The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-01-23 00:00:00

NORWICH FOX DINNER.

A numerous and highly respectable ember of Gentlemen
dieted together on Fa Way last or this city, in velebratoot of
the memory of 31r. Fox. It not being expected that there
would beau Inge so attendance of Gentlemen this year, the
dinner was not held in St. Andrew's Hall, as weal, it being
ouusidercd too large; but, tuwards the boor appointed
for dinner, su assay Geutleasen bail assembled, that the
diaing.rooas was crowded. Siltil V/ 4111 the anxiety to be
preseot,that ',lavaboes, were in vain offered for three tickets.
Airiest Iwo headang Gestlemen sat down to an excellent
Janne-, but a wont of er•ows Illnlay tubers.
The Rail of Albemarle was is the Chair, supported on
the right lay the Duke of Norfolk, and on the left lay Mr.
Coke, M.P. bar the County. The other tables were headed
by General %Valpule and the Mayor of Norwich.
Ansoug the Gentlemen present were—Lord Dory, Sir
T. !terror, Sir W. Wyndham Ditliag, Sir R. P Jaddrel, Sir
E. Smith, Hun. W. Fitzroy, E. Keppel, J. Maeknahl, Esau
sl.l'. Ridley Coliseum', Elul. M P, T. B. Leeward, \I. P.
Arcbdeareasi Bathurst, Rev. IV. Newcoaae, Rev. C. Cullyer,
Rey. H. Wilma, Rwr. I. L'thate, Rev. P. Ilitelsoo, Rey. L. B.
Fustier, Rev. G. Prestos., Rey, Hutt, tier. R. Ham-
-111101111, Rev. R. F. Elwin, Rey. 11. Dashwood, 1t,,, C.
li•rely, Kits. Major Hussey, Captains Lung,
Worth, and Muuey, A. Rector. Esq. J. H. IL Fuller, lee.
After (limier Von MOWS V 014440 was sung.
'the Esrl of Aznaltasi.st roe& and addressed the Meeting.
He said it ware the third time babied the honour of presiding
Ya is siwihtr UCCigi{6l/ ; namely, to celebrate the memory of
Charles Janine Eux—(Lowd opplarise)—lu express their sp.
probation of the political proselytes be professed, and their
detertoiliatiou lu adhere to them—Hie Loselship concluded
by proposiug—
.l The Memory of Charles Jamie Fox."
shirk was drank its solemn silence. This was followed by
the sung—" Whim Fox," eke. which was sung last year. Toe
next toast was "The King."
The Earl af ALlMlllattl.l said, he now came to that toast
to which he bad before alluded, and it was a suliject upon
which lie was extremely ausiume to say a few words. In.
Skeet, as Chairs's, he had a rigid to occupy a small portion
ur their lime spurt it, as it was not a newel toast, and be-
cause it was now proposed wider cletornstasaera she most ea.
traurelinary. knowing, however, the anxiety of those
around him to expnesa their Aylmer um ibis soliject„ lie
would shstain fur the p.essaai from making nay observations.
slid would propose "The health of her Mkie•lf the Quern'
sud repealed ebeering)es-Ile requested our moment's
patleacr. Ile had sousething la add, which was of vital
tutpurtauce. He proposed
" The Quer*, sod may the voice of the Nation never
cease to thunder it the ears of,her penieratora, until lair
Majesty is placed in the full paireession of those rights and
privileges to which she is entitled as Hagen Cono.ct of these
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It is impossible to describe Ike eathosiassu with whirls this
least wee received. The whale cusepauy stud cp, cud the
fineries VMS kept up fur 'eyelid se sewer.
The Esti of Atitailaehn doe astiusadvrt led upon She pro-
ceedings of Monsters &rosiest the Queeti at coessidelshle
Owlish. and concluded by prupuslitg—" The Doonissal of the
permits Ministers, who have alike proved ibeesselvta the
enemies of the Thrusts said the Pimple."'
This least was drunk with hied and repeated cheers.
The Earl of AuscriiaLs urgll proposed " The Health of
the Duke's( Suamx," which was received with enihmiastic
applause. Its Lordship, after explaining why thi• tua.l
was out proposed before,, read pert a• lettcr (rum his R..yel
Highness's, its which he stated that Meese •lour prevented his
asteisdssice as the meeting. His Royal Nightie.. foldc.l, that,
its spite of the threats sod abuse of a part of the ries', he
mill gloried so the priuciples by which the iiireline wire cc-
tont. d when he hid she pleasure's( 'stetting thi en last year.
The next toast. wore—" The respertalwity of the Crown,
the ilieribility of the Constitution, and the prosperity of the
People."
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11. Cussatitutiutt, according to the Psiuciples *wriest
et ihe Iterululiuu."

•• TLe Iligis ShetilTof ;lie Comity of Norfolk."
" 'flee tl*yo►, and Procp►rily lo the Cay of Nurwich."
The MAYOR returned (banks.

Thu Earl of ALSVIIIARLit, after p►erouociug a glowing
eulogising on the priblie and private character of the Bishop
of Norwich, proposed " the Health of that Reverend Per.
late," It was rereierd with nerlioniided applause.
Archdeacon B►TIIURFT, itt returning thanks, assured the
meeting that his father fully participand isa the feelings sad
prieciptes by which they were actuated. The Reverend
Gentleman nude sense pointed observations cm the perscrgs.
lia4l and cruelty which had been exercised towards the queen,
and regretted that so few gentlemen of his chills were to he
fuund among In r Menders.
The following toasts were next givens—
" A speedy and effectual Whom in the Repretentation of

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At half-past one o'clork Mr. Brougham eideied
tier room with Mr. Hargrave (the Tire-tart), and
several other Gentlemen.
3lr. Bettye:Huh (having been called to the
-Chan) roar, awl was 'revived with the mien rodeo.
sissiie ripplessor. Ile said, that in cotierques.ce of
the much-lamented shortie* of! their.. ellustvta
Ftienei kati Elan.* imam! imidighl.sia 1114-frbei4
wed patron of every nietitutanis 'hot tended to pro.
mote the happiness •f Ilia fellow-creatueri (the
Duke of SllSteli), tier task of addressing divot had,
ilesolveel on heur.)—A oil 'scamps
ma nosy occarlon he should 11114 e WOO( it his
nosy to reface wl atertr obsettniiset a he should
make Willi Smile rellltifko vie scluratiem w geyp/111,
dud the iiieeenst•ble atlvants;;es wine') it c wrote*
on inanktial ; but, Itertituately, it Impressed that
brf re tier present assembly, and in the presvut
:111 01 S. I V.11•01it of this kind were quite on.
nuers.srY, for whatever might be easel as to the
vices of our thank Gott we lite:
Itl tones whet, the pour are anxious to Onions
knowledge, and they feel that the rich are de.
census of extruding it to tlietu.—.l ers /
Tier tune Lad how gone by wheat Irmo any quarter
a voice would be fussed against the univeisal dii-
violate of the poor, much less whet' it %%wild Ice
said that the interests of mankind evert he at Coo-
suited by keeping the poor in a mate of degraded
approbaiion.l—Use that pullet
then nut only all preseut were agreed, but all out
of doors, mod it only became necessary for I inc tic
dolt their attention to that brauch of tile subject
which came wields their immediate cues:iteration.
'flit means of educating the hour hail hetet' sup-
plied by the eke-minis aced Usti:day of crrtaiii
who were above all praise. The doors had
been thrown open to all persona in a Iseggiog con-
dition, still there were massy prisons to the me.
tropults unable to avail themselves uf these advan-
tages fur want of clothes. At the time that Society
was established the asombeis of such persons were
stated to hove been fifteen thousaird. I:y their
pious exertions that number hid breic
He did out meant to llatler thew, he
therefore would nut say greatly
However, Were it out fur their beirevolent
humane extriiosis, tLent emelt' here been MUM
in the, City who might be said to be within sight tf
the gates of kiiowledge, sued yet unable to rite r,
and were just as much) depraved of the advantages
as if the schools server did exist. The number of
',cremes in this situation had been 'educed stout
3,000; still these there remained about ii,cou. He
slid uut say this to damp their spirits, but to staves.
late their exertions; and if, its the course of the
vissuiug year, one thousand were taken Irma the
number, he would consider it • good par's wutk.
( Hear, hear. ) Ile hoped they mould pet mit
him to snake an übseivalson which should ntitr lee
atheist bout the oiled of any our, that ch..rily never
ought to be abused ; fur any stun givers ashy with-
nut the strictest exe AAA i A 'atom as to the me ram of the
ittrj. et, is so touch taken from tier real pion, alit
are entitled to ii, and is defrau !Mg those peressue
as much as if it hied been taken from the eh:unable
lusod with a more unworthy illiristwo.l ea.
mark lee itt..de, previous to a statement fir which
lie telt himself called upon to vouch, that every
Committee, toed every individual its each Curutuit-
tee, acted us if they were respensil.l , soil in fact
they lave responsible fur every sitigle fro dinig that
was given away ; that the strictest ectinenty tea,.
always a baerved ; rod that this system e.m eld
be pursued fur tier future as rigorously as
it had been fur the past, was a csieunistance moat
devoutly to be wished fur. The 'text matter to
whittle lie prayed their attention was, to tenets, a
cumplaint that had beets often utaile—he meant the
almost total inefficacy of their subscriptions with.
out the individual excitants of the subsetibers, rod
whoever would come forward would render a moat
esseuttal service 1111flitliti011; for bait it not
been fur those charitable persons olio devoted their
time to the institution, all ilie messes they had
acquired would be tendered, he would out soy
pernicious, but certcetuly unavailable. Ills ad.
rice then was this, that each individual would
cuissider how much of his 'moos he could
bestow in aid of the funds, sod how inuch of
his time he could devote to render these fund's
evadable. Ile had to apologise to the nett beg fe r
occupying so much of their titite—a heurs
but he thought it necessary to wake these spec tin
esthete:mous, rather than the general terms in *filch
meetings of that nature were usually addressed.
Ile agent begged that each indoridual would
ripply that !colon to his heart; and he sherrely
hoped, that w the course of the eiouing year shit
veluuble lu.tituuuo would feel its inaurnee....
(the Learned Gentleman eonelmded amidst cocci.
derable approbation.)
Mr. ISRoWNLGW (the &creel)) then came fur-
ward, aced reach the Report of the last yea,.
Mr. HARGRAVE (the Treasures) read r o lIP Pi.
bails from the accutiats, to order tie put the Inert.
dug to ph) • ion of the state of tlie lineage's.
The Rev. J. BissEre said, tbut the re ga•it
fir eutertaineil for the interests of the lireitutiosi
was of too exalted a nature to iieduce him Sw come
forward, unprepared as he was, did he not feel per-
'nailed that thew charitable dispositions regain-
ed Ito excitemesst from eloquence. 'Elie roc.'
side-ration of that Itistetution IlereMilf4 Ind
theta back to the mytterierus entrance sot
iota the world, and that a ate of primitive s.aite d.
nest its altich our first patents Isere pl. er o, Ihr
immediste cuasttitteuce of their fa I. Whentvi r

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