The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-27 00:00:00

PITT CLUB.

The Anniversary Dinner of the Pitt Club, in com-
memoration of the birthday of Mr. Pitt, was given on
Saturday night at the London Tavern. Lord Redes-
dale presided.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen supported
the Noble Lord :—The Earl of Harewood, the Earl of
Eldon, Lord Skelmersdale, Lord Kenyon, Lord Farn-
ham, Lord Hotham, M,P., Hon. W. Duncombe, M.P.,
Hon. Lloyd Kenyou, Sir John Gibbon, Bart., Sir G.
H. Smythe. Bart., M.P., Sir J. Chetwood, Bart., Sir
John Croft, Bart., Sir R. P. Glyn, Bart., Col. Conolly;
M.P., John Round, Esq., M.P., A. Goddard, Esq„
• M.P., Col. Daubeny, John Farrel-, Esq., Edward Van-
sittart Neale, Esq., J. H. Whitmore Jones, Esq.
About a hundred persons sat down to dinner, which was
of a good quality and served in excellent style.
Messrs. Hobbs, Horncastle, Hawkins, Chapman,
Bellamy, and Hawes, with Masters Chip and Martin,
greatly enliveWtd the proceedings of the evening with
several capital catches, glees, and solos.
After the cloth was removed, and Non Nobis Domini
sung by the professional gentlemen present,
The CUAIRMAN proposed the first toast on the list,
" The Queen." In doing so he said that, although at
the present moment the party to which they belonged
did not bask in the sunshine of Court favour, they were
men not, thank God, in the slightest degree depressed.
They had r.ot succeeded in the object of their ambition ;
but they had done the next best thing, they had
deserved success. And this they bad done with-
' out sacrificing a single principle to popular clamour,
or an Leta of their independence as a party to the
votes of a few Radical Members in the House of Com-
mons. Though they had, at present, lost the counte-
nance of the Queen they were satisfied with the cir-
cumstance, inasmuch as they had taken the most ef-
fectual course to serve her Majesty and the country—
(Hear, hear, hear)—and he was satisfied that by
following that course they would ultimately re-
ceive the best thanks of the Sovereign. The Noble
Lord then went into a brief, but detailed history of
party during the reigns of the three preceding Kings,
for the purpose of proving that the first, by hating the
Whigs, secured the happiness of his people, and that the
two last, George IV. and William IV. abandoned
them upon principle when they came to understand the
duties of Sovereign. The young and excellent lady who
ruled these realms at present would, he had no doubt,
when the veil of delusion was cast from her mind, dis-
card them also ; and then she would condemn their
policy as much as she now seemed to approve it. A
policy which alienated from the throne the affections of
the Nobility, the Gentry, the Universities, and the pro-
perty of the country, was one which could not long
stand the test of reason ; and once the Queen of this
country had her eyes opened, it was impossible that
she could sanction it. The present anomalous state of
things could not last long, and a time would soon
come when the Sovereign, in self-defence, would have
to turn to the Conservative leaders for advice, and
the Conservative party for support. Then they would
be as ready to support her Majesty with all loyalty, as
they were now to drink her loving health and long life.
The Noble Lord then gave '° Our Sovereign Lady the
Queen." " God save the Queen."—This toast was
drunk with three times three, and all the honours.
" The Queen Dewager and Le rest of the Royal
Family," followed, and was drunk with three times
three, all the honours, and great enthusiasm. Glee—
" Health to Queen Adelaide."

The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " The immortal Me-
mory of the late Right Hon. Wllliamm Pitt." Glee
—(six voices), ‘• The Cloud-capt Towers." " The
Navy and Army of the United Kingdom"—" Rule Bri-
tannia."

Colonel CONOLLY returned thanl:s for the army.
Lord HOTIJAM, return,d thanks for the Nary.
" The House of Brunswick, and may they,l never
forget the principles which seated them on the Throne
of these realms."

The CHAIRMAN, in proposing this toast, said that
at the present moment, when her Majesty's Ministers
were trusting so much to O'Connell and his tail—
(Cheers)—it might be permitted to all true Conserva-
tives to express the hope contained in it.
Glee--" With a Jolly full bottle."
The CHAIRMAN then said, he proposed the next
toast, because he believed that on it depended the
right of the Sovereign to the Throne and the civil and
riligious liberty of the country. " The Protestant
Ascendancy."—( Great cheering.)
Glee—" Great Apollo strike the lyre."
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said that
it only required a glance around the room to prove that
the principles of Mr. Pitt were not, as their opponents
asserted, out of fashion, obsolete, and unfitted for the
present times. He then entered into a long eulogium
on the acts of that Minister, attributing to him the sal-
vation of England at a period of universal anarchy ; and
he strongly condemned those of the present Ministry.—
" May the principles of Mr. Pitt always animate the
Councils of Great Britain."—(Cheering)
Song, by Mr. Hobbs—" The Pilot that weathered
the Storm."

" The Duke of Wellington and the House of Lords
replied to by the Earl of Harewood.
" Sir Robert Peel and the Conservative Members of
the House of Commons ;" replied to by W. Duncombe,
Esq., M.P.

_ .
" The Noble Chairman, Lord Redesdale ;" proposed
by the Earl of Harewood.
" The Earl of Harewood, the President of the Club."
" The Duke of Buecleuch and the Pittites of Scot-
land ;" ropliA. to by Major Olip:iant.
" Lord lienyou and the Pittitcs of \\".;;"