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'rut SUN, LONDON, FRIDAIt, ITOVPMI3_ER 21, 1834.

with it. But let us have no mongrel one. Let us not havc
a government calling itself Tory, and acting upon reforming
principles, merely for the sake of Downing-street and quarter.
day. Gentlefrien, 1 liave aided to the rallying cries of the
enemy, may I venture to tell you what ought to be ours ii Let
ours be reform, liberty, and the constitution—( Immense
cheering.) Let us, as I said before, throw aside all petty dif-
foreriees, and be prepared for the coming struggle—( Cheers. )
Let us form associations (immense cheering) in every town, in
every village in the empire. How have the Tories succeeded
in supplanting the Reform Ministers but by union and combi-
nation. Let us take a lesson out of their book. Let us show
them that the people of England not only possess feelings and
principles which were thought sufficient, but that they also
possess a fixed determination to maintain their own rights and
the constitution of the country—( Cheers.) It is as clear to
Me as the sun at noon-day that a dissolution of Parliament
must take place,—that the last card in their desperate
game must be played by the Tories if they are determined
to see the g: me out. They probably reckon upon secur-
ing majorities in the counties, in consequence of the un-
fortunate 501. tenant-at-will clause. I know also that
some of the schedule B towns, in consequence of the non-
payment of rates and other circumstances have become little
bitter than rotten boroughs. They now possibly reckon
upon majorities there. I will grant to them the utmost
extent of support that they may thus obtain in a new
House of Commons, and yet we will be able to beat them.
Their hopes of success, founded on the ridiculous idea of a
r. -action, will prove utterly fallacious. We certainly have
great odds opposed to us. We have against us the Court
and the Peers, but we have for us the Commons and the
teople.—( Immense cheering.) Whenever the struggle shall
ake place between two such opposing powers, it requires
little foresight to see upon what side success will attend.
Gentlemen, I ought to apologise for having detained you at
such length—(Cries of " No, no,")—and for having gone
into so minute a discussion on the various points to which I
hive alluded but if a reference to them was ever neces-
sa -y it was of the greatest importance on the present occa-
sion. This is the first great public meeting I believe that
ha; taken place in this part of the country since the late ex-
traordinary event. I cannot however say that it is the first,
fit I understand that our friends and fellow reformers of
Hull have already had a meeting, and addressed the Crown
With regard to an event that has plunged the country into
dismay from one end of it to the other. I have been thus ex-
plicit in stating to you my views, and I call upon you and my
countrymen at large to arm for one of the deadliest struggles
that has ever occurred in the history of this country which
must inevitably take place. I call upon my countrymen, from
one end of the kingdom to the other, to express, with one
voice, their fixed determination never to rest satisfied until
their liberties are secured, and all those reforms which the
Reform Bill—itself only a means to an end—shall have been
accomplished. Still preserving all loyalty to the King, let us
show him at the same time, that if he be disposed to place
confidence in a particular party and class of politicians, we, on
the other hand, shall exercise our right of expressing our dis-
approval of such' men and their measures, and our determina-
tion to oppose them to the utmost of our power.—( Cheers.)—
I will only say, in conclusion, that my humble services may be
commanded by you and my country at all times, and that I
shall be always happy to co-operate with you in the ranks, or
in any situation in which I may be considered to be capable of
producing benefit. ( Cheers. )—No feelings that I may enter-
tain with regard to any individual in any set of men, shall
prevent me from doing that which it is my determination
to do, namely, to join you heart and soul in the asser-
tion of your rights. (Immense cheers.)—The last words
that I have uttered naturally prepare you for the toast
that I am about to give, and I am sure you will receive
it with the same hearty and cordial cheers with which you
received the health of that hope of the country, the Princess
Victoria.--( Great cheering.) I call upon you, as my Learned
Friend, the Chairman, then called upon you, to receive with
true British cheers the toast I now give you, namely—
" Union amongst all Reformers." This toast was drunk with
enthusiasm. _

The RECORDER of NEWCASTLE, in rising to propose a toast
which had been put into his hand, said that he was rejoiced
the Noble Earl had had this opportunity of defending himself
against the slanders by which he had been assailed.—( Hear,
hear.) The Noble Earl in the consistency of his advocacy of
the cause of reform was second only, if at all, to his revered
relative, who was one of its earliest advocates. The Reform
Act had placed in the hands of the people a powerful engine
for the removal of the grievances of misgovernment ; but he
could not agree with those who thought that now the Reform
Bill had passed they ought to be satisfied. He wished to ob-
tain the fruits of reform.—( Cheers.) What the country
wanted was, men who would boldly and steadily remove the
evils which prevailed in the existing system. The Hon. Gen-
tleman concluded with proposing—" May the Cause of Re-
form move on till every abuse, civil and ecclesiastical, is swept
away."
The CHAIRMAN said that it was his duty now to propose a
toast which was certain of being well received in an assembly
of Reformers and Northumbrians—he meant the health of their
distinguished fellow countryman, Earl Grey.—( Much cheer-
ing.) He was satisfied that a meeting of Reformers would be
anxious to testify 'heir respect to a Statesman who, from the
commencement to the close of his public career, had been the
steady and undeviating advocate of the great cause in which
they all were embarked.--( Cheers.) Earl Grey had given
the people the means, if they choose to employ them, of effec-
tively resisting any attack that might be made upon their
liberties. Without further preface he would request the com-
pany to drink—" The Father of Reform, Earl Grey, the pride
of the north, and the object of England's gratitude." The
toast was drunk with three times three, and warm applause.
The Earl of DURHAM said the company would not be sur-
prised that he was anxious to return thanks for the very kind
reception which they had given to the toast which the Chair-
man had proposed in honour of an individual with whom he
was nearly and dearly connected—of one whom it was his
pride and boast to have followed in the political career which
he had terminated so gloriously. Retired as that noble indi-
vidual was from the struggles and turmoils of political life,
and enjoying the well-merited honours which had been heaped
upon him to an extent never perhaps surpassed in the case of
any person, it must still be gratifying to him to receive the ap-
probation of a body of men whose good opinion it was so ho-
nourable to possess.—.( Cheers.) He was sure that he was
only doing what Lord Grey would himself do if he were pre-
sent, in venturing his grateful acknowledgments for the ho-
nour which had been conferred upon him. He was now about
to propose a toast in hon Our of the reformers of Newcastle. It
might not be known to some of those who had come from
a distance to attend the festival that day, that in Newcastle
was held the first meeting of the middle and working classes
to petition in favour of reform of Parliament. For a long
period reform had been the subject of the consideration of the
philosopher in his closet, and had been advocated by the wisest
statesmen in both Houses of Parliament, but up to 1821 there
had been no expression of feeling in its favour from the mid-
dle classes. In that year, however, took place the celebrated
meeting at Newcastle, which originated with their lamented
townsman, the late James Losh.—( Cheers.) The example of
Newcastle was speedily followed by the rest of the empire, and
from that moment the cause of reform became popular through-
out the country. It never, however, would so speedily have
been accomplished had it not been for the l•onest and bold de-
termination of the statesman whose health they had just drunk.
Four years ago, in this very month, and almost on this very
day, Earl Grey was summoned by his Majesty to form an ad-
ministration to succeed one which had been displaced by no
such mean intrigue as had been practised on a recent occasion.
The Noble Earl then declared respectfully to his Majesty,
and decidedly to his friends, that he never would accept slice
unless he was able to carry a measure of reform.—( Cheers.)
Having acknowledged the honour which the meeting had done
to his Noble Relative, he would now conclude by proposing a
toast, namely,—" The reformers of Newcastle," with which
lie would couple the name of an old friend, a reformer, as well
as one of his dearest friends, Dr. Headlatn.
Dr. HEADLANI returned thanks, and proposed—" The In-
dependence of the southern division of Northumberland, arid
the health of Mr. Ord."

Mr. ORD acknowledged the compliment, and proposed
" Reform, retrenchment, and peace."
The next toast was, " Mr. Rippon and the Reformers of
Gateshead."
Mr. RIPPpN returned thanks.

The following were also drank :—" The Free and Inde-
pendent exercise of the Elective Franchise."—" The Chair-
man."—" Lord Melbourne, and the late Administration."—
" Loyalty without Servility—Freedom without Faction."—
Mr. Hutt and the Electors of Hull."—" Corporation Re-
form."—" Sir William Hhaytor and the Reformers of Sun-
derland."—" The Regeneration of Poland."—" The Coun-
tess of Durham, and the House of Lambton."—" Agriculture,
Manufactures, and Commerce; may their energies be unfet-
tered by restrictions, and their prosperity unencumbered 133
monopolies."

A warrant was yesterday sent to the Stamp-office
to be stamped, for the recalling the Marquis Wellesley from
the Government of Ireland, by order of the Duke of Wel-
lington.

SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.--Among other ru-
mours, we have heard that Sir Charles Wetherell is going to
Ireland as Chancellor. We hope the learned Knight may
find Dublin less hot than Bristol.

No man ever did greater service to the commercial
and agricultural interests of this country than Lord Brougham.
The Bankrupt Court Bill is as valuable to the debtor as to the
creditor. The Poor-law Bill enables the landlord to keep his
estate, and the tenant his farm.
WHO'S THE MOUNTEBANK ?—lt is said that the
Duke of Wellington went on Tuesday to the Horse-guards,
where he transacted business—to the Home-office, where he
transacted business—to the Colonial-office, where he trans-
acted business—to the Foreign-office, where he transacted
business—to the Treasury, where he transacted business.—
Who's the Mountebank ?

We feel called upon, by the urgent character of the
crisis in which we are so suddenly involved, to sive notice to
all popular Members of Parliament to lose no time in taking
the most effectual measures for their return to the next Parlia-
ment. We have the best and most authentic ground for as-
suring them that there will be a dissolution—we believe an
immediate dissolution ; and we can further take upon ourselves
to apprise them and the public, that active arrangements are
at this time in progress for meeting the emergency, by esta-
blishing a Central Election Committee in London, with whir'
a considerable number of influential men have already a
,dread
to co-operate.—Morning Advertiser.

EPITAPH.
Here lies the Times, say what -
You must admit, the T-* you
will,
tilleB—LlES STILL.
Jiorning Advertiser.

DINNER TO MR. O'CONNELL.

(From the Cork Southern-Reporter of Tuesday. )
About two hundred of the most influential citizens of Cork,
and a number of country gentlemen, entertained Mr. 01Coh-
nel yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the
two City Members, who had been specially invited, we no-
ticed, besides the Representatives for the County, several
members of Mr. O'Connell's family, including the Member for
Meath, John O'Connell, Esq., of Grena, &c. Francis Ber_
nard Beamish, Esq., presided. He was assisted by Thoma
Lyons, James Daly, and Samuel Perrott, Esq., as vice-presi_
dents. The wines, which were of the richest quality, and in
great abundance, were supplied from the stores of Mr. Meagher
The cloth having been removed, and the usu to
drank—
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Mr. O'Connell—
the eloquent, and fearless advocate of universal emancipation
—lreland's Liberator, and all mankind's friend—( Loud and
enthusiastic cheers.)
Mr. O'CoNNELL rose and said—l have been told to-day of
great events—that the Ministry is dissolved. But what anxiety
have I to know what Ministry continues, or undergoes disso-
lution ? What care I what form of Administration exists ?

(Cheers.) What matters it whether Whigs or Tories rule
us ? Whigs arc equally bad as Tories. The only advantage
they afford us is, while we turn their hypocrisy into occasional
realities.—( Hear.) The days of the Tories are gone. The
Victor of Waterloo was beaten before, though he came into
power to prevent Catholic Emancipation, and the like may be
done again. He, like a good General, did not wait for a de-
feat, but retreated, and what was achieved once, may, with
the blessing of God, be done twice.—( Cheers.) Can any
one be found to imagine that a Tory Administration could
exist after the discomfiture of Wellington, in an oligarchical
Parliament. Can there be found such a dreamer as the
person who would think, that with the great moral im-
provement which began in America the year I was born—
( Loud cheers) and has continued to advance progres-
sively ever since —that when a Senate was composed of
boroughmono-ers, who were as complete slaves as negroes
under the lash—when he had the choice of position and
the selection of forces, and yet was forced to yield ;
and now that the nine-tenths of the people are our own,
we should not be beaten superfluously well.—(Hear, hear.)
Oh, no I care not for the change, or any change.
What is it that Ireland wants ? Justice. What brings you
here? Because you think that her wrongs are spoken through
me, and that my tongue calls for justice. Thirty years have I
,spent in the service of my country. My object was one—my
means were various.—( Hear, and a laugh.) According as
the scene shifted, and the actors changed, I was forced to alter
the machitie7 ; but now the course is straight, and it never
was so straight as it is at present. Thirty years I have spent
in agitation, and I have now come from my native mountains
prepared for 30 years more.—(Loud cheers.) At least I
have all the heat and the animation of longer days within me,
and I can boast of as much zeal and energy now as I had 30
years ago. But I won't postpone the consummation of our
hopes to such a distance—l'll take the tithe of it, and say
that in three years-4 Cheers)—good and effective service can
be rendered to Ireland. In solemn seriousness I say that
three revolving suns will not run their course before the
people of Ireland will have obtained all their wishes amd
have subdued all her enemies.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.)
The Orangemen think to protect tithes and to retard the pro-
gress of Repeal. Shall we assist them? No; my plan is to
get relief. I want justice—On the first day of next session
(will there be a dissolution of Parliament and that I can find
no seat)—(a laugh)—l shall demand the complete abolition of
tithes, the extinction of corporate bodies, the privilege of jury
by ballot, the correction of the Reform Bill, the extension of
the franchise, short Parliaments, and vote by ballot. Shall I
succeed ? It is not within the walls of St. Stephen's that we
are to look for the succe3s of the repeal question. 'Tis to be
found in the determined spirit, the simultaneous exertion of all
classes—in the mild and quiet whisper of eight millions !
(Cheers)—and I say that it is impossible to refuse what such
a voice demands. Meantime, what shall Ido ? I shall go to
Dublin. I shall urge the institution of Liberal Clubs, and a
general registry throughout every part of Ireland—and I may
remark that the North of Ireland is not as adverse to us as I
at first supposed. I shall call for petitions from every quarter
against tithes, and if any one slip in a petition for repeal,
why I won't be irritated at it.—( Laughter.) We must imitate
the tactics of Wellington, expose as small a front as possible,
but concentrate our force as decidedly as we can. I shall
join any party for my own purposes. I shall join the Tories
against the Whigs, and Whigs against the Tories—( Hear)--
lam the paid servant of the people—( Cheers.) I have no
thought—no duty, no task, no wish, no reward, no notion nor
object, but to perform a service to my country. I want to
have Ireland as she ought to be,
"
First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea."
(The Hon. Member sat down amidst great cheers. )
The CHAIRMAN next proposed "The County Representa-
tives."
Mr. O'CoNNoR rose amidst great cheerfn--He said, your
guest has spoken of rumoured changes ; he says i, is the com-
mencement of the end—l hope so : but what is it to us who
is in? We are an entirely distinct people ; we have no cone,:-
dence in either party to win men's minds ; you must win men's
hearts —( Cheering.) None of them have condescended to
bid for our hearts or minds ; but yes, the power of the people
is now making the proud, imperious, haughty noble bend his
lordly head before its magic strength. Brougham and Durham
are political tyrants each and in grain too,—
Mr. D R. MOYLAN—No, no.
Mr. O'CONNOR—Yes, yes.
Mr. MOYLAN—No, no ; Mr. Chairman, I rise to order—
this speech is too radical for me ; I will never sit by and hear
Lord Duham called a tyrant—( Cheers, and cries of order.)
Mr. O'CoNNOR proceeded—'Tis true, what's bred in the
bone cannot be got out of the flesh, and I bear that ; even the
eloquence of Mr. Moylan and his admiration of Lord Durham
will not effect the slightest change in my radical principles—
( Loud cheers)—for Radical lam and Radical I shall remain
—(Great cheering)—and indeed, sir, I did not think that ra-
dical principles, the only title upon which, by the bye, his
friend, my Lord Durham rests his claim to popularity, could
be unacceptable here.—( Great cheering.) But, Sir, in com-
pliment to his feelings, as Lord Durham's friend, in compli-
ment to you, his own guests and our friends, I shall say peace
to Lord Durham.—( Laughter. )
Some volunteer and routine toasts were proposed after this,
upon which the Guest and Chairman retired at half past 12, a
few remained behind, enjoying good cheer 'till about 2 o'clock.

GREAT CONSERVATIVE MEETING in KENT.

(From the Morning Herald.)

Yesterday evening a dinner was given at Ashford, in the
county of Kent, to commemorate his Majesty's late declara-
tion "to support the Constitution in Church and State."

The dinner took place at the Assembly-rooms, and was at-
tended by nearly 200 Noblemen, gentlemen, and inhabitants
of the county. Sir Edward C. Dering, a young Baronet
of considerable landed property, presided. On the Hon.
Baronet's right sat the Earl of Winchilsea, and on his left
Lord Viscount Strangford. Among the distinguished guests
present were—the Hon. Colonel Murray, the Hon. Captain
King, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart, M. P. ; Sir Brook
Bridges, Bart. ; Sir John Croft, Bart. ; Sir Edmund Filmer,
Bart. ; Sir J. Honey wood, Bart. ; Mr. Halcomb, M. P. ;
Charles Wykeham Martin, Esq. ; Bingham Escott, Esq. ;
W. Deedes, Esq. ; T. Knatchbull, Esq. ; T. S. Douglas,
Esq. ; D. S. Parker, Esq. ; J. B. Brett, Esq. ; Rev. Dr. Nares,
D.D., Rev. T. Manners Sutton, Rev. W. Nance, D.D.,
Rev Charles Graham, Rev. T. Manley, Rev. E. Sutton, Rev.
F. V. Lockwood, R. N. Toke, Rev. H. B. Wrey, Rev. J.
Billington, Rev. J. E. N. Molesworth, Dr. Carter, M.D.,
Dr. Cordeaux, M.D., Dr. E. Scudamore, M.D., besides
several ether gentlemen. The dinner, though a cold one, was
good, thanks to the radical landlord of the Saracen's Head, in
whom the Conservatives confided as to culinary matters, know-
ing, that though his politics might not be sound, his wines
were perfectly so,—pure, unadulterated, and wholesome. He
might have poisoned the whole of them, but he dreams his
principles will one day or other triumph, and he desires no
other revenge. The dinner passed off very gaily—indeed the
partakers of it (majority, of course, Conservative) are so sure
of victory if there should be a speedy election in East Kent,
that they are urbane and condescending in the extreme to
every body. They seem as if they had already called their
honours, and they wear them kindly. The Tories will un-
doubtedly succeed at the next election in East Kent.
During the evening the following Address was handed
round and signed by all the Gentlemen present :
_

" TO 'THE ICING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTV.

" We, the undersigned, your Majesty's loyal and faithful subjects
of Ashford and its vicinity. in the county of Kent, assembled to
commemorate your Majesty's glorious declaration of inviolable at-
tachment to our Constitution in Church and State, feel it our duty
at this important crisis, to lay before your Majesty the expression of
our devotion to your Majesty's person, and of our stedfast determi-
nation to rally round your Majesty in defence of those principles on
which the Illustrious House of Brunswick ascended the British
Throne. But prepared as we are to support your Majesty, even
with our lives and property, in resisting every enemy of our Mo-
narchy and our Protestant Establishment, we are no less anxious to
cooperate with your Majesty in uniting loyal men of all parties, or in
promoting any improvement of our invaluable Constitution in
Church and State."
( Here follow the signatures, those of the Earl of Winchilsea
and Lord Strangford being placed at the head. )
The cloth being removed ; and after the usual toasts,
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose the next toast—" Pro-
testant Constitution in Church and State ;" in doing which he
said, I must now trespass on your attention a few moments.
Under ordinary circumstances this toast would not have re-
quired any comment on my part, but as we cannot conceal
from ourselves that we live in times of no ordinary excitement,
I when the love of innovation predominates over every other
principle, I feel that I should be remiss in my duty if I did not
allude to those circumstances under which we are now assem-
bled. We are met together to manifest our attachment to
Church and State ; and when we reflect on the many
attacks which have recently been made, and, indeed, which
are now in progress, to undermine that venerable struCture, we
cannot too highly appreciate those which dictated that
glorious declaration vihi"li we are this ° met to celebrate.—
( Cheers.) I allude in;
have recently been " particularlyaytothe attacks which
de on the Established Church inlreland—
( Hear, hear)- -"a
have so,- ~.,not only by the demagogues and agitators, who
con+' ..n the seed, and are now reaping the harvest of
asion in that unhappy country, but I allude also to that
tearful spirit of combination which has spree itself so univers-
ally over Ireland that I can only regard it in :he light of a
conspiracy against the Protestant population of that country.
—( Hear, hear.) Ido not appeal simply to the hostile and
vindictive spirit which pervades those celebrated lettes written
by him who may be termed the virtual ruler of Jreland,
although their tendency cannot easily be misinterprete4 • I
appeal to the events of daily occurrence, for when I see evej