The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CANNING CLUB.

The AnnisersHry of the formation tv this Club
was celebrated by the Members partaking of a
Alinner at the York Hotel, in Willirtmson-square,
Sir W. IlAtcroti, Lint. Prestdent, in the Cu-air.
The room it as tastefully decorated with laurel
for the occa,ion.

After the cloth had been.veitlidrawn, Non Nobis
Dornine v'as sine, !lie company standing.

His Majesty the King, Duke of Lancaster: three times
three.—Song, "God save the Kinz."

His Royal Highness the Prince Itegent': three times three.
—" Prince Regent's March."
The Memory-Ail hie late most gracious Majesty, may the
virtues far which she was so pre-eminently distinguished ever
operate as an example fur the Consorts of future Monarchs :
in solemn silence.
'fhts hlrbalitry of the late Princess Charlottes in silence.
Our glorious Constitution, the Ptide of Britons, and the
admiration of the World.--;;lee, " Good Su;jects."
Puke of York and the Arne.—" Duke of York's March."
Duke of Clan nee and the Naey.—Sung, • Rule Britannia."
His Majesty's present Ministers, and thanks to then' for
the services they have rendered to their country by adopting-
the principles of Mr. Pitt : three times three and great ap-
plause.
" Our distingnished Representative,- the Right Hon.
George Canning, whose conduct has justified the expecta-
tions, and secured the confidence, of his Constitnents. '—lt
is impossible to describe the enthusiasm with which this toast
was received by the company. It seas drank with acclama-
tions which lasted some minutes.
" Gascoyne, the Colleague of our Right
Hon. Friend :" three times three and rapturous applause.
" The Judges of the Laud ; may their dignity and inde-
pendence always protect them trout the insults of the disaf-
fected :" three times three.
The immortal Memory of the Right Hon. William Pitt;
three times three —Song, " The Pilot that weathered the
Storni."
Prosperity and Permanency to the Canning Chub : three
times three.
Mr. ECCLES, with the permission of the Chair,
rose to propose the health of a Gentlenpin then
present, and which be had no doubt the company
wonld receive with great delight anti satisfaction.
The presence of that Gentleman alone prevented
him from passing that euloginm upon his charac-
ter which it so well deserved. Ills public and
private virtues were well known ; and without
farther preface, he gave them Sir William Barton.
The toast was received with enthusiasm and drank
with acclamation.
The CHAIRMAN felt exceedingly obliged to the
company for the honour they ls'tl conferred upon
him by drinking his health. He congratulated
them on the return of that day. It was impossi-
ble for hint to express the satisfaction witb which
he beheld so numerous a company assembled in ho-
nour of Mr. Canning and the Canning Club ; and
when he looked down the tables, and saw the re-
spectability of the individuals who surrounded
them, he could not but feel that their zeal in his
cause would lung continue him in that situation
which he nosy filled with so much credit to him-
self and benefit to Liverpool, and not only to
Liverpool. but to the country at large.
" The Right Hon. William Huskisson ;" three times three.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the next
toast, said he was sure that there seas not a Gen-
tleman present who would not drink it with great
delight, in a bumper. He then gave, " The
amiable and accomplished Miss Shand, our pre-
sent Ludy Patroness." It was drank with rap-
turous and long•coutinued plaudits.
Mr. Su A,ND felt himself called upon to thank
the company in the name of his daughter. for the
handsome manner in which they had drank her
health. He would take care that that mark of
their approbation should be known in the quarter
where it would be best appreciated. lie conld
not but express the satisfaction which he felt, that
a member of his. family should have been selected
to patronize a Club, for the political principles of
which he had the highest respect.
The CHAIRMAN said, that in rising to propose
the next toast, it was impossible for him to ex-
press what he felt on the occasion. He was about
to give the
.memory of their departed friend, Tho-
mas Rodie, Esq , a Gentleman whose private vir-
tues and politic services, while living, were beyond
his panegyric ; a Gentleman whose zeal in the
cause of their distinguished Representative was
surpassed by none, and who was always a staunch
and steady friend to the Government of his Coun-
try. o:ten had that much-lamented Gentleman
occupied, with the suavity and grace which dis-

tino character, tl,e CLAIr ill Ala Ile
then sal, and be felt how inadequate ht ktyas to
succeed such a man. He then gave "The Me-
mory of Thomas Ruffle, Esq., our late worthy
Chairman." it was received with visible dtark,
of sorrow and tegret, and drank in mournful si-
lence.

The CHAtitlitAtt, after an eulogidm upon his
character, proposed the health of John Bolton,
Esq. It was drank with distinguished applause.
Mr. Bot.Tox.--;-Gentlemen, I beg to thank you
for this mark of your approbation. Gentlemen,
my zeal in the good cause we have this day met
to celebrate is well known to you all ; and such
is my opinion of our Right Hon. Representative,
that, was I called upon by the freemen of Liver-
pool to select out of the House of Commons,
Day, I may add, the kingdom at large, a Member
that would serve its the most essentially, Mr.
Canning is that person. Gentlemen, I have no
motive hut the credit of the town and the good of
the country; feelings that 1 have alwaN's sup-
ported, and feelings that, I trust, will remain
with me whilst I have existence. I again thank
you for the honour you have done nue, and I have
the pleasure of drinking all your good hehltbs.
" Field-Marshal the Doke of Wellington, the Glory of our
Country, and the Champion of the World.;" three times
three.—" See, the conquering Hero comes."
" The Veteran Companton of the illustrious Wellington,
Prince Blucher."—Girt, ;low met rily ire live."
" May the principlrs of Wm. Pitt ever animate the Coun-
cils of r.ireat Britain."
"Our Sister Club, the Backbone :" three times three, and
great applause..
Mr. Fi•iir a returned thanks to the company for
!he inAntter in which thy had tort,tvd the BAck.
!moue Clot), of lie haul had the honour of
twine the fits( Puesitleut. lie assured them, !bra
the Sis,er nas truly loyal, and deterinived to
suH,ort, with all its power, the Right Honourable
G ,urge
" Joseph Leigh, Ecq." with marked applause.
Mr. I.RIGH briefly rertunt-J thanks.

" The Vice-President, Mr. Eccles;" three times three.

Mr EcceES said, that he hopad he should not
be ,ccused of presumption in saying-, that the ho-
nour the company had done him by drinking his
health was not unexpected on his part. He bad
been too tench used to the kindness and cow tesy
of Canning Club to be at ,ill surprised that
they should couple his name with the ainuiVtrsary
of the Cab. Their worthy Chairmao had said
that he was delighted at seeing the respectable as-
semblage which was now before him. If he
might be allowed to state his own sentiments, he
must say that he was overjoyed to see such an
assemblage, coirprising what might properly be
termed the back-none of the town of Liverpool.
For if the back-bone be the centre of strength,
if it be the general term in language which sig-
nifies energy, solidity, Ptol stability, he must
say, that the individuals composing the Canning
Club, and the individuals composing the Back-
bone Club, and the individuals in this town who
support the principles of Air. Pitt, are the
strength, the main-stay, and the support of this
great community, and form no inconsiderable por-
tion of the strength of the empire at large. Their
opponents had promulgated their principles to the
soda, and it might not, therefore, be unnecessary
to state the pi ineiples on which the Canning Club
was founded. It was founded for the purpose of
commemorating a triumph, nnexampled in Eng-
land, over antagonist principles; principles which
had relation not only to external but also to in-
ternal politics: It was deemed necessary that an
association should be formed fur the purpose of
erecting a monument of the great election in 181'2,
which might point oni, even to our children's
chil.!ren, the greatest struggle and triumph Of do-
mestic parties that Was ever exhibited in the arena
of England. On that occasion, an indivhhial, of
whom he wished to speak with every respect, Nra9
brought doo;u to oppose their candidate. He
alluded to Nlr. Brougham ; a man whom he ho-
noured ; a man of whom he wonld speak with
all detetence ; fur his latter COMIUCI It As given
reason to suppose, that he does not go to that
wild event of revolutionary politics, and that
unsettling of the subsisting constitution of the
conconittry, to whica the principles of tie advocates
of Annual Parliaments and Universal Suffrage in-
fallibly tend. When that Gentleman was bionght
before us, we understood him to be unlimited in
his opinions as to Parliamentary Reform. But
his subsequent conduct has shewn him to be a
genuine Whig, who stands by the Constitution of
his country. He has strenuously opposed those
extravagant notions respecting Universal Suf-
frage, Ike. which, to use the elognent hinguage of
Mr. Canning, " if they arose with the mist of the
morning, would be dissolved by the noontide sun."
The Canning Club was also formed for the pur-
pose of knitting together, in one bond of union,
men who oppose what are denominated Whigs
and Universal Suffrage men, and fur the purpose
of supporting those great governing principles of
action by which the conduct of Mr. Pitt was di-
rected, and by an adherence to which thiscoun-
try has survived a storm, unparalleled in the an-
nals of empire, and which has placed her upon a
pinnacle of glory, to which- our forefathers never
contemplated that an island, so circumscribed in
extent, and so limited in population, could pos-
sibly attain, but to which it has attaioed by the
vigour and elasticity of its free Constitution. He
coucloded by begging pardon for occupying so
much of the time of the company, and sat Gown
amid their plaudits.
" The Committee for conducting the festivities of the day,"
With there times three.

Mr. SYERS returned thanks on behalf of the
Committee.

" The Canning Cycle," with enthusiastic applause.
Mr. J. A. CASE, HS a member ot the Cycle,
said that he tejoiced exceedingly to see the meet-
ing ot that day, and offered tllem his thanks ior
the my polite manner in which the Cycle had
been received at their table.
" Gencod Acl.crs," with marked applause. .

Mr• ACKFus returned thanks tur the honour
they loot dime him in (Linking his.beabli ; anti
declared that he should always be ready at his post
when his Arrvices wei e required.
John Gladstone, E5l/. M.P. for Lancaster," with distin-
guished a ',louse.
" H. Blundell Hollingshead, Esq." with rapturous ap-
plause.
.1
he CHAIRMAN said, that he rose to propose a
toast whieli, he kw- w, would be received and
drank, with great approbation. It was the health
of the Mayor of Liverpool, whose exertions to pre-

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ti•ent oaoahoy, anti Lis other entleateri!tra tO 56,44,1
the public, entitled him to the applAnse ot `l,;,
lOWIISMCD. The 1048 t was drank with cuth-