The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-04 00:00:00

BROADSTAIRS.

This attractive and fashionable watering place, so much ad-
mired for the purity df its air and genteel company, is filling
very fast. No less than 13 families arrived on the Ist July.
Among the latest arrivals are Lady Campbell, Rev. C. Brad-
ley and family, Mr. Tilliard and family, Mr. Gaitskill and
family, Mrs. Edmond Williams and family, Mrs. Brown and
family, Mr. Urquhart and family, Mr. Anderson and family,
Dr. Tyrrell and family, Mr. Wynn Williams and family, Mr.
Armstrong and Family, Mr. Green and family, Mr. Barnet
and Family, Mr. Blackburn and family, Mr. Hoar and family,
Mrs. Magnay and family, Mr. and Mrs. Pricket, Mr. Clark,
Mrs. Hunt, Miss Rastal, Mr. Stevens, Mrs. Scott, Miss Bu-
chan, Miss Hetheringtons, Mr. and Mrs. Pegg, Mr. and Mrs.
Dovor, Mr. Robert Brown, &c.

By the death of the late Sir Daniel Bayley, formerly
Consul General in Russia, a pension of 5001. a year lapses.
_ _

We understand that Mr. Wm. Brougham, M.P.,
is about to lead to the hymeneal altar the very agreeable
daughter of Sir Charles Taylor. The marriage is expected to
take place immediately ; and the bride is said, in addition to
personal attractions, to possess very substantial charms.—
Kendal Mercury.

To-morrow evening will be made up the accounts
of the present quarter's Revenue. On the same day the fol-
lowing dividends will become due :—The Three per Cent.
Consols, the Four per Cents., the Three per Cents. of 1726,
South Sea Three and a Half per Cents., South Sea New
Three per Cents., and the Imperial Three per Cents. The
dividends will be in course of payment next week, and the
amount will be about seven millions.

Mr. Arnold's new Theatre is finished, and
just about to be opened, under the title of " The Lyceum and
English Opera House." It is a very elegant structure, and
does great credit to the different artists concerned in its erec-
tion and embellishment. Some changes have been an-
nounced in the customary regulations, the first of which relates
to the commencement of the performances. They are in fu-
ture to commence at eight o'clock instead of seven, and to
finish before twelve. There is to be no half-price ; but this
has been the practice of the same management for several
years back. A balcony projects beyond the dress circle in
the new Theatre containing several seats, for which the
charge is to be higher than the box price, as the following
scale will show :—To the public boxes, ss. ; to the pit, 3s. ;
to the gallery, 2s. ; the private boxes and family boxes, from
two to four guineas ; to the balcony seats and orchestra, 6s.
MR. O'CONNELL AND MR. STEELE.—We
have heard from good authority, that a reconciliation has taken
place between our distinguished countrymen, O'Connell. and
Steele. We trust that Ireland will again experience the be-
nefit resulting from their united exertions. The sincere friends
of our country are so limited, that we cannot endure the seces-
sion of any of those who have been tried and found valuable in
her service. We congratulate our fellow-citizens on the cheer-
ing prospect of again beholding " honest Tom Steele" at
their head, leading them on in their constitutional battle, with
that sterling fidelity of purpose which has ever marked his
care er. —Limerick Star.

IMPORTANT SALE OF LANDED PROPERTY IN
THE NORTH OF IRELAND.-We perceive that the valuable and
extensive estate of the late Lord De Clifford, in the county of
Down (comprising upwards of 7,000 acres of land, with a pre-
sent rental of 7,500/. a year, besides great prospective advan-
tages), which, according to an announcement that has fre-
quently appeared in our advertising columns, was to have been
sold by auction, at Dublin, on the 15th instant, has been dis-
posed of by private contract. We believe this sale falls little
short in amount of the sum at which the celebrated Crowland
estate was sold, which, if we recollect right, exceeded a quar-
ter of a million sterling. Mr. W. W. Simpson, of Bucklers-
bury, was the agent in effecting both these sales, the largest
which have taken place since the famous Ormond estate in
Yorkshire. A wealthy Irish commoner is said to be the pur-
chaser of the Downpatrick estate.
We take the following from the Annotateur de Bou-
logne-sur-Mer :—" The celebrated Paganini, who disem-
barked here a few days ago, is the hero of rather a scandalous
adventure, the following details of which are, we have reason
to believe, strictly true :—Paganini, it appears, had entered
into a very advantageous agreement, for him at least, with a
Mr. W—, of London. For his performances he was to receive
a fixed and considerable sum per night, no matter what the re-
ceipts might be. This bargain, so profitable to Paganini,
proved ruinous to Mr. W—, and, to add to his misfortunes,
the celebrated virtuoso, taking advantage of his intimacy with
the family of Mr. W—, won the consent of his daughter, a
girl of 16 or 17, not exactly to run away with him, but to run
away after him to the Continent. Soon after the enamoured
musician had left London, the young lady stole away from her
father's house, and set out for Boulogne, but her flight being
quickly denounced, her father took the same direction, and, as
it would appear, with still greater celerity, though they say
Love has wings, for on the fair fugitive stepping from the
packet on the quay at Boulogne, she was received into her
father's arms instead of into those of the love-sick Paganini,
and in place of the rosy urchin Cupid to welcome her to the
Gallic shore, and lead her to her lover, she saw a stern-looking
Commissary of Police, who insisted upon her returning to
London with her father, in spite of the noisy remonstrances of
an agent of Paganini, who spoke much, and in good set terms
of violation, personal liberty, land of freedom, &c."
EARTHQUAKE IN JAVA.—THE HAGUE, JUNE
29.—. The accounts received from Java, to the 26th of Feb-
ruary, contain nothing of general interest ; but one of the
papers gives some particulars of the earthquake in the night
of the 24th of November last:—" This earthquake which was
felt in Java and elsewhere, especially in Sumatra, is ascribed
in a report from Palambang to an eruption of the Volcano
Bocket Kaba, in Palambang. Besides the damage done by
repeated shocks of the earthquake, the effects of an
inundation coming from that mountain were most distressing.
Between the two principal 'peaks of the mountain there
was a lake, called Telaga Ketjiel, which, in consequence of
the shocks of the earthquake, inundated the neighbouring dis-
tricts. The inundation was increased by the overflowing of
the river Ager Dingien, the channel of which was choked up
by masses of earth and trunks of trees. The hamlet of Tal-
bang Ager Lang was covered with water to the depth of 21
feet, and after the inundation there remained a bed of mud
seven feet deep. Thirty-six inhabitants of the hamlet pe-
rished. The total number of victims in the districts was 90.
Mount Kaba is 50 leagues from Palambang, and yet the water
of the great river Moessie was not fit to drink for several
weeks. An account from Kodal states, that on the 2d of Feb-
ruary, during a torrent of rain, part of the mountain. of Telo
Mojo, in the district of Ngassinan, on the frontiers of Ans-
barawa, had sunk down, by which twelve habitations were
buried, and thirty-seven persons lost their lives."—Dutch
Paper

DINNER to Mr. SPRING RICE at CAMBRIDGE,
to CELEBRATE his RETURN to PARLIAMENT.

A grand dinner was given on Wednesday evening, in the
large room of the Hoop Tavern, Cambridge, by the indepen.
dent electors of that town, to the Right Hon. Thomas Spring
Rice, with the two-fold view of complimenting him on his
recent return to represent that town in Parliament, and of
commemorating the triumph which they so nobly achieved for
themselves and the cause of independence, in securing that
return—a return the more triumphant, when considered in
connexion with the great array of influence and intimidation
which had been marshalled against them by many of the
authorities of the University, and by the powerful Tory interest
of the town.

From an early hour of the day, expectation was on the
" tip-toe," in an anxious spirit looking out for the Right Hon.
Gentleman ; and at two o'clock the distant shouts of a party
of friends who had gone to meet him announced his approach
to the town, which instantly became animated from end to
end ; and, as it were, the bustling scene of such another
election as that which they were now about to commemorate.
At two o'clock the cheering became more loud and distinct ;
and the Right Hon. Gentleman, surrounded by his warm
escort of " volunteers," entered the town, accompanied by
Mrs. Rice and their daughters, the Misses Rice, two highly
interesting young ladies. The cheering, as the distinguished
party passed through the streets, was enthusiastic ; and ban-
ners, composed of the Right Hon. Gentleman's colours,
waved over their heads as they passed towards their destina-
tion, the Bull Inn, from the worthy proprietor of which Mr.
Rice received the most sanguine support at his election.

The room in which the dinner was given was most taste-
fully decorated, and the coup d'oeil which it presented was
highly attractive. The devices were numerous and tastefully.
arranged. At the extreme end, the initials of Mr. Rice, at-
tached to the wall, and composed of laurel leaves, interspersed
with roses, had a pretty effect, which was greatly heightened
by festoonings of laurel leaves wreathing beautifully over
them, and by laurel stars on either side. The next and most
prominently attractive object in the room was a picture, in oil,
representing Mr. Rice, and his colleague Mr. Pryme, which
was placed centrally on one of the side walls, and beneath
which the chairman, Julian Skime, Esq., took his place.
The covers of the first course having been all placed,
Mr. Rice, accompanied by his excellent colleague Mr.
Pryme, Mr. Julian Skrine, the Messrs. Gunning, and seve-
ral of the independent professors of the University, entered
the room, and were long, loudly, and enthusiastically
cheered by the electors, the band at the same time play-
ing, in a most spirited manner, " See, the conquering
hero comes." Besides the Right Honourable and distin-
guished guest Mr. Rice, who sat on the left of the chair-
man, there were present amongst the company, on the
right of the chair, Professor Henslow (of the University),
the Rev. Mr. Romilly (Registrar of the University), the
Rev. Mr. Currie, H. Gunning, Esq. (Bedel of the Uni-
versity), Ebenezer Foster, Esq., Pryme, jun., Esq., W.
Eden, Esq., J. Eden, Esq., Hadley, Esq.,
derson, Esq., F. M. Randall, Esq., F. Fisher, Esq., Eming-
ton Harris, Esq., &c. &c. On the left were G. Pryme, Esq.,
M. P., Rev. Dr. Lamb (Master of Corpus Christi College),
Rev. G. A. Browne, W. F. Coe, Esq., W. G. Ashton,
Esq., Charles Humfrey, Esq., F. J. Gunning, Esq., S. A.
Rice, Esq., James Nutter, Esq., C. Lestorgeon, Esq., &c.
On the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN rose, and
the company having charged their glasses, gave " The King,"
three times three, which was drunk with enthusiasm, the
drums rolling in with the hurras.
Tune—" God save the King !"
The CHAIRMAN then rose and proposed " The health of
her Majesty the Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family,"
which was drunk with three times three, and great applause.
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said—Gentlemen, I am now
about to propose a toast which requires no preface : it is "The
health of our distinguished guest, the Right Honourable
Thomas Spring Rice."—( Great and long-continued cheering,
amidst which Mr. Rice rose, and the cheering was increased
to an almost deafening degree—the enthusiasm equalling any
demonstration of the kind ever before witnessed.) As soon as
order was restored,

Mr. RICE spoke to the following effect :—Mr. Chairman,
and Gentlemen Electors of the Town of Cambridge, there are
moments in which the very intenseness of our whole emotions
may render it difficult, if not impossible, to convey to others
the sentiments which influence and sway our hearts ; and I
dread that the very great enthusiaim of mine, and the exube-
rance of the gratitude which I owe to you, may render it so to me
to express my feelings towards you on the present occasion.—
( Hear, hear.) We are now met under no ordinary cir-
cumstances, we are now met under no ordinary triumph ;
and however embarrassed I may feel in talking of myself, I
feel that there can be no embarrassment in vindicating the
principles of the triumph which we are now met to celebrate.
(Hear, and cheers.) The event is not to be considered as
one of contest between the honourable individual who has
failed, and myself ; but it is a contest of two principles
which have long agitated and engrossed the minds of the
people of England.—( Hear, hear, and great cheering.)
On the late occasion, the two opposing principles were mar-
shalled against each other. The banners of the opposing party
were raised : every nerve was strained—every advantage was
taken; and the whole cry—the by-gone watch-words of
" Church and State," and " the Church is in danger !" were
renewed. —( Great cheering.) Before I proceed further, I will
take the liberty of representing, that however the principles of
both parties may have been set forth, there is no one of the
Tory party who is more entitled to respect, none more worthy,
and none more elevated in his profession, than my honourable
opponent, Sir Edward Sugden.—( Applause.) There 4 none
who would more adequately represent the Tory party—( Hear,
hear)—and he was the person chosen by them on that account.
He was their champion in the field ; and they, therefore, had
now no right to deny it, or complain of him.—( Hear, hear.)
I cannot think, for a moment, of comparing myself with that
hon. individual. He is a gentleman whom I should much re-
spect, even if it had fallen to his lot to wave a whole grove of
laurels over me—( Cheers and laughter, which are explained
by the circumstance of Sir Edward Sugden having, after his
defeat, complained in his address to his supporters, that Mr.
Rice had waved a laurel branch over him, which was the only
occurrence in the election which he could not forgive.) The
Tories could net have got any man as their champion, calcu-
lated to such a nicety to support their objects, and to contest
their cause.—( Hear, hear.) Having disposed of the champion,
I will now ask—had we a fair field ?—( General cries of " No,
no, no !") Was there not a formidable array of Tory influence
brought forward against us? Influence of the grossest nature
—influence which gave the Tory interest peculiar advantages.
I will assume, for the sake of argument, first, that the two
candidates were fairly matched ; and next, which is not the
fact, that the arena was a free, fair, and impartial one,
( Hear, hear, hear.) All the address of their antagonists was
brought into play against them, with a remarkable degree of
cunning,. and with a view of battering down the principles of
the existing Government, of which I have the honour of being
a member ; and if ever there was an inducement for men to act,
we had it. (Hear, hear.) I will again say, that the Tories
had well chosen their man ; and I will go on to assume that
the electors had fair ground (and in saying that I make a large
concession), but we fought bravely ; and that the electors of
the town had an opportunity of recording their independence,
is to me—who have been all my life a Whig--a source of great
pride—to me, who to the abstract duties of a Whig, may add—
the more
practical duties of a Reformer—( Hear, and ap-
plause)—it is to me, I repeat it, a source of great pride and
gratification that the electors of Cambridge proved themselves,
in the eyes of the people of England, worthy of the elective
franchise which had been conferred upon them, in the con-
sistent support which they have given me in connexion with
my principles ; and it is also a matter of pride and consolation
to me that they have in their decisions given approval to
those sentiments, which the Whigs out of office have advo-
cated, and which the Whigs in office have carried into
effect.—( Great cheering.) I make these concessions for the
sake of argument, but they are concessions which every man
knows not to be true.--( Hear, hear.) If we had " open lists
and no favour ;"—( Cheers)—if every man had been able to
appear in his true colours—( Renewed cheers)—and to give
his vote in conformity to his conscience, I say that the voice of
the electors would be "a voice of thunder"—( Cheers)—and
that the men of Cambridge would show that they would trust
the men who arc the friends of the people ; and that they
would not trust those who have ever been the enemies of their
rights.—(Much cheering). I may, by way of parenthesis,
notice some statements which have appeared in some of the
public prints, in connexion with the last election, in which the
author went so far as to proceed to names. Those statements
charged me with having gained my election by means of bribery,
and went on in effect to say, " We understand that the Right
Hon. Mr. Spring Rice succeeded in gaining his election by
means of bribery and corruption.--( Laughter.) We will not
now proceed to proof, leaving the question to be inquired into
by a reformed House of Commons, the must fitting tribunal
for such a subject."—( Much laughter.) For myself, con-
tinued the Right Honourable Gentleman, I dare my accusers
to the proof.--( Hear, hear.) The question, indeed, might
be made the subject of inquiry elsewhere—it might be
made the subject of a proceeding in a court of law ; but I de-
cline making it so ; and I readily adopt this course, rather
than from any personal or temporary notice, affecting me, in-
stitute proceedings which might endanger a principle which I
hold to be vital to the independence of the State.--( Much
cheering.) I am incapable of seeking the vote of any man by
such means—( Hear, hear)—and if I were capable, I should
seek some other constituency on which to practise it.—( Hear,
hear.) I now rest the matter on proof, and ask, is the town of
Cambridge of so little account that, if the parties who made
this charge can prove their assertions, they would not come
forward to do so ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) There was a lurking
maliciousness in the report ; and whatever way the matter may
turn out, it is perfectly clear that they would found a beautiful
line of argument upon it. If they should go on and succeed,
they would say they had gained a great point ; but if not suc-
cessful, they would say, " Oh, the thing has been inquired into
before a Reformed House of Commons, which every one knows
is a partial tribunal."—( Much laughter.) I admire the freedom
and independence of the public press ; but I fear my accusers
not, and trust to my own character.--( Great cheering.) The
present is the second occasion which I have had the honour of
appearing before you as your Representative.--( Hear, hear.)
On the first occasion, I appeared amongst you on the invita-
tion of Mr. Headley, Mr. Foster, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Gunning,
Mr. Skrine, and several other gentlemen ; and I now come
before you on my having been elevated to a high situation in
his Majesty's Government. ( Cheers.) I am proud, Gentle-
men, to see that the expression has called forth your applause
( Hear, hear)—and however ready I was to fight the enemy
on the first return, that first return was nothing in import-
ance, either as fixing the election of an individual or a prin-
ciple, when. compared with the present.—( Cheers.) As one
of the highest compliments that could be paid to a woman was
to ask " how much the wife is dearer than the bride ;" the

question here is, " how much the representative is dearer to
you than the candidate ?"—( Hear, hear, and cheers. ) But
it is said by the Tories, that the people are now getting tired
of reform—(Laughter)—and they begin to care nothing about
it ; the auditory which I now have the honour of addressing—
so much more numerous even than the former—shows clearly
that a change has taken place in public opinion ; but then
that change is all against the Tories.—(Laughter.) Then,
again, it is said, " But your majority was small !" Consider-
ing the intersections which marked the longitude and latitude
of the localities, the majority was not to be surprised at ;
and it should be recollected, that in no instance did I try to
bring forward an elector by any such undue or base influence
as had been resorted to against me.—( Hear, hear.) To the
glorious reserve who were ready to come up and poll for me,
if necessary, I give rny heartfelt thanks.—( Cheers, pro-
duced by the impression that the Right Hon. Gentleman
alluded to the University printers.) I cannot (the Right
Hon. Gentleman proceeded) but allude to the forty-five dis-
franchised voters of Barnwell—( Hear, hear, hear)—men
who had been shamefully deprived of their right by an indi,
vidual named White, of whom, as he is now no more, I will
not speak harshly, but I must say that he performed that act
with a view of pleasing the corporation under which he served,
and thereby benefitting his own views.—( Hear, bear.) I must
also say that, notwithstanding the fact of the Charles-street
Club having had their agents in the field, laden with money,
my election was secured, and the " duffer" was obliged to
return again to London,—( Cheers and loud laughter.) I say
boldly, that the cause of liberal opinions—the cause of the
people of England—never stood before with a more impene-
trable front to attack, come from what quarter it might, than it
did at the late election.—( Hear, and cheers.) I alluded be-
fore, and I will do so again, with caution, to the influence
which had been used against me ; and I do now assure you that
there is nothing more deeply impressed on my heart than
the political thanks which I owe to the University for its pro-
ceedings, in connection with the election.—( Laughter.) I
do, however, also assure you that I am bound in affection to
the University, which brings back to my mind the fondest re-
collections of my by-gone days.--( Hear, hear.) The opi-
nions I advocated through life were those I imbibed in the
University of Cambridge. This reminds me of a passage in
that beautiful writer Wordsworth, who, in designating the
envy in which a man was held for his talents, stated that
people lost sight of the original source whence he had de-
rived them ;—and so with me, whatever I have done through
life to deserve public favour I owe to the University—( Ap-
plause)—and, therefore, whatever observations I may make
in connection with it, I make with feelings of the utmost
respect.--( Hear, hear.) It is a proud source of gratification
to me, notwithstanding the exercise of some bad influence
by authorities in the University, that I was supported and
cheered in the struggle in which I was engaged by sonic
of the highest, the ablest, the best, and most respectable men
in the University.—(Long continued cheering.) There are
many points which I would most willingly yield to the Uni-
versity, but there are many other points which I would not
surrender one tittle of to that institution--(Cheering)--and,
in particular, I would not surrender to it the independence of
the town of Cambridge.—( Renewed and long-continued cheer-
ing.) Let the electors say to those who would use their power
over them to influence their votes, " We are prepared to make
sacrifices to you in many things, but we will never consent to
sacrifice our judgment to )ou in matters concerning our
rights."—(" Bravo !" and loud cheers.) The electors of
Cambridge, by this course, would be laying down a principle
which all men must esteem, and which the very men who
would be base enough to tempt them to violate, and who would
aespise them in their hearts should they violate, could not but
admire—( Applause)—and if all men would lay down such
axioms by which to govern themselves, and say, " our
votes are our own : our respect we owe to you ;" then the
country would soon be free, and intimidation would be at an
end.—( Long continued cheering.) I hope much that gen-
tlemen will not now consider me as arguing for the future.
No, gentlemen, I am here to-day, but I may net be here to-
morrow : and in this point you should regard your repre-
sentatives as perennial plants, and watch over them steadily
and closely.—( Hear, hear, and applause.) You should,
then, take very good care that your names be not omitted in
the registry—the time is now drawing near for registering
yourselves as voters—and you should also take particular care
that the name of no individual be registered improperly.—
( Hear.) And under that management of things, if ten thousand
Sugdens should come down—if they should come down in shoals
and myriads of shoals, as thick and as desperate as the sabres
at Waterloo, you may set them at defiance.—( Enthusiastic
cheering.) I entreat you to pay your best attention to the sub-
ject,otherwise the Tories will give you cause to repent--( A voice,
"they never shall.") I advise you not to give them any
advantage over you, and to go at once about strengthening
your own force.---( Hear, hear.) God forbid, gentlemen, that
I should give you this advice from any fear or motives respect-
ing my own situation--( Hear, hear)--a situation in which I
can never desire to be placed, unless by your honest and in-
dependent wishes and support.—( Cheers.) I fear I am occu-
pying too much of your time.--( General cries of " No, no.")
I should, however, say something respecting the situation in
which I have the honour to appear before you..--( Hear, hear.)
I assure you, gentlemen, that the situation to which I allude, the
Colonial Secretaryship, was not one of my own seeking, but
was conferred on me by my sovereign.—( Hear, hear.) I
might be better placed had I been continued in the situation
from which I was elevated--( Cries of " No, no")—with the
duties of which I was acquainted ; duties, I will add—and I
do so with feelings of pride—in the discharge of which I
gave public satisfaction.—( Cheers, and cries of " Hear,
hear.") That situation. too, conferred upon me in the middle
of the session, might, perhaps, be thought the more objection-
able, but when I saw the old banners of reform raised—when
I saw the standard of our rights and liberties once more ele-
vated—( Great cheering)—l could not but undertake the office
(Hear, hear)—and now I stand before you in the rank of a
field-officer—(Much cheering and laughter)--and as ready to
do my duty—with more power to do it well—as I ever was
when unconnected with office.—( Renewed cheers.) In com-
ing amongst you, Gentlemen, on a recent occasion, I came as
a Minister of the Crown--( Hear, hear)--and as a Member of
Earl Grey's Government—(Much cheering)—by some desig-
nated as an enemy to the Church and the other institutions of
the country.—(Laughter.) I hold, Gentlemen, that none of
you will say that I in any single instance used the influence
which I might derive from my station in connexion with my
election..—( Universal cries of " No, no, no.") I canvassed
the electors supported by a Dissenter on one side, and a
Churchman on the other.—( Hear, hear ; cries of " Bravo,"
and cheers)—and I spoke the same language and opinions alike
to Churchmen and Dissenters, in the course of my can-
vass. Those opinions were founded on my attachment to
the Established Church, and my love of justice respecting
the rights of the Dissenters—( Continued cheering)—and
to the former, I made a general declaration that all that
was just, all that was remediable of practical evil—and I
spoke this, I repeat it, from my attachment to the
Established Church—shall be obviated as affects the Dis-
senters—( Applause)—while to the latter I said that I would
go all just lengths in seeking a redress of their grievances—
( Hear, hear)—but I would never consent to any measure
having for its object the abolition of the Church.—(Renewed
applause.) Exclusion of the Dissenters from privileges, and
a continuation of the abuses of the Church establishment, I
contend are, instead of being a source of force (as may, by
some, be supposed), a source of weakness to that Establish-
ment—( Cheers, and cries of " hear, hear.") We have now no
Tory canvasser in the room ; but if there was, he perhaps
would say—" Sir, you are a very astute little fellow (which,
in vernacular language, means a very contriving, clever one),
and don't mean what you say." However, I would argue those
opinions hand to hand with him (and I disdain not the opinions
of any man) ; and there is not a man of the whole constituency
to whom I would not afford every opportunity of obtaining
from me my full and undisguished opinions on the subject.
Hear, hear ; and applause.) I am sorry that I am not in
my place in the House to-night, as a measure in which the
Dissenters are interested was expected to come on; but, then,
on that point, we are so sure of a sweeping majority—
( Cheers)—that my constituents will not have cause to com-
plain of my absence—( Hear)—and it will not be said " the
Right Hon. the Member for Cambridge was not in his
place."—( Cheers, and laugh.) I hold that the right of
every man to think and act as he likes respecting his political
rights is the best security we can have for a reformed consti-
tuency, and I thank the electors for myself, and in the name of
the great cause which we have at issue.—( Hear, hear.) I
thank them also in the name of the cause of Corporate Reform.
(Immense cheering, produced by the promised reform of the
Cambridge Corporation, in which the electors feel a deep in-
terest.) If there is amongst you one who is attached to the
Mayor—" Metre," I believe, was the old name—" Maximus"
is not necessary.—( Laughter.) If there is one amongst you
who is attached to the name of Common Council, and who
wish them to sway your interest—if there is one amongst you
who is attached to Rutland Clubs—( A laugh)—l thank him
in the name of corporate reform--( A laugh)—and when cor-
porate reform will come before Parliament, I assure you, gen-
tlemen, that you will find in me, a Minister of the Crown, as
steady, and as uncompromising a friend and supporter as I
ever was before I entered office.—( Cheers.) You know
your rights, Gentlemen, and knowing them, should I hap-
pen not to perform my duty, you will call on me—as you
have a right to do—for an explanation of my conduct; and
should I not give you satisfaction, you, gentlemen will
have the remedy in your own hands.—( Hear, hear,
hear, and cries of " bravo.") In my future conduct you
will have more frequent opportunities of witnessing tests
of my Parliamentary acts than you hitherto have had.
With respect to my powers, in judging of me I ask your indul-
gence ; but with respect to my principles, I ask it not--( Hear,
hear, and cheers)—and I hope most sincerely that nothing
will ever occur to estrange you from me.--( Hear, hear.) -I
have been called to a high station, it is true ; but what better
station could there be for the exercise of honest intentions,
and the extension of great popular good than the colonies ?
( Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is delightful to any man to con-
template, in casting his eye over the globe, a small speck like
England possessed of such wide extension of territory, and
such greatness of power.--( Cheers.) It is like the heart in
the human frame, conveying to its most distant settlements
its powers, its industry, its intelligence, and its greatness.—
( Renewed and long-continued cheering.) If, in the endea-
vour to discharge the duties, I should approach the comple-
tion of my hopes—nay, more, the inspiration of them—l will
deem it sufficient. Professor Slyght, in his lectures, beauti-
fully illustrated the destruction of the library which had risen
in the East. He compared it to the breaking up of some
great image of gold, by which it was circulated, and dif-
fused much good. The colonies I consider to be similarly
situated ; and, without breaking of them up, under proper
management, likely to be productive of great and general
benefits to the community.—( Hear, and cheers.) I thank
you, gentleman, for the picture which you have showed me,
and for the confidence you have reposed in me. I feel deeply
the responsibility of the duties which I have taken upon my-

self, and which I owe to the public ; and I do assure you gen-
tlemen, electors of Cambridge, that I shall endeavour to dis-
charge the trust faithfully towards you, and towards our com-
mon country; and if you will permit me the pleasure, I will
conclude with proposing the " Independant electors of Cam.
bridge, and prosperity to them." The Right Hon. Gentle-
man then sat down amidst loud and enthusiastic cheering, on
which the band struck up " Hearts of Oak."
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and then proposed the
" health of Mr. Pryme."
Mr. PRYME, in acknowledging the compliment that had
been paid him, alluded to the change which had recently taken
place in the government, and expressed his opinion that that
change was for the better.
Mr. RICE then proposed the " healths of the Chairman
and the other members of the Committee," of whose kind ex-
ertions he spoke at considerable length, and to whom he ex-
pressed his gratitude.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Dr. Lamb andthe Univers
sity of Cambridge," which was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Dr. LAMB, Master of Corpus Christi College, expressed his
thanks, and observed, that so much had been complained of
with regard to the University of Cambridge, that he felt com-
pelled to say a few words on the subject. He did not stand
there to defend any of the undue influence which had been
used in connexion with the election—(Bravo)—and he would
say, that any man who could attempt to force the conscience
of another, could never possess independence himself. He
despised any individual who would truckle to the opinions of
his fellow-man in a cause of this kind. During the election a
cry was raised that the Church was in danger. He had no
doubt that that cry had been used for another motive.
( Hear, hear.) He was a minister of the Church, and was it
likely that he would support any party or measure calculated
to endanger the Church ?—( Cheers.) There was at that
time a set of men in the Church who thought that there should
be a monopoly in religion.—( Cheers and laughter.) When
those men cried out that the Church was in danger, they meant
by that cry the revenues of the Church--( A laugh)—and when
they cried out " danger," they meant a more equal distribution
of those revenues. The whole body of the people and the
Government had a right, if they thought proper, to make an
equal distribution of those revenues for the public service.—
( Cheers.) The Church was in no danger except from its
own members and its own abuses. It had been placed in
danger by former Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) The Reverend
Doctor said the electors could not have chosen a better man
as their representative than Mr. Rice, and concluded by pro-
posing " Civil and Religious Liberty."—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. HUMFREY then proposed " The health of his Majesty's
Ministers," and _ . _

Mr. RICE, in returning thanks, said that Government in-
tended to bring forward all those measures to which they were
pledged, and carry out the principles of " Peace, Retrench-
ment, and Reform."

Professor HENSLOW, in a very able speech, proposed " The
progress of Education and Science ;" and argued that the re-
form which was now progressing was attributable to the spread
of education and science.

Among the other toasts were—." The old Reformers of
Cambridge," " The 45 disfranchised Electors of Barnwell,"
" The Ladies of Cambridge," " Corporation Reform," " The
Professional Gentlemen who had given their services gratu-
itously on this occasion ;" in connexion with which Mr. Howell,
Mr. Gunning, sen., Dr. Brown, Mr. F. Gunning, Mr. Fisher,
Mr. Ashton, &c., addressed the company.
The utmost conviviality prevailed throughout the evening,
and the principal portion of the company left the room about
eleven o'clock.