Westminster Reform Meetin...
The Times, 1824-05-25T00:00:00

The seventeenth anniversary of the Triumph of lndepculaence,nnd of the Parity of Election in WeagtminEter, vas celebrated :yeaterdie7, at.the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Sir Francis Burdett was in the Chair, afL-Was supported cn the tight by John Carn Hobbouse, Esq., and ona-e left by Lord Sugent. Among the gentlemeft in the immediate i3eighbourhood of the Chairman were-the Cende dc Palmia, Sir R. Wilson Sir R. lHeon. Air. Lambton, rliXr Hume, Mtr. Jones Burdett, lIVr. Sykes, Alr. C. Ilutchinson, and the two, Greek Depaties, IMM. Orlando and Luriouis. The companywia very numerous and highly respectable. Immediately after the cloth was removed Sir; F. B'UlDsT7 proposed the toast of " The People, the only unZyce of legitimate power," which was drunk with thrc-e times tbree. Air" Rue Bri. tannia." The CHAIRM-AU then proposed " the King, and may he never forget his own declaration, that the Thrbne is held Qnly -in trust for the benefit of the people," which was also drunk with three times three. Air, " Hope told a fattering tale." The next toast proposed, and which was drunk in the sanie manner, was "The only remedy for our national grievances-a full, free, an& equal representation of the people in the Commons llouse of Par. liament." Air, "The tight littleistaad." Mr. ADAMS thea rose to propose the health of an old fiend, but not an old friend with a new face. H6 bad been sometines asked where that old friend was, and why he had not been oflener in the Ilouse of Commons, and he always told those who asked him, that after the long continued and arduous services chat he had rendered the electors of Westminster tor so many years he had a fair clim to every sort of relaxation. (Hear.) he told them, -besides, that whenever that old friend's presence might be necessary, he woull be found at his post. He concluded by proposing the health of "The able and steady opposer of tyrann y and oppres-ion_the con. stant advocate of Parliamentary reform-their trlyhonestrepresen' tative, Si: Francis Burdett." This tomst was received with loud and universal acclamation, antl drunk with three times three. Sir F. BURDETT, in rising to return thanks for the honoulr which had been just corfcrred upon him, assured the elector of West- uminster it was with the highest satisfaction that, after the long con. nexion which had subsisted between them and him, he met from them the sameindulgence he had sooften before experienuced; That they had thought fit to bestow the same marks of approbOtlOn on his present conduct as on that which he had isursued in verY ditterent times, and under very different circumstiaces.-in tin!e0 of public calamity, and under circumstances of public danger, convinced him that the principles on which that conduct had been formed had not been mistaken. The observations with which his friend, Air. Adams, had prefaced his toast, required. a word or two in reply. Hi- friend seemed to think that after the ordeal he (Sir Francis Burdeet) had passed, he hald cl daim upon their indulgence for any reaxation that he might wish fromi those exertions which, in other times, he had thought it necessary to make. Butrhepteferted no suchdclaim. If hethougbthis constant attendance wras advisable, o-cauld be useful, it would be found that neither his zeal nor his exertions had relaxed. It was, however, net necessary for him to state to the enlightened citizens of 'Westmin. ster, that his unremitted attendance in Parliament was productive of no public benefit. On the contrary, he was rather inclined to doubt whether it wasnot aidingto keep up a farce in the eyes of the country, and to divert the attention of the people from that reform for which they had so long been contending. (Applause.) It was true that palliatives were occasionally applied to the evils of which they had so much reason to complain; it was true that the System of urcontrlled power and corruption which had prevailed was in some measure altered, but he had great doubts whether, however pleasing this might be, it was not in faet a great public evil. It was, he thought, better that the yoke should hang heavily oin their neck,, than that it should become so f ttcal to their shotilders, and so ac. commodated to their feelings, that at length they should grow will_ ing t9 bear it. ( Applause.) N'otwithstanding that he very s,ncerey entertained this opinion, he assured the citizens of Westminster that iF they thought otherwiue, and beleved that there was even a chance of any public good being effected, they might command his exertions to the utmost. The toast which had preceded the last was in favour of reform. This subject was S trite and familiar, not only to the citizens ofV Westminster, but to the people of England_ it'had beeu so fuly discussed and so ably supported by the autho- rity of the greatest men tiat the nation had ever produced, that he felt it unnecessary to go at length into a topic upon which the minds of all who heard him were made up. At the same time he could not permit it to pass without some observations, because it was lit that the oligarchists, those who had usurped the govenmment of England, should know that ;he people had not lost sight of the question. They should know that the people of England, and those of gestminster itt particular, felt how deeply they were interested in it, andhow f'ully they were con- vinced that upon that question depended the liberties and the consti- tution of the country. (Cheers.) All the writers who had treated of thateonstitution said,_and even such as were opposed tohimselfand to those who heard him allowed-that good government depended upon having checks placed upon power. This was to possess a free constitution: not to have such checks was to be in a state of slavery administered with more or less wisdom, governed with more or less violence. Mr. Justice Blackstone-who, although in his own days he was thought to be too subservieut to the power of the Court, was now looked upon (such were the strides that corruption had made) to be rankly jacobinical-laid it down as a principle, that to be free, a people sbould possess the power of making their own laws. No people could yield up this privilege without at the same moment putting on chains. When once a Govemnment had the uncontrolled pow.er of making their laws, the people could not be free. Unfortu- nately for us, our governors not only made the laws by which they rtaled us, but they shamelessly called themselves the representatives of the people, while they were employed in the destruction of the people's liberties. (Applause.) To recollect the rapid progress which it was the nature of power so unjustly held to make, was humi- liating and painful in the extreme; it was impossible to o en the Statute ook; without blushing to see how much we had of late de- generated from the free spirit of our forefathars, and without confessingthetruth of Lord Burleigh's saying-that the libertiesof England could only bedestroyedby the Parliament of England. Ir was owing to this spirit of encroachment,that tbe custom of triennial parliaments had found its way into our system, and had by a natural process afterwards been converted into septennial parliaments. Of late years, we had seen it produce those scandalous statutes which were called the Six Acts, and which, now in the tenth year ofpease, the Government had not had the decency to repeal. It bad also given birth to another act, which was directly hostile to those prin- ciples of liberty which were still cherished in Ehgland_he meant the Alien Act, and which he called a participation, as far as the Bri- tish Government dared to participate, in the schemes of the Holy Alliance (Applause.) Upon pretences as groundless as those upon which this act was originaltyintroduced, or, if not groundless, odi- ously unjust, it was continued in force for the purpose of checking those fbreigners who sought here a refuge from the despotism which prevailed in their own countries, or who endeavoured to regain their liberties. England ought to wash her hands of such a system,and to refuse to be made the high police of tbe Deipotsofthe Continent. She oughttoremember it was formerly atrbuted to her, as a distinction among al1 the nations of the world, that she not only secured her ovn liberties, but that sthe liberties of Foreigners within hetdominions were a part of her fundaentnal laws. All thfis, howeveri it seemed was now to be sacriliced, and this dis- grace was to be anded to the burden of a-800 millions of debt whichs hlad been cuntracted for the restoationl of despots to their thronex some of whom, like that of France, repaid the exertions which had been made for him with the contempt they deserved. (Applause.) But humiliating as this was to the nation, there was yet an oppor- tunity for Englishmen to wipe off the stain by their individual exer- tions in ebhalfof that mostinterestingcountry-Greece. (Applause.) Dear as it must be to the heart of every friend of liberty, from the glorious recollections with which it was fraught, it had acquired at this moment a peculiar and affecting interest to Englishmen, be- cause it was connected with a nameof whichthey hadgoodreason to be proud. The name of Byronwould be banded downto posterity together witl that of the cause in which he had prematurely, but gloriously, finished his career. (Applause.) Deepas was the regret which that nobleman's loss had occasioned, it was far removed from despair ; and overwhelming as was the contemplation that he was no' rore who united in his own person all that was comprehensive in intellect, all that was sublime in genius, all that was great in patriotism, and all tnat was daring in the cause of freedom, yet a great and lasting consolation was derived from the recollection of his having devoted all his rare powers to a cause which was worthy of them and of him. His name and his genius would survive the re. grets of those who now bewailed his deatb, and be remembered while thereremained Greeksaand EngliFhmen by whom the bless- ings of liberty were duly appreciated. In those two countries that. holy cause was still oing on, and the contest seemed to promise the most favourable result that the best friends of liberty could wish for. It was melancholy tolook to other parts of the world, and to think that in Italy the most intellectual people in the world were subjected to the most grinding tyranny, and that England had been the means of reducing it to that condition. With respect to the foreign policy of the Goverpment, he found himself unable to keep pace with the temper of the times, which seemed to flow in a stream of uninter- rupted panegyric tow asds the Mliniaters. If their proeings were sbmewhatless oppressivethan they had been some years hack, he didnot hold that as a sufflcient reason to inducc hit to fall into that strain of praise which was so generally indulged. in. To come, however, to that subject which was more important thaa all others, and from which al the evile they suffered had their origin, a reform in Parliameot, he wished seriously and earnestly to recommend its present considera- tion to the people generally, and particulrly to the electors of Wcst- minster. The pretences upon which the question hld been got rid of at other times cou}d not now be urged. This Was precisely the time when it became the enlightened part ofdhe public to inale that demand which could not be said now to peed from any but just causes-from a constitutional love of freeom. Hc thought that if petitions were now, sent, as ho truated they would be, &om.every part of the country, signed by all the friends of reforn,and claiming an equal representation in Parliament, it would not be possible ven for the House of Commons to refuseit. It had often been said that the reformers would not sgree amorg themstlves as to any specific pln of reform. In the House of Commons gentlemen had seid they would not debate upon a general question, and those who were not sincere friends of reform had used it as a pretext for refuing to go into committees. A plan had however, been pro. posed by his hon. friend Ilir. Lambton which seemed to him to reconcile all difficet'ies. That plan went to extend the suffrages to householders, to appoint trienmua parliaments, voting in distncts in. such a manner that the elections should be' free of expense, and all concluded in one day. (Cheers.) In 1809, he (Sir F. Bardettl bad proposed a similar plain, which he had afterwards exchanged for what he thougnt abetter one-thatof universalsuffrage anudnnual parliaments. (Cheers.) In matters of real importance, however, it became persons to give up the extremes of their own opinions, if by doing so they were likelyto procure any real good If the .lan he bad alluded to did not ndude all thc good that thefriends o refsenn w,snea tor, it at least contained nothing to which they oWld objet. It was quite moderate; an-dif it should meet with the probatiort of the reformers throughout the country he reconmendei tbatpeti. tions should be prepared whicb nsig8t be presented very early in the next sessuon of Parliament, demanding this #pecific plan of reform; and he thought there would be some hanmce or their gaiting at least a portion of those rights of wbhicht they bad been so long deprived. Taking leaves of this sub. ject, he alluded to the-county courts' bill nsw before the houve, which was very properly thought to be objectionable, because, by creating new ofces, it would increaSe the power of the ministry, and enable them in particular to corrupt that which was of the ut. most importance to the public-the integrity of the bar. The time had been, when the honesty of lawyers was the subject of many bad jokes; but-he was happy to say that he had then in his tye, and amoug-the guaests immediately about hint, nolesctltan tine memnberm of the profession of the law whoet talents and intcgrity reflected an additional lustre upon that cause so which they were devoted. lie would not do thea so gteat a disteerice as to name tben-it was enough tbat tbey wese already known to powe talent, which in that profesion wa like en,7wg gwelght in a cp, ?b hbi. L~ronct informed thre tneetingg that hc baa received letters from seVe-I Val members of Parliamentrit,ipressing thcir regret at bti'ig prevent.. J ed from attendin,, this meeting, and he concludedl by again recomn- nmedinig the szdoptionr of the spccifiic plan of- reform w hich he had rnentoited. (Load andlcontinuedaopplauiselsfollowedathe conclus;ion of:the spreech.) Air, "Whllile happv in my nativelancl." Mfr. LUNMTOs proposed the health of' :'rr.. Hobbouse, a Reii- trtan eosoy-to e -tt~repesetative of. the cektors of West- Ininter an Sh coleage ii' ir . Brdett, in whiuh description wascomrisd al tet as onoainblein the character of a member ef Prlinaet ad anEngishan.(Applause.) Thie toast was ilir. HoBHousE returned thaniks. He cautio ned the people of Et~giTSdg.iinstbeingdceludedI by the teniporary, psrnsperitv -Wbicb they enjoyed at thia~someort, and to cast from themdtitat wi~olcsome distrust-which, like the cloak- of the traveller in the fable, hiad pro. tected theim ff in many a storm, and which the sunshine of the pre- sent hinur w6uld nottwarrant t hcir quitting. But great as were the advantagesehich the nation was Said now to en joy, he should feel Ihimself guilty, of ingratitude if he (lid -not wit in a claim for some share of thie cretijt whilch the present- M1inisters appropriated te themnselves for the Pitt.s, the Percevals, the 'Vansitiarts, and tht siamouths of former timesr. Nothing had been done which tbey liad not reeomm-ended, n;.d yet they were fadced and forgotten aw if they wcre entitled to no such fame. It hat] bLeet his fate, duriuip 'thie shiort parliamentary career that be had run, to See the once om. vtipatent but now discrowned late Chancellor of the Eechequei 'wandering about in the purlileus of Parliament, without one Jew ot 'Gentile in his train, and as little regardedi as if he liatInever persned. .esd the flouae of Cominionsto renounce the rule of three and to foreg( =11 the oYther ruletiof arithmietic. (Ltaughter.) He was, hnwever,no- disposed -to be ano unjust, bu,t would wlillinely divide all thie praisei that were-due to thein between the late and the present Miinistry He was content that they s'hould shiare the honours of having con tracted eight hnndred millions of debt--of having buiiltpenitentiarie whiichi the prisoners could not live in-of having kept up an esta bIlshment of prisons and workhouses--and of having six millions o people in a neiglsbourin4 eountry almost in armis akgainst us. (Ap phrse.) Nodiing cotild be more ridicualous, than the conditetc of thW -prest M1inistry ,with respect to foreign affthir. He had blrnsel ireardbothithe Mtinisters say thzt it was icapossibe. for Frano. to-tucceed in her attempt. atrainsr -tinaiin. LOrTII Liverpool Said, th a lhe feared not f4r Siiatn, huit for Frattee ;"and the Secretary fo Forei;n Affairs, characterized the attempt as "1equally iniquitoius it slesigir, and impracticable in execution_" The very reverse. of wits thev hzd-predicted had happened, and yet tltes had the audacity ti .claim. credit for the conduct which they hiad parsued'. It was truec as they said, that the people did not want t) 'go to war. but wouldi not have been better tos do so than to put their liberties in peril by 2)ase forbearance,? Wa-s it necessary to apply to them the words o an illustrious advocate for freedom, whio said on a memorable occa sion to his countrymen. " WVould yFou not rather have fallen glori ouasly as yen) have done, than have crouched at the feet of a tyrant withiout takinig any part in so honourable a peril ?" Suchi were th, wordst of Demrosthenas, whose precepts. had long lain buiried in thi soil of his own G3reece, but wbich now had put forth blossoms ant Fromised to give, not'only to the Greek, nation, btst to the wholt of Europe, tranquillity and perpetuall repoDse. BEngland had romaine. a quiet spectator of the outrages which itad been cottimnitted in -Spain. iItl,and in Portugal. In Greece she might yet rescue herseli iro 'the infamy of the sacrifices, ofhrfomraewihse a made. Truclibeirtyseeried tobhavetaken root there,and notwithictanid. ing the heavy blow which it had received in the death ofnag-reat man. whose mRemory brought with it thoughts of so overpowering a naturt that he dare nof indulge tnem, and of whom, since thejust and elo. ,quent tribute of admiration which had been lnaid by hiis hon. fri-end, it was unnecessary to say more at thlis mnomiiat it would, he trust. ed, flourish in lasting prosperity. (Applaiise.) A fatalitY seemed -to attend whatev-er wa.s liberal or great; but, so desptte of thss, there was enough of true glory in the piursatit to enicourage him to devote 'himself, as far as his feeble services could reach, to so great a cause. For this he would be_ content " To scorn delights, and live laborious days." He conculued bv reopeating hiis thanks for the honouir which the as-, semblybhad don'e him, and was warmnly applauded wrhen lie sat dlown. .ar NUGE NT, after a sutitable pe~rorution, proposed the healths of le-ssrs Orlando andI Latiiottis, the Deputies from Greece, who had honoutred the meeting with their presence Thle toast was drank withi three tlse three, and loud applause. Mf. ORLmNncO addressed the company in modern CGreek, in a very impressive manner. Mlr. H osnousE then read the following translation of whbat hiad been S-tid by the Greek D)eputy: '" Gentlemeon,-We cannot sufficiently testify to yoa tite joy and the gratitudie vwhich wre feel in seeing the sympathy which a ntation so great as yours has evinced, in behalf of' the regeneration of our countrymen, who for so many' ages hiave been the slavc.a of a bar. barotts and unbelieving nation. 'Wre were certain, at the begiinning of our struggle, that every generous and Christian mind wotild bee in. tere3ted in our favour. 'Accerpt, then. gentlemen, in the name of Greece--arcept our most livel y thanks; aTnd continue, we pray you, nil your efforts in our favour." Sir F. BUImDETT saitd, it now devolved upon himn to propose a toast, to which it was impossible for himi to do.iustece. Thecre was somnething so sacred to thie memorv of departed worth-there was Something so sacred in the memory of one who was so distinguish. ed by the generosity of his nature, that in the lamniragi of our great national poet, it mnight he said, that "1 his hand was open as day to melting charity"~-who had uncalcttlatinglv put at tite disposol of t'hat niation whose deputies had just aaedtessed the meeting, all the meanis which he possessed of assisting their zlorieus cauie.Zthat he approached the subject with, anxiety and diffidence. It was itnpos. atible tos call to mind the countrv with which the name of the igreat man to wlitom he had just alhided would henceforth 1)0 inseparably connected, without reflecting that to it the worIld owed whatever in Gcier.ce was instructive to mankindI-whatever ini eloquience anid poetry was delighltful and inspirintr-whatever, in short, had contributed to raise man from thie brute state to the highest pnint of intellectual intelligence. TIte modemn rreeks hand alrmeady, by their acts, proved that thiey were not uin- worhy f teirgret acesry,so enwned throrughout the world, and ad ive erunt fo hoe tat heywould he triuimphant itt the gret ai gltiustruage n wic teybad engaged. "The me. snoy o Lod yro," he oat wichitwas his melancholy duty to popoe, wuldliveforeverin he inds of his grateful couantry. men,and e ebaloed i th recllecionof the friends of tite liber. ties of mankird thrugbout teworld].Butthouglsithe life of this cele. bratedTman bail soalaitoucfly terminated, it 7as;consolatorytorefleci that he had Stil don enoughi toreflecteternal honour, notonly on his owan memory, btupon the character of that country which was so dtar to them asEnglishtnen-England in the short time which 2eiad been affordedl to Lord Byron to interfere -in the affairs of Greece. 'he had done enougTh to entitle hiim, if sutccess should be the issue of the present struvgle, to obitain for him the title of .Saviour of Greece.' jVrlye he (Sir F'. BLaTdett) reflected on the brilliant career which L.or'I Byran had pursuel-upon the noble manner in which he had devoted Iihmself to the most glorious of all causes-hie could hardly avoid thiinking ite had not onily livedl long enough for his own great. ness and glory, but long enougzh to have re-erected the standard of independence, and _? have laitl the foundations of lasting liberty in thlat country which had been its original cr-adle. The worthy ha. ronet concluded by proposing " The Imnmortal Memirory ot"Lord Byron, the brihilteat ornament of theliteratitreof England, thiezeal- 0us patriot; and the distinguishedadivocate of the universal rights and liberties of mankind." The above short addrcess produtced a powerful imnpression on thie iajSsembly. The toast was drunk in silence, the companv standing. &IThe Liberty of the Press,androustituttional Trial bv.hury," was swxatiygien after which the health of Mrt. Lambton was% drunk,with tretmsthree. M1r. LAfRaToN. rose, attd w-as lonudy clieered. lie assured the company that lie precsentedl himself to thernswith feelings of the sin. CereSt grantiUdl to retUrnthanks for the honIour which had just been oflfre.d- tohlim. It was no commnon mark of compliment and adu- lation on his part to assure them that there were few assemblies of 3bsi countrymen from whom hie should receive a compliment of that 22.uTe witth greater satisfaction than from the electors of Wiestmyin. ster. Tt had been his fortune to mneet the electors of IVest. rninsts'r for several -veirs successively ; and every year he found fresh -rezsan to be thanklfuil for the connexion which he had form.- eed with thiem. (Applause.) He would not, after the speechese of his .honp"Urable friends, wecary the attention Af the assembly by fecurringz tt the Variorus topics -which bad already been so ably treated by, thorn; but would confine himself to otis or two points whtich mnore immediatelv concernedI him-self. His worthy friendi Sir F. Busrdett, in trhe cotirse of Itis able address, hiad alluded to the at. tenda-nce of members irt Parliamient to go throuRh the form of de. bating which'he ('5r. JItmuitbori) could not describe in aniy other terms tha-n as a system of lmmibig. (Applause) WVhen he had ad. dressed the telectors of JiTe:ttrainster on a former occasion, he had distinctly state thtat althosigh lee was, deeply anxious to forward the iuiteregt of his - ftellow countrymen, and to -defend their rights and privilegm esIt co'uld sce no nece-ssitY fotrattending the House of conmmons to piuiicipaie in discussions; from whichi there -was no) ciance Viat any benefit could result to the people. By ithat declarationh be stilfabi4sd, and hie was gratified to find tltat his seneimnents, weire Supported bv so good a men as.9ir F. BITsdCtt, -whoa opnios i coni~dered to'he as valuable as those of aniy man ineitne. (Applause.) He knew very-well that there wereocca. ,ite le th iiitrws in a minonrity inte House of Commons; fote instanee, -recenitly-, whien it was a question betwveeni She agri. t.,ia bndtemanufictiurinig partici,,wbetber the duity on extported g0a1hould be one penny or twopernce. One of the gre-atest ene. sa of refornr had allude'd to that instance as, at proof' that reforuS wa.S not wranted ; hut in his (Mlr. Laitubton's) opinton, it pmroet~iust the reverse, for the pdrties in that case were ac. (wt'.ed only' hy tbteir own private interests, and not by a dlesire to pomoe. lk'general welfare of Site country. (Hear.) If it hadI rbosna'P 'qucss.iori regarding the iimposition of any acts affect. in, the rightts oftbeC neople-if it lied been a questioni relatidve to the kentg nji ofea, harmles.s individutal whose only fauilt con- sisteni ii br inJai rlt,-ner, the Minister vvottld have been sup. ported by, 'his usual majority. (11pplaose.) He sposke now- onlY of the ren pulicronaot th Hose f Commnons ; buit there were othr roms th)icetrfl. oftha hoourable house, in whtich the rigts f te sbjet wro hamleslytramipled under foot. fie care no forminster beng i a inority on this or that pariruar uesion itwasonl though a reform of the (loue ofOnetixios tht th sc pleculd lhope for per,m~,anent benefit. This brouglht him tn thtn other tovic to whieh he had promise, to advert, and whici had becn alludedS to by Sir P. Burdett, wher he said that he was wtilling to support a plan of reform wihich - ht (hit. Lambton) had brought forward. tle bad propnqed that plan, in order to obNiate the bbjection -gbhich had becn ur,rud against every 'advocatte of ,efonn_iamely, that he had no distinct schemne to -offer to the attentiori of Parliamnenti He w:s-not bigotted to the details of that plan; all he cniniended for wasi the Principleof afree andl iu.wanded suffrage. He was willing to take moore than'the right of voting by householders, but he wouIl:notre- ceiiec less., (Apiplause.) llving allud6d to those topics which most nearly interestedmbinm;because he wished to set,Nimself xight in the grod opinion of the eldectors of lWestminster, which he was anXious to retaiTLto the Jatest ,period of his life, he waiuld only ftirthtr detain- the conipany b'y expressing ae. opinion, that the present mt. nisters had done nothing to show that they were not- ac- tuated by the same deteratined. adhIerence to arbitrary pnri ciples wtfich formert the creed df thei,r party. (-Hear, hea, liear.) The state of Ireland proved this proposititn. The misery bhich wos itiflicted upon that unha py country hi' the terispoizing measures 'whicb the Government anopted, ma(e - it suflielttly evi dent that the principles which he hail alluded' to formed the key ktone of the prrsent ministeri? policy. He would never hear it as- serted, witliout contradlctilix it, that tbe present Ministers bad, ex. cept ao far'assionvenience-diciate.l, departeid, fromn the old systtm of misrule. He- wnjod'state thia opinion in any place where he could be heardl, even in the House of GCornnons; hut, as he had stated last Vasr. lie felt no pleasure in addreSing any portion of his countrymen %ho dirtlnot entertain the liberal opinions which becamite afl Ettglisli- rion. The hon.' gent. Wsa, dowti, aler expreSsing t wisb that the campany u*iehlt relebrate many anniversarire such-as thst they. now c.joyed, and liavc a:tiouist then their two honest representatives, ifl n5 a ted by hesh Iuitouss yen in thc field bf liberty. (Cheers.) The health of Lord Nugent was nextdrunk with three tirinis three. Lord NuGld fTa in hib address to the co udanyon the occasion, adverted to what had recentlW passed intfheaHoUSe 0OMOI Tez specting-the Whi. a -exTtybdng pledged to reform. Hal said, that if the opposition did. not, wiithin slix months after they'-sh6nl-d come into power, propcds. snoe paofrme efficient reform, they Idoeld de3t serve -the esecratiaioDf,CveSYl]over or liberty and. of ,his country; they a ould fall into obscurity, and ai man wauld thexiceforth SIEce any confldefi&, in tii&sutpPst-of iich Itpartzy-. Sir R.- Wilsord a-. tll e. m Reformers. ocf Southwarkle was the next.oas. tSire R.Vilso .rstiortdlrqtirnenthanks. -- o The followinga toaits were then~dra'nk-:-" Mr Honywood, and,~ the Xteformers of Kent ;" "-Colonel -Johnstone, and the Refbrmaer.5: of Boston ;" " M1ilr. fHume, atnif tbi Reformers 'df Stftland ", Mtr. Whithrdad, aucd the RWformdrs of Mliddlesex , Ac Mr.. Aldermnan Wood, and thie- Reformers of. London ;' "-Dir. C. Hatcliinsorl, dnd the Reformers of Cork, ;". and CCthe Indlependent Members of the Bar- of England."--- -- - Mr. HoTywooD, ColonRel JOHINSToNE, and M1r. PRINCE, shortly addressed the meeting, after which, the ChairmanL and teie mAioritv of the companv retired at ten o'clock. WESTMIASTEBR REFORM M.EEPCg.