THE SPEECHES OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE CANNING. WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE. BY R. THERRY, ESQ. OF GRAY'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW. IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. VI. "He had ambition to prevail in great things. He had, likewise, honour, which hath ADDENDA. Page Speech at Liverpool, October, 1812, after having been Chaired 320 Speech at the Liverpool Arms' Hotel, January, 1814, after his ... Health had been drunk 328 Speech at Liverpool, June, 1816, after having been Chaired 346 Speech at Liverpool, June, 1818, at a Public Dinner in the Music Hall... 353 Speech at Liverpool, in 1818, returning Thanks on Mr. Hus kisson's Health being drunk 367 Speech at Liverpool, March, 1820, at a Public Dinner in Honour of his Re-election 369 Speech at the Lyceum Room, Liverpool, August, 1822...... 393 Speech at the Town-hall, Liverpool, in 1823, on the occa sion of proposing the Health of Mr. Hughes, the Repre- 413 Speech at a Dinner given to Mr. Canning by the British Merchants resident at Lisbon 415 Speech at Plymouth, in 1823, on the occasion of being presented with the Freedom of that Town 420 Speech at the Dinner given by the East India Company to Sir John Malcolm 425 SPEECHES, &c. &c. CORN LAWS-BONDED CORN. MAY 5th, 1826. The House having resolved itself into a Committee on the Act of 3 George IV. c. 60. Mr. SECRETARY CANNING rose and said-Although, Sir, it would have been very unusual to offer any opposition to your taking the chair for the purpose of resuming the consideration of a subject in committee, in the same form to which the House had already consented, yet I feel bound to offer my thanks for the courtesy of the honourable baronet (Sir E. Knatchbull) and those who act with him, in allowing us at once to enter into an examination of the question, in a manner more convenient and satisfactory than we otherwise could have done, had they persisted in the opposition which they threatened. Before, however, I proceed to an |