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COURT OF - KING'S BENCH. tHILLIMORE U. lIATTNEWS . AND ANOTHER. 1 . 11 ) 8 Airlis ILO action to recover compensation in do es for an illegal distress. It app eare d f rom t h e statement of Mr. CAMPBELL that the plaintiff, who is a tradesman, - had some 'work to do in the neighbourhood of Sadler's Wells, And took an apartment in the house of a person ' H auled Weely, for the purpose of keeping his tools in ' a nd being contiguous to his place of business. R , e occupied thi s a p artment f or a mont h , an d at the end o f th a t ti me h av i ng pa id hi s rent, removed ins tools, &c. on a cart, and just as he had arrived %tilde his own residence at Hackney, the defendant M atthews, with the other defendant, came up and Seized the goods on a claim for rent. It appeared, that Matthews was the head landlord of Weely's "Ouse, in which the plaintiff lodged, but the Learned Counsel submitted, that though this circumstance might have given him a right to follow Weely's goods for his rent, he. had no legal right to follow tl tgoods of an uuder 7 ; 4 enan t. The case having' Jeen proved, Mr. HuTctivssosti, for the def en d an t s , a d m itt e d t hat a verdia must pass for the plaintiff, but he sub 4sitted that no special damage had been proved. Lord TENTBRDEN suggested that the amount of Vecial damage should be left to an arbitrator, which t►as agreed to. :His Lordship then di rec t e d the duey to find for the plaintiff, as the defendant had no tight whatever to seize upon the goods. Verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LIBEL. ' • ' SAGOT b. wELDON. This ,was an action for a libel. The plaintiff is 9 2 e daughter of Sir Paul Bagot, and the defendant Tthe publi s h er o f t h e B r i t i s h Traveller newspaper. he damages were laid at 1,000/. The junioi Counsel having opened the pleadings, r. Sergeant Wm:Pk stated the case. The Plaintiff; he said, had been forced by a most scan -441, oils libel, to come forward and submit her character and conduct to examination before a jp• Size was the daughter of Sir P au l agot, a gentleman with whose name the Jury were probably aCquainted. Having been obliged by eircrinstanees to seek a temporary absence from this Country, he placed his three daughters with a Mr. flight, in whose ho use th e y were to b ear d. I t so happened,. that ; me of the young ladies shortly af terwards left Mr. Wright's : the third remained t here. Bir Paul Bagot, on his return, was anxious that -this daughter should come to him; and then 'twit circumstances occurred which had no con 'lexicon whatever with the present case. But what ' 4l nst have been the feelings of the entire family, and fore particularly of the plaintiff, when they found tt stated in a public newspaper, that she had been se !leeed in the house where she resided. It was never tined that the editor was the author of this de testable libel; but as the plaintiff could not discover \ ‘',lto the real author was, she w as com p e ll e d t o b r i ng tile editor into this Court, and dare him to the proof If the libel. The editor, (continued the Learned ergeant) disclaims all knowledge of the author, il nd also d ec l a r es , th a t h e b e li eves t h e statement to i .false--such a declaration made in private, can 're no effect in doing away with an injury publicly ited, bat my. Learned Friend has informed me, that he is instructed now to repeat that disclaimer, Il nit I therefore ask him, whether he is now prepared l ltter . ly . to deny that - there is • any foundation for 'the h ~ Mr. Sergeant TADDY—I certainly am instructed b Ot only to express, on the part of my client, the ' l eeriest 'regret for inserting the libel, but also his t ° lo victien; Upon inquiry, ,that the whole is un 194tuded. Mr.•Sergeint Wlimi--That being done, the plain tiff)* object is attained, a lady's character cannot be l ebieet for compensation damages. • The.Lonu CHIEF JUSTICE—YOU are quite right, btotber Wilde. This goes more fully to clear the Plaintiff's character than a verdict to any amount 'mould have done. ;rite Jury then returned a verdict for the plain -0."14 it having been arranged Betweenßetweenthe Counsel ,-. -Abe defendant should- merely be' called on to the costs. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. These Sessions commenced to-day before the S Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER, Mr. 4 4 geant ARABIN, and Mr. Alderman SMITH. The 4 11 dges named in the Cori - mission are Mr. Justice L o tatoyD end Mr. Baron HuLLocK,:who took their "'to on the Bench at ten o'clock. RAPE.. Michael Conner and 7hos. Burr, aged 25, were Indicted for a rape upon Mary Bartlett. kr. PHILLIPS conducted the prosecution, and feted that the trial of the prisoners was postponed t t , the last Sessions upon their own application.-- e admitted that the prosecutrix• was one of that 1 1 fortunat e class of females who lived by prostitution; nt though this circumstance must necessarily di 'lnish her credit as a witness, it did not, in the eye of the law, render her evidence inadmissible, p ar ti- Narly when, as in the present instance, it w o uld e Corroborated by other persons. % nary Bartlett, examined by Mr. PHILLIPS. — On e 2 3d of March last, I lived in Church-lane. At C -past twelve o'clock on th a t morning, I way in ek-street, in the parish of Whitechapel, and I th ere met the two prisoners —they were both toge ,e,r• Conner came up and as k e d me w h ere I was r, r ng to. I never saw either of them before in my e • I told Conner, in answer to his questien, that was going home by-and-bye ; upon which he Iced whether he might go home with me ; I rak ed that h e s h o uld not go home with me t‘ ''at I did not want him. He then of then about ; I could not get i him. j kas .passing by the " Three Crowns,"- East S mithfield, and he would not let me. I after lltrds consented t h at h e s h ou ld go home with me. \: n en I told him where I lived, he said that he 4, 'ould see me before he would go so far with ; e • Upon this I turned about and came down the Pi t rl t‘ e street again. We had left Burr at the bottom p h uock-street ; as I was returning back I saw Burr 't a key in a stable door and unlock it; Conner rk "l t on before me, and stood by the stable 1 71 which was open; - I passed Conner; he ,var. stook d not seak—he flloed me th, took hold an I of me did by the p right arm, o he w pushed ,l ee , of his fingers down my threat as far as he and then he, called Burr; Burr seized (1 by the left hand and dragged me to the stable ) 4 , -01. with Conner; they t oo k their hands from Z,Moutb, and I tried to cry " Murder," and I ' l -11 , 1(1 not speak—l had such a horse that I could t ' l ° l ` call (AL When they were dragging me through door, I seized the door-post, and held fast.— ivnaertold me to hold my tongue, not to make a and that he would give me a shilling; he put t e e band into his pocket, took out a shilling, and 1, 1,1 N it into ray hand; I dropped the shilling, and him to let me no, or that I would give charge k, h l'ln• Canner dragged me into the stable, and tkliLlecked the door on the inside. Conner then 1 40 - Burr, to hold my hands and to put his hands ar /I t e my mouth. Burr came and placed my right el lte ttnd er his knee to keep me dOwn. The prose theilk positively swore that each of the prisoners tt Committed the offence with which they were - At& continued.—l begged to be allowed et th e prisoners refused to let me out, and one th en In repeatedly struck me. I was more hoarse 'oul d "an I am now. I called out as loudly as I to t l " soon as I was able, and some persons came let he "able door. Conner persisted in refusing to had h e nut, and struck tne back against a bar across, let On my back very much. He said if I did not tak e li n have his will of me again, lie would b ra i n y te hees and dash my • s rn ( nl e b t• The h l people then made a very great noise at the door, and said they would fetch the watchman to break it open. Some of them went after the watchmen. Conner then told Burr to open the door; Burr opened the door; Conner pushed me out, and they locked it- again, they remaining inside, In about five minutes after I got outside the watchmen came; they put a stick in and broke open the door. I remained at the door till the prisoners were taken; I went to the watch house to give charge of them when they were taken; I did give charge of them. After I got outside the stable door, I saw a young woman of the name of Ann Warren. She saw that the prisoners pushed me out of the stable. The same hoarseness I then had, has continued ever since. I came out of the Hospital the night before last. (The witness seemed emaciated, and in a sinking state of health.) Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I had lived in Church-lane three months at the time the as sault was committed. That was the first place I lived at in London. I came from St. Alban's to London. I belong to Dorsetshire. I have not been in any employment at St. Alban'i; I was left there by a gentleman who brought me from my native place. I have no mother, but a father and three brothers. Accompanying the gentleman .from home to St. Alban's, where I remained only one night, was the first of my leaving my father's house. My father lived at Chidwick, twenty miles from Dor chester. I had been on the town only for a month previous to the time of the offence; the preceding two months I supported myself upon 3/. 10s. which I got from . the gentleman who left me at St. Alban's. I knew nothing of Warren,the female before spoken of, who saw me pushed our of the stable, except having passed her on the street occasionally, and casually spoken to her. The stable is near the bottom of Dock-street; it does not join the high road, - it is up a little close place; it is about five minutes walk from where I lived. When Conner said he would- be if he would go so far with me as to my house, I was nearer to the latter than the stable. When he said that to me, I was about 40. yards from my lodgings; the stable was in a contrary: di rection. Ido not know John Cannon, nor a person named Sarah Clarke. I did n ot tell Sarah Clarke 'or any body else that I would settle this for two pounds. I was in the stable altogether about a quarter of an hour; I never accepted a shilling from Conner. I told the Magistrate I dropped it; I was before the Magistrate on the Monday following. I was before him only once. I had no attorney with me, the watchman and two constables accompanied me. The clerk took down in writing the deposi tions. The Magistrate "put the prisoners down to bail." This prosecution has since been under taken by the parish of St. George's in the East. I do not know that the gentlemen of the parish knew that the Magistrate had only required bail for the assault; I did not tell the Magistrate that they gave me a shilling and afterwards knocked it out of my hand ; I told him they put a shilling into my hand and that I dropt it. [lt turned out at this stage of the trial, that the depositions taken before the magistrate at the Thames Police office, had not been returned. It was admit ted too, on the part of •the prosecution, that the pri soners were only held to bail by the magistrate, after the prosecutrix had made her statement for a com mon assault.] (The case was proceeding when we went to Press.) NEW COURT. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY SERVANTS. John Charles Mussered, a young man of respec table appearance; was indicted for stealing fifty yards of silk, twenty-seven yards of cotton, and divers other articles, the property of his employers, Messrs Fen wick and Co., of Oxford-street. Sarah Browne, a little girl, deposed that her -mo ther washed for the prisoner and several other shop men in the prosecutor's employ. Witness was in the habit of fetching and taking their clothes from Mr. Fenwick's. The prisoner had, at various times, given her pieces and remnants of silk and cot ton, to give to her mother to pledge. Witness bad been told that the prisoner had been in business, and the property was the . remaining part of his stock. Witness had a brother at that time a porter in the establishment of Mr. FetiWick, but she never pledged any thing for him. • • Mary Browne, mother of the last witness, stated that the property which she had frequently received flom the prisoner Mussered, and which she had pawned, she firmly believed to be his own, as he had stated that he had kept a shop in the same line, and from his holding a confidential situation she had no doubts upon the subject. Witness was apprehended and confined three weeks as an accomplice with the risoner, but was subsequently released and admitted as evidence. About twenty pawnbrokers here produced im mense quantities of silk and cotton goods, which had been pledged with them at various times by Mary Browne, in the months of July, August, and Oc tober, and which were identified by the prosecutor. - Mr. Renwick then stated, that the prisoner came into his service from Messrs. Williams and Price, his next door neighbours, with an excellent character, and he was well satisfied with the prisoner's conduct for a few months of his service, but he became shortly very irregular in his hours, thereby setting a bad example to the other servants in his house, and for that reason he discharged him, not for dishonesty, as he had not the least suspicion of any thing wrong till a month after his quitting his service, when he discovered the robbery, and hat him apprehended. Prisoner was then in the service of a Mr. Cliff, in the same trade as himself. By Mr. BARRY—Did yeu give the prisoner a good character to Mr. Cliff ?—I gave him a fair cha racter, but stated the cause for which I parted with him. I have suffered greatly by depredations com mitted by the prisoner. The prisoner said little in his defence, merely de nying the charge altogether. The COMMON SERGEANT observed, in summing up the evidence, that the porter in the prosecu tor's employ might be fairly suspected of stealing some of this property ; the officer who appre hended the woman Browne had stated in evi dence, that on taking her into custody she exclaimed that " she would take care and exculpate her son at all events," which if they believed, little reliance could be placed upon the testimony of either of the witnesses (BroNwie) and upon the girl's evidence the prisoner's innocence or guilt rested. The prosecutor here intimated that most of the property was pledged previous to the porter, Browne, entering his service, but admitted that some of the tickets were dated after the prisoner left his employ. The Jury having retired for a few minutes, re turned a verdict of " Net Guilty." Two Gentlemen, viz.—D. W. HARVEY, Esq. M.P., and Thos. SAUNDERS; Esq., intend offering them selves as Candidates for the Office of Sheriffs, on Midsum mer-day next. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Mr. HARLEY, the comedian, took his benefit here last night. His bill of fare possessed the two strong recommendations of abundance and variety, and was rewarded with the una nimous appro b at i on o f a Crowded h ouse . Th e perform ances consisted of the farcical comedy " \Vho wants a Guinea ?" (in which the whole strength of the house was e ngaged), " My Grandmother," and the m us i ca l en t er . tainment of the " Poor Soldier," in whi c h Mi ss Lovenue_ parfo d the part o f P a trick. MATH EWS represented Dicky Gossip, and HARLEY Vapour, in the farce of "My Grandmother." The Jesuits, it seems, do not forgive the Russian Government their own former expulsion from the empire : they arc said to have found fault with the invasion of Turkey by the Russian armies, which they call the irrup tion of a barbarous nation tired with the inactivity of peace, and eager to find means for the gratification of their inclinations for warlike pursuits. Their solicitude for the permanence of legitimate principles seems also to have been considerably awakened by the dangers which apparently threaten the stability of the Mahometan throne at Con stantinople. We have just been informed that a most beau tiful field of grass has already been cut in the parish of Whitnell, and that it was very heavy on the scithe..—Pres toe Pilot. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, For the. RECEPTION of DISTRESSED.LICENSED VIC TUALLERS and their WIVES. or WIDOWS. .The Ceremonial and Procession for Laying the Foundittion-Stone of the Building to be erected for the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, in Asylum-road, Old Kent-road, took place this day amidst a great concourse of spectators. The Brethren and Gentlemen who formed the Procession assembled at the Shard's Arms Tavern, near the Surrey Canal Bridge, in the Old Kent road, at Half-past Twelre o'clock precisely, when the procession, on foot, formed as follows, pro ceeded to - the site of the intended;Building, which is at a distance of about six hundred yards. Police Officers. Military Band of Music. Two Tylers. The Wardens, Past Masters, and Masters of the several Lodges according to Rank, Juniors walking first. Officers of Grand Stewards' Lodge. The Architect, with the Plans. Grand bor A ne Co by rn th u e co ltla a ; w ter i o th f a C° L r o n dge. Grand Steward. Two Ewers, with Wine and Oil, Steward. borne by Masters of Lodges. Grand Organist. G. Superintendent G. Director of Works. of Ceremonies. Past Grand Sword Bearers. Past Grand Deacons. Grand Secretary, bearing Book of Constitutions on a Cushion. Grand Secretary, bearing the Plate with the Inscription for the Foundation Stone. - Grand Registrar, bearing the Great Seal. Past Grand Treasurers. Grand Treasurer, bearing a Phial; containing the Coin to be deposited ' • in the Stone. Past Grand Chaplains. Past Grand Wardens. - Past Provincial Grand Masters. Provincial Grand Masters. Past Deputy Grand Masters. The Corinthian Light, borne by the Master of a Lodge. The Column of J. G. W. borne by the Master of a Lodge. The Junior Grand Warden, with Plumb Rule. Grand C The Banner of the Steward. Z ()rand Lodge Grand Steward. The Doric Light, borne by the Master of a Ledge The Column of S. G. W. borne by the Master of a Lodge. The Senior Grand The Junior Warden, Grand Deacon. with Level. Grand S The Grand Chaplain Steward. 11Tearing the Sacred Law on a cushion. The Deputy Grand Master, with the Square. M. W. Grand Master of Ireland, r His Grace the Duke of Leinster, with the Mall of Grand Master Grand Sir Christopher Wren, used by Steward. , Ring Charles the Second, on 1 1 , laying the foundation-Stone of L St. Paul's Cathedral. The lonic Light, borne by the Master of a Lodge. Grand The Banner of H.R.H. Grand Steward. The Duke of Sussex, Steward. M. W. Grand Master. • The Grand Sword-bearer. Grand CH. It. H. THE DUKE OF Sussex, Grand Steward. I M Z .W. Grand Master. i Steward. Two The Senior Grand Grand Grand Stewards. Deacon. ) i The Standard of Grand T , • IIISMAJESTY KING GEORGE IV. Steward. Patron the Order. ( Steward. of Two Grand Stewards. Grand Tyler. Tivo Stewards of the Licensed Victualler? Asylum, with Wands. The President and Vice-President of that Asylum. Two Stewards, with Wands. , Donors to the Asylum. Two Stewards, with Wands. Governors and Trustees to the Asylum, and ,Committee for General Purposes. - Secretary of the Asylum. TWo Stewards, with Wands. Police. When the head of the procession arrived at the place where it was to halt, the Brethren divided to the right and left, and faced inwards, forming an avenue for the M.W. Grand Master to pass through, preceded by the Standard of the Grand Parson and the Grand Sword bearer, and followed by his Royal Highness's Banner, the lonic Light, the Grand Master of Ireland, Deputy Grand Master, and Grand Officers, who then took their respective sta tions on the platform. The President and Vice- Presidents of the Institution, and the donors, trus tees, and members of the committee, also took their places on the platform. The stone was then raised, and, after the lower one was adjusted, the Grand Treasurer deposited the phial containing the coin and medals in the cavity of the lower stone, and the Grand:Secretary read aloud the inscription engraven on the brass plate, and then placed the same in its proper situation, after which, the Grand Chaplain offered up a prayer. The cement was then placed on the upper face of the bottom stone, and the Grand Master adjusted the same with a trowel handed to him for that pur pose. After which, the upper stone was lowered slowly, the band playing "Rule Britannia.": The Grand Master now proved the just position and form of the stone by the plumb, level, and square, which were successively delivered to him by the De puty Grand Master. I. satisfied in these par• ticulars, his Royal Highness gave the stone three knocks with the mall, which was delivered by his Grace the Duke of Leinster. The cornucopia, containing the corn, and the ewers, with the wine and oil, was then handed to his Royal Highness, who strewea the corn and poured the wine and oil over the stone, with the ac customed ceremonies. The Grand Master, having inspected the plan of the intended building, delivered the same to the architect, together with the several tools used in proving the position of the stone, and desired him to proceed, without loss of time, to the completion of the work in conformity with the plan. The children of the Licensed Victuallers' S c h oo l , sang a hymn, written for the occasion. The band then performed the national anthem of " God save the King." The ceremony being concluded, the Brethren re turned to the Shard's Arms Tavern. TIIE FOLLOWING IS THE copy OF THE INSCRIPTION EN. GRAVEN ON TIE BRASS PLATE, DEPOSITED IN 71IE FOUNDATION-STONE :- In the Ninth Year of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty King George IV. This First Stone of the LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, for the Reception of Distressed Licensed Victuallers and their Wives, or Widows, resident within Ten Miles of the Standard in Corohill, London, Instituted in February, 1 827, • was laid, in ample Masonic Form, on the 29th of May, 1828, by His Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, K.G. &c. &c. Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of England, and Patron of the Institution. Henry Rose, Architect. Absalom Symmons, Builder. A meeting of the Lords of Trade and Plan tations was held yesteiday at the office of the Board of Trade, Whitehall, which was attended by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the CH•NCELLOR of the EXeIIECWEIC, and Mr. HEERIES. The meeting was held on matters relative to . the coinage. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England were present. 'THE PITT CLUB. , Yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, was celebrated the anniversary of the Birth of the late Right Hon. William Pitt About three htindred Noblemen and , 'Gentlemen, Meiribdre of the Pitt Club, dined together) dna so highly tiistinguighed a eintipaily has perhaps never been assembled on a similar occasion. The entertainment commenced about seven o'clock. Lord Skelmersdale presided. Amongst those present were— . The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Eldon, Earl Bathurst, the Marquis of Chandos, np., the Eatl of Harewood, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Kenyon, Lord Rolle, the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, M.P., the Right Hon. J. C. Retries, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir George Henry Rose, M.P., the Melt Hon. Sir George Hill, Bart. M.P., the Honourable Lloyd Kenyon, the Hon. Edward Cast, M.P., the Honourable J. Townsend, Ar.P., Sir T. S. Geoch, Bart., M.P., Sir J. D. Astley, Bart., M.P., Sir G. H. Smythe, Batt., M.P., Sir Thomas Lethbridge, Bart,' M.P., Sir John Gibbons, Bart., Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart.; • Sir R. M. Vaughan, M.P., Sir James Wimstom, Henry Bankes, Esq., M.P., J. Taylor, Esq., Alexander Fraser, Esq., John Stuart, Esq., Henry Stuart, Esq„ Charles' Kerr, Esq., Mr. Alderman Farehrotlier, Rev. Dr. Bulwer, William Grant, Esq., William Higgins, Esq., General Peachey, M.P., G. H. Sumner, Esq., Thomas Greene, Esq., M.P., Quintin Dick, Esq., M. P., Thomas Warden, Esq., M.P., John Capel, Esq., M.P., George Moore, Esq., M P., Charles Ross, Esq., M. P., Hugh Dick, Esq., M.P., Colonel Conyers, Rev. C. Blieke, Admiral Sir E. Harvey, K.C.8., M.P., Col. Strutt, M.P., Captain G. P. Rose, M.P., John Innes, Esq., General Scott, David 'Clark, Esq., Lieut.-General Sir M. Nightingale, K.C.8., M.P., Colonel Wood, M.P., R. A..Dundas, Esq. M.P., Eneas Darkly, Esq., Henry Shank, Esq., John Fairlie, Esq., William Sawbridge, Esq., John Dodson, Esq., D.C.L., W. B. Collender, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Tyrrell, W. R. Cartwright, Esq. M.P., John Round ; Esq., J. A. Houhlon, Esq., R. S. Wells, Esq., Heath cote, Esq., Sir Jolan Mortlock, Sir John Chetwpde, Bort., Sir George Docket; Bart., Sir Wm. Foullis, Bait., George Bankes, Esq. M.P., Henry' Winehester, EN., Major Wood, Rev. Henry Foulis, Rev. C. Tyrrell, Sir John Tyrrell, Bart., Sir• Robert Gunning, Bart., R.B. Cooper, Esq. M.P., W. Vaughan, Esq., Colonel Vaughan, R. P.' Glynn, Esq. A Military Band 'played at intervals during the entertainment, and the vocal department was bus tained with the usual ability by Messrs. Broadhurst, Charles Taylor, Hawes, Golden, Leete, and King. On the removal of the cloth, Lord SICELMERS , - DALE said, the first toast I shall have to propose is one which, as good subjects and loyal subjects, I have no doubt you will receive and drink with those honours to which it is entitled : " The King."— Three times three. (Great applause.) Air, " God save the King." The CRAIRMAN-4 now beg to give you, with three times three, the health of " The Duke of Clarence, and the other Branches of the Royal Fa mily." Drank accordingly. Air, " Hail, Star of Brunswick." The CHAIRMAN--The period of two-and-twenty years which has elapsed since the death of Mr. Pitt has been one of the most eventful that history re- cords ; but to dwell upon that period, in addressing a company, every one of whom must be as well acquaint ed with them as I am, would, I should conceive, be ex tremely ill-judged. It is well known to all of you, Gentlemen, that Mr. Pitt was called to the Coun cils of his King at a very early period of life, and that while maturing a plan for• putting the finances of this country upon a footing that could not have failed ultimately to raise it to the highest pin nacle of greatness at home and abroad, a war broke . out between us and France. It is not for me to de tail to you the circumstances of that war. Mr. Pitt was then Prime Minister, and I need scarcely re mind yen that he had no trifling difficulties to con tend with, and that he did contend against them with signal success. At the time he assumed the direction of his Majesty's Councils, he found the army in a state of disorganization. Ido net mean that disorganization which proceeds from any want of personal courage—for the bravery of British soldiers is what no man in his•senses will be dis posed to doubt; but, I say, that in all the arrange ments which tend to render a national army formi dable to the enemies of its country, he found it de plorably inefficient.. ,With these difficulties he strug gled, and finally, by his efforts, they were overcome, until at length the army corning into the hands of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York—(Great applause)—it was brought into a state fit to be commanded by the greatest Captain of the age—the Noble Duke who now sits near me.—(Continued ap plause.)—Mr. Pitt had not the good fortune to live long enough to witness the effects of his own exer tions; he died the victim of ill-health brought on by the mortification he sustained at seeing the weak and faithless conduct of our Allies. He had not, I say, the good fortune to witness the results which ensued upon the wisdom of his councils; and the blow which the country sustained at his death, was followed up not long after, by the serious illness of his late most Gracious Majesty George 111. Happily the mantle of that Monarch fell upon his son the Prince Regent, and he, with a knowledge of human nature that was most striking, and with that true love of his country, of which there could not at any time be the slightest doubt—(Applause)—with that acuteness of intel lect, for which all who ever approached him must have strongly felt—chose Lord Liverpool for his Prime Minister, and intrusted a high command in his army to the Duke of Wellington. (Applause.) Under such auspices, it was impossible but that the affairs of the nation should prosper, and they did prosper accordingly. The fame and success of our army, it was well known, went on increasing. No one who remembers the Peninsular war, but also remembers how victorious were our arms in every general action, until their- triumph was consummated in the field of Wateimo. (Applause.) You must feel, Gentlemen, that I have great difficulty and reluctance in touching upon these subjects in the presence ci one who took so distinguished a part in the e.ecurrences to which I allude; but he has so distinguished himself, and it is his own acts by which the eulogium which I am pronouncing are brought upon him. Ido not step out of my way.for the purpose, and it is therefore no fault of mine. I feel, gentlemen, that I should depart from the line which my duty prescribes were I to occupy any more of your attention with truths so obvious arid so generally admitted, that it would be almost idle, under any circumstances, to attempt to enforce them —still more idle and impertinent would it be, under cireurnstanees like the present, when the fact of your • presence here amounts to the full admission of them and affords their best confirmation. -I now propose to you " the Memory of the late Right Hon. Wm. Pitt—three times three."--(Great applause.) The next toast was, " The Navy and Army of the United Kingdom—three times three." The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The House of Brunswick, and may they never forget the principles which placed them upon the Throne of these Realms. Upon which great applause ensued. When it had nearly subsided, - Lord Eldon cried, ,g O nc e more," and the cheers were enthusiastically renewed. The CHAIRMAN—The manner in which you •re ceived the last toast convinces me that neither you, nor the House of Brunswick, will ever forget the principles which seated the Illustrious Family upon the Throne, and therefore I can easily anticipate w i t h what degree of satisfaction you will receive the next toast, which it is my duty to propose to you, namely, " The Protestant Ascendancy." (Drunk with immense applause.) The CHAIRMAN—I must now crave your in dulgence for a few minutes, while I propose to you the health of his Majesty's Ministers. At the last meeting of this Club, the Government of this country was entrusted to hands, of which the pre sent company, I believe, did not altogether approve, in whom, at least, they did not place implicit faith. On this subject I wish not to dilate much further, and I trust you will excuse me, when you recollect that the then head of that Administration was my early and private friend, and though my differences from him on political subjects were strong and de cided, they certainly were not of a character to dis- ; Solve personal friendship. - Under those memo- Stances, I trust you will feel I am not .called upon to enter into invidibus coinparigtiog.. I, shall there fore pass to triore agreeable topics--the present cdisstitution of the Ding's Government; a Govern= riled, I will say, possessing fidt only the coif= fiflence df this Club, but of the natidil tit large. When I ded dt its head the Noble Dtike who led thtf armies of England vlctotiously over a great part of the Continent, where they met acid Otertarnt some of the most highly disciplined troops in the Art:kid, how can I doubt that they possess that confidence And how can I fur a moment doubt that that confi dence is well bestowed, when I see on my right hand a member of that Government, a Noble Earl bred up in the school of Pitt, venerating his cha racter and inheriting his principles ? Again, can. I doubt that that confidence is well bestowed, when I know that there is also included ivitluA the present Cabinet such a man as the present Secretary of State for the Home Department—who, I am in. , strutted to say, Would hate felt great pleasure in being here on the present occasion, had he not been unavoidably prevented—one who, young as he is, has performed many and great public services, and were they confined to the simplification and conso lidation of the criminal law, be would have been eminently' entitled to the gratitude of his country ? Also my- belief in the existence and excellent foun dation of that confidence Is increased, when I see at this table the Noble Earl, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster—when also, we have such a Chancellor of the Exchequer—one who, when he was Minister for Ireland, conciliated that country as far as it was possible for any person to conciliate it. There is likewise the Master of the Mint. With such men, who can doubt its principle, or who is there can avoid hoping success. The Noble Duke now placed at its head, has by this time most pro bably discovered that peace and quiet are not syno nimous terms, but I trust the time is not distant' when - by his aid, we shall enjoy not only peace abroad but quiet at home, and 1 sincerely- trust that he will be enabled to apply the leisure which the, pacific condition of Europe now permits, to that do mestic •pacification of which we are now so much in want. The health of his Majesty's Ministers was then drunk with long and reiterated cheering. The Duke of WELLINGTON—I beg leave, Gen tlemen, on my own behalf, and that of my colleagues, to return you my most warm and grateful thanks for the manner in which our names have been received, and to assure you, gentlemen, that it is our wish, a' it will be our duty, so,to conduct ourselves as to merit your approbation. In contemplating the life of that great man, whose character and fame it is the business of this day to commemorate, I catinet but observe, that his principles were the principles of the Constitution, and that the history of his life, when examined, proves to be nothing less than the application of those principles to the interest and benefit of the country, and that every act of that life tended to defend the Constitution and the world from the misery with which at that time it was threatened and assailed. Then, Gentlemen, with perfect sincerity I can assure you that it is my inten tion, and that of my Noble and Right Honourable Colleagues, to uphold those principles, and through, as we trust, their successful operation, to promote the security, prosperity, and happiness of the country. Times and circumstances may change, but I trust at no time, and under no circumstances, will his Majesty ever be in a situation where he may not find men from whom he may select servants capable and willing to imitate that great man whose memory we are assembled to honour--(Loud applause)— and though we be now placed in circumstances far different from those in which he stood, I hope that my Noble Colleagues and myself may venture to pursue the course that in similar circumstances he would have preferred, and to follow those principles of which he has set us so noble an example. (Long and continued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN said that the toast he had next to propose to them was one to which the speech they had just heard from the Noble Duke was an admir able preface. The toast was—" May the principles of Pitt always animate the councils of Great Eli tain."—Drunk with the usual honours and much applause. The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, the next toast is one which you will think standing, but in silence. It is—" The memory of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York."—Drunk accordingly. The CHAIRMAN—The task which I have now to perform is one most grateful to my feelings—it is to propose the health of an early Friend to the Pitt Club—one to whom it is under many obligations-- one to whom the country at large is under many obligations, as well for his conduct as a Peer, and a.• a Member of his Majesty's Government, as for the exercise of his talents and learning as a Judge in the Court of Chancery. (Applause.) I now propose to you the health of the Earl of Eldon.--Drank with three times three. Lord ELDON—I really, my Lords and Gentle men, feel extremely embarrassed in attempting to give adequate expression to the feelings which have been excited in my breast by the very gracious man ner in which you have been pleased to receive the mention of my name. I was an early Member of this Club, and as long as life is spared to . me I shall feel it my duty to attend its meetings. For twenty two years have I been a member. I have been so for various reasons. First, I recollected the per sonal gratitude excited in my breast by the kindness of that great man, whose fame and principles it is our object to perpetuate. I attended these meetings not only because I thought it my duty as an indivi dual, but because I thought it a duty imposed on me as a member of that great society on which Mr. Pitt had conferred such lasting benefits. I attended them also for another reason: I conceive that meet ings of this kind are of great public benefit; for not only do they keep alive certain political principles, but they transmit the sentiments of the generation which is passing away to that which is rising into existence. They excite in young men a feeling of sympathy with their seniors, and impart to youth somewhat of the experience of age. Can any man whose heart beats with attachment to his country, attend a meeting such as this, without being con scious that generous and really patriotic sentiments find their best organ and depository in an Associa tion such as the present ? It is upon principles such as these that I solemnly declare my intention, so long as God gives me life and strength, never to be absent from your meetings. Having now said all, and perhaps more than was sufficient, respecting myself, I will try to make a single observation or two respecting the illustrious individual whose me mory we are assembled to honour. No man had a more intimate acquaintance . with his political senti ments than I had. And I should be wanting in truth, did I not assure you that one great difficulty which he always bad to contend with, was, to con vince himself that he was bound in duty to put those restrictions upon civil liberty, by which alone that liberty could be saved, in the times when he lived. There was one great principle of the English Con stitution which this nation had the good sense to submit to, but that was one which he had the utmost reluctance in proposing to Parliament, namely, the suspension of our liberties for a time, in order that we might keep them forever. I now speak to many indivi duals who are hardly old enough to remember of their own knowledge, the occurrences which took the order fulness that place in this country, and in Europe generally, from 1788 to 1798. And I consider it 4, great misfor elir'n. I❑ doing misfor tune that they are not sufficiently remembered. It present company, was in that period that he and the other friends of civil and religious liberty took upon themselves, through evil and good report, the heavy responsi atotbhhtfi 1 this, s this f t , r y se e o mdp f toeei freedom mesa whichppi of fh n n d t de i ae b i y g t ot for rspht rcaeot assures country nsr. b elt rr; preserved brief enjoys,fre o v e r e reio% solelyinfluenced by considerations of duty; and that had similar oc casions arisen in after times, we should have fear lessly pursued a similar course. During that great struggle I professed myself, as I do now, to be inertly the humble dise4fe of that great Man though in common with him and others of my sone rion, I was exposed during the period of which t speak, to every species of abuse. But; I trust film. those. civil and religious, rights which we were then Instrumental in sustaining, may flour.ish so long this martin , exists'. In the observations which I have now submitted to you, you will perceive I have bee' merely applying• myself to the past sittiation of the country. But to speak more immediately of its present situution, I would say that, never did any &lan more eordially join than I do, in an earnest hope, that fliffigs are now settled upon a satisfactory basis,, that confident:it and hope will be restored to every friend of the Constitution, that all will yet be right, and Great Britain becaue what she ought to be. The Noble Earl here' sat ;lown amid loud cheers, which had accompanied the who'?-e of his speech. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of a dis tinguished member of 'the Club, the 'Dulse of Wel lington.—Drunk with three times three, wl!lh great applause. The Duke of WEELINGTON—In offering to you; my warmest thanks for the highly gratifying manner in which you have been pleased to receive the toast lust proposed by my• Noble Friend, I assure yOu I have felt highly honoured by the favourable reception which has at all times awaited me in this Club ; and I can follow up the promise of frequent attendance made by another Noble Friend on my left, by saying that I shall have great pleasure in being present at your meetings as frequently as my other avociitions will permit. I now beg leave to call your attention to a point on which I expect the fullest Sympathy throughout the meeting. I allude to the obligations we are under to the Noble Lord who has so ably presided over the present entertainment—who has conducted himself in that chair with so much talent, and who has evinced through a long political coif, se unshaken attachment to the principl e s of Pitt. It now only remain!, fOr me to propose the health of our worthy President. Drank with three times three. Lord SRELMERSDALE was unable to express the feelings of gratitude with which he was impressed, for the flattering manner in which his health had been proposed by. his Noble Friend, and received by the company: His Noble Friend had done him but justice in saying, that he had long been attached to the principles of the late Mr. Pitt. He had now been thirty-three years in public lire. At the outset he admired the principles of Mr, Pitt; he adopted them, and he had never yet dissented or flinched from them. In fact, for the want of a better phrase, he was an old Tory—(Loud cheering.) His father was a Tory before him, and he held his princis as it were hereditarily. Let him, however, guard hitz,self against being misunderstood when he used the ex pression old Tory. He was not a primitive Tory, and he knew not that he could better explain himself than by having recourse to a definition given by a late Learned Gentleman who was some authority in such matters. The late Dr. Shipley on being asked what was a Tory, tZ.'plied that he was a moderate Whig, o Whig of 1688—(Hear, ii7)—but en being asked utterly "tha impossible stwa a m modern n to say mltaato Whig that it was were.—(A laugh, and hear.) But let him be a Tory o:f a whig , or whatever he might, he returned them his ,•.ineeie thanks, and begged to propose to them as a toasi!- - The health of the Earl of Harewood.—(Cheers.) The Earl of HAnEwoon returned many thanks for the manner in which his health had been re ceived. The last time he had the pleasure of ad dressing them, it was observed that he must be a, very fastidious man indeed, who could not find among the then Administration a peron in whom he could safely place confidence, and yet he !lelieved that the Club was fastidious enough not to place great confidence in that Government. And he thought that circumstances which had since occur red fay warranted the sentiments then entertained*. As to the present Administration, lie would say but one word. He looked with great confidence to the enlightened views and straight forward dealing of the Noble Duke at its head. -He would say, as his own private opinion, that he considered that distin guished individual placed in circumstances of great difficulty. lint he sincerely trusted, that an efficient and united AdministratiOn would, crown his efforts for the publiegood. The next toast was; " The Duke of Athol and the Pitt Club of Scotland." The Earl of GLASGOW returned thanks. The next toast was, " Lord Kenyon and the Pitt Club of Wales." His Lordship, in returning thanks, said he had great pleasure in noticing the favourable mention of the Pitt Club of Wales, the more especially as the, Principality sent into their body many distinguished members—Anglesea, Comhermere, and Picton. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " The Lauded and Commercial Interests, and may they be for ever united." The Earl of ELIoN—I was a lawyer for many years, though I have for some time ceased practice. Still I may venture to give an opinion, that twenty two years undisturbed possession constitutes some thing like a legal title. Now there is one toast, the pleasure of giving which has been my exclusive pro perty for twenty-two years, and I shall not allow p T e h t o ui c ty orn to pa the n y Pitt olen C s lu e b p any other person to propose it until you tell me must not do so. The toast is, " Prosperity and per :::ated, after an evening spent apparently to their entire satisfaction. ness yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing:street , I The Marquis DE P AL MELLA transacted (nisi - In consequence of the expected resignation of the Aldermanic Gown by Sir R. C. GLYN, Bart., iu the Ward of Bishopsgate, D. W. ManyEy, Esq. M.P. for Colchester, has been solicited by the inhabitants of the Ward to offer himself a Candidate to succeed Sir R. C. GLYN, should he resign. THE YORK .THEATRICAL York, onTuesday last, the present engagement of Mr. DOWNE. being nearly expired, the theatres on this circuit, com prising York, Hull, Leeds, Wakefield, and Doncaster, were let for the term of seven years, from the first of July next.--The candidates who sent in tenders were four in number. A Mr. CUMMINS, who had bid 1,280 1, per annum, was declared the successful candidate. The le ssee ' it is stated, is to deposit 3501. bearing interest, an d to enter into a bond of 3,0001. w ith sure ti es , t o pay the !'cut quarterly, to pay a su m f or th e use . o f th e s cenery, and td keep the theatres in rep a i r .—Th e Y or k theatre is subject 'to thirty-three a nd th e H u ll t o f or ty-two free acni.siou tickets, and also to cons id era bl e p r ivileges to Mr. Wit KINSON and his family. A n i g ht's clear receipt at York, it is said, may amou n t t o u p war d s of 150 1 . ; at Hull, 24.0/. at Leeds, 100/. ; at W a k e fi e ld, 701. ; and at Doncaster, 110/. The rent lately paid for the theatres in this circuit. (exclusive of a reat of 100/. per annum, paid to the cot - poration of Doncaster, for the use of the theatre there) has been 1280/. per annum. —The bidding of Mr. CUMMINF was 50/. above the highest of his competitors.—Hull Packet. THE WEATHER. -- Yesterday f orenoon thi s y a nd continued t o d o so during the day, and us somethattorrents, parts of the sub ur b s l arge hailstones fell. Precisely at we lve o'clock, a most vivid flash was instantaneously t f h o o c s e v a e d t re b . y a Tthreemeel electric fluidncela theshookic r: houseei e every house ltdh-epn Mr. Woonitou sP., a Dissenting l ace, utterly demolishing the wooden spout that descended from the roof beside the kitchen window, broke a few panes of glass, and providentially did no further injury. The window consists of a large lead light,'with a casement in it, which was open at the time. Several of the children were in the kitchen, and Mrs. W. herself at the table immediately inside the window, in the act of cleaning some highly polished tins ! She declares that she saw " the ball," and that the " sparks . ' flew all over the kitchen among the children ! This must, however, be a mistake, for a boy engaged at Mr. KELuy's marble works, about 300 yards off, protests that he must have swallowed, the ball, from the taste of brimstone in his mouth ; and as soon as he recovered from the astounding effects f t h e shock, he ran off home as fast as his legs could carry him, and would insist upon having a dose of salts to work off the thunder ball ! ! All the neighbours agree in saying that there that discharge o f cannon,—Ches g asetenoonakepaanniesd the estron sulphureous smell like ter Courant. wwhiascha Grand Steward. Grand 'teward. the the Ye rsalat the • -.