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their due consideration hear 4, .
ha believed, and he did not me ii tolaT.the hl itue on ffid C;

verumeut,

that

'sent lvittiqqt

sFghtest hope; assed.-
[We-regret that vice are " ,to omit the conclusion or
Lord Skelmersclal,.•_ 'Otrih,-,to the er•ha"yhig beeP
delayectan bur : ' haittitlyosol,ippojtite:l. time, it
.dis-
arrahgeir all our .tiny' ,atrantY.erne,nts,
the necessity of , reafaoti imiverai,hpArs
its waiting- fur an ,-r oirlittinf.h. pert of the sTeech,
which w 4 have clic.-- ast.tc ted to lead to

less ilisappointinet,
The CiiatniaN h, p ,;:.2: . Peel, and the
conservative members ut. • ,e
Sir: .Tna'mAs Fto : to the toast.
The canservatiees • • a ,obert , , ',noir leader,
and well and nobly itai,thc: cho,:en. !i c h;:ppy to say that.
the-conservative members of 'opposed the fac-
tious innovations of the ministry, wiiich were not in consonance
with the feelings of the,-,peope of England. 'lf ;thy Measures
were siintup for-the good of the' people, they attended to' than
with readiness; but if, on tha-contraVy,lbe:mensure4introcluced
m Ite. not calculated for the benefit of the liation, then' they 're-
jected them, batyjth an opposition not facti-otiS.—'As-zi'preOf of
the attentiveness of the 'conservative of,,the.douse of.
Commons; be need,only to say that
.a days before Par-
liament .was prorogued, their -attekdnio.,. •• so 'niethodic:,.t,
that he• couid have told at an whbre any ace
of the members • might ha 'fauna. ;)ect to Sir
Robert Peel, his name had been associa fitly in the'
toast just qhmad,Vi. would. saY that the assemble might be
justly .prc,ud.of-the fact of that worthy _coin-110pp. havilg been
born 4rnongst themsely es a Lancashire *man, ounce would "say
for. himself nnd lir:di-Cr .conseivitiye.memberN,that so, long
as Sir'Rnhert Peel-11-en-Mined at the head- of their party they
wouid:never, be known to give utterance' to a thought of which
they would he-ashamed., Sir Roheit Peal's fortune -bad been
niacle.latnongst theinin the business in which istau.y Of that ;is-
,
sembly were .employecl,and they then sent him forth s Inc g
est and most c ,„te StiteStnfin that ever tvlorned an
With' negard • Ilidse:•,of 'Lords he would say, it They
wantedswdefero hat, they' required none,) they had an ex-
cellent one in nuble friend L6ril'SkelmOrgdale. But,where,
116-'Wnold'ask.,- were the.. .public meeting alled in every. part of
the country for the ;purpose .of coinplaining against the evil of
.. 7T „?' T .beq.Clie'ved"-thar the'gooct

1141i1Pg,tr liouse:oL
sense of 'the .pcolila England would not allow them to he.
gu'llud by the oppoOte faction to such a degree. Were they, he
would ask, to have a Moose of Lords, Or was that noble. assem7
fiTy t r b'e annihilatKt for the sake of pleasing a few insigniticzint.
demagogues ? (Cries of No, no.) But the great question at
the present motaent,zvas, upon what principle Ireland should
governed. That que3tion ginwhich the presont
g,overninenereokild stand or fall. (Bear, hear.) Their op-
puneuts said, that Ireland required justice, that. the mi-
nistry were inclined to grout it to 'them, but that the tories
wished to withhold: justice from Ireland; Now he Would ask
what was meant by the word
,justice to Irefamf ? if by justice
to Irelan4:*us-rnetint the manner in which O'Connell and his
satellites. wanted it tole understood, then, indeed the people. of
I'.:ngland were riu prepared to do justiee'tO Ireland. If by Jus-
tice to Ireland' was' meant the extraction from their proper and
sacred purptisesithe- revenue 011ie church; and putting it into
the pockets:9f the iarlholders, then indeed the pc,ople- of 'Eng-
land wciuhLWlthhoid justice from Ireland. The lion. baronet
Dili: red ftether riliserVationr,:then in continuation, and said
lhete could _hoc 119 doub' --,scont moeting at such a time
must 'earrAt krOt in IV

that the 1]

th .it, and -would act 'as a
stimuttts to. the couseTvatives to come forward and exert
aselves. bogged to.thapl: theta fur the henour they had
tone him in giving him their patient attention, and he trusted
o see`them'agrain assembled.as.humetous and happy, as he saw

ieyn.tbat. day.;-: (Cheers.)
The .Cu A ifinAN 'Legged to liroPose " the health of the Vice--
Ttsidepts; and many thanks to.thein for their exertions on this

occasion." • •
Wm. CRO-f;SI.F.Y, Esq., of Manchester, acknowledged the
toast on behalf of the Vice-Presidents. He believed ii de-
volvedon him,:un worthy as he was, to•acknowledge the honour
which: hint been done them in this toast; He need scarcely
say: that they enjoyed it high i;r.iti(ic stints in contributing their
humble rtinEls in filliog thcirrespecliVe situatierison that festiiie
occasion—in that festive hail where conservative feeling:has
collected its forces from every part of ;-:onth Lancashire—
(cheers)—frous the hills of Saddle, orth to the Irish sea. Ile-
fore iestimed seat h would cat- a•few words on two
topics on which he would offer bC criagratitlations to the ,pre
sent assembly., ' The iii:st had tel to thetirogress of Coll-
servatAve societies,- snore parthm.arly since the period of the
last anniversary meeting held in the conservative hall. (Cheers.)
With respect-to the first it gay.o him ;rent pleasure' to state that
this%society had been rapidly,advanciug in numbers, in power,
and,insiulluence, in every, portion of thii division of Lanca-
shire, auxiliary:and :collateral.SoCiethis had been foUnd; some
mnong the -middle., classes,
~aha others amongst the working
classes. the great and staple strength pf England—(cheers)—
and this strength, which was might, he relied on in, the hour of
seed. .of the hiAliest and noblest. names of the neigh-
ourhood had also been cnr67led anitingst' it Members. With
spent tsi the' other point it must ever be considered as'most
'uable and :imporiant—tho. r in 'Of the lists of the
• It.,gaVo. him the t pleasure to say, that'
exertions had been -tided With' happier results
min•they had anticipated. (Cheers.) Might the seed sown
their opponents peeing oul of filo, earth. in ,Tulyonlyclis so
to expire by the frost of NOvenilier. (LOud cheering.) He
congratulated the assembly that they had still .a king possess-
ing the bestattributes of royalty. lie congratulated them that
they had still a house of lords. ,(Clieers.) He congratulated
them that they had:Still a church, holy and apostolical. He
congratulated -them that they had still a conservative aristo-
cracy, whose splendid triumphs swelled on the •breeze, and
he congratulted thoM that the liberal and learned professions
Mill ranged theingelves on the of the constitution. Mr.
liosslev;- after a few inure remark's,' concluded amidst loud

cheerin7.
The Cl-tAitIMAN lirTi;ctFed “Ihe helth of the count} mcm
hers for tike sficith dMsion.'' (C1;:por*:) - „ .
. .

Lord SKE.r.lntrzsgA La said it was his duty to account',for the
ahietiee-ef-tifie of the-members{ Bootte.Wilbratain,) and
at the Fame' time- to-return them his (Lord Skelmersdale's)
thanks for thh-hononr they hat been, so kind' as to confer upon
him. It h'iut been their pleasure'
,two years a'go to erect hini,-as.
one of their representative., in a most flattering manner.
They el"cted'ifiln- Without his expetiting it,' but grateful he '
R-es for the IfOrNtr hey lout done him. (Ilear.) But, theugh
they had '.platibtl him:- in a sittion of, honour; they had
not place him in fi sinecure situation. He attended: durixo; the
.first meetings of parliainent constantly at his post; he hadheen„
there'mormtig; noonf and night, until:at ti_tst hi's health was,be.-
ghiping'tiv be ‘impairett by his dare applicatiOl').; 'and he (Lord
Skelmersdale) expressed a wish that he. should
_iv') and see a
relation on the continent for; -the puppse "of renovatiug- his
health ; and'he (Lord Skelmersdale), told him that he would'
take ur n responsihility:of his absence from ,this
thertiri;:. If tliere was any blame, his 9r(!shiplie'gged it might
fall upon his. and not upon. the hen. me;:ttr.sr's f,linulde'rs'. No
nor mold be more serisilyle• than he was of the duty of d-rnon,_
her to give an. account of his stewardship, and they would allow
him to say that,. when-those constituents were not only consti-
tuent=, but aIA-kind friends and supporters, it ceased to be a
duty, Litd heehims •satisfaction, Ile trusted that when the
hon. `member returned 'to England, which would be in the
coure of :s few weeks, that he would return like a giant, re
fr:,•llJ,l fur tholint session, ready to obey .their. cum.
Mand,. ' (Lobel cheering.)
- The .(7 eS,AN then pru- i '
P' • bar?'

sed the health of "'The Earl of

ion and the'corsci vat..
Cu to WILK s, rose to reply to the toast, and spoke
fellow:'. tort and-Gentlemen.—The occasion on which
we ate ass.enibicd is too important, the objects Which this meet,
ing c_6l4yen Ito further- to'ci vast, do• allow of a moment?. s, at-
tcution to individual concornS; orTshould preface my response
to.the toast with* scum knowiedgment 'of .gratitude for the
proud statAing ,(zsiven me aiuougst you, by calling on me to ,re-
present an individual and abody of-men of such real consequence
to scleiety As is; it seems tome, that every senti-
ment, every a,utration, tittered to-day, should be national; that
each successive cheer should be regarded, not as the noisy ebul-
lition of conVivialists, not as the Matter-of-course compliments
of individuals to individuals, but as a rational expression of
,aqection yi men and institutions, as instruments of national
good, and an earnest of' determinatien to protect and support
them. On ordinary occasions, my lord; we hail-you as the man ;
•we.ltonour eheMilder Virtiiiieof the father, the husband, and
the friend, we- cciro'the benizeus of the numerous tenantry who
experience ybur"generositv ,and forbearance—we-admire the
condescension and affability that inspire confidence and affee-.
tiou iii your hninbleineifthhourst,butto-day„we applatid those
virtues, because they g,iVe lustre to our cause, and, strength to
our arguments; we quote' you as a-living page in the history of
our peerage, In the Fanielight, I apprehend, am: I to regard