The Statesman.
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of that Illustrious Personage would call forth the mos
rapturous marks of their loyalty and approbation, he
thought it better that the memory of Mr. Fox, which
was to be drank in solemn Silence, !Ilionltt precede ra-
ther than fallow it. On 'the general character, both
public and private, of Ale. Fox, be did not feel it ne-
cessary to say a single word. That subject bad been
so fully ereered into at the last meeting., that it was
fully and firmly established in the minds of all who
heard him, and, the more it was heard, the more it was
admired and respected. Ile would therefore allude to
Mr. Fox with reference to passing events only. He
appealed to all those who hail known that great and
good man, whether his honourable nature did not
abhor tyranny and persecution ? What, then, must
have been his feelings, had he lived in these days ?
The Noble Lord concluded by proposing—
" The Memory of Charles James Fox."
which was drank in solemn silence. This was fol-
lowed by the song—" When Fox," 11/4.c. which was
sung last year. The :text toast was " The King."
I The Earl of ALFIC?fARLE said, he now came to that
' toast to which lie had before alluded, and it was a
subject upon which he was extremely anxious to say
a few words. Indeed, as Chairman, be hail a right to
occupy a small portion of their time upun it, as it was
not a usual toast, and because it teas now proposed
under circumstances the most extraordinary. Know-
ing, however, the anxiety of those around hint to ex-
press their feeling on this subject, he would abstain
for the present from making any ob-triations, and
would propose " The health of her Majesty the
Queen."—(Loud and rel eated chenille). lie re-
quested one moment's patience. Ile had something
to add. which was of vital importance. He pro-
posed
" The Queen. and may the voice of the nation never
cease toethunder in the errs of her persecutors, until her
Majesty is placed in the full possession of those rights
and privileges to which she is entitled as Queen Consort of
these reallll4." _ _

It is impossible to describe the enthusiasm with
which this toast nas received. The whole company
stood up, awl the cheering was kept np for several
minutes. Silence haring► been obtained, the follow-
ing song was sung :---
SONO,

COMPOSED IT MR. /RIF•T of mowincti.—Alß, " THE

1111ARD.S LEGALIA

oil. hail ! Stnr of Ream% tho' foes may surround thee,

The arm of a nation is lifted fu save;
The threat,: of the a :cited •:hri II 'trier confound thee.

_....... .
While thronged in the beartsof the good and the brave.
Tho•slander and tyranny basely are leaguing
To blast thy fair honour and sully thy fame ;
When justice unveils their infernal intriguing,
The day of the triumph shall plungethem la shame.
The tyrants behind thee, unfrirnded, forsaken,
A t ictim their malice might safely pursue;
But thy wrongs rind tin- sufferings anon shall awaken
The vengeance that is to their infanty due.
Ron er'd be the shades of thy kindred who preichsd

In glorious conflict with England's pr I foes ;
And dear in our memory ever be cherish's!
That child whose afft cassis once solar'd thy woes.
Then, hail ! Star of Brunswick. their virtues ►eflected,
'Midst danger and trial beam bright! in thee;
In thy truth, in thy fortitude. firmly protected,
Thy cause is the cause of the just and the t►em
In vain would thy base persecutors dissemble,
The voice of a nation is raised in applause ;
Let villainy shake, and let tyranny tremble.
The i►m of a nation is raised In her cause.

(This song was received uith great app!anse).
The Earl orAIMEMARLE observed, that the nest toast
which he hail to propose, in his opinien, followed of
necessity that which they had just drank ; it was a
corollary following from that proposition, and a con-
clusion arising out of it ; be meant the dismissal of
his Nlajesty's present ministers..--(Loud cheers). Upon
• subject which he consider II of vital importance, he
hoped he might be permitted to make a few remark-,
having forborne to speak upon the former toast. Hut
before I.e did so, he wished to say one or two words
in ann-er to a double charge which hall been made
against himself--a charge by his political opponents
that he was always too ready to put himself forward
at County Meeting', while in Parliament he contented
himself n ith giving a silent vote----and a charge made
by his friends of nut haying been active in promoting
a County Meeting in Norfolk, on recent events. To
the first charge he would answer, that it did not snit
his retired, or if they would have it so, his idle habits
of life to take an active part in the debates in Pa-
liament. Ile bad nu ambition to gratify, no object
to attain, and he felt that hr attending in Par-
Lame .t he could do nu good. Besides this, he would
say, without meaning any hostility to any party,
that all the talent, the eloquence, anal the power of
argas a ut was in the hands of those wilt whom he
had the pleasure of agreeing in politics. It would
therefore be a waste of time in a second-rate provincial
performer like himself, to pretend to the place of a
principal actor. I;ut in the county it was different.
' Is this county be came forward, nut because he
thought himself able to go a single step farther in
support of Freedom than those who beard him, but
because in that county he, front the act ident of birth,
stood prominent. Ile felt it his duty, as well as a
,pleasure, to come forward on every public occasion,
and a gratification to meet his friends, particularly on
finch occasions as the present. Ile came forward on
every such occasion, cheered whit the hope of meeting
their approbation, in his endeavours to support the
Constitution on the one hund, or the just pre.ogatives
ist. the Crown on the other, as either may need sup-
port.—(Applause.)—With respect to the charge of
lukewarmness in mot 'leveling convened a County Meet-
ing on recent events, he at tale, pleaded nut guilty.
He would say for hiuteilf, as wen as for bie Honour-
able Friend near him (Mr. (AR) who was implicated
in this charge, and *in the oath, boat with whom be
should be happy to sail in fair, weather or in foul,
that this was the first time a charge of lukewarm.
ness had been made against them. They did nut
wish, as it was said, to " lead the County," bat
they were ready at all times to call a Meeting; they
were ready to do PO new, if it was the wish and will
of the County itself.—(Loud cheers.)—He repeated
that neither was his friend (Mr. Coke), nor himself,
nor the county, lokewarm on recent events. The ob-
ject of calling a county meeting wyt to express their
abhorrence of the rate disgritrefisUpers lion of her
Majesty; and secondly, to pray a dismi I of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers. lint the simple answer, o the charge
of nut calling the meeting was this, that the county
had done both ; they met sad decided cti both points,
not in a hole and corner, sot in the private room of

any private or public-house, but they-did it in the
county Court, where the High Sheriff presided in the
face of the day, and in the face of heir opponents, if
they dared to come forward and oppose them.—(Ap-
plause.)—How, then, could a charge of Inkewarmness
lie made against him, against his lion. Friend (Mr.
Coke), or against the county ? On the subject of the
late proceedings against her Majesty, he was ready
to admit, that he went to attend those proceedings
with a mind prejudiced on the question. He had
heard the various tales of ribaldry and obscenity
with which her Majesty's name bad been mixed
up, and he did not hesitate to say, that he
believed them to be true. He, however, found,
upon inquiry, that they were the foulest fabri-
cations of perjury, and subornation of perjury ; that
they were the result of the darkest and most malig.
cant conspiracy that ever entered the human mind,
and the more atrocious, as it was directed against a
female who sr.►s ►destitute, desolate, and distressed.—
(Cheers.)—He knew not which of the Ministsr• ad-
vised that act of injustice, he had a right to look at
it as the act of the whule; it was an act worthy of '
them, anal bore the stamp of their character. Their
conduct towards her Majesty, and to the country,
were of a piece ; and looking to the former, he most
solemnly declared that the proceedings against her
Majesty had a greater tendency to spread immorality
through the country, to bring the law and religion of
the land into contempt ; to degrade royalty, and
to agitate and disturb the public mind, than all
the measures of all the Radicals in the country,
even though their number exceeded the creation
of the most timid imagination. lie did not snp-
pose the company understood the meaning of the
word radical ; fur himself, he did not distinctly
understand it. If they vere to judge from the
language of those who were determined to sup-
port the present Ministers, right or wrong, a Ra-
dical was a man who :disapproved of the conduct of
those Ministers ; who thought that their dismissal
was necessary to the safety and well-beingof the coun-
try—who thought that not only a change of men but
a change of measures was indispensible, and that a
change of men and not of measures would be only a
change for the worse—that a Radical was a man who
thought that a total change in the Administration was
necessary ; who thought that this change could not
be brought about by any set of men, however willing
to stop the torrent of ccrruption ; who did not pos-
sess the confidence of the country ; who thought that
this confidence was only to be obtained by measures
of conciliation ; by restoring the Constitution to its
original purity; by repealing all laws restrictive of
the liberty of the subject, and particularly the six
Acts lately passed ; and who thought, further, that
a Reform in the Representation of the people in the
Commons House of Parliament must inevitably take
place before these things could be accomplished.—
(Applanse•)—lf this was a correct definition of a
Radical, he gloried in the title—(Loud cheers,)—and
if numbers were necessary, l►e was convinced that the
great body of the sound and loyal population of the
Country were of the same opinion. There may be
some persons called Radicals who meant mischief. Be
it so ; but he could not admit this without recollect•
ing the measures taken by Ministers to make such
Radicals. He could not forget the Green Hag con-
spiracies; he could not forget the (Hirers, the Castles,
and other miscreants who hail been employed to create
disaffection in the Country, in order to serve the pur-
poses of Ministers. If Radicals did exist, be could
not believe that they existed in any considerable num-
bers. Some persons having been reduced to t'istress
by the real-administration of Government might have
been driven to desperation. The great body of the
people, however, were loyal and well affected to the
Constitution; and it was because they were loyal
and well affected, that they so strongly and gene-
rally expressed their indignation at the conduct of
the present Ministry. After exposing at length in a
very masterly manner the base and odious measures
of the Administration, the Noble Earl hoped that his
Majesty would listen to the voice of his people, and
concluded, by proposing—
" The Dismissal of the present Ministers, who have
alike proved themselves the enemies of the Throne and
the People."
This toast was drank will► loud anti repeated sheers.

The Ltd of 011:m t I.E next proposed " the Health
of the Duke of Sussex," which was received with en-
thusiastic applause. His Lordship, after explain:ng
why this toast was PM proposed before, read part of ~
letter from his WTI! Ili; imess, in which he stated that
illness alone prevented his attendance at the Mee ing.
His Itoyal Highness added, that in spite of the threats
ahnse of a part of the Picas, he still gloried in the
principles hy which the Meeting were actuated when
he had the pleasure of meeting them last year.
The nest toasts were—" The respectability of the Crown,
the durability of the Constitution, and the prosperity of the
People."
" The Constitution, according to the Principles asserted
at the Revolution." _ _

14heriff of the county of Norfolk."
" The Mayor, soil Prooiwrity to the City of Norwich."
The MAYou returned thanks.

The Earl of I.IIEMAIILE, after pronouncing a
glowing eulogium on the public and private charac-
ter of the Bishop of Norwich, proposed " the health
of that Reverend Prelate." It was received with nu-
bounded applause.
Archdeacon BATnestsr, in returning thanks, assnr-
ed the Meeting that his father fully participated in
the feelingr and principles by which they were actuat-
ed. The Reverend tientleusan made some pointed ob-
servations on the persecution and cruelty which had
been exercised towards the Queen, and regretted that
so ft,' lientlemen of his cloth were to be found among
leer defenders.

Lord ALREMARLE said, that the next toast he would
give was "A Reform in Parliament." Dr bad already
said so much on this subject, that it would hr nseless to,
add any thing at present ; be was daily the more con-
vinced of the necessity of a Reform, and come it must,
sooner or later. His Lordship then proposed
A speedy' and effectual Reform in the Represents,
tion of the People in Parliament," with three times
three—(Much cheering.)
Song, " lien Block."
The Marl of ALIIIIMMILIt, in proposing the Duke of
Norfolk's health—(Cherring,)—said, he could not ven-
ture to speak of his tirace as he felt; one thing, how-
ever, he would venture to sav, that he was, as far as the
unjust restraints under which he laboured would permit
him, always ready to stood forward la support of the

!iffhts and liberties of the people.—(Lond
He then gave
" The Duke of Norfolk, and may the hereditary N,
bilitv of the country ever consider it their highest ho.
nor to support the rights and liberties of tiie people.
—Ol uch applause.)
The Duke of Nottrot.k warned thanks for th, honor
they had done him. There mks no din who wore
mired, or who was lICOre utiCiutlS to support the ptio.
ciples of Mr. Fox than himself. lie a•ltueate.l civil j
religious liberty, as, without it, neither the Throne nor
the Constitution could be safe.

The next toast was " A P;eotly repeal of all Laws
which in any degree affect the sAcred rights of coo.
'derive."

The Duke of NORFOLK, in proposing the health of b;,
Noble Friend, the Chairman, said he would nut attempt
expressing Icliat he felt on that WC:116011. As a public
and a private man, his Noble Friend stood stniivalied,
(We caning describe the enthusiasm which followed this
observation, it lasted for several minutes.) The Nz:.:e
Duke cumplionemed his Lordship upon the peculiarly
pleasing and effective manner in which he discliargyi
the office of Chairman. lie had been at many public
dinners, but never did he derive inure real pleasure than
on that occasion.

"The health of the Earl of Albemarle" war drank
with nine times nine, and was followed b►• the luu•lM
and nsua general applause we ever uitnessed in a public
dinner.

The Earl of ALUEMARLE returned his ackowisit•
ment in a very itaterestiug manner, and then peorns,.,i
the health of a man who was known to them all, and of
whom therefore he would not say one word.
"The health of Mr. Coke." (tlentlemen, said his Lord-
ship, I can't recomenentl him to von, as good wine nerds
no bush, so the name of .Ir. Coke needs no eulogy.)
The cheering which followed this toa3t was continued
for a consitletable time.
Mr. Coat: returned thanks in a speech of considerable
length, which we regret that our limits do not allow us
to give. We cannot however, forbear noticing the man-
ner in which it was concluded, " One word," said hr,
with respect to Parliamentary Reform. He bad been his
whole public life an advocate fir it, and during that time
he bad been ashamed of the company lie had kept. The
House of Coninmns had become more daily corrupt a
Reform in Parliament must take place, and he would
use a strong word, a Radical Reform. If a man were
ill, he would require to be radically cured. tie for oae
was for a Radical Reform of Parliament; I,r that tent
of Reform which would give every man a vote who paid
direct taxes. Ile did not wish to see such places as Cal-
tle Rising send. two Members to Parliament, while Man-
chester, Leeds, and other populous towns were unrepre-
sented. The Honourable lientleman, after severe( rf.
marks on the late proceedings against the Queen, which
lie strongly condemned, concluded by saying that his
constituents might depend on his support, as lunge
they acted on the principles which brought thew tuge-
Hier ou that occasion."

An excellent song was then sung by Mr. E. Taylor, to
to the air of •• Itt:LE BRITANNIA."

The Earl of ALnest.t R E apologised for the absence of
Messrs. Smith and Homey. lie then gave—
" The Members for the lily of Norwich," which was
drank with applansr.
The Noble. Earl said, that it had been the firm deter-
mination of Lord Erskine to attend the meeting', but be
was unavoidably prevented from doing so. He had reciei:
ed a letterofrom Lund Erskine on the subject, but not wish.
ing to communicate it to the meeting without his Lord-
ship's consent, he wrote to him to that elect. To Ma
letter we received an answer of which the following'was
'as extract :

I' Nothing can give me more satisfaction than your
adverting to my last, or stating my sentiments as con-
tained in it, whir!, I never can change ; and I am alai-
, out, beyond measure, as I have been supposed, with our
friend iltrey and others, to have slackened iu the cause
of Reform, that the public should know, that from the
time I seconded the motion fur Reform in ISIO, up to
the present hour, I never doubted of its justice or yokel!:
and I am happy to see that the country is disposed so io
us justice ale°. I think that all who arc sensible of the
necessity of Reform should unite with one voice, and
with spirit and prudence united also, to carry this great
and saintary measure into effect, as there is "'''Y an n.•
portunity of doing co, without subjecting its hued aid
Independent supporters to the base calwuutes so tfiltl4
! poured out against theta."
Ilk Lordship then read the extract from Lord Ers-
kine's letter, to which he at first referred, as follows:
"I should have been delighted to have been at vote
Meeting, at Norwich, on the 19th, but 1 ant unluckily
engaged- un lousiness Mat eau neither be deloycd a'r pet
by, and which will occupy toe between the lith and tlst
of next month. There surely never was a time when
the principles of Fox ought more to be commemorated
than the present. The government is at this moment
administered in /leveed opposition to the universal sense
and wishes of the nation. Yet unless the influence of
popular opinion shall he found stronger than the influ-
ence of the Crown, we live umler an absolute monarch 3.
The time, therefore, for reform is not only come, hut is
collie with unqualified safety. There is no party that
deserves the name of one, which seeks to invade the
Constitution; and your Meeting at Noru ids last year,
and one that I hail the pleasure of being present at
in Edinburgh, prove that it is not Radicals, mane
worthy and eirligh•ened persons are ridiculously calleti,
that desire this reformation, but the people of England
in all classes and degrees. As to the late disgraceful
proceedings that we have Lien so long daily parties to,
troth as they regard the proceedings themselves, and a
free press, which has so happily exposed them, they place
the genuine unadulterated Trial by Jury on higher
ground than ever. There is, in fact, nothing e:se left tp
i us j but bow long it may be left to us, is a matter of will
and courtesy in the Crown, unless there is a balance to
it in the House of Commons."
The MAVOR proposed " the health of Lord Bury,"
which was received with much applause.
Lord Bees' expressed his gratitude for the honour
done him.—The following 'feasts were then given:—
" Lord Holland, the Representative of the name and
principles of Mr. Fox."
" Prosperity and unanimity to the new Representative
Governments of Spain, Portugal, and Naples; and may
the arms of any power which dates to interfere with
their risiug Liberties, be turned against itself." WWI
three times three.—(Applause.)
Song, " Fall, Tyrants, Fall."
"The health of Mr. Ridley Colborne."
Mr. COLOUR:4E returned thanks.
Mr. COKE proposed "the health of J. Macdonald.
Esq., M.P."—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Macooxsi.o, in a loud and able speech, said, he
begged to return thanks, and concluded 6y remarking•
that whatever might be sought for by a ten' wen, the
great body of the le were anxious for a moderate
and ronstitutionarerteform. lie it reeteuitiered. that
Animal Parliaments and Universal Suffrage had not
been sought for until all moderate demands for Reform
Ibad •e.ltrheetyWasatedw Ityheretfulwardse.
okhoemmopminolse wouldoat itbewsa:
if
was, and what it unglit to be—a eke& upon the ow'
administration of Government.
The next toasts were—" Karl limy,
and ear Menas
throulthout England, who adhere to the principle of
Mr. Fox."
" Barrett Litiaartl, EN. U. P. fig Ipswich.