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was placed in a situation where the Lively gratideurof- the ipt-
bols of liberty which adorn this extensive. building; and the
sounds of freedom which• echo within its walls, were more in
character with the noble hearts which beat under them than on
the present Occasion. Gentlemen, disabusing mortal vanity
and its inherent weakness, I say for myself that I . never:was
tnore at home. I never saw so many kind faces—so many happy
demonstrations of sincere friendship—so many ardent patriots—
not ardent spirits—but real patriots, to use the language of one

of my native poets :
" With hearts resolved, and hands prepared,
The blessings they enjoy to guard."

(Immense cheering.)

" Gentlemen—l was invited to this vast emporium of com-
merce to take a part in laying the foundation stone of a most
interesting institution. I came gladly; I sought your presence
with pleasure; I knew we should hear in our beneficent endea-
vours the welcome of the skies, receive the plaudits of the liv-
ing multitude, and have our pathway to the grave strewed with
the flowers of delighted though unborn generations. Gladly,
joyously, gentlemen, did I come from the, to me, now sad clois-
ters of Berkeley-square, and the House of Lords, to breathe the
tre.sh air of your western shores, to respire even the attenuated
ringlets of liberty wafted in the pine packets from New York,
and to cpngratplate you, as I now do, upon your erection-of a
building the glories of which cannot now be appreciated, inas-
much as they fall to the share of poets "yet unborn," who, in
the maintop or in the cellar, in the palace or in the pothouse, in
the hall of liberty or in Australia, shall sing in immortal verse
the delights of that classic spot situate in Mount-street, and far
removed from the plebeian parts of the town, where they courted
the muses, measured the earth, plumbed the depths of the sea;
saiv the spots in the Sun, and surveyed the mountains, perhapS
counted the castles in the moon. Delightful to me are these,
call them, if you please, dreams. I have ever been the friend
of education. I ask nothing more to be written on my tomb-.
stone than

HENRY BROUGHAM',
The Friend of Education.'

(Great cheering)
" Gentlemen, it is said that we who encourage education lay
little regard to what is called religious instruction. The iMptf,
teal:in here insinuated is bigotry. What have we to do with
'creeAs'? Is not Mr. Daniel O'Connell favourable twirisrplan?'
In these enlightened times popery itself confesses the merits of
aducatOn. We do not contend for principles. We inculcate
ideas without principles. We, teach poor people to read ; it is
for thein to understand` what they read. We give the inedi-
cine---if they abuse it, let them suffer; but we do not wish them
to suffer. We give it for good; :f ill effects arise, that is their
concern, not ours.- .(Cheers.)
" Gentlemen, education has its limits. I say this in confi-
dence, but I say it in sincerity. Take care whom you educate,
but take especial care whom you trust with education. I speak
from experience—I ,speak prophetically," but not without the
lights which guide to conviction, when I say—that unitarian-
ism, inasmuch as it has concerned itself with proselytism, has
been fail-te.• (Murmurs.) It is to a certain extent founded
on- truth, hut it is false when estimated by its fruits. It is good
philosophy .for tthe few,' it is infidelity for the many. I have
drank my fill ot'it—l have imbibed the maxims of a faithful
Shepherd—l hive caressed it like a young bridegroOm ; but in
my old age I are: bound to confess that it has no hold on the
heart, no resting place in my affections, no asylum in the
monitory cells of the conscience. (Hisses from the Soeinians.)
Gentlemen, I will not impose my tediousness longer upon you
in reference to education. You have planted a noble tree, I
give it my blessing, I pray that it may be well watered, and that
its fruiti may be sweet and not bitter. (Applause.) And now,
• gentlemetm, permit ine to call your attention fora acintiHation
of time to -the extraordinary events which mark the days in
which our lot is cast. I have no reflections to cast on men and
measures. I am not one of those who delight in looking back,
to heap censure oa the foolish, or praiseon the wise and fortu-
nate. lam not now in the service of
,my most gracious sove-
• reign. (Cheers.) I know how kindly, how warmly, the good
heart of that illustrious prince beats towards the humble
intivi-
dual who stands before you, (cheers) and yet 1 am net in his
council, I sin not of the niinistry—why, it boots not to tell, and
yet these hands are clean ! (His lordship held up his hands
amid loud cheers.) Gentlemen, dear to this heart has been the
cause of reform, dear the intellectual advancement of the age,
dear the right's of man all over the world; and I have lived to
see great works completed, solid foundations laid, and noble
superstructotes raised: but, alas, I am no true seer, if these are
quite safe in the hands of those who arc at present entrusted
with theircare. I -say nothing against the existing administra-
tion; 1-am not a, member of it as yon all well know ;. but this I
cannot help saying, that the house built upon sand, -like a con-
tract tainted with injustice, must one day or other, when the
floods come, and when the light is allowed to shine, fall to
piec6. I blame no man ; I love my party and reform better
than fdo myself '; but I utterly hate and detest double deal-
ing. • -Why should the Ministry, of which I was au unworthy
member; have made so mysterious a shipwreck? Some blame
the 'Craft Oran illustrloue nobleman and the tories. (Immense
cheering.) Gentlemen; I heg -not to be 'inisunderstorid. I
ani •'tiot one of those who blanie the .tories. I am too
deeply in the secret to be imposed upon by such shallow
and invidious fallacies, fit only fur Milksops. No, no,
before we "cast stones -at our open enemies let us first see
Whether our *own hotie. is set in order—whether, all is clean
within;-.whether there be any one mean, small, ambitious rep-
tile aim eau, like.the first tempter, betray the confidence of
unsuspecting virtue, and whisper away the reputation of others
for hii Cava base and sinister ends. (Looks of astonishment and
iritcnie silenee.) Gentlemen, dQ nut deceive yourselves : I
seek not place;' I seek not to displace ; but believe me there is
somewhere 'to my knowledge a rottenness which passeth show,
which feeds upon itself, and which, vain thing! strives to exist
upon' its 'own destruction.' 'I name no names; I envy rto man's
fame;.- but I Say to you, in terms as emphatic as language can
supply, the ilreseht ministry cannot stand. (Tremendous sensa-
tion.) 'Gentlemen, did you ever see a tree flourish or live which
had no roots in the earth ? This administration is like that
tree: it isrrootless, sapless, black, withering, and is doomed.
True, it' has branches wide, large, and long—numerous suckers
—crowds of horticultural lackeys pouring something on it out
of small watering-pots; but believe me these fellows drink more
than" they pout, they-eat niore- of the' greenness than they can
produce, and require more fruit than they can raise. (A laugh.)
It Is, I assure you; no laughing matter to them. (A loud .
laugh-.) Well, be it so; take my words at what value you
please; support the administration with might and main ; hie
you to the 'register and record your votes; but let me tell you,
'you can as easily arrest the descent of the glorious orb of day
in yon western wave, 'us you can prevent the fall of the Russell
administration. (Silence and a few groans.) Gentlemen, I
have nearly exhausted your patience and my strength. All
that I haYe to add is, no inducement on earth will tempt me to
join the'adininistration *of Sir Robert Peel. I have lived to
see the' Whig party, to which I have ever been attached, perish
by its'own hands: I have seen the House of Commons cease
to bd intellectual arid hardly respectable—l have seen a cabinet
Without a Lord Chancellor—l have seen, a Chancellor of the
Exchequer Without a budget-4 hive seen a court unadorned
by a single Minister of the crown—l have heard of one of his
majesty's "principal secretaries of "state sent to sleep in the top:
loft of a palace—l have seen and heard all thii, and 'm'ore than
all this, and I say with burning sorrow the present ministry
must fall, as the leaves do, IN OCTOBER! Gentlemen, I have
only to propose " Success to Mechanics' Institutions ail over
the tr orid,sand the-Liverpool Mechanics' Institution in particn-
:(The noble `and learned lord resumed his seat amid im-
theme = cheering ...find the' waving of handkerchiefs by the
la-chee) t'

Three days: yet remain for the payment of rates and:
taxes. Let every conservative say to himself hare I paid
all mine? 'Shall I be on the register for the year ensu.,
.Lel him put the same question to his clerks, to jiffs
workmen, to all AV th whim he is connected, who have,
or by payment of rates and taxes may have votes. These
are no ordinary times; it is the duty of a conservative
not only to:qualify himself but to see that those arhubd
hini,*Upon whom he can rely, are properly qualified also.
We say upon whom he can rely. Papists, unitarian 4,
frequenters of mechanics' institutes, and readers of the
Penny.Afagazine nay be safely. left to take care of them!.
selves. ,

LONDON LATEST NRWS.

City, Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock

Whiggery and the revolutionary cabinet are attain
staggering,. and.we believe we may venture to predictr.
that a very brief period longer will see what will, doubt-
less, beThe final exit of the popish administration. We
learn that his Majesty has had, within these few past
days, additional reasons to be disgusted with the mi-
nisters„..whose evident intentions to prostrate even the
throne at the foot of democracy have excited not less
anger than alarm. The King is said to have expressed
strongly his opinion of the amiable wish shown by Mel-
bourne .and Co. to swamp the peers, and to have very
plainly demonstrated his immovable hostility to such a
monstrous measure. In short; everything tends to show
that the public dupes of Mr. a O'Connell are on the eve
of bidding a "long farewell ta'all their greatness." (?)
It hail been generally current here during the last few
.days that the government forthwith intended receiving
tenders for a 31. per cent. loan, to meet the West. India
compensation claims. This expected drain upon the mo•
ney mailket has caused great heaviness in our funds ;'but
.themarket has rallied to-day in consequence of its being
asserted. that the ministers have been advised toput off this
measure until either the turn of the year, or at least for
two or three. months, with a taew, should the adjustment,
4lttnatt'ers in the peninula be effected, of obtaining more
favourable terms than could be obtained..at the present
moment. • consequence Ibis-the market tallied corisii