The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-18 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1826.

Modern Furniture, a fine toned iHorizontal Grand Pianoforte,

by Broadwood and Sons; a Square ditto, by Stodart; Ele-
gant Breakfast and Table Services of Plate ; a full sized Bil-
liard Table by Lockhart, Brilliant Pier and Chimney Glasses
of large dimensions, ballast:line Hall and Parlour Grecian
Lamps, a select Library, Linen, China, richly cut Glass, and
Effects,' the property of Mr. ,TllOlll AS WILKINSON.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION,

ESSEX, ON THE BORDERS of SUFFOLK.
Capital Freehold Farms, at Topsfield, Yeldham, and Stambourns.
To be SOLD by AUCTION.
By Mr. HOGGART,
At the Mart, on Tunusnatv, October 12, at Twelve,
A
Valuable FREE FIOLD PROPERTY,
situate in the above Parishes, called BORELEYS and
GUNSIES FARMS, lying well together, and containing up-
wards of THREE HUNDRED ACRES

of tine Arable and Pasture LAND, bounded by excellent road.,
and near to good Markets, with Two Farm-houses, Barns,
Stabling►, and Ont-buildings ; on lease to Mr. Thomas Parttidge,
a most responsible Tenant, at a low Rent of
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY POUNDS PER ANN.,

CAPITAL and very VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE,

and MANOR, .
it the best part of the County of Essex, lying on the borders Farm
Hertfordshire, and contiguous to Suffolk, with excellent Film
Houses, let to a most respectable tenantry, Land-tax redeemed.

To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By Mr. HOGGART,
At the Mart, on Tuu en*Y, October 12, at Twelve, in One Lot,
unlear an acceptable offer should be previously made by Private
Contract,

ripHE MANOR of LITTLE YELDHAM,
with the Fines, Quit-rents, Rights and Immunities, thereto
belonging, and the very complete and excellent Farms called Kirby
Hall, Poole Farm, Hyde Farm, Seivalls, Spains Hall,. and Yeld-
lunn Hall, containing together
ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACRES

of excellent Arable, Pasture, and Wood LAND, including
some excellent Game Coverts, of Goodensy, Hunts, Wear Park,
and Bush Wood ; with excellent Farm-houses, and Residences,
Barns, Stabling, and numerous Outbuildings, in the several
parishes of Great and Little Yeldharn, 'Cristlelledingliam, Tops:
eIJ, and Stambourne, all lying within a ring fence, and let to
Messrs. Glasscock, Nunn, Paske, Partridge, and Rayner, at re-
duced rents; amounting to
ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED' POUNDS PER
ANNUL.--Including the Quit Rents and Fines.
The Estates may bo viewed on application to the tenants ; and
particulars had at the Inns, at Castle Hedingham, Haverhill, and
Saffron Walden ; Saracen's Head, Dunmow ; Mr. Jacob Noe-
kolds, Audley End ; Mr. Thomas Hall, solicitor, Saffron Walden;
Messrs.' Capron, IRoWley, and Co., Saville-row ;at the Mart ; end
of Mr. Hoggart, 62, Oblßroad-street, Royal Exchange.

VALUABLE COPYHOLD ESTATES, and GROUND RENT,
nearly equal to FREEHOLD, CLAYTON, near HACKNEY,
producing together FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS per Annum.
To be SOLD by AUCTION.
By Mr. HOGGART.
At the Mart,, on THURSDAY., 19th October, at Twelve, in Three
Lots.—Lot 1,
AVALUABLE COPYHOLD ESTATE, con-
sisting of a capital substantial Residence, situate at CLAY-
TON, containing nunierons Ned Chambers, elegant lofty Draw-
ing-room, capital Dining-parlour, Breakfaat-room, Library, Stone
Staircase, and Water-closet, and' well arranged Domestic Oftertil
in the basement ; with Coach-yard, Coach-house, and Three Stall
Stable, Wash-house, Lalindry, &e., Lawn, Flower, and Kitchen-
gardens ; its the occupation of John Hallam, Esq., on Lease for
Seven or Fourteen years, from Michaelmas, 1822, at the clear
yearly Rent of
ONE rIUNDRF.D and FIFTY POUNDS.
Lot. 2.—A Capital Substantial RESIDENCE, adjoining, con-
taining similar accommodations. In the • occupation of Joseph
TeEsq., on Lease for Seven years;from Lady-Day, 1824,
atittcii7 cleat
115"IND"REf
Nl. D and SIXTY POUNDS par Annum. ,
andu
UND, uipnogno whichtt a
me Valuableerected
Z
Lot 3.—A dear GROUND RENT of NINETY POUNDS
per Annum, undeniably secured
of
securedolßiyo,
gntial of a
and respectable Brick-built DWELLlNG-
avtEe,Ncosnsuishtsitan
HOUSDS, with a Paddock, let an Lease to Mr. Samuel Griffis-
'
d Christmas 1922e11, for Eighty-one Years, from now iroduemg.
a Rental. of about
nV EN
are ohien i POUNDS
the
Manorr A n
of
Annum.
The
subject to a quit Rent of Eight Shillings per Annum, and a very
Estatesel4DAßL4l, )
?man certain fine upon death or Alienation.
ion
of
the
Te
To be viewed by Cards only, with permission
and Particulars had of Messrs. Dawes and Chatfield, /solicitors,
Aang4'"rt, Throgniorton• street ; at the Mart; and of Mr.
i
'Wirt, 82, Old Broad-street, Royal Exchange.

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This Cerate will he found, tnost
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or !Wound, Sore, S'eahl, Burn, Bruise, L Pn° 1
u Ulcerates. Legs, which
every denomination, especially Sate. and""r3 - method of
have been healed itt-st' -matte,', . ; son.
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worm,
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Sore Thr°4-', --.lolht,Alltiltilitit,s, &c &C. hem iStN,
Sold in ItoXtat at is. 10. and 2s. .'std
by Butlers, C k ille-
4, Cheapsitk, corner ot fit, Paul's, London ; 54, Sac," V Savory', street, Dublin !
.4 *lid 73, Prineet.street, Edinburgh ; ostv
nd ,
end Co. 1:16, . tiw liond.street,,and.. 221.), Regunt.street ; !lit -
hy the' principal Medicine Venders throughout
kingdom. the Unt d
"%is! Notice.—E. illarshall, respectfully informs the Public,
that front the Ist of Alarch, lihtl, Air. Charles Butler has been
her sole Agent fur the tisk of the above Cortite, which beats
her name on the label of each n
—°k, as executrix of the
late John Alarshall, and a °Aver:lntent Stantp•With the words
'' Charles Butler, 4, Cheapsitle," engraved thereon. .

BRITISH and FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY.

A numerous Meeting was held on Friday, at the Free

Masons' Tavein, in Consequence of placards, without

• •
any name attached to them, headed " A. Meeting of the
British and Foreign Bible Society."
The Rev. W. Wtrztams,B.D. a Welsh Clergyman, of
the Established Church, who was instrumental 'in having
the placards posted up, proposed that the R.ev. lausil
should take the Chair; which that Gentleman declined:
The Rev. Mr. Caws was next proposed, and said, he
came to the Meeting, not expecting to be called on to fill
the Chair. But when he saw so 'many gentlemen pre-
sent whO knew how to act with prudence, he could not ob-
ject to the situation.
A Rev. GENTLEMAN then
rose tool said—Mr. Chair-
man, I move " that this Meeting do adjourn till the par-
ties whose conduct will he brought wider diicussion this
n
day shall have an opportunity of defending themselves."
It is the principle of British Law, that a person should be
heard before he be condemned.
The Rev. Mr. CROSBY,. frorri Ireland, said—l must
claim a total disavowal, as regards myself, of being.consi-
dired a party in getting up this meeting; but it
.does seem
very strange to me, that the Bible Society shrinks from
investigation; or why some one of that Society does not
come publicly and give a denial to those charges. I coma
forward and fearlessly say, that a Society, established so
many years at the Bible Society is, ought to ''satisfy the
Christian Public, and allay this fermentation. I say that
the members of th'e Bible Society now present ought to
give satisfaction to the public on .those points, and not
strive to stifle discussion, and cushion up this question by
preventing the public from coming to a just conclusion, as
to the conduct of the Societi, in having violated the faith
placed in them by the public.—(llere repeated interrup-
tion was given to the Reverend Speaker, by cries of
" Adjourn, adjourn," and great hissing, and tumultuous
movements.

The CHAIRMAN-4 must intreat order; this relates to
the Holy Writ, and should be discussed in a meek Spirit.
Mr. CROSBY, in continuation—l am obliged to the
Chairman for his interference to procure me a hearing, and
must assure the Meeting, that I am by no means an enemy
to the distribution of the Bible (immense cheering, with
some hissing.) But Mr: Chairman, Ido firmly say, there
are many other Societies for the distribution* of the
Scriptures, which enjoy my confidence, without having
recourse to the British Bible Society.---(Hissing and partial
applause.)
Mr. Walusts here interrupted the Speaker, bymaking
allusions to the Rev. Mr. M'Neile,son-in-law to the Arch-:
bishop of Dublin, who enjoys 17,000/, a year.--(Mere the
confusion again became indescribable, by hissing—cries of
adjourn ; order—order !)
CitAmtuix—l trust that this subject will be dimmed
with decorum.

Mr. CROSBY—That the Bible Society have been wrong
in not repelling the charges made by Mr. M'Neile, at
Guildford, it is not for me to say ; but they hale immense
stuns at their disposal—they have clerks, books, and riches

in abundance—and their own works should' be stamped
with the authority of the public; and why not give a sa•
tisfactory explanation as to those charges. already brought
against them, and unrefined to this very moment ?

The Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS—I hold two relative situa-
tions in Society--one as a Member er Civil Society, and
the other as a Member of Religious Society. • I will illott,
trate my argument by saying, I have to deal with.tWo
mercantile houses, one of which been* an irreproachable,
the other a shuffling character. On a certain day I have
aceounts to make up. Igo to the .respectable house and
say, " I shall be glad if you, will settle whatever account:a
there'are between us-1 have to deal With such a house
(meaning the shuffling one), on another--a day certain—
and I am resolved to 'be prepared, as they will take any
advantage of me that they can." Just so ought the Bible
Society to act, and come prepared this day (if they can)
and deny the truth of those charges which I have brought
against them, and which are already in print. As.amem-
her of civil society, I have a claim of great arrears against
the Bible Society, for not having fulfilled the contract
for which that Society has been established ; and
. _

have a right to appeal to the Press, through which I
am represented as having prosecuted a poor man in my
own ne►ghbourhood, for a violation of the Game Laws.

-(Great confusion, and repeated cries of " Adjourn, a,
jaunt !") _

CIIAIRMAN—I Mg beg that the Rev. Gentleman will
speak to the question. If he will confine himself to the
subject, I will promise him a lwaring.—(Cheers
The Rev. Mr. WiLussts—Only allow me a fair hear-
ing. I speak in one language, and think in another.
My opposition .is to the conduct pursued by the, Bible
Society; and I say, that they have not dealt fairly with
the Christian public—(applause)
am well acquainted
with the forms and precepts of the Bible, and I want to
show how the Society hi erred.—(Loud cries of " Ad-
journ, adjourn !---wait for the Report which the Society is
now preparing.")
The Rev. Mr. WlLLtsmsHYou will disgrace your-
selves, if you do not give me a hearing.--(Cheers, and cries
of " go on !")
Some person in the crowd asked, was there any accre-
dited agent from the Society present
The Rev. Mr. WlLLtssts—l have taken this room
for the day, and I shall be heard.—(Cries of " to be sure
you must.")
.The Rev. Mr. CROSTY—I admonish the friends of the
Bible Society to come forward, if they are present. If not,
they make but a prim 4 facie evidence againsWeenselves.
Why are they not prepared with the Report ?
love
Thehe
juouii s e
NNssuoN , Iv
The Rev. Mr. xta.utats—So do I.
i
meetingtbe Bible.w!ld
Mr

grant the Rev. Mr. Williams a hearing, to disgrace him
self, that the truths in the sacred Scriptures might appeal
more manifest after his attack.
The Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS-4 offered five shillings a
minute fora hearing in any part of the country. (Laughter.)
A GENTLEMAN observed that the placards calling the
meeting, were not signed.—(Hear
The Rev. Mr. Wll,l3,tafs—Not signed ! (Laughter.)
The Rev. Mr. CuustlNS) of Cori(' said, Sir I beg leave
l
to make a few remarks on the question of adjournment;
and in Coming forward, I labour under no smal agitation;
as 1 never before addressed a meeting in this great city.—
I will ask, how is it possible tlutt any Member of the Bible
Society, or any friend to the Bible, cotild wish to eushion
up this question ? I confess my heart throbs when I hear
any Christian so express himself, as a Gentleman did who
lately addressed you.—(Cheers.—Alluding to the Rev.
Mr. Crosby.)--Sir, the Bible is the common charter right
of every Christian; its precepts are universal, when first
the Bible was handed down to obi, it had no notes or cote-
mw
a f
ey
rotii n
not now
heart, I wish that the individual who use it in the same unadulterated
Uttered that calumny ,may be judged,
and not the Church
'to which he belongs.—(Great cheering.)
The Rev. Mr cßosirs, said, that there was no man a
warmer friend to the distribution of the Bible than he was:
It was the manner in which it Was distributed that he ob.
jected to, and to other practices of the Society.
Several other Gentlemen addressed the Chair on the
imprOpriety of proceeding farther at that time; and ob-

served, that it was unmanly to attack the Members of the
Bible Society in their Absence.
After a great uproar, the CHAIRMAN put the question of
adjournment, when the wholemeeting, with the exception
of three or four, held up their hands for carrying the ques.
tion in the atlirmative. A great many then left the room,
and the Rev. Mr. Williams. mounted the table, and
harangued while a single individual remained in the room,
amidst frequent cries of ". hear, hear !" " off, air,"
In the course of the day several printed bills, containing
the pleadings in the proceedings against the Committee of
the Bible SocietY, were handed about the room.
A COPY OF THE PLEADINGS IN THE PROCEED-
INGS AGAINST THE COMMITTEE OF THE BIBLE
, SOCIETY, AT FREEMASONS' TAVERN, FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15.
MEMORIAL LEFT IN THE SOCIETY'S COMMITTEE-ROOM.
Proposition 1. That the Committee of the British and Foreign
Bible Society have departed very far from the line of conduct pre-
scribed for them by that Institution's original laws, and have eon- .1
ducted its concerns on principles which are contrary to it* stipu—
lations with the Christian Public, and totally differeut from those
on Av}tielt they were conducted during the first year of its *slat-
race, the.uuderwritten is ready to prove from the Society's, own
'hewing. .
Proposition H. That the system which they have substituted is
inconsistent with the interests of true religion at home and abroad,
the same is also prepared to demonstrate.
The above Propositions are respectfully submitted to the serious
consideration of that Committee, this 3d day of July, 1826.
(Signed) W. WILLIAMS, 8.D., an Original Member.
On the '7th of August, the title page of a hook, intended to
establish the truth of the above propositions, was delivered by the
author, who is above-named, to the Noble President, Lord Teign-
mouth, with a request that they might be properly discussed either
then and there, or when and where it pleased his Lordship and the
Committee, with an expression of sincere regret that the Com-
Mitten apparent unconcern had compelled the author to quote
much of the works of their opponents in the North, in order to
MAIM the truth of his second proposition; and the only obser-
vation that was made in reply was, that 1w could do himself no
good by dependance on the correctness or veracity of Scottish
writers.

On Sept. 4th, a written document was handed to ,the Noble
President as follows, by Mr. Williams :—" 1 do hereby respect-
fully submit that a motion ►hould be made for a Resolution to this
effect, via. That a General Meeting of the Members of the
British and Foreign Bible Society he convened (by advertisement),
at the Freeamons"lavern, or elsewhere, within eight days• from
the date hereof.—N.B. The subjects of discussion at such a meet-
ing, to be the two propositions respectfully submitted to the con-
sideration of this Cotnntittee on the 3d of July last, And its
no one seconded the motion when niade, his Lordship did read, at.
Mr. Williams'e request, the counterpart of the document as fol-
lows I give notice, that unless you, advertise a General Meet-
ing, and inform me of it by to-morrow night, 1 will advertise one
that shall be convened next Aveck.'
Earl-street, Sept. 4, 1826.

" W. WILLIAMS, B. D.

DINNER TO LORD WIIARNCLIFFE,

AT SHEFFIELD.

(Abridged from the Leeds Mercury.)

On Thursday fait a. public dinner was' given to Lor,
Wharncliffe by many of the respectable inhabitants of Shel
field, for the purpose of testifying their gratitUde for his
Lordship's services in his late character of representative
for this county. The dinner took place at the Music-ball,
and 174 gentlemen sat down at live o'clock ; many who
applied for tickets being unable to obtain them, from the
impossibility of accommodating a greater number. The
President was Wm. Younge, M.D., anti the Vice-Presi-
dents, Henry ,Aloorheuse, Esq.. Thomas Newbould, Esq.,
and Bartholomew ,Houustield, Esq. Lord Wharnelitie sat.
on the President's right hand, and the Hon. John Stuart
Wortley, M.P., on his left. There were alsO'present, Hugh
Parker, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Alderson, the Rev. Henry
Pearson, ltimington,: Esq., Henry Walker; Esq.,
Captain Wortley, lames Stuart 'Wortley, Esq., Staniforth
Beckett, Esq., :fumes Montgomery, Esq., Wm. Swum,
Esq., Dr. 'Knight, &c.
The CHAIRUAN, after a complimentary preface, gave the
following toast :
" Lord Wharneliffe.; may he long enjoy those honourS
which our graeiniis' Sovereign, the fountain of honour, has
been pleased to confer upon him."
Lord WfIARNCLIFFe rose, and was received with re-
peated cheering. He spoke as follows :—" Gentlemen,
my worthy friend the President has very truly told you,
that 14 years ago, in this place, on first offering myself to
the county, and. after an unsuccessful effort to he returned,
I was greeted by one of the most respectable assemblies.
ever met for such a purpose. in the town of Sheffield. It
is my pride to say, that, those 14 years having elapsed, out
Of which I have endeavoured humbly to serve you eight,
I now See around me many of those persons who were
then present. They cheered me at the beginning—they
honour me in the end. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the com-
mon excuse made on occasions like that on which I now
present myself before you, is that the person who has to
address you wants word* to express his gratitude. I, how-
ever, shall make no such excuse. Few,- very few words
will be sufficient to express my sentiments—l have a heart
to feel, and from that heart I thank you most sincerely.
(Loud cheers.) But, gentlemen, there are circumstances
which attended the late election—there are circumstances
which attended my elevation to the peerage which my
Sovereign was pleased to bestow upon me, that I moot
upon this occasion pass over. I feel, gentlemen, that if 1
;have, not received that honour properly, you are ditt
honoured by it : I was your representative when I re,
ceived it, and hon Our Was etmferred upon me by it,
to you I owe it, and to you I return my thanks. (Cheers.)
But, gentlemen, if there are persona in this county,
who, quailing and trembling at the very idea of public
discussion, prefer trying to defame the character of an
individual by sneers and nawspaper paragraphs, and who
when an opportunity is given to speak out openly anti
manfully, prefer drowning the voice of the accused party
by demotic and noise, if these persons would measure the
opinions and conduct of their representative by their own
standard, I say that with them I have nothing an common;
I ebb& their praise, and as fur their censure, 1 rather think
that when I. obtain it, I am in the right way.---( Loud
cheers.)—lf there are such persons who wish for a repre-
sentative to reflect their opinions, they were right to try
to -reduce the in the opinion of my coontrymen. I could
.not soperform that duty; the trust.was delivered into my
hands for far better and nobler objects, and I shouldbe
ashamed to have so degraded it us to, make it serve such
,t—l am not now going to enter on
Any political subject ; 1 know full well thatt.itnhyereottiewprored-
isteltnnti
gi n
claimn ri ocfritel(ltipttffloitrict:leoi or
pinions. stn
illitu4ttmboeslit•
enough to think that -I may have been wrong in my opi.
, anal I only
ther nor elsewhere will I ever submit to have it said,
tijutt,t„orit s'au:dy, obneeforoeectabsel.°C"Olofitymy
ailyife4eirne, or m my place
in the House of Commons, I ever deceived this County.
(Loud cheers.)---True it is, I differ with many of
isonli who originally supported me, on one great dues»
atanilirig, and,
iy
itfila,:alef;tent(la :tt
,rtlitgehltb tn::tu seteeonnsuussired ,ranni'tyei nO:11: able to give
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tsoo Ingoutghltilt it t
Inerottot them,
oditsit:pfor:ap. t t:: i:11111: r
well name it—the Catholic claims.
T st
telo o
I was right on that question, slid i
iiii°lti— nogl • mights ay thatu s
am
willing to SuPpose, for the sake of arcument, that 1,w445
wrong in my judgment ou that subject. But t call 01";"`

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the whole county to look back to tebsta;'. .. 7",7,'",,',-;,:ii ,
will state them to you now, end
,will therutrlit-,t9ii'Mli?
whether any man could by possibility be'lecch7ed by- my
conduat. In the ycar 1812,e very same year in which
I first stood for die county, you all - remember a motion I
made in the House of Commons for the armation of a

ministry; and on that occasion I declared that in, my
opinion the time was come, when the question of conces-
sion to the Catholics must be taken into 'consideration.
So the matter remained—l was successful. Then came
the general election : at that time I was asked, in a par-
ticular pelt of the county, my opinion on the subject of
the Catholic claims. The answer I gave 'Wad this—that
in my opinion, the time was come to take the question
into consideration, but at the same time, if 1 at last should
determine to concede their claims to the Catholic; it
should be by taking care that the Protestant establishment
should not by that means be endangered. I
then went to
Parliament, not as a member for this county, and there-
fore not tesponsible to any individual in it, except as one of
the general public of thq country. In the year 1813, a bill
was brought into Parliament by Mr. Canning, to give the
Catholics admission into Parliament. Gentlemen, I imp:
ported that bill, in common with many of youi best and oldest
friends: I well recollect that Mr. Wilberforce, your former

Member, stated on that occasion, that in his opinion the time
vats come when the claims of the Catholics must be granted.
On another occasion, before the W.V. election, when the bill of
Mr. Grattan was brought in, I took the same line. In the
year 1818, I stood for the county feelitv on this
subject, having voted over and over again upon it in Par-
liament; must then have been known. How, then, could
any freeholder have been deceived as to my opinion on
this question ? It was perfectly open to any freeholder to
sq to me, " No, I cannot vote for you, on account of your
opinion on this subject." But I say that no man said so.
If then vote& for the Catholic oncstion, no man could
have right to find fault with me.---(Cheerer.)----To my
utter
,astonishment, I have,- heard it said that 1 deceived
great numbers of people. If 1 had done so, 1 must have
altered my opinion to obtain their votes. Gentlemen, you
have known me long and intimately ;it said justly, that
a man is best known by, what his vaet says of him ; you,
gentlemen, have seen every action of my life, and you knoW
whether I am likely to act contrary to my opinion front
any eousideration.—(Loud eheers.),—But lam also ac-
cused of having stated, in a speech on Sir Francis Bur-
dett's Catholic Bill, that the opinion of, the people of
this county Was more favourable to the . Catholics
than it had been. Supposing that I was wrong in
this statement, I may have been deceived, 1 may
have thought that I bad seen certain symptoms in
this county to justify the opinion which I gave. But
I must, on the other hand, say to those gentlemen
who accuse me, that it was their bounden duty to
call upon the county to pronou»ce an opinion upon the
subject, or ut least. to have taken some measure to convince
me that I was wrong.—(Cheers.)----But there were, I
think, only three or four petitions against the Catholic
claims from the %Vest Riding of Yorkthire • one of which
was from the corporation of Leeds, and another from Hali-
fax ; but any thing like an expression of popular or general
opinion on the subject was never given; and those persons
who
,now exclaim against me, never, until the approach of
the general election, came fOrward in any public manner to
deny the truths of what I had advanced.---(Cheers.)-,--It
may be unsafe to grant the Catholic claims,' but I contend
here, and have contended before the face of the county,
end I am ready to meet the question wherever the persons
who have accused me deem proper, that I, have never de-
ceived any Mail on this subjeet.—(Cheers.)—lt has been
further auid, that the peerage has been bestowed upon me
at the inst.:owe of Mr. 'Canning; and'was ti subterfuge to
avoid a contested election for this county. I have a high
respect for Mr. Canning; I look up to him as a man of
powerful abilities and the kindest heart, and I am proud to
think that I am in habits of friendship, with him, But,
gentlemen, I am too proud to have received a faVeur from
the hands of Mr. Canning.,—(Loud »0 repeated cheers.)
It has often been said to me, not by persons of. ,my own
family, or particularly interested in nut, " You are in a si-
tuation to ask a peerage; why do you not do it ?", My
answer has ;ilways been, " I feel myself a greater man as a
representative of the county of York than I•should as, a
peer, and hesides I will never ask a tin-our of any Ali-
nistee—(Loud cheers.)--,--Gentlemen, 1 never did ask
it. The 'King, in the kindest manner, iii a manner
which will never, be forgot either by inc tie niv
to the last hour of our lives, offered it to me. He
told the that he did not otfer it to me :at: the instance. of
his Ministers, that there were parts of my conduct in Par-.
Bement which herdid not approve, ;that there were sub-
jects on which he differed from me, hat he:lidded that my
character and station in life were such that he thought toe
a proper individual to receive a peerage. A titleso offered
could not be refttsed.-,-(Cheers),-A peerage ie not it
thing to be Slighted, anti I do not see why I should be de-
barred : from that station more than any other mum , I
would never de a baste action to obtain it; but, hiving
been given to me, I will prize it as I ought.---t(Cherrs.)r---
But, forsooth, I took it in order to avoid a contested tdec-
tion ! Gentlemen, I know tvhat a contested election is,
though I have never been engaged in one es, a principal :
I know the horrors of it, and to what it leads; and if the
seat for this county of York could °illy have been kept by
me at the enormous expellee at which it would appear it
is to be kept—an expellee which would ruin any man of
moderate fortune, then I say 1 would not have retained the
seat for' the county. But gentlemen are very much inis-
taken, if they think I have feared a contested election. I
should have been present in the Castle-yard at York, I
should have defrayed the meagre wipe)** of the 4eetion,
and have left. it to the freeholders to say whom they would
choose.—(Cheers,)—Gentlemen, I have tin douht—l
know it---I: know to a certainty, that in case of a con-
test, I must have been at the head of the poll. Indeed,
if it lied 'been otherwise, after the services of *Melt all
parties, with few exceptions ha.te approVedif it had
been necessary to defend, at expense 'to Which other
parties SOUght. to put one, a seat for this county, it would
not have been worth having. If the result. or gaioing a
seat is to make one dependent for life, Gott' forbid
that I should have it.«,--((heeris.)—(lentlenten, the
county ,nnist not. be SO treated : if the county wishes
'to have independent Members, it must endeavour to
prevent this enormous expense. Otherwise, as I lately
read in a French paper describing the last election,
the enmity might as well ,be put up by auction. I
have heard on good authority that the expenses of the last
election, without u contest, to the four candidates, will
amount to 1.50,0004 ; andi leave it to you to judge whe-
thercomeoverborne
when any person not of the very largest property could stand
ra COlittat,.—(Cheers.),.---13ut, gentlemen, you ought not to
a
an end to Gentlemen I should' have
have brought the matter
system' shalt be put
fairly to issue, and 1 tio assure that 'bathing would
weight of purse, and
have given me greater pleasure than "to stand en- in the
Castle-
yerd before m accusers, apd hold:them Up to shame
before the county,: I cannot have the least. doubt as to
.the issue.---(Cheers.)—Gentlemen, I have now troubled
you Icing. as to myself, and it is time I should recur to, the
circumstance* of this evening. ' I have told you thus from
my heart I feel all your kindness.. I need Riot 14.'1 hope,
body .of
that if at any after titne j con serve the county of York,
services shall be Onion 1 hope, in the mituetion
in
which snyetio, hail placed me, I shallnot_ferget that
who object to individualw who, are y
'l'here are persons
1. have been the rep
he House of Peen+, being elected
to bcoome M 006116 of t
I have no inch ob-
embers or the. House om non
r.
.
the members ,o noble lamiliem their
jecati‘" Iriet,estrieople. 1 have served as lOCtilhar for a
diti for populous county : I hope, in toy place
in orou,%•,"nt of Louwhilat protest the prerogatives of
sesantati ve of I.) Real.
the'llotise t
we crown,.• I shall recollect that those prerogatives ere
teNen for the benefit of the people, and Should ever:tend
lio•their maintenance. (His Lordship sat down amidst the
lousiest cheering) ,
The.eitAlititAN then gave as a sentiment—.
honest, duel only honest 'men greet !"
great Men be m

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