The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-30 00:00:00

lifli-DdY s`4 t. PITT.

The distinguished worth of this great man, which
will never be forgotten by his Country-, induced many
of his friends, consisting of the tnost exalted charac•
tens in the Kingdom, to determine on meeting for
the celebration of his Birth-day, on Saturday last.
The meeting was to have taken place at the London
Tavern, but the applications for tickets were so nu-
merous, that it was deems ll impossible to accorn-
modate so large a company as was expeEted ir.
any room of that house, and therefore the Mer•
chant Taylors' Company obligingly. permitted theit
Hall to be the scene of this interesting cAe.
oration, as they had liberally done on the for•
mer occasion. It is needless for us to descant 00
the virtues and splendid talents of the groat man to
w hose memory the day was thus honourably dedi-
cated. His unrivalled intelleaual and moral excel
lence, the purity of hismind, and the importance of
his services, are imprinted on the hearts of biscouti4
trytnen, and will live for ever in the records of his'
tory. We shall therefore confine ourselves to a
statement of what took place on acommetnoration
which is so honourable to those by whom it Was in-
stituted and patronized, as welt as to the great Cita.
racer who gave occasion to it.
A prodigious concourse assembled before the door
of the Halt, which was not opened' till four o'clock.
l'he tables had been previously covered with a cold
dinner from the London Tavern. The second
coarse, however, was not cold, as the company,
being then seated, might be conveniently supplied.
The following, we believe,F is a list of a great pad
of the company present, but it was too numerous to
be accommodated altogether in the Great Hall.
Dukes—Beaufort, Rutland, Montrose, and liticeleugh.
Marquisses—Wellesley, Sligo, and Titelifield.
Earls—%Vestmarland, Camden, natherst, Malniesbiett
Cl inearty, Bridgewater Clonmci, Dysart, Glasgow, Abe,'
deen, Aboyne, Lond,tvi.rry, MaccleStield, anti Lonf4ale.
Viscout!ts—Stopfbrd, Palmerston, Ilo.xl, and Sydney.
Lords—Mulgrave, Grantham, Amherst, Al uncaster, Rey.
dle,han!, Lecalc, Hawkesbuty, Sutton, Dyneror, Harewoodr
HarrowbY, Paget, Binning, Lowther, Clive, G.'Thynne,
Manners. Louvaine Newark, C. Somerset, FitZtlariSt Go
L. Cower, Fred. eampbell, F. Spencer, Edward Sornersat
and Brook.,
Right lionnurable-.Speneet Parma, George Cowen*
George Rose, Richard Ryder, P. Vining. Charlet Long.
T. Wallace,W. Dundas, A. Wellesley, Dennis lirowne,
Dundas. I . El. Frete, C. Yorke, Ss W, Scott, 1. Foster,
Sir E. Nepean.
Honourable—C*lMA Phiips„ Edward LaSClttlfis pure
Hewett. F. Robinson, W. Mot, Capt. Paget, C. 100
Alex. Hope, C. lenkinson, Major Stanhope, Laptain Sun
hope, C. "lownshend. H. Ryder, W. 1. Hope. cobtale k's•
kenharn, Colonel Forster and H.Lleselles.
Sirs—W. Gibbons, 1. Qrde, William Frater, WilliaNt
bl-
ford, John Seb7ight, J. G. Cottittell„ Mark. M. 3,041;4
Stirling, R. Bickerton. W. Inaleby, Ceorge Dui,kett,
hcnlnghatn, Alex.. Mackenzie, G. Douglas, A. Iturnittl4.
Preston, F. Knitchbul_,l St.. itaN,.ft
Peel, Charles P cica, N. V. Tempest. William Corns,
K.
Glynn, A. S. Hmrnmond, Robert Mom. H. ophsm,
bloxaip, and lnhn Earner.
Admirals—Buller and Harvey.
Generals—Wetnyss, CoMpbell, Gastoyfte, Calton, 101
Stuart.
AL:sirs-1V 'Wilberforce, H. Hall, Wm, Cordon, A. ifsfr
derson, J Ferguson, Lowther, P. Patton, W. Fittrillee
11. Weltes.ev, Thornton, E. Montague, N. Leycesnot
. Jettereys, C Manneis Sutton, E. Taylor, g, Desbro'fa
T. Carter, F. Thornton, Colonel Struts t G. H.
A. Campbell, H. loddrell, R. H. Davis, L. Pochint .
loam Adams, S K. Lushington, G. liolrorit, j.c.,beleSlol.4
P. Stuart; I. E S. Worticy, T. S. Gooch, S WOO SOUP!,
R. H Bradshaw, N. Sue yd, C. lenkinton, P • $10,"" 1,
W. Iluskisson, W. Deedes, D. Boyle. G. ,P.Greenue
C. I Brandon, Robert Ward. R. M. K. 1.4611), ol•
Willoughby, I. 1-arquhrir, W. R. Cartwright. Capt. HoP,,to
W Wharton. Neville, R. C. Rose bibs. C.
teiiie, A. Rain, Sir !Win Nichol!, IV. S. St.inhokie, S. istetib.
,T. Reid, P. Henderson, I. Kay, I. Irvine. *v. Mans sy,E.
Lascelles, 1 Shaw, Canning, I. Dixon, I. donor,
Byrne, I .Taylor, W. Devaynes, I . f ord, J h leming, W. W.
Pole. S.: Cock. G. H Sumner, S. smith. W. Dickinson. I.
Maitland, I. H. Browne, William Dennison, I. Egerton.
Wiiiiarn Chute, Graham, I'. C. Smith, f . 0101n:once-
ley, Thomas Smith,' W. Mellish, I, Cripps, W. Morton
Pitt. I. limes, E. W. Bootle, H. Hankes, I. Dent, S. Ha-
mks, Coionet DtwkLtt, R. 11. Leigh, Robert IVigrant, and
Williartl WigraM.
As soon as the cloth was removed, the DAL! of
BEAUFOiiTs who presided in the chair, B,tvc the fol-
lowing toasts in succession :
" The t;.ole."—" The Queen."—" The Prince aril
pun-
WAless and the rest of the Royal Family."
Though all of these toasts were received with
mum ecelamat:ons, yet the moment that of '' Tug
KING" was given, there was a burst of loyal efts liti"
siasm which lasted for several minutes. The imtileg
diate ptirpose of the day then induced the Noble
Chairman to request that an Ode, which had previs
ously been disporsed among the company, should
recited by some Gentlemn present. The Ode wag
written by Mr. TAYLOR, and Mr. {duty,(..ienlit°
a
man of well-known literary talents, otiercd his seto
vices on the occasion. He delivered the
lines with gre.it energy and animation ; and as the
sentiments were congenial with the feeling* of theCompany,Comny, they were received with the waricostar
phuse. fullpwint