The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-11 00:00:00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE PITT CLUB.

• [From the Glotseeskr Herald, Amg• 71'
The Anniversary of this Club, was holden at t to Bell Inn,
in this City, on Wednesday last, when the business of the
General Meeting, and the Ballot for several Noblemen and
Gentlemen as new Members, having been finished, the com-
pany sat down to, dinner at four o'clock, GEORGE TALBOT,
Esq. presiding in the Chair ; and such was the continued in-
flux of guests, that the table, which had been laid for 110,, was
obliged to be twice lengtliened.—Among the gentlemen pre-
sent, were Gen. Lord Edward Somerset, M. P. K. G. C. &C.
who regretted the absence of his Grace the Duke of Beaufort,
in consequence of a sudden attack of gout). The Riglit lion.
Lord A psley, the Right lion. Charles Bathurst, the Honour.
able W. L. Bathurst, J. G. Bucknall Estcuurt, Esq. 31. P.,
R. B. Cooper, Esq. M.l'., Henry Elw,ls, P.B. Purnell, R. B.
Hale, I. B. Hale, Wm. Gmidrieli, Wilbraham. E. 'Wal-
lington, J. Cluuerbuck, D. I. Niblett, J. IL. Bylos, H. A.
Trye, W. H. Buckle, R. Davies, R. Morris, J. Little, J. E.
%rifler, J. 0. Welch, R, Martin, C. ff. Marshall, I. T Hone,
I. W. Macleod, H. sVenman Newman, W. Holden, J. Win-
tle, W. Montague, A. Hatherell, J. tox;;;•}V.‘ Baylis, J.
kofit, H. Bowler. J. I.37lgmoreP, 0. Jae,- Velley, Es-
qti 'l'; Captain Rawcs ; the Rev. Doctors. Cooke, 'l'inibrill,
Brooke, R. Huntley, J. Phelps. G. Turbervills, G. Maxwell,
H. Cooper. J. Wetherell. A. B. Evans, Win. Pearce 1). C.
Parry, T. .Hill,

NC); nobir Dontine followed the removal of the cloth, with
a succession of animating and constitutional Toasts, many
of which .we shall presently enumerate. The appropriate
observations, introductory of the toasts, and the return of
thanks by Gentlemen, whose healths had been given, afforded
occasional. opportunities for the expression of sentiments con-
nected with the political principles, and great name of hint,
whose memory was the object of the day.—To give the
several speeches in detail, would exceed the ordinary limits
of a Paper. In proposing the memory of the late Right Ho-
nourable Wm. Pict, the Chairman took a general and com-
prehensive view of' the character of that illustrious States-
man, and considering kini as the presiding Genius, at the
Helm of State, who had brought her through all the storms
and tempests, which had threatened her very existence; he
justly had become entitled to the characteristic and well merit-
ed appellation of" the Pilot that weathered the Storm."—The
toast to the Duke of Beaufort was introduced by the Chair-
man with expressions of personal attachment which always
find a ready way to the heart ; he said, that though he was
aware thatle had thus indulged himself, he was sure, at the
same time, that those around him fully knew how to appre-
ciate. his Grace's undeviating course in the support of Mr. Pitt's
administration the steadiness of his political life, and the vir-
tues of his private character.
In announcing the name of Lord Edward Somerset, the
Chairman said, that whatever was deficient in himself in
doing justice to the known gallantry and military services of
his Lordship he was confident would be made up by a grateful
ful country. That from the high and efficient command
which he bore, and so conspicuously executed on the memo-
rable day of Waterloo, he might be said to have largely con-
tributed to the important results of that triumph which bad
blessed, not only this country, but all Europe, with a peace.
that promised a store settled state of things than had been
exhibited for ages, and that if his Lordship had thus a claim
on the grateful tribute of his country at large, he must surely
long live in the estimation of a country of which he is a native,
and the Representative. The lion. W. Radium, in naming
Lord Stowell, paid a just and elegant encomium to the celebrity
of his Lordship's character. In the course of which lie observed
that 'the code of iraernational law, which it might well be said
had been reared by his Lordship, was so luminous, comprehen-
sive, and just, that it had even obtained the recognition and
adoption of other countries, and that in mentioning his Lord-
ship's name, he could not but connect with it that of his Noble
Brother, who had now presided in the Court of Chancery for
nearly a quarter of a century, with a depth and extent of knoiv-
ledge of the law, which could outy be walled by the purity
with which he administered it. The iiight .Hort. chitties
Retia:ft, who had so tunny years shared in tne administration
of Mr. Pitt, in returning thanks upon his health having been
drank, gave an outline of that eventful period, With such striking
perspicuity that we regret we canuot do justice to it. Ile closed
it by 'mythic, that be hatt now retired into private life, in the
bosom of his faintly, to be yet useful lie hoped, in the more
limited sphere of action, in which be might be engaged. Too
eetfledeettltdhaeyre;
ihs,isinkhritioswn urbanity never presided with
much cannot be said for the manner in which the Chairman
conducted the day; his known urbanity never presided with
bet tdeur
deportment, a soft, but impressive
power, which ever belongs to the uniform attentions and yield-
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'with an abundant supply
of the other delicacies of the season, and the dessert and wines
were such as to do Mr. and Mrs. AL-.Talt great credit, and gave
universal satisfaction. w

Amon* the toasts given were the following;..-Church and
King-1 he Duke of York and Royal Family-,The pious me.
mory of His late Majesty King George the Third-The Im-
mortal Memory of the late Right lion. William Pitt-The
Army and Nary of Great Britain-The liouse.of Brunswick,
and may they never forget the principles which seated them on
the Throne-The Protestant Ascendency- His Majesty's Mi-
nisters-May the principles of Alr. Pitt ever animate the Coun-
cils of Great Britain--'1 he Duke of Beautivt-The Chairman,
Mr. Talbot-The Duke of Wellington-Lord Edward Somer-
set-Earl Bathurst- •The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese-
Mr. Cooper-The Marquis of Worcester-The Right Hon.
Charles Bathurst-Lord Stowell-Lord Apsley-Mi. Buck.
nail Esteourt-The lion. George Price, (Chairman elect)-Lord
Granville Somerset-The Earl of liarewood (President of the
Parent Pitt Club)-The Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom--
Lord Dynevor and the other new Members-Lord John Somer..
set-The Landed and Commercial Interests-The Wooden
Walls of Old England-The lion. William- Bathurt-Sir
.William Hicks-Dr. Cooke-Mr. Browne-Mr. flicks Beach
-Mr. Goodridge-Mr. Byles-The Vice President, Mr.
Chad born-Mr. Griffith, Secretary-Mr. Church, Treasurer,
&c. &c. &c. _ _ _

About four o'clock, on Thursday se'nnight (at a moment
when the attention of the whole city of Bristol was occupied by
a balloon) an alarming fire broke out in the premises occupied
by Mr. Tippet, bedstead-manufacturer, in Merchant-street,
which at one time threatened destruction to the range of build-
ings in a line with it : but by the exertions of the neighbours,
who were actively employed in throwing water on the fire from
buckets, previously to the arrival of the engines, the progress
of the flames was arrested. After destroying the back part of
the house in which it broke out, and damaging two others, the
fire was got under.
[A similar account of this Meeting appeared in the Glou-
cester Journal of Monday last.l

ROYAL NATIONAL BATH COMPAN y.—The
formation of this Company, under the highest patronage,
seems peculiarly calculated to promote the grand design of
improving the Metropolis. The intention of the Company is
to construct Building Establishments in various parts of bon-
don and its vicinity, from designs which, it is said, will do ho-
nour to the architecture of the kingdom ; those at the West end
of the town to be on a scale of great magnificence. Contem-
plating the advantages which-will be derived from bathing by
the community at large, other baths will be formed upon plans
suited to the relative conditions of the inhabitants residing in
their immediate neighbourhood. We understand, that the
Company has already advanced far towards the attainment of
their object ; treaties have been concluded for several admir-
able plats of ground with the houses thereon ; and, it is calcu-
lated, that several of these splendid IlatbinF Establishments
will be completed by the next season. The Company is form.
ed in .5,000 shares, most of which were subscribed for at the first
general meeting, when finished designs were submitted by the
ingenious projectors, Messrs. Bantock, (sears, and ',ewer, archi-
tects; amongst the designs was included that exhibited by Mr.
Geary, in 1817, at the Royal Academy. Of the advantages which
will result to the public generally from the construction of
national baths, there cannot be two opinions ; the thousands
who expose themselves continually at all places of resort for
bathers,.and the numerous accidents which daily occur, are
subjects of painful interest; and whilst the beneficial efrects of
bathing is universally admitted, the want of appropriate baths
is an evil of two great a magnitude to be allowed to pass un-
noticed, and on these accounts alone, were there no other reason,
the formation of the Royal National Bath Company deserves
to be ranked amorist the very few speculations which promise
as much advantage to the publre as to the proprietors themselves;
still, the prospects of those who have undertaken this national
work are flattering—what is loudly called for, on all hands, as
the means of gratifying the public, and what is recommended
by every member of the faculty as a renovator and preservative
of health, cannot lose its virtue by possession, or its efficacy by
facility of attainment.