Star.
London, England, 1823-08-29 00:00:00

DINNER Ar na TOWN-HALL, LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 27.
The dinner given by our highly respected and
worthy Chief Magistrate, WattAm MoLtNEux, Esq.
on Monday, must have been highly gratifying to the
distinguished individuals who were invited. [The list
of the company was given in the STA R of yesterday. 3
Among the toasts drank in the course of the even-
ing were the following :
Majecty, the fluke of Lancaster"—" The Duke of York
sett she Army' The Duke of Clirence and the Navy"—
The Lord Lieutenant of the County"—" The Right Honour.
able George Canning."
Mr. Caastzo said, he could not, in rising to re-
turn his thanks for the very (I.itteriag manner in which'
the last toast had been received, confine himself
strictly to the expression of his sincere gratitude; nor
sit down without renewing the assurance he had al-
ready given, of his readiness, at all times, to serve, to
the best of his ability, that important and enlightened
community which it had, for ten years, been his
pleasure and his pride to represent. That assurance
had been given at the period when events, which he
could not controol, rendered it necessary for him to.
suggest a separation most painful to his feelings, and
which nothing but an imperative sense of duty could
have compelled him to propose. He hardly knew
whether he felt more grateful to them for the cor-
diality with which they had originally invited him
to their service, or for the generous, though •re-
luctant, acquiescence with which • they had been
kind enough to admit the necessity of parting.—
The parting, however, was only in form ; in sub-
stance he remained still their friend and their ser-
vant t their friend, with undiminished attachments,
their servant, with no other diminution of exertion
than necessarily resulted from the overwhelming rut-
tare of his other occupations. He must not omit to
express the gratification which he felt, and which the
sight of the present assembly was peculiarly calcu-
lated to heighten and illustrate ; the gratification, he
meant, of believing that, whatever might have been
the insignificance of his services, the course of his
elections far Liverpool had not been useless. • They
bad exhibited a series of animated contests and
prompt reconciliations; of enmities transitory as the
struggle which gave them birth ; and of acquaint-
ances and connexions which, he trusted, would long
survive the memory of those contests. He had seen
the town in all the agitation of conflict, without ex-
periencing or witnessing anything which it was pain-
ful to him to recollect; and he had received proofs,
in the coring of the day (many who heard him would
understand to tliat be alluded, though' he could not
in delicacy particularize them), how much of mutual
personal esteem may grow up amid the conflicts of
political hostility. The temper in which he left Li-
verpool was that in which he rejoiced now to see it ;
in which, he hoped, it would lcng continue; and
which the merits of his successor were eminently cal-
culated to maintain. He even littered himself that,
in these respects, the example of his connexion with
Liverpool was not entirely lost upon other scenes of
political contest ; and he flattered himself still farther,
that the temper which then pervaded the room in
which he was speaking, was not an unapt specimen
of the general temperance of the country.
" The Right Hon. William Huskisson."
Huszlsson, after thanking. the company for.
the honour which had been done nim iddrinking his
health, said, that from the kind and cordial reception
which that toast had met with on their part, so far
exceeding his deserts, he was, at least, encouraged to
hope, that during the short period which had elapsed
since he bad the honour of being elected one of their
Representatives, he had not wholly disappointed
those expectations which their partiality had formed
in his favour, when they had the misfortune to lose
the services of his Right Hon. Friend. To the con-
tinuance of that partiality, or rather, perhaps, to their
sense of justice, forgetting the eminent services of his
predecessor only when they were called upon to mea-
sure-his humble labours in the same line of duty (and

he was not afraid that they would not recollect those
services on every other occasion), he must trust for
their indulgent construction of his future exertions
to promote the interests of his constituents, and; with
those interests, the general welfare of our country. In
the department of the Government with which he was
mere immediately connected, he could only say, that

he should feel confidence in whatever Measures it

might be his duty to advocate or recommend, for the
-advancement of the trade and navigation of this
country, in proportion as those measures met with
the concurrence of that enlightened part of this com-
munity, whose general knowledge of the true princi-
ples of commerce was guided and directed by exten-
sive practical experience. To. several .Gentlemen of
that description, then present, he felt that his personal
acknowledgements were justly due, for their assistance
and unreserved communications, upon several im-
portant questions which had been under the consi;.
deration of the Board of Trade, during the last Ses-
sion of Parliament. He could not sit down without
assuring them that, among the many gratifications
which he had received, during the last week which
he had spent in Liverpool, there was none which he
prized mote than the indications which this great
town afforded, in every quarter, that all the great
interests which connected its industry and the comfort
of its numerous population with the general prospe•
city of the country, ‘,.ei e in a most tin lying state.
With this view of the present situation of affairs.
which conic' not, he was convinced, be controverted
by any fair man cf any political party, and with an
ardent wish that the streams of that prosperity might
col inue to flow uninterruptedly towards the " good
old town of Liverpool," he sat down, once more thank-.
ins the company for the honour conferred upon him.
General (./ascoyne" was then given, and Mr.
Hustitssos, in the absence of his colleague, returned
thanks tar him, and concluded by proposing the
health of .the Mayor, which was drunk with marked
applause. His NVorship duly espreised his.acinow-
ledgment, and concluded by giving the "'Junior
Burgess of Liverpool."
sfr. Huscissow returned thanks for the honour
which had been conferred upon hire, by enrolling his
name among those fleetness to whose kindness he was
so much indebted.
Mr.CaNistao said, that, with the kind permission
of the Chair, be rose to propose a toast which, be felt
confident, v.ould be received by the company with
the most sincere and cordial satisfaction. He alluded
so the health of the distinguished stranger then near
him, who lees en bis way to Swedes, as the repre-

sent dive of his country, the United States of Ame-
rica.He was most happy to avail himself of -this
opportunity, amidst so large an assemblage of some
of the first merchants of England; of congratulating
that Gentleman on the full and uninterrupted inter-
course which now existed between his country and
our own ; an intercourse, of which the value could be
llowhere so well understood as in this great town,
which was, both in point of local situation and of spirit,
and enterprise, so pre-eminently qualified to derive
from that intercourse every possible advantage.—
On such an occasion he might be permitted to express
the gratification which he felt,. in common with the
great mass of the intelligent-and liberal men of both
countries, to see the animosities necessarily attendant
on a state of hostility so rapidly wearing away, and
giving place to feelings so much more consonant to
the true interests of two nations united by a common
language, a common spirit of commercial enterprise,
and a common regard for well-regulated liberty. It
appeared to him, that of two such States, the relative
position was not wholly unlike that which occasion-
ally occurred in families ; where, a child having,
perhaps, displeased a parent—a daughter for instance
—in contracting a connection offensive to that pa-
rent's &dings, soone estrangement would for a while
necessarily ensue; but after a lapse of time, the irri-
tation is forgotten, the force of blood again prevails,
and the daughter and the mother stand together
against the world. That all causes of dissension may
have now ceased for ever between two countries so
strongly bound to each other, and with so clear a
community of interests, he most sincerely hoped; and
he trusted that, in whatever part of the world Mr.
Hughes might represent his country, he would feel,
that in no part of it could that country's merits be
more truly .appreciated than in this.

The tout was drank with marked applause,
and Mr. HUGUES retutned thanks in nearly the fol-
lowing terms: _ _ _

44 .N.l -r. Mayor and Gentlemen :—I shall not presume
to take up more of your time than may be barely
sufficient for the expression of my sincere and heart-
felt thanks, for the flattering reception and wekome
with which I am honoured on this occasion; a recep-
tion and a welcome so far above the claims of an
humble and unimportant individual such as I am,
that I delight to ascribe them exclusively to the
friendly feelings of the inhabitants of Liverpool for
the country to which I belong, and which I have so
recently left : and I can earnestly assure the distin-
guished and enlightened company here assembled,
that there is not a reflecting man among my coun-
trymen who does not feel convinced, that such arc
the proper and the only feelings that should be incul-
cated, and that should subsist between the British'
and the American people; and I can add to this as-
surance my sincere persuasion, that both my coun-
try's Government and its citizens are animated by the
firmest resolution to neglect no honourable means
of avoiding. all pernicious political discrepancies,
and .of maintaining the happy footing of peace
and confidence, which is the present basis of our
relations with Great Britain; a basis more solid
and more sure, perhaps, at this moment than at
any former period of our short history. Though
not an old man, I am old enough to have witnessed
many an unhappy and many a lamentable misunder-
standing between the two nations ; and to have seen,
with feelings of the deepest sorrow, that no effort of
wisdom and moderation ; no dictate of peace and af-
fection, sentiments so natural and so proper to na-
tions the common offspring of one common stock;
nay, no motive, even of interest, has• been sufficiently
posvei ful to preserve them from the common andi
fatal error of war, from the wretched and unnatural
struggle of trying to do each other the most harm. But
I have also seen that war happily terminated ; and it
is the proudest and happiest incident of my life to
have had a share, though a very huusble one, in the
labours of that Congress of 1814, that had the merit
and the glory of putting an end to that unnatural and
cruel struggle, and of restoring the two nations to
the more wise and humane disposition of trying to do
each other the most good. Long and sincerely may
this disposition be cherished: Long may the noble
and unrivalled works, constructed by this great and
poblic-spirited town, for the accommodation of Om-
meree—your vast and capacious docks, present to
the eye of the philanthropist the busy and the cheer-
ing scene that they now exhibit : a scene that I have
visited this day under circumstances, the memory of
which I shall always cherish;*' (bowing to Mr. Can-
ning and Mr. Huskissoa) a scene made up of thick
and almost impervious forests of English and Ameri-
can masts; topped (if I may so express it) with the fair
foliage of friendly flags. Long may the gallant tars of
my country inflict upon Liverpool the hardships of such
bold invasions; and all hands be beat to quarters, to
pour into you, Gentlemen, broadsides of cotton and to-
bacco, and to receive a constant fire of calicoes and cut.
lery ! I must apologize for havingoccupied so much of
your time; and especially must I not omit to offei
you, Gentlemen, my acknowledgments, for the pa-
tience and indulgence you have shewn me, for it can•
not be necessary for me to say, after what you have
seen and heard, that I am totally unskilled and un•
practised in the art of public speaking, though I have
found myself unexpectedly called on to speak before
this respectable meeting, and in the presence of the
great master of modern eloquence, the accomplished
scholar and enlightened statesman. With the Mayor's
and your pet mission, I will venture to. propose a
toast : ; The town of Liverpool, and the. 'United
States of America ; their Trade and their Friendship:
may they all go on increasing:
In the course of the evening, the health: of the
Pi ipce Sapieha, Mr. Blackburn, M.P. for the County,
Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, M.P. M. Birch, M.P. and
Mr. Gladstone, M.P. were given, and .his High-,
ness and the Gentlemen severally and briefly re-
turned thank.—Liverpool Cosgricr.
• Mr. Hughes bad been invited by the St. George 'Steam-
packet Company, to be of the party given in the morning, in the
Steam-packet, the Emerald Isle, to Mr. Huskisson and Mr. Can-
ning ; and Mr. Canning, Mr. H.uskiseon, Lord George Bentiuck,
and Mr. Gladstone, with some other Gentlemen, had accompa-
nied Mr. Hughet after the aquatic excursion mentioned yester-
day., to visit the beautifill American ship Canada, Captain Macy,
lying in the Prince's Dock, in which Mr. Hughes had arrived a
few days before from America, it being the fourth consecutive
passage the Cana.ia has made, in less than seventeen days, from
New York to Liverpool.

Lord STOWILL granted Early Colin, a seat beloog-
um co his toordship iu Urrkshixe, to Viscountess SIOMOO2III, on
bar assrriage to Viscount Sinstouto, for thvir country residence
iitulitipser Ladyship's life.