The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-27 00:00:00

GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL.

The friends and supporters of the German Catholic
School dined together yesterday evening, at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, to celebrate the
marriage of her Majesty, and at the same time promote
the cause of the charity by receiving subscriptions in
aid of the School.
' The chair was taken by Mr. O'Connell, M.P., sup-
ported on his right by Mr. Wyse, M.P., and on his left
• by Mr. P. Howard, M.P. About 150 other gentlemen,
principally Germans, were present.
After the cloth had been removed,
The CHAIRMAN rose, and said it was unnecessary
for him to tell them what was the first toast on his
list. Their hearts, their affections, and their loyalty.
would at once respond to it. In former times, per-
haps, such was not the case, for every succeeding
Monarch of the Brunswick line had exhibited
nothing but hostility to the Roman Catho-
lics of Ireland, and had only made :concessions
when the wants and necessities of the State rendered it
expedient to conciliate, before they appealed to the
energies and affections of the people —(Hear, hear.)
Happily that season was now passed by, and they had
a young and lovely Sovereign on the throne, who had
show❑ perfect impartiality towards all sects and classes
of her subjects.—(Loud cheers.) Under such cir-
cumstances loyalty was more a passion than a prin-
ciple, and he pitied the wretch who would not
devote the last drop of his blood, and the best energies
of his brain, to defend that Throne which was graced
by youth and beauty, and adorned by the purest
virtue.

" Her Majesty the Queen"—drank with three times
three, and all the honours.
Air—" God save the Queen"—the chorus of which
was taken up by the children of the school in beautiful
and correct style, and elicited great applause.
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast on his list was
the illustrious youth whom the Queen had chosen for
her partner —(Loud cheers.) He could not speak of
al?, past portion of his life, for his life had scarcely be-
gu❑ ; but he might fairly prophecy in him a futurity of
utility and glory for their country.—( Hear, hear.) Her
Majesty had shown great tact and judgment in the
choice of her Ministers, and her political servants and
counsellors ; and as the heart was more frequently right
than the head, and as her late choice was one in which
her heart was deeply interested, the most gratifying re-
sults might be augured from the union. " His
Royal Highness Prince Albert."—(Loud cheers.)
The next toast was, " The Duchess of Kent, and
the rest of the Royal Family resident in England."—
(Laughter, and cheers.)
" The Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic
Prelate of the diocese."—(Loud cheers.)
The Rev. Mr. HonytownEri returned thanks.

Mr. PHILIP HOWARD, M.P., proposed the healths
of " the Emperor of Austria, and the other Sovereigns
and rulers of the Germanic Confederation." He was
happy to find that the Emperor had given his sanction
to his Ambassador at the English Court Prince
Esterha•ay—to become the patron of the German
Catholic School of London.—(Hear, and cheers.)
He need not further remind them that many of the
German Potentates, although not themselves Roman
Catholics, had exhibited the greatest spirit of toleration
to their Catholic subjects, and had carried out to their
fullest extent the principles of civil and religious liberty."
The toast was drank with much cheering.
Mr. WYSE, M.P., said the toast that had been en-

trusted to him embraced the great object of their meet-
ing that evening. It was " Success to the Fund for
Erecting a School for the Education of German Chil-
dren."--(Cheers.) A more important or praiseworthy
object could not possibly he brought before any assem-
blage,and he believed there was little doubt of its success.
They must all be conversant with the ignorance, and
depravity, and destitution to which the youth of that
metropolis, who had not the means of obtaining moral
Ind religious instruction, were exposed. If anything
could add to the interest of the present charity it was
that the nation, in whose behalf it was about to be es-
tablished, was the German—a nation eminent for its
attainments in every department of science and litera-
ture, and which had often rivalled their own country in
its researches and discoveries.—(Cheers.) That en-
lightened nation had diffused over the whole of Germany
a system of sound moral education, the fruits of which
were beautifully exemplified in the good feeling
and Christian brotherhood which existed between
Protestants and Catholics in that country,
illustrating the divine precept of " peace on earth, good
will towards men."—(Cheers.) In that country it
was impossible to exaggerate the kindness of heart
and hospitality with which Englishmen were received—
their libraries, their schools, their galleries of sculpture
and painting, and all their rich stores of knowledge
were thrown open to them, and he trusted the children
of that country would receive in England a like meed
of hospitality which they were aloays ready to extend to
strangers in their father land.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drank with much enthusiasm.
The Rev. Mr. JACTII, pastor of the German Catho-
lic Chapel, then addressed the company on behalf of
the charity in German, Italian, and French.

The Rev. Dr. BUTLER also made an affecting appeal
On its behalf.

Mr. KETSSER, in appropriate terms, gave the
health of their esteemed Chairman, Mr. O'Connell,
which was drank with enthusiastic cheering, and three

imes three.

Mr. O'CONNELL returned thanks, and subsequently
announced that the subscriptions received in the course
of the evening amounted to upwards of 1301.—(Cheers.)
" The imprisoned Archbishops of Posen and Co-
logne," and several other toasts, were afterwards drank.
The Chairman and the greater part of the company
left the room at eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards
the meeting separated.

POPULAR DEMONSTRATION AT

RYE.

(From the Brighton Guardian.)
Monday was a grand day for the Liberals of Rye.
Its constituency assembled in a multitude to avow their
support of Liberal principles, and to give a death-
blow to Toryism in the borough. Nearly 500 dined at
the several inns. At the George, the principal inn, 170
sat down, presided over by Thomas Law Hodges, Esq.,
M.P., supported by H. B. Curteis, S. B. Brocket, H.
Elphinstone, Adams, Renwick. H. M. Curteis,
S. Selmes, T. C. Langford, T. Hodges, Jeremiah
Smith, E. N. Dawes, and C. Hicks, Esqs., &c. Upon
the removal of the cloth,

The CHAIRMAN said the first toast in every Eng-
lishman's heart was the Sovereign—(Cheers)—in connec-
tion with whom there were two subjects not to be passed
over. Her Majesty had within a few days united her-
self in marriage with the choice of her own heart.
It had been no hasty decision on her part, for the
young couple had been long known to each other.
They had grown up together, and had been acquainted
with each other for years, so that an early imbibed af-
fection seemed to promise them future years of perfect
happiness. Looking at her Majesty as in a measure an
unprotected lady who had passed her youth without the
care of a father, no female in England had been so sub-
jected to base and unmanly attacks as that illustrious
lady had been.—(Hear.) He mentioned this circum-
stance because he knew that it needed only to be known
to encounter the disapprobation of that loyal company,
and to give rise in their breasts to a regret that it had
ever happened in England.—" The Queen," drunk with
three times three.

The CHAIRMAN then gave, with a most appropriate
introduction, " The health of Prince Albert," which was
received with loud applause.