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HEREFORDSHIRE PITT CUT.

Ou Friday last the mcmberlo77l; Club dined together at the
Hotel. in fl.i.reford, in commemoration of the bitth of that illus.
trious statesman and patriot, the late Right Hon. William Pitt.
Sir J. H. COTTERCLL. 31. P. in the Chair.
Nearly 60 gentlemen assembled on the occasion, and ft is but
justice to tlr. Bennett to state, that the dinner, wines, and dessert
wereexcel lent.

After the removal of the cloth, the first tout given was..—
" The King," with three times three.—Alr, " God save the
Rine'
" Duke of York and Royal Family."—Air, " Hail Stu of
Brunswick."

" Duke of Clarence and the Nary."—" Rule Britannia."
66 Duke of Wellington and the army."—" See the Conquering
Berocomes."

" The immortal Memory of George the Third," In solemn
silence.

" The immortal Memory of the late Right lion. William Pitt,"
in silence.—Song, " The Pilot that weathered the Storm."
May the principles of 3lr. Pitt always animate the Councils of
Great Britain."

" The House of Brunswick, and may they never forget the prin.
eiples which placed them on the Throne of these Realms."
' The Constitution which protects the People, and the People
who protect the Constitution.
The worthy Cssalawast then gave the health of—The Lord
Lieutenant."

Earl SOMERS rose and addressed the meeting.—Sir John Cot.
terell, Mr. Vice President anti Gentlemen, for the honour which
you and this most respectable meeting have done me in drinking
my health, as Lord Lieutenant of this county, in so complimentary
a manner, I heartily thank you. It may be proper for me on this
occasion to repeat my sentiments respecting the character of that
great man, Mr. Pitt ; great as a statesman and financier, which is
allowed even by Ills enemies. But there arc two points in his cha-
racter, as I hare heretofore observed, which strike me as particu-
larly to be admired in his career, and which I believe most essen-
tially conduced to the preservation of his country. At one period
to which I allude, when a neighbouring kingdom was rioting in
acts of madness, wickedness, and impiety, is the greatest possible
degree, and endeavouring to disseminate her creed, among other
nations, to this happy and favoured people, when the folly of many
here was so great as to persuade themselves that liberty was thriv.
ing in France, and who would have communicated the same to us
at home, this great patriot stood up firmly and resolutely, and effec-
tually called on his country to resist the introduction of this liber-
ty, and thus preserved to us real, substantial, practical liberty,
producing on the one hand happiness to the governed, and on the
other attachment of the king to his people. Met my kindred feel-
ings, and eumworred by a free and generous natism he effectually
secured our safety and independence, and no man more titan he
deserved a nation's gratitude. The other particular was, his bring-
ing about the Union with Ireland. and I am satisfied and well con-
vinced, from the experience of a lung life, that this Union was ne-
ceseary to the happiness of both countries, for we had seen in the
rase of America the difficulty of conducting the measures of a go-
vernment when it had a separate legislature of its own. The prin-
ciples of America were in circulation and acknowledged, and but
fier the Minister who with great labour and difficulty established an
Union on fair and liberal principles, Ireland, where revolutionary
doctrines were spreading, would not long have remained subject to
the sway of Great Britain : the liberties of both countries were thus
preserved, and for the accomplishment of this plan I do feel most
sincerely grateful to Mr. Pitt.
His Lordship then proposed the health of " The President, Sir
J. IL Concern," which was drank amidst repeated plaudits.
Sir J. COTTICIIELL rose to return thanks. lie said—Gentles
men —lt is very gratifying to me to meet this day to highly re-
pectable and numerous a party of my friends, whose sentiments I
know to be so precisely in accordance with my own on the occasion
which we are note met to celebrate. Gentlemen, I now feel meself
incompetent to offer an adequate eulogy on the character of that
distinguished Statesman whose memn'y must ever be del • c,timat.
ed by the hirers of their country. You will, however, ant sure,
give me credit for principles which I have uniformly endeavoured,
through I may say neither a short or inactive Ide to maintain to the
ntmost of my humble abilities, and which I shall continue to
hold as best calculated, in toy opinion. to secure the welfare of this
happy country. Gentlemen, I beg Is we to propose vast we should
drink to the memory of Mr. Pitt till some one shall be found tit to
compare with him, and if ever such a man shall appear, then still
to drink to the memory of Mr. Pitt, by whose example such a
man must hare been tOrmed. .

The next toast was " Colonel Money. the Vice-President."
Colonel MowEir—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I feel par.
ticularly flattered by the very handsome and hearty manner in which
car h..51:11 has tr:rn proposed and dra:ik, and beg you will accept

'my best thanks for the honour you have done me. Allusion has
been made to my services in our county Militli when I had the
honour to march :Inlet tae (redoes of nut worthy and gallant
IChairman. I remember the occasion well when he proposed to us
to volunteer otir services to Ireland, i ifitrlling us that as that
country was in some degree of danger from areal invasion, the
Militia Regiments were expected to come forward. This was a
proud day for the Hereford Regiment : the communication was
received with feelings worthy of their county; these feelings were
shared in common both by the officers and men, and 1 do think
whilst such a spirit exists in the ;mop!c of this country we need
never fear the machinations of ill-disposed persons at home, shoult
there be such, or the more open attacks of our foreign enemies.
Being placed in the situation of your Vite-President, it may be
necessary that I should not allow the °post:unity to pass without
endeavouring to pay my humble quota or tribute of respect to the
memory of that distinguished and Illustrious Statesman and
Patriot, *Note birth-day and merits we are now assembled to
commemorate, and in 'Oder to do this I shall attempt to being
tinder review a part of the conduct of this great man during pre-
haps one of the most important and eventful periods of his political
lite; persuaded that a fair and iinpartial examination of his public
measures, will, generally speaking, afford the best possible eulo-
gies and panegyric on himself. It has been and still is a doubt
with some Politicians, whether the conduct of Mr. Pitt in plunging
this country into a war with France soon after the breaking out of
the French Revolution, was founded upon the soundest principles
of national policy and a due regard to the best interests of his
country. Now in order to come fairly to this question, it will be
necessary to take a brief survey of the relative situations of these
two countries at the period to wnich I have alluded. France then,
having broken down all the barriers of lawful restraint and train-
' pled upon the institutions of her country; having outraged and in-
sulted every thing that was good in morals, venerable in law, or '
round in religion, erected the standard and the cap of liberty (mis- '
taken liberty I should say), and her intoxicated sons like madmen
danced around it upon the smoking ruins of her reeking Monarchy.
The principles and doctrines that else now boasted went avowedly
to overturn the Altar and the Throne. The bonds of social order
were loosened and the internal tranquillity of this and every other
country was threatened. In the progress of her mad career, she
burst like a torrent on the neighbouring nations, and a part of Sa-
voy, If °Hand, Belgium, and the Netherlands, were soon prostrate
Ist her feet. in violation of the treaties of Munster and Westp.ha-
lia, she forced the navigation of the Scheldt, and declared that river
to be free, although its navigation was protected' by treaties sanc-
tioned by the special guarantee of Great Britain. should we look
for further excesses as a ground upon which to justify the assump-
tion of an hostile attitude on the part of England, they may.pro-
bably be found in the famous or infamous deciee of the national
convention of November 171 e, by which the subjects of this and
every other country were called on and encouraged to rise in re-
bellion against their legitimate Governments; and the murder of
her unfortunate Monarch, which, with all the chain of insults and
indignities by which it was accompanied, formed a climax in the
catalogue of iniquity unequalled perhaps in the annals of civilized
nations. This was the situation of France, and England, as the
ally of Holland, was called on by the Stadtbolder to vindicate
her insulted honour, and to join the Allies against the common
enemy. What now was the alternative for the Minister of this
great country to adopt under such pressing circumstances ? 11'hat
was the policy best calculated to promote the present and future
safety and prosperity of England ? Would it have been consistent
with our dignity as a nation, to have alloeed the British Lion to
crouch, for the first time, perhaps, under the insults of France ?
Would it have been consistent with our magnanimity to have stood
aloof, and to have been idle spectators of the scene, Thilst the storm
was gathering and blackening around us, and the different nations
of Europe were buckling on their arms and preparing for the com-
bat? 11 ould it have been wise or prudent to have adopted the
doubtful policy of an armed neutrality, by which we should hare
incurred a large portion of the expenses and inconveniences, with-
out any of the advantages of war ? Mr. Pitt did not long hesitate
in this emergency ; never seemed inclined to vacillate, or to exclaim
with the Roman Poet—
" 0 Navin, referent in Mare te, novi
Fluctus ! 0 Quid agis ! fortiter occupa
Portum—"
This was not his policy—he made up his mind for war, and coun-
selled his Majesty accordingly. And when his Majesty's message
was brought down to both Houses of Parliament, in February 1793,
informing them that his Majesty had taken the necessary steps to
maintain the honour of his crown and the just rights of his people,
and calling on his faithful subjects to assist him in prosecuting a
just and necessary war, 3lr. Pitt, in an able and eloquent address,
in which he adduced the most unanswerable arguments for war,
observed in substance, that there could be no security for his Ma-
jesty's dominions, either at home or abroad, whilst such men as the
present rulers of France were at the head of afliirs; and that whe-
ther we went to war or not, we must keep up • very large establish-
ment ; to maintain which in idleness would be more dangerous to
the country than any thing we had to fear front the fury of our
enemies. 111 r. Dundee, afterwards Lord Melville, likewise ob-
served, that we went to war in order to oppose a system of principles
which, if not crushed, would effect the ruin of this and of every
other country. War then was the order of the day, and it is not
necessary for me to recapitulate the great and glorious exploits by
which his Majoty's arms were distinguished, both by sea and land;
it will be sufficient for me to observe, that the fleets of England
rode triumphantly on the ocean, and that in the course of a few
years the whole naval power of France and her allies was annihi-
lated. Never was conquest more complete, or victory more sig-
nal and brilliant ! Not a sail was wafted on the bosom of the deep
without the perntiasion of this country. The British navy haring
accomplished all that there was to be done, and in their busy teal
for their country's service, wihil nano reptdans siquid switeressa
agendum, sighed, like Alexander, not indeed for new worlds, but tor
new navies to conquer, and reluctantly resigned the path of honour
and glory to their brothers in arms on shore : and it is well known
how the land forces of his Majesty drove anti pursued the routed
legions of France from the Tagus to the Ebro, tram the Ebro to
the Seine, and lastly that the plains of Waterloo were reserved to
witness one of the grandest military achievements that ever graced
the annals of a warlike nation ; grand in the prowess by which the
battle was won, and grand in the results which followed, which
were no less than the repose of Europe, and I may add, the peace
and tranquillity of the world. Mr. Pitt lived not to see this great
and glorious day—this consummation of all his hopes and wishes;
he fell at an earlier period of the struggle, surrounded with diffi-
culties and dangers, his great mind nevertheless still firm and un-
disma_yed. He fell! and was lost to society and to the admiring
eye off a grateful country ; yet his spirit still lived and animated
the councils of his worthy and enlightended successes, who, to
their lasting honour be it spoken, by pursuing the line of policy
laid down by this great statesman, steered the vessel of the state
through all her diffitulties, and conducted the affairs of Europe to
the happiest issue. And now I think we may fairly assume, from
the general prosperity of England, and the safety, happiness, and
tranquillity that reign around her ; from the expansion of her com-
merce, the activity of her manufactures, the growing improvement
in her agriculture, and finances, and from the lofty station she has
taken among the nations of Europe, that the policy of Mr. Pitt
was a sound policy, and that it was best calculated to promote the
happiness and true interests of his country. Let us then venerate
the memory of this great statesman—let us not forget his firmness
land intrepidity' in danger, his wisdom in council, his transcendent
'talents, his lofty and disinterested character, his unsullied honour,
and his incorruptible integrity—let us cherish and support this
social institution, it will raise a monument to his name, " ore pc.
remit's, megalique situ pyratr.idum talus," a monument that will
outlive the breathing marble and the sculptured gold, and endure
as long as England shall be capable of feeling a sentiment of
gratitude fur the hand by which she ha been shielded in the
midst of dangers, and by which her honour, her greatness, her
prosperity and independence as a nation, have been preserved and
maintained. _ _

The next toast was " Lord Viscount Eastnor."
His Loansit'P said, for the honour which the President, Vice.
President, and 3lembers of this Club have done me in thus kindly
drinking my health, I beg them to accept my wannest scknow.
ledgments; I am fully sensible of these cordial feelings, and am
happy to have this opportunity of expressing my admiration of the
character of Mr. Pitt ; we are indebted to him for handing down
those blessings to us which our ancestor enjoyed ; he had to con.
tend foe them when a powerful hand was wanted, it was our good
fortune in eventful and perilous times to have such a man at the
helm of government. It is impossible, on looking at the prospe-
rous state of the country, not to allow that next to .Mr. Pitt, we are
indebted to his Majesty's ministers, they have acted on his prin.
riples which I maintain are the same which placed the present Royal
Family on the throne of these realms. As long as the tiovernment
shall so continue to act, so long will they be supported by the good
wishes of the country, and a long do I hope to be honoured by yotr
continued favour and goad opinion.

" The Vice.Presldent elect."
Mr. Kiarnamt tr. Evans then rose and said :—Gentlemen,—l
feel myself called upon to return my grateful thanks to you fur the
honour you have done me in drinking my health; I beg to assure
you I shall have particular pleasure in officiating as Vice-President
when next I have the honour of meeting the Ilereforshire Pitt
Club. In contemplating the improvement in the revenue, and the
flourishing condition of this country, I congratulate the nation on
her prosperity. and in particular the Gentlemen I addresa, that
agricultural distress has abated, and that peace and tranquillity
greet them in every part of the kingdom. It must be &proud
4,7atitication to gentlemen of your political opinions, that this great
amendment in her state has been effected by an administration
fumed on the principles of Mr. Pitt. As long as the present Mi-
nisters, or their successors, pursue his system, I entertain no
alarm for the felicity, welfare, and security of old England. it
was a distinguished feature in the life of this illustrious States-
man, that when danger threatened his country, his powerful and
vigorous system afliirded a means to crush het enemies, and to im.
prove the internal condition of the kingdom. If it were necessary
to substantiate that fact, I refer to the earlier period of ICS 4d.
‘Vhen he was first called to the office of P
Minister. England groaned under the heaviest pecuniary einbarras-
ments, the revenue was unequal to the expenditure by millons,
and national hankrupicy stared the country in the face; by his
judicious arrangements in the several departments of trade. and by
the establishment of a sinking fund, he was enabled in a few years
to discharge I.l2o,thint. of the national debt, he brought her ex-
penditure within her income, and saved her from that great cala-
mity. In addressing the members of this club. I am aware that
it is unnecessary to trace Mr. Pitt through his administration, to
inspire them with veneration for his memory, but ws I have been
drank to as your future Viee•President, I trouble you more at
length than I hare been accustomed to dot I cannot pass over in
silence the eventful period of 1792. The French Revolution set a
dreadful example to England ; the natioual convention of France
was scattering the Weds of democracy in every country England.
like othcrs was torn to pieces by tacitaa. At tea: :Lai: a 4;.1.-

heated Senator would have introduced the subject of Parliameu?,64,
Reform, at • period of all others the moat difficult to bee_
public mind in obedience to the law. Was there nu ctl•-r
e
tunity to level the blow at the security of the nation, bat when t"
country was in confusion, and men of rank. affluence, and pewee,
were in correspondence with the repohlic of France ? Mr. Pitt, by
his firmness, intrepidity. anal reaao.:ing oo that memorable ocauthrt,
saved her from bloodshed and civil war. I shall but ahorly allude
to another point in his political career; I am aware the tuecion .if
war has excited the most tebement conflict of political opin.ons.
The gentleman who has preceded me list alluded to the d...crers of
the national convention of France. I particularly refer to that of
the IlklsolNovember, t. which the ruling powers of France
shook off all respect for the legitimate authoritiesof other 4:tumults.'
and paid their tribute alone to the sovereignty of the people.
What confidence could the Mitt/sterol Great Pritaut place in them ?
As if to relieve him from the perplexities of the day, and the ra-
sponsitillity of Ma situation. it was further decreed to open the
Scheldt, to attack the forts on her banks, and to wage war with oar
Ally. A declaration of war against Holland, was a declaration of
war against England. and thus was Mr. Pitt forced int. that war
which io tile end led to the field of Waterloo, and ultimately gave
peace to Europe. I have remarked that 31r. Pitt opposed a dis-
cussion on Parliamentary Reform ; Mat I should do infinite in-
justice to his memory, were I t, represent him velure beets deaf to
the petitions of his countrymen. He was a friend to all true and
constitutional liberty ; but the taflnyof his country was kis greatest
consideration. Did he not glee another proof of his love for the
liberty of his countrymen, when the French stood en the opposite
coast threatening England with Invasion. by arming the nation, and
caflipg upon them to protect their freeholds, and to fight for their
'dicey ? Gentlemen, I have selected the periods at which I coo.
ceive this country to have bowl in the most imminent danger, and i
think lam justified in attributing her salvation to Mr. Pitt. In
common with you all, / lament, the labour% of office, and the
zealous exertions he made to insure the happiness of this country.
wore out his constitution, and prematurely brought him to his
grays ; pointing to it. we may faithfully exclaim—
" This earth entombs a victim to the State,
Who fella. glorious sacrifice to teal."
Gentlemen, I sit down satisfied that the members of this club wit
ever maintain the principles upon which it is established, and prose
themselves worthy of their representative, who presides on this us.
casion and who has with so much fficlity to his constituents,
utility to his country. and honour to himself, invariably supports/
them. Gentlemen, I again thank you for the honour you have
done me, and I trust you will believe use your faithful Vice.
President.

On the health of " Sir Ilungerfonl floskyns" being given. he
rose and said,—l beg leave to thank you for drinking my health.
as Father and first President of this Club ; it is quite unnecessary
for me to add a word after the many able speeches which have been
delivered this evening: I can only wine you that it will ever be
my pride and delight to meet you on all occasions so long as I shall
be able to di so.
" 'f he Bishop and Diocese."
" Colonel Mathews." .

The Colonel rose and said—Sir John Cotten!! and Gefflemett,
I thank you with all my heart fur these repeated mark' of your
kind regard. I am highly gratified by the obliging mane is
which the President did me the honour of proposing this compli-
ment, nor did I feel less sensibly the panegyric be was Oared to
pass on the renovated princlpi!s of the corporated body of this city.
I seem to have a greater share in this praise from having become
the senior member of the Municipality. arid thus by courtesy
gained the appellation of Father of the City; a title which seems
to connect me more closely with my fellow-citirens„ and which well
expresses the warm interest I take in their welfare. Whenever
the public concerns of this our city come into my mind, I feel a
satisfaction which I have often expressed, and which I will now
beg leave to repeat, a satisfaction at being emancipated from those
fetters by which we had so long been bound, and from which we
have been delivetti by the ethane of that amiable Nobleman whom
we are proud to call our Representative in Parliament. Many Imo.
tires concur to form the wish that he may long, very Mug, coo.
tinue to represent us. I will answer for my fellow-citizens. or (to
speak in the character I have assumed) my own numerous family,
that a great majority of than will ever warmly support him with
unabated zeal. Neither let us forget that a somewhat similar be-
nefit was many years ago conferred on the county by our present
worthy President. The freeholders of Herefordshire, and this So-
ciety in particular, are lam sure, duly sensible of the obligatioo,
and will ever acknowledge his long and good services with thank-
fulness and with effect. Gentlemen—When I bad the honour of
addressing you on the last anniversary of this Meeting, I offered
my congratulations on the dawn of better times, which seemed thee
to be breaking upon us—those bright hopes. as previous speakers
have well described, are now happily confirmed. The tide of na.
tional prosperity is steadily flowing. I entirely agree with my noble
friend near me, that this favourable change is to be imputed to the
wisdom of Government, which. through all our didiculties and
dangers has followed the counsels and plans of that patriotic states-
man whose memory we celebrate this day. I regret, with our worthy
Vice-President, most deeply, that this great man did not live to
we this completion of his views 3 this full consummation of his
hopes and wishes. is it too fanciful to imagine that dioembodied
spirits may know what passes in this earthly spbeee--that his
may be permitted to hover over that beloved country to which he
devoted himself, arid ever be employed to direct its energies and
promote its welfare ? NVhilst the Radical faction, whose dements
ave been so forcibly depicted by the Noble Lord Lieutenant in
his eloquent address—whilst they, crest-fallen as they are, still
hope for fresh opportunity of mischief—whilst the more respect-
able Oppositioents, the Whigs, (as appears from their late mani-
festo from a Dorthern county,) still grasp at the phantom of
sionary perfection, and urge their hazardous experiments,—it be.
hove, the friends of the Constitution to be constantly on the alert.
The political system under which the honour and glory of the
tish nation has been raised so high, under which it has recovered
from that depression which was the necessary consequence of such
extraordinary exertion, must be approved, must be loved, must ha
strenuously supported by all true Englishmen. The electing Re-
presentatives by that part of the people who have some stake in tie
country, is, undoubtedly, the main mundation of British fie( &en ;
but is it therefore necessary, that, by too frequent smell to the
people, we should deprive public measures of all stability. and
keep the public mind in a perpetual ferment—l may say, in a c
tinual state of moral and physical intoxication? The po:itical
quacks, who pretend to believe, and would persuade others to
believe, that every evil is to be cured by their infallible nostrum
of reform, will tell us, that this latter inconvenience, at least, may
be prevented by their plausible plan of ballot. In my bomb
opinion, this scheme of darkness was better adapted to the uld
mysterious aristocracy of Venice, than to the open, manly chew.-
ter of English liberty. An Englishman should wear his heart
upon his sleeve, and boldly declare the principles he professed.
and the Representative of his choice. I ant convinced that this
pmposed plan would be found highly objectionable in practice.
much more than the present mode of election—but this discuss on
would lead me into a wider field than is suitable to a convivial
meeting. I free I have heretofore rather abused your indultoice.
If I have not already done so at present ; but I will not ecr y the
error to any greater excess, but conclude with repeating my sitiewte
thanks, and very cordially drinking all your healtbs.
" The Mayor and Corporation. '
Dr. BLerce LYE returned thanks.
" Sir Edwin Stanhope. and the new Members."
The Rev. C. Batten returned thanks.
" Hon. and Rev. J. S. l'ocks."

" E. B. Peteshall, Esq."
Mr. 3171111 AM PATFSIIAL having returned thanks fur the par.
ticularly friendly manner in which his health was proposed by the
President, and received by the company, said, Gentlemen...—
After what you have heard from our Noble Lord Lieutenant, our
President, Vlce.President, and others, !!embers of our loyal meet-
ing, upon the public services and private virtues of that truly il-
lustrious statesman, whose immortal memory we Me now Cet.
beating., it is quite impossible that I can say any thing which will
add a stride earn particle to the high respect and estimation 14
which you all hold it: but, Gentlemen, I must express my joy,
and offer my most hearty congratulations to you. upon the flourish.
ing hate o(the country in every point of view. Mr. Cennirg, to
a very numerous public meeting. lately used the following words ii—
`• Yet never was there a period in which this country was in •
course that promised so permanent and luting rosperity." He,
Gentlemen, with the others of his Majrsty's 3linneers, by foil
ing the footsteps of Mr. Pitt. are daily raising the Government sit
this country in the eyes of the people, and this nation in the eves
of the world. to short, Gentlemen, this is our happy state, of
which every true Englishman well may boast. The men, we tT3llt,
are honest the land we live in is free—the people are contented
under the Government—and our navy and army are devoted to
their King; and as to our domestic enemies, all their efforts
to disturb our tranquillity can only tend to prove its stability.
" Rev. W. Iltipton." " The Tlieasurer of the County." Wm,
Pateshall, Fag." " Major Whittaker." " Mr. Illakemon."
Mr. IlLaewhoer rose and said—Sir John Cotterell, it those
who have gone before me have felt gratified. I most consider my-
self most exceedingly obliged to you for the manner in which yea
have introduced me to the notit.e of this meeting; I hope to de-
serve more and more the good opinion of those around me, ane
the better lam known the more I shall make myself esteemed. It
is highly satisfactory to me to see .o respectable a company *nem.
bled round thistable, to comii.e.uorate the man whom I may call the
saviour of Great Britain—to see me anxiety of his fulkowers thus
raising a monument to his fame, we may say we are, indeed, proud
of the name of Englishmen. Mr. Pitt served his country welt.
and he has found a grateful nation in return ; now that be has
missed through evil report and good report, we tee able to appre.
cili:e hie great talents. aid we slial continue t appreciate them so
long as life shall be granted ua. 'These meetinp are of national
imporwace, for we asannide not tor the purposes of conviviality
merely, but to show to statesmen who conduct themselves with leu-
naur and integrity. how they may gain a nation's favour and re-
gard. Mr. Pitt's whole life was one of the greatest service
country ; he became 3liniiter when we had an ininiense

debt, ibieh we could not pay, and whisk, seemingly. mai
with safety be incrtas.d, without ruin to England ; added t
we were engaged in an expensive war, and when France,
trampled down all the rights of private life, and we were ea
to defend oar dearest institutions, Mr. Pitt gave the tone
country, and by acting up to his wishes we ouradves
eectlcil in weathering the storm. We are now placed in
safety and tranquillity ; we rind ourselves (now that the on
oven respected, absolute. and happy at home, retaining atf
time a high character among foreign powns; for, as in pm
so in public transactions, integrity of character will study
to honour and tasting prosperity. Once more, gentlemen, ;
to thank you fur your kindness to me on this occaiiion.
" The House of Gaetano." " Mrs. Money." •• The
dhere of the County." " The Honorary Secretary, Mr.
" 31". Pattru!ge. High .Iberitf 01 Jloaannsui. ' ••

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