The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-11 00:00:00

HIGH SHERIFF VEEVER'S DINNER.

.
A most gratifying display of " the feast of reason anti flow
of soul " took place last evening at Morrison's, on the occasion
of the High Sheriff's inainFonration dinner.
When the health of the Right Hon. F. Shaw, M.P., Recorder
of the city, was drunk, he returned thanks, and iu doing so
took occasion to say that it would be expected upon the present
°emotion that he should give some account of the Parliamentary
proceedings of the last session for himself and those with
whom he acted. He could not, indeed, say that they were able
to do a great deal, but then it could not he denied that they
prevented a good deal of mischief. (Hear, hear ) The truly
boast the present Government could make was, that they have
been able to keep their places, and that they had bartered their
power to the Radicals; hot there was no natural connection
or unity or sentiment between them ; there was merely this
sort of inverse relation between them, one giving to the other
office, and they in return giving their influence ; sod that re
lationship is kept up by one means or other so long as each
party can be of service. (Hear.) What has been the curiae-
(pence of such conduct es regarded their Intone or foreign
policy ? It was, that the Government was despised at home
and ridiculed abroad ; they found by such conduct that the
glory and honour of the British arms had been tarnished, and
even the glory' of the British name seemed to be departing
from them. Hear.) He sincerely trusted that such things
could not last long. He congratulated this country that the
English people were awaking from the slomber which followed
the mania of the Reform Bill, and that at last a great portion
of them, as well as many respectallle Whigs who have sup-
ported the present Government, were as much opposed as any
Conservative to the system of universal suffrage, and what was
called an organic change in the House of Lords. It was said
by the leader of a certain faction in Ireland that it was with
hitter pleasure he announced that the people of England were
hostile to justice for Ireland : but he (the hon. and learned
gentleman) thanked God they were hostile to what he celled
justice to Ireland, for it meant nothing less than persecution
and oppression by the dominant faction, and by an intolerant
sect, led on by priestly agitators. Thee were told, forsooth,
that that leader spoke the sentiments of the greater portion of
the people of Ireland. According to him they wish the question
of the Union to have a fair trial ; but, nevertheless, that fair
trial was to he after a true Irish fashion, because he stated
that before the commencement of that trial, his judgment on
the subject was made tip and fixed, and there could be no jus-
tice done for Ireland except b) a Parliament of her own. He,
however, trusted that the time was not far distant when every
moderate and sober-minded man would bectane united for the
salvation of this countr • and he would recommend them on
the one hand to leave a l • 'dent regard to the altered state of
the laws under 1
the existing state of society and circumstances ;
Ina on the other to have the resolution and determination to
act accordingitish conatultthe old true. Protestant principles of the
King, Lords, and do' iand the form of government, namely,. the
(loin for the British people than
offered more rational free-
people in the civilized world.Pthan was ever enjoyed by any other
(Cheers.)—Morning Port.

By the arrival of the Camden with a mail froM Jamaica,
papers have been received up to the 25th of August. The
rtotweme7ltain that Sir Lionel
paper of the 24th states, thatitips
Smith will succeed Lord Sligo,
government of
Smith's place is to
that island. It appears also, that Sir LionelneAe
be filled up by Sir Evan M'Gregor, the latern Governor of
Antigua.