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Mr. FOX’s Birth-Day.
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LQNDON, JAN. 26.
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ON Saturday last, being the
birth dav of the Right Hon.
Charles Jatnes Fox, his numerous
friends celebrated it by a public
dinner at ttie Crown and Anchor
Tavern, 'iTne company was the
largest ever known to have dined
together on a similar occasion —
Upwards oif twelve hundred tick
ets were fol|d at the bar of the
tavern, which, with what the (tow
ards difpofqd of, are iuppofed to
have made she company consist of
about fifteen hundred perlons.
The Duke of Bedford was in
the chair, and after dinner his
grace, in a very neat speech, ad
drefled the company, and stated
to them the occasion which they
bad met to celebrate. After pay
ing many bandfome compliments
to Mr. Fox, he said, that he would
bqc recount all his public and
private virtues, as they were io
many in themselves, and the fub
jeft was so agreeable to him, that
he feared that their enumeration
would tak& up too much of rhe
time of his auditors.-^He conclu
ded with giving as a toast,
1 Mr. Fox,
Mr. Evjkine then gave
2. Thanks to the houle of Ruf
fill for their attachment to the
greatest confiitudonal character
in this country.
3. The Britifli constitution, ac
cording to its genuine principles.
4. The rights of the people.
5. May the theory of the Brit
ifli constitution be no protection
to thole, who would deprive us
of its practical blcflings.
6. Thecaufe of civil and religi
ous liberty all over the world.
Mr. Sheridan gave
7. The Duke of Bedford, and
may the ancient nobility think it
their greatest hcnor tofupportthe
tights of the people.
‘ The Duke of Bedford return
ed thanks for the honor conferred
on him by the company, and as
sured them he would always per
severe in the fame line of conduct
he had hitherto pursued.
8, Mr Erftdnt, and the trial by
jwy*
Mr. Er(kint exprcffed hs sense
of the honor done to him by con
nediog his name with one of the
most glorious branches of the
constitution He thought it was
to principles, rather than to men,
that we ftioulft look \ and the m®W
he thought on this,the more he ad
mired Mr. Fox, whose principles
had always been thole of a found
friend to freedom. It was only by
the union of all good men in sup
port of Mr. Fox's principles that
the constitution could v
and the ends of wicked men de;
seated, for he was truly »friendof
the <3 \ j
to. Mr. Sheridan,
friend of freedom and of fe.
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Mr. Sheridan in returning thanks
(aid he had fomerimes had the
honor of having attached ‘to his
name, c ‘ the (toady oppoftr of the
excise laws”—“ the advocate for
the Habeas Corpus a&,” but that
no fcniimerit could be more hon
orable ro his fame, or more grate
ful to his heart, than that which
had just been applied to him; for
Charles Fox was rhe (toady enemy
of tyranny, oppressing, meanneft, cant
and hypocrisy, and of a corrupt and /
de(perate admidiftration, who threat- I
ened to ruin the country.-—(Loud
applause.) >
io. Lord How and the British
navy.
11. The brave Kofciu/ko, and
his companions in misfortune
Mr’Cr^y, and success to
his motion on Monday.*
Mr. Grey, in thanking the com
pany, observed t at- his exertions
to save the country from the mif
chtefs of a corrupt and desperate
administration must be ineffedual
unless they were seconded by the
people themselves ; and he con
gratulated the meeting on the
glorious example set to the coun
try by »he Livery of London. ।
(Loud applaufel) He hoped ev
ery community in the kingdom
would (peedily petition for peace;
for the prefer ruinous war was
not more deftrutStrve o£ our.finan
ces and the lives of our country
men, than it was of ail the parts
of our happy constitution.—A
mong many other alarming losses,
it had already deprived us of the
Habeas Corpus ad, and threat
ened eVen the jury, trial by which
had been molt foully and falfely
C.ajumniated by thole, who preten
ded to be the guardians of our
cpnfticution, but who, though not
“ acquitted felons,” were certainly
^onvided impofters.
13. The tree and independent
Livery of London, and all the
friends of pe^ce.
Mr. Watihman, who seconded
the petition tor peace,in the Guild
hall, London, on Friday^ anrefjr
neat speech, assured the meeting,
that the Livery of London always
had beep* and (till were friends to
the free constitution of Britain.—
They had indeed been deluded by
a falic alarm about two years ago,
but they were now convinced of
the corrupt duplicity of’.thqfe who
had deluded them, and were as
fully determined,as any set of men,
co support their chartered rights,
and the general liberties and hap
: > pinefs of the nation. :; J /
14. Mr. Bying, and the inde
pendent freeholders of Middle
tox.
Mr. Sheridan said, a toast had
been fuggeftedtohim, whkh he
(hould propose with great pleas
ure and most readily—becaufc^«
did not fear being epnfidered as
oae to© much disposed to pay an
(irrational and fervfte the
i t M©twa ft the Freach
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SATURDAY, ML y 2, 1795.
circumstance
of tille, rank or wealth. He be
licv w he understood what entitled
the i ’iftocracy of a free country
to cl ? refped; of freemen—it Jay
in a aft use of great means to good
purp Ces. H»s toast was,
ij The Duke of Northumber"
land) with bounty on the rich,
andpienty to the poor.
/6. Mr. Coke, and the indepen- ;
dent Freeholders of Norfolk. • r
Mr. Coke member tor Norfolk)
I returned his thaks to the company
for the honor they had : ddhe him
in drinking his health upon an oc-
Cafion lo inrereft ing to bis feelings,
; whpn they had affc-mbied to cete-
I brace the binh-day of that great
iliuftrious, and ever-to-be ! oved,
character, Mr- Fox He adverted
'to the change, which had taken
place in the sentiments of his con
ftituenrsWith refpedt to the war ;
thole who had always opposed their
( prolecucion of hostilities. He had
received a letter from Norwich,
dial on Tueiday a meeting Was to
be held there for peace, and what
was of more importance, the pro
pofitionfor holding that meeeting
had arisen from the original fup*
porters of the war, and from the
very perlons who had lately propo
led Mr. kKtiydkdyd*
Mir. 'Coke gave,
Cord fFilliam Ruffitll, und
the independent freeholders of
Surry. '
18. Mr. Fluminer, and the Ill
dependent holders of Hertford
(hire. >
Mr. Erjkine frid, that honorable
friend of his, who had long been a
member of the house of commons,
and who had distinguished himfelf
in that character,much.to his.own
honor, and much to the advantage
of the public, but who, he was
forty to lay, was not now a mem
ber of Parliament, being present,
he thought it his duty upon public
principle, as well as from actach"
ment to private worth, to give.
19 Mr. Adam, and amendments i
to tne criminal law of.Scotland;
Mr. Adam, in a (hsrt speech,
expreffrd his warmest thanks for
the honor done him by so rdped
able and splendid a meeting* He
laid he was confcipus that he had
no claim to.it, but by his tteady j
attachment to the iliuftrious cha
fader^ whose virtues they were
commemorating: he could not
avoid adding, that if his public
conduct had ever merited any ap
plaule it was for the measures be
had brought forward in the last
session of parliament, to avert the
effed of judgments, which hetho t
unwarrantable, and tending to
; f promote the amendment ot the
criminal law ot Scotland, He
who heard him. would agfl*
, Um, <h<t the, I
criminal law of the country, now
united ^d making W
with th^was of the high^b w
porcance to-aH parts of: the Bntilh ;
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Empire—that it was in fad exten
ding that invaluable blessing, the
trial bv a well conftituied jd
rv.—What he had attempted tb
do had failed, but he was sure that
a time would come when due re
paration would be made to the in
jured laws of that country; and
that the mild, but efficacious fyft*
em of! Englilh criminal jurifpru
. dence mail ftate-crimes,would ul
: timately pervade the whole ifland*
*O. The liberty of the press.
al4 Mr* Milbank, and the in
dependent freeholders of the coun«
ty of Durham.
22. May the fyftom of spies be
fatal only to spies and their em
ployers.
In the course of the evening,
one or two perlons were observed
to behave so as to bring upon them
selves the suspicion ot being Ipfesj
and the company infilled upon
turning them out.
The Duke of Bedford, from the
chair, inftandy restored order, by
remarking, that it they wefe Ipies,
they could{ not be more severely
punished than by being permitted
to remain in the room*
Mr. Byng presided in thefeennd
room, and in all the Others, there
were friends of Mr. Fox in the
chair, who gave the fame or fimi
f lar Wafts with those, drank in the
great room.
Captain Morris, Mr. Banifi e r t
Mr DignUm, and Mr. Carter, fang
some excellent songs; some othet
toasts were drank, and a confides
able part of the company remained
till a late hour.
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BOSTON, APRIL 27.
CAPTURE of ROSES^
The Represent alive of the People
with the army of the Eajlern Py~
rennes, to the commit te of Public
Bafety.
r';'!”' . 0 Rofea, Jan* tot ' ?
w Citizen Colleagues,
P ror n’fed vou to entor
V V Roses, either by the gates
or b eaches. The Spaniards did
, not wak for the latter—-they fur*
I rendered atdi'eretion this day. It
may be said that the arffiy had to
overcome all the elements, which
j had combined again# them. They
* had to open a road through rhe
I mountains hitherto considered as
inacceffible >; our brave brothers
have laboured with indefatigable
zeal—-they had to drag up these
precipices with their own hands^
the arullerv, and all the engines
of war. All these were neceffary^
before we dould fender ourfelver
masters of the Buds, and to cue
off the communication which the
fleet of the enemy maintained withr
the principal port of Roses. Thef
Buds being taken, the firft paral
. lei was soon perfelted against the
body of the places but the abun
' continual!^
™ filled up the tranches with
62 miles N* E. of Bircclan*.
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