The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-09-15 00:00:00

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which I hope you will now drink the health of Hamar
Batmen*at: ::-. ••".,' ~ t• -.. . " ~ ' " "
The tout woe reeeiged i4th loud and entliksiestic cheer-
ios. ' As *Weis the implitlielad subsided, •
Ili: thysiewodu rose, andsmoke to the,followi lig tact :
--11-trast, tlentlessan. you will accept Aso only. return
whtelt tam at the prevent moment capable of Maidag, flit
the very kind and cordial:reception. whieh'.yon 'jailkeel'
, gaped to &Iva me, is allowing me to sir diet 1 feel myself
utterly unable to give vent to the feelings with which I
am overmieved by White honours• which yoit have been
on me this day, and especially by this
=liirmillierliyienskiodoese, the manlier in which you haver.-
edmiththe deension.of soy.name. Gentlemen, I.should feel, •
II possible, still more overwhelmed by these testimonies of-
year goodness std condescension towards me, 111 thought
thii' sidle from any petuna! Merit of mlciwn, or that It wee'
oraon myself in my individual 'capacity, as separated • from
ipYier peremis, and disconnected whit more general .psiocH
liks.ibiatypp have been pleased to bestow , the/ dietia- 1
,gniabing marks of your approbation. Butt sat greatly.
.relieved from • einbarrassment, when I rellece.how mach
Of this:kindest,* I owe to the company which I hare 'the-
distinguished honour of 'meeting this day ; to that Illus.
trions House, coonected with you by private as well as
public ties, which introdueed' me to your acquaintance to-
day; that House, of *kith it Is unnecessary for me to re-.
mind you, for you kirow it well. that, elevated as they are,
,hy honours and by Wealth., in
,ip eminent a degree, they
have always recollected, and never more than in . the moat
perilous timer; that their best possessicio wai the favour of
• elm country, and their proudest heinonr the title which
fl,y
have jostlyacquired 'to the name of friends' of the peo-
lic(ipplauslt.) ' I ato 'sensible that I next toweyour favour
tp the amtilylundeviating course which, sine*, illy entrance
Ip_to fitbliclife,l hiee constantly pursued; for I' trust I
thiy'take to myself. with honest Ode, the merit of follow-
iiig Kt 1361.0 at an 'humble distance) in the traces of thole
Areitt Mee, who are unfortanately lost to the country:rOf
those eminent chatacters who rallied round Mr. Pox in the
assertion of his- ptinciplea; as well. as of the' sur-
viving friedds of that great man. the friends of
his youth. Wino-supported him throngh the whole of
Isis splendid earzer, and who to this day cherish hls
Memory', by .a steadfast adherence to his principles. It s
impossible to vital the • name 'of that great man Without
the strongest feelings of attachment to his memory—
of reverence end admiration for his public virtues; that
*clam never ceased to lift bis voice for all Outman
molt liberal, and enlightened, and useful to the public ;
that men who never raised his voice in vain, for, if *access
did net atwayi crown his generous esertiehs, one object et
least believes lails to achieve, that OF: making, Lb fame
imperishable among all who hied liberty and their coon-
try (spplause.)—And last orall its most deeply gratifyin*
to me to know hew :much of thii favour I owe to 00 grest,
iroproiiment in the piblicieelitig of the people of•Strotlipd,
Ito
lwhichbtai 1
amdyiiti7oichhlielf
lie
eeniat
inott wwith r a
imyo4r4enhpshnieinglothosa
the oilkhty change-1 might almost, say, the revile-
ti n of seutiatent which has taken place in Scotland *within
the last 15 or 40 veers. Gentlemen, this is' is a topic oti
w ail) I can speak as a witness, and an observer. it ienoii
o arly 20 years since I passed any considerable part of the
yar in this country. It is fifteen years sinee I was in this
tes rt of the country, and indeed since 1 have even crossed
A birders of t dotiaddjor more than the space of two i s
re days. l' speak. :of what I haim just witnessed
the course of a rapid tour through the melt interesting
.pirt u( Scotlind, above all of what I 'hese %homed in
Illasgeil---especiallY of .the speetr. le equally'' Jrw jail
interesting which this Meeting presents to 'day.-4
speak, no doubt,With the interest arising from elicit& coo-
itevion ; but I speak also with the adeantage of. a it,fenger
newly come among you, and in both those tePseities 1 can
biar witness to the truth of that canton-lion. or rather or that:
eintrast,which Was drawn by my dd'Oble E'rlend. I welt re-
member thelast public meeting at which I was, present in
this town. It was as long ago is. the year UN.. !slid I
dilubt whether more thin one individual in this room was
Ogre besides myself. I allude to my 'excellent friend. Mr.
Gibed% than whom a more firm, able, and honourable
Itlliig does notekiit in thiscountry (applause): lie rennin-
Wesi
ll ['doubt not, as I well do, the result of that Meeting,
W k was Most numerously attended, on an 'occasion the
lb st interesting to all Freemen, fur the ;mimosa of peti-
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ning Parliament against the Gagging Bills. That
Mheting was as peaceably assembled as it was numerously
attended ; and yet. a man, whose name will lire in this
country as long as any regard continues for private worth,
miiable manners, and brilliant talents united with politicei
integrity, 1 mean the late Henry Erskine, was deprived of
'Misplace at the head of the profession of the law 6-I place
iihich he had earned by his laliorir, hit lel:mine- and his
loeinitts, because he dared to address's Meeting of his fel-
w countrymen, assembled for the purpose of petitioning
"Parliament, as it was their right and their duty to do;
*pint being gagged and trestedlike slaves (applause).—
WWI may I, then, be struck at the great contrast which
thine times and the present•snirgest tothe mind. I should
now like to see any one man in a 9 thin's Scotland who •
Itould dere to hold up his hand against the humblest Mi.
Meal in this town of. Glasgow; or dare to raise his voice to
split him with penalties for expressing histonestsentiments
'before shambled thousands of Scotchinen upon the conduct
tif wicked rulers at home, or the vile, detestable principles
of lexecrable tyrants abroad;-(Enthusiastic cheers)—lmon
Abe abdse of privilege—upon the prostitution 'of power,
Kliether by princes, or nobles, or lawyers, or the creatures
tsf lawyers. I should like to see, at this day, any one man
Wilted with penalties for expressing his honest indignetion
Wt eorroption in the highest places—at the abase of power
lily' the loftiest individuals—at the persecution of innocence
'.-4t 'tlie prostitution of justice be the Ministers of-the
teostn, or by the Influence of the Crown itself (continued
Welsh). I would defy the most powerful member of the law
, inter onesingle whisper of threat,sech as that which,signrd
31 respectable names, and' adopted by the Faculty of Ad;
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ocates, drew the late Henry Erskine from his well-earned
station at the head of that profession on which heconferred
`honour instead of deriviog lustre from it, for expressing his
'detestation of the conduct of the Government, and his
friesdlinets towardrthe rights ,of the people (applause).
Alentlemen. I have made the tour, which I am just about to
fioish, in Scotland; with.a degree of-interest which I can
hardly describe to you. The.countcy is most interesting to
i atrai stir,
.or
.• to any one who has become a stranger by
,lee-• ..-..-it; but I freely
.confess to you,. that t
of)ts romantic scenery that I. hare flelt,
not fur the sake of its tufted hattleuieats
--•-••• of the country speak oith just
Joe not, hat I chiefly vaint-Ht
natural sceierytipa( I have iisstrd.
tufted battlements net, jiwtt&S. I'4*
bee. they wergthe dens of Nestles,
~pestlieromi to,ihe country thstt.ibitt,
-winciple as the BOlYAlliaocfroos,,
freebooters tiTtoinbabit aomeo44
Iy• Itroils4hised, against whom.
Mice, they have neyrr .been..ehle.
nigh they. eau turn their aims,
(e su!sjets,, and against time free.
, other stetee (003034 -11.7'4 e-1
pf, Scotland were just: a. pt§in-.
Amer Oahe One were wetted,
fit to these wilt teunepollsed the
Anted. thiai wealth wit.b,i41,40,14,4,
lyellier the atitiiii‘ '...diotits ef the.
tops a! art :mail gejuttsse by which,
extended,; if not outdeste,,ln ill- 1
1; oOd .15.0in10 .AlifirP,NrTlt4ri..
j,ollfstiyhich: cltry iherpFv
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This .was the interest which operated en iny min
the objects which I came to see, and will* .1
Illootlend—l have seen a riesthood of
moos tla with. of the prophet to be her!.
boa She lemptations of poverty and from 4.._., ____
'of overgtOwn visalth, who feet, and whose whole conduct
peeves, '.that they len tie iltaluction, tie** sopateme"
them 9orp tii pjaestlioeil a visimt In Catholic
aniotuir r
f.comittisi •aik that It s the duty Of a eod pester to 'tend re-
thee tbeitata thief hisdeek.44A Meek.) Uwe same colosau•
site eomPoned Of,people moral; pious, well educated, eau-
-Omit le tlionpressioe of their seatiments lad who, as they
!sharking thew asmakmap theta Weak end to form await,
thins in matters of to mash•dillinity u State questions ; so,
whoa siterbeee onoe foresee u heileoc, a,nd glom os 'pub*
pledgeto msiatale them, are es sable-es the reeks the{
surroaed-4hem. though_ their passions are as anniffied as
the sorbs, of their- native Lakes.—(Great appleuse.) I have
seem too essay distinguished indielduals--wodd to Heaven
that- I could say among. the ancient nobility of this (steered
country—eho join with 'my Noble Friend in the Ira and
zesheus support of those principles which hays so justly won
hies the affection of the people—aien, whoAhrovith good for-
tune and bad fortune, have never swerved from these princi-
ples, end who haesneser fatted to stand forward In the samosa
theleoeleeend tipproee themielves the faithfalgoardians qf
the' liberties of their country, whether stinted by licen-
tiouseebs on the ova hand, or by the Crown on the other, or by
a third, and the most detestable of all factions, the band of
continental Despots, who dared to raise their voices, though,
• Idle such men as you exist, and are true to• your principies,
they will never dare to lift their hands aphid the free Consti-
tution of Britatn.—(Lbed cheers.) fientlemecalidw, me to ex-
press my honest sentiments, when I sincerely and unaffect-
edly tell you that I depart Wont Scotland with a' degree of
exultation and thankfulness to thrive Providence which I
ran hardly describe to you on thepresent occasion. I con.
eider Scotland now among the most interesting portion of
"the civilised globe. I consider Scotland now as advancing
in &career of continued imptoveinenr, and in a spirit •of
opposition to every remaining abase, which cannot rest
where it is, but which must be carried many steps further.
I see many gentlemen aronnd me, who will express Much
more ably and forcibly the sentiments which what I have
•witnessed io this country has impressed upon my mind. ,
I. know, for example, a Noble Friend, who, like. myself,
In been long a stranger to the country, though be: has
visited it.nsuch more meanly than I have, and who is now
happily returned to his native land. I congratolate you
knit alt Scotland, as well as the rest of the Empire; upon
the re-acqnisition of so able, so gifted, and so high-spirited
a Seotchinan as Lord Kinnaird, who was bred in the bosom
of this University. and who is now returned to witness the
sight which has filled me ti Bit' gratifieetion and delight.
I appeal to him whether, in the whole course of his life, or
In any part of the worltl, he has ever seen liberty and light
make such progress as among the people of Scotland. Geo-
tlemen, if you go on propagating tore spirit, it will become
infectious [a laugh]; it will spread through every part of
thip island ; it will communicate to all puts of the Sister,
Kingdoms, and while England and Ireland catch. the
'sued lame, bright as it burns among you, they will
Hatch also the steadiness and discretion, with which yotO
know bow to adhere to the principles of Reform, and
assert a cause which seemed almost desperate when I was
last among yon, but which now, on the contrary, expects to
receive from you its greatest aid. i beg leave once more ,
heartily-10 thank you fbr the honour which you have been
pleased to confer upon*me, and to implore you, as we are
net met here for the sake of an individual,
own
tocelebrate
mt triumphheem b e that o
itf
inrei obeli eiite.
nerultiyi o
to hlisoir
oat
ts sphere ear; .t o
whomre-
his•advice can influence, or his authority coatrool. the eh-
solute necessity of promoting, as far as in .hint lies, the
principles -which he has conticitatiously adopted, and to-
*remember that ealnibess united with firmness is the true
Vomit of insuring success. Permit' me, Gentlemen, to con.
chide, bY.)eqUesting my Nobli Friend to propose as a toast,
tie. ".Proiperity of this great, flourishing, and independ-
ent city of Glasgow, the second city of the British Empire."
The Hon. and honied Gentleman sat down amidst long
Continued peals of applause. . •
The Noble Cnstamarr next gave, " The Rights o: the
People," with three times three. •
Mr. Professor Mums, Professor of Moral and Political
Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, next offered
himself 'to the attention of the Noble Chairman—l rise, my
Lord, said he, with much diffidence to propose a • toast,
though I feel very sure that it will receive the cordial
approbation of every individual within my hearing. The
Toast I shall have the honour to submit to you is in favour
of a Reform in the Representation of the People [repeated
cheers.] I feel io some respects that the moment is some-
what auspicious for introducing that very important con-
sideration, when such a Meeting in this arty has been
gratifiid and honoured by the presence of so many Mere-
bers of both Houses of Parliament, pm-eminently distin-
guished for their virtues, their talents, and a marked
energy in bringing those high qualities into effect. Perhaps
it may be said, that acknowledging, as I do, the existence
of those great virtues and extraordinary Wept, amongst
the constituent parts of the Legislature, then where lies the
necessity for any alteration for reform?: As you admit so
much orvirtne, such a great portion of talent, and each ener-
gy in the exercise of these qualities actually to-exist in the
House of Commons, as it is at present constituted, on what I
grounds, it may be said, do you press the 'nrgencx and the
hasardof a.Change? I trust that a. calmer consideration
of the subject will induce those who bold those arguments,
if really sincere in, their objections, to lay aside such im-
pressions—at least, I trust that the men witch/me this day
met to manifest their devotion to the great principles of
constitutional freedom in the presence of oneof the most
vitreous and enlightened advocates; will feel that the best
guarantee of that freedom, is a substantial and thorough
reform in the representation of the people (cheers.)—lt is,
indeed, a subject of great. satisfaction, that even under the •
"present constitutioit of the Moose of Commons, men are
found within, its walls, such as
..opt disanguished guests
end the illustrious men who surround him, possessed both
of virtue and talents, and whose united force might possibly
have the effect of restraining the extreme abuses of
misgovernment. But •though the fan be a source of
satisfaction, consolatory not only •to am feelingi,le
Britons, bat to bur dignity as reasonsble men, yet 'tee'
cannot deny, alas t that it is coupled with the spelanchOf
reflection that tbeie. hulividuals ' bre too" few to' 'copci
In such a struggle, with 'Pewerful -opponenteri-
, that in the decision—that decision which might possibly
affect the most important interest.of the community, it is
the number wholly distinct from the virtu, the staltetit
, and energies of the advocates, or, cf the strength of the
rgiment, that decide the issue., , The people can have On
rit
security against the dawgers of such a system, but infant.
lag the power to return as their limpreeentatities to the
House of Commons, the men of their own free sod do-
blamed choice. (Cheers, It is no doubt, ise I before
obseried, consolatory. to able and virtuous men:lb soot 1
4111 assembly, exerting erety one of
.theie -emitiept (pied
arrest the Arils and *nice
.of missopipatepf.; but ho,E
ferrolag is it to.the intelligent endpublle•siurited prop
of this gpclent country, to ease the great ArAgnient* of ti,
Ofogislatore altvays in o.minority•—to see •tbeetforta of vir-
[Ape, of talent, of public spirit. as to any .pacoesoful rink,
Tiall baffled. and defeated -by the •mere enigma of the
llbf eiblioister. (Hear, hear.?' Mitts what a seam al
;linthiliatioo must the people satins these:repeated rent*
Jiitterld ~ by .the melancholy eonvistiono 'Wit' 'until, thi'
,por4r.lee_Pneseotation 4 placed oil its toper basis, they
Nave hot the power to,.eenti.,lopa• their of BerCsto-
thives4se moo win. IroUld caoottrate , sis/tt itin (vends
il.
o(, public treodatis7already,these, and srctue its amend,
tiny. (Ham-bear, hdor,t) .1 seticipitated• year cordial;
olmaiet, and feeling deeply-the necessity of that great fun-
ffintettlind etermitetinual,guarantse, Vahan propen to
'gadded lee e pfaerce lurecordialassen; a
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"Aro so use in q lling as to words, nor by entering in,.,
at specific or detailed plan; bat I will qualify it, thus far'
*site say that the reform I venture to propose, and which I
thirds this meeting should support. must be a substantial
refOrm—anch as would go to,the roots of those abuses. the
tendency and effect of which are to fill the House of Com:
mons, not with the freely elected representatives of the peer.
•ple, but with the mercenary vassals of the Minister; such a
gefores as would restore rights to those whei midst-4061 time
most lively interest inn virtuous and conscientious exercise
of them; such a reform as could not disorder nor disturb
she arraagenients of seedy ; that would event rihlt and
power that just influence; that would recognise thelegitis
mats pretensions of virtue and talents, and arknow;
ledge* Just and natural regard to the security and' fah:
once of opulence and st ition; a just and legitimate inflamed
I respect, for sore am I, that where undue advantages are
endeavoured to be grasped at, or unjustly retained by the
holders. either of rank or wealth, the effort or the:teteetioo,
In place of enhancing the value of these distinctions, only
serve to attract jealousy. and • eventually to endanger their
security (cheers.) I have endeavoured thus faintly to pet
this respectable Meeting in possession of my views as to
ibis great but most important question of Parliamentary
reforas.l would give to ell the classes of society what all ought
to po . I would not takefrom any one class what that cla,l
Bras entitled to hold ; hut I never would consent to regard
the assumption of any one class of the rights of another
as a sacred posses-ion.; on the.contrary, I 'deeds it the first
and paramount principle of justice to have them reinstated
in the hands of those, for whose protection they were intend-
ed. and by whom alone those rights can be usefully and
wisely exercised—(Loud cheers) As, therefore, we who
cherish the principle of Reform in the representation, coo.
template oo injustice—as we pledge ourselves not only not
to commit injustice to any class, but to render justice to
all—then, I think, I am entitled to follow up the claim of
A substantial reform by the addition of another epithet,
namely, that it be a speedy one (loud cries of bear, hear.
bear.) Every honest MCI who looks calmly at the position
of this country—at the progressive sta eof Socie'.y—at the
-great questions which force themselves. on human consi. •
iteration in so many parts of the world, must be alive to
the necessity of what we seek, towards the restraining of
the abuses of misgovernment, and the preservatios of our
vitiating institutions. In effecting such a Reform let not
the people be longer deeeived by any nnitecere.try delay—
'let not paltry evasions of postponement be substituted asob. ,
stacks, when direct opposition is no longer considered pus
litic, to defeat "a. consummation so devoutly to he wished."
I beg pardon fqr having trespassed thus far on your atten-
tiOn. I ' felt deeply the interest of the qeestion and
,with great sincerity I propose to yoti,—" A salmon.
Mid and speedy Reform in the Represeotation of the
i People."
• ,The toast was drank with the strongest expressions of
opprobation.
': The NOW., CHAIRMAN then proposed. as the mese ap.
propriate toast, to follow that of Reform,—" The M,,.
dory of Charles Fox," which was drank in seines
silence.
• - The following toasts were then given from the chair :
" The speedy abolition of those laws against Liberty which
were unknown to our Ancestors."
" A cordial Union and Co-operatiOn of all the Friends of
Freedom in the cause of Parliamentary. Reform."
Admiral Futattmo said, thus no time dim. Id be more ap'
propriate to propose" the health of thiir Noble. and Patri.
etic Visitor,, the Duke of listnilton," than linutediatelv
after a toast had been drank whii.h united the voice an:l
strength of every friend of liberty in defence of those prin.
ciples which were so justly.dear to every branch of that il-
Inktrious House of wich be was the head. Ills private
i virtues, his public principles, and ab.,ve all,•the unvaryint
' ednsistency with which, nailer every sspeet of tit- ; ;litical
iviarlii, tbr Duke,of Hamilton maintsined them, -ere tus
wiell known amongst those assembled on the present grati-
fying occasion, to require from bin' 'any elitcidati"
—,He should, therefore, at once, propose to their anxious
wishes, the health of—" His Grace the Duke of Ha-
milton." - •
The annunciation was receivej with the most marked
Manifestations of regard and respect. The *bole company
rose, and the cberrs a nd'waving of haudkerchiefs continued
for many minutes. / , ..
.The Dike of HAMILTON, under a considerable excite.
ant, at such a demonstration of the feelings of the
company, rose to express liis grateful sense of the
flattering manner in which it bad been proposed :
Ile deeply felt the compliment. and would always .be anxious
to merit their good opinion. lle'would willingly avail himself
of this opportunity to add his mite of praiseto Mr. Broogitara; '
bet of his sirtues and talents he was inadeqtrate to speak. He ,
would not express how much lie let satisfied by his useie.be-
ing couaected with the principles and rights of the people, for •
which they do well to contend ; for he was fully convinced that ..
there was no security in any country for the tires, libertine :
Land property of mankind, but from the establisinicet of nist
essautiat branch of all good goverument, a proper rcpresents-
lion of the people. He cordially wished that Cie people woeld '
succeed in obtaining Reform. It was gratifying to ban to find
that the liberal political principles. which he had originally :
and constantly inalutaiued, hod gradually gained ground in this
country, and were now so generally disseminattd. lie re-
gretted that while the principles of liberty were advancing
among the people of this :country, the Government should so
conduct its foreign affairs to bring discredit on its ancient re-
putation, and to lessen its proper influence among the States •
of Europe. Great Britain no longer retained the est/model"
which she formeily enjoyed abroad. She had ceased lobe IMP .. '
arbitress of the destinies of nations. to be the support of iite. -t.
feeble against the strong, to be the genera; champion of free-
dom. Had the people possessed more liberty at honse.tiseena-
meters:if the nation would hare stood' tnueh•higher abroad.—
He felt himself so overpowered by the feelings excited by his '
'reception from the meeting, that he begged them to Interpret
for him those sentiments for which his former political Goaded
would procure him credit Abut which he felt himself quite •
unable adequately to express.,—(Very marked approbation.)
After the Trial by Jury, and Lard Erskine, bad heeaelrank
with three times three, . .
Lord A LICHIBALD HAMILTON rose to pr • the health -
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of a most distinguished individual, who had honored. thi ~
ineeting by his attendance. When he mentioned the nemeli
of Mr. Denman—(a burst of applause). •he felt bmw pre'.
somptitone it would be to specify the mbriis of a charades
which, from hii professional and public exertions, Was 16.,,
well known to the country, 'Those who knew him ben, .
and, who were fully sensible of his talents and exert:loWe
valued him still more for that unbending honesty which'
governral his conduct, and exhibited. him as the determined-
enemy of oppression wherever it was to be met. MAO.'
though time strenuous defender of the rights aid Italian; of
his country, and of human nature every where, it Wart*
'possible not to be impressed with That unassumingiega, I
of deportMent which chtracterized his
.IfOnourable eh .
Learned Friend, and which led one almost th'bdiers t
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those' great merits and exertions, which alLacknowled ' 21
and justly estimated„were wholly overlooked by Mr. 1.
moo himself. His fellow countrymen -hail, on twowcwir,
'ions, evinced that acknowledkusent of superiority, .wick'
.heirbo possessed the title tee intivertookeil, for on the/A
,oreasion,the unhought lilectors.of the large. opulentagel
intelligent town of Nottingham, selected him is their reyre
.sent Five. _'their rights antlinteiosteeonld not bs'etinbt
if
to's' better • guardianship;, moat •ith And tisefullrbli, di
executed the important quit. !SU ~.andes,,recetmar...tirt
second occasion to which he Ohs NO lit_ausitteins,Ylll4;._
bad time free suffrages ,of the I.4tiseut if..1.1140*.t. "'"'" ''""
to the office of Comment Sergranteeso Wtheinemilesomile
Scotland, but which was of • great imper'.aace notiditilt_.l6
the administration of the Criminal Law 10 the Metropoling_
and essentially. connected winm shd ilea's and ibielitetlZl
! the City of Loudon. These were the Wiest 1)... To•filMrf
bfgh dents of Mr. Dolmas, and df the sinctiolittolclw.rikli
' dent of his fellow countriihno; ••• • .. :.,,• ' ttiti
, ! The litilib of e
At. Ditimaitirse:rsegisiAlikia. tI6
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Evarjameseltant,is,tllis greet consulate'sl city sitinTd: reiol- 'a stranger, ~or to any one n
• tect ,Vust bit was the afti that sbe,Wed the .imetcy oi'* 'Ong absence 'from .its but 1
Wilers4aCorinal, asii,when the einnifSetarers were ys is not on &comfit Ofjts rots
distr'ess.`be brought witnesses to the bar Ortbb noliti of, that 'statist-4 a nuf for th
re Couwaosayand ante stiFir &strewth* case ktioss, :, fly of whiebsouleotlthe poets t
r.---••••••-•-"Itratnety the Ls:outsets part,be tollt 'la fistsaettlo,b•P t e adasiristioa; tlitragb OK ssl;
:-/- aft_ ~,14•41t.V111 diltrtss.r—tivirecl,.. they. Miilst,,Tai the;#l3O a' Is not for die labs of its. oat
. * "iwiC?' enillr ArfiAms 'Shit Comas before.tp.rtoastr Of Its *1ib44104; rue these tal
44smpat —kit pittause:).; Copi_4 it, tiserifire; ' Otberwifi isiantk lOtl yeigimO, wbea
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ship Aost *rsttying to tont firetilit ttiliase an bpportts• bt foniil Ctiiiiti wore pesti
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; • al .4 tf0u[314.410 atlnitaktioti ors Map 'Otos,. repliZ.lisii, as des}ittste Of all print
to .great op A fas,,,ivai still 6e. day'ideieliiiiiNaia; riiiewbliv,,,, gig piltilentiat f;
w • tso etrainautlt .14tti&kelli ttri:•4l!lr..adutiritiO.s, hot ilietovioces.,.4 tat poly.
*. a se 500' bits itpleadisiAlleoN.:bot f his -honest anti ia• t alt (belt .excalient yoli
defirtdegt , rill,cipieS.t4 . marl
,enore 1): obe sat t he stiecessrul war, toot
do if 'ter Liked ' tbo obln bo why wa Stilts-et thiitt oWn
.perephie
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fir
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told ii) tsssth, 141 ;"hrier9w 16 'the 1 ti 4
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, Ito. ,7 , . ir idiittp p&; ext ii gio Vet isio
... parts of OA, alputed land:,
t ~..* Masi halter% smaretitris ve4 ch I.iAi ' I u Ibis c.ttior, lief.e. i!ii,
1 s 'ti 01'060,0 ..ri!cliMil4l,- bi, ik Alt: • ‘rii: • •
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iiiiitet bap. _ .sto gi ~_ ,t"ifitsiimie4iljaas mg
164,,allsolltpiteetle ilia' hif taT OW one o,
' gaiitirefftom wildellitbe knoof!my'NollSr•
. ed. flinattosOlite Wins dailttetetlit t 3 idelhe
in the menet of proposinee, tett altPlilllNltteilftlikakinti
isopii.ll -of • that tout,. traweLlfth'• Olt tityllilletePtlnd
tar very' nwtortrtiesit• elver imakruoe's4iitlood
per riplaPhhation' SittSited'dilolbfrutiliegl! reps'
, ' • flair.. and Willle drank Willi gritaterffeeitne'
• lave any tiile to aspiie U, litat•liY tiem-of, Iles, pewe
1,0 fled, and • ins,tllt venerates, men can that fa-
Zll waif q eillt ;Wilted, or Will'ise-Igniterimititinhaar*
two by the humble individual Who Akio retort! bislit-
felt *lets (Omen), I Set. Tantienten. .my true title to
this Conti* slat- ttistitigalibed rotopthaeat; 1 feel That
I am holehted for it to mritult and persevering devotion to
those ptinciples eft libett#, aeld'tit thlt7idefed love of Ode-
ram" the value and •tb e potilysif *Miff wil are•thlit'day,
es aospicieesiy for itteirfurt herptiogrestlitta effete's, stfe:
ems, assembled in tile greiVerni eeNghteneil city to Fele-
henteis.she.persearof Moe IA 01 is*thttl t Afibst flistilifroislied
diampiosr(hlwers).'. ilessi lt Hied sin' ther felftst extent,
that y on, a boilrofinir fide* soltittrytmete, so well qualified
se firma ..jost sad motivate opiltitch, glitarrier credit' Or this'
dimly smitten' maintenance of thodePrlneipletu-prineipPell
so essentially ioecwiren wish the best • interests of oar
common country, that if e'er the people shonkinehapplif
beeomehlimi tatheir valee,•oi litkewatm In
ACV' &Melo,.
then, indePay.wi"-thir"gitY of
• erfilt• nrinin have
reached its.term (cheers - listay also, ibdeedpelaild' saute
regard .for. haring• in-eiy; pitle ' ItarProllameal taken 4
strong interest in thesdiseassion antiques of what are
„died, in the language of the HosteeritUohlmbamNewttiall
euestious(hesr.). I batte'been found by the aide of my NW*
Friend, and hy, that of toy Honourable and . Les reed Prima*.
opposite (Mr. Kennedy.) sometimes to, witness the triumph
of truth. hoe too featuatiritt sserifiee to theikeitiot DP
those nho never heastlibe debate, bus who tame When
eallek et eheinsrolatit.of At felinister.--(Helse.) • - TO!' the
grestgautioo of . Pedimental Reforms I. have alerted
giren my littlest support. It' was thereldrowith delight'
baton thisnight I beird abar,rottat efleatittl vablettl..pie
pketin a manor, and. pee; teeth- witli'ais'antifbritylhit
most produce a mar elfef ' Tkii timperioi*:* the !collie.'
ma• but sheer tilt' thitti ritjitditeoiritoedr. orthit.hlgli,
uthbrity, ntita she*" id eve4V unpreindiciit Mind, treat the
(freshen of reform in the ItiiiCientation of the People is no
Weer whet it hat lista entitovrenrecl.to amak it lea tip ar, as
thaidle topic of disclaimers, or enthusiasts.. but, that • laid
:timber conviction:44.6e most entl4htened, the most in-
tellectaal and most eeneribib, portion of the [leftist loin:
amity. There heel; hemester; one peerage.. iIS :the-speech
Mike Ile,. end Learned Professor who introdticed` ttle'
cooties with meth- peculigrittengthi thathe will excuse
MP VI "wen to correct in Me appeared to fear telt those
who ert Pi...gibers Of the Horne of Commons. and are now
sisembled-here; should be dispersed tit' plead fir Ito'. eh-o-
rig.:et: I, avone, beg to assure 'hint., that those nho kqow
il%es feed moat hots, tnueli it revires a Substantial 'and a
sit* rtikonisithini ' TheltiformationSf koglittd-Is;iiint"
komm,defective enongh, I.lore-the 13040t1 C to be chosen
one ((the Itipetisettratieesof, the tOWit 'dr Yottinkhato, one
ebitOse few: lariki.antl Opnlen), ind..peblic-spirited places
sada is: elle metkif•e..eigast, of returning Jleosber., and. yet,
1 loope-.-and l ihrnkl. i.e the prospest—shr slov•is nos
.4isteini,, when the itepresentative of 1 Nottingham will
otl., lite, hold ..,..Pf a the Itepresentative the. City
~. jaa,giav,-s-(Plieera).4nd both be found united io
see continuo interest, to prom/ore the success of Meil and
seligious liberty, •nd to- strengthen those • great - in;
Semi on which thelappinessond prosperity 'of their coon-,
tkinin depend [heat, bear'!). Indeed; when WO speak of
ftle British representation; it 'is only when "prated in con•
trtst with the state of Scotland that it Could be' tolerated:
Te talk of the repretentlittott of the people in the system of
Scotch boroughs was a mere:Mockery (cheer), a mockery
the meet noqUelifiek with. only one • esteeptiom "and that
eseeption was theatatesa the • representation in the Scotch
Counties (continued churl). I feel extremely happy in
seeing my Ilonontiblianefloartied Friend bete (Mr. /Een-
nmi y), who's° ably deentte'himielf to Oft et Vie essential
improvement of the Ma' by - Joy In criminal cases io
SKitland. . The, teeth of his oowspiristl efforts for three suc-
cessive Sessions was before the country—both where he
sitercerlee.• and selleie Onto* ha lalledthear, hear; hear:).,
Withliat the TAM by Jolr§,', 1, as an English laawyer, ren-
ts* to tell yon that there can be no security in any court for
life or property (cheers); -and; I .must be allowed to add,
thit the hahitof discharging that particilar trust, is the best.
.duration (and it may be' the very strongest reason with
t bine who resisted 'the proposition of-Mr.'S., that it would
' to qualify freemen for the exercise of
,wn reeresentatives (hear, hear!).
A occasion, to bear my testimony to
action whichselected the toasts we
;lithe chief magistrate of these realms
the' higtmit respect; and for' those
it ever he remembered. unseated one
oir family.oo the throne, a strong re-
trained. The cause of liberty allover
,eongenial with every virtuous repel
letkolarly Calculated to arouse UM
'That' cause Which was pair So
inbloshing tyrants, and' which was
./ge alterations of fortune, reviving in
w be hoped, expiring in Spain, trampled
soder foot in Italy and Naples; but which, while one
exemegle.of a tree people remains, may yet be resuscitated
tilltrillteedischnifititre of those impious 'despots. who
W !hie to circumscribe the progrese of-human ins-
Prbtensent ' .'to . their contracted conceptions of what
44 deemed to be fitted to the capacity of free *and
independent comnannities—(bear. hear. hear !)--Such
a smut unltl never be. indifferent to this country; • for so
long Moue principle of oppression remained Wiseman! in
thesubjitgation of anyone independent St/aesthete Could be'
no metrity.for the rest (hear, bear,: hear!). It tar lately
beretnefashionable to talk. of the imptovitiffent that bad'
. taken pfaitrin the blitilstrl df this con airy ; and yetottraigii
• toilliiLgth tat this rifeetatien as to the supposed improve-
, i ‘.it was Undeisiabhstimt the distrust of the people ire.lt a, Ministry war ;4ailY. inereasing (bear, hear, hear I).
Roth was, tbat the people of these .times•were too Weil.
informed:--too retesting, to be deceived or cajoled byname
priodatoe. uratillsoQ They knew the* Mitsistero *elk,
aal'•bad we. !heir Conduct. They remembered'
ilitkilitaita *et .code to neery proposition for the repeat
of taxes. until they were forced 'by the apPrehengion'tif
ftading their former silltlMMlNffefert them (cheers). They
remembered that whEirtbe diseontentsarkeing from avowed.
distress armed. Ministetf Wi s
th monstrous, and heretoliiiiij
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• tf Of ' to b a that Stipa sae drools
ige *pourable and beßlllßrOentlentan at len My iiiiiitidiostbdithikkavori
gber siesdcodi-A-OrtiitilionebA-Pristd TA* *We proeolusr loop,* *fp/ aru sig.
obitirbtlfdpiltiltectibPretbitollit , ~ _too,* I aisjtraes on the joitiFe ofgh h
' 4.l4bit dlitiatifsiltd ellitairib; did 'ilie TtErinitir'stellicbotri, Olaf died -10' iiis;
*rifts
ibs WOW esiteSerie;'Ybo ninWelitiiebielb ilyfoklft 111,44•billtettenkialld uplatbaggthsAil
UAW. 10118. •.Illl'!!0°611111ier's %Nlll umy Noble ileeteri°,l“4,oo4l9/feftlbs•X. }Mk.

bitnellat great effect), to
Ile rip lit to elect their of
I beg leave,on the prefect
tint eleillint disctimina
lablliilllM proposed, Ail
tbintioitis entitled tii'th
wb kb; it 'Masi
and plated anotiii
s^.t Should also be !marl
the Lndild'is ientiMent!
gebbras'ilkind. and part
'rapidly of Iltlibt 3.
sti'Ongliltsaolred by on
exposed to such strange
Greece—not, it is to bs