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which has stood as our landmark amidst the ocean of politics.
lie hoped they would bear in mind the maxim, " Fear God and

hononc, the and tne,.htle i t with inett who are given.to
change." (Cheers.) With revaril to the established church

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of this country, and the priife4sion of riith which he ( Air. Heald)
adopted : .he !night say that he,w.is a. Woideyan. ' lie need not
be ashaineil,of his connexion with the ehure.ii of C r;st, even
as. viewed in conuexion.with the C hurch of Eniiland. lie was

there Jo "bear witness to the gratitude •that tliev-owed to the
establishment, of late years, Fur the blessinpq id toleration, which
was all that they (the Wesleyans) contended for; awl which of
late years they enjoyed. • By, the .estatilished •religion they had
been places' in circinaistairees of comparative security.; Ile
could not conceive how any persons could advocate the received
principles oichristianity withontmaking adequate provision for
theirpropagation. This was iine pf •the must.. important prin-
ciples upon which the establishment was founded, and upon
which he (Mr: Heald) trusted that it would rest secure.
(Hear.) It was the bounden..duty. of a
.christiaa govern-
ment to make adequat,. provision For the suPport and propaga-
tion of christianity. The hold which the establishment bad
gained (indite affections of the country had been the best sem-
rity 'for the preservation of the country at large. Fouuded on
the true principles of Christianity, it had been, in a great mea-
sure, successful against,!he opposition which bad been directed
against the principles which they advocated, and by which the
establishment hau been preserved in all its efficieucy, and its
efforts rendered prosperous. There had 1)0 -a. ary for a system
of national education; but he would warn the meeting,. that if
the citadel of the establishment could not be taken sword in
hand, to .take.care that a breach was not effected in a place
where the force of the enemy could pot be stopped.—,(Hear.)
If they would give a system of national education, they must
take care that it was fteinaed upon the institutions of the coun-
try, of which the established church and its ministers were the
head.--(Cheers ) He was sure the chairman had committed a
bye it of "der by entrusting into.bis (Mr. Heald's) hands the
toast which he had to propose, as he, was unable to do suffi•
cient justice to the merits of the honourable individuals men-
Hotted in the toast. • He would give:without. further. preface,
"Tire right hon. Sir Robert Yeel, hart., and the conservative'
members of the House of Commons." (Loud cheers.)
Song. " England's hope."
The Cita temam said, be 110 1-11-19-y tittles great pleasure in
proposing the health of the father of the hon. gentleman whose
Hattie 510011,, nett on the list of toasts. The house of Tattoo
(cheers),ltil always been dear to him, For,.e I}4d. received such
kindness frem that quarter that it would never be effaced from
his proposing the health of Mr. Tattoo Egerton, he
would Oserve,,that if they lost him, they.would " ne'pr see his
like again." Ile begged, however, to propose "the health of W.
T. Eve' ton;,Esq. our admirable conservative representative for
South Cheshire, and may he soon have a colleague of the same
principles." ( Loud cheering.)

L'GEItTON, Esq. Kt). then rose, and was received with
loud,eheering. Ile.said, he scarcely knevi how to express his
senrinients at the kind and flattering manner in which the chair-
man 'had been good enough to propose his health, or to express
his thanks for the very gratifying-reception with which the men-
tion of his name had been honoured. He thought it was pretty.
well known that lie had. never shrunk from the performance Of
his duty as an ipdepeulent member of the House.of.Connuolls:
and so long as he had the honour of being a member of that
house, he would never be found seeking for popularity, as had
beers the (anther elsroure sperties. . He hoped, to he enehled•to
steer an independent course so long as he continued their re-
presentative; anti so long as the honour of representing the
consesyati yes of South Cheshire was- entrustedao. his hands, he
would endeavour to,preserve it unspotted as ever;' and when-
ever thst day of reekoning, should come he should ever lie found
ready to give an irecount ot, his conduct.. (Oheers,) .He must
beg to congratulate, the meeting on -the glorious, asse.enblage
•which they had that evenings He roust congratulate them on
that.asserriblage of fair andSbright e)-es (pointing toalteiladies
in. the.
,gaile,ry) which were then. beaming with.: delight arid
approbation at their principles. (Long and loud cheering.)
He must congratulate them moreover on having effaced the.
Stigma which the eppearance of the hon. and learned member
fur Dublin, at a late dinner, had cast upon that town. (Cheers.)
He must confess that tie did feel deeply grieved, when on his
'arrival tit lowu,. be, was asked by Sir .listhert Peel, how-came
Stockport, a-town -prominently remarkable-for its loyalty—how
came Stockport, where proofs of attachment to the church and
state hed•hitherto been-given--how. carne she to lead out a pro-
cession: with the mayor .and corporation at its head, to meet
Mr. O'Connell? (Seattle.) Already_ had the town of Stock--
putt obliterated that •stain—right- well had she retrieved her
honour. (Cheers.) .He could now proudly boast of seeing
before bier a hand of men in whom the true old English spirit
had always been shown, and he was also to see before .him the
right hon.:baronet whom he might. with propriety term, a faith-.
ful representative of a true old .English gentleman. (Cheers.)
He had seen a loyal and liberal band who were firmly bound
together in opposition to the enemies of the progress of reli-
gion. Ile-did not consider that meeting exactly in the light of
an electioneering dinner, or as a.tribute, of respect altogether.
to,the.honourable conservative member of that town, but he
orsidered it as it great demonstration of public• opinion and•
public feeling—that public opinion which their opponents once
prpfessed to idolize—but, which, since it -has :turned against
them, they are ready to. substitute for• that weak popularity,
which. they, might gain iby pandering to, passions which they.
ought to restrain. I-le (Mr. Egerton) respected that meeting
as.a Public demonstration. Why had• the operative left his ena-
nefiret.ory? Why hmi,the -tradesman left-his counting-house?
Why had they felt it necessary to meet together that evening,
at a time and season of the year. when they-generally accustomed
tlreuiselves to.enjoy. the converse-of their friends? Why.were'
theymet together that day? Was it not in order to show that
ti leydrad no confidence in: the government of • the country?
(Cheers.) Look at our foreign and-domestic policy,—a topic
which hadsbeenso well insisted upon by his (Mr. Egerton's)
bun, friend the hon. baronet, who had, preceded him. ••Look at
home and 'abroad.. At home, a government pretending to be
friemlly disposed towarde.the poor, anti .at she same time hand-
i°^ them down and. trustier, them to the tenders mercies or the
pu"r,law courirrissioners,j(louti cheers,)—and who were. -at-
I.) thrustithe bill down the ntoui-ha of the.manufactur-
tog nopulation.! In showing. their principles of non-interven-
io" lheY had sent troops to a ,foreign country, and' the English
legion had been discomfitted insa land .where once the English
name was a toweruf strength. Must he refer to the,English.swept
and conquered from the Spanish coast?, • Must-he 'look towards
Canada, where the flag of rebellion had•heen butjus•t unfurled.?
Must he look at home., where our institutions in church and state
hid been so long insidiously but now openlyaltacked, and to that
state of things which had beertcaused by the vacillatings(he might
almost say. the
the.suen who, political. wickedness) of our• government:- But
instead of showing a bald front, have truckled-to
the scramblere wird follow Papineau.and O'Connell, in the hope
of gaining another quarter's pay, have brought things to such a
state that they are like drowning omen grasping at straws. They
are, like men, caring little for anything, and giving,eve.r,ything
to sacrifice the British. constitution. -(Cheers.) ,Ile rejtoiced
at that gathering of the conservatives of Stockport. Ile re-
joical to she them animated by such a spirit as would show.
ministers and their supporters that the conservatives would not
die tamely—that they would not give up without a struggle the
boast-or their birth.right,Bie invaluable blessings of the English
constitution. He trusted that the first day of the new year
which had been ushered in would show more favourable'
auspices; anti he biped before long to see a Jinn, strong, and
compact conservative government. • (Cheers.) They had a
strong party out-of doors, and with a-strong party in-the House.
of Commons of-such men as-Sir F. Burdett, they might hope to•
see betterdays.. Theirs was- the cause of order, the church, and
religion, against passion, democracy, and infidelity. They must
trust to. the power which orders everything for the best;
.but he
would exhort them to be of good .cheer. Such principles as
theirs,,identified as they were witltthe English constitution, and
interwoven with thebestiuterests of the 13ritish people must ne-
cessarily itosper. (Loud cheers.) "
Thecriar UNIAN, called upon My, Fitasscrs NEwEist, an Oriel's,
ative conservative who, in a speech of considerable ability,
reposed as a toast, " Protestant ascendancy," (Cheers.),
The. Rev. Mr. Not.aN• rise to .respond to the toast.-. After
acknowledging the deep sense which he felt in being called,- up,
on ,to acknowledge the toast, Proceeded to congratulate the
ascendancy of protestant principles over popery. '('he wisdom.
of their ancestors hail placed the chnrch..beyond all legislation
and beyond all law. Had MA the act of settlement interwoven
protestantism within the tery heart's blood of the nation? They
felt the happy freedom which they enjoyed under proteitant
ascendancy; and there could be no wonder at their earnest de-
termination, under God, to transmit it to their children in the
sar'ne degree of excellence in which they had received
it. Ile
trusted the day would never come when that toast would fail to
awaken a lively throb within the bosom of every man who
called himself a Briton. (Cheers.)' The darkening moral
evils or popery had been pointed out by an O'Sullivan and
a•M`Ghee who had demonstratively proved the relationship of
Cause and effect subsisting between the doctrinespf popery,and
the conseqnent, deplora.hte state of Ireland,: . He referred to
Den's Theology, as, a feerful store.house of the seeds of evil, and
he would, refer to Iselend as a, proof that :those seeds had faller'
s
on a fruitful soil. He referred to facts which he knew were un
qr
restionaltle as a proof of it. The last o"in'er of ' • -the leading
veriseevative jou.rual of Ireland, the Du Eveatiug ,Mat
stated the fact that within, the week previously to its publica-
tion no less than five actual .w.ur,ders,, three attempts as assas-
sination, and 11 offences ore minor nature had been committed.
This .exhihited the effect of popery then, and the necessity for
protestant ascendency to retnedy,such a.systent. He insta_n
the orderly industrious ,state of the protestant provinceofUtlter
as comparet • 1 with-the other three catholic proVinces, ,he
carree.ot that was, that One was:the larrd:4 freedom, of proles-
tantistn and the bilde,,whereas pipery, priest...cr.aft, and intimi-
dation reigned over the rest. „Ile denounced the Irish apprs
riot inn clause- as at, one, feltstroke swamping 900 out of ),3JO.
parishes in Ireland, an,d, thus insidiou=sly undermining votes-
. tantiset. Ile concluded amidst lewd and general cheering.,
At this joncture (ten o'clock) Sir Francis Burdett. .and Mr.
Wilkins retired from the room amidst loud cheering.
TheCti are Id AN proprised the • Army and.
Captain Hostitsnwoitni briefly responded to the toast.
TArf ON E TON lisq-., M P., next proposed the health
of Thos. Walmsley, Esq., the chairman, as a townsman and a
good eunservative.
The CHA 11:NI AN in an appropriate and neat speech responded
to the toast and concluded witty proposing the health of. It.
,H"llingworth,-Esq., as one of the best conservatives living.
li..Hollingworth, Esq., briefly' acknowledged the toast.
After which the healihs of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq., and
several other toasts were given. The meeting then broke up at
a. late hour after having enjoyed a very delightful and festive
evening.

LIVERPOOL MARKETS.

CORN MARKET-'TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1837

We have had moderate iMpoits from. Ireland .of Grain
through the week, with fair supplies of Flour and Oatmeal..
During the same time there has been more firinne.ss in the
Wheat Trade, and previous rates in seine instances exceeded.
For Flour there was also a free sale at 40s to 43s per 2SQlbs for
best fines. No change in the value of Oats. Oatmeal was
held for rather higher prices.

At this morning's market Ih ere was a small show of fine
Wheats, which sold readily at id to 2,1 per 701bs above last
Tuesday's prices.
There was no change iu the value of Oats, but Oatmeal sold
at an advan.ce of 3d to 6.1 per 2,,i01b5.
The Flour trade was brisk at full prices.

The imports. of Butter are 677 firkins. We have a good
demand at rather better prices for fresh parcels.

AV BRAG

PRICES.

WHEAT, 4ft 70 Ms, s d. s d BEANS, trap. mea. it d s 0
Irish dried red 6 6 "En 710 Irish .... ....... 45 0 ' 48 O.
Do. dried white, 7 4 .. 8 0 FLOUR, 4r 280 tbs.
Do.undried new 6 6.. 610 Eng.& Irishsup. 44 0.. 46; 0
English
Canada .... . .. 0 0.. 0 0 Do. seconds
OATS, 4f, 45 Canada......
Do. thirds l7 0.. 23 0
MAI 2 7.. 211 MEAL,24Utbs. new 23 6.. 21 6
BA It LI.:1", 41, 60 tbs Do. uld• ' —0;.. 0
Irish grinding, 3' 3, . 3 6 BRAN. ,tri..4 lbs... 1 0.. I. 0