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and diginfied her station, and were the surest bonds on the
``attachment and affections of the human heart.
The toast was drunk with the most enthusiastic and
rapturous applause.
Lord DURHAIC—I beg to acknowledge with feelings of
the sincerest gratitude the compliment you have paid to a
t person so nearly and dearly connected with me; nor I
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cannot express that sentiment without paying my best
tribute of thanks to my Reverend Friend, for the very
kind, feeling, and eloquent manner in which het s pro.
■ posed the toast. I should not do justice to my own feel-
-133. (PRICE ings if I did not congratulate you and myself, on having
witnessed the reception you have given the Reverend
t Gentleman. Would to Heaven we had oftener an oppor-
saying a great deal)—it is not all these combi tunity of meeting the members of his sacred profession!
able to injure his reputation, so long a: They would then be convinced of what I now fearlessly
oorted by so much respectability, so much assert—that we are true friends to the Church of Eng-
') much virtue, as are now present.—(Chi land—(Loud cheers)—and that whilst we wish to re-
perhaps, recollect these lines of Goldsmi move the abuses which disfigure part of its establishment,
lie tall cliff that lifts its awful form, and are injurious to such excellent and worthy chana
front the vale, and midway leaves the f. ters as my Reverend Friend, yet we have that feeling
-round its breast the rolling clouds are of attachment to that Church which every man who
eshine settles on its head." values real and pure religion, free alike from bigotry and
at all these attacks combined—aye, faJaticism, must always possess.—(Loud cheers.) I
'mans] times more than I have di would, therefore, if I had the power, make it efficient,
,o far as to darken the sunshine by removing all that can excite prejudic:s against it, and
'Ald cheers.) My noble relati, cutting off those excrescences that obscure its beauty and
‘e was elected member for the ct impair its utility—(Reiterated cheers)—but to real,
of the character of, and the I exemplary, and truly Christian servants of the Church,
err lamented father ; but if I would extend that protection which can alone be be-
more was I dependant, for nefieial to virtue and to our country—that protection
to hold, upon the character which would enable them to disseminate in respectability,
cheers.) I was unknow and, if not in wealth, at least in competence, the
v where I went to canoe glorious truths of the gospel.—(Continued applause.)
made to me—" You a You will excuse my making these observations, which
is enough."—(Cheers, were elicited by the toast proposed by my Reverend Friend.
'flow in his footsteps And now, with respect to the to ist itself—the sentiment
ell follow in-hie fesat. it breathed—the kind attachment it expressed to my fa-
mense distance, yet roily—l will only say, and you will not accuse me of vas
trance I shall s-e nity when I make the assertion, that I expected no less
person from my from you --(Cheers.) If my family has been connected
'II ever wave —as it has been—for eight hundred years with the county
',ere he was, of Durham—if tradition runs not to the time when it
lause. 1 He was not connected with its best interacts—if, during the
enoyed ley whole of that period, it has been ever identified with the
ny con- prosperity, and anxious to defend the interests of the
rt the county—if, from the first moment when it obtained the
from right of representation in Parliament, some member of
ted my family has represented either the county or the city of
Durham ; and if no antiquarian, however industrious, nor
adversary, however bitter, can lay any charge against
them of having ever conspired agains' the interests of the
country—if fro:u all but personal animosity to its present
head it stands unspotted before yoa, frankly say, that I
did expect you would offer to it that grateful, but, at the
same time, just and merited tribute, which has been
conveyed in the applause with which you received this
toast.—(Great cheering.) If I live to have superintend-
ence over the education of that portion of my family
which may be interested in the further preservation of
your rights, I shall bring them up in the principles, the
assertion of which recommended their ancestors to your
notice—(Cheers)—and be assured that, in the performance
of that important duty, I shall be assisted, diligently and
ardently, by the noble lady whose health you have drunk
—who feels, with me, an equal interest in the prosperity,
happiness, and welfare of the kind and dear friends whom
I now see around me.—(Loud cheers.)
Dr. BROWN—The transcendent merits of the indivi;
dual I inn about to name, will secure a favourable reception
to the toast it has fallen to my lot to propose. To set
forth all Lord Brougham's titles to glory, and the grwi-
:tide of his country, were an endless task.—(Cheers.)
As an orator, he is acknowledged to be unrivalled in that
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the very first line of the highest walk of eloquence by
which truth is illustrated and enforced.—(Cheers.) But
oratorical powers, surpassing though they be, constitute
but a small port of the merits of this extraordinary man.
Of him it may be said, with more truth than of any
other, that he is " a man so various, that be seems to be
not one, but all great men's epitome."—(Cheers.) There
is scarcely an object of useful intellectual exertion in which
he Las net shown himself the master. It is true that he
has not lavished the powers of his stupendous mind on
pursuits which, however graceful and ornamental, may be
considered as rather redounding to the honour of the
individual than to the well-being of others.—(Cheers.)
Lord Brougham's mind is essentially a practical arid
useful one—in short, an Eneir h mind ; and its won.
Brous powers have been applied to the amelioration of
the institutions of his country ; and, through these of the
moral and physical condition of his fellow-creatures.—
(Cheers.) Aware that in proportion as men are wel
educated, they are generally virtuous and happy—aware
that it is the mind of England that must give her a su-
periority over rival nations—he has endeavoured to place
useful knowledge so within the reach of every man in the
country, that only by his own fault can he be destitute of
it.—(Cheers.) I am aware that there are well mesning
persons who will not class these exertions in the cause of
education among the merits of Lord Brougham. I will not
pause to refute the arguments which I have heard, or
read, against the diffusion of knowledge, but merely re-
mark, that there are certain intellectual powers bestowed
upon man by Divine Providence; and I with ask whether
it is not our duty to cherish and cultivate these as we do
the other gifts of the Author of our being, rather than
suffer them to remain useless and dormant ? The people
--using the word in its most extended sense—will, of
necessity, know a very great deal. Is it not the duty, then,
of those who possess the power, to take care that they
should have the opportunity of knowing that which is
good ? I beg to propose the toast, " Lord Brougham and
National Education.".—(Great applause.)
Lord DORHAJI-I have requested permission of the
Chairman to give a toast, and I trust it is one which will
meet your approbation. We have the pleasure of having
amongst us a friend from a neighbouring town, who is the
head of the Corporation of that place. The Mayor of the
city of Darliain having honoured us with his presence, it
would ill become us to separate without paying him that
tribute of respect and attention which he so justly deserves.
(Cheers.) Besides, you must be well aware, that at such -
a very peculiar moment—which has already been alluded
to by some of my friends as that of the trial of Corpora..
tions—the support and attachment of friends is more
gratefully received by individuals who are about to pass
through suc'a an ordeal.--(Laughter and cheers.) What-
ever may be the result of the inquiry into the Corporations
now in existence—whatever job may be elsewhere disco-
vered—whatever nests of undue and improper influences
may, in other places, be smoked out—l feel confident the
Corporation of thr City of Durham will come unscathed
from the trial: I am confi lent, from all I know of them.
that the strictest inquiry will redound to their credit, and
that the only fault the Commissioners will have to find
with diem will be an honourable and independent poverty,
--(Loud cheers.) After all, these painful inquiries may
prove a benefit even to the Corporations themselves. If
you will excuse a bad pun—which I offer without mean-
ing any offence to the Learned Commissioner, who, I un.
derstand, discharges his duties with great ability and int,
partiality—l would say,

(PRICE 7D.)

saying a great deal)—it is not all these combined that will
be able to injure his reputation, so long as I see him
supported by so much respectability, so much intelligence,
Ind so much virtue, as are now present.—(Cheers.) Many
of you, perhaps, recollect these lines of Goldsmith :
" As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,

Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,

Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
Now, I say, that all thitse attacks combined—aye, and let
them be fifty thousand times more than I have described
—can never rise so far as to darken the sunshine of my
brother's fame.—(Loud cheers.) My noble relative has
told you, that when he was elected member for the county,
he was so on account of the character of, and the confi-
dence of the people in, our lamented father ; but if such
was his case, how much more was I dependant, for the
station I have the honour to hold, upon the character and
reputation of him._(Loud cheers.) I was unknown ;
but in every part of the county where I went to canvass,
only this simple observation was made to me—" You are
Lord Durham's brother, and that is enough."—(Cheers.)
My noble relative hopes I shall follow in his footsteps.
Why, yes, I shall.—(Cheers.) I shall follow in-hie fsot-
steps ; and though it must be at an immense distance, yet
will I follow him—for even in that distance I shall see
him from afar; or should it hide his person from my
sight, still the flag of liberty, which will ever wave
aver his head, will serve to show me where he was,
and to guide and cheer me on my path.—(Applause.) He
has told you also, that he trusts I shall not be annoyed By
his recommending my constituents to observe my con-
duct, and scrutinize my votes. Gentlemen, I court the
most rigid examination of my conduct ; and so far from
my being annoyed by his suggestion, I am delighted
at it ; for every word that fails from his lips is the
counsel of one whom I most fondly cherish and
admire.—(Cheers.) I entreat the keenest examination
of my conduct. To abstain from that would, on your
part, be a dereliction of your duty ; and I hope that, now
coming here, after the first session of the Reformed Par-
liament, to receive your verdict, that will tell me I have
done my duty.—(Cheers.) I think if you call to your
recollection the votes I have given, you will find I am
one who thinks for himself.—(Cheers.) I voted with
the Government when I thought them right, and against
them when I thought them wrong.--(Cheers.) Having,
io another part of the county, explained my Parliamentary
conduct to a numerous assemblage of my constituents,
and defended the important and beneficial measures intro-
duced in the first session of the Reformed Parliament, I
think it is unnecessary to do so again on this occasion ;
and I should now sit down, if I load not been intrusted
with the important toast which I am about to propose to
you—that of " Prosperity to our Commercial and Ship-
ping Interests"—a toast so important that, as one of your
representatives, I feel it my duty to introduce it—and I
trust you will bear with me for a few seconds while I do
so—with one or two observations.—(Cheers.) I assure
you that there is no portion of my constituents whom I
feel I can meet with greater pleasure, satisfaction, and
confidence, than my constituents in Sunderland ; for I do
say, that great and important as may have been the
measures relative to other interests that were in-
troduced to Parliament during the last session,
that Reformed Parliament paid peculiar attention to
the shipping interest.—(Cheers.) I will not dwell upon
minor paints, but recall to your recollection the labours of
the Committee to which Mr. Featherston has alluded, and
which, as it was its anxious wish and duty to do, paid
most particular attention to the promotion of the inte-
rests of the I3ritish shipowner.—(Cheers.) I will only
remark, that while the inquiries of that Committee proved
the distressed state of British shipping, it was some conso-
lation to find that the least distressed, or rather the most
prosperous port in the empire was Sunderland ; it had
more ships built, more men employed, and its commerce
was greater.—(Cheers.) But the best proof of the
attention which Parliament paid to the shipping and
commercial interests, is the opening of the China trade
and the communication with India.—(Cheers.) You
may rest assured that the opening out of new channels to
our manufacturing industry and commercial enterprise, is
the only way to promote the interests of our shipping;
and that this cannot be done by telling other nations,
which possess great wealth, great intelligence, and great
maritime advantages, that they shall not carry on their
commercial transactions themselves.—(Hear, hear,
hear.) It is as utterly impossible as to prevent the
tide flowing into the mouth of the Wear, or to com-
pel the sun to stand still.—(Cheers.) It may, perhaps, be
deemed unnecessary to introduce these topics here ; but, as
one of your representatives, 1 will always speak my
opinions in the presence of my constituents ; and I say
that the prosperity of British commerce and British
shipping is to be found in great fields of competition
with foreign countries.—(Hear, hear.) I would fain
ask if, in those fields of competition, we fiud it impossible
to compete with other countries, whose fault, or rather,
whose crime, is that? Is it not rather the crime of
Toryism than of Liberalism?.—(Loud cheers.) Did not
the horoughmongering system give us the greater portion
of our debt? Is not our enormous taxation required to
pay the interest of that debt ? And is it not that taxation
which causes those high prices which prevent that equal
competition ?—(Cheers.) I am delighted to see the ap-
probationwhieh has followed that observation ; and I cannot
help expressing nay surprise, that while this, to me, appears
evident, many of the shipowners of the country strangely
and unaccountably fly for counsel and pray for support—
to whom ? Why to those very Tories whose system has
brought those evils upon them.—(Cheers and laughter.)
But this is a great anti comprehensive question which I
am aware cannot be properly discussed here ; and I will
dismiss it with the assurance, that my wish, hope, and
anxious and ardent prayer is, that the film will shortly I
be removed from before the eyes of those mistaken
individuals, and that they wiil ba convinced that that
same Toryism which has inflicted so many evils upon
the country—which we almost destroyed by the Reform
Bill—and which we will quite destroy by the corporation
reform—is the great and only cause of preventing British
shipping and commerce from competing with foreign
nations. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. Lambton concluded by
giving the toast he had announced, and sat down amidst
universal applause.
Mr. BELL proposed "The Duke of Cleveland."
Captain llowLey proposed " The Members for the
Southern Division"—remarking, that while they sat in
Parliament, the people were sure of having at least one
"friend" in the House of Commons.—(A laugh.)
Mr. CAY proposed "The Magistrates of the County ;"
and Mr. FAWCETT returned thanks.

- " 0 Fortunati !
" Ninaium sua si bona norint -

The Rev. Mr. GRANT rose to propose the next toast,
and was received with gratifying marks of respect, which
he assured the company he should not forget. He said—
I have both pleasure and pride in proposing the toast
assigned to me. After the ardent and enthusiastic welcome
which you have given to the Noble Earl, and to your
Honourable Representative, to whom I have listened with
so much delight, I am sure you will not extend a less
cordial recep:ion to the toast I have to propose to you—
which is the health of those of the family of our Noble
Guest, who ate necessarily absent from this meeting, and
who are most nearly, most intimately, and most dearly
allied to him.—(Cheers.) The duty I have taken upon
myself to perform is not only most grateful to myself but
will be most agreeable to your own feelings, as it will
afford you another opportunity of expressing our respect
and attachment to the family of the Noble Earl.—
(Cheers.) It is one, moreover, which I find very easy to
perform ; for in addition to the claims Lady Durham has
upon our regard, as the amiable consort of our Noble
Guest, I trust that, in Sunderland at least, we shall never
forget that she is the daughter of Earl Grey.—(Cheers.)
After the high and just encomiums which have been
passed upon the private and public character of that Noble
Lord, I will not take up your time further than to say,
that his name is one for which I shall always entertain the
highest veneration. I feel towards that Noble Lord almost a
sentiment of personal gratitude; for I cannot look back
to that period of youth, when the generous sentiments of
our nature dwell most abundantly in our bosoms, without
rernembering, that to the example of his splendid exertions
in the cause of civil and religious liberty, I owe my
attachment to those principles from which I shall never
swerve.—(Cheers.) It was the trumpet of his eloquence
that first roused me to that cause ; and I trust I shall
never desert the standard on which civil and religious
liberty is inscribed.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman
then proceeded to give " The health of Lady Durham and
the amiable family at Larnbton Castle ;" and in doing so
designated her Ladyship as one who not only largely
shared the public spirit which distinguished the noble
families to whom she was so closely allied, but who added

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(Laughter and Cheers.) But there is another ground
which greatly recommends the toast to your favourable
consideration. I have the pleasure and happiness of
telling you, that the Mayor and Corporation of Durham
have this day conferred upon a noble and illustrious
relative of mine the freedom of that town.—(Cheers.)
A freeman myself of the city of Durham, I cannot but
rejoice that we have identified ourselves with that noble
and illustrious man; and having seen the address pre-
sented to him on the occasion, lam enabled to say that
the distinction was awarded to him on grounds which
induced him to accept it with the most perfect readiness,
arid which did honour to the Corporation—the grounds
upon which they tendered him their freedom being his
Ore it services in the cause of reform.—(Loud cheers.)
Fur all these considerations, I call upon you to join with
me in drinking " the ➢layor and Corporarion of Durham."
Tile toast was received with three times three and loud
plaudits.

Mr. YOUNG (the Mayor) on rising to return thanks,
was received with considerable cheering. He said he was
very grateful for: the high and distinguished honour which
had been conferred upon the Corporation of Durham and
himself; and more particularly to the Noble Lord for the
friendly, indulgent, and generous manner in which he
had introduced them to the notice of the company. He
trusted their future conduct would justify the good opinion
which had been so kindly expressed towaids them.
Whether they might long exist as a Corporation or not
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he did not know. He bad that morning received an inti•
mation that the Commissioners of Inquiry into Municipal
Corporations would visit Durham next Monday. But
this he did know—that whatever the result of that inquiry
might be, they feared no disgrace ; though, at the same
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w time, he must acknowledge that they might not have been
so publicly useful as it was desirable Corporations shwa d
he. (Cheers.) They all knew the sentence that was
passed on the unfruitful fig tree ; and although they might
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even the warmth of a blush, when the conduct of the old
corporation was alluded to.—(Cbeere.) He bege,ed IQ
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