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14 John George Lambton, Req. and the Reform. , of the North
of England.
Mr. LAUBTON rose, to return thanks. He was re-
-1 ceived with loud applause, mingled with some masks
iof disapprobation. He tilled on the indieidual to state
the grounds upon which he received him (11...Lambt.n)
with disapprobation, and then resumed his seat.
Mr. Futow then rose at the lower end of the room,
and was received with considerable uproar of hisses,
mixed with some applause. His accusation against
Mr. Lambton, was his opposition to Sir Ft antis Burdift
in the Elective Franchise Bill, and that he afterwards
entertained at his table an illustrious person, whose
principles were well known to be in opposition to the
great Catholic QuestiOn—(llear,hear ! and hisses).
Mr. LASIBTON regretteJ that such a theme should
have been introduced, when all minor condover-
sial points ought to have been set at rest. He had
certainly declined to vote upon the Catholic Question,
because he thought It inconsistent to support a measure
which bias united with one in direct opposition to the
Elective Franchise, which he had maintained through
his whole life. He had his own right of re-action.
With respect to the charge of having entertained the
Duke of York, he should only say that he never al-
lowed politics to interfere with his domestic arrange-
ments. He should also declare that he highly applauded
the Duke of York for openly stating his sentiments—
(Loud Applause).
Samuel Whitbread, Esq. and the Reformers of Middlesex.
' Mt. WHITBREAD, in returning thanks, professed him.
self the friend of civil and religious liberty, and the ai-
voclte of Reform in Parliament.
Sir Robert Wilson, and the Reformers of Southwark.
Sir ROBERT WILSON acknowledged the compliment
in a speech of some length. in which he took a review
of the progress of freedom in Greece and America, and
concluded by pronouncing an eulogium upon Bolivar,,
who formerly expressed the greatest satisfaction at a
compliment paid to him in that very room.
Mr. Honywood, and the Reformers of Kent.
Mr. HONYWPOD assured the meeting that his senti-
ments on the question of Parliamentary Reform were
unchanged and unchangeable, for the longer he lived
the greater did he observe the necessity for that measure.
The next toast was, " The health. of Messrs. M. Fitzgerald,
Rice, Ponsonby„ O'Connell, and other Gentlemen present."
The KN/011T of Kamm returned thanks at considerable length.

Mr. O'CONNELL assured the meeting that it was his
fixed determination on coming into the room to make
his presence the silent expression (an Irishman might
use the phrase) of his respect and esteem for their Repre-
sentatives; not only because he was unwilling to ob-
trude so humble an individual as himself upon their
notice, but because he felt it impossible to find words to
express his overwhelming sense of obligation to their
glorious Representative—(Cheers). His gratitude was
not sectarian, but national. The Hon. Baronet was not
the advocate of the Catholics, but of Chri,tianity, and
of those principles on which it was founded, and which
said " Do unto others as you would they should do ono
yourselves: But if he Has unable to speak of him as
he would wish, he might he allowed the audacity to
boast that he (Mr. O'Connell) was the individual who
suggested reposing their cause in his hands. The Peti-
tion he had framed was not a Petition for Catholic
Em incipation, but grounding it on universal liberty of
conscience, he only asked the Legislature to give to
every persuasion equal rights and privileges with each
other. That was the petition which he had put into the
Hon. Bares hands ; and if he (Mr. O'C.) was accused of
being an agitator,and of using something of violence, Oh,
let the Electors of Westminster not forget the prize for
whieh he was contending; it-was, that his countrymen
might become the brothers of Britons—(Cheers)—the
sharers in the election of such Representatives as theirs.
They did not seek to be admitted within the purlieus
of some rotten borough ; Oh, no ; they boldly asked for
an equalization of civil rights with them. For his part,
he always considered the question of Reform consistent
with the British Constitution with that glorious
principle which their ancestors had invented, and which
said that no man's property should be taxed; unless he
was represented in Parliament; and he who came be-
tween him and that representation, might talk of his
conscience, and weep over his money-bags; but he
dealt in iniquity, and robbed the public of their rights
(Loud cheers). He would not let his gratitude trespass
longer upon their patience—(Hear). When he re-'
turned to his own country, he would tell his country-
men, in the words of one of their own resolutions, not
to dare to outrage the laws—not to degrade themselves,
and be rendered unworthy of the friendship and sym-
pathy of such men as the Electors of Westminster. He
would use the name of Burdett as a spell-wofd amongst
them—that name would resound in her green valleys,
and along her majestic mountains ; it would mingle in
their songs of joy, and would net be forgotten in their
humble but pious devotions ; and if he could embody
their feelings into one shout, it would be heard through-
out Europe, affrighting despotism from Archangel to
the Straits of Gibraltar, and carrying consolation to the
slave in evetT clime —(Loud applause). The Learned
Gentleman concluded by assuring the meeting that Old
England had but to unite her willing sons in one link
of affection, to become once more the protectres' of the
liberty of the.world. The most ardent applause fol-
lowed the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's speech.
John Williams, Esq. and the English Bar.
Mr. WILLIAMS returned thanks, and held out the
conduct of Westminster as an example well worthy of
the imitation of the rest of the empire. The objtcts
their choice and their mode of choosing them shed mu-
tual lustre on each other. He complimented the steady,
consistent, and persevering conduct of Sir F. Burdett
through sufferings and prosecutions ; and then referred'
to the proposed amendment of the Jury Laws, which
would afford the very relief for which Mr. WoJler con-
tended in vain ten years ago in the Court of King's
Bench. Let them then persevere : how did they know
but in ten years more, in spite of ecclesiastical and fana-
tical influence (loud applause), some other Tory Minis-
ter might get up and propose the disfranchisement of
Old Sarum, New Church, and Old Church, and the rest
of the rotten Boroughs?—(C/veers). Let them pursue
their own course, and he did not despair seeing, before
he died, the accomplibhment of that result which all,
men of proper principles thought so desirable—:hat
infusion of popular spirit into the Parliament which,
would do such justice to every part of the Kingdom as
they (the electors of Westminster) did to their town.
T. W. Coke, Esq. and the Reformers of Norfolk—John Smith,
Esq. and the other Members of Parliiment who honour us with
their company—Lord Cochrane—The Liberty of the Press.
After this last toast was drank, the Chairman, and those Gentle-
men who had not previously withdrawn, retired, at 11 o'clock.

The instrumental band for the English Opera House,
the ensuing season, is to be one of the most numerous in
London. It will consist of thirty-seven performers,which
wilt be seven mote than that of Covent-garden Theatre.