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need of the

of the doctrine of Uni-

expediency
versal Suffrage. •
The health, of " Maples Calvert, Esq. and Su Robert M-
oon," were then drank with applause.
" Civil and Religious Liberty all ovei the 'World, 'and the
independent Press,' were then drank.
The utmost hilarity prevailed amongst this very
large company to a late hour, and they separated,
every one highly gratified with the entertainment.

RE-ELECTION OF MR. LA3fBTON.

Upwards of ISO Gentlemen sat down to a sumptu-
ous dinner at Dodsworth's, the Queen's Head, on
Wednesday, to celebrate the re-election of Mr. LAN:3-
TON, as one of the Representatives of the County of
Durham.

Dr. HEADLA sr took the Chair; on.his right sat Mr.
LAMBTON, Mt. WITHAM, Mr. W. LAMBE, Mr. LOG..
GAN, Mr. W. PARKER; and on his left Sir C. MoNcK,
Bait. Mr. R. Lastaros,, and Mr. Lost'. When the
cloth had been removed4he Chairman gave—" The
King, and may be never forget the principles which i
seated his family on the Throne"—" The Queen and
Royal Family," which was drank with applause.
Dr. Ilea DLAN proposed the health of " Lamb-
ton, and thc Independence of the County of Dur-
ham." This was drank with shouts of applause; after
they had subsided,
Mr. LAMBTON said, that he never felt, at any pe-
riod of his life, so much at a loss for words to express
his sense of the very enthusiastic manlier in which
they had drank his health, and for having done hint
the honour to couple his name with the independence
of the County of Durham. He assured them that
the value of the mark of approbation they had con-
ferred on him was increased by the sentiment with
which it was accompanied, as that sentiment united
the hearts of all who felt for the liberty of their native
county—(Applense). Ile should, indeed, be ungrate-
ful did lie not acknowledge the assistance of that
Spirit, which during the late contest had supported
him in every part of the County, and which was the
dearer to bim, because he had been assailed by the
shafts of calumny and effusions of the bitterest
malice—(Applause).. The Honourable Chairman had
told them that it was his (Mr. Lambton's) faults
which bad raised the opposition tb him. If it was a
fault never to have compromised with the knavish
and corrupt, he *was guilty: If it was a fault that he
had never ceased to oppose the efforts of a base and
odious -combination to enslave the County, he was
guilty. For these faults, and for disdaining to con-
nive at the nefarious projects of a party who would ,
have ruined the port of Sunderland,.he was indebted
for the opposition which had been raised against him.
But he would repeat whale had said in other places,
that he owed to the promoters of the contest a debt
of gratitude for the many opportunities they had
given him of becoming assured that he was honoured
with the most distinguished place in -the hearts and
affections of his conetrymen—(Applause). It was
unnecessary to recal to their minds the circum-
stances in which the contest originated. It might be
dated from the pet:id of the Meeting held in the
County Courts on the subject of the transactions at
Manchester. He had then stated, that it would be.
impossible to investigate the question fairly, without
issuing a commission fora Parliamentary inquiry.
For his conduct on that occasionfie had been attacked
by a notorious political partizan ; and the heavy ar-
tillery of another reverend antagonist was also brought
against him. He alluded to Messrs. Phillpotts and
Davison. These pamphlets had been circulated with
as much pains as Mr. Canning's speeches, which were
industriously advertised by means• that might make
quack medicine venders blush at being outdone in
their own line—(Laughter and applause). The object
of all these efforts was to cast odium upon the Ho-
nourable Member. But he shrunk not; he was ready
and anxious to answer any charge against him before
the Tribunal of his Constituents. Fortunately the
day soon arrived when he was called upon to appear
before that Tribunal, and he trusted he should not be
considered guilty of vain boasting, when he said that
the issue was as triumphant as the heart of man could
desire. He wished not to trample on a fallen enemy
—he would not crush even the meanest reptile un-
necessarily ; but he must sly, with reference to Mr.
Phillpott's pamphlet, that the whole of its contents
were completely falsified or confuted, particularly
by the eviieuce adduced on the late trial at Yoik.
' His egregious ignorance of the law of the question
had been sufficiently exposed elsewhere, and had
shared the same fate as his facts. Here, therefore,
he would leave him. Hi (the Honourable Member)
had, hoWever, committed another fault, which the,
Chairman had omitted to mention. He had de-
nied the statement that there were 100,000 disaf-
fected armed men in this part of the country. He
had ventured to say, when their pensioner, who was
now happily lost to them, bad stated that his (Mr.
Lambton's) property was allotted for diviiion by the
Radicals, that he had no apprehensions upon that
head; that he had left behind him what was dearer
to him than his property—his children ; and he did
so, because he believed that his property and his
family were both perfectly secure—(Applause).—
The Honourable Gentleman then said, that he had
read, in a printed speech, delivered by Mr. Canning
at Liverpool, an interrogatory, whether there was
a man of property who did not feel the tenure by '
which he held his possessions, strengthened by the
late Restrictive or Gagging Bills ? He would not
enter into the detail upon that Gentleman's speech,
but Should reserve what he had to say upon that sub-
ject till be had the opportunity of addressing him face
to face. He would tell him, that he (Mr. Lambtonl
deemed his property more secure before these Bills'
were passed than he did now, for they had contri •
huted to destroy mutual confidence between the
People and their Governors ; and this he considered
to be the most melancholy situation to which the
country could be reduced. The People do not look
to any such measures for an improvement in their
condition ; it in fact depends upon the chapter of ac-
cidents whether a scene of confusion will take place,
or whether a better alternative will ensue. Look at
the disturbances at Glasgow. Would the blood which
has been spilt there have been shed, had not a system
foreign to the nature and babitsof English men been in-
troduced, and infused into the minds, thoughts, and
feelings which they had never before entertained?—
He did think that their natures were fast chairing,
but the change bad been brought about chiefly by
the too frequent employment of the Military to-cp:ell
pretettdcd, fears, or otherwise_upon the most

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