A party of - Yorkshire Whigs dined together at York
on the 24th with Mr. J. C. Dundas, M.P., for chairman. The principal speakers' were Mr. Dundas, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Harland, and Mr. Cayley, The Chairman laboured with perseverance to make out a defence fot Lord Melbourne ; but be rested his own claim to the approbation of his constituents chiefly on his support of Liberal measures to 'which the Premier is opposed. Sir George Strickland also repudiated the "non. sense about finality;" but Mr. Harland, who is Member for Durham, avowed himself the opponent of organic change, because "the Reform Bill, if boldly acted upon, was a fair reflector of the public mind." ge counselled union ; for "when he recollected the immense majorities that were returned in former Parliaments, pledged to the principles of Reform, he could not but feel that, unfortunately, there was a division amongst Reformers." Mr. Cayley avowed himself entirely satisfied with the Whig r6gime—" Since he load been in Parliament, he had seen the Whigs redeem every promise, pledge, aml even expeetntion which had been held out ; and therefore he was free to confess that he now wore the badge of the Government."
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