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and after having represented the City faithfully in
Parliament, on the avowed principles which first
'placed him there; it was a proud tritimp?r to himself,
and to the principles on which he acted, to be akain.
returned by the free suEragi.ss of the Livery of Lon-
*dOn—(Aeanse). He (Lord Erskine) felt himself
highly honoured by the manner in which he had
been noticed by his Honourable Friend in the Chair,
and by the company. The " Trial by Jury," with
which his name had been connected in so flattering
a manner, was indeed the great bulwark of national
liberty, for without it the Press could not be free,
and without a free Press the country could nOt be
free—..-(Leud app/intse). About forty years ago,
when the Press inculcated the necessity of free and
independent Parliaments, and when
published his celebreed Dialogue on Parliamentary
Reform, a combination was formed against it, and
all the rowers of corruption were leagued toether
for the destruction of this mighty engine of freedom ;
but, drank Goo ! the hydra was crushed beneath its
feet—( Great applause). The necessity of Reform
could now' be no longer denied ; and he was con-
vinced, that, it the great mass of the people calmly
united in the support of that cause, it must ultimately
triumph—( Loud cheers). He sincerely hoped that it
would nut be defected till that period when evils
might become so great as to he insupportable. The
Noble Lard then adverted to the Revolution in Spain,
and. remarked, that Ferdinand, by a timely attention
to the just demands of his subjects, might have con-
tinued to be one of the greatest Monarchs in Europe,
and might have retained the Sovereignty of South
America. Ferdinand, however, seemed_to have acted
just like Gil Bias, who remained in the cave when he
could not get out of it, and got out when he could
not vermin longer in—( Langhter and applame).—
His Lordship concluded by observing, that as this
was the King's Birth-slay, he thought he could not
testify his attachment to his Majesty in any better
manner than by atten.ting on the present occasion to
show his respect for a man, who had in Parliament
been an advocate for t:,ose principles which placed
his Majesty's family on t!)e Throne—( Applause).
The next toast was—" Success to the cause of
Spanish freedom in Europe, and to independence in
South America."—Drank with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN then proposed—" The health of
the Right Hon. George Tierney, and the friends cf
the people, in the House of Commons."—Drank with
three times 41,ree.
Messrs.Woon,ByNG, WHITBREAD, Moofta, Humg,
and II A RVEY severally returned thanks on theii health.
being thank.
Mr. Hume, in adverting to his recent election for
the Aberdeen District of Burghs, observed, that the
whole influence of the Crown, and all the wealth of
the Treasury, had been arrayed against him. A per.
sonal friend of-the King's, possessing an immense
fortune, and supported by every corrupt interest,
had been opposed to him; and yet he had, single-
handed, obtained a most signal triumph—a circum-
stance which could only be accounted for by the
goodness of the cause which he had represented. The
whole population in that district of Scotland had
evinced as much ardour in his cause as it was pos-
sible for himself tosfeelt and strong was the sen-
sation occasioned by popular feeling, that the Magis-
trates of one of the five Burghs which he represented,
although they were disposed, and had actually re-
solved, to vote for Lis opponent, had found it neces•
nary, in deference to pubiic feeling, to reconsider the
übjecc, and ultimately to vote for him, in opposition
to their own inclination. This state of public senti.
ment in Scotland would appear the more remark.
able, when it was considered, that, for the last thirty.
five years, that part of the kingdom had crouched at
the feet of the Melville's—had been a mere obsequi-
ous appendage to that family—and had returned to
Parliament, with one or two exceptions, the most
abject tools of Government—(Loid Erskine nodded
assent).—This change in the feelitrgs And sentiments
of an intelligent people, who•had never before taken
any interest in political questions, taught a lesson
respecting the nature of the tunes, and the necessity
of making concessions.
After several other toasts and addresses, the com-
pany broke up at a very late hour.

Cambridge University Address on the KING'S Ac-
cession, will be received by His MAJESTY on Friday
next,. the 28th, at-three o clock. The Members of
the University who propose to attend, are requested
to meet at WlLLts's Rooms, King-street, St. James's,
at one (add not at three, as stated by mistake in a
former Paper), dressed in Court Mourning. Mr.
WEBB will provide Gowns to such Gentlemen as are
unprovided.
The fcundation stone of a new and elegant Church,
to be built in Mune, for the Parish of Kilmadock,
Was laid on the Bth inst. by the Right Hbn. the Earl
of MORAY, principal heritor of the Parish, assisted
by the Doune St. James's Lodge of Freemasons.
It appears that the unfortunate Dr. O'Halloran, reached Port
Jackson safely, as a poetical effusion, written by him off the Coast
of New Holland, appears in the Sydney Gazette of July, 1819.
The Earl of Powis has now at Powis Castle, seven .
cub foxes, which were whelped a few days a4n by a
bitch fox, which was run to ground by Mr. SMITH'S
hounds, and taken out alive.

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY.
The room was much crowded, and some heat), stakes were
bet, as follows:

DERBY. • •
5 to 2 agst Pindaree 9to 1 agst Abjer
5/ to 1 agst Sailor 16 to 1 agst brother to -Blucher
100 to 4 agst Arbutus
7 w 1 ag.t Kill Devil filly

OAKS.
2 to 1 agst the Duke of Rut- I 0 to 1 agst Br:(1e
land's Sorcery 1. 7 to I apt Iteserve
L to 2 agst Rowena 7 to 1 aest Mariana

PIGEON MATCH, FOR Two HUNDRED GUINEAS
This Sporting Match, between Messrs. Kass and GILL, who
belong to the Midgham Club who challenged all England), and
Messrs. PENN and PRICE, took place -on Saturday, on Bagshot
Heath, at twenty-one birds, twenty-one yards from the trap,
with unlimited charge, and one hundred yards boundary for the
birds to fall. Messrs. PENN and Pales won the Match by the
two last birds, which Mr. KANE missed, and who was considered
the best shot of the four. Betting was six to four on the liners,
even after Mr. Gut had missed his first bird, and two to one
on the losers after the tenth shot.
FIRL—At three o'clock this morning a fire broke nut at the
White Han public-house, near the turnpike, in Kingsland-road,
which, In a shots time, consumed the whole of these extensive
premise•, together with the adjoining house, a toy-shop, It
was with great difficulty that Mr. Kumla (the landlord) and
his servants elected their escape along the roofs of the adjoin-
log houses.