The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-20 00:00:00

CONSERVATIVE DINNER IN YOUGHAL.

A 3, dinner of the Royal York Conservative Association took
place in,Youghal, on Thursday week. Upwards of 100 of the
loyal, intrepid and uncompromising of that town and its vici-
nity sat down, Richard Smyth, Esq., of Baltinatray, in the
chair. On the right, sat Colonel Faunt, John Green, Esq., the
Rev. Mr. Wallace, and Roger Green Davis, Esq., of Aghadda ;
and on his left, James Swayne, Esq., Crofton Uniacke, Robert
B. Wolsley, Esq., acted as vice-president.
After the cloth was removed, the usual toasts were given from
the chair.
" On the health of Alexander O'Driscyll, Esq., a meMbetof
the county and city of Cork Conservative association," being

Mr. O'Driscoll, in returning, thanks. atno.ngst othr.,ohier,va-
e.
tions said, I tell you not to be deFe...ive4.4l the,preset.it,day,.fq.l.
fearlessly assert that the, Of, tjic lighjan
cathOlic clergy is to' subvert your Chprch.of Etigland-altog,e-
ther, andr t 6 annihilate it.rootod branch the rand. (Loud
cries of " Hear:hear," continued cheers.) cy,Diks_
cull proceeded to point out what. must he done to.avertfthe.rne—
ditated destruction of the established religion.. He
must first, through the sgency of the conservative
put down the arch-agitator--you must narrowly scrutinise hie
every movement---vou must be ready at all times p_!interposek.
your authority, 'arid you Iniist ke•deterniined at, a'mothent's
warning, to resist his, insebinationi." (Cheers.) Mr.' O'Dris-
Coll ;is ;al3.ornan•Catholic!..! . , . .
Other "tpilsti. followed
~arid seieral..eXCelletit Specg4eli:were,l
Made ; after which the meeting ReCord.

GREAT CONSERVATIVE DINNER OF NORTH
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.

The second .anniversary of the establishmentofi.the North.
Northamptonshire Conservative .AssociatiOn tookplacetat Pe-
terborough, on Thursday, and was attended Ity.most of .the in-
fluential gentry, bankers, merchants, and respectable trades-
men of the town and neighbourhood.. . ,
At half-past three o'clock the Chairman (Sir John Trollope),
attended by a numerous body of the influential gentry, bankers,
&c. of the neighbourhood, entered the room, which was-com-•
pletely filled in every part. Amongst the company we..noticed
the Earl of.Winchilsea, the Hon. and Rev. George• Gordon, J.
P..Maonsell, Esq., M.P., P. Henson, Esq., W. E. Surtees,
Esq., nephew to the Earl of Eldon, and .who. will be put in no-
mination for the city of Peterborough at the next election, in
opposition to the present radical member; Jeffery:l: Esq.,
Major Kelly, Colonel Williams, the Hon. and Rev. F. Powys,
the Rev. Archdeacon. Bonny, 'Rev. Dr. James,. Rev. C.
Marsh, son of the Bishop of Peterborough; Rev. J. Miller,
Rev. Henry Smythies, Messrs. Marsh, Maunsell, jun., Whit-
worth, &c.
The cloth having been removed, and " Non Nobis Domine"
sang,
The Chairman said—Gentlemen, I have now to propose the
first toast upon my list—" Church and King." (Applause.) I
am sure the men of Northumberland know well how to appre-
ciate both, I therefore call upon them to fill a bumper to the
toast. (Cheers.)
The Chairman.—The next toast, which I call on you to do
honour to is " Our good and gracious Queen." (Loud and re-
iterated cheering for some time.)
" The Princess Victoria and the rest of the Royal Family"
was the next toast, which was drunk with due honours by the
company.
The Chairman then gave—" The Army and Navy."
Major Kelly rose to return thanks, and spoke nearly as' fol-
lows :—Sir John Trollope, my Lord, and Gentlemen—When
last I had the honour to present myself to your notice I had to
express my regret that a person more competent than myself
was not called upon to .respond to the compliment paid to the
navy and the army. I have now to reiterate those regrets,in
consequence of the absence of..a gallant Colonel; who,. had he
been here, would have been better qualified than I am to speak:
to the toast which has come. from the chair. Yet, however, in-
competent I feel for the performance of the duty, I shall not
shrink from it, encouraged as I, am by the'gratefuC.recollection.
of your former indulgence. I will, therefore, on the part of the,
Army and the Navy, offer my profound thanks for the honour .
done to both branches_ of the service; and let me assure you that,
your sailors and soldiers, who have fought and braved " the'
battle and the breeze,'.' ever look to this approval of their
King and their country as their proudest guerdon. Applause.)
Sir, before I resume nay seat, L cannot refuse myself the, plea.'
sure,of expressing the.intensasatisfaction which I .feel in, the
progress which conservative principles have mada,.and are now
',making,. throughout the, country since last I had. the honour of
addressing. the chair... (H.ear,.hear.) ,The rank, wealth,. and.
'intelligence which .now. surround: you, sir, the result, of every.
appeal made.to,the,cenatituency of the country,. assure .us. that
a reaction hasaaken,place. . (Cheers.). In the moat ,populons,
districts representativea have been chosen to echo the voice and,
;opinions of thepeople, whose. principal claim to -the distinction
,to.whiels they aspired, was founder Lon their well-known and ar
.dent attachment toantr venerable and. venerated institutions in
'church and .state—(loud and.c ontinued cheers)--while•t hey re-;
jected with. scorn those men .whose object , was their total .sub-
,version. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, fir calling your attention;
to the pleasing prospects before us, it would be ungracious and,
unjust not 10 advert to our illustrious upper house of parliament.
—(loud and long-continued c.heers)—to whose undaunted and{
uncompromising, spirit we chiefly, if not altogether, are indebted',
for the brilliant dawn which. now illuminates our political .hori-
zon,—(repeated cheers)--and which, I trust,. will, erelong, blaze,'
forth with ,meridian splendour. (Hear,,,hear.) The page of!
'history informs us that our peers of England have ever-. been
found the faithful guardians of the liberttes, rights, and immu-
nities of its citizens; and at no period have those high quail-
:ties shone more conspicuously than at the present,. crisis, when
those inestimable rights. were threatened and assailed by a fac-
tious and puny majority in the Commons House of Parliament
-a-amajority obtained by truckling.to the, basest and .most .sort
.did of mankind. (Tremendous cheering.) Happy then. was i-
for the people that they. had this component part of our .un-
,rivalled constitution to support them. (Hear, hear.) Gentle.
men, in expressing our gratitude to the conservative peers of
parliament, I assure myself of your hearty concurrence when,l.
tender the well-merited tribute of our admiration and applause
to the noble earl who has this day honoured us with his presence.
(Great cheering.) The noble earl, in.the chivalrous spirit that,
influenced the steel-clad barons
.of olden days, is ever found
foremost in the ranks to assert the. franchises. of the people—•
the inviolability of our altars, and the just constitutional prero-
gatives of the crown- (Hear' hear.)
The Chairman gave " The Conservative Houie of Peers."
The Earl of WiricbilSea then rose, amidst loud and continued
;cheering. He said, T
" Sir
,John, rolicipe and gentlemen, I
stand before you as a must unworthy representative of'that body
of men on whom you have conferred so distinguished a mark
of yOur respect, and *I could have• wished that a more 'gifted
individual of the body with which 1 acted, h'ad.been present to
reply to that compliment, and to assure you .how deeply we
appreciate such expressions of the teelin)a• of our country.
(Cheers.) We
,highly estimate such -expressions of feelhig,in
favour of the conservative members of that house, ortposed as
that expression *is to those revolutionary—khose, democratic—
thase'ricipish Measures—those ineasures which are decidedly Of a.
Wicked and infidel character, and the object of which are the.
destruction 'of • *the , throne and. of the altar. (Cheeis.), • It is
chieridk to'hpd that the 'people 'of this country are loudly ex-'
preiiiiktliemsetyes in favour orthe line of conduct pursued by,
the tipper honse of parliament. That expression was resonirded
fro& bill to *hill, awl from vale to vale, and cheered the. Peers'
Of 'England on in the*struggle in which they Were:about -to'
enter with the domestic enemies of the country. (Cheers.) My'
gratification is, that the men with whom I act will be enabled,
successfully" to oppose-the Measures contemplated. by these'per-i
sons, and erebygiye complete and perfect liberty to the ema:
Ore: XCheers ) only state this, that whatever the struggle'
may be, whafever.oirty'be its Consequence, the House of Lords'
Willstill ietain the. *satire heart and the same feeling 'as it had;
dritisnin the contest- which had already taken place in their en•-
deavOtirs to 'support the ri•glit's and 'privileges of the people of:
this "country, (Cheers.) l'h,e House Of Peers was certain!),
a small body of anee, htitit was untrue to say that, their in-,
,terests were not identified with those of the great body of the
peoPle. 'He repudiated such an idea. They were hound up in
,every matter with the wellbeing of the people. They had no
:rights, no privileges, at which the public generally were not
.capable 'of arriving. There were not one of' them, or of their
.sins who Might not obtain the same honour which he had
;obtained by deseent. (Cheers.) Indeed it was well known.
,that there- were men ;#lcitigit'-thitt body who, by their great
1 italentsl and -by their services to their King and country,
ihad raised theniielves Inthat high and honourable position;
,and it wits ileis well known that they. were received amongst.
,the *great body of , the Peers of Englan4, not only on
Ifeirns 'with themselves, bUt that they were lookedupon
' ten.. of lunch more than common regard. (Hear, heat)*
The 'Horitie of Peers by its bold and uneonspromising conduct,
c,thiaeterdeviaaaardd bheilgtiodwyedvablyaemden.Twhheolsee
were
ad
was justly entitled to time approbation of its fellow-Citizens, and
to receive this tribute was their best reward. (Cheers:) It was
omfigpht
vaarties ei;eh.e* nart ow *choenalitnoerte/me ma
remain neuter
ves t o coiprcinoimons.tataheeL awphpireeh-
s
tretnsowrahlichcou
01 erc
at
wo of
at ht oosfe
thatd uthe
es
tmereo exhibite ni
lamneengt
braegeaeinsoe'atheearnesaasrymeton
tahnodoepiptiozseintisz
of all inroads upon the
,Constiintion; but:the time had now
arrived when no man could remain inert. (Hear, hear;) For
the House of peers he, would
„botdly, say that, they had done
their duty—(heat', hear); inn ,es, his,,hen. friend had: truly ob-
sesvecl, the effects of that . Hoase..,would be ineffective ,unleas
they were, supported and sustained by similar. efforts,in .the
House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) , oey must change the
Character of the House of Commons. They must make it less
revolutionary; and here he had the preudgratification to atate
to them that their endeavours ,to ferward.so desirable an object
were responded to by the, country generally, and in no place
More, effectively than In the,metropolis of this great empire.
(Hear.) • He had lately attended several Conservative Associa-
tions, m the metropolis, many of them attended by 1,200, some
4.800 persons, and so on ; and he could assure them that they
were determined, to unite with other Associations to effect.. the
great object which they .all. had in view. 11e Conservatives
from itspresent .
were anxious to save,the coentry, f impending
I when their country d•
danger. ,If they stood aloof mand
ed
he would tell them that they would. be amongst
their.suppor he,
would
d' •
the very first to suffer from their disinclination to stand for-
ward in defence of their country. (Hear.) Look to the conduct
of the Government in respect to Ireland. There the
,Papist
party were.allowed to triumph,. having In view the destruction
party in that ceuetry, (Cheers,)
of tble Protestant. Look, for I
instance, to the destruction of the ten Irish Bishops, and to the
diminution of .the incomes of, th,e Irish Clergy. Look also to
the.system of education which bad been carried into effect
in the. sister kingdom—the tendency of which was, to pull down
the Established religion, and exalt in its stead that of Popery.
(Hear, hear.) Every one who looked at the conduct of his
Majesty's Government in respect to Ireland, must admit that
the results which he anticipated were most likely to arise. He
had taken an ardent and warm interest in the great questions
which had been submitted to Parliament; but Goo was his
witness that he had no other object but the welfare of the coun-
try to which he-had the honour to belong. (Cheers.)