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TILE LONDON JOURNALS. MIRACTS FROM THE DaILYc MORNING PAPERS, June 7, 18'22. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] eve subjoin the Speech of the King of France — (See THE SUN of this day)--on opening the Ses sion of the Chambers on Tuesday, of which we received a copy yesterday by express, as well as the Paris. Papers of that day.—A parade Docu ment of this description is seldom of much im portance—the present instance does not form an exception. The language, with respect to the East, is less confident than we should have ex pected, from the intelligence which we have re ceived'. The Sanitary Cordon could not of course be described as any thing more than a precau tionaryineasure for the health of his good children. This is, however, rather too glaring an insult to our understandings, after ,the knowledge we al 'ready possess of French intrigue in Spain. In despite of the evidence of every traveller, of every party, as to the unpopularity of the Bourbons, the whole population of - France are represented as overflowing with zeal and devotedness to them. ,God-help the flatterers who could pen this, or after-the manner in which the Lionese expressed their indignation at the mockery of an Election carried on in their presence, could talk of the small number of the men who beheld with despair the institutions which afford -a new support to the Throne [MORNING POST.] It appears that the reason for convening the French Chambers at so early a period,•is to avoid recurring to those financial anticipations which have been hitherto found necessary.— During the last three or four Sessions it• has been customary for the- Frenclolinistry, shortly after the, opening, to demand a vole of credit for six twelfths, or one Half of certain fixed taxes paid the preceding year. By this means they were enabled to raise a sufficient revenue for the, current expences of the State, without waiting to have the several items of the bud get discussed or modified by the Chambers. — Besides the glaring inconveniences on the face of - such a system, it betrayed so needy a trea sury as must have (though perhaps slightly) depressed the public credit of France, and kept down her pride among European nations. The policy, therefore, of thus early convening the hambers seems natural, even should no other motive have dictated the measure. We can, however, well conceive that the French Admi nistration find it wiser to give the ardent politi cians-of 'that country a free arena to exhibit and evaporate their turbulence in, than to let it cur dle On their stomachs, and infect the choleric pOrtiOn of the public with the same bad humour during a long recess. In the oldest, best regu- Wed, - and firmest Governments, experience has preyed the utility of letting discontent vent it self where -the reason of the nation is collected to neutralize its etTect, and where in the very effort to enunciate his sentiments, a man may himself ,detect" their incorrectness. We can well con ceive that, under the present freedom of the p*ess in France, reflections of this sort may have suggested themselves to the French Ministry. [THE TIMES.] The Speech of the King of France, at the oPening of, the Session of the Chambers, on Tues day; last, is extremely uninteresting. His ad dress to the same bodies on a similar occasion last Noiember, was equally unin cumbered with mean ing-;--equally pregnant with nothing : but the echo of the Chamber of Deputies to the Royal NpOch, as the Address in answer to it is generally calledi.-this echo varying widely, like the Irish ettiV, from the original sound—expressed a great (fal l resounded throughout Europe, and drove the Ministry - from their places. Such a re *apse- is not very likely on the present oc casion, if we can place reliance on the statements - Which the royalist writers communicate, of the aitditional success of the Ministry at the late elections,. and the continued adherence of their foiln6r supporters. It would be needless to trouble oar readers with' the analysis of so ichoCent a. document. On the two important paints of the state of the negociations affecting the east,. and the object of maintaining a strong frirce , on_ the Pyrennean frontier , his Majesty's declarations are satisfactory, or at leaSt they are what might have been expected—that is, he. che rishes hopes of peace between Russia and Turkey, and.' renounces the imputation of intending toin terfere•in the affairs of the Peninsula. The pre sent -Condition and future prospects of France are drawn in• flattering colours, and nothing occurs to ailOy the feeling of pleasure and of hope which til4p but the late attempts at instirrec tfon, stud, the still unsubdued. efforts of incen diaries:.in the departments bordering on the • •-. [NEW TIMES.] The Speech of the King of France, on the opening of the new Session, was received in Lon .'-yestrday, by` express, and produced a fltiourable inipression on the Funds. Consols bad opened in the morning at 808, but shortly aftr the arrival of the express a large purchase was madg to 'the extent of 400,0001. and the Stock advanced to 80k, at which price it closed, 'faVoUrably for a further rise hereafter. -- 2 rhe Speech is plain and unpretending. It states 'the "Pfosperous situation in which ,France is placed, and urges a perseverance in that pru dene an;11 . peiceful Policy to which she is in debted. fOr tier present - blessings. The piincipal point to Which attention was immediately drawn, upon our' own ;.E-xchange,, vas the manner in which the disputes heki.pen Turkey and itussia were alluded to : and this was found to be en tirely in unison • yrith'ithe opinion which has been itiitirial4lymaliMAW on that subject in The New .butAiterly irreconcilable with the fabri cations . Oflithe constitzttionne, so easily credited bf maniEtiiiish Papers.. The King of France distinctikiOative;, that he cherishes the hope of Seei'l‘g re'stoted in the East, o 1 Eiliopo, without the occurrence of a nt vf wail' and he adds an - assurance whiCh goes`' great way toward; the confirmation of that hope. He says, that the efforts which have been made to put an end to those calamities were concerted between himself and his Allies, with a perfect unanimity. This is the ground on which we have all along rested our confidence that the general peace of Europe would not be disturbed. We were satisfied thatit could not be disturbed, if only two or three of the great Powers were seriously alive to the paramount necessity of re pose to Europe at large ; and we could not be lieve that a truth so obvious as that necessity was not deeply impressed on the minds of those great Statesmen to whose direction ke destinies of the mighty Monarchies of Europe are com mitted. [BRITISH PRESS.] It is obvious that the Paris Papers delight in exaggerating the puny efforts of every little law less band of malcontents that disfigure the ge neral tranquil surface of the Spanish territory, who are, in fact, only the expiring embers of the guerilla system of warfare, which has done such essential service to the country. But the spirit which actuates these insurgent bands does not suit the taste of the French Government. The Speech of the King of France attributes to ma levolence every effort to make the assemblage of a large army on her southern frontier a cause of jea lousy and uneasiness to Spain ; but with all due allowance for the candour which we have a right to expect in official documents of this description, we may he allowed to suspect that a few grains of the spirit of these insurgents may have found their way into the scale which preponderated in the resolution of the French Councils to main tain a large army on its southern frontier to keep out the Spanish plague—a plague now no more, but of which the Speech intimates the possibility of a return. Did a plague rage in Spain, which we rejoice to say does not, the effectual way to prevent its extension to France would be to cut off all communication whatever. The planting of an army at the foot of the Pyrenees brings fuel to the fire. It will not hedge out the cuckoo. [MORNING HERALD.] We received last night, by express, the Paris Papers of Tuesday. The articles in them from the North and East of Europe are such as not to require, indeed scarcely to admit of, observation. The evacuation of the Principalities is repeated from various quarters, but not in the form of de cisive confirmation. There are accounts from St. Petersburgh of the 10th ; but at that time the departure of the Turks could not have been known in that capital. These papers do not, of course, contain an account of the opening of the French Chambers, being on the day of their publication. The King's Speech, however, has been received. in reading this document, it will be observed that the French Ministry (for this Speech is of course to be regarded as the Speech of the Ministry) affects a popular and patron izing tone towards the Greeks; and it will be found that the French Cabinet is represented as entering into the views of Russia. But we suspect that the latter statement is of no value, and that the allusion in the former to the Greeks, and to the protection afforded them by the French flag, is but " a tub thrown out to the whale" of French national vanity. What is most important in this speech is, that the King of France expresses no stronger hope of the con tinuance of peace than he might have done a month since, or than he actually did at the late closing of the Chambers. " I cherish the hope," he says, 44 of seeing tranquillity restored in those countries, without the aggravation of a new war." The conciliatory tone of the Divan, and the im portant concession of evacuating Moldavia and Viallachia, must have been well known to those who drew up this speech, yet it appears not to have in the least influenced their opinions or hopes as to the issue of the negociations. The King of France rather angrily repels the notion that the sanitary cordon on the Spanish frontier has any other ob ject than the professed one, of preserving the public health. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 6. DOE, ON THE DEMISE OF PALMER, v. GIVADKIN. This was an action of ejectment to recover the possesSion a house in George-street, Westminster. The lessor of the plaintiff &lined, as heir at law to the late Marchioness of Thomond, and the defendant, as devisee, under the will of her Ladyship. The single question in the case was the validity of the execution. The defendant admitted the plaintiff to be the heir at law, but set up his title undex the 'will. It appeared in evidence that the Marchioness of Thomond began to make her will whilst living at Taplow Court, Bucks, and continued writing it until the year 1816, when her Lady s'hip applied to Mrs. Tomline, the Lady of the Bishop of Winchester, to know if the Bishop would be one of the witnesses, and on his consent being notified, the Marchioness orThornond brought her will, written on several sheets of piper, not fastened together, and the Bishop saw her affix her signature. He afterwards suggested that if any freehold pro perty was devised, it would be necessary to have three wit nesses, and as the house in question was devised, a gentleman named- Smith was called in, and the Marchioness retraced her signature in the first sheet in his presence. The will was af tefwarde 10dged with the solicitors of the Marchioness, and re mained in their possession till , after her demise. Mrs; Tomline, the Bishop of 'Winchester, and the solicitor, were examined, who proved the facts above stated. 'The LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE told the Jury that the single question for their consideration was, whether this was the same will which had been executed by the Marchioness of Thomond, in the presence of the witnesses. The Jury found a verdict for the defendant, thereby esta blishing the validity of the will. WAKELING V. PIGGOTT, KEMP, AND COTTON. This was - an action 'by an attorney's clerk for a libel, im puting to him the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury,. The defendant Kemp was clerk, and Cotton was steward to a Be nefit' Society, called the United Friendly Society; and Piggott was the.printer of the libel, of which the others were said to be the authors. . It appeared that the plaintiff had been a member of the Society, and had represented. that he was of the age of 23, and having fallen sick, he applied to the Society for the usual allowance, which they refused to make, on the ground that he had falsely represented himself to be 23 years old, and that he was a merchant's clerk instead of an attorney's clerk. These being the qualifications, no person being admitted to the Society , who was not above 20 years old, and who was an attorney's clerk. The plaintiff summoned the defendants at Worship-street, and they were compelled to pay the allowance, the plaintiffswearing that he was of the proper age. The defendants afterwards published a hand-bill, stating the circumstances of the case, and accusing the plaintiff of perjury. It appeared that the latter had pro- L ceeded against the defendant by indictment, on which occasion Piggott was a witness, under a promise that he should be saved harmless. The case was given up against Piggott, and all the facts being left to the Jury, they found for the plaintiff—Dimages, One Varthing. • • • . • • THE HON. LADY BROMLEY V. KINSF.Y AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the Hundred of Ossulston, to re cover damages for an injury done to the plaintiff's house by the populace on the Rhig's Coronation. Her Ladyship's windows WerelDroken to the - amount of 281., and for that sum she now recoVered a verdict' FOR THE SUN. LETTER XI. Mn. EDITOR—There appears to be a strange anomaly iu the modern professors of Popery, that they at once deny the fundamental principles of their religion, and pertinaciously adhere to them. The first must proceed from a sense of shame, arising from a consciousness that they are of that tyrannical, exterminating, and dangerous nature ascribed to them, or from a wish to de ceive, or from both united ; yet, if it be from shame that they thus deny what every person at all acquainted with history must know to be the doctrine of their Church, they want resolution, I had well nigh said principle, to break those " manacles and mufflers," " those two master principles—that they must believe as the Church ordains, and that there is no salvation out of that Church," which enchains their minds in a bondage worse than Egyptian. In the year 1791, certain queries were pro pounded, it was said, by some members of the British Cabinet, to the Universities of Paris, Douay, Louvain, Salamanca, Valladolid, and Alcala,—whether the Church of Rome still maintained those detestable and dangerous doc trines—" that faith is not to be kept with here tics, that it is lawful to murder persons of that description, and that Princes excommunicated by the See of Rome may lawfully be deposed and murdered by their subjects ?"—and the answer in the negative has been much relied upon by all the advocates of Popery, from that time. It is,how ever, not a little remarkable that, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, two of those Universities, Salamanca and Valladolid, first entertained that pestilent and dangerous question—" Whether an Irish Papist may obey or assist his Protestant Sovereign ?" which was decided in the negative by the two following assertions :—" Ist, since the Earl of Tyrone undertook the war for reli gion, and by the Pope's approbation, it was as meritorious to aid him against the Heretics as to fight against the Turks. 2dly, that it was a mortal sin in any way to assist the English against him; and those who did so could neither have absolution nor salvation, without deserting the Heretics, and repenting of so great a crime." Upon the strength, I suppose, of the answer given by the Universities in 17 9 1 , the General Committee of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, in March 1792, published a solemn Declaration, under nine different beads, disavowing those noxious and dangerous principles ascribed, and justly, to their religion ; which was signed by Edward Byrne, as Chairman, and by Richard M'Cormick, as Secretary ; as also by Doctor Troy, titular Archbishop of Dublin, and many of his Clergy ; and from which I shall now submit a few extracts to the consideration of your Readers. After stating that it was "to give the most fall and ample satisfaction to their Protestant brethren, they make this deliberate and solemn declaration," they proceed—" First, we abjure, disavow, and condemn the opinion, that Princes, excommuni cated by the Pope and Council, or by any Ecclesiastical authority whatsoever, may therefore be deposed and murdered by their subjects, or any other persons. We hold such doctrine in detestation, as wicked and impious; and we de clare we do not believe that either the Pope, with or without a general council, or any Prelate or Priest, or any Ecclesiastical power whatsoever, can absolve the subjects of this kingdom, or any of them, from their allegiance to his Majesty, King George the Third, who is, by authority of Parliament, the lawful King of this realm." " 2d, We abjure, condemn and detest, as unchris tian and impious, the principle that it is lawful to murder, destroy, or any ways injure, any per son whatsoever, for or under pretence of their being heretics ; and we declare solemnly before God, that we believe no act, in itself unjust, im moral, or wicked, can ever be justified or ex cused by or tinder pretence or colour that it was done either for the good of the Church or in obe dience to any Ecclesiastical power whatsoever." " 3d, We further declare that we hold it an un charitable and impious, principle, that no faith is to be kept with heretics." This doctrine we de test and reprobate, not only as contrary to our religion, but as destructive of morality, of society, and even of common honesty ; and it is our firm belief that an oath made by any person not of the Catholic religion, is equally binding as if it were made to any Catholic whatsoever. And in the year 1793 the Lords Petre and Stourton,and a number of Gentlemen of the Romish Communion in England, in their application to Parliament for further indulgence, made a similar renunciation of those dangerous and uncharitable doctrines ; upon which the Court of Rome im mediately took alarm, and announced strong dis approbation of the measure by a Vicar Apostolic in England, who addressed a letter to those Noblemen and Gentlemen, condemning, in the most energetic terms, -what they had done ; and this spiritual censure was approved of by the Pope. Although I shall, before the close of this letter, make further observations, I cannot help here remarking that this conduct of the Sove reign Pontiff, in the year 1793, must, in the opi nion of every dispassionate man, invalidate the authority assumed by the Universities in 1791. How the Roman Catholics of Ireland escaped Ecclesiastical censure, for their dereliction of " Mother Church," when their brethren in Eng land were so severely reprehended,—is, I must confess, beyond my comprehension; unless it was a piece of Popish policy; as" his Holiness" might have entertained hopes of re-establishing his spi ritual authority in the " land of Saints," in all its pristine unrivalled greatness, through the means of his dutiful children, which he could not ex pect to effect in England. Be that as it may, Dr. Troy, who signed the Renunciation in March 1792, lost no time in applying an antidote ; as in February 1793, he published his famous Pasto ral Letter, in which he declares, that "the Pope Or Bishop of Rome, as successor to St. Peter, Prince .of the Apostles in that See, enjoys, by Divine right, a Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Pri macy; not only, of honour and rank, but of real jurisdiction and authority in the, universal church." " 'fhat the Spiritual and Ei:clesistical jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, as successor to St. Peter, is not limited to any province or kingdom,—it extends, by Divine right, to the Christian Church in general, and to every particular See in Chris tendom."—" That the Ecclesiastical jurisdiction and authority assumed by the Kings of England, was in its origin, and still continues to be, a pro fane usurpation," (he was one of those that pre sented a dutiful address to his Majesty George IV.) " upon the inherent Spiritual and Ecclesi astical Primacy, not only of power and rank, but of real jurisdiction and authority of the Pope or Bishop of Rome, derived to him by Divine right as successor to St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles I in that See ;" and that 44 the Church is infallible in her doctrinal decisions and canons, on points of faith and morals ; and therefore, Catholics are obliged to adhere implicitly to such decrees and canons of the Church assembled in general coun cil, and confirmed by the Pope, as rules of Faith." I shall now refer to some of those General Councils, to which " Catholics are obliged to ad. here implicitly." By the fourth Lateran Council, convened in the year 1215, it is decreed, that " if any Sove reign Prince or inferior Lord shall become a He retic within a year, let it be signified to the Pope, that he may declare his vassals absolved from that time from their allegiance, and give his ter ritories to Catholics to occupy, who, having ex terminated the Heretics, may possess them with out being molested, and preserve them in purity of faith, —saving the right of the principal Lord, provided he makes no opposition to the execu tion of this decree. But the same law is to be ob served with respect to those who have no princi pal Lords." This Council, by its decree, appro ved of a Crusade against the Albigenses, as Here tics, of whom a million were butchered in the most cruel manner. It also deposed Raymond, Count of Toulouse, for being a Heretic—granted part of his territories to Count Montfort, one of the holy Crusaders—and reserved the remainder in trust for Count Raymond's son, should he prove not infected with heretical opinions. The Council of Constance, convened in the year 1414, decrees, " That all Heretics, all followers and defenders of them, all partakers with them, though they shine in the dignity of Patriarchs, Archbishops, Bishops, Kings, Queens, Dukes, or any other ecclesiastical or mundane dignity, shall be pronounced excommunicated, in the presence of the people, every Sunday and holiday ; and the Archbishops, Bishops, and Inquisitors, shall diligently inquire concerning them ; and if they shall be found guilty or infamed, they shall' pro ceed against them by the punishment of excom munication, suspension, interdiction, and depriva tion of their dignities, offices, and benefices ecclesiastical ; or by taking and imprisoning their persons, and executing on them any corporal punishment, with which heretics are usually punished, according to the canonical sanctions." And the same Council commands " all Arch bishops, Bishops, Inquisitors, Commissaries, and elect-persons, by virtue of their obedience, that they, and every of them, within the limits or places of their jurisdiction, do watch for the extir pation and correction of all heresies and errors." Of the infallibility of General Councils, the Council of Bazil says, " Nor let any person presume to say that a General Council, legally assembled, can err ; because, were this perni cious error allowed, the whole Catholic faith may be overturned, and there would be no cer tainty in the Church ; for should any one error be admitted, the remainder of them may err."— " It would be blasphemy of any person to assert that the sentences, canons, and decrees of the General Councils were not dictated by the Holy Ghost."—" Any person who should be of opi nion that the Church 'can err in any thing that regards morality and the faith of the Church, must be considered as a Heretic."—" Whoever shall presume to contemn the opinions, mandates, interdicts, sanctions, or decrees, wholesomely promulgated by the Bishop of Rome, let him be accursed." Acting upon these principles, Pope GregorylX. in his Decretal says, " Those who are bound by any compact, however strongly confirmed, to persons manifestly fallen into heresy, shall know that they are absolved from the duty of fidelity, homage, and obedience." And Pope Clement XI. in a letter to the Emperor, Charles VI., dated the 4th of June 1712, denounced the treaty of Alt-Runstadt, and declared, " by the authority committed to him by the Most Omnipotent God, the Covenants to be, and to have been, and per petually to remain hereafter, de jure, null, vain, invalid, unjust, reprobated, void, and evacuated, of all force from the beginning ; and that no per son is bound to the observance of them, or any of them, although the same have been repeated ly ratified or secured by an oath ; and that tbey neither could nor ought to have been, nor can or ought to be, observed by any person whatsoever." As no General Council had been convened, after that held at Trent, in the year 1545,—as that Council, instead of abrogating, confirmed the decrees of former Councils—and as no Pope has, by his supreme power, as the infallible head of the Church, rescinded them, it is worth in quiring upon what authority the Universities of France and Spain grounded their answer to the British Cabinet, in the year 1791 ; as also upon what authority the Roman Catholics of Ireland, in the year 1792, and those of England, in the year 1793, disavowed the tenets and principles of their Church ? It must, therefore, be manifest to every un prejudiced mind, that those decrees, written in characters of blood, are not extinct, but merely quiescent, requiring only a little encouragement to resuscitate with renovated vigour, and only awaiting a favourable opportunity to lay Kings and Nations prostrate at the feet of " the proud est domination that ever was endured upon earth," the ,Church of Rome. That encouragement, some modern Revolutionists and State Empirics seem well inclined to give • but I trust that the good sense of the great body of Protestants will not be imposed upon by the sophisticated arguments, however graced by rhetoric, of the advocates of Popery, who, from indifference to all religions, from hostility to the Protestant Religion, from mistaken liberality, or from the love of popu larity,—are labouring to subvert the Protestant Church, and to exalt the Romish on its ruins ; or, at least, to raise it to an equality.-- Should they, unhappily for the best interests of the Country, succeed in their Belial-like schethe—should the Legislature, in a frenzied moment, yield_" possession of the Ark,"—it re quires, no great degree of prescience to tell what will be the consequences in Ireland. The per secutions of 168$ and 1689 will be re-acted ; nor Protestants be allowed to die in peace, but the last struggle of nature will be embittered by some furious zealot, as in the case of poor old Halliday, in the town of Galway ; which might, however, afford subjects of mirth to him, to whom " the most sacred agonies of man are materials for unholy jesting," 64 who strives to make the contortions of anguish appear grotesque, and speaks of the awful visitations of Heaven to jeer the sufferers." The opinion of that truly pious and learned Prelate, Doctor Porteus, late Bishop of London, as delivered in the House of Lords in 1805, i* worthy the attention of Legislators at this a wful crisis. After touching upon the doctrines of the Church of Rome, his Lordship added—" It has been said, indeed, that those are not now the tenets- of the Church of Rome, that they may be found, perhaps, in some old musty recordh but they are now grown obsolete, and are helkin utter detestation by the whole body of Ronan Catholics, both in England and Ireland ; but those musty records, in which those doctrines ap pear, are nothing less than the Decrees of Ge' neral Councils, confirmed by the Pope ; and Doctor Troy, Titular Archbishop of Dublin, - / 11 his pastoral Letter to the Roman Catholics of his Diocese, published in 1793, tells his flock, that they must adhere implicitly to the Decrees and Canons of the Church assembled - in General Council, and confirmed by the Pope—and the celebrated Lay Roman Catholic writer, Mr. Plowden, in his Case Stated, published in 179 1 , mentions the same doctrine and the infallibility of General Councils. Those therefore are 20' questionably at this day the tenets of their Church they have never been renounced or disavowed and till they are disavowed by authority, every good Catholic is bound to obey them." In my next, I shall shew, from the oath of fidelity to the Pope, taken by Romish Priests , that they are bound 46 to adhere implicitly to those Decrees," and to inculcate the observanc e of them on their respective flocks. Cork, May 20, 1822. SIDNEY' PITT CLUBS. Irswrcu.—The Members of the Pitt Club, established irt this town, held their Seventh Anniversary Dinner, at the. ine; Arms Inn, WILLIAM BATLEY, Esq., in the Chair, _" Ring."—" The Duke of York and the rest of the Rol Farai' ly"—having been given, the Chairman said, the next toast he should propose would be" To the immortal memory of ths4 great Statesman and revered Patriot the late Right Hon. SV Pitt," the return of whose birth day, they were the seventh time met to commemorate;; and he knew no beam' way of shoo' ing respect to the memory of the able and upright Statesman' and of the brave and gallant defender of his country, than that of keeping the day which gave him birth in grateful recol; ' lection, by an annual public meeting, and observed et e to many eminent Statesmen and intrepid heroes h ad t u t praise been bestowed of successfully serving their country, bo r that our late venerable and beloved Sovereign had, in the yel 1784, bestowed on Mr. Pitt the praise of " saving the Consti; tution," which his Majesty stated to be " the most perfect human formation." In reading the history of Mr. Pitt's lh e t (said the Chairman) you will find that he possessed the deal, judgment and the purest heart, and that he devoted his wh° life to the public service, and with his parting-breath exclailp' ed, G° Heaven protect my country." The other toasts g iven were loyal, appropriate to the day. Nothing could be raor! gratifying than the general character of the proceeding s, and fa; evening animated by rational mirth closed with the utines` hilarity and good humour. MAlDsromt —The Anniversary of the Birth of the 0 1 1, 5 ; trious WILLIAM PITT was celebrated in this town b o y tm - Wellington Society and a party of fri_nds, in a manner wrth); the occasion. The entertainment was to have taken Plac e a t , the George Inn, but for the want of room a house lately h e ed in King-street was kindly granted for the purpose. - 11 ,d room appropriated for the dinner was tastefully ornaMen t "; with flowers and evergreens, and on each side were flags 5° , , pended, bearing the mottos—" For our King and CountriL. and " Persevere and Conquer." At the top and bottom o f ap room were busts of the immortal Pitt ; in the centre was excellent full-length likeness of the exalted Statesman,,_„ ea es surrounded by a wreath of laurel, and over the Presi o no chair was the letter " P" formed of evergreens and ar to tin flowers. About four o'clock nearly fifty gentlemen sat dojo to dinner; the worthy Mayor (GEORGE BURGESS, Est i th e the Chair, who, on this occasion, generously presen tee ' company with a fine baron of beef. Shortly after the party hog taken their seats, this emblem of old English fare, bearingroid its top a small purple flag, was ushered into the roornt ! the applause of the company and the pleasing tune of - the Roast Beef of Old England," The excellent man nei jr• which the dinner was served up reflects much credit on ,Ptil Wickham, the landlord of the George Inn. After the ,clO, was removed , several loyal and appropriate toasts were egi. and drank with applause. The band of the West Kent litia attended, and played several delightful airs. The -.1 and dessert were excellent, and the afternoon was spent most agreeable manner. GRAVESEND, JUNE 6.—POTATOES VOR lR LAND.--Sailed this morning, at two o'clock, 11131 , this port, the sloop Ezar, HODDER, with tons of fine seed and food potatoes for Ire So great were the exertions to get th e ye till away this high water, that the men worked tie, one o'clock in the morning. The potatoes , b ile longing to the Earl of DARNLEY, were , t° the credit of his Lordship be it spoken, sent il l to late as twelve o'clock last night, in order i i he give the vessel every possible dispatch. potatoes were shipped by Mr. WILLIAM e°,:tec MAN, of this place, on account of the Comill" for the Relief of the Distressed in Ireland. fr Two estates at St. Kitts, for which 45) ( .', 0 were refused fide years ago, were knocked dV" at the Auction Mart, on Tuesday, for 16, 0 ° ° , h 'bi, SUICIDE.—A gentleman of great resPec‘ a . is t.. lity, from the country, put a period to his e,„' ence on Wednesday, at the Bricklayer's -4'r- Kent-road, by hanging himself. BIRTHS. ebl tlje On the 2d inst., at Edinburgh, the Right Ho nourti Lad Sinclair ofa daughter. On the sth instant, at Oak-lodge, near Stanmore, the of Isaac Eeles, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On Wednesday last, at West Ham Church, Mr:, dthe Cooper, of West Ham Abbey, to Eliza, second da i ugll te. - late Wm. 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