The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-18 00:00:00

Dr. ((KAPLAN proposed the health of "Mr. Lambton,
and the independence el the county of Durham." This
WWI drank with shunts of applause : after they had sub-
sided,
Mr. LAbIIITON said, that he never felt at any period of
his life so much at a loss for words to express his sense
of the eery enthusiastic manner in which they had drank
his health, and for having done him the botia;ur to couple j
his name with the independence of the minty of Ihr-
haus. He assured them that the. value of the mark of
approbation they had conferred use him was incsessed by
the seatiment with which it was accompanied, as that
sentiment united the hearts of all who felt for the liberty
of his satire country.—(Applause.)—He should indeed
be ungrateful did he not acknowledge the ',Matinee of
that spirit, which, during. the late contest, hid support-
ed him in every part of the county, and which was the
dearer to hint, beraule he hail heeta assailed by the shafts
of calumny and effusions of the bitterest ntilice.—(ap-
platise.)—The Hon. Chairman lead told them that it was
his (Mr. Latsibton's) faults which had raised the oppo-
sitionto him.. If it was a fault never to have rompro-
mised witp tlg knavish and corrupt, he was guilty. If
it was is fault Tha; he hail never ceased to oppose the ef-
forts of a base and whom combination to enslave the
county, lie was guilty. Fcr these faults, and fur disdain-
ing to connive at the nefarious projects of a party who
would have ruined the port of Sunderland, he was in-
debted for the opposition which hail been raised against
him. But he would repeat what he had said in other plares,
that he owed to the promoters of the contest a debt of gra-
titude for the many opportunities they hail given him of
becoming assured that be was honoured with the most dis-
tinguished place in the heartaand affections of his 'reentry-
men. It was unnecessary formal to their nsinds tbr ca.
comatances in which the contest originated. It might be
dated from the period of the meeting held in the County
Courts on the subject oldie trausactions at Manchester.
He Ikad tlagtkccal o, that it would lw impossible to in-
vestigate Ale ors fairly, without issuing a commis-
kiln for a par iamentary inquiry. For his conduct on
that occasion he hail been as:arited by a notorious poli-
Val partisan; and 44. kt-ivy artillery of another Reve-
rend antagonist was. also I ght ageing him. Ile al-
luded to Messrs. Militant,. and Ibis leen. These pam-
phlets bad been circulated with as much pain. as Mr.
Canning's speeches, whicls were indastriously advertised
by means that might make quark meiliiiisieviaiders blush
at being outdone in their own 'inc.-0.88%10er and kind
,agolause.)--The object of all thee. efforts was to cast
oilcan upon the non. Slentbef. But be eittenak awl 9404
was ready and anxious to answer any charge against bins
Core the tribunal of hie constituents. ortunately the
day soon arrived when hr was called upon to appear bo-
gies that tribunal, and be trusted lie should nut be cow
shifted guilty of rain boasting when he said that the
issue was as iriunsphant as the heart of tnan could de-
sire. Ile wished not to trample upon& fallen enemy—he
wodit not crush even the meatiest reptile unnecessarily;
bet he must say, si reference to Mr. Philputhe pamph-
let, that the whole of its contents were pletelv falai-
God or confuted, particularly by the evidence aildured
on the late trial at York. His egregious ignorance of ,1
the law of the question had been rtiffirienth exposed j
elsewhere, and hail shared the same tats as his facts.
Here, therefore, Ise would leave him. He (the lion.
Member) had, however, committed another fault, which
the Chairman had omitted to mention. He hail denied'
the statement that there were 100,00 diaaffected armed
men in this part of the country. Ile hail ventured to
say, when their ['engin ter, alto was nun unhappily lost
to them, hail stated that his (3lr. Latubton.9 prope
was allotted for division by the Radicals, that he had
no apprehensions upon that head ; that he had left bes•
hind him what was dearer to him than his pollen% —hie
children; and be did so because he believed that his
property and hi. family were both perfectly serstre.—(A*
planse.)--The Hun. lictstletteen then sail, that be bad
read, in a printed Terris delivered by Mr. Canning et
Liverpool, an interrogatory, whether there was a man of
property who did not feel the tenure by whirls lie hold hie
possessions strengthened by the late restrictive or gag-
ging bills? Ile would tint enter into the detail npon that
gentleman's speech, but should reserve what be had to
say upon that subject till he had theopportunity of ad-
dressing him face to face. Ile would tell him, that he
(Mr. hanibton) deemed his property snore secure before
those Bills were passed than he did now, for they had
contributed to destroy noitual confidence I,etweetu the
people and their governor., end this Ise considered to he
the most melsnrholy situation to whirls the country
could be reduced. The people do not look to any such
measures for an improvement in their condition ; it in
fact depend. upon the chapter of accidents, whether a
scene of confusion will take place, or whether a better
alternative will ensue. Look at the disturbance. at
Glasgow. Would the blood which ha* been spilt there
have been shed, had not a system foreign to the natures
and habits of linglialinseis been introduced, and infused
into their minds thoughts and feelings whirls they hod
never before enter:lined ? Ile did think, that their
natures were fast changing, but the change had been
brought shout chiefly by the to frequent employment of
the military to quell pretended fears, or otherwise
upon the must insignificant occasions. Was there,
then, no remedy? There was a time when a Mi-
nistry which Rased to enjoy public support would
have resign al their places. list now we beheld a set
admen in power, from whose administration it would
seem there was nut much prospect of relief, except
through confusion: so pertinaciously ado they cline hi
'their ogres, and scorn to give them up to the popular
cry. Admiring, as he did, the principles of that im-
mortal man (Mr. Foi) whose memory they bad so often
celebrated in that room, w`inse %tattle then graced it,and
whose spirit, if it could look flown, would contemplate
oar present situation with sorrow, he should always
deem it his duty to advocate every measure of retrench-
ment and re . But when any thing of this kind
WWI brought forwent, it was relief an innovation. Such
a charge cone with a bad grace from his Majesty's
Misisters. Whenever they meant sted any thing against
public liberty—when their Bills to restrict the law,
°fahe press. their ban:shin, Bills. ;heir gagging Hills,
in short, all their la:c erasures, were brought forward,

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