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intelligent men he saw around him, coupled with the general
constituency of this great anti in-lei-taut county. (Cheers.)
He again begged leave to express h►s great gratification for the
upportnnity they had ,givnu h►m, even at the eleventh hour, to
pay h►s respects to them .for the honour they' had dune him
by electing him as one of their representatives. (Loud cheers. )
The honourable gentleman then addressing the vice-chairtn.in
and the company, said that he h id obtained permission of the
chairman to propose a toast, and before he did 'so 'he claimed
from them bumpers. (The glasses were instantly filled.) He
then. continued,—the toast he was about to give was the health
of a friend of his and of all present ;it was the gentleman who'
sat -upon his left, (the chairman,) to whom they were greatly
indebted for the triumph of that.eauseuf which he (Mr. W.)
.was the humble representative. In giving 'the health of their
worthy chairman, Mr. liarriott;' he might say that they Were
indebted to hi►m on a farmer occasion for procuring a conserva-
tive candidate for this division of the county,•although the result
was unsuccessful; that attempt, although it ended in defeat at
that time, was the means of concentrat►ng the conservative in-
terest and bringing forth its power at the recent election. As
he (Mr. W.) was a man of few words he should not detain them
longer, but simply propose to them the health of his worthy
friend .and strenuous supporter Mr. George Harriot, their ex-
cellent chairman. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drank with
every demonstration of respect, and was followed by three times
three.

The CIIAIRMA!4, in returning thanks: said that his feelings
were so raised by what he had just heard and witnessed, by the
kind manner in which his health had been proposed and•drank,
that he felt incompetent to express them. All he could say
was, and he had great satisfaction in saving, that he was the
fellow-townsman of most of those present, and the rest were
his neighbours, all being so linked together by good feeling
and political sentiments, as to be almost of one opinion. It
was a happy circumstance for the triumph of their cause. that
they here so linked • together, as the result of the election
proved. Ou the occasion to which the hon. member alluded,
there was a great diffidence on the part of gentlemen to come
forward on the conservative interest. He t Mr. Harriott) how-
ever, with his friend Mr. Scarisbrick, had been successful in
inducing a conservative candidate to offer himself. In dis-
cussing who should be brought foi ward. at that time, his hon.
friend Mr. Bootle Wilbraham was named, and proud was he
to witness his return at the succeeding election. One objection
against him at that period was that he was not married, but happily,
to suit the fine feelings of those who then.objected to him, he was
now in that blessed and honourable state. (Cheers.) That
was certainly a satisfaction when their candidate- hail a family
of his own to look after; it was partly an assurance that he
would'also look well after the great family of the nation. He
was piond to see, in the course of two years, so great a reaction
in favour of honourable and constitutional principles. They
now had evidence that instead of the conservatives polling, as
they did then, only 2,000 electors, they now had pelted 10,000.
(Cheers.) They had come forward very bravely on the first
dly as if, in fact, they had been inspired by Providence to
fiighten their enemies; but, although they had done so, there
was a grand corps de reserve to ensure the victory ()tithe second.
The chairman concluded by wishing prosperity to all present.
and-to the country in which they lived. (Loud cheers, followed
'by." Three times three."
The Bev. HoRToN, vicar of Ormskirk, said, before the
chairman proposed the uext toast lie begged leave for a short
tine to intrude upon their attention, to announce to them some-
thing which he believed would thaw forth their consistent ap-
probation. Having drank the health of their worthy chairman, ,
which he believed they did with heartfelt pleasure, he now
claimed from them' an exercise of the self same feeling, He
was aware that in drinking the health of a chairman of a con-
vivial company it required uu judgment or discrimination, as. it
.was an ordinary compliment; but the present was not an or-
dinary occasion, nor had they an ordinary chairman. • The
spirit they .had displayed in drinking his health he hoped
they would nut allow to evaporate in, mere words. There
were many present who had shared With their worthy pre-
sident in the common labours of the great contest, but he
was .sure, without any disparagement to the rest Of the company,
that there was none who had more indefatigably exerted them-
selves in the cause of the church, the state, and the people, than
their chairman. He (Mr. lliirton) would not say that he was
deputed, on behalf of .himself and brother freeholders, to offer
a token of their gratitude ,• but he had great pleasure in present-
ing a solid and imperishable memorial of their regard fur the
unexampled services which their chairman had rendered to the
country. The token was not one to be valued for intrinsic worth,
but as'a feature expressive of the sense eutertained of the success
of his exertions, and as a trophy honourably won, which he might
hand down to his children as a tribute of respect paid to their
father. Mr. Horton concluded his address, which wo are
obliged to curtail, in consequence of the late hour at which our
reporter left Ormskirk, by presenting the chairman with a
splendid silver ewer tad tray, bearing the following inscrip-
tion :

Presented
to Mr. GEORGE HARRIOTT,
by his Neighbours and Friends,
in acknowledgment
of his Triumphant Success
during the Election of 1835,
in the Cause of
his Church, his King, and his Country:

The CHAIRMAN again rose, and returned thanks for the testi-
monial so handsomely presented to him.
TowNELEy PARKER, Esq., then ruse and proposed, in 'an
eloquent speech, " the healths of the ten thousand three hun-
dred and forty-nine independent electors of South Lancashire,
by whose votes their present two conservative members had
been returned to parliament," in the course of which he ex-
pressed the fullest confidence in the present administration, from
whom they had the guarantee of their not lending themselves
to the reckless measures which characterized the late admini-
stration. They must not forget that the late ministry, in car-
rying their measures of reform, to obtain which biid threat-
ened a collision between the two Houses of Parliament. Nor
must they forget that they had threatened war against a
distinguished journal because it exposed their delinquencies to
the public. He was sure that had they gone on, for a few short
years in their course, the character of the natien, its commerce,
and every interest dear to it, would have been utterly ruined.
liethanked God that the 'people of England had returned to
their'senses. (Cheers.)

'The CHAIRMAN then' gave, with an appropriate prefaei,
" The health' of the Duke of Wellington." this toast
.was
drank with three tirnes titteg.
's.

Glee a Eli litifleonqueror.—.
Mr. WiLuitsnast then proposed the health of H. Peers
Esci., of Southport, as a good and worthy conservative.
Mr. PETERS returned thanks; and said that he was happy to
inform them that the result of the election had not only given
the greatest satisfaction in that part of the county where he re-
sided but in London, where he had many friends, the utmost
gratification was expressed. Mr: P. concluded by giving" The
health of the Rev. Nlr. Horton."

Mr. iloaToic, in an able speech, returned thanks. Other
toasts were successively given, and other speeches were also
delivered, but as our express did not reach Liverpool until a
late hour, we are reluctantly compelled to omit them.