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questions, allow me to say I feel most particularly greihsd
in having the attendance of such a body of gentlemen to
pay me the compliment of their presence—a compliment
which I can never sufficiently feel. Allow me to say, that
in proposing and drinking the last toast, you did me the
honour to connect with it the name of a lady who is dear to
me. In the name of that lady—l may say, of that Pro-
testant lady— (The Noble Lord was here so far over-
come by his feelings that he was totally unable to proceed.
His emotion, excited probably by the aspersions which had
been cast on the religious character of his young and beau-
tiful bride, entirely conquered his utterance, and the meeking, astonished to see the soul of the high-born and stern-
principled statesman yielding to the influence of those beau-
tiful feelings of affection which adorn the character of all
who feel their power, accorded its sympathy with the most
generous enthusiasm. His Lordship sat down ; and the
meeting, as one man, rose and gave a burst of hearty and
enthnsiastic cheering.)
Mr. EWART now rose with the address, and was greeted
with long-continued and most enthusiastic cheering. He
said—My Lord, for whatever little trouble I might have
had in coming down from the distant town of Liverpool to
present this address to your Lordship, I should be most
amply compensated by the splendid speech which we have
heard from your Lordship to-day, and from the reception
which you have had from your friends in this county,
which you have so ably represented.—(Cheers.) My
Lord, I have been instructed to follow your Lordship,
to present you with an address expressive of our admi-
ration of the talent and integrity which has characterized
your Lordship through your public life, and more parti-
cularly for the zeal and ability you have displayed on the
question of the appropriation of the surplus property of
the Irish Church.—(Reiterated cheers) The Honour-
able Gentleman attempted to hold up the address to read
it, but was unable, from its great bulk and weight, from
the signatures ottached to it.—l should tell your Lord-
ship, that this was written before we received the gra-
tifying news of your Lordship's recal into the councils
of your Sovereign ; it was adopted at a public meeting, and
left at the shops of the town for signatures, without any
effort being made to give it publicity beyond the fact of its
announcement ; and that, in the short space of three days
it received no less than 10,546 signatures—Cheers)—they
were obtained without any exertion or solicitation.—
, (Hear.) It was left freely for the inhabitants to come
forward, and the number thus obtained exceeded by about
4,000 the number obtained by every effort that could be
made by the Tories to an address to Sir Robert Peel, re-
questing him not to resign.—(Great cheering.) My
Lord, I am quite aware of the great labours you have had
to go through in your canvass—therefore I will not detain
you, particularly as nothing I can say can strengthen the
regard which we have in that distant part of the country
for your Lordship—a regard not arising from any personal
acquaintance, not from any association, not from any family
influence in our neighbourhood—but because the people
have, been always taught that the name of Russell has
been ever connected with the liberties of the people ; and
we have felt grateful to you for the exertions which you
have made for the interests and happiness of the people of
England.—(Long-continued cheering.) It will be a great
delight to us (the people of Liverpool) to hear that your
Lordship will be triumphantly returned again to represent
this division of the county of Devon in Parliament, not-
withstanding the great exertions the Tories are everywhere
making against you.
Mr. EWART now handed the Address to his Lordship.
The following is a copy :
"TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN aussßLt. •
" We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town and neigh-
bourhood of Liverpool, address your Lordship at this import-
ant and eventful period, for the purpose of expressing the ad-
miration which we feel for the perseverance, energy, and ta-
lent which have characterised your Lordship's Parliamentary
career.
" The resolution which your Lordship has succeeded in carry-
ing in the House of Commons, relative to the appropriation
of the surplus revenues of the Irish Church, has our most cor-
dial concurrence, and claims from us the warmest expression
of our gratitude.
" We congratulate your Lordship upon the happy prospects
which (through your efforts) now begin to dawn upon our
country, and, in common with the majority of the people of
this great empire, we ardently hope that your Lordship will
be speedily recalled to the Councils of his Majesty."
Dr. BOWRING (who spoke after his Lordship retired)
could not but feel deeply and sincerely interested in this
contest. In the presence of his Lordship, he should scarcely
have ventured to say how much he must feel the scorn
and reproach that would be flung on this county if such a
man as the Noble Lord was to be ejected from Parlia-
ment, and by such a man as had been proposed by his
opponents. He could not believe it—he would not be-
lieve that his native county could possibly, so dishonour
itself. If it did, let every one present at least have the
satisfaction, and conviction, and recompence, that each
had acted as though the suctess of the cause had de-
pended on his own exertions, so that if the Noble Lord
should not succeed, they might at least say they had done
their duty on so great an occasion.—(Cheers) He would
not venture to doubt that they should succeed.—(Cheers.)
He had heard with great satisfaction the sentiments which
had fallen from his friend on his right (Mr. Newman) ;
and if it were necessary to revert to that, he could easily
follow him, by pointing his finger to the grand error
which Earl Grey's Ministry fell into. Unfortunately that
Ministry had looked the wrong way ; they had looked to
the Lords instead of the people.—(Reiterated cheers.)
The duty of a Government was not to do what the Lords
would consent to, but .to do that which the-people required,
in order to accomplish that end for which Government was
instituted.—(Cheers.) The people of England had n 9 in-
terest in agitation—they had no interest in violence ; they
wanted their public affairs conducted by wise, not factious
men, who shall take from them no necessary expenses, and
who shall treat them with no unnecessary taxation, but who
shall do one thing—all the gdod that cAn be accomplished
by Government, to root out radically every proved abuse.
—(Much cheering.) When the Noble Lord most properly
alluded to a portion of the House of Commons, with whom
he did not agree, he (the Hon. Gentleman) felt that it be-
came him, as one of the Radical party, to give his evidence
of the unity of purpose, of the honesty of intention, of that
party—( Hear, hear)—towards the present Ministry—the
Radicals would not betray their friends because there might
be sonic measures in which they might differ. The people of
England would not allow their representative to be deserted,
because in some points they might not agree ; but let the Mi-
nistry go on in a right direction ; he did not want to hurry
them in time ; he only wanted to see that their progress was
an onward one in the cause of Reform—(Hear)--he only
wanted to see that they were going on in popular principles
and popular rights ; and lie should not blame them for not
doing all, but encourage them to do all that, in their cir-
cumstances, they could accomplish. He was sure that be
only expressed the feelings of the people of England ; they
knew the difficulties that surrounded them—they knew the
power of the Church, the power of the Court, and the
power of the Peers that were opposed to them.—( Hear.)
The people did not desire to impede them by asking for
measures which only free people could grant ; but let them
only turn in the right direction, and advance in that road
which leads to good and popular government.—(Cheers.)
He could assure the meeting that that portion of the repre-
sentatives which stood aloof from power would give the Mi-
nistry the most honest and most conscientious support, for
their consolation was this, that their principles were founded
in truth, and associated with public opinion as they knew
them to be—that those principles must triumph. These prin-
ciples, say the phalanx of the Reformeri, may be a little
higher to-day—they may fall a little lower to-morrow, but we
know their might and we know their majesty, and we are un-
concerned as to the result.—(Cheers.) Dr. Bowring then
adverted to the attacks which had been directed against
the Noble Lord, and their utter innocuousness on a mind
like his. His adversaries had charged him with having
written a book—it would be some time before the Noble
Lord would be able to retaliate such a charge on his oppo-
nent.—(Laughter). A great principle was involved in the
success of the Noble Lord—a principle that was pregnant
with improvement, and one that must bring important re-
sults with it. He (the Noble Lord) had behaved most
admirably in the House of Commons ; and to-day, gentle-
men, (said the Honourable and Learned Member, alluding
to the emotion displayed by the Noble Lord on acknow-
ledging the health of Lady Russell,) and to-day, gentlemen,
I saw an outbreak, which I confess has much moved me,
because I saw in that spirit an outbreak of those domestic
affections which are always intimately connected with man's
purest and holiest feelings—and let me find those feelings
so strong that they cannot be suppressed—l shall not con-
sider it a weakness but a title to confidence.—(Cheers.)
I assure you that if I have honoured Lord John Russell
till now, I loved him to-day when I saw that sign of the
holiest feeling of humanity.—(Reiterated cheers.) The
Honourable and Learned Member then vindicated Mr.
O'Connell from some of the aspersions which bad been
cast on him, and concluded by giving the health of Mr.

Ewart.
Mr. EWART returned thanks, and the meeting shortly
afterwards broke up.

PLYMOUTH, Anut 28.
Yesterday the committee of Lord John Russell received
most favourable accounts from Tavistock, Okehampton,
&c., relative to the progress of the canvas, with communi-
cations from Lord Ebrington, Sir John St. Aubyn, and
other influential sources. Sir John, with Sir Anthony
Buller and Earl Morley, and some other persons of rank,
upon whom the Tory party had confidently relied for sup-
port, having now given their positive adhesion to Lord John
Russell's friends, will effect a considerable change in the
estimate of Mr. Parker's strength, relative to which it is
quite clear gentlemen would not speak in such glowing and
even triumphant terms, if they were really well informed
as to numbers. The accounts from the South Hams are