Cheshire Whig Club.
The Times, 1824-10-13T00:00:00

The Oublic dinneir to cclebrate the anniv'ersarv of this club wa" given on Mlonday evening at the Roy'al Hotel, 'Chester. The ap.. proach of this festival excited no slight interest in the political circIl-A of' Cheshiire and the adjacent counties, in Con1sequence of' some ru- mnours which bad gone abroad, stating that considerable diffrerence of oprmion existed amongst the leading Mrings respecting thte "1-De- claration of Principles" which latelv'appeared in the Ppaers as the officialI declaration of the iao:thcrm Whigs (though now; esi p pears, without the consent of that body). It now, howeverr s cera- tain, thaut those reports were without foUndationl, and though there did occur some slight differences of opinion on the subject of "c the declaration," they related more to tche fonnt tlhan to the substance of that document. A meestinjg (of the members of the club exclu- 6ively) was hield a short timne before the dinner, on Monday, and at this meeting the amended declaration (as it was afterwards read) was agreed to. WVe applied for permission to attend this me-et- ing, but were told that is was siriclly private. lie did not, there- fore, _Press thie requiest. Wie understood, however, thEat sorme indli- vidualsgot clandestinely into the room where the meeting was, held, ard tenk notes of 'what passed. There. were present at the mieeting, and afterwasrds at the dinner, Sir J1. Sta%lev, Chairmnar. ;Ar. Atladocks, Ill.P.,Vicee-Chairmart LoIrd Crewe; .M1r. Toilectt. Mr.R. Leycester, AI.P.; Alr.J.Wgilliams,.IilP (for Lincoln), Mfr. Cunliff; Air. G.AWilbrahami ; Colonel Htugbes', 1.P.; General Clegg; Rev. W. Crewe; Mvr. C. Mlytten; Mr. B. Staniley; Mr. R. Lyoin ; Mr. Sadworth, and several other respectable gestleme-a of the cour,tv. At a quarter past six the Chairmian, ascompajetied bv about 84) members of the club, entered the bxll-recmn, and sat dov'i to an ex.- cellent dinner. As soon as the cloth was removedi, Nloit NVobi was sung by some profecssional ger,tdemen. is In, giving the first tonast, thie CasAtastIAw said, " Gentlemen, there isnot a more glorious siituation than that of the K[ing of a free peo- ple. who is nrot obliged to join t:.e Hioly A'lliance, in endeavourinng to rvevnt their subjects from thinking that the people have their rng.Zsas welIas kings. I give youa'The King.'" Tliis was drankwith loud applause. Tune-" God sa-e the Ring."e The next coast was " The People: may, they ever know their rights, and knowing, asRsert them." Song-" ]Eule BritanniaL" The CHAIkatAi....Gentlemen. I am now gong to give you a toast, which should have besn giv~en second, if n a ot turned the paper, and the other toast caught my eye sooner. I give " The Royal Family, and may they never forget the principles which placed them on the Thinome." (Lioud applause.) The CaAxR mkiAx-Gentlemen, we hiave drank the sovereign, and wve have drank, the people. I now give you-" May the people end their rulera hear in constant remiembrance the glorious examplo of 1688." (Drunk with loud cheers.) Beoegiving the next toasit, the CIHAItRMAN said-Gentlemuen, Ref'ormy of Parliament is a siubject on whkich the best friends of the Constitution may differ. The Tories say wve are fakirly reetresented in Parliament : you will, however, understanid that as v;u plmuse.. 'Ae think that reform is necessatry which I will now propose -to you-"' The essential form of liberty-a full, fair, and free reor.een tation of the people in tite Commnons' House of Parlia.-nent."(Ti toast was drunik with loud applause.) The CHAramAS.-Gentleuaen, there are two -;.icular priiiii the Constitution wh-ich s'o ought peculjarly to hole ~n reverence- and esteem.-the Habeas Corpus Act, and the'ITrial by- J urv. By the onie, our persons are preserved fro-ii being arbitrarifly arrt.ited. 'or detain. ed, for offences not known to thie laws ; by the other, we are to be tried by uprighit Jutdges, and juries who do not look up to, a Court for preferment. "1Thie Habeas Corpus Act, and Trial by Jury," were then drunk 'with loudI applause. The CHtAistacAY....Ger.tlemen, we have drank the Habeas Cor- pus Act and the Trial by Jury, I will now give you " The memory of Lord Erskine"-a man to whom the country is more indebted for the enjoyment of list civil liberty than to any other, not excepting hiergrratest warriors ,bysea an)dland. (Applause.) I remember the timie, Gent'lemen, whien., but for the eloquence of that mant, the Gxo- vernment wvould have been enabled to obtain a verdict agaiRst the principles of the Constitution and the liberties of the country. Were it not for his successful efflorts, no man could consider hiniseif saf"e from that destructive engine of 'despotic power.-constructive treason. (Cheers.) Trhe toast was then dIrunk with loud applanse. The next toast w6as--"' The strong hold of liberty-a free press," which was drunk with loud applause. ir. J Alli.-tocics, l. P., the Vice-president, proposed the health of the President.Sir J. Stanler,which was received with loud cheers. Sir JoseN STANLEY, in returning thanks for the honour con- ferredl upon him, said that he felt proud in beingz thus placed at the headl of the Whigs of Cheshire and the adjacent counties. He gloried, he said, in the name of W"hig. It was a namne by whicli our ancestors were distinguished, who had governed this countrv -with glory for the greater patrt of' the last century. But it wass now' become the fashioji to call the Whigs a faction, forgetting that they asked for no more than the rights whtich thiey accorded to others. They acted according to reason, and not frorm recret or inter- ested mnotives. They steadfastly adhered tothe honest assertion ot chose principles which they believed to be the best for thec govern- ment of' the country. The Tories however, would never allow t`lem thie iuerit of' any thiing. Whatever thley said or did was always attributed to improper motives, and they were called factious when they were only asserting the rights of themselves andi their fellow-sufijects. (Hear.) He ;would assert that it Was the Tories who were the faction. It was they who bad, whether in or out of power.. beeni opposedl to the best and mnost valued principles of the constitution-who had ever been hostile to the recognized principles of public liberty. If one were to give preference to that party which haid ever been mnost zealous in support of the state, and thie just tire- roaie ofte Crown. the lVhigs wrould most undoubtedly heat the palm. They had cvergiven thatcounsel to their Sovereign whilch tend- ed most to secure to him the loveanci affection of his people,by making the best interests of' that people the constant objects of' htis gvr- ment. (Applause.) " But," continuied Sir John Sranley, "1 I chiink I ear the Tories say-' Oh, to he sure an opposition is very goodl, anti is generally of service to the state:' that is, they, wouild have us watch as sen'tinels en the outwrorks of the constitution, whilst they remained without troiuble in possession of the strong holdof owe. Bu te wil dono uchthing ; we will also look for a shre f tat owe whih i solarelypossessed by our opponents. We an iveto ur onach he amehonest counsel which had beengivn tohispredcesors y or ancestors; and I will add. would have been at sea upon an ocea-n of uncertaimt. Atss. The day (continued the hon. hart.) was now goeby( he h Tories couuldl look for that dlegree of popularity, whchteaton time in some dlegree piosszessed. They had lost tha eprr sup-. ptort which they had derived from the terrers of the FrnhRvltion. They were visibly on the decline, while the rinubers of the Whigs had 'increasged an'd were increasing. They were the pilots that ought to weather_th storm. (Chieers). Akd he hioped, that in the rext century, they nuight enjoy as great a portion of political power as theyv had had in the 1Iat. (A'pplause.) Tune-l" 6lorious Apollo." The CCIAI atMAN again addretssed die mecting, andi observed, that they htad of late had arvery considerable share ofiniotice taken of them by, vthe pu,blic papers-a-s ifsa set ofgentlenten had noT a riglttomeet to tlechare their opinions. The circumstance which hiad mnore immlediatelyr draws; the attentioni of thec public to their procecedings was, the publicity given to a document said to br an official decla- ration of'their political opinions. It was true that thAat was tlrawn up withi the intention of having it srthtnitted to the consideration of thie cluib. huit not with- thec view of giving it publicity l6rfore it had been submitted to ainti adopted l'y thlenl. It had tlta't day, been laid before thiem, and, with some very few. alterations, had been unani- monsly agreed to. He conel,itdcd by giving " The NJ,hig Club of' Cltester end the ad;acent countics ; anid 1by oteadfastness. Moderation, and unanimity, may it altvays countinuc to snpplort the cause of ra- tinal libert.' This wasilrunk With louid cheertz. The CeAi s l elxt gavc_-" One of the oldesit fountlers of the WThig Club, and als,o the old, tried, and sincere f-riend of the people -L-ord Crewe." The applause which followed thiis toast Was most ernthusiastit-. As soon as it subtitled. Lord CREwr briefly rctutrned thanks. When he looked around him hi renicd t fid s utny ldfriends who had longr ago distngueh~d litnseit thir upprt,nowcoming bark to ass,ert the samepriniple, ston hich foras lngstimne, they, bed given hiim theirsuifages.lie ouldassur the, tht the few reainalinig years of is ifeshold e dvotd t thir ervice, and that of the good old cause which they hiad ths, day, met to suppttrt. (Cheers.) Song-" Auld Lang St.ni." The next toast w,as-' Thc cause of civil and religiou1s Itheity all over the world." It was loudly applaudled. The CH'AsC NsA.y now announced, that the Recretary Was about to read "ithe declaratietri" of thie priniciples. of the eluh. which had been agreedI to at the utcetinge before dinner. Pe was haPPY to saY that cthe meeting wcasunanimious en this occasion. (Cheers.) Thus tIter w'ottld goi forth to the world united in theit object, to tite greatt tnomitificat.ion of their enemies, who wouldi no douibt feel sorely grieved to finid that there wei not that disunion a-monrgst them which thcy had, to industriously reported- LLhesee.) Mr. -SwA ysIc tliten read thie following declaration:- "Thi s Asisoci ation w as fot mecl to foster an d mai n tainR Cte princt- plea of' the glorious revolution of" lMS, and was calledl ak Wh'ig Club, wicith reiderer,ce to thie bol d an d enligh teined I oen whlo tried to remedy the colitical abuses of that day. "li'v the Bill of Rights it li-as declared, that Perliamsents otight to be held frequently, and that elections of li' ,bsrs f Parliament ought to he free. 11By the 6th of Wlilliam andl Marv, h ita ute.et ertecir of tithe tchat the sanie Parliatnent Was allowe'd tO, b,t, Was three ya.- . 1 the Act of Scttlemlent it Was oraind hs i tru wlS as office, or pluee of profit, from the King, ec'*evtc petsi,~sVm from the Crown, shall be capable of serving Pa . mnlrber Pf~L ,hHouse of Commons, which was subsequently mcd,aeci rs-taC oF P=ith- ment passed in the reigna of Queen Anne arld George -. f Hors, th-en, the moest timid have before titem principles of re.. frm, which may carried into effoct, simnply by tlevestilif to Pastt tnleasures of tried utility which formed Ithe lair aitud constLitution of the land during the be-st portion of' its history. " WVithout, thierefore, in the least presqumingp to lav down any doctrine as to thle means of obtaininig the onlyl legitima;te tmode of all reformu..,an uprighit administration of aflkirsis or psTeending t- define the exact limits to which each particular reasureshou~ld be extend,. ed, or to determine whether the adoption of siome may tnot supler.. sede the necessity of others, it appeacs that the best security against the evils we cotmplain of ilbefndisoeucmaurss the followingilbcfud:.sme-. llaursR " First, that Parliaments should be elected more freqllenty. "Secondly, that inefficient and subordinate placesnen be excluded from the House of Cosnatons. at elaeolt,ions.l a more expedius and less expensive mode of voting "Fourthly, a more full and equal representatoti OF the people in Parhament, and such an extension of the eiective franchise ill boroughs and large towns5 as their increased opulence and intelli. Fence may justifY and require. " TuLe club considers these measures to be in strict confortnity with the recognized principles of theconstitution, and to involve no risk except of those abuses which every friend to his country woirld wish corrected, end which even their most zealous odvocates areuD- . able to defend. " Finally, the main use of this and similar associations t5 tokeep alive the old free spirit of the country, and to collect the scattered. friends of rational liberty under such abendlof social union Ya Will encourage independent men to spealt their minds freely upon public occasions, ensuring the toleration, if not the propagation, of libster princples, and above all, to secur-, whentver sufficient cause ariset, end in spite 6f the obstz.cles whichl factien and legislation have iam, posed on its exercise a continuarnee of t4ee inestitiable eight of neet- l and petitioning the Legislature." The reading of this doeumevt was received with loud cheeridir lined CiEawE exp;essei his satisfaction at finding that this dwel,. ration had raef the undivided eppTobation of the meeting. Re wes sorry that a very zeilous member of-tthe Club iwassab. sent, in consequenee of, A-MijrtW-e hii- fhm lya-he 1Mr. Geor-e Phillips lin6t li would gve thetil.the hetho nhr Staffordsttte membex of the club, whose services theyh~ta days ial oakolde lie would drink "Mr.Til,ad h oStaffordshire." Thetoast hiaving been drunk, with loud' applause, Mrl. TOLLET, -in retuirning thanka for the h~nour done hiim, Id, that in cionnecting his name with what took rlace that day, the eholord had over.rated his inerits. The oy'erit whir,h he cauldl claim vias that of having endeavoured (he wzs happy to aay successfully) to reconcile some rontrary opinions. He lhed reead the original declaration; and thouigh he admitted that it was foanded on the moat strictly contstitutlonatl picpe Yet there were even in those principles shades of difference, wihich, when, they came to be em-bodied in a public declaration of a political body, we!e not unfit subjects foir discussion. He had employed his momtiag in endeavouring so to framne the declaration -as to prevent 'that want of unanirmity, at which, no doubt, their eaeinies woutld greatly rejoice. It was to him a source of unitnixed s-atisfac.. tion, that in this attempt he and those friends who hiad joined with him had been completelv successfuL. (Cheens.) Such meetings as the present were snuch to be cultivated throughout the country, but in Po place were they, more required than in that county wbeTe they were now assembled, and thiecouinties adjoining. 'I'he circumstanice whichi had caused the formaEtion of this cluh vas the haughty And overbearing coniduct of their political adversaries. Thley (the WVhige) had been ro treated in the county, as if to be a Whig and A disloyal mant were one andl the samne thing; whereas,' as hiad been well ob- served by their worthy Chairman, true Wliiggisin was the best jest of loyalty. (Loud cheers.) Nothing was heard on a recent occasion but radicalism, as aplied to theo Whiga. He, however, Was one who wvould not be pu rmhsproeby any such epithet. if by a Radical was metant apro whobected to the political systezm of the lart half cenuy e a aical, but in thait sense and no other. W eenwmc improved in our circurmstanceo, but wby vhssd not that improvement taken place ten years aga? W had not some Teduction taken place In, the first year, wvhen the heavy expenges. of' the war had ceased. In that year a -err general outcry had been maLde against the income-tax, but " No," said the then Chancellor of the Bielhsequer, "1if youi take away that tax, theeredit of the country wvill beruined." In this'the Tories o'f the day at first concurred, but in a short time the tax began to touch themg where alone they were vulnerable-it began to pinch thecir pockets, and very many of tihem were soon found whbere they had never been seen before-in the rank(s of the Oppostion, and voting for a rensission of the burdens of th pope. Lu ches) But what had they done since? Had the beneulyaxous to remove the causes of the heavy- buardens; o'heppl-.uncssary Pla-ces and pensions ? No ; but they ha befoninte ranks of Mlinisters on every quiestion wvhichi did not press particularly beav-y on thetuselves. A worthy ftiend of his ('a member of' the House of Commons) was asked some time ago, at the end of a session, what haid been dune that, year "Oh, replied hie, in) the huting prase of hig country, "lite e; little; however I have been in at the death of two Liords of the Admniralty, anad rga -e ground one Postmaster-General." (Cheers and laughter.) Butfin tbi mlsrseeaion there was niothing done, except indeed the repe41 of the silk duties; but, saidI a Tory, why not repeal the re- air~er of' theansse-ssed taxes ? About that be was anxious, because iteafected himself but he woulq leave all petty jobs aknd sinecure places to find thecir own remiedy as the mihtbebelieved, how- er-er, that if the question of the assessed 'taxes were pressed, the Tories would have been found wisilingz to give uap the vote of iOO,0OO1. for the building of new churches, and the large suim voted for the Ornamnent of the grrand( palace at Windsor. (Cheers.) The hon. aentlemsae concluded by thanking them for the kind attention they bad paid himn. The health%s of Lords G-rosvenor and Belgraye were next eiven roithe chair, uan drank witb loudl applause. The CHAR3Aras.sx exlpressed his r, et at the- absence of the noble E~arl and his son, whiceh, he observed wa caused only by the illness of Lady Grosvenor, wlho Was Ill at L~eamington. Ar. R. I.xvCESTrxs returned thanks for L-ord Grosvenor, add.. ing, that he was cerrain the declarationi whichi had just been read wvould be fully approved of by his Lordship when he read it, Lord CREwifproposed "1The memory of 'he Right Hon. C. J.1 FOX," anld regrtted that his princIples had not been acted upon sooner. and moec generally. Had ha been the ease, thjey would ionz apro niave seen mnany such meetings as the present. (Cheers.) On the healths of " T'he founders of the Whig Club, and the WVhigs oif Chieshire," being druink, MVr. G. WrLBRARA-3s, as One Of the founders of the Whig club, begged to thank them for the honoriU they had done thoseindividuals with whom he had actted. Hffe regretted the absence of his hon. friend (M r. Davenport), whio wvould have exre. sod in a manner worthy of the occasion, the thanks of the foundelra of the elub, for she mainner ini which their names had been received. tVhen first this club wvas established, he had been asked, what practical. benefit would result fromt it?P As he had not the gift of prophesy, he felt it diffirultto answer thatqttes-tion, But now that three years hkdelapsed since the establishiment of th)ecliib,he might beable to form abetter judgment on the subject. W11ithin that perioila more liberal policy hAdbeen adopted by His Ma,jesty's Government-u more concihlatory policy towards Ireland ; and, he might add, a more delicate attentioh pwaid[to the liberties of the peo-ple in general. He wrould not say that thi improvement in the political situation of the country was owing to the e-stablishment of thie Whipi clu%; but it could not be thought, he dieemed, that this imnprovemnent in mitnisterial policy was mainly to be attributed to thegeneral increase in, and display of, the feelinys of the country: for he would ask, wouldI anzy minis-. ter now dare to suispend the liberties of the people on such pretexts as they used in 1817 or 1818 ? In iventioning thiose periods, lie could not but revert to the conduct of the citizens of Chester on that occasion: thley in a very matrked manner showed they knew their rihs;and k-nowing, dared maintain them. It had been seen in she perod to whichi he had adverted, that in a meeting of those who diffre widely from them in politics, some of the very political sen.. tiinents which had been given and applauded in that club, bad lkeen proreird an-d-receiveed with general satisfaction. As be was one of those who did not carry their political diafrenices to a war of exter- sn-ination, he was glad to see his politic-al sentiments adopted by his opponents (Flear, hear. It could not be denied that there had. been within a. ehortlaeriod a m-ore general leaning towards the rn ciples of W-higRigm than had be-en known for some timie before( hear, he-ar); hut whilst they rejoiced at this circumystance, let them not relax in their exertions; f or let it be observed, that if fredoom were gained by exertion, a perseVerance in that exertion could alone preserv-e it. While he was on this subject, he would call the attention of the mneeting for a moment to tlsesituation of a noigh. botiringR island, the welfare' of whichi ought to be nearly as dear to Erfglishmen as their Own. He hiad but'just returned from a short res,idence in Ireland. H9e had not seen a great dleal of that country, andl therefore coiild not be a perfect judge of her vs. riottisevils and their remediLi; hut he hadl sean enough tooen. able him to believe, that unless sonmething were effectually done to reetthe licenice which one man see-nert to have, or conceived he ne. to, tyrannize over another for a. diff'erence of their religious opnions-unless a speedy check was. put to the unh'appy systemn of ftion which prevailedi in Ireland, that counitry woulid, instead of what she was called on more than one occasion-the right arm of E,nglInd_speediIy become to hier a most fruitful source of jealousy anid annoyance. (Loutd cheering.) T he healths of the Comnmittee were next proposed, as was also that of Air. George Phillips, thte President elect for next year. Both tonsts were drunk with appluse. In returning tharkli, for the second toast, mr. E. TAYLOn, (of AManchester), in axpeech of.sonic lengthj and considerable ability, (which, along with those of several other getlemern, we are obliged toomnit in consequesce of the veryvlate hour wihich our reporter ari'ved, in town last night,) d*elt withi much force on the alleged dis(turbances in Lancashire, a-nd oni one of the causes of the irritation sniich was-omnetimes felt in th-at count i consecquence of it.sprincip:altown (yielding to none in w alt nd'u. telligence) being denied all ghatre in the representation of the pcoVle. The CnisAnerAim after a warm eulogy on the efforts now making for the recovery of Greece, gave-" May the liberties of modern, re- vi-ir the glories of ancient Greecee."-I5runkc with loud up plaissac This next toast was- The lhealtlh of the Vice-President, Mr. 31`dockaL"_-r. MADOCIts returned thanks. The CtaAM3sAN neXt proposed the health af Colonel Hughes, which was receivrd with shouts of applause. Colonel Vuiiiists returned thanks in an eloquernt speech, at the conciusion of which he proposed the healtli of the Sgcretary, Mlr. SwanIck.-Mir. SwaIVtCK retlurned thanks. The CuAraRAfA next gave-."Thls epublic of SouthAmeriea,and success to those braVe heroes who are now contending for the liberties of tho,e states. The Chairman added, that if any proof were want.. eel Of thec great humanity and liberality wlith which those infant re. publics were actuatted, ir. would be found in the coniduct of the Mexi- can Governmsent to the family of the late unfortunate Iturbide, for who<e fimnilyi after he had iprished as a traitor to kheir laws, a mnost amrple prorisaton had been mnade. (Cheers.) The next toast was " The health of John AVilliams, Esq., AIiP. for Lincoln, and succe.as to his efforts f'or reform itn the Court of Chancery." (Loud and continued cheeriing.) The Chairman add. ed, that if the hon. member succeededl in his efforts at reform in that court, he (itec Chiir'an) would niot despair of seeingareomi Parliament itself. (Cheers.) aeomr .17r. WrLLIA;as rose to return thaniks. After the many oppor. tunities w hich he had had of expressing his Opinions before, and the ordv-antage which he hua taken of them, he had determined to confine th.'lfosiis occasion to merely stating that he still adhered to iho prncpls 4th~~ be had so often avowed before, and which were aprirprocbes j;t of thlose whomn he had the honouir to address; IsrlewsinduicedtOa alter that determtination in consqueuce of the d elrto f ih0 Whip. Club, which had recently madte its appear. as~c ei~irilepublic. H e wo uld ad mit it as a ge neral princriple, that eve-7 rof u soce'y ough lbe prepared to surrender his own ojnin,i ~a~zecettha of he eneal odypeoided6irehisurrender dd ct ccLpsbisebtilfixe an funamenal rinciples. W'ith re.. spct c cIe delaatin, ie oul adit hatitnid excitedgieneral intres; brr ur t wuldreaizethehopes thait had been tormed, woul rcmintoesen. A fars tat declaration had gone, he conurrd wth t':hutif t soul evr becomne the subject of dis.. cesson n anthe plce, e wuld givng ere ly is own private opinin, nd so as membr ofthe ody romihich it emwanatedl) scar tha tht delartiond~dnot gofreog.lLoud cheese.) As frs it weylt, hc -ent with it ; andi isto teaveofhmita Cot because he wished to abandon it, but bectuse it would go ro f,rther srith him. (Cheers.) It had been much objected of le that the refoniers had put forth no defined or specific Plan for tliat ineasure. He would contend that if they sought tS gai-r the great blulk of tihe liation heartily on their plarr, Olsry aught to have somnething defined atid 5pecific.- It would ru do to mropose the King's health with a NVhiggish Intone. thzn, orby showing agood appetite becattse one was out of "lace. ("Hear,'7 and laughter.) Something tangible and prmatical shnilld bE expTreSed. Now, as it might be asked of hira whether he had civ plan of reform to point out, he would answer freely that hi creed extended thus far.-but he gave it only a3 his owen piraw opin!on)-be was ready to vote for triennial parliaments; Mtld he wotld ever, extend the privilege of voting, to copyholders, r2d, under rain moodifleations, to householders also; but he was Prepared to wagC an eternal warfare against the 24ewporta and the cld ports, and tbie St. Ivec, and St. Alawes, and such as tbease,whilch S4y. Burke called the shameful parts of the Constitution. tIe would t5a vour to put an end to the sbamefid practice which disgraced so ttirty afonr elections-of profligate expense by the candidate on the 055 part, and bribery of the clector on the other. (Elear, hear.) wT*s was the outline of the plan which he would propose. It had bti often objected to the lVhlgs that they were without a plan of rdaorm * but let any one read the paamphlet of Alr.Larobton, anid the draught of a biU attached, they would soon f-el thatthe mosteeatlng Whbip, of the eountry were not without a plan. (Cheers.) Having raid thrus mitch as to his own principles, and of those of many ether Whigs,- he would add, that he went the full leugth of she declaaion. He had an appetite for it all, but he felt that oife having swallowed it all, he should stil remain unsatisfied. fiChmere. Haring- said thus much, he wnould -again res,.at tbat he n1COII : talong with those who signed the declaration- but be- t2; )litt tkt Ih every efior at reform the wibhes ofth p eibji dTbht tol~ g t,ud. }ebsted hemnthat;itaw b no il fsecln towatdg *he Obftetof the meiing thathe wished from bis heg# that the decla. ratioof that lay should prove satisfactory to the people of J:ngland; for itwas hisearne3tbopa that the Whigs should male no approach to power, if power they desired, (and he for one bad no appetite for it,) e11cept ni tile sholdeis of tbat quiet and patiently enduring, yet dsisewlng and povwerful suppott, the great body of the people of Eogland. Several other healths and toasts were given, and several speeches delivered in Teturning tbankcs for them. Amongst otherbealths, was that of Mlr. 13. D. Davenport, as the author of the late Deeda- ration of the Whigs, which, thongh not fully adopted, nevertheless entitled him totheir thanks. The meeting continued to enjoy the festivities of the evening un. til eleveii o'clock, when the Chairman retited, soon after which the cormpany Separated. CHESHIRE WHIG CLUB.