The Sun.
London, England, 1808-08-12 00:00:00

LORD tON's DINNER-

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,Tli`friends of Lord MILTON have thought pro-
per to publish an account of the Dinner that took
place on Friday last at York, in honour of
Nobleman's return as one of the Members. fol- the
County. The Chair was taken by W.. 1. -DENISON;
who, as High Sheriff for the County, might
yea. sonably have been expected to endeavour to give
the „Meeting a friendly, social, and convivial charac-
ter, rather than to introduce such topics, as, though
likely to be acceptable to the persons present,
only tended elsewhere to revive party differences
and thoSe heart-burnings which had so much dis-
turbed the County. Indeed the Chairman commenced
his speech with a declaration that he should " indulge

NI no observations calculated to revive those animo-
sities to which the Eleaion gave birth," and ex-
pressed his hopes that they were " buried in eter-
nal oblivion ;" but be soon. forgot
.this promised
1 moderation, and observed, that the company had
" met to celebrate the triumph of reason, toleration,
and liberality, over bigotry, fanaticism, and intole-
rance ;" besides characterizing the sentiments of the
opposite party by " the war-whoop of No Popery."
Such was the forbearance of the Chairman, after the
promise be had made. Could he suppose that when
the friends of Government heard of this mode of
describing them, that they would not feel a Sense of
indignation likely to revive those animosities which
he " trusted" were." buried in eternal oblivion."
But this is not all, for this friend of moderation
accused his Majesty's Ministers of having, " to gra-
, tify their ambition, thrown the torch of religious dis-
cord into the Country, and of having appealed to the
dark passions of the unthinking multitude." This
extraordinary specimen of political liberality seems to
have been borrowed from Nir.WmanAm,who accus-
ed Mr. Fox of having been a pander to the bad pas-
sions of the multitude," though that same Mr.
WINDHAM afterwards formed an alliance with that
" pander," and insulted the memory of Mr. PITT,
when his venerable remains were hardly cold.
But the Chairman was not content with touch-

ing upon public subjekts in these moderate terms,
for he proceeded to drag in Dr. DUIGENAN and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, to manifest still -far-
ther his disposition to practice the forbearance he
had promised. The rest of his speech was made
up chiefly of compliments to Lord MILTON, whom,

however, he declared he was reluctant to mention,
lest what he, said might " look like flattery." But
as a proof of his reluCtance to flatter his Lordship,
he said, " he was confident -the Nobility of this
Kingdom would find the brightest jewel of their
coronets in the loVe and affeetion gaiped, increased,
and insured, by treading in. the footsteps, and fol-
lowing the example of Lord MILTON."
This is a pretty good specimen of a repugnance
to adulation„ and of resped to the great body ot the
British Nobility; whom he holds so deficient in know-
ledge of the true,principles of action in public and
private, that they ought to follow as their model the
condo& of a young man who has hardly passed his
minori!y, and who has been hitherto only knoWn to
the public by his attachment to a party, and the vio-
lence with which he has commenced his political ca,
reer in supporting the principles of that party.
Tile rest of the proceedings at this meeting are
hardly worth notice. Lord MILTONi indeed, fa,
voured - the
,company with a very long. speech, in
which, like the Chairman, he anxiously avoided all
topics calculated ‘f to revive the animosities to which
the eletaion gave birth," by all the hackneyed abuse
which has been poured upon Ministers on account
of the Danish Expedition, the Orders in Council,
and other trite topics. But there is one declaration
of his Lordship which deserves some attention, be-
cause he has been held forth by the Cbairm,in, who
'hates every thing that may " look like flattery," as
an example for " the Nobility of this kingdom."
Adverting to the administration ot the public mo-
ney, he said, according to the printed report of his
speech, that " the Court (mind Reader, h the Court,"
not the Ministry), seemed unwilling, extraordina-
rily unwilling, to concede any thing to the people."
Much as we have heard of the warmth, to use
the most favourable term,,of Lord MILTON'S poli-
ticalconduet,we should not have expected such an un-
guarded refleation as this to pass his lips ; and if he,
indeed, is fit to be an example to the Mobility of this
Kingdom, to procure them the love and affedion of
the people, he cannot, judging from this declaration,
hold forth an example to them in exciting the love
and affection of the people towards
.the British
Court.

Lieutenant-General Sir HARRY BURRARD, who
has the command of the Expedition to Spain and
Portugal, at his first entering the army, in 177 ti,
held a Commission in the Sixtieth, or Royal Arne-
ricans, in which regiment he served seven years : he
was thence promoted to Major in the Fourteenth
Foot. In these regiments he siiw much adual ser-
vice in ,America and the West Indies. In 178 g; he
exchanged into the First Regiment of Foot Guards,
of which he is now the Lieutenant-Colonel. Since
that pariod he served under the Duke of YORK. in
Flanders, and at Ostend, where he was taken pri-
soner; he was the second in command under Major-
General CoFr.c. He had a brigade in Holland,
wiiere he acquired great reputation ; and in the late
Expedition to Copenhagen was appointed second in
command under Lord CATHCART. He is univer-
sally beloved by the Officers and men who have
served under him, and there is not a more brave,
intelligent, and meritorious Officer in his Majesty's
service.

The young man who was shot on Sunday last at
Lansdown Revel, by Mr. Campbell, died on Wed-
nesday morning, near Bath. Mr. C. has been since
committed to the county gaol at Shepton Mallet.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Auc.
This day's market had a pretty good supply of
different kinds of Cattle ; Beef and Veal are cheaper
than our last report ; Mutton is dearer; Pork and
Lamb support last prices, add the trade for the most
part was not over brisk. The sales in the 1-1-ay-
market were inconsiderable.; Hay and Clover have
fallen in price since Monday's market; Straw ob-
tained a better price.—We subjoin a correct state-
ment of the prices and numbers :
To sink the Offal per stone of Sib.
Beef 4s. od. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. od. to S. 4d.—Veal
ss. od. to 6s. Bd.—Lamb ss. od. to 7s. od.—Pork ss. od. to
64. Bd.
BeastS, 6so.—Sheep and Lambs, 9,soo.—Calves, 350.—
Pigs, 400.
Hay 51. 55. od. to 61. tos. od.—Ciover 61, os. od. tio 71.
los. Qd.—Straw LI. t6s. od. to -41. 4. od.