The Sun. — London, England, 1816-11-05 00:00:00

13 LI C DINNFIR to LORD CASTLERGAGIL On Wednesday, the 30th ult. Lnrd -Viscount CAs7I,ItHEAL3A• was entertained at the exchange `flooms by the Sovereign, Burgesses, and prittei - pal inhabitants of Bellast anti its vicinity. At six .o'clock his Lordship arrived, accompa nied by his Noble Pather, the Marquis of Lim dontierry. Sir S. Bruce, Alexander Ste Wart, Esq. and M. rlanta, his Lordship's Secretary. Ills Lordship was received, on alighting from Ids car tlt e, the Marquis of Donegal, the Sovereign aitAi• the Stewards, who conducted Lord•ddy to the reception-room, which was illuminated by ap propriate transparencies. At seven o'clock din 'net was Announced, and his- Lordship was con ducted to the dining-rooms by the Stewards, the exrdient band of the Royals playing " God save. The staircase and avows Nailing to the dioner t*otis were most brillirontly decorated and ilitttni - 'timed by coloured lamps. On do doors of the dinner-room bring theoWn open, the scene was brilliant in the extreme.—the decoratioOs could • not be itt9t'ehandsionts, or more anpropripe. An orchesfralutd;bren ereeled over the middle door, in' the centre of 'which was placed • a magnificent and ably ex refuted allygorical transparency, repre• tenting his Lordship cksing the gates of the TeTple of Janus, on winch 'were inscribed the words • Clanduatur belli purttr. On the base of the Telllllle, the following in set iptiott appeared— Regnant tog cure satrActs Exiled: mot per eictita re desltivrii, iota fidelitius Cittorit patria. The bust of Janus, tVilirli slit mminted the introducesl the likenesses of Nelson and Wellington. Ott the right of the orrliestra was placed a well etecuteit likeness of the 'Marquis of Lotolotiderry. On the left, ones of Lietttenaut -tiemeral Loud Slewart. At the head of the room Was It beauti ful transparency of the King, surrounded with the words— reins in the hearts of his people. At the foot of the room was a corresponding figtore, reprettentittlf the Prince Regent. The tables out 111 dle MOSt elegant mittner, decorated with the tantogt taste, and Cll.. vereil with a proftisimt of every thing the metro polis or the country enuld afford--tut tic, venison, game. a 41 e' try variety of the season. — ere five tables, affording accommodation for above 200 persons. At the centre table lite Martinis of Donegal pre shied, I ,as inv.. Lord Castlereagh on his tight hand, and t Nlargoii of Londonderry on hi , left, toge ther, with the mi l er guests tt ho h-id been on this oceioion to meet his Lordship. After the removal of the chilli, the. Noble Pre sident, w ho. we rearil to say, laboured tinder se vere linl;.inn.ition, drink the health of .The King—Tune. Om , 3/re the liviaff. The Prince Ite4ent may hiti Itegeocv he as prosperous in Terve as it has been glorious in War— , t tinr, The Ptince Ite je 10 . 1 ter relt The ()siren and 'Royal Family—Tune, The Q•leeii's 31e4rh. The Princes , Cita, hdle of :C'ales and the Prince of Saxe Colmurg ; 'nay prosperity and happiness attend the Isoal Pri.erss Chnrlotio'. Iraltz. ()ii the hell , ll ~1 Lord ettstleteigh being pro• posed, Lord Dottegd stared his inability to do justice to the talents and services of the Noble CT rust, Lord Castlereagh. for the eminent and divillgni‘bed services 4eltiell he 11,4 t: rendered hi, contitry in 'he di , chorge of those public duties to %,vhiclk Royal highness tilt' Ptinee Itcgrlit hat! pleased (r) call hint. 'The Noble , Presitirot re gretted that the severity' of his cold rendered hint uttelptal to enter more rtt 14rge into the IlierltS the Nu'ile Lord ; he therefore begged to give the health of. Lord Vi•count Castlereagh, the Statesman vritn, by the vizinr of his measures, and the wisdom of his polieY, had so titiltmlltly coot 'Muted to the terminathm of a glorious war, and the tonclusiou of an honourable trace. This toast teas drank with the most rapturous ariiiillget upon whirl' the Noble Lord rose and ett.h.co..ed the company nearly to the following effect " 1 let I deeply impressed by the honour that has been paid in my ,elf and to my family upon this occasion, wide!) 1 must consider as a mark of the approbation of in Ininteroni, so respeCt ighle, and so enlightened a body, on my public conduct ; and I farther feel, that it must be highly gratifying to those persons with whom I have - acted for so long a time in the administration of ,public affairs-6w, when 1 was engaged on fo reign tvissiutis, I Most be considered as ha.Ving act ed tinder their inSt Net lonkt ; and if Ole CVentS have proved prosperous and glorious to toy King .and ,eountry, and are now approved of by my felictty tit sleds, t he praise cannot be attributed to use alone. .1 was only mie of those to- whom the guidance of the vessel of the State was entrusted---cod, al though we had a stormy and tempestuous sea to "ntesttl with, we hope, anti are convinced, that we have brought the %eitSel sate into harbour, not ciltiy with her sail and colours flying, bat without It Single tiniGer wanting' or impaired. B i n here ' Me state, that it is to the Prince Regent to whom we . .ire indebted for this great result.- -Treading'in , the steps of his lather, awl adopting cii his.plans and counsels, it is to the integrity and spirit with which lie directed tis that our eess mast lie chiefly attiihnte4l:—ttiontl applause). Ills Liirdship proceeded— There was a time, in the early part of the War, hen there was » enusith - rable division of op i nion in respect to its prOSeCtitiort. Many able Ind enlightened Statestnen considered , that a peace should rlien be concluded with France--but latterly the necessity of the contest became manifest. It wits no longer a struggle for colonial aggrandise ment—it was a struggle for existence. 11:s Ma jest y*,,MiniSterstlid not lead the people; the people le•i the Ministers --anti the Government and the people, acting with one r•pirit and with one voice, became irresistihle.—(Applauses here drowned the Spee . ll )-1 have tiaiti, that the war was at one time thipimillar. The stream of public opinion and ni jinldic -feeling gradnally turned, from conviction, into a t tnPreui course,. '!'he British people dun „trtioip3ted m e i nsteadof y colleagues in e vvi y p icing directed by the adruiojstration, they urged WI the war. They lime every burden with a cheerfulness and persoerauce that CAL only be Unown and appreciated by jtetipie who are free. The Government merely followed the impulse of the public spirit of the nation, as it must always do, and the events have heed such is you are 110 V recogniziog with applause. " I cannot forget, in the midst of this exulta tion, that great embarassments and difficulties are hanging over this nation, and that although the war he closed, the blessings of peace have not re 'turncct without alloy.—Commerce has been forced into tiew channels ; it has flowing for twenty years in the track of war—it is the nature of war ; and it seems a provision of Providence, that it gives a new and unusual activity tocertain branches of trade, which grow only and are dependant on warlike operations ; and, in cases like ours, where the public exertions were great in (titration and in magnitude, this Hod of wartaring commerce had acquired a proportional iofluence, and having sud denly ceased, anti the ancient channels of trade not yet opened, a lattgoor aml painful interval of torpor lots succeeded—Ne are now suffering under this ex haustion. The habits End minds of men are not yet turned to, nor are other countries prepared for, that peaceful commerce upon'which permanent prp sperity depends, but which everyenlightened mer- . chatit must expect to return, and which we al. ready see dawning upon those conntees. But while we are wider this temporary depression, we rshotild not consider so much what we, ore, as What we would have been, bad any single disaster befallen us that could have pot us its the least de gree tinder the power of the Tyrant of the Wmlol —for I state it as a fact, that trom the small State of Prussia, with less than half our population, was drained Ihe enormous stun of 50 millions stetting,' during the short period of tour years while it remained nutlet. French domination. " Gentlemen, it is no longer a problem, or a speculation for curious men, what were the de stem or alse littler of the French, •the enemy, of liberty, and, I may say, the enemy of mankind. I say it is no longer conjecture what his views -were with respect to 115—he has not thought it worth while to conceal them, but his declared, in his present retreat, that iu war or itryeace, or ra ther doling the short truces he might permit us to enjoy, that although Europe might be at his feet, he considered that he had accomplished nothing while Great Britain remained an independent na tion. I call upon you, therefore, to compare your commercial situation and resources, as they are, with what they might, and, most inevitably, would have been, had the Prince Hod his Govera ment stooped to any other MCLlStires than such as I' a A e been adopted." me Lord Lieutenant ; and may the perfect recovery of his health soon restore him to the affection of his faroily, and to the ,xercise of the same vigour and impartiatity which he has hitherto displayed in his Govvrinnent---Tune, Lent 'Phil wrwlit'a Mardi kilter several other loyal and patri o tic toasts) Our Ally, the ing of France ; anti may be peaceably pos sess the throta of his ancestors. Lord Liverpoorend the Prince Regent's 'Ministers. Here Lord Castlereagh mice more, in a most animated speech, returned thanks to the company on the part of hints& and his collesio". regret that, from the contioned applause which ae companied almost every part oh it, we cannot at tempt tiny extended repot t. ' But in referring to the commercial embarassments wider which we at present laboured, Itia Lordship very forcibly re ntarketi, that it should not be forgotten, that at the close of the American War, When our distresses were equal, if not more severe, our resonrcea were bat ely suflicieta to pay th e inte rest of the National Debt, while nt present he could• take upon him to assert, that we bad not only sufficient to discharge the int crrst, bin that we had also an overploa, which, if not adequate to the exoences of our peace establishment, would still be founst to amount to more than the entire of our revenue at the close of the American war. It shoold also be remembered, lie said, th a t t h en we had a heavy ii hr, without any positive Means to discharge it, while now we have a large sink tog fond solely applicable to its liquidation. His Lordship then enlarged on the high estimation in which we now are held by every Power in Eu rope, and concluded by expressing his conviction, that our embarrassments would prove only of a temporary mature, and that we should 'soon rise superior to the ditficalties which now press upon the country. Marquis of Londonderry, and the County of Down. Upoo thEs toast being, given, the Marquis of Londonderry - rose and , saitt, "My Lords and Gentlemen,-1 beg leave to return you my most sincere thanks fur the honour you have conferred on use, by drinking my.health —a compliment 1 receive from such a body as are here assembled, with the liveliest gratitude; but uh ! how shall 1 express myselfwhere shall I find words to give an idea of the pleasore, the delight, which fills my parental heart at the cOmplitnents so large and so respectable ,a part of his countrymen have this day paid to my son, thereby exhibiting to the empire their approbation of the part he has performed in the great anti important 3en ices which it pleased his Prince to entrust him with, and which t under Providence, ,bas led to the pas eifieation tif Europe. Geotlemeo, as a parent, permit me to express myself—but how inbutficient are words, how impossible is it for Me to find lungtot , .!a to convey the happioess, the pride, the delight I feel. To my God 1 return my thanks, toy grateful thanks, for giving totSsuch a son, and for permitting me to witnes s s uc h a d a y ; oh t sin a blessed and a happy father, thaoktul to the Almighty for all the blessings he has showered down upon me." It is impossible to describe the sensation pro doced by this speech—it evidently cane from the heart, nod as such, was acknowledged and felt by every person present. Our Senators in Parliasuent t may their exertions ever he directed to the, honour of the King And the wellare of the people. ()tr gallant fellow-citizen, Lieut.-General Lord Stewart. On Lord Ste Wart's health being drank, Lord Castlereagh said, that having been permitted by his father, he, lit the absence of his brother, who was abroad in the service of his country, would embrace the opportunity of returnin g thanks, in his name, for the honour they hai done him ; united, as he had ever been to hit brother, by the d eA rest ties of tiGction, he begged to-assure the 'company, that he Mt any.compliment paid to that brother even in a stronger manner than if it were paid to himself. jie also could assure them that Lord Stewart f e lt, most sensibly the high ceinplituent which, on a ['grad" tlltcaSiOn , hall been isaitl by this town to LI ; services in his profession---a profession to which all the early part of his lile-had been directed, anti in the pursuit of which he had fought awl bled for his country. If now, when Europe had !Ken re stored to peace, his Prince bad been pleased to call upon his services in another line, he was convinc ed that in zeal for the public welf.tre, and in an anxious desire to promote the interest of the Unit ed Kingdom, he could not be surpassed by any in dividual. The Glorious Memory. Lord Exmouth, and the abolition of Christian Slavery— Tone, Rule Brit.:lmila. Duke of Kent and the Royal Scots—Tune, Dake of Kee." ithirch. The Sovereign of Belfast—(by Lord Castlereagh.) The Sovereign said-1 should feel much embar rassment on the present occasion, but I am warm ed confidence by the generous sentiments which pervade this Society, and I rejoice, in com mon with every man who hears me, at the oppor tunity of expressing our feelings of respect awl gratitude to our noble visitor. The language of praise is useless, when the re storation of the civilized world to social order proclaims peace : but gratitude and laudable am bition unite, in expressing to our illustrious guest, that he • has maintained the arduous part which fell to his lot to execute, with honour to himself, and security to his country—and that he has de served and possesses tie entire approbation of a grateful people. And he begged leave to state, that upon no occasion were the feelings of the town' more alive, or more effectually gratified, than by the circumstance that led to the celebra tion of the day. The Sovereign concluded, by proposing the health of Lady Castlereagh, which was received with the warmest acclamations of respect and affection. Lord CASTLEREAGII returned thanks for the mark of respect which li4(1 been paid to Lady Castlereagh ; and took occasion to observe, that her Ladyship was born on St. rattick's Day, and that if she was pleased with having married an Irishman, he, on his part, found no reason to regret. May the Peace be as lasting as its terms are honourable. Great Britain and Ireland; may they stand or halt tozether. Our Native Laud ; the birth-place of the first of Generals and the ablest of Statesmen. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, as lie could not attri bute the last part of this sentiment to himself, he must suppose that it arose from a principle not un common to this country,w here one part of the ar gument is greatly exaggerated to prove the full truth of the other part of the position. But on this occasion he could not refrain from returning thanks in his' Grace the Duke of %Veiling ton's name ; be would say, that in the his tory of nations there was no example of ta lents More transceudant, or genius more highly gifted ;• he possessed all the requisites the arduous and difficult tlines in which be conanand ea, for raising the glory of our arms, with a. modesty that always undervalued his own services. His great mind foresaw and provided against all cuntingeucies. lie taught the world to know that a brave army, led by a gallant and able General, could resist the power and oppose the tyranny of the despot of the world. Pros idence has endowed him with a mind of the must, superior cast. Let me call your recollection, Gentlemen, said his Lordship, to that period when that great Captain, with a handful of British soldiers, placed his back against a barrier at Torres Vedras, defying the armies of France, commanded by Massena—and when that General retreated, pursuing him, and carrying victory from thence to Salamanca, and from Sa lamauca to .Vittoria, till the triumphant flag of Britain was placed on the walls of Toulouse, at the momen t the Allied Ministers were negociating a generous peace with a vanquished people. In comparing the peace of 1814 with that of 1615, it skews the generous and noble feelings which actuated the Allied Sovereigns of Europe; and in reflecting on the events which subsequently occurred, and the usurpation of the t hroneot Fiance by that incorrigable tyrant , it will exhibit x series:of exploitkunexampled in the history of tiny war or of any country; a war recommenced and terminated by the issue of the battle of Waterloo, which freed the world front the tyranny of that Ustriper--‘a battle which has placed the character of the Noble Duke anti his brave army in the most elevated and glo rious point of view ; which forced the - Tyrant to throw himself, as a supplicant on British genero sity, and he is now in a state of liberal imprison ment, from which he never shall escape. But the character of this illustrious General, the Duke of Wellington, sloes not stand exalted in this country alone; his fame has spread• throughout all Europe, and is justly appreciated ; and the strongest proof of the estimation in which it is held, is shewn by the confidence of the Allied Sovereigns hi ,placing their united armies under his command. His Lordship, then, in adverting to the united services of the Army and Navy, remarked, that in tm former war hill such perfect unanimity ex isted between the two services. in every instance they had gone hand in hand, and had equally co vered themselves with glory ; anti if, in late years, the Navy had not signalized themselves, the reason was, that since the glorious battle of Trafalgar they had no longer a e►►emy to contend with.— That victory was the consummation of their glory, in the Sallie manner as the battle of IVatertno had crowned the exploits of the Army. He therefore begged to propose as a toast—the united services ut the Army and Navy of Great Britain. Ttm Linen Trade. The Exports of Ireland; and may its enemies he the first. The memory of the man whose virtues and energies saved England, and telnhe example, under Providence, has pro duced the liberty of Eur Ope. . . At oue o'clock, his Lordship, accompanied by the Marquis of Londonderry, retired, amidst the cheers nod applanbet of the Meeting. Never was there e► more genuine proof of the estimation in which our enlightened countryman is held by the Inhabitants of thi4 large and populous town. Many other appropriate toasts were given, which our limits preclude us from inserting. The party did not separate till a very advanced hour. There is at present at headinarters, a person, Who has artived from ttxtia, with dispatches for Lord WeiHawn')." It was remarked that he did not touch at England, nor hatl ahy communications with the Britis Ainhassador.--(Butch Paper.) Many.,krticles arc unavoidably postponed ; the Jury Verdict in the Fife Cause, and Aud i Alteraluy&P ternill defence of Lotteries. am ong others) N 1.111.5. ARRTVED*I France, 1 Ilamburgis, I Pugin, It Waterford. Out -1 Guttculourgli, 8 Guernsey and 34:Esq. Pownsa PLOT.—liuliday at the Bank, Exchequer, East and South Sea Houses. lIIGiI WATER. AT LONDON BRIM*: To-Nioßitori, Xioniiiig, 53 minutes after 2. 1 h.cening. i 3 minutes alter THE SUN. IieLEM Quin DICER& r‘i.sim Aupg4to LONDON, TUESDeII, NOVEMBER 5, 1816► No French P.l dllaYnt;b:rt r u g d li t the a o a n , ly w Foreign itii joilrnAaltsrivua,l tthoe-d3alYeis....e pers were published on lute' L The Emperor ALEXANDER has set out 00 his t" Hill yf h b e e i p vi r i l o l i t t a l u i turn to Sc. Petersburg!), and is expected to re• , visit Poi,' • rejoice to say, of so the Continental the New Constitution devote our columns to the gratifying account of the Belfast The importance of some of the Noble Gord's d e ". clarations raises this Meeting far above the ki ll of ordina Fetes, ry and as it is eloquently ores" ed by the Editor of the Dublin Correspeadegi':• N t h e : Itv is,e 11: The whole transaction affects the feelings' e ll " gratifies the judgment. It was no vulgar ko4 given to good fortune—to that which is wort of* junt:ligeiart: promulgated, when ten obtained than it is deserve& It was 1 10 °en°. d mon-place compliment to showy limsil i4:l)n eril'l°- success that dazzles, or to fame that Ones drousty upon the common eye ; but it wsseu e°4l 6 ; nation of what heart and min d had probe amongst one of the most enlighte ned conowmt° it ies in the world, to honour a grea t and an effec Statesman. It is impossible to conceive &father of such a man—covered with years and honours' h and agitated with parental joy, b eu ding is g re l [ticks in gratitude to Heaven, for h a ving Ov en him such a son, to soothe h is last hour, Via! the shadow diparteth, and thus lo ok jugend !peak' in g in an Assembly suc h as were spectator s of Inn scene—without wishing. for th e Poet's or din, Artist's powers to transmit the circumstance be' pony) the fleeting gener ations of the day. hill's There are some points in his Lerch Speech. of Thanks upon the occasion alluded to, :h which (reserve the public attention. Amonges t‘ 0%01)10;1)4, are two unquestionable Iloilo, Se" — 1 voi before the'comnson sense of the countlY,whic ', sat t0 ......0ne , :::. cannot avoid a momentary reference we were never engaged in a war in which so ot be ; depended on the event ()lit, as that t ab A " 5 __:. recently, and so splendidly, and so beneficially.eve, eluded—the other, that it has cost OS, in e' cl : l leo endurance, and durable difficulty, consideroblior than the war which preceded, althongh that i . see lett us baffled in power, reduced in territori, mortified in pride. OlO The Peace, in 1783, wa s followed by ' re . —national hypocoodlic — Ph tits of "1°1.' 1 14 dictions of ruin—and proposa ls for "sl'e° Pell . ° d out" the public debt. Nevertheless, t- b , paa which. followed was, ill commer ce, le e ' • bi d es provement, and general prosperity, 000" the the Rituals of Great Britain ; and " ni l ` pd course of the war which Fran ce pree°ket the which the condition of Europ e Pr°lel/71 Lilo whole debt of the American woo end y " viv re other wars since the reign of Wtceliol /I qUit 6 discharged--a d en te ms t r ation of resources oray prodigious, and such as should shame the g ce th e lons absurdities of the presen t day, an ti siic :,,poo malignant sophistries that shed their nol s° ' 00 lit but t thepublic understandings We have no b it— • j " its s in ternal repose may be secured— an d welioV' s ae to ry We have lived long enough to see Reeol e e ti° fr og., institutions and seditious confedereciea u 18 01 over and over, by the good sense aod e°l°,los. of the people, and their fidelity to the llise . ot il. We have known the vital scheme cif t"se i thO ir rations useless, their s• t • capable, 011 ' . ti t . I ,eS em In ege" co-operation abortive in their desig ns ~ ir the public( understanding. We here 10W V lt dition preached from many rostrums, to t1a.170,,,i, upon thousands, and the populace r etire !' try .,„, cated with the fumes of the raek )p e enrillsioa n P re no I V and we bare seen Society avow which had been made upon it, by eastiogq- oot surface demonstrations o f its internal fev er ' , i e r heal i " 111 t hose symptoms have disapnea ret •' — i 00 00 1 indicationi succeeded —and wo od sense tin nit i, moral feeling pave restored Society to t itwi al ; lo p tutional an u s e ' d habitual tone , And all his be place again, provided due providence 1 thasc a;ni suitable expedients adopted; al la al upr° Af h 6 sour rhapsodies, whic h threetin o%ol'. :,~-