The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-09 00:00:00

OF "SUTTER, &e.

'and the_ Hon. John Stewart' Wortley, was greeted by the as-.
sembly with the most enthusiastic t:beering. The ladies ware
received with similar derhunstrationSbfjoy. : - .
Non NuOs Di;mine was sprig at the conclusion of the dinner,
and after the cloth •,,as drawn a rich dessert was placed upon
the table, among which was a most enormous and splendid
pine-apple, which ?stood before the chairman, and almost
eclipsed him until cut down by its merciless admirers
, The Rev. Mr. Sharp then 'returned thanks for the feast of
which they had partaken, and, a flourish of trumpets: having
, been given by one of the band of the Yorkshire Yeomanry,
, The Chairman rose and 'said that the first toast he had the
privilege of proposing to them was otte which was dear to the
heart of every true Englishman—" The .King.".
'l' he. toast was drank witthfutir tithes fOur hearty cheers, and
opd cheer-More.
, The national anthem was then most effectively sung by the
vocal gentlemen present and at those points of the song which
so closelY touch 'conservative feelings, and to whjeh every true
conservative heart cannot tail instiuctivelv to, respond, the
cheers and acclamations were excessively animating.
. .
The Chairman then said that his Majesty's Royal Consort
next claimed their loyal attention; that ihustrieus lady present..
ed an example of all that was, amiable and exalting to her
sex, and. he hoped that she would long live to don • her high
station. (Drunk with four times four enthusiastic cheers, and
ope_ cheer more.) .
' Glee—" .
-Here's a health to the Queen."
Chairman.—" The Princess Victoria and -the rest of: the.
Royal Fentily." (Three times three.)
Glee-" Flail, Starof 'Brunswick."
Chairman." The British Constitution in Church and State" •
is the. sheet anchor of all our liberties, and I trust we shall hand
it down to pOsterity as we received 'it—unsullied Ind hnim-
Paired. • '.
The Rev. Mr. Sharp rose to acknowledge the toast, anti -was
received with tremendous acclamations.
The Chairman next gave the town. of " The Army and the
Navy," which was drunk with acclamatious„ and was followed
by the song of "Rule'Britannia." .
The Chairman then said, that he now called upon them to fill
a bumper to the health of, a,gentleman who badthat day favoured
them with hie,presetice-,the "Hon. William hebright Lascel-
les:" Oniinense cheering, and hhatllog. of handkerchiefs.)
'prey would no* de themselves the honour of drinking his
health (Cheers;) and he (the chairman) looked for Ward to the,
result of a future eleciion for this borough, and he Could al-
r'eady'designate trim as their future- represeutative. (immense
cheering.)
• ' Thy hion. W. S. Lascelles this& tdretiond to the toast. - 'He.
stlid---- -Mr.. Chairman, my Lord, and Gentlemen, I am confident
you will give me credit for sincerity when I say that I um ut-
terly unable to exoress my feelings on the occasion of this pre.
lude to the renewal of our acquaintance. When I see this vast,
this imoosingassemblage,before- me,
.collected together under
the. influence of one common feeling—the upholding of the con-
; stitution '(hi-fiat," and cheers.) united together in times of
great and: very increasing ditficeltieh in one thin determination
' to the last to maintain fire constitution, and when I reflect that
' I air the person selected as One in whom you are disposed once
more to place, your coirfitence„treay well be filled with emo-
tions of pride and gratilication. I cannot avoid on this Occasion
reflecting pith pleasure on the period of our-first acquaintance.
(Cheers.) When you did me the honour to request medostapd
for Ward as your candidate I was then comparatively unknown
Ito You. You are now, however; hitter acquaieted with my pet-
' Soo and my principles, and it ii therefore gratifying that you
now show a disposition to renew the confidence you then reposed
Fin Me. (" Hear," and cheers.) I assure you I can never look
- back to the period of my first acquaintance with the:electors of
this borough witrioutmuch satisfaction, inasmuch as your con-
' duct thwart's me Was marked iii the begititing with a great de-
r gree.of frankness and fair dealing, and concluded by this splen-
' did mark
.of kindness towards me, which only renders me
' doubly desirous of stadding.-well inynut estimation. (Cheers.)
I own I ought not. to consider this testiniony of your regard
towards me merely with reference to the transaction to which
/ have 'alluded, for I shairld be dealing' 'most unfairly towards
you, and be guilty of an idle affectation, if I were tchattertiohto
conceal from myself,that it was intended as pointing to . the fu-
ture. ' ( "Year, heath" and cheers.)' .. Now on that sub-
'leih Ido nut wish to' pledge you. I think. that in the exer-
' cise of that important ttost a is your duty to keep yourselves
perfectly'disengaged, in eider- lhat 'you May act according
to-circumstances which might hereafter occur. Yet Ido say,
that whenever an election shall occur, and you feel still dis-
posed to look to me 'as the hest than caljitlated th protect
I your interests, and- in whom you can repose confidence, I
than feel proud to respon4 to„ yout invitatieo. (Loud cheers.)
Looking to the state of parties in this country at the present
hnernent, to the resheetalile ma- loyal classes who are viewing
With feverish anxiety the state ip which the country at present
tends,' there is 'cause fur exertion : the latter class are opposed
1,
y the movement party—a party that have thrown overboard.
h.thftimsy yeii.which ,hitherto covered, their original intentions„,
tnd now aver that they mean net to reform in order to preserte,
it to deetroy. Before theseividperties stood the government,
that ought to take the lead in controlling, and directiog public
opiniop, but who are temporising and vacillating in every re-
spect, and who are now prepared, if report speak truth, to-leave
' those questions that have of late been agitating, the poblic.
Mind, as open questions ; by open questions is meant, I suppose,
that they may stand over--,-for Lord Glenelglitakee a speech at
Inverness, in which he never trays one word on the suhject—,-Sir
' H. Parnell says that he has no means of knowing the opinions
of government on those points. Is then, I ask, this asituation of
thiugs which the country can endure. tCriea of " Never.")—
If the constitution of this country cannot be suited to the wants
of the country, let the governmetit say se at once, that we may
know what :they are about. However, I ant satisfied. from the,
rapid spread of conservative associations in the country, and
particularly• among' the operatires, they have earned the espe-
cial commendation of Mr. O'Connell, who, not content with
vituperating the women of England, had now attempted to raise
the • men in the estimation of their country by his es'peciatrio-
- tice.' Mr. Lascelles sat down amid load and oft-repeated
cheers.
The lien. gentleman then Prot-insect "the Independent elec-.,
tors of Wakefield." . .
The Chairman, in a neat and appropriate speech eulogistic
of 'the Oldie character of Lord Whitincliffe, proposed " Lord
Wharucliffe and the House of Peers." - (Loud cheers.)
The cheering
.which followed hiss lordship's rising was most
overwhelming. Again end again it was repeated, and each
time With increased eiatlinsiahm. .' - •
Lord Whaencliffe then proceeded to address the meeting as
follows :—ln rising to return you, not my thanks, bet the thanks
of the House of LOidS, for tbe manner in which yoihhave re-
ceived the toast that has pit, beeh given, I beg of you to believe,
that. I am, net vain enough to think thet,the, enthusiasm you
have displayed is in any greit'clegree to be 'attriliuted to myself.
(`"Y-es, 'Yes.") Gentlemen, ham-not unknoWn to you,' I reside
' not fir Irom . you, I have served, you in parliament, (Loud
cheers.) Therefore, I may fairly hope that Tarn grounded in
ydur tegaid, and I do assure' you that 'I have never forgotten
the kindness that I have received frhat the county of York.—
' (cheers.) When 1 first read that paper, which expresses the
principles of the Wakefield association, I did 'feel'inoSt anxious
to take the first opportunity ()teeming amongst you, to congra-
tulate' you Upon the state of feeling from which that paper has
emanated. • ( Hear, hear.) But I confess when I had deter-.
mined, so, to come, I did not expect the high gratification that. I,
have. eriperienced. You have. on this occasion invited my
honourable friend, whom you have designated as your future
nieniber (hear, bear, and cheers); anti 1 have had the'pleasure
Of hearing from him this evening a 'speech with every
word of which 1 perfectly concur. (Hear,'hear, and cheers.).
(His, Lordship after adverting_ to the present positiOn. of the
Mipistry, anddenouncingtbe agitation of O'Connell, proceeded
to make the following powerful appeah
)—lt depends in truth en
the peeple'or Ehgland, or -rather of Great Britain, if they-are
dissatisfied with the constitution--if they think that the objects
proposed by thehe persons will make for them a constitution
under which they will enjoy more liberty, underwhich they will.
be hhimihrEOr can carry .on their business more to their satisfac-
tion" and comfort, it is for thein to change that. constitution. Let
them' at oncesn so. The Lords will not be the handby-whith
the'bliztw' shalt be uplifted. ' f Prolonged' applause.) The people
of England have it undoubtedly in their power to tell the Lords
they are oseless,.and then, end, not till then, it would be time for
them to retire.(cheers* ) But I believe other things . I have
laiell seen 1110.. v. 'strong mei:items' that all the sense of`Etigland
will eceter itselg—tliat We have, poised through a time of gAit.
excitement—thht that exeitetnent has sehsided;and that now WC
are beginflinglo Wok at the state of things in this country with
a more tupteratt, a more quiet eve, and that the House of. LPYrltt
steal; find,t at they are not deserted in their attempt to save the
natiotn. (Loth/ applause.) Whoever governs this country ought
undot*tediy to give direction to the right feeling of the people.
To Say!that any gevertiment can.he found'in this.coUtitry'now
that cap stand against the march of real improvement—gun op-
pose or prevent the reform of real abuses—is to display att ig7
norance of the
.state of society as it nue; exists. l.ain proud to
say, that the government of which I was an huMble meriaber,
had flit such notious. lam proud to refet.you to the speeches
of great leader at the commencement of that administration.
—to his conduct while in administration—and also to those mea-
'sures which we bad in contemplation, and were preparing to
'pap). Many of these measures which the present government
boast of having passed, were measures either prepared or sug
geSted by us. (Wear, hear.) The corontui,itron 'Of English
:tithes is one of theihings which they take' credit for. Laird
.frilin Russell did, ttuholibtedly propose a tithe bill, but in such,
a shape, that he fohnd with all 'hislrickery it would not go.clown,
--(loud laughter, and cheers).--and at last this measuie whs
founded on the sarne•pritroiples as that which was proposed by-'
Sir IL Peel. To show to the followers or this governmentthat
such 'was read atittinly The,
bill again. and ha it printed„ so 1 93 c44.l;htitalL,Prinee"i' whon -6 et lo' 01 ''s et to' '
, •
eexrvisattilivlge
~T.oo-_,
resemblance. Sc.areethr
• eihininepaasill'erettiwe
atter,
vernrnent may roi passedlnat
.ay. keeii:s'ii-el easily
.lidetlstrics discover
having ' which
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been ee ets hne lent
oC thnes
• verninent the'suggestion 'or the principle on which they were
fohnded. lii sohne -hlaces they take credit amongst eonserva-
tieeth for the church reform bill, but they take care to say tittle
about it when addressing their tactical and repeblicathfollewers.
(Laughter.) We went about retch-ming-lite chureh in a tight,
sound, conservative manner. .We 00'6.1-Red a cemmission,
- Consisting of the. heads of the church and the principal person*
in the goverment, 'the Melboione government did the. same.
There was a change of men to he sure when the. gchretnnient
Was changed, but the 'episcopal and-some of the- lay commis-
sioners remained. the same. ' Their 'report, wits heed hphh;'hut
we hate certainty as much right to, claim the merit as the pre.
Sent government. I must say Owe if we had been in' potter,
and if tve had proposed these Measures ' we should have taker;
torte either to carry them orahat there should' have" een hdis-
duet vote. olthe Mouse of Commoni against them, Such was
not their eourse- they were afraid of such a Course. The result
i wits thahone bill out of the three was passed; and that the re-
publiCap• anti-church friends told them that tbeyahould not pass
the"others, and they were accordingly dropped:. (Hear, bear.)
This was not voting like men who thought their Priuciples
worth standing upon, but of ,mvn who submitted out of the
base regard, to a personal interest to the humiliating dictation
of a faction. (Londcheers.). My fitin belief is, that Whatever
May happen„this ministry cannot continue to govern the
country. (Loud cheering.) We may or we may not be able
to remove them, or indeed to carry on the government out-selves
if they be removed; but of this -I am 'sure, that if they have
any ptinciple at all those persons that have hitherto' supported
them must force them to' forget those principles; and to go.be-
yond them. (Hear.) 'How any man cat, lie comfortable in
such a situation I do not understand:. my notion of bonhur, as
as a public man, is certainly different, and I heartily wish them
joy. (Laughter.', I have 'here an extraet from a paper con-
dngted by one'of the most able of the republican rfarty, Mr. D.
W. Harvey;' it is amusing to See the tennis in which lie speaks
of the rii. Ile says, ":'llieisition of this party, and' even ifs
sit ion
existeeee is an serenely.; Who are the whits?- We scarcely
know where to find them except in one place L-in the gotern.
Meet of the:country.
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