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A similar meeting was held the following year. In 

 Birmingham riots took place on the same anniversary, 

 and, perhaps in consequence, the celebration of the 

 day was afterwards discontinued in Liverpool. 



Mr. Roscoe's speeches and published addresses 

 all bore testimony to his Liberal and even Radical 

 views, and a medal struck in his honour bears on 

 the reverse the words, " Roscoe the Friend of the 

 People." 



In 1806 my grandfather was returned as Member 

 for Liverpool. But he sat only for one Session. He 

 was a determined opponent of slavery, and at that 

 time the slave-owning interest in Liverpool was 

 powerful. 



The following extract from the Globe newspaper of 

 December 3rd, 1806, reprinted in the same paper for 

 December 4th, 1904, serves to show how Mr. Roscoe's 

 friends celebrated his election : 



1806. CELEBRATION OF MR. ROSCOE'S ELECTION. 

 Tuesday se'nnight, pursuant to public notice, the friends of 

 Mr. Roscoe dined in the large room at the Golden Lion, 

 Dale Street, Liverpool, to celebrate the election of that gentle- 

 man as one of the representatives of that good town in the 

 ensuing Parliament The dinner was provided by Mr. Henry 

 Forshaw, of the Globe Tavern, and consisted of 38 pots turtle, 

 12 dishes fish, 12 pieces beef, 12 legs of pork, 6 legs mutton, 

 1 2 saddles ditto, 12 roast pigs, 12 tongues, 12 hams, 12 turkeys, 

 12 geese, 12 hares, 24 fowls, 12 pigeon pies, 6 ornamented 

 raised pies, 100 snipe, 36 partridges, 50 woodcocks, 12 wild 

 ducks, 6 pheasants, 12 moor-game, 48 lobsters, 20 salads, 

 1 8 plum puddings, 50 tarts, 60 dishes jelly, 20 blanc-manges, 

 50 mince pies. After dinner the following toasts were 

 drunk : " The King " (with three times three duet and chorus, 

 " God Save the King "), " Our Glorious Constitution," " The 

 Prince of Wales " (with three times three), " The Queen and 

 Royal Family," " The Duke of York and the Army " (with 

 three times three duet and chorus, " Britons Strike Home ") ; 

 " The Duke of Clarence and the Navy " (with three times three 

 song, " Rule Britannia" by the whole company). 



