The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-25 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S DAY IN NEW-YORK.

ocemion.

About five o'clock, a numerotts and respectable company,
forming the St. George's Benevolent Society, among whom we
were happy to see many of the first British merchants of New-
York, began to assemble at the
Washington Ilan, tkeelebrate
the day by their usual anniversary dinner. Several invited
guests were present, among whom we noticed the British Con-
sul, Major-General. Conran, Lieut.-Governor ofJamaica, Capt.
Boucher, R.N., Capt. ilareht,y, 4.N., Capt. Graham of the
Briti-Th Government Packet, Lieut. Jones, and other officers of
the Athol, SA AftfEr. Cone., big. President-of the Society, in
the Chair, with Thomas W. Aloef*,,-ESE. and Thomas Dixon,
Esq. as 'Vice-Presidents. The Allowing standing toasts were
drank
The Day, and all who honour it. St. George and the Dragon!
The King !-.4our times. four.
National air and chorus—" God save the King."
The President of the United States.
The Duke of York and th© Army—three times three.
The Duke of Clarence and the Navy—three times three.
National song and chorus—" Ride Britannia."
The British Ministry, and may they continue to support
those institutions which, having for their basis civil and reli.
gious liberty, constitute in themselves the unbending support
of national glory and prosperity !"—(lmrnense applause.)
Mr. Buc ZIA WA S, his Majesty's Consul, rose to address the
President. " Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the St. George's
Society, I feel particularly anxious to have it understood by
your honourable and gallant fluests now present, that the una-
nirnous burst of applause winch 1;43 been elicited by the toast
just given from the Chair, did not spring from any new wreath
of approbation with which his Majesty's Ministers might seem
to be encircled, in consequence of their support of the inde-
pendence or nationsin the question between Prance and Spain,
or from any supposed change in sentiment or policy—but from
the unanimous conviction of this Meeting that the objects of
his .liajesty's Ministers have been uniformly to uphold the
dignity of the Crown, and to preherve unimpaired the national
faith to the public creditor. Such a course of policy, while it
sheds lustre round the Throne at home, gives rank and duvet!.
ter to the Nation abroad. And lam convinced, Sir, that if
there is one circumstance more than another which cheers his
ilia testy'„ Ministers under the pressure of their arduous duties,
it is the consciousness of haying so attended to the great mer-
cantile interests of the Kingdom, 113 to draw forth such testi-
'Monlea of approbation as have. been heard this day.—lt is an,
possible to overlook, Sir, the powerful commercial enterprize
Which has made England the greatest depot of the wealth of
the universe; and holding the situation I have the honour to
till, it is equally imposible for me not to remark, that the Bri-
tish meehants settled in foreign countries are the reapers who
mainly contribute to gather in the precious harvest of her com-
mercial riches. Amongthe4outees whence wealth flows into
the pines of our native country, there are few more distill-
guished than the City of New York ; and among the contri-
butors to the gent•ralArtock I have the pleasure of seeing many
of the honourable body which lam now addressing. With
these feelings, Sir, 1 hope,you will allow me to break throegh
your line of toasts, by giving ‘' Prosperity to the British Mer-
chants settled in foreign countries."
The pious and sacred memory of King George the Third
Drank, standing, in solemn silence.
England —The corner stone of freedom and bulwark of trite
liberty. •
Scotland-IMay her prosperity be equal to the loyalty and
worth (I' her children.
Ireland—May the paternal wishes of her Sovereign be rca
lined.

Continued prosperity to the-Milted States: and may the har-
mony and good.wifl avpsesent subsisting between them and
Great Britain remain unbroken and be perpetual.
The Right Honorable Stratford Canning, and the Represen-
tatives ofthe British Government in the 'United States. Three
times three.
Mr. ItilestAwAN rose to assure the company that Mr. Can-
ning would feel deeply impressed with the compliment paid
him by the upright British 41ercbants of New York. rite
Consul obierved that Mr. Canning had ver compromise
the interest,' of the mercantile
communneity, • and h ehadd pleasure in Saying, that in the course of his duties he had
tieeer had o; caston to
.stand forth as the advocate of any
transaction that had 'dot honour and honesty for its basis. Mr.
B. also mentioned, that be had been commissioned by Mr. C.
last year to.return his thanks for a similar honour, and that he
had reserved it for th is oppot t u iiity. $‘ To speak of AVI r. Canning,"
said Mr. 8., "in this assembly is superfluous. His extreme
devotion to the performance of his important functions is well
known ; nor asst 1 competent to convey to this company Inv
atimirati°h °I. those takuts: which. while they are marked with
ample energy, have also the quality of conciliating the autho.
rides with whom he has intercourse,--ingredients of character'
as rare as they are valuable anioni,
, a commercial people. nay.
ing the honour of being included in the toast just drank, I can
only attribute the uniform' kindness with which I have been
honoured by the British Merchants of this city. to the circum-
stance of niy coming front a country into which so much of
British feeling has lateley flowed. . , . •
The Ilttrristr Costsvt. being called upon for a toast, beg-
ged to preface it with a few observations.. Perhaps, Sir, few
of the 111c:tubers were aware that they had had among their
guests that day a gallant officer of very extraordinary and emi-
nent qualities. Prom the respect which I feel for the distill-
guislied General, the circumstances of my sitting above him,
owing entirely to his unostentatious refusal of the first place
among your guests, was to me not a little embarrassing. The
subject of my toast served it) early life in India, where a very
interesting circumstance happened to him. We have all read
of a British officer, Lieut. Illtuiroe, Nom been seized by a
ferocious tiger, and rescued from certain death by the daring
courage of a brother officer, who nished to his aid, and after an
awful conflict slew the onraged animal. Gentleman, that
officer was this day our guest. . Promoted, many years after.
wards, by his 'Majesty to the chief command at Jamaica; all
bear testimony to his zeal, prudence, and justice, in adminix-
tering for a time the duties of Governor of' that Island. But,
as a higher praise, it *must not be omitted that during a raging
fever in the garrison, when the deathly;• pestilence was 116 de«
structive that neither nurse nor attendant could be found, this
gallant officer gave his personal attendance in the Hompitals,
ministering, with his own hands to the wants of the vick. Olen.
denten, I need not say more, I am sure, but conclude by pro-
posing the health of our distinguished guest,
" Major-General Henry Conran, Lientenant-GOvernor of
Jamaica."—Threo times three.
Capt., HAW: L AY, It.N.-111C In emory of Sir Thomas Picton.
Sone-31r. Ritchings.
31r. alookr.--3lajor General Sir James Kans.
Song_" Burlington Bay."
Mr. DlN:ow—The country Gentlemen of England.
Song.- _44 014 Towler."
Several other toasts were drank, and the evening was ),:tised in the spirit of conviviality until a late hour.

NA l',---Tlto cdromoreia
TinE CALEDONIAN tiA
world k already beginning to be alive to the advantages affbrded
• by this .w
ok,or or the conveyance e good.. Me j„mr,
Smpson, Dde, arrived here on AI onday Imt, with a gag°
of one hundred hogsheads of West India sugar, repped at
tireenock for Dundee, after a voyage through the Caledonian Omni. A commercial gentleman of great respectability eon-
netted with the vessel has reinformed us that this cargo of sugar
6 conveyed at one.tVith of' the ex pence that would be incurred
by tho Forth and Clyde Canal.—(invcruns Courier.)

The influx of lobsters to the metropolis hos
been unexampled during the last fortnight. One salesman
alone sold ten thousand lobsters for little more than twenty-six
pounds sterling
Yesterday efiteroevceoi.m
nnswll ken
Brooks,
intte(rtimillpsattli;
carpenter, residing n ct,t,
with two Gentlemen in a suigle-liorme chaise, wee driving
along
the Nei.mtd, the horse becamerestive, and the reins breaking,
he jumped out to stop the animal, but falling he broke his leg
a little below the knee, The horse Pi 43 stopped without Air.
ther accidra.

Wednesday being the Anniversary of the Patron
Saint of England, and the day appointed for the celebration of
the Birth-day of His Majesty GEORGE THE FOURTH, the
banner of St. George was displayed from Washington Hall at
an early hour in the morning. At one o'clock, a royal salute
was fired from His Majesty's Frii;ite Athol, Capt. Boucher,
which was gaily decked with national and other colours for the