The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-19 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD PITT CLUB.

On Thursday last the Anniversary Dinner of
this Club was held at the Tontine Inn, Sheffield, JAMES A.
ST U AIIT WORT i.EY, Eso..IK:P. it: the Chair. A most excel-
lent dinner was provided on the occasion. On the cloth being
removed, the CHAIRMAN gave—
" The King."
Anthem—God save the King.
" The Doke of York, the Heir Presumptite to the Throne."
Glee—hail Star of Brunswick.
" The Duke of Clarence, and the'rest of the Royal )Family."
Glee—When order in this land commenced.
M r. Wows LE Y then rose and said —Mr. Skelton and Gentle-
men—lt is now my duty to propose as a toast, the memory of a
person whose virtues and whose talents we arc this day met to
celebrate ; and I confess since we parted last year, if I had a
doubt as to the path I have chosen, the events which have since
occurred would have convinced me that I have chosen the right
path ; and, I believe, the more I shall rejoice in having chosen
that path. I must needs say, no political party ever existed that
had more reason to be proud than that band of persons who.
during the life time of Mr. Pitt, supported his ministration, a d
who have since endeavoured to follow the principles laid down
during his life; anti there is no political party so degraded as
that which was opposed to Mr. Pitt. Gentlemen, we have sup.
ported M r. Pitt in what were considered bad times—and we have
followed him in good times. We have heard the prophecies of
our enemies, we have seen these prophecies completely refuted,
and we have now only to look round, and can appeal to the
character of the country, after a long and protracted war—after
a great expenditure of money beyond what any other country
could have expended, and the exertions of such a strength as
scarcely ever was brought into the field—and I only ask of the
people, whether any country in this world is in so flourishing a
state as England is at present ? During all the time when this
if4tuitry was in a state of distress, we have been supporting those
councils that have carried us through, while our opponents have
been sneering at us, and telling us the country, would be ruined.
But the reason of our prosperity, say the %Vhigs, is this—
" That we have adopted their principles." This, Gentlemen,
is a common way of persons who have been defeated anti dis-
graced. It appears to me, it only adds a baseness to their for-
mer conduct, by trying to take from us the reward we have
deserved by our steadiness. And why, Gentlemen, do these
people say we have come to their principles P They say the
same men do not govern the country that did in former days—
that my Lord Londonderry is dead, and that Mr. Canning fills
his situation, who is of different principles. Gentlemen, I beg
to remind you how these persons have sneered at Mr. Canning,
and endeavoured to detract from his well-earned character—
how he has been told that lie Was a caterer for his own ends.—
(Here Mr. Wortley mentioned several epithets with which he
had been branded, one of which was a mountebank, at the
time he was a Minister.) Gentlemen, the present Administra-
tion acts upon the same principles as it did then—upon the
principles of Mr. Pitt, and upon principles which appear to be
deserving of Mr. Canning. But, in fact, whatever may he said
of my Lord Londonderry, I think, now that he is gone, we
may appeal to the acts of the Administration in which he bore
a part. During that time we resisted France—we overcame
France.; he made the peace, and we have now had eleven years
proof of the blessings of that peace. But whether be made
the best terms lie might have been supposed by some persons
to be capable of having made, lie has given us eleven years of
solid pence, and this country has been rising to a height which
no country in the world ever reached before. Gentlemen, I
say we have a thousand reasons to be proud of the principles
that bring ns here to-day; they are principles of good govern-
ment, which I hope our eons and grandsons will continue to
maintain.—The Hon. Gentlemen concluded by giving
" The Memory of Mr. Pitt ;" drank in silence by the com-
pany, standing.
Glee—" Pitt's Illustrious Name."

" The Army and Navy of Great Britain."
" The Commerce and Agriculture of Great Britain."
Glee —" Ye Gentlemen of England."
" Lord Liverpool and his Majesty's present Ministers," in a
bumper, and three times three.
Inintroducing the health of the Right Hon. George Can-
ning, Mr. Wont' LET said—Sir, I give it not only as the health
of a person who has managed the business of the House of
Commons in a way highly credittble to him, but especially be.
cause I have known Mr. Canning the greater past of my poli-
tical life; and I know the tirst feeling of hie heart is, that he
should be a close follower of the principles of Mr. Pitt. He
was a friend—it may be said he was a pupil of Mr. I'itt's. His
object has been to follow up those principles; and as having
followed up those principles, I beg leave to propose the health
of " Mr. Canning."
01T—ilex, I,ex, et Pontifex."
" The Lord Chancellor Eldon."
" The Pitt Clubs of the United Kingdom." s

Glee—" We must be good subjects, with ajolly full bottle."
" The health of a true Pittite..Ford Harewood."
Glee—" Wine does wonders."

" The absent Members of the Club."

On the health of the Chairman being proposed—
Mr. WOUTLEY rose, and said—Gentlemen, I hays to return
you my thanks for having done me the honour of drinking my
health. All I can say is, my greatest pride and pleasure is to
receive the praise of a set of Pittites.
Glee—" Glorious Apollo."
Mr. WORTLEY proposed " The Town and Trade of Shef-
field." _ . . . .

Mr. SKELTON, the Vice-President, proposed the health of
" Mr. Scott, and the other Friends who have favoured us with
their company to-day."
Mr. SCOTT—Gentlemen, you • have done me an honour
which I did not expect, and which I can only attribute to the
partiality you have to the friends of Mr. Wortley. 1 am happy
to say, that for many years I have been honoured with his friend-
ship; and to that circumstance I attribute the compliment you
have paid me. I beg leave to drink all your good healths.
Glee—" Life's a bumper."
Mr. SCOTT gave " The Ladies of Sheffield."
Glee—" Here's a health to all good Lasses."
Lieut.-Colonel FENTON proposed "'rite Magistrates of the
district"—(three times three).
Mr. Worn' LET said—On behalf of myself and brother Ma-
gistrates, whether Whig or Tory, I return thanks for the honour
you have done us; and I assure you I can safely say for the
Magistrates of the Wes! Riding, the highest reward they look
to is, the approbation of those among whom they are called
upon to do their duty. And now, Gentlemen, having some dis-
tance to go, I believe I must take my leave of you ; and I can
timee
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ibt be so radoniuiddr
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only repeat to you what I said at the beginning—l think there
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endeavour to follow them up durin the peace
twitliheefsiewieraaff tossrolaehave
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We must be upon our guard, and prevent quacks and re-
formers front upsetting the constitution which we have de-
fended.

Mr. Wortley left the room at nine o'clock, amidst the most
rapturous applause. The chair was taken by Mr. Skelton.
Mr. SKELTON said, I will beg leave to propose a toast,
which, I am sure, you will drink with the greatest pleasure.
I regret exceedingly that the liev. Gentleman has been absent
to-day, as he was the first President of this Club. I beg leave
to propose the health of 44 Dr. Corbett"--(three times three).
Song, by Lieut.-Colonel Fenton--." W hen 'tis night, and
the mid watch is come."

" Mr. Eadon, the Treasurer of this Club"—(three times
three).
Mr. BnowNELL said, that as there did not appear to be any
person in the room who was more nearly allied to Mr. Eadon
than himself, he had risen to do that for him which he felt
confident Mr. Eadon would have done for himself had he
been present, viz. to express a sense of gratitude for the fa-
vour conferred. bast year he bad to account for Mr. Eadon's
absence by stating the circumstances of his then bodily indis-
position ; at present he was happy to say that such was not
the case, and that being at a distance from Sheffield was the
UAW. Why he had not attended the Club on this day.
6" May the principles of Mr. Pitt ever animate the Councils
of Great Britain."

Song—Mr. Armitage —" When Vulcan forged the bolts of
Jove."

" Our worthy Secretary, Mr. Brownell, with thanks to him
for his tiervices."

Mr. Buoy/NELL then rose, and addressed the meeting to the
following effect, and was heard throughout with the most pro-
found attention :—" I beg leave to express my obligations for
the favour which has been so handsomely conferred a pon me.
I remember to have received a letter, several years ago, from the
late highly respected Secretary of the London Pitt Club, Mr.
Gifford, who did me the honour to inquirewhat my opinion was
relative to the signs of the times as they then appeared. I
thought them ominous ; and such as no man, who loved as he
ought to do his King and his country, could seriously comm.
plate without some feeling of apprehension and alarm. I regret
that Mr. Gifford did not live long enough to witness the present
auspicious alteration—the general satisfaction that is every
where apparent—and the spirit of unanimity that pervades all
classes of his Majesty's subjects. Had he done so, I feel per.
fectly satisfied That he would have•been one of the foremost to
have ascribed the glorious effect to its real cause, and to have
said that Mr. Pitt's policy hart mainly contributed to the
laying a foundation for national prosperity.—(Applause.)—
I have a just conception of what is meant by national pins.
parity, I may then be allowed to offer my sincere congratula.
dons on its present existence, and to say what I take to be the
guarantees for its long continuance ; and, in order to do
this, need I go further back than the last Session of Par-
liament, in which the most liberal measures were adopted
by his Majesty's Ministers, and in which they did not fail

to recognize principles that are the best pledges for the future
welfare of the most important interests of the Suite. Those
interests naturally divide themselves into two parts, the Agri.
cultural and Commercial, which are subdivided into many
others. lam not aware that the prosperity of either one or the
other can be said to have been more firmly established than at
present, or that the page of history presents a more pleasing
picture of national greatness, than what is to be seen in
every part of our island, and will, ,I hope, in a short 'time,
be as apparent in every part of the United Kingdom also.
And, let me ask, who has been the distinuished artist, the
author of this agreeable exhibition ? Mayas not answer that.
Mr. Pitt was the person, who gave a soul,• as it were to the
whole of it—that he saw the way in which alone an harmonious
effect could be produced, and jaring elements so combined, as
at length to perfect the great, the glorious, and the grand de-
sign ? His was the great outline, end although he was not per-
mitted to finish what he bad begun, his grateful country will not
forget the way in which he was accustomed to delineate his
views, and astonish the world by the magnitude of its concep-
t ons.—(Applause.)—What sort of a picture might we not naw
have been conte,nplating, but for Mr. Pitt, and the great nien
who subsequently followed in his footsteps ? twill refrain, Sir,
from saying all I think upon the subject, and merely observe,
that if the line of policy which has been pursued is productive
of the good we now experience, it is fair to suppose that a con-
trary line would have produced the reverse; and that instead
of exulting, as I now do on account of our national prosperity,
I might, at the present moment, have had cause for lamenting
the sad existence of national debasement, and if not slaveryt,ot
least humility.—( Loud applause4—lt appears singular,
.ir,
be the foundation of our present greatness,
be a disposition, on the part of thrt notwithstanding the councils of Mr. Pitt may be said te
however'inPlany dig-
importance of the Pitt Clubs, and to take every opportunity:
of making known how such a Club is fallen off in polo! °I.
number, and how few attended tho celebration of tome otte,,ri.
—Now, the fact I take to he this—the occasion that ca
for for the establishment of Pitt Clubs has greatly ch 1c c.
and the numerous lingo of reformers, levelers, reditell,,,'tl
Imcrats' jambills, and all the etceteras of revolutionary.
degree as it has done ; the rallying point,
terror, have sunk in oblivion, or have been rendered haritn.
less by the influence of that system of policy which origina,er:
1 with Mr. Pitt, and is now, and I hope ever will be, in aortic
operation. The cause for exertion does not exist in. thstt!ift
tilo
the Whigst,betore feisosteilltil yet
et
same, and should even a slight movement take place _
°us
_da
affected quarter whatever, it would be the signal for di au
friends of Mr. Pitt Why will the Whigs thus
gilledpert to as
adhere to their higotted opposition ? They are el°.
knowledge, as they have done in numerous instances, that n 0
at the max
to flock round their old standard, and to chew them.srealriostitsl;
rious result has been produced, and yet they have n'
,t iiberal
lines* to say by what or by whom. This is no: the rn
• iitt.he tame
way' of acting; in short it lia proof that no "e
" r that vain
and that no chance of circumstance can divest them 0, _
glory which has made them blind to all merit but their own% .
Possessed, as I may say they are, with more politicaletit:ilpinana
tions than their fellow mortals, they go on reviling
.il A, ad,
determined to allow ofno superiority but what centre% hniserieveres.
Kingly Governments, and never fail to revive that which no,
ciliated, as they suppose, to bring them into conterap trig tai
observed something of this kind very lately, and pItY,, attempt.i
soul, the person who could make the foul, but feeble
General
I trust, however, that it will prove abortive, and that a
r
feeling of respect will not tail to inspire reverence.ef!,)
re e,
King and a glorious Constitution —(Applause.) 15.Pe, occur
down, Sir, I will just advert to that which will most
:Ye
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before this Club holds its next anniversary. I allude t0in0..,115
bability of an election, and to the new circunistances
i__:atto
this country in particular will be placed. Four repre•eusittotda
will have to be chosen, instead of two, as heretufge.• he se;
the distinguished character who this day filled the ehftrhe co, ;
one of the four, which I most fervently hope mar b
so far, at least, will he a pledge given, that neit ier Inont 51
nor alteration will there have any material influencvee o Zig.
tern by which our political affairs are at present r ,rl:foirlated
haps the most prominent of those affairs may e tie aleo
Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary lieforni.veti;, eel
questions a great difference of opinion has long ' 1
".;nion tbil
notwithstanding all that has been said, I am of °liisteard'
a conscientious Catholic neither can nor will be; a 'proto'
that is, heartily disposed—to serve the cause ill
..,5 of that
tant Government ; and I shauld doubt the soun,F2 for Leo'
principle, which would seem to offer a justificataort to the
&ring the public institutions of the country li, table to
her
management or controul of persons whose feeirlogile Or
square with their objects.—(Applause.)—M t.° fine, I $ll
great public eptestion, that of Parliamentary ite„.,) eat; bo
I do say. that in my. opinion it is one
not prepared to say there is no room for ameintht.there iko
great risk in democmtical preponderancy, and that would j,
in Wive t
this CIUN
and every other Club of the same description, coieelat „
well to refuse their sanction to whatsoever 1418100
to establish it. On this ground I object to " universg or toe
and to makingg, taxation the base of re reset tation : ' t ea I/
p 1 ,overo I
pular as may be the sentiment, I would rather be F,,4:ing, a,
an absolute Monarch than a democratical faction. ~": re feiw
the present state of the country, I should supPoseiteo-i:u5!1),,1c.;
persons that would not prefer the substantial to t:!' "
~,,' pie4lvi.',
and rather say, give me a Government that has Pe;ite,r, 11
the test of experience, in preference to one tha tog t° ''D!
spacious soever it may appear in theory, and 11"tte
excite'` I.til
popular feeling. When the day arrives for the toD, li'l
elective franchise, I hope that a consideration
not be lost sight of, either by
Glee—" In cool grot." . lett 3rll
wb froth
Mr. SKELTON then rose and said, the toast ~,,, it il,
now about to propose to you, Gentlemen, 1 P.T,°;en shot; 34
this Pitt Club
what I heard from the last speaker, and the Genre that O 0
' d
this night filled the Chair, both of whom 030 it, rcaro.._3eni,
course was that of pursuing I'itt principles, both_
those Pon of
war. I will therefore give you " Perpetuitl t° rooteina
Pies." Mr. S. now made some remarks on the reP.,.3t it 0,9100
the county, in which he expressed his opiniori?,
..,°' „ern trip
have been better, had the elective franchise, $ neeicootr,
anti
Grampound, been given to Leeds, instead of tch:aftae otnl
was much afraid that the dignity and consequeo flea
would be impaired hy the measure. , , roes ho I's"
" The memory of those patriots and He- W
in the service of their country." oa eot
Glee—" Peace to the souls o f the he
,said, he o''',o
Mr. BROWNELL, in reply to Mr. Skelton, 13 toilt,.
think that Parliament'at view Its dde
had any such object t ..o __.,t on
the county, but that their object was to comp 2,;',,„bers to n,
guish it from any other, by adding
.two more 0.!"•,', tt, ~,
ir Ito thin., Date
representation. lie was, however, incline!, have been ati to
sead of the present arrangement, it wool(' omel
itthe representation had been transferred front
Leeds.
__ or aliiiicyc other,

"The Duke of Wellington."
"
Glee—" The Red Cross Knights ~,' "
" Beauty to charm us, and reason to guide ;..raie. A Ole
" Memory of the late Rev. Alexander Illarat.nvost
ed
Mr. SKELTON, on vacating the chair, en
onii;(1111,101ef,
members that the Club stood as well as it did;
_,;11,.%,,,t.
he, that as long as we can enjoy the presidenefr'do carat"'
we shall always rally round the good owe, an
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Oa Fridaysixty members of i''`l In dot
Club held their annual meeting at the nate ,i,r,,
Amongst the company present we observed-- root, Ifite
The Right Hon. Earl Somers, Lord iriscounifjuoileAvo,
Sir John Cotterell, Bart. ALP', President' Olaf. 11114`allf
IastHEnReaErIFORD PITT CLUIIh% oereferil;
President; Sir Hungerford Hoskins, Part. ant Pic. (
Dr. Bleek Lye (Mayor of Hereford), Rev. Esq" etc' erg%
Richard Blakemore, Esq., Kingsmill Evans, dle pleAs lei
The dinner and wines were excellent; an'eyernil):.liti3.,
the evening was considerably heightened bY)t,,,hire '` ',.llicil
patriotic airs,.played by the hand of the flerer",gielf,
The following Gentlemen were added to the '1" 1 iit.rri
consists of more than 130 Members:— les fir"' hi tic'j'
Sir. Edwin Stanhope, Bart., Reverend Ch,adi. yrre:: Artot,no 0."
Lawson, Esq., Thomas Miller Pitt, Esq., Ifhe coo: i',/, „ zeiw,
The flourishing and prosperous state the t, :Vo:
e
hveisrtiledia
jtoestityy,sthcooswho addressed the
_,_eet1.11,.11.:..1,,, i:tlhel.plirli
fying and satisfactory proof of the wisdinli...ronol_aaivii‘i
Government, and the strongest recununeirn.,esrua%cno
ciples of that illustrious and distinguished ,r)o7,nlii ir,
r. Aft PITT, which have so steadily and um'
o,ocoli
se -----ri F•a Y 115;tie 111,rIld
DINNER TO MR. Nv ILKIE.---..-9 -ri ileolith,--11.41, 'll,
and Magistrates of Cupar, together Wit otisi, ", p 9.,,,
bee of the private friends and adinirers of the to 1" in Pi
si WIJAIe 'et, P. 4
our justly celebrated countryman ~.r.
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county, in a dinner at APNab's ; .Mr. Sti.iff croupiers sec;
chair, supported by Dr. Barclay, of ii:ei_trn sod 10A3., el ii,il
the usual preliminary toasts, Mr. Starko7ort of the "Wee!,,v
suited to the occasion, proposed the r Williiir`air• lislost4
health of our celebrated countryman .-;;;baldeu, he re' irf
applause which followed the toast had, _hoot to it.. Vi,frir
rose, and in an eloquent apeech returneu reen oci 01',4
Magistrates, and to his other kind friend" riven,
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silver—the most sumptuous article 0 viFso.•
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STOCK ACCOUNT for the Week ending Saturday, the 16th
of October, 1824.

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