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dical change and not fear the Ministers. He thought
every man entitled to a vote, whatever his condition,
who must be protected by the ballot,' and the Mem-
bers must be brought to a short account by triennial
Parliaments, and they must get ,an equalization of
electoral districts.—(Hear, hear.) These changer, if
elected, be would fearlessly support. He represented
his late constituents- thirteen years, and was never
told that he had varied in the slightest degree from
the opinions he expressed when he was first returned
for Coventry. He would not allow, without making
his opposing voice heard, the comforts of the poor to
be taxed heavily while the luxuries of the rich were
but lightly touched. If be had the honour of being
returned to represent this borough, no man should
ever charge him with violating one principle be bad
professed. He had pointed out in the House that
economy in the public expenditure was the most effec-
tive way to lighten the public burdens. In a visit to the
manufactories of Germany, France, and Switzer-
land, ho fourid they were surpassing us in manufac-
tures ; and in 1836 he had called the attention of the

House to this, and suggested a reduction of taxation
to relieve our manufacturers. He also declared that,
should he be returned, whenever his conduct was dis-
pleasing to the electors, he would resign his seat into
their hands. There were many candidates in the
field, but if they thought he was deserving of their
support, he hoped they would put their shoulders to
the wheel at once, and show that they were deter-
mined to have the man of their choice.—(Cheers.)
Mr. DOULTON moved, and E. JONES, Esq., seconded
the following resolution :—" That this meeting
having heard with satisfaction the explanation which
Mr. Williams has given of his political opinions, and
viewing his consistent conduct as. a member of the

House of Commons for thirteen yearss_consider him
eminently qualified to represent the borough of
Lambeth in Parliament, and pledge themselves to use
every effort to secure his return.'

Alter a futile attempt by Mr. KiNGsnr to carry
an amendment, amidst =oh uproar, the resolution
was carried with only two dissentients. •

A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman ; the
meeting was then thanked by Mr. WiLl.rems ; and,
after giving him three hearty cheers, dispersed.
Last evening another meeting was held at the Horns
Tavern, Kennington, to receive the resignation of Mr.
C. Pearson, and to hear the opinions of any gentleman
who might present himself as a candidate for filling the
vacancy in the representation of the borough. Mr. J.
Hunt, one of the churchwardens, presided. Mr.
Pearson was not present. The chairman having ob-
served that the electors were called upon to exercise a
most important right, said he should not detain
them with any remarks of his own, but at once in-
troduce the gentleman who claimed their suffrages. Mr.
Williams, who was accompanied by Mr. G. Thompson,
M.P., and Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., then ad-
dressed the meeting. He would not have come far-
ward to solicit their support had he not been assured
that a large number of the electors entertained opinions
in accordance with his own. His opinions were well
known, and he could not do better than refer to his
votes when he was a Member of the House of Com-
mons, He had never given a vote which was against
the interest of the people; by the people he meant
the productive classes, and he was as proud of being one
of the working classes as be should be :if he had the
'noblest blood in his veins. Mr. Williams, having at
some length referred to his Parliamentary conduct, con-
cluded by saying, if he had the honour of being re-
turned to Parliament, he should endeavour to
procure an equal distribution of taxation, and
should devote his best exertions to their good.
In reply to a question as to the property qualifica-
tion of Members of Parliament, the Honourable Gen-

dew= said, in Scotland the only qualification was
being elected by the people, and that was the only
qualification he should acknowledge. To a question
whether in the event of his being elected he would
appear annually before his constituents, he replied he
would, and that if a majority of the electors de-
manded his resignation he would place his seat at their
disposal. In reply to another question, Mr. Williams
said he considered that Church and State had no con-
nexion with each other.—(Hear, hear.) The Rev. Mr.
Burnett having said a few words, Sir J. Walmsley and
Mr. G. Thompson addressed the meeting, and called
upon the electors to support Mr. Williams; after which
a resolution pledging the meeting to do so was carried,
and thanks having been given to the chairman, the pro-
ceedings terminated.

and he was bound nosy to state that the
lishment of that ceremony might be delayed
:ban they could hope or wish. But this was not
any difficulty of substance or any real impedi-
lut arose simply thus:—The existing diocese of
!aland was consecrated some years ago, and was
in terms so unusually large, and giving snots
complete possession of the whole colony to the Bishop,
that it was the opinion of the law officers of the Crown
that it was impossible to create a new diocese without
the Bishop's consent. This was a mere matter of form,
as the Bishop was not only willing, but anxious, that the
new diocese should be formed. The Noble Lord con-

eluded by congratulating the colonists on the appoint-
ment of the Rev. Mr. Jackson, and asking them to do
honour to the toast which he had proposed to them.
The Rev. W. SEWELL, of Oxford, at the request of
the chairman, responded to the toast. He expressed a
wish that there might be planted in their new settlement
persons to represent the nobility cif England, to remind
the colonists r,f the wonderful and admirable effects and
the dev-lopinent of our individual and national virtues by
the glories of u great e.neestry—!o or them also that
they went out as the cherished children of England in the
Antipodes. He desired also to see ladies become colonists of
Canterbury, bringing with them the elevating influences
which they always exercised in society. As connected
with one of the Universities, he rejoiced that one of the
things they would carry out with them was a Christian
education. He prayed that the spirit of controversy and
party might be. excluded, that the colonists would have
nothing to do with the controversies of the day, but
cling to their prayer-hooks and their Bishops, for then
he wes sure they would succeed.
The CHAIRMAN had made use of strong expressions
with reference to the principle that colonies should
be self•governed and sell-supported; but, with reference
to the toast which ho was about to give, he made the
subject of it an exception. He thought that wherever
danger arose tcOuay portion of our colonial empire the
forces of the mother country should be employed in the
defence of that colony.—(Cheers.) He would give theta
" The Army and Navy," and he called on Lord Nelson
to respond to the toast.—(Cheers.)
Earl NELSON briefly returned thanks.

Lieutenant LEAN, R.N., acknowledged the compliment
to the navy of the present generation "as Earl Nelson
had -done for the past."—(Cheers•and laughter.)
Colonel CAMPBELL returned thanks on behalf of the
army.

The Bishop of NORWICH said that feelings were
awakened in that room by the name of "the departing
colonists," which he must not and dare not touch upon
except in the most tender manner 9n so festive an occa-
sion, but the time was fast approaching when friends
must be severed from friends, and when they must pre-
pare themselves for the heroic enterprise of planting at
the extremity of the world a colony of England, and a
branch of the English Church. Every Englishman and
every Churchman would survey with deep interest such
a scene as that before him. That was a grand day for
England and for the English Church. He was sure that
he was not exceeding the privileges of his office when he
assured " the departing colonists" that they would go
forth carrying with them the Church's blessing and the
Church's prayers.—(Cheers.)
Lord WRAENCLIFFE said that be was afraid the colo-
nists present would feel surprised at his rising to ae.
knowledge the manner in which their health bad been
proposed by the Right Rev. Prelate. But he had done
what was next to being a colonist himself—he had con-
tributed a colonist in his son. They were going to
undertake one of the noblest enterprises in the world—
to found a state which in future ages, and in a dis-
taut part of the globe, might revive the glories of their
native country. Those colorists now among them were
the infants of a new social life, but the time might come
when they would be looked upon as the fathers of a great
colony.—(Cheers.)

_
Mr. SIMEON, in terms of warm eulogium, proposed
" The health of Mr. John Robert Godby, founder of the
Canterbury Colony." Mr. Simeon gave an interesting
account of the manner in which Mr. Godby had been led
to the idea of farming the colony, and of the disinterested
way in which he was now endeavouring to promote its
interests on the spot.
"The health of Lord Lyttelton, chairman of the
association," was then given, and to it succeeded, as the
last toast in the programme, " Success to Canterbury."