The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-28 00:00:00

GRAND CIVIC DINNER

FURTHER PA lITI C CIL A. It S.—W ben his MAJESTY"
arrived at the Mansion-House, he was received upon the steps
by the Lord Mayor and Board of Aldermen, accompanied by
the proper officers carrying the full regalia of the city, and this
Body formed a Procession which walked before his Maj,:sty
through the entire suite of rooms, until his arrival in the Oak
Saloon. The steps and hall were lined by the Battle-axe
Guard of the Lord Mayor, and the first room through which
his Majesty and the Procession passed, was lined by the in-
. ternal guard of the Mansion House. Upon this occasion the
internal guard was composed of Gentlemen, who contended for
the honour- of attending the Sovereign. Their uniform was
fanciful and elegant ; a silk doublet of Coronation blue reached
half way down the thigh, breeches of white cassimere, white
silk stockings, With blue rosettes at the knees and shoe ties,
formed the lower part of the dress. Round the waist a pink
silk sash, from which hung a rich dress-sword and sword-
knot ; round the neck a white . rut', under v.-hielt lay a broad
pink ribbon, from which hung a Coronation Medal.- The hat
was blue, with the leaf turned -up before, and a large plum -,fblue aid white ostrich feathers. The weapon was a Kittle-axe,
with a spear-head of burnisluxl silver. As his Majesty pastal,
the guard shouldered their axes, and the lines had.an impo,:ing
effect. From this room his Majesty passed into the great with-
drawing room, which was lined by the Nobility and high an-
thorities of-the realm. ilis Majesty most gradouslyrecognised
them as lie passed, and. entered into the Oak Sateen, vinare
were assembled those who were to have the-lkh honour of din-
ing at the same table with his.Majeety. In this room his Ma-
jesty conferred the honour of Knighthood upon the Leanutd
Recorder, and. our two worthy Sheriffs.
AVe have obtained a copy of the REconnEtt's Address- to
his MAJESTY, delivered on this occasion--it was as.follows:—
" For the distinnlised honour your Majesty has conferred on
the Corporation of Dublin, by this gracious and condescending
visit to the Mansion-House, suffer us to offer moStrespectlnlh,
to your Majesty, the tribute of our grateful and truly neart-feit
acknowledgments.
" To be permitted, at the present auspicieds period,- to receive
within these walls our beloved Sovereign as our guest, fills our
bosoms with happiness and joy. This is a topic, :.,:ire, on which i
we must naturally be disposed to dwell t but, at so interesting
a moment, our silence, we are convinced, will beSt speak our
emotions; there are occasions, your Majesty knows, when the
heart is too full for utterance, and when it seeks in vain for
language, to render justice to the warmth and sincerity of its
feelings.
" Allow us, Royal Sir, with the profoundest veneration and
humility, to tender to your Majesty our most affectionate wel-
come; anticipating your gracious forgiveness for whatever may
unconsciously have been omitted or mistaken, in our anxiety
to signalize this memorable day; and resting assured that your
Majesty's goodness will attribute ,neh fatalities) if they.shall
unhappily have occurred) to any cause rather than •the waht, on
our part, of the most dutiful and devoted attention to your Ma-
jesty's Royal Person and Dignity.", . .

MANCHESTER, Aua. 25.7---On Monday a Co-
roner's Inquest was held on the body of a male infant, the
son of Hannah Halley, wife of John Halley the younger, of
Bridge-street, in Derby. It appeared in evidence that the mo-
ther delivered herself secretly on Tuesday the 14th inst., and
immediately put the child into a large
‘iar, and peured hot
water upon it, when the cries of the child icd to discovery, it
survived till the Saturday following. The Jury, after an at-
tentive consideration of the evidence, returned a verdi3 of
" Wilful Murder" against the mother, who as soon as she
can be safely removed, will be committed for trial at the. next
Assizes.

DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning,
about three o'clock, Mrs. Ann Whitehead, who
had of late become dejected in her spirits, left
her house in Nicholls-street, Bethnal-green, un-
perceived by her husband and family, without
shoes and stockings, and also without her bonnet.
On her absence being known, her husband ran in
every direction in pursuit of her, but returned to
his family of five children, without success.
About ten her body was found floating in the Re-
gent's Canal, near the Antelope, in Ilackn.y.
fields. An Inquest v, as held on the body yes-
terday.—Verdict, that the deceased hail drew n-
ed herself, being at the time in a state of mental
derangement,

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY !EXTIt.ACTS FROM THE MORNING. PAPERS

August 28.

[MORNING POST.]
The outrageous attack made by the mob last
Sunday on unarmed soldiers has excited general
indignation, notwithstanding the efforts of the
Seditious Press to disguise its nature and to con-
ceal its cowardice and iniquity. Never, indeed,
has the power of misrepresentation been used
more shamelessly, and stretched to a greater ex-
tent, than in the accounts which our Radical:con-
temporaries have given of this disgraceful trans-
action. Former experience had certainly taught
us to expect no very strict regard on their part
for the sanctity of truth, when its sacrifice might
seem likely to promote some of their nefarious
ends. But we could hardly believe that when the
circumstances which they pretended to describe
took place under the view of hundreds of faith-
ful itnesses, common prudence would not re-
strain them from distorting facts and incurring
the danger of certain exposure. This, however,
they have done, and done it with no other appa-
rent purpose than to rescue a murderous mob
from the consequences of attempting assassina-
tion ; and to deter a brave, patient, and insulted
Regiment from defending itself, when pursued
within its very barracks by the taunts and mis-
siles of raving multitudes. It is therefore a duty
which we owe to the country at large, to pre-
sent such misrepresentations and calumnies from
passing current. We are aware that every indi-
vidual who peruses those Journals, always makes
a fair allowance for suppressions and exaggera-
tions ; but no allowance however large, can meet
the necessities of the present case. It is one
of total perversion. Suppressions may be filled
up by the intelligence of the reader: exaggera-
tions may be so gross as to stand self-exposed ;
perversion alone' can successfully deceive, be-
cause without any apparent extravagance to ex-
cite suspicion, it states what is false in all the
simplicity of truth. If we are asked what ac-
count can he trusted in matters so "connected
with party feelings and prejudices ?—We shall
answer that which skews a total edisregard of such
feelings and prejudices—that which confines it-
self to a clear and dispassionate statement of
facts seen, not related on hearsay—that, in a
word, whose writers are able to challenge
even their opponents to speak to its truth
and fidelity. On this test we are willing
that our own should stand or fall. Let Mr.
Sheriff Waithman himself, who saw all that
we saw, and heard all that we heard, say if we
set down any thing which did not take place, or
any thing in the way in which it did not take
place. If, in no single instance an error, and still
less a misrepresentation, can be pointed out,
then let our account be compared with that of
the Radical Prints, and let them he tried in their
turn. The country will thus have a standard
by which to guide its judgment, and the criminal
deceptions, attempted to rouse" the people against
'a most patient, forbearing, and insulted mili-
tary, will recoil with destroying exposure upon
their authors. We have to add, that so far
from the soldiers having acted as aggressors on
Sunday, they were assailed over the wall of their
barracks by so fierce a shower of bricks and
stones, that the Commanding Officer himself re-
ceived a severe blow on the side of the head and
several other Officers were also struck. Yet
they were foremost in restraining the indignation
of the men !

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The procession' of Sunday, and the conduct
of Mr. Sheriff Waithman are perfectly distinct ;
for that procession he was not responsible—he
had done all that he could to prevent it, but his
efforts were unavailing. His next object was to
prevent a recurrence of the recent outrage, and
he exerted himself to keep the peace in a man-
'lief which cannot be sufficiently praised. The
high rank which he holds as Sheriff of the County
of Middlesex entitled him to take whatever mea-
sures lie might deem conducive to the preserva-
tion of the peace. He saw that it would be
endangered by the presence of the soldiers among
the people, and though entitled to command, he
mildly requested that they might be kept in.
We are astonished how the Commanding Officer
could think of making use of the language attri-
buted to him, in answer to this request ; lan-
guage so unbecoming a gentleman, and so repre-
hensible when the high office held by Mr.Waith-
man 'is taken into consideration. Is there one
instance in the whole of our history of so gross
an insult having been offered to a Sheriff in the
execution of his duty ? The consequences anti-
cipated by Mr. Waithman soon followed. We
shall not now inquire whether the fray was be-
gun by the soldiers or the people. The Sheriff
exerted himself with great energy to put an end
to it. On this occasion a daring attempt was
made by a Corporal against his life.

[NEW TIMES.]
We have on all occasions, and to the utmost of
our humble ability, maintained the cause of Bri-
tish Freedom, the only foundation of which is
the law of the land. With this view, and with
this alone, have we felt it our duty to remark on
the violations of law, on the culpable non-execu-
tion of law, anti on the insidious or ignorant mis-
representations of law, which have been so con-
spicuous in the late melancholy proceedings.—
Nobody pretends to deny that the law commits
to the King's Government the direction of all
Royal Funerals. Nobody pretends to deny that
the obstruction of a Royal Funeral by an unau-
thorised multitude is a gross violation of the law.
Nobody pretends to deny that such an obstruc-
tion took place on the 14th instant, was conti-
nued from the time the funeral reached Ken-
sington until after it had passed Cumberland-
gate and got into its proper route, the New-road ;
that the obstruction was renewed at the end of
Tottenham-court-road, and did not finally cease
until after the procession had been forced through
the City, and had reached the road. to Refuter&

[THE TIMES.]
The proceedings of yesterday by the Coroner's
Inquest on Honey were highly interesting. Sir R.

Baker, in his evidence•, declared in the most dis-
tinct 'manner the motives of humanity and discre-
tion which had induced him to consent, before
he came to Hyde Park-corner, to change the
route and pass through the city. He declared
further, that the officer commanding the escort
(the Blues) had in strictness the command of the
route, and that he also, Captain Bouverie, agreed
to follow whatever line Sir Robert Baker should
approve of. But Sir Robert Baker had actually
made up his mind to conduct•the funeral through
the city.—Who was it then—what rioter—what
peace-breaker Ives it, that dared to turn
the procession up Hyde Park, and to force it
through Cumberland-gate ? This, it will be ac-
knowledged, throws a new light upon the whole
transaction, and proves that the outrage com-
mitted by the Life Guards was as much directed
against the authority under which the procession
ought to have moved, as against the persons and
lives of the people ! Lieutenant-Colonel Caven-
dish was also examined ; and the matter being
more serious as it proceeds, Mr. Adolphus, the
Barrister, appeared now, for the first time, as an
Advocate on behalf of the Life Guards.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
We are happy to find, on the fullest inquiry,
that no very serious accidents happened at Knights-
bridge on Sunday evening in the scuffle between
the populace and the soldiery. It is impossible,
however, that the affair should be permitted to pass
by without the most serious investigation on the part
of the Government. There can be no doubt that
the Sheriff of the county was very grossly insulted
by the troops on that occasion, and that a degree
of personal violence was used towards him which
threatened the most fatal consequences. He seem-
ed to have been particularly marked out by the sol-
diers as an object of their vengeance; his exertions
at the inquest upon the body of the unfortunate
lloney have no doubt excited their high dis-
pleasure, and the dignity of his rank afforded him
no protection against the characteristic insolence
of military aggression. One fellow levelled a car-
bine at Mr. Sheriff Waithman, while two others
seized upon him as he was exerting himself in his
magisterial capacity to prevent the effusion of
blood, and were proceeding to throw him off his
horse, when the worthy Magistrate was rescued
by the constables and the people. It is a very
alarming symptom of the presumed principles of
the Ministers of the Crown, and of the system of
government which they seem willing gradually to
introduce into this country, that every act
of violence emanating from the military, no
matter whether it ,be the consequence of
orders received from persons high in au-
thority, or arise merely from the occasional in-
temperance of individuals, is sure to be defended
and justified by the writers in the Treasury
Journals. These persons determine, as by a
species of intuitive knowledge, upon every oc-
currence in which the troops are concerned, and
require only to know that a mob in uniform acted
upon the one side against a mob of various co-
lours upon the other, to conclude that the former
are not only guiltless of any offence, but that
they are the most persecuted and virtuous set of
men in the world. We fear seriously that these
writers are but too well apprised of the senti-
ments entertained by their employers upon this
subject, and that those whose duty as well as in-
terest it is to hold the balance suspended between
the contending parties shew an equal facility in
forming a decided opinion upon the relative me-
rits of the soldiers and the people.

[MORNING HERALD.]
It is no longer doubtful that the King will
shortly visit Hanover. Splendid preparations are
making there for his reception. If we may trust
the Foreign Journals, his Majesty's visit to the
Continent is not without a political object. An
interview, it is said, will take place between him
and the Emperors of Austria and Russia, respect-
ing the relations between the Porte and Russia,
and the ultimate condition of the Greeks. The
general impression on people's minds abroad, if
the Foreign Journals are entitled to any notite, is,
that this great pending question will be determin-
ed only by a Congress of Sovereigns or Ministers.
It is true that the attitude of the parties, and the
tone of the accounts sometimes received, would
indicate,on the part of Russia,an impatience which
would hardly brook delay. But when it is con-
sidered how long her army has been on the spring,
as it were, ready to cross the Turkish frontier,
may it be supposed not improbable that the de-
nouement will be still longer protracted ? There
is no question of the pacific disposition of his Ma-'
jesty's Government; and that all the influence of
this country will be exerted for the preservation
of peace. But even if a war should break out,
there is no adequate motive for England to be a
party to it. Even assuming that Russia has de-
signs of aggrandizement, at least of wresting
another Turkish province from the Porte—the
mere extension of territory no longer creates the
same alarm. The history of the last 30 years—in
fact, the French Revolution, which has unfolded
so many important truths, has proved that the real
balance of power depends upon other causes than
naked statistic data of territory and population,
and that extended Empire may be a cause of
weakness as well as of strength. Russia, like
France, has the ambition to seek aggrandize-
ment, but she wants the resources of civiliza-
tion and wealth, the condensed and cultivated
internal strength, moral and physical the
scientific power, if it may be so called—to
wield large conquests against other nations, or
even to preserve them for any length of time. It
is to be remembered also that she may experience
greater difficulties than are generally anticipated
in subjugating or dislodging the Turkish power in
Europe. Not only the military strength but the
military character of the Russians are greatly ex-
aggerated in their own estimation, and in that of
others, by recent events. But, independently of
these considerations, we have, nearer home,a more
decisive motive—amounting indeed to a security

—for the non-interference of this country as a
party in the war, should it break out. It is the
public debt. This burden will thus have at least
one salutary effect—that of keeping us out of a
new quarrel, and the National Debt will, for
once, prove a national benefit.

SUFFOLK PITT CLUB.

IPSWICH, AUG. 25.—Tuesday last was the day

fixed for the first Annual Dinner of the Suffolk

Pitt Club, and in a commodious room, erected in
the gardens, forming part of the estate late the
property of Mrs. Eager, in this town, about 380
gentlemen, of the first respectability, sat down,
the Chair being taken by Thomas Sherlock Gooch,
Esq., M. P. President of the Club, at about a
quarter before five o'clock. The interior of the
erection was profusely decorated with flowers,
evergreens, and variegated lamps in devices, and
the tout ensemble of it was highly effective. At
the top of the room was placed a pillar, wreathed
with flowers, on which was placed a bust of the
great Pitt, surmounted by a crown of lamps,
and under it a blue silk banner, with the inscrip-
tion " Fidelity to our cause." At the lower end
of the room was a crown, with G. It. IV. with
the motto " God and my right." The Chairman
sat in the centre of the table, of the one in the
middle of the left-hand row, there being nine
tables, placed in three lines. Directly over the
Chair was a handsome shield of blue silk and
silver, inscribed " Suffolk Pitt Club, instituted
1821 ;" and opposite, a portrait of Wm. Pitt,
the immortal statesman whose principles this
meeting was intended to perpetuate.—After the
cloth was drawn, " Non nobis Donzine" was
sung in very good style by the professional gen-
tlemen engaged, with the assistance of some able
amateurs.

The CHAIRMAN then rose, and gave " The King—God
bless him."—Four times four.

Anthem—" God save the King."
" The Duke of York and the Army."—Three times three.
Gles—" How merrily we live."
" Duke of Clarence and the Navy."—" And," said the
Chairman, " it being his Royal Highness's birth-day, we will
drink it with four times four."
" Rule Britannia."

" The rest of the Royal Family."
The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, it became his duty
to propose to the company a toast most immediately
connected with th present meeting. They would' all
allow there are times when expression must fall far short of the
feelings ; such was his case at that moment. When he saw
around him the most wealthy gentlemen of the county, the
most independent of its yeomanry, and a portion of the most
respectable of its tradesmen, he could not but feel deeply sen-
sible of the honour he was enjoying. Before me also, said the
Hon.Chaimian, are many of those who have distinguished them-
selves in the defence of our country in arms. He then briefly
referred to Mr. Pitt's political life, which commenced, he said,
at the age of 23, and,when there was opposed to the Ministers
of the Crown the most eloquent and powerful opposition that
was ever known. He recapitulated 111 r. Pitt's conduct on the
Regency question, 1789, in opposition to Mr. Fox, which he
eulogized in the warmest terns. Speaking of the late war, he
said it was the Opposition, in the Houses of Parliament who
gave the enemies of this country false hopes of overcoming Bri-
tain, and it was they, and not Mr. Pitt, who threw this country
into a state of warfare. " Now, Gentlemen," said he " I may
be asked why a Pitt Club was not sooner established, and were
so asked, I would answer, because the loyalty of Suffolk was
always sufficiently established ; but though I do not say, the
gentlemen who assembleclat Bury, to celebrate the birth-clay of
Mr. Fox, had not a right so to meet, yet their so meeting made
it right also for us to establish a club to celebrate the principles
of Mr. Pitt, more particularly when the chairman of the former
gave the health of the King in solemn silence, and that of the
late Queen with rapturous applause." He concluded by re-
gretting having trespassed so long upon the time of the com-
pany, whom, says he, are as honourable, as independent, and
as honest a set of men as ever met, and now meeting in support
of the principles and administration of Mr. Pitt. He then gave
" The Memory of the Right Hon. William Pitt"—in solemn
silence. _ _ _ _ _

The Chairman—" The House of Brunswick, and may they
never forget the principles which seated them on the throne.".
Song—" Nelson and Trafalgar "
The Chairman then said, the next toast he should give,
he should drink with great pleasure, not because he meant
to call in question the nght of their dissenting brethren to
worship God in their own way, for he was a friend to tolera-
tion, but because he remembered the Catholics never granted
this liberty, and therefore he believed there was no other way
to preserve freedom of worship for themselves but by sup-
porting the PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY. He should then
give—
" The PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY." -- Three times
three.

Glee—" Here's a health to Old England."
" His Majesty's Ministers."—Three times three.
" May the Principles of Mr. Pitt' ever have an influence on
the Councils of Great Britain."

Song—" The Pilot that weather'd the storm."
The CIrAIIIMAN then said—Will you allow me to propose
the health of the great Captain of the age, " the illustrious
Duke of Wellington," to whom the country can never repay its
debt of gratitude—with three times three.
IVIrtEsoN EDGAR, Esq. then rose for the purpose, he ob-
serred, of proposing a toast, which he was sure would be re-
ceived with the most marked attention—" the health of Mr.
Gooch, the worthy Chairman, and the President of the Suffolk
Pitt Club." (Rapturous applauses.) The manner in which
they received this intimation of his purpose, marked more
strongly their sense of his friend's character than any words he
could use. Long, he said, may he continue one of the repre-
sentatives of this county, and long may he fill every station in
life as he does now, with so much credit to himself and so much
benefit to society. The county of Suffolk has long been dis-
tinguished for its attachment to the crown, but it certainly has
seen many counties go before in the establishment of a Pitt
Club. It was thought most conducive to thepeace of the county
that no such societies under the appellation of Fox Clubs should
be established, but in February last the zeal of the Whigs
could no longer be restrained, and a Fox Club was established
at Bury. In the speeches at that dinner it was asserted, that
no real constitutional loyalty could exist in opposition to the
principles there professed, and under such an imputation they
who differed from those gentlemen could not rest silently. They
had now, therefore, established a Pitt Club, and he long hoped
it might continue to prosper with its present efficient head.
Thus, there is now a Pitt and Fox Club, equally vieing
with each other in expressions of loyalty, but differing
widely in their modes of shewing it. His attachment, the worthy
Gentleman said, to his King and Country was well known, and
he had three sons present, all equally devoted to the same cause,
and he knew of no better mode of judging of a tree than by its
fruit. The days of moderation were over, and all who were not
with them were against them ; and it behoved them therefore
to be firm in their duty. He then gave—
" Mr. Gooch, the 'Worthy Chairman and President of the
Suffolk Pitt Club."
Mr. Gooch thanked the company for the way in which they
had received his health, proposed by his friend, Colonel Edgar,
which he could only attribute to their wilful blindness to his
errors.—(No, no !)—Then, said he, it can only be ascribed to
his known attachment to his King and Country ; and, in
return, he begged to drink all their good healths.
Glee—" Glorious Apollo."
The Chairman said, the next toast was, " Prosperity to the
Suffolk Pitt Club ; and he could not wish it any greater pros-
perity than that it might always be as well attended as on that
day.—Three times three.
Glee—" The Red Cross Knight."
The Chairman observed, that the toast he had now to pro-
pose must be drank in solemn silence ; it was " The Memory
of the best of Sovereigns and best of Men—his late Majesty,
King George the Third."
Dirge—•• Dead March in Saul."
Song—" Should auld acquaintance be forgot."
The Chairman now asked to be allowed to propose a toast,
on which he believed depended their happiness here and here-
after—

" Church and State."—Three times three.
Catch—" Hark the bonny Christ Church Bells."
From the Chair —" Prosperity and Perpetuity to the Pitt
Clubs throughout the Empire."
Sir MILES NIGHTINGALE rose and observed, after the very
able speech of Col. Edgar, he should not make any remarks on
Mr. Gooch's public character, but should propose his health in
his private capacity, in his absence from the Chair.
Mr. Goocx, on resuming the Chair, in a very animated
manner and with considerable point, thanked the company for
this second mark of their regard. He thee► proposed the health
of his worthy Friend—
" The High Sheriff of the County, C. Bennett, Esq. a man,
said he, than whom there is none worthier."—Three times
three.
Mr. BENNETT (the High Sheriff's son) rose and observed,
that in his father's absence it might appear unfeeling and un-
gracious did he not rise to thank the company for the honour
they had just done him. The situation which his fathez filled

this year in the county prompted him to abstain from any public
expression of his principles, but they might be assured they
were those of all liberal men—those of the best of them who
were opposed in politics to the present company—the good of
his country, however different might be the means pursued in
the attainment of it.
Song—" Love among the Roses."
The Chairman—" The Lord Lieutenant of the County."
C. BERNERs, Esq. rose to propose a toast which he was sure
they would receive with great pleasure—the Members for the
County. Of Mr. Gooch, he said, it was unnecessary for him to
say any thing in the present company ; they all knew his pub-
lic and private character, and that knowledge was his best eu-
logy. A man whom you have always supported, and lam sure
you Always will..—(Loud cries, We will, we will.)—Of his ether
worthy friend, Sir Wm. Rowley, however they might differ in
political sentiment, he could say there was not a man more sin-
cerely attached to the Constitution of his country, nor onemore
willing to contribute to the local interests and prosperity of the
county of Suffolk. He proposed, therefore,
" The Health of Mr. Gooch and Sir Wm. Rowley."
Mr. Gooch thanked the company in the name of his col-
league and himself.
Duet" All's Well."

The Chairman then gave—" Success to Agriculture"—with
three times three; and hoped it wotild be drank in a bumper.
Song—" Ere round the huge oak."
The Chairinan now proposed that loyal and independent body
of men—" The Yeomanry of Suffolk."—Three times timer
three.

Mr. Pettiward here rose to propose a toast, but was inter-
rupted by loud cries, the Chairman having left the room. He
very good-humouredly observed, that if gentlemen would allow
him to proceed they would find his toast did not interfere with
the list, and he would give them—
" The Ladies of Suffolk," in a bumper.
Glee—" Here's a health to all good laises."
From the Chair—" The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese."
Three times three.

Archdeacon Berners asked permission, in the name of the
Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese, to thank the company for the
manner in which they had received the last toast, and he hoped
that as a body they should always be found ready to go band in
hand with them and the rest of the laity in support of the King
and Constitution of the Country.
From the Chair—" Col. Edgar and the Members of the Suf-
folk Yeomanry Cavalry."
Coldnel Edgar returned his thanks in a very spirited speech
for the honour done him and the good men whom he had the
pleasure to command. "To them," said he, 16you are in-
debted much—to me, nothing. They are all their country can
desire."

" The health of Charles Berners, Esq."
The Chairman—" There is no health I shall drink with more
sincere pleasure."
This toast was received with great enthusiasm, and was indi-
vidually given from all parts of the room.
Mr. BEnsEns thanked the President and Gentlemen pre-
sent for the honour they had just done him. Ile congratulated
himself upon the pleasure he had this day experienced in meet-
ing such a company to celebrate and perpetuate the principles
of Mr. Pitt, the greatest of Statesmen. In reference to the dif-
ferent parties in the County, he said, " we are too numerous
and too powerful not to command respect ; and I hope we shall
always avoid that bad conduct, for I must call it so, which is
often pursued, of attacking with calumny the characters of
those who are opposed to us. Gentlemen, it does not neces-
sarily follow that because we differ in politics we should cease
to be Christians, and that we should therefore suffer all the
milk of human kindness to be converted into gall. But while
we do not mean to attack, neither do we intend to suffer aggres-
sion ; but if our opponents provoke hostilities, I trust we shall
be found under our colours ready for the field."
It is impossible to convey the tone of the Gentlemanly conci-
liatory disposition which evidently prompted Mr. Berners in
this Address. It spoke the unbending rectitude of an inde-
pendent spirit, tempered by true Christian benevolence. It was
warmly cheered.

From the Chair—" The Health of Mr. Crickitt and Prospe-
rity to the True Blues of Ipswich."
Mr. Cniciirr T rose, he said, almost overwhelmed by the
manner in which the company had drank the healths of the
Ipswich True Blues, connected as they had with them the
name of so humble an individual as himself. He said, they
were indeed friends to the Constitution of England—they were
indeed supporters of the principles• of that individual, of that
man who was the saviour of his country and of Europe—Mr. Pitt.
And there is a beauty in those principles far surpassing those
of their opponents, for they made men loyal—gentlemanly—.
and more than that—they rendered them tolerant. He con-
cluded an animated speech, which was often interrupted by
cheerings, by expressing his trust that those who were now
around the Chairman would long continue to support him, in
spite of the opposition out of doors, and he hoped as long as
they had nerves, and as long as they had hearts to beat, they
would contribute to the triumph of True Blue.
Song—" He was famed for deeds in arms."
" The Health of Sir Thomas Gooch."
The Chairman returned thanks for his father.

From the Chair—" The Members for Eye."
Sir Miles Nightingale returned thanks, but the whole of his
remarks were entirely lost in the confusion arising from some
gentleman becoming too much excited by the spirit of the
grap, and which was only allayed by the soothing powers of
music in the Glee—" When shall we three meet again." •
From the Chair—" Mr. Rodwell's good health, our Honorary
Secretary, to whom we are all much indebted for the good or-
der in the proceedings of this day."
Mr. Rodwell returned thanks.

The Chairman—allow me to propose, Gentlemen, one more
toast—" Colonel Rushbrook's good health, and the other Gen-
tlemen who have been so very kind as to assist me, and gratify
you by their singing this evening."
Colonel Rusnnnoox returned thanks.

The CHAIRMAN then said, before we part I once more
thank you for your kindness to me this evening, and beg to
propose "Our next merry Meeting."
The Chairman left the room at half-past nine, when his bro-
ther, H. Gooch, Esq. was called to it, and lengthened its spirit
and conviviality to a late hour.

TIIE CHURCH.—We feel great pleasure in the
insertion of the following extract from a speech
delivered by the Rev. Dr. CHALMERS, before the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland,
and received with thunders of applause by that
highly respectable body, as it contains a very
pleasing proof of the liberality of our sister esta-
blishment :—" There are many who look with
an evil eye to the endowments of the English
church, and to the indolence of her dignitaries.
But to that church the theological literature of
ournation stands indebted for her best acquisitions
—and we hold it a refreshing spectacle at any
time that meagre Socinianism pours forth a new
supply of flippancies and errors, when we behold, a
we have often done, an armed champion come
forth, in full equipment, from some high and let-
tered retreat of that noble hierarchy: nor can
we grudge her the wealth of all her endowments,
when we think how well, under her venerable
auspices, that battles of orthodoxy have been
fought,—that in this holy warfare, they are her
sons and her scholars who are ever foremost in
the field, ready at all times to face the threaten-
ing mischief, and, by the might of their ponde-
rous erudition, to overbear it."

SINGULAR ClnctnusTANcE.—A short time since
a man of respectable appearance entered the Corn
Exchange, and advancing to one of the principal
Factors, asked him if he was the legal descendant
of the head of a very ancient firm in that line,
long since extinct. Being answered in the affir-
mative, he made some further inquiries confir-
matory of his first question, and departed. On
the same day, in the following week, he again
made his appearance with a bag, which he pre-
sented to the Factor, containing' 370 sovereigns.
The Factor, of course, surprised at the transac-
tion, began to make some inquiries ; but the
person refused to answer any questions, observing,
the property was now returned to the rightful
owner; that he wanted no receipt; and that it
was a matter of no consequence who he was. Oil
referring to old documents, it appeared, that in
the year 1782, the firm alluded to had a very ex-
tensive army contract, in the course of which a
defalcation to nearly that amount occurred.