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

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BIIIMINCITetit, Jinn 2.

The Anniversary of Mr. PITT'S birth-clay was
celebrated by a very numerous and respectable
company at tVilday's Royal Hotel. on Wednesday
last. The King's health was propOsed.aod drank
in solemn silence. On giving the health of the
Prince Regent, the President of the Club, Shirley
Perkins, Esq.. rose and atldressed the Meeting to
the following effect
" Gentlemen, I, ant certain this toast will he
drank wi more than usual flee, when I rcu,iud
yoit ratite princely I itxrality with which his Royal
Highness has lately given pp a portion of his
income, to assist-in relieving the distress of the
country--a potion far greater than (1 believe)
lie can with convenience spat c,,viz. 60,000/. But,
Gentlemen ,(said the President with animation)
it is not the sum, so flinch es. the proper genuine
British teeling• displayed by his Royal Highriess,
which should excite our admiration and applAitsv.
A generous sympathy like this entitles .his R0v,41,
Highness to a place in the heat ts nittl affections of
his subjects, and, I trust, he will never Again
meet with unmerited insult front any factious
nti.•creants."
The President then said, " they were arrived
at iinst4oast which was the annual tribute c•i gra-

fitude and respect tb the Mehtory of the ilitistrimis
Patriot and ditithislied St atesinao whose birth-
day-they We're a•seeiled, to celebrate. tin such
an OCefitcitifl it was ilupos,:ibie;• not to recall to
their recollection the ext, aorilinary eudOw t
of his mind., his tiongeendeot‘ talents; his l is-
lie- hilt). his private viriues. , such an urea.
skin it was imHssible not to Call to our recollec-
tion the mfiny and important irovices rendered
by hien to his country tinting tl4 period of his
long and • ardtions administration. On his first
'entrance into power he gave his most anxious at.
tention tti restore the financeS of his country,
%% bleb be found in a dilapidated and nearly ruined
state,-,from ow ill-Conducted war, of which he
never approved. He then directed his attention
to ArCintprovemetir iii the mode of governing our
Asiatic dominions, and he brought forward his
celebrated and ever memorable India Bill. He
then perfected his schemei of Finance by the es-
tabliihnient of 'his. Sinking Yinol, end with it be
establiihed his own Islite its a financier for ever.
After this, a new end unprecedented difficulty
occurred in the State from the suspension of the
Executive Power, by the much•lamented iodispo. ,
sition of his Majesty ; and if there was any pc-. •
rind in• the political life of our favonrite 'States-
man more ii lust rat ive of the higher tqualit ies of
his mind Ulan another, it was this period, when
with tindauntetl firmness he imposed proper eon-
stitutional restraints on the Heir Apparent of the
Crown in his proposed character Of 'Regent. An
•arduous duty whit after this time devolved upon.
him—the protection ,of his country from the can•
tagion and delusion of French principles ; and he
h td te) soppress , mutiny, treason, anti rebel-
lion, and he did effectually suppress them. lie then
instituted the Volunteer and Yeomanry forces, and •
he defended his country from the threatened iuva-
sirm at France•and front the galling yoke. Of a Fo-
reign Despot:- Atter this lie effected the cousolida-
thin of the strength of the Empire, by the unton of
heland.with this Country ; and. lastly, his •
OM wisdom formed that Grand Pr,jeet of
kind!, whith had ,for,its niijvct the,delivetauce
bitirope., These, Gentlemen, me but taint
Outlines of his, Services, but they will, I trust, be
fully and faithfully recorded in the most splendid
pages of the, hi,tory of Great What I. This
Country, Gentlemen, has 1110ot:tit ninny f.!r,tit
Statesmen, but no one r,•r more rrtectly
derstoo,l th-eplineiples of our admirable and. en-
viable ,Coostittition, supporting alikettie Linerries
of the People and the just I terogati►e of the •
&down ; for his deep and so(oid Itisovleilige of the
t ion tau& Ii tin, that the pi erogat i yes of.
the Clown were au essential .part nt the Rights_
ct. tote People, its seem ity and priitee!ion." 's lie
Chakilltin then proceeded to dilit;e upon the morn
)I,ol).fitiant feattitta of the late
tracing his eondnot of his Alairsiy's Govt., morot
throughout the intricacies of puldic a fruits at the
eventful period of his management. lii con, its-
sion he remarked, "4. Gentlemen, if there ever was
a disinterested Stateiaao, it was the Right Ho-
nourable William Pitt.'
Young without follies, without rashness bold,
Ana greatly poor otonts a nation's
If there ever was, a Statesman alto ball sincerely
his country's interest at heart, it was the Right
lion. William Pitt, sactifieing his fortime.and his
life to an unremitted attention and anxiety tor shis
eonntry's weal—his .last sigh and his last prayer,
was for.his country--but that last sigh and prayer
were given on his death-bed, at a time when he
saw reason to despair of his grand project being
carried into effect. Would it had pleased Provt.
hence to have prolonged bit days, with what de^
II light would he have heard that his`plans %Vera
realized, 'and that the British and Allied flags at
last waved in /mind triumph over the walls of
Paris; and the tyrant of France, and (Hsu!' her of
the repose of Europe, and scourge of the loyalist!
.race, a prisnner.on hoard a British man of svar.
Services like. these, Gentlemen, entitle a States-
man to the highest rewatil of fame—itrnortality;
therefore let our glasses be filled-0 'to the int-
, mortal memory of the Right Honourable ‘Villiam.
Pitt,' and let us crown his memory with three-
times three."

In introducia,, the topst-" To the inimortat
memory Of the, rtito4 Honourable spencer Per-
cival"--the President said, ". it was with no of-
(finery emotion thri-t he tiMi to give the next toast,
which tiros to be memory of a statesman with
whom many of Its in the roots had the honour of
personal acquaintance ; 8 StlitelOlMO who wAs cut
otf in the poi ne of life, and when rapidly advanc-
ing to fame, by the hands of an assassin. By his
death " charity lost one of her moat active frieuds,
religion one'ot her firttiret tttpliOitvii, and society
one of its brightest ors Rilielits---

Iltit mcef!

‘• 'Which God orditior-d to ri.riu;; tim'rtn; frorn the dust,
bless his ‘4vit it pureind inst."
Tile ttelttllt of "•the Burl of Dartmotith," was
next rnopf)st (I.
On'the irealth of " ti;e Mngistiates :acting for
the town ot.iiirniingliam“ tivinig thank with chter-

•
Litt
Mr. l'lttcP. rnse, and said that " tlteMayisarafes
cOuld not hot feel grateful for such H math of re,.
sheet and esteem that he believed.' hey had alw;iys
acted impartiall# and to the nt-,the4r
ties ; and- that hO WAS conyjaCeil thcy O'er
Contittao sO ; and %boob! feel amply reward•
eft for their set ‘le.es, so lotlg tttt iiity Into the up.,
probation of thvir tell ',e townsmen."
The health of _ 4),1r. Rark,et," thetheSecretary.
was prom ped i 4. dane tiptwarf, w.olt
for hls valnable seriiices.—oute mile! ttoayt6 Sliew
eeciletr.
It,was determlneti that the. (attire meetiov of
this club take place in October. The
finis of. Anglesett. sots anuotius.;ett to all Ns citait
bt the.l4txt zincing.

PARLIAMENT.

11011 SE OF" LORDS, THURSDAY, Jut 5:

Mr. Bullock, from the Treasury. presented Pa-
pers respeetittz the Commissariat. &c.; Mr. John-
son, Financial. Papers from the Office of the Chief.
secretary for Ireland ; and Mr. Emmett, from
the War Office, Duplicates of Army Services, and
Accounts respecting the Military Hospitals in
—Ordered to lie on the tablo.
Lord SOMERS presented a Petition from St.
Pancras against the Metropolis Paving Bill, and
complained of the hardship that would be sus-
tained by the inhabitants of that quarter, front
the operation of the Bill, from which it was his
intention to move to exempt them.
Vfhe Pctilinni after a few words from the Earl
of Lauderdale in favour of the Bill, was ordered
to lie referred to the Committee 011 the Bill, the
parties to be. heard by themselves or Counsel,
Somtas presented another Petition, OTl.the
sante subject, from persons concerned in gas
works, whiCh was in like manner ordered to be
referred to the Committee.

kcal awl private Bills were brottlibt rip
front tile Elone of Commons, by Mr. Charles
Duntlas, Mr. Blackburn, Sir James Graham, and
othq Members, and read a tirst.time.:
The
.considcration of Millar's Divorce Bill was
postponed till to-morrow.
The Earl:of LAVDERDALE presented the Peti-
lion of the Lord Mayor and Livery of London,
against any further continuance of the Suspension
of the Iftheas Curpus.--;lteccived as die Petition
of. those who bad silittell it, and ordered to lie on
the table.

.Lord I.IOLLAND resented a Petition from a
ontnher 'of 'inhabitants of Christ Chinch, Sur.
rey, against I,e Chrkt Church Bill, and another
Petition againstit from Mr.Genrge Farquharson.
Ordered to he referred. to the Committee on the
11tli, and the parties to be heard by themselves or
Cout:sd.

The Lill of GLEtroAta., took the oaths and his
see.

LORD COLCHESTER.

.
Order of the. Day having been moved by
the Earl' of Liverpool, the Message frOm the
Prince Regent, relative to a provision for Lord
Cidebeter, late Speaker of the House of Corn..
111011 S, was read by the Reading Clerk -at the
The Earl of. LIVERPOOL said, be did not think,
it necessary to take up the time of the• House in
descanting upon the well known merits of the dis-
tinguished individual alluded to in the Message;
and though 01030; merits might in strictness be
better
.appreciated it .-the other House, than by
their Lordships, yet there were opportunities
airorded by which they might -form a just estimate
of the talents and 'ability of the Speaker of the
other House. It was the practice of the Consti-
tution, that the Speaker of the House of Cont‘
Mons should, on being ..chosen, receive the appro.
bation of tt,e Crown., end the individual of whom
be was hiow sin-akin it, had received that
bation no I a, tl.aii five times, he having held the
office of Spealier for a longer period, with 'one
eiverition, titan haul beeli known in the History
of Parliament, He had filled the Chair 101 l in
atdoons,and difficult timer, during all which, his
conduct had been, as it deserved. highly approved
of, and their Lordships Were enabled to appreciate
that conduct from the manly and eloquent manner-
in hie,' the individual &laded to deliremed him-
self at the /3,r of their !louse, in his Speeches to
the ruoite. it, was the practice of the Crown to
reward dist inguislteli naval and military service*
by conferring rank,- and sending a message desir-
ing that a prok ision neglit be given to support
the rank so conftTred, and he trusted. there would
be him objeetiun to the rewarding in the same
thanner, the distiquisned civil services of the in.
dlvidnut referied to in the Message. His Lordship
enneinded by moving- an AddresS to the Prince
Regent, concisrrillg in the object of the Message,
which was agreed to.