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

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

rely upon such men, or, on the contrary, should they not
do all in their power to get rid of a such government,
and to provide such an administration as would really
benefit the country ? (Loud and continued cheers.)—
Instead of the Reform Bill being final, they were now
told that. it was merely the commencement of a perpetual
series of changes. (Hear.) What then could that lead
to but to a democracy, unless they not only expressed
strenuously their detestation of such measures, but also
united heart and hand practically to put an end to such
a ruinous system ? (Loud cheers.) What, then, could
he say of the appropriation clause? What of the Irish
Corporation Reform Bill ? (Hear, hear.) Those mea-
sures, thank God, and thanks to the House of Lords,
had bean defeated. (Loud and continued cheers.) They
had been thrown out; and what, then, could he say, to
the English Corporation Bill? (Hear.) It had des-
troyed all the corporations in the kingdom, and had
thrown the whole weight of municipal power into the
hands of the lowest of the low. (" Hear," and cheers.)
Was that the way in- which the well-regulated, mixed,
and moderate monarchy of England was to be main-
tained ? (Hear.) Would they not use every consti-
tutional means, every zealous endeavour to counteract
such measures? (Loud cheers.) But if such had been
the conduCt of government, he would ask how they pro-
posed to pursue it ? By the aid of an unnatural coali-
tion—an Irish Popish coalition—a coalition with persons
who had declared the House of Lords to be a nuisance,
and who meditated its immediate overthrow? ,(Loud
cheers.) To oppose such measures they should all cor-
dially unite; and for his own part, old as he was, he was
determined to exert every energy to prevent the con.
summation of such a system. (Loud cheers.) They
must act with vigour and resolution, and in the name of
God, then, let them consider what was due to them-
selves, and do all in their power to check the mad, the
ruinous course of policy pursued by the government.--
[Loud cheers.]
The toast was then drank amidst loud and eontinued
applause.
The following toasts were then proposed by the Chair-
man : " The Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Clergy
of the Established Church of the United Kingdom."—
" The Army, and Navy."—The Lord Lieutenant of the
county—Lord Somers"—and were received with rap-
turous and prolonged applause.
Viscount Hereford then, in a short, and appropriate
speech, proposed " The health of their President."—
(Great Cheering).
Sir E. S. Stanhope said that he must, indeed, be in-
sensible if he did not feel deeply gratified at the compli-
mentary manner in which they had received the toast
proposed by his noble friend; but he would merely say,
regarding himself, that, from the first moment lie had put
his foot in Hereford till now, in no one public act of his
had he been actuated by private or interested motives.
(Cheers.) He had from the period of his connection
with the county devoted himself to uphold those princi-
ples which he had from his infancy professed. (Cheers.)
He was aware that every man who took any part in
public affairs had enemies, and that he had been set
down as a party man, upon whose bigotted opinion no
dependence could be placed, because lie had been the
uncompromising advocate of the Constitution in Church
and State; and, as long as he lived, so long might they
depend on it that his services would be devoted to the
glorious cause. (Loud cheers.) He was told that lie
had needlessly agitated both the city and county. As
regarded the county, let them look around the meeting,
and say if he had agitated in vain ? (Loud and enthusi-
astic cheers.) They had been told that they could not
possibly get up a conservative dinner, or muster 300
conservatives in the county. 'Why, in that room alone
there were many more than 300 persons, and they would
have had more than 300 more present if they could have
accommodated them; and yet they were told that Here-
ford was a radical county—(" No, no," and cheers.)—
Why there were men enough within that building alone
who could afford a practical demonstration to the contrary,
and a triumphant one too, at the next election ; for if
each brought with him but one friend as determined to
uphold the constitution as he himself is, the thing is
done. (Loud cheers.) He had said at the commence-
ment of the proceeding that they had met for the grati-
fication of no local party politics. No; disclaimed
such a purpose. What they wanted was that every
Englishman should use and exert his influence, his vote,
and his voice, so that they would be beneficial in sup-
porting the Constitution in Church and State. (Loud
cheers.) He knew that there was present in the Hall
a vast number of the yeomanry, the :freeholders of the
county. There was also present a number of freemen
of the city, and a host of gentlemen of rank and influ-
ence in the neighbourhood; and he now called on them
not to wait till the next election arrived as the period
when their exertions were to commence. Now the pre-
sent moment was the period when they should commence
with vigour that should be continued as strenuously as
though the safety of the whole empire depended on it.
They had met to show the power and strength they nos-;
messed to maintain the great cause which they had adopted
and he had received letters from several noblemen and
gentlemen, stating that nothing save circumstances of
an imperative nature could have prevented their being
present ; amongst them were Lords Ashburton, Hotham,
and Muncaster ;—(clieers)—and he would just allude to
that which he had received from Lord Hotham, to show
the rapidity with which conservatism was spreading
through the country. His lordship mentioned that he
was about to leave for the purpose of presiding at a con-
servative dinner in Yorkshire, where he expected 600
persons to be present. Now, the fact turned out, that
instead of 600, there were 860 persons present, and more
than 200 had been turned away for want of room. (Loud
cheers.) Now it was said that it was impossible that we
could make any thing like a respectable muster in Here-
fordshire ; but how had this been realized ? If they had
thought that so many had been unable to procure admis-
sion as there were, they would have built a tent ; they '
would have dined in the open air rather than lose the
presence of so many who had been unable to procure ad-
mission. The hon. baronet concluded by thanking them
for the compliment they had paid him.
Sir John Cotterel then, having eulogised the parlia-
mentary conduct of Edward T. Foley, Esq., the conserva-
tive member for Herefordshire, who had stood forward
in support of the church and the king by every vote he
gave, proposed the health of that hon. gentleman.
Mr. Foley, in returning thanks, observed that it was
always his sincere desire to perform his duty satisfac-
torily to his constituents and the country; and he was
happy to congratulate them upon the fact that, from the
opinions manifested by that numerous assembly, the prin.
clples of conservatism were the principles of the connty.
(Loud applause.) He was, indeed,, gratified, to find
principles congenial with his own entertained by so many
respected friends, and he would observe that it was only
by upholding those principles they could secure the itF.
stitntions of the country from the attacks made upon
theta under the mask of reform. (Loud cheers.) He
sincerely thanked them for the honour they had conferred
on him. (Applause.)
The meeting was afterwards addressed by the follow-
ing gentlemen:—the Rev. Mr. Matthews, Earl Somers,
Harley Rodney, Esq., Mr. Barnabv, M.P., Sir J. Cot-
terel, H. Burr, Esq., and Mr. L. 'Charlton, M.P. We
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Such was the result of the first conservative dinner of
Herefordshire. It will be a severe lesson to the whig-
and the only cause for regret is,.
management had not anticipated
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such a rally round the cause of the constitution. Had
there been a temporary building erected, more than one
thousand persons would have dined together to-day; as
it was the display of character, numbers, and loyalty,
was in the highest degree gratifying; and we are aware
that at three o'clock as much as live guineas was offered
for a ticket in vain.

LUCIEN BONAPARTE'S OPINION OF THE
ENGLISH CONSTIIUTION.

really constitutional, is requisite for a greatf
But, in England. I have been convinced thhy,
that
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and more, perhaps, than any other form ov,
see here (if not the best) at least a good andgpobvenprpnpmvernetp.nbNliVee
not in a programme, but in facts and manners ; The
legis-
lative power, wisely divided amongst three authorities, who
exercise, without obstacle, their own prerogatives
executive power, having all the authority to do good, and not
having, and not seeking, to do evil ;—t he judicatory power is so
completely independent, that the most obscure individual, as
well as the richest lord, the most illustrious or the most humble
exile of the continent, repose equally in security, beneath the
guarantee of the jury that no sacreligious attack can tarnish,
and beneath the inviolability of the domicile that no wretch can
violate;—the elective chamber, named by eight hundred thou-
sand electors: the chamber of peers, in fine, is accessible to
every citizen, and too powerful and too enlightened to yieid to
the seductions of courts, or the clamours of the multitude.
These hereditary magistrates have been for above a century and
a half the defenders of the charter, the immortal work of their
ancestors. Their tutelary supremacy wilt long continue to be
the palladium of the British liberties: provided they never cease
to oppose an immoveable resistance to the overflowing torrent of
demagogical opinions, that a social overthrow can alone satisfy;
provided they do not abandon their ground, to defend them-
selves feebly against that of their adversaries;—provided they
follow always the high state of reason, whic judges in the
first place of the effect of a new law upon the whole of the
constitution, instead of considering solely that absolute perfec-
tion of theory, illusory enough,
of is
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or at least that it inspire no longer the same veneration
that iv felt for the royal mantle, or the elective house; for •
(whether through error, thoughtlessness, or a false popularity,)
to provoke, to contribute, or even to yield, to the profanation;
to the subjection of one of the three fundamental authorities,
would no longer be advancing in the path of a sage reform.
salutary
Would it not he abjuring old England, and demolishing at its
base that chartei as yet without a rival the ancient world,
and whose vital strength resides in the equal independence, the
equal respectability.. the equal inviulabllitV of the king, the
lords, and commons !—.3l:en,wii., of Lucien goolaporte, Prince of
Caniun.