The Sun.
London, England, 1812-06-02 00:00:00

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ED:NBU GHQ MAY 30.—The anniversary of
this event- was;•celebtrateci in this City on Thttrs-
dav

A most nuinerous and respectable meeting of
Gentleniert f the first rank and respectabi4ty
met in the Assembly Rooms, to 'chew their
ration for and their determination to Maintain the
political. principles of this great Statesman, to
-whose firmness and ,wisdom, in times the moit
nerilouq, the country owes its preservation,,
liberties, andits laws. ,
.I.Z.ight..noncaurable.the Lord. Provost V.": 13
in the Chair, snpporiedby the Earl of kellie on
thfrright, and the Earl-of Haddington on the left.
Among the. -Noblemen p.a.. Gentlemen present_
were, the Earls of Dalhousie and Moray, and se-
veral other Noblemen ; ,the Lord President of the "
Court of Session, the Lord Justice Clerk, the
Lord Chief Baron, several of the Judges of the
Court of Session, and Barons: of 'the, Court of
Eichequer, Ile Lord 'Advocate, the Dean of
Faculty, the Procurator of the Church, several of
the Sheriffs of Counties, &c. the Magistrates, the
Principals, and several Professors of the Uttiver
ver:iitict:, and several Gentle Men from Lei a.

An elegeint and sumptuous entertainment V; as
pfovjd •ed.. .

Alter the cloth was removed., the Lord Provost
requested the For :pauy to stand tip, and fnea-
" Non Nobis Dwaine" was admiraAy saw.; by
Lees, Truernau,, and Masterman..

, . .
Many appropriate toasts . were given, and the
day pas,,ed with ail the festivity suit Able to an oc-
casion is which , veneration for the character of a
great ,man was.tlended with regret for the io s of

Nr,:WCASTLE, ArAi "30.=-Thursthq heet being
the Anniversary:-of the Birth of tL Ilte Right
Hoti.-Williath Pitt, the same was eeiebfated in this
town by. a dinner at the em b 1 y Rooms. :Tee
Chair was intended to: have been tilled by to
Right Worshipful the Mayor, but we are sorry to.
state. that e was prevented attending by.. the se-
vereillness of a near relative. company,
consisting of 67- Gentlemen, sat down to an ele-
gantly furnished table, at4ive o'clock—Sir Chari,
Loraine, 134 t. in the Chair. "

After. giving the King-7the Prince Regent
the Queen and Royal Family-=the Chairman rose,
and. In a ucat and impressive speech, said, that
after the many eulogies which had been passed by:
much abler men than himself' upon the superior
talents , and worth of that great Statesman, now'
no-I
-Lute, the anniversary of whose birth they had
Met to -celebrate, he should consider it presuinp-
tilan in. hiin to -any- thing in :the shape of
paneg-Oe he-shOuld- therefore conclude by giv-
ing a toaSt; which, he.trusted, would be drank.
in reverential.silence ; he then gave—
The' ittatidital IVMuory.of de Right Hon. William Pitt:
which was drank, standing in silence accordiujiy-

The Gentlemen of North . and South Shields
likewise celehfated the Anniversary of Mr. Pitt's
Birth=day, magnificent dinner at Mrs. Carr's,
the Northuniberland Arms—Sir Cuthbert Heron,
Bart. in theChair.—Many of the Gentlemen ap-
peared in the Pitt uniform, and such as weri:
Members of the' Pitt Club in London wore gold
medals. appended to their breasts. An Ode, cols'
'posed for the- occasion, was recited, and sever'al
loyal and-excellent songs sung. The utmost una-
nimity pOvaded the meeting, and the whole coal-
pany retired .at a late honr, highly gratified wits.
.the festive scene they had 1)e-ell partakers of.