Star.
London, England, 1822-08-30 00:00:00

CANNING CLUB.

Friday last the dinner giren by this Club to the
Right Hon. Gao*on CANNING, previous to his, de-
parture for India, took place'at the York Hotel, Wil-
liamson-square, Llverpool. JOHN GLaHrroNE, Esq.
M.P. President, in the Chair.

Mr. CANNING arrived at the liiieel;itsliri GLAD,-
svoNe's iirriage; a few minutes befeve six 6'eloClc,
and was loudly cheered by a croiptd. of respectable
persons, collected in front of the Hotel.
• At six o'clock, above one hundred and silty Gen-
tlemen sat down to a dinner, consisting of the deli;
cacies of the season.—After the customary toasts, •
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing a toast, addressed
the Meeting as follows:—:" Gentlemen, when I invite
you to charge your glasses, I am quite aware that 1
need not dictate to you the manner of doing so. I
know you will fill them to the brim, and drink the
toast in an overflowing bumper. Gentlemen, the
toast which I have the honour to propose is one
which I am sure will be drank with the same warm
and ardent enthusiasm which has ever accompanied
it when given in this room. lam quite aware that
it would be idle, as it would be unnecessary, for me
to speak of. or enumerate any of the great, import-
ant, and distinguished services, which our Right
Honourable Representative and Friend, Mr. Canning,
(for such, I am sure, I may justly call him), has per-
formed for the benefit of this town and the empire at
large. It is known to every individual who now
hears me, that he never has withheld his ready as-
sistance, when the just claims either of individuals
or of associated bodies have demanded its exercise.—
But I regret to say, that a period seems to be ap-
proaching when, I fear, and deeply fear, that we are
to part. I know well, from your tried attachment,
the pain this must give you, and how much that pain
and regret must be increased by your intimate know-
ledge of the value of what you are so likely to lose.
For have we not often witnessed the power and con-
trouling influence of his distinguished talents, his
gigantic mind, and commanding eloquence ? Have
we not seen him, as it were, like a consuming fire,
wither or extinguish the arguments opposed to him
in the field of debate? But it is not less our duty to
recollect, that if high and imperative duties call him
hence (and such could only take him from us), that
ought, if anything can, to reconcile us to parting.—
He is about to enter upon the Government of a dis-
tant part of this realm, which of itself forms a great
empire, and where the destinies of almost countless
millions are to be placed, and I will say safely placed,
in his hands. But, though thus separated from you,
I know that he will continue to live in your affection,
as, I doubt not, we shall do in his warmest recollec-
tions. Let us, then, continue to cherish those prin-
ciples which first brought us together, and to evince,
by our unceasing attachment to the ConstitUtion of
our country, how much we value the protection it
affords and the blessings it confers. This Society,
from its origin, has been distinguished by its loyalty
and zeal for the best interests of the State ; and, if
we are now to part with Mr. Canning, I trust, when'
the time arrives for us to welcome his return, that he
will find us the same warm and devoted advocates
of the good cause in which we are engaged, and
ready to receive him with all that warmth of feeling
and attachment which he is now witnessing. I will
not longer trespass on your time, but proceed to dis-
charge so pleasant a duty by giving for a toast—

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" Our highly distinguished Representative, the Right 1-lon.
George Canning—a Statesman who, by his constitutional pritil
ciples and transcendant abilities, has rendered such eminent ser-
vices to his Constituents and to the Empire at large."

The toast was received with a tumultuous burst of
enthusiasm, and was drank with nine times nine and.
the most rapturous plindits. The company, after
resuming their seats, simultaneously rose again, and•
drank it with nine times nine: the cheers which fol-i
lowed lasted several minutes.

Mr. CANNING, as soon as the cheering had sub-t
sided, rose, and spoke as follows :—Gentiemen,
am really and unaffectedly overpowered by the Man-
ner in which you have had the goodness to receive
the mention of my name; and if my worthy friend,
your President, was apprehensive that, in drinking
the last toast, which included what might be under-
stood as a compliment to yourselves, arittongst a great.
number of your fellow-townsmen and fellow-coun-
trymen, you were in danger of incurring the chargel
of egotism, how much more difficult is the task which',
is imposed' upon me, of acknowledging 4 in adequate
terms, the kindness which Tou have manifested tor
wards me individualiy ? Gentioneh; there is nothing
of egotism--.there ii nothing of undue partiality in
your cherishing towards each other those feelings of
respect and regard which naturally arise from a com-
munity of opinion. On the contrary, all the analo-
gies of our political Constitution peculiarly favour
such associations. They are eminently calculated
for the conservation of those principles in which they
originate. You love your country, as comprehending
in itself all the charities of private life ; and when, in
cultivating those charities, you fot m amongst your-
selves societies such as this, cemented by an agreement
in sound principles—principles of attachnent to the
free, the popular, but at the same time monarchical
character of the Government under which it is our hap-
piness to live, you create so many depositories for those
I principles, uninvitlious when the feeling of loyalty is
generally prevalent, btit useful, in the-highest degree,
whoa the contagion of other prilicirlr4: Is abroad.—