: 'Between four and five hundred. Conservatives, principally members 'of

the :Warrington Conservative Association, dined together at War- rington, on Monday evening. After dimmer, followed toasts and speeches. 'The- Honourable and Reveread Mr. Powys, Rector of \l'arriegton, stated reasons why the clergy should come forward publicly in defence • of Amp Establishment-

-Tine Church of Eugland was still the great breakwater between truth and

error, and nvould prevent the evils of Popery from again defiling this country. In that sense he knew it was that they, as in political body, would all drink the 'Church, uniting with them other churches beside e his own ; for there was no class of Protestant Disaenters who would not agree with him, that had it not !been for the Church of England they would not have been relieved from the errors whieh charenselized Popery. There were times when the ministers of the goseel were cump,lleil to come forward to denounce the unholy alliance which, under the diction of l'opery, was cementing a union ; vainly hoping that through the pse.-er of such, the confederacy might upset a church of lehich they were politically jealous. If he were naked why he, a minister of the gospnl, was lit cc, lie answered boldly, that he was something more than a clergymait—he was is member of tine nation, and a lover of Old England.

(Load theeriv, continued (.a. come time.) Of the present advisers of her Majesty he might safely ear, that they had openly deviated from the prin- ciples of' British legislation. 'they had forgotten the principles of Protestant

ascendency. And when, by the advice of her Majesty's Ministers, members of the Boman Chereh were put into high odicial situatious, and when further

demands on the part of the it0111aD Catholics were constantly met by further concessions, it was time for every member or this nation to come forward and say, " Popery, thus far lust thou gone, but thou must go no further."

Mr. Ireland Blackburn°, MX., dwelt on the difficulties and dangers of the time, and on the want of a strong Government. Ile thought it unlikely that the present House of Conti:tons would force Muisters froin office ; bet The time could not be far distant, nicely balanceti as parties were, when her Majesty must appeal to her people; and they wntld answer her in a manner not to be mistaeleestowl. The new Representatives woulul then hove to ask her Majesty to Cabinet, which, whether we looked at holime or nbroad, had shown them incapable to conduct the affairs of this great nation. If ever there was a pa-iod which required a Cm lung Administration, it was the present. When 'air thnedeus Ims un SOIlle par:s of the East awl actually rages in anot:ar—'•% itIl ill a disaffected state and others in aclual em.,17 eel: ;:•';:4 that we were playeil in it fearful situation ; and if ever there was a lnih I..; must repeat, which required un strong Administr.ntion, it was the present. We wanted men who would not maim promis,s which they knew they r pen-fin-nu. We. wanted gentlemen wino did not pretend

an affection fee Wien ty which in practice they endeavoured to

overthrow. Wm; WILL kal gent!.. Intm who would nut inundate the country with a set of useless ceeesiuners, but who would cedeavour to reform abuses and

annelid our laeo..—e by their firennees mid decision would regain the condi- den ve of the te s 1,7 s , *Mein has Is-en mainly alienated by the in flunainatory

doctrines her Mini-tete had themselves promulgated. In his belief,

Lad Lord .101,in In minter, instead M. encouraging the Illegal meetings of the people, e.i es the $3,111: prOCCel111:g6 V.11111 ile ilitti 'Well obliged to punue, the r* proceetlini;s at Birmingham, ua well 114 the lamend aide

insurrection at :\ .;-,ep.,rt, would not have taken place, the mune of Churtisie would have teell Us lath: kmnummvmi ill the contrary as it was in their loyal and patriotic horoingin.

%%llama Patten defended the policy of the Conservative leaders-- lie knew there were some who thought that the Course Of tIme COIN■4111,tiVCH of time prompt rnounernt wag not quite co active as it might he, and that the attacks made upon their opponents were not so -frequent or so efficient us they ought to b,. Ills oals opution was of a different nature. He thonght, when

We lookedibriek alb* years tothe -state of the Conservative interest, and coma pared it with the-state of thatinterest it the present time, it must be manifeit to every ode that a course More smut more gradual, and at the same • time more rapid than that of the Conservatives, could not have been adopted. et the time to which-lie alluded, the Conservative body was assailed' by every 04 tieal body in the country ; but Conservatives regarded not their abuse, nor th attacks sonde upon them. They bad answered that abuse not hy Weide lad by acts. It was by the- votes of the Conservative party in Parliament- thin the change had been effected. It was true that, if the Conservativea had liked; they might have achieved a victory over the present Ministry at that time if they had adopted the example of their opponents, their opponents would dot now have been -in their present position; but it was neither hn their nature nor was it in the spirit of Conservatism to adopt it. They might by sad means gain a victory ; but it would be sure to be snatched from their handl, and they would full into that state of reprobstion in which the .present Ministry now stood. Since he had come into the room, an opportunity had been afforded him of seeing the Timer, published in London that day, from which Inc would read them an extract, by way or showing a specimen of the populaeitt of the present Ministry. It was the way in %Odell her Majesty's Go- vernment was received only last Saturday at the Lord Mayor's dinner in London. [Mr. Patten read the passage from the Times, Ilivitvd in our account of the G Whits:Ill dinner.] Now he would say nothing as to whether this was a proper proceeding or not ; that was not the question. It was sudieicat for him to say, that such an occurrence as that just described hod never taken place when the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel were in the Ministry awl pan took or the hospitalities or the City or London. lie meant to say, OA the change in the feelings of the country had been brought about by following out steadily the Conservative policy reconumended by Sir Robert Peel. It waS that, and Sir Robert Peel's conduct, which had given Conservatives that in- creased confidence, which we now saw manifested throughout the country. For the Members of this County he ventured to say, that as they hitherto had, se they would continue to support that line of conduct. (Cheers.)

The Chairman, on proposing the health of Mr. Cornwall Legh, said. That gentleman intended to contest the Northern Division of Cheshire at the next election ; and he had no doubt that four Conservative Members would be returned, and that Mr. E..1. Stanlev, who had managed to get his uncle made a Bishop, and his father pitchforked into the House of Peers, would be sent to the right about. Ile was glad to hear that Mr. Tollemache hall expressed his intention to come forward as a candidate for the Northera Division on the Conservative interest.

Mr. Legh declared that he would not shrink from the contest, but was ready to prove hie attachment to the institutions of the country and to the Protestant Church.

At Bolton, on 'Wednesday, about four hundred members of the Oyes retire Couservativ e Society dined together, and were eaten-tamed with -a flaming speech from Mr. Roby, the Rochdale banker, who gave as his tonst, " Protestant Ascendancy."