Report of the public reception, and the speeches delivered at the dinner to Lord Durham, on Wednesday, 29th October, 1834 / Taken in shorthand by Mr. Simon McGregor.

  • McGregor, Simon.
Date:
1834
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Credit: Report of the public reception, and the speeches delivered at the dinner to Lord Durham, on Wednesday, 29th October, 1834 / Taken in shorthand by Mr. Simon McGregor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Chairman then proposed the health of the Princess Victoria, which was drank with the greatest enthusiasm, and was followed by the air, “ My Love she’s but a Lassie yet.” The following toasts were then drank with the usual honours :— The Duke of Sussex and the rest of the Royal Family—The People the only true source of political power—The Navy and Army, and may merit and service be the only means of promotion—Lord Mel¬ bourne and his Majesty’s Ministers, and we trust that their practice in power will be in accordance with their principles in opposition. The last toast was received with strong expressions of accordance in feeling on the part of the company, in respect of the sentiment appended to the mention of the names of the powers that be. The Chairman then rose and said, that it now became his duty to propose to the highly respectable assembly by whom he was sur¬ rounded, a toast which rather called for some introductory observa¬ tions on his part, but he was satisfied that all present were aware that he was not a speech-maker. The toast which he had now to submit to the company, was one that he rested satisfied would be drank with enthusiasm. It needed not that he should detain the meeting any considerable time, in bringing before their notice the noble Lord whom the citizens of Glasgow had now the honour of seeing amongst them. (At this moment the company simultaneously rose, and the hall reverberated with the loudest plaudits, accompanied by the waving of bats and handkerchiefs for several minutes.) He must, however, state, that the father of the noble Lord who was now the guest of the citizens of Glasgow, was the Preses of the meeting of the Friends of the People, in the year 1792; and in no one point had his son ever deviated from the principles then expressed by his progenitor. This afforded the reason why he (the Chairman) did not think it necessary to trespass upon the time or attention of the meet¬ ing ; and, secondly, because the straightforward, manly, and intrepid conduct of the noble Lord now present, had earned for him the char¬ acter of having never deviated from the course laid down at the period of which he (the Chairman) had spoken. The noble Lord had never turned from the right or to the left, and he had dared to be honest in the worst of times (Tremendous cheers). He was satisfied that the conduct of the noble Lord, henceforward, would correspond with what he had already done, and that he would never forget the strict course of a thorough reformer. He would, therefore, rest satisfied with'now merely proposing a bumper toast to the health of the Right Honour¬ able the Earl of Durham (Loud cheers for several minutes). The health of the Noble Lord being drank—the Vocalists sung EARL DURHAM’S WELCOME TO SCOTLAND. (written for the occasion BY DUGALD MOORE.) Welcome, Durham ! to our land! First of Freedom’s sacred band ! Round thee, all unflinching stand The children of the free!
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