Sir William Follett has lieu visitin g his coustititents in Exeter
; and on Wednesday he wa,; hououred with a piddle entertainment at which 450 of the leading Conservatives of that city and neighbourhood were present. Sir \Valiant delivered an able speech, which may be consi- dered as embodying the Conservative views on the existing state of affairt. He referred to his precliction at the la,t election, that, notwith- standing the unwarrantable use of the Queen's name by the 'Whigs, the Conservative force in the I tome of' Commons \rook' net be impaired. That prophecy had been fulfilled. Ilia it had been asked, what good had the powerful Opposition done for the country ?— " What has availed oor strength—what the goodness of' nor cause—what the talent of our leaders—since we are still in a minority ? True; hut I honegly believe that the Food to ourselves and to our (sonar, is plain anil trendthst. For with that camority i the 'house or CO10111011S, F11111.4001, I Mil Fond to say it is, by 11111jOrity time' Bolls,. of Peers, it is absolutely impossible that any legislative meash r.. of a pernicious or destractire tendem.■• to the imlitu- tions of our country es .1 be threed. throut.dt Parliament ; mmimil thus, thought we mire not strong enough to carry Onr own good ineasure,t, we are strong emeigh to resist the laid ones id' our opponents. Of this 1 can give von no better example than by referenve to, I believe, the v great legisbitive int.asure which received the sanetirm of' Parliament last session—I mean the hill for the settlement of the Tithe question in Ireland." Sir .William gave a history of the A ppropriation principle from its adoption to its abandonment by the Whigs. On that principle the alliance of the Whigs with the Irish and the Radical party was based. The alliance had lasted through four sessions- " Whether this alliance will last through a fifth session, remain: to be seen ; hut in the last session the very bond mid seal or the allianee was torn up—the :Appropriation-clause was abandoned : the Ministers brought in a bill without it, and, by the aid of the Conservative Opposition, carried it through Parlia- ment without it, and without it that bill is now the law of the land. And now let me ask, to what that triumph was owing ?—for triumph it is to all who wish well to the Protestant Establishment. It is owing to the Noiee of the English People, declared at the last election, and given expression to through the lips and votes of the Conservative ...‘lelobers in the Ihntse of Coin- M011ti. That was the voice which forced. the 'Ministry to abandon a principle destructive to the Established Clienvh ; aml of Ws there is no better proof titan the declaration I heard Lord John Itussell make myself—that he was nOW Satisfied of the truth of what. Lord Grey told him iti le34, that the people of Englaml were too cordially and too fervently attached to the Pro- testant religion and Established Church of this country to render it possible that principles so destructive to religion and the Church could be forced upon them. Gentlemen, with that .1pprolwiation-eltiuse, I trust, for tt time, at least, has ceased the attacks on the Esfablidted Church ; and I do venture to believe, that if; in the next session of Parliament, some further concessions be thought necessary to keep this alliance, they will not he sought by or through an attack on the 'laurel' Establishment. I do believe, the spirit shown by the people of this country at the last election. and the tone which it ena- bled the Conservative Members of tooth 11 out n-n tO have, for the time at least, placed the Church in complete security." lint lie did not wish that the friends of the Church should for one moinent relax their vigilance- " The emmies of this, the nio.4 val Ital le or all our instit idioms, arc bitter and. active ; (old it is not possible to fiwesee the time or of the mie.t re- volutionary inraal that may be attellipted. limit, if we may judge from the mingled bon. of bittern,— and triumph in the °Tans of the extreme party, 1 may vent me to say, thot colic( ....i4114•-• will IR' (lotoandeti, ;wit they expect will he granted to them, oat With l'A11111.1.. ti 1111! C11111'61, but with reference to the Vote by 13.(11(it, the Ex tensioe of 1 he Elective Suffrage, or some other of these Democratic. inroadsmiii the prineiples eslahlisheil 14y the 'Reform 13ill. Not that it is credible that tinder any eircanistiners fir any purpose, the present 31inisters of the I'r.orn ii Mild Openly ••Iiiiisirt have declared too frequently and too peldiclyI i enmitinuols .4. the sultieet to tim thut. l'ut that party thr...Itylis aml mean:, to declare, not ',hitt Govern-
'tient should support them, list that it should virtually thein, by pro-
flouncing them to be open II in ions ; so ilea every of the Govern-
ment may the appemance of vonsi-teney by speaking and voting, it
he please, against- these ipti•Hetei, blit stiil tacitly allow them to 14,. carried. The recent ..otiduct of the \VItig.., does evil:doily give grounds to sitspect that there is some truth in this statement ; for in their revolt exercise of patron- age, they do appear to have selected for marks of their fai11111. those members wlio, on the.... great questions, have invariably voted against them ; and we kticw that. at the hast election, every nerve was strain...1 in u I i. Govenonent to return to lbalianio.t cot only p•vsons holding opinions oppo, a to theirs on these I1mmj1t.'nut Who mmt're ill the habit of constantly ruminating BM condeet they 1orsin...1. Of this. lin... ever, flu.. 11.14:g r; thought nothing, so long ;1-. ilium soon' greid debale tim vote of ,11(11 a man might 14,.• counted upon 114;ailist the Colis,i'v.ilive Bid I do Uol helieVe—alid I say it for the sake of the charach r of public u.t.-11--111.it..‘1111:4Cm, (V.11,411 I 11aVC mile-)' III I ii'cr (Icelare it or utah tdc 111id ColOditlit ion of the Country that the 11.41.rol tiii ,11,1111,1 cemidm red a tinal Mein:lire, and that no lartiler ta11111”Vilig' With 1110 dentive suffrage. or with the principles of that bill 4.444041 take place. Am tumult 10.:111g, ring thc M(mnatelly of England) ii mill ever eVell by the erndoll of making them open (vie-m.(0(1s, to incur so awful a resroosibii:i.., Eat this we shot:141 nd and if' the nett 44111•4444-e is t.4 le fdisniol--s:441 if tltis new alliance is to be based mum the youcee,intt of these In-,: prin- ciples—tht ti 1 do venture til and I lit e liitNe strength enough in 11i4. t'onservative party in this omiltly aod power rooti;41( it the Conservative Alcinbers of the Mose el Coninions and Lords, to defuz.t. this new attack on the coved it tit ion of' Bd.,i ountry, as we did def.at the last, that came from that quarter."
(ht the question 4.f 4.':initeht, and Li 4ril 1)444.boin',... difference with the
said be would abstli!, fr(en (lefivaring. an (pillion at present, e......cept in so t'.(- as related to ;de Inisapprelr.iosiolt l's- .1.or(1 Durham of the p(o.yers w;th itilhdl Ile il'irlIST('(1— '' thr a 1411 • the I .(n.111 etbm. Loy, •i- Canada, lit.T;1■1,12 111,- t1.1.11114,C•1 1,,o111t.110 1."..1,1111g `1.1111(1 110 1,111C1' Cu k. .flut u : for alter or ixmotlid the
conttit to make
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Mittist, us. awl on the jiIguilc ii ml hat .I• th.•ir tion or
rcicetien. New it ma:, huel • i' , \vhether tinderemu;uusIummmc'u it ;,., , itiodiam 11.41, all id, .0,i:iv!, ;old 1.i-enlist:inc..: It 1. h :A.:rounded. It Might liar.' 1' ad- visallv that hy should pi ; ii.• :lid not gi. as dictator or burgher. Como-
of ilaviiry 11:el ct ;bele before; and I thin!: ....en.... have
shoot:, that, considi ring lb, 41i it itrlwil sttale of the colony, it :night hove neon better to left it iii the lisle]-, of ilea intelli:noit and gallant s .1dier by whom the Government is now 0..644 oll. lint at :111 evt mutt, the Conservative party took no part in temling Durham t.. ; ihr we force.1 the Go- verlilitellt tO Strike old tioni 1 iii• Ic■t it 11411t have beett fancivd that dm_ ii, ml i .1 v.0 recognized the commi-don. And as to ;he kiwi:dative .1, no pompuu...ty it is 111Ctely a power to make tempor,:. 1. tie. inlvice or his and not to interfere with future cmition or 3liohders them- selves, care wait taket. not to allow any I. .:1 :.:11g with the timdainental lave. we see a Ministry in office exercising, indeed, the patronage of Government but wholly and entirely without its legitimate power. Gentlemen, that Ministry have of themselves no party in the country—they do not possess the entire confidence of any considerable portion of its people. Look at them, supported as they are in their places by the votes of those men whose political principles they abhor, and from whose lips they are constantly in the habit of hearing, both in anti out of Parliament, language of defiance and contempt. It is hardly possible this state of things can last, or that this great country can be suffered to remain in the humiliating position it now is. But whatever may be the result, and in whatever shape this momentous question shall be brought befbre Parliament, I will promise you, as your Representative there, that I will continue to pursue that conduct which has hitherto earned for me your appro- bation ; and I will to the utmost of my poor ability and power, continue to support flint line of policy whieb 1 believe to be most conducive to the interests of my country, and most in accordance with the principles which you profess to advocate. Indeed, it is by upholding and maintaining these principles both in and out of Parliament, that we can alone hope to see prosperity and happi- tn•s,-: restored to us, and our country again raised to the proud and foremost position which once she held, and which I trust she nmy yet hold again, above all other nations of the earth."
The only other noticeable speech at the Exeter dinner was that of Mr. Parker. This gentleman, the Representative of the Devonshire Tory squires, protested against a Coalition- " They had heard nm.di of an approaching change in the political world. Doubtless a change must ere long take place ; and, happily, every change nmst be a change in favour of Conservatism. National interests required national and not divided exertions ; and these could never be hoped for till the Govern- ment was steadily conducted upon those principles of sound policy which had 'prevailed ii) this country for the last two or three hundred years, through which St:tte a nd Church had alike flourished, and which he hoped they would transmit to their posterity pure, entire, and undying. d.• Something has been said and whispered abroad, that when The change did come, something like a coalition would probably take place. For his own part—and he did not pretend to any knowledge of State secrets—he doubted not that there were some ql the existing Administrollem who tomtit be Midi/ enough to -merge all Me they had hitherto prof; sued, and take (Wive wider a Conservative Administration. But he did not believe that any such arrangements would be entertained by the Conservative Opposition ; and the this reason, thaPit would be impossible fin. the men who had turned Sir Robert Peel out of office, by the most unfhir and iii vidious nicam,, ever to unite with him so closely and harmoniously as was in- dispensable in a Conservative Cahinet. At the best of times and under the Lest of circumstances, a Coalition Cabinet was open to •suspicion ; and he was quite itre the leaders of the party to which he belonged would rather sacrifice evety thing than come into office on the terms of linking themselves with the men who had given such disgraceful support to the arch-agitator of Ireland, who lied shown themselves opined to the best interests ot the Church, and who, he would not mince the term, had seemed to give a decided preference to the doctrines end Church of the Pope of Rome. The change, come when it would, he hoped would be truly Conservative, and that the character of the new Administration would above all be such ns to inspire the fullest confidence, and rally round it the cordial support of every friend of the Protestant Church of England."
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