21 OCTOBER 1837, Page 3

The amphitheatre at Liverpool was crowded on Monday by a

nu- merous party of Tories, who gave Lord Sandon and Mr. Creswell, their successful candidates, a splendid entertainment. Lord Sandon, in his principal speech, was at pains to defend the freemen of Liver- pool from the charge of bribery. He said that the late contest was one of principle only-

.. Some great questions were put to yon on the linetings, which you were to answer. An appeal was made to you on that public arena, whether you sew iuelinril to make further alterations in the elective franchise—whether you would be inclined to as extension of the suffrage? 'l'o which spiestions, geotlemen, you auswered. ' Noe' you said you had enough of change in the constit idiot' of Parliament ; and, satisfied oe not with the existing constit itt ion, you thought that any thine teas better than constant changes in the mainspring of our constitution. 'the question again was Tint to you, • Are yuu in favour of secret voting ? ' You answered again boldly, Nu.' You were not, I have no doubt you were not, so perfectly blind and insensible to some of the inconveniences which attend an open system of voting ; but, on the other baud. you no doubt telt deeply that a ereater and more extensive moral cis ..leer would attend upon secret ',snug. You required no other moat of the moral degradation t het would result from the plan proposed than that which was turnished by Mr. O'Connell, in his speech at the Dublin election, wherein he said that with vote by ballot is mail might cry out for West anti Hamilton on the hustings end give Isis vote for O'Connell and Hutton. To my mind, that one circumstance was a sullieient nn-war. Whatever evil there may be in the system of open votive—autl there is us &nth! that in times past it has led to cases of great lierdellip—a deeper moral evil woad be introduced by the establishment of a system which would be t lie fruitful parent of atrocity, fraud, and deception. Tun who have seen that system adopted in other reentries, have you seen it put an end to excitement and canvass? No. Have you seen it put an end to corruption ? Nu. Es it tbeSe two points, 011 which :111110,4 alone the mlvocates of secret voting rest its th•feuce, fail Lettere them ; tin neither the excitten, ut nor the corruption are stilled by this Men of secret v•eing. The question ;leant was put to you, ' Are you in favour of altering that principle which is interwoven in the lialdte of thie country, which is the fomdat ion of our sytern of property, and the foemlatisei also of the emitter part 01 our constitution; namely, o i he ,• Mem of trinotenitare? Tin question was s; du mit to you, • Are yea in favour or tine aleeitiou 0f the House or Lords?' At the 110st10gS at Liverpool curt answered • No' to that qeestion also. TM.' question was likewise pat to you, ' Ate you in favour of the Veluntary system, amid the abolition al' Our venerable Church Estahlielmegut ?"l'eat sweet ion you en- swered by a deckled majerity, • No.' M's I, then, is it a small welter that upon this great traestion, and mien ether questions of 1 eimilar vesture. the electors or Liverpooe, le-loess-ming stud embraeine Ilse most enlightened ana enterprising merchants of the civilized world. eliould have eiven the decided answer that they have done to them great fundament, Gentlemen, this is nu light matter. The answers which had been eirtgt 111 itlile,itit/1/8 like this by tile eauntry e isistionmeee; it 1050 1101.1 iusig, nitleatit, by those vino call the inliahltates of the motley a mieerable set of boors, merely le,1 by their cloreymen and their I tteleyrils ; Intt. ften11.•:nen. I he au-war of a constinu.ney like this is teed a symptom tied the vitals el the 011ititr■ are soetol."

He anticipated some good effect on the Ministry from the result of the late election ; though he still feared that the foes of the Church were only repulsed for a time, and would change their mode of attack- " Gehtlemen. T w ill hope that the rceelt of the late elective has placed the t'llnrel, slate of emnperative eltel and I bat even the NU oho ry 1,1 Lord el,•11.,,,true will nut d: otiesphe in pewee.. :di :emelt they may profees hide it. Ilk' tli the 1't.(11.1e of l ti I iinl as expres•ed at the lest dill hill. lilt, ge hilenwa. I ant afraid that, driven back front the breath and Iron the assault. it will °lily Ite a cleniee in the netlint•r of the attack ; that ',toping and teinine will be the subetitute; nod this is a form of attack tench !nor die: me to meet than the "tiler. The emit ailed. every one bees.

ant it is not cease Fable, atteetimi It. it ; bus the syslt•ni of eemang ate/ mining. of one by etio tc it! hawing all those paps s•ay elate' maintain the tem- nexion between C111111.11 ;111,1 rote, it is much more difficult re detect ansdeto resist. There is cue subject ei %%Melt I wish to call the attention of the present meeting; be- cause it is taie to it hiuh I le-hive the .e.itniniteration and their supportm, will now direct their attention. as serially eilieeetoile, but not so geiserally searming, as those courses they have hitherto termed, Gentlenitet, I allude to the great imeetion of Ma- ti011al eitle.111011. 1 belleve n., him will a, :use int of t eine ile to eslatettion in any shape, I believe 1 hat e given piddle wailnon■ 0u man. orra,ions, that no cur is more anxious than I son to promme and .)i.t011.1 eagle:1,1011 threneli every ciase ef iny fellow countrymen. But I must look with some Willgt 1 ots,•rve the elIgilleti that are at work—whets I "!•,,•rce the view, put tom ird in relation to tie: ;Jett( ottjecte I know that the first experiment has been tried 's it hill the wall. of Liverpool ; I knute that the experiment which has le•ell :AI tried here is but a sample M. that Syitere which her elajeety'S tiov,•rnment will he anxieue ta itere.luoe into even 10W11 and hamlet of the empire. Now, addtcnun, this is tle• object we must keep eonstantly its view ; rye must keep a wateliful to 0 on all the plaesibilit it, of the manner by whirls they will intoelnee it. Vet hind is eo plausible ;IS tit or that 1.y the plan proposed all will be educated ruder the same roof; and to ask if liter,• are net points till WLICII so. are all agreed, and if we cantiot agree to educate together the chillireu or permits 1111. fessiog various religious creede. Gentlemen, you have seen the plan tried, and you have seen the practical results of the attenipt. V011 know that the practical resift is this, without entering into details, that you expel every Protestant child from your sellouts, and you make it but a Human Catholic school. Tli.it is its radical vice. It might be. very well to have the Irish system where there is very little difference of creed; but where there are such ditieremes ;le lite man Protestant stud ItomatiCatholie, it is to my maul impossible to unite them :di in one common system without concession of somethiug which each party considers valietble."

Lord Stanley was the only Member for the county of Lancaster absent from this dinner ; and his attendance, it was stated by the Chairman, was only prevented by a particular engagement. had he been present, lie would scarcely have relished Lord Sandon's attack on his own education system.

Lord Francis Egerton could not tell what the Ministers would be at with regard to the great questions of the day- portance respecting which Lord Melbourne will tell as after dinner, My dear fellow, the Irish Church must go."

We find nothing in the other speeches worth quotation.