The Sun.
London, England, 1817-06-09 00:00:00

PrZOVINCIA.I4 VITT CLUBS.

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NoTINViCti 'Prri CLOD.
As rrelill'erted 'ant a brief account of the NOT-,
with Crichration, we .6billjctin an' aitiple detail at.
what dots so much honour to that,City.
On the 2,Sth nit. a. most -notnerotts and respect-
'Able body Of Gentlenien mer at the
,Assembly
Rooms, •to. commemorate- the girth-day of the
late Itigl,t Tilsm were
three tables, C, erv-e:y. Esti.l ), prtgido
gt *tie rrotre tahl4,' E, Worn 'lts/ m.p.
4t thr right hand, and IiEbINGI
..,no.the.. left. The clot It Bong • removed, Non
Votui Dowine Ni•as sung. Ater :which the.Cloair;•

_tltxrr per... •
King.,-Cinri bless hint, 'and I with he entail see the teat
of his countrymen in sopporting Itiik.Coustitation. Song—
Pod save thy. Xi:lg.—The Rriave liestent•-thanhs- to him tot
Of choice of his Ministers, and bisffirm,adherenee to them.
Mich. applause:di—Song—Hail Star ut Brousaticit.—The
Queen sod ..the rest of the Ittsal Family.,-Tho House of
Brunswick; and ma.), they never. forget the-princlptes whidt
on the throne of these reeltrts.r.The Prin.
otos elyirlotta, nod (Site iglus ririas consort,-Pr.itme Leopold ;
way thtir union he a source of happiness td-tilltaliailei, and
of FOFtiVity to the kingdom at large.
CitAIRM4t4 then rose and -"said, the next,
toast Which it•was his duty to propose was the
one sacred to the celebration of the Festival ;
while we commemorate the 'birth of the illustrious
Pitt, we at the same time commemorate his
splendid talentti, and his gigantic abilities, which
at once proved theintniness and safeguard of his
country„......ll,esa talents and abilities it was our
wish to record, and we would transmit them down
to our citlidren's 'children, that their gratitude
might be 'Alone commensurate with eternity. Lie
was happy to observe so numerous an. assemblage
on the present occlsion, but nnmerons, as that
assembly was, it Constituted but a small-part of
those Gentlemen who throughout the whole king-
data acre on the same d.iy, at the S, me. tnoment,;
pet leaps expressing 'the. same 01)0/ elevated
the bailw hopes, anal' cherishing the same senti.
..merits. No detail was wanted front him to proVe
-the loss the country had sustained. by the death of
Mr. Vitt, when we emitter the pattiotisni which
inspired hint, the wisdom which guided him, the
judgrnent,with which lie planned, and time 7eal with
which.he.executed; but whilst we admire these"
transdendsntabilities, we ought not.toforget the
titres in which they, %vett 'called forth.6-it wets
after 4 war Which.ntany deemeOmpolitiC and all
unfortunate—it :w:is rhea. cwhile straining every
nerve to' relieve his country, he was' interrupted
by the bloodiest revclution which ever disgraced
the annals 'of ni.ankind...foreign ruissienqries atut
foreign arts were !toured into this country to
lead the peoples trod their duty, and aided by
fiction and.treatrin at home, we were threatened
with danger.and..rnin; 'The d:mge'rs were averted
unto our country by thenohleyigour of the confl-
icts of 'the itinnort,il He died before het
could witness their beneficial' effects; but thank
Heaven, they had survived in his sticeerori."; had
be litfeti, in spite of ti 4 yain prophecies the taunts,'
• the fcars,of bis'opponents,' he would L'ave seen
their glorious result_ glorious for the prosperity,
of out country—gloriOut for. our internal seen.
ritY4-,glorions .as respects: our f-reign treaties—o,
glorious for the security of our CrOrtfitirtltiOlV4.•
Constitution,
.which was recognized .ritthe
tetterlti t w telvincoloaked the fear of God anti

tbe King, and Was at .onpe .an enemy to_monar,:
to a tiStOCraPC4, !Mt: Above all, to deT
' moeratkal Government, as.being most conducive
SlaVery. 'By the connselsof the horrors of
war I.A Imin "asOted.'from our rue ~141',5, attcl
Elll'OllC had been rescued from the iron, sway
of aT &spot who conquered bpt to enslave,
• sure .conhtant object .'WriS to turn the
strength be acquired teti the.overthroW of Greta
Britain—like another Carthage, we Were doomed
toile &strayed, hot',,we had eleaped. Anti he,
(the Chairman) wotild ask, were this deliverance,
tivese blessings, not worth the purchase 1 'Ought,
we to consider the cost when we contemplate
the value.of the, trcssorei I%Juch pains had been
L4en to excite 4despondeny ors the presynt state
of the country, anti to,expggerate our distresses,
• much at which the all-,seeing hand o.f Providence
had thought fit to impose on us;. by these means
evil and designing men had endeayoured,to poison
t Mimic' of the people; and to mislead thein aam
their ditty ; but by the principles of Mr, Vitt and
his successors, the -folly iiita the 'wicliednesi of
these men had heti.) exposed: lie (theehairman)
was ashamed to dwelt On :such a topic in a Corn-
-Tinny like the prerent, but he would remind them
that the-same connSels, the same wisrlont,''seltich
• bad actuated Alr. :P.m, had a beCOlll.l time' Sieved
this country. had.triumphed by sea and land,
we had triumphed over, factious and_ designing
wen, :who, if successful, wonlditave proved rebels
to their King, and tyrants to the people. The
Worthy Chairman,coneiaded his aWe speech by

' giving . • .
"The Illubtrious nemery of the Right tlortourahle Wil-
liam vitt,. which-two drlntt with enthusiatiat.
- tAng--The Pilot that Weatiter'd the Storm.
The Chsirioan.tlten gave-'-r .. •
"',lhr I.)uke of Clarence and the Navy."--Sertg—tule
Britannia.
'write fluke of York and the Army."...-hike of York's
Match.
'''' • ' ' '
11. he. Cll4tat.tAil
,then rose and said, I have opts',
Gentlemen, to toast the greatest fitrti of the age I
. thank God I can toast his health, it will be for
'. posterity to drink to his 'memory. . lie. never
fought but be cotignereil,—he_never concitteyett but
hefkitew hoW-to use lII' v,l4tory4-114,:first tilught
ilie'Nfatious or kurope to break the•trammels,of
*laver!, and _ ga.ve„ them the,tright example. I
*ivill giv.t, you _ ... ' ',. . ..
..,„ .j.,
..„ .
" fieltl'9l;trblini the Dupe of Wolliqgton."—(Long and.
, „
rotttinued iQFJAM.,I,,,,, ....;„..., .. --- ,--- ,
it'Atns atyrititeutton, Gentlemen,' to ;lave said a .
'few voniliattre, bur l. flu tryirrr -feel in gi so' much
in nrilsott vettbtny own, that•it woulti.be idle to,
'-'-'entitrgeptirt.the subject.
~14:1'tibtRootAt:ts,'Esrt: 'then /pie,
1
~'. 4,..ritcmiltisters.of the Prince,g,hgent, altl mai they I.n
.:(Ontinuc to descrvc t he topport•of the ‘;,tetaittry.."—(APPtsosF*
Tlttitc I.lllt.ht AI rt .sold,lle V 01A44.-giv -a 198'.
N,ViliCh WaS.i Cow.p °mitt of 1-,,lti) former ones, .The
'llitenlort; or 1.111.. l'iit at Iti I— ith of the Minis.
, . .
,14,,,i. x . . _
lac bad been tiranli,, he. would therrtoyc clow give;
..!' r*.lzt the t)ri,iti i p);r1 of Mr. Pitt atv•sys suituate the couu
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seta of I.e.tt 40.10 " 110.." • - - • • -
The Ctia;Ale4Atl said, on looking round-hei•emil4
'lot but observe the notneroui abSeittslttp.' of Putt.
tletuen (ruin the County, which had Lunt day bu-

touretllte Meeting
.with their eMnpar,y, anA lie
was sure he could not prnlinSe a toast more grati-
tying to them, and to ali around him, than the,
health of their neW Ileisresewative.,(Sitoitts of
4plause.).7-11e,coold not ti,%i enticipate the
ception of such a toakt, independent of the
high situation it, which the -lionottrable Gentle-
man stood, he (the Chairman) should have berm
proud to have drank his
,itealtii for -tha,virtoes
possessed, for the principles lie acknol.vieged, and
for the spirit with which asserted them
The Chairmattr.7as Sere the sheeting u 0911.1 hear
himniit itt the,fecling,. the.Connty of Nor.,
folk Wanted. 'sneli, tt man to I its independence
at Ole very time 'when he (Ilt.. W.) undertook the
ardnun3 he had %o.glorionsly sue,
eeeded—sneceeded iodeed ,by, the efforts of his
friends, lout he had dit.played a firmness, a bold-
ness of exertion, which bud gained bim many
friends, and was. intimaaly 'connected with the
advantages which had been acquired. lle would
propose the health of Mr. Edmond Wodehouse,
the Representative of the County of Norfolk,.
.Mr. Epsom?) Wobsuouse returned, thanks
nearly it) the following words : , •
I rise, Gentlemen, with every feeling of grati-
tude and respect lor the high honour you have just
done me. lam fully aware that the present is a
meeting not intended for the diSeussion of mere
local politics, but for more general purposes which
concern the whole nation ; but
_I hope, Gentle-
men, I shall not incur the imputation of vanity it
I address. you 'shortly, since having been balled on
in this public manner I cannot help thinking that
the 'present is a time peculiarly fitted:toe a parti-
cular expression of• my public sentiments. When
I look back on the late electiOn,,and.'find myself
indebted for my sitecess to the approbition,of a;
free people, it powerfully reminds me to beware
of joining with any putticular faction. I will not
identify turelf with any set of men or measures
which are deeting as the wind may be, raised in
ats instant, find blown away With a breath; but
while speaking of hiM whose mentory, we are met
to commemnrat speaking of his measures;
I feel myself standlug on a rock.-6u(Applanse.)—
To this company, to the whole.kingdom, I will de-.
dare my belief that he wits the greatest statesinan,
the,greatest blessing, we ever enjoyed. I would
tint, by this. convey any promise of the line of
conduct I shell pursue I: it is bitt an acknowledge-
ment of my principles. of the day-star which I
worship, and a due homage to hint who was the
supporter of the, liberties of the, people mod the'
preserver of the stability of the Crown. Lhave
-lately, 'Gentlemen, trespassed too numb ou:your
• time—(:rips of No, no fj—and thcrefore.willcon-
elnde with proposing the health of a Gentleman,
for whom individually I entertain, the greatest
friendship; and who has rendered tne and my fa-
mily many services. I will give you the health
1 of tire Mayor and prosperity to the City of Nor-

with.
`E'L'M. HANKF.S, Big. shortly returned thauks,:
and. gaee « Mav the principlts of Mr. Pitt •ever.
be
,F.OirODF House then. gave the health of
the worthy President, the repieseniative tit the
City of Nora jell, Mr. Charles Harvey.
Mr. limtvey rose
,to _return thanks. , It was
nwuc :c easier,to feel than to,retUru coinpllusrut ;
if he •Nere iodelited.to the favoor of the company.
for any was toe the principles
feised they were the principlei ot, Pitt, and he
,firmly beliived that the mole they. fvere scthcr
ed to, the more benefit I.tould accrue to the'
country. 'He had the pleasure to obseree' they
were rapidly gaining-ground, and :tic hoped they.
would overturn all opposition; lie concluded by
giving thsi High Sheriff of Norfolk, and thauka
him for his-impartiality.
The Pitt Clubs throeghout the United-King.
King-
tlom.
The CitAteNtAN then. gave. the health of de-
parted hero, whose. healin tvidle living was el woys
drank, with entliesiasm. To'him the cottotyy, was
indebted for innumerable benefits, and the Chair.
than. hoped it would always, he shewn thAl though
lite was short, gratitude was everlasting. lie pro-
posed the immortal memory of Lord Nelson...-
Drank in silence.
The Cli,stuMAN felt 4 ditlicitity. in propcning
the next toast, but it was a diftieulty,i.vhich_arose
only from the proximity of the geotleman.whose
etiloginm he was About, to pronounce ;• tor:highly,
as the eulogium wes deserved, It* knew. kWqpitl
be far more gratifyine• to the geetleinao to deserve
than to receive it. .4714, givink,the health, of' the
lion. Colonel Wodehoese (long end,,ctitninued
nplause), he gave the health of a gentleman
a hose. sentiniente were known to all, and, who
has ever hail the maeliness in avow them, but be.,
ing certain that the lion. Gentleman will feelpori
pleasure in the Chairman's abstaining
.front fur,. ,
tiler compliment, than from his continuingit, Iwe
would at once give the health of the•flon. Colonel
Wodelioutte, with thanks to him for hiS noble
vindication of the principles of this county, for
his inorporating tlitiste principles in the feel era.
lion which bad been signed by so ninny, and foC
hii:noble and cfrectuol co-operetlon in the late
struggic, which has eoitviaced44 .that those •sett.
thoents were the sentiments of the great majority
of the Qounty.qt Norto,ik.
Colonel 1%7'01w-intim retorned thaoks. anv
Society a compliment like that which:had just
been' pissed on him-would be gratifyiug, bat
company 'like the present, •in sur4.
rounded as he waiby numbers of Gentlemen whont
lie loved, honoured, and esteemed, it„WAS doublet
giatifying. Respecting the. part. he rook at• the
late County Meeting, which has roused a spirit
indegendenee in the county, so nobly and. 5".
cessfully exerted in the return of his lion..Rela-
don,`he had po doubt but it was the proceeiliogi
of that: (ley. which Lad tended to excite the' feel.
ings Aleh had been-them'. :Previeus to. that
meeting, the patty which he Lied espoused. wag
Sunk into the lowesvehyss Of despair, eonipleie4
ly eeervated, and appa.rently incapable of niint;
any exertion ; bur -from the moment he saw the
Requisition signed hy so opthy NiAletnen anti
Gentle:Bloli it ray of hope clime& his mind, nr„l
gleamed 61,010 the darkness. He never lost
sight 0111; he had attended. thet.iteritiniand
tweet that the sense. ofttbe-cotutty would ht
roused ; it: bud been roused, end seeing so nn,hl
County Gentlemen about him, professing
,tile
princieples of that Illustrious Summon whost