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

THE BURY CONSTITUTIONAL CLUB.

(Abridged from the Suffolk Herald.)
This anniversary dinner, in commemoration of the return
of Earl Jermyn, took place at the Concert-room, Market-
hill, on Friday last. About 220 persons sat down to table.
Earl Jermyn's carriage was met at some little distance from
the town by some hundreds of people, and was drawn in
by the crowd, who appeared unanimous in their respect for
his Lordship. On its arrival at the door of 0. R. Oakes,
Esq., where he was received by Mr. Oakes and Colonel
Rushbrooke, his Lordship briefly addressed the surrounding
multitude. He said—" Gentlemen, I feel highly gratified
by the handsome manner in which you have conveyed me
to town. lam only sorry I did not known of your intention
before ; as in that case I would have come earlier, and you
might have had more daylight, and I been more clearly
enabled to see my numerous friends." The carriage then
left, and after being drawn through several streets was
again brought round to Mr. Oakes' door. His Lordship
and party not being ready, the crowd sung, " God save the
King," and afterwards gave nine hearty cheers for his
Lordship. Shortly after his Lordship and Colonel Rush-
brooke entered the carriage, and were drawn, amidst the
shouts of the populace, to the Bell Inn, from whence,
after having received the greetings of his numerous friends,
his Lordship was conducted to the dining-room.
The Concert-room, in which the tables were laid, pre-
sented a very pleasing picture. When his Lordship en
tered the room he was received by long, loud, unanimous
cheering, accompanied by the clapping of hands. Henry
James Oakes, Esq., was in the Chair, supported on his
right by Earl Jermyn, and on his left by Hart Logan,
Esq., one of the candidates for the Western Division of
the county. Amongst the company we observed also Col.
Rushbrooke, 0. R. Oakes, Esq. ; T. Hallifax, Esq. ; R.
Dalton, Esq. ; R. Bevan, Esq. ; J. T. Ord, Esq. ; Le
Blanche, Esq. ; J. Boldero, Esq. ; A. Brooke, Esq. ; B.
Greene, Esq., the Alderman ; J. Deck, Esq. ; A. Gall,
Esq. ; J. Stutter, Esq. ; J. Symonds, Esq. ; P. J. Case,
Esq. ; Captain Hay, R.M. ; Revs. N. Colville, D.D., T.
Anderson, W. Hall, &c. &c.
The cloth having been removed, the CHAIRMAN gave—
. The King."—(Drank with great applause, and three times
three.)
The CHAIRMAN then said, let us fill a bumper to our
good, amiable, and virtuous Queen, and the rest of the
Royal family.—(The toast was received with at least equal
enthusiasm as that of the King.)
Mr. H. J. OAKES rose and said, Gentlemen, let us
drink—" Church and State."—(The toast was drank with
loud applause.)
" The health of the Marquis of Bristol." Drank with
three times three and one cheer more.
Earl JERMYN returned thanks for the honour which had
been done his father.

Mr. DALTON then rose, and was received with the most
gratifying and marked applause. He said, Gentlemen, let
every man rise and drink that toast, which has now become
a national one, standing—" His Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington." (This toast was given warmly with three times
three, one cheer more, and thunders of applause.)
The Rev. T. ANDERSON would give them " The health
of Sir Robert Peel and the Ministers."—(Drank with
cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast was one which they
would receive with very great satisfaction. He gave them
" The health of Earl Jermyn."—(The whole company im-
mediately rose, and expressed by their loud and continued
cheering the pleasure this toast afforded them.)
Earl JERMYN rose to return thanks, amid the most en-
thusiastic cheering. Some bright signs and tokens have
shown themselves of late in our political heavens, and have
inspired the friends of Conservative principles with new
vigour and new hopes. Our King is firm, and faithful to
his trust.—(Cheers.) He has summoned able and honest
Ministers to his councils—(Cheers)—to aid and advise
him in his difficulties, and to save the country from ruin.
At the same time, Gentlemen, I must take the liberty of
respectfully but earnestly warning you that unless the good
sense and loyalty of the people of the United Kingdom
prompt them speedily and zealously to rally round their
King, and to aid our most gracious Sovereign in his deep
and paternal solicitude for the integrity of the nationalin-
stitutions ; for the preservation of the altar, the throne, and
the Peerage (those great bulwarks of our liberties), and of
the House of Commons, too, in its due relation to the other
branches of the Legislature, the whole of our political edi-
fice (and who will take upon himself to say how soon ?) may
be placed in extreme jeopardy, and the venerable sanctuary
of the liberties of Englishmen be first desecrated and then
destroyed.—(Hear,hear.) I say first desecrated," for who
can doubt that if religion be once separated and divorced
from the State—which is the avowed object of hundreds at
this very moment, and which, believe me, Gentlemen, is
the real object of hundreds and thousands who dare not
as yet openly avow their intentions, and who think it at

any rate prudent for the present to conceal them.—
(Cheers.)—who, I ask, can doubt that the work of dese-
cration will then indeed be far advanced, if I ought not
rather to say that it will then be complete ; and I own that,
for one, if even that accursed work of desecration shall be
countenanced and proceeded in by the British House of
Commons, I shall not be sanguine in expecting that that
other sad woful work of destruction will tarry long behind,
or that some final catastrophe involving the utter dissolution
of the frame of civil society, and with that the extinction of
all our social happiness, will be long averted. Why should
I think otherwise ? Why should I suppose that national
guilt and national impiety should be unrequited by national
judgments 2—(Loud cheers.) Why should I suppose that
if ever the representative body of the people (which God
forbid!) should proclaim the false and infidel tenet—that re-
ligion is a matter with which the state has nothing to do ; that
religion is a matter with which Kings and King's Ministers,
Councils and Parliaments, as such, have no concern—the
protecting arm of heaven would not in anger and in justice
be withdrawn from this hitherto highly favoured land ?
You are all aware, no doubt, that it has been said by a
certain party, at a meeting of our opponents very recently
held somewhere in this town, that " Lord Jermyn is no
real Reformer ; that that man must be a poor Reformer
indeed who would not vote against Lord Jermyn." If (said
the Noble Lord) by a real Reformer is meant one who is
for thus mueh of Reform at one moment and for so much
more at another ; if, for instance, by that term is meant
one who is for shortening the duration of Parliaments to-
day, but who, for aught he knows or can say, will be for
the vote by ballot to-morrow—(cheers)—if by a real Re-
former he meant one who is for Church Reform now, but
who will be ready for Church plunder at the first convenient
opportunity—(cheers)—if by a real Reformer he meant
one who can be satisfied with a Reformed House of Com-
mons to-day, but who will join a cry for a Reformed House
of Lords to-morrow ; or who, lauding a limited monarchy
and a mixed Constitution to-day, will be content with no-
thing short of a transcript of the American Constitution to-
morrow—then, undoubtedly, Gentlemen, I am "no real
Reformer."—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, I have now
done. I thank yon sincerely for the patience and kindness
with which you have listened to the observations which a
sense of duty alone has induced me to offer to your notice.
Allow me to fill my glass, and to drink " Health and hap-
piness to you all."—(The cheering at the conclusion of the
Noble Lord's speech was most enthusiastic.)
Colonel RUSHBROOKE, H. LOGAN, Esq., Mr. DALTON,
Mr. H. OAKES, Mr. MACINTYRE, Mr. GREEN, and Mr.
BEVAN, addressed the company in speeches of sound Con-
stitutional sentiments ; after which the meeting broke up.