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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1834.

to afford him the best assistance in my power in obtaining for
the people of this country the restoration of those rights which
we had long contended for, in more adverse and more difficult
times.—(Renewed cheering.) Now that we have accom-
plished that great object of obtaining a full and fair represen-
tation of the people, it will be our duty to impress on their re-
presentatives the necessity of such efficient measures as they
have a right to expect as the result of that reform; and either
in my present situation, or in any other in which I may be at
any time placed, they shall be welcome to my best services in
that cause so long as my health will enable me to afford them ;
and I hope I shall not be found one of those who will at any
time proceed to claim a worse measure of reform, in the vain
hope of conciliating the natural and consistent enemies of all
reform.—( Cheers.) I am sure I only speak the sentiments
of every colleague with whom I have the honour to act, when
I say that they are as anxious as the people can desire, to pro-
ceed with what they know the people require, and with jus-
tice, at their hands—they desire not only that they may be
enabled to proceed with those measures with that deliberation,
with that caution, and with that prudence which are necessary
to adapt them to the great ends for which they are intended.
My Noble Friend has permitted me to propose a toast, which
I am sure no person in this assembly could do with a greater
feeling of respect and attachment towards the individual
whose name I shall mention to you, than myself—respect and
attachment founded on what I have witnessed of his manly,
efficient, disinterested, and independent services in Parlia-
ment. I allude to my excellent friend, Mr. Bannerman,
who represents the Provost and Council of the city of
Aberdeen. I wish to include in the toast the Town Councils
of the other burghs of Scotland, most of which, I believe have
representatives here on this occasion.-4 Applause.) I believe
Scotland has spoken out with one voice—(cheers) and that, if
the people were left fairly to themselves, that voice would not
only be raised from every great city and town in Scotland,
but from every county also. I believe that, in that case, we
should have but one class of representatives in Parliament,
and that they would be men determined to uphold and main-
tain the principles which we are assembled this day to express.
I beg to propose, " The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, and the
reformed Town Councils of Scotland."—( Cheers.)
Mr. BANNERIHAN, M.P., returned thanks, and proposed
" The health of Sir John Hobhouse." 'The toast having been
drunk with enthusiastic applause,
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE rose and said—My Lord Rosebery and
Gentlemen, the good fortune which has enabled me to be a
spectator of this most interesting and instructive scene will be
remembered by me to the last day of my existence. Gentle-
men, if I had before conceived a high opinion of the virtue
and patriotism of the people of Scotland—if I had before
been taught by history as well as by contemporaneous expe-
rience, to think that the people of this nation were perhaps
distinguished amongst the foremost, as men who knew what
public virtue was, and who, capable of appreciating, were de-
termined to reward it ; I say, gentlemen, if I had conceived
that opinion of you before, how much must it be confirmed
by the spectacle before me ?—by that spectacle which proves
to me that which I was before tolerably well convinced of—
namely, that what is called the ingratitude of the people
is, in fact, nothing but the folly of those who attempt to
decry public virtue (Loud cheers).—As the Noble Earl, who
is the object this day, not only of your applause, but of that
of the whole country—as he, I say, has told you, this occa-
sion will serve not only for a record of the past, but for a
lesson for the future—it will not only tell what he has
done for the public, but it will tell what other men who,
at a humble and a great distance, endeavour to tread in his
illustrious footsteps, may expect to earn from their fellow-
countrymen—it will teach them that if they try as well and
deserve as well, they may be sure, according to their meed
of merit,' to receive their reward—( Cheers.) I have not the
honour, gentlemen, of any of those connections with you, or
with the objects of your personal regard, which has attached
to you those gentlemen who have been before noticed by you.
I come among you here merely as one of your fellow-labour-
ers in the cause of reform ;—I come among you here as one
of those who, in former days—l hope I may venture to say,
through good and through evil report--struggled on in times
when no man hoped to see any-happy day, far less such a
day as that the termination of which we are now approaching_
(Great cheering.) When I first commenced my humble ca-
reer, what was the station then held by the Noble individual on
my left hand (Earl Grey) ? Certainly one which might be en-
vied by an honest man, but which, for an ambitious man of the
world, would have had few charms. That noble individual, at
that period, wanted not the smiles of a Court to encourage him
in his then apparently hopeless career; he was sure that there
was then working for him in your minds that which was
operating, and in full action, in his—a perception of what the
people of England wanted, namely, a fair control over their
own affairs ; and he was well assured that having obtained it,
they would show by their conduct that they knew the value of
the blessing. Gentlemen, have they not shown it to-day ?
( Protracted cheering.) Have they not shown that they are
aware to whom, in the greatest possible degree, a vast reward
is due ? Have they not shown in this northern metropolis that
the great author, I may say, or at least the consummator of
that great measure, will receive, and has received, at their
hands that which he has so long expected, and for which he
has so long arduously laboured, namely—the approbation of his
fellow-countrymen ?—( Immense applause.) These re-unions,
if I may so describe them—for I believe this is the first of the
kind in point of importance that ever occurred in the world,
and I hope it will not be the last ; I say, gentlemen, these
large meetings afford a great lesson to public men ; they
teach them their duty. If there were anything wanting to
tell a Minister what is expected of him at the hands of
the people of the United Empire, we should learn it cer-
tainly from what has been addressed to us by a Noble
Friend of mine, Lord Durham. I, for one, am most willing
to accept what he has been so kind as to address to the King's
Government in perfect good part. I do believe that it is the
intention of his Majesty's Ministers to carry into full and effi-
cient effect, all those benefits which the people of England and
Great Britain have a right to expect ; else why, Gentlemen,
do I belong to the present Administration. On what other
ground could I have joined it ? lam one of the people ; I
belong to the people in every sense of the word; it is in order
to carry into effect that which I believe from my conscience
to be the real popular effects of the Reform Bill, that I have
consented to Join the Administration. I am not, any more
than my Noble Friend (Lord Durham) is, the least
afraid of any lessons which the people may read to
the Administration. ' I know very well that what was
said by a great man of former days is perfectly true—
namely, that although the opinions of the people may
be often wrong, their feelings are generally and almost
universally right; and without indulging in any vain or
idle declamation, I think I can promise you that any mem-
ber of the present Government will at any time be too
happy to meet any assembly of his fellow-countrymen,
before them to lay open the whole of his public conduct, by
them to be judged, to them to appeal, and from them to re-
ceive what he considers his best reward.—(Loud and conti-
nued cheering.) It does not become me to trespass any lon-
ger on your time.--( Applause, and cries of " Go on.") There
are circumstances to which it would be indecorous for me to
allude more particularly, which must for ever attach me with
the warmest gratitude to the reformers of Edinburgh ; and
having observed for now nearly a quarter of a century your
brilliant and consistent career, allow me to congratulate you
on the happy results of all your great, your almost unprece-
dent efforts. I recollect, gentlemen, very well, when the at-
tempt at gaining two freely chosen representatives for the city
of Edinburgh was, as it were, the touchstone with respect to
parliamentary reform, in the unreformed House of Commons
Cheers)—and I recollect, well, that when that assembly
would listen to—as they then called it—no sweeping measure
of reform; they were, I will not say reduced, but somewhat
persuaded by the arguments of my Right Hon. Friend
and Colleague, your present member, Mr. Abercrombie,
to confess, that there was something like a blot to be
hit in the representation of the people—( Loud cheers and
laughter.) Most happy was I, as a real, and—if I may
presume to call myself—a Radical Reformer, to find that they
would not listen even to your present representative, with a
view to the amendment of this acknowledged abuse. It was a
great card for the Reformers of England, gentlemen, that
Edinburgh did not herself receive partial relief at that time.
It enabled you to be partakers and enjoyers of that great
triumph for which we have to thank the Noble Individual on
my left hand. It enabled you to see a complete and thorough
reform of the representation of England ; and, gentlemen,
that you may politically and personally long enjoy the benefits
of that great measare, is my most hearty and earnest prayer.
I shall always, gentlemen, if I may be permitted to repeat it,
carry with me a most grateful sense of the reception you have
been kind enough to give me this evening. I shall never for-
get that it has been my good fortune not only to witness the
great exertions of Earl Grey, but also to see those exertions
rewarded in a manner which he has so feelingly and truly told
you, is most acceptable to his generous and noble nature.—
( Great cheering.)
The LORD ADVOCATE proposed " The Solicitor-General."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL returned thanks, and gave " The
success of education throughout the empire," which was
drank with great applause.
Earl Grey, and the noblemen and gentlemen who accom-
panied him were most enthusiastically cheered on their retiring
from the pavilion, and during their progress to the city.
The company then departed, apparently much gratified with
an entertainment of a most memorable nature, both with
reference to the occasion itself, and the splendid and novel
scale on which it was celebrated.
We cannot conclude this report without expressing our
admiration of the excellent arrangements made by John
Gracie, Esq., to whom the arduous task of superintending the
extensive preparations had been confided. We are under
great obligations to that gentleman for his unremitting atten-
tions, and are most happy to have this opportunity of acknow-
ledging them.

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