The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE

Sir Thomas Wilde enteied upon his duties as Chief-
Juwiee of the Court of Common Pleas, at Staffordshire
as,izes _ _

1 ne new Attorney-General, Sir J. Jervis, has received
the ho.iour of knizi)thood from her Majesty, and has also
had the honour of ki•sing hands on the occ..sion.
In the Bankruptcy Cuurt, the chief judge has decided
that, an assign-e un ler a b inkruntey could not bid for
goods at a sale of the bankrupt's effects.
In the Court of Bankruptcy on Monday. G. Blagrove,
the well-known profes,or of music, came up for his final
order. His debts are sta•ed at £2757, to meet which he
has assets estimated at £72. There are 124 creditors upon
the petition. No opposition was offered, and the order was
granted.

GRAND BANQUET TO LORD GEORGE

BENTINCK AT LYNN

On Tuesday last the public entertainment to Lord
George Bentinek, given by his friends mid constituents as
a token of their approval of his manly and independent
advocacy of the interests of British agriculture, took
place at King's Lynn, Norfolk. The dinner was given in
the Market ft 11, there being no opal tment at any of the
hotels in the town sufficiently large to accommodate the
numerous party who had assembled to do honour to the
noble lord.

The chair was taken by the Earl of Oxford, who was
supported on his right by Lord G. Bentinck, and on his
left by the Duke of Richmond. Near the Chairman were
Lord Sondes, Mr. D'lsraeli, M.P.. Mr. R . Miles, M P.,
the Marquis of Granby. M.P., Major Beresford, M.P.,
Mr. Hudson, M.P., Mr. Bagge, M.P., Mr. Christopher,
M.P., Mr. Wodehouse. M.P., Mr. Bousfield, M.P , Sir
J. Tyrrell, M.P., Mr. Chute, M.P., Mr. Serjeant Byles,
—Cobon, Esq.
The Chairman, after proposing the usual toasts, which
were responded to by the company with more than usual
enthusiasm, in rising to propose the toast of the evening,
" The health of Lord George Bentinck." referred briefly
to the unexpectedness of the propositions of the late mi-
nistry, anti compared his pledges in June, 1845, with his
utter abandonment of them in 1846. He concluded with
an eulogy upon Lord George, who had been selected by
240 independent members of the House of Commons as
their leader, and bad amply justified their confidence in
him. Tho toast was received with tremendous cheering.
Lord George Bentinck then presented himself, and
was received with plaudits which were kept up for several
mkutes. When silence was restored, he said—Gentle-
men, if the reception wilt which you have just favoured
me could for a moment by me be mistaken for a feeling
entirely personal to myself, 1 can assure you I should be
absorbed and overwhelmed by the overpowering sense of
your kindness. But when 1 know that the feeling with
which you have greeted me is the voice of this country—
(loud cheers)—that the yeomanry of England and the
people of England will not sit down in silence—will not
sit down in peace and allow themselves to be trampled on
by any ministry—by any would-be ministry of this coun-
try—(vehement cheers)—far from being overpowered, far
from being overwhelmed, I feel incited and roused to new
exertions to see justice dune to those interests which have
of late been trampled on. (Cheers.) It would be a work
of supererogation if I were to attempt to waste time by
trying to persuade you that admitting the corn of foreign
countries into competition with yours was likely to im-
prove your condition. I need not tell you, who know
what the taxes are you have to bear, that it is not possi-
ble that you can compete with the untaxed labourers of
the count rit sof Europe and America. The object of my
meeting you to-day is, not so much to ask you to look
back to the past as to look forward to the future.
(Cheers.) It is the great aim of the party who owns for
its leader Lord Stanley (loud cheers) first to recover the
protection they have lost (cheers), or fa ling that, to seek
compensation and relief for the agricultural interest.
(Renewed cheers.) As to the first object—that of re-
covering the protection to native industry we have lost
—allow me to remind you that you had the franchise in
1841, that you retain that franchise now, and that you,
the yeomen of England, who in 1841. sent a majority of

390 to the House of Commons to maintain protection to
British industry, to the extent of Ba. a quarter on wheat
(cheers)—to maintain protection to our colonial inter-
ests (cheers)—an:l to repress slavery and the slave trade
(cheers), have now only to exercise that franchise to prove
that, if Sir Robert Peel is fickle, you are constant (loud
cheers); and the day cannot be far distant when you
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must recover what you have lost. (Enthusiastic cheers.)
His Lordship proceeded to sh,w the extra burdens sus-
tained by the agricultural interest, and the great amount
of shipping employed in the British corn trade coastwise,
as compared with the foreigncbrn trade, and concluded an
able and eloquent address as follows •—" But I must not
lose sight of the great object I have in view, which is to
suggest to you the course we should take under the gui-
dance of Lord Stanley (loud cheers)—of that able and
powerful statesman, whose honesty is unimpeachable
(cheers)—whom I have long been proud to follow, and to
w!•ose opinion 1 look with undeviating confidence. (Re-
newed cheer•.) It is for me to take counsel with you
what you will do for the future. (Cheers.) All then I
say to you is. that you must not sit down and fold your
arms. if the landlords of England will not lead you as
they ought, you must fight for yourselves. (Cheers.)
You must not be content with canvassing the counties,
but you must also canvass the cities and boroughs.
(Cheers ) You must explain to them in language not to
be mistaken that if they mean to live they must allow you

to live also. (Cheers.) You must let them know that on
your existence, and with yours that of all the agricultural
labourers of England, must depend their prosperity also.
I have been accused of using violent language, and such
license in the Corn-law question as was never before heard
within the walls of Parlisrnent. I certainly did not dis-
guise my feelings. I confess I was roused to vengeance
by the way in which I saw the agrilultural constituencies
of the empire were betrayed. (Cheers.) If anything
could have justifi. d men's rising iu rebellion, it would
heen time, nor in the time of
have been the conduct of the Prime Minister of England.
(Loud cheers.) If I have used strong langune and a li-
cence never before suffered in the House of Commons, it
tergiversation (tremendous cheers), of treachery,
has
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everin myan act of such prodi-
giousand political pri.fligacy, as that committed by the govern-
ment of Sir R. Peel. (Renewed cheering ) But there is
true spirit in Englishmen, and I cheerfully headed them
when they rose in indignation at such conduct. It was
then therefore that I first used my tongue, after having sat
for eighteen years silent in the House of COMIIIO',F.
tChe.rs.) I am blamed by many that 1 have turned Sir
R. Peel oat of power. But, gentlemen.
I say, if free
trade is to prevail, let us )Hve free trade carried be honest
men. Now I, for one, say that. I would rather be governed
by Cobden than be govetned by Sir R. Peel. (Loud
cheers.) I call upon you to exert yourselves now, and
show tt!at you have still the con rage, the manliness. still
the spirit v. hich hg's ever dis'ingu,shed Englishmen, and
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