The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-23 00:00:00

TILE l SUN, LONDON, TtTESDA JUNE 23, 1840.

quiry—where inquiry, kimivl2.l43e—where librrty—ami
thus there was a reciprocal action of one upon the other dike
ficial to this country and to mankind. The City of London bad ever
been foremost in all great enterprises and all benevolent under-
takings. It was the cradle of liberty—the home of commerce—the
centre of intelligence—and from its mighty heart it sent forth its
floods of vitality to warm and strengthen and make instinct with

life the remotest dependencies of this great empire. (Cheers )
The throbbings of its pulse were felt in the remotest corners of the
earth, and it exerted either for good or evil an influence unseen but
unalienahle.—(Hear.) It was true it might not vie in magnifi-
cence of adornment with the cities of old, It had no Acropolis
crowned with temples, where genius had inshrined its imperishable
glories which no nation had surpassed and few had equalled.—
(Hear, hear.) Its halls of legislation and its palaces might not vie
in extent. or outward splendour with the structures of ancient
Itome---but it had in it the charities of life—(Hear, hear)--Lthe
warm and gushing heart, the ready hand to relieve, and the
open asylum to succour and shelter the poor, the dis-
eased, the repentant criminal, and the houseless stranger.
—(Hear, hear.) Such works and such institutions formed
a crown sf moral glory, and contributed to widen the in-
fluence of a nation amongst the families of the earth. Nor
should it be forgotten that it was within the walls of this city the
idea of this Society originated. It was Ibunded by the Editor of
.1/4rni,v .-liiceitiser—a daily paper published in the city—and
therefore it has a civic origin, and a citizen founder.—',l fear,
hear.) That gentleman Las many claims In public admiration and
gratitude for his vi er powerful advocacy of every good inst itution,
and he has won to himself, f can his brethren of the press, more
grateful memorials of their esteem than monuments can supply.—
(Hear.) In their heart of hearts he lives, and many a son of
genius, and widow of literary men, will record, with thaniaultiess,
his services and his worth. He (Mr. Wire) felt sure the company
would pardon him for this digression from the subject, and aro,-
him to say, that to no class of men was a newspaper so important
as the " merchant princes" of our land.—(Hear. hear.) It afforded
to them and to all engaged in business, ready information, and so
enabled them to ascerta n the state of markets at home and abroad
as to carry on their vast affairs with prudence, and as it opened up
new channels of commercial enterprise, it assisted our manufactures
at home, and added to the wealth and power of the nation at large,
(Hear.) Commercial men felt this, and they would not be slow
in acknowledging the benefits conferred upon them—upon all, by
the intelligence, knowledge, and principles whirl] were daily diffused
by the newspaper press.—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of Normanby then retired amidst the moat hearty
cheers of the company.

The Chair having been taken by Mr. Shell,
Mr. DoWLING rose and said, that the musical treat the company
had received on this occasion was incalculably superior to any that
had ever before been afforded at the public dinner of any other
association whatsoever.—(Cheers.) He was deeply sensible of the
great benefit that would result to the Institution from the kind and
spontaneous assistance rendered by the eminent members of the
vocal profession who had delighted the company by their surpassing

talent. For their generous cervices the company could do no less
than drink the healths of Mr. T. Cooke and the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen who had so ably assisted him on this occasion.
The toast was drunk with great applause.
Mr. T. Cooke, on presenting himself to return thanks, was
most cordially received by repeated cheers. He declared that he
would at any time much rather sing a song than make a speech—
(Cheers and laughter)—and he wished that a speech had been
made for him and set to music.—(Laughter.) He should have
been very happy to have sung it.—(Cheers) He would now let

the company into a professional secret—it was this :—Many per-
sons, when a singer was encored, cries out " No, no," consider-

ing that the exertions of the vocalist would be much too largely
drawn upon, and from a sincere unwillingness to inflict fatigue
upon the party ; now he could assure the company that this was
altogether a mistake.—(Laughter.) The fart was, that a singer
was much disappointed when he was not encored ; while, on the
other hand, his pleasure was redoubled when he was encored twice
instead of once.—(Cheers and laughter.) So it waa with himself
and his professional brethren on this occasion. He could
assure the company and the members of this Associa-
tion that there was nothing they more earnestly and sincerely de-
sired than that there should he an encore of the services which it
was so agreeable to them to afford upon occasions like the present ;
and he could, without hesitation, undertake in the name of his
professional brethren, to prefer their zealous exertions for many
future anniversaries in aid of an institution founded to promote
the interests of a body of men to whose talents they are them-
selves oftimes indebted.—(Cheers.)
Here the business and the pleasure of this anniversary dinner
terminated ; and the company retired to partake of coffee prepa.
ratory to their returning to their several homes.
We cannot conclude our report without expressing our
sense of the excellent attention afforded by Mr. Bathe, the senior
partner of the London Tavern, to the whole of the gue-ts.
Every effort was made by hies to give satisfaction, and it is with
sincere pleasure we state that his exertions were eminently suc.
cessful.