The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-18 00:00:00

DINNER.

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE CONSERVATIVE

A meeting of the Buckinghamshire Agricultural Asso-
ciation took place yesterday evening, at the County Hall,
Aylesbury. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham pre-
sided. Upwards of 800 persons sat down to dinner, the
great majority of whom consisted of the farmers of the
county. Besides the Noble President, we observed present
the Marquis of Chandos, Lord Boston, Sir Thomas Free-
mantle, Bart., Sir W. L. Young, Bart., Sir Harry Verney,
Bart., Sir John Dashwood King, Bart., Sir Alexander
Croke, Bart., Sir John Chetwode, Bart., Sir Robert Gun-
ning, Bart., Col. Hanmer, M.P., W. Rickford, Esq., M.P.,
T. P. Williams, Esq., M.P., G. S. Harcourt, Esq. (High
Sheriff), Col. Chester, Col. Pigott, Major Bent, Captain
Harcourt, Captain Arnold, Captain Swabey, Captain
Chase, W. Medley, Esq., G. Lyall, Esq., M.P., Mr.
D'lsraeli, and a number of other highly respectable and
influential gentlemen.
After the usual toasts,

The NOBLE PRESIDENT said—Gentlemen, I am now
going to give you a toast, which, of itself, you will, I am
sure, drink with the greatest enthusiasm, " The Health of
the Army of England ;" but with it I shall combine the
name of the hero of a hundred fights—(Cheers)—the con-
queror of France—(Loud cheers)—the deliverer of Europe
(Great cheering) the hope of England (Immense
cheering)—" The Duke of Wellington and the Army of
England"—(Loud, long, and continued cheering, which
lasted several minutes.) As the cheers were about to cease,
the Noble Chairman again rose, and exclaimed " Up, boys,
and at them."—(Renewed applause.)
" The health of the Noble Chairman" being drunk,
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM rose to return thanks :
Gentlemen and Brother Farmers—this meeting is no
party meeting ; but still it is a political one ; and God for-
bid that it should be otherwise. The time never has been,
and we hope never will be in England, when the agricul-
turists of that country will cease to be in their assemblies
a political body. It shall never happen whilst I have a
voice to prevent it. The object of the present meeting is
known to all of you, for all your feelings are interested in
it—l mean the distress of the agricultural part of the com-
munity. Indeed that distress has flashed on the minds and
feelings of every body of men of each successive Ministry ;
and even in the mind of the King himself, who recom-
mended that distress to the consideration of Parliament.
But how did that Parliament answer the King's appeal on
the occasion ? What the answer was I will not say, and I
leave it to your feelings to judge of that answer. I ask,
what has been the result of the last session of Parliament ;
and what good has it done to agriculture ? 0, yes ; it has
taken off the tax from short-tailed dogs !—Laughter.)
We asked of that Parliament bread, and they gave us a
stone.—(Cheers.) But now another era has arisen—ano-
ther light has dawned upon us—one, I hope, which will
speedily illumine the prospects of British farmers.—(Cheers.)
The Noble Duke concluded by giving the following toast—
" God speed the plough !"
The toast was drunk most cordially.
Lord BOSTON proposed " The health of the Members
of the county of Buckingham."
The Marquis of CHANDOS rose to return thanks, and
spoke nearly as follows :—My Lord Duke and Gentlemen
—there now appears before me in this Court the largest,
the most respectable, the most influential, the most wealthy
assembly that has ever, within the memory of man,
graced this large Hall, to take into consideration the state
and condition of the British farmer, and to support him in
the best way they can.—(Cheers.) I have for many years
advocated the cause of the British farmer, and, I am sorry
to say, to no effectual avail. However, the distress of the
farmers, during the last few years, has so much increased,
that it now requires in their favour the exertions of every
man who wishes to see the farmers prosperous and happy,
and, by consequence, the whole nation equally so.—
(Cheers.) For sixteen years I have represented you in
Parliament—and during that time I flatter myself that I
have never forfeited your confidence, nor swerved an iota
from the path I promised to pursue with respect to you.—
(Loud cheers, and cries of " No, never.") A great crisis,
gentlemen, is now at hand ; it is a crisis that affects in par-
ticular the British farmer ; for their general state of pros-
perity was falling of—their prospects were destroyed—their
markets were declining—farmers were quitting farms, and
labourers were compelled to abandon their families ; there-
fore, I appeal to you if it be not • time for all Englishmen
to come forward and do their duty.—(Hear, hear, hear.)
As the Noble Duke in the chair has said, we have lately
lived under an administration whose measures we
must all confess, were excessively benign towards
agriculture !—(Groans and laughter.) But we are
now arrived at another and I hope more fortunate
period—we have another Administration in England.—
( Hear.) lam more or less acquainted with the Members
that are to form the present Administration—they are
men more or less dependant on the soil, and I look to them
with confidence, and I hope that being men, who, when
out of office did support the British farmer, they will not
now, when in office, desert him.—(Hear, hear.) I know
that many diffiaties-nave arisen, and many differences of
opinion prevail, as to the mode in which relief is to be
granted to the farmer. Many have very justly thought
that the only relief that could be afforded them was the
taking off of those taxes that pressed most heavily upon
them, and some thought that they might be relieved by
taking off the taxes . that fell heavily upon their fellow-
countrymen in the large towns. For my own part, I have
always aided by my vote the inhabitants of towns, and I
have constantly called upon them and their representative;
to live me their assistance. 1 have not been supported as
I have'' supported others. For that reason I call upon all
in this room—l call upon the whole county, upon all who
possess landed property—upon landlords and tenants, I
call upon them all to support one another ; I call upon
all the holders of property to do the same, because if but
one link in the chain be broken, we may bid adieu to the
prosperity of the country.—(Cheers.) I am of opinion
that of all classes in the community the farmers mostly re-
quire the relief of every man present, and of every indi-
vidual who wishes to see his country happy. I can say
that I have always stood forward in my place in Par-
liament, and stated the objects, the wishes, and the
mode of relief, required by the British farmer. I can
place my hand upon my heart, and say that I have
never forgotten the cause that I first advocated.
(Cries of " True, true !") Since my friends have so
much confidence in me, I consider it my bounden, my un-
flinching duty, to pursue every means that may sway Eng-
land's prosperity—that may make the farmers prosper and
yield to them assistance ; and one of the best means I
consider is the repeal of the malt tax ; for by its repeal we
may have the unrestricted use of corn, which would lead
the farmers to brew—enable them to drink good beer, and
all by their own fireside, and save the labourer from the
contamination of the beer-shops.—(Cheers.) I hope, there-
fore, that the attention of his Majesty's present Government
will, without delay, be directed towards this tax—that
they will repeal the whole, or at least a part, of the malt-
' tax.—(Cries of " They must repeal the whole.") If we
approach the throne in a dutiful and respectful manner, I
trust that the Ministers who are at present in power will
recollect the support the farmers gave them in times of
trouble and uncertainty, and that they will prove that re-
collection by now, in their turn, supporting the farmers.
—(Hear, hear.) I, for one, will not answer for any man ; I
will place no confidence in any bosom but my own ; and I
think you may place some confidence in me, since, I believe,
I have never swerved from the principles I first advocated,
nor deceived the confidence they reposed in me at the outset
of my political life.—(Cheers.) I tell you that you must ad-
here to your principles, and I can assure you that I will
adhere to mine ; and if you are not saved you must attri-
bute the blame to men who, in politics, have not adhered to
their principles ; and I tell the farmers not to support at
the present crisis such men.—(Cheers, and cries of " No
Rickford.") I should regret if any one ever doubted that
I should support you in the hour of adversity, since you
know that I have been your friend in the time of prosperity.
No, gentleman ; I shall steadily stand by you, I shall for
ever support you, and I shall profess to the latest hour—
down to that which bears me to the grave—the same prin-
ciples and the same feelings that have actuated me through-
out public life—principles and feelings known and under-
stood by the country at large, and from which I have never
deviated, nor in the slightest manner altered.—( Loud cheer-
ing.) We must rely on the justice of the Legislature—we
must lay before Parliament our distresses, and I think I
may say we must confide in the loyal and honourable men
that now form the Administration. _ _ _

The Noble Marquis sat down amidst the loudest
applause.
The Noble PRESIDENT then gave " The health of the
Lord Bishop and the Clergy.of the Diocese."—(Cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. QUARTLEY returned thanks. We live,
said he, in an era when the ties of the Church and State
are, by disloyal and unprincipled persons, attempted to be
severed.—(Hear, hear.) All knew that such an attach-
ment was inseparable ; and he was sure the company would
join with him in giving gratitude to the clergy for the con-
scientious discharge of their duties, and to the noble-minded

men in le Muse of Peers for having protected the inte-
rests of the Church.—(Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of CHANDOS proposed " Speedy relief to
the farmers, and repeal of the Malt Tax." The toast was
given from the chair, and drank with loud cheering.
Mr. ROLFE agreed that nothing could do so much good
to the farmer and to the agricultural labourer as the re-
moval of the Malt Tax. The removal of that tax would
enable the farmer and the labourer to brew their own beer,
to remain comfortably by their own fire-side, and regale
themselves with that wholesome and invigorating beverage ;
besides, the country would be more cultivated—barley
would be more extensively grown, and that, at least, would
be one great relief to agricultural depression, which was
never greater than it was at the present moment. Agri-
culture was placed upon the quicksand of despair, and it
would be ultimately and completely wrecked, if it were not
properly and substantially supported.—(Cries of " Hear,
hear.") The manufacturers might cry out for cheap bread,
but they could not do so in justice, when the price of agri-
cultural labour was so much diminished. He, for one,
hoped that the master-sinew of the nation and of the state
would prosper as it had done under their ancestors. He
begged to conclude by proposing as a toast, " The health
and prosperity of the nobility and gentry of the county of
Buckingham."

The toast was received with loud applause.
Sir ALEXANDER CROKE (by permission of the Noble
Chairman) proposed " The health of the Duchess of Buck-
ingh im," which was drunk with great enthusiasm.
" Sir R. Gunning and the Northamptonshire farmers"
was next proposed, and warmly received.
Sir R. GUNNING returned thanks.

Mr. HUTTON congratulated the agricultural interest on
the change in the Ministry—(cheers)—but he could not
fora.et that the person at the head of that Ministry, by al-
tering the nature of the currency, had depressed, in the
most grievous way, the agricultural interests.--(Hear.) He
had heard Sir Robert Peel's father say, that he had a son
of whose talents he was proud, but that he would not give
up to that son's theoretical ideas his own English and solid
motions respecting the currency question. He should have
been happy if the son had followed the dictates of the
father, and had tried to relieve the distresses of the agricul-
tural portion of the country by means different from those
which he had adopted.—(Loud cheers.) He heartily con-
',warred in the repeal of the Malt-tax.
Mr. ROLFE proposed " The health of Mr. D'lsraeli,"
which was drunk with loud cheers.

Mr. D'IsRAELI (the younger), rose to return thanks,
and said that a few days ago he had hoped for extensive
relief from the present Administration, but his hopes were
greatly abated when he saw that a distinguished individual
there present—an individual remarkable for his honour,
talent, and devotion to the country—he meant their
Noble Representative—was not taking the place every
one expected he would take in the councils of his
Sovereign. On that account alone he, for one, fal-
tered in his confidence in the present Administration.
The Noble Marquis, in his speech that evening, had
delicately avoided the subject—(hear, hear)—but he
thought that the Noble Marquis should have al-
luded to it, especially when a gentleman respected
by the agriculturists, in the same manner as the Noble
Marquis, was called to the King's Councils—he meant, of
course, Sir Edward Knatchbull. Ought it be said that
thei e was any split in their ranks, as it surely would be
said, when the country saw that Sir Edward Knatchbull
was called to the Councils of the Sovereign, and the Mar-
quis of Chandos excluded from them ? He would be more
explicit, and say that he was glad to see the Cabinet was
not as yet formed, and he hoped that the delay was in ex-
pectation of the results of this great Aylesbury meeting.—
(Loud cheers.) The best mode of obtaining relief for the
agriculturists was by petitioning for a repeal of the Malt
Tax—not for a repeal of the half of it.—(Cheers.) In the
next Parliament he thought they would be better repre-
sented ;—the present Parliament scarcely now existed, and
in speaking of it he was much afraid of committing a breach
of privilege.—(Laughter.) The only comparison that he
could make respecting it was to liken it to the Praise-God-
Barebones' Parliament, which it equalled in its extreme of
servility and its extreme of jobbing.—(Laughter, and im-
mense cheering.) The next Parliament he trusted, if it
consented one night to repeal the malt-tax, would not the
next night rescind its previous vote.—(Cheers.)
The NOBLE CHAIRMAN then proposed, after passing a
high eulogium upon them, "The Yeomanry of the Country."
The Marquis of CHANDOS returned thanks in the name
of the officers and men.

The Noble Duke then retired amidst loud cheering, ex-
claiming emphatically, as he quitted the platform, "My
brother farmers, God Mess you all."
The HIGH SHERIFF was then called to the chair, and, af-
ter a few toasts of local importance, the company separated.

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THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING will be presented the Historical Play of
RICHARD THE SECOND.
After which, the New Interlude, called REFLECTION.
To conclude with the New Farce, called TAM O'SHANTER

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MANFRED.
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