Star.
London, England, 1828-05-27 00:00:00

ROYAL YACHT CLUB.

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WESTIIINSVR ANNInaIIARY TIMM*
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Yesterday, at the Cullen and Anchor, eras celebrated
the Anoiversary the-Triumph of
.Pority of Election
in the City of Westminster. About 200 persons pt
down to dinner: amongst whom were Sir F. Altraorr
(in the Chair), Mr. HOZHOOSIt, Mr. Jon), Woon, M.P.
(Preston), ALex. Dowson, M.P. Mr. JOhlts BUROBTT.
Mr. HUNT, Mr. WOOLLIR, &c. &c.
The firit toast after the removal of the cloth was-••
The People, the only source of legitimate power"—
three times three.

The next was—" The King, may he *lams recolleot
Iris own declaration. that the Crown.was held in 'rest
for the people." The third—" A full, fair, and tree re-
presentation of the people in the Commons Amite of
Parliament. the only efficient remedy for the national •
grievances."
.1 These toasts wete received with the •
warmest applause.
Mr. Comma then got upon the table for the purpose
proposing a toast, which he had no doubt would
prove perfec:ly acceptable to the company then assets-'
,bled ; yet in proposing it to them, he confessed he was
under toiled feelings of pain and of plee.ure—of pleasure
in being the organ through which such a toast thr
be proposed to the Eiectors of Westminster ; of Ishii),
,•rom remembering the absence of that worthy and ve-
nerable elector by whom this toast was usually given
forth to the body whom he then addressed—he alluded t 6
that distinguished and uptight elector, Mr. Sturch. As
to the toast which he had to propose to them it spoke for
itself. it would be an unwarrantable intrusion upon.
their time were he to enlarge .upon the pre-eminent.
anerits'id,the Individual whom health he should bare
)the it of. prAsosiiik. • It would be altogether
'aufarlllllolfs 44.4, to d's'ell upon the obl;g.ations which
,the elecloya. otWiiiminater owed to that todiiidual-;-
to dilate upon, his'praisei woela be like an atteiript to
refine' fine golXto paint the lily..or add pet fume to the ":" '
violet:— he no doubt •that'bifOre then every one Who'
heard him .anticipated the toast with which be intended
to. cottclude ; And it. was his only regret, that the deity`''
of priposing It. so thesis liadnot fallen info viorilbei .and '''•
abler hands. They were then asstiabled • for th• `ll it i'"*
time,: to celebrate the triumph they bid declined l'* • a
establishing purity PI e4etion in ibetraitt—:Cntelebrati" • •
the glorious tripnaph of Wit 016cipId
Autsktt had ever seen: the•able. zealoui, Sad loosistitit "
advocate. 'they Must feel, that On' oceisinaffikelhot:
*taint, theftnet him, and tie mei thins, Witt theretied • •
and rnfreasing pleasure. in propos-66i 'ad thioVela
of time retrieved them from that gtratintittufiaphint" •-•
period, the success connected with Whielilhey were then
met to do honour ro. He felt thavit'wetild be ao •
'to their understandings werebel tn refrain longer front , •
giving expression to the watnit)i 'of then sentimehts, '
upon the character and conduit of their Kepresentatteet.
he would, therefore, 'propose Os them the health of the
consistent adeocate,of the tighti and 'freedom of
.the. '
people—Sir riapOsillPrdeft.-4Greatapplause.)
• Sir Fantrota,ffueoarr then rolio,to .retuin thanks:
He was obliged to tionaist silent for some minutes atter
presenting himself to the coiiisany, frotn, the contioued.,
and enthusiastic cheering.; when silence was restored,
he said, it could not but be (es.hod beeowell expressed,
by the worthy elector who proposed his heaAhl a Mar-
ter of
,high satisfaction and pride to hits, after so looif ••••`
a period.of-tiose had elapsed.-.a period o,tull of Italicise,.
events—a period ',atoll Of dangerrtattt citfficulty...=w hip •••
public principle wand so rarely called into benefictal op.
tion, and when public men. were so. open,--he would
admit so fairly open to Attack and, accut.auonit
could not, he continued, but be the greatest satestac.
tipn to him, and calculated to .eacite the ply:West.
feelings in his breast; that he still- held the same
place in the .e.timation of the electors gl Wt.stroine
ster that.he had. ever done—as be ttujoet o4igt.te
infer was the. .caw from the favputable manner ta:
which the mention of his name bad beets received.; ,and• •
it imparted to his mind
,adcistio,,al satestaction !tiara •
length of time, supposed to be ,u*ciers:, if not todil-: -
solve, at least to weakest ordinary hie,, Otto. OA toy%
proved sufficient to break the, cooties* which sub-
sisted between, him and them up, n po ou boc-gr.
He was proud of this; he was mud of still reviling.
their coufidence, and uo effort of 1." *lll4 everbt,
spared to footnote, the great cause in Willett •
felt a common ,inteiest, namely, the establish:ono of
those just and constitutional tights (A *hid, uncle;
no eircumsiences, they should ever, lose sight. and tn the.
advancement of which he trusted the best of the
great body whom he then addressed would be no-
ceasing!, devoted. If be were,pioud of being pieced
in that sMation, it was torn reflecting he was chores,
to sit ,n Parliament by
.the unbiassed voice ot.
enlightened body in the most vnlightened merropolia-r
he might be permitted to add, in the most enlightem4
tounay -in the
.wor Id. It, was thetriore no matter s.f
surprise then be should be proud of she diuinitton which
he then enjoyed ; nor was he awaie of ,anything that
could Tecompense him for the (of feitu!eent it. He. u.
fessedthiet in meeting his constituents on an occasion
such.astbot.-be felt great pleasure—he felt greet plea-
sure: in coming amongst them from the House of Coma
moos—called the sepreientatiees of the people, though
no way entitled's° to be lilted t• he telt rest pleasure
in coming anfongst such a respectable body otitis con,
tituent, us the pte.ent..coinpony composed, and con.
ferring.with them upon public topics, and submitting
his conduct, at a public man, to their enlightened and
unbiassed; judgment, ••It MAW a great relief to biat, .
to thus 'from the House of Commons, which be
might 'Well barren waste, where no salutary
plant could -take: root, to I that sample of the most
enlightened portion of the public by which he nab
then surrounded. At was, he repeated, Catremely pa.
titying to him to meet such a body of men, and to
enjoy their sympathy with him on an occasion such al
that on whites they were all then assembled. It was
perfectly natural, that ,meeting, as be then did, those
whom he bad the honour of addressing. they should ex-
pect, at his hands, some exposition of the views ts hich he
entertained on the present posture of public affairs, anti
the course which, in reference to it, he meant to adopt.
The objects which presented themselves on all sides to
the consideration of a person called on to perform suc,k,
a duty as that, were so multifarious, that the chief
difficulty would consist in the selection of. topic,:
There was one surject, however, whioh, though it dyi:
not appear prominently, nevertheless was, in an corms:.
coil degree, deserving of notice, and which, on account
of its not presenting itself first to view, he was the teitird
,ozio,la to call their rely attention. It was one olt
which he haled he still should have to encounter Willy.
great p, ejudices, and he therefore telt the more arrztous
to take the earliest opportunity that offered itself to
'grap,,le with the difficulty. He contes,ed that he felt
tt utterly impossible to addtess a meeting such as that
without adverting to the greatlti: be question
idol! rieinn ebb
igiotte
i berty—(C heel s).-.-He hoped, ny,
slighte4 doubt, obit they were free hum ihe narrate
btAiirno4tirinygws,.haiLodh riliperfe
severti::
kiean
chusacattelda
risti: of weak sr Ott-
i Tire implatpitt
question to which he alluded sax that Wish *ate,'

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