The Sun. — London, England, 1824-10-19 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Etoik of Sudday, 0d.17.1 OCT. 16.—A mass was celebrated to -slay in the chapel of the palace of the Tuileries, for the repose of the soul of Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen of 'France. Their Royal High nesses the Dauphin and the Datiphiness, the Duchess of Berry, the Duke of Bourbon, and the Duke of .Orleans were present, -as well as the ~ great Officers, and all the King's Household. — The 'Exchange, the Museum, and the Theatres are closed to-day. Letters from Odessa of the 9..6th of September contain news from Constantinople of the 19th. At that time Lord Strangford had not quitted that. capital. He seems - to be udder some embar rassment. The courier who brought him from St. Petersburgh the official information of the ap pointment of the Marquis de Ribeaupierre to the post of Ambassador at Constantinople, doubtless delivered., to him other dispatches,•informing him that the Ambassador will. not repair to his, post tilt after the. entire conclusion of the negociations between Russia, Austria, and England, on the affairs of Greece. This circumstance, added to.the sudden depo sition of the Grand Vizier, .and to •other events passing in the East (the new invasion of the Per. skins), iccalculated to render the situation of Lord Sirangford, 'with respect to the Ottoman Porte, very complicated and embarrassing. The Augsburg Gazette of the• 11th, which gives these accounts 'from Odessa, contains also a letter from "rriestei in-which we find the fol- lowing -statement : • " According .to-accounts from Corfu of the 20th of Septem ber, which, it is true, require confirmation, the Egyptian fleet has been attacked' by' Admiral Illiaulis •Zea, where it was entleavouring to effect a landing destined against Athens. The. Creeks . b urnt three of the enemy's frigates, as well as some smaller vesiiels, and captured besides 130 transports. The re- . dispersed. " It is reported that Ibrahim Paella, son of 'the Viceroy of Egypt. was on board one of the frigates that were blown up. The- same trews has teen received at Zante,• with some modifications. It is, however; desirable to wait for mote pre cise information." " A decree of theiCing of Spain, just• published in Cate !min, orders the universities of thehingdom to be closed, till a general plan of public instruction, which a special committee has been ordered to draw up and lay before him, shill have re ceived his approbation:" There was no Exclianc, , e on'Saturdny, on ac count of the 'solemn observation of the-anniver sary of the death-of Marie:Antoinette. (From the Censtibitionnel.) ADRiD, OcT. s.—tExtrf!4 of a private letter.)-:‘Count Ofalia, the ex-minister, who lied ...obtained permission to live at Grenada; having asked for a passport for a foreign country, was immediately confined at Almeira. .In spite of all his re monstrances, bo was obliged to , obey, and at half , a league from the town'a party of Itoyalistleolunteers forced him- to get out of his carriage, and insulted him till he reached' the city: He was carried through all the streets, and the mob excited, against him ; he was called !bad names, and threatened and struck. lie is accused of having procured the amnesty in op. pasition•to the fanatic party. - Ole: other ex-minister Cruz, is still au secret, and has not been able to procure an examine. tion. , The fanatics have as mubh aversion to him, and having been reasonable for a few moments, has made them regard him as an enemy of the Royalists. In the late arrests of Ge nerallSaint•lllarq, d'Elisatle, de Merlo, de Erro,..and other persona, the warrant ordered not only that all their papers should be seized, but particulavly every . species 'of ring, watchi•Case, seals, 'nil brooches.`. These jewels, it :appears, • are somewhat different from those adopted in the Apostolic Junta. Persecution is going on still, and in a short time one half of nation will be abut up in prisons, and the other half slaves. A new Decree is cepected, to compel all those soldiers and civilians who were in: the Constitutional service, and are notpurfficd to leave Madrid. M. Vgarte still con tinues to direct-the machine of state, though his influence is• balanced in some measures by M;Qloinarde, the head ot,rhe fanatic party, who threatens to displace the other favourite. In a sew days 2,000 men, on board• two ships of . war and some transports, will sail from CorunnEfor the Havannah. It is wished o send a second expedition to Mexico and .•a third to Peru, but no preparations are 'made sufficient to realize each a project. -Letters from the Havannah say, that Don Uaspar Itethiguex, Lieutenant of :the American Dragoons,, had endeavoured to excite a revolutionary movement at Ma tanzas, hut the insurrection was immediately suppressed. (Pion the Courier Franeau iIAVANNAII, Auo, 20.—ORDER OF THE DAY.—" Don Gum Rodriguez, Lieutenant of the American Dragoons at. the town of•illatanzas, having under his orders a detachment of his regiment, seduced. a small number of them, and endea voured to disturb the public tranquillity, by coming into the streets on the 2:1(1, and uttering seditious cries, and firing On those persona who would not join him in his revolt. The inhabitants of Matanzas, the militia, and the troops, attached to their legitimate Sovereign, collected-immediately around the Governor, and their zeal activity prevented. the pro gress of- the sedition. The public tranquillity was not at all disturbed. Rodriguez, seeing the uselessness of his exertions, took to flight, and pursued the road towards Mocha. By this time, perhaps, 'forsaken by those who followed him, he has fallen Into the hinds of justice. • If the• mad and crimi. ' nal, project of an individual, who was a brother soldier, has filled my heart with bitterness, I have at the same time the satisfaction of seeing that his conduct has inspired the troops of the garrison with the . greatest contempt, and that they, as well as I, will keep our oath of fidelity to , our legitimate Sovereign. (Signed) " VIVES. Havannah, Aug. 29,1624.'+ • " Paoet.A.StATtoseelinitabitants of the Havannah, when the Government discovered the proceedings of some ambitious men, 'who were working in the dark at the rtiln'or this splendid colony, and was on the point of arresting the Chiefs of the rebellion, par ticularly Lieut.. (hyper Rodriguez who wa s a t Matanzas, this individual, certain ofhis fate, paraded the streets'of Matanzas 'with Aor 10 soldiers, and proclaimed insurrection. This coun. -try, the constant residence of peace and concord, has nothing to .year from so ephemeral a project, which will he stifled in its With. 'The faithful inhabitants of Matanzas joined the Clover ' -nor; the rebel has fled with his band, and' before lorig he will .trail into the hands of justice to receive the punishment due to his 'crime. It I were to address you, I would recoil - m . lold confidence in the Government and union, but what cani say to you who 1 1coow your best interests, and who have given me so many proofs of your love of order, and of that loyalty which consti. totes your generous character? I rely with the greatest con. fidence on the zeal of all the citizens for the-preservation of public tranquillity, should the spirit of innovation endeavour to sprmol abroad ideas - destructiveof the rights of our legitimate • Sovereign. Cuba has always been the classic land of fidelity, and the inhabitants have constantly merited the honourableap. - probation which -his Majesty has bestowed on them. . A few x. factious. united with the malcontents ' who would be unable to live in i'well.regulisted community, Iliad, perhaps, by some e secret agents of the unfortunate countries of the Continent, are the only persons who could plan draruin-of this happy country, the commerce and wealth of which could not exist wahout tran. • quillity. Perhaps the O. or JO soldiers who have accompanied Rodriguex t - have rather followed him from habit than .from sharing in his criminal project. Orders have been given .to ...arrest them, and I do not doubt that they will s oon be taken.— Under the Influence of' my natural frankness; I have informed the public of this disagreeable'event, in order to . prevent ma. lignity from vproading to And alarmisty reports. • Inhabitants of this faithful town, have ctififigence . in 'toe .firrnness tif the 'floverninent, and wait with tranquillity for the speedy result of the viktoroue measures. which I have -taken for your security, end aid the arrest of those. who disturb it. (Signed) " DON F. D. VIVES." An. unforturutto engraver of Mulhausen, the. Sieur Ileury Meyor, lately gave - - a proof 'of con jugal love and fidelity seldom witnessed. - Death' having deprived him of his Wife, he left his house during two flays, .and the third 'they found him expiring upon her tomb. .A pistol lay near him, :oith which he hid put an e►►d to his existence. INDIA. Therebave bean several arrivals from India : The William Shand, Kenn, from Batavia ; the Mary, Steele, from Singapore and Penang ; the Francis, Benson, from Ba tavia and Beneoolen ; anathe Acasta, Dixy, from Penang. By the communications from Batavia, it appears that the supply of European arms, with which the Burmese have hitherto been so liberally supplied from Europe, is now cut off. A proclamation was issued in June last, by the Governor of Batavia, directing the seizure of all arms and ammunition,, from ships anchoring in the Roads, or navigating the straits of Sunda, except such as might be requisite for actual defence.— The Guardian, bound to Singapore, had been detained under this proclamation, of Which , we shall be enabled to:give our readers a copy to-morrow. It had excited surprise to find the Burmese so perfectly armed and equipped as they proved to be in the late actions, and the Proclamation published at Batavia is not doubted to have. re suited frem the representations of our Indian Government to the Authorities at Batavia. The Cochin-Chinese are known also to have been largely supplied with arms from France, and the Dutch Government is said to have complied most promptly with the edict restraining importation, from a sense of the com mon delver in which they might themselves be involved, by suffering . the free importation of arms into the further Penin sula of . -India. IVe greatly regret to find, from a letter dated Singapore; 23d May, brought by the William Shand, that no satisfactory intelligence has been yet obtained of Mr. Thorn ton, the merchant. That Gentleman had then .leeen in the possession of the Malays seven months. 'During that period the most strenuous exertions for his discovery and liberation had proved fruitless. Intense interest was excited for the fate of an individual so highly respected throughout every part of our Indian settlement, as well amongst the natives, as our own countrymen. short time previous to the sailing of the • William Shand, private information was received 0151 r. Thorn. ton being confined at Ruttce, a place distant from• Singapore, only about twenty English miles. A confidential native agent -was immediately authorised to make an offer of 10,000 dollars for his liberation, together with an assurance of free pardon t't all the individuals - concerned in his seizure. The .agent pro ceeded forthwith to the place at which he expected to open the negociation, but neither at Ruttee, nor at any other place, could he obtain the slightest information on the subject, and this unfortunate and respected Gentleman's place of detention had, up to the hour of the William Shand•'s sailing, eluded every attempt at discovery. SINGAPORE. We have received Singapore Chronicle: to the 13th May The following arc extracts : ItATIVE.FOREIGN TRADE,OF [roost TILT; SINGAPORE ciinosuct.r OF 13TII MAY.] Our limits will admit of our giving hut a very slight sketch of -this very interesting subject. The provinces •of China, which carry on foreign trade 'are Canton, including the island of Hainan, Fokien, Tcche kiang . and Kianan. No foreign intercourse is allowed with the island of Formoza, and the storms and dangers of the Yellow Sea de: ter the natives of the maritime provinces of •Shanton and Pet cheli from engaging in foreign commerce. These are supplied with the commodities of distant countriesolarough the coasting Itrade, which is carried on in the fin e season b etween t h em an d the neighbouring province of Kianan and the city of Soutcheon. Of these provinces ? by far the largest trade•is carried on by Canton, and next to it by Fokien, and the greatest commercial 'cities in China are Canton (so well known to Europeans) and Soutcheon, the capital of one of the divisions of -Klemm, which the Chinese, in their extravagant way, call a Terrestrial Para dise—an odd epithet, according to our• ideas, for &great trading city. The four provinces which we have enumerated are al. leged to contain above fifty millions of inhabitants, but if they •contain -one half of it they are upon a level.with the first king doms of Europe, and this may afford an index of the amount of foreign trade which they are capable of condueting,-withnut reckoning that they are channel* for a trade with the pros inces of the interior, which are still more populous and extensive than themselves Without including Korea, the •Lewcliew Islitntlei-or Formosa, may y be described as the countries with which on foreign intercourse, viz :—Japan, the Philip pines, Sooloos, tchheinfaol carries fallowing Celebes, Borneo, Java, the Straits of Malacca (now principally confin ed to S in g a pore). East coast of the Ma laya Peninsula, Siam, Coehin.Chinalincluding anbojia), and Tonquin. The Junks which carry on this trade, are of very various sizes, being generally from 200 to 1,000 tons burthen, and the ' capital on which they trade, being often as small as-3,000, and not unfrequently as large as 50 to 60000 dollars. Some are built in the countries to which the trade, particu. laxly in Siam and Coehin-China, and these are the best, but the greater number ha China itself of the fie and other inferior woods of that country. Some are owned by Chinese residing in foreign countries, some by the Chinese themselves, and often there is an intimate connection between those residing on the spot, and the colonists abroad; :every where they are commanded ananavigated by Chinese. The smallest but the naost-numerous junks sail from the' Island of Hainan. The natives of this island had -hitherto tried as far only as Siam and Cochin-China, but , this season a few of them have come on as far• as Singapore. Canton furnislus the largest description of junks; these trade every -where but to Japan. The junks of Fokien or Amoy are small but valuable; they trade also every where but to the-last place, hut are fewer in number than those-of Canton. • The junks _of Tchekien .are the only Chinese vessels which trade to Japan; besides which they trade to Manilla, Cochin-China and Siam, but do not appear to cross the Equator. Those of Kianan are few in number, but large, and carry very valuable-cargoes; their trade is confined to the. Philippines, Siam, and Cochin-China. The construction and rigging of a Chinese vessel is her pro. per registry, and-a •very effectual one it is ; for any deviation from the set form and character subjects her immediately to foreign duties, and what (if it is possible) is still worse, to all kinds of su spicion. No measurement or tonnage-duty , is paid in China on na tive vessels trading with foreign parts, but there is a kind of Tariff, -which, however, varies in the different provinces. At Canton a picul of manufactured silk _goods pays 7 dollars, and a picul of.fine earthern ware one dollar. .These duties arc high est in the ports of Fokien, and the lowest Of all in the island of Haitian. The Chinese traders of Siam state that they carry -on a fair and easy trade with the cities of Nimpo, and Sianghai, In Tchekian and Kianan. Every where the Chinese traders exhibit a very admirable dexterity in evading 'the Imperial Custom House laws, and putting them upon a footing of more -freedom and liberality than is allowed by their letter. The coasting trade of China, for example, is neatly free of duty...- The:merchant takes.advantege.of this, anti intending in reality to go to Siam or Co c hi n -Chi na, he clears out. for Hainan.— When he returns again, his junk will be rein or live days off' and on, at the mouth of the port, until he has made a regular bargain with the Custom-house Officers for a reduction of du ties ; threatening ell the time to discharge his cargo at some other port, and weedle them out of their perquisites, if they will not come into his terms. The following may be looked u p on as an approximation to the amount of the foreign trade, which China either now conducts, or has lately in general conducted with foreign Countries, viz.:— Japan - Junks - - 10 Philippines ditto - - 15 Sooloo Islands ditto . •- 4 Celebes - ditto . - - 2 Moluccas - ditto . 1 Borneo • . ditto . 13 Java - ditto • • . 7 Sumatra - ditto - - 10 Singapore, and other places in the Straits of Malacca 9 - E. Coast of the Malayan Peninsula 6 Siam - 120 - = 86 Cochin-China and Mini lyoj Li ditto . - Tooquin . - - - . 34 Total of Junks annually - - 297 Thetonnage of these vessels will probably not be over-rated at from .90 to 100,000 tons, and unexpectedly large, as it may appear to some, must in reality be looked upon as a mere trifle in comparison to the vast population, extensive.territory, and industry of the couutry •io which they belong. We can spare but a moment to describe the commodities of which this commerce consists. China is .to the natives of the further East, what Great Britain Is to all America, and to many of the nations of the Continent of Europe. She supplies them with manufactured goods, withilvdc, religion and lite. '-nature, with astrology (if not with astronomy), and with emi grants ; and receives in return the rough produce of their forests, or the peculiar products of their agricultural industry. She fur nishes every where teas, coarse pottery, umbrellas, fans, shoes and sacrificial paper. She furnishes to the Tonquinese and Cochin Chinese wrought satins and gauzes. To the Siamese crapes, mirrors and ornaments for their temples. To the Ma layan tribes raw silk. 'The Chinese Coloniits, placed under favourable circum stances, and certain of the countries to which they emigrated, have been able to exceed, or surpass, the industry of the mother country. It is thus that in Java, the Philippines and Siam, they manufacture sugar ; in Siam, iron and iron utensils, which, within the last 12 years, have superseded those of China ; and that in Borneo, and in the Alalsyan Peninsula, they have wrought mines of gold and tiß'much. superior iuproduttiveness to those of their own country. The Chinese receive from Japan, chiefly fine copper and camphor, from the Philippines, Sooloos, Moluccas and Celebes, tortoise-shell, mother-o -pearl shells, beech de mar, and es culent nests ; from Java, many of t he commodities now enu merated, with some tin, cotton, and spices • from the Malay countries, similar articles, with timber, ba rks, scented wood, tin, Malayan camphire, pepper, opium, and some European commodities. Siam affords by far the most extensive cata logue, such as tin, pepper, gamboje, cardamoms, perfumed wood, fancy woods, dye woods, hides, horns, bones, ivory, feathers, &c. ; from Cochin-China, Kambajia, and Tonquin, near the same articles, with the exception of tin and pepper ; but besides these, cinnamon, betel nut, varnish, and certain dye stuffs. The Chinese colonists of the countries with which China car rit s on a trade, may be safely estimated at one million, of whom Siam contains by far the largest number; and the hands ac tually engaged in navigating the junks themselves, may be moderately estimated at from 18,000 to 20,000. The Dutch ship Scheldt, beloning to Malacca, we are sorry to state, was totally destroyed by fire while lying in the harbour of Grissi, on the coast of Java. The accident was occasioned by a few sparks of fire having accidentally fallen amongst some ~, u n-pawder in the after part of the ship. All the persons on board escaped with their lives, excepting one Malay woman, who was unfortunately killed by the first explosion. Cil A)roSIA m.—The arrival of junks this season haucontinued ,an unusual late period. On the 28th ult. a large junk came . in Macao, taking 40 days to effect a passage, although she had a Portu g u ese pilot on hoard. She brought us, notwithstanding, the latest intelligence from Can ton. By European letters received by, her, the price of Patna opium had fallen to 1,100 dollars a chest. The Dutch have discovered and opened tin mines in Billiton, and a considerable resort of Chinese to that island has been the consequence. MR. CANNING and LORD VERPOOL. We copy the following from a Morning Paper. We, know not what precise degree of accuracy may belong to it ; but there is an air of truth pervading the whole which inspires confidence. Cheltenham, Oct. 14, 1824. • . Sin,—ln the article respecting Mr. Canning, in your Paper of Saturday, the Uth instant, signed " Jonathan," are some few mistakes of fact, which, as • they are obviously uninten tional, I have no doubt your correspondent would be glad to see corrected. Ist. Your Correspondent says " Mr. Canning enjoyed the friendship of the present Premier at Fulham, at Eton, and at Christ Church Oxford." Having been at Eton with one, and at Christ Church with`both, I can set your correspondent right in these particulars. Whether Lord Liverpool began his education at Fulham, I know not; but he certainly never was at Eton. He was educated at the Charter House. lam equally certain that Mr. Canning cannot have been at Ful ham; forasmuch as I- well remember that he came to Eton from Winchester', bringing with him a talent for verses (the great qualification 'for eminence at Eton) far beyond his years. The first place of • education , therefore , where Lord Liverpool and Mr. Canning met, was Oxford. Lord or summer of 1787 ; and Mr. Canning in the October Term (then Mr. Jenkinson) entered at Oxford in the Spring Liverpool of the same year. They were then constantly in each other's society, together with a third young man, who promised as fairly as either of them—Lord Henry Spencer, son of the late, and brother of the present Duke of Marlborough. He had been Mr. Canning's most intimate friend at Eton, and come from Eton to Christ Church at the same time. j. It was un donlvedl v at Christ Church that the foundation of that friend ship between Lord Liverpool and Mr.. Canning was laid, which has lasted all their lives, and which no occasional political separation appears to have ever seriously interrupted. 1 believe, however, that your correspondent is mistaken in attributing, as he secols to do, Mr. Canning's introduction i nto public life to Lord Liverpool. I reMember hearin g at t h e time, that at dinner at Addiscombe House, the seat of the first Lord Liver purpose of being introdUced to Mr. Pitt, it was tbund, to the surprise and amusement of their hosts, that the two supposed stranger-guests were already well acquainted with each other. Mr. Pitt (1 never kn ew exactly through what channel) had sometime before intimated to Mr. Canning his wish to become acquainted with him, and they had already met without the in troduction of any third person. 2d. Your correspondent is right in stating that Mr. Canning was educated under the care of an uncle, a zealous Whig in politics, Orough whom . he be came as a boy, acquainted with Air. Sheridan ; and that he continued in habits of friendship and rear 1 with Mr. Sheridan to the end of that gentleman's life. But he is wrong in supposing, as he seems to do, that Mr. Canning was " supported" by the uncle who auperintend ed the early part -of his education, or that the paws of the uncle coat have influenced the nephew's, for he died a short time blore Mr.'Canning left Eton, and politics had not in those days . faundtheir way into schools. The means of Mr. Ca tnin;.;'s education were furnished by a small estate in Ire la td, vhich, I believe, he still owns, and which, though very small as a provision for life, he was understood to be ample as lund for education. 3. Your correspondent says that "at the eventful period of the French Revolution he (Mr. Canning), was one of the Friends oldie People." I speak with perfect confidence, when I say that Mr. Canning was never a Member of that Society. So far from it, all those of his contemporaries who lived with him in habits of intimacy knew at the time that he refused to belong to that Society when invited to dO so, and some rather angry discussions Miowing that refusal, led to his open decla ration of die political opinions which he has ever since main taineth It is also well - known, that about the same time, he de dined a seat in Parliament offered to him by di late Duke of . Portland, then at the head of the %Vblg party, alleging his po litica opinions as the reason. Those opinions he had soon after an accidental opportunity of manifesting, in a copy of verses written on th e ooccasionsor the installation of the Duke of Port land as Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and spoken in the theatre by Mr. Dawkins, or by Lord John &milord, now Archbisholkof Dublin_;. Mr. Burke and Mr. 'Mullin), 1 remember, were vresent on this occasion. Not many months after, the Mike of Portland himself, with more than half of the great Whig party, joined the banners of Mr. Pitt. Your correspondent will, I think, admit, upon this retros pect, that it is hardly correct to describe as a " transition from one party to another," a political step taken, obviously with deliberation, in common, if not in concert, with such men as the Duke of Portland, Lord Spencer, Lord Fitzwilliani, Mr. Windham, and Mr. Burke. The junction of the Duke of Portland with Mr. Pitt, took place previous to the opening of. the Session of 17934, which was also Mr. Canning's first Ses sion. Lord.'LiverPOol had left the University two years be fore, and had greatly distinguished himself in the first Session of that Parliament. Mr. Canning had continued, after taking his degrees, to be afrequent resident at Christ Church. But as, from the time of his coming into Parliament,. be discon tinued his petiodiCal visits to the University, my opportuni• ties of knowing any thing of him, or of Lord Liverpool, beyond what is known to the puhl!c, became rare. .1 have, however, always followed them With that interest which a re ' cluse naturally feelss in contemplating the more active career of those who were once his companions—for I had, however sun worthily, som e c l a i m to t h at title: I have been an occasional visiter in those uncles reentrque Az Christ Church, the mock de bates and pl ay f u l cont rover)sti of which, prepared, perhaps, in some measure, for the serioua.labours of Parliament. Ido not know whether either or both of them (if we should happen to meet their eye) w ill vecog nii e the individual who thus indul ges himself with the rememb r ance of those times. He is one whose intercourse with them during the last 35 years has been not ab solutely non e , but next to nonel butt who when he has had any thing to .say to either of them,- has found the charm of Christ Church reminiscen ce a ready passport of access, and, finally, (what, perhaps, both of them, however well-disposed to war d s him, will be glad to hear), he is - one who wants nothing—though SACERDOS. • Not Winchester College, but a private• School, then, and I believe still, under the management of a most respectable Clergyman, of the'name of Richards.. t This promising young Nobleman was, soon after his edu cation was finished, initiated into the Diplomatic line, in which he greatly distinguished himself, but unhappily died at Berlin in the year 1.795, being then British Ambassador. at that Court. t There were two copies of verses by Mr. Canning on that occasion, which were spoken by these Gentlemen ; but which of them contained the political allusion 'I cannot call to mind ; nor do I know of any Repository in which the Enccenia of .that Installation are to be found. SHEFFIELD PITT CLUB. On Thursday last the Anniversary Dinner of this Club was held at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield, JAMES A. ST U AIIT WORT i.EY, Eso..IK:P. it: the Chair. A most excel lent dinner was provided on the occasion. On the cloth being removed, the CHAIRMAN gave— " The King." Anthem—God save the King. " The Doke of York, the Heir Presumptite to the Throne." Glee—hail Star of Brunswick. " The Duke of Clarence, and the'rest of the Royal )Family." Glee—When order in this land commenced. M r. Wows LE Y then rose and said —Mr. Skelton and Gentle men—lt is now my duty to propose as a toast, the memory of a person whose virtues and whose talents we arc this day met to celebrate ; and I confess since we parted last year, if I had a doubt as to the path I have chosen, the events which have since occurred would have convinced me that I have chosen the right path ; and, I believe, the more I shall rejoice in having chosen that path. I must needs say, no political party ever existed that had more reason to be proud than that band of persons who. during the life time of Mr. Pitt, supported his ministration, a d who have since endeavoured to follow the principles laid down during his life; anti there is no political party so degraded as that which was opposed to Mr. Pitt. Gentlemen, we have sup. ported M r. Pitt in what were considered bad times—and we have followed him in good times. We have heard the prophecies of our enemies, we have seen these prophecies completely refuted, and we have now only to look round, and can appeal to the character of the country, after a long and protracted war—after a great expenditure of money beyond what any other country could have expended, and the exertions of such a strength as scarcely ever was brought into the field—and I only ask of the people, whether any country in this world is in so flourishing a state as England is at present ? During all the time when this if4tuitry was in a state of distress, we have been supporting those councils that have carried us through, while our opponents have been sneering at us, and telling us the country , would be ruined. But the reason of our prosperity, say the %Vhigs, is this— " That we have adopted their principles." This, Gentlemen, is a common way of persons who have been defeated anti dis graced. It appears to me, it only adds a baseness to their for mer conduct, by trying to take from us the reward we have deserved by our steadiness. And why, Gentlemen, do these people say we have come to their principles P They say the same men do not govern the country that did in former days— that my Lord Londonderry is dead, and that Mr. Canning fills his situation, who is of different principles. Gentlemen, I beg to remind you how these persons have sneered at Mr. Canning, and endeavoured to detract from his well-earned character— how he has been told that lie Was a caterer for his own ends.— (Here Mr. Wortley mentioned several epithets with which he had been branded, one of which was a mountebank, at the time he was a Minister.) Gentlemen, the present Administra tion acts upon the same principles as it did then—upon the principles of Mr. Pitt, and upon principles which appear to be deserving of Mr. Canning. But, in fact, whatever may he said of my Lord Londonderry, I think, now that he is gone, we may appeal to the acts of the Ad m i n i strat i on i n w hi c h h e bore a part. During that time we resisted France—we overcame France.; he made the peace, and we have now had eleven years proof of the blessings of that peace. But whether be made the best terms lie might have been supposed by some persons to be capable of having made, lie has given us eleven years of solid pence, and this country has been rising to a height which no country in the world ever reached before. Gentlemen, I say we have a thousand reasons to be proud of the principles that bring ns here to-day; they are principles of good govern ment, which I hope our eons and grandsons will continue to maintain.—The Hon. Gentlemen concluded by giving " The Memory of Mr. Pitt ;" drank in silence by the com pany, standing. Glee—" Pitt's Illustrious Name." " The Army and Navy of Great Britain." " The Commerce and Agriculture of Great Britain." Glee —" Ye Gentlemen of England." " Lord Liverpool and his Majesty's present Ministers," in a bumper, and three t i mes t h ree . Inintroducing the health of the Right Hon. George Can ning, Mr. Wont' LET said—Sir, I give it not only as the health of a person who has managed the business of the House of Commons in a way highly credittble to him, but especially be. cause I have known Mr. Canning the greater past of my poli tical life; and I know the tirst feeling of hie heart is, that he should be a close follower of the principles of Mr. Pitt. He was a friend—it may be said he was a pupil of Mr. I'itt's. His object has been to follow up those principles; and as having followed up those principles, I beg leave to propose the health of " Mr. Canning." 01T—ilex, I,ex, et Pontifex." " The Lord Chancellor Eldon." " The Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom." s Glee—" We must be good subjects, with ajolly full bottle." " The health of a true Pittite..Ford Harewood." Glee—" Wine does wonders." " The absent Members of the Club." On the health of the Chairman being proposed— Mr. WOUTLEY rose, and said—Gentlemen, I hays to return you my thanks for having done me the honour of drinking my health. All I can say is, my greatest pride and pleasure is to receive the praise of a set of Pittites. Glee—" Glorious Apollo." Mr. WORTLEY proposed " The Town and Trade of Shef field." _ . . . . Mr. SKELTON, the Vice-President, proposed the health of " Mr. Scott, and the other Friends who have favoured us with their company to-day." Mr. SCOTT—Gentlemen, you • have done me an honour which I did not expect, and which I can only attribute to the partiality you have to the friends of Mr. Wortley. 1 am happy to say, that for many years I have been honoured with his friend ship; and to that circumstance I attribute the compliment you have paid me. I beg leave to drink all your good healths. Glee—" Life's a bumper." Mr. SCOTT gave " The Ladies of Sheffield." Glee—" Here's a health to all good Lasses." Lieut.-Colonel FENTON proposed "'rite Magistrates of the district"—(three times three). Mr. Worn' LET said—On behalf of myself and brother Ma gistrates, whether Whig or Tory, I return thanks for the honour you have done us; and I assure you I can safely say for the Magistrates of the Wes! Riding, the highest reward they look to is, the approbation of those among whom they are called upon to do their duty. And now, Gentlemen, having some dis tance to go, I believe I must take my leave of you ; and I can time e ini through supportedrh o i uchgi the r rui p roi a un r ac t iyapnol tffii‘tc difficult Mr. i b t be so radoniuiddr during as only repeat to you what I said at the beginning—l think there us d ima endeavour to follow them up durin the peace t w i t li h e ef s i e w i er a a ff tossrolae have h We must be upon our guard, and prevent quac ks and re formers front upsetting the constitution which we have de fended. Mr. Wortley left the room at nine o'clock, amidst the most rapturous applause. The chair was taken by Mr. Skelton. Mr. SKELTON said, I will beg leave to propose a toast, which, I am sure, you will drink with the greatest pleasure. I regret exceedingly that the liev. Gentleman has been absent to-day, as he was the first President of this Club. I beg leave to propose the health of 4 4 Dr. Corbett"--(three times three). Song, by Lieut.-Colonel Fenton--." W hen 'tis night, and the mid watch is come." " Mr. Eadon, the Treasurer of this Club"—(three times three). Mr. BnowNELL said, that as there did not appear to be any person in the room who was more nearly allied to Mr. Eadon than himself, he had risen to do that for him which he felt confident Mr. Eadon would have done for himself had he been present, viz. to express a sense of gratitude for the fa vour conferred. bast year he bad to account for Mr. Eadon's absence by stating the circumstances of his then bodily indis position ; at present he was happy to say that such was not the case, and that being at a dist a nce from She ffi eld was the UAW . Why he had not attended the Club on this day. 6 " May the principles of Mr. Pitt ever animate the Councils of Great Britain." Song—Mr. Armitage —" When Vulcan forged the bolts of Jove." " Our worthy Secretary, Mr. Brownell, with thanks to him for his tiervices." Mr. Buoy/NELL then rose, and addressed the meeting to the following effect, and was heard throughout with the most pro found attention :—" I beg leave to express my obligations for the favour which has been so handsomely conferred a pon me. I remember to have received a letter, several years ago, from the late highly respected Secretary of the London Pitt Club, Mr. Gifford, who did me the honour to inquirewhat my opinion was relative to the signs of the times as they then appeared. I thought them ominous ; and such as no man, who loved as he ought to do his King and his country, could seriously comm. plate without some feeling of apprehension and alarm. I regret that Mr. Gifford did not live long enough to witness the present auspicious alteration—the general satisfaction that is every where apparent—and the spirit of unanimity that pervades all classes of his Majesty's subjects. Had he done so, I feel per. fectly satisfied That he would have•been one of the foremost to have ascribed the glorious effect to its real cause, and to have said that Mr. Pitt's policy hart mainly contributed to the laying a foundation for national prosperity.—(Applause.)— I have a just conception of what is meant by national pins. parity, I may then be allowed to offer my sincere congratula. dons on its present existence, and to say what I take to be the guarantees for its long continuance ; and, in order to do this, need I go further back than the last Session of Par liament, in which the most liberal measures were adopted by his Majesty's Ministers, and in which they did not fail to recognize principles that are the best pledges for the future welfare of the most important interests of the Suite. Those interests naturally divide themselves into two parts, the Agri. cultural and Commercial, which are subdivided into many others. lam not aware that the prosperity of either one or the other can be said to have been more fi rmly established than at present, or that the page of history presents a more pleasing picture of national greatness, than what is to be seen in every part of our island, and will, , I hope, in a short 'time, be as apparent in every part of the United Kingdom also. And, let me ask, who has been the distinuished artist, the author of this agreeable exhibition ? May as not answer that . Mr. Pitt was the person, who gave a soul,• as it were to the whole of it—that he saw the way in which alone an harmonious effect could be produced, and jaring elements so combined, as at length to perfect the great, the g l or ious, and the grand de sign ? His was the great outline, end although he was not per mitted to finish what he bad begun, his grateful country w ill not forget the way in which he was accustomed to delineate his views, and astonish the world by the magnitude of its concep t ons.—(Applause.)—What sor t of a picture might we not naw have been conte , nplating, but for Mr. Pitt, and the great nien who subsequently followed in his footsteps ? twill refrain, Sir, from saying all I think upon the subject, and me rel y observe, that if the li ne of policy which has been pursued is productive of the good we now experience, it is fair to suppose that a con trary line would have produced the reverse; and that instead of exulting, as I now do on account of our national prosperity, I might, at the present moment, have had cause for lamenting the sad existence of national debasement, and if not slavery t ,ot least humility.—( Loud applause4—lt appears singular, .ir, be the foundation of our present greatness, be a disposition, on the part of thrt notwithstanding the councils of Mr. Pitt may be said te howe ver 'i n Pl a ny dig importance of the Pitt Clubs, and to take every opportunity: of making known how such a Club is fallen off in polo! ° I . number, and how few attended tho celebration of tome otte,,ri. —Now, the fact I take to he this—the occasion that ca for for the establishment of Pitt Clubs has greatly ch 1c c . and the numerous lingo of reformers, levelers, reditell,,,'tl Imcrats' jambills, and all the etceteras of revolutionary. degree as it has done ; the rallying point, terror, have sunk in oblivion, or have been rendered haritn. less by the influence of that system of policy which origina,er: 1 with Mr. Pitt, and is now, and I hope ever will be, in ao rtic operation. The cause for exertion does not exist in . th s t t ! i ft tilo the Whigst,betore feisosteilltil yet e t same, and should even a slight movement take place _ °us _ da affected quarter whatever, it would be the signal for di au friends of Mr. Pitt Why will the Whigs thus gilledpert to as adhere to their higotted opposition ? They are el°. knowledge, as they have done in numerous instances, that n 0 at the max to fl ock round their old standard, and to chew them.srealriostitsl; rious result has been produced, and yet they have n' , t i ib er al lines* to say by what or by whom. This is no: the rn • ii t t . he tame way' of acting; in short it lia proof that no "e " r that vain and that no chance of circumstance can divest them 0 , _ glory which has made them blind to all merit but their own% . Possessed, as I may say they are, with more politicaletit:ilpinana tions than their fellow mortals, they go on reviling .i l A, a d, determined to allow ofno superiority but what centre% hniserieveres. Kingly Governments, and never fail to revive that w hich n o , ciliated, as they suppose, to bring them into conterap tri g tai observed something of this kind very lately, and pItY,, attempt.i soul, the person who could make the foul, but feeble General I trust, however, that it will prove abo rt ive, a nd that a r feeling of respect will not tail to inspire reverence.ef!,) re e, King and a glorious Constitution —(Applause.) 15 .P e , occ ur down, Sir, I will just advert to that which will most :Y e _ 5 .,,, before this Club holds its next anniversary. I allude t0in0..,115 bability of an election, and to the new circunistances i__:atto this country in particular will be placed. Four repre•e u s i ttot da will have to be chosen, instead of two, as heretufge.• he se; the distinguished character who this day filled the ehf t r he co , ; one of the four, which I most fervently hope ma r b so far, at least, will he a pledge given, that neit ier Inont 51 nor alteration will there have any material influencvee o Zi g . tern by which our political affairs are at present r ,r l :f o ir l ated haps the most prominent of those affairs may e t ie aleo Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary lieforni.veti;, eel questions a great difference of opinion has long ' 1 ".;nion tbil notwithstanding all that has been said, I am of °l iiste ard' a conscientious Catholic neither can nor will be; a 'proto' that is, heartily disposed—to serve the cause ill . ., 5 o f that tant Government ; and I shauld doubt the soun , F2 for Leo' principle, which would seem to offer a justificataort to the &ring the public institutions of the country li, ta b l e to her management or controul of persons whose feei r logi le Or square with their objects.—(Applause.) —M t.° fin e, I $ l l great public eptestion, that of Parliamentary ite„., ) eat; bo I do say. that in my . opinion it is one not prepared to say there is no room for ameintht. there iko great ris k in democmtical preponderancy, and tha t would j , i n Wive t this CIUN and every other Club of the same description, co i e elat „ well to refuse their sanction to whatsoever 1418100 to establish it. On this ground I object to " unive rsg or toe and to makingg, taxation the base of re reset tation : ' t e a I/ p 1 ,overo I pular as may be the sentiment, I would rather be F , ,4:ing , a, an absolute Monarch than a democratical faction. ~": re fe i w the present state of the country, I should s upPose i te o - i:u 5 ! 1) ,, 1c .; persons that would not prefer the substantial to t:!' " ~,,' pie4lv i .', and rather say, give me a Government that has P e ;i t e,r, 1 1 the test of experience, in preference to one tha t og t° ''D! spacious soever it may appear in theory, and 11"tte excite'` I.til popular feeling. When the day arrives for the to D, li'l elective franchise, I hope that a consideration not be lost sight of, either by Glee—" In cool grot." . lett 3rll wb frot h Mr. SKELTON then rose and said, the toas t ~,,, it il , now about to propose to you, Gentlemen, 1 P.T, ° ; e n sho t ; 3 4 this Pitt Club what I heard from the last speaker, and the Genr e that O 0 ' d this night filled the Chair, both of whom 0 30 it , r caro.._ 3 e n i, course was that of pursuing I'itt principles, both _ those Pon o f war. I will therefore give you " Perpetuitl t ° rooteina Pies." Mr. S. now made some remarks on the reP.,.3t it 0 , 91 00 the county, in which he expressed his opiniori?, ..,°' „ern tr i p have been better, had the elective franchise, $ neeicootr, anti Grampound, been given to Leeds, instead of t c h: aft ae ot nl was much afraid that the dignity and conseq ueo f l e a would be impaired hy the measure. , , roe s ho I ' s " " The memory of those patriots and He- W in the service of their country ." o a eot Glee—" Peace to the souls o f the he ,said, he o ''',o Mr. BROWNELL , in reply to Mr. Skelton, 13 to ilt,. think that Parliament 'at view It s dde had any such object t .. o __., t o n the county , but that their object was to comp 2 , ;',,„ be rs to n , guish it from any other, by adding .two more 0.!"•,', t t, ~, ir I to thin. , D ate representation. lie was, however, incline!, have been at i to sead of the present arrangement, it wool(' o me l itthe representation had been transferred front Leeds. __ or aliiiicyc other, "The Duke of Wellington." " Glee—" The Red Cross Knights ~,' " " Beauty to charm us, and reason to guide ;.. ra ie. A Ole " Memory of the late Rev. Alexander Illarat.nvost ed Mr. SKELTON, on vacating the c hair, en onii;(1111,101ef, members that the Club stood as well as it di d ; _, ;1 1,.%,,, t . he, that as long as we can enjoy the presidenefr'do c arat"' we shall always rally round the good owe, a n , ........ Oa Fridaysixty members of i''`l In dot Club held their annua l meeting at the nat e , i ,r,, Amongst the company present we observed-- r oot, Ifite The Right Hon. Earl Somers, Lord iriscounifjuoileAvo, Sir John Cotterell, Bart. ALP', President' Ol a f. 111 1 4`allf IastHE n R ea E rI FORD PITT CLUIIh% oereferil; President; Sir Hungerford Hoskins, Part. an t Pic. ( Dr. Bleek Lye (Mayor of Hereford), Rev . E sq" etc' erg% Richard Blakemore, Esq., Kingsmill Evans , d le pleA s l ei The dinner and wines were excellent; an' e y e rnil ) :.liti 3., the evening was considerably heightened bY)t,,,hire '` ',.llici l patriotic airs,.played by the hand of the flerer",gielf, The following Gentlemen were added to the ' 1 " 1 i i t .rri consists of more than 130 Members:— les fir"' h i tic'j' Sir. Edwin Stanhope, Bart., Reverend Ch,a d i . y rr e:: Ar t o t ,no 0." Lawson, Esq., Thomas Miller Pitt, Esq. , Ifh e coo: i' , / , „ z eiw, The flourishing and prosperous state the t , :Vo: e h ve is rt il ed ia j to es ti ty y ,s th c o o swho addressed the _ ,_ eet 1 . 11 ,. 1 1 . :..1,,, i: t l h el.p li rli fying and satisfactory proof of the wisdinli...ronol_aaivii‘i Government, and the strongest recununeirn.,esrua%cno ciples of that illustrious and distinguished ,r) o 7, nl ii ir , r. Aft PITT, which have so steadily and um' o , o col i se ----- ri F•a Y 115 ; t i e 11 1 , r Ild DINNER TO MR. Nv ILKIE.---..-9 - ri il e olith , - -11 .41 , 'll , and Magistrates of Cupar, together Wit ot isi, ", p 9 .,,, bee of the private friends and adinirers of the to 1 " in P i si WIJAI e 'et, P. 4 our justly celebrated countryman ~.r. __,, p r ot _, ,A , county, in a dinner at APNab's ; .Mr. Sti . iff cr oupie r s s ec; chair, supported by Dr. Barclay, of ii:e i _tr n s od 10 A3 . , el i i,il the usual preliminary toasts , Mr. Stark o 7 o r t o f the "Wee!,,v suited to the occasion, proposed the r Will i i ir `air• li s l os t4 health of our celebrated countryman .-;;;baldeu, h e re' irf applause which followed the toast had, _ ho ot to i t.. Vi, f ri r rose, and in an eloquent apeech returneu re en oc i 01',4 Magistrates, and to his other kind friend" r iven , _.„ ti ma tvheeryesitTinrainble anda great erantrerveaslientgy sipeif eticriL.t.swveirreerern,fo.....llitP. slat iall ; Courant, Oct. 16.) . 110 11— . joa'j dwell., _l,sit THE ARMY.—The led Rei, of (Je ws. of e'i c t ed at lidinburgh, under the command __, hecoprea_fhoeLf ROPY, are about to assume the tartan, , b e en P r i.l - , ',P rp , regiment. A very.splendid set of dirk ;T r s ole P' .. ,dot: , the r e eoraffiacemrsenbryedouwriringenious stotonWnesSll;llltntisteePtui:n.eitocifirhil:ctriotrvir gortnns have been collected, and at ; us ifortnlt er silver—the most sumptuous article 0 viFs o .• sent used by any regiment in his MaJeav