Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-20

Burdett." ~
This toast was received With great applause min
glcd with Misses One of the stewards wNlkcd down
the room 10 of the hsSers called him scoundrel,
aud threatened 10 turn him out of the room.
An individual Immediately rose 10 complain of this
improper ccnuuct. Was II riaht that any pefson who
pr"esscd his opinion al public meeting should he
mus addressed by any person who dressed mp in
itiic brief authority In his opinion such conduct
was upiair, unjust, aud improper. Hear, heart
fr. llobfOusc agreed with the complainant th,t
such conduct was improper. II shou. noe occur agoin
II no could prevent il. lIlear.1
After the uproar had little subsidized,
AIR. Hunt rose TO object to the toast. but for some
hnc the noise prevented him from being heard. lie
hen said that, had Sir Francis been present, Lie
should have asked Him Few questions us To his Par.
Ihanieitary conduct. IlIcar1 As, however, he
INought Ihcy might equally apply 10 thc. Chairman,
lac thought that nc might as well ask them them as
they had not only on account OF pnLc principles buI
OF public mcn-l.ear, hear, and he had always I'M
deTSlood that their Representatives before them
on these occasions to answer tho fair questions of
hose WHO piottsscd to he the friends OF purity of
election. The questions which he had Ia propose
we e thcsc:-l. The House or Commons have with
Ia the last i've years, passed yot0s OF public money
amounting To little short of twomons for tho build
/ ing OF palaces, and other such purposes Did SIR
Francis 8urdctt Mr. lIoblouse oppose any ufthase
rutoS:--2. The same House has passed u bill to
hIsrancSe the forty shilling free holders of ireland
Did Sir Francis Burdclt Mr.. Hobhouse oppose
that bir-S. The same House has passed bin to
aulhorisc ovcTscers, hospital keepers, and keepers
OF debtor prisons, 10 sell the dead bodies Of the most
unfortunate OF the poor. Did Sir Francis Burdett
or MIR. Hohhouse oppose that?-- loud laughter, and
Il cry of"ihc old Zone grubbcr can answer that. II
To those questions lie had no doub, that the Csair-
man could give satisfactory for not Opposing
the measures. ithc fact that they did oppose
! them
! Mr.. Goblet, tlrn ROSE amidst STORM of Kisses.
toast, he said, had been proposed to the meeting.
lie vas opposed tp the motion for putting that toast
! Great W lat You will shorten tour work pcl-
tlemen," said Goblet, by hearing me now, and vo-
ting against me hereafter" Mr.. Hobhousc again re-
quos;et! ordcr.1 NTr Goblet the" proceed. 10 de.
scribe the conduct Of Sir f. Burdc,t on Mr.. War.
burton's anatomy bill ms cruel aud nbuIaan; but his
invectves on this subject very short Ly re-
peaicd cries Of" Who dug up Pajgcs jones-' "JPho
tca' Il reSUrectionif ir .Gmerica3"
Tile Chat,nnn-l put II TO the mcr'ing whether
tho toast shall DC drank f. i, the opinion at tins NICE
ting that We drnl, the health Of Sir +. Burdett?
Immense cheering and cries tf Yes" from nearly
all the room, followed this question.
Mr.. Hohhouse-I fairly say that this question has
been carried by large majority.
MI. Hunt requested the Chairman to put the other
side of the question.
MIR. dollhouse complied with the request, and then
live hands, or al most six, raised calf of the
objection.
The discovery Of the rifling numbers Of the mi.
ncrIty created roarS of laughter throughout The room
Mr., Eobhouse. i'll putting be toast from ne cIoir
thanlHnd the meeting for the support which they had
already given him. and assured them. that ii thew
continued to give it him in the same wav every one
of them would 20 away satisfied
MIR Jones Burdctt returned thanks in the rarsc of
his brother.
Mr.. A. Dawson proposed the health of ..the sire
nucus opposcr of public abuses our other able cu-
nghtehed' ara ndeatga5!e representative, john Cam
Hohhousc, Fed
This toast having been drunk with great applause,
he & al ~ u RI" 70 uet9 10 rstH , S cam
Westminster i'll Parliament, on his conscience md
honour hc protested he Thought he had done his duty
and he appealed now to his constituents as il had
/ -
10 ascertain whether not it was their pleasure TO
set the seal OF their appreciation on his pubc conduct,
Dur'hg these ten years he had met them under the
same circumstances, and had boon reccy ed with the
same APPLAUSE Loud applausc.1 Mr. Ilobhous.
then entered on defence of Sir Francis Burdett for
NOT continuing to make his annual motions for Para-
mcutary reform Persons then present well know,
the taun's, outcres and laughter directed apnnst his
Hon. Colleague whom he had brought forward this
subject, and hot from the opposite side of the House
nHt by the friends of Parliamentary REFORM who said
W INC expressive language of a gentleman Mr. G.
Lni0bl once opposed 10 him in his attempt to repre-
som the city OF WcsmInster,-thnt in making those
annual motions, Sir +. Burdctt and those bSut L;r,
(With exception OF Lord Cochrane were in military
iihguagc, merely keeping time making much J,st
anu Itte progress. Were they 10 supi.yse th.t he
cause we DID not make annual motions on the subject
OF reform, we were less friends of it than ever ct
ony man put his finger on the occns, which nrc-aJ
where lie or bis Hon. friend had not stood forward M
inc advocates of the cause, and he woulJ ronf;ass
himself guilty. Loud appause.1 If we have
iEuhu nan standing honestly and uprighty, true to
lhe pu'"c--h we have found man for more than n !
quarter OF century Iinching from anv matter
aHectihg the public interest, or our constitutional
hOertes-f we have found a man upbcmishcd in
morals and character at whom NOT even the nper Of
scandal was ever raised nor had the hand of scorn
ever dared to lilt itself is it fair to allow n man Of
loose character and porgatc habits tn predict ih,i
TINS great man Will not only he proved to be unworthy
aso the public but in all the private relations of his
liic' ICheers.] If oil the conlrary-uiat adni,
IS not comUon-thcre should be any one individual in
the whole world who bias never been known to be-
true TO any public TO any private trust rchrcrsl
who, after having bccH only half trusted has Thought
proper 10 appear before the public ns it he had bscn
wholly trusted, and thos played not tle single but
inc double william IN deceit [cbecrs;] if there should
be any such man alive. who, in order 10 convince the
public OF wha, care he has of ,hcir purse has shcwn
them IN what light ne Considers te has ripbt TO
turn to his account the properly Of his friends
tgrcai cheering. in the midst of which Sir. French