The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-26 00:00:00

rRE LIFE cf the RIGHT HON. W. PITT,
Dy przikat. Loses Elsner of VirxenzsTmit.

(Cettihued from our Paper of yesterday.)
In the Session of 1781, Mr. PITT made only
three Speeches ; the, first on Mr. &Taxes Bill
for the Reform of the Civil List ; the second on
the Bill for the Appointment of Commissioners
of -Public AccOunts; and the third time on Mr.
Fox's Motion to take into consideration She then
st4te of the American War, which Mr. PITT sup-
Oii this occnsion-,--

The Lord Advocate, who,had been uniform suppater
of the American war, and was one of the ablest debaters in

favaUr of adrninistratipn, replied to Mr. Pitt. After 4verting,
in genera tc.rms, to several persons who had taken part in the
.7 a'rbate, he proceeded thus, with a sort of prophetic ettlogy—
' Tha iionourable GentiGhlah who spoke last, claims my
papcizralar approbation. lam unwilling to say io that Honour-
atla Cleadernan's face what truth wonitl. exact from me ware

1.-e *sent ; but even :2077, however unnsura it niay he, I must
Let;iare; that I find myself impelled to rejoice in the.goOd for-
e tine of my :minty, and my fellow subjects, who are destined
. at acme future day to derive the most important services from
so happy an union of first-rate abilities, high integrity, bold
and honest indenonden,:y of conduct, and the most persuasive
elOqiienco.!—Mi% Dandas, aftmgr.rd's Viscount Nclville, also,
i~ the same speech, paid the following just and 'elegf,.nt com-
-i;inaent -to the late Lord Chatham. In speaking of his Lord-
shi-p's last speech in the House of Lords, he said, that he was
. =an, whom, frdna my earliest youth, I was always taught to
IC:,1!: up to vit.,,th reverence and adiniration before I had seen
niru. Every opportunity I have since had•of becoming ac-
quaitted with hun in his senatorial character, the more it has
confirmed me in my early impressions ; and he was no less
great in his last awful exit, than in the most splendid'actions
'of his political life: He held the lang,na&e of a patriot and sound
2tatesratin ; and the capaciousness of his soul was, only equalled
by. time integrity. of his mind and the goodnesi Of his heart--
ll:here was a qttickriess of conception a warmth of imagination,
' and a tone and firmness of mind, which were truly astonishing.
- He saw his object at a distance, and was unceasing in his endea-
-70-173 to obtain it.' .

' " After the dose of this Session, in which Mr. Pitt made
these three speeches, a friend of Mr. Fox told me, that upon his
sa-ii to I,lr. Fox, Mr. Fla, I think, promises to be one of
the first speakers ever heard in the House of Commons,' Mr.
Fox inz,tar_tl7 replied, He is so already.' From this and other
t.,_;stimonies, it appears, that Mr; Fox was very early impressed
with a high idea of Mr. Pitt's talents. It ought to be men-
tiC.7..Zl-tolhe mutual credit of these TWO GREAT MIN, that in
f.::' r; when. they were the leaders of two opposite parties,-
au-.lthe supporters of different syStems of politics, they always
-in private spoke of each other's abilities with the highest re-
r;ett. Mr. Fox, at a late period of Mr. Pitt's first administra-
tl'on, said that he had been narrowly watching Mr. Pitt for
-malty. years, and could never catch him tripping once and in
conversation with me, I noticed, that Mr. Pitt considered Mr.
far superior to any other of his opponents, as a debater
1.;.?: House of Commons."
To be continued.l