate, and that pledge he would be ready to redeem. Ile hoped,
however, that the circumstance upon which his pledge was con-
tingent had not occurred, and that the health of the personage
ulluded to would mock the expectations of those who looked
forward to a change in the.representation.

The CllAinata sr, after a prefatory encomium, proposed the
health of that long and consistent supporter of public freedom,
Mr. Alderman Waithman.—(Applause.)—lle had to congra-
tulate the members of the Corporation of Nottingham upon
having such:a brother burgess as that independent Gentleman.
(Applause.)
• Mr. Alderman WATTIIMAN, in returning thanks, lamented
that he had to incur the bad taste of speaking of himself, for
the great general topics which had fixed the attention of the
country were already exhausted by the distinguished gentleman
who had preceded him. He was, however, bound to say a few
words in acknowledging the compliment which had been paid
to him by the corporation of Nottingham. Ilis public labours
were, he believed, coeval with the first great public effort of
this town in raising its voice against the .French war of 1793.
The following were extracts from a declaration of the inhabi-
tants of Nottingham, ansi from a petition transmitted to Par-
liament in the year 1793, by the corporation :—" As there
ought, then, to be reasons of the last necessity, for which a
wise nation should face such q,erain of evils, which will come
home to the feelings of every individual, it is another argument
against the present war, that no such reason ever can be ad-
duced. Be the internal character of France what it may, it is
our wisdom to leave her to herself, to her own crimes, and to
her own virtues, and: with a dispassionate mind to determine
what is good for ourselves. A conciliatory mind on the part
of England is all that is requsite to disperse the gloomy horrors
of war." In the London petition, which was subsequent to.
that from Nottingham—" Your petitioners, from theirpresent
'view of public measures,- presume humbly but firmly to ex-
press to your Hon. House their decided conviction that the
principles upon which the war now appears to. be carried,
neither are nor can be essential to the prosperity, the liberty,
or the glory ()Nile British empire ; and humbly pray that your
lion. House, disclaiming all right to interfere in the internal
concerns-of France, take such measures; as shall be consistent
with the honour 'and character of this country for the re-
storation of Peace." The worthy Alderman, after reading these.
extracts, declared his sense of the honour they had conferredjupon
.him, and expressed his great satisfaction, accustomed as he'
was to be. present •at public meetings, at seeing so crowded.
and respectable:tin assembly ail tire present. It was only.
'by sueli meetings, so respectably formed, so decorously
conducted, that they. could hope to stem the tide of corrup-
tion. It was for the .rising order of the people to imitate the
conduct o their ancestors, and pursue that line of public con-
duct which was best adapted to the restoration of their liberties ;•
acrd he cordially recommended the continuance of such meet-
ings as the present. lie then alluded to the sinister influence
with which the Livery of London had often to contend, -*lien
the poorer voters were eontmuled by the richer, and express-
ed the -gratification he felt at finding that the Corporation of
Nottingham had so successfully combatted a similar Influence,
and established their independence by the return of such
members an Air. Denman and 31r. 'Birch. The Worthy Al-
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the
ultimate success of the great cause In which they were so cor-
dially and usefulli ethbarked.' In allusion to what Was called
revolutionary War against France, the prineipre of the ErOish
Government was to prevent despetisin and anarchy ; yet to the
disgrace and dishonour of this country, the tame British Go-
vernMent now beheld with the utmost apathy, and 'indifference.
the Bourbon Government attacking every principle of free le-
gislation, on the part of the f3partisli people.

The CHAIRMAN then: gave the health of Colonel Johnson
and the ElectorS of Boston—he, indeed, had to boast of having
some constituents, and of being a fellow-labourer in the same
vineyard.
Colonel Jou srsow, in returning thanks in behalf of him-
stlf.and his-constituents, said that he had, to boast of being
for, the fast two years a
,Burgess of Nottingham. To dWell
upon the corruption of the House of Commons, would be
indeed a work of supererogation, after the speeches which
they had just heard : but little had yet been said respect-
ing the mode of effecting that reforni. He hoped the Whigs
(who had, he thanked God, shaken off the Grenvilles) would
now see, that, left to themselves, they were stationary, and that
.they could do nothing without the people.—(Applause.)—The
people would be proud to have them as leaders.; but before
they would so have them, they required the agency of acts, not
words. The Whigs had a faint glimmering on the death of
the late King, but they saw as it were through ground glass,
and could net see distinctly—(A laugh);—they must now,
unlesi they desired still to continue stationary,. depart from
the old road which was clogged with corruption, and take
that station which their talents and possessions entitled them
to occupy with the people ; and by manifesting in the first
instance to that people their sympathy with them, and
their cordial sense of their injuries. and their rights, secur-
ing their confidence. 'lle spoke the sentiments of a freeman,
desirous to offend no man, but.careless of offending any in the
discharge of his duty.
The Cum miss.; next proposed the health of Col. Wildman,
who would, he hoped, tight the battles of the people as well as
he had already those of his King.—(Cheers.) ,
Col. Wtilisrax, in returning thanks, congratulated the Cot-
partition of Nottingham upon the moral force of their repre.
sentation in Parliament, which was calculated to outweigh the
numerical force of their corrupt opponents. There were some
soils in which the seeds of corruption would not take root,
and he was
_proud to know that•Nottingliam was one of them.
They now felt that corruption was not like the Upas tree, fatal
to the plants which approached it; but was a tree which
they might approach, lie hoped, without danger, and hew
down without difficulty.—(Applause.)—Ho avowed himself to
be a radical reformer, prepared to embark in that attempt, and
to persevere until they succeeded in their efforts. If any thing
could redeem the oharacterof the House of Commons, it would
be the conduct of such members of it as graced the present
company.:-.(Loud: applause.) " .
The Cum nstarr, after complimenting the last speaker upon
his independent principles,. proposed the health of Mr. Strutt,
and the electors of Derby.
. Mr. JOSEPH STROTT returned thanks in a cordial manner.
At Derby, he said, there were many Tory burgesses from Not-
tingham, who would vote against them t there were also many
others who continued stanch co, the Iglood old cause. In the
words of the poet he would say—',' May liberty be purchased,-
though life's the price."—( Applause.)
• The CHAIRMAN said, that although they had two indepen-
dent Members for the town, there was only one fur the county—
Lord William Bentinck, who regretted his inability to attend
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His Lordship's health was drank with applause.
The Cum a max next proposed the health of the Duke of
Sussex, upon whom be pronounced a warm panegyric. •
Mr. Dew MAN wished to propose the health of a soldier, now
fighting in•that country in which liberty must live or die.—
(Louij cheers.),--He hoped that such a toast was not irregular at
an entertainment for a municipal object. He then proposed
the health of Sir. Robert 'Vilson, which was drank with en-
thusiastic applause.

Some calls were now made for a songs gentleman made an
inefFectual eftbrt to sing, but was interrupted with a try of " a
speech, from Mr. Denman," and the theme was also given—
' Spain, Spain.
Mr. PENMAN, in compliance with this wish, said, that
" Spain, Spain," naturally enough occupied their attention, for
were Spain conquered by such means as were now used, there
was an end to liberty. they had, however, the gratification to
know, that if Cadiz fell, Spain was still unconquered : they
had also the gratification to know, that the first, blood shed in
the cause of liberty, in Spain was 13ritish ; and he hoped that
the last musket fired in defence of the national liberties of